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DLNR proposing streamlined fishpond restoration permitting
Groups looking to restore historical Hawaiian fishponds need as many as 17 county, state and federal permits to do so, Department of Land and Natural Resources officials say.
The permitting process itself could take years and cost as much as $50,000 to $80,000.
The department's Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands is proposing a streamlined permitting process for some fishpond projects, depending on the project's scope, materials to be used, location and potential environmental impact, according to a final environmental assessment for a statewide programmatic general permit and programmatic agreement. Officials gave the environmental document a finding of no significant impact.
"There is a renewed interest in the repair, restoration, maintenance and operation of traditional Hawaiian fishponds, for their cultural, economic and ecological value," the document said. "However, community organizations and traditional fishpond practitioners have struggled for decades to maintain and restore fishpond systems due to the abundance of government regulations that control uses within the shoreline area, making it difficult to obtain all of the necessary approvals to revitalize these important resources. The difficulty of Hawaiian fishpond revitalization is compounded by the unique, fragile, and sometimes-rugged environments in which they exist."
The department would create a three-tier review process under which routine maintenance of existing fishponds, done by hand or with hand tools and using existing traditional materials, would not be subject to regulation. Minor repairs, such as replacing small wall sections, individual rocks or other wall materials, fixing gates or minor dredging by nonmechanized means, as well as building or placing minor structures of less than 600 square feet, stocking and harvesting with traditional methods and removal of alien species would be a Tier I review. Tier II would be emergency repairs, or work that involves repairing, restoring and operating 10 to 50 percent of the original structure. Tier III, which would require the most review, but still fall within the streamlined process, is work that encompasses more than 50 percent of the original pond.
The goal is to create a single application process for eligible fishpond projects. Officials said they reserved the discretion to exclude major projects from the program. Projects that would using mechanized equipment would be subject to a higher level of review but could still be eligible to use the streamlined process, DLNR Planner Michael Cain said.
"It's for any Hawaiian fishpond," he said.
DLNR officials were seeing groups trying to restore fishponds clearing the department's permitting process, then getting hung up when they approached the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the next step.
That's the next agency DLNR needs to approach now that the environmental assessment is complete, Cain said. After the corps signs off on the permit, DLNR will develop the conservation district use application for fishponds and host statewide meetings.
Thus far, the proposal is getting mostly positive reviews from the public, Cain said. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted a letter of support, and state legislators have also said they approve of streamlining the process.
"The impetus for the permit came out of some conferences cultural practitioners had," he added. "That helps. It's a nice synergy."
Several opportunities for public review of the permitting and planning process remain in place. DLNR won't implement the program until March at the earliest, according to the environmental documents.


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As a paper producing company, Sappi is active in one of the world's truly sustainable industries. We have taken advantage of this to develop a sustainability policy that is more than 'talking green'. It is about people, planet and prosperity. It is at the heart of everything we do and it is present in every step of the paper trail. On many places where Sappi has activities, we set up projects to enhance the lives of the local population and to improve the environment.
Adding to the wellbeing, safety and health of employees and communities.
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The All American Grooming Show is probably the most unique grooming show in the country. And that makes perfect sense, when you consider that it was founded by one of the industry's most unique and passionate legends. Jerry Schinberg always wanted the best for the groomers, but he also wanted it done with flair.


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205 million U.S. dollars – Did you ever see so much money all at once?
Many people know that the big drug lords in Mexico have the world's most expensive and most luxurious villas and private zoo. These shocking pictures showed the drug money that local police seized in a drug trafficker's house in Mexico City, Mexico.
It was estimated that up to 205 million. The money was inside the walls of the mansion, suitcases and closets.
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For those of you who have bought my book and would like to knit a sweater with fitted bodice and sleeves, check out Fit Central. This blog is a supplementary chapter on fitting a classic crew, complete with a groovy new way to take the mystery out of fitting sleeve caps. I just couldn't wait to write another book...had to share this info now. Happy Knitting
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Make better decisions! Michael A. Roberto will help you achieve deeper consensus, get past groupthink and "yes men," and achieve superior results in every decision you make -- especially your most complex and highest-stakes decisions! Roberto's Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer, Second Edition gives you a powerful framework for promoting honest, constructive dissent and skepticism; test your assumptions; more thoroughly and fairly considering "best alternatives"; crisply coming to closure; and aligning your entire organization behind the decision you make.
In this new edition, Roberto presents new cases from Google, Ford, and Intuit, and expands coverage to more deeply illuminate his decision-making approach. Offering both positive and negative examples, he presents a well rounded view of how to determine when 'yes' means 'yes', when it doesn't, and what to do when it doesn't. Throughout, Roberto demonstrates why "good process entails the astute management of the social, political and emotional aspects of decision making" -- in other words, why effective leaders are well served by carefully "deciding how to decide." You'll learn how to:
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Chapter 3: An Absence of Candor 75
Chapter 4: Stimulating the Clash of Ideas 109
Chapter 5: Keeping Conflict Constructive 143
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Chapter 7: The Dynamics of Indecision 203
Chapter 8: Fair and Legitimate Process 233
Chapter 9: Reaching Closure 271
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Editor Bring back J. Crew Yoga for Petites! Back in 2008-9 J. Crew had a line of yoga/activewear that included this style of yoga pants ... in PETITES. OMG, it was bliss. I still have those pants (got them in every color) but the elastic is starting to go after 5+ years, and that's pretty darn good. OK, it's true I've kinda slacked off on the workouts too. So I got this pair of foldover yoga pants, and yes, these are just as wonderful, but they are NOT for petites. I'm 5'4, at the upper end of petites, and I can just make them work -- they skim my sneakers but in an acceptable way. Anyone shorter is going to have issues, unless you have unusually long legs for a petite. I'm 135lbs and wear p8-10/regular 6 in bottoms. I took a M in this and they fit fine. December 21, 2014
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Architectural Drawings Cataloguing Resumes
The project to digitize and catalogue the collections of architectural drawings of 19th and 20th century churches, which are held in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin, has resumed.
The first phase of this project, which was a feasibility study, funded by the Esme Mitchell Trust in Belfast, took place in 2011. Arising out of this, a successful application to the Environmental Fund which is administered by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, provided the resources for phase two which was undertaken in 2011–12. In this phase drawings from 229 churches in the diocese of Achonry, Ardagh, Ardfert, Armagh, Cashel, Clogher and Clonfert were digitized and catalogued, a data base was designed and the information uploaded. The data base is now freely available at www.archdrawing.ireland.anglican.org
The third phase of the project which will be supported over two year by the Representative Church Body, has begun and 231 drawings of 60 churches in the Diocese of Connor have been processed and the resulting 800 images and catalogue information have been added to the database. Work is now underway on drawings from the Diocese of Cork.
The work has been undertaken by the architectural historian, Dr Michael O'Neill FSA, a member of the Christ Church Cathedral Culture Committee, who has written widely on Irish church architecture, and in particular on the architecture of St Patrick's cathedral, Dublin.
The purpose of this project is to make an important heritage resource readily available to the architectural, historical and heritage communities , locally, nationally and internationally, and, by providing surrogate copies, to assist with the conservation of this unique collection which is, in part, very fragile.
This evening at 7pm in Bangor Abbey the Salzburger Virgilschola will present a performance of plainchant from the Office of St Virgil of Salzburg with readings from his life. The occasion marks the launch of 'Amra', a project on liturgical devotion to Irish saints in medieval Europe which will be introduced by Dr Ann Buckley (Queen's University, Belfast & Trinity College, Dublin) and Professor Constant Mews (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia).
Tomorrow (Sunday) evening in St Partick's church, Greystones, at 7.30pm, there will be a concert by the Saskatoon Children's Choir from Canada who will sing again at lunchtime on Monday in Christ Church cathedral, Dublin.
