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Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars have risen like a phoenix out of the ashes of war and enflamed the passions of fans across the globe with their uplifting songs of hope, faith and joy. The band is a potent example of the redeeming power of music and the ability of the human spirit to persevere through unimaginable hardship and emerge with optimism intact. From their humble beginnings in West African refugee camps Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars have performed on some of the world's most prestigious stages and matured into one of Africa's top touring and recording bands.
Throughout the 1990s, the West African country of Sierra Leone was wracked with a bloody, horrifying war that forced millions to flee their homes. The musicians that would eventually form Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars are all originally from Freetown, and they were forced to leave the capital city at various times after violent rebel attacks. Most of those that left the country made their way into neighboring Guinea, some ending up in refugee camps and others struggling to fend for themselves in the capital city of Conakry.
Ruben Koroma and his wife Grace had left Sierra Leone in 1997 and found themselves in the Kalia refugee camp near the border with Sierra Leone. When it became clear they would not be heading back to their homeland anytime soon, they joined up with guitarist Francis John Langba (aka Franco), and bassistIdrissa Bangura (aka Mallam), other musicians in the camp whom they had known before the war, to entertain their fellow refugees. After a Canadian relief agency donated two beat up electric guitars, a single microphone and a meager sound system, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars were born.
American filmmakers Zach Niles and Banker White encountered the band in the Sembakounya Camp, and were so inspired by their story they ended up following them for three years as they moved from camp to camp, bringing much needed joy to fellow refugees with their heartfelt performances. Eventually, the war in Sierra Leone came to an end, and over time the All Stars returned to Freetown, where they met other returning musicians who joined the band's rotating membership. It was there in the tin-roofed shacks of Freetown's ghettos that Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars recorded the tracks that ended up, along with unplugged recordings made in the refugee camps, being the basis for their debut album, Living Like a Refugee, which was released on the label Anti in 2006.
The movie, album and eventual U.S. tours helped expand their following, and soon the band found itself playing in front of enraptured audiences of tens of thousands at New York's Central Park SummerStage, Japan's Fuji Rock Festival and the revered Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. They appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, contributed a song to the Blood Diamond film soundtrack, participated in the U2 tribute album In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2, and earned praise and backing from Sir Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Ice Cube, Angelina Jolie and others inspired by their life-affirming story and captivating music. In one of the most surreal moments of their climb to fame, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars opened for Aerosmith at the 12,000-capacity Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.


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An international criminal court announced it will charge Sudan's President Omar Bashir with genocide for atrocities committed in Darfur.
The news comes just days after new violence had peacekeepers and Christian aid groups considering their future in the region.
Heavily armed fighters recently killed seven UN peacekeepers and wounded 19 others.
It took place in an area controlled by the government backed militia called the janjaweed.
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The recent flair up of violence has been hindering relief efforts in the region.
"Insecurity does hamper our efforts to reach as many as we can," said Joanna Trevor, World Vision Advocacy Director in Darfur. "Really, what we always call for and what we ask people and all parties involved in Sudan is to allow aid agencies to work so that we can safely give lifesaving services across the board."
More than 400,000 Darfurians and several aid workers have been killed in the past five years of fighting.
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I'm not going to mention s$d w*bw@rm. Here are a few things to do while enjoying the beautiful Lowcountry weather.
Did you put out a preemergent product to your lawn and beds for winter annual weed control in August?
If yes, depending on the product and the rate you used, it is time to reapply. If no, now is the time to get it spread onto your lawn and beds. Preemergent products control weeds as they germinate making your life and your plants' (including grass) life easier.
Winterizing trees and shrubs with either a few products individually or as a multi prone approach will help insure the health of your landscape investment.
05-30-30 Root Pusher by Dogget is a 'top shelf' fertilizer for trees and shrubs this time of year. A fertilizer that 'top shelf' arborists use with special equipment to inject into the ground can also be used by the avid 'Do It Yourselfer.'
The DIY can apply Root Pusher to the top of the ground and water it in, or make it into a slurry in a bucket and pour the fertilizer around the plant or tree. If you go with the slurry in a bucket method, you can always add SuperThrive, BioRush, SeaHume, Fish / Seaweed blend, Dominion Root Pusher has special penetrants incorporated in the product to improve distribution in the soil.
Root Pusher will promote good wintering and fast spring starts without stimulating soft growth that is susceptible to damage. Just writing about this product makes me want to get a bag out in my yard.
Root Excellerator, SeaHume (granular is best this time of year, liquid still very good),
00-00-25, Cotton Burr Compost, Flowerbed Amendment, SuperThrive, Fish / Seaweed Blend, 04-00-10, Possum's Minors are a few products that will benefit your trees and shrubs this winter. Trees and shrubs, like people, like to have some nutrition, so they do not go to bed hungry.
For trees and shrubs you can get ahead of the insect battle by using Neem oil or Horticulture oil. Neem oil has some fungicide benefits also which is a bonus.
If you have a tree or shrub with a history of scale, twig borer, aphids, white flies , apply a drench of Dominion now to protect the new growth next spring.
Leaf spot diseases have been a big issue this summer.
As the leaves fall, rake them up to remove overwintering fungus.
If you had any major problems, you might want to remove your old mulch, spray with lime / sulfur, and replace the mulch with Cotton Burr Compost or Flowerbed amendment.
Always read, understand and follow product label. The product label is a Federal Law.
