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The golf ball-sized flowers of buttonbush often age to reddish-pink fruits.
It is often said, "Use natives, because they are the best adapted plants for their region." But, is this really a true statement? Different native species are found in different specific environments. Some native species hail from the margins of swamps in full shade and others from dry rock outcroppings in full sun.
Information about the natural habitat in which a particular native is found may be used as a guide to determine what native plants can be used in particular landscape situations. But sometimes plants surprise us and can also grow in environments that are different from where they are typically found. For example, some natives found in wet areas only, can also perform well in dry conditions under cultivation. In the wild, they do not compete well with other species in dry areas, and this is why they come to occupy wet areas where they are more competitive.
Native adaptability
The adaptability of native shrubs has received only limited research attention and we don't really know how suitable they might be for challenging landscape sites, which present drought, full sun, infertility and pedestrian pressure. To test the adaptability of native shrubs, I planted six species in the ultimate challenging landscape site — a commuter parking lot on the University of Connecticut campus in Storrs, Ct. The six native species were American filbert (Corylus americana), buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera), steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa), sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina) and sweet gale (Myrica gale). Each species provides ornamental interest, but has not been used extensively for landscaping because their landscape adaptability was unknown. Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) and winged euonymus (Euonymous alatus) were also planted as controls to understand how the natives perform compared to these tough, old landscaping standbys.
To generate sound data, significant replication was built into this native shrub evaluation to be sure that what I observed was not anomalous. At the UConn parking lot site, 30 plants of each species were installed in June 2010 in a replicated experimental layout. Plants were mulched with four inches of softwood bark and hand weeded as necessary. Plants were irrigated three times weekly for the first four weeks after planting, and twice weekly for the next six weeks. In spring 2011, plants were fertilized with a balanced granular synthetic fertilizer at a rate of 2 pounds Nitrogen per 1,000 square feet. Plants were evaluated for aesthetic quality and growth rate.
Five of the six native species had aesthetic quality indices, which were comparable to the control barberry and euonymus (Table 1). Steeplebush was the only native species that did not perform as well as the controls. These pleasantly surprising findings indicate how much potential there is for expanded use of native shrubs by the nursery industry. Let's take a look at what each of the six native shrubs has to offer our landscapes.
American filbert (Corylus americana)
These plants have a pleasant form, interesting textured leaves, edible fruits with unique involucres and respectable fall color. In the full sun parking lot site, plants produced a dense, uniform rounded habit, which is contrary to the sparse open plants seen in the wild where plants are growing in moderate to dense shade. After three growing seasons in the parking lot plants were 36 inches tall and 38 inches wide. Use plants in groups to create a naturalistic landscape or along the edge of woods to integrate the cultivated yard with the natural surroundings. American filbert can also function well in foundation plantings.
Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
Buttonbush is an upright, spreading, medium to large flowering shrub. Better specimens sport glossy dark green foliage and numerous golf ball size flowers that often age to reddish pink fruits. It was surprising how well buttonbush adapted to the dry, well-drained parking lot soil conditions, considering this plant occupies wet habitats in the wild such as swamps and bogs and along the edges of lakes and rivers. In three years plants reached 64 inches tall and 62 inches wide. Use buttonbush for naturalizing, in the shrub border or for screening. Just be sure when using buttonbush to provide adequate space so that plants can develop to their maximum potential.
Northern bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
Plants in the parking lot produced dense mounds, 48 inches tall and 59 inches wide, with coppery red new foliage color, which slowly faded to green. Small tubular yellow flowers in bunches at the tips of shoots appear in June. At the start of the flowering period, plants produced a heavy bloom and flowered more or less continuously throughout the season into late September. Use northern bush honeysuckle in mass plantings or in repetition in the landscape. It can also work well as a facer plant for other more pointedly showy plants. Northern bush honeysuckle spreads slowly by rhizomes and should be used in sites where plants can be allowed to spread and cascade, like on a gravelly bank or above a rock wall.
Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa)
Steeplebush didn't exhibit the same ability to perform under the most challenging landscape conditions but should perform well in less difficult residential landscape sites. The most striking features of steeplebush are its tomentose leaves and large pink flower spires in early July. Use it in mass plantings, mixed in a border with herbaceous perennials. Annual pruning may improve plant form and performance.
Sweet fern (Comptonia peregrina)
Sweet fern is desirable for its dark green fern-like foliage and the sweet fragrance it produces, most noticeably on warm sunny days. Plants in the parking lot performed exceedingly well, producing dense, uniform mounds up to 42 inches tall and 60 inches wide. Sweet fern should be massed or repeated in the landscape. It can be used in foundation plantings or as low hedge along a walkway in full sun to light shade. Plants can also be used to stabilize a gravelly bank by a driveway or road due to its rhizomatous nature, ability to fix nitrogen and salt tolerance.
Sweet gale (Myrica gale)
This shrub has an interesting candelabra-like, multi-stemmed suckering habit that uniformly fills an area. Plants in the parking lot reached 36 inches tall and 55 inches wide. The frosty lime green foliage is scented, especially when bruised, and the aroma was noticeable in the parking lot on warm days. Sweet gale will tolerate light shade and infertile soils, the latter due to its nitrogen fixing ability. Use it in groups, mass plantings or as a low informal hedge. Sweet gale is a good foundation plant due to its compact size and ability to tolerate reflected light. Site plants near a window to enjoy the aromatic foliage indoors.
Steeplebush (Spiraea tomentosa) shows large pink flower spires in early July.
More native species
Due to the overwhelming success of this study, I have selected eight other relatively unknown native shrubs to evaluate for landscape adaptability under similar conditions. These native species are creeping sand cherry (Prunus pumila var. depressa), elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), grey dogwood (Cornus racemosa), high bush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), round leaf dogwood (Cornus rugosa), spicebush (Lindera benzoin), sweetbells (Eubotrys racemosa) and Virginia rose (Rosa virginiana). Based on very early observations during the first growing season (2012), it appears that many of these natives will also prove to be worthy alternatives for use in challenging landscape conditions. Stay tuned for future results. NM
Jessica Lubell is assistant professor, Ornamental Horticulture, Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Connecticut; firstname.lastname@example.com. If you missed her first story on natives in the April issue, find it here: http://bit.ly/11xjr1l. Follow Lubell on Facebook at Native Plant Gal for help with native shrub propagation and production, as well as landscape use.