On Wednesday the Rector of Portlaoise, the Revd Stanley Monkhouse, will give a lunchtime organ recital in St Peter's church in support of the church and Laois Hospice, and on Thursday in St Paul's church, Glenageary, the lunchtime event in support of St Vincent de Paul, will be a reading by Katy Hayes, the Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown writer in residence. In Sandford parish church on Friday Carole O'Connor will give a lunchtime organ recital of works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Franck and Alain in aid of the church organ fund.
The Archbishops of Armagh and Dublin recently approved an emergency release of Bishops' Appeal funds to alleviate suffering caused by the conflict in Syria. €5000 and £5000stg was directed to Syria as part of a wider Church of Ireland disaster relief effort. Bishops' Appeal is urging parishes and individuals to contribute to the aid efforts in this time of increasing crisis. To date two million people are internally displaced and a further one million have fled to seek refuge in Lebanon and Iraq. Donations received will provide basic food and shelter for those who have had to flee their homes. Donations may be sent to Bishops' Appeal, Church of Ireland House, Church Avenue, Rathmines, Dublin 6
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Williams, GN; Dogliotti, AI; Zaidman, P; Solis, M; Narvarte, MA; Gonzalez, RC; Esteves, JL; Gagliardini, DA (2013). Assessment of remotely-sensed sea-surface temperature and chlorophyll-a concentration in San Matias Gulf (Patagonia, Argentina). CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH, 52, 159-171.
AbstractField measurements of surface temperature and chlorophyll-a concentration were used to evaluate for the first time the performance of the standard sea surface temperature and chlorophyll-a algorithms of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) in San Matias Gulf, northern of the Argentine Patagonian Continental Shelf (between 40 degrees 47'S and 42 degrees 13'S). The fit of the temperature data to a Standard Major Axis (SMA) type II regression model indicated that a high proportion of the total variance (r(2) >= 0.80) was explained by the model. For chlorophyll-a, the low correlation (r(2)=0.15) and high dispersion indicated a poor performance and a general overestimation of Chl-a by the OC3Mv5 algorithm as indicated by the Relative Percent Difference (RPD=113%). However, for stations located in the northern area of the gulf the result showed a higher correlation (r(2)=0.76) and less dispersion (RPD=31%). The feasible reasons and explanations for the performance of NLSST and OC3Mv5 algorithms are discussed. The results of the temporal variability analysis of SST and Chl-a in different areas of the gulf agreed with previous studies. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Is Timothy Oulton an Instagram fiend's dream? British designer Timothy Oulton opened his first stand-alone store in the U.S. on June 23 at 4500 N. Central Expressway. When I first walked in, I wanted to Instagram everything -- so I did. (And yes, that's an aquarium with a yellow submarine on the right.)
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Definition of bezel in English:
1A grooved ring holding the glass or plastic cover of a watch face or other instrument in position.
Example sentences
- Frosted bezels (grooved rings) have been added to control knobs on many of the new season's models to update the look and to allow for easier cleaning.
- Also, the silver bezels around the instruments reflect passing street lights and this produces distractions.
- Instead, the touch screen device only covers the bezel, leaving users with a bright, clear on-screen image.
1.1A groove holding the crystal of a watch or the stone of a gem in its setting.
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- He fingered the silver, tracing the bezels that held the three blue stones upon it.
- First the stone had to be placed in the bezel cup, a cup of the purest silver available that was sized exactly for the stone's dimensions.
- The stones may be faceted or cut in cabochon and set either in bezel mountings or with prongs.
Late 16th century: from Old French, of unknown origin.
Words that rhyme with bezelembezzle
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Accused of Plotting to Sell Company in Secret, Former Dow Execs Settle
Last spring, as the private equity boom was reaching its culmination, Dow Chemical sued two of its own executives for allegedly plotting to sell the company to a leveraged buyout firm — without the participation of Dow's board. The execs — Romeo Kreinberg, head of Dow's performance-chemicals unit; and Pedro Reinhard, a director — counterclaimed for, among other things, libel. Yesterday, Kreinberg and Reinhard settled with Dow, conceding in a joint statement that they should've informed Dow's board when they began negotiations to sell the company, and that their firings "were appropriate under the circumstances."
Here's a story from the WSJ's Ana Campoy and Tom McGinty. Click here for Andrew Ross Sorkin's Dealbook column, which has some interesting background on the alleged caper. Here's the complaint Dow filed against Kreinberg and Reinhard; here's the complaint Reinhard filed against Dow, and here's the complaint Kreinberg filed against Dow.
Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed, although a Dow spokesman said the company secured some of what it had sought in the lawsuit it filed last spring, including reducing the amount of equity compensation the men received during their employment at Dow. The spokesman said Dow isn't paying any damages claimed by the pair in their defamation suits.
Kreinberg's lawyer, Stanley Arkin, said he didn't approve of the settlement and advised his client against signing it because he doesn't believe the executive did anything wrong. Whereas, Reinhard's lawyer, Gary Naftalis, said his client is "very satisfied with the financial aspects of the settlement" and is glad "the matter is behind him."


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Artist Linsey Stiles' handmade purses are made with buttery-soft leathers and details such as fringe or artful studding.
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As of Nov. 1, a retired San Francisco clerk named Lionel Hill saw his federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit, more commonly known as food stamps, reduced by $20 a month. He is afraid he'll have to buy less and lower quality food for his 7-year-old nephew, who he is raising as his own. Unfortunately, Lionel's troubles are far from over - Nov. 1 was merely a preview of the cuts to come.
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Scale RulesLength Measures
Although shared words for units of measurement—typically body parts such as "hand" and "foot"—dated back to ancient times, the lengths of these units differed by local custom. By the 17th and 18th centuries, each European city had its own standard for length measures. Many places called this standard an "ell," although the spelling of the word varied. When this Museum opened in 1964, the curators collected original objects and reproductions to show how the mathematics of European daily life had been transported into American business and trade. One particular treasure is a pedometer made by Jacob Ramminger in Stuttgart, Germany, around 1600.
As national states unified formerly decentralized localities and as trade between different areas of Europe increased, governments made efforts to define national standards. The English lengths for the inch, foot, and yard were perhaps most prominent around the world, and they were utilized in the American colonies. In both the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution, the federal government reserved for itself the power to fix national weights and measures. Shortly thereafter, in the 1790s, scientists working for the French government developed the metric system, in which one meter represented one ten-millionth of the distance between the North Pole and the Equator. Although copies of metric standards were brought to the United States, Americans maintained a complicated relationship with the system of measurement. For instance, John Quincy Adams investigated the system in 1821; Charles Davies evaluated it again in 1867. Both men recommended that adoption of metric measurements be delayed since English units were so well established in American commerce.
In addition to examples of yard and meter standards from the 19th and 20th centuries and other efforts to promote the metric system, the collection has one of the rules Scottish Astronomer Royal Charles Piazzi Smyth distributed in an unsuccessful effort to prove that the system of measurement used by ancient Egyptians to build the pyramids correlated with the modern English system. There are also several rulers brought by the nation of Japan to the 1876 World's Fair to demonstrate its ability to adopt European units. Finally, this page contains some rules made by the notable American manufacturers Stanley and Lufkin and some rulers used in schools.
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Dietzgen 1298-B Blackboard Ruler
- Description
- This three-foot wooden rule was sold as part of a set of instruments for blackboard use. It is divided to 1/8" along one edge and numbered in red for feet and in black for inches. A horizontal handle in the center of the rule assists with positioning it against the blackboard, and a round hole at the right end is for hanging the instrument. The lower right corner is marked: DIETZGEN (/) MADE IN U.S.A. (/) 1298-B.
