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As they say 'April showers bring May flowers' and the wet weather means the tulips and daffodils are coming! While you're probably up to your neck in spring cleaning projects and to-do lists, take some time to enjoy the beauty of Pure Michigan all around you and maybe go for an outing, too.
Below is a roundup of some of the many events going on around the state in May. Please visit michigan.org for a complete listing of Michigan events.
Week of April 28 – May 4
Art After Dark – Fine Wine Tasting
May 2, 2014, Farmington Hills
Art After Dark continues to be one of our most popular events that draws people from all over town! Stroll through a collection of artwork, enjoy a sampling of appetizers and listen to the soft sounds of live jazz at the Costick Center from 7 to 9:30 pm. Taste an array of specialty selected fine wines from Bella Vino Fine Wines & Spirits. Tickets $30 and you must be 21 and up.
Jackson Storyfest
April 30, 2014 – May 3, 2014, Jackson
Held the first weekend of May each year, storytellers from all over the United States bring their special stories to Jackson, Michigan; where audiences of all ages share in the laughter, the tears, and the memories. Join us April 30, May 1, 2, and 3, 2014, for Jackson Storyfest, celebrating 27 years of "Stories to Tickle, Tug and Touch You". We look forward to seeing you April 30, May 1, 2, and 3, at sites in downtown Jackson, Michigan!
Michigan International Women's Show
May 1 – 4, 2014, Novi
Food, fashion and fun for mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends at the 19th annual Michigan International Women's Show with shopping, cooking, fashion shows, makeovers and entertainment.
Victorian Days in Grand Ledge
May 2-3, 2014, Grand Ledge
The 2014 Victorian Days weekend gets off to a royal start with a visit from Queen Victoria at our second annual Grand Victorian Ball on Friday evening beginning at 7pm in the Grand Hall at the Grand Ledge Opera House. Saturday morning activities kick off with a Civil War firing squad demonstration at Bridge Street Plaza at 10am. Demonstrations of period skills and crafts along with a General Store may be seen throughout the day in the Plaza. A quilt show may be found at Imagine This in downtown. A Civil War encampment and demonstrations; our annual moustache contest; and a Chautauqua Assembly program will be presented on Island Park. An 1860s Vintage Baseball game will be played at Fitzgerald Park. Our high tea and the third annual Gilbert & Sullivan sing-along will be held for your enjoyment as well. Games designed especially to please the youngsters will take place throughout the day too. Riverboat rides and carriage rides are available for your enjoyment.
Dog Walk & K-9 Festival
May 3, 2014, Vicksburg
Our Dog Walk & K-9 Festival features top-notch entertainment and competitions, fun activities, great exhibitor booths, tempting treats and a kid's-only fun zone. So gather your family members and friends (including dogs) on May 3rd and enjoy a day in the park with us. Can we get a "Woof – Woof" to that? In honor of our event's 30th anniversary, we've pulled out all the stops! We've expanded the hours (the event now runs until 4pm) and added new activities and food vendors to the lineup. This year a new all-in-one admission fee will give you access to all of the fun Dog Walk & K-9 Festival activities.
Lexington in Bloom
May 3-4, 2014, Lexington
The Lakeshore Garden Club along with the Lexington Business Association presents: "Lexington in Bloom". To celebrate spring there will be a spring open house weekend, gardening workshops, tips for entertaining, an ice cream social, and Mother's Day ideas.
Spring into the Past Tour of West Michigan Small Museums
May 3-4, 2014, Grand Rapids
Twenty five museums of the Tri-River Historical Museum Network invite you to visit during their annual "Spring Into the Past" Tour May 3rd and 4th when all will be open from 11am to 5pm. Located in Barry, Ionia, Kent and Montcalm counties, each uniquely displays the heritage of its local community in a historic church, school, depot, meeting hall or house.
Week of May 5 – May 11
Carnival in May
May 1-11, 2014, Pontiac
The Pontiac Regional Chamber is pleased to host one of the first big outdoor carnivals of the 2014 with rides, food, games, exhibits and more! The Carnival will run May 1 – 11. There will be live entertainment, a sock hop and car cruise to add to the fun! There is no charge to attend the carnival. Unlimited ride wristbands are just $20. Individual rides and food tickets also available.
Tulip Festival 2014
May 3-11, 2014, Holland
Celebrating over 80 years of culture, heritage and beauty. The Tulip Time Festival is a celebration of Dutch heritage and culture, a multi-generational event that has a little bit of something for everyone including; three amazing parades, multiple Dutch dance performances, concerts, theatre, Dutch attractions, Dutch food, children's events, trolley tours and so much more!
ArtWalk in Downtown Cadillac
May 1-16, 2014, Cadillac
Showcasing local and regional artists in downtown Cadillac stores starting May 1 thru the 16th. Special showcases: Mitchell Street Yarn Bomb will be on showcase starting May 1 – June 30; and Meet the Artist will be Friday, May 11, from 3-8pm.
Farm History Day
May 9, 2014, South Haven
Farm History Day offers students, teachers and chaperones a chance to learn about life on a rural farm in the early 1900s. Take a self-guided outdoor tour around the museum and participate in hands-on displays like candle making, pressing fruit and using a two-man saw. Held from 9am to 2pm rain or shine. No admission charge. If you are planning on bringing a large group, please phone (269) 639-2010.
Lake Orion Flower Fair & Home and Garden Marketplace
May 9-10, 2014, Lake Orion
Historic downtown Lake Orion presents the 14th annual Flower Fair on Friday, May 9th from 11-8 and Saturday, May 10th from 9-6. Outside fair with vendors offering everything from flats of flowers and herbs, home improvement, yard art, landscaping, juried arts & crafts, outdoor furniture and more! Plus, children's activities, entertainment and food. Flint and Broadway streets.
Morel Mushroom Festival & Craft Show
May 10, 2014, Lewiston
The Lewiston Chamber of Commerce puts on our Annual Mushroom Festival, craft fair at the Lewiston Elementary school, a mushroom tasting with a variety of dishes from area residents and restaurants, guided mushroom hunts with a professional mushroom guide, and local businesses participate with sales, specials and more, come see us!
Week of May 12 – May 18
Tecumseh's Classic Car & Bike Show
May 15, 2014, Tecumseh
Get your motor running and head to Tecumseh to see over 200 cars and motorcycles on display in the United Bank & Trust Hickman Financial Center parking and the adjacent downtown parking lot from 6–8pm for all to enjoy. For more information, call (517) 424-6544.
National Morel Mushroom Festival
May 15-16, 2014, Boyne City
Always held the weekend after Mother's Day, the festival features a competitive hunt, guided hunt, live music, a beer tent, a gourmet Taste of Morels, carnival rides, and much more, including the Wine and Dine gourmet dinner and wine tasting.
