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Undone In Sorrow
August 07, 2011
Over yonder in the graveyard Where the wild wild flowers grow Oh there laid my own true lover He's gone from me forever more
Fairer than the sweetest flowers Restless as a wildest wind Born with a love deep as the ocean This was the boy that I did win
I left him there back in the mountains To see the world riches to gain Oh when I returned no earthly treasure Could ease this heart so full of pain
There so high upon that mountain Beneath that little mound of clay Oh the boy that I returned to marry So still among the flowers lay
I'll go away and I will wander Lay aside my earthly gains And I'll not end as a man with riches Undone in sorrow I'll remain
Undone in sorrow I'll remain
(written by Ola Belle Reed)
Well I hope it was worth the wait-please let me know what you thought about the video.
p.s. If you missed the story behind the video-click here: My Name Is Cora Lee Mease.
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Appalachia Through My Eyes - Old Dresses
August 06, 2011
Once we made the decision to hike back to the Little Cataloochee Baptist Church for the girls to sing-I started thinking about how I wanted them to look. Not that they're not adorable in their cut offs and racing shirts-but from the first time Ola Belle whispered in my ear I had a vision, a story in my head.
Girls would have worn dresses in the 20s and 30s. I'm positive the dresses we packed back in the mountains with us aren't from then-but they are old. The one Chatter wore (she's playing the guitar) was given to her by a fellow contra dancer. It was obviously handmade years ago-but we don't know who made it. The one Chitter is wearing-is a polyester number made by Granny in the early 70s. Somewhere there's a miniature version of it-Granny was into making matching outfits for her and me to wear.
Granny finds symbolism in everything-and I mean EVERY THING. When I was growing up-her symbolism got on my last nerve. I mean who would notice a certain flower had 5 petals and there were 5 of us? But as I've gotten older I find myself doing the same thing.
Since the JCCFS plays a huge roll in our lives-it seemed perfect to take along a piece of it in the form of a dress. And for certain it was moving to know Chitter wore a dress Granny sewed when she was younger than I am now.
The process of videoing the girls in the old church was chug full of interesting tidbits-and symbolism from start to finish. Even the fact that we got the video in one take still amazes me. Typically their singing is interrupted by either cutting up, arguing, or both!
I've made you wait long enough-tomorrow the video.
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My Name Is Cora Lee Mease
August 05, 2011
My name is Cora Lee Mease. I was born and raised in the Little Cataloochee Valley. But just cause I was born in the mountains didn't mean that's where I was bound to stay.
Daddy blamed my wanderlust all on Aunt Pearl. She's Mamma's baby sister. By the time Aunt Pearl came along all the other children Grandpa and Grandma Ammons had were grown and gone from home. Grandpa's health was such that they'd moved into Asheville to live out the rest of their years. So as strange as it seemed to the rest of the family, Aunt Pearl was a real life city girl. A real life city girl with her eyes set on even bigger cities.
They all said Aunt Pearl and me were cut from the same cloth, with a stubborn streak a mile wide. Daddy liked to say Aunt Pearl was spoiled rotten, and no child of his ever would be, but even he admitted I was more like her than he wished. Our similarities caused Aunt Pearl to take a special interest in me. On occasion we'd make the long trip to Asheville, for Daddy had promised Mamma when they first wed that he'd make sure she got to see her family as often as possible. On those trips, Aunt Pearl would tell me about all the things there was to see in this big wide world. She held me spell bound with tales of cities that were bigger than Asheville and people who lived an easier life with modern conveniences. In between those trips, Aunt Pearl sent me books, newspapers, and magazines. Daddy said it was her attempt to force me to put on airs so that she wouldn't be alone when she drowned from having her nose stuck straight up in a cloud burst.
Even though my mind often dreamed of what was beyond Cataloochee, my feet recognized the beauty and wealth we were surrounded by. Daddy said it was the finest place he'd ever seen, and it might have even been the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve were born into. Mamma said she didn't think so, but Daddy always winked and said, "You don't know for sure now do you?"
I first met Marshall Cook the summer I turned 13. His family had been lost to him in a house fire, and he come too Cataloochee to live with his Uncle and Aunt. From the beginning there was a powerful feeling between us, so much so that Mamma often put the question to Daddy "Wouldn't it be better for her to go to Asheville instead of ending up married to somebody who don't have nothing to his name?" Whenever Marshall and me were mentioned Daddy conveniently pushed his chair back and said he had work to do.
Marshall wasn't like none of the other boys, he understood it when I talked about seeing the world. Marshall had seen a fair amount of it hisself. His family had lived in 3 different states before the fire. Marshall's father had the wanderlust too. Marshall said he could see why a body would want to see the sights and hear the sounds outside these mountains, but he could save me the trouble by telling me I'd not find another place like Cataloochee no where. The one time he heard Daddy give his Garden of Eden speech, Marshall whole heartedly agreed with him. He gave me a kiss for good measure when no one was looking.
Those days were the happiest of my life. It seemed my dreams were just that-lovely dreams to dwell and think upon while I spent my real life time with Marshall. When our chores were done, we'd roam the woods together or sometimes we'd just sit out in the barn or on Mamma's back steps and talk.
Shortly after I turned 17, Aunt Pearl sent me a letter so exciting I could have swore I heard her voice leaping off the paper at me. She'd finally found her way to see the world and, better than that, she had found mine too. One of Asheville's most important men had got a job as an ambassador for the United States, and since him and his wife had 4 small children, they decided they'd need some help along the way-that's where me and Aunt Pearl came in. She'd already secured the job for us. All that was left was for me to meet them in Asheville in 2 weeks.
Daddy and Mamma didn't like my decision one bit, but they said they reckoned I was grown and could make my own way now. During those days before I left I spent every moment I could with Marshall. He never begrudged me going, never one time made me feel guilty or like I might be making the wrong choice. On the day I left, he told me, "Cora I'll be here waiting when you get that wanderlust out your system. I've done and seen enough of the world to know Cataloochee is the place for me. And when you get out there, you'll see that clear enough just like I did."
In the 2 years I was gone from my mountain home I saw things I'd a never of believed if I hadn't seen them with my own eyes. The family was nice to me and Aunt Pearl, and treated us as though we were kin. But Marshall was right. All the wondrous sights and sounds of the world could not compare with one sunrise at home.
I'd been gone a year and half when Mamma sent word to me that Marshall had died. I had traveled so far from home in more ways than just distance that I found it hard to believe. I found it easier to pretend it wasn't true.
When Mamma sent word they were leaving Cataloochee forever, that the government was forcing my Daddy off the land he loved, I knew I had to return.
As I crossed the last footlog to home I knew for a certainty I had lost everything I had only to find out what I needed most was in front of me all along.
Above is the story I've had running around in my head for weeks. I hope you enjoyed it-come back in a day or two and I'll show you the song that started it-the video that was filmed in the Little Cataloochee Baptist Church.
Appalachia Through My Eyes - Little Cataloochee Baptist Church
August 04, 2011
I've been in lots of old buildings-churches, cabins, houses, factories, etc. Sometimes I feel something inside them-even the ones that have been empty for years. Other times I don't feel a thing.
On the day we hiked to the Little Cataloochee Baptist Church, we were all glad when we reached our destination (if you missed the hike click here for the story). We were tired and ready for lunch. Three of the Blind Pig family were suffering from tacos that didn't sit right and a late night at the races (not me-the tacos didn't hurt me a bit).
Since I had never been to the church I was anxious to see the inside, to see if it really did have an amazing acoustical sound like Don said.
The inside was bright with sunshine. I guess the whitewashed walls, ceiling, and benches help with the sunlit effect.
After we looked over the church, we ate lunch, and videoed the girls. Before we left we spent time in the cemetery reading stones and wondering about the people who called Cataloochee home.
Did I feel anything in the church? Yes. I felt a welcoming spirit as if those who once congregated in the Holy Hall were glad we were there. When I walked outside alone I fully expected to see a church yard full of smiling faces telling me I did good by coming.
