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One summer evening in Brooklyn, with nothing else to do, Val Marino and June Giatto took a pink rubber raft out in the bay.
"At 15, all the interesting stuff seems beyond their grasp," Val thinks.
If only. The next morning, Val is found unconscious under the pier, with no memory of what happened, and June is gone.
The missing girl alters the blue-collar, once-tight-knit neighborhood irrevocably, as Ivy Pochoda chronicles in her debut novel, "Visitation Street."
Award-wining Boston crime author Dennis Lehane handpicked the mystery for his new imprint, and it's easy to see why. Pochoda's Red Hook has more than a few echoes of Lehane's Dorchester.
"Late summer smells hang in the air — ripe sewers, cookouts, and the scent of stagnant water that lingers in Red Hook no matter the season," Pochoda writes of Red Hook, "a neighborhood below sea level and sinking."
Gentrification has so far eluded Red Hook, but the Queen Mary will be docking within weeks and local business owners like Fahdi, owner of a convenience store, are looking forward to an influx of tourists and their money.
Looking for suspects, police quickly settle on Cree James, the African-American teen who saw the two girls floating on the water. But someone seems equally determined to make sure Cree not be named Suspect No. 1. His own father's murder, a random shooting at the tail end of the drug wars, hangs over both Cree and his mother, Gloria, a clairvoyant who spends her time on the bench where Marcus died.
"Ghosts don't know to pack up, move out," Gloria tells Cree.
The man who found Val and carried her blocks to safety also is a popular suspect among locals, especially Val's fireman father.
Jonathan Sprouse is an admittedly squirrelly character who teaches music appreciation at St. Bernadette's during the day and plays show tunes for a drag queen named Dawn Perignon at night.
Jonathan's alibi is Lil, the bartender he has an on-and-off affair with: "She has a toxic red dye job and faded tattoos that look like bruises. Her gray eyes tighten as the night drags on. By last call they look like the heads of two screws."
Jonathan has washed up in Red Hook after a precipitous fall from his days as a child star on Broadway, when "he turned up at auditions dressed in a sailor suit and matching cap that his mother had hand-tailored on Lexington Ave."
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In Red Hook, though, the past is never far away.
Ghosts of all kinds haunt "Visitation Street," in some cases literally. In Pochoda's case, the term magical realism is especially apt, since Red Hook is detailed so vividly you can almost smell it.
Cree doesn't have his mother's powers, but he also is aware of the layers of history that form the neighborhood, "the projects built over the frame houses, the pavement laid over the cobblestones, . . . the living walking on top of the dead — the waterfront dead, the old mob dead, the drug war dead — everyone still there. A neighborhood of ghosts. It's not such a bad place."


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"At Raritan Valley Community College, our students are committed to using what they learn both inside and outside of the classroom to transform the world around them. That dedication to helping others has earned us for the eighth time a place on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, which is the highest federal recognition a college can receive for its commitment to service learning and civic engagement," said RVCC President Dr. Casey Crabill. "We are very proud that our students continue to exhibit the leadership needed to make an impact on the future direction of our nation."
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EAST HARTFORD - Pratt & Whitney's Surplus Store, which has operated on the company's sprawling campus since 1999, will close on Nov. 30, company spokesman Bryan Kidder said.
The store offers old computers, tools and other no-longer-needed items for sale to the general public, but there's been less to sell in recent years as the amount of surplus material has dwindled, Kidder said.
"The store has served its purpose well over the last 11 years, providing a means to recoup the residual value of items that were no longer needed," he said. "The sales from the store allowed millions of dollars to flow back into the company for reinvestment."
As Pratt has implemented more efficient operating methods, its plants have become "increasingly lean and efficient," Kidder said. "This positive activity has caused the level of surplus materials to fall to a point where disposal of these goods is now the most cost-effective way to handle them," he added.
The store will remain open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to noon through Nov. 30. The store's auction site - www.going-twice.com - will remain operational for an unspecified time, he said.
The store stopped selling computer equipment a few months ago, the website says. It continues to sell other surplus items and has referred its computer equipment customers to the website of one of its affiliates, www.keylynx.com


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The president of King County Hospital District No. 4 attempted, once again, to explain why the district needs a new hospital. Using the same old, tired, arguments, to justify the $100 million dollar expense. "Patient volumes have increased to the point that we are bursting at the seams." The old hospital, that is bursting at the seams, has 25 beds. The new hospital will have 25 beds.
For clarification, the new hospital will be purchased on a lease purchase contract at approximately $300,000 dollars per month. That's $3,600,000 per year for 30 years. That's over $100 million for a small 25-bed hospital.
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Library Publishes 1996 Annual Report
The Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for 1996 is now available to the public. The report, for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1996, describes the Library's activities as well as its national and international outreach programs.
Of particular note is a report on the use of new technologies to provide a high level of service to Congress and the nation. The Congressional Research Service (CRS) responded to some 500,000 congressional requests for timely and objective legislative analysis and delivered 690,000 copies of CRS reports and related products to Congress. Approximately 30,000 products were distributed electronically through a fax-on-demand system or via the CRS World Wide Web site.
Usage of the Library's Internet-accessible legislative information system known as THOMAS (http://www.loc.gov/) increased steadily, with more than 30 million transactions recorded since its inception on January 5, 1995. In April 1996, 24 million transactions were recorded on all of the Library computer systems -- triple the number logged in April 1992. Given the Library's stature as a major provider of Internet resources on the World Wide Web, it was appropriate that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was signed by President Clinton in the Library's Main Reading Room on February 8, 1996.
The growth of the National Digital Library Program continued in 1996, supported by a public-private partnership. By year's end, Congress had made two payments of $3.5 million toward its $15 million pledge to the program, and more than $22 million of the necessary $45 million in private funds had been raised. Through this initiative, 16 American history collections and 12 exhibitions were made available on-line, including Dresden: Treasures from the Saxon State Library. The Library's World Wide Web site was frequently cited among the "best of 1996."