Keweenaw Migratory Bird Festival
May 1-31, 2014, Copper Harbor
This event, held throughout the month of May in Copper Harbor, offers superb daytime birding opportunities and plenty of fun activities for the whole family. There will be programs, speakers, bird walks, guided tours, and much more during the weekends in May.
World Expo of Beer 2014
May 16-17, 2014, Frankenmuth
A beer tasting event. Music, souvenirs and 50 breweries from 5 continents. Brought to you by Jaycees Frankenmuth Chapter. May 16 from 5-10pm and May 17 from 3-10pm. For more detailed information, and to purchase online tickets, visit the link or call (888) 805-1504. We only admit guests that are 21 or older.
Northern Michigan's Outdoor Sports Exposition
May 16-18, 2014, Cheboygan
Featuring shooting exhibitions, fishing demonstrations, hunting dog exhibitions, turkey hunting contest, boasts, kayaks, ATVs, High Tech gear and much more. In partnership with Woods-N-Water News. Friday 4pm – 8pm; Saturday 11am – 8pm; and Sunday 11am – 4pm.
Family Fishing Fair
May 17, 2014, Portage
Bring the entire family to celebrate the onset of summer on this exciting day at the shoreline! Families of all ages and abilities can experience the joys and benefits associated with fishing, boating and aquatic conservation. Enjoy engaging activities and instruction from local fishing guides and professional organizations who will share their expertise to help your family start a lifetime of fishing memories. Fishing equipment will be on hand for those hoping to reel in their first (or next) catch of the day!
Flower Day
May 18, 2014, Detroit
Attended by more than 200,000 people annually, Flower Day at the Eastern Market is one of the largest flower shows in the country. Over 15-acres of the highest quality annuals, perennials, foliage, shrubbery, trees, exotics, tropical plants, flats, hanging baskets and more will be available for purchase. For details contact (313) 833-9300.
Week of May 19 – May 25
Apps & Ales
May 21, 2014, Bay City
This event highlights all of Downtown Bay City's delicious eateries and pubs. Attendees will enjoy a night full of good appetizers, good beer and good company. Must be 21 years old. Ticketed event. Tickets include a souvenir pilsner-style glass.
Senior PGA Championship
May 22-25, 2014, Benton Harbor
Walk with History as the eyes of the golfing world will be focused on Benton Harbor, Michigan, from May 22-25, 2014, as the world's top senior golfers come to Harbor Shores to compete for the coveted Alfred S. Bourne Trophy. Tom Watson, Fred Couples, Kenny Perry, Bernhard Langer, Mark O'Meara, and 2012 Champion, Roger Chapman are just a few of the players from the 156 man field that are eligible to compete. Ticketed event. Must register to purchase tickets – see website link for details.
Petoskey Stone Festival
May 24, 2014, Eastport
The Petoskey Stone Festival celebrates one of Michigan's finest natural resources – the unique Petoskey Stone, Michigan's official state stone. The festival starts off at 9:30am with the Commissioner's Stone Skipping. Enjoy music, games and great food.
Native American Festival
May 24-25, 2014, Saint Ignace
Experience History! Come and honor the first Native Americans and the Anishinaabe culture in a historic celebration of traditional drumming, dancing, food, music and cultural demonstrations on the Museum of Ojibwa Culture grounds.
St. Clair Shores Memorial Day Parade
May 25, 2014, St. Clair Shores
The 62nd annual St Clair Shores Memorial Day Parade will take place on Sunday, May 25, 2014. This year's theme is " Honor. Freedom. Family." The parade will be marching north on Harper Avenue from Little Mack to Eleven Mile Road in St Clair Shores, Michigan, beginning at 1pm
Week of May 26 – May 31
Mayfaire Renaissance Festival
May 24-31, 2014, Marshall
The 11th Annual Mayfaire Renaissance Festival runs May 24, 25, 26, 31 and June 1, 2014. 10am-6pm rain or shine, at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds. Admission is $12 for adults, children 6-12 are $6, and the wee nipperkins are free every day. There are six stages with over 40 shows every day. Comedy, dancing, music, swordfightiing, pirates, royalty, peasantry, Vikings, food, merchants and artisans are just some of the things you'll enjoy in a day full of fun. For more details and a discount coupon, go to the website link. Event held the last two weekends in May.
Mancelona Bass Festival
May 29, 2014 – June 1, 2014, Mancelona
The annual festival is the place to be for parades, a carnival, flea market, craft show and so much more. The entire family will enjoy the barbecue, fishing tournament, kids games, fireworks and free on stage entertainment.
Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix
May 30, 2014 – June 1, 2014, Detroit
Come and experience the fastest weekend of the summer at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, May 30-June 1, 2014. The event features world-class auto racing, family fun, live music, interactive games and displays and much more. Premiere racing action will be featured on the newly-reconfigured Raceway at Belle Isle Park 2.3-mile street course featuring the IndyCar Series doubleheader race weekend – The IndyDual in Detroit. The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship and the Pirelli World Challenge Series also returns to the island. New this year the SST series, SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Truck Series. Even if you're not a race fan, there's plenty to experience and enjoy at the Grand Prix. Friday, May 30, is "Free Prix Day" on Belle Isle as fans will have free admission to the track as well as the race paddock. Great weekend or single-day ticket packages are available and tickets start as low as $35.
Be A Tourist In Your Own Town – Lansing
May 31, 2014, Lansing
Explore a world of possibilities in Greater Lansing from 10am-5pm. Purchase a 'passport' for $1 to get free admission to over 50 attractions. Enjoy interactive activities and giveaways for the kids! Special CATA Be a Tourist bus routes provide transportation to most of the attractions for just 50 cents. Collect 10 stamps in the 'passport' to be eligible to win great prizes.
Port Austin Carfest
May 31, 2014, Port Austin
This year's Carfest will feature live entertainment, a beer tent and, of course, lots of hot wheels to check out in downtown Port Austin. There will be fun for the whole family at this town-wide event.
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Jury clears man of attack on goatsPhoto by Eric Francis
Nick Ashline, of Hartland, hugs his son and daughter moments after a jury acquitted him of all charges related to an attack on a pair of goats belonging to a game warden in October 2011.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — A Hartland man accused of ordering a brutal attack on a state game warden's two goats was acquitted Friday of all charges at the end of a three-day trial.
A Windsor County jury deliberated for nearly four hours before clearing Nick Ashline, 35, of two counts of obstructing justice and three counts of acting as an accessory before the fact in the death of one goat and the maiming of another.
There was plenty of evidence, including Ashline's own testimony, that made it clear he had developed an intense personal dislike toward the game warden, Steve Majeski, over the years.
Majeski had made it known he considered Ashline a prime suspect in a series of deerjackings. The state's claim that Ashline orchestrated the attacks on Majeski's goats to "warn him off" hinged on which witnesses could be believed.