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Ola Belle Reed
August 03, 2011
I discovered the music of Ola Belle Reed about 6 months ago. How I missed her all my life-I'll never know. One afternoon when I picked the girls up from JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) they had a cd of Ola Belle's music. Their teacher, JD, had sent it home for them to listen to.
Curious about what music he wanted them to hear-I popped it in the cd player. From the first song I was mesmerized. More than that-I was totally connected. The music felt like home-it felt like me.
Ola Wave Campbell was born in Ashe County NC in 1916. During the tough depression years, Ola's large family moved north to Maryland where there was fertile land to farm and more work to be found.
There was musical talent on both sides of her parent's families. So it seemed only natural that Ola Belle would make music too. (you can read more about Ola Belle Reed's musical career by clicking here) Over the years, Ola Belle was honored by The Smithsonian, The Library of Congress and The University of Maryland for her musical contributions.
I tried to figure out why Ola Belle and her tunes comforted me in an uncanny sort of way-I mean I'd never heard of her before so what could it be? One of the first reasons that came to mind was the prominent guitar picking in most of her songs. Not all old time or bluegrass music feature flat top picking-and since I come from a family of guitar pickers the songs that do always standout to me.
There's an undertone of strength to her music. Even the songs about despair-have a strength to them-almost a rebellious defiant feel. But I'm not sure defiance is the right word-perhaps it's more a self awareness or knowledge that the world and all it holds resides in each of us if we'll only look.
When I think of those undertones being why I identify with her music I find myself asking: Am I a prideful rebellious person? Do I kick against the prick? And I have to answer yes. Not in a radical way of arguing with every authority I run across or having to win every argument I hear or even having to offer my opinion to people I come in contact with. It's more of a quiet fierce strength that lives deep inside me-and my people. Living with the knowledge that life is not only unfair-but sometimes down right mean. Knowing that the only life you have is the one you're given and it's your choice as to what you do with it.
I've read the words above-my thoughts on Ola Belle's music, more than a few times-and even though I truly feel that way-I must admit what I've written sounds silly.
The reason we love music is the way it makes us feel right? I can be so moved by Ola Belle's tunes that I connect the emotion I feel to some higher meaning of strength and survival-while you may give her a listen and think to yourself "Tipper is crazy-all I hear is a bunch of old songs."
After listening to J.D.'s cd for a week-I got my own cd of Ola Belle Reed-and as the weeks passed I drove around listening to it-letting her music tell me the story it was meant too. Besides the screen door slamming, barefeet, guitar picking on the porch, we will survive tale each song wove around my body-there was one more story that I kept coming back too. The one about the boy and the girl back in the mountains. Come back in a day or so and I'll tell you that story.
p.s. If you want to give Ola Belle Reed a listen here is a video from Youtube: My Epitaph.
Photos provided by Thomas and Roberta Polis.
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Appalachia Through My Eyes - Back In The Mountains
July 15, 2011
I've had a sad story about a boy and girl running around in my head for months now-don't worry it's not true-at least as far as I know it's not true-but it could be I guess. Isn't that the amazing thing about stories-they seep into your consciousness and travel around under your skin-some stay a while and disappear while others stick around forever.
"I left him there back in the mountains To see the world riches to gain Oh when I returned no earthly treasure Could ease this heart so full of pain." Ola Belle Reed
A few of you have been asking me about the video we filmed in Little Cataloochee Baptist Church-it's almost finished-and that's the story that's been doing laps in my head.
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Appalachia Through My Eyes - Over Yonder In The Graveyard
June 29, 2011
(photo by Lonnie Dockery; words by Ola Belle Reed)
Another tease about the video that was filmed at Little Cataloochee Baptist Church in the Smoky Mountain National Park:
Over yonder in the graveyard Where the wild wild flowers grow Oh there they laid my own true lover He's gone from me forever more
I'm trying to hurry it up. I worked on it till the master (Paul) took over. Surely it won't be much longer before the video is finished.
p.s. If you don't know about the video-click on the words in orange: about the video at the top of the post.
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Squaw Root
June 18, 2011
The sights of Cataloochee were a true feast for my eyes-the history being the best thing on the plate-but coming in a close second were the trees-bushes-and other fauna.
We were only a few hundred yards from the car when I noticed this unusual plant-it's called Squaw Root. I had never seen it before-but it immediately made me think of Indian Smoke Pipe.
Like Indian Pipes/Ghost Flower, Squaw Root is a parasitic plant and is typically found in dry areas under oak trees where it feeds on their roots. Squaw Root grows up to 8 inches high.
The common name, Squaw Root, comes from the use of the plant. Indian women used it to relieve pain from childbirth as well as from menstrual cramps.
Funny that when I first seen the odd little plant it reminded me of Indian Pipes-and then to find out they both have common names that relate to Native Americans-and are both parasitic.
Does Squaw Root grow in your area?
Appalachia Through My Eyes - The Fence Around The Graveyard
June 17, 2011
On our recent trip to Cataloochee I fell in love with the old fences that surround both the graveyards we visited. So daintily lovely-yet strong enough to last through the years. The video of the girls is coming along nicely. I'm so excited I can't wait to share it with you. I will leave you with a nod at what's to come:
Fairer than the sweetest flowers Restless as a wildest wind Born with a love deep as the ocean This was the boy that I did win.
p.s. Go here to watch the video of the girls.
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The Blind Pig Family Goes Back In Time
June 12, 2011
Yesterday morning the Blind Pig family was up bright and early-4:00 AM. Why so early? We had a special trip to make.
A few months ago, Don Casada, sent me a music clip of him singing in the Little Cataloochee Baptist Church (which is part of the Smoky Mountain National Park). He wanted me to hear the acoustical sound the old church has-Don also had a suggestion for me. He thought the church would be a perfect place for the Blind Pig bunch to record a song or two. The only problem being-you have to walk 2 miles each way to reach the church. With Pap's recent heart issues-walking that far was out of the question for him, but Chitter and Chatter were up for the hike and excited about singing in the church.
I assumed the girls would sing acapella, but from the beginning-Chatter was adamant she was going to take her guitar. She heeded none of our warnings about how hard it would be to carry a guitar that far.
Along the way we visited the Hannah Cabin;
seen traces of the folks who used to live in the area like this old gate post within a row of locust fence posts;
we visited 2 cemeteries to read the epitaphs and wonder at the strong people who once called Cataloochee home;
we watched a gully washer of a rain from inside the top of an old barn (thank goodness the guitar was safely back in the car by then);
and most of all we enjoyed a day filled with great camaraderie among friends.
So was it worth carrying the guitar up hill and down for all those miles?
I'm pretty sure this photo says it was.
In the coming weeks I'll have a real treat for you-a video of the girls doing an outstanding performance of an old ballad filmed inside the Little Cataloochee Baptist Church. I promise it'll be worth the wait. *UPDATE Go here to see the video we filmed in the Little Cataloochee Baptist Church of The Pressley Girls.


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|It has nothing to do with volunteering, but I just love this pic of Hillary and the pup!
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Hey everyone! Today's volunteer roundup is divided into 3 parts: how to help for the upcoming primary states, how to help in states that are gearing up for November, and *drumroll* how to help if you hate phone banking and door-knocking!
The Primary
This Tuesday, we have Oregon and Kentucky to look forward to, so I'll focus on those two states for now—we'll have a few weeks after today to gear up for the June 7 primaries. Personally, I am pretty excited for Kentucky...I am actually road tripping down there this weekend with some fellow Hillary volunteers to help with GOTV. No idea what it will be like, but I'm sure there will be stories to tell afterwards, as usual! Anyway, if you live in Kentucky, or are close enough to hop over this weekend, here is the field office info. If you show up, they'll have something for you to do, whether it's phone banking, canvassing, or data entry.
- Louisville: 1357 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40204
- Lexington: 1301 Winchester Road #37, Lexington, Kentucky 40505
- Frankfort: 324 West Main, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
- Covington: 128 Pike Street #1, Covington, Kentucky 41011
As for Oregon, if you go to the official campaign events page and type in your city and/or zipcode, you can take your pick of canvassing/phone banking events near you. There's quite a bit going on in Portland, Salem, Corvallis, and Eugene if you can make it to any of those events. If you can register ahead of time, great, but for most of these sorts of things, if you just show up, they'll find a way to put you to work.