During the year, the size of the Library's collection grew to 111,080,666 items (an increase of more than 2.6 million items). The arrearage of unprocessed material, mostly in non-book formats, was reduced by 1.5 million items, while the processing of new receipts remained current. Approximately 800,000 items are added annually to the Library's collections through the copyright registration process. The Librarian of Congress voiced his opposition to legislation, introduced in the 104th Congress, to remove the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress. While this legislation was defeated, Congress modified the U.S. Copyright Law (in Public Law 104-197) to allow the Librarys National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to produce audio and braille books quicker and at less cost.
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During its second year of publication, Civilization, the magazine of the Library of Congress, won the 1996 National Magazine Award for "general excellence" in its circulation class.
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Homophobic And Racist Shooting Suspect Once Arrested For Having Sex With Black Transgender Prostitute
Frazier Glenn Miller has a long history of hatred against Jews, blacks and gays, which culminated in his being charged with killing three people outside Jewish centers in Kansas City earlier this month. But apparently some of that hatred stopped when it came to the back seat of a car. That's where Miller was once arrested by police for engaging in sex with a black transgender prostitute.
According to an investigation by ABC, Miller was arrested in 1986 in Raleigh, N.C., when police officers caught him in flagrante with a black male prostitute dressed as a woman. "It was pretty shocking because of his personal stances that he had taken and what he was now accused of engaging in," said J. Douglas McCullough, a federal prosecutor at the time.
McCullough read the police report but wouldn't describe it to ABC. "I would rather not go into the details," he said. "They're rather salacious." (As if people's imagination's aren't even more so.)
Miller was never charged with a crime, though he did spend time in jail after being arrested the following on arms charges. He did admit the episode to the Southern Poverty Law Center in a recorded call last year. However, Miller offered a perfectly reasonable explanation for picking up a transgender sex worker: he was intending to beat her up. He offered no explanation of how that led to what happened in the back seat.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE JOBS FOR CHRISTIAN WHITES. And one more time to the Israel, government! please E.X.T.E.R.M.I.N.A.T.E all Christian in your country.
But was the transgender prostitute really a " black male prostitute dressed as a woman " or a transwoman with a penis?
And are Miller's neo-nazi pals supporting him or dropping him I wonder?
A German porn star has been dropped by the national neo-Nazi party after her latest film features her having sex with a black man.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/german-porn-star-dumped-neo-nazis-sex-scene-black-male-article-1.1739041#ixzz2zyNy8vqt
Which goes to show the louder the homophobe is, the more likely he is suppressing homosexual desires. Larry Craig, Tom Foley, Ted Haggard, et. Al.
With the increased availability of ancestral DNA tests (mentioned for instance on the Ancestry.com commercials), it wouldn't be surprising if this guy has ancestry from the groups he hates so much. Aside from his obsession with gays which of course…
@Ben Dover: Correction: make that RECENT ancestry… if you go back a million years, of course, we're ALL Africans!
@Harley: That's what Freud explained so well.
I love this excerpt from Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence". It explains a lot. Here it is:
"…the old gentleman twittered into Archer's ear: "Queer, those fellows who are always wanting to set things right. The people who have the worst cooks are always telling you they're poisoned when they dine out."
Sounds like reaction formation to me.
@ChgoReason: Yes, that is the correct clynical name. It is also clear he has an obsessional personality. But the diagnosis could be even worse, because he is also a cold blooded murderer.
Not surprised there will be plenty more where he is going….
"…Miller offered a perfectly reasonable explanation for picking up a transgender sex worker: he was intending to beat her up. He offered no explanation of how that led to what happened in the back seat."
@GeriHew: In the general populace, penis = male so unless she comes forward for some reason we'll never know her true gender identity.


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Trojans too much for Knight netters
Every loss is tough to take.
Bremerton volleyball coach Roger Thomas was quick to point that out after his Knights fell to Olympic 25-23, 25-16, 22-25, 25-17.
This one may have been particularly tough to take, however, as the team played well for the most part but the Trojans proved to simply be better.
We had some unforced errors in all four games, Thomas said. We played much better than we did (against South Kitsap). We had more emotion and intensity than our last game.
But sometimes you play well and you still dont win.
For much of the evening, it appeared the difference came in that Bremerton could play stretches of even volleyball with Olympic, but it was the Trojans that were able to sustain a rally.
Olympic got up 2-0 in the first match and then it looked like it was going to be a barn-burner. There were six ties and several lead changes before the Trojans stretched their advantage to 16-13.
Down 20-17, consecutive kills by Knight co-captains Colby Thatcher and Brianne Gregory followed by another point got Bremerton back into a tie game.
But the Trojans bounced back with a 4-1 run and finished with a narrow 25-23 win.
The second game started out well for Bremerton again, jumping to a 6-5 lead but the Trojans took advantage soon afterward and closed an iron grip on the lead, eventually scoring the last five points for a 25-16 victory.
The Knights jumped out ahead 5-0 facing a sweep in the third game, but relinquished that lead when Olympic went on a 10-1 run.
Thatcher keyed the comeback with back-to-back kills which tied the match at 10 and the Trojans went to the bench to talk things over after Bremerton went up by two.
The Knights were not going to give up the lead again and appeared energized as they won the game to stay alive and kept things even early in the fourth game at 4-4.
It was not meant to be, however, as the Trojans got their second wind and took command, scoring four straight points and stretched their advantage to 24-13.
Bremerton showed heart, adding four straight of their own before conceding the match point.
Gregory finished the night with a team-high 11 kills in addition to six blocks. Thatcher added 10 kills and six aces. Asia Davis had a perfect night serving 16/16 and Candace Grettenberger added three more kills for the Knights. Bremerton fell to 1-2 in the Bridge Division and 5-5 overall.
