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Egypt: Minister Reynders calls for calm and dialogue
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders greatly deplores the violence and numerous deaths resulting from the eviction of President Morsi's supporters from their camps. Minister Reynders calls for calm and asks all parties in Egypt to show restraint in order to avoid further casualties.
Minister Reynders is convinced that the only solution to this political crisis is dialogue between all the political movements in Egypt. This is why the creation of a climate in which the necessary trust exists between the various parties to initiate such a dialogue is important. The curtailing of civil and political rights and the imprisonment of political opponents does not, according to Minister Reynders, contribute to a context in which dialogue is possible.
Minister Reynders fully supports the efforts of High Representative Catherine Ashton and European Union Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean Bernardino León to bring about reconciliation between the various parties in Egypt. However, in the end, it is up to Egyptians themselves to determine their future, starting with the organisation of parliamentary and presidential elections that will put Egypt back on the path to democracy.


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2014 Arizona Baseball Opening Weekend
Kent State (1-1) at Arizona (1-1)
Sunday, Feb. 16 // Noon.
Tucson, Ariz. // Hi Corbett Field
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Game 1: Arizona 13, Kent State 1
» Box Score // Recap // Photo Gallery
The University of Arizona baseball team opened the season with a bang Friday night, dispatching Kent State, 13-1, before a crowd of 3,613 that was treated to a postgame fireworks show at Hi Corbett Field. Senior right-hander James Farris (W, 1-0) seemingly pitched better as the game wore on, finishing with nine strikeouts over 7.2 innings on the mound, while freshman designated hitter Willie Calhoun sparked the offense with three hits and four runs driven in.
Game 2: Kent State 14, Arizona 5
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The Golden Flashes jumped all over Arizona starter Tyler Crawford in the initial frame, chasing the lefty after he faced eight batters and recorded just one out. First baseman Cody Koch paced the Golden Flashes offense with a 5-for-5 night at the plate, which included three runs batted in and a run scored. He also walked once. Koch, the No. 5 hitter in the order, rounded out a top-half of the lineup that combined to hit 14-for-25 on the evening, with 10 runs scored and eight driven in. Three-hole hitter Alex Miklos tallied three hits and a pair of runs scored, while cleanup hitter Zarley Zalewski drove in four and scored twice on two base hits.
Probable Starters
Game 3: LHP Michael Clark (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Cody Hamlin (0-0, 0.00)
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Every Arizona home game will be streamed live if it is not selected for television by the Pac-12 Networks or the ESPN Family of Networks. All three games this weekend will be streamed online at http://pac-12.com/videos/university-arizona-3.
English Radio
This weekend's games will not be broadcast in English by the Arizona IMG Sports Network. Broadcasts are scheduled to begin with the start of Pac-12 Conference play March 14 and continue through the end of the season. The Voice of the Wildcats, Brian Jeffries, will call all the action on the broadcasts.
Spanish Radio
All three games this weekend will be broadcast in Spanish on 990 AM in Tucson. Francisco Romero will handle the play-by-play call.
Social Media
Follow @ArizonaBaseball on Twitter for continual updates on the Wildcats at home or on the road, including score updates, news, facts and other pertinent information. Interact with @ArizonaBaseball for chances to win prizes and participate in promotions throughout the season. Be sure to "like" Facebook.com/ArizonaBaseball for stories and behind-the-scenes updates on the club, including photos and videos. Check out YouTube.com/ArizonaAthletics or YouTube.com/UAWildcatBaseball for the most recent videos and Instagram.com/ArizonaBaseball for candid photos throughout the season.
Arizona Baseball Tickets
General admission season tickets, seven-game mini-plans and single-game tickets are on sale through the McKale Ticket Office, which is is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in-person or by phone (520-621-2287). Tickets also can be purchased anytime on www.arizonawildcats.com. The Hi Corbett ticket office opens 90 minutes prior to game time this weekend. For all home games, fans are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance as tickets purchased the day of the game are $2 more.
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Print-at-Home is the quickest and recommended method of ticket delivery. When fans purchase single game tickets online or over the phone, they can choose print-at-home and the tickets will be emailed directly to the customer. Tickets can be printed on a home printer and bought straight to the entrance gate to skip any ticket lines.

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2012: Team captain ... Did not see any game action due to injury ... Norman J. Goldring Award recipient for having the highest GPA among senior female student-athletes at Penn ... Player's Choice and Alumnae Award recipient at team banquet.
2011: Appeared in 18 games, starting nine in the designated player position ... Got a hit in five of the nine games she started ... Recorded a sacrifice fly that scored the eventual winning run against Holy Cross (3/8) ... Went 1-3 with a double in game two against Villanova (4/6) ... Doubled in a run in game one against Brown (4/9).
2010: Made three pinch hit at-bats, earning a walk versus Youngstown State (3/7) during Penn's spring break trip ... Did not see action for much of the season due to injury.
2009: Honorable mention All-Ivy ... Appeared in 32 games, starting 22 as the designated hitter ... Belted her first collegiate home run and went 2-2 with two RBI against Cornell (4/12) ... Boasted a .351 on-base percentage, good for third on the team ... Had two hits and drove in a run in Penn's win over Brown (4/4).
High School: Named All-Independent School League four years ... Washington Post all-district and team's most valuable player junior and senior year ... Washington Post All-Met honorable mention as a senior ... Four-year letterwinner in softball ... Captain during senior year ... Also lettered in volleyball ... High school teammate of Alie Kolbe, who plays softball at Brown.
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High School: Forest Hill
College: Miami (FL) (school history) (Anderson college stats)
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Orlando Nightlife: What's going on tonight Orlando – Sept. 20 (Happy National Punch Day)
When I hear "Happy National Punch Day" I'm thinking the drinking kind, not so much the hitting kind. You agree? Well tonight I'll be heading over to the Orlando Improv Festival, you can read more about it here, and then checking out Will Walker's new bar the Belle Isle Yacht Club. But if improv isn't your thing or Belle Isle is a bit of a drive for you check out these other options.
- Lady Antebellum plays Hard Rock Live tonight at 7:30 p.m. for the country fans in the audience.
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So the Mini-M that Leica has been teasing on its Facebook page has been announced. It is the Leica X Vario, a 16.1MP APS-C CMOS sensor fixed lens compact camera. Its lens is a Vario Elmar 18-46mm f/3.5-6.4 ASPH lens and Leica is claiming that the X Vario is the first large sensor compact with a zoom lens.