If you can't go help out in person for either Kentucky or Oregon, as you all know by now, I am a strong proponent of making calls from home. The Kentucky and Oregon portals are up and ready to go, so grab your phone, make a cup of tea, and get dialing!
**Volunteer tip of the week: If you're using your own cell phone to make calls (and if it's a smart phone) set up a Google Voice account with a separate phone number to use for phone banking purposes. This keeps any call backs from people you missed from ringing on your main number.**
The General
Hillary (and broadly speaking, the Democratic party) is already beginning to lay the groundwork in key swing states for the general election. My understanding is that right now, efforts are being geared toward voter registration. Sign up to volunteer in the following states, and help Team Blue win up and down ballot:
Help! I want to volunteer, but I hate phone banking/canvassing! What should I do?
Never fear! While canvassing and phone banking certainly have a vital place in GOTV operations, they are by no means the only way you can help. Some other ideas for you:
- If you are into social media outreach, Tweet for Hillary!
- Love cooking and/or baking? Make some cookies/sandwiches/spanikopita for the volunteers at your local field office. Can't cook at all? Bring over a case of water bottles or a few pizzas. Either way, the volunteers will love you.
- Diana in NoVa wrote a great diary the other day, How to Help Hillary without Canvassing or Phone Banking. There are lots of ideas in it and in the comments, so definitely give it a read! However, one thing she talks about really stands out: the idea of having an "elevator speech" ready for day-to-day interactions.
Some of us can't or won't phonebank; some of us can't or won't canvass for whatever reason—mobility issues, for example. But we all, even if we're graduate students working a full-time job and going to class in the evenings, interact with others every day. We have conversations. Sometimes we discuss politics.What I'm proposing is that we develop a 30-second "elevator speech" to define our candidate or counter a specious argument. We can work on a standard speech together and tailor it to our individual circumstances, neighborhood, or whatever. When my daughter-in-law's sister, in town from California last autumn, told me that Hillary was cold and calculating, I was so stunned I couldn't think of a reply.Simply giving the facts in a polite manner and smiling after you finish might have more of an impact than you realize. Where a seed is planted, an idea may begin to take root. We never fully realize the impact we have on others until years later, when someone comes up and says, "You know, you really changed my thinking on that issue."
Finally, I'm still experimenting with the format and content of this series, so I'd like to ask 2 things of this week:
1. I'd love to start posting photos of the amazing Hillary volunteers from across the U.S. in these Volunteering Roundups. If anyone has photos from their volunteering activities that they'd like to share (and have permission to share), send Hillary HQ a message or let me know in the comments and I'll let you know where to send them!
2. As we transition to the general, I'd appreciate hearing some thoughts on what sort of resources you would like to see in the weekly Volunteering Roundup.
With that, it's your turn...how was your week in volunteering? Let us know in the comments below!
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Also, why should we support a communist country ( Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Red China, Russia, etc.) that held our live American prisoners of war (POW/MIAs) after the war?
The Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA The deliberate massacre of thousands of Vietnamese civilians in 1968 at the Imperial City of Hue or the 1967 butchery of hundreds of tribal Montagnards by the North Vietnamese communists at Dak Son in December 1967.
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A legacy of corruption, economic ruin, repression and ethnic cleansing.
Ho Chi Minh died in 1969, and on the anniversary of his birth this May the old guard in Hanoi predictably imposed another state celebration in his honor. More than just keeping up appearances the Vietnamese communist regime is fighting to retain ideological justification as todays money making communists cling to power. Since North Vietnamese forces in Soviet tanks first crashed the gates of the Presidential Palace in Saigon however, some three decades ago the Vietnamese communist party has done nothing but fail their people .and fail them in spectacular fashion.
Vietnam hosts one of the most corrupt regimes in the world and in 2008 was rated by Transparency International as 121st most corrupt amongst 180 nations. Likewise Vietnam is also one of the poorest with the average wage being a few dollars a day. Initially, the post war communists found an easy out, blaming its economic woes on French and American wars but as the years went by, the communist lie became harder to defend. Doi moi (renovation) grew older and the Vietnamese tiger remained asleep in the forest. The communist victory in Vietnam however, was doomed from the outset, predestined to birth a template for economic decay and endemic corruption . and like their brutal human rights record, the failure in Vietnam is nothing less than a self inflicted wound.
The origins of Vietnams problems can be traced to its conception. In the 1950s Ho Chi Minh and his communist party murdered an estimated 50,000 people in Northern Vietnam. It was called the Land Reform Program but the only reform it did was the execution and starvation of tens of thousands of peasants and landowners. Earlier during the 1930s and 1940s Uncle Ho and his gang eliminated their political opponents in a series of assassinations. Yes, murder, where the communists in mafia like fashion shot and killed their opposition, thus ending the true Vietnamese nationalist parties, the Quoc Dan Dang and Da Viet. It is through this use of terror that Uncle Ho and his cohort General Giap came to power forging the Viet Congs strategy of terror. The deliberate massacre of thousands of Vietnamese civilians in 1968 at the imperial city of Hue or the 1967 butchery of hundreds of tribal Montagnards by flamethrowers in the village in Dak Son would became a testament to Ho Chi Minhs brutality. After taking over South Vietnam the communists would further murder at least 80,000 Vietnamese people in Stalinist style re-education camps.
Today the children of Ho follow his legacy by mimicking China, North Korea, Cuba, Burma and Iran by maintaining power through brute force and censorship of the press. In March 2009 Reporters Without Borders declared Vietnam an enemy of the internet and all a citizen of Vietnam needs to do today is criticize the regime and security police will come for you with handcuffs.
The brutal repression of Vietnams tribal peoples also continues unabated. The US State Department acknowledged killings of Montagnards by security forces and there are today hundreds of Montagnard political and religious prisoners rotting in Vietnamese jails.
The Montagnards of Degar people have in fact been subjected to decades of persecution in a creeping form of ethnic cleansing. The attack upon these indigenous peoples started in 1975 with the execution and imprisonment of their political and religious leaders. The next phase of attack was aimed at the Montagnardss lifeblood, where the communists confiscated their ancestral lands to make way for forced migrations of ethnic Vietnamese. The Montagnards today have been driven into poverty and their natural resources, the once great forests of Vietnam have been deforested by companies controlled by the Vietnamese Army.
Religious persecution against Christians continues also and in April 2008 a 42 year old Montagnard woman named Puih Hbat was arrested for having Christian prayer services in her home. Officials from the US Embassy and the European Commission have investigated her case, yet Puih Hbat has not been heard of since and her family believes she may have been murdered in custody.
Vietnams Communist Party deny any such human rights violations, but have tried placating concerns raised by foreign investors. Party Chief Nong Duc Manh stated in 2006 that Corruption threatens the survival of our regime, and yet institutionalized corruption continues to plague the country at every level. The problem is, Hanoi hosts a most stubborn regime and unlike its former patron the Soviet Union, never undertook even the most palatable of communist admitted failings such as de-Stalinization. Hanoi responded to Krushchevs denouncement of Stalins murderous reign with official idolization, calling Stalin a marvelously noble ideal communist. Never mind that Stalin killed millions of his own people.
Today Vietnams state press continues espousing paranoia of the threat to their sovereignty by overseas hostile forces. Hanoi went so far as to formally accuse the US based Montagnard Foundation with terrorist allegations in the United Nations. While they lost this bogus bid to silence its critics Hanoi continues today to persecute the Montagnards with a vengeance.
In a comical farce Vietnams leading newspaper the Nhan Dan actually ran an article on May 6, 2008 titled, The Everlasting Vitality of Marxism. Such diatribes against capitalism seemingly have no effect upon trade delegations from the West who eagerly reap the profits of Vietnams cheap labor markets. Yet reform is slow and party rhetoric wont cure Vietnams deeply rooted communist ills. In March 2009 top secret politburo documents uncovered by the Paris based Vietnam Human Rights Committee described Hanois plan to maintain a climate of permanent fear so they can stay in power for another 20 years.
