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NOTE: Facebook has recently updated their privacy policy and changed their privacy options. I updated this article to account for the new Facebook privacy settings.
Facebook is currently the most popular social networking website with over 250 million active users worldwide. Anyone who is 13 and over can sign up for a Facebook account and can add friends and share their most intimate information with their friends including pictures and personal information. While it can be fun and convenient to keep up with old friends and make new ones online, sharing too much personal information on these sites can be risky.
- Drunk pictures from that freshman frat party which your buddy tagged and now your coworkers and boss would be able to see.
- Status updates about your current relationship status or lack of
- Your phone number, contact information and more..
So how do you separate your "Facebook friends" but share stuff with your real friends?
Facebook gives its users options around privacy and security where you can configure privacy settings to restrict access to your Facebook profile information. So whether you are an established Facebook user or a new user getting your feet wet in the world of social networking, here are the top 10 privacy settings for Facebook you should follow to help protect your profile including photos and your personal information.
1. Create friends lists: This is probably the single most important and best privacy setting for Facebook. Once you log into your Facebook account, click on the "Friends" page at the top. Once in there, on the left side of the Friends page, you will see under Lists different groups including some created by default. Now, click on the Create button to create your Facebook friends lists.
- Resist the temptation to start assigning your friends to the lists. Think of all the different categories first and create them.
- I have 7 different lists: Close Buddies, Family, Friends, High School, College, Facebook Friends and Work. This is a ranked list with the group I trust the most coming first.
- There are two default lists created by Facebook: Limited Profile and SMS Subscriptions.
- Once your lists are created, click on Friends under the Lists section which displays your entire friends list. Use the drop box to start assigning your friends to the different lists.
- You can assign a friend to multiple lists. However, I would highly recommend that you assign just one list to a friend.
- Updated to add: The reason I recommend to only assign a friend to a single list is that the less restrictive settings apply. For example, if you have a friend that is part of your close friends list (my least restrictive) and also part of say Facebook friends list(my most restrictive), the less restrictive settings would apply (close friends settings) unless you explicitly exclude a list from accessing something, say photos to Facebook friends, then if you have a friend that is part of both lists, they won't be able to view the photos. So, be careful when assigning friends to lists. – Thanks to Matt T for the question.
2. Customize your Facebook privacy settings:
Now, let us customize the privacy settings of your Facebook account. Hover over Settings and then click on Privacy Settings from the drop menu.
3. Block people on Facebook: If you block someone, they will not be able to find you in a Facebook search, see your profile, or interact with you through Facebook channels (such as Wall posts, Poke, etc.). Any Facebook ties you currently have with a person you block will be broken (for example, friendship connections, Relationship Status, etc.).
4. Configure your Facebook Profile privacy: When you created and assigned your friends to the different friends lists, it did not enforce any privacy.
Under Privacy, select Profile which gives you Facebook privacy options on who can see what information in your profile. This section is split into two parts: the basic section and the contact information section.
The Basic section helps you assign controls around your personal information like profile, status, photos, videos etc and a bunch of other options. Let us walk through each one of these settings.
- Profile: Use this control to decide who can see your profile information beyond the information available when someone searches for you. My recommendation is to select Only Friends.
- Basic Info: Use this control to decide who, upon reaching your profile, can see your basic information, which includes your Gender, Birthday, Hometown, Political and Religious Views, and Relationship Status. This is also the first option where you can customize using your friends lists. Somethings you probably don't want to talk at work include sex, religion and politics. Time to put that into practice. Click on Edit Custom Settings and select Only Friends. Add lists under Except these people.
- Personal Info: Use this control to decide who, upon reaching your profile, can see your Personal Information, which includes your Interests, Activities, Favorites (music, movies, etc.) and your About Me section. Again, select Only Friends and go to edit custom settings and add friends lists with whom you don't want to share this information.
- Status and Links: Use this control to decide who sees your Facebook status updates. In here you have couple options. You can either choose Only Friends or choose Some Friends. You can also decide whether you want your friends to subscribe to your status messages.
- Photos Tagged of You: This option lets you decide who can see your photos which you uploaded or which you or your friends tagged. You want to be very cautious on who can tag your pictures or who can view your pictures. Go to Edit Custom Settings and choose your friend lists. As always exclude groups as well. If you are still doubting why you should control this setting, check out this story on AskStudent on how Facebook busted an intern. So Kevin had this Halloween party to go to and emails his manager that he is taking off because of a family emergency in New York. Now Kevin is having a good time and wanted to share the pictures from the Halloween party. The problem: Kevin also was friends with his manager and/or coworkers on Facebook. The intern's manager replies back to Kevin with a picture attached from his Facebook profile and copied the entire team on it. Moral of the story: Control who can see your status messages and pictures on Facebook.
- Videos Tagged of You: Use this option to choose who can see the videos that you shared or you or your friends tagged. Again, go to Edit Custom settings. Choose your friends lists and exclude certain groups.
- Friends: Use this control to see who can see the full list of your friends on Facebook. Now, for some this could be a bragging rights. Hopefully if that's the case, you have lots of your friends tagged as "Facebook friends". In any case, choose Only Friends and under Except these people, start adding lists.
- Wall Posts: Here, you can choose whether to even let people post on your Facebook wall in the first place by selecting or deselecting "Friends may post to my Wall" option. If you choose to let people post to your wall, go to Edit Custom Settings and choose either Only Friends or Some Friends option. I would recommend you choose Some Friends option and customize it.
- Education Info: This option lets you control who can see your education info on your Facebook profile. Again, go to Edit Custom Settings and choose who can see your education info. This is probably one of the options with the minimum restrictions.
- Work Info: This option lets you control who can see your work information, previous employment history and other work information you posted in your profile.
Phew! Now, if you want to verify how the privacy settings you just configured show up, you can see how a friend sees your profile.
5. Facebook Search privacy: You can control your visibility on Facebook, who can search for you, what they can see, and how they can contact you. While there may be reasons on why you may not want people to look you up on Facebook, if you made the decision to join the social networking community, try to embrace it. However, if you choose to remove yourself from Facebook search results
- Under Settings -> Privacy Settings, select Search
- Under search visibility, go to customize and uncheck the box for everyone on Facebook.
- My recommendation: Control what people can see and leave your search visibility to everyone.
You also have options around making your Facebook contact information private. Facebook lets you share your IM Screen name, your mobile phone number, your current address, your website and your email addresses. It is very important that you protect your contact information.
- Under Settings -> Privacy Settings, select Profile and then select Contact Information
- I would recommend that you make all the options to Only Friends except your Current Address which should either be No One or make it custom so only your close friends and family can see it. If any one else wants your contact information, they can call you and you can choose to give it to them.
6. Facebook and search engines: Your public search listing is a version of your search result that is available to people who search for you even when they are not logged in to Facebook. Content that you make available through your public search listing may be available on search engines or on public-facing Facebook pages.
Being displayed on search engines is a great way for people to get in touch with you. Facebook search results tend to rank pretty high so if someone wants to get in touch with you, this is an excellent opportunity. However, you don't want to reveal too much information at the same time.