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AN ECOLOGY OF HAPPINESS. Eric Lambin. Translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan. The University of Chicago Press, $26.
Among the arguments for persuading people to make changes that will protect ecosystem health—beloved species will become extinct, climate change will cause higher-intensity storms, the food supply may be disrupted—happiness doesn't show up that often. In An Ecology of Happiness, Eric Lambin piles up nearly all of those dire warnings and calls to action and views each through the lens of happiness.
As might be expected, Lambin draws on studies of how natural environments improve people's psychological health to support his case. But his analysis goes much further, encompassing three major components: "the subjective perception of a happy existence, health, and security." Each of the book's nine chapters offers a broad survey of research relevant to one of these factors, treating such subjects as microbes, war, urban planning and the relation between material wealth and happiness. He encourages readers to weigh not only their own happiness but also that of people living in areas with less economic privilege, who tend to bear the brunt of both environmental change and the unequal distribution of resources. He concludes by listing five choices we are confronted with, each of which links happiness and environmental integrity.
Lambin covers a great deal of sometimes-dense material in just 174 pages, but the explication is punctuated by delightful sentences. In a chapter on meat production, he tells us that 46 percent of small fishes harvested from the world's oceans are used as fodder for land animals. He goes on, "To deprive oneself of a plate of grilled sardines or an anchovy salad in order to be able to consume an industrial chicken with white and tasteless flesh is hardly a boon to gastronomy." Given such a choice, what meat eater could resist the little fishes?
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A recipe from my Mr. Yoshida's Fine Sauces Cookbook which I haven't tried yet. I'd serve this with rice. Cooking time includes 30 minutes marinating time.
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- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 1⁄2 cup Yoshida gourmet sauce
- 1 teaspoon rosemary, crushed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 12 dried apricots, diced
- 1 cup water
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Someone should have told him the City Center Mall doesn't exist anymore.<quoted text>
Agree. A Somali named Nuradin Abdi was just deported back to Africa a few months ago. He planned to taking an AK 47 to the downtown City Center Mall and slaughtering hundreds of people. Thankfully he was caught beforehand while he plotted at a local mosque with other like minded Muslims.
He is back in Somalia where he belongs and Columbus is safer as a result.
These people read a book everyday that says "kill infidels." Liberals like Reader say that kill infidels means an "inner struggle" but enough Muslims take their holy book seriously that they are willing to butcher people in the streets.
These folks belong in Africa or Arabia. They fight assimilation, therefore they need to return to their roots.
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#145 May 24, 2013
A visa can be denied for ANY reason.
-Clayton Bigsby
Since: Apr 13
#146 May 24, 2013
The Abdi plot and arrest took place in 2003. To this day, the true target mall remains unknown to the public although many seem to believe it was Polaris that was chosen for the attack.
Abdi is now in Somalia. He should have been executed.
#147 May 24, 2013
The bombers need directions to City Hall.
#148 May 24, 2013
I agree,if we take a tougher stance on these murderers they will go to greener pastures or run with their tail between their legs.I really think the civilized world as had enough.Watch and see.I'm predicting all hell is going to break loose on them,my predictions are pretty much spot on.
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I'm seeing a ton of Church Groups throughout the country, being allowed to bring in people from Sudan, Somalia and others...that flow could end completely....plus, where are the church's when the public assistance begins?....A 10 year moratorium would be fine, but if not attainable, then just turn the knob to a drip......It's a serious future dilemma, we need to heed....
-Clayton Bigsby
Since: Apr 13
#150 May 24, 2013
Aren't you sorry you voted for Obama now?
Since: Jan 12
#151 May 24, 2013
I agree. They DON'T want to assimilate and look down on Americans regardless of their wealth or status. Non-member mooslims are infidels...PERIOD. We eat pork, we do not 'submit ' to Allah (moon god), we don't recognize Mohammed as the 'last ' prophet, and we don't follow any of the five tenets of Islam.
Any Liberal Progressive who believes it's just the 'radicalized mooslims' that's the problem don't understand the mind of a mooslim.
Being black, I know first hand how they think and what they believe. They know how to convert blacks in prison by getting them angry against white Christians for slavery, and overt /covert bigotry either perceived or experienced.
Imams teach that Islam is the only religion that unites mankind based on humanity, not skin color. You ignorant bigots have done more to convert African American men to Islam than any radical Islamist, by listening to talk radio heads preaching this anti -white rhetoric. Blacks and others don't see themselves as controllers of anything that supports or sustains life in this country.
White men are still at the helm, yet Rush, Hannity, Levine, et. al, would have you to believe the opposite. Take 'our ' country back, and BS like that. You dummies are alienating the very people that can help fight against Islamist and instead pushing them to the mooslims with your divisive racial rhetoric.
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#152 May 24, 2013
Not in the least....no new wars and an improving economy....God Bless him......
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#153 May 24, 2013
Depends upon the church involved, when it came to settling SE Asian refugees it didn't cause as many problems as it was short in duration.
Many of the resettlment agencies are only nominally affiliated with a religion, it's mainly a government distraction to hide the income transfers to the refugees. Some of the resettlement agencies have been accused of being highly profitable as well.
"Tenured Marxist Radical"
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#154 May 24, 2013
Most blacks continue voting straight D for the party that wants more Third World immigration. The main reason is that they want whitey displaced at all costs to steal what we've got. Of course their own societies are all failures.
Like it or not WA, white people founded and built this country, and your act of living here means you like that fact despite the fact that you hate it at the same time.
-Clayton Bigsby
Since: Apr 13
#155 May 24, 2013
Yet you rail against immigration while he wants to grant amnesty and keep the borders wide open for the scum like the Somalis and the Tsarnaevs. You must have a split personality.
No new wars? Syria is coming. Improving economy? Tell that to the 14% out of work.
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#156 May 24, 2013
Islam include's radical Islam = No Further Domestically based, Terrorism for America......
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#157 May 24, 2013
You were mis-educated, programmed, and lied to about whites building this nation. They founded it, but did not perform every bit of labor, building, or design. You have a white superiority complex that is blocking any semblance of the truth of who helped build this country. I guess you believe whites layed the railroad tracks out west also, and invented every device know to man, huh?
Did you know that blacks were not allowed to claim rights to patents or the inventions they designed? A lot of medical breakthroughs were discovered by non - whites but the credit was given to white doctors and scientists, as well as engineering marvels.
I challenge you to Google Black inventors and be amazed and surprised at your lack of knowledge about this national, and the attempts of bigots to take credit for everything you thought was theirs.
#158 May 24, 2013
my crack at the weed was intentional.
as a society the war on drugs has cost can we say trillions, and ruined lives putting people on the dole because they have a record.
the war on terror, or what ever the new term of the day is, has also cost trillions.
9/11 this year, and tunnels from Mexico to the USA coming up the floor into a warehouse, show the effectiveness of trillions of dollars spent to eradicate it.
tax the weed and control it exactly like alcohol, and kill and bury terrorists in a pig feed lot.
show video's of how many feed lots the USA, and air shooting events like trap and skeet shooting, big bore rife, etc.
Let them know who they are Fing with, so when they do, they understood pigs crap on them forever with their 96 retired virgin nuns. Makes their fantasy a little terrifying.
"Don't trust the internet!"
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#159 May 24, 2013
The purpose of terrorism, if it can be said to have one is to scatter and divide. The EDL has certainly fallen in line with their rioting. And you are right about the ways in which divisions provide fertile ground for radicalization. And that comes frlm many sides. Karl is probably too settled to be of much use to a radical front. But he has pkcked up ln their propaganda nonetheless.
#160 May 24, 2013
That's a good point Spook. He had the will to kill but was stupid and got caught. However if we keep bringing them in eventually they are going to get it right and kill a lot of innocent people.
We need more men like you Spook who are willing to fight fire with fire and teach these Muslims a lesson.
BTW, where are all the traitors who side with Muslims all the time, Che, Duke and Reader?
-Clayton Bigsby
Since: Apr 13
#161 May 24, 2013
Black Islam is about prisons and those who take it from there to their own neighborhoods. It's like a communicable disease picked up at summer camp for you people.
#162 May 24, 2013
I have been on much the past few days. Today though che was in it's usual rant against George / Bigsby.
Reader is still claiming Treyvon is black Jesus and sinless while! Zimmerman is a santan worshipping NRA member. You know same old crap from the leftist brain damaged hate America crowd.
-Clayton Bigsby
Since: Apr 13
#163 May 24, 2013
The EDL picked up 100,000 Facebook followers in the 24 hours after the attack. And UKIP did even better. And if the police and David Cameron think arresting Twitter and Facebook posters is going to help their cause, they're crazy...and desperate.
Change is coming to Britain, Reader. They're fed up.
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The work of the Georgian Group is informed by two charitable objectives:
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(2) to stimulate public knowledge and appreciation of Georgian architecture and town planning; of Georgian taste as displayed in the applied arts design and craftsmanship, and its influence on later periods.
The Georgian Group is an English and Welsh conservation organisation created to campaign for the preservation of historic buildings and planned landscapes of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Founded in 1937 by the journalist Douglas Goldring, (who went on to become the first Honourary Secretary), Robert Byron (the Deputy Chairman) and Lord Derwent (the first Chairman) the Group was originally part of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
The poet and author Sir John Betjeman, the architectural historian Sir John Summerson, the architectural writers James Lees-Milne and Christopher Hussey, the architect Albert Richardson, the 6th Earl of Rosse (active in the National Trust) and the urban planner Trystan Edwards were among its most prominent early active members. The Group caught the imagination of the younger generation of the day and both Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh refer to the Group affectionately in their novels. An account of the Group's early history can be found in Gavin Stamp's article on the foundation of the Group in the 2012 Georgian Group Journal (Volume XX).
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The Group has a wholly-owned subsidiary, Georgian Enterprises & Trading Limited, established in 2007 as a private limited company, whose principal activity has been the provision of location hire agency services. A second subsidiary, Georgian Group (Holdings) Limited holds one third share ownership of land received in a bequest. The company Directors of GETL are Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, Bt and David McKinstry.
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- Anglo-American: Deals with the Group's annual UK tour for the American Friends of the Georgian Group.
- Casework: Deals with the Group's statutory casework and grant funding.
- Campaigns: Deals with areas of ongoing and general concern to the Group in its statutory role.
- Education: Deals with education outreach and scholarships.
- Publications: Deals with the Group's written materials and published communications, chiefly the magazine and journal.
- Staff and Finance: Deals with the Group's internal administration on these matters.
- Other working Groups are appointed as need to administer a specific locus: For example, the Annual Architectural Awards Judging Panel and the 80th Anniversary Party Committee. At least one Trustee is always present on each.
Sub-Committee Membership
The Group's Secretary attends all sub-committee meetings.
Anglo-American Committee
Chair: The Lady Bradbury
Peter Brown
Tina Graham
Alison Price-James
Caroline Rimmel
Casework Committee
Chair: John Burton MBE RIBA IHBC
Martin Ashley
Bill Bagnell
Rosemary Baird FSA
Sarah Bridger
Andrew Bowles
Sir Thomas Croft, Bt
Mark Hammond
Peter Inskip RIBA
Thomas Pearson
John Phibbs
Alireza Sagharchi RIBA
Sinclair Johnston
Colin Thom
Campaigns Committee
Chair: Peregrine Bryant RIBA
Khloe Cath
George Entwistle
Joseph Huang
Dr. John Robinson
Education Committee
Chair: Hugh Petter RIBA
Dr. Wolf Burchard
Tina Graham
Caroline Knight FSA
Rosemary Yallop
Publications Committee
Chair: Charles Hind
Rosemary Baird FSA
George Entwistle
Bettina Harden MBE
Staff and Finance Committee
Chair: Christopher Boyle QC
Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, Bt
Hugh Petter RIBA