So goes the strange saga of Vietnam. Communist on the outside, capitalist on the inside and corrupt all over. It is stranger still, given their hatred of religion that Hanoi dared to promulgate its own religion. Yet they did exactly that in preserving Ho like Lenin for public display and proclaiming his saintly status, by alleging he was celibate! Truth be known Ho had numerous mistresses and the Vietnamese author Duong Thu Huong reports party officials murdered one such mistress named Xuan in 1957 by party officials just to keep the celibate myth alive. Bui Tin the North Vietnamese Colonel who defected in 1989 also confirmed Hos sexual affairs and lest we forget that communist party general secretary Nong Duc Manh long built his career on claims he was the illegitimate son of Ho Chi Minh!
Ho Chi Minhs gift to the people of Vietnam however, was not his macabre corpse entombed in the stone monstrosity in Hanoi. His gift was authoritarianism, lies, corruption and repression built on the blood of the Vietnamese people. A gift of creeping ethnic cleansing, that glides across the Vietnamese landscape in a deathly bid to silence an ancient race of tribal people.
While the powers to be no doubt are trying to massage Vietnam out of its slumber, foreign aid and trade deals have yet to shake off Hanois chains of corruption. The regime has entrenched its power and the transition to true democracy is held hostage by Uncle Hos ever recalcitrant children, the Vietnamese communist party.
Scott Johnson is a lawyer, writer and human rights activist who has focused on issues in South East Asia.
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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 462732
RHEL5 cmirror tracker: RFE: cmirror init script shouldn't fail to start if it's already started
Last modified: 2010-01-11 21:08:26 EST
Description of problem:
Of the three cluster init scripts (cman,cmirror,clvmd) only cmirror fails
if it's already up and running.
With everything already running:
[root@taft-01 /]# service cman start
Starting cluster:
Loading modules... done
Mounting configfs... done
Starting ccsd... done
Starting cman... done
Starting daemons... done
Starting fencing... done
[root@taft-01 /]# service cmirror start
Loading clustered mirror log module: [ OK ]
Starting clustered mirror log server: [FAILED]
[root@taft-01 /]# service clvmd start
Activating VGs: 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "VolGroup00" now active
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
have fix, waiting for flags
cmirror init script not LSB compliant, needs to get fixed prior to 5.3 ga so setting flags and blocker request.
commit e04ecdfd2250c49b53c0d2ffaa49bf7c7f159131
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cmirror: Fix bug 462732 - cmirror init script shouldn't fail to start if i
Make cmirror init script LSB compliant.
Fix verified in cmirror-1.1.30-1.el5.
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Utah State's cross-country team travels to Louisville, Ky., Saturday for the NCAA Pre-National meet hosted by the University of Louisville at the E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park.
The Pre-National meet serves as the pre-cursor for the NCAA Championships that will also be held at the E.P. 'Tom' Sawyer State Park in Louisville on Saturday, November 17.
USU's women will compete with 62 other teams from around the nation, while the Aggie men will square off against 67 teams. With the large number of teams competing, the meet will consist of two race divisions for the men and women. Utah State's men will run their 8K race at 7:30 a.m. (MT), while the Aggie women will run in the 6K race at 9:30 a.m.
"The reason they have this meet is so people can get used to the course and see what it is like. Most of these kids have never been to a meet back east, so the travel is a little bit different than the places we go out west. It is good for the athletes to get that experience," USU head coach Gregg Gensel said. "Part of the process in preparing young athletes for a meet like this is just running it. You can explain it to them, you can show them, but they have a really hard time understanding it until they experience it. That is why we come to meets like this so they can experience that and be prepared for the next time. You do as much as you can learning wise for them and let them experience it and hopefully they come away with a positive experience."Comment on this story
Junior Kyle McKenna has been the top finisher for the Aggie men in all three meets this season, while senior Alex Litzsinger has crossed the finish line first for the USU women at the same three meets.
Utah State's men enter the weekend ranked 14th in the Mountain Region according to the latest poll by the United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Action will continue for USU with the Western Athletic Conference Championships being held in Ruston, La., on Saturday, October 27. The Aggie men will look to defend their 2011 title, while the USU women look to win their first WAC title since 2008.
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Hi All,
Ever have the need to save the current state of certain outputs, to recall at another time?
For example, we have a nifty groov Demo which involves a fish tank that's lit and animated using an assortment of digital and analog outputs. To put the tank in a particular state, say, "party mode" perhaps, or "green volcano" in the case pictured, I wrote a looping chart, attached below (import into any 9.3 or newer PAC Control strategy).
I use the pointer table (called ptScenePoints) essentially as the list of outputs I'm going to store or recall for each "scene." I also have 3 more tables where each index corresponds to a particular scene number.
First is a string table called stSceneNames which is just a label for each scene. In the image, I've named the first three (scenes 0, 1, and 2) to be "all off/dark" or "purple volcano" or "green volcano."
Next I have a float table called ftSceneOutputValues. Since each scene can have many values, I'm leaving room for up to 100 by have scene 0's settings start at 0, scene 1 starts at 100, 2 and 200, etc.
Finally, a set of scene states (a Numeric Table) called stSceneState where a scene's value of 0 is the normal (nothing happening); 1 is what the HMI will sent to say: "save settings" (cleared when done by the chart); and 2 means "recall settings" (also cleared when done).
Below I've attached the looping logic which appropriately updates these various tables.
To hook this up to the HMI of your choice (e.g. groov shown here), you just need 2 buttons and one text input for each scene you'll allow the user to name, store, and recall. The name is just hooked to the string table stSceneNames[X], the Store button will send a 1 to ntSceneState[X] and the Recall button sends 2 (also to ntSceneState[X]), as pictured below for [5]:
To use it, you can name a scene, get all your outputs set to correspond to that mood/preset, and press "Store."
For my first scene, I created one with everything off (perhaps the state I'd what to "Recall" when I'm walking out the door). That also helps for testing other scenes. I can do a "Store" of a new party mode. Then "Recall" the off state, then "Recall" my new party mode and see everything go!
Be sure to always groov and party responsibly, of course.
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People who signed anti-gay Referendum 71 may not have been registered voters at the time, but state elections officials say they will count their signatures anyway. As Box Turtle Bulletin noted, the secretary of state's office defended the state's legally murky position today on its blog:
There is no deadline for registering to vote for purposes of qualifying an initiative or referendum; as a practical matter, the deadline is the date that the signature on the petition is checked. Checkers are instructed that a signature on a petition is valid if they find a person with the same name in the voter registration file, and the signature on the petition matches the signature in the voter registration file. The registration date has never been a limiting factor.
Secretary of state's office spokeswoman Christina Siderius, who wrote the blog post, says the problem arises because the state cannot determine the date people signed the petition—and thus cannot determine if they were registered to vote at the time. State law doesn't require petition signers to include the date they signed next to their name. "It becomes a little more difficult for us to sit around and speculate when someone registered and when they signed," she says. According the office's interpretation of the rules, she says, "Our policy basically states that if you are a registered voter when we check the signature, then we we count it."
In practice, this means a person could sign the petition but wait weeks or several months before registering to vote, which could violate state law:
When the person proposing any initiative measure has obtained signatures of legal voters equal to or exceeding eight percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election prior to the submission of the signatures for verification, or when the person or organization demanding any referendum of an act or part of an act of the legislature has obtained a number of signatures of legal voters equal to or exceeding four percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election prior to the submission of the signatures for verification, the petition containing the signatures may be submitted to the secretary of state for filing.
The law seems to present at least one deadline to register: "the submission of the signatures for verification." In the case of R-71, that submission date was July 25. So logically speaking, it would seem that the elections workers shouldn't consider any voter registration after July 25. But someone who signed the petition in June need only to have registered to vote this week, so their signature would still count.
Washington Families Standing Together, which coordinated a "decline to sign" campaign, is alarmed that the state may be violating the law. Spokesman Josh Friedes says, "We think the law is quite clear and we are concerned that the law is not being followed." He adds that the group is considering its options.