Girls swimming
The Knights performed well in a Bridge Division meet at North Kitsap Thursday, Oct. 6, keeping it tight almost the entire way before the Vikings came away with the win.
Kelsey Wastel won the 200-meter freestyle in 2:23.82. Molly Tonder captured both the 200 individual medley (2:33.49) and 100 butterfly (1:09.43). Adriane Banks had the Knights other first-place finish, swimming a 5:52.88 in the 500 freestyle.
Girls soccer
Bremerton has entered a bit of a slide in recent Bridge Division play, getting shut out in two of their past three games.
Olympic came to Memorial Stadium and shut down the Knights 3-0 Tuesday night. Bremerton had its best performance of the week Thursday, Oct. 6 at Shelton, but still fell to a team they had defeated in their first meeting of the season, allowing the Highclimbers their first league win of the season.
Sarah Gross first got Bremerton on the board with an unassisted goal in the 28th minute. Gross added an assist on Lindsey Dephilippis score in the 37th minute.
Samantha Supit added the Knights lone second half goal on a pass from Naomi Abad in the 66th minute.
The Knights also fell to Bridge co-leader Gig Harbor 6-0 Tuesday, Oct. 4. Bremerton took on North Kitsap in Poulsbo Thursday after press time.
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The green painted, Peace Fur diesel bus was upon my left side heading South upon Occidental's JoY Rd. last night @ app. 20:10.
Happy birthday Wavy G!!!!
You are the BEST!!!
An amazing endeavor brought to completion with inspiration and hard work. I so very much enjoy the simple yet sophisticated ambiance. The art work is wonderful and the furnishings are by far the best selections I have ever seen in sonoma county.
Excellent article, thank you for your neat perspective on a place that is putting Fulton on the map through the work and amazing talent of local sonoma county artists.
I would love to see The Strudel Guy there.
Great Job West End,(Allen) See you in Railroad Square ♡
Free parking on Sunday! Come one, come all to Railroad Square!
Do parking meters operate on Sundays? Maybe not.
That's just great.... Now we will have to contend with parking meters.... I'll pass.
Did you know there's a 1st Friday Art Walk Guerneville? This ia a great opportunity to check out this show and stroll thru town and visit about a dozen Artist Studio Galleries. Steet Artists and Music Buskers welcomed. Art-Music-Food-Wine 3-8pm year-round every First Friday
Wolves are back in California. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environme…
Thank you for correcting the above mentioned error in the article.
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Producer - Director (OR7 - THE JOURNEY)
Here is the ticket link for the documentary OR7 - THE JOURNEY.
CORRECTION: The stand-in wolf NIWA is NOT from "Wolf Haven International" in Washington as quoted in this article, but from "Wolf People of Cocolalla" in Idaho.
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Great story, and much appreciated. However, the admission information is incorrect. Individual admission is $5 Thursday through Sunday, with family admission at $8. Wednesdays are free. The prices quoted above are for an upcoming event, The Diebenkorn Pages, on August 1.
I've never defended horseback riding, as you claimed. I don't support it. All I said is that mountain biking harms hikers and equestrians, which is FACT. Of course, it also harms mountain bikers! I'm for protecting mountain bikers, too, but you and mountain bikers never say anything about that.
Your original post stated this: "The common thread among those who want more recreation in our parks is total ignorance about and disinterest in the wildlife whose homes these parks are. Yes, if humans are the only beings that matter, it is simply a conflict among humans (but even then, allowing bikes on trails harms the MAJORITY of park users -- hikers and EQUESTRIANS -- who can no longer safely and peacefully enjoy their parks)."
Who's the liar, Mike?
BTW, I am not a mountain biker and I agree that they should not be allowed on hiking trails. Feel free to hate me regardless.
Your total lunacy is duly noted.


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Dan Konkel of Bridgewater not only won the heart of his wife, but hundreds of thousands of Americans.
Konkel, a professional photographer, needed to do something for his wife's birthday so he enlisted the help of the couple's 2-year-old daughter, Claire.
"Hi mommy," Claire said in a video posted by Good Morning America. "I just wanted to say, 'happy birthday.'" She then goes on to list all the reasons she loves her mother, "You're beautiful...you are amazing...you're the best mommy ever." She hesitates a bit before delivering the fourth reason: "You're the best cook."
The video went viral and now has over 230,000 views on YouTube. Dan Konkel told GoodMorningAmerica.com that "My wife's birthday is a pretty big deal so I try to do something new."


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FENTON, MI -- A sixth-inning bloop single ended Fenton pitcher Jamie Castiglione's third consecutive no-hit bid Monday, one that would have etched him into the MHSAA history books.
Only five players in recorded Michigan high school baseball had tossed no-hitters of five innings or more in three consecutive starts, and Castiglione was four outs away from making it six during Fenton's 3-0 win in Game 1 of its doubleheader against Flint Kearsley.
Castiglione, a senior, cruised to the sixth and another no-hit bid appeared imminent. He struck out the side in the fifth and came back with two more to start the sixth, marking his seventh straight strikeout, but Kearsley catcher Noah Jankowski had began to notice a pattern.
"He kept throwing first-pitch fastballs," said Jankowski, who was 0-for-2 with a strikeout and groundout to shortstop prior. "We were out to break it before he threw another one. We didn't want to be that team to make history."
And on Castiglione's first pitch of the at-bat -- a fastball -- Jankowski put bat on ball and blooped it to shallow right field. With right field, first base and second all collapsing, the ball plopped in the right field grass just inside the foul line.
"I never imagined it to happen like that," said Castiglione, who improves to 3-1 on the season after striking out 17 and walking one. His hitless streak ended at 20 2/3 innings, going back to his first start -- a loss at Lapeer East -- on April 14.