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I have a 8 weeks old bichon.
The breeder told me to just feed him twice a day, a small hand full each time. And that if he poops more than twice a day, I am feeding too much.
The vet told me to feed him as much as he can eat in 20 minutes, twice a day.
The label on the food package says I should feed him 1/2 cup a day.
Which is best and which should I follow? I am confused!!!
I did try the first two though. feeding him 2 hand fulls a day seemed not enough as he was hungry throughout the day. But the 2nd way made him threw up and pooped SO much!
Any advice/opinion would be greatly apprecaited, thank you!


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Aromatherapy massage, Golborne Place, W10
Expert: Former actress Kirsten Kitchen is charm and calm itself — she's an aromatherapy evangelist with years of experience of rubbing out her clients' strains and stresses. Kitchen gently guides them towards looking after themselves by encouraging the use of oils at home.
Science: Good odours are a great way to calm and de-stress because they trigger the parasympathetic nervous system which prepares the body for rest and relaxation.
After a thorough consultation Kitchen prepares your own oil mix, tailored for your needs, to help ease you into the massage. Mine was a blend of bergamot, may chang and lavender for a little light relief.
Results: One of my greatest fears is that stupor of deep relaxation: I worry that I will never function again. Thankfully Kitchen is both a great listener and a talented masseuse so I felt a perfect combination of chilled but still bouncy.
Cost: £90/90 mins, Kirsten Kitchen at Golborne Place (07958 536779, golborneplace.com).
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Athlete of the Week: McKenzie Repollo
December 4, 2012
McKenzie Repollo
Steamboat Springs — School: Steamboat Springs High School
Year: senior
Age: 17
Height: 5 feet, 5 inches
Sport: basketball
Why: Repollo was pivotal in helping the Steamboat girls to a 2-0 start. The senior guard scored 37 points in two games, including a game-high 21 against Basalt.
Quotable: "She has truly maximized her talent. Her work ethic is definitely top five of anyone that has been in this program with me." — coach John Ameen


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There are many sports "fanatics" out there who literally dive head-first into an extreme sport in order to get their adrenaline pumping – taking on a sport that comes hand-in-hand with a monumental amount of risk. But for those who are not interested in being scared to death, yet wish to feel the thrill, data has shown that zip lining has become the sport that millions are now experiencing worldwide. From riding down the "wild" Fremont Street in Vegas and watching those flashing neon lights; to zipping over the stunning beaches and crystal blue waters of Hawaii; to soaring over the wild jungles of Sri Lanka without having to worry about the risk, zip lining allows you the opportunity to glide through the sky with ease.
Would Curry Versus James be the Ultimate NBA Championship?
Yes…there are questions, quite a lot of them this year when it comes to "Who will take it all in the end?" But the most talked about continues to be whether or not LeBron James will reach his 5th straight finals, and, if he does, could Stephen Curry finally top a spectacular season with the Warriors by beating the ultimate LeBron and his Cavaliers and taking home the championship?
"Sin City" Becomes Acceptable?
So…what changes will occur if an NFL team hits Las Vegas? Not many, actually. Perhaps more of the 'contract money' will be lost considering the blackjack tables ARE right in the vicinity; however, NFL owners seem just fine with the fact that the Raiders will once again wave good-bye to their "Nation" and relocate to Sin City.
It's Time to Play Ball!
As far back as you can remember, Major League Baseball's Opening Day comes with pomp, pageantry, good food, excitement, and a whole lot of fun for the family. Cincinnati, home to the very first professional baseball team, will once again hold the annual Findlay Market Parade, making it official to the whole world that baseball has returned. In Cincinnati it is a holiday for one and all, where citizens stop everything to go out and cheer loud and proud for the hometown Reds.
Gonzaga Celebrates the Final Four
"Beauty & the Beast" may be raking in the dough at movie theatres everywhere, but it is the Princess Cinderella that appears at the core of the NCAA headlines. We all have our "Cinderella Teams." Heck, they even made a movie after the Hoosiers who once set the world on fire. But as this weekend winds down, it is the Gonzaga Bulldogs that find themselves ready to put on the glass slipper, or watch their 'coach' turn back into a pumpkin, depending on what their near future fate turns out to be.
Will NASCAR Theatrics Bring Back Viewers?
For any of the millions who once watched ABC's Wide World of Sports and heard the words "the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat," they remember the footage of a skier's crash when it came to the "agony" side of things. Everyone knew that sight was a fact – a video that was absolutely real. Nowadays, however, it seems that more and more sports are
Faces Change in Free Agency
Just this past week the National Football League's brand new pre-season went into play, with deals and steals happening from one coast to the other. These days are all about transactions and transformations (hopefully positive ones) to teams that need help. The biggest news came in the form of quarterback changes. Tony Romo will say goodbye to his position in Dallas…yet, where he will be going is still anybody's guess (all except Jerry Jones, most likely, who seems to know just about everything that happens in the NFL before any deals are signed). Whatever the case may be, it's a given that when the announcement comes from Tony about which team he will lead, experts worldwide will have something to say.