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Open Source for America (OSFA) announced today the opening of its nomination period for the annual OSFA awards. Each year, the organization recognizes individuals, projects, and deployments that support its mission to encourage free and open source software adoption in the U.S. government.
Open Source for America launched a petition Thursday to "Free the Code," an effort to encourage the U.S. federal government to release custom-developed, taxpayer-funded software as open source by default. "Free the Code is an initiative to start a national conversation on taxpayer investments in... Read more
Meet David A. Wheeler. He's a Research Staff Member for the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) and a well-known speaker, author, and expert on open source software and security. He helped develop the Department of Defense's open source software policy and FAQ and has written other guidance... Read more
From the beginning, Civic Commons has been a dynamic community initiative. What began in January 2010 as a simple wiki of open government policies and practices (originally called "OpenMuni", domains for which were simultaneously and independently obtained by Code for America and OpenPlans),... Read more
Open Source for America recently celebrated its second anniversary, and plans to recognize the individuals, projects, and deployments that support its mission to encourage free and open source software adoption in the US government. Nominate an individual or project for an award. The categories... Read more
Friends – Vivek Kundra, the Federal CIO, is leaving government for academia, and today a new Federal CIO was named. Below, you'll find a letter from Open Source for America wishing Mr. Kundra well.
As policy discussions on the 'Cloud' unfold in Washington, Brussels and around the world, last week's Red Hat Summit in Boston, where more than 2,500 developers and software leaders gathered from around the world, focused attention on open source and the 'Cloud.'
I attended the latest briefing at the White House complex, where Federal CIO Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Performance Officer Jeff Zients, and other Executive Branch officials reported on implementation of the Administration's IT Reform Agenda.
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The February issue of DACS' (Data and Analysis Center for Software) Software Tech News focuses entirely on the U.S. Department of Defense and open source software. However, even if you aren't interested in the use of open source in the military, there are still some gems that apply to all U.S.... Read more


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Even if a disgusting bodily fluid left on the seat were somehow able to get into your bloodstream (which is virtually impossible as it is -- and no, "up-splashing" does not put you at risk either), the HIV within that fluid wouldn't survive long enough outside of the body to harm you. Not only that, but there wouldn't be enough HIV in that small amount of fluid to pose an infection risk.
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are the controlls for red steel completely bumed up. (as i heard) or do they need a but of time to getting use too? THX
They need time getting used to.
The first thing you want to do is set the controller sesitivity to 'low'. Then when you start playing, make sure your remote is pointing the centre of the screen. Move only your wrist and elbow very slightly if necessary. On my first go i was all over the place, and my shoulder moving up and down all the time- but i got used to it after the first hour or so.
When you first use it you'll find it annoying, but after 2 hours or so you get used to it
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The PineRefSeq Project (supported by USDA NIFA) invites researchers interested in sequencing other conifer genome to contact us. By using the sequencing, assembly and database infrastructure built to conduct de novo assemblies of conifer genomes, we can assist with reference guided assemblies at a very low cost.
The Conifer Genome Network (CGN) is a virtual nexus for researchers working in conifer genomics. The goal of the CGN is to facilitate information exchange among researchers throughout the world and to serve as a forum for advancing conifer genome sciences. The CGN web site is maintained by the Dendrome Project at the University of California, Davis. We encourage all researchers to join the CGN and alert the webmaster of conifer genome websites for posting and important developments in the field.
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– SPORTSbyBROOKS details how the Philippines is enraptured by the infidelity of a mega sports star. No, not Tiger Woods — boxing star Manny Pacquiao.
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– BLACK SPORTS ONLINE has Ron Artest's open letter to Tiger Woods. This should be good.
– RUMORS AND RANTS lists the Top 10 Sports Villains of the Decade. It's a good list.
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Ann Hampton Callaway: the wedding singer
The 52 year old crooner comes to Coral Gables to perform the song she sang at the Barbara Streisand-James Brolin nuptials.
Tony-nominated singer-composer Ann Hampton Callaway has traveled the world, performing in halls great and small.
"No matter how big a venue I'm singing at, the most important thing to create is intimacy - emotional intimacy," Callaway says. "If I'm singing from my heart on the stage, I don't care if you're in Row Z, I want you to think I'm singing to you."
Callaway will have little problem projecting to the back row tonight (Thursday, July 1) - she's accompanying herself on the piano at a sold-out concert in the 450-seat sanctuary at Coral Gables Congregational Church.
Callaway says she feels more pressured performing alone in a small venue than with a large orchestra in a big theater.
"There's the joy of the intimacy about me at the piano," she says. "But I feel naked when I'm behind the piano. So vulnerable."
Callaway, 52, of New York, is known for composing and singing (with sister Liz Callaway, a Broadway star) the theme song to TV's The Nanny, co-starring on Broadway in Swing! and writing music for Barbra Streisand.
Thursday, Callaway says she will "sing the song I wrote for Streisand's wedding [to James Brolin], I've Dreamed of You. There's something special about singing it in a church."
Particularly in a church like Coral Gables Congregational, which boasts on its website: ''Our doors are wide open to you, no matter your age, abilities, sexual orientation, or faith tradition."
Callaway recently decided to speak publicly about her fiancée, Kari Strand.
"My choice to be more open with my personal life has been a liberating thing for me personally," Callaway says. "I'm more comfortable in my skin. I'm not holding back. I love men, and I love women. I just happened to fall in love with a woman."
