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Central Europe's Unions Start To Act Like UnionsKaren Lowry Miller
Fourteen years ago, an eloquent electrician with a drooping mustache galvanized workers at Warsaw's Gdansk shipyards, prompting the beginning of the end of communist rule in Poland. That was Lech Walesa's Solidarity. Today in Poland when unionized steelworkers clang helmets on the pavement, coal miners carry coffins, or auto workers lay down their tools, the focus is more likely to be pocketbook issues: money and jobs.
Throughout Central Europe, where trade unions spent 45 years propagating the myth of a worker's paradise, labor leaders are changing their tune. They're pushing for a bigger say in corporate, social, and economic policy--and they're starting to call strikes to back up their demands. "We have seen a dramatic change in the functions these unions are performing," says Robert Kyloh, industrial relations expert at the International Labor Organization in Budapest.
SOCIAL PACTS. That's not to say Central Europe will convulse with picket lines and lockouts. Union membership, once virtually mandatory, is now 40% to 50% of the workforce. With unemployment rates topping 12% in the wake of massive restructuring, many are simply grateful for a job. With numerous companies teetering in the red already, and economic growth just now picking up in Hungary and the Czech Republic, there's too much at stake to risk militancy. Continuing the concept of a social pact, government, labor, and employers have formed commissions to codify laws and set up mechanisms for collective bargaining.
Yet foreign investors and domestic managers alike are confronting a swelling activism. In selling off their holdings, governments often insist on guaranteed employment levels for one or two years and a five-year investment plan. Some deals include generous benefits. One confectioner even agreed to preserve the practice of letting workers take home two kilograms of chocolate per month. "You've got to manage the human side when closing a deal or you run into problems," warns Noah Gotbaum, director of London-based advisory firm Central Europe Trust.
There has been a flurry of disputes. A two-month strike wracked the Lucchini steel works near Warsaw this summer because the Italian buyers didn't modernize as quickly as promised in return for wage concessions. In September, Fiat workers in Poland walked off the line to demand a $96 raise on a $300 average monthly wage and an equity stake in the company.
Volkswagen is running into problems at Skoda, outside Prague, as the union opposes plans to lay off 850 workers this year. Lubomir Stencl, vice-president of the Metal Workers Union, says he doesn't like strikes but is prepared to order work stoppages at Skoda if necessary. "Unions tried to be sensitive in the transition," he says. "Now that we have private ownership, there's less reason to worry about keeping social peace."
WESTERN TIPS. Investors are also facing savvier workers who have picked up a few tips from their Western counterparts. When the state aluminum factory was to be privatized in 1992, the Hungarian Chemical Workers Union solicited advice by E-mail from unions around the world before deciding to support Aluminum Co. of America's bid.
Most of the conflict arises in previously state-owned companies. In Poland, militant trade unionists such as Zygmunt Wrzodak at tractor maker Ursus are contributing to delays in privatization. He has led strikes to repel attempts to sell the company, insisting that 50% of it be handed over to the workers. By contrast, new private enterprises are rarely unionized, and investors in greenfield sites tend to pay well and not run into trouble.
Poland, because of history and temperament, has seen the most flare-ups. Solidarity's glorious past has spawned 220 national unions and over 1,500 local ones, but its own membership has plunged from 10 million to 1.2 million while the communist OPZZ union still claims 5 million. Solidarity's leaders are struggling to hash out just what kind of a role they should play. "Some people still think we should take care of everything from police to poetry," says Maciej Jankowski, chairman of Solidarity's Warsaw chapter. "We accept our great limitations." He plans a training program in negotiating tactics for 300 activists while lobbying for a voice in privatization deals and social security schemes.
With electrician-turned-President Lech Walesa coming in dead last in popularity polls of potential candidates for next year's presidential election, "the main trouble with Solidarity is that it's no longer relevant as a political force," argues sociologist Sergiusz Kowalski. As a trade union, though, it has a chance now to help set the guidelines for the new market economy.

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Thai Culinary Journey at The Pavilion, The Datai, Langkawi
Arriving at dusk, The Pavilion is alive with chatter from the jungle. A family of shy dusky leaf monkeys is nestled in a tree less than a metre from our table: we can almost reach out and touch them. Birds are calling, insects are chirping and the air is crisp following the afternoon tropical storm. It's a remarkable location and we're thankful for the chance to experience such natural beauty in such a luxurious setting.
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Award winning Thai cuisine is found in the open-walled Pavilion. Seeming to float at the same level as the rainforest canopy, this wooden stilt structure gifts views not only of verdant treetops, but too of calm Andaman Sea and further out to the Thai Tarutao islands.
Linking the not-too-distant archipelago to the current location are soft Thai tunes and gourmet Thai dishes that are just as much entertainment for the eyes as they are for the taste buds. The renowned freshness of this cuisine type and presentation in ceramic bowls and on hot plates is flaunted in every recipe.
Settling in, I order The Pavilion's signature cocktail, the Ram Buh Thai (RM 45). White rum, egg white, lime juice and sugar syrup are blended together producing a white froth atop a sour reviving liquid. It resembles a Pisco Sour in both appearance and flavour. Thumbs up! Hubby goes with his predictable order of bubbly, a Barbier-Lemaire Prestige NV (RM 75), which keeps him happy as he sips from his flute feigning an air of sophistication.
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We're sipping and gawking at our incredible surrounds when an Amuse Bouche arrives reminding us that this location holds more allure than solely the environs. The lemongrass salad with anchovies wakes up our palates and leaves our tongues with a light tingle.