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Tucson woman charged in false bomb report
A 46-year-old Tucson woman is facing a felony charge in connection with a bomb hoax that led to a large evacuation Thursday in midtown.
A charter school, a behavioral health center and other businesses were evacuated after a suspicious backpack was reported in a parking lot. One of the 911 calls was from a woman who claimed the bag contained a bomb, Sgt. Chris Widmer, a Tucson police spokesman, said in a news release Friday.
An ordnance team used a device to tear open the backpack, which contained clothing and personal belongings.
Esther Bergin, who police say was the 911 caller making the false report, was booked into the Pima County jail on suspicion of making a hoax claim to police, a felony.
2 underwear smugglers caught by border agents
Two people trying to smuggle drugs inside their underwear were arrested by border officers this week in separate incidents.
On Wednesday afternoon agents say they found a pound of methamphetamine inside the underpants of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen who was riding in a border shuttle van stopped for an inspection at a checkpoint on Interstate 19 near Amado, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release.
On Thursday night a 23-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales after officers say they found 4 pounds of heroin in her bra.
The combined estimated street value of the narcotics is $70,000, the release said.
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Cup handicap: tram works
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A FIERCE row has erupted after Yarra Trams advised Moonee Valley Council that it would close large parts of Mount Alexander Road for four days to re-lay tram tracks. The problem is it wants to do it on Melbourne Cup weekend.
Yarra Trams management had not anticipated trouble when it sent the council a letter this week advising of the dates for the work. But the council greeted the news with disbelief and anger.
The council's chief executive, Peter Black, said the four-day weekend, which includes Derby day and cup day, was usually the busiest time of year for traffic on the road.
But while the big race stops the nation, a few furlongs away Yarra Trams will have stopped traffic, for trackwork of a different sort.
"Any work that restricts traffic flow through Moonee Valley during the spring carnival is nothing short of lunacy," Mr Black said. "There are 51 other weekends in the year. Why choose the busiest one for Moonee Valley?"
A week ago Yarra Trams was forced to rethink building a platform stop in Collins Street during the week leading up to the cup after fashion boutique owners complained it was an unfair handicap at their busiest time. The tram company is now trying to find new dates for the Collins Street work.
On cup weekend, track is to be relaid along 1.1 kilometres of Mount Alexander Road between Shamrock Street and Lincoln Road in Essendon. One lane of the road will be closed from Saturday to the Melbourne Cup Tuesday and route 59 trams in both directions including those usually loaded with racegoers bound for Flemington will be replaced by buses. Right turns into side streets will also be banned on the west side of the road.
Almost 1000 businesses will be disadvantaged by the closure, the council says.
Cafe owner Charlie Zougaib said he would be badly hit. "That is the busiest time of year for us. There's a lot of people out and about and they all come to us for breakfast or brunch before they go to the races."
He said traffic on the road was "flat out like Chapel Street on a Saturday night" during cup weekend and thousands of racegoers used the 59 tram to get to the event. "If the road is part closed and the trams too, nobody will come here," he said. "Did they think at all? This is just stupid."
Mr Black said the work would cause traffic chaos and cost businesses tens of thousands of dollars during their busiest time of the year. The council has asked VicRoads to intercede on its behalf and move the dates.
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Minnesota for Marriage, a group that supports a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, is trying to raise money off Target's recent announcement that it will raise money for a group that opposes the amendment.
Minnesota for Marriage wants its supporters to give up to $100 to offset the up to $120,000 Target has pledged to raise for the Family Equality Council. To raise the cash, Target will be selling gay pride t-shirts throughout June.
Two years ago, Target was the subject of consumer backlash after giving to an organization that supported Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer, who opposed same-sex marriage.
This year's t-shirt sale is an attempt to make amends with the gay community, wrote Minnesota for Marriage Campaign Manager Andy Parrish in the fundraising email. He said the company should be prepared for more alienated customers.
"Clearly this is to make nice with the homosexual marriage community for their donation to support Tom Emmer two years ago," Parrish wrote. "It's wrong for a mega-corporation to take sides in an important social issue that has nothing to do with its business objectives. In doing so, Target has alienated the strong majority of Minnesotans who support traditional marriage. They also risk alienating the overwhelming majority of their customers in the 32 states in this country that have voted to support traditional marriage."


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Date of Stay: April, 2014
Very picturesque campground, when trees mature it will be even better. Many amenities for such a low rate. Washer and dryer available, no charge. Pay for your site at hotel. Casino is small but has everything you need. We had one of the better campsites that was in a corner; those have some grass. The sites down the middle would be tight if you have slides. They are marked off sites that reminded us of a rest area, but can accommodate longer rigs. Each site has electric, water, and trash can. Pavilion with tables across from the shower house has a stone fireplace with free wood for campers. Dump station is back in but large enough for our 38' R V.
Date of Stay: April, 2014
Beautiful little park. Had no problems getting our 38' RV into a site. We did unhook our towed Jeep when we got into the park. Even with our 3 slides our site was large enough. We do always check a site to make sure there is enough room and no branches are in the way. Our site 6 was level. The water hookup was further away and we had to use a 25' hose. Very tidy park, clean, bath house was heated, abd there is a laundry and washers are $1.00, dryers 50 cents. This place is nicer than many at twice the price. Quiet, peaceful, trees, and great to have full hookups.
Date of Stay: March, 2014
Very friendly and helpful staff, especially the security guard. He guided us to our site and helped us any way he could. This park is in the process of being improved but there is still a lot of work to be done. In the summer months it would be prettier, as we noticed many plantings rose bushes ornamental etched. Several permanent mobile homes with junky yards detract from the RV sites which are level and clean. Great fire pit area for gathering and a small gazebo for enjoying warm weather; lots of neat touches like bird baths and feeders park benches. Too bad that some of the permanents don't take care of their lots; this place could be so much better. Owners take note this is a jewel in the rough and has potential to be a destination park. Enforce some rules, tell mobile home owners to clear out the junk, make sure dogs are kept on leashes and we will be back. Very quiet place, handy to everything, and we would have given you a 10 if not for some very fixable problems. You are working hard and it's obvious that you care; your tenants obviously don't.
Date of Stay: March, 2014
So so campground behind a motel. Good utilities, fairly level, great Wi-Fi and good location for exploring the area. Big rig friendly and allows pets. Park run down looking, very dusty with dirt roads and sites that could use more gravel. Landscaping needs work, so does the rest of park, okay for a night or two.


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National Check Scam comes to North Central Florida
The search for a job left one North Central Florida mother searching for answers when she received checks in the mail totaling almost $10,000. The woman asked TV20 News to look into the situation and we found that she was almost a victim of a national scam. With over a decade of experience in finances, Chiefland resident Kimberly Gottlieb found a job posting on Craigslist.org for accounts receivable and applied. She was so-called hired a week later. Soon after, she received two checks made out to her from two different companies. Tv20 News reached out to both companies whose names appear on the checks. Both are real companies but say their information was stolen, the checks are forged, and Gottlieb is just one of many potential victims across the country.
"My first check was from New Jersey. My second one was from Kansas. If it was from the same person, it would seem like it would be from the same state," said Kimberly Gottlieb
In the instructions sent to Gottlieb, she's told to cash the check, keep $150 for herself, and then forward the money to a man in Parker, Colorado. Police say these type of internet scams are extremely common. The federal government has a website devoted entirely to internet crimes, www.ic3.gov, where you can report similar situations.
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SFDS CYO Girls Sweep; X-Mas Tournament Dates Announced
The SFDS CYO Novice girls basketball team won both of their home games over the weekend. The Novice girls defeated the two teams to which they had previously lost. On Saturday, the girls defeated St. Adalbert, 15-8. The St. Francis girls were led by Courtney McCool and Devin Gavigan. On Sunday, the home stand continued with a tight win over St. Anastasia, 21-18. Emma Meade led the scoring for the Novice girls with 8 points. McCool, Gavigan and Megan Twomey were sharp offensively.
Kaitlin Neiswenter, Keira Walsh, Mollie Kuhl - mann and Megan 'G' denied a late rally and kept the lead for SFDS. The Bantam girls team beat Our Lady of Grace, 18-17, in overtime.
The SFDS Bantam boys defeated Our Lady of Trust, 19-14. John Boyle played a good game in the paint, scoring 5 points and controlling the boards. Eoin Reen added a spark on offense and defense. Ryan Moran scored 5 points and iced the game in the final seconds with clutch free throws.
SFDS then dropped a tough game at St. Vincent Ferrer, 27-22. Alex Goldberg was high scorer with 10 points. Kyle Connolly and Christian Apice were strong on the boards and Thomas Glynn played terrific defense.
The 25th Annual Christmas Tournament at St. Francis de Sales Gymnasium will begin on Friday night, December 18 with four games.
A full slate of games is scheduled on Saturday, December 19 and Sunday, December 20. There will be three games a night from December 21-23. The tournament will then resume December 26-30 and concludes with the championship games on January 2. Tournament directors Marty and Keith Andresen once again anticipate a terrific tournament with 37 teams from Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island and Long Island competing.
There will be plenty of Christmas music along with performances by the St. Francis cheerleaders, raffles and, of course, refreshments will be available.
The organizers would like to invite all to attend and make it a part of your holiday schedule.