West Windsor resident Daniel Parry, 22, has already accepted responsibility for sneaking into Majeski's barn in Brownsville in October 2011 and slitting the animals' throats with a 10-inch hunting knife.
Parry received a largely deferred sentence and a stint in drug treatment after he said he'd consumed more than a dozen beers and nearly as many Percocets that evening. He testified this week that Ashline put him up to the attack and offered to pay him for it.
Parry said Ashline drove him and several other men in his pickup truck out to Majeski's property and then dropped him off for the purpose of "getting at" Majeski.
The other three witnesses in the pickup truck that evening gave a variety of reasons for the expedition and said Parry wasn't even added to the outing until the last second, countering the theory that there was a plot in advance.
When the jury's verdict was announced, a jubilant Ashline hugged family members who crowded around him.
"I feel bad about the goats," Ashline's attorney Peter Decato said after his client's acquittal. "I'd be upset if anybody hurt my cat."
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Dr. Rajiv Shah led the efforts of nearly 10,000 staff in more than 70 countries around the world to advance USAID's mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting resilient, democratic societies.
Under Dr. Shah's leadership, USAID applied innovative technologies and engaged the private sector to solve the world's most intractable development challenges. This new model of development brings together an increasingly diverse community—from large companies to local civil society groups to communities of faith—to deliver meaningful results.
Dr. Shah led President Obama's landmark Feed the Future and Power Africa initiatives and has refocused America's global health partnerships to end preventable child death. Feed the Future, alone, has improved nutrition for 12 million children and empowered more than 7 million farmers with climate-smart tools they need to grow their way out of extreme poverty. In April 2014, USAID launched the U.S. Global Development Lab to harness the expertise of the world's brightest scientists, students, and entrepreneurs. At the same time, the newly formed Private Capital Group for Development forges a more strategic relationship between private capital and development.
Dr. Shah also managed the U.S. Government's humanitarian response to catastrophic crises around the world, from the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.
Through an extensive set of reforms called "USAID Forward," Dr. Shah worked with the United States Congress to transform USAID into the world's premier development Agency that prioritizes public-private partnerships, innovation, and meaningful results. He currently serves on the boards of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, as well as participates on the National Security Council.
Previously, Dr. Shah served as Undersecretary and Chief Scientist in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he created the National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he spent eight years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led efforts in global health, agriculture, and financial services, including the creation of the International Finance Facility for Immunization.
He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, and the Wharton School of Business. He regularly appears in the media and has delivered keynote addresses before the U.S. Military Academy, the National Prayer Breakfast, and diverse audiences across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Dr. Shah was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He has served as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, been named to Fortune's 40 Under 40, and has received multiple honorary degrees.
He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Shivam Mallick Shah and three children and has given up mountain climbing for family bicycle rides.
On behalf of the American people and the U.S. Embassy Manila's United States Agency for International Development (USAID), I am honored to be here today for the Manila launch of the Philippine-American Fund second grant solicitation.
USAID has a powerful partnership with Bomet, and there are so many things we have already achieved together. We have been working in Bomet for a long time. There's a reason why you see the big USAID sign on the way to Tenwek Hospital.
The idea behind Shujog is fairly simple. Impact investors are looking for a pipeline of businesses to invest in that generate both financial and social returns. Yet these investors are often unable to connect with early-stage entrepreneurs, and that means there is so much potential still waiting to be tapped on both sides. Shujog's ACTS program, along with partners Bank of America Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase, and the Rockefeller Foundation, will help bring them together, by providing Assistance for Capacity Building and Technical Services (ACTS). This will help social enterprises to better attract investment; scale their businesses; and increase their impact.
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Good morning. It is my great pleasure to join you here this morning at the Private Sector Forum on the Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Law.
Today's forum is important, because it addresses a challenge that Cambodia, as well as many countries around the world, are facing: How do we pursue economic development without sacrificing the health of our environment?
The U.S. Agency for International Development, which I represent, is an important supporter of education around the world. Education is a pathway to better opportunities for every person, their community, and their nation. Through the School Dropout Prevention Program (SDPP), USAID is working closely with the Ministry of Education to achieve Cambodia's Millennium Development Goal: Universal Access to Basic Education by 2015. The SDPP program supports the Ministry's policy on Preventing Student from Dropout of School and Information Communication Technology in education, which calls for access to ICT for all teachers and students, especially at the secondary level.
USAID and CCRDA share a common mission in Ethiopia.
At USAID, we fundamentally believe that ending extreme poverty requires inclusive, broad-based, sustainable growth; free, peaceful, and self-reliant societies with effective, legitimate governments; human development through health and education, and social safety nets that reach the poorest and most vulnerable. Similarly, our cross-cutting efforts in promoting good governance, empowering women and girls, and mitigating climate change are all essential to ending poverty.
Resilient, democratic societies don't simply maintain stability: they are essential to sustaining development progress. At USAID we believe they embrace not only elections, but also legitimate, inclusive, and accountable institutions that effectively deliver services to all of their people, advancing human dignity and development. They have the ability to manage conflict, mitigate the impact of natural disasters, and forestall crisis that otherwise roll back development gains.
Why do we do this on behalf of the American people? In addition to the moral and humanitarian imperatives to assist those in need, the United States is safer and stronger when fewer people face destitution, when our trading partners are flourishing, when nations around the world can withstand crisis.
Globally, nearly 300,000 women and over 3 million infants die each year from complications in pregnancy and birth – with unplanned pregnancies often carrying the highest risk. Here in Cambodia, as evidenced by our last Demographic and Health Survey, 206 Cambodian women needlessly lose their lives for every 100,000 live births -- usually from preventable and treatable causes.
You all are playing an important role in promoting land reform and the sustainable management and protection of Cambodia's environment. It is only through our combined and coordinated efforts that we can ensure a better future for millions of Cambodians.
I am pleased to represent USAID at this very timely launch of the Lancet Every Newborn series here in Ethiopia designed to focus our collective efforts on addressing one of the most pressing issues for our child survival agenda, preventable newborn deaths. Thanks to the leadership and determination of the Ministry of Health and health workers across the country coupled with the support from many partners here today, much progress has been made in reducing under-five child mortality with Ethiopia proudly achieving MDG goal of cutting under-five mortality by two-thirds.
Yet while the 2014 mini-DHS results tells us that more mothers are giving birth with the assistance of a health care professional, even more are seeking ante-natal care, and many more are using contraception to space births. Newborns constitute 43 percent of under five deaths in Ethiopia, close to the world average of 44 percent, and represent a larger proportion of under-five deaths now than they did in 1990. Thus, despite progress in child survival, the single most important remaining cause of death among children less than five years of age is newborn deaths—deaths within the first 28 days of life.