- The Eugene Dietzgen Company of Chicago began numbering its blackboard drawing instruments individually by 1910, when it priced the four pieces at $1.25 each or $5.00 for the set. However, through at least 1938, the handle on the ruler was shaped like a knob, not as a horizontal bar. For related object, see 1999.0117.02.
- References: Catalogue & Price List of Eugene Dietzgen Co., 7th ed. (Chicago, 1904), 151; Catalogue & Price List of Eugene Dietzgen Co., 9th ed. (Chicago, 1910–1911), 194; Catalogue & Price List of Eugene Dietzgen Co., 15th ed. (Chicago, 1938), 210.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1950
- maker
- Eugene Dietzgen Company
- ID Number
- 1999.0160.01
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- 1999.0160.01
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- 1999.0160
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Singing The Stories: Jo Miller
"This workshop focuses on narrative songs and ballads. It can be taken as a follow up to Starting with Folk Song, or in its own right, as a day of practical exploration and discovery for those who would like to take their experience of singing further or deepen their understanding and interpretation of ballads. Led by accomplished traditional singer and musician Jo Miller."
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The Big Risk For Prada: Is Its Brand Cooling Down?
When a brand is hot, it can mean really hot returns for investors. As the brand keeps its customers loyal and wins new followers, it lets its owner charge more for the products, good news for improving returns. If times get tough, the brand's owner gets to keep prices relatively high as less fashionable rivals have to reduce sticker prices to keep sales going.
Prada SpA, the Italian fashion house, could find itself in the cooling brand category as the luxury-goods sector faces less dynamic growth than in recent years.
Prada said Thursday its first-quarter sales fell 0.5%, reversing growth seen in recent years. The Hong Kong-listed company attributed the declined to unfavorable exchange rates, like the Japanese yen's weakness against major currencies, and the restructuring of its wholesale business in Europe, where demand was weak anyway. They offset a good performance in China and from its secondary brands, Miu Miu and Church's.
"We think the shares could continue to suffer near-term" from the slowing the quarter-on-quarter momentum in sales and earnings, said Thomas Chauvet, a luxury-goods sector analyst at Citi.
Difficulties that the Hong Kong-listed Prada faces could run deeper than that, said Luca Sola, an analyst at Exane Paribas.
Exane Paribas said it has tried to capture luxury-goods "brand temperature" by looking at brand recognition as well as editorial coverage compared with marketing expenditure.
"[The] Prada brand appears less center stage and 'colder' than before," Mr Sola said. "The combination of new styles still needing to get traction and higher prices is certainly not helping," with other luxury brands in better shape to resist trends like less luxury-goods buying from Chinese tourists in Europe, he added.
Prada for its part reckons this is just one of those periods when it takes stock of its business, emphasizing investment for the future rather than growth today at any cost.
"We do not believe that the current difficult macroeconomic environment, made all the more complex by unfavorable foreign exchange trends, will impact the plans for corporate growth… [which are] geared towards the group's expansion in the medium to long term," said Chief Executive Patrizio Bertelli.


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The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival is the largest blues festival on the West Coast and the second largest blues festival in the nation.
The festival not only brings the best blues artists to Portland, it benefits Oregon Food Bank's work to eliminate hunger and its root causes ... because no one should be hungry.
KBOO has been involved with the Waterfront Blues Festival, formerly the River City Blues Festival, since before it became a fundraiser for the Oregon Food Bank (then Oregon Food Share). We've media sponsored the festival and broadcast live at every Festival.
The Waterfront Blues Festival folks have been kind enough to post their history of the festival, which is what we're working from here. As KBOO is approaching our 45th year, we're proud to be an original sponsor and to have broadcast every Blues Festival.
We're playin' the blues and fightin' hunger in Oregon
The cover of the 1991 album by John Lee Hooker, Mr. Lucky
In 1987: The Waterfront Blues Festival began as the Rose City Blues Festival, sponsored by the Cascade Blues Association, to benefit Burnside Community Council's projects for the homeless. Performers include John Lee Hooker, Paul deLay Band, Curtis Salgado & the Stilletos, Norman Sylvester Blues Band, Lloyd Jones Struggle, Bill Rhoades & The Party Kings, The Mayther Brothers, Terry Robb Band and DK Stewart. KBOO radio station broadcast performances and has continued to do so throughout the history of the festival.
The cover of Tom McFarland's Just Got In From Portland album from 1986.
25 years ago, in 1988, Oregon Food Share, the predecessor of Oregon Food Bank, became the producer and beneficiary of the Rose City Blues Festival, becoming Oregon's first annual blues festival to benefit people who are hungry in Oregon. Performers included Tom McFarland, Johnnie Ward & The Jokers, Norman Sylvester, Curtis Salgado & The Stilletos and Jesse Mae Hemphill. And KBOO was there as a sponsor, and broadcasting live.
A photo from the John Mayall website. 1986- Montreux. L to R: Coco Montoya, Otis Rush, Luther Allison, John Mayall, Joe Yuele, and Walter Trout.
In 1989, the Rose City Blues festival (aka the Waterfront Blues Festival) was raising money & food for Oregon Food Bank. Performers included John Mayall, James Cotton, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Mel Solomon, Lowell Fulson. KBOO Community Radio was a sponsor, and broadcast the festival live.
Charlie Musselwhite (R) with Muddy Waters. Photographer unknown.
In 1990, the Rose City Blues Festival (soon to be named the Waterfront Blues Festival) had performers like Charlie Musselwhite, Luther Tucker, Joe Louis Walker, Mitch Woods & The Rocket 88s, Mick Clark Band and Elvin Bishop. They were playin' the blues and raising money & food for the Oregon Food Bank. And KBOO Community Radio was there too, broadcasting live.
Jimmy Rogers' compilation album from 1984.
In 1991, the festival became the Waterfront Blues Festival, and fans brought in 25K pounds of food and $80K for the Oregon Food Bank. Wuhoo!
Performers included Chicago blues legends Jimmy Rogers and Hubert Sumlin, Katie Webster and Luther Johnson, plus Buddy Brown & The Houd Dogs, Johnny Heartsman, Joe Houston and Lee Allen, Luther Guitar Johnnson, Bernie Perle with Harmonica Fats, Pinetop Perkins, Rockin Sidney, Luther Tucker, Katie Webster, Papa John Creach, Henry Vestine and Big Daddy Kinsey & the Kinsey Report. Dang! And you know - KBOO Community Radio was there broadcasting live -- like we'll be this year. See you there!
Johnny Copeland
In 1992, performers at the Waterfront Blues Festival included Savoy Brown, Wild Child Butler, Johnny Copeland, James Cotton, Debbie Davies, Floyd Dixon, Smokin' Joe Kubec, Luke and The Locomotives, Big Jay McNeely, Paramount Singers, Snooky Pryor, Al Rapone and Zydeco Express, Sonny Rhodes, Fenton Robinson, Eddie Shaw and The Wolfgang, Wailin' Al Walker. They were playin' the blues and fighting hunger for the Oregon Food Bank. KBOO Community Radio broadcast live -- as we will be this year.
Otis Rush
In 1993, the Waterfront Blues Festival grew by leaps and bounds. Attendees donated $105,000 and 41,000 pounds of food for the Oregon Food Bank. Performers include Otis Rush, Johnny Johnson and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Plus Billy Boy Arnold, Long John Baldry, Latell Barton, Richard Berry, Sugar Blue, Deanna Bogart, Shirlie Dixon, Anson Funderburgh and The Rockets, Glenn Lane, Charlie Musselwhite, Tom Principato, Guitar Shorty, Terrance Simien and Mallet Playboys, Joe Louis Walker and Arbess Williams. KBOO Community Radio -- yep -- broadcast it live.
Elvin Bishop, 'bout when he fooled around and fell in love.