Callaway's newest album, At Last, is "a celebration of finding the love of my life," she says.
"It was a very interesting album to make. I wanted to explore the twists and turns of finding your way to love, to try to embrace all the adventures of love, all the interesting colors and sides we experience trying to find that special person out there.
"When I sing At Last, I mean it," she says. "I really let go."
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Drivers must learn ?to share the roads
As a taxpayer, I have to say that I was dismayed, but not surprised by the letter writer with the get-off-of-the-road attitude. It is his belief that his right to drive supersedes my right to run, walk or bike safely on shared roadways.
As an active Western New Yorker, a day will rarely go by in which I don't take to the roads and have a close call with a distracted, rude or entitled motorist. I choose to commute on my bicycle and there is no direct bike path from my door to my work's door. If there were a direct bike path to work, it is not always the safest option for the type of cycling that I participate in. These paths typically have blind curves and are shared by a wide variety of users and all levels. It would not be prudent to fly through these paths at nearly 20 miles per hour or more.
I spend a lot of time running and to confine me to a track is unreasonable for numerous reasons, including availability and my own schedule. I will even go as far as to say that an active, healthy runner and cyclist-friendly community is a positive presence and should be celebrated.
I will assume that the writer is not a cyclist or runner. If so, he would have not have written his letter. The writer should be challenged to step out from behind the steering wheel to walk, run or bike a mile in my shoes to experience the freedom that my lifestyle brings and the perils of trying to share the roads with motor vehicles. In the end, car versus person, car wins every time, but the roadways of Western New York are plentiful enough for all of us to share safely.
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Take steps to conserve? water during drought
More than 60 percent of the U.S. mainland is under drought conditions. Corn and sugar cane crops are slim in our nation's breadbasket. A simple thing we can do for our home gardens is this. Save your empty juice and gallon milk jugs, rinse them clean, poke one or two small holes in the bottom, fill them with water and let them slow feed water into your garden plants and vegetables. You'll conserve water and keep those roots fed. Until good heavy days of rain, mind your water usage. Aquifers, wells and water reserves are reaching heavy demands since we are hydrofracking and drink more bottled water products than ever before. Be considerate, because water this season is becoming a precious commodity.
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Restoring Great Lakes? should be a top priority
In a recent column "Great Lakes system faces serious threats," Douglas Turner correctly stated that the Great Lakes face significant threats ranging from phosphorus pollution to invasive species. He also recognized that action must be taken to address these problems before damage becomes irreparable. Fortunately, we have workable solutions that already exist.
The International Joint Commission's proposed lake level plan for Lake Ontario, known as Plan Bv7, provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to restore the lake ecosystem. For 60 years, damaging regulation has forced unnatural water fluctuations in Lake Ontario, causing severe ecological damage and limiting lucrative recreational opportunities. Plan Bv7 can bring back more natural cycles that will restore thousands of acres of wetlands, revive fish and wildlife populations, and provide significant economic benefits, including enhanced hydropower production.
Congress has provided more than a billion dollars for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) in recent years, which supports aggressive efforts to address the most pressing threats facing the lakes. The GLRI is producing results for both the environment and economy, and has supported more than 70 restoration projects in New York. According to the Brookings Institution, every dollar invested in restoration will provide at least two dollars in economic returns. Yet the House of Representatives is proposing a shortsighted $50 million cut to the GLRI in the upcoming federal budget.
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Students have built ?an amazing beehive
After reading The News article about a beehive that was moved to an architecturally designed home, I was curious to see it and thought it would be something unusual to show our out-of-town guests: a bee tower designed and constructed by students of the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and built with Rigidized steel panels.
Finding it, though, proved to be the challenge. We were looking for a tower amongst silos � and hunting on one of the hottest days of the summer. People we asked had never heard of the bee tower, but we finally found someone who directed us to Rigidized Metal. Our luck changed when Rick Smith took us under his wing and led us to this amazing structure, which we could even go into and see the bees busily at work overhead. He patiently answered our questions and told of his plans for developing the adjacent silos. We had lunch at Larkin Square and saw the change and progress there already. We hope it continues on to Smith's beehive and silos, which will add to the plethora of sights already in Buffalo.
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Legislator is exercising ?his right to free speech
In a recent letter, Niagara County Legislator John Syracuse was castigated for referring to the United States as a "Christian nation" in a Memorial Day speech he had given. The writer accused him of ignoring the concept of "the separation of church and state" and of "disenfranchising many of his own electorate."
In voicing his opinion, I fail to see how Syracuse was doing anything to attempt to "establish" a religion. I also fail to see how voicing his opinion denied any of his constituents their legal privileges or rights. I wonder at times if the pursuit of the separation of church and state has in reality, for some, become a pursuit for separation of nation from God.
I have to ask, in a time in our history when we are confronted by dishonesty, greed, rampant drug abuse and senseless violence, do we have that much to fear from the virtues of love, brotherhood, compassion, mercy, loyalty and self sacrifice that are inherent parts of the Christian message?
The writer concluded by suggesting Syracuse read the Constitution and keep his personal religious beliefs to himself. I believe that the Constitution and the liberty it was created to protect are the sum of its parts. The last time I checked, I thought freedom of speech was included in those rights.
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"It was real close," Garland said while sitting in the La Salle basketball office Monday morning. "I had to sit down with my family, [said] these were the last two because I was getting tired of the whole process. Basically, we just decided to get away from home [Southwest Philly], get away from all the distractions."
