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From a huge rivalry game to a couple of stellar Top 25 matchups, there's no shortage of things to keep an eye on this week among Division III's elite.
But if you read our Around the Region columns and listen to the ATN Podcast, you already know how deep the rabbit hole goes with all the stories, teams and players that make up small-college football. There so much more going on than what will fit in this Triple Take space, but Pat Coleman (@d3football), Keith McMillan (@D3Keith) and Ryan Tipps (@NewsTipps) break down the week ahead and some of the games that are on our radars.
Game of the Week.
Ryan's take: No. 5 Wesley at No. 4 Mary Hardin-Baylor. Two Top 5 teams. Perennial deep playoff runs. History of great clashes. New UMHB stadium. New Crusader starting quarterback. Wolverines coming off hail mary win. Saturday under the lights. Pick your reason why this game will be exciting. There's no wrong answer.
Keith's take: No. 5 Wesley at No. 4 Mary Hardin-Baylor. Given that I already wrote about that here though, perhaps some fresh thoughts on No. 22 Cal Lutheran at No. 3 Linfield will suffice? Pacific Lutheran rushed for 234 yards against CLU last week, and Linfield ran for nearly 300 against Hardin-Simmons, including more than 150 from quarterbacks. The Kingsmen, tied at 24, couldn't get off the field during PLU's game-winning drive. Linfield might keep it on the ground at key times and eke out yet another win over its class-of-the-West-Coast rival.
Pat's take: No. 5 Wesley at No. 4 Mary Hardin-Baylor. Normally we try not to repeat games but let's be honest, this is it. Once upon a time the Tommie-Johnnie game could have measured up or Linfield-Cal Lutheran, but not this year.
Surprisingly close game.
Ryan's take: Sul Ross State at Trinity. It's a bit hard to get a handle on the Lobos since they have yet to take the field against a D-III opponent. Their ability to get a rushing game going against the Tigers' mid-range run defense will be the key to Sul Ross getting points on the board and staying in this one.
Keith's take: Louisiana College at Huntingdon. If it was billed as top-level ASC team against team picked to finish middle of USAC, it might sound like it won't be close, but this will be. The Wildcats and Hawks are each off to very good starts (Huntingdon won 35-7 at ASC member Mississippi College on Sept. 14, and LC has two wins over NAIA teams). The Wildcats dominated Webber International statistically last week, but needed to cap a 16-play drive with the game-winning touchdown with 29 seconds left, partially because 12 penalties for 171 yards set them back. Huntingdon had eight penalties of its own, and completed just 15 passes last week, so unless both teams clean up their acts, the game could stay close because both sides' miscues keep the other in it.
Pat's take: Redlands at No. 11 Pacific Lutheran. This game will not be as far apart as a game between a near-Top 10 team and a team not quite receiving votes would expect to be. Both teams have been tested early, and Redlands could well be up to the task.
Most likely Top 25 team to get upset.
Ryan's take: No. 23 Baldwin Wallace. I could see the Yellow Jackets' game against John Carroll coming down to which offense has the ball last. Both teams put up some wild offensive stats in their first games, and Baldwin Wallace has the most to lose as the team surely has its eyes on a conference prize if Mount Union shows any bit of vulnerability in the next few weeks.
Keith's take: No major upsets. Wesley and Cal Lutheran won't count as upsets if they lose to higher-ranked top-25 teams. I'm intrigued by Redlands at No. 11 Pacific Lutheran, Albright hosting No. 21 Delaware Valley and the two top-25 games involving OAC teams, but I wouldn't pick them in writing.
Pat's take: No. 21 Delaware Valley. You'd have to believe that Albright is gong to come out more than a little fired up and focused after losing to Stevenson last week and putting the Mustangs … say, on the radar. Albright might not win the MAC this season, but they're talented enough to knock off a contender, especially one coming to Reading.
They'll be on your radar.
Ryan's take: Stevenson. The Mustangs are carrying a solid opening set into this Friday night matchup against FDU-Florham. I'll be interested to see how well they can hang onto the ball after Florham showed last week that it likes to pressure teams into making turnovers. The Devils edged out TCNJ in a low-scoring game thanks primarily to forcing five of them. Stevenson, in only its third year, could prove this week and in the next couple that it is a team ready to contend.
Keith's take: Ohio Wesleyan. Two of last year's surprise teams, not just in the NCAC but nationally, meet this week when Kenyon hosts the Battling Bishops. OWU would seem to have the edge, with a week off since its season-opening win over Bluffton and the Lords coming off a 25-15 loss at Earlham in which they gained only 221 yards. With both teams playing Wabash and Wittenberg this season, I'm looking for something to indicate whether QB Mason Espinosa and OWU will be a contender for a conference title. Hey, let's keep it in the NCAC …
Pat's take: Hiram. No, seriously. Readers of Kickoff know why I say so — they have a transfer quarterback who played at Notre Dame … even if it is the Division II school in Ohio. Rob Partridge is listed as a freshman in the Terriers' stats, but don't let that fool you: He's actually a senior. And with that experience, he's going to have Hiram in a lot more games than it would have been in last year. If he plays, that is, since he didn't finish last week's game at Denison.
Which 0-2 team will earn its first win?
Ryan's take: Kean. While the final score last week appears to have been a thorough beating at the hands of Mary Hardin-Baylor, it belies the closeness of the matchup at halftime, when UMHB had just a 3-0 lead. The Crusaders, of course, made adjustments under center and elsewhere, and took off from there, but the fact that Kean was able to hang with such a good team for such a long time and force a couple of turnovers has to give them confidence going up against Endicott this week.
Keith's take: Salisbury. The Gulls might take the frustration of losing to two top-25 teams by a total of 10 points out on N.C. Wesleyan. It's a new season and all, and a fresh coaching staff for the (other) Battling Bishops, but Salisbury won 69-6 at home last year.
Pat's take: Susqhenanna. In a matchup of 0-2 teams, I take Susquehanna over Dickinson. It's puzzling how poorly Dickinson has been playing so far this season, while Susquehanna has at least looked decent in one game, at Merchant Marine in the season opener.
Which team is far topping your expectations?
Ryan's take: Juniata. You have to go back at least a decade to find a season in which the Eagles have started 2-0. And while coach and Juniata grad Tim Launtz showed last season, in his sophomore year at the helm, that he is serious about turning the team around, he's following through with that goal splendidly this fall. The next couple weeks could be bumpy for Juniata, with Gettysburg this week then Franklin and Marshall and Johns Hopkins, but there's a lot for these players to be happy about. Junior quarterback Ward Udinski has 634 passing yards in just two games, with more than 100 yards rushing. This is a team that could sneak up on some of the top teams in the conference if they let their guard down.