In 1994, the Waterfront Blues Festival featured artists including Elvin Bishop, Eric Burdon, Johnny Nocturne Band, Frankie Lee, Little Johnny Taylor, Little Milton Revue, Dorothy Moore, Maria Muldaur, Rod Piazza, Jimmy Thackery, The Chambers Brothers, Walter "Wolfman" Washington and Smokey Wilson. The Oregon Food Bank was collecting desperately needed food & $$. And KBOO was broadcasting live on-site.
Luther Allison
The Waterfront Blues Festival was raising money and food for the Oregon Food Bank. KBOO Community Radio broadcast live. And there were performers, oh yes... Luther Allison, Bobby Parker Band with Little Jimmy King, Deanna Bogart, Savoy Brown, Norton Buffalo, W.C. Clark, Tinsley Ellis, Bugs Henderson, Mark Hummel, Yvonne Jackson, King Ernest, Big Daddy Kinsey and The Kinsey Report, Little Charlie and The Nightcats, John Mayall, The Paladins, Paul deLay Band, Kelly Joe Phelps, Roy Rogers and The Delta Rhythm Kings, Finis Tasby, The Holmes Brothers and the subdudes.
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
In 1996 Elvin Bishop, Geno Delafose, Charlie Musselwhite, Curtis Salgado, performed at the Waterfront Blues Festival as a fundraiser for the Oregon Food Bank. KBOO broadcast the festival live. This year, they'll (& we'll) be back -- and hunger in Oregon is at its highest point ever.
Some other performers in 1996: Hank Ballard and The Midnighters, Canned Heat, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Terry Evans, Guitar Shorty, James Harman, Bugs Henderson, Mark Hummel, Big Jack Johnson, Louisiana Guitar Red, Lee Oskar, Gary Primich, Sonny Rhodes, Sista Monica, Syl Johnson Band and Junior Wells.
Boozoo Chavis at the 2000 Original Southwest Zydeco Festival in Plaisance, Louisana.
Photo by David Simpson
1997. The Waterfront Blues Festival had some great performers to raise food & money for the Oregon Food Bank, and KBOO broadcast it live. Performers included Billy Branch, Boozoo Chavis, John Hammond, King Ernest, Bob Margolin/Pinetop Perkins/Billy Boy Arnold, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, Poppa Chubby, Francine Reed, Duke Robillard, Clarence Spady, Angela Strehli, The Bluebirds, The Chambers Brothers, The Staples Singers, Joe Louis Walker, & Kim Wilson and The Tigermen.
Bobby Rush with dancers (Photographer unknown)
The Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival was still known as the Albertsons Waterfront Blues Festival. Fans donated $155,000 and 60,000 pounds of food to the Oregon Food Bank during the four-day festival. Then, Albertsons donated an additional truckload of food! Wuhoo! And KBOO broadcast it all live.
There were performers, of course: Bobby Rush, Roy Rogers, Bobby Blue Bland, J. Geils and Son Seals, Blind Boys of Alabama, Honeyboy Edwards, Jack Elliot, Larry Garner, Bugs Henderson, Kelley Hunt Band, Nathan and The Zydeco Cha Chas, Shuggie "no-show" Otis, Kenny Blue Ray and Jackie Payne, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Kelly Joe Phelps, Roy Rogers, E.C. Scott, Jimmy Thackery, The Boneshakers, The Love Dogs, Junior Watson, Zigaboo Modeliste and more.
In 1999, Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival added a third stage. Oregon Food Bank raised more than $210,000 and 80,000 pounds of food at the Festival. And KBOO Community Radio was there, broadcasting live. Performers included Koko Taylor, Jimmie Vaughan, Booker T & The MGs and Charlie Musselwhite. Plus R.L. Burnside, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Guy Davis, Mark Hummel with Big Joe Duskin and Joe Beard, Indigo Swing, Johnny Nocturne Band, Lazy Lester with Teddy Morgan and Sevilles, Little Malcolm and the Zydeco House Rockers, Magic Slim and The Teardrops, Cookie McGee, Mike Morgan and The Crawl, Geoff Muldaur and Fritz Richmond, Charmaine Neville, Paul deLay with the Rockin' Johnny Band, Johnny Rawls Revue, Eric Sardinas, Josh Smith and The Frost, Irma Thomas, Jimmie Vaughan, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Corby Yates and more
In the year 2000, the 13th annual Waterfront Blues Festival raises $350,000 and 100,000 pounds of food for the Oregon Food Bank. KBOO Community Radio is there, broadcasting live. Fans turn out in droves to see performers like Jonny Lang and Shannon Curfman, Pinetop Perkins and Robert Junior Lockwood, Alberta Adams, Alice Stuart Band, Monte Amundson, Brian Auger, Long John Baldry, Johnnie Bassett, Carey Bell, Eddie Bo, Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, Paul Brasch, Deep Banana Blackout, Dr. John, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jeffrey Halford and The Healers, Howard and The White Boys, Long John Hunter, Candye Kane, Eddie Kirkland, Johnnie Marshall, Larry McCray, Raful Neal/Tabby Thomas/Tab Benoit, Kelly Joe Phelps, Lou Pride, "Philadelphia" Jerry Ricks, Rolling Fork Revue (Margolin, Morganfield, Perkins, Bell), Terrance Simien, Sista Monica, Nina Storey, The Paladins, Carl Weathersby and more.
Fans raise a record $380,000 and 103,000 pounds of food for the Oregon Food Bank. KBOO broadcasts it all live. And more than 125,000 fans at the Waterfront Blues Festival hear Solomon Burke, Shemekia Copeland, Double Trouble, Anson Funderburg and Sam Myers, Hoodoo Kings, Little Feat, Los Lobos, Delbert McClinton, Rod Price, Geno Delafose, Sony Rhodes, Roomful of Blues, Mem Shannon, Wild Magnolias, Zydeco Dance with Rosie Ledet and Geno Delafose and more.
The Waterfront Blues Festival attracts 120,000 fans, who donate more than $310,000 and more than 115,000 pounds of food to the Oregon Food Bank. KBOO is there, broadcasting live. As are Marcia Ball, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Tommy Castro, WC Clark, Deborah Coleman, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Honeyboy Edwards, Al Kooper and The ReKooperators, John Mayall, Jimmy T-99 Nelson with Duke Robillard, Kelly Joe Phelps Trio, Queen Ida, Michelle Shocked, Howard Tate and The Uptown Horns, Melvin Taylor, Jimmy Thackery, The Radiators, Ike Turner and more.
The Year of the Blues. Even so, the Waterfront Blues Festival broke all records. Fans donated $363,000 net and 120,000 pounds of food to Oregon Food Bank. And KBOO -- oh yeah, we were there too. Performers included Etta James, Susan Tedeschi, Taj Mahal, Steve Miller with Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo, Jody Williams, North Mississippi All-stars, Ruthie Foster, Pinetop Perkins, Phil Upchurch, Bryan Lee, Henry Butler, Lil' Malcolm and the Zydeco Houserockers, Papa Grows Funk and more.
Generous blues fans donated $323,000 and 100,649 pounds of food to the Oregon Food Bank. The Waterfront Blues Festival was spotlighting the music of Louisiana and Texas. KBOO was broadcasting, and Keb' Mo', Jonny Lang, the Holmes Brothers and Canned Heat were playing. In addition, there was Hubert Sumlin, Sonny Landreth, James and Lucky Peterson, the Mannish Boys, Motor City Rhythm & Blues Pioneers, Ruthie Foster, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, Reggie Houston, Cyril Neville and the Uptown Allstars, Robert Belfour, Mark Lemhouse, Roy Book Binder, Arthur Adams, Tracy Nelson and more.
Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Oliver Mtukudzi, the subdudes, Mavis Staples and Shemekia Copeland headlined the 2005 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival. KBOO broadcasted live from the waterfront. Other performers including Reggie Houston, Guitar Shorty, Big Monti Amundson, King Louie & Baby James, Eric Johnson, Mark Lemhouse, the Kenny Neal Band, Sherman Robertson, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, the Campbell Brothers, Roy Tyler & New Directions, Stephen Bruton, Doyle Bramhall and more. Music lovers donated $348,000 and 107,000 pounds of food to the Oregon Food Bank.
Dr. John, a.ka. "The Night Tripper"; Irma Thomas, "Soul Queen of New Orleans"; New Orleans "Blues Queen" Marva Wright; Little Feat, Rebirth Brass; Big Chief Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias; Porter, Batiste & Stoltz; Henry Butler; Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk; Henry Gray; Buckwheat Zydeco; The Bluerunners; John Hiatt & The North Mississippi Allstars: The Hacienda Brothers; Tommy Castro Band; Jimmy Thackery and Reba Russell; Rich DelGrosso; Harper and Mia Dyson from Australia; Ian Siegel from the U.K.; The Soul Stirrers; The Lee Boys; Geoff Muldaur and Jim Kweskin on stage together for the first time in 30 years to pay tribute to Fritz Richmond; Larry McCray, Johnny Rawls, Keith Frank & Soleil Zydeco, the Greyboy Allstars, Big Monti Amundson, the Rhythm Council and more. Blues fans donated 103,500 pounds of food and $545,000 at the gate.
The festival celebrated with headliners like The Neville Brothers, Koko Taylor; Joan Armatrading; The Blind Boys of Alabama; Mavis Staples; Marcia Ball; Pinetop Perkins, who celebrated his 94th birthday at the festival; Watermelon Slim; James Cotton Band with special guest Hubert Sumlin; The Dirty Dozen Brass Band; Eric Burdon and the Animals; Voice of the Wetlands Allstars (Tab Benoit, Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, Johnny Sansone); Savoy Brown; Lurrie Bell; Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums; J.J. Grey and Mofro; J.W. Jones; Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks and more. Generous blues fans donated $510,000 and 97,343 pounds of food at the gate.
The festival celebrated its 21st year with both legendary icons and young and edgy musicians. The lineup included soul icon Isaac Hayes, Charlie Musselwhite, Phoebe Snow, Canned Heat, The Mannish Boys with special guests Kid Ramos, Kirk Fletcher and Finis Tasby, Joe Bonamassa, Elvin Bishop, James Hunter, Eric Lindell, Ruthie Foster, Arthur Adams, Curtis Salgado, Portland Soul All-Stars, Carolyn Wonderland, Back Door Slam, Fred Wesley & Groovesect, Robert "Wolfman" Belfour, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Classie Ballou, Paul Thorn, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Tribute to Freddie King with Phillip Walker, Sherman Robertson and Andrew "Jr. Boy Jones and zydeco with Rosie Ledet, Christ Ardoin & Nu Step Zydeco, Cedryl Ballou & the Zydeco Trendsetters, Dikki Du & The Zydeco Krew and more. Generous blues fans donated $538,000 at the gate, making gate donation the second highest in the festival's 21-year history and highest for a four-day festival. Attendees also donated 91,192 pounds of food.
The festival's 22nd year featured Keb' Mo'; Grammy-nominated Robben Ford; Texas blues-rock legend Johnny Winter; slide-guitar wizard Sonny Landreth; Karl Denson's Tiny Universe; the Lee Boys; Rick Estrin and the Nightcats; Candye Kane; Terry Evans; Bonerama; Kevin Gordon; Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings; Ryan Shaw; Magic Slim and the Teardrops; Big Sam's Funky Nation; Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real; and more. Blues fans donated more than $544,638. In addition, blues fans contributed more than 76,363 pounds of food.
The 23rd annual festival featured Taj Mahal, Little Feat, John Mayall, Booker T., Bobby Rush, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Galactic with Cyril Neville, JJ Grey and Mofro, Chris Thomas King, Curtis Salgado, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Walter Trout, Michael Burks Band with Lucky Peterson, Baskery, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, Moreland & Arbuckle, Super Chikan & the Fighting Cocks, Mingo Fish Trap, porterdavis, Janiva Magness, Norton Buffalo's Knockouts, Paul Cebar, Kara Grainger, a Zydeco Swamp Romp with Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Donna Angelle & Zydeco Posse, Corey Ledet & his Zydeco Band, Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic and many more. Blues fans set a new record, donating about $650,000 and exceeding this year's $600,000 goal. Blues fans also exceeded this year's food goal of 100,000 pounds, donating 100,662 pounds of food.
Buddy Guy, Lucinda Williams, Maceo Parker, Robert Cray, Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band, Rebirth Brass Band, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Orgone, Bobby Radcliff, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Preston Shannon, Honey Island Swamp Band, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Chris Cain, Nathan James, James Harman, Bruce Conte, Grady Champion, Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble, Meschiya Lake and the Little Big Horns and many more. The festival attracted more than 120,000 people, who contributed 110,454 pounds of food and $748,000 through donations at the gate as well as advance purchases of special passes, exceeding the festival's donation goal of 100,000 pounds of food and $650,000.


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Definition of Brachiopoda in English:
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A phylum of marine invertebrates that comprises the lamp shells.
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Rumor: DriveClub Will Be Releasing in June According to "Hunch" by PlayStation Official Magazine Italia
We're expecting news on DriveClub's release date for North America and Europe, but it seems that PlayStation Official Magazine Italia might have let the cat out of the bag early. According to a Facebook post, the magazine said (once put through Google Translate), "We like the "hunch" that # Driveclub will arrive in June, but you do not tell anyone …"
DriveClub, the PS4 exclusive social racing game from the guys at Evolution Studios, was originally supposed to release last year as a launch title, but got delayed. A release in February isn't likely and March will likely have all eyes on Infamous: Second Son so it probably won't release until after then. A June release date could put it right in the thick of E3, but it wouldn't be the first time a big PlayStation exclusive launched in June (The Last of Us).
Until we hear anything official this is still just a "hunch" so like every rumor, take it with a grain of salt.
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To steal from Jamison Koehler 'On Parenting'
My husband and I are the parents of almost three – year – old twin boys. People who coined the term terrible twos did so because they could come up with no suitable and non-frightening term for what comes after – horrific three's? Drink yourself to death four's? We feel like we are constantly correcting, distracting and disciplining. Today, it was too much. Yonas decided that time out was really fun and laughed the whole time, while Yacob handed over his binoculars and said "thank you for taking them mommy" when I demanded them as punishment for some preschooler indiscretion.
Needless to say, we are worn out. Tonight, we had a lovely dinner after we'd finally got the monkeys to bed. My brother was with us and we chatted about parenthood and how we would get through to the other side. We decided there was but one way to survive the several years – we would pick our battles.
See, there are some pretty major things we want to accomplish in raising our kids. The first goal is that they not become douchebags. This seems fairly straightforward, but it's a tough thing to achieve because it is so murky and vague. Not douchebaggary, we all know it when we see it, but what are the things parents do that can prevent douchebaggary from occurring? I don't think letting your kids swim in the plastic pool with all of their clothes on at the end of a long, steamy day will encourage the trait of the douchebag. I also don't think letting them throw their plastic spiderman toy off the deck and then run down to retrieve it will either (but I could be wrong about that one). I think that turning said plastic pool over and then sitting on it with your brother trapped underneath is worthy of a harsh word or two, that's the stuff douchebags are made of.
So, we've decided that unless someone is in imminent danger of death, or they are breaking some hard and fast rule we have (no throwing food, pick up your toys when you are done playing, get the clorox from under the. . oh, ummm. . .) we are going to use love and kindness to get them to do our bidding instead of the usless time outs and general parenting meanness.