It is an honor to be here this morning. Today, the United States and Kenya join hands to reaffirm our joint commitment to the fight against climate change. Today, we take action that will help us avert a worldwide climate catastrophe. Today, we launch a joint three-year project to help Kenya achieve its goal of low-carbon, sustainable economic growth and development.
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we haven't had a free weekend in over a month! so, we decided to forget all our responsibilities and go apple picking with john's family over the weekend. what a good way to relax! there's something about that farm/corn field/aging apple scent that makes my tense shoulders drop 5 inches.
it was colder and rainier than predicted, but we didn't care in the least. i think we picked close to
35-pounds of apples- cortland {my favorite!}, macs, macouns, and golden delicious. to say we are making loads of apple dishes in the next few days is a bit of an understatement! we definitely made apple crips as soon as we got home.
niece brielle, teething on her first apple. i can't believe i didn't catch a picture of her smile, because she was full of them. i think she's a fan of fruit.
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our niece, little abby, snatching as many low-hanging apples as she could carry. she ever-so diligently place them in the sorted bags in our radio flyer wagon too.
this weekend was so relaxing and refreshing- such a blessing.
if you're out there and reading this, i've been absent from blogging for months . . . prioritizing and refocusing in a hectic, demanding schedule. it feels good to be writing again!


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The College's Board of Trustees in May voted to recognize, John D. Bramsen '60, as a Life Trustee after 19 years of service to the board. Bramsen majored in mathematics at North Central and then pursued his master's degree in mathematics at the University of Illinois. During his doctoral studies at the University of Chicago, he studied the application of math to sociological theory, which inspired his research as an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Colorado. He later returned to Chicago to work at Spraying Systems Company, a business founded by his father.
Honored by North Central with the Gael D. Swing Award for Meritorious Service in 2000 and with an Outstanding Alumnus Award in 1996, Bramsen has long been a generous benefactor of the College and a champion of academics and the faculty. He endowed the Svend and Elizabeth Bramsen Professorship in the Humanities in memory of his parents. He has also supported the Leadership, Ethics and Values Program and the renovation of Old Main.
J. Tom Gruenwald has joined the Board of Trustees effective with the October 2010 meeting. His career spans two decades of technical and executive leadership in varied and significant roles, including executive vice president of corporate strategy and chief technology officer of Tellabs, Inc. Gruenwald is presently managing director of The Global Sentry Group, LLC, a strategic advisory and turnaround firm advising small and mid-sized corporations. Additionally, he is a lecturer at Purdue University where he is active in nuclear physics research.
He served on Edward Hospital's board of directors for 10 years and was chairman for four years. Gruenwald obtained his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Cincinnati and his master's degree and Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Purdue University. He has been a strong supporter of the College, including the Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center.
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The congressional logjam blocking long-term FAA funding in the U.S. appears to be broken. Perhaps the FAA can finally move ahead with the much-heralded "next generation" air-traffic-control program known as NextGen.
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This year, Bombardier will launch one of the most ambitious flight-test programs in business aviation history. The Learjet 85 is scheduled to enter service next year and as many as five conforming aircraft could make their first flights in the coming months.
April 9, 2012
The 1932 Piper Cub sold for $1,300 and embodied everything Bill Piper thought an airplane should be: affordable to own and operate, simple, rugged and fun to fly. You can land it in a short farm field, a small lake or a tiny patch of gravel in the middle of a river. For many a bush pilot today, the Piper Cub remains the ride of choice for these reasons. There's no drama here.
April 2, 2012
A year ago–or three or five, for that matter–it seemed as if private aircraft already offered just about every imaginable onboard luxury. Nevertheless, designers keep stretching their imaginations and, year after year, they deliver new products that can make your flights even more enjoyable than before.
March 26, 2012
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The number of free spaces could soon be reduced in Marietta's downtown parking lots as officials look for ways to cover repair and maintenance costs for those facilities.
"Right now the city doesn't have a fund established for parking lot maintenance," said Councilman Tom Vukovic, D-4th Ward, who chairs council's finance committee.
He said currently when major repairs or maintenance is required on city lots, the cost is borne by the city's capital improvement fund.
"But that fund should be used to purchase new trucks and fire vehicles or for construction on building restoration or roof replacements," Vukovic said.
To help pay for parking lot repairs and maintenance Vukovic and other council members have suggested establishing monthly paid parking spaces in city-owned parking lots, including the lot at the southeast corner of Butler and Second streets, the former Becky Thatcher lot on the south side of the National Guard Armory building on Front Street, and the lot in East Muskingum Park just north of the Putnam Bridge.
"My contention is, if members of the lands, buildings and parks committee agree, to set up some paid parking to pay for maintenance of each of those city lots," Vukovic said.
He said no determination has been made as to the number of paid spaces that would be developed in those lots.
The city also owns other parking lots downtown, including the Lafayette lot south of the Lafayette Hotel along West Ohio Street, and the Parking Partners lot in the 200 block of Second Street.
At this time only the Parking Partners lot offers monthly paid parking, and the city is not currently considering paid parking in the Lafayette lot.
"We have 125 spaces available for paid parking (in the Parking Partners lot), and 121 are currently rented out," said mayor's clerk Mary Grubert, who handles the monthly rentals for the city.
The spaces are leased at $25 a month which reserves the parking spots for the renter from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, and from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. At other times those spaces may be used by anyone.
"They're available to anyone. We have college students who rent spaces in the Parking Partners lot, and downtown businesses often rent spaces for their employees," Grubert added.
Bill Dauber, Marietta's assistant safety-service director, said total gross revenue from the Parking Partners rentals is around $19,000 annually.
He was asked to develop a cost estimate for annual maintenance of the Parking Partners lot, and after consulting with city streets superintendent Todd Stockel and grounds foreman Tom Kunz, determined that figure to be around $6,296.
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The current annual maintenance cost for the lots at Butler and Second Street, Armory and Putnam Bridge has not been determined, but would be minimal as all three of those lots are in good shape at this time, according to Councilman Harley Noland, D-at large, who chairs council's lands, buildings and parks committee.
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Dee Ann Jackson of Aurora Street in Marietta agreed.
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It's not even a case of whether the WSJ report is accurate or not . That's not even the issue. It's the way the whole thing went down.
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Let's go over this.
As Osawa (first I had ever heard of him) notes in the video, "we" heard from "our sources" that Apple reduced iPhone 5 component orders. Typically vague. That's the first problem. We've become so desensitized that we no longer question the validity of statements such as people familiar with the situation . The media abuses these broadstrokes. I could use that line practically everyday to break a story, but I don't because I'm not a hack.
In the video, Osawa cites the possibility that "weak" demand is to blame. But, then, he goes on to qualify this by presenting alternative scenarios. The type of stuff TheStreet's Chris Ciaccia outlined in my article from early this morning -- If the WSJ Is Wrong About Weak iPhone5 Demand, Will It Apologize to Apple?