- Under Settings -> Privacy Settings, select Search
- Under Search Result Content, use the checkboxes to control what people can see in addition to your name.
- I would recommend just select your profile picture and the links to add you as a friend and a link to send you a message.
- Also, you also have to check the box next to "Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing".
So, when someone is searching for you on Google or any other search engines, your profile would look something like this.
7. News Feed and Wall: This option lets you control what recent activity is visible on your profile and in your friend's home pages. Remember that posting on someone's Wall may appear in your mutual friends' News Feeds. You just broke up with your significant other … do you want to announce that to the world? However, if you choose to keep some of the most personal things in your life well.. personal, you can enforce that privacy setting here.
Facebook does offer limited privacy in that your recent activity will never be shown about whose profile you view, whose photos you view, whose notes you read, groups and events you decline to join, people you reject as friends and people you remove from your friends list.
- Under Settings -> Privacy Settings, select News Feed and Wall
- Deselect the option of Show Wall posts
- I would highly recommend deselect Change relationship status option under highlights section
- I would also highly recommend under recent activity the option of Add a friend
8. Facebook Ads
Ads shown within Facebook recently caused a lot of controversy with the usage of your photos in ads. Facebook came out and countered that these rumors were related to third party applications, and not ads shown by Facebook. If in doubt check out what happens if you happened to use the "Have Sex!" application (warning: clicking on link will take you to this application) and could result in potential embarrassment by such feeds being published on your profile.
Facebook also said that those ads violated their policies by misusing profile photos and did not give third party applications or ad networks the right to use your name or picture in ads. In either case, if this is allowed in the future, this setting will govern the usage of your information.
- Under Settings -> Privacy Settings ->News Feed and Wall, select Facebook Ads
- In the option under Allow ads on platform pages to show my information to, select No one and Save Changes
- Follow the Set Application security Facebook privacy settings below.
9. Set Application security: Every time you participate in one of those Facebook quizzes and adding an application to your profile, you are sharing some very sensitive information with those applications. If you read about the experience of Cheryl Smith who participated in a quiz and then the third party app used her picture to advertise for hot singles.
To modify your Facebook privacy settings for applications, click on Applications under Privacy and then click on Settings which is the second tab.
- If you are using any applications, you won't be able to completely opt out. If you are not using any Facebook applications, select the Do not share any information about me through the Facebook API option.
- If you are using applications, deselect all options and choose only if any Basic info option. Basic info consists of your birthday, sex, hometown, political views, and when you last updated your profile.
10. Facebook Beacon & Connect: Think about the amount of data Facebook knows about you. It knows who your friends are, what you like, eat, enjoy, you age domographic, your school, your employment history, where you live or lived and so on. All of this gives Facebook the chance to personalize ads. For example, if you reviewed an item or purchased something, a Beacon affiliate can publish that as a feed on your Facebook wall and on your friends walls as well.
To modify your Facebook beacon privacy settings, under Privacy ->Applications -> Settings, scroll down towards the bottom of that page under Facebook Connect Applications.
- Select the option of Don't allow friends to view my memberships on other websites through Facebook Connect.
- Under Beacon Websites, select the option of Don't allow Beacon websites to post stories to my profile.


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EA Blogger's Day event – Part 7Written by Michael Siebenaler | | email@example.com
The Sims3 World Adventures expansion
Associate Product Manager Azure Bowie guided this year's Electronic Arts' Blogger's Day attendees through China, France and Egypt as TheSims3 expands with the first expansion pack in the new series, World Adventures. Traveling to these amazing lands depends on the visa level, which can eventually advance to having a vacation home in each area. Sims do not age in their travels except when they are inside their vacation home. New activities include nectar-making in Champs Les Sims, France; fireworks in Shang Simla, China and treasure hunting in Al Simhara, Egypt.
Many activities allow interaction with local Sims and tool use across different locations. On their adventures, Sims can choose from various activities including martial arts and photography where players can even sell their work and create their own profession. These activities incorporate difficulty levels while chaining together with other activities. For example, Sims can not defeat mummies until they learn martial art skills. Players can also encounter special, and sometimes dangerous challenges in their travels like avoiding curses. Sims can bring souvenirs home as well as unlock special options like a new basement building option. You can cash in as well with exclusive, extra content after registering this game plus 1,000 SimPoints for the The Sims 3 Store.
The Sims 3 World Adventures also features a musical set of "Simlish" songs performed by musicians including Nelly Furtado, LeAnn Rimes, Fefe Dobson, Pixie Lott, Matt + Kim, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head and Evan Taubenfeld. The highly recommended The Sims 3 World Adventures will also be available on iPhone and iPod touch in early 2010 (PC/Mac, rated T for crude humor, violence and sexual themes).
UPDATE on Nerf N-Strike Elite Blaster/controller:
Players can find spare Switch Shot Blasters with the special Red Reveal screen at most retailers ( Toys 'R Us, etc.) for about $20. Separate Red Reveals will be available soon at PDP.com .
Thanks again to Electronic Arts for a memorable event.
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Derek Branning has been revealed as Kat Moon's secret lover in 'EastEnders', ending months of speculation over her infidelity.
In dramatic scenes, Alfie, played by Shane Richie, discovered his wife's bedsit love nest before piecing together that it was one of the Branning brothers that was going behind his back.
[Related story: Nina Wadia to quit EastEnders]
The showdown then happened in the Queen Vic, with Kat finally revealing that it was in fact Derek Branning, played by Jamie Foreman, who she has been sleeping with.
"We find out why later on. I think it's because Derek is the total polar opposite of Alfie," Richie told the Radio Times.
"She's attracted to danger. Back in the day it was Andy Hunter. Alfie is anything but. You know exactly where Alfie is going to be the next day. You know Alfie's going to love you in a year's time. You know Alfie will do anything for you.
"Maybe it's the reverse of that situation – keep 'em mean to keep 'em keen. Alfie doesn't do that. He doesn't buy into that. He believes in honesty. He believes in treating every woman like a princess. And that's what he did with Kat.
The events will lead up to a shocking climax on Christmas Day, in which it is rumoured that Derek will be killed off at the hands of his own brother Max after making a shocking discovery. [Radio Times/Daily Mail]
Also in today's press
Gordon Ramsay has taken yet another pop at fellow chef Jamie Oliver, implying that he's put on too much weight to be lecturing Americans about eating badly. "You have to be very careful when you go across the pond and you want to dictate to Americans about healthy eating," he said on Alan Carr's 'Chatty Man'. "If you're not in the best shape yourself then you have to be very careful. For Christmas all I want to do is give him a f*****g good wash." [Daily Mail]
Ashleigh Porter-Exley has won the latest series of 'Young Apprentice'. She beat Lucy Beauvallet in the final with her plans for an ethical streetwear brand, taking home the £25,000 investment prize from Lord Sugar. [Metro]
Simon Amstell has said that he won't be writing another series of his sitcom 'Grandma's House'. "We felt we'd written all the pain out of us," he told Nick Grimshaw on Radio 1. "It would be sort of gratuitous to keep going. Also, I sort of leave things once I know how to do them and they've become good, which is upsetting I think for the public because it would be nice if I could just keep [going]." [BBC]
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Reason number one: to get paid. What, you need more reasons?