Keith's take: Olivet. I listed a handful of mildly surprising 2-0 teams in Off the Beaten Path, and the Comets get more acknowledgement here not just for winning at Wilmington and then beating Wisconsin Lutheran so far. It's that there's no reason it should stop. This week's opponent, Rockford, is 0-2 and 2-30 since the start of the 2010 season, and 0-2 North Park and 0-2 Alma follow.
Pat's take: Emory and Henry. So far, at least. Not just beating Ferrum, but crushing them, and then beating Maryville as well. Even though the ODAC has generally owned the USA South in recent years, that's a convincing butt-kicking of the Panthers. And even though E&H generally beats Ferrum soundly in Emory, it's still a bit of a surprise to me because I was thinking E&H was on a bit of a downslide.
Color me red.
Ryan's take: Olivet. This is another one of those teams that could fall under "far topping my expectations," but since their uniforms are Scarlet, I get an opportunity to talk about them in this category instead. The Comets have already notched their best season in years. And with Rockford and North Park over the next two weeks before MIAA play begins, it's no stretch to think Olivet could be 4-0 and looking to rattle some conference cages behind Braden Black at quarterback and his go-to receiver, Dan Hugan. The weakness in their armor, though, is the pass defense (statistically 211th in Division III), which will need to improve if Olivet hopes to take this success to the next level.
Keith's take: Bates. Hey Ryan, my bad for using Olivet, didn't know you'd be shooting stars down here when I wrote that. (See what I did there?) Maybe I should have given 2-0 Hope some love instead. The good folks in Michigan will appreciate the Olivet nods, but anyway, Bates … So yeah, the NESCAC gets underway this week, and the Bobcats get conference favorite Trinity right off the bat. I'm responsible for a portion of the Bantams' also receiving votes in the top 25, so I'm not picking Bates so much as I'm watching to see signs that last year's 5-3 season was no fluke. Jeff Hetzel and Damon Hatheway were high on Bates in Kickoff, and assuming that quarterback battle is settled, we'll get an indication of whether that 6-2 prediction could be on the money.
Pat's take: UW-River Falls. After a close loss to St. John's and a non-embarrassing loss to No. 2 St. Thomas, it's time for UW-River Falls to hit the road. While that involves something different than the first two games at home did, I think River Falls will be just a bit on the rise this season.


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NEWS- Unbuckled: No belts on local school buses
When an Alabama school bus plunged off an overpass killing four students earlier this month, the issue of seat belts on buses screamed onto newspaper front pages across the country. And in Charlottesville and Albemarle, where thousands of students each day ride school buses without seat belts, some parents are wondering whether their children are as safe as the schools would have them believe.
"I'd like to see them added," says Michelle Kupfer, whose three children ride Albemarle County school buses every day. "I think a lot of parents are wondering, 'Why don't they have them?'"
Local parents aren't the only ones wondering.
"It's a pet peeve with me," says Dennis Rooker, chair of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors, who says he's brought the issue up several times at Board meetings. "Why don't you see seat belts on school buses?"
Rooker says he's been told in the past that studies suggest seat belts are a "mixed bag" because they could prove difficult for younger riders to use and could trap students in an accident– or cause greater injuries.
Buses across the nation currently use "compartmentalization"– high backed, closely spaced, cushioned seats– to protect their young passengers, and research has shown school buses to be relatively safe compared to other modes of transportation.
Indeed, an October 2002 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says American students are "nearly eight times safer riding in a school bus than with their own parents and guardians in cars." The study concluded that lap belts in school buses would offer "little if any benefit in reducing serious-to-fatal injuries in severe frontal crashes and could in fact increase the rate of serious neck or abdominal injuries."
Lap/shoulder belts, according to that study, could provide benefit unless misused– a possibility that could then also result in neck or abdominal injury. And if the installation of seat belts decreases bus use, that could also cause significant problems.
"Given that school buses are the safest way to and from school, even the smallest reduction in the number of bus riders could result in more children being killed or injured when using alternative forms of transportation," concludes the study.
But one organization says that study is flawed– and that there's something else behind the NHTSA safety recommendations.
"The bottom line is it's all about the money," says Alan Ross, head of the Coalition for School Bus Safety, an all-volunteer advocacy group.
Ross points to a study released in November in the journal Pediatrics that reveals that each year school bus accidents send 17,000 children to the hospital– a number much higher than previously estimated.
Among the many recent school bus accidents archived by the Coalition: a July, 2006 accident on I-95 in Maryland in which a school bus carrying 60 Philadelphia students flipped, severing one child's hand and sending dozens to emergency rooms with serious injuries; a May 9, 2005 accident in which a school bus carrying 53 children struck two cars, killing two children and sending others to the hospital with head injuries and broken bones; and a March 2006 accident in Convoy, Ohio in which a school bus carrying 15 passengers– nine of them preschoolers– rolled over. In the last accident, the children were buckled in and none were seriously injured.
Ross says the anecdotal evidence collected by the Coalition suggests that the number of school bus accident injuries may actually be closer to 35,000– more than double the estimate in the Pediatrics survey. He says approximately 400 school districts across the country have voluntarily installed seat belts on buses, and three states– New York, New Jersey, and Florida– require all new buses to be so equipped.
The organization that publishes Pediatrics– the American Academy of Pediatrics has supported the use of seat belts on school buses for the past decade. The Academy announced its formal position on the issue in the October 1996 issue of Pediatrics.
"It is estimated that the use of seat belts on large, type I buses may reduce deaths and injuries by 20 percent, with an assumption that use rates are only 50 percent," the article said. With proper education and supervision, the Academy says, "Effectiveness estimates can be enhanced."
Dr. Benjamin Hoffman, director of the pediatric residency program at University of New Mexico Medical Center and executive director of the Academy's Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention, says he doesn't think it's realistic to retrofit all school buses with seat belts, but he does believe all new buses should be built with them.
"In a perfect world, having all new school buses roll off the line with seat belts would be great," Hoffman says.
That's not in the cards anytime soon in Charlottesville, where the issue isn't under consideration.
"There haven't been any complaints," says Charlottesville transit director Bill Watterson, who adds that minor incidents occur on school buses "on a monthly basis," but that there have been no accident-related injuries since he took the post two years ago.