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The meal officially underway, we switch to drinking a Wittmann Riesling Trocken 2012 from Rheinhessen (RM220 bottle). This versatile drop fares aptly across a variety of flavours and handles particularly well the zesty kick often found in Thai dishes. It mirrors some of the salads and starters with acidic flavours of lemon and lime, and produces welcome refreshment from the heavier saucy dishes cleansing our palates with a clean fruity finish.
The Taste of Siam (RM75) demonstrates a cracking beginning as we get to sample a trio of starters. Adharn Thai Piseat Som Tam, brings young papaya salad in an edible cup. It's tangy and reaches every nook of our mouths with its sharpness. It showcases the style of the restaurant, Thai cuisine from the south, which is less sweet and more spicy than recipes from the north.
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Gai Hor Bai Toey, deep-fried pandanus wrapped chicken, is delicious! Meat from the chicken leg is marinated with oyster sauce, soya and pandan juice then sheathed in the leaves and deep-fried. The result is a charred exterior with moist succulent meat interior. It's great on its own but dip the flesh in the ginger, soya and sesame seed sauce and our taste buds are doing a happy dance.
Poh Pia Goong, prawn spring rolls, are encased with crispy layers of pastry and stuffed to the edges with firm to the bite prawns. Another flawless example of a classic recipe executed to perfection.
Tom Yam Goong (RM42), spicy prawn soup with abalone mushrooms, is served in a bowl held in a metal tripod. For such a small bowl it's packed with springy superbly cooked prawns, verdant coriander and a rich red liquid. Nostrils cleared, tongues and lips prickling, smiles on our faces, we've accepted and devoured the challenge to the very last drop.
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The mains are about to arrive and hot ceramic plates are delivered to our places. It's a small but important touch. When sharing dishes, food can get cold quite quickly, so the heated bases hold the warmth keeping our food hot for longer.
Pla Sam Rod (RM115), crispy fried snapper with three flavoured sauce, is presented on a long rectangular platter. Flaky white fillets are coated in a thin batter and crowned with a sweet, sour and spicy sauce. The moist fish is complemented wonderfully by the fruity sauce, and even though this is a large portion, not a bite is left at the end of the meal.
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Chu Che Goong Lai (RM95), deep-fried tiger prawns with kaffir lime leaf sauce are giant specimens. A decadent drizzle of coconut cream zig-zags the crest and is contrasted in colour and taste with vibrant pieces of the lime leaves. The curry is rich and flavoursome and we stretch the dish to its very last blob by soaking it up with the accompanying rice.
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A large pottery bowl holds Phad Phak Naam Man Hoi (RM36), stir-fried seasonal vegetables with oyster sauce. Their freshness makes a terrific break to the intensity of the sauces for the prawns and fish.
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There are over a handful of desserts on the menu but I simply can't resist the classic of mango sticky rice, Khaw Neow Mamuang (RM28). Ripe yellow mango is sided with sticky rice rich with coconut milk and given a savoury splash with sesame seeds. It's an excellent ending to an incredible experience.
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If you're ever on the island of Langkawi, be sure to visit. Heck, plan to visit Langkawi so that you can eat here: food and setting are worth the air tickets.
Reasons to visit: stunning location; authentic southern Thai cuisine.
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The cheese factor is high at this enormous shed in the barren blocks south of West Palm Beach International Airport, but come the weekend, it's lively as a Tegucigalpa marketplace... with a similar ethnic mix. The Central American immigrant families are in their finest, the men in Western gear, the women in brightly colored skirts and blouses, children in tow. They come for the trinkets, the kitchenware, the cut-rate clothing, the religious articles, and the company. Gringos head for the psychedelic shop, the magic store, and the anomalous traditional Italian deli, with a selection of wines, cheeses (including fresh mozzarella), meats, pastas, and other specialty imports to rival New York's Grand Street. For extra whimsy, drop $4 and take in a show at the Puppetry Arts Center of the Palm Beaches. Avoid the food stalls, where some items look as if they've been exhumed, then deep-fried.
They did P. Diddy's Black & White Ball on New Year's Eve at the Shore Club in South Beach, brought Pat Benatar to New Orleans for Roche Pharmaceuticals, flew Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina into a corporate meeting on a giant spaceship, and staged a Hollywood gala complete with red carpet, limos, and six-foot-tall gold Oscar statuettes for a bar mitzvah titled "Seth's Premiere." Nothing is too off the wall or over the top. If you've got the bucks -- it costs $25,000 and up for a private bash like Seth's to as much as a million for a multiday corporate extravaganza -- they'll make it happen. M.E. Productions rakes in over $9 million a year orchestrating events. Packed inside its 35,000-square-foot warehouse facing I-95, cubicles and work stations seem carved in a conglomerate rock bed of props: a mermaid with golden hair falling past her butt, a faux verdigris Statue of Liberty, ferocious Tiki gods, the head of a huge snarling dragon, and a giant hamburger the size of a bean-bag chair. Of course, there are trends in this business like any other. Business theater director Deidre Underwood says she's thinking simple these days. Dot-coms pushed Underwood's world to extreme heights. Everybody's done the lighting-the-stage-on-fire thing, she says. She would rather see a single spotlight and a blazing speech. Staying ahead of the trends, this year she's talking speech coaches.