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I have noticed that a lot of Corporette readers are interested in potentially refinancing their student loans. I suggested to Kat that this would make a good "Tales from the Wallet" post and offered to write about my experience refinancing with SoFi. Hopefully there are other posters who refinanced with one of the other major players that can write about their experiences too.
So a little bit about me: I graduated law school in 2009. I went to an in-state school with in-state tuition. I paid my tuition 100% with Stafford loans ($59,500) and also took out living expense loans ($34,072) through a private loan company for a grand total of $93,572 in loans. After graduation, I was most worried about my $34,072 in private loans. My husband co-signed them and they were not dischargeable if I died or became disabled. The interest rate was a variable 8.61% with a 19% cap!!! I had one other issue with this company. I had selected a standard 10-year repayment for all my loans, but once the private loans entered repayment, the math wasn't adding up to me.


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David James Ver Meulen passed away March 5, 2011 at age 80 after his battle with cancer.
Born at Blodgett Hospital, April 8, 1930, he attended Diamond Grade School until he moved with family to Crestwood, N.Y. from ages 8 to 13. From childhood he considered himself a New Yorker.
In 1943 they returned to Grand Rapids for war production. He attended two years at G.R. Central, then three years at East Grand Rapids where he graduated with honors in 1948. He attended Yale, graduating in 1952 with a B.S. in Engineering and Business. Joining the U.S. Navy, going to O.S.S. (OCS) he became an Air Intelligence Officer eventually assigned to a fighter squadron at Miramar N.A.S. (San Diego). He took an eight-month cruise aboard the carrier U.S.S. Philippine Sea in 1954 - a period he considered most interesting in his life.
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My league plays 3 WR's and a flex W/R/T.
My starting receivers were Moss, Gonzalez and DeSean Jackson...with Holt and Hixon for depth.
I just dropped Hixon to pick up Mark Clayton. And with Gonzalez out, I felt like I needed more WR depth (especially if felix jones or LJ can't be a reliable flex option every week) so dropped the flyer i took on jerome harrison in the last round to get Devry Henderson. But I just realized Donnie Avery and Justin Gage are out there too. Of the two, I like Gage more...I have Steven Jackson and don't want too many eggs in the St. Louis basket. Who should I drop to pick up Gage? Gonzalez, Holt, Henderson or Clayton?
As a note, I don't have a backup TE, K or D...took the approach of stockpiling backup RB's and WR's so i'll have to make the necessary sacrifices during bye weeks when i have to.
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Gonzalez. Indications are it's a bad sprain and it'd linger. That's what Stephania Bell says over on ESPN anyway. She knows more about sports medicine than I do.
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A sweeping new abortion bill is dead in the Texas Senate after failing to pass before its midnight deadline. Tuesday's vote drew hundreds to the state's Capitol and thousands more watched a live stream. The cries from pro-choice supporters in the Texas Senate chamber drowned out Republicans attempting to vote on the pro-life measure. Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst called the crowd of nearly 400 an 'unruly mob' and blamed them for using Occupy Wall Street tactics to disrupt the Senate from protecting unborn babies. He said the bill passed 19 to 10 but because of all the noise he couldn't hear the proceedings. Senate bill SB5 restricts abortions after 20 weeks. It also puts significant restrictions on abortion, doctors and clinics.
Opponents say it could shut 37 of the 42 clinics in the state.
"It is about women's health. Those parts of the bill were about women's health. The 20-week ban is truly about the pain of a 5-month-old baby going through an abortion," state Rep. Jodie Laubenberg, R-Parker, said. Before the protestors erupted in the Senate gallery, Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, filibustered against the bill for 11 hours. Abortion opponents like Elizabeth Guidry of San Marcos cheered her on, arguing the laws would make it nearly impossible for a woman to get a legal abortion.
"They're trying to make it very, very difficult for the women in Texas to have that choice," Guidry said. Davis' filibuster was halted before the midnight deadline approached when Dewhurst ruled she had gone off topic. But then the protestors stepped in, and a time stamp on the vote showed it failed to meet its deadline.
The proceedings drew thousands of online viewers as well and even caught the attention of President Obama's official Twitter account, which tweeted out "something special is happening in Austin tonight." Twenty-four states nationwide are pushing to regulate abortion clinics, causing abortion advocates to push back harder and sparking a countrywide debate. The case of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering three babies born alive, has also focused more public attention on the issue of abortion.
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WILLIAMSBURG - Told that his sprawling yard and garden seem almost like a vacation area, George Dempsie nodded in agreement, before adding with a laugh, "With one tired gardener."
The exhaustion is understandable. Dempsie, 52, has transformed his yard into a space filled with "garden rooms" - small spaces in the yard that follow a single theme and seem like separate rooms.
"Garden rooms are created by bushes kind of delineating the walls of the rooms," Dempsie said.
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George Dempsie of Williamsburg poses in his "tea house," one of the garden rooms he has constructed in his yard.
He said garden rooms date back to the ancient Romans, who had central gardens in the middle of their homes.
Dempsie's home has a connection to the Williamsburg landmark Royer Mansion. The house was built in 1836 and was home to the sisters of ironmaster Samuel Royer. Royer ran the Springfield Iron Furnace and lived in Royer Mansion.
Dempsie said he's always been active in the preservation of Royer Mansion, part of the Blair County Historical Society.