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Well here it is, the object that has taken most of my free time and idol thought for the past couple of years. :(
Ouch... I hope nobody was hurt in the fire.
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I NEED to get a fire extinguisher in my garage.
Sad to see, hope everyones okay.
Had a look at your project journal, no insurance...tough. When I started my 34 project I was tipped off about this little loophole in homeowners insurance. Seems a car under construction is not covered, a completed running/registered car might be covered. On the other hand if my garage burns and consumes my riding lawn mower, 4 wheeler, and motor cycle they are all covered. Now the problem is trying to find an insurance company that will cover a car under construction...very few will. After calling a number of collector/classic car insurers I discovered Grundy will cover cars under construction.
People listen up, your car that is under construction in your garage probably is not covered by your homeowners insurance, check to make sure it is and get it in writing.
Ken, I'm sorry, damn it that sucks.
Damn, Ken, that truly is a big ol bummer.
The Wiff had that happen years ago before she and I met up and she says that you never get over it or forget the possibility of it happening again.
Good Luck,
I am sorry for your losses.
I'm not even sure if they are going to cover parts like patch panels and a new carb that I bought but had not put on the car.
I can't really complain, our insurance has been good to us so far. My adjuster is a really nice guy. I've heard really bad stories from other people who have gone through this so I guess we are lucky in that respect.
Nobody was hurt. Our dog and even the fish survived. The tank was melted and the water was almost black but they were still alive. One did die a few days later.
Sorry about your loss. I worked for a guy who bought a 57 T-bird and had it in a shop for a complete restoration. The night before he was suppose to pick it up someone cut a guy wire on a power/telephone pole and the pole fell on the shop and smashed his car beyond hope...no insurance either. Look on the bright side with all the experience you gained you will do the next one better and faster.
Sorry bout that one. HG :(
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A La Grecque
A La Grecque: the whole place hums to the beat of a well-run restaurant.
Photo: Rebecca Hallas
One waiter is jogging as he carries out plates of fried calamari with shiny aioli and rocket. Two others, young, jethaired and olive-skinned, call to each other across the lawn in Greek.
We take the last remaining table in the courtyard and pick up a menu spiced with words such as pastourmas, taramosalata, kasseri, keftethes and latholemono.
The ocean, though visible only in glimpses from our table, is not far away. Even the weather is Greek. Welcome back, Kosta Talihmanidis.
The restaurateur who ran the legendary Kosta's in Lorne for 27 years is once again doing what he was born to do: running a lively, informal, immensely appealing restaurant that captures the spirit and sensuality of his homeland, minus the cliches.
There are no blue-and-white walls or nautical props at A La Grecque. The food is not an endless parade of dips and meat on sticks. There is no bouzouki music.
As good and fun as Melbourne's Greek tavernas are, it's stimulating to be at a place that takes a more contemporary, Australian approach.
We might not - yet - have a restaurant as ambitious and sophisticated as Peter Conistis' Omega in Sydney, but we do have the Rose in Port Melbourne - a pub dining room with mainly Greek food that opened last year - and now, A La Grecque, doing its Greek-Mediterranean thing down by the seaside in Aireys Inlet.
It's a pity it's not a bit closer to the seaside. There's little hope of channelling Santorini when you're but an olive pip's throw from the main road, although a seat out the front on the deck or courtyard, on the grass or under the bullnose veranda is a very pleasant place to spend a sunny weekend lunch.
Tables are set well apart, gum trees and umbrellas provide shade, dogs snooze at their owners' feet, and the traffic noise isn't a bother.
There are pay-offs aplenty for the lack of a view. Foremost among these are the service and the food. How many Victorian country restaurants can boast city-sharp service? On the basis of our visit, A La Grecque ranks as high as Daylesford's Lake House in its level of service awareness and competence. Of course, the style is more casual, as befits the place. Our friendly waiter might have joked about wanting to be off surfing but his mind didn't stray from the job. When things got suddenly busy, he sped up. While jogging past our table, he apologised for the delay in our desserts, even before we were aware there was a delay.
And Kosta himself was a constant presence, moving around tables and chatting, sitting down with friends and breaking bread.
The whole place hums to the beat of a well-run restaurant.
It's a family affair: Kosta's wife Pam is head chef, son Alex is next-in-line in the kitchen, sons Domenic and Strato are the Greek-speaking waiters.
I never had the pleasure of a visit to the old Kosta's, but it's tempting to think they're recreating some of that famous, rollicking dinner-party atmosphere here.
During the day, the split-level, simply furnished interior of this cream-brick, formerly residential building is nothing remarkable and somewhat dark.
I suspect it would look better at night, with the glow from the blue light bulbs over the central bar, and a full house of diners at the bare timber tables.
Kosta describes the food at A La Grecque as homely in style. He's right, but he's underselling his wife's technique. Pam sends out food that shows a professional chef's deft execution and lightness of touch.
The risk with a cuisine as big and ballsy as Greek is that its richness will overwhelm. Here, balance is a priority, though it has to be said you'd be silly to come here without a hearty appetite.
That fried calamari is typical of a lot of the food, both in its generous size - as an entree, it looks a lot like a main - and use of herbs, in this case a dusting of oregano on the crisp-tender squiggles of seafood. With aioli and wild rocket of top quality and freshness, and a wedge of lemon for squeezing over, it all adds up to a simple classic, rarely done better than here ($16).
It's probably greedy, or overly optimistic, to order pizza as an entree, but what can you do when the smell of fresh-baked dough hits your nostrils while you're reading the menu?
A Spanish salami, kasseri (a type of mild, creamy cheese), tomato, caramelised red onion and black olive pizza is a pretty good rendition ($15), with a crust that passes the crispness test. The olives taste wonderfully of Greece: potent, pungent and salty.
With starters, a glass of (predictably commercial) Rochford chardy, poured after the waiter had brought the bottle to the table and showed us the label. Thank you. There are no Greek wines on the list, though I hear they're making some pretty smart ones these days.
A ragout of wild rabbit with broad beans, black olives and potato gnocchi is not a dish most of us have time to cook at home.
It's a luxury to eat this sort of slowbraised, labour-intensive dish in a restaurant setting, especially if you're a cook and know how long it would take to double-peel all those broad beans and get that much robust flavour into the bunny. A bargain and very Slow Food, at $24.
You'd hope a Greek restaurant would know how to grill a fillet of local snapper. And they do. The recently caught fish is tanned on the outside, pearly white within and served with paper-thin shavings of fennel alongside, and latholemono - Greek vinaigrette - pooling on the plate ($28).
Very good side dishes of potatoes fourno - baked wedges, sprinkled with oregano ($6) - and spinach with olive oil, lemon and lots of garlic ($7) are merely toyed with.
This is filling food. There are five desserts on the list. We opt for just one, the hazelnut, almond and rose water baklava, reasoning that it's what you'd do for sweets when in Greece.
And it's a beauty; a huge triangle of multi-layered filo over a thick wedge of gooey, fresh-tasting nut mix, all mingling with a honeyed syrup on the plate, a dollop of unnecessary cream and a cigarsized roll of decorative cinnamon bark ($9). It's sweet but not overwhelmingly so.
Waiter, bring me a double espresso please. I'm starting to channel Santorini after all.
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B's take loss, but dodge bullet against Blue Jackets
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Once again an opponent brought their "A" puck game against the Bruins — the team with the best record in the NHL — and the Big, Bad B's couldn't quite match up on the road despite a fairly spirited and valiant fight.
Marc Savard exchanged a few clenched-fist shots with Blue Jackets superstar Rich Nash, and Mark Stuart dropped the gloves in a good old-fashioned second period throw down with Columbus enforcer Jaret Stoll, but the Bruins eventually fell to a hot goalie and a motivated Blue Jackets squad by a 2-0 score.
Things could have been worse for a Spoked B squad slowly regaining their playoff mojo, however, as Aaron Ward and Phil Kessel both missed shifts in the second period after suffering injuries that appeared to be serious at first blush. Ward, who gets the "feel no pain" award after bravely standing in the danger zone and blocking a team-high four shots during the loss, took a slap shot off the left knee in the second period that knocked him out for a span of ice time.
Worse still was a sledgehammer hit in the corner on Kessel, who crumpled to the ice clutching and supporting his left arm with an apparent shoulder injury. But the 22-year-old sniper eventually returned to game action in the third period, and assuaged the angst of Bruins fans all over New England holding their breath.
The pain-inducing hits and aggressive tone of the Blue Jackets — looking to improve their lot in life and current sixth position in the Western Conference standing — got Boston's attention in short order with the board blasts and an ensuing collision with Jiri Novotny behind the Boston net that knocked off and snapped apart the mask of goaltender Tim Thomas.
The concussion from the hit ripped the neck guard from Thomas' mask, and the All-Star goaltender instead strapped on the mask of Manny Fernandez for a long portion of the third period. The Mask of Man-Fern, however, is clearly possessed much like the Tiki doll from the Brady Family's trip to Hawaii. Minutes after Fernandez rushed into the locker and handed over his mask, Thomas surrendered a bad angle goal to Blue Jackets attacker Raffi Torres during a power play shortly after the changing of the masks.
Despite the gauntlet thrown down by Columbus against the B's, Boston had an even bigger problem that went unsolved for the entire 60 minutes of hockey: rookie goaltender extraordinaire Steve Mason, who earned his club record ninth shutout in the whitewashing of Boston. The Bruins fought through a tight, stout Blue Jackets for a handful of strong offensive opportunities — with Marc Savard and Dennis Wideman leading the way for the Bruins with five shots on net — but they couldn't beat Mason with anything they tossed at the net.
Injury Ward:Aaron Ward stood in harm's way and took a slap shot off the left knee in the second period, but returned to action after missing a few shifts. Phil Kessel was crunched in the corner during the second period by Jan Hejda, and staggered off the ice after appearing to suffer a left arm injury. Kessel returned in the third period and didn't appear any worse for the wear.
Player of the Game: Columbus goaltender Steve Mason stopped 35 shots and was immense between the pipes for the Blue Jackets. He has a league-best nine shutouts and nobody in the NHL is even close to him. That's got to a be a scary thought for a higher-ranked seed that takes on the Blue Bugs in the playoffs.
Goat Horns: Manny Fernandez's mask. The Torres game-winner appeared to be a shot that — all things being equal — Thomas the goalie man would have stopped. Instead he wears a clearly jinxed a mask and a wobbly stick-side shot beats a frustrated Thomas during a game where it seemed like one goal would be the difference. The Bruins also really didn't look all that sharp during the three power play opportunities handed to them on the evening.
Turning Point:A collision between Columbus center Jiri Novotny and Tim Thomas behind the Boston net results in Thomas' mask getting blown up and knocked off the goalie's head. The Bruins staff and all the king's men attempted to put Thomas' mask back together again, but the Blue Jackets scored a bit of a strange goal with Thomas wearing the unfamiliar mask of Manny Fernandez. That turned out to be the only difference-maker in a real grudge match of a hockey game.