This place does not carry any ale from Antarctica. But if someone there brewed a batch, you can bet these are the shelves where it would be stocked. In fact, in this health-food store can be found several liquor stores' worth of beer to please every palate, including all the familiar names and an ever-changing lineup of obscurities. Salvator, Königs-Pilsener, and Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier round out more commonplace German lagers. This is also the place to find those tasty Belgian frambozens and buckwheat lambics. Of course, English ales, porters, and stouts are well-represented, and the selection includes a slew of rarities. Widget cans include the now-ubiquitous Boddington's, Guinness, and Tetleys, as well as Wexfords Irish Cream Ale and Abbot Ale. California and East Coast microbreweries line the aisle, as well as a huge assortment of organic ales (like the new Samuel Smith's offering), nonalcoholic beers from here and abroad, sorrel and ginger shandies, tons of ciders, plus seasonal beers like Anchor Christmas Ale and Sam Adams Old Fezziwig (flavored with orange, ginger, and cinnamon). So burp already.
You want your hair styled, head down the street to Yellow Strawberry and pay, like, $97.95 or something. You want a freakin' haircut, you eat your country-fried steak at the Floridian, then you mosey a couple of doors west, plop yourself down in one of the three barber's chairs, and you kick it -- say it with us, now -- old school. How old? Well, the shop has been there since 1951, the stations are also from the '50s, and those cool-as-hell retro chairs are from the '60s. A man's haircut will run you $15, a woman's $20. For the guys, a full-on, hot-lather, straight-razor shave goes for $20. OK, so it's not "two bits," but it still qualifies, like the shop's motto says, as "barbering the way it used to be."
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HIGH SCHOOL: Miller averaged 13.9 points and 5.6 assists his junior season at Beverly Hills High in Beverly Hills, Calif. to earn All-CIF honors. He played at the 2006 ABCD Camp as one of the top 200 high school basketball players. He averaged 8.6 points and 9.0 assists as a senior, but was limited to eight games and played limited minutes due to a strained hip flexor and bruised right knee. He ended up sitting out the remainder of the season to prepare for college. Led Beverly Hills High in one of their biggest in-state tournament victories by averaging 18 points and 8.9 assists. Was named an MVP at the Michael Jordan Camp and named the top Defensive Specialist. Won the Big Time three-point competition as a sophomore, defeating ASU's James Harden. Miller also helped lead his AAU team to two national titles.
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Yankees 4, Royals 2: Robinson Cano homered and Vernon Wells went deep for the second straight game as visiting New York completed a three-game sweep of Kansas City.
Hiroki Kuroda (5-2) allowed only a sacrifice fly by the Royals' Alex Gordon and an RBI groundout by Alcides Esocbar over 7 2/3 innings. The right-hander went 15 batters without allowing a hit at one point to win for the fifth time in his last six decisions and Mariano Rivera worked around a leadoff single in the ninth for his 15th save.
Ervin Santana (3-2), who allowed all four runs and eight of the Yankees' nine hits over 6 1/3 innings, fell to 0-6 in his last nine starts against New York.
Trailing 1-0 in the third, New York pulled ahead when Chris Stewart singled and Cano pounded the first pitch he saw over the bullpen in right field – his sixth career homer off Santana. Wells followed with a solo shot and added an RBI single down the third-base line in the fifth inning.
The early offense was more than enough support for Kuroda, who came into the game 0-2 with a 4.66 ERA in his career against the Royals. The right-hander yielded six hits and a walk and didn't allow a hit between Jarrod Dyson's leadoff double and a single by Jeff Francoeur with two outs in the sixth inning.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Kansas City was swept for the first time this season. … Cano's six homers off Santana are two more than he has against any other pitcher. … Rivera has converted his last 29 chances against the Royals dating to Aug. 18, 1998 – his longest active streak against any team.


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Passenger cabins for Barrakka lift delivered
The two cabins for the new Barrakka lift have been delivered as work on the €2.5 million project enters its final phase.
Workers are completing the 53-metre high free-standing structure and have started work on the machine room at the top.
Work is due shortly on the honey-coloured aluminium mesh which will cover the structure to blend in with the limestone of the bastions and on the bridge connecting it to the Upper Barrakka.
The lift is due to be completed in the autumn. Each panoramic cabin will be able to carry 21 passengers. The two cabins will be able to carry up to 800 passengers per hour.
The work started in the second half of last year.
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April 22, 2017
The Woodstock Inn & Resort in Woodstock, Vermont
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Saturday Symposium is sold out! Accepting names for Wait List.
Friday class is still open!
This inspirational and exhilarating symposium will enlighten and energize your approach to gardening!
The premier symposium takes place on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at the magnificent,
world-class Woodstock Inn and Resort in Woodstock, Vermont. The Inn recently underwent $2.7 million in upgrades to their luxury resort. The symposium features:
- Five info-packed lectures led by nationally and regionally renowned professionals in their fields
- A Friday Welcome Reception from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
- A Gardeners Marketplace with plant vendors, artisans, gardening gifts and products
- An exquisite setting - The Inn is cherished for its preservation of New England history, heritage, and elegance as well as farm-fresh food and an emphasis on conservation
- Terrific handouts, door prizes and garden gifts
- Special overnight room rates for symposium attendees at The Woodstock Inn and Resort
- An opportunity to connect with hundreds of gardeners from around the Northeast
The 2017 symposium is sure to be another sellout. The 2016 symposium sold out three months before it kicked off! In addition to the full day of programming on Saturday, there is a special 'Double-Header' Flower Gardening Class on Friday, April 21 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. This session in NOT part of the symposium programming, it is as additional option.
Friday, April 21, 2016
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. 'Double-Header' Flowering Gardening Classes. Presenter: Kerry Ann Mendez ,an award-winning speaker, writer and garden designer in Kennebunk, Maine. These lively and info-packed sessions features two of Kerry Ann's popular gardening lectures.