And while Dennis Rooker periodically asks about seat belts, he too sees no immediate push for belt. But former Albemarle County School Board member Gary Grant, who serves as a substitute school bus driver in the county, would like to see the issue explored further.
"I'm not a safety expert," says Grant. "But I would hope as a layperson that we're not as a nation pushing against seat belts because of cost. Any one child's life is definitely worth the investment."
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A month-long stay in the Hamakua and Kohala areas of the Big Island wouldn't be enough time to experience all the incredible scenery, vistas, waterfalls, hikes and small towns. This area has a range of annual rainfall from 6" to 140", and terrain that ranges from desert to lush tropical rainforest. There is very little modern development so you can get a real feel of how people have lived here for the last 150 years. Following are a few highlights of famous or more well-known places, but be sure to ask your hosts in the area about their favorite spots too, since this list is far from complete!
Honokaa is an historic agricultural town from the days of sugarcane and cattle ranching. A stroll down the mainstreet brings you to a number of antique and memorabilia stores, local craftsman's shops, a homemade ice cream shop, four family restaurants, galleries and friendly people. There are many old restored historic buildings including a 1930's movie theater (still showing modern films Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings). In Honokaa you can get a taste of what Hawaii was like years ago. Every Saturday morning there is a Farmer's Market.
Waipio Valley overlook is a 10 minute drive from the town of Honokaa. If you like hiking and are in shape you will enjoy the walk down the (paved) road to the valley floor and the mile-long black sand beach. Bring drinking water with you, and allow 30 min. down, and 45 min. up to return.. There is much ancient history here. King Kamehameha was raised in secret here and later this valley was the head settlement of the Hawaiian Islands. Some say that as many as 30,00 people lived here at one time, but it is hard to imagine that now. Waipio is like a tropical Grand Canyon. The highest free-falling waterfall in the world is in the back of the Waipio. The impressive black sand beach here has varying ocean conditions so be respectful of your abilities when you venture out to swim, bodysurf or go boogie boarding. The river is a lot of fun to play in also. Four-wheel drive tours, mule-drawn wagon rides, and horseback rides thru Waipio Valley are offered by the travel agency in Honokaa. A visit to Waipio with its gently murmuring streams and taro fields is really turning back the clock to Old Hawai'i.
Kalopa State Park is a wonderland of trails in native Hawaiian rainforest which retains its original indigenous species of plants and trees. There are many beautiful well-kept trails through the forest, from a 0.4 mile 10-minute walk to a 6-mile circumlocution of the entire park.
Laupahoehoe Point has a County beach park, including picnic tables, showers, and quiet tidepools for bathing, as well as spectacular ocean views. You can stop and say a prayer there at the monument to the residents who were washed into the ocean when a tidal wave hit Laupahoehoe Point years ago (there are modern tidal wave warning systems now and no one gets hurt anymore).
On the Hilo end of the Hamakua coast watch for the " 4 mile scenic drive " sign on the ocean side, for if you have the time it is a beautiful, tropical drive. You may wish to stop at the Botanical Gardens during the drive to see exotic trees and unusual tropical plants.
Akaka Falls , Rainbow Falls and the little town of Honomu are a must-see, as no trip is complete without seeing these beautiful falls.
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Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone
Author: Immanuel Kant
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A Monumental Figure of Western Thought Wrestles with the Question of God: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is one of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western philosophy. His contributions have had a profound impact on almost every philosophical movement that followed him. His teachings on religion were unorthodox in that they were based on rationality rather than revelation. Tho logically proving Gods existence might be impossible, its morally reasonable to act as if there be a God. His strictly rational approach was considered so scandalous that the King of Prussia forbid him to teach or write further on religious subjects, which Kant obeyed until the kings death. A work of major importance in the history of Western religious thought, Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone represents a great philosophers attempt to spell out the form & content of a type of religion grounded in moral reason & meeting the needs of an ethical life.


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Hofmeister leads Liberty at first figure skating competition
October 15, 2012 | Lynchburg, Va.
Senior Nicole Hofmeister earned a silver medal in junior ladies free skating to highlight Liberty's performance in the Eastern Intercollegiate figure skating competition at the LaHaye Ice Center Oct. 12-14. The Lady Flames figure skating team finished 8th overall.
More than 120 skaters from 14 colleges competed, representing Duke University, Penn State University, Cornell University, Boston University, Johns Hopkins University, East Carolina University, Fordham University, Northeastern University, Sacred Heart University, Towson University, New York University, Dartmouth College (who won the team competition), and the University of Delaware.
Hofmeister was the only individual medal winner for Liberty and the team of sophomore Katie Scuilla, and freshmen Jenn Goette, Kelsey Rieschl, and Amanda Delphia finished second in the low team maneuvers category, claiming silver and the Lady Flames' only team medal of the event. Scuilla also finished fourth in preliminary solo dance.
Freshman Fantasia Remonvil finished fourth in the novice ladies short program category.
"Overall the competition was a great experience for our freshmen skaters," said Tatiana Payne, Lady Flames head coach. "All who took part seemed to have had a wonderful time and we plan to do even better next time."
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"I'm good at remembering faces, but terrible at remembering names." How often has someone said this line to you at a meeting or a party?
But how true is this common refrain? By going on a little journey into the psychology of memory, I want to show you that what our memories do with faces and with names is not as straightforward as it might seem.
It is true that humans are experts at recognising faces. Most of us could name thousands of them, and it is something we tend to do easily and automatically. To a neuroscientist, this is a clue that this is a difficult problem made to seem easy because there is a lot of machinery in the brain dedicated to the task.
And so it transpires. There is a part of the brain dedicated to recognising faces – called the Fusiform Face Area – positioned in the part of the brain called the Temporal Lobe, which can be found roughly in the area behind your ears. If you have a brain injury that damages this part of the brain, you'll know people by their clothes or their voice, but you just won't be able to recognise them from their face, even if you have perfectly normal vision. There is even a form of inherited weakness in this brain region, so that whole families can be notoriously bad at recognising faces, including each others'. This condition, known as prosopagnosia, was made famous in Oliver Sacks' book The Mind's Eye, where he revealed that he is face-blind himself.
But these people are the exception to the rule. We are generally so good at recognising faces that we tend to see faces even when there aren't any, such as in the random patterns made by clouds and rock formations on the surfaces of other planets, which is a side-effect of having a brain specialised for this function.