Why the fuss? R-71 is running on a razor thin margin between having enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, thereby putting domestic partnership rights for same-sex couples up to a public vote, or failing to make the ballot. As of today's report from the state elections division, 110,288 signatures have been counted out of a total 137,689 signatures submitted. With fewer than one-quarter of the signatures left to review, the petition has an error rate of 11.81 percent (and climbing). The petition needs an error rate of 12.34 or less percent to qualify.
Moreover, the campaign behind R-71 has used lies as a key tactic to gather petition signatures: claiming the measure would require teaching about gay sex in public schools, tricking gay-marriage supporters into signing it, and insisting the measure is about gay marriage licenses when it applies strictly to domestic partnerships.
State law also makes it a crime to sign a petition if you are not currently registered to vote. On the R-71 petition—and all petitions, according to another state law—it says that "Every person ... who signs this petition when he or she is not a legal voter ... may be punished by fine or imprisonment or both." So certainly anyone registered after July 25 could be violating the law. Siderius says sometimes there may be a backlog of voter registration forms; however, yet another state law makes it clear that voter registration forms need to be submitted to the state or counties on a weekly basis.
Siderius explains that she didn't make the law, or decide how the office interprets it, but, she says, "We are just following what has been the standard practice for a very, very long time." She adds, "We understand that this ... may be reviewed by the courts."


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The perfect midsummer flower! These are growing in a nearby plot at the community garden. Others are 'weeds' in the paths and in my plot.
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This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy was my first dog and he thought the garden was his, even though I did all the work. But Skippy always stood by me and was a great friend. Now Suzie and Charley follow in his footsteps and garden with me. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6A). I have a community plot, a backyard vegetable garden, fruit trees and berry bushes, chickens and bees. I use sustainable organic methods and do my best to grow all of my family's vegetables myself.
The perfect midsummer flower! These are growing in a nearby plot at the community garden. Others are 'weeds' in the paths and in my plot.
Belmont Victory Garden
Beautiful garden! I'm learning so much from you. I've had my first veggie garden this year and have done really well...except vine borers killed all the squash. Anyway, where did you get the day lily's from? They are gorgeous!
Vine borers are a very tough problem. I have yet to find a solution for this. I expect they will find my squash soon.
The day lilies photographed here are in Bruce's garden at the Belmont Community Garden. He has over 50 varieties in his plot. I don't know where he got them from, but a great day lily source is R. Seawright Gardens in Carlisle MA. I just love to walk through their fields in mid summer when all the lilies are in bloom!
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thanks if anyone knows. Is it a sweet drink?Vodka, triple sec (orange liqueur), cranberry juice and lime juice. Chilled and then strained into a martini glass. Personally I don't care for them (too sweet for me, though not as sweet-sweet as, say, a pina colada or something like that), but they are very popular among many of my girlfriends.
so its a lady's drink thanksYup, my wife drinks them all the time. The only thing missing in the drink is the umbrella.
so its a lady's drink thanksWell, I doubt you'll find any laws on the books prohibiting male consumption..........
I'm male and 6'2" -- it's seems very gay for a male to consume these drinks, but my wife doesn't seem to care!I doubt the consumption of vodka mixed w/cranberry juice defines one's sexual orientation!!!
I doubt the consumption of vodka mixed w/cranberry juice defines one's sexual orientation!!!Thanks BEAV!


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Already having a 722hp engine upgrade kit for the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren 722 in its shop, the American super-tuner eventually came with another, even more extreme, tuning program for the German super-coupe.
Since the car is almost as complex as a modern jet fighter, even top-tier tuners seem to have difficulties delivering a comprehensive upgrade program for the beast. This new tuning package, for example, consists of a reprogrammed ECU (engine control unit) and a 'less restrictive', as they put it in their fresh press release, exhaust system that lets you squeeze extra 18hp of the SLR McLaren's 5.4-liter supercharged V8 engine increasing the total power output to respectable 740hp.
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Mythic troops are the rarest and hardest troops to pull in the game. Everyone is allowed to brag after they have pulled one. Each Mythic needs 21/21 Arcanes of the given types.
Apocalypse: Death M - DARK SPIRIT Famine M - FOREST MOUNTAIN Plague M - SWAMP VENOM War M - BLOOD LAVA
Other Mythics: Abynissia M - BLADE SPIRIT (Blighted Lands) Draakulis M - BLOOD SWAMP (Ghulvania) Gard's Avatar M - MOUNTAIN STORM (Whitehelm) Jotnar Stormshield M - BLADE BLOOD (Stormheim) Ketras the Bull M - BEAST FOREST (Wild Plains) Pharos-Ra M - SKULL SPIRIT (Khetar) Stonehammer M - MOUNTAIN SHIELD (Khaziel) Wulfgarok M - BEAST VENOM (Maugrim Woods)
No more Matrix aka confusions. The Mythic List has been updated. Hope you do like it.
thanks, leep up the good work!
by the look of it the odds are high next one should be yellow or brown?
yellow, brown, purple maybe..definatelly not red or blue?
edit: its a pure guess, i did not dig any game data
The spoiler thread should have the arcane colors soon enough. I'd post it myself but I forget how to post it in spoiler format!
I only have two of these mythic troops so far, I have Death and Plague, since I'm on Xbox One, obviously we don't have Gard's Avatar nor Wulfgarok so those don't count to me.
It's under 'Options' if you click on the little cog next to the Emoji tab.Or you could just manually type it as Content to be blurred Oops, it just blurred it
I've got 3 out of those 8. But I have 6 base mythic in total! Take that rng draw!
Thanks got it to work!
We have yet to see a Mythic that uses any of those arcanes listed under:- Light- Plains- Shield
I will say the % is high that the next Mythic will use any of those arcanes.
How much ya wanna bet? :P
this was awesome thread until @Lyya made the magic work in ashtender and now i find myself in no need of mythic list anymore
wanna just say my thanks to @Eika for keeping the list up before i close the browser tab with it cheers
The Mythic List as all other lists I made was made to get an easy/compact tidy overview of which arcanes/mana the differently troops need. Nothing big, but that's basically everything. But I am glad that you liked it for a while. Thank you!
Stonehammer has been added. Stonehammer is the first Mythic that uses Arcane Shield.
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November 3, 2016
Earlier this month, I received an e-mail from a friend of mine asking if I wanted to adopt "a tame squirrel." I paused and re-read her sentence, and then saw a photo of an extremely cute baby squirrel.
Through several e-mail exchanges I learned that my friend's coworker saw the baby squirrel in a park near her home, and was surprised at how unafraid it was of people (it came right up to her and let her touch it). Worried that this squirrel was a lost or abandoned pet, she picked up the squirrel, placed it in a box, and took it to her office. Everyone in her office was amazed that the squirrel was not afraid of people, and that it would let them touch it. That's when I received the e-mail about the squirrel. My first thought was, "Oh no! Why was that squirrel picked up?" I did some chastising since I told them that the baby squirrel may not have been lost or abandoned, and that since it was a baby that could explain why it wasn't afraid of people. I knew that the person who picked up the squirrel thought she was helping, but taking an animal away from its home is not recommended. My friend asked if they should release the squirrel at a nearby golf course, and I quickly said, "No!" Animals in a successful habitat know where food and water can be found, they know where they can take shelter to avoid predators and the weather, and have enough space to avoid high rates of competition. If this squirrel was placed in that golf course it would not have been familiar with its surroundings, would not know where food, water, or shelter could be found, and it is not likely that the squirrels living in that golf course would have accepted it. Also, if animals are successful in establishing themselves in new areas, they can have a negative effect on the animals already there (example 1, example 2, example 3).