Will Osawa and the WSJ apologize for their irresponsibility? Will they be held accountable? Does anybody even give a damn? Do we even recognize what is wrong here?
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#112926 - 09/30/03 05:02 AM Autumn Poetry Thread
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/11/01
Posts: 2636
Loc: Caribbean
From 'A Coney Island of the Mind'
Number 20
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The pennycandystore beyond the El
is where I first
fell in love
with unreality
Jellybeans glowed in the semi-gloom
of that september afternoon
A cat upon the counter moved among
the licorice sticks
and tootsie rolls
and Oh Boy Gum
Outside the leaves were falling as they died
A wind had blown away the sun
A girl ran in
Her hair was rainy
Her breasts were breathless in the little room
Outside the leaves were falling
and they cried
Too soon! too soon!
#112927 - 09/30/03 05:41 AM Re: Autumn Poetry Thread
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 07/20/03
Posts: 3230
Loc: Te Ika a Maui
Spring has sprung
the grass has riz,
I wonder where the birdies is._________________________
noho ora mai
#112928 - 09/30/03 08:50 AM Re: Autumn Poetry Thread
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/13/01
Posts: 4189
Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N...
Boris Pasternak
I have let my household disperse,
My dear ones have long been apart,
And a familiar loneliness
Fills all of nature and all my heart.
Here I am with you in the lodge.
No one walks thorugh the woods these days.
As in the old song, undergrowth
Has almost hidden the forest ways.
Forlornly, the timber walls
Look down on the two of us here.
We did not promise to leap obstacles,
We shall fall at last in the clear.
We shall sit down from one till three,
You with embroidery, I deep
In a book, and at dawn shall not see
When we kiss each other to sleep.
More richly and more recklessly,
Leaves, leaves, give tongue and whirl away,
Fill yesterday's cup of bitterness
With the sadness of today.
Impulse, enchantment, beauty!
Let's dissolve in September wind
And enter the rustle of autumn!
Be still, or go out of your mind!
As the coppice lets slip its leaves,
You let your dress slip rustling down
And throw yourself into my arms
In your silk-tasselled dressing gown.
You are my joy on the brink
Of disaster, when life becomes
A plague, and beauty is daring,
And draws us into each other's arms.
© 1947 by Boris Pasternak
#112929 - 09/30/03 10:43 AM For the down-unders,
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
(and for Connie)
While watching all these early buds and swallows,
I can feel tonight
that my hearts slowly growing over sorrows
as someones horizon on smiley days might;
That its getting bigger like all plants around
and as light as feather,
and that all happiness thats above the ground
and a Hell of pain wouldnt really matter:
Its longing for all things that a life as such
could give nice to thy,
and completely nothing wouldnt be too much--
its eager desire and hopes are so high.
Everything thats happened has been just a play
of my heart on fire;
my true love has never been given away
as much as I could and as I desire;
There are, in my deeps, gentle tides of words
never let outside;
I could give my heart to everyone on worlds,
yet, it would remain a lot of it inside.
Desanka Maksimovic
Translation: Dragana Konstantinovic
#112930 - 09/30/03 10:45 AM For me
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
Fall Poem
I don't know where the afternoon has gone,
but I am in a different country,
on wet velvet streets spooned by night,
beneath a sky you can lie in.
We are gliding like shadows over ground
where diamonds have fallen, and I'm laughing
under the kisses of a hissing rain, with the smell
of oranges everywhere.
Evelyn So
#112931 - 10/05/03 10:50 PM Re: Autumn Poetry Thread
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/13/01
Posts: 4189
Loc: Rio Grande, Cape May County, N...
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
--Albert Camus
#112932 - 10/06/03 09:04 PM To all of you, with love
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 11613
Loc: Louisville, Kentucky
I THANK thee, friend, for the beautiful thought
That in words well chosen thou gavest to me,
Deep in the life of my soul it has wrought
With its own rare essence to ever imbue me,
To gleam like a star over devious ways,
To bloom like a flower on the drearest days
Better such gift from thee to me
Than gold of the hills or pearls of the sea.
For the luster of jewels and gold may depart,
And they have in them no life of the giver,
But this gracious gift from thy heart to my heart
Shall witness to me of thy love forever;
Yea, it shall always abide with me
As a part of my immortality;
For a beautiful thought is a thing divine,
So I thank thee, oh, friend, for this gift of thine.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
#112933 - 10/08/03 11:44 AM Re: Autumn Poetry Thread
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/11/01
Posts: 2636
Loc: Caribbean
The name-of it-is "Autumn"
The nameof itis "Autumn"
The hueof itis Blood
An Arteryupon the Hill
A Veinalong the Road
Great Globulesin the Alleys
And Oh, the Shower of Stain
When Windsupset the Basin
And spill the Scarlet Rain
It sprinkles Bonnetsfar below
It gathers ruddy Pools
Theneddies like a Roseaway
Upon Vermilion Wheels
Emily Dickinson
#112934 - 10/08/03 12:12 PM Re: Autumn Poetry Thread
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 06/11/01
Posts: 2636
Loc: Caribbean
Meet Me In The Indian Summer
Well don't you know
How much I love you
Don't you know
How much I care
It's beyond my comprehension
'Cos I love you on the square
It's not bound by any definition
It isn't written in the stars
It's not limited like Saturn
Isn't ruled by Mercury or Mars
Oh won't you meet me
In the Indian summer
Where we'll go walking
Down by the weeping willow tree
Won't you meet me
In the Indian summer
We'll go walking to eternity
It's not modelled by convention
It isn't worshipped like the sun
It's not likened unto any other
And it will never come undone
Well don't you know
That my world is so lonely
Just like a freight train in the dawn
That's why I need to
Have and hold you
Just to keep me from going wrong
Oh won't you meet me
In the Indian summer
We'll go walking
By the weeping willow tree
Won't you meet me Lord
In the Indian summer
We'll go walking to eternity
Won't you meet me
In the Indian summer
Well before
Those chilly winds do blow
Won't you meet me
In the Indian summer
Take me way back
To what I know
Oh won't you meet me
In the Indian summer
We'll go walking
By the weeping willow tree
Oh won't you meet me
In the Indian summer
We'll go walking to eternity
-Van Morrison
#112935 - 10/08/03 12:52 PM I'm in a mood, you know
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Registered: 06/11/01
Posts: 2636
Loc: Caribbean
Elegy IX: The Autumnal
No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face.
Young beauties force our love, and that's a rape,
This doth but counsel, yet you cannot scape.
If 'twere a shame to love, here 'twere no shame;
Affection here takes reverence's name.
Were her first years the golden age? That's true,
But now she's gold oft tried and ever new.
That was her torrid and inflaming time,
This is her tolerable tropic clime.
Fair eyes, who asks more heat than comes from hence,
He in a fever wishes pestilence.