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Soft Paint
I have a 72 vette that I painted base coat clear coat Millie Magilla red. The paint job came our real well but the paint never seemed to get really hard. If I am even wiping it down and rub accross the fender edge with my pants, there will be light scratches that I have to rub out. Someone told me that I might not have waited long enough between clear coats. Is there anything that can be done for this? The car cleans up real nice, but harder paint would be more durable and easier to keep shiny.
Did you use hardner in the clear coat? Or, enough hardner?
Most paints require it these days.
Sounds to me like not enough hardener was used, I have seen this before, especially when paint is mixed in the gun and then sprayed, inaccurate ratio. It's best to use a mixing cup to get the proper ratio.
I have a friend who mixed his paint in old coffee cups (wiped out) he was always short of hardener.I explained that it was because the top was wider than the bottom, he thought i was nuts.
I guess he's lucky we don't drink coffee from lab beakers.
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Thanks for the input. I asked Finish Master if I needed any hardner and they told me no. But this wouldn't be the first time I got bad advice. I know my wife would kill me for thinking of it, but could this be fixed if I sanded the clear and just recleared the job with hardner in the mix? I also got a few dimples in the paint, most of them color sanded out, but I was told this was also from not waiting long enough between clear codes. Does that explanation sound reasonable to anyone? I would really like to redo the clear this summer with one of those disposable paint booths. I get real tired of putting 4 coats of clear on so that I can wetsand all the crap out of the paint.
If you can sand the clear. it can't be that soft. Let it sit till spring, it may harden up by then.
[color=green] Ya I would wait till spring to see what it will do.
What kind of clear was it? I havn't used a clear that didn't need hardener.
If it is still "soft" by the end of spring. Ya you may want to recoat it. [/color]
recoating is just a FIX , the goop should all come off and be redone. sorry, but if it is soft underneath , the slightest pressure on the paint could crack it and maybe some sort of splitting may occure . this would be putting good money out for bad.
If it is truly hard in the spring , a simple recoat may be the answer. mike
Help me out here. I have not painted a Vet for a while. But isn't there two types of paint that you are supposed to use? One for the GLASS area and one for the RUBBERIZED bumpers? The bumper paint doesn't use a hardener. ???? Just an old mans rambling.
hr41pearl :cool:
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The 72 vette doesn't have rubber bumpers. The paint used was a basecoat clearcoat combination.
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Whenever a smartphone is released, there are entities on the web that like to pit these devices against one another. SiliconANGLE is of course, one of those said entities, but the only difference is we don't harm these devices. For those who do, they often find that the iPhone's screen is not as durable as those found in say, a Samsung device. iPhone's can easily get cracked or scratched, but that may soon change if Apple builds its next iPhones with sapphire crystal screen covers.
Last year, Apple and GT Advance Technologies struck a deal to open a facility in Mesa, Arizona, that's dedicated to the production of sapphire crystal components. For those unfamiliar with what sapphire crystal is, it's the same material that Apple uses in the camera sensor of some of its iDevices, most recently seen in the iPhone 5S' Touch ID.
A report from 9to5Mac states that Apple may be looking into using the sapphire crystal material for its next-generation iPhone displays and screen covers, as GTAT has ramped up its production of the said material. The report adds that GTAT has ordered Intego Sirius Sapphire Display Inspection Tool components, which will allow the company to ensure the sapphire crystal displays it produces are of the highest quality. These machines are for checking display-grade components, not small components for home buttons or cameras, and can handle several slabs of sapphire crystals screen covers simultaneously.
Aside from the Intego Sirius Sapphire Display Inspection Tool, GTAT has also ramped up orders for other components, such as furnaces, chambers and graphite. The furnace and chamber work together to transform sapphire crystal to boules, which look like large hockey pucks. The boules will then be re-processed, polished and cut into the shapes of the display.
The report stated that GTAT already has 518 of these units, with 420 more on the way that have not yet been assembled. Analyst Matt Margolis says that the first 518 units could already build between 103 million and 116 million ~5-inch displays per year, and the incoming machines could add 84 million to 94 million screen covers. As for the granite, that's the material needed to heat up the furnace, and GTAT has ordered 100 tons of it.
There's also a good chance that we might see sapphire crystal in more of Apple's products, like it's iPads, or even newer ones, if CEO Tim Cook's response as to whether the world will see new product categories this year comes true.
"There will be new categories. We're not ready to talk about it, but we're working on some really great stuff," Cook said, adding that anyone "reasonable" will see that what they are working on falls into a new category.
It wasn't really clear if we will see an entirely new product that falls in a new category, or if one of its existing products will see a huge makeover that would make it fall into a new category. What comes to mind is the reinvention of the iPad to turn it into a Mac hybrid, or the reinvention of the iPhone that might turn it into an 'iPhablet'.