"It's baseball, but I never expected that to happen. It kind of sucked, but I wouldn't have gone that long without my teammates anyway."
It was wet, windy and cold for Monday's doubleheader, weather conditions Fenton coach Shawn Lawrence called favorable for pitchers. Even so, he praised Castiglione's pitching performance -- and feat.
"I'm happy for the kid," Lawrence said. "Anytime he takes the mound, you know he's going to be good. I don't know if you ever expect a no-hitter because there are so many factors.
"But anytime you take the mound and get to this point, you're hoping."
Fenton's Chase Coselman, a freshman second baseman, scored in the first inning on a series of Kearsley fielding errors. Coselman brought in the Tigers' second run of the game in the fourth on a hard-hit ball that ricocheted off Kearsley starting pitcher Hayden Prine and bounced to the shortstop.
Prine allowed four hits and two earned runs in the loss for Kearsley (3-7).
Aaron McMann covers sports at The Flint Journal. Contact him at email@example.com; follow him on Twitter @AaronMcMann.


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Gothic tale of Anne Rice's T1DM
Interview with Anne Rice
Anne Rice's many novels have sold about 100 million copies, making her one of the best-selling authors of all time. in 1999, after a long bout of illness she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Here's how it happened.
The first signs of illness surfaced long before Anne Rice was diagnosed with type diabetes in 1999. They began with digestive problems, which the author tried to ignore.
Chronic indigestion
It started with this chronic indigestion, says Rice,
just having cramps after every meal and feeling like something was wrong. Then the really horrifying symptoms appeared. I started to lose weight, and this was nothing short of bizarre, because I had been overweight all my adult life.
Anne Rice was diagnosed with T1DM in 1999
In addition to losing weight, Rice lost her ability to focus, write and think creatively. This was shocking because Rice is known as an extremely hard working, productive writer. She feared her career was in grave danger.
Unable to focus
She says,
I was sitting at the computer, and trying to write, and the simplest descriptions were impossible for me. I simply couldn't find the words.
A couple of months after a book tour, Rice renewed her wedding vows with her husband, Stan Rice. That was the last event she can recall clearly, before she started behaving strangely, then slipped into coma, which is how the ambulance crew found her.
I don't even remember the next day, she says.
Apparently I woke up very, very early in the morning -- maybe 6, which is extremely early for me -- and I called my assistant, Ross, and I never do that. I would never dream of calling him at 6 in the morning.
Odd behavior
Before her assistant arrived at her home, Rice started tearing off her clothes.
They decided to call a nurse friend of mine, Cindy Uber, and she went right away to where I was. She tried to get a pulse. She couldn't.
They called 911. Rice was given tests, which showed blood sugar above 800, which is dangerously high.
When Rice awoke from her coma, Stan gave her the news. She had type 1 diabetes.
Today, Rice has full control over her diabetes. She says to others who fear they might have diabetes:
If you think you have any chance that you might have diabetes, for God's sake, go get the blood-sugar test. It's a simple test. There's nothing to it. Absolutely nothing.
By David Hay Jones
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You will notice that sun and shade patterns change during the day. The western side of a house may even be shady due to shadows cast by large trees or a structure from an adjacent property. If you have just bought a new home or just beginning to garden in your older home, take time to map sun and shade throughout the day. You will get a more accurate feel for your site's true light conditions. Conditions : Partial Sun, Partial Shade Part sun or part shade plants prefer light that is filtered. Sunlight, though not direct, is important to them. Often morning sun, because it is
not as strong as afternoon sun, can be considered part sun or part shade. If you live in an area that does not get much intense sun, such as the Pacific Northwest, a full sun exposure may be fine. In other areas such as Florida,
plant in a location where afternoon shade will be received. Conditions : Full to Partial Sun Full sunlight is needed for many plants to assume their full potential. Many of these plants will do fine with a little less sunlight, although they may not flower as heavily or their foliage as vibrant. Areas on the southern and western sides of buildings usually are the sunniest. The only exception is when houses or buildings are so close together, shadows are cast from neighboring properties. Full sun usually means 6 or more hours of direct unobstructed sunlight on a sunny day. Partial sun receives less than 6 hours of sun, but more than 3 hours. Plants able to take full sun in some climates may only be able to tolerate part sun in other climates. Know the culture of the plant before you buy and plant it! Conditions : Types of Pruning Types of pruning include: pinching, thinning, shearing and rejuvenating.
Pinching is removing the stem tips of a young plant to promote branching. Doing this avoids the need for more severe pruning later on.
Thinning involves removing whole branches back to the trunk. This may be done to open up the interior of a plant to let more light in and to increase air circulation that can cut down on plant disease. The best way to begin thinning is to begin by removing dead or diseased wood.
Shearing is leveling the surface of a shrub using hand or electric shears. This is done to maintain the desired shape of a hedge or topiary.
Rejuvenating is removal of old branches or the overall reduction of the size of a shrub to restore its original form and size. It is recommended that you do not remove more than one third of a plant at a time. Remember to remove branches from the inside of the plant as well as the outside. When rejuvenating plants with canes, such as nandina, cut back canes at various heights so that plant will have a more natural look. Conditions : Light and Plant Selection For best plant performance, it is desirable to match the correct plant with the available light conditions. Right plant, right place! Plants which do not receive sufficient light may become pale in color, have fewer leaves and a "leggy" stretched-out appearance. Also expect plants to grow slower and have fewer blooms when light is less than desirable. It is possible to provide supplemental lighting for indoor plants with lamps. Plants can also receive too much light. If a shade loving plant is exposed to direct sun, it may wilt and/or cause leaves to be sunburned or otherwise damaged. Conditions : Full Sun Full Sun is defined as exposure to more than 6 hours of continuous, direct sun per day.