Jessica Alba is advising Beyonce to sell the first pictures of her daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.
"For our family, we just wanted to control the experience," Alba said regarding her own decision to sell photos of her daughter, Honor, in 2008.
Alba and her husband, Cash Warren, reportedly received $1.5 million from OK! magazine for those photos.
Jessica told CNN's A.J. Hammer: "We put the money that the picture made into a bank account for Honor to do whatever she wants to do with."
Considering she's like four, I foresee a house filled with $1.5 million worth of cotton candy.
"It's her picture, it's her birth, and we didn't want it to be like a weird thing when we were walking out of the house for the first time."
There's also the option of you know, putting the photo on Twitter or something. But I guess if you can get paid, you might as well get paid.
"If there's a price tag on your child - which is so bizarre - people will go to crazy lengths. We wanted to avoid that hysteria."
Yes, we wanted to avoid that hysteria. By totally giving into it.
Considering the fact that Beyonce had a DIY birth announcement that she did for free, I don't see her selling any baby photos.
Jessica does have one reasonable piece of advice:
"You can give the money to charity."
"But the biggest thing is having a healthy baby," Alba says. "I'm sure Beyonce will make the best decision for her family."


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Legal Solutions in Electronic Reserves and the Electronic Delivery of Interlibrary Loan
by Janet Brennan Croft
Haworth Press, 2004; published simultaneously as a monograph and as v.14 #3 of Journal of Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery & Electronic Reserve. To order direct from Haworth, click here. To order from Amazon, click here.
If your institution subscribes to Haworth Publications, you may be able to read the electronic version here.
What legal issues arise because of the differences between physical and electronic reserves, and between the physical and electronic delivery of interlibrary loan? This book is designed to guide the practitioner through the process of developing legal policies for electronic reserves and electronic ILL delivery. I begin with an overview of copyright and confidentiality laws, with copyright the primary focus; I then examine the philosophy and regulations behind the guidelines for these popular library services; and finally I suggest questions to be addressed in library policies. This book emphasizes that librarians should make every effort to defend their patrons' rights and exceptions, and to negotiate favorable contracts for electronic resources. Included are the texts of the most important laws and guidelines, a list of important cases, information on pending legislation, and a bibliography of useful print and internet resources for the practitioner. (Please note the author is not a lawyer, and you should always consult your institution's own lawyer if you have legal questions.)
Topics covered:
|"IMPORTANT READING. . . . A handy reference guide to basic principles, key concerns, and emerging developments—including hot topics like privacy and confidentiality."
|"This is A TIMELY TEXT that will help new practitioners and any manager hard-pressed to keep up with legislative changes. While geared to academic libraries, the legislative review, pertinent legal content, and tips and tools covered in this informative text will also be helpful to public and special librarians. Publishers worried about open access to their copyrighted material would do well to read it as well, as it should reassure them about current library practices in ILL and Reserves. It is great to see a book that treats these topics in an integrated fashion as the issues covered can impact both ILL and Reserves."
"Librarians in charge of electronic reserves and interlibrary loan need to be well-versed in copyright law... Croft explores the topic in Legal Solutions."
- Cathleen Bourdon, in "Librarian's Library", American Libraries, January 2005.
"...a USEFUL ADDITION to the shelves of academic libraries ... a basic primer for capturing the essence of the increasingly complex and rapidly changing technological and legal landscape of electronic reserves and electronic delivery."
- Logan Ludwig, in The Leading Edge, newsletter of the Leadership and Management Section of the Medical Library Association, April 2005
" ...excellent summaries...a QUICK PRIMER for those concerned with copyright and electronic information in libraries...succinct overview of the issues..."
- Gwen Gregory, "The New Set of Electronic Rules," Information Today, March 2005.
"...comprehensive explanation of copyright law ... the bibliography is a goldmine ... an indispensable reference tool."
- Emily "Kathy" Coughlin, in Community and Junior College Libraries, 13.1 (2004)
Useful links:
ARL Report on Electronic Reserves and Fair Use: http://www.arl.org/newsltr/232/ereserves.html
University of Minnesota copyright decision-making tree: http://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/map.phtml
Copyright on the Internet: http://www.fplc.edu/tfield/copynet.htm
The Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance: http://www.copyrightoncampus.com/
The Public Domain:
When Works Pass Into the Public Domain: http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
Laura Gasaway's detailed chart helps you navigate the muddy waters of copyright expiration. It has been updated to show the effects of the "Sonny Bono Act" on copyright terms.
Sources of electronic out-of-copyright material:
There are many sources online for public-domain e-books and shorter works, both fiction and non-fiction. In some cases a link to one of these resources could satisfy an electronic reserve or interlibrary loan request with no need to be concerned about fair use – providing a link to publicly available material is not a violation of copyright law. Many sites even have very obscure or foreign language resources. A caveat: Project Gutenberg of Australia is subject to a different schedule of copyright expiration. Items which may be legal to display on their site may not be legal to display on a US site. The difficulty of disentangling jurisdiction may protect you, but the safest thing to do is run them through Gasaway's public domain chart before linking.
Blackmask Online: http://www.blackmask.com/page.php
A well-arranged site including nearly 13,000 titles; fiction, non-fiction, European languages, Oriental languages in translation, children's books.
The Online Book Page: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
University of Pennsylvania's listing of over 20,000 free books on the web, English-language only.
Project Gutenberg: http://promo.net/pg/
Over 6000 free e-texts.
University of Virginia's EText Center: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/
Over 1800 books. Includes African-American, Native American, and Civil War collections.
Bartleby.com: http://www.bartleby.com/
Reference, verse, fiction, nonfiction.
eBooks@Adelaide: http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/
The University of Adelaide's collection of over 500 texts.
Project Gutenberg Australia: http://promo.net/pg/pgau.html
Note their disclaimer: works by authors who died before 1951 are in the public domain in Australia, but not in the United States or many other countries.
The Latin Library: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/
Books in Latin
Christian Classics Ethereal Library: http://www.ccel.org/
Multi-denominational; fiction, nonfiction, apologetics, translations.
An Online Library of Literature: http://www.literature.org
A small selection of classic authors.
Perseus Digital Library: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Primarily classical and English renaissance texts, but also some American and other history.
International Children's Digital Library: http://www.icdlbooks.org/
Alex Catalog of Electronic Texts: http://www.infomotions.com/alex/
English and American literature, philosophy.
Victorian Women Writers Project: http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/
Academy of American Poets: http://www.poets.org/index.cfm
American Verse Project: http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/
19th Century Women's Poetry: http://www.unl.edu/legacy/19cwww/books/elibe/poetry.htm#list
Sources of Permissions:
Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.: http://www.copyright.com/
The major source for permissions for print materials.