"In the past, I was the chairperson of The Friends of Royer Mansion," he said. "It was a very active group for about 10 years. But I would say every group has a shelf life, and people got tired of things ... I stepped away and, thankfully, they have a new group.
"I try to help with it when I can. One of the ways I've helped with it recently is I had my house on the garden tour, which raised money for Royer."
Dempsie, a second grade teacher at Ferguson Township Elementary School in the State College Area School District, grew up in Williamsburg, but has lived throughout the area, including Huntingdon and Bellefonte. But he always had a soft spot for his current home, where his high school librarian, Mr. Potteiger, lived for 40 years.
He came back to Williamsburg nine years ago, when the house went up for sale. Potteiger had done a lot of work in the yard, but Dempsie also had a lot to work with.
"I became interested in gardening when I lived in Bellefonte, where I owned a Victorian house with a nice, sunny yard," he said. "At that point, I could've kicked myself because my grandparents, who lived out in the country here, outside of Williamsburg, and my grandfather in Pittsburgh, they were all master gardeners.
"And when I was a kid, I couldn't have cared in the least. I could've learned so much from them. It's one of my biggest regrets."
But Dempsie has made up for lost time. His garden rooms are a product of trial and error and a lot of reading, but he's done most of it himself. (He gets help from TLC Landscaping in Williamsburg with bigger projects).
Right off of Dempsie's porch is his first garden room - a wooden box with an antique water pump on the top, running down into a half whiskey barrel.
"This is a water garden," Dempsie explained. "There used to be a well here; it was probably the water for the house when the early people lived here - this was built in 1836. ... It's nice because my bedroom is up there, and at night, when I have my door open, I can hear the water running and it's very relaxing."
Next is a bench placed underneath a wooden, overgrown pergola and a rose garden highlighted by Rugosa roses - hardy flowers with very pronounced veins in their leaves. But just steps away is a small pathway tucked between a privet hedge and a Forsythia bush.
"I got the idea for these garden rooms when I was touring some places, these old estate kinds of places, in Maryland and Virginia," he said. "There were two things that I had heard about: one thing, is that a lot of these older estates have a fern garden ... and then after the fern garden, it leads to a hidden passageway behind the bushes."
After encountering one of these "allees" - a French term meaning path or alley - in Virginia, Dempsie was struck with the desire to create one of his own. As it happened, he had the perfect spot - he just didn't know it yet.
"I just kind of stumbled upon this one day and realized that I had an area that I could prune back and create this kind of hidden passageway," Dempsie said, showing off the fern garden which lines the path.
The pathway comes out into an Asian garden room - featuring decor that represents the four elements, like a traditional Asian garden. But the Asian influence also led Dempsie to another "hidden" room.
Between another privet hedge and a few evergreen trees lies another pathway, this one opening up into a small clearing under tree branches. In the clearing, he has set up a small "tea house," with a table, chairs and more Asian decor.
"It's just kind of this natural (room)," he said. "It's nice to come out here and sit, especially if it's hot."
Underneath a nearby set of honeysuckle and burning bushes, Dempsie has a group of dolls and figurines set up. He says it's a growing trend to have such whimsical spaces in a garden.
Opposite the elves and fairies is what he calls a "Victorian garden." This room grew out of a problem -a large burning bush did not make it through the winter in 2011 and left a gaping hole in the landscape.
"I wasn't sure what to do with it and then I decided to make a Victorian garden room," Dempsie said. "I had this statue that I had gotten in Maine and I never had a place for it, so I put it in here. And the Victorians were real big on bedding, where they'd create a carpet out of different types of flowers, so I did that and put an archway."
He also has a cutting garden, where he can cut fresh flowers for his home, as well as a vegetable garden that just started and contains traditional vegetables and a few raspberry bushes.
There are a few undeveloped areas in the far corner of Dempsie's yard, but he plans to get to work there, as well. He says that as he approaches retirement, he doesn't imagine slowing down with his "labor of love."
"I know I'll never be at a loss for things to do. ... I'll be doing this probably up until I'm in a wheelchair. It's in your blood. You get bit by the gardening bug."
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The third Ashes Test between England and Australia begins from August 1 and will be live streamed online.
Here are two options to watch the third Ashes Test live: Watch the legal, live streaming of the Ashes this year on YouTube for free or you can also buy the reasonably-charged Sky Sports Day Pass to watch the Ashes live streaming on a day-to-day basis.
We had an absolute corker of a first Test match. A match down to the wire. A match worth remembering. A match that made the coldest of men chew their nails; a match fitting to be an Ashes Test.
The second Test showed that the gap between these two teams has never been wider.
Australia are down and under; by not enforcing the follow on and grinding the Aussies for a further 349 runs, Cook has ensured that Australia are demoralised mentally and physically. The result? Pattinson's injury crops up. Journalists call for Watson's head. Former players foresee a whitewash. There seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel for Australia.
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What has compounded Australia's problems is that England's feared triumvirate of Cook, Trott and Pietersen averages just 18.83 this series. If (or rather when) they start batting like they are supposed to, a massive innings defeat could be on the horizon for the Aussies.
Bell has been in sensational form – 2 consecutive Ashes tons – while Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and Tim Bresnan are proving that 3 Yorkshiremen are enough for eleven Aussies. James Anderson and Graeme Swann have got the ball to swing and turn on pitches where the ball barely moved for Pattinson or Agar.
Australia can only go up from here – they have an opening pair that's settled into the role and a tail that wags longer than most teams' top orders.