I spoke with Leslie Gordon, who is one of the Managers in NHMLA's Live Animal Program, and she had some great insight about "helping" wild animals: It is not just unwise, it is illegal to keep a wild animal without a permit. Squirrels especially make terrible pets. Even those dedicated to raising them (with permits) note they are flighty, inconsistent, difficult, and …well…"squirrelly". Fear is a healthy thing for animals- friendliness is not. Wild squirrels (or any animal) can carry a plethora of zoonoses (diseases or parasites that can spread to humans). Squirrels, in particular, can also carry the plague. So when you see one that seems "unafraid", that doesn't necessarily mean it wants to be pals- It may be very ill. A lack of fear can also mean it has been habituated to humans by feeding. If you have ever heard the term "a fed (blank) is a dead (blank)" that is what it refers to. Squirrels become habituated to humans and unafraid of them. When this happens they become food aggressive and begin to chase any human they find. It begins a loop of aggression (squirrels especially seem to find it satisfying when we run away screaming) that ends up with a squirrel being trapped by the City due to complaints and killed, or worse a kid getting bit. This is why rehabbers go to great lengths to avoid the animal seeing them or associating them with food, so it can be released again and keep its fear of humans. Don't feed squirrels (or any wild animal)! If you see an animal who is unafraid it is not wrong to leave it alone, especially if it seems otherwise safe, and simply report it to City animal control. They do bring animals to rehabbers when they can. If it seems in danger of being killed or injured, and you feel you can keep yourself safe from disease or bites, it is okay to bring it to a rehabber or shelter yourself. I encouraged my friend and her coworker to call a wildlife rehabilitation center, and they found one in Malibu that specializes in squirrel rescues, Coast & Canyon Wildlife Rehabilitation. The rehabilitation center was able to accept the squirrel, and through the care of their trained wildlife rehabilitators they believe it will be able to be reintroduced successfully into the wild. If you see a wild animal that you think needs help, it is recommended that you contact a wildlife rehabilitation center and/or animal control, rather than to try and help the animal on your own. Below is a list of places you may contact. California Wildlife Center 818-591-9453 City of Los Angeles Animals Services – Wildlife 323-225-9453 Coast and Canyon Wildlife Rehabilitation 310-480-1760 County of Los Angeles Animal Control – Wildlife 562-728-4882 International Bird Research & Rescue Center 310-514-2573 Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA – Wildlife 626-792-7151 South Bay Wildlife Rehab 310-378-9921 Squirrelmender Wildlife Rehab 805-338-0481 Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center 714-374-5587
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February 4, 2016
"Raise your hand if you think it is a Bushtit." "There are four by this feeder and five at that one, so that's nine altogether." "I think it's sparrow-sized or smaller" "Are you sure that isn't a fake bird?"
These are questions and statements made during the Nature Navigator program on Saturday, January 23. Jeff Chapman, Manager of Interpretation and Training, and Richard Smart, Coordinator of Citizen Science, were leading a group of kids, ages 10-12 years old, on a bird walk through the NHMLA Nature Gardens. The bird walk was a training to help the kids gain more experience looking for birds, identifying them, and reporting their observations. By honing these skills, we hope to get our Nature Navigators to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count. The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) was first held in 1998, and was created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society. The GBBC is credited as being "the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time." The goal of the GBBC is to gain a better understanding of bird populations throughout North America. By getting more people to participate in the GBBC, scientists have access to more data, which can add to their knowledge of bird populations at local, state, and national levels. Here at NHMLA, we see all of L.A. as our backyard. The GBBC allows us to contribute wherever we are birding, be it your actual backyard, a local park, the L.A. River,or L.A. City Hall. GBBC PARTICIPATION IS EASY Step 1: Count birds anywhere you like. GBBC recommends you spend at least 15 minutes counting. Keep track of the numbers and species of birds you see and how long you watched. Step 2: Make your best estimate of how many birds you saw of each species. Step 3: Enter your list(s) online at BirdCount.org. For our Nature Navigators, counting birds and entering those counted online was simple. The most difficult aspect is identifying what birds they were looking at – a major obstacle for most people when asked to participate in a citizen science bird project. While there are many different field guides that people may use to help with bird identification, there is also mobile phone app designed to to help people of all ages with their bird IDs. It's called, Merlin! Merlin Bird ID is a FREE app, for Android and iOS mobile devices, that people can use to help them make bird IDs. First you answer five questions:
Then Merlin brings up a list of birds that you could be looking at (the list includes photos, names, and brief descriptions of the birds, and some birds have their calls uploaded to the app). The app was made by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and it earned its name since its accuracy is so high that people swear that it works like magic.
We worked with the Nature Navigators to practice using Merlin, and they were happy to have a tool that was simple to use, and that gave them information about the birds they were seeing. Quite often, when we take people outside, we want them to "unplug" when connecting to nature, but it was neat to see these kids using mobile technology to help them connect to nature. The app helped the kids become more involved in the bird walk since they weren't relying on Jeff or Richard to make all of the bird IDs for them. Instead, they could find the answer themselves.
This year's GBBC is being held Feb 12-15, 2016. Our Nature Navigators are motivated to help scientists by counting birds in their neighborhoods during this time frame. We hope that many of you will join them and participate in your own neighborhood. View the bird list that our Nature Navigators created on Jan 23. It contains 13 different types of birds. How many types of birds do you think you'll see when you participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count? References Cornell Lab of Ornithology: http://gbbc.birdcount.org/about/ GBBC Toolkit, Instructions PDF: http://gbbc.birdcount.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/2016Updates_English_DownloadableInstructions.pdf
December 1, 2015
"What is that?" That was the question I asked my supervisor, Lila Higgins, back in the fall of 2012 when she brought in a strange looking object attached to a stick. "This is an ootheca, an egg case" she replied.
Ootheca seen on a Lion's Tail plant (Leonotis leonurus) Nov 3, 2015 in the Nature Gardens at NHMLA. Photo credit: Richard Smart The ootheca was attached to a stick that Lila had brought inside to our office. Lila saw the stick lying on the ground in our Nature Gardens. Originally, she was going to place the stick into a nearby garden bed, but as she looked closer she noticed the ootheca. She recognized the shape of the ootheca to be that of a mantid egg case. Lila decided she would help the mantid babies by bringing them indoors, so they could develop without interference from predators or people. I was very curious on how long it would take for the mantids to hatch out, and I wondered just how many and how large the young mantids would be when they emerged. Days of checking the ootheca, turned into weeks, which turned into months. Then finally, in March of 2013, I heard Lila happily exclaim, "The ootheca hatched!" I ran over and was fascinated to see miniature mantids on her desk. They looked like the much larger mantids I was used to seeing, but teeny tiny. They were unbelievably cute. Lila even wrote her own blog post about it.
Baby mantid seen March 29, 2013. Photo credit: Lila Higgins That experience made quite an impression on me, and it came to mind recently when I saw an ootheca attached to a Lion's Tail plant in the Nature Gardens at NHMLA. My colleague, Richard Hayden, also recently posted an ootheca to Instagram, and that got me thinking that others were likely seeing these in L.A. and perhaps they didn't know what they were.
Backside of an ootheca seen on a Catalina Perfume plant (Ribes viburnifolium) November 18, 2015 in the Nature Gardens at NHMLA. Photo credit: Richard Hayden An ootheca can blend in very well with the plant they are attached to, so many people may not see them. Or people may think they are a sign of a sick or injured plant, and may remove the branches they are attached to, not realizing they were removing baby mantids from their gardens. Mantids are considered to be a beneficial insect since they will eat many garden pests such as grasshoppers, caterpillars, and aphids – you want mantids in your yard. The egg case actually starts as a frothy mass, but hardens to form a tough capsule that protects the growing young inside. Depending upon the mantid species, there can be anywhere from dozens to hundreds of mantids inside the ootheca, so by picking up sticks with an ootheca attached to them can help out a lot of mantids.
Ootheca on wire fence, Nov 23, 2013 in the Nature Gardens at NHMLA. Photo credit: Lila Higgins Are you seeing oothecae in your part of L.A.? If so, I encourage you to let them be. The egg case will protect them from rain and temperature changes. If you see an ootheca attached to a broken stick laying on the ground then kindly place the stick in an area where they are less likely to be damaged by people. You can also take photo of the egg cases, and tag us using #NatureinLA so we can add your #ootheca photos to our L.A. Nature Map!