Copyright Office Records: http://www.copyright.gov/records/
Search records back to 1978 for copyrighted material in a number of categories. Also see http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html for instructions on how to search a copyright.
Music Publisher's Association: http://www.mpa.org/copyright/searchenter.html
This site can help you find the publisher for a piece of music; it searches the archives of the three major music rights suppliers (ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC) at once.
Getting Permission: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/permissn.htm
The ever-helpful UT site on copyright includes an extensive list of permission sources, including sources for materials other than print and music. Try this if it isn't available through the sources listed above.
Copyright Resources on the web:
United States Copyright Office: http://www.loc.gov/copyright/
An excellent source of authoritative information all in one place. Includes text of all relevant laws, information about pending legislation, how to register items for copyright, and much more.
Legal Information Institute: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/
Includes not just the text of the US Code on Copyrights, but also notes, updates, and other references.
Copyright Quickguide: http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/quickguide.htm
Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis; Kenneth Crews' guide to copyright for educators.
Coalition for Networked Information: http://www.cni.org
Especially useful is a collection of American Library Association policies at http://www.cni.org/docs/infopols/ALA.html, including copyright, ILL, confidentiality, and freedom to read.
Stanford University Libraries Copyright and Fair Use page: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/index.html
A wealth of useful information, including a list of copyright cases relevant to libraries.
Copyright Crash Course: http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm
Georgia Harper's University of Texas page.
Library Law: http://www.librarylaw.com/index.html
Mary Minow's wide-ranging site on all aspects of library law.
Reserves Resources:
Electronic Reserves Clearinghouse: http://www.mville.edu/administration/Staff/Jeff_Rosedale/
An extensive and up-to-date list of links on many aspects of electronic reserves. Includes links to sample policies.
Copyright and Electronic Reserves: http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ereserve.htm
Georgia Harper's overview of copyright and electronic reserves is an excellent resource for librarians and faculty alike.
ReserveWeb Links: http://reserveweb.bard.edu/links.htm
A nice list of links from Bard College.
Music Library Association Guidelines: http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla/Guidelines/
Includes guidelines for both electronic and physical reserves for music.
Interlibrary Loan Resources:
ILLWeb Codes and Guidelines: http://www.illweb.org/codes.htm
Links to all the relevant guidelines in one place.
IFLANET Interlibrary loan links: http://www.ifla.org/II/ill.htm
Copyright in the Library: Interlibrary Loan
Georgia Harper's UT site.
List-servs and Discussion Groups:
Liblicense: http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/
Licensing issues, including negotiating contracts.
Association of Research Libraries Electronic Reserves Discussion List:
Send an email with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.
Docutek E-Res Users Group: email@example.com
A good source of information on e-reserves, even if you do not use E-Res. Send an email with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.
CNI Copyright Forum: http://www.cni.org/Hforums/cni-copyright/
Specifically devoted to copyright issues.
ILL-L: firstname.lastname@example.com
A very active international ILL discussion list. Send message saying "subscribe ILL-L firstname lastname".
ARIE-L: firstname.lastname@example.com
For discussion of the ARIEL ILL electronic
document delivery system
Updated 3/28/2006 Janet B. Croft


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The University of Michigan says the aging of the baby boom generation will bring a wave of retirements in the next 51/2 years, with about one in five of its employees expected to leave.
Associate vice president Laurita Thomas tells AnnArbor.com that 39 percent of faculty and 35 percent of staff will be eligible to retire by the end of 2017. She forecasts that 18 percent of staff and 20 percent of faculty will retire.
Thirty-nine percent of the university's work force was older than 50 in 2002, rising to 46 percent in 2011.


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- By train
- Paris Montparnasse > St Pierre des Corps in 55 minutes by TGV fast train (the station is 20km from Amboise, connection possible by local train or by road)
- Paris Austerlitz > Amboise direct in 2 hours (Amboise station is 2km from Le Clos Lucé)
All year: a bus service provides connections between the station and Amboise town centre
The Château du Clos Lucé is located 300 metres on foot from the town centre.
Free parking for coaches and cars in the Rue du Clos Lucé, 200m on foot from the visitors' entrance.
Opening hours
The Château du Clos Lucé – Parc Leonardo da Vinci is open all the year round, every day without interruption (except 25th December and 1st January). The countryside display is available in its entirety throughout high season
NB : Because of the event "Marignan 1515/2015" the 26th and 27th July, the castle is open exceptionally from 9am to 5pm. The Parc Leonardo da Vinci is closed the 26th July. The Halle muséographique is closed from 24th to 29th July.
Opening times
January: 10.00am to 6.00pm
February-June: 9.00am to 7.00pm
July- August: 9.00am to 8.00pm
September-October: 9.00am to 7.00pm
November-December: 9.00am to 6.00pm
On December 24th, the ticket office will exceptionally close at 4.30 p.m
Ticket office closes one hour before site closes.
The Visit
Unrestricted visits to the site (château + parc) (2 to 3hrs)
Free visit brochure available in 14 languages: French, English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian, Chinese traditionnal and simplify, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian, Romanian.
The texts of the sound stations are at the disposal of hard of hearing persons , please ask the ticket office.
French and English spoken.
Paddle boats
Access to the paddle boats
April 25th to May 10th from 1 pm to 6.30 pm
June 23rd,24th,25th from 1 p.m to 6.30 p.m
July 1st to August 31th from 1 p.m to 7 p.m


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Life is a beautiful, precious gift. But so often we don't take the time to appreciate it!
When was the last time that you took the time to have fun in your life? To deliberately and intentionally savor the beauty that exists all around you?
Most of us, if we are being honest, will admit that we don't spend enough time enjoying life. We spend so much of our time working just to pay the bills and "keep up with the Jones's". When we're not working, we're staring down at our mobile devices or listening to the TV blaring in the background. In fact, sometimes it seems like we have constructed our entire culture with the goal of occupying and distracting ourselves from what really matters in life.
Think about it for a moment -–do you spend more time texting and emailing your friends and family than you do talking to them face to face? Do you spend more time each day on your computer than you do enjoying your most treasured relationships?
Now, I understand that for many of us, we don't have complete control over how we spend our time. We have to pay the bills, after all.
But here is my challenge to you: intentionally take time just to have fun! Take a look at what you are doing during the day and ask yourself how you could find more time for the people, places, and things that are most important to you.
Spend more quality time with your loved ones. Take the time to listen or dance to your favorite music. Paint the picture that you've always wanted to create. Go for a long bike ride through the park. Curl up with a good book and just relax.
Life is too short to spend it "just getting by." Happiness really is a choice, so you might as well consciously create happiness in your life. Enjoy life to the fullest and make sure to take the time to have fun! It truly will make a world of difference!
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Tallahassee, Florida -- Smokey Bear is celebrating 65 years of preventing forest fires, and he made an appearance with the Governor and Cabinet this afternoon.
Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson recognized Smokey Bear as the longest-running national campaign for wildfire prevention.