Carefully remove shrub from container and gently separate roots. Position in center of hole, best side facing forward. Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if needed as described above. For larger shrubs, build a water well. Finish by mulching and watering well.
If the plant is balled-and-burlapped, remove fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap, tucking it down into hole, after you've positioned shrub. Make sure that all burlap is buried so that it won't wick water away from rootball during hot, dry periods. If synthetic burlap, remove if possible. If not possible, cut away or make slits to allow for roots to develop into the new soil. For larger shrubs, build a water well.
Finish by mulching and watering well.
If shrub is bare-root, look for a discoloration somewhere near the base; this mark is likely where the soil line was. If soil is too sandy or too clayey, add organic matter. This will help with both drainage and water holding capacity. Fill soil, firming just enough to support shrub. Finish by mulching and watering well.
Aphids can increase quickly in numbers and each female can produce up to 250 live nymphs in the course of a month without mating. Aphids often appear when the environment changes - spring & fall. They're often massed at the tips of branches feeding on succulent tissue. Aphids are attracted to the color yellow and will often hitchhike on yellow clothing.
Prevention and Control: Keep weeds to an absolute minimum, especially around desirable plants. On edibles, wash off infected area of plant. Lady bugs and lacewings will feed on aphids in the garden. There are various products - organic and inorganic - that can be used to control aphids. Seek the recommendation of a professional and follow all label procedures to a tee.
You will often
hear loam referred to as a sandy loam (having more sand, yet still plenty of
organic matter) or a clay loam (heavier on the clay, yet workable with good
drainage.) The addition of organic matter to either sand or clay will result
in a loamy soil. Still not sure if your soil is a sand, clay, or loam? Try
this simple test. Squeeze a handfull of slightly moist, not wet, soil in your
hand. If it forms a tight ball and does not fall apart when gently tapped
with a finger, your soil is more than likely clay. If soil does not form a
ball or crumbles before it is tapped, it is sand to very sandy loam. If soil forms a
ball, then crumbles readily when lightly tapped, it's a loam. Several quick, light
taps could mean a clay loam. Glossary : Tolerant Tolerant refers to a plant's ability to tolerate exposure to an external condition(s). It does not mean that the plant thrives or prefers this situation, but is able to adapt and continue its life cycle.


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CARLISLE — Could some of the services performed by Cumberland County employees be accomplished for less money by using an outside contractor?
There doesn't seem to be definite answer, but it is a question worth asking, said a consultant hired to examine the county's services and find areas to cuts costs.
As Cumberland County weighs a 3 percent property tax hike, Public Financial Management wrapped up its recommendations this week.
PennLive has looked at PFM's recommendation to cut the prison population with expanded pretrial services.
Another recommendation PFM made was that the county consider using a method called "managed competition," pitting internal departments against private companies as they bid against each other for a job.
This is a fairly extreme recommendation, consultant Gordon Mann of PFM admitted to county commissioners last week, but it is worth taking into consideration.
And even if the service can be done in-house for less money, Mann said, just the act of putting together a competitive bid can help drive down costs.
The county has numerous services that could potentially be outsourced, such as facility cleaning, the help desk, the nursing home, payroll preparation and county transportation services, Mann said.
If the county were to use managed competition, it would issue a request for proposals for a service and have outside providers and the county department in question submit proposals.
This was done in Pittsburgh, where the city won some bids and private companies won others, according to PFM.
In Pittsburgh, the public sector won when it came to animal control and refuse collection. City employees submitted stronger, more professional bids, demonstrating they could provide the service better than a contractor, PFM said.
But a private company won out in the area of fleet services.
While it's an option that has worked in some areas, the executive director of a nonprofit policy group that studies government privatization and contracting said managed competition is the second-best option – and it's a distant second.
"It's based on fear, which is counterproductive," Donald Cohen of In The Public Interest said. "It's saying, 'Come up with a savings, or lose your job.' "
He said the best option is re-engineering the way certain operations are performed internally.
"Every organization needs to think about how to do things better," Cohen said. "And there needs to be a culture to do that."
Plus, managed competition does not present a level playing field, he said. When a government body forces an internal service to bid against private companies, contractors will have the advantage since they are better versed in bidding, he said.
Cumberland County has tried something similar in the past with mixed success.
County Director of Facilities John Lopp said contracting services can be great in some circumstances, but in others, there are many additional costs that are not immediately apparent just by comparing the bids.
"That decision would have to be made on a case-by-case basis," Lopp said. "Sometimes the bottom-line number is not the total cost."
Bringing in an external service has worked out well for lawn mowing, he said. But with the purchase, maintenance and repair of equipment, as well as fuel costs, it has been more economical to outsource.
For cleaning the county's buildings, outsourcing didn't work out well.
"After about eight or 10 years of subcontracting, we have been through eight different vendors and had to rebid every two years," Lopp said. "It was nothing but problems."
Some contractors were better than others, but one had 98 turnovers, meaning 98 new people came in to clean, and hundreds of complaints flooded Lopp's office. There were even several cases of theft the county had to prosecute, he said.
When you contract out, you lose control over personnel, and keeping the facilities clean to your standards is a constant battle, he said.
Plus, there are internal costs that won't necessarily show up when comparing bidding documents, Lopp said, such as background checks for employees who will be working in county buildings.
The county has since worked it out so janitorial services are half outsourced and half in-house, which seems to be working, he said.
In addition to managed competition, PFM gave the county a host of recommendations as well as a timeline for next year to start putting these recommendations in place and get the county's financial future under control.


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Scientists Have Conducted Studies Demonstrating That Weight Loss May Help Reduce Risks Of Alzheimer
How to Keep a Healthy Brain With The Help of Supplements
(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 04, 2014 ) Beaverton, Oregon -- Some scientists have ended in research that burning fat, therefore lowering opportunities of insulin resistance, and being active could help reduce risks of establishing Alzheimer's.