*Reach for the Sky! Captivating Climbing Vines. Creating a three-dimensional garden elevates beauty in any landscape, small or large. Discover gorgeous flowering vines - annual, woody and perennial - that carry the eye skyward. Learn the different ways that vines climb as well as the best supports to use. Inspiring design ideas will include screening eyesores, enhancing privacy and creating shade.
*A Designer's Trade Secrets for Selecting the BEST Perennials at the BEST price! Discover how to zero-in-on the best perennials at garden centers, the savvy way to use mail-order catalogs and ways to save money on purchases. Presentation includes a bonus handout featuring dozens of tips for jump-starting gardens in spring.
The three-hour class fee is $55 per person and includes a delicious refreshment break, Gardener's Marketplace, and lots of handouts and garden catalogs. Group rate: $50 per person for 5 or more registered together. $50 for Master Gardeners. Class fee is additional to the symposium fee. Class registration is at the bottom of this page along with the symposium registration options.
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Welcome Reception at the Woodstock Inn. Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres. Cash bar.
Saturday, April 22 13th Annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposium
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Gardeners Marketplace open. Check out all of the vendors
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Symposium Registration
8:30 a.m. Foodscaping. Presenter: Brienne Gluvna Arthur. Foodscaping is a sustainable landscape practice that embraces beauty and utility. Working with public school systems and suburban developments, Brie is changing the way green spaces are designed and utilized. She encourages gardeners to "think outside the box", teaching them to include edibles in traditional ornamental landscapes to increase bio-diversity and add purpose to everyday spaces. The best edible and ornamental plants are featured to inspire attendees to create purposeful landscapes that engage people of all ages. Brie is leading the national suburban Foodscape movement; a model of community development that incorporates sustainable, local food production. She is a correspondent on the PBS television show Growing A Greener World and collaborates with professionals across the US to build Foodscapes in elementary schools through the non- profit, Sustainable Heroes. Brie shares practical advice from her one acre suburban foodscape in North Carolina. Her first book on Foodscaping (St Lynn's Press) is scheduled for release in Spring 2017. Learn more about Brie at BrieGrows.com
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. Coffee break, book signing, Gardeners Marketplace. Check out the amazing vendors by clicking here.
10:15 a.m. Design Ideas and Creative Solutions Garnered from Magnificent Private and Public Gardens. Presenter: Laura Mumaw Palmer. Get ready to be mesmerized and inspired by a 'virtual' tour of spectacular private and public gardens in the Northeast. All of these masterpieces have been featured on an Open Days program hosted by The Garden Conservancy. The striking compositions are guaranteed to provide a wealth of ideas for gardens small or large; urban or rural; sun or shade. Every garden has a take-away that can be applied to enrich your own personal space. Laura Mumaw Palmer is the Vice President of Open Days at The Garden Conservancy. Laura travels much of the year visiting with garden hosts and volunteers— picking up design and gardening ideas along the way. Her photographs from these visits are filled with beautiful gardens, the people who create and visit them, and lots of plants and dogs she's fallen in love with! Before joining the Garden Conservancy, Laura worked for several nonprofits around the country including the Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania; the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and The Event Company in Boulder, Colorado whose clients included the Jane Goodall Institute. In her spare time, Laura is an enthusiastic gardener, a volunteer EMT, and serves on the board of the local SPCA. To learn more about Open Days and upcoming featured sites, click here.
11:30 a.m. Landscapes with Year Round Appeal: Plants with Nonstop Pizzazz! Presenter: Andy Brand from Broken Arrow Nursery. All too often plants are selected for a single attribute such as showy flowers or fruit or dynamic foliage and thus only offer limited interest during the year. Discover an exciting collection of plants that will provide color and excitement to the garden throughout the year. Andy will discuss a range of trees, shrubs, and perennials that will not disappoint regardless of the season. Emphasis will be given to conifers and the endless possibilities of their use in the garden. For the past 26 years Andy has been employed at Broken Arrow Nursery in Hamden where he is currently the nursery manager. He is past President of the Connecticut Nursery and Landscape Association and is an avid naturalist. He is a co-founder and past President of the Connecticut Butterfly Association as well as a long standing member of the New Haven Bird Club. He has put his interest in native plants to use as a volunteer for the New England Plant Conservation Program where he helps monitor historical sites of endangered native plants. He has spoken to groups statewide on a range of topics including native plants, new and unusual ornamentals, butterfly gardening, and butterflies of Connecticut and their life histories. In January, 2014 Andy started the Facebook page, Seeing Nature: Observations from New England, a page dedicated to native flora and fauna.
12:30 p.m. Box Lunch. Gardeners Marketplace open
1:30 p.m. Fragrance in the Air. Presenter: Brie Gluvna Arthur. Brie will treat you to a photographic journey of the most tantalizing fragrances found in the garden. Organized by season, learn about the best woody ornamentals and other delights to create a scented landscape to be enjoyed year round. The plants attract pollinators, beneficial insects and gardeners alike!
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Afternoon break. Gardeners Marketplace open
3:00 p.m. Novel Perennials, Annuals and Flowering Shrubs that are Rockin' the Gardening Industry! Presenter: Kerry Ann Mendez of Perennially Yours. The New Year generates anticipation for gardeners as they wait to see what's new on the 'horticultural red carpet'. Get ready to ooh and ahhh at these head-turners that will surely draw a standing ovation and have cameras flashing. Helpful design tips and sustainable practices are included. Kerry is the owner of Perennially Yours, a garden education, design and consulting business located in Kennebunk, Maine. She focuses on time-saving gardening techniques, workhorse plant material and organic practices. Kerry Ann has been in national magazines including Horticulture, Fine Gardening, Garden Gate, and Better Homes and Gardens. In 2014 she was awarded the Gold Medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. She is the author of three gardening books, her most recent top seller is The Right-Size Flower Garden (St. Lynn's Press, 2015). For more about Kerry and her work visit www.pyours.com.