"I just think it's a great program that has managed to improve over time and is still working today and it's just one of the great programs the U.S. Forest Service has brought out since 1944," said Bronson.
Wildfire experts said 90 percent of national wildfires are caused by humans. In Florida, they said that percentage is closer to 70 percent, with lightning being the second leading cause.
"Its message is as relevant today as it was in 1944. In an average year in Florida, wildfires threaten 2,871 homes, damage 132 homes and destroy 40 homes every year," explained Bronson.
A handful of Floridians received awards from Smokey Bear for their distinguished wildfire service.
And the Agriculture Commissioner wanted to make sure Floridians understand it's "Smokey Bear" and not "Smokey The Bear."


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Religion doesn't factor into preventing depression in the first place, but only helps one get better? God is a constant in all of this. Since these people believed in God before, after and during their depression then one is already getting a regular "dosage" of God? Belief in God did not change before or after treatment.
I smell a rat. A rat that says, "oh well, it is not just the presence of God alone but God plus"
To whit, religion only works because you are also taking anti-depressants, taking group therapy or paying lots of money to a quack.
Religion and drugs. Surprise, surprise surprise.
This sounds like the perfect premise for a Phillip K. Dick sci-fi book: take the conclusion of this article and have a book plot where preacher starts disseminating drugs as part of church service. "Scientific studies show that religion works best when coupled with anti-depressant drugs! Here, have a Xanax!"
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Fighters History may not be a household title by any stretch of the imagination, but that's not to say this fighter didn't have a history. Released a year after Street Fighter II was on the Super Nintendo, Fighters History had a few similarities, to say the least, to Capcom's famed brawler. So much so, Capcom had filed a lawsuit against Data East for copyright infringement, which Capcom eventually lost. Since Street Fighter II and Fighters History have had a somewhat storied past, they will be the subject of the latest Comparison Series.
Today's focus will be on Street Fighter II.
If you've never played Street Fighter II over the last 20 years, this is basically the most beloved fighting game ever released. Along with Mortal Kombat, we witness the explosion of the fighting game genre like never before in both the arcade scene, and the home console market. Featuring eight selectable fighters, with all but two playing completely different from each other. But what exactly made Street Fighter II so beloved, and the measuring stick in which all future fighting games were measured to for years after its release? Well, it's not just one aspect, but several.
The major selling points involved the controls and the characters themselves. While by means an easy game to master, it was easy enough to pick up and play, and not the most complicated game to learn. Quarter circle motions and a punch button to throw a fireball from Dhalsim, hold down for two seconds and then press up and a kick button for a Flash Kick from Guile, rapidly mash a punch button to perform a Hundred Hand Slap with E. Honda. Again, relatively easy to learn, difficult to master. Although the controls are fluent enough, jumping felt a bit floaty, which often lead to a lot of domination by anti air characters, such as Ryu and Ken.
The Super Nintendo port of Street Fighter II did come off as a visually impressive conversion, though details and frames of animations were altered in order to fit it all onto the cartridge. Even still, its a colorful game with a superb looking cast of characters and some interesting backgrounds. Some might be a bit simplistic, such as Sagat's background, which has a giant statue and no spectators, to Chun Li's background with a busy marketplace going in the background. For a 16 bit title, SFII did show a lot of polish and a commendable use of the systems color palette.
Another thing SFII was quite famous for was the audio presentation. The music still remains as some of the most memorable tunes in video game history. Throughout the run of Street Fighter II titles (Championship, Turbo, Super, Super Turbo, etc.) these tunes have been remixed somewhat, but never held the pulse pounding power that the original had. In fact, it wasn't until Street Fighter Alpha 2 that this soundtrack was matched. The classic sound effects are still a staple even today. Cell phones shouting out "HADOUKEN!" when a text message is received, wrestling commentators calling flying uppercuts during a wrestling match a "shoryuken" and so on. Twenty years later, the cross cultural influences that not only the sound bytes hold, but the game its self displays, more than represents the fact that Cacpom created a juggernaut of an IP that has extended well outside the reach of the gaming community.
There were only a small handful of issues that were a problem years ago, and still add a bit of annoyance to the overall package. As mentioned earlier, the floaty jumps make any type of jump ins problematic, as just about any anti air attack has plenty of time to develop and knock you out of the sky. Although eight fighters was considered a plethora of combatants to choose from, it was a tease to see these cool boss characters slap you around, and yet you had the inability to play as them, until a year later. Finally, throw damage was way too generous and the ability to make your opponent dizzy was a bit too easily done. In some cases, one throw could tack off 1/4 of your opponents health. With the dizziness, two fireballs could render ones character dizzy. Thankfully, it wasn't a difficult task to shake yourself out of that state.
Even today, Street Fighter II remains an exciting and addicting experience, regardless of all of the "updates" the game has received over the years. It's a bright and colorful visual experience, with a memorable cast of characters and one of the best single or multiplayer experiences you'll ever encounter.
Check back tomorrow for part two of this Comparison Series, as we take a look at Fighters History, the score for each game, as well as which game has the better Visuals, Audio, Controls and Replay!


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San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro delivers speech at Democratic National Convention
Jefferson HS students see hope in Castro's career
SAN ANTONIO - Among those watching San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro's historic moment as the first Hispanic to give the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention will be a group of seniors studying government at Jefferson High School, his alma mater.
"It's actually amazing thought knowing he came where we are," said Briana Sanchez.
Alex Olmsted said, "I think it gives hope to inner city kids saying you get what you put into life."
Others also said they see hope for themselves in Castro's life and career.
"It really shows that it doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter the environment," said Lanni Hammonds. "The sky isn't the limit. You can go as far as you want to go."
Castro and his twin brother, Joaquin, were raised by a single mother in a working class neighborhood near St. Mary's University. They went on to Ivy League educations, followed by each taking their own political path.
The mayor's speech is seen by political analysts as his introduction to the same national stage that vaulted then Senator Barack Obama into presidential politics.
"I can see him in the White House one day in the future," said Salvador Acosta.
Acosta and several of the other students agreed Castro could go a long way in closing the age gap between increasingly apathetic young voters and outspoken, conservative older voters.
Merrick Escobar said thanks to Castro, he is now considering following in his footsteps.
"I've always wanted to make a change in my community and the world," Escobar said.
Escobar said he's changed his mind about politics, "knowing that somebody who has walked these halls, who started out where I am now, has gotten as far as he has."
In advance of Mayor Julian Castro's keynote address at the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Obama for America released a new video featuring Castro, his twin brother, and their mother, Rosie Castro, talking about how his family's story.
It's available to be seen here.
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Growing economic interdependence, environmental issues and an increasingly global energy market make IEA relations with non-member countries, industry, international organisations and other stakeholders especially important. Just over half of the world's energy consumption now takes place outside the IEA region. Collectively, non-IEA countries will account for almost all growth in energy demand up to 2030.
Directed by its member countries, the IEA has developed close co-operative working relationships with major emerging economies such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Thailand, as well as countries in the Caspian region, the Middle East and North Africa.