We are picking our battles. It is useless to debate with a three year old. They are petulant and want to get their way. They are just discovering the power of 'no' and talking back. It's growing pains for us and them. It's up to us to set limits, to provide guidance along with an environment where they can grow and become the amazing human beings I
demand know they will be.
Sure, all of you parents of older kids who have been there and done that might have other ideas on child-rearing, but unless your kid has won a noble prize or saved a puppy dog and baby from a burning building, I don't want to hear it. You raised your kids making up your rules as you went along. Maybe you asked for some help along the way, but hopefully no one told you you were the biggest parenting idiot alive for even thinking you had it right, especially when you didn't ask for their opinion. I didn't ask you, in this post, what you thought of my plan, but I'd like you to point out if its seriously flawed in some way if you have reason to believe it truly is. But if you just want to tell me that I'm doing it wrong just because you think it, spare me. I'll give you your binky and lovey, dose you with benadryl and put you to bed with a good bedtime story about caterpillars. I'm in no mood to fight with more three year old's.Share on Facebook
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Moshe - June 14, 2010
I've got an almost 3 yo (and almost 5, and just turned 1) so believe me, I feel for you! Our neighbors have twin boys, and I don't think I would remain sane with twins.
Jeff Gamso - June 14, 2010
Yes, you're on track. Our boys, now young men, seem to have survived all our efforts. Our primary goal wasn't to prevent douchebagdom (though that's worthy, too) but that they not grow up to be ax murderers. The key tests of an emergency that really requires intervention: Is there blood? Are there flames?
Jamison - June 14, 2010
Great post, Mirriam, and I don't ONLY say that because my name is in the title.
My wife and I were also big believers in the loving, pick-your-battles approach. We called it benign neglect. And not a single ax murder charge against one of my kids has ever been proven.
shg - June 14, 2010
I'm enormously proud of both my children, and firmly believe that their accomplishments (both Academy Awards for my daughter, the Nobel for my son [plus Olympic Silver]) had nothing to do with the way they were raised.
They do, however, know how to eat properly in restaurants. I take credit for that. If you need any advice on that, you know where to find me.
Mirriam Seddiq - June 14, 2010
SHG – please kind sir. Tell me how to make two almost three-year-old boys behave. We are resigned to spending our evenings at the Waffle House.
Norm Pattis - June 14, 2010
Parenthood is a sentence of 18 to life. We all do our time in our own ways, and the kids go on to do theirs.
shg - June 14, 2010
The Waffle House is a wonderful choice for a family with young children. And older children.
Do you like waffles?
Walter Reaves - June 14, 2010
We took the same approach, and I think ours ended up alright. Of course, we were asked to leave a restaraunt when my daughter was three.
As a grandparent now I will tell you a secret. Our job is to undo everything you doing – they get whatever they want. So be prepared to start over when you get them back 🙂
David M Gottlieb - June 14, 2010
There is no parenting problem that can't be fixed with duct tape or napalm. As the proud parent of an almost four year old ballerina/princess/death-machine and a 16 month old on a suicide mission, I completely understand. I'm not at the don't be a douchebag stage. I'm more at the, let go of the dog, get off your sister, put that down, get off of that, stage.
Huma - June 14, 2010
This post has great contraceptive powers. 😛
I may eventually change my mind, but for now, I'm just so terrified of the actual process of birthing children (and then being expected to, you know, actually look after them and raise them not to be douchebags) that I think I'll just sit this one out. 😛
Niki Black - June 15, 2010
3 is a really tough stage-and having 2 in that stage is even harder. I have nothing but admiration for my friends who have twins. It's not easy.
And, you're taking a great approach, I think. They need to learn the consequences of their actions and letting them throw their toys off the deck–assuming no one else is a target–is a good way to learn how gravity can affect a favorite toy;)
Hang in there Mirriam. It's not easy, but you'll be into the next stage soon. When they hit 4 you'll feel more like a person again–they become more independent, etc.
Of course, each new stage brings new challenges–but it's worth it;)
Jeff Gamso - June 15, 2010
"Of course, each new stage brings new challenges–but it's worth it;)"
Or, as a friend whose kids are a couple of years older than mine told me when my older one was just learning to crawl, "Everything your children master, everything that makes you proud of them, just makes your life harder."
But there's also this, the truly best parenting advice I ever learned, decades ago, from a philosophy professor (childless, I should add, at least at the time): "There's very little you can do to your children that years of intensive therapy once they're adults can't help them overcome."


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Golf and Dinner with Bill '60, Jim '60, and Grey '64 Berrier
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The Berriers (Bill '60, Marge, Jim '60, Dorothy, Grey '64 and Judy) played hosts for the day on February 3 in The Villages and a total of 32 alumni, family and friends had a fantastic time because of their generosity and efforts. The outing started with a round of golf on one of the nine-hole executive courses in the community. Jay Gettig '60 (pictured in the gallery) managed the wind and overcast conditions and posted the lowest round of the day with an impressive one-over-par 29 on the Belmont course.
Following the time on the links, Bill and Marge hosted an afternoon reception at their home. All 32 participants in the day attended the three-hour home gathering and enjoyed appetizers, conversation and memories of Juniata College. Old blue and gold friendships were renewed, while new relationships were established.
The event concluded with dinner at The Legends (an Arnold Palmer restaurant at The Villages). The group was seated together in a semi-private room. Prior to the meal, Director of Alumni Relations Bub Parker '91 provided an update from the College, thanked those in attendance as well as the hosts and answered questions. Following dinner, those in attendance enjoyed a cake (pictured in the gallery) commemorating this year's alumni event in The Villages (supplied by the Berriers), while Bill recognized special happenings from the day and thanked everyone for their participation.
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Fort Worth police are investigating a burglary-turned-shootout at an auction barn on Sunday that killed one of the auction's organizers.
Police arrived at 4A Good Auction at 3921 Mansfield Highway early Sunday morning and found Sheila Johnson, 54, dead from multiple gunshots to the torso.
Investigators suspect Johnson shot at burglars when they broke into the business, and they returned fire. Multiple break-ins have been reported since December at the auction barn, where Johnson would often sleep or stop in late at night.
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I've been bringing in cucumbers for my co-workers. LOTS of cucumbers. One plant will give you more than you can ever eat. And since my co-workers can only eat so many, I wanted to find different ways to use them instead of just slicing them and putting them in a salad. I've made my grandmother's cucumber salad a couple of times already. You know….the recipe with sour cream, vinegar, sugar, and dill. It's one of my favorites, but a person can get tired of eating that too.
So, I thought I'd look up recipes for spa water. I found
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and tried a couple of these recipes over the weekend. I made a gallon of cucumber melon water and a gallon of cucumber, lemon, and mint water. Both are superb. It's a great way to use things from the garden in a different way and to make yourself drink more water. I drank the whole gallon of cucumber, lemon, and mint water in less than 24 hours.
It may be a placebo effect but I feel better for it.
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Gardening isn't for wimps. It's hard work. Real hard. If you have a garden, this you already know. It needs constant care and attention which, after the end of a long workday, can sometimes seem exhausting. If you have a garden, I also don't need to tell you that the work you put into it is so much worth the effort, if not for the "almost" free food you grow yourself, but for the sheer joy of tending to living things that thank you with their bounty in return.
I love my garden, and if it were my only job to tend to it eight hours a day, seven days a week I would have beautiful plants, no weeds, no bugs and healthy vegetables. This year, I am having a hard time keeping up. I know I'm going to have more cucumbers and zucchini than I could ever eat, and the pleasure of eating fried green tomatoes every night for a month if I want. But there is one plant, just
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Now it is my mission to see that this tiny little plant gets the water and nutrients it needs to be a healthy, living, productive thing. I'm an organic gardener, so I'm not going to pump it full of miracle material to achieve results. I'm just going to give it lots of water, keep the weeds away, and look in on it every day to make sure it is happy. It will be my success story of the summer to have dozens of banana peppers by the end of August. I will make it happen if it kills me . . . or at least until it gives me that "gardener ache" every night when I go to bed. That ache, to me, says a job well done, regardless of the results.