However, they need to rethink their strategies. Watson is abysmal as an opener, yet has the second highest average – 27.20 – behind Ashton Agar's 32.50. The fact that a No. 11 batsman has the highest average showcases the inability of Australia to even compete. Rogers, Hughes and Haddin have all flattered to deceive while Clarke looks a shadow of the run machine he was last year. A whitewash looms unless Australia can summon the weather gods to do something special.
You can watch England Vs Australia 1st test live on Sky Sports in England, Fox Sports in Australia and Star Cricket in India.
This is how you can watch Ashes 2013 live streaming online this year.
Short URL: http://www.cricketdiaries.com/?p=12149


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Hello there, Amnestyyy here. I noticed you made a lot of edits to the Gladiator page lately. While we are grateful for your contributions, I would like to ask you to keep your edits to a page to a minimum. All images/information you have added could have been added in one edit as well. Keep in mind that superfluous editing will be considered as badgehunting, which is against the rules. Thanks! Nesty Contact me! 16:53, February 10, 2012 (UTC)
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I did it like this because i didnt do them all once i did each one seperately EzioLover 19:35, February 10, 2012 (UTC)
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I'm looking for ideas as well.
First...A huge "Thank you!" to Senior Members for teaching us "newbies".
What are some good things to eat when I've reached my carb limit for weight loss but I need more fat/protein? I need to get these up without adding carbs. Should I just eat more meat? Anything else?
Thank you!
I read the "other sources of fat" post but didn't see anything I could use.
I'm looking for ideas as well.
Meat, eggs, and high protein dairy products (cottage cheese and whey)((you may or may not want to eat dairy)) are your best sources of protein. All meat isn't created equal though. I eat a lot more fish these days than ever before. I get a lot of my protein that way.
You really cant go wrong with meat. I know its cliche...but most meat is very nutritious in terms of macronutrients (i.e. vitamins and protein and fat). And best of all, if you are monitoring your carb intake...which it sounds as though you are...most natural meats are very low carb.. if not carb free. Plus, as an extra added bonus....meat is filling. Protein and Fat fill you up!
For me, I have completely given over to purchasing meat at the store. I buy all kinds of sausages, bacon, hamburger, steak, pork chops, chicken and other less common meats for eating. I also cook it up ahead of time and keep it in the frig in a container. I drive 50 mins each way to and from work. And when I am going in I will grab one or more of my pre-cooked meats to snack on for the ride. It really makes it easy and best of all, I am never hungry.
If you can just get your....mind together....then come on across to me.....
James Marshall (Jimi)Hendrix
Great! I'm already eating 2 eggs for breakfast and 2 hardboiled for a snack, 3-4 oz of chicken with salad at lunch and fish or chicken or steak for dinner. I will add some more meat to the day to get more protein and fat.
Thank you all!
Also, I didnt suggest nuts for you because you made it sound as though you were watching your carb intake in an effort to lose weight. But nuts are a great, natural snack. I like Almonds personally. Walnuts as well. I dont eat a ton of them because I am trying to drop bodyfat. And nuts can get in the way of that.
Also, there is dairy. I personally dont do dairy because, again, I am trying for fat loss and dairy can be gluconeogenic (insulin spiking) in some people. But you may be different. Hard cheeses are low carb. You can try those as a snack too.
Finally, and worst of these that I mentioned for fat loss is fruit. Fruit is natures snack. But it has carbs. So, again, if you want to lose fat I wouldnt recommend lots of fruit. Strawberries, raspberries, black berries and blue berries are relatively low carb as far as fruit go. I have known people that eat fruit and still manage to drop body fat. Unfortunately, Im not one of them....
And last but definitely not least....you always have vegetables. And if you eat the right ones....you wont ever have a carb problem. In fact, I get virtually all of my carbs everyday from vegetables. Broccoli, Green Peppers, Spinach, Green Beans etc etc.
One other thing I think I would mention to you is that if you have given up grains, gluten, sugar and processed crap and made it through the carb flu....and you are still experiencing hunger pains throughout the day... then you aren't eating enough protein and fat. Once your body converts totally to ketosis as your primary metabolism mechanism you wont have yo-yoing blood sugar as a result of insulin spikes from your food anymore. So, your meals will stick with you longer...because your blood sugar will "flatline". And because of that you wont be hungry and you will eat less per day. I know it doesnt seem logical at the time you come from CW, but it is true. Eat Protein(meat), Fat (meat) and Vegetables (Carbs) at as many meals as you can and you will end up eating less than you did when you consumed gluten/sugar/grains at every meal.
If you can just get your....mind together....then come on across to me.....
James Marshall (Jimi)Hendrix
You can get great snacks from a health food store. I buy buffalo/beef/ostrich jerky from my store. I also pick up Applegate Farms salami and pepperoni when they have it. I keep them in the fridge for snacks, though I usually end up eating the whole package
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Key resistance at 45. Curious if anyone else out there has the same number? Would sure love to see AEP pass through this and make a 5yr high. Not saying it can happen, just hoping.
i will not be happy till it hits 50. buti i am happy with the divd increases.
I don't care about the stock value. I don't sell, EVER! Safe and nice dividend (4+% is not puny). I buy monthly auto and look at the numbers every month or so. Good company, good dividend, safe stock.
Sentiment: Buy
With a forward pe of 14,a bv of 30$,and a puny dividend would think 45$ would be a good number to
think about selling out.