Iceland, Israel, Mexico and Slovenia are members of the OECD but not of the IEA. In order to become a member country of the IEA, countries must meet certain requirements. Chile is a candidate country for accession. For more information on IEA membership, click here.
See also: Global Engagement, World Energy Statistics and Balances Online Service, Energy Balances of Non-OECD countries, Energy Statistics of Non-OECD countries, Key World Energy Statistics.


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This morning I heard some odd noises from the chicken coop. One of the hens was working herself up to either a full-on "I laid an egg" cackle, or she was going to crow like a rooster. Hard to say. (They do both. It's kind of a hormonal thing in post-menopausal chickens.)
Eventually the noise settled down, and I went outside to check on the nest box, just to see. I truly did not expect to find anything there. I mean, these are old hens. How long do chickens lay eggs, anyway? Not usually this long. But there's always the off chance of getting an egg or two every once in a while.
Well, I found five. Oops!
This one is all on me. Obviously I have been snoozing on the job. I cleaned the coop a week ago, so I know that the eggs are no more than seven days old. Chickens usually lay an egg a day. These two, a little less often than that. It's hard to say if all five were laid by one hen, or if they were both laying.
Anyway, they always tell you that eggs are sterile. That they don't need refrigeration, as long as you don't wash off the outer coating, and you keep them at a reasonable temperature. Our temps have been in the 50s.
Still though… I just can't do it. I think I'm going to have to chuck these in the compost heap.
(It would be a more difficult decision if I hadn't just bought an 18-pack of eggs at the store yesterday.)
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Quotable Clinton
President Bill Clinton headlined last week's Campus Progress conference, an annual gathering held to inspire young liberals to activism, and below are some highlights from his address:
Early on in the speech, Clinton called diversity "America's greatest asset", and said he "passionately believe[s] in the DREAM Act." He continued, "I think we're better off with more immigrants, not fewer," but did not distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants.
Clinton also criticized conservatives, saying, "The current governing philosophy of the Republicans in Congress is that America would be just fine if we could weaken the government more. The government is the source of all of our problems." He attributed the origin of this philosophy's influence to the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan, and claimed that such a philosophy "would strike the Founding Fathers as...strange"-an odd position, given that the American Revolution was fought to escape excessive government power.
The former president did admit that the Democrats received "a terrible whippin'" in the 2010 midterm elections, but quickly amended this statement, saying his party would have done better if only voters had known "basic facts".
He went on to argue that Obama's stimulus package was not a failure, and that it was only designed to "put a floor in the hole", not to actually generate an economic recovery.
And lest anyone be concerned that the federal government went too far in bailing out failing companies, Clinton assured his audience that "the automobile restructuring...was not a bailout" (despite the fact that it entailed vast amounts of taxpayer money going to rescue sinking manufacturers).
Then, drawing a line fine even by Clinton's standards, he further assured listeners that his fellow partisans, when devising their health care reform laws, "didn't [cut Medicare]; what they did was to reduce the amount of increase given to certain Medicare services..."
He also told the audience of young liberals, in reference to some conservatives' push to end same-day voter registration and other flexible voting laws, that there exists a "disciplined, passionate, and determined effort of Republican governors and legislators to keep most of you from voting...."
And the Republican-bashing didn't stop there. Near the end of his speech, while discussing Florida governor Rick Scott's opposition to a law granting criminals the right to vote after completing their sentences, Clinton posed the question, "Why should we disenfranchise people forever once they've paid their price?" His answer (on Scott's behalf): "Because most of them in Florida were African Americans and Hispanics that would tend to vote for Democrats; that's why."


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Yesterday was a huge win for a very specific group of people: Veronica Mars fans. In just a few hours they raised enough money to finance a movie version of their beloved TV show which went off the air in 2007 after only 3 seasons. According to Kickstarter, 44,651 people contributed $2.7 million. That's $700,000 more than the film makers needed and it's the strong show of support Warner Bros. was looking for. The studio will now kick in the money to market and distribute the film in a few theaters and on VOD.
On the face of it, this seems like a watershed moment for independent film financing. Passionate filmmakers could suddenly be free of the burden of searching for investors willing to put money into their films but also expecting returns. The Veronica Mars fans aren't investors. They won't demand an audit if the movie doesn't seem to make money. They're happy with their t-shirts, DVDs and scripts that they received as premiums for their donations.
It's an incredibly great deal for Warner Bros., Mars executive producer Rob Thomas and anyone who has points on the film. As long as the film earns back its marketing money, everyone will make money since there are no other investors to pay out.
But when you look more closely at the project, you realize this is not going to be the new model. There were very specific reasons why this project worked. There was already a script and all of the players (including big name star Kristen Bell) were already on board. There was also already a distributor in place, a rarity these days for any independent project.
Then there's Veronica Mars' fan base. There aren't many shows that have quite as loyal a group of fans as Mars. It takes an enormous effort to pry even a little big of money from someone for something like a Kickstarter project. The backers have to be really and truly invested and in love with the project. Maybe when Community gets canceled they'll have something like this ready and waiting but it's not a fit for every canceled show.
Mars is not the first movie to seek funding on Kickstarter. There's a slew of video projects looking for backers. Some are successful, others aren't having much luck. To stand out, future indie films will need the same hooks they use to attract off line investors, a star or a known director. The quality of the script matters even less with Kickstarter projects as backers are unlikely to read a whole script before deciding whether to donate.
There's even a chance the film could hurt indie financing. If the film does very well, distributors might start to expect filmmakers to be able to raise money on their own from fans but that's easier said than done.
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Patrick Ramsey is, was, and always will be a total POS. Don't expect much or you will be disappointed.
Just because the baby is innocent, doesn't mean the Deputies were guilty. No one's saying it was the baby's fault. I wouldn't be surprised if someone did as many morons as are on here today....
No shortage of morons on here today, I see.
Spoken like a true numbskull, northshoredude. You keep thinking like that and you'll be a story in the newspaper some day, too.
E=MC2, I can tell you fancy yourself quite the intellectual by your screen name. However, as soon as you open your mouth, you blow your cover. I was using the fact that Bush had a sense of humor as an example of one of the ways he was a better president and better person than Obama. There are plenty of problems that Bush inherited. Just because the economy was strong doesn't mean all was well. He didn't screw everything up that got screwed up during his administration, either. It was that darned democrat congress he had to deal with. Barney Frank and the housing market problems, etc. It all goes back to entitlement, really. Those who feel entitled suck on the system like parasitic leeches and it's just getting to the point where there aren't enough people working and making enough money to support all the leeches. Whoever had the idea that someone has a right to own a home regardless of whether or not he can afford the payments was a real genius (sarcasm) and I can guarantee you that was not GW. My point is that GW is not the president any more and it's unbecoming of a world leader to belittle his predecessors and blame all the ills of his own administration on the people who used to run the country. Obama is the only US president to do this to the extent that he has done so. He is a trashy, low class, arrogant fool and he better not get re-elected in 2012.