4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Special Overnight Room Rates for Registered symposium attendees at The Woodstock Inn and Resort
$159 per night, single or double (usually $300+). Price includes resort fee that includes admission to Billings Farm & Museum, afternoon tea and cookies, use of the Racquet & Fitness Club, use of the Mt Peg Hiking Trail Preservation, touring bikes and more! To make reservations, please call (866) 592-9611 and request the special great gardens symposium rate. www.woodstockinn.com.
Symposium Registration fee:
The registration fee includes:
- five dynamic garden lectures
- Friday Welcome Reception
- Saturday morning coffee
- mid-morning and afternoon refreshments
- lunch
- handouts
- garden gift
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*Individuals: $103 per person
*Special Master Gardener's Rate: $94 per person before April 7, 2017. *PAYMENT BY CHECK ONLY. PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW
3-Hour Friday Class Registration fee:
$55 per person includes a delicious refreshment break and lots of handouts and garden catalogs.
Group rate: $50 per person for 5 or more registered together. *PAYMENT BY CHECK ONLY. PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW
Master Gardeners rate: $50 per person. *PAYMENT BY CHECK ONLY. PRINT THE REGISTRATION FORM BELOW
*To pay by CHECK for the Symposium AND/OR the 3-Hour Garden Class click here for the registration form (required for Groups and Master Gardeners). NEW Registration Form Symposium and 3-hour class 2017
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Not many step families are like The Brady Bunch.
Blending two families together can bring up feelings of resentment, jealousy and even grief.
To navigate some of the inevitable challenges, Relationships Australia are holding classes to make step familes, happy familes.
Sonya Feldhoff spoke to Janet Muirhead from Relationships Australia about some of the issues facing all members of step families.
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Friday Football Scores
While Stephens County was off this past week in high school football, a number of other area teams were in action last Friday.
In the only game involving a Region 8-AAAA team, Chestatee beat Johnson of Gainesville 36-26 in a non-region game as Johnson, a region 8-AAAA member, is playing a non-region schedule this year.
Elsewhere, Habersham Central lost to Norcross 55-0, Franklin County lost a close one to Jackson County 32-29, and Hart County shut out East Jackson 44-0.
The Stephens County Indian football team will return to action this week when it travels to Monroe Area for a Region 8-AAAA contest.


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Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Symptoms (cont.)
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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
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William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
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Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
What are symptoms of UTI in infants?
Infants with a urinary tract infection are less likely than adults or older children to have the characteristic symptoms. Urinary tract infections can develop in both male and female infants. Affected babies may have a fever and no other symptoms. Infants who have a urinary tract infection may:
Because of the nonspecific nature of many of these symptoms, urinary tract infections can be more difficult to diagnose in infants.
The symptoms can also appear nonspecific and the diagnosis may be more difficult in the elderly or those in healthcare settings who require long-term catheter use.
Urine testing (urinalysis) will establish the diagnosis of a urinary tract infection. The urine is examined for the presence of red blood cells that signify bleeding into the urine and for white blood cells that signify infection. A culture of the urine is also taken to identify the organism responsible for the infection and to determine the effectiveness of different antibiotics against the offending organism. If recurrent infections develop, further types of testing including imaging studies and/or visual examination of the bladder (cystoscopy) may be recommended.
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) Symptoms Resources
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Hey guys,
Had my e30 325i for a couple of weeks now - and am loving it. Best car i've owned to be honest.
Anyways, the brakes need doing, and so im looking into upping the braking capability. I have managed to possibly get hold of a set of 7series (728i) Brembo's that i would love to get on it. Now, am i correct in thinking i could get a bracket from brembo for a 3series and get them on that way? I looked into it when i had a vauxhall, and because the calipers are universal, the right bracket would make them fit.
So - is it the same for the e30 and then the next question would be discs. Just wondering if anyone's done it before and has any methods?
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Some turn to prayer. Others turn to state-of-the-art medicine. Lindsey Vonn turned to the power of fromage.
The Olympic favorite has been wrapping her injured shin in an Austrian cheese -- topfen -- to reduce inflammation.
One former Olympic trainer wasn't surprised.
"It's not bizarre at all," said Ralph Reiff, certified athletic trainer and director of Sports Medicine and Sports Performance for St. Vincent Hospital of Indianapolis, Indiana. "It's just what athletes at that level do."
While using the cheese may not be scientifically proven to soothe an injury, what matters more is what's in the athlete's mind, Reiff said.
"Regardless of whether it's a home remedy or passed down from generations or something someone thought of, if the athlete believes in it, there is significant value in that," said Reiff, who has worked as an athletic trainer in previous Olympics. "If the person who is receiving that treatment believes that it's part of the puzzle of getting better, therefore that athlete has faith. I am a firm believer that it has value."
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Green-Painted 'She-Hulk' Goes On Violent Rampage
Although She-Hulk is a part of the Marvel Universe she has yet to be included in any of the Marvel Studios movies that now dominate the box office
But folks over in England got a pretty good glimpse of the powers of Bruce Banner's cousin during a violent incident late last month.
Ridiculously Demanding Craigslist Ad For Line Cook Goes Viral
Thanks to reality TV and America's desire to stuff their faces like these are the last days of the Roman Empire the job title of chef has grown in stature and prestige.