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Additionally, everyone knows very well exactly what to do to keeping their bodies healthy, whether they do it or do otherwise! However, treating human brain far better is a little less-known area. It's more difficult to monitor the results of brain-boosting, not as simple as the inches off the waistline when losing weight.
There's a great deal more study done now on people's brain although most of it is done simply on elders. The only real in-depth evaluation of human brain could simply be done at the postmortem examination when it's not used any longer! One point experts seem to recognize and question is that some folks could and do keeping most brain functions even after quite negative changes such as a crash, a stroke.
So, even if there is a genetic web link of mental problems specifically in elders in a family's members, just what is done or not done currently could make a large adjustment in being able to keep minds healthy in later years.
1. Beverage coffee
Especially in the morning, as it helps kick-start the brain. Also, coffee has in last years been figured out to be an antioxidant versus cancer cells as an additional benefit.
2. Eat a Healthy Morning meal
Consume a dish filled with brain-powering food like blueberries which is also an antioxidant that helps with blood flow to the brain. Additionally consuming healthy proteins at the initial dish of the day gives that much-needed improvement of energy that aids trigger the body and defog the mind.
3. At Morning meal, Play a Memory Enhancement Video game
Like doing crossword puzzles or hidden words or sodoku, while providing a timeframe.
4. Once again, at Midday eat food containing Brain Power Ingredients.
Luteolin is known to lessen the opportunity of dementia and consists of carrots, celery and green peppers, olive oil and pepper mint, a fantastic combo for a great salad at lunch.
5. Have a Nap
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It seems it is a wonderful task to exercise thoughts and develop memorization techniques. Doing a little bit greater than the essentials requires the mind to expand its capacity to remember.
7. No Smoking cigarettes
Smoking cigarettes misbehaves at any type of age. However, middle-aged individuals who smoke double their possibilities of memory dysfunction and a shortage in reasoning capacities (middle-age being, in this situation, 35). The motivation for quiting is not only the prevention of lung cancer. However, big cognitive gains are seen after just 10 years
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Small changes and differing routines offer mind power a lift. Let's additionally alter other programs: resting in a different chair at the dining room table or in the sitting room: they make everyone think!
9. Have a great dosage of Omega 3 and Green Coffee Beans
At supper, eat excellent sources of this fatty acid, such as salmon, tuna and sardines. Omega 3 is currently linked to recollection. Another very helpful supplement to keeping memory alert, according to Dr Oz and Dr Duncan, is the Eslana Green Coffee Bean Extract.
10. Way too much television is Bad
Given that seeing television does not involve the brain in any sort of memory improvement tasks, participating in intellectual pastimes such as reading, family members board games or card playing is a much better memory improvement activity.. At the same time, besides lowering risks of Alzheimer's, it engages individuals in socializing which additionally advertises a reduction of the memory.
If board games are not appealing, learning a language, a brand-new song or engaging in a music instrument are all great memorization strategies and, consequently, assist to remember much longer for a far better high quality of life, dementia-free.
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In report placed online today, CNN.com reports that with the oil slick continuing to linger in the Gulf of Mexico, residents along Mobile Bay in Alabama are wondering the fate of jubilees, the phenomenon that involves the mass migration of seafood ashore and that is relatively unique to this area.
Will jubilees stop taking place?
Should jubilees continue to happen, will the seafood be safe to eat, even if the slick misses Mobile Bay?
The report begins by relating the longtime jubilee experience of 74-year-old Doris Bishop of Point Clear, Ala. According to the report, Bishop has an idea how to plug the oil well that has leaked 210,000 gallons of crude a day into the Gulf and that plan involves BP executives.
"Bunch them up and stick them in that great big hole that they're trying to stop up. Excuse my being ugly," Bishop is quoted as saying, "but that's what I think about them."


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I have just finished reading Gael Greene's steamy biography, Insatiable, subtitled Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess. Ms. Greene, as you may recall, was, for some 30 plus years, the "Insatiable" restaurant critic for New York magazine, hence the book's provocative title.
This was, I must confess, something of a strange read - for more reasons than one. When Ms. Greene writes about food and restaurants and various gastronomic journeys she is excitingly sensual. When she relates intimate details of her sexual encounters - and they are legion - she is significantly less so. Elvis, Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds... at times, the list seems endless. Her sexual partners also included a number of chefs whose restaurants she subsequently reviewed.
And, as one neared the end of the tale, and each new affair reared its ugly head, one's response became: What again? Particularly bizarre, in my view, was her on-again, off-again affair with porn star Jamie Gillis. Titillating? Perhaps... but ultimately off-putting.
Another difficulty is that there are certain chapters, especially in the last hundred pages or so, that just don't seem to belong. They remind one of previously written articles that could very have been thrown in as filler: "Cuisines from Three Marriages," "My Dinner with Andre," and "Le Cirque: Having My Cake and Eating It, Too," for example. Then other chapters rushed through a kind of trotting travelogue of New York social scene
The bottom line, however, is that the book just seems to run out of steam... gastronomically... sexually... psychologically. In the end, I felt more turned off than turned on. You can only take sex so far... and Ms. Greene, in my opinion, took it entirely too far.
The book is now available in paperback... And for those who are still Insatiable, you might give Ms. Greene's weblog a look-see.
Bon Appetit!


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Last weekend saw The European Beach Soccer League come to the Scheveningen beach stadium. The weather for Friday and Saturday was not the greatest to entice the crowds to come and watch the games. Sunday, however, saw a beautiful blue sky, sunshine and a very warm temperature and the crowds filled the stadium a long time before the kick-off. The enticing fixture of the day was the first due to be played; Holland v England. Holland had to avoid defeat and England to win by four clear goals to qualify for the finals which are to be played in Moscow.