Who would you like the killers to be, inspector77, the boy scouts of america? International terrorists? Why does it matter who they are as long as someone shoots them right in the face with an automatic weapon to prevent them from ever doing it again?
Oh, so now Katrina was a man-made disaster? That's just so ridiculous. Someone should labotomize that darned fool, Fielkow, just to see if he acts any differently after the procedure.
You people have to stop blaming G. W. Bush. He was a good president and he could take criticism and often showed a very good-natured sense of humor about his minor blunders such as his mis-statements. Obama is so thin-skinned he can't take the criticism. It's like he thought he would take office and everyone would just do everything he said to do and no one would speak out against him when he has stupid ideas. This recent feud with FOX News is a clear and convincing example of Obama's thin-skinned demeanor. He needs to stop blaming past presidents for the problems he inherited. It's disgraceful to the office of the President of the US. All the other presidents have inherited problems from their predecessors but you haven't heard them openly complain about that. Obama is a frigging tool but he certainly cannot be blamed for what happened today at Ft. Hood.
Leave it to a bunch of rednecks from Louisiana to make me take the side of Obama on anything. How could he have stopped anything from happening. Even if he did pull all our troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, this still could have happened because of soldiers who were stressed out from being in those two wars in the first place. Why would we pull all the troops? You want to give Al Qaeda carte blanche to plot against and attack the US. There have been no Islamic terrorist attacks on US soil since Bush attacked Iraq all those years ago. Those of you who are against this war are in favor of the terrorists. Ignorant fools!
Would someone please tell me why it's up to the Feds to rebuild these houses anyways? The Feds did not cause Katrina. It was a weather-related disaster. If you did not have homeowners and/or flood insurance and you couldn't recoup all your losses, then that's a lesson learned the hard way and you do what you can afford to do and buy more insurance next time. Those levees can't stop mother nature and they were never meant to. It's absolutely ludicrous how many people think they are owed by the government for a weather-related disaster. How about all those who spent their hard-earned money paying insurance premiums for years and years? Shouldn't the government repay them for all that wasted money in insurance premiums to "make them whole?" Otherwise, the people who were uninsured or underinsured are getting more than those who did what they were supposed to do and insured their homes against the proper perils and in the proper amounts.
Amen to that, Roachmeister. It's like these people believe the Feds or the State "owe" them because the hurricane was the fault of the State or the Feds. The storm happened and if their house was not insured to the point at which it covered their rebuilding costs, they just can't rebuild...period! If there is a small gap and the Feds want to throw them a bone, that's fine but for something to cost more than twice what it is worth is ridiculous. The guy who compared this to buying a new car and then having it lose value when you drive it off the lot is a moron! Not the same thing. Cars are depreciating assets and homes, generally, are not.
niterider121: You obviously learned everything you know about how the civil judicial system works from a television show -- a bad one. Attorney General forcing a settlement? WTF!? Why would you be in favor of someone suing the oyster producers when there was a warning in the first place? Ever hear of assumption of risk?
Now, I'm not saying that NOLA "Justice" isn't skewed and that all is on the up and up in the NOLA Metro area. However, am I missing something? The video apparently shows the "victim" grabbing and touching Lawson's female friends in an inappropriate manner. If someone did that to my wife, I would break my hand on the MF's face. And there's no jury in the country (or at least in the South) that would convict me for standing up for my family like that. There's no evidence that Lawson punched the "victim" repeatedly or kicked him or beat him further after he went to the ground. I am failing to see the injustice other than that Lawson is being charged with any crime at all. They probably think they have to charge him for something or it will look like they are favoring him because of his connections to high-ranking law enforcement authorities. I think he should and will be acquitted of simple battery just as he would be acquitted of any more serious charges that those of you think should be made....
You bloated, bloviating bag of balls!
I think Obama and Nagin ought to go somewhere and praise each other and talk about how great they are. They are both such complete narcissists. They can take turns blowing each other. Anything to keep them both locked away somewhere where they can't ruin their domains any further.
hotchick2008, what the hell are you talking about? This is an article about a single-vehicle motorcycle accident. You must be a blonde, huh?
hotchick2008, what the hell are you talking about? This is an article about a single-vehicle motorcycle accident. You must be a blonde, huh?
D!P SH!T, if you work for something or spend money for it, you are "entitled" to it. What the others on this post are talking about is the whole entitlement mentality. People who believe just because they breathe air and live in the US, they are entitled to food, money, healthcare, etc. The constitution sets our basic human rights: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. No where does it guarantee that you will experience any happiness, only that you have a right to pursue it. That means that you can work and keep your wages to use for your own purposes such as to buy health insurance, Azzhole!!!
thousandoaks: Oh, poor pitiful you. Want a Kleenex? The reason doctors are so expensive is because of all the fools who sue them when a relative dies even when the doctor didn't do anything wrong. And, LA is one of the worst states for this type of abuse. People sue doctors just because someone died on the table. They weren't supposed to die so it must have been the doctor's fault....
Burnsville1, if that is a picture of you beside your name, you are way too old to take such a ridiculous stand on this issue. The facts are simple: There was nothing on the West Bank for these people so there was no reason to allow them to cross the bridge. They weren't supposed to be in the metro area anyway because there was a mandatory evacuation. You should be ashamed of yourself for taking the position you've taken.


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If you are looking for some new ideas, have a look at the photos below for some seriously gorgeous front garden gates.
The garden to our left has good depth with the circular arch at the front echoed over the gate leading to the back garden.
For a totally different shape, the gable roof over the gate to the right, is beautifully set off by the tumbling roses and glossy green shrubs which soften the fence line. The Iris at the base of the fence adds an informal note.
The old world cottage pictured (above left), has the classic blue and white combination. The colours of the cottage are repeated in the garden. A verdant lilac wisteria trails along the roof line and the long blooming Iceberg Roses also pick up on the white picket fence. The re-cycled bricks in the fence (above right) contrast well with the structured timber gate. It sets off the modern take of the cottage styled house extremely well.
The romance of roses has been around for thousands of years. Wild roses have even been found in fossil beds which are estimated to be over 34 million years old. That makes them older than humans.
Stories of roses are tied in with historical figures and can any of us forget Josephine in her garden at Chateau du Malmaison with over 250 varieties of roses. Still when one's husband is bent on conquering the world and orders his Captains to bring back any new or unusual roses for his wife, one is bound to amass a reasonably large collection. Indeed travelling to Egypt - where the rose was almost worshipped by Cleopatra - you are bound to pick up some beauties.
Cleopatra has been credited with filling her mattresses and cushions with rose petals, washing her sails with rosewater and of course covering the barge with masses of petals for that first all important meeting with Mark Antony.
The roses in existence today have a marvellous history and we are extremely lucky to be able to experience and grow a bloom that is often called 'Queen of The Flowers.'