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Great Bend native and President and General Manager of Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc., Joan Barrett, was named one of Wichita's Top Women in Business for 2014. Barrett was among only 20 women who received the honor Aug. 26, at a special presentation hosted by the Wichita Business Journal.
The Walmart Foundation State Giving Council Program will open the application period for its fourth cycle of giving on Sept. 7. Kansas nonprofit organizations can apply for funding to support programs within the scope of the "Focused Giving" areas that include hunger relief, healthy eating or career opportunity. Grant requests for programs that would fall under "Community Engagement Giving," i.e. education, health care access and other human services programs will also be accepted during this cycle. In order to be considered for grant funding this cycle, applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. Central time on Sept ...
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The recent spate of measurable earthquakes in Oklahoma, California, and even in Kansas have prompted some consumers and the media to wonder about earthquake insurance options.
The KHA Leadership Institute graduated its 13th class of 32 students on Aug. 22 at the Critical Issues Summit in Wichita. Students, including John Moshier from Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington, Donita from St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center in Great Bend, were nominated by their hospital's CEO to be part of this select group. They represent the future leaders of Kansas hospitals.
The Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) bestowed its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to Roger Long of Rosen's Inc. in Great Bend. The award presentation took place during the organization's annual meeting on Aug. 19 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan.
Simpson Farm Enterprises Inc., an agricultural sprayer dealer and products business with four locations in Kansas, was recognized for its outstanding sales performance in 2013 as an Apache Sprayer Dealer by Equipment Technologies, the manufacturer of Apache-brand sprayers.
KAKE TV was recently awarded a regional Emmy for outstanding newscast by the Heartland Chapter of the National Television Academy Awards. KAKE's "Good Morning Kansas" program was honored with the award for Best Morning Newscast – Medium Market. "Good Morning Kansas" is anchored by Jemelle Holopirek and meteorologist Frank Waugh, produced by Melisha Regier and directed by Russ Sturm. KAKE was the only Wichita television station to receive an Emmy award in this year's competition.
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Kenneth Friedel, Wichita, has been named the new Senior Vice-President & Director of Corporate Strategies for American State Bancshares, Inc. The position involves strategic planning, succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, process improvements and special projects.
TOPEKA – The Kansas Agribusiness Retailers Association (KARA) bestowed its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, to Roger Long of Rosen's Inc. in Great Bend. The award presentation took place during the organization's Annual Meeting on Aug. 19 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manhattan.
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On the Saturday night in April when Chicago police found the gleaming red BMW ransacked and abandoned in an alley behind the city's symphony hall, the engine was still warm, the keys were still in the ignition. There was no trace of the owner, 22-year-old college student Carolyn MacLean, or of Scott Swanson, 23, the young man she had secretly married a week before and whose credit cards had been dumped out on the ground nearby. The couple were missing. Parents and friends of the pair feared an abduction—or worse. "We are optimistic," said Carolyn's mother, Kathleen MacLean, "only because no bodies have been found." Yet as anxious weeks turned into months, the missing posters faded with age, an intensive police search across three states turned up no leads, and hope gradually yielded to a sense of foreboding. Newspaper reports on false sightings of the couple added to public fascination with the case.
Then, on July 26, a letter arrived at the Haddonfield, N.J., home of Carolyn's parents: "Dearest Mother, Daddy, Susi and Grandpop," it began. Filling eight pages of turquoise stationery in her perfect handwriting, Carolyn reported that she and Scott had settled in California and were safe and well. But their four-month secret life had become too painful to bear. They were ready to come out of hiding.
In San Diego, where they had been living in a $400-a-month converted garage, Swanson and MacLean tried to explain their mysterious vanishing act.
"We were just leaving things and materialism behind," Carolyn told a television reporter. Added James MacLean, a prosperous corporate attorney who had flown in with his wife for a joyous reunion: "I'm a father. I don't think they ran from us." If the sudden return of the prodigals ended one mystery, it raised a troubling new question: How could two kids from strict religious backgrounds and safe suburban homes inflict such a torture of uncertainty on their parents and friends?
Scott and Carolyn's romance began at Wheaton College, a Christian school outside Chicago whose students promise in writing to forswear premarital sex, drugs, alcohol and, according to the college's "statement of responsibilities," most forms of social dancing. They met during finals week in May of 1987. Scott gave Carolyn pink satin pajamas, and the two were often seen wearing matching leather bomber jackets. "They weren't like your typical couple who hold hands and smile," says Gwendy Kem, 22, Carolyn's former roommate. "When they were together, they were in their own world." One of Scott and Carolyn's favorite books was A Severe Mercy, a religious memoir by Sheldon Vanauken that describes how he and his wife created a "shining barrier" to shut out the world in pursuit of untainted love. According to Gwendy, the couple began to mull over the possibility of eloping in December: "Carolyn thought if they eloped it would be just between them and God."
During the weekend of March 26-27, Scott and Carolyn slipped away to the resort town of Lake Geneva, Wis., where they were married by an Episcopal clergyman. "We were disappointed," says Scott's mother, Nancy, "that there was something so important to our son that we couldn't share." Following a brief postwedding visit to Carolyn's grandmother in Flint, Mich., the couple said they would drive the 350 miles to the Swanson family home in Elgin, Ill. Instead, they left the red BMW—its keys under a floor mat—near a Chicago police station (from there it was stolen and later abandoned in the alley).