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for some of you that remember the old vinyl days where you had kinda named your car and put it at the top of the windshield...ie. my 91 z-24 w/n20 was "cavilier on steroids" the supra was "sickness" my talon was "slowmo" (ran 10's) and the mustang was "GT styling". SO i was thinking for the Cruze since its black, blacked out emblems, black tinted windows and black wheels. I was going to go with "nocturnal"
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I suppose I could just wait a few months and learn for myself, but I thought I'd be better off tapping into this community for some "expert" advice.
My first package of bees will be arriving in about three weeks. I have prepared a spot for the hive that is about 7 feet away from a canal that runs down my property line. The canal is about 3-4 feet deep and about 5 feet across. It is not lined in concrete or anything. it has dirt and mud canal banks and is surrounded by trees and miscellaneous shrubbery. I don't feel like the canal would be considered "fast moving" or "swift", but it's definitely not stagnant either. We also have a significantly smaller "ditch" that runs across our opposite property line. It is about 18 inches deep and 3 feet across, again, surrounded by tall grass and shrubs.
My question is, will my bees use either one of these as their water source naturally or do I have to worry about them choosing my chicken waterer just because it isn't a moving body of water?


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Flat disaster
Mileage: 29.1
Hours: 2:30
November mileage: 691.4
Temperature upon departure: 30
Rainfall: 0
Well, I'm back from my camping experience, sans camping experience. I was feeling a bit despondent last night about the way in which I failed, failed before the cold settled in, failed before the darkness tightened its grip, failed before the lonliness gnawed at my sanity, failed before I had to gather water or eat food or even pull my sleeping bag out of its stuff sack. I failed. But it's a pretty funny story. Here's what happened.
I set out into the darkness with the evening rush hour traffic, swaddled in my best cold-weather clothing and hoisting what I estimate to be about 55 pounds of obese bicycle, food, water and winter camping gear. I was styling. A commuter passed me as I was climbing a short hill on the bike path, and then looked back as if to inquire whether I was going to give him chase. Excuse me? You try commuting with the necessities of life.
But the night settled in clear and cold, quickly dropping into the 20s, and I felt amazingly good. Better than good. I felt fresh and strong, like I had to hold myself back just because I didn't know what hardships lay ahead. All that energy conservation left me as relaxed as if I was at home sitting on the couch, and I was toasty and happy, a bit overdressed as I was. It seemed like no time at all had gone by, though it had in reality been about two and a half hours, when I felt that mood-plunging bouncing in my rear tire. Flat.
I pulled off to the side of the road and began to undo my set-up, pulling out the repair gear that I really didn't think I'd have to use. I had never bothered to practice changing a tire on the Pugsley (I know, not smart.) After wrestling with the wheel for about 10 minutes I finally just unbolted the caliper of the rear disc brake. I learned later that I have no choice but to do this anyway (curse you, Surly, and your horizontal dropouts!)
Tire off, I realized that the tube had snapped at the valve, a circular, unfixable hole (probably caused because I inflated the tires to full pressure before I left, after running them 15-20 psi for the past several rides, they were then up to the maximum 30.) So my Surly tube was history. I went to work installing my spare, which is a regular mountain bike tube, rated for tires 2.1"-2.5" (Endomorph tires are size 3.7") But I'd heard this works fine from credible sources. So I set it in place, took out my tiny hand pump, and pumped. And pumped and pumped and pumped and pumped and pumped. Fifteen minutes went by like this. I took breaks to rest my arms. I felt my fingers slowly losing circulation, estimating it was about 20 degrees out by now, and I had been trying to fix a flat with my bare hands for 45 minutes. One car went by in that entire time. They stopped to ask if I needed help. I said no.
So I pumped and pumped and pumped. And progress was being made. I was beginning to feel much more positive. Then everything deflated very quickly, literally. As the gush of air poured out of the valve, I screamed. No! No! No! No! All my hard work, torn asunder. I tore off the tire and squinted at the tube in the low light of my headlamp. A circular tear at the valve. I had managed to do the exact same thing. Two unfixable flats. No more spare tubes. (Geoff and I have probed the valve area extensively. We are still unable to figure out what made that happen twice.)
I began to assess my situation. I had a flat tire I could not fix, which meant I could not ride. But I was only two or three miles from my camping destination, and I could walk there if I needed to. But then I would only be stranding myself into the next day, when Geoff would be at work. I was out in the boonies. I had been out there one hour. I had seen one car go by.
As I mourned my bad luck and stupidity and everything else that left me in the bind I was in, another car went by, and kept going. Not a huge surprise. I don't expect everyone to stop. I got up and began to put my bike back together. I had seen a spattering of cabins along this road, and figured if I walked toward town, I would not have to walk more than five miles before finding someone who would let me use their phone. Just as I was doing this, a car approached me. It was the one that had passed me five minutes earlier. A woman stopped. "Do you need help?" she said. I asked her if she had a cell phone. "There's no reception out here," she said. "But I live a half mile down the road. You can come use my phone. I'll make you some tea."
By the time I arrived at her house, she had already brewed up some wicked good Chai, called Geoff, who was not home, and left a message explaining my predicament and whereabouts. We talked for a while. Her name was Rebecca and she once lived in Fairbanks, and now lived in a cabin with her husband on the outskirts of the Juneau Borough. Her husband was in Anchorage. She had rented a movie to pass the cold night away, "Hairspray," and asked if I wanted to watch it with her. I did.
We laughed and giggled at the silly movie like girlfriends, sipping our tea and making jokes. I found out she once toured cross-country on a bicycle, and she did a fair amount of skiing in Fairbanks, and she told me, before I set out on the Iditarod trail, that I really need to read "To Build A Fire." I also need to learn how to change a flat, I remarked.
Geoff arrived shortly after the movie ended. His timing was perfect. I thanked Rebecca for her unconditional generosity and we set out into the cold night. The night was still not without its casualties. I had torn two tubes, broken the mount to my headlight, lost one of the bolts to my brake caliper, accidentally left my sleeping bag at Rebecca's house, and managed to completely wreck my first winter camping bicycle experience before it even started. But when all was said and done, it wasn't a bad night. I walked out of it laughing. And I will try again. Oh yes, I will try again. And when I do, I will be one flat experience wiser.


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We asked members of South Carolina's congressional delegation if they planned to invite special guests to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address tonight:• Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-Seneca: Korie Robertson, wife of Willie Robertson, one of the main characters in the A&E hit show "Duck Dynasty." ( Story )
• Sen. Tim Scott, R-North Charleston: Pat Votava, an advocate for the Medical University of South Carolina. From his office -- "The senator spends every Valentine's Day handing out valentines at MUSC Children's Hospital and has seen firsthand the compassion and love that Pat has for those in need. She has also been a great help as the senator launches his push to find a cure for sickle cell disease."
• Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-Laurens: None but he might live tweet
• Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-Columbia: His brother, John
• Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-Spartanburg: None
• Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-Indian Land: None
• Rep. Tom Rice, R-Myrtle Beach: His wife, Wrenzie
• Rep. Joe Wilson, R-Springdale: His wife, Roxanne
• Rep. Mark Sanford, R-Charleston: His oldest son, Marshall