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by Charlie Nardozzi
Use lime to raise the pH of your acidic soil. Several types are available, and which you should use depends on the soil's magnesium content. If a soil test indicates low to medium magnesium levels, use dolomitic limestone, which contains 46 to 51 percent calcium carbonate and 38 to 40 percent magnesium carbonate. Where magnesium levels are high, use a calcitic or oyster shell limestone. These products contain 65 to 80 percent calcium, but only 3 to 15 percent magnesium.
To lower pH of alkaline soils (above 7) apply sulfur. The sulfur products found in nurseries contain 90 percent elemental sulfur; apply them in the fall to have the correct pH by spring. The effect is delayed because soil-dwelling bacteria need time to break down the added sulfur and lower the pH. The bacteria oxidize the sulfur; it then combines with water to form sulfuric acid, which acidifies the soil. Because this process relies upon active soil bacteria, sulfur is best applied in spring or summer, when the bacteria are most active.
Mineral N-P-K
Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (N-P-K) are the three nutrients plants extract from soil in greatest quantity. These are available in synthetic, organic, and mineral forms.
Nitrogen is a major player in the growth of stems and leaves. Too much causes delayed flowering and fruiting and too little can cause stunted growth. Suspect nitrogen deficiency when new growth is pale, yellowish, or otherwise weak. If your soil is deficient in nitrogen, the only rock mineral fertilizer to use is nitrate of soda (16-0-0), which is also called sodium nitrate. This mineral nitrogen, mined from the Atacama Desert in Chile, is almost immediately available to plant roots. It is short-lived in soil, so it is best applied just before planting time. Apply 4 pounds per 1,000 square feet.
Nitrate of soda is not recommended in the low-rainfall regions of the western U.S., where soil is normally alkaline and some soils may contain excess sodium. The fertilizer increases both sodium and soil pH - 1 pound of sodium nitrate raises pH about as much as 3 pounds of lime would.
Phosphorus plays a key role in germination, photosynthesis, and growth. Purplish stems and leaves, retarded growth and maturity, and poor fruit yields are all symptoms of soils low in phosphorus. Rock phosphates are mined in many areas of the U.S., including Idaho, Florida, and North Carolina.
The phosphates are generally grouped into hard and soft types. Hard-rock phosphate (0-30-0) has about 30 percent phosphorus and 48 percent calcium, even though only 2 to 3 percent is readily available in any given year. The remainder is left undissolved or "banked" in the soil for future use. Black rock phosphate, a form of hard rock phosphate, is denser, less dusty, and easier to use. Apply 2 pounds of either type per 1,000 square feet.
Colloidal or soft-rock phosphate has only 18 percent phosphorus (0-18-0) and 19 percent calcium. Although it has less phosphorus and calcium than hard-rock phosphates, it is recommended for sandy soil because of its colloidal clay content. The gluelike quality of this type of clay holds soil particles together which improves the water-holding capacity of sandy soil. Apply 4 pounds per 1,000 square feet.
Soft- and hard-rock phosphates dissolve best at a pH of 6.2. In alkaline soils where pH is greater than 7, the phosphorus will remain unavailable to plant roots. If your soil is alkaline and low in phosphorus, correct the deficiency with non-mineral bonemeal fertilizer. Phosphorus is long lasting in soil. Once levels are adequate, you shouldn't need to add more for five years.


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Alongside the classic and definitive kirby moment of "Child porn doesnt normally have children in it"
Alongside the classic and definitive kirby moment of "Child porn doesnt normally have children in it"
No, I wasn't there and that sounds incredibly dumb. Perhaps if the images were drawings and did not harm real children, it could be a manageable fetish, but if real children are harmed there is no reason to be in favor of the act.
Give it about 5 minutes after he logs on and he'll come out with "KING WANTS TO ARREST AND KILL ALL PAEDOS EVEN IF THEY ARE SECRET PAEDOTATOES" when what I actually said was "Just because thinking things isn't illegal it doesn't mean they're right"
I do that to emphasise the socially awkward autistic styling of your posts and rhetoric.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
this "crime" of his had no victims. i hear people supporting it saying he should have been tried for "harassment" or whatever of the family. which is absurd. he did not explicitly send these statements to the family, he made no effort to make sure they in particular heard them and could not help but hear them. so it is no any sort of "harassment," there are no victims, and it is no crime.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
God, to claim that he done nothing wrong by making several obscene posts laughing about the murder and assumed rape of two little girls is a ridiculous thing to say. I also never once said Paedophiles should be arrested for their thoughts. I said Paedophilia was wrong (it is) that wanting to rape small children is wrong (it is) and that just because it's not illegal to want to rape small children doesn't mean it's ok.
He's serving 12 weeks in a soft prison. That's nothing. The public gets to have their sense of justice, he's out of harms way for a few weeks and everyone forgets about it. He was also charged with Perverting the course of Justice. None of us have seen said facebook posts, but for him to be charged over that one can deduct that he had posted something that could have been interpreted as evidence in the ongoing case which obviously was his idea of a joke.
Shut up you autist fuck. It'd be funnier if you hadn't said jerking off to images and videos of children getting raped was ok.
Kirby I say this from the bottom of my heart. If I ever genuinely wanted someone to get a nasty illness it'd hands down be you.
People have all kinds of fetishes that they can't control, so as long as they don't act upon their fantasy there is nothing wrong. Saying it is morally wrong to think about having sex with kids is stupid, as you can't really control your own thoughts. Even writing stories or drawing images of it doesn't matter because no one is negatively effected. Looking at actual child porn on the other hand is wrong because you may not actually be harming children, you are still supporting those who do.
i want to say that i don't mind king, but i also remember that it was specifically just thinking about it was something king thought should be illegal because it could be acted upon. the other side was as long as somebody doesn't act on it then it's ok. you can't really judge whether somebody is going to or not so you should only act on those who do, not those who simply have that attraction but don't act on it in any bad way.
"12 weeks in a soft prison, thats nothing"
in the UK does having a criminal record really not negatively impact job prospects, etc?
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
It doesn't really effect job opportunities. In some cases you don't even need to make them aware of any committed crimes and thanks to equal opportunity laws most places HAVE to take you on if you've served time because they will be classed as discriminating you by not giving you the job on the grounds that you have a record.
In fact thanks to the college, A-Level, GNVQ, BTEC and National Diploma level qualifications you can gain freely in prison, alongside a glowing record of conduct whilst in there, some ex cons are incredibly desirable in the work place. My friend Jarvis came out 14 months into a 3 year sentence for dealing Ketamine and because of his good behaviour and the fact he gained several qualifications whilst there he managed to land a decent job with a building firm and is on more than I am a year. England isn't like America when it comes to jail. Rape and murder in jail here is incredibly rare and the main emphasis is on rehabilitation as opposed to long term punishment/free labour.