Call not these wrinkles, graves; if graves they were,
They were Love's graves, for else he is no where.
Yet lies not Love dead here, but here doth sit
Vow'd to this trench, like an anachorit;
And here till hers, which must be his death, come,
He doth not dig a grave, but build a tomb.
Here dwells he; though he sojourn ev'rywhere
In progress, yet his standing house is here:
Here where still evening is, not noon nor night,
Where no voluptuousness, yet all delight.
In all her words, unto all hearers fit,
You may at revels, you at council, sit.
This is Love's timber, youth his underwood;
There he, as wine in June, enrages blood,
Which then comes seasonabliest when our taste
And appetite to other things is past.
Xerxes' strange Lydian love, the platan tree,
Was lov'd for age, none being so large as she,
Or else because, being young, nature did bless
Her youth with age's glory, barrenness.
If we love things long sought, age is a thing
Which we are fifty years in compassing;
If transitory things, which soon decay,
Age must be loveliest at the latest day.
But name not winter faces, whose skin's slack,
Lank as an unthrift's purse, but a soul's sack;
Whose eyes seek light within, for all here's shade;
Whose mouths are holes, rather worn out than made;
Whose every tooth to a several place is gone,
To vex their souls at resurrection:
Name not these living death's-heads unto me,
For these, not ancient, but antique be.
I hate extremes, yet I had rather stay
With tombs than cradles, to wear out a day.
Since such love's natural lation is, may still
My love descend, and journey down the hill,
Not panting after growing beauties. So,
I shall ebb on with them who homeward go.
John Donne
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To Autumn
O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stainèd
With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
Beneath my shady roof; there thou may'st rest,
And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,
And all the daughters of the year shall dance!
Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.
`The narrow bud opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
Blossoms hang round the brows of Morning, and
Flourish down the bright cheek of modest Eve,
Till clust'ring Summer breaks forth into singing,
And feather'd clouds strew flowers round her head.
`The spirits of the air live on the smells
Of fruit; and Joy, with pinions light, roves round
The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.'
Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat;
Then rose, girded himself, and o'er the bleak
Hills fled from our sight; but left his golden load.
William Blake
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Women-Owned Businesses to Benefit From New Legislation
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- After the U.S. government missed its 23% small-business contracting goal for the past six years, small firms, particularly women-owned businesses, are getting a boost this year from a policy overhaul.
Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (NDAA), which authorizes appropriations for military-specific activities of the Department of Defense, military construction, defense activities of the Department of Energy, also included, among other things, are a host of reforms aimed to boost small-business government contracting.
President Barack Obama signed the legislation into law Jan. 3.
"Our committee made it a priority to listen to the concerns of small contractors who want to seek business opportunities with the federal government. The process uncovered various barriers that made it harder for small businesses to succeed, so we introduced legislation to address the problems," House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves said in a statement last week. "The small-business provisions in the NDAA will help make sure existing small-business goals are actually met, empower small-business advocates and crack down on fraud."
The new law removes "the set-aside caps" on contract awards to women-owned firms -- a provision that kept them from getting their fair share of business (roughly $20 billion, or 5%, in total contracts to small businesses) set aside by the federal government.
The removal means these small businesses will now have greater opportunity to gain revenue from federal procurement awards, despite the potential for sequestration -- the $500 billion in across-the-board spending cuts that will automatically go into effect, mainly in the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security, if Congress doesn't reach an agreement to avoid those cuts in the next two months.
The U.S. federal government is the world's largest purchaser of goods and services. The changes mean there is no better time to for small-business owners to start selling to the government, according to Lourdes Martin-Rosa, American Express (AXP) OPEN's advisor on government contracting.
The government will "continue to purchase goods and services to fulfill agency-wide requirements. So sequestration will not dramatically affect the government contracting provisions in the NDAA legislation," she says.
The Small Business Administration formally launched the federal contracting program for women-owned small businesses in February 2011. Previously, there was only an informal goal attached to women government contracting, Martin-Rosa says.
Women-owned businesses were the only group of small-business contractors that had caps placed on its procurement program.
The government capped those contracts at $4 million for products and services and $6.5 million for manufacturing and construction awards made to women-owned businesses under the program. That hampered the program's ability to meet its 5% goal and impact in boosting female-owned firms, Martin-Rosa says.
An SBA spokesman was not immediately available for comment.


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Size15 m²
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- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
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Accommodation summary
|Coburg Crescent, SW2 3HT London, United Kingdom
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|Private room
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|A few hours
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Situated at the top of the house, the room has its own landing and kitchenette facility for private use. The house has gas central heating, double glazed windows, and a large shared kitchen overlooking a paved garden. The main bathroom is shared with just 1 tenant.
(TV in bedroom has been removed)
It is ideally located for access to central London, just 8 minutes to Brixton underground station by bus and 6 minutes by tube train to central London. It is also just 15 minutes from Tulse Hill or Streatham Hill stations. Also ideal for the A23 road to the seaside town of Brighton and Gatwick airport.
The room offers its own entry phone and room key, tea and coffee making facilities. Wi-Fi is available. Outside the house there is free off street parking.
From here you will be at a short walk to shops and amenities, short walk to trains from Tulse Hill to London Bridge and Streatham Hill to London Victoria and at a short walk for buses to Brixton underground and the colorful street market.
Brixton serves many London buses routes including the West End shops, the London Eye, the City of London and Piccadilly Circus.
In 2005, the last traditional Routemaster bus ran through Brixton on Route 159. The bus garage situated at Streatham, Telford Avenue is known as Brixton Garage to distinguish it from another bus garage that existed in Streatham. The "Brixton Bus Garage" was until 1952 a tram depot.
My sister and I look forward to welcoming you to Coburg Crescent.
House rules
Pets are not allowed.
Late check-In fees may apply.
Please leave room tidy on check-out.
My sister and I do not live at the house but when possible we offer a Meet and Greet Service from Brixton and Streatham Hill for a small fee.
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Reviews of this property
We really enjoy London thanks to Comfort's room.
She let us all necessary info to get to Brixton station, it takes abt 20 min to get there and after that you are totally connected to every part of London!
We warmly suggest it!
Nice Flat near Brixton, large room in a quiet area. In 40 minutes you can go to the city centre by bus (maybe less with the underground). Total availability from the owner. Good experience (it was my first experience with WIMDU).
We had a great time in London. The room was nice and with the bus/underground you're in London in about 30 min. The contact with Comfort is good and we had a nice welcom from Bunmi. Thank you for the lovely staying
Really good experience. The Comfort's sister was very kind! We waiting for you in Italy!! ;-)
The room was clean and consistent with the description. Only problem, the wi-fi was not working. Very pleasant stay with a very calm and quiet neighborhood.
Very nice contact. Nice place to stay in area. 3
Always happy
Sehr netter Kontakt. Nette Unterkunft in Zone 3.