What's that yellow thing?
What is interesting is that we do not appear to have a corresponding brain region for remembering names. What we do have are brain regions dedicated to remembering words – and names are special examples of words. Get a brain injury in these regions and you would end up forever struggling to find the names for people and things. You might recognise a banana, know that it is a delicious yellow fruit and even have a good recipe for banana muffins, but you would be unable to conjure up the word to tell other people what the thing you are looking at is called.
It is tempting to conclude that when people say they are good with faces but not with names, it somehow means that their 'face area' is bigger or better connected than the 'name area'. But, in fact, something more interesting than a simple imbalance is going on. There is a crucial difference between the kinds of memory task we are usually asked to do with faces, compared to the task we have to do with names. Or to put it another way, we might use the same word – 'remember' – to describe our ability to place faces and names, but in fact we are describing two different psychological processes: recognition and recall.
Let us return to the party to see the two different processes in action. Imagine you are looking at the faces of the guests. You catch someone's eye and maybe you ask yourself, "Do I know this person?" This is a recognition task – a facial recognition task to be precise – and the answer is either a simple "Yes, I recognise them", or a "No, I've not seen them before".
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Later, you are talking to an acquaintance and you have to introduce them. This is the name part of the memory task, and it is about recall rather than recognition. Politeness demands that you say, "This is my friend X", and you have to fill in X with the correct name. A simple yes/no answer will not work here.
In other words, faces are given to us – they are there when we look at the person we are thinking about – and all we have to do is know whether we have seen them before or not. Names, on the other hand, are hidden in memory and we have to retrieve them, which is a far harder psychological task. But once you realise that recalling names is just intrinsically harder than recognising faces, you need not be too hard on yourself for forgetting your neighbours' or co-workers' names anymore. Instead, you could try some fundamental psychology tricks to help you remember them.
Experiments on memory have shown that simply trying hard to remember things doesn't really help. Of far more use is to repeat the thing you're trying to remember, and to form associations with it. So if you want to remember names, you need to use them frequently when you first meet a person. You might have noticed people doing this with you. You say "Hello, I'm Ravi", and they say "Hello Ravi, what do you do in life?" or something similar, immediately practising using the person's name.
If there is someone whose name you really need to remember, you should make an image in your mind that connects their name with something you have found out about them, ideally combining both in a striking or absurd image. So, for example, if you meet a Jennifer, and you find out that she is from Alaska, you could imagine her standing in the centre of a snowy town (Alaska is cold, right?) and wearing a fur coat (for JenniFUR). Just spending a few seconds building a mental image around the name will create hooks of memory, which will let you recall the name next time you meet her. Practise this method and you need never be embarrassed at another party.
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"Hear the future and prepare for it" is the World Health Organization's (WHO's) message for World Hearing Day 2018. To that end, Come Hear Hearing Center advises everyone to take care of their hearing health.
On World Hearing Day, March 3rd, 2018, Come Hear Hearing Center hopes to encourage more people to be mindful of their hearing health.1 Based on statistical projections, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the prevalence of hearing loss is set to increase globally, and this World Hearing Day discusses how preventative measures could help curb the rise. With more than 5% of the global population already affected by disabling hearing loss2, now is the time to raise awareness and address why people do not recognize the signs when they are affected.
Many things can cause hearing loss – both in and out of our control. The most common include:
Approximately 60% of childhood hearing loss is due to preventable causes.2 Although not all hearing loss can be prevented, we can take action to take better care of our ears, such as wearing ear protection when working with loud machinery. More importantly, we can pay more attention to our hearing and seek advice from an expert if we have any concerns.
Hearing loss can be a slow process, so it can be difficult to read the signs of deterioration, and in many cases, is easily ignored. In comparison to loss of sight, hearing loss is not always noticeable. Many people have a vision test annually to maintain eye health. Unfortunately, many people don't take the same precautions for their ears, because hearing is as important as sight.
One key element to maintaining hearing health is paying attention to the early signs of hearing loss, such as:
Our professionals urge you to address the symptoms of hearing loss. We advise you begin with a professional hearing assessment* to eliminate guesswork. Untreated hearing loss can cause serious long-term conditions, especially later in life, so we implore everyone to maintain their hearing care now.
Hearing loss has a number of side effects. Untreated, hearing loss can cause people to withdraw from socializing and lead to feelings of isolation and depression. Several studies have concluded that hearing loss contributes to the early onset of dementia, including the recent study authored by the Lancet Commissions on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care.3 Addressing hearing loss is key to remaining cognitive and socially active.
According to the WHO, approximately one third of people over 65 years of age are affected by disabling hearing loss2 and are potentially at risk of affecting their overall health if untreated. With the number of people aged 65 and above predicted to have doubled in 2050 compared to today4, age-related hearing loss is almost certainly a contributing factor to the increasing prevalence of hearing loss. That's partially why the WHO's slogan for 2018 is "Hear the future and prepare for it." Now is the best time to act.
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Kyrgyz Republic, Issyk-Kul region
25 - 26 July 2012
Regional TIR Seminar in Kyrgyz Republic on 25 and 26 July 2012
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Regional TIR Seminar in Kyrgyz Republic on 25 and 26 July 2012
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the TIR Executive Board and the TIR secretariat, in close co-operation with the State Customs Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, organize a Regional TIR Seminar which will be held at the Hotel "Akmaral" on the lake Issyk-Kul on 25 and 26 July 2012.
The main purpose of the seminar is to analyze the current status of the TIR Convention as the only global customs transit regime and the unique international transport and trade facilitation tool as well as its outlook for the future. The event will also provide excellent opportunities to exchange experiences in the application of the TIR procedure in different regions, including Customs security issues. A large part of seminar will be devoted to a free exchange of views on today's situation in the field of customs transit in Central Asia and and its neighboring countries.
The Seminar will include presentations by high-level officials from Customs administrations of Contracting Parties to the TIR Convention, including the European Union, by chairs of several inter-governmental bodies of the TIR Convention as well as by senior experts from the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the UNECE secretariat, who will examine the TIR Convention challenges and the opportunities which need to be addressed.
The TIR Seminar is designed for senior Governmental officials responsible for the policies in the field of customs and trade from the republics of Central Asia, neighboring countries as well as from states of transit connection with the region. The seminar is also open to representatives of the private sector who are involved in Customs transit procedures (national associations or road carriers, Chambers of Commerce, freight forwarders and/or Customs brokers).