And Justin I said that desires to rape a child shouldn't be allowed, not the act of sexual attraction to a child (which is wrong anyway imo) I never said anyone should be incarcerated over their sexual urges but that they should be offered free and confidential help with them instead.
I've never heard of anyone being given that kind of sentence for dealing ket. My friend deals mkat at Lancaster University under their nose and they actually literally don't give a shit. I've only met people who have been to prison for dealing heroin/cocaine


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Published: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 9:16 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 9:33 p.m.
For this Super Bowl Sunday, expect sunny conditions around Volusia and Flagler counties, with high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s.
In Daytona Beach, clear skies will prevail and the mercury will top out at 68 degrees. It will be windy, with breezes from the northwest at 15 mph, gusting up to 25 mph. Tonight, the winds will calm somewhat as temperatures dip to a low of 43.
In Palm Coast, expect a high of 65 and breezes out of the northwest at 10 to 15 miles per hour. Temperatures will drop to 42 degrees tonight.
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- Tel: 87806666 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
- Hotel Name in Chinese: Approval Hotel Hangzhou
- Lowest Price: $56
Hangzhou Zancheng Hotel is a 3-star comprehensive hotel oriented towards tourism and foreign guests from different parts of the world. Hotel is located at Chengzhan Plaza, the prosperous commercial, cultural and transportation center of Hangzhou. The hotel consists of three buildings of different architectural styles (main building, podium and western building).
It features a nightclub, a games room and a business center.
Opened in 2000, Renovated in 2006.
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|Kiser 85th at NCAA Championship
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. –
University of Idaho sophomore Hannah Kiser finished 85th on Monday at her first
career NCAA Cross Country Championship to cap off an outstanding second season
as a Vandal.
Kiser ran a time of 20:54 on the 6000m course to turn in the
second-highest finish ever by an Idaho woman at the NCAA meet.
"It's really exciting to run with the best of the best,
because no matter how you do, you're still running against good people," Kiser
said. "I'm happy I had a good experience and I came away from it with a
positive feeling about my race and about NCAAs and I'm proud of what I did
Idaho director of track and field/cross country said the
field of 253 runners is like an "all-star race" of the nation's top distance
runners, and that Kiser composed herself very well for her first performance at
such an event.
"In track you have 20 to 30 girls qualify for NCAA
Championships in every distance event from 800 meters up," Phipps said. "In cross
country, you're essentially taking every single NCAA qualifier from all the track
distance events, then you're putting them all in one race. Finishing in the top
third in that quality of a race is an amazing accomplishment."
There's no better example, Phipps said, than former Vandal
Letiwe Marakurwa, a four-time Big West champion, two-time NCAA qualifier and
2003 All-American whose 67th overall finish in 2004 stands as the best by a
Vandal at the NCAA Cross Country Championship.
"Hannah was running in front of girls who have already been
All-Americans in track events, both indoors and outdoors," Phipps said. "A
10-second improvement or a 10-second drop could move you 25 places either way
in a race like this."
Despite it being Kiser's first career experience at a meet
of that magnitude, Phipps said she handled the situation very well. Kiser said
the key was to shut out all the hoopla and stay focused on the game plan.
"It's really hard to settle, because everything around you
is so dynamic," Kiser said. "There's constant noise and constant cheering from
all around you, and you're constantly passing people and getting passed by
people. It's very difficult to settle into any kind of rhythm."
After her cross country experience, Kiser said she's glad to
get a week off to rest her body after an extended cross country season, but is
also already looking forward to indoor track. After being the only Western
Athletic Conference freshman to win multiple conference titles indoors last
season, she comes into this season with her sights set even higher.
"My 5000 meter times in cross country this year were as fast
as my times from outdoors last year," Kiser said. "I haven't run a 3k since
last year, but I definitely have my eye on the NCAA qualifying time for that."
With a little more than one month to prepare, Kiser and the rest of the Vandal track and field teams will kick off the indoor season on the weekend of Jan. 13-14, at the WSU Indoor Open at Pullman, Wash. Idaho's first home track and field action will be the return of the Vandal Indoor on Friday, Feb. 3, at the Kibbie Dome.


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DCCC to host 22nd annual golf tournament; author to speak
Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 2:28 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 2:28 p.m.
Davidson County Community College is looking for community members with the right swing to participate in its 22nd Annual DCCC Foundation Golf Tournament.
The college continues its 50th anniversary celebration during this two-day event that includes a dinner featuring best-selling author James Dodson, followed by the tournament the next day.
The event will be held May 1-2 at Sapona Ridge Country Club. Team cost (a foursome) is $600 and includes the pre-tournament dinner. Sponsorship opportunities are also available, ranging from $250 to $5,000 to help support students, programs and special initiatives for DCCC's future.
"We are looking forward to an exciting event where we'll have the opportunity to play golf for a great cause," says Larry Link, who has chaired the golf tournament for more than 20 years. "This is an event that the community — especially golf fans — won't want to miss. James Dodson is an outstanding speaker."
Dodson is an award-winning author whose golf writing career spans 25 years; he is also a member of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews.
After the tournament, first, second and third prizes will be awarded for both morning and afternoon rounds; first -lace team members will each receive a unique trophy crafted by advanced manufacturing students at DCCC.
To register,go to www.dccc50.org or contact the DCCC Foundation at 224-4680 or email@example.com.
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The Hilltoppers have been called a Cinderella team from the get go. Now they're being called 2013 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Champions. WKU has won the Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament for the second year in a row by a score of 65 to 63. It was unthinkable to everyone but the coaches and players of the Hilltoppers.
"We believed and we continued to fight. Once again we made plays down the stretch. I told you last night (Sunday), that the big fellow on the end (George Fant) would not have another night like he had last night. I'm proud of them and we're moving on and we'll continue to play." said Head Coach Ray Harper.
As they did throughout the tournament, the Hilltoppers didn't make it easy on themselves. With 40 seconds to play, senior point guard Jamal Crook was called for an offensive foul and FIU's Jerome Frink made a subsequent jumper. After that misstep, Crook, who had 17 points, was fouled and sent to the line. The charity stripe was no stranger to Jamal. He shot 9-13 from the free throw line, including the two that he sank after he was fouled in a big spot late. The Panthers then missed a 3-pointer and George Fant grabbed the last of his game-high 13 rebounds securing a victory for the Hilltoppers. Fant was the tournament MVP in 2012, but played poorly in this year's semifinals being held scoreless.
"I told everybody thank you for having my back. I told them I'd make it up with my performance tomorrow (Monday). " stated Fant.