Immer wieder gern
We have had a very good time in this house. Everything was clean and tidy and brand new forniture. Easy to get around even though to get the house from the bus stop is like 10 min walking distance.
The stay in the house Comfort and its sister Binmi we found very pleasant.
They had a wonderful bed in a beautiful spacious and quiet room. In addition, there was a private kitchenette and a shared, clean shower.
Measuring we did not need since we every day from morning till late in the evening sat in the center.
* From the airport it was difficult to find the house. The train our people being wrong which we from the airport (Gatwick) have traveled nearly 3 hours;
* It is weekdays than 45 minutes by bus to the center. We liked to do this well but keep in mind there. Traveling by bus is much cheaper as the subway;
Het verblijf in het huis van Comfort en haar zus Binmi vonden wij erg prettig.
Ze hadden een heerlijk bed in een prachtige ruime en rustige kamer. Daarnaast was er een eigen keuken blokje en een gedeelde, schone douche.
Meet hadden wij niet nodig aangezien we de elke dag van S ochtends tot S avonds laat in het centrum zaten.
* Vanaf het vliegveld was het lastig om de woning te vinden. De trein mensen wezen ons verkeerd waardoor we vanaf het vliegveld (Gatwick) bijna 3 uur gereisd hebben;
* Het is doordeweeks ruim 45 minuten met de bus naar het centrum. Wij vonden dit goed te doen maar hou er wel rekening mee. Reizen met de bus is wel veel goedkoper als met de metro;
+ The room we got (top room) was neat & clean. Nothing fancy, but definitely sufficient for our needs. It had a nice view (considering this is London!) on a little park/playing ground at the back of the house.
+ Comfort and her sister (and the other people we've seen at the house) were all very nice and welcoming.
+ Neighbourhood was nice, we never felt threatened or in danger even though we walked home in the dark a couple of times. Bus station was a 10min walk and went straight to the Brixton station. Convenient little neighbourhoodsupermaket 200m from the front door.
- The common kitchen downstairs wasn't all that clean, it felt like everything had a thin layer of grease on it.. We planned on using the kitchen but ended up not using it again after our first Pizza in the oven. We didn't mind really, but don't expect a shiny clean kitchen.
Would definitely recommend, and for this price in London this is a great place to stay!
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[Left] - A view of globular cluster M4 (fourth object in the Messier catalog of star clusters and nebulae). The nearest globular cluster to Earth (7,000 light-years away), and containing more than 100,000 stars, M4 was the target of a Hubble Space Telescope search for white dwarf stars. Ancient red giant stars are predominant in this view from a ground-based telescope. The field is 47 light-years across. The box (right of center) shows the small area that Hubble telescope probed.
[Right] - A Hubble Space Telescope color image of a small portion of the cluster only 0.63 light-years across reveals eight white dwarf stars (inside blue circles) among the cluster's much brighter population of yellow sun-like stars and cooler red dwarf stars. Hubble reveals a total of 75 white dwarfs in one small area within M4, out of the total of about 40,000 white dwarfs that the cluster is predicted to contain. The Hubble results will allow astronomers to refine theoretical predictions of the rate at which white dwarfs cool an important prerequisite for making reliable estimates for the age of the universe and of our Milky Way galaxy, based on white dwarf temperatures. The image was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
Object Names: M4, NGC 6121
Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration
Left Credit: Kitt Peak National Observatory 0.9-meter telescope, National Optical Astronomy Observatories; courtesy M. Bolte (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Right Credit: Harvey Richer (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) and NASA
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- Aim a little higher for grain sorghum production
- Weed control improved
- Seeding rate, fertility, rotation and weed control all play a role in grain sorghum production.
- Planting too early could result in stressed seedlings.
- Planting too many seeds per acre is a mistake.
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"Aim a little higher with grain sorghum expectations," recommends Texas AgriLife Extension agronomist Calvin Trostle. "Consider what you could do a bit better."
Trostle, speaking at the Concho Valley Cotton Conference, in San Angelo, Texas, said seeding rate, fertility, rotation and weed control all play a role in grain sorghum production.
Planting on a bed also may limit grain sorghum success. "Grain sorghum roots do not like hot weather, and we want those brace roots in the soil."
Planting too early could result in stressed seedlings. "We prefer that the soil temperature 10-day average be at 65 degrees F with 62 degrees the lower limit."
He strongly urged farmers not to "over-populate the field. Planting too many seeds per acre is a mistake. A producer with proper seeding rate can make 1,200 pounds per acre (in stress conditions), and his neighbor makes hay."
Concho Valley farmers should consider a 30,000 to 35,000 seed-per-acre planting rate with a final plant population ranging from 21,000 to 28,000 per acre. "That population should produce good results under a wide range of conditions."
With irrigation and a good water resource, producers might bump the seeding rate up. "But if a farmer has doubts about bumping up his seeding rate, don't! Less is more. Less seed means more yield."
Trostle said producers may need to plug up some drills to get the proper seeding rate, and he also advises them to check uniformity with vacuum planters after the crop emerges to see if population is what they expected.
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Nitrogen fertility also makes a difference, Trostle said. "You don't get something for nothing, at least not for long. Sorghum nitrogen fertility is important."
The benchmark is two pounds of nitrogen for each 100 pounds of yield goal. That's combined sources—applied and nitrogen available in the soil. He recommends a typical soil sample at zero to six inches and another deeper test for nitrogen. "Deep nitrogen can be credited 100 percent to the crop requirement," he said.
At least 75 percent of the crop's nitrogen demand should be available by heading. Trostle said growers should apply some pre-plant or at-planting and sidedress more 30 to 35 days after planting.


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Ten Teases For Tonight's 'American Horror Story: Asylum' Finale
Tonight is the finale of American Horror Story: Asylum. We've already seen the closing episode of the Asylum story... and it's pretty incredible. Fans likely won't be disappointed.
If you can't wait until tonight, here are 10 teases to hold you over until 10 pm ET when you can watch it on FX.
If you don't want any hints at all DO NOT continue reading.
1) You'll learn who chopped off Adam Levine's character's arm.
2) Since it is present day, a main character has no problem being upfront about her sexuality anymore.
3) Lana shouldn't trust the person who brings her a sparkling water during her 60 Minutes-style interview that frames the majority of the episode.
4) Someone rescues Sister Jude from Briarcliffe—but it's not Lana that does so.
5) Many people die in the episode, but the Angel of Death only visits one of the people that dies. The person who dies welcomes it too.
6) Someone commits suicide.
7) Someone gets married and someone becomes a godmother.
8) The aliens return for someone and you might even catch the tiniest glimpse of what they look like.
9) Mother and son, as expected, meet in the present. But it wasn't the first time they did.