Obituary for Matt Groening's Mother Sheds Light on Inspiration for 'The Simpsons'
Matt Groening is the creative genius behind 'The Simpsons.' But one thing he wasn't too creative with was the names of the now iconic four-fingered characters.
Charles Ramsey Rescues Missing Women, Becomes Internet Hero
Charles Ramsey is a hero after freeing three women who had been kidnapped and held captive by his neighbor for 10 years. The Cleveland, Ohio man has also quickly become a viral video star after giving a series of descriptive interviews about the rescue.
Hilarious Obituary for 'Waffle House Mom' Goes Viral
We're thinking Toni Larroux of Bay Saint Louis, MS., who died last week at 68, had a pretty quirky sense of humor. Her two surviving children certainly do.
Antoine Dodson Is Back and You Won't Believe What He's Saying Now
Antoine Dodson, of "hide your kids, hide your wife" 'Bed Intruder' viral video fame, is one of the more colorful stars of the internet era.
Part of the Huntsville, Alabama native's charm was his comfort with his sexuality. Which is why we were all surprised to see that last night Dodson announced a change in his sexual preference.
33 High School Students Were Suspended For Twerking
"Twerking" is the latest dance craze. And by that we mean Miley Cyrus is quite fond of posting videos of herself doing it.
But the administration at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego are not fond of Twerking...
Vicious Ice Cream Man Turf War Taking Place in Upstate New York
Joshua Malatino wants to control all the fudgesicle trade that goes down in Gloversville, New York. And he's willing to resort to some pretty shady tactics to maintain market dominance.
The White House Is Now on Tumblr Because of Course It Is
The Official White House Tumblr sounds like a parody website that would be full of political snark and GIFs. But it's not a parody. The recently launched page is actually the official Tumblr for the White House...
Senior Citizens In Trouble For Terrorizing Neighbors With the Power of Iron Maiden
Since the members of Iron Maiden are all well into their 50s it shouldn't be a big surprise that some fans of the seminal heavy metal band are now old enough to collect retirement benefits.
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Presents together for the first time the deep seismic reflection data collected around the British Isles by the BIRPS Group (BIRPS - British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate). The boxed set of 100 seismic profiles provides a detailed image of the deep structure of the continental shelf of northwest Europe, crossing all of the major geological features off the shores of the British Isles. The BIRPS data provides some of the clearest seismic images of the deep continental crust and mantle available worldwide. Each profile is separately displayed at a scale of 1: 200,000, so that the majority are a handy A4 height that allows easy interpretation. The accompanying book provides of summary of the data acquisition and processing parameters and a brief guide to interpretation of seismic data.
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The egg. There need not be any explanation.
Feeling fine...
The Chicken...says Creationists.
Love all, trust few, do wrong to none. <3
Chicken? (Meh.. Screw logic. lol).
I'll be migrating to my new acc TendoBrice. See y'all there~ o/
Someone on DA asked me this question before. I told them chicken and explained the logics behind it... It was a long conversation
Just chilling at home for the moment
Egg, it never specified chicken egg. Some dinosaur's laid eggs long before the first chicken walked on the Earth.
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the egg came first of course
It is getting hot! I can barely sleep because of the heat.
the chicken had to lay the egg. so it came first. like adam and eve came before cain and abel.
that should be a doctor who episode, chickens are tiny aliens fleeing their homeworld, and they find earth so we allow them to stay as long as they keep our food supplies up, over the years we start to farm and eat the chickens, then after the hundreds of years of abuse they finally gain power and overthrow the human race, and they begin farming us...AND WE BECOME THE EATEN!!!
have you seen a small purple fellow running about? he stole my trousers.
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its rely confusing...how do u get an egg if u dont have the chicken? How do u get the chicken if u dont have the egg? but personally, I think its the egg.
Well evolution to some extent.
Not that I don't believe in God, as I'm definitely not a follower of Darwinism. Though in contrast, evolution can explain to a certain degree how (in this case) a chicken came prior to the egg or vice versa. Well we know that the chicken evolved from another species, so that opens doors to speculation. I would type more but I'm falling asle..
That strange moment a sentence doesn't end the way you octopus.
as i see it there is 3 possibility
Theory #1
an animal/pre-chicken mutated/evolved laid an egg and chicken popped out that got pregnant and gave birth to even more chickents
Theory #2
pterodactyl had sex with a fish and that made a chicken
proof https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL9S-TUikfg
Theory #3
some all power being made the chicken/egg
i personally dont think that there is some all mighty being waiting up in some made up place waiting to deny me entry
That was a tough one. I have to say that the chicken came first.
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Eggs, definitely
since dinosaurs were reptiles or amphibians they laid eggs, and everyone knows that dinosaurs came before chickens, and it is widely believed that birds are descendants of dinosaurs, so therefore the egg came before the chicken,
due to environmental changes and dwindling of food supply evolutionary mutation was necessary for survival and eventually over many, many years the chicken as we know it today was hatched from the egg.
as to those who brought up the book of genesis, it says god created the animals, but it doesn't say HOW he created them
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The big anthrax scare seems like a distant memory now, the tragic deaths of the five victims in Washington, D.C., New York and Florida overshadowed by a momentous decade of geo-political tumult and war stemming from the earlier 9-11 attacks. The researchers at Canada's Defence Research and Development have apparently not forgotten, though, and just revealed a simple change to the anti-anthrax protocol that they suggest could save lives – if such a bizarrely fiendish act were ever repeated.