Attached please find a Programme of the Seminar. More detailed information on the programme of the Seminar and on the participating experts will become available at the beginning of July. Each participant will receive a free copy of the latest edition of the TIR Handbook. At the end of the Seminar, certificates of attendance will be distributed to all participants. English and Russian will be the working languages. Full simultaneous interpretation into/from these languages will be provided.
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Have you ever seen a seed grow? Stupid question right? You're on a gardening blog I'm sure you've seen a seed grow.
Have you ever stopped to think about the difference in vigor because something grow from seed versus something grown in a pot and then transplanted at some later date? It is astounding. I have seen trees, when grown from seed, get taller than me in a single year, and that rate of growth does not slow down.
The reason of course is roots. When planted from seed roots do as roots do best and spread widely and deeply, depending on the species of course. This natural root formation is most ideal for almost any plant (tomatoes, perhaps, being one exception, because when you transplant them you can do it deeply and allow more root formation along the buried stem). The larger a plant or tree is, the greater hurt it will have incurred by being in a container.
I can buy in early spring a buddleia from a mail order nursery. It will arrive small, a couple inches tall maybe, in a 3 inch pot, the roots barely filling that container. If I then plant it it will have time to develop, roots will spread, and it will end up very healthy and large and floriferous by the end of summer. I did this this spring with both hardy hibiscus and buddleia (I mean I've bought hundreds of plants from mail order nurseries, but these two are foremost in my mind right now) and both ended up 3'x3′ by the end of the summer, super healthy, only watered with rain, and they came in little pots.
Brick and mortar nurseries would never sell that plant, they know consumers will not buy it unless they see its blooms at the store. So they only get sold in later summer, by that time they will be maybe in a 1 gallon pot, which will still be too small for them. They will have survived only by daily extra waterings at the wholesale nursery, that is the only way their confined roots were able to get enough water to stay alive. You can cut away and tease the roots before planting but that will not solve the problem that the overall area of soil covered by the roots is not sufficient to support the top growth of the plant without additional care and you will essentially have to give it supplemental watering for the remainder of the year or risk it dying, especially if it ever gets hot and dry where you live. The spread of roots in a potted plant is measured in inches, the spread of roots in a soil grown plant is measured in feet.
I ran into this problem in a big way this summer with some rudbeckia I bought from Lowes. Not faulting Lowes or anything but they were so incredibly root bound they had to likely been getting watered multiple times a day to survive, and so when I planted them, and when I even continued to water them, they still keeled over. For many plants having them grow all year in a small container and then selling them once they bloom is not going to produce a healthy result in your garden.
Have you ever purchased a tree from a nursery and had a hard time wrapping your head around how so much tree can be supported by so little pot? Daily supplemental watering and fertilizer. Which is fine if you're planting this tree near a hose, but trees are often planted in the far reaches of our yards or property and what then? Death by dehydration. However if you purchased a smaller tree, earlier in the season, this might not be as large of a problem. Additionally this is why people say "fall is for planting." By planting trees in the fall you're giving them time to get their roots established and spread out more before the introduction of summer heat.
Still, no matter what, a seed grown plant or tree will probably always be more vigorous than a container grown one, and one that is transplanted when small will be more vigorous than one that is transplanted when large. We all want instant gratification, so it may take a leap of faith to go with something smaller, however I can almost guarantee it will eventually catch up.
That being said, there is a virtue of buying larger plants and trees – they're harder for deer to kill outright.
I have had only very limited success in years past propagating plants from cuttings. It is something I always wanted to do, but was the one aspect of gardening I failed at, time and again.
In Michigan I really did not have a good setup. Very few windows with nice light, and cats all over the house. Before moving to Tennessee I took a lot of cuttings of bushes I would want for my new property and put them in trays and put them outside in the shade with humidity domes and they all rotted eventually.
Here I have tried it a few times. Rooting in water then transplanting, rooting in soil with bag or something over it as a humidity dome, rooting in a tray again with a humidity dome, rooting in a tray with rock wool plugs and a vented dome. I had a lot of failures. Some things worked in water, sweet potatoes, etc. But most did not. The rock wool plugs and dome worked okay, until everything inside rotted. Some things had rooted, but they rotted anyways. I had the dome on, and sealed, for a couple weeks, opened it to check on things, looked good, so I vented it and put it back on, and in two days mold on everything.
I feel like a rooting medium really is best, not just water. Roots are lazy, if they get everything they need right outside the front door they aren't going to walk around the block and look for things. So for many plants rooting in water will not work because the water and any nutrients are too readily available. This is also why you should water containers deeply and let them dry out between waterings. Otherwise (and again, this is species specific, there are exceptions) plants will only put roots in the top part of the soil because they're able to get everything they need from there without growing deeper. This is also why bottoms up watering systems work so well.
But for me, getting the humidity just right so that the plant survives long enough to put out roots while not rotting has been the major challenge… until now.
I'm blessed to have a greenhouse, a real legit one, climate controlled, automatic venting, etc. It is humid and super damp inside, but there is good airflow because of fans. So what I finally figured out is if I just plant cuttings in potting mix (sand might be better, but potting mix is working fine) and do not use a dome, they do fine, they get sufficient humidity just from being in there. My cutting success rate now seems to be close to 80%, which is way better than 0%.
I've been doing some hardy hibiscus and buddleia and hydrangeas and some other things such as shrubs for hedges and am having pretty good success. I go in once a day, most days, and mist the cuttings with a spray bottle and they have been tied into my automatic watering system and things are going well. I have a giant property and this will allow me to get the volume of plants I need to landscape it all without breaking the bank.
One strategy I've adopted is to place multiple cuttings in each little pot. This way if I do have failures odds are I'll still end up with something growing in that pot – and if all 3 or 4 succeed I can always thin out the weakest.
I have a pretty neat house, and one of my favorite features is a giant skylight over a stairwell. I've wanted to grow flowers in window boxes around those stairs, and it gets essentially full sun despite being indoors, however there are a couple caveats in that I have to use window boxes with no drainage (because it would drain on to my steps below).
I previously blogged about my indoor gardening when I posted about growing Morning Glory indoors… that experiment ultimately did not work out like I had hoped. The morning glories grew but they were not as vigorous or floriferous as I would have liked, then they started to decline. I also have tried jasmine, which didn't really flourish in my window boxes with no drainage, and I've tried begonias, which are doing well but drop too much plant litter for my taste.