S So many varieties to pick from and such a colour selection. Add to this the ability to grow in sandy or clay soil and you have a plant that is tough, hardy and exceptionally beautiful. It should not be forgotton that roses live for a long, long time and there is a rose in Germany that is thought to be over a thousand years old (!!!?!!).
The other requirement for roses is full sun for at least half a day. They are big feeders and it is always a good idea to prepare the soil before planting by adding such organic material as Blood & Bone, Enriched Cow Manure or Rapid Raiser. Once planted, a scattering of slow release fertiliser and the application of Sugar Cane or Lucerne mulch is a really good idea.
Roses already in your garden beds would benefit from an application of all of the above at this time of the year.
You also need to be aware that roses are suspecable to insect attack and some fungal diseases. Thus it is not a bad idea to have an all purpose rose spray handy to use when necessary.
If you have a special occasion coming up in a few weeks time, consider giving your roses a liquid weekly feed, as well as following all of the above advice. After a few weeks, they will be even heavier with bud and have strong, glossy green leaves. Gorgeous!
They are now heading into the actively growing stage with strong green growth appearing. Unfortunately in a few months time, the new leaves will become speckled and ugly as the Azalea Lace Bug, Thrips and other nasties, decide to move in.
In previous years the serious enthusiasts would have sprayed with various products to keep them at bay. Confidor was one of the products that was used however many gardeners are adverse to spraying.
The Confidor spray is now produced in tablet form which makes the job just that much easier.
There is no spray drift to deal with, nor is there any need for repeat sprays. In January and February, when the pests are at their peak, the Azaleas will still look strong, healthy and green.
Some of the gardens on display were truly remarkable.
There were many inspirational ideas that lent themselves to the variable (!) Sydney climate.
This stunning design on the left, was "Best In Show".
The show is on in Cenntenial Park and well worth the visit. Masses of interesting stands to browse through and delicious food to consume along the way.
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There are however many marvellous positives to the rain which has been coming down over the past few weeks. It has been deep and penetrating. Though the weeds have flourished, they are as easy to pull out as a knife in a melting Camembert.
Spring is just around the corner - so the plants and trees are relishing the rain and producing beautiful flowers. Dried up old turf is starting to re-grow.
The application of fertilizers on the garden beds can be done immediately. Mulch can also be generously applied, thereby conserving the water in the soil. It is the most perfect time to spread fertilizer over the lawns.
The rain was badly needed - it had been quite dry in the months leading up to this rainfall and for the rain to come just before one of the prime growing times of the year, is fantastic.
Get out there in between the showers of rain - your garden will love you and reward you with the best Spring show ever!
The Bougainvilleas below are a cross between a bonsai and a pot feature.
These bougainvilleas are quite mature and have been in the pots for a number of years. They are lifted out every three years, the roots are pruned back and they are then potted back into the pot with fresh potting mix. The root pruning takes place in late winter.
Another decorative idea with pots is to put temporary displays in them.
In the beautiful example on the left, the pot has been partially filled with Pine Bark Mulch. Enough depth was left free of the mulch to leave room for the pot of orchids to be placed snugly on top.
A saucer was placed at the very bottom of the pot, internally.
When the orchids are watered, the water filters down through the pine bark and into the saucer. This ensures that the orchids do not become water logged and still have their regular watering. Unsightly water puddles at the base of the pot are avoided.
Once the flowers have finished, it is an easy job to lift them out and replace them with a fresh pot of orchids.
Finally consider the water garden - in a pot.
Some plants thrive in having wet feet. Think about Water Lilies, the stunning Lotus (on the left), Elephant Ears, Crinum, Water Poppies and Louisanan Iris. Obviously a pot without any drainage holes is a prerequisite but there is such a variety of containers that you can have a wonderful time picking one that suits your home.
Cymbidium Orchids are at their absolute best.
Pansies will add colour to the garden for months.
Lewisia are tough & hardy and also flower for months on end.
Sedums are an all time favourite. They look fabulous and
require minimum attention!
For example in times past, people would fill a car tyre with soil and plant the potato in it. As the plant sprouted, they would add another tyre and more soil to cover the plant and keep on building the tyres up to about a metre or more.
The potato plant would then be allowed to flourish and when it finally died down, the whole plant would be pulled from the soil including the root system. Of course it was among all those roots that you would get your potato crop.
Given that a lot us do not keep a supply of spare tyres in the back garden are there other ways of producing a bumper crop?
Indeed. One of the most simple methods is to dig a trench a handspan wide and a handspan deep. Place your seed potato at the bottom of the trench and cover with a mix of compost and cow manure. When the sprout emerges, cover it again. Keep on covering the sprout until you have a mound. (The size of the mound is up to you.)
The plant is left to grow, mature and die off. You can then harvest your potatoes, but leave them in a sunny position for a day, to 'harden up' the skin.
Once this is done, gently brush off as much soil as possible. Then spread them out in a shady area inside the house or garage, where they can further dry out. You can then store the potaoes in a string or hessian bag for use at your leisure. Keep them in a dark cupboard to prevent them from sprouting or going green.
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By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2005 Freedom is on the march, but it is "never guaranteed," President Bush's nominee for deputy defense secretary told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee April 19.
Bush has nominated Navy Secretary Gordon R. England to replace current Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, who will take office as president of the World Bank in June.
England said the world has changed since he first appeared before the committee for confirmation as Navy secretary in May 2001. Then, the emphasis was on traditional enemies and threats to be dealt with in traditional military ways. Then came the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
England told the senators about Bush's Sept. 12 visit to the Pentagon. "The Pentagon was still burning," England said. "The president told the leadership of the Defense Department to get ready. He said that the war on terror would be a long struggle, that it would be diplomatic, economic and military, but that the military had to succeed for the nation to succeed."
Since the attacks in New York and Washington, servicemembers have demonstrated their prowess to the world. The military's efforts in support of the president's vision of freedom and liberty are starting to make a profound difference in the Middle East, England said.
"The world watched as the courageous people of Afghanistan cast ballots for the first time," he said. "Since then, we have seen historic elections in Iraq, among the Palestinians, and in the Ukraine twice. Syria is beginning to disengage in Lebanon, and other countries are moving closer to free elections."
England, who also served as the first deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security before returning to DoD, said he will work alongside Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to further the goals of the country and the department. He said he will work to "secure the United States from direct attack, secure strategic access, and retain global freedom of action."
The nominee said he would work to strengthen alliances and partnerships and establish favorable security conditions. Part of his job would be to "assure allies and friends, dissuade potential adversaries, deter aggression and counter coercion and defeat adversaries," he said.
He said that his Homeland Security Department experiences showed him the limits of defense. "You cannot protect America from solely inside America," he said. "It takes both a defense and an offense. We need to continue to take the fight to the enemies of freedom, to where they train and where they organize."
England said the United States and its allies no longer face just traditional and predictable threats. "Rather, we are now also threatened by enemies who operate from the shadows -- outside governments, outside the rule of law, and without compassion for humanity," England said.
If confirmed, England will continue his duties as DoD's point man for administrative hearings for enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for the department's National Security Personnel System, Pentagon officials said.