September 10, 2015
Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) is cast as one of the most iconic concrete jungles, with skyscrapers, cars, and miles of concrete. Many think of this as a place bereft of nature. But, over the last number of years pocket parks have been built, landscapes have been changed (think City Hall), and street-side planters have been added (though the habitat value of the plants in the Broadway bump-outs is questionable at best). Nature has always been here, and will continue to be so. But the often cited examples of urban nature, rats, pigeons, and ants, aren't the only ones calling DTLA home.
At our recent BioBlitz L.A. event at City Hall we worked to document the wildlife in downtown. With a dedicated crew of 9 citizen scientists, we managed to document 28 species in 1 ½ hours. From orb weaver spiders and argentine ants, to flower flies and fox squirrels. At that event I met Michael. Michael is one of our repeat citizen scientists. This year he participated in our ButterflySCAN project and I've often seen his posts on our L.A. Nature Map. As you can imagine, I was pretty excited that he was going to join us. Michael had walked over to the event from his nearby apartment where he lives on the fourth floor. We got to talking and he told me about the wildlife he sees every day from his living room windows. Michael has two window gardens with 2, 24-inch wooden planter boxes outside of each window. Each planter box contains different types of flowers. Michael knew his garden would attract the bees, butterflies, and other pollinators he'd seen flying around DTLA.
Shortly after putting in his window garden, Michael looked out of his window and began thinking about installing a bird feeder. "I was trying to decide if I wanted to put up a feeder with seeds in it, or a hummingbird feeder. I was pretty much resigned to putting up the seed feeder because I hadn't seen any hummingbirds in the area of downtown where I live. I hesitated though, because seed feeders can get pretty messy. Suddenly, just as I was about to make my decision, a hummingbird flew up from below my window, stopped about 3 feet from me and stayed for about 10 or 15 seconds while looking straight at me, as if to say, "Of course there are hummingbirds here!'"
Inspired by this nature sighting, Michael purchased and installed one hummingbird feeder. Hummingbirds found the feeder (and his garden), and overtime Michael increased his feeders to four. At times there have been over a dozen hummingbirds visiting at once. As Michael put it, "I'm visited all day long by the beautiful flying citizens of downtown Los Angeles." Michael has documented two species of hummingbirds using his feeders: Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) and Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin). Michael thinks that he may have seen a Rufous Hummingbird, but he couldn't verify it since it didn't stay long.
When Michael shared that he had four hummingbird feeders installed, I was a bit surprised since that seemed like a lot. I asked him what the largest number of hummingbirds he has ever seen feeding at one time. "One cloudy spring afternoon earlier this year, at dusk, there were 26 hummingbirds feeding or perched in my south-facing garden, and another 10 or 11 were doing the same outside my west-facing window. I was so awed by so many hummingbirds in my garden at the same time that I just stood there and stared, counting. I don't think I even got any photos of that special afternoon!" Can you imagine seeing 36 hummingbirds outside a window in DTLA? I wonder if people walking on the sidewalk below had any idea there was a charm (yes, that's what a group of hummingbirds is called) of hummingbirds flittering around above their heads.
For those of you who have or had hummingbird feeders, you know that it can be a lot of work to maintain them. It is recommended that feeders are cleaned and changed every 5 days to prevent bacterial growth. Michael works hard to follow that protocol. "Now, with so many birds feeding here… I end up cleaning and refilling them about every two or three days because the birds have eaten all of the nectar already! Sometimes it's a lot of work keeping up with my little, energy-hungry neighbors." Clearly this must be a labor of love for Michael. He doesn't have to work so hard to maintain a healthy habitat for these DTLA hummingbirds. So why does he do it? "They make me happy. I love to listen to them all day long while I'm working in my home office, and love to watch them dance through the skies here. In fact, as I'm typing this, I'm sitting 3 feet from a hummingbird outside my west-facing window." Michael's story resonates with me, because it shows that if wildlife friendly habitats are built then wildlife will come. The window gardens that Michael installed are visited by bees and butterflies, and his feeders help provide food for hummingbirds. I want to thank Michael for beautifying DTLA with his gardens, for providing habitat for wildlife, and for inspiring me to do more to help nature in L.A. I live in an apartment in Hollywood, and surely I can create a mini-garden of my own. I wonder what animals will visit me and my garden.
Check out Michael's Flickr page to view more of his stunning photos. Michael posted some of his hummingbird photos, and other wildlife photos, to NHMLA's L.A. Nature Map.
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June 17, 2015
During Bug Fair, I found a ladybug in the Museum's Nature Gardens, that didn't look familiar. It didn't have any spots, but it somehow looked different than all the other no-spotted ladybugs I'd seen before. I took its photo, posted it to our Nature Gardens Survey on iNaturalist, and then totally forgot about it. Nine-spotted ladybug, photo taken by Harsi Parker
It wasn't until a few weeks later, while I was preparing for a behind-the-scenes tour in entomology that something made me come back to that photograph. I was planning to talk about a big discovery made by a citizen scientist back in 2009—the time Harsi Parker discovered a rare nine-spotted ladybug in L.A. Harsi Parker standing in Webb Canyon circa 2009
Today Harsi lives in Washington State, but back in 2009, Harsi lived in Claremont, right on the edge of L.A. and San Bernardino counties. On a summer day in 2009, Harsi went for a walk in Claremont's Webb Canyon. As she passed a stand of mustard plants, she noticed an insect out of the corner of her eye. She looked closer and realized it was a ladybug—one she had never seen before. Not having her camera on her, and worrying she'd never find the ladybug again if she ran home to get it, Harsi picked the sprig of invasive mustard (she wouldn't have done this if it was a native flower). She slowly and carefully walked the sprig with its precious cargo all the way back to her house. Once she was home Harsi immediately took photos of the ladybug, and began searching through her field guides to try and identify it. When she turned to the page with the nine-spotted ladybug, Coccinella novemnotata, Harsi got really excited—these are very rare ladybugs. Nine-spotted ladybugs are native to North America, but their population numbers declined tremendously in the 1970s and 80s. Numbers declined so low that many scientists thought they were locally extinct in many parts of the U.S. Knowing that nine-spotted ladybugs are rare, Harsi realized she had to share her find with the scientific community. She posted her photo to Cornell's Lost Ladybug Project and promptly got confirmation that her ladybug was indeed a rare nine-spotted specimen. This was only the second time this lost ladybug had been reported to the project for the entire state of California! While doing my research about Harsi's story, I got a chance to really study her nine-spotted ladybug photographs. As I looked at them closely I realized they reminded me of the ladybug I had found in the Nature Gardens during Bug Fair. My photo on the left; Harsi Parker's photo on the right
I put our photos side by side, and noticed that they both had a black line running down their back, they both had the same black-and-white pattern on the pronotum (the shield-like covering above a ladybug's head), and they had the same white line between their eyes. Just like Harsi, I got really excited, "Did I just discover a 'lost ladybug' here in the Nature Gardens?" Turns out my ladybug was a lost ladybug too! Within 24 hours, staff from Cornell responded to my picture and told me I had found the fourth nine-spotted ladybug in California. I couldn't believe it! The odds of me finding a nine-spotted ladybug are small, but finding one while researching another nine-spotted finding was just too incredible. I emailed Harsi to let her know what was taking place and she was thrilled. I told Harsi that our photos are forever linked, because if I hadn't been researching her story then I wouldn't have realized what I had seen. This goes to show that the power of citizen science is not only helping scientists collect valuable data points, but it is also connecting people through science and helping them to make big discoveries about the world we live in. Photos from the Lost Ladybug tour during the First Fridays program on June 5.
Feeling inspired? We encourage all of you to look for ladybugs this summer. Take their photos and send them to us at email@example.com. You may not find a nine-spotted ladybug, but you will be contributing to our understanding of nature in L.A. Written by Richard Smart
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May 27, 2015
Have you recently seen lizards in L.A. that appear to be biting each other, or maybe they are trying to eat each other?