Because I am growing these things in window boxes indoors over living space I had to close all the drainage holes in the boxes. There are other ways I could have handled this such as by using an insert and backfilling with rock so the insert drained into the window box (which I would have still closed up). But doing so would have significantly reduced the amount of soil for the roots of the plants and I ended up deciding on giving the plants more space for their roots rather than drainage. I do not think my watering regime is keeping it too swampy in the bottom of the containers but perhaps the morning glory simply did not like it.
So I've switched. I planted jasmine in two of the containers, along with petunias. The jasmine was doing fine though there was some initial transplant discomfort, then it got glossy green, now it has declined, it just wasn't a happy plant. The petunias though, they have taken off, they're doing really well. I bought "wave petunias" and they're cascading down into the stairwell with dozens and dozens of blossoms. I give each window box about a quart of water a day and that seems sufficient to keep things in good health. This is the look I was hoping I would get with the morning glories, but live and learn.
It is now almost February and they are still going strong. They need a little pruning (which is going to make a mess) and they're blooming less with the shorter days I surmise, but they seem very healthy. I'm sure by now they're fairly rootbound but must not mind. I think I will be able to keep petunias growing in these window boxes quite long term.
The pink ones I really like, they were labeled a Wave Petunia and bought at Home Depot. The purple ones were also labeled a Wave Petunia and bought at Ace, they got more leggy, longer trailing, which can seem attractive, but also less densely flowered. One of my main goals was to perfume the house with the scent of flowers but none of these petunias are very fragrant. I have some new Scentsation petunia seeds on order that I plan to use and I will probably swap out the purple petunias and the middle planter where I had experimented with begonias for these new fragrant ones.
I'm pretty excited, the last bit of construction on my house is finally done and we've moved into landscaping and cleanup mode and that means gardening.
I have ambitious plans and I know it will take me years to fully develop the garden beds I have in mind but I cannot wait to get started.
But, then there is the soil. I've got pretty hard red clay type stuff, fill dirt, it's been compressed by construction activity for years, I can hardly even dig into it. It's the kind of soil you need to take a mattock to. So we top dress it with a layer of cached topsoil, and then I had some really nice black dirt I had brought in, but still, some inches down, there it is, the crap soil. And this is typical in most new construction. A few inches of top soil over fill dirt. Some of these beds I've managed to do more than a few inches but it will still not be ideal.
So yesterday, after the guys were done spreading the soil where I wanted it, and in advance of the rain we will get today and tomorrow, I planted around 100 sunflowers, mammoth ones.
I don't have a picture, and its just dirt anyway, so here, have a picture of one I grew years ago.
See, as I discussed previously in this other blog post on root depth, one of the best ways to improve your soil is to plant things with long and deep root systems. These roots will penetrate into the soil, even the subsoil, providing a channel for water infiltration and creating organic matter down there over time. Deeply rooted plants are also less susceptible to drought.
What if you're not aiming for permanent plantings yet though? You don't want to create a mess of deeply rooted shrubs or perennials that you'll have to dig up. The best thing is something that will grow, and produce a large root system, and then die. So, my idea, is to use sunflowers.
Sunflowers are heavy feeders, which means they will take a lot of nutrients from the soil, so there is a tradeoff here, but I do not care about that as much. I can always fertilize and add nutrients back into the soil. I'm looking for something to improve soil structure and performance. I also wouldn't do this in a vegetable bed where it will be dug or tilled on an annual basis. This is for a perennial bed where I will not be digging in unless I'm removing a plant or adding one.
Have you ever tried to uproot a sunflower? It is nearly impossible because of their long tap roots that can reach 5 feet down. I don't know if they're as strong as a daikon radish, which is another good plant for this objective, which exudes hundreds of pounds of force with it's taproot and so I assume is able to penetrate my hard clay, but I'll find out.
I don't fully know if this will be successful, mostly because of critters. Everything loves to eat sunflowers and I am surrounded by forest out here, where I'm planting them is not fenced. If the critters do not get at them though I will be able to enjoy their blooms from my pool deck, I will get a copious amount of seeds to feed to the chickens I plan on getting, and I will have used the power of nature to break up my subsoil allowing future plantings to do better.
All of my adult life because of a combination of kids, cats, and poorly placed windows, I've been severely limited in my ability to grow plants indoors. First I had an apartment, with little room, and I didn't know as much then as I do now. I had a patio garden and some hanging pots of pothos near my patio sliding door, but not much else.
Then I had a house, and I gardened the hell out of that house. Most of the pictures on my blog are from that house, but it was outdoor gardening. It did not have a single south facing window, not a single one. No deep window sills for plants. We did an addition off the back and I had a deep window sill added there, but it was just one, and not big enough for a large potted plant, 8 inch pots tops. I lived there for 13 years.
Then we moved to Tennessee and lived in a rental a couple years while we built. I had a few more windows and more natural light but with a baby and the cats and the transient nature of the place I didn't do much.
But now, now I have my forever home, that I designed… and while in some sections of the house I intentionally do not have many windows, in others I do, huge windows, deep window sills, a greenhouse, and…. in the middle of the house…. over the stairs…. a skylight. And not just any skylight, a 22×11 skylight. This thing is a beast of natural light, it filters down to the first floor. 30 feet-ish below the skylight apex I have my amorphophallus titanum in a small pot, the cats and kids don't bother it though I worry. More like 35-40 ish feet below the skylight and off to the side I have a ginger lily doing fine with just that filtered light. The potential for me to grow around this stairwell under the skylight is very high, and stratified. Shade plants do well on the bottom levels, but sun lovers can do well at the top, because the third floor right under the skylight is super bright and gets a good quantity of direct sunlight. There is a spot or two where a large potted tropical tree would go nicely, but I need the pot, and the tree, and to be fully moved in and not unpacking and whatnot. It will take me awhile to fully take advantage of all the great locations for me to grow in this house… and I haven't even mentioned the greenhouse.
I love the idea of beautiful fragrant flowers growing indoors, having little experience with indoor plants thus far I know I have learning to do. I want to explore trying to grow Gardenias as I hear they are very fragrant, but finicky indoors, so I say trying. Right now though I am working on morning glories.
So a stairwell has a lot of vertical height right? What better place for a trailing vine plant? I've always loved the classic morning glory appearance so I am growing those, and it works. Some years ago my parents got me a nice copper planter, a 4′ window box, and I never had anywhere to put it. I tried at one point to mount it on my old house but turns out my house sheathing at that place wasn't strong enough to support the box. Then I realized, you know? I could put it indoors on my railing around the stairwell, and what a great place to grow morning glories.