Did Fant ever make up for his performance. The sophomore had 17 points and four blocks to go along with those 13 rebounds. He made key shots during droughts and stood strong during many scraps and defensive rebounding opportunities. Fant along with guard Brandon Harris were named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament team. Harris was equally deserving of the award. He hit four 3-pointers in the game and handled FIU's pressure when Crook was out of the game. The tournament's MVP T.J. Price had a less impressive game than his last few in the tournament, but he still managed eight points in the contest. He averaged 18 points in four games and came up big two nights in a row with a steal each game in the final minute that brought the Tops back from a last second deficit.
Cinderella officially has a date to the ball. Now it's just time to wait for the NCAA to decide where the ball will be held.
Game Notes
The title marks the fourth for WKU in six years. Their NCAA tournament appearance will be the program's 23rd appearance in school history. According to Elias Sports, WKU is the first team to win four games in four days during a conference tournament in back to back years since the 1996-1997 season.


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Gardening Articles: Flowers :: Annuals
Herbes de Provence (page 2 of 2)
by Robert Kourik
The Herbs Described
- Recommended: 'Alba', 'Hidcote', 'Jean Davis' (pale pink flowers), and 'Munstead'. 'Nana Alba' is a short white variety.
- Hardiness: English lavender is the hardiest of all lavenders, from zone 5 (-20?F to -10?F) through zone 10.
- Sun: Full sun is best, but plants will tolerate 4 hours of indirect light.
- Description: This small, mounding shrub reaches 2- to 3-feet tall and wide. Its narrow, lance-shaped leaves are up to several inches long, and range from a pale olive green to blue-green. The flower heads usually extend 3 or more inches along the stems. The tiny corollas (true flowers) may be mauve, blue-violet, violet shading to light blue, pale purple, bluish mauve, modest purple or rich violet; some varieties are white or pale pink. English lavender has the sweetest smell and flavor of all lavenders. It's also a proven insecticide for aphids and repels cockroaches.
Basil (Ocimum basilicum)
- Recommended varieties: 'Lettuce Leaf' has 4-inch crinkled leaves with smooth edges. 'Opal' and 'Purple Ruffles' have rich burgundy or purple foliage. Basil flavors also include lemon, cinnamon, and licorice (also called anise basil).
- Hardiness: Summer annual in all zones.
- Sun: Prefers full sun.
- Description: Plants come in many sizes, up to 24 inches tall and wide. Leaves range from light to dark green, as well as purple and mottled green-purple. Pale white flowers bloom on long stems. Protect seedlings from slugs, snails, and earwigs. Prune or harvest regularly to extend the foliage season and delay flowering.
Oregano (Origanum vulgare hirtum)
- Recommended varieties: This subspecies of common oregano is the only "true" oregano, according to Arthur O. Tucker of the University of Delaware's Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources. This same plant is sometimes sold as (O. heracleoticum).
- Hardiness: An herbaceous perennial for zones 6 through 10.
- Sun: Full sun.
- Description: Oregano grows to 2 feet tall and wider, and spreads by underground stems. Its oval leaves are soft and slightly gray-green. Flower stalks, pale pink with purplish overtones, rise above the foliage. To guarantee authenticity, buy rooted cuttings. In cold-winter climates, add lots of sand to the planting area to help prevent frost heaving.
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
- Recommended varieties: 'Arp', 'Blue Boy', 'Collingwood Ingram', 'Golden Rain', 'Ken Taylor', 'Majorca Pink', 'Prostratus', and 'Tuscan Blue'.
- Hardiness: This semihardy evergreen shrub is often rated for all zones. In zones 7 and colder with temperatures below 15oF, cover or move to a sheltered place or indoors for the winter. ('Arp' may be hardy to -10?F).
- Sun: Full sun, but tolerates up to two-thirds of the day in shade.
- Description: Short, stiff, needlelike foliage is usually dark green but sometimes a rich chartreuse. The most rigid, upright forms, which have the best flavor, reach 6 feet. Low, prostrate shrubs stay below 18- to 24-inches tall, with gracefully arching, rambling limbs. Rosemary blossoms run the spectrum from pale speckled blue to royal cobalt. Some flowers are pure white; others are various shades of pink. Very well adapted to pots, window boxes, tubs, and troughs. Can be pruned as topiary or into a Christmas tree shape. Relatively pest-free.
Common Sage (Salvia officinalis)
- Recommended varieties: 'Aurea' ('Golden Sage') is a variegated form with pale lime green, chartreuse-yellow, and darker sage green markings. 'Purpurascens', also sold as 'Purpurea', has leaves of a deep, smoky purple. 'Tricolor' is a variegated mixture of sage green, creamy white, and purple. All of these taste more resinous and slightly more acrid than common sage.
- Hardiness: A hardy perennial shrub for zones 4 through 10. Hardy down to 30?F if covered with a protective bower of evergreen boughs or straw.
- Sun: Prefers full sun but tolerates a small amount of shade.
- Description: Compact growth 18- to 24-inches tall and slightly wider. The 6- to 12-inch flower stalks with soft violet-blue flowers create a delightful pastel haze floating above the foliage. S. triloba has shorter, wider leaves with two noticeable small lobes at the base of the larger main leaf (hence the name triloba). A member of the mint family and a relative of lavender.
Summer Savory (Satureja hortensis)
- Recommended varieties: For herbes de Provence, summer savory is preferred over winter savory, S. montana, which has a slightly coarser flavor.
- Hardiness: S. hortensis grows in all zones as an annual. Winter savory, a perennial, is hardy into zone 4.
- Sun: Full sun.
- Description: The 12- to 18-inch plants have gray-green foliage and pale lilac or lavender blossoms on long, lavender-tinted stems.
- Remarkable for its long period of summer bloom.
Common Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
- Recommended varieties: Besides common thyme, try wonderfully scente lemon thyme (T. citriodorus) and its delightfully variegated form, 'Aureus'; caraway-scented thyme (T. herba-barona); and very flavorful wild thyme (T. drucei, also known as T. praecox arcticus and T. serpyllum).
- Hardiness: Perennial evergreen herb, hardy in zones 5 through 9.
- Sun: Full sun.
- Description: The well-behaved, verdant foliage is composed of tiny, delicate leaves on stems up to a foot high. Clouds of misty mauve flowers float a few inches above the leaves.
- Relatively pest and disease free. The stems will readily root into a thin layer of compost. Also well adapted to containers.
Bon appetit!
Robert Kourik is the author of several gardening books and many magazine articles. He lives in Occidental, California.
Photography by Suzanne DeJohn/National Gardening Association


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Spotlight for Career Services ProfessionalsJuly 24, 2013
NACE's recently released "Professional Competencies for College and University Career Services Practitioners" provides a comprehensive list of what practitioners should be able to know and do at progressive functional proficiency levels, says Sam Ratcliffe, director, career services, at Virginia Military Institute.