Crowd creating a fantastic atmosphere
I spoke to two England players prior to kick-off and they were concerned, yet optimistic at the same time. The day however was not without its hitches, as just before the game was due to kick-off; there was a power failure which meant that the live coverage for television was not able to transmit.
To keep the crowd entertained, an impromptu challenge was set for the kids, which they loved. To win a prize of a large beach cushion, they had to hit the crossbar. The crowd loved it as did the watching teams. The time went quickly and after a delay of just over an hour, the big game kicked off.
Acrobatic strike on goal
Dutch playeres celebrate their win
England settled first and early on went into a two goal lead within five minutes. Then the Dutch moved up a gear and pressured the English players. Soon the Dutch players worked their openings and the goals started to fly in from all angles and some spectacular efforts too. The crowd made it feel like it was a first class football International, lots of singing and chanting, the atmosphere was excellent. The Dutch team eventually cruised to an easy victory wining 7-3. The players and crowd went berserk as though they had won the title, great scenes.
The stadium half emptied for the remaining two fixtures which were Spain v Poland and Portugal v Russia. Great matches to watch and the Polish contingent in the crowd certainly made themselves heard.
There are plenty more events still to come in the Scheveningen Beach Stadion, visit www. beachstadion.com/kalender for the upcoming events. I have to recommend the beach volleyball, fast moving and great entertainment, best of all, it is all free to watch!
Text & Photography by Neal McClimon
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Never mind the stock market or the monthly report on declining home sales. Here's a local economic indicator that is as telling as it is simple: No more free coffee for Mount Arlington borough employees.
Silly? Mean-spirited? Maybe, since cutting the coffee perk won't save a taxpayer in the tiny Morris County community more than a few pennies. Mount Arlington's coffee tab runs only about $200 a year. But that's almost beside the point.
The notable thing is that the mood of the body politic is indeed dour when someone bothers to carp about an expense so piddling that it wouldn't raise an eyebrow in flusher times.
Granted, the java objection in Mount Arlington came from a frequent critic of the municipal administration, one who also objected to the $1.87 spent on a brownie and candle to celebrate a councilman's birthday.
But the coffee debate has resonated beyond the gadfly set to become the stuff of general water-cooler and, well, coffee-break, debate.
For our part, this seems a small perk that just might improve productivity thanks to the caffeine rush all of us seem to need to function. But we also understand Mount Arlington Mayor Arthur Ondish's decision to eliminate the coffee. Government has to send the proper message in tough financial times.
Here's hoping the economy gets back on its feet soon so that a gratis cuppa will no longer be considered worthy of controversy.


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So much for the theory that there's some sort of evil genius behind the tea party movement.
The events of this week should permanently disprove that notion. The filing deadline for the June 7 primary was Monday. It passed without the tea parties mounting a meaningful challenge to the many mainstream Republican legislators they spend so much time criticizing for their big-borrowing and big-spending habits.
It's not as though the tea parties didn't have a plan, though. For the past few months, members of the many tea party groups around the state have been working on a big "citizens' convention." There, the members will be taught the organizing skills necessary to win what the convention organizers term "the battle for
That convention will take place Saturday. You read that right. The tea parties will be organizing for the election five days after the filing deadline.
The keynote speaker at the event will be Dick LaRossa. In case you're wondering why they keep shooting all those reality TV shows in
LaRossa had a liberal voting record. but he defended it by noting he was in a tough district. "I am firmly planted with my feet on both sides of the fence," he used to say.
He got unplanted in 1997 when the district reverted to Democratic control. Not much was heard from him until 2009, when he resurfaced as a right-winger, bucking the party machinery to back ultraconservative Steve Lonegan against Chris Christie in the GOP gubernatorial primary.
Did I mention he's also a song-and-dance man who has fronted a number of big bands over the years? On Saturday, the 65-year-old LaRossa will be singing the national anthem in addition to speaking at that convention.
LaRossa's new role has put him in the middle of a fight on the right. Several of the writers at the Conservative New Jersey blog have been blasting both LaRossa and the convention as a distraction from what should be the essential role of the tea parties — taking on mainstream Republicans in the primaries.
"I've never seen something fizzle so badly," said Bill Winkler, a longtime conservative activist who worked on the Lonegan campaign. Winkler noted there that only one candidate filed under the "Tea Party" slogan.
"Everybody else has their own slogan, like 'Not Your Average Joe' or 'Guns and Roses,' " said Winkler.
Worse, he said, the tea parties failed to mount challenges to such mainstream GOP Senate nominees as incumbent Joe Kyrillos of
When I got LaRossa on the phone, he defended the timing of the convention. He pointed out that independent candidates can file right up until primary day.
"I don't think there's going to be any absence of candidates," he said. "We have any number of people who will be running as independents."
The presence of those candidates on the ballot should "send a message" to the Republican leaders, he said. If so, the message will be that tea party types aren't too bright. The Republicans in question are running in safe districts. Kyrillos' district is so safe that no Democrat even filed to run against him.
Winkler and his fellow blogger Rob Eichmann point to a different dynamic. They note that Kyrillos and other GOP incumbents were listed as sponsors of a recent St. Patrick's Day event held by the Bayshore Regional Tea Party Group. Also listed was Todd Christie.
So that may explain why a lot of legislators in Monmouth escaped primary challenges. But then there's the new 12th District, which stretches from Middlesex to
Pure ineptness, it seems. So there's no evil genius behind the tea parties. There may be a comic genius, however. His talents will be on display Saturday.


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It looks like Lego was right along.
While many were critical of Lego's choice to create their line of Lego "Friends," the pink and purple hued girl-centric building kits, they apparently knew what they were doing, business wise that is.
The New York Times may have claimed that the Friends could, "promote gender stereotyping." The Los Angeles Times may have asked, "are Lego Friends the enemies of American girls. And there may have been a petition asking Lego to "stop gender-based marketing." But in the end, all that really matters in turning a profit. And that's just what Lego did.