If you have, you are not alone. Citizen scientist, Diana Beardsley, saw these two in her lizard-filled backyard and sent us this picture. It became the latest data point in our Reptiles and Amphibians of Southern California project (RASCals) which helps us understand the state of urban lizard populations. It also helped us realize a pattern! Diana was not the only one to send us a picture of one lizard biting another. Many of the people who sent us these pictures were not sure exactly what they were witnessing–were they fighting, trying to eat each other, or doing something else entirely? Turns out it was something else. What looks like a fight between two lizards, is actually a form of lizard courtship, a lizard love bite if you will. Museum herpetologist, Dr. Greg Pauly says, "male alligator lizards bite the female behind the head during mating, which holds her in place until she is ready." Lizards have been observed in this position for a long time—sometimes over an hour, and oftentimes moving through open spaces which makes them easily visible. Some people speculate that the mating hold is a show of strength by the male, to prove how worthy of a mate he is. However, as Greg points out, there's no data to support this claim but he concedes that it could prove to be true. All of this might sound a little harsh to some people, but this mating behavior has not been known to harm the female. If you see lizards engaged in this behavior, please do not try to separate them or move them, as this could harm the lizards. This is their normal behavior, and an integral part of their mating ritual. When Greg saw Diana's photo he wasn't surprised, "it's mating season and this is a typical mating hold exhibited by alligator lizards." Southern alligator lizards (Elgaria multicarinata) are the most widespread lizards in urban L.A., but they can be secretive and fast, which sometimes make them hard to photograph. However, during the breeding season finding two lizards out in the open—one biting another—leads to lots of curious people taking photos. All told, we received seven photos of lizards mating in March and April, which is about 10% of all RASCals submissions during the time period. Here are some more pictures of alligator lizards in the mating hold: On March 19, Louise Whitaker saw these Alligator lizards and sent the photo in to our email@example.com e-mail.
On March 27, Ron Matumoto submitted this picture to the RASCals project on iNaturalist:
Finally, on April 22, Jean Brandt sent in this photo.
These images provide photographic evidence that lizards in these areas are healthy enough to support breeding populations. If the photos come from urban and suburban areas, then Greg and other scientists can study them to understand why lizard populations are able to survive despite the proliferation of human development. Greg says, "As we grow RASCals, we should get dozens of these mating entries. Once we have them, I think I will be able to write a paper about breeding behavior of these lizards entirely based on citizen science observations. It will be awesome." So if you see lizards entangled in a love bite (or doing anything at all, Greg's really not that picky) please take a photo and send them to firstname.lastname@example.com. Your photos will help us better understand lizards in L.A. Co-authored by Richard Smart and Lila Higgins
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September 20, 2013
Ever found a large green spider in your garden? Chances are, if you're in the Los Angeles area, the spider you've found is a Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans. Here's one that NHMLA staffer, Richard Smart, found in our Nature Gardens on Wednesday:
Photo taken by NHMLA's own Spider-Woman, Cat Urban. This was perfect timing, as we desperately needed one for display in our Spider Pavilion, which opens to members today and to everyone on Sunday. As many of you know, this exhibit is a place to get up close and personal with spiders in a safe and garden-like setting. To prime visitors for the experience of walking amongst hundreds of free, web-spinning spiders (that's right, the Spider Pavilion is an immersive experience), we display about 13 spiders in enclosures in an exhibit area. This helps most people acclimate, though many arachnophobes swear this doesn't make a lick of difference. For those who are brave, they can peruse the various spiders we have collected and reared, and learn a bit about their natural history. So why did we pick this spider to display? Firstly, she's GREEN! There aren't many creatures here in Los Angeles, that can camouflage this well in our gardens. Secondly, she is a voracious and cat-like predator, hence the name. If you're lucky, you might get to see her being fed a cricket when you visit! Finally, although this spider looks fat, she is not. She is actually toting an almost fully developed egg case in her abdomen, which contains hundred of developing spiderlings! There really aren't many things cooler than coming to work and finding that a spider you've collected has laid an egg sac! So why don't you come on down and visit her and all her other spidery friends?
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When will we know the updated rates for our health care plans? It's tough to make a decision on open enrollment this month without knowing how much more each option will cost 2016-2017.
The rates are posted usually a few days before open enrollment starts. This year, open enrollment begins Friday, April 15. The rates will be posted on our main site, www.alaska.edu/benefits. Employees will have just over a full month to make a decision on what plan to enroll in. We are looking at a 10 percent increase this year due to increased claims and lower enrollments.
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If Nikola Tesla Had Been A Martial Artist
If you've spent any time at all surfing the 'Net or listening to '80's California hard-rock bands you've probably encountered the name Tesla. Outside of the reference to hair-bands and fast little electric cars, Nikola Tesla has become an Internet meme, a legendary figure to geeks worldwide and claimant to the title "World's Coolest Mad Scientist".
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was born July 10th, 1856 in Smiljian, Austrian Empire (what is now Croatia) and by the age of 14 was able to perform integral calculus in his head. At 17 he contracted cholera and was bedridden for 9 months. While still recovering he sought to evade a military draft by moving to Tomingaj and exploring the mountains in hunter's garb; he claimed that this contact with nature strengthened him physically and mentally, and spent much of his spare time reading books.
In 1875 Tesla enrolled in the Austrian Polytechnic on a scholarship, applied himself with what can only be called a demonic passion (working 3am – 11pm seven days a week) and received the highest praises of his teachers. Unfortunately he developed a gambling problem which he later overcame but not before being asked to leave the school without a degree.
Arriving in the U.S.
After bouncing around Slovenia, Prague, Budapest and France for several years he emigrated to the United States and was hired by Thomas Edison in 1884, where he started off with simple machine-shop work and soon was solving some of Edison's toughest problems.
Tesla went on to file patents on hundreds of inventions and improvements in radar, telegraphy, AC power generation, X-rays, radio, radio-astronomy – he even created a machine that caused an earthquake outside his NYC laboratory and developed the plans for a "death ray", the forerunner of the modern-day particle-beam weapon.
Yet despite all this, he was a life-long bachelor, asexual, a virgin, given to talking to pigeons and once stating that he received thought-messages from Mars. He had a plethora of quirks: he hated any number not divisible by three, he disliked human contact, jewelry and round objects, and exhibited strong symptoms of being OCD.
Tesla died at 86 years of age from injuries incurred from being struck by a taxicab. He died in his New York apartment penniless, friendless and alone.
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Now that the background material has brought you up to speed, here's my question: given his personality, his physical appearance (6′ 2", 145 pounds), in good condition (he walked 8 to 10 miles a day), possessing an eidetic memory, speaking 8 languages and able to visualize and blueprint the most complex of machines totally in his head, what style of martial art would Tesla have practiced?
Would he have gone with an existing style, or would he have created his own?
I like to think he would have grafted bits and pieces of existing styles together and added his own unique touches – such as lightning.
Maybe a little Bartitsu, a little Jujutsu, some European fencing, boxing, wrestling … he could have learned all of these arts simultaneously and would have achieved Master level in each within a few weeks. His journeys in the mountains, his austere, monk-like existence (living alone, no sex, existing on tea and Nabisco crackers), his perfect memory of martial forms and movement dynamics, all would lead to his becoming a tall, terrifying 19th-century Electrical Fighting Monk-Ninja!
He would have dominated the MMA, he would have whipped Bruce Lee with one hand and would have been the only object in the Universe that scared the heck out of Chuck Norris.
Perhaps even more terrifying is the fact that Tesla wasn't afraid to mix it up when the need arose; he was once quoted as saying that:
"To conquer by sheer force is becoming harder and harder every day. Defensive is getting continuously the advantage of offensive, as we progress in the satanic science of destruction."
"Satanic". This, from a super-genius. A super-genius who had the blueprints to create a weapon that would not appear until more than 100 years later, a weapon that could take out a small country. A weapon that makes Batman's weapons look like so many Nerf guns.
How could you STOP someone like that? You couldn't – you'd likely spend your last painful moments gazing into the stone-cold eyes of this pigeon-trash-talking, biscuit-nibbling evil madman while he zapped you into the Hereafter …
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