In the wake of the incidents where office workers opened letters containing anthrax spores, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control developed guidelines on what to do when confronted with suspicious, powder-containing mail. Other than running for your life, that is. Actually, it does involve all the workers in the vicinity of the letter leaving the building, in an orderly way. As described in
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Then they modified the protocol, having the letter opener sit at his or her station for five minutes after telling everyone else to get out. The tests showed that the five-minute hesitation by the ground-zero victim totally eliminated the risk of cross contamination of the person's colleagues. And, luckily for the worker who has to calmly resist the innate urge to immediately take flight, it had no effect on that person's level of exposure. The study also showed that closing office doors and quickly deactivating the heating, ventillation and air conditioning system significantly curbed the amount of spore that seeped out of the office where the letter was opened.


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Last week I took part in a podcast focusing on the "Future of the Service Desk." Unsurprisingly, this is a hot topic at Forrester for the I&O role. The standard equation for measuring service desk performance is simply the highest possible quality or customer service over the lowest possible cost. While simple on paper, the challenge to try and achieve this equilibrium is a complex conundrum for many service desk managers.
Developments such as the "consumerization" of IT further compound this issue. Service desk professionals now operate in a business environment in which their end users or customers are "tech savvy." This leads to a potential conflict spark point where IT customers believe that they have more IT know-how than the service desk. In some cases, this could well be true and it would be dangerous to dismiss these customers and their knowledge. So what is the answer? Well, on the podcast I explained that the service desk and IT as a whole has to focus on becoming "customer savvy" to embrace these pressures.
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TD Ameritrade (AMTD) says in an 8-K filing that it received a letter from two hedge funds notifying the company they have 8.4% stake in it and seek to acquire more. They also indicated they wish to see TD Ameritrade pursue a business combination with E*Trade Financial (ETFC) or Charles Schwab (SCHW).
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There is currently in import table "no wildcards". But will be very usefull if you can add some generic strings to block. For example you add *spam* and all results which contains spam in url will be blocked. Like spam.com morespam.org etc.
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1. A few people have mentioned wild cards.
The reason why they were omitted was due to speed (comparing strings is a lot faster than comparing wildcards) but then I'm probably being paranoid about performance. Will investigate wildcards in the near future.
2. Showing results from the next page automatically is non trivial and unlikely to be implemented, however please check out the auto patchwork extension ( https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/autopatchwork/?display=en ) which is compatible with this one, and may be a nice work around.
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The Annual Winter Meetings are held this week for general managers and other baseball personnel. The Twins usually take a quiet approach at the meetings but these meeting can lay the foundations for all of the moves that the Twins will make this offseason.
Here is my checklist for the things that I feel the Twins need to accomplish this week at the Winter Meetings. There are things on this list that might not be accomplished this week but the groundwork of some of these moves needs to be in place by the end of the week.
1. Decide on a starting infield: Twins players and their fans are anxious to know who will be playing up the middle for the Twins in 2011. There has been a buzz about Tsuyoshi Nishioka. Will he be part of this infield plan? The Twins have 20 days left to work out a contract with the Japanese sensation. Another piece in the infield puzzle is JJ Hardy. Will he be back with the Twins? Bill Smith will be, at the very least, shopping Hardy around to see what the market is for a very solid SS. There aren't that many available this offseason so if the offer is right Hardy could be playing for his third team in three years.
2. Solidify the bullpen: As the roster currently sits there would be a lot of question marks in the Twins bullpen for the 2011 season. Both Joe Nathan and Pat Neshek are on the rebound from elbow surgery. Matt Capps will be back as an insurance blanket for Nathan but there are a lot of other innings that need to be eaten by a bullpen. The Twins need one more veteran pitcher to help to solidify the late innings of games. This could be a familiar face in the form of Matt Guerrier or Jesse Crain. There are also other veteran bullpen arms that are available to assist the Twins next season.
3. Add a quality starting pitcher: This might be more of a wish than actual reality. It would be nice for the Twins to find another starting pitcher fill the hole that will be left by Carl Pavano. The Twins do have many candidates in their organization but none of them have stepped up to the challenge in the past. Could Zach Greinke become a member of the Twins? That was part of my offseason blueprint but it sounds like the Royals don't want to trade him in the division. Is there another pitcher the Twins could go after? The other scenario would be to use the pitchers that the Twins have and then call-up Kyle Gibson at the beginning of July. The Twins star prospect could be a shot in the arm for team in the second half of the season.
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EPI--Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency
I've noticed a couple of threads about EPI recently, one old thread being resurrected and a new poster with an EPI dog and some one thought there ought to be a new thread about Epi, so I thought I'd post the things I've managed to pull together on the topic.
This is one of the 3 genetic conditions that make up the triad of Toxic Gut Syndrome. EPI means that the pancreas fails to produce enough of the digestive enzymes and chemicals it secretes into the small intestine to allow the dog to digest enough food to live. This is called becoming symptomatic. Most dogs do not reach this point until age 3 at the earliest and some do not become symptomatic until age 6 or even 7. This makes trying to eliminate affected dogs from the breeding population difficult, and carriers almost impossible to identify in a timely manner so as to keep them out of the breeding population.
Recent discoveries in canine DNA have found that EPI is made up of 4 alleles and 2 epigenes in close proximity on the chromosomal string. To get an idea of the genetic construct, think of the chromosomal string as a rope ladder twisted into a spiral. Two of the rungs of the ladder carry the affective alleles, one affixed to each side of the rung. It will help if you think of the rung as the epigene. This is, of course, a gross over-simplification, but it's a useful visual to help understand the arrangement.