10) The meaning behind the ending, which flashes back to 1964 again, is likely to be debated for quite some time.


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The Fram Museum is organizing the first annual Roald Amundsen Memorial Lecture on 14 December 2012, the 101st anniversary of the attainment of the South Pole.
The Memorial Lecture will be held at the Fram Museum every year on 14 December to commemorate the life and achievements of Roald Amundsen. The lecture will be followed by a formal dinner on the deck of the Fram.
The Roald Amundsen Memorial Lecture 2012 is held by Roland Huntford. His topic: Roald Amundsen and the End of the Age of Exploration.
Roland Huntford (born 1927) lives in Cambridge, and was formerly Scandinavian correspondent of the Observer, also acting as their winter sports correspondent. He was the 1986–87 Alistair Horne Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford.
He is also Senior Member of Wolfson College in Cambridge and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Roland is the author of The Last Place on Earth (originally titled Scott and Amundsen) which had a tremendous impact on public interest in polar matters. He has also written biographies of Ernest H. Shackleton and Fridtjof Nansen. Huntford's other books include Sea of Darkness, The Sayings of Henrik Ibsen and Two Planks and a Passion: The dramatic history of skiing.
To attend the Roald Amundsen Memorial Lecture 2012, please send your name and address to email@example.com. There is a limited number of seats available. If fully booked we will consider repeating the event on Saturday 15 December. The fee for the event is NOK 1290,- which includes the lecture, a four-course dinner with wine, coffee/tea and avec.
Doors open at 18:00, the lecture starts at 19:00.
"Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it"
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Altisource Rising; Volcker's View: Best of Kass
Among the posts this past week were entries about Altisource Portfolio Solutions and former Fed Chair Paul Volcker.
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Altisource Portfolio Solutions Still Soars
Originally published on Friday, Oct. 25 at 10:06 a.m. EDT.
I wanted to update Altisource Portfolio Solutions
Altisource reported a huge beat in revenue ($211 million, up 46% year over year) and profits (GAAP $1.42 a share, cash EPS $1.80 a share). Pretax margins leaped to 27%, leading to the earnings breakout, which was well above consensus).
The company repurchased 265,000 shares during the third quarter.
Over the next two quarters Altisource expects to board about 1,550 loans from Ocwen
This will translate into approximately $6.20 a share in 2013 and over $10.25 a share in 2014.
The shares, which stood at around $15 a share in late 2009, now trade at near $150 -- adjusted for the Altisource Residential
By any measure, the stock has been a home run, and I appropriately termed it the stock of the decade in my diary and in my annual surprise list.
Here is a segment from Mad Money in which Jim "El Capitan" Cramer endorsed the idea when the shares were in the low $20s. (Well done, Jimmy!)
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Theater Review: Educating Rita' witty and deepBy Jim LowePhoto by Tim Fort
Sarah Manton is Rita and Geoffrey Wade is Frank in the Weston Playhouse production of Educating Rita.
More than just another contemporary take on the Pygmalion tale, Willy Russells Educating Rita is a comic but revealing take on the personal journeys nearly everyone must take in order to reach fulfillment.
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company opened its 77th season of professional theater Friday with a thoroughly entertaining and touching production of Educating Rita at the Weston Playhouse.
The performance was followed, as most are, by its Cabaret, downstairs, featuring Weston performers in comedy song and dance numbers with some bawdy surprises. Fridays was a particular delight.
Educating Rita premiered in London in 1980, winning the Olivier Award for Best Comedy, going on to become a 1983 feature film starring Michael Caine. It tells the tale of a working class girl, Rita, a ladies hairdresser in fact, who wishes to better herself with an education. In signing up for the Open University program, she ends up with Frank, a Scotch-swilling has-been poet at odds with the system, who needs the money for drink.
Frank is attracted by Ritas unspoiled thirst for learning, untouched by any pretension of sophistication. Rita is drawn by Franks depth and sophistication as well as his disdain for the superficial.
For the first half of the show, Frank brings Rita kicking and screaming into the world of great literature. To do so, she must renounce not only her previously held beliefs, but her personal background as well.
But this is countered by the joy of learning and Franks acid wit.
In the second half, however, Rita decides she has moved beyond Frank and embraces the trappings of academia. It takes some painful soul-searching for both Rita and Frank to recognize where their personal journeys are taking them.
Russells script is witty as well as filled with the deep humor that truth engenders. Westons production, directed by Malcom Ewen, one of the companys three producing artistic directors, explores these qualities and proved terribly funny as well at Fridays opening night performance.
Weston veteran Geoffrey Wade was ideally cast as Frank. The self-deprecating caustic wit and quiet desperation of a has-been university professor resonated in Wades compelling performance, as well as the tender pathos that gave it real dimension.
Sarah Manton, a native Brit, was also well cast as Rita, but spent too much of the first half with a monochromatic brashness (often just too loud). But as the story developed, Mantons performance blossomed. More importantly, the two interacted in such a way to make their performance riveting and most entertaining.
Westons physical productions are consistently the best in Vermont, and this was no exception. An appropriately realistic set design by Russell Parkman, expressive costumes by Kirche Leigh Zeile, effective lighting by Kendall Smith and sound design by Cole Hamrick all contributed to the productions polish.
Westons après theater, The Cabaret: Weston after Dark, presented after most main stage performances, proved most entertaining on many levels. Directed by Tim Fort, another of the producing artistic directors, the current show is built around theater music of the 1960s. Although it was a half-century ago, its amazing how much of it remains familiar to younger folks as well.
A revelation was the Young Company. While they were fine in the current kiddy show, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, they proved most talented hoofers and comics, remembering the likes of the Beach Boys, Sonny and Cher, and many more. The singing, dancing and banter were excellent and fun.
Fort, too, proved an able singer as well as an emcee, and Ewen (director of Educating Rita) delivered an indescribably funny, lusty hick farmer, a reminder that both had once been on the Weston stage. The Young Company, in its tribute to Vermont, performed its own version of the ballet, Swan Lake, Cow Pond.
Still, what took the show over the top was the arrival of the Educating Rita stars, Wade as Queen Elizabeth II and Manton as Kate Middleton. I suspect that Queen Elizabeth wouldnt appreciate her bawdy side exposed quite so frankly. But the audience loved it.
Weston Playhouse
Weston Playhouse Theatre Company presents Willy Russells Educating Rita June 25-July 6 at the Weston Playhouse, off Route 100 in Weston. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, plus 2 p.m. matinees Wednesday and Saturday. For tickets or information, call 802-524-5288, or go online to www.westonplayhouse.org.MORE IN Central VermontMIDDLEBURY According to WebMD, Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes a persons muscles ... Full StoryTiffany Briggs and Kayla Jackson eyed each other across the table, clasped hands, and then it was... Full StoryMARLBORO Police are investigating a burglary on Higley Hill Road. Full Story
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