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posted Jun 29 2016 11:09AM
Recently a listener asked me if I had any new
stories to share. Since I haven't blogged about him in a while I thought I'd give an update about what he's been up to.
has been busy being part of area parades representing
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wears his backpack with pockets on either side. I stuff his pockets full of candy and trinkets and we'll walk up to the little ones on the curb so they can reach into his pockets and pull out a goodie. The kids love it, the parents think it's adorable, and
loves it too. He is such a "people" dog and will just stand patiently while all the little ones swarm to pet him. He will walk up to strangers with ears back and tail wagging thinking he just found his long-lost friend. It warms my heart that he's so sweet that way and can make another person smile as we walk by.
We're still working on his reading vocabulary. Right now we're up to 10 commands that he can read off flash cards I made. People often don't believe that he can read, so I plan on making a video and posting it here soon. He constantly amazes me by how smart he is.
Lately, he's been showing his naughty side. Sometimes when we're in the backyard, he'll get a case of the zoomies and will inevitably make his way into my vegetable garden (since it's not fenced all the way around) and start digging in the dirt and rolling around in it. When he hears me panicking about him possibly breaking my plants, he'll stop, do a play bow, give me that naughty look, and start digging in the dirt again--and zip around the yard full speed ahead. I shouldn't laugh when he does it because it only encourages him, but I can't help it. He's cute and it's funny, and so far no plants have been harmed.
I don't really know how old
is, but we think he's about eight. He is starting to show signs of hip dysplasia and it makes me sad. He is slowing down already and is starting to get just a little gray around the muzzle. I'm going to start him on Cosequin to see if that will help. He gets so stiff. Doing zoomies around the backyard probably only aggravates his hip pain, but at least he still has the energy to do them every once in a while.
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So, that's my
. He can be bad, he can be stubborn (because he's a Cattle Dog), but all in all,
is an exceptionally great dog. I'm so happy we found each other.
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Definition of cannon in English:
- Tommy Lynch of Leighlin wrote the ballad, and the old artillery piece was the cannon on the steps of the Courthouse in Carlow.
- Troops in red coats and blue coats shot off cannons and artillery in his fields as all the people living there sat on the deck, cheering for one side or the other.
- It's claimed that when the park was turned into a parade ground, practicing troops often found their cannons ' wheels caught in the ruts of graves that had collapsed in on themselves under the weight above them.
- Once they were in close, they could deliver devastating fire from their cannon and rocket armament; only a few hits could bring down a heavy bomber.
- The fighters fired their cannons but did not hit the American aircraft.
- An issue requiring further debate relates to whether the Army should continue to place importance on heavy tanks and cannons.
- A player makes a cannon by hitting the object balls with the cue ball.
- The Irishman had squandered several leads during a see-saw match, but he found his groove at the end, benefiting from a lucky cannon to get among the balls.
- I have news for you folks, a cannon is a machine tool.
- As the outer layers cooled, they compressed the inner layers, giving the cannon greater tensile strength.
- The barrel of the cannon passed through the reduction gearbox and the propeller hub.
verb[no object, with adverbial of direction] chiefly British
- That was until 12 minutes from time, when his attempt at a clearance cannoned off Fabian Caballero's shins and into the Hibernian net.
- Four people died in the GNER buffet car when it cannoned into an overhead line stanchion.
- Julian Joachim almost equalised when Frank Sinclair's clearance hit the Leeds forward and cannoned off both bar and post.
- Having potted one, Tony tried to move some balls into the open but one ball cannoned onto another and in seconds it clipped the black sending it down.
- Eight white balls are then struck in succession by a player in an effort to get the balls to fall into the holes with the restriction that the ball being played must cannon off another ball before falling into a hole.
Late Middle English: from French canon, from Italian cannone 'large tube', from canna 'cane, reed' (see cane).
This large heavy piece of artillery derives its name from French canon, from Italian cannone 'large tube', from canna 'cane, reed, tube'. Soldiers have been called cannon fodder, no more than material to be used up in war, since the late 19th century—the expression is a translation of German Kanonenfutter. Shakespeare did encapsulate a similar idea much earlier, with his phrase 'food for powder' in Henry IV Part 1. Canna or its Greek equivalent kanna is the base of a number of other words in English, as well as giving us the name of the canna lily (mid 17th century), which gets its name from the shape of its leaves. Some reflect the use of the plants for making things, some their hollow stems. Canes (Middle English) are basically the same plant. Canister (Late Middle English) was originally a basket from Latin canistrum 'basket for bread, fruit, or flowers', from Greek kanastron 'wicker basket', from kanna. Canal (Late Middle English) and channel (Middle English) both come via French from Latin canalis 'pipe, groove, channel' from canna, and share a source with the Italian pasta cannelloni (mid 19th century). The medical cannula (late 17th century) was originally a 'small reed'; a canyon (mid 19th century) is from Spanish cañón 'tube' from canna.
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Record: 4-4 [Last week: Alvarez KO Trout]
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Danny Garcia KO 8 Zab Judah: Danny Garcia is coming into this fight carrying an edge. It's pretty tough to get Danny pissed–and Zab Judah has him irritated.
Don't be surprised if Gacia lets Judah come forward and then look to slam the big right on Judah's historically-dubious chin.
Record: 5-3 [Last week: Alvarez W 12 Trout]
John Scully, former trainer of RING and WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson
Zab Judah W 12 Danny Garcia: I would love to see Zab Judah turn back the clock and do it one last time. I would love to see him get that big win and another world title, and I'm liking his chances, really.
You cannot overlook or not respect Danny Garcia's punching power and also the mental high he must be on after his recent victories.
But fighting at home, maybe fighting for one final shot at a world title, I think Zab is going to be fast and sharp and is going to get some things done that we haven't seen from him in a while. I'll go with Zab on a decision victory.
Record: 5-2 [Last week: Alvarez W 12 Trout]
Danny Garcia TKO 9 Zab Judah: Danny Garcia is younger, bigger and stronger than Zab Judah, and is capable of hurting people with that powerful left hook.
I have to wonder if Zab still has the will to win, or just wants a few more big paydays. He has been on the decline for a few years now, and he could also be a lot smaller than Garcia when the bell rings.
While Zab will initially out-quick Garcia, and will be fired up in front of his hometown crowd, he tends to tire in the middle rounds, and Garcia will pick him up and put him down by the ninth.
Record: 4-4 [Last week: Alvarez late-round TKO Trout]
By a convincing total of 12-5, the experts have predicted that Danny Garcia will successfully defend his RING, WBA and WBC championships against Zab Judah.
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Bionic Beaver
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 16, 2007 - 01:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
[H]ard|OCP has linked to an incredibly odd case mod. In fact this is probably one of the oddest case mods you've ever seen. Don't believe me? Click on over and take a look.
"You can't make this stuff up, someone turned a stuffed beaver into a case mod. Kasey McMahon, the girl behind the case mod
(yes, girl), said the hardest part was actually cleaning out the beaver."
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A heavy drinking 8800
Subject: Graphics Cards | April 16, 2007 - 12:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
With a default speed of 610MHz/2000Mhz, the watercooled MSI NX8800GTX OC Liquid offers the fastest 8800 on the market, at least out of the box. With the integral watercooling rig, it is very easy to get going, as the reservoir and radiator are included, and meant to be attached to the rear of your case. Hardware Zone managed to get the core up to 680MHz alt
Do NOT "Click here to fix your PC"!!!