So, I did this. And I've proved it'll work I have some morning glories potted and blooming, even though I've been barely watering them (apparently they tolerate drought well, who knew). I've been barely watering them because apparently the window box leaks so a couple days ago I had to de-pot everything, clean the box out, and apply FlexSeal to hopefully make it water tight (it was dripping down on to my stairs every time I watered). A window box with a tray would be better, but that is not what I have.
I am excited that it worked though. I can just envision in a couple months having a very healthy drape of morning glory showing off in my central stairwell. Now I just need to think what else I want to plant, ideally something fragrant.
So I've planted my greenhouse and I have things growing. I do not yet have my automatic watering system setup yet, I have drip irrigation run to about half of it, but it isn't automated. The humidity stays so nice and high in there though that watering needs haven't been too bad.
I planted some morning glories for color and interest, beans, beets, cabbage, kale, sweet potatoes, lettuce, spinach, purslane, sugarsnap peas, peppers, some herbs, and I also have some citrus trees growing. A blood orange, a tangerine, a lemon, and a lime. Plus an avocado tree I started from the pit.
The veggies are mostly cool weather crops, but the citrus needs warmth, and I have been worried about maintaining the heat in my greenhouse at a minimum of 50 degrees lately. We had some cold weather here in Chattanooga and I'm up on a mountain.
So originally I was going to do a heated floor in my greenhouse, and I guess I could have. I was going to do it all through my first floor. Radiant heat like that is supposed to be so nice and efficient, but it became a cost problem. Essentially I would have to put in two systems, one for heating, one of cooling, which increases the overall expense. I would also need to invest in a concrete subfloor for my 1st floor (which is above a basement) which is a whole lot more expensive than osb. So I kicked that plan to the curb earlier on. I thought I would put a wood stove in my greenhouse where I could just start a fire on the coldest nights. That would be doable, but I cut that as well. The chimneys and all that were adding to my cost, though in retrospect it may have still been economical. Our plan for the house changes to be a zoned split system that pumped refrigerant around to air handlers, I could have put a dedicated air handler for that in the greenhouse but each zone was quite expensive. Then I thought I would get a propane boiler (we don't have natural gas) to do my hot water and I could do a side system off that to heat the greenhouse with a radiant baseboard, and that was the plan for awhile, but then we kicked that to the curb as well and just got a straight propane water heater (well, 2 of them). But in the meantime the refrigerant plan with the HVAC went away and now our HVAC system works similarly only it sends hot and cold water, so I could have used radiant pipes in the floor had I not already poured the slab….
So what I did was install a radiant baseboard that was connected to hvac system. It wasn't cheap, over a grand in materials plus labor. And you know what it provided? Next to no heat, 1000 BTUs or something an hour. That is nothing. The problem is radiant heat is meant to work off a boiler, off water 180 degrees+, my hvac system uses water more like at 120 degrees or less. This wasn't producing the heat. The baseboard helped, but was not able to keep up.
Then I stumbled upon this really cheap hydronic (that is, using water) air handler on eBay (I think I searched for greenhouse heater). For like $200 I got a 100,000 btu air handler that is hung from the greenhouse superstructure. I wish I had known this thing existed before. It isn't pretty, and I don't imagine the fan is that efficient, but it works great so far for my greenhouse. For the baseboards I already had the hot water lines run so it was just a T and 7 feet of pipe to hook up this thing. It comes on if temperatures drop to 50 or below and produces a good volume of warm air while also providing circulation. I would have saved quite a bit of money had I known about this thing in the past. Apparently it is also good for garages and warehouses.
I have a pretty high end and insulated greenhouse. The foundation is insulated concrete forms, the glass is insulated low E stuff, it doesn't need much heating, especially if it gets sunny. But on the nights after days where the sun is never seen it does need help, and this apparently will do the job.
I am finally moved into my new house after years of construction (its still not done and we're at more than 2 and a half years since breaking ground) and even more years of planning, and hopefully soon I can get back into my garden more frequently now. Being without a proper garden all this time has been hard on me. I had then put up this garden I think 2 years ago now, but not living up at our build site I couldn't really deal with it.
So I mostly grew weeds, and some tomatoes, and some other things, but mostly weeds. This year was worst than last year. Last year I actually managed to come up more and do some weeding, and there was also a drought. This year there was plentiful rain and I had less opportunity to come up and deal with weeds. I settled for simply putting plastic straight over some large sections of the garden to kill the weeds but they just grew out of control in other sections or too big for the plastic treatment (my garden is 5000 sq/ft, it is a lot to handle 15 minutes at a time). The weeds grew taller than me because of all the rain, and most regretfully they were able to go to seed before I could do anything like kill them or till them under. I hate it when this happens, allowing a weed to go to seed is a cardinal sin of gardening. I fear next year I will have it even worse.
Right now my plan for next year is to landscape fabric the whole entire thing, and poke holes for planting. That is the only thing I think will truly allow me to get a handle on my weed situation.
The only thing that truly grew well for me was sweet potatoes. I planted I think 25 sweet potato slips. I had tilled the section and then immediately planted the sweet potatoes and thanks to the regular rains and hot humid weather they were able to grow enough to shade out most weeds in that area. I still got some tomatoes, not as much as last year, and some peppers, some beans, and the kale is out there still growing strong enjoying the colder weather, but I got so, many, sweet, potatoes.
This was my first time successfully growing them, I had tried a few times in the past without much luck (but often in Michigan where they aren't well suited, here now in Tennessee it is a different story). I got I think 300 pounds of them. I completed filled a large two wheeled wheelbarrow and, despite being quite a strong man, could barely move it. They have been curing a week and a half in my greenhouse (it gets cooler at night but is otherwise the only room I have that can get up to 90+ during the day which is what sweet potatoes need I'm told). I've lost a few to rot, likely already rotting before harvest. I'm also sure I missed some still out in the dirt. They are supposed to cure for 2 weeks then go somewhere into long term storage (still dry and relatively warm), so I haven't tried any yet. But sweet potato casserole is calling come Thanksgiving.
So once the curing is done my family could eat a pound a day and have them last nearly a year. I never really felt like I could truly feed my family off my land until now. But now I think that my garden is capable of providing enough food for that (plus all of my fruit trees and whatnot) and add in hunting in our forest I think we could really live off the land. Not that we need to in our modern society, but there is something primally rewarding about the notion that it could be done.