"This allows for an overarching, continuous-improvement approach to professional skills and knowledge growth," Ratcliffe explains. "This is a very significant resource for defining career services as a profession, promoting intentional and richly meaningful professional development planning activities, and ensuring that our work has an ongoing continuous-improvement focus."
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Competencies users should expect a transparent and universally accepted delineation of skills and knowledge reflective of excellence in professional practice, and ongoing professional growth and development opportunities.
"The evaluation process is most effective when practitioners demonstrate candor in self-assessment activities, which in turn, provides greater clarity for professional development needs and growth opportunities," Ratcliffe says.
Preparation, he points out, is simple, requiring only an open mind for self-assessment and analysis of professional skill and knowledge needs and opportunities.
"And with the competencies scheduled for review and revision every three years—similar to the college and employer professional standards—the relevancy is ensured as the higher education landscape evolves," he adds.
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Today, the United States Postal Service officially made available a new Johnny Cash stamp, honoring the American music legend and 1992 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee as part of the Postal Service's Music Icons series. The stamp features a portrait of Cash taken by famed photographer Frank Bez, who captured the image of "the Man in Black" during photo sessions for 1963's Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash.
Although present at the genesis of rock and roll as one of the earliest signings to Sam Phillips' Sun Records in 1955, Cash recorded for nearly three decades with Columbia Records, a fruitful period that produced an estimated 1,400 songs. Cash's 16th album, Ring of Fire did, in fact, feature some of his best material, and on the week of January 11, 1964, it became the Number One album on Billboard's new Country Album chart. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's collection features a number of Johnny Cash items in the Memphis section of the Museum's Cities and Sounds exhibit. Among the featured items are a suit worn by Cash and a 1943 Martin acoustic guitar he played, both from his time with Sun Records in the mid to late Fifties; as well as a pair of boots Cash wore on his ABC-TV program The Johnny Cash Show, which aired from 1969 to 1973.
For many visitors to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, one of the first exhibits they see is also a credit to Cash: the tour bus dubbed Unit One that he and his wife June Carter Cash used extensively for more than two decades. "I have a home that takes me anywhere I need to go, that cradles me and comforts me, that lets me nod off in the mountains and wake up in the plains: my bus, of course," Cash wrote in his 1997 autobiography. "We call it Unit One. I love my bus. It really is my home too. When I make it off another plane through another airport, the sight of that big black MCI waiting by the curb sends waves of relief through me – Aah! – safety, familiarity, solitude. Peace at last. My cocoon."
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AUBURN, Ala. (Nov. 18, 2006) -- With a dramatic overtime win against Chattanooga now behind them, the ETSU Buccaneers take to the road for seven straight games beginning Sunday afternoon with a 3 p.m. game at Auburn.
The Bucs (2-1) are led in scoring by sophomore guard Courtney Pigram (Memphis), who actually leads the Atlantic Sun Conference in scoring with 19 points per game. Senior Brad Nuckles (Council, Va.) has also been impressive in the early going this season, picking up his seventh career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds in the win over the Mocs.
For more on the Bucs click on the game notes link located above. Fans will be able to listen to the game on the free audio link located at ETSUBucs.com, which can also be accessed above. Due to SEC contractual obligations, Sunday's game will not be available on ETSUBucs.com's live video streaming.


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I have a few pictures of myself graduating from high school, and on a recent trip back home to Portugal I found them in a box full of other embarrassing mementos. I know, just from looking at those pictures, that I was in good physical condition, and that my hair has never been quite as luxuriously indifferent to the world since I left school.
Most of it is a blur, of course. I don't really remember much about that day, not on the whole, except that I had very suddenly (the night before) embarked on a wildly terrifying and fun romantic whirlwind with someone I'd just met. And that I drank less champagne than I should have.
I also know I that gave a graduation speech, and that I hadn't been the popular choice for that task. I like to think I didn't disappoint the critics in my class: I made no mention of how much fun our class had had together, and I didn't try to highlight the cohesion of the group, the debt we owed to our teachers, the memories we'd cherish forever.
Instead, I addressed the younger students, tried to imply (without overtly criticizing anyone) that it was worth trying to talk to those in the student body who were usually isolated, and offered some other sound bites that weren't particularly in keeping with previous graduation speeches at that school.
Yep, I was that kid, the loner on a messianic mission.
The only things I knew were keeping me going at that time were a total faith in my ability to "do better" than I'd done so far, and the incredible relief of seeing the light at the end of what I thought to be a very dark tunnel: the end to five years at an expensively impersonal boarding school. They were years of feeling utterly alone, and although I didn't quite want to admit it at the time, a lot of that loneliness had come about through my own social ineptitude and my own glorification of it, the self-serving belief that chosen isolation was better than the nothingness of popularity.
It may not be surprising that it was around that time I read Kierkegaard most obsessively.
While many parents came up to me to congratulate me after the speech, what I remember most is a few unpleasant glares from my classmates as I walked off the podium. They were probably right: I was the school's best student, and one of its unhappiest. I'd trained myself badly. I would have preferred more friends and less publicly acknowledged brilliance. I'd have tried less hard to stand out because of my achievements if I'd felt like I had a place.
But on that graduation day, smiley and enamored as I was, there was very little inside me that you could call happy. The killer part is that a lot of that unhappiness was a result of my own decisions, and had been innocently encouraged by a school that wanted a truly good student and which, in the end, was much less to blame for my unhappiness than I thought at the time.
I was publicly aggressive. Because I got along with the teachers (yep, I was also that kid), I was often given, hmm, special privileges. Sometimes they let me get away with things I really shouldn't have been allowed to consider doing at all. That, too, was ultimately counterproductive. It made me feel comfortable not following the rules, and making up for it by being a high achiever. This is a stupid attitude to create in yourself: the idea that as long as you keep on being excellent at a few things, you are exempt from social niceties. You lose friends that way, and eventually you lose all sense of what you actually are: a mortal, flawed, egotistical kid.
When I left school, I spent a year "finding myself" in the world. Technically, I found very little of myself. I discovered ways of being more sociable (tip: ask people questions about themselves before you announce the death of civilization) and I got some travel experience.
But the most valuable part of that year, I think, was the chunk of time I spent living in Turkey. That was truly life-changing, and I wish I'd kept the true lesson of those months in mind later. I moved to Istanbul to live with a friend I'd met while traveling there the previous summer, and I set myself a stupid, helpful, reductive goal:
I would not leave Turkey until I'd spent three months talking to 30 strangers a day.