Subject: General Tech | April 16, 2007 - 11:58 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
[H]ard|OCP has a 2 warnings on their front page this morning. The first has to do with the new Storm Worm that managed over 20,000 infections in 1 day. This variant appeared last week and is triggered by clicking on on of those pop up/banner ads that tell you to "Click here to fix your PC". So please don't click there ... don't ever click there! Pass it on to family and friends now, or you will be spending some time with them later.
Interview with Moderator Jay See Bee
Subject: Editorial | April 16, 2007 - 03:22 AM | UncleBob
Wow, a special treat tonight. An old friend has agreed to step up to the plate. Jay is a founding member of the Uncle B's. If you don't know who that is, well, then you may want to lock up your pets and children first...OK, OK...it's not that bad! Just cover their eyes and ears!
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Hi there. Let me take a minute to introduce myself. I'm Uncle Bob, a Mod here at PC Perspective.
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Subject: General Tech | April 13, 2007 - 02:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Friday afternoon again, and there is plenty of stuff going on in our forums. A member has had an unpleasant experience with Sapphire's RMA process, and has been billed what looks suspiciously like a restocking fee. There are good tips to be found on troubleshooting laptop problems in our General forum. One of the common problems we find is a high end machine with a low end PSU, and you just cannot
Keeping it to yourself
Subject: General Tech | April 13, 2007 - 01:35 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Surround sound headphones have come a long way recently, and now some offer a really engaging aural experience. techPowerUp! reviews Saitek's GH50 Surround Sound Headset, which uses SRS to give you surround sound experience and great bass. Read the review to see what they thought of it's ability to handle music and gaming.
Maingear maintains it's reputation
Subject: Systems | April 13, 2007 - 12:58 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
One problem with scoring high on a system review at [H]ard|OCP, is keeping the quality of your system, ordering and support high enough not to disappoint them when they next review you. Maingear is a great example, not only of a stellar review the first time around, but also being able to maintain that level of service. Read their review of the Maingear X-Cube to see how they managed to pull it off.
Run 1:1, if you can get your processor to keep up
Subject: Memory | April 13, 2007 - 12:22 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Mushkin's XP2-9200 runs at 1150MHz @ 5-5-4-12 out of the box, and Overclocker's Club pushed it to 1200MHz without any effort at all. With a different board and a bump in voltage, these DIMMs can probably go even further. As this RAM will keep up with any processor on the market right now, it lets you take full advantage of a 1:1 ratio between RAM and CPU.
"You know the drill: countless hours spent in front of the magic box, doing research trying to get the most performance for
your hard earned dollar
Save the hair metal bands
Subject: General Tech | April 13, 2007 - 12:01 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
OCIA reviews a product that reminds me of the old days when I played Adventure until the cassette tape got eaten. The BTO Plus Deck 2c is a tape deck for your PC, so that you can get all of the music off of the dozens (or hundreds) of old cassette tapes you have, and convert it to MP3 on your PC. If you've never owned a tape in your life, you can give this a miss, but if you want to save all those old mix tapes then check out the review.
"The Plus Deck 2c has the necessary controls for a tape deck...
OCZ Launches the ModXStream Power Supply Family
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 13, 2007 - 11:45 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Sunnyvale, CA-April 12, 2007-OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in
innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory and
components, today announced the ModXStream Series, a new line of power
supplies designed to offer consumers a combination of OCZ's legendary PSU
architecture and an efficient modular cable management system. Available in
780W and 900W models, the high efficiency ModXStream offers the industry's
highest performing modular power supplies on the market.
Fatal1ty's new economical product line
Subject: Motherboards | April 12, 2007 - 05:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Fatal1ty branded products tend to be much more expensive than ones that do not bear his name. The new RX700 Universal abit F-190HD motherboard is a huge exception, offering many features including onboard HDMI. A great all in one solution for all but the hardcore gamer, as motherboards.org points out the integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 does not support Pixel Shader 3.0 or 4.0.
OCZs' 3-in-1 SD
Subject: Storage | April 12, 2007 - 03:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Phoronix has posted a review of the new 3 in 1 SD memory card, the Trifecta. Not only does it work as a normal SD card as well as a microSD card, it will also plug into a USB port, so you don't even need a card reader. Find out how well they implemented the USB compatibility in the full review.
A laptop that offers a little more
Subject: General Tech | April 12, 2007 - 02:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Laptop overclocking has never been easy, if you didn't get one with a desktop CPU in the first place. From the first step of figuring out how to disassemble the laptop, to getting under the cooling solution to the CPU to swap it with a desktop model to assembling the whole back together can be time consuming and frustrating. Newer mobile CPUs offer useful features not found in desktop purposed chips, which you will lose when swapping it out for a desktop processor, but at least you can overclock now.
The keyboard is done, time to try mice
Subject: General Tech | April 12, 2007 - 12:05 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Ideazon has had great success with their Zboard, especially with RTS gamers. Now they are going to take the mouse and try to improve it with the Reaper. They have added rubber to the buttons, made it longer than most mice and on the fly DPI changes. Head to R&B Mods to see of they think it compares to the competition.
Intel's take on the GPU
Subject: General Tech | April 12, 2007 - 11:34 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Beyond3D has captured slides from an Intel presentation about the future of the CPU and GPU. The slides give you a very good idea of Intel's plans to retaliate against AMDs current move towards a GPU, and Beyond3D highlights out some very interesting points.
ASUS has a new bundle of joy
Subject: Graphics Cards | April 11, 2007 - 04:44 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Hot Hardware's review of the ASUS EN8800GTS shows the performance you would expect from a non-overclocked 8800GTS. Where this card might get your attention is the bundle that is attached. You get full versions of 3DMark06, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, and RACE the Official WTCC game, as well as several programs to tweak performance and quality, and even a leather CD case.
Pushing the bar ever higher
Subject: Processors | April 11, 2007 - 02:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Intel keeps raising the bar, this time with the introduction of the quad core QX6800. While there is no doubt that it is the fastest retail processor on the market, the A64 FX-74 just can't keep up. Head to The Tech Report to watch this chip sweep the processor playoffs!
So, a heat spreader isn't good enough for you?!?
Subject: Cases and Cooling | April 11, 2007 - 02:06 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The Inquirer reminisces about the days before the the heatsink, when a heatspreader was all a CPU needed. Now we are placing 1lb blocks of copper on the CPU's, and they are only getting hotter, especially with work on 3 dimensional processors. Find out what the future may hold.
It finally came in the mail
Subject: Graphics Cards | April 11, 2007 - 12:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
[H]ard|OCP finally got their PS3! After spending a month locked away with it in a small dark room they have emerged to give their opinion. Since the boxen they bought had the firmware upgrades applied by the time they bought it, most of the issues early adopters had do not enter into the review. Find out what they think of Sony's Blu-ray player and console.
If you make it, they will come
Subject: General Tech | April 11, 2007 - 11:58 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
It's not quite a Star Trek replicator, but the Fab@Home project will let you make 3D objects for ~$2,500. It can handle many types of material, from silicone to chocolate, letting you build lego bricks or chocolate forms. Ars Technica has more on this first venture into affordable fabrication at home.
"Malone's goal was to build something cheap and reliable, something that hobbyists could use to kickstart a "home fabbing
revolution" that would have analogues to the personal computer revolution that h
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Oftentimes, your head just fills with things to remember.
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Dry cleaning must be picked up on Thursday, but the store closes at 7 not 8 this week…
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How to transport your ties safely – for a few pennies.
Some small things just make life easier when travelling.
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Due to weather, the Friday evening Milford Memorial Hospital Fair activities have been postponed.
The 5K run/walk will be held Saturday, June 21. Registration starts at 8am and the race begins at 9 a.m.
The quarter auction date will be announced when plans are finalized.
If you have questions, please call Kim Wilkins at 302-430-5719.
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