In furtherance of that belief I am trying to maintain my sweet potatoes. One tuber I dug up still had small plants attached to it, so this one is already potted up in my greenhouse. There were also many small potatoes I found that won't be great for eating but I have them half submerged in cups of water to generate more slips. If I can get slips off of these I will plant them (I also bought a 200 gallon fabric pot for my greenhouse for my winter sweet potato patch), and experiment with growing sweet potatoes year round. I don't much want to be able to generate a large harvest here in my greenhouse, it would be nice but I'm realistic about it. My main goal is to just make sure I have live sweet potato plant material come late spring so I don't have to order slips or make my own off a store bought sweet potato. I want to have a greenhouse full of sweet potato vines I can divide and root and transplant out in the garden, not just little slips, but healthier larger vine segments, "super slips" if you will, to get a start on the next season and provide the missing link in true self sufficiency. I would like to thus prove to myself that if cut off from the rest of society I could continue to grow these perpetually with my setup.
I will let you know how it goes. I also just learned that sweet potato greens are edible and nutritious, so I might nibble on those over the winter as well.
My biggest concern, both with my curing and my overwintering, is the temperature swings in my greenhouse. It gets up to 95 or 100 degrees if the sun is shining, but at night it can drop to 60. It has a heater but the heater is not capable of keeping it very warm at night. Humidity is no problem. So I'm not sure if this is going to consistently provide the summer mimic temperatures for the potatoes to thrive or if it will be too cold at night. I'm also not sure what the swinging temperature will do to my curing process. This will be an experiment for sure.
I've been pining after a weeping blue atlas cedar Cedrus atlantic 'Glauca Pendula' since I first saw it on Paul James' Gardening by the Yard way back when. It is hard to put into words what I like about it, or all the cedrus. I remember it being one of Paul's favorite trees so maybe his enthusiasm rubbed off on me a little bit.
Overall I enjoy this species because of how the needles are presented, maybe. The needles are not long like a pine, nor do they fully cover the branches, like a spruce. Instead they are held in tufts, and this leaves a large amount of the structure exposed which then allows you to appreciate the architectural nature of the trunk and branches. The weeping form of course has very interesting structure. Left to it's own devices, like many weeping plants, it would grow prostrate along the ground, the wood cannot support the foliage or itself until it is several years old so it requires training as it grows, training into whatever interesting shape you want, and then the side branches will all droop down like old moss clinging to something, it always evokes a prehistoric feeling in me.
So when I lived in Michigan I couldn't grow this. I had seen some people try to make it work, with a microclimate, but even the one nursery nearby that sold any recommended against it (and said they sometimes would lose inventory to the cold). Hardy to zone 6, they just weren't going to cut it in zone 5 where I lived. But now I live in Tennessee, zone 7, and it was high on my list when I moved down here. I finally saw one at a Lowes and picked it up.
I planted this on a berm near the driveway of my future (under construction) house. Right now I just want it to get established, which is hard because my little corner of the world is (was) having an epic drought. Eventually I will figure out how I want to train it. They get really pretty when they get big, you can make an archway, or like a big leaning dinosaur like thing. They're just very architectural with their branching.
The below picture is a good example of a smaller tree.
Then this picture is a good "creeping dinosaur" example of a mature tree.
I have always liked flowering groundcovers, something about a carpet of blossoms just does it for me. Plus the more ground covers I have, the less mulch I have to buy.
When I lived in Michigan my go to was creeping phlox, which I had planted all over my yard like in the below photo. It spread reliably though not super fast, bloomed like mad in the Spring, and the foliage was not unattractive… and yet it bloomed like mad in the Spring only, no other time.
Now that I live in the South I still like creeping phlox, and I drive by this home regular that has a whole front slope covered in it and it looks great, but I've been trying to get it going and not having as much luck. Meanwhile, I've discovered verbena, something not hardy up in Michigan. I can buy it down here at Lowes for 5 or 6 bucks for a gallon pot, less when it's on sale. I recall buying maybe a 3 inch pot last year for maybe $2.
So I planted this one solitary plant late last summer. I spent all summer trying to find it, I had read about verbena, thinking it was the plant for me (even deer resistant! which is important, because organic free range venison has been getting all up in my business), and couldn't find it, mail order nurseries were all sold out, then I go to Lowes one day and boom, trays and trays of it. I buy one I think, to give it a try. I planted it early last Fall, witness below:
Cute, but small, yes? Not really florific yes?
We had a drought late last year, really really bad, extreme on the USDA drought map, many of the plants I planted alongside this verbena did not make it (I planted it where I'm building a house, not where I'm living, and so it wasn't able to get reliably watered). The verbena not only survived that drought, it thrived. Winter came, then here, in Spring, look what this plant has done:
That is the same verbena, two seasons later, not two growing seasons later, two seasons, call it 6 months. It did that in 6 months. And those flowers, and they're still blooming strong. That is why I think this will be my new favorite groundcover, it blooms from early April until November. My understanding is that the blooms will lessen later in the summer and I can deadhead or cut back to encourage more heavy bloom flushes, but still, blooming at all for that long of time, and drought resistant, and deer resistant. Sign me up. It is taller than creeping phlox, getting up to 8 inches or so in height.
I like this so much I planted a bunch at my business too, and bought more for the slope where this first test went, and I think I will get more still.
The plant will spread, which of course you want it to do as a ground cover, rooting where it comes in contact with the soil, and it is also easily propagated from cuttings. It needs sun for flowering, the more full the sun the better.
Recently on a Saturday between kids birthday parties I had some time to kill so wandered over to a nearby Lowes to look at the plants and I'm glad I did. I shop a lot at Lowes and Home Depot but generally their plant selections aren't too great, especially the sort of stuff I like, but every once in awhile I get lucky, and I should say Lowes here had a much better selection of what I like than Home Depot, and I still haven't found a really great local source for what I like (rare interesting conifers).
So I got lucky and picked up three trees, a weeping blue atlas cedar which I've wanted since I saw it on Paul James all those years ago, but could never grow before because where I was in Michigan it wasn't hardy. A vibrant blue upright juniper, which I've grown before and I love it as an accent landscape planting, and finally, the one I want to talk about today, a variegated holly.
I had quite frankly never seen a variegated holly before. Overall I'm not a fan of regular hollies, they just don't do it for me, I think they can end up looking sloppy. I do like the columnar varieties like ilex 'sky pencil' though. I see the value in them for