With the exception of Sundays, when I was allowed to slack off, I had to approach 30 different people every day and talk to them, however briefly: young or old, male or female, hostile or welcoming. It didn't matter if it was only for ten seconds. It didn't matter if it went terribly wrong. The only goal was to have a verbal exchange with 30 strangers.
Why? Because I was a wuss. I was afraid of people. I had managed to go my entire life without ever feeling comfortable around people. I'd told myself I was absolutely fascinating, and I'd proved it by being absolutely fascinating to those who bothered to notice, without ever really sitting down to ask myself whether I was okay. The short version is that I wasn't okay. I was academically "okay" and I had developed an unapologetically vicious sense of humor; I had a naturally athletic body (though even that deteriorated for a few years) and few obvious nervous tics.
The result was that I could be clever and funny and presentable for the first few hours of meeting someone, and beyond that I felt stifled by my own inadequacies. What was there to me, beyond what I already knew and couldn't communicate? Even if I had interesting things to say, or assumed I did, there was always a hostility to the way I handled social situations, something irrationally aggressive and individualistic, that stopped me from making friends. It was sheer self-defense. And I hadn't even read Ayn Rand.
Those months in Istanbul were transformative because I had to humiliate myself. I decided to get humble. Realistic. The first couple of weeks were terrifying: I relied on a Turkish phrasebook, which I would use to approach some random old man, some store clerk with nothing else going on. I'd point at a Turkish word and ask them how to pronounce it. They usually looked amused, and helped me out. Then I thanked them and left the scene. That was one. Only twenty-nine more to go.
I knew it would pay off, because it was logical that it should pay off. Talking to thirty strangers a day is scary even when you're "normal" or well-adjusted. I was no longer able to come across as absolutely fascinating for a few hours, and then crash and burn. I had a few seconds of a stranger's time, multiplied by thirty. That was it. Many of these people spoke no English. They looked at me as if they thought I was the weird thing they'd seen that day, and I probably was. I had a forehead covered in sweat, I kept grinding my teeth, and there's also this: I was walking around asking people how to pronounce words in Turkish.
But after the first two weeks, things picked up very, very quickly. It was a dramatic difference. I started making friends. The scary part died down, and it turned fun. Because I didn't know anyone there except the friend I lived with (who worked at a fashion design office until midnight every weekday, and so couldn't keep me company), I had to start from scratch. I went from having no sense of what was happening around me to getting the numbers of many new people.
I remember a dude with a ponytail called Ugur in particular, because we both played bass guitar and I met many new people through him. I went on dates, and wrote a lot of songs. An unusually poppy track that I recorded recently features a section that I wrote back then. (It's the obnoxious "I don't wanna go home again!" part, which probably isn't surprising.)
What initially took me four or five hours, with a lunch break in between, ended up taking no more than two on a normal day. I knew the most crowded places (my favorite was Taksim, which is worth witnessing for yourself if you ever go, because some vendors will try to sell you your own shoes if they feel cocky; when you sound American, you make an obvious target) and I went out there, talked to my strangers, and left.
Sometimes I cheated: If I talked to someone who was in a group, I counted every single person to whom I addressed at least a word. But that was okay. I was happier.
I have never been quite so sociable since. It's a shame that, over time, I forgot the biggest lesson: that I was only happier because I'd tried to overcome my own pathologies. I'd admitted to myself that there were things to work on, and then I'd gone out and tried my best. When I left Turkey I felt better than I had ever imagined feeling.
I went to university, and fell prey to many of the traps of undergraduate life: inflated sense of my own understanding of the world, libido, and a tragic forgetfulness when it came to recalling how much happier you can be when you just admit you're still learning to learn how to live.


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Learning to let go and laugh with a difficult mother.
I took my 80-year-old mother grocery shopping in my Jetta this morning, picking up milk and cat food and the extra-light Merits she still smokes, and, as usual, she gripped the handle on the ceiling with both large freckled hands as if she were in a helicopter with an open door. "Watch out for that car!" she said of a distant red truck idling at a stop sign. It was as though I were a teenager with a new permit instead of someone who is, underneath the expensively maintained red dye, as gray as she is.
There was a time when this irritated me so much, I actually confirmed my mother's alarm by driving her into four lanes of oncoming traffic, swerving onto the shoulder just in time. Today it was only a trifle distracting. "I see him," I said and glanced out the window at the bleached Marin hills. Behind them was the narrow San Geronimo Valley, about 20 miles north of San Francisco, where I grew up.
When I was a child, my mother was tall and perennially amused and smelled of suntan lotion. In summer she always wore a bathing suit under her clothes, as if expecting to go swimming at any moment. My love for her was almost unbearable. She called me Dare-Dare, and I'd give her blackberries with the prickly stems still attached where I'd torn them from the bush in my haste. I'd lie on the couch pretending to be asleep, hoping she would come by and stroke my shock of dark hair and the bangs she'd cut to my hairline in an attempt to get them even. I couldn't figure out why a friend sleeping over would cry for her mother when mine was right there. I hated it when one of the other six kids in my family, my four sisters and two brothers, referred to our mother, distantly, as her instead of Mom.
It startled me to learn that we were expected to leave our mother when we grew up; I tried not to think about it.
I was shocked and hurt when my adolescence abruptly revealed my mother as an ordinary flawed person who, in her hurry to get to work, got her containers mixed up, using Pledge to iron her blouse and putting Nair on her legs, thinking it was lotion. "Good thing you weren't washing your hair, Mom," I said acidly. And she was busy: My father's pickup roared out of the driveway for the last time when I was 11. She was raising seven kids as a waitress, then manager, at the local Elks Club; somehow her zeal to make me feel I was the sun and moon of her existence became less keen. As fond, motherly gazes gave way to silence and distraction, I was no longer convinced that I was her favorite, or even that she loved me. Bitter at her transformation, I'd say, "Is she home yet?" She, she, she.
I left my mother's house and eloped with my boyfriend halfway through my senior year of high school, carrying out boxes of clothes and my Beatles albums while she was at work; I was probably acting more from a desire to punish her than a desire to be with him.
I soon returned, as a college student armed with new opinions. I was impatient with her increasingly needy victim stance. For example, her weeds. "Nobody helps me," she always said, and went on about why none of us pulled her dandelions. I'd say wearily, "Mom, just hire somebody to do it." When I was 24, I wanted to ask the father no one had seen in years to give me away at my wedding (number two). My mother said, "Over my dead body." It takes two to wreck a marriage, I thought, and invited him anyway.
Much later I recognized myself in something Natalie Angier wrote in her book Woman: An Intimate Geography: "Women will romanticize their fathers and forgive them many sins and failings, but toward their mothers they show no mercy. Whatever the mother did, she could do no right. The mother was cold and negligent, the mother was overbearing and smothering, the mother was timid, the mother was a shrew."