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MARIAH Carey snuggles up to her children and husband in a heart-warming
Christmas snap.
The singer and Nick Cannon look the very epitome of happiness as they share a
touching moment with their kids.
Mariah's daughter Monroe snuggles into her lap while twin brother Moroccan
appears deep in concentration as he bonds with Nick, in Santa Claus gear.
Another image shows Monroe taking flight in Nick's arms surrounded by opened
presents under their Christmas tree.
And the clan ventured outside for a wintry photo as they braved the heavy
Naturally, Mariah piled on the make-up for Christmas Day and no doubt had to
re-powder her nose after their trip outdoors.
The family have travelled to the mountain celebrity haunt of Aspen, Colorado,
for the festive period.
It's straight back to work for Mariah following the holidays as the new series
of American Idol gets underway.
She's also working on her new album, which is due out in March.
Talking about the studio collection, Mariah said: "I'm collaborating with a
lot of my favourite people but the main thing is I'm not trying to follow
any particular trend, I want it to be well received.
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It is the latest in a series of health scares in the past few months and deepens concern about the increasingly frail health of a man regarded as the father of democratic South Africa.
In the country and around the world, people said their thoughts were with the 94-year-old former president. Some prayed, others brought get-well messages or flowers to the gates of Mr Mandela's Johannesburg home.
Details of the former president's health have been scarce since he was rushed to a private hospital in Pretoria in the early hours of Saturday.
Government spokesman Mac Maharaj said his condition was "serious this time".
However, Mr Mandela was conscious, was "able to breathe on his own" and was "communicating" with relatives, Mr Maharaj told Sky News.
At one point in the afternoon, an ambulance with a police escort was seen leaving the hospital where Mr Mandela is believed to be receiving treatment, but it was not clear if there was any connection to Mr Mandela.
A statement from the office of President Jacob Zuma said: "During the past few days, former President Nelson Mandela has had a recurrence of lung infection.
"(On Saturday morning) at about 1.30am, his condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a Pretoria hospital. He remains in a serious but stable condition."
It said Mr Mandela was receiving expert medical care and "doctors are doing everything possible to make him better and comfortable".
Mr Zuma wished Mr Mandela a quick recovery on behalf of the government and the nation and requested that the media and the public respect the privacy of the former leader and his family, the statement said.
Sky News Special Correspondent Alex Crawford noted that the government's use of the word "serious" was cause for concern, since during previous health scares it had typically sought to dampen anxiety.
Mr Mandela was accompanied to the hospital by his wife Graca Machel, who had been due to address a hunger summit in London but cancelled her participation on Thursday, possibly suggesting that her husband's health had deteriorated during the last few days.
It is the second time in recent months Mr Mandela, affectionately often referred to as Madiba, has been in hospital - and the fourth health scare in six months.
He spent 10 days in hospital between March and April to receive treatment for pneumonia.
"He is a fighter. He has been through this many times and he has been through worse issues, and he's survived," Mr Maharaj said.
A spokesman for the African National Congress, the ruling party that has dominated politics in South Africa since the end of apartheid, said the nation was "prepared for the worst", but urged people to pray for the icon.
"Madiba is the personification of humanity, friendship, honesty, integrity. He means all of these things to us," spokesman Jackson Mthembu told Sky News.
The news prompted an outpouring of concern for a figure revered across the globe.
British Prime Minister David Cameron sent his well wishes on Twitter, saying: "My thoughts are with Nelson Mandela, who is in hospital in South Africa."
From America, where President Barack Obama has often called Mr Mandela an inspirational figure, the White House also sent good wishes.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family and the people of South Africa as he recovers," US National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said.
Mr Mandela has a history of lung problems dating from when he contracted tuberculosis as a political prisoner.
He spent 27 years on Robben Island and in other jails for his attempts to overthrow the white-minority government.
The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, who became South Africa's first black president in 1994, is a global symbol of tolerance and the struggle for equality.
He stepped down as president in 1999 and has not been politically active for a decade.
His last major public appearance was in July 2010, at the final of the Fifa World Cup at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg.


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I posted this earlier, but it never made it into the thread, so I thought I'd try again.
First off, as a BBQ University Alum (Class of '09), I wanted to let you know that my grilling interests and prowess has only increased since attending BBQ U and I have you to thank for that. I'd recommend BBQ U to anyone who is considering the experience. Great people, a spectacular location and, of course, wonderful instruction.
My question relates to electric smokers vs wood smokers and the use of a conventional oven to "finish off" low and slow cooking of pork shoulders. As much as I enjoy preparing pork shoulders and ribs, many times I don't have the time to dedicate to watching the smoker all day. To that end, I have two questions:
1) What is your opinion of electric smokers? Those who use the Cookshack brand seem to swear by it, but Im concerned that the crispy bark that I experience with my Horizon wood smoker will be lost (along with compromising taste). The "set it and forget it" aspect of such machines are tempting, though...What has been your experience with such smokers?
2) What is your opinion of using a wood smoker for the first 4 or 5 hours to absorb the smoke and then wrapping the shoulders in tin foil and allowing them to cook in the oven at 225 degrees for the remainder of the time. My friends and I debate this technique all the time...They contend that it's basically the same because the shoulder won't absorb any additional smoke after 4 hours or so....Somehow I think there's more to it.
Many thanks...


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If you own a new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Air, you probably have an eye on Apple's new 27-inch Thunderbolt monitor, with its mess of expansion ports out back which will let you turn laptop into desktop by plugging in just one cable.
But before you ditch your perfectly good monitor and drop a grand on a new one, consider Belkin's Thunderbolt Express Dock, a standalone dock which has the exact same ports as the Cinema Display.
The dock, an aluminum taco shell, has three USB ports, a FireWire 800 port and a hole for Gigabit Ethernet. It also has a Thunderbolt passthrough to send video and anything else onto monitors or further docks, and has a DC-in socket to power all the junk you have attached.
It's a great idea, and although Belkin hasn't yet put the thing up on its site, the dock is sure to cost a lot less than a new monitor. And if you're using one of Apple's aluminum Cinema Displays already, this dock will sit on its foot and blend right in.
IDF 2011: Belkin Shows Off Thunderbolt Express Dock [Daily Tech]
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Hi Friends, today is my Momma Carol's Birthday, and to surprise her, all of us Angel Kitties are going to form an "Angel Circle of Love", and sprinkle some "Happy Dust" down on her!
I cannot think of a better gift to give her, she loved all of us so much!
Happy Birthday, Momma Carol!!
I am sending lots of Loving Birthday wishes, from up here at the Rainbow Bridge, to Momma Carol, today!
Purrs of Love,
Last night, at the Over the Rainbow Groups Friday meeting of "Hammock Talk", it was a "Banner" night, for Romance!
My Sister, Patches, summoned Molly and Me up from our slumbers, telling us she had something "really important" to show us!
Little did I know, she was secretly "setting me up", to meet a very handsome BoyKitty, named "Burleous".
I was swept off my paws, at how handsome and sweet he is, and we had a wonderful time, at an impromptu Cloud pawty, and I want to be with him always! I am so happy!
For such a long time, both Molly and I have just sat in the background, watching all of our family members find romance and happiness, and I felt like love had just passed me by...
Now I know the happiness that the others feel, and I want to feel this way, forever!
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Cyber fraudsters sent a fake death certificate to try to dupe a lovestruck Kiwi woman into sending money.
The woman, who has requested anonymity, said she had been in an online relationship with the United Kingdom-based man for 12 months.
The relationship ended, and then out of the blue she received a call in April from someone claiming to be the man's lawyer saying he had died in a car crash.
The lawyer said that as next of kin, she would have to be guardian of the man's daughter and inherit his sizeable estate.
Her suspicions were raised when she saw the death certificate - and she contacted NetSafe who confirmed it was a scam.
NetSafe executive director Martin Cocker said the fake death certificate shows the increasingly sophisticated and manipulative methods internet fraudsters are using.
"What you're seeing increasingly is more and more believable scam. Whether it's with the request for money. These things often appear legitimate. A quick check of a standard death certificate in the UK would indicate it was a bit far off but the next time criminals run this scam, they'll have a much more realistic death certificate.''
Netsafe receive 10 notifications per day, and New Zealanders lose $15,000 every day to online scams.
Cocker said: "Not all scams are obvious. There are many scams that are quite subtle.
As part of Cyber Security Awareness Week, NetSafe has created a "New Zealand Phishing Species" chart with illustrations by Chris Slane, based on the fish and chip shop staple "New Zealand Commercial Fishing Species" chart. It highlights some of the different ways scammers target internet users.


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Hurled microwave misses SWAT robot
A woman at a midtown apartment complex was arrested Tuesday after she tried to take out a SWAT tactical robot with a microwave oven.
Police were called to the Palm Court Inn, 4425 E. 22nd St., at 11:35 a.m. after tenants reported hearing gunshots coming from one of the apartments.
Earlier that morning the complex manager tried to evict a man living in the apartment. After a confrontation, the manager left, and that's when neighbors reported hearing gunshots, said Sgt. Chris Widmer, spokesman for the Tucson Police Department.
When officers arrived at the complex and saw a woman breaking out window glass from inside the apartment with what appeared to be a shotgun, they evacuated the other residents, Widmer said.
When the man and woman refused to leave the apartment, a tactical robot equipped with a camera was sent in so SWAT members could see what was happening inside. Just after 1 p.m., "as the robot approached the door, the woman exited with a microwave and threw it at the robot," Widmer said. She missed.
Before she could duck back into the apartment, SWAT members grabbed her. The man in the apartment then surrendered, Widmer said.
Charges were pending.