While Scott's parents were readying a small wedding celebration, the couple were boarding a plane. Under assumed names they flew to San Diego to begin their new, unencumbered lives. But if A Severe Mercy's perfect love was their guide, they were soon faced with a sobering dose of reality. After settling into their seedy beachfront apartment in Mission Beach and landing menial jobs at local sandwich shops, the starry-eyed pair found that life without ID or credit cards was a stressful mix of unending hard work and deception.
Scott, who called himself Michael James, doted on Carolyn, alias Scotty Soffren, doing the laundry and buying her flowers. But friends say he was also extremely jealous. Once, when he saw Carolyn talking to an acquaintance, "He just went up in flames," says François Goedhuys, who gave Carolyn a job at his café in La Jolla. "He just couldn't handle it. He was really possessive, attached to his Scotty." Goedhuys says the couple did not use drugs, "but they did drink a lot." They told only sketchy stories about their pasts. "Michael" described himself as homeless; "Scotty" spun a touching tale about her parents dying in a fire. But their true pasts seemed to tug at them. Throughout the spring and early summer, the two followed press clips about their disappearance in a local library. In time the enormous consequences of their actions seemed to sink in. "It was tough enough just living here," said Scott. "The tensions were almost destroying us." Their made-up lives began to crumble. Finally, for Scott and Carolyn there was only one option; they realized that their contrived charade must end.
At Swanson's well-kept home in Elgin, his parents greeted news of their son's reappearance with relief. "We don't feel enormous rage," said Nancy Swanson. "I have mixed feelings. This has been such a stressful four months. I wish they hadn't done it. They're going to feel the consequences for the rest of their lives, and that's painful." The Swansons did not rush out to the West Coast. They would wait, they said, until Scott could be reunited with his two brothers as well. The Swansons' neighbors seemed baffled by the disappearance. "They were the Brady Bunch of Elgin," says Donna Potuznik. "We all went through hell and high water with our kids, but it was like the Swansons were above it."
In MacLean's hometown of Haddonfield, in a neighborhood of half-million-dollar homes, Carolyn's red BMW, cleaned now of police fingerprint dust, sits in the family garage along with her sister's white BMW and her father's Mercedes—all with matching vanity tags. Susi MacLean, Carolyn's 26-year-old sister, is elated but nonetheless perplexed by Carolyn's behavior. "We really are the perfect family," she says, smiling, "the family that everyone wants to be." When Carolyn disappeared, Susi "felt abandoned. I was supposed to be her maid of honor, after all. I finally had to decide that I couldn't keep putting my own life on hold." Susi insists that her parents, devout Baptists, approved of Carolyn's marriage. But Gwendy Kern recalls that Carolyn's father was angered by Carolyn's elopement. "Rebellion is normal in teenagers," says a friend of the MacLeans'. "Maybe it was just a little bit delayed in Carolyn's case. And now she had a husband to side with her."
After the couple surfaced in San Diego, Carolyn tried to explain why she hadn't phoned home. "They would have found us for sure, and we did not want that. My father is not one to say, 'Oh, they're in San Diego. They're alive. Let them be happy. Everything is fine.' That's not the way it is." Part of the reason for reemergence was financial, she admits: "I was working seven days a week, 10 hours a day. I wanted to be a writer, not a deli worker."
Both Scott and Carolyn say that they want to put the episode behind them, perhaps stay in San Diego and make plans for their future. But those plans will be clouded. Back in Chicago, officials have decided the couple won't have to pay the sizable cost of the search, but 21,000 fellow citizens responding to a recent poll were angry enough to say they should; both Scott and Carolyn will have to reenroll at Wheaton if they want to earn their degrees, and as the college's president, Richard Chase, points out, "There is disappointment that they put our community through this." Scott, who has received more than $25,000 over the past three years from an ROTC scholarship, faces the prospect of having to reimburse his tuition costs or serve four years in the military as an enlisted man.
Perhaps more daunting is the fence-mending Scott and Carolyn must do with friends and relatives. "There is a lot of resentment toward us," says Carolyn. "We don't want to appear as if we were just out there having a good time. We just want to forget." But that may not be possible. Scott and Carolyn's misguided attempt to create a life that excluded the people who care about and love them most has left wounds that may eventually be healed, but cannot be forgotten.
—By Susan Schindehette, with John Callan in San Diego, Beth Austin and Grant Pick in Chicago
After a Cruel Flight of Fancy, Two Lovers Return to the Nest
John Callan Grant Pick
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[QUOTE=Paleobird;1015904]For the egg diet to [B]really work[/B] you have to be a [B]complete purist and eat nothing but eggs[/B] with a little salt and pepper.:cool:
I think the same is true of the original "potato diet" as well. Just sayin'
I think one of my fav hacks, (well I do really like the simplicity of the tators but only for a day or two or three) but I think my fav hack presented was the steak and eggs though it was a little more time spent in the kitchen. But even then I get tired after a day or two. But I had a toothache and too much chewing maybe.
I just like being able to do these things for a few days and have a good idea what my results will be. Sometimes I just get tired of thinking about it. Fasting is another option for not thinking about what to eat, but the trouble with fasting is that I get hungry. So it is nice to have a plan ahead of time & know that when I get hungry, just eat this. Don't think about it, just eat it and then go on about your business. It's only for a few days, every now and then. I think the tator diet is the "refeed" part of the equation that was missing for me.