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Lovely Apartment in Great Location
Size50 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Elevator in building
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
|Nishiikebukuro, 1710021 Toshima, Japan
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The cosy apartment has a modern decor. There is a comfortable double bed and a sofa that unfolds into a semi-double bed for 2 more people. Free pocket Wi-Fi is provided as well as laundry and cooking facilities including a stove and electric kettle. Bed linen, towels, toiletries and a hairdryer are available.
Just 450 metres away is the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater. It is 10 minutes on foot from Sunshine Aquarium. Guests can travel for 15 minutes by train to Shibuya, and for 20 minutes by train to Ueno, Ginza and Akihabara. Direct access to Narita International Airport is provided in 40 minutes by train. Haneda Airport is 55 minutes via a direct limousine bus.
The host can assist guests in obtaining highly sought-after tickets to the Ghibli Museum, the Tokyo Skytree, Sumo matches and Tokyo Disneyland.
Be respectful of the neighbours.
Keep noise to a minimum.
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Smoking is only allowed on the balcony. If guests smoke inside the apartment, their deposit will be used to hire a professional cleaning company to remove the smell.
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great location (near JR station)
clean and cozy room.
but a bit to small for 4 adult person (the sleeping couch was very uncomfortable after 1 week).
would book again but only with girlfriend.
Great location, right next to major train station so easy to get from airport and around Tokyo and lots of eateries around the area. Apartment clean and comfortable for the two of us. We were able to cook for ourselves in the apartment which was great. I forgot to print map to find apartment on first night, so found it really hard to locate (brief directions on the email would have been helpful - ie next block from MOS Burgers, go around back and mailboxes on ground level). I would stay here again.
Je déconseille cet appartement
Très difficile à trouver caché dans deux petits rue vraiment pas évident à trouver sans l'aide d'un couple japonais je n'aurais jamais trouvé l'appartement
Car Anne Ne répondez jamais aux appels
Une fois mon arrivée l'appartement n'était vraiment pas les description de l'annonce
La superficie n'ai pas de 50 mais 30 m² ayant un appartement de 50 m² j'ai tout de suite fait la différence....
Très difficile pour une vie à quatre surtout que le canapé peut contenir qu'une personne Adulte
Une hôte absente qui a aucun moment est prêt de ses convives
L'appartement ne mérite vraiment pas le prix indiqué
Very easy to get to. Literally about 3 minutes walk from the train station at Otsuka. A very central place to explore from. The apartment was larger than the pictures give credit and was very comfortable to live in for the 2 weeks that my 3 friends and i stayed for. The pocket wifi was invaluable and very helpful for navigating around Tokyo.
Thoroughly enjoyed my stay in Japan and would definitely recommend staying there. Looking forward to my next trip to Japan and staying there again.
Well located appartment near to metrostations . Buth it is NOT a luxery appartment . The kichen is equiped with old machines and kichenware. The watercooker didn't work . 2 water and 1 wine glas for two persons . There is hardly enougf furniture for two persons ( one double bed , a small divan and a salon table ; NO dining table and NO chairs The surface of the appartment is NOT 50 m2 ! The real dimentions are 2,75m large by 9,75m lengt = less than 30m2 .The appartment is not suiteble for 4 persons as mentioned on the WIMDU site. This appartment is more expensif than the 4 stars hotelroom with breakfast near the imperial palace that I initialy booked for the same period ! The description off this appartment on the WIMDU site doesn't justifie the price I paid . We didn't even met the owner during our stay !
the apartment was very comfortable, the contact with Anne was very nice and helpfully. The Apartment is very near at the station and very easy to find. I stayed with my 2 friends for 3 weeks.
only the volume from the road and from the ground during the night was very annoying, so we closed the window overnight. But it was perfect to stay ;)
I can recommend everyone this apartment
for my next trip to Tokyo with friends I will book it again.
Thank you very much Anne, for staying in your apartment =)
The apartment was tidy, clean and comfortable. The notes given by Anne are useful to find the place without any problem. 100% recommendable
Keys not personally, but lasted 1hr by number code and mailbox in Apartment.Hat CA are both found the house and the Schlussel was obtained.
Apartment very clean and well maintained, top equipped, there was even a pocket wifi (mobile WLAN device), highly recommended !!!
Schlüsselübergabe nicht persönlich,sondern mittels Zahlencode und Postfach im Apartment.Hat ca 1 Std gedauert bist sowohl das Haus gefunden als auch der Schlussel erhalten wurde.
Apartment sehr sauber und gepflegt,Top ausgestattet,es gab sogar ein pocket wifi (mobiles Wlan-Gerät),sehr empfehlenswert!!!
L'appartamento è piccolo (ca 30 mq ) ma comodissimo, a pochi passi dalla stazione di Otsuka sulla Yamanoteline (JR) in zona tranqulla. Facilissimo da trovare con le istruzioni spedite da Anne. L'appartamento è più adatto a due persone anche se sono presenti un letto matrimoniale + un divano letto. Presente piccolo tavolo basso e due sedie, scomodo per pranzare. Cucina equipaggiata con 2 fuochi, sono inoltre disponibii: un fornetto per scaldare brioche o tostare il pane, un bollitore, un cuoci riso e un miscroonde; lava-asciuga, asse/ferro stiro, phon, aspirapolvere. Sono disponibili: piatti, scodelle, bicchieri, tazze, posate e bachette; mancano tovagliette. Sono disponibili solo due pentoline con coperchio. Il bagno è diviso in tre aree: un locale per doccia e bagno, un locale con water, ed un area con lavabo: presenti doccia-shampo, balsamo e sapone mani. Disponibli: asciugamani, lenzuola e strofinacci. Non abbamo incontratto il proprietario, ma non è stato un problema.
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Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 5 (9377th overall since 1950)
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Women's Tennis Wraps Play at Northwestern Wildcat Invite
A few extra matches were on the docket Sunday at the Wildcat Invitational for the Princeton women's tennis team as the event came to a close.
Alanna Wolff, Katie Goepel and Emily Hahn combined to play four matches Sunday as all bracket play for Princeton players wrapped Saturday. It was the team's second weekend of competition after splitting the squad two weekends ago between Missouri's tournament in Kansas City and Penn's event in Philadelphia.
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Last Modified: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 1:22 p.m.
A two-car collision left three people, including a 7-year-old girl, hospitalized Friday morning.
State troopers are still investigating what caused the collision, and the identities of the three individuals hospitalized have not been released.
What is clear is that a Chevrolet Blazer and a Pontiac G6 collided about 11:30 a.m. near the Exit 94 off-ramp on Interstate 85 in the southbound lanes, said North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper J.W. Boozer.