One side of the ladder is donated to the pup by Dad, the other by Mom. At conception the two sides of the ladder join to make a whole ladder, and if all 4 alleles are affective for EPI, then the likelihood is that at some time during the pup's life, its pancreas will fail and the pup will become symptomatic with EPI.
The epigenes which determine whether the alleles affect the pancreas are themselves affected by environmental stressors. The usual suspects, malnutrition, pediatric spay and neuter which affects the dog's hormone production, over-vaccination, exposure to pesticides and toxins from plastics, air, soil and water contaminants all come into play here. Epigenes in the active position are heritable. That is, if Mom or Dad is symptomatic for EPI, it may create a situation where the pup is also born with epigenes which will allow the alleles to affect the pup's pancreas and there fore the pup becomes symptomatic upon weaning.
The majority of pups who will eventually develop EPI inherit epigenes in the inactive positions. As environmental stressors act on the epigenes, they deteriorate and no longer control the affective alleles. Slowly, but surely, the dog's pancreas begins shutting down and when enzyme production drops below 20% the dog becomes symptomatic. The life of the dog can then be prolonged by feeding artificial enzymes and adding regular vitamin B12 shots. For some dogs with bacterial overgrowth of the small intestine, antibiotics may be needed.
The process for feeding the dog is to mix the enzymes with a small amount of wet food, feed it to the dog, and then wait half an hour. Then feed the remainder of the dog's ration. The purpose of the wait is to allow the enzymes to get situated in the small intestine before the food arrives to be digested.
EPI is an artifact of in-breeding, for the most part, and is endemic in German Shepherd Dogs. The first dog to be identified with this condition was Alex v Westfalenheim, and he was born in 1914. Unfortunately for the breed, Alex was the son of Sieger Hettel Uckermark and the grandson of Sieger Roland v Starkenburg. Alex was also the father of Sieger Erich v Grafenwerth, the grandfather of 1925 Sieger Klodo v Boxberg (who became symptomatic with EPI at age 6) and great grandfather of Sieger Utz v Haus Schutting, double great grandfather of Siegers Odin v Stolzenfels and Hussan v Haus Schutting. Additional Sieger descendants, Ferdl v d Secretainerie, Ingo v Piastendamm, Rolf v OsnabruckerLand and Siegerins Rena and Reina v OsnabruckerLand passed on the condition. This line became the MAIN line of German Shepherd dogs in Germany, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain and the US. The result is that not only do all German Shepherds carry Alex in their ancestry, most Gsds carry multiple lines to Alex, often numbering in the hundreds.
Because of the complexity of this inheritance system, we are not going to have a 'health' test to identify affected and carrier dogs soon. And as far as carriers are concerned, what do you consider a 'carrier'? Any dog with 1 affective allele? You may be talking about the entire breed. 2 affective alleles? How many of those 'titled' dogs are you willing to drop out of the breeding population? How many can you drop out of the breeding population before the numbers of that population become genetically unviable? And what about the other stuff? Some of it a lot more deadly, and/or painful than EPI? What about DM, Cardiomyeopathy, JRD, Anal fistulas and the aforementioned SIBO and IBD?
If there comes a time when we can identify how many affective alleles a dog has, maybe we may want to eliminate the dogs with 3 affective alleles, even tho they will never exhibit EPI. Maybe. Just bear in mind that when you eliminate one set of genes, many breeders have found that something a lot worse takes its place.
One obvious answer, of course, is to not breed dogs who are affected by EPI, but that is not as easy as it sounds, given that dogs may not become symptomatic until age 5 or 6 and we have no other way of knowing that they contain all 4 alleles for EPI. Not breeding a pair of dogs who have produced an EPI dog in the past may also be a good idea, but given that it is possible that one member of the pair may only be contributing 1 allele to the mix, trying a different combination is not out of the question.
The bottom line is that getting rid of EPI is not going to be either simple or easy, and there are no easy answers. khawk
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Carbon-Mountaineers Marine Corps League Detachment 996 held its 16th annual dinner for the needy at the Aquashicola Fire Company, with 100 people attending. Entertainment was provided by Dream Kids of the Lehigh Valley and Santa Claus was there to give out goodies to the children.
The dinner was sponsored by Anne Marie Melo. The food was prepared and served by Melo's family members and members of the Marine Corps League. She has sponsored the meal the entire 16 years that it has been held.
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OTTAWA Jan 26 (Reuters) - Canada's energy regulator is doing a poor job of monitoring pipeline firms, an official watchdog said on Tuesday in a report that could bolster support for government plans to reform how major oil and gas projects are approved.
Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand said the National Energy Board (NEB) did not properly check whether companies were sticking to the approval conditions for projects and did not consistently check that problems had been cleared up.
The new Liberal government plans to revamp the NEB, which is responsible for approving federally regulated projects and then monitoring them. Critics complain the body is too focused on the needs of the energy industry and does not pay enough attention to environmental concerns.
The NEB oversees 45,300 miles (73,000 km) of oil and gas pipelines and around 100 companies.
"Our audit concluded that the Board did not adequately track companies' implementation of pipeline approval conditions, and that it was not consistently following up on company deficiencies," Gelfand said.
An increasingly heated public debate over pipeline safety, the environment and the role of the NEB is threatening to derail major Canadian projects proposed by TransCanada Corp, Kinder Morgan Inc and Enbridge Inc.
The energy industry says new pipelines are needed to ship crude to the seacoast, where it can attract higher prices.
In a bid to alleviate safety and environmental concerns, the NEB sometimes attaches specific conditions to projects. Gelfand said the board did not do a thorough enough job of checking whether these conditions had been met, in part because it had an outdated information tracking system. Continued...