According to new sales reports their profits were up 38%. The Danish company did credit popular lines like Lego Star Wars and Lego Ninjago as being big sellers, but they claim that the big winner was Lego Friends ,which did a whole lot better than they thought it would. The girly-girl Lego line is so popular that they are having issues meeting the demand.
So that petition asking for a stop to Lego Friends, yeah, that ain't gonna happen. Lego Friends, evidently, are here to stay.
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In his recent letter, Mr. Grasa touts the Supreme Court of the United States' Heller v. District of Columbia decision as supporting "Second Amendment rights." I suggest Mr. Grasa and others read further, specifically section 2 of this decision written by conservative Justice Scalia. It reads:
"Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues."
"The Court's opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms..."
In other words, governments have the authority under the Constitution to regulate the sales of firearms, to prohibit possession by certain people and to ban the carrying of firearms in "sensitive places." Also, the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently ruled that governments can ban the sales of certain types of firearms, including assault-style semi-automatic rifles.
Those touting "2nd Amendment rights" are making claims about the U.S. Constitution that are not supported by any Supreme Court decision. And, under the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court is the final authority of what is constitutional and what is not.
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Syracuse, N.Y. — When DeAndre Smith came on board as Syracuse's running back coach, he was gifted the problem of having too many talented players. There was Jerome Smith and Prince-Tyson Gulley, underclassmen Devante McFarlane and George Morris II — even Adonis Ameen-Moore was expected to contribute at that point in time.
But as the season has progressed, and Syracuse sits at 3-4 with five games remaining in a final push toward bowl eligibility, a running back roulette wheel has transformed into little more than an expected tandem. Smith and Gulley, the veterans that dominated the Pinstripe Bowl a season ago, continue to lead the way, while McFarlane and Morris keep wait for their shot.
"We talk about that all the time," McFarlane said. "We always say that we can't wait to be the one-two punch next year, and we feel like we're a different version of them."
Syracuse's commitment to the running game has not waned, and outside of the loss to Georgia Tech the Orange has run the ball at least 34 times in every game. Rather, it's distribution of carries has shifted onto the shoulders of its upperclassmen and the legs of its new, mobile quarterback Terrel Hunt. Those three have become the Medusa-like serpent, each one bringing a unique running style.
Through the early part of the season, though, McFarlane and Morris appeared to have worked their way into a significant part of the offense. We saw both of them take the field early in the game against Penn State, as offensive coordinator George McDonald flashed unique formations — one featured three running backs all in the backfield at once — in his debut as Syracuse's play caller.
Both players watched their carries increase through the first three games of the year (1, 3, 7 for McFarlane; 1, 3, 9 for Morris), but have watched them decline, for the most part, ever since. In Morris' case, that is due partly to an upper-body injury that has sidelined him the past two weeks, but for McFarlane it's been a simple reduction.
The reason for the decline is two-fold. Shafer and McDonald have made a conscious choice of late to ride the veterans — Smith and Gulley — that coincided with the start of Atlantic Coast Conference play. Their averages of 32 snaps per game for Smith and 27 for Gulley monopolize the carries in the backfield.
"Our two workhorses are veterans that have been around a long time, and they really have a good feel for the game," Shafer said. "That's pretty much where it's been."
The other factor contributing to the reduced roles for McFarlane and Morris has been the switch at quarterback from Drew Allen to Hunt. The threat of the run from Allen was almost nonexistant in his three games as the starter, whereas Hunt has shown he can be dynamic, like in his 92-yard performance on the road at North Carolina State.
Hunt has averaged nine carries per game since taking over as the starter, and it's feasible to assume those attempts are siphoning the playing time of McFarlane or Morris at least slightly, especially since the carriers for Smith and Gulley have held steady since Hunt's ascent to the top of the depth chart.
"Everybody has their roles on the team," Gulley said. "It's not like they're not playing somewhere else. They're being utilized in some way."
Gulley is certainly correct, and McFarlane and Morris have played important roles in the kickoff return game for Syracuse this season. They are also part of kick coverage and punt coverage units, making them the core special teamers that Shafer routinely praises for being just as important as starters on offense or defense.
It leaves the two redshirt freshmen — McFarlane and Morris are also roommates — craving more opportunities in the flow of the regular offense. McFarlane said Morris is getting healthier every day, and he expects to see him on the field very soon.
They bide their time by getting mental reps on the sideline, studying the every move of the two upperclassmen in front of them, the two players they could be replacing next season if Smith opts to enter the NFL Draft.
And then, naturally, they talk trash — tons of it — with McFarlane admittedly leading the way so that Smith and Gulley know exactly what and who is behind them. Always nipping at their heels.
"We talk a lot of junk," McFarlane said. "Just as a whole room we always talk junk to each other just to try and get everybody on the edge, keep everybody on their toes."
But most often they daydream, fantasizing and imagining how great it will feel for their shot to be Syracuse's one-two punch. It's one of their favorite topics of conversation, McFarlane said, but it's unlikely to become a reality until next season at the least.
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It's difficult to gauge how effective newcomers will be establishing roles for themselves on the San Francisco 49ers, who currently boast one of the most complete rosters in the league.
However, even though they did not have to, the Niners came away with 11 players in the 2013 NFL draft.
An organization led by Jim Harbaugh and Trent Baalke, the 49ers were looking to add the final components to what they believe will be a championship football team. They did this by addressing positions of need and adding significant depth throughout.
With all of the existing and incoming talent, the 49ers are going to strategically develop ways to utilize the entirety of the roster. For projections and commentary of San Francisco's incoming rookies, proceed through the following slides.
Trent Baalke and Jim Harbaugh quotes courtesy of 49ers.com and NFL.com video productions. All player measurables have been updated via the San Francisco 49ers roster.