After the collision, the Pontiac veered to the left and came to rest in the median. The Chevrolet veered to the right, crossed the off-ramp and overturned in the right shoulder.
There were three passengers in the Chevrolet.
A 7-year-old girl was ejected from the Chevrolet and later taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was conscious and breathing at the scene, Boozer said.
A male driver and female passenger of the Chevrolet were also taken to the hospital, Boozer said, adding both of those patients were also conscious and breathing.
William Buie and his 7-month-old grandson occupied the Pontiac and were uninjured. Buie, who was traveling back to his home in South Carolina, said his car spun several times after the collision.
Boozer said the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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City Club closes after 60 years
Published: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 4:06 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 4:06 p.m.
The City Club of Lexington, formerly known as The Dutch Club, closed on Saturday after being in operation for 60 years.
According to Steve Hodges, the former club president, the membership had dropped off so drastically that they can no longer afford the operating expenses.
"It's no secret that we have been struggling for years," Hodges said. "Membership has been steadily declining. We have tried to bring in new members but we haven't had enough members to replace members who have left or have passed away."
The City Club, located at 5 Country Club Drive, was founded in 1953 by C.H. "Ham" Hargrave and other local business leaders. The members-only private dining club was created as a place for furniture industry representatives to entertain clients during the biannual furniture markets. The group decided on the name because of the common practice of "going Dutch," or having everyone pick up his or her own checks.
The board changed the name to the City Club of Lexington in 1999 to more effectively market the private dining club and attract new members. Former club president and long time member Joe Sink said that once the furniture industry left Lexington, the City Club lost its main supporter.
"Membership dropped down to almost nothing after the furniture industry tanked," Sink said. "It just got to the point that we couldn't afford the cost."
In it's heyday, the club had over 250 members, but in the past few months it has dwindled to less than 100.
"My family and I went to eat there last week and we were the only ones there," Hodges said.
Membership to the City Club included monthly dues and a monthly minimum for food. Members were charged a minimum fee if they did not purchase a certain amount of food in a monthly period.
Hodges said that the interest in a private dining club may just be a generational shift and that young people want something different.
"We tried to increase membership," Hodges said, "Maybe it is a symptom of the times, but the younger people just weren't interested."
He continued that the City Club was the last "white tablecloth" dining establishment in the city, and that may have been a little intimidating to some prospective members.
"Maybe they want something a little more casual," Hodges said. "I personally enjoy having something more than just the ordinary fare."
Sink said that although the club was losing members, it was still profitable up until the 2010. He said rising food cost and the economic downturn finally pushed the club over the edge.
"It is beautiful place," Sink said. "You can still go to other restaurants in the area but they don't have the same atmosphere."
Hodges says for now the building is locked and they are in conversation on what will happen to the building. He says that what disappoints him the most is that more people should have joined.
"If you look at the area around the club, hardly anyone were members," he said. "It's such a shame. It was a great go to spot with excellent food."
Sink said that dining at the club has been part of his weekly routine for years and he is at a loss where to turn.
"I will miss socializing with my friends," Sink said. "We had a group who would meet every Wednesday night. I don't know where we are going to go now."
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Today we have yet another Vosges bar (starting to see a trend here?) that I've recently encountered. This flavor pairing sounded more tame than their other offerings, that use curry, teas, mushrooms and seeds for flavor. Everyone knows and understands toffee for a flavor in candy, so I'd like to think that this is more of a gourmet candy bar, as opposed to a gourmet adventure, which the stranger flavors tend to be.
This bar is a dark milk, at 45% cacao, and it's mixed with sweet butter toffee with walnuts/pecans. The bar is a nice milk chocolatey brown colors (lighter than most) and you can see the bits of the toffee and nuts int here. The bar smells creamy and a hint of butter.
The flavor on this one is incredible. Your first taste is the very smooth creamy milk chocolate, then a burnt of buttery toffee comes in. In the middle there's a rise of saltiness from the nuts and toffee which really gets mixes well with the sweetness of the chocolate. Then the flavor gradually melts away leaving behind a buttery, smoother flavor that lingers on the tongue. The toffee and nut bits are small and crunchy, so none of them get stuck in your teeth.
This is a really great gourmet bar for anyone who is too squeamish to try any of the other more unusual flavors that Vosges offers. Sometimes the simplest flavors are the best.
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Visions of Earth raises a curtain on the wonders of the world and thrills us with nature's opulence and humanity's splendor. Each image alone exposes a nugget of our planet's magnificence; the totality of the collection goes beyond our imagination. Turning the pages, viewers are struck by the richness of life on Earth. One photograph is more awe-inspiring than the nextchosen by veteran National Geographic magazine photo editors to present what is visually incredible. The photographs are drawn from the popular "Visions of Earth" feature in the magazine, (rated Number 1 by readers), from our own storied Image Collection, and from renowned photographers throughout the world, many never-before published.
Enthralling images fill the book in a gallery of stunning landscapes, fascinating people, amazing animals, and unexpected glimpses of the usual and unusual. Puffins' beaks signal breeding time in Norway and a speckled emperor moth in South Africa diverts predators with an illusion. An elephant takes a morning dip in India's Andaman Sea while Siamese crocodiles race in Thailand and surfers in Australia relish a perfect day. Monks in Bhutan run to dinner and a little girl in red stands out among white-robed women in an Indonesian mosque. Spanish youth decked in colorful, oversize papier-mâché heads celebrate a festival in Catalonia and a flower of flame blooms from a man's kerosene-filled mouth in a Sikh celebration in India.
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By BoulderDhyan
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I sent this book to one of my prison penpals. He was thrilled with the pictures and the view of the world he no longer sees.
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This book is great!
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I read it almost everyday. This book contains so many things that I need to know.
Beautiful visions of the Earth
By Mario
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This is beautiful book. I will be passing it on to my children ages 21 years and 16 years. The words leap from the pages and dazzle the mind.
Absolutely stunning, beautiful photos!!
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Outstanding, gorgeous photos!
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Beautiful and inspiring photographs that I never tire of viewing. Each time I open the book, I am in awe of the photographers.
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I got this for my toddlers and I to peruse. There are a huge variety of pictures in here and holds their interest.
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Beautiful pictures, anyone who picks it up can't put it down!
Beautiful depiction of our planet!
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I can look at this gorgeous book overe and over and each time see something new in a photo that I hadn't seen before!
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This book is beautiful! I love opening it up to random pages and looking at the amazing photo's within. It is VERY large and heavy, which is a pro and a con because it's prefect for a bigger coffee table but it is cumbersome. It's a great conversation piece as well.
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By Garden Mom
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A must for everyone's home library -- especially gardeners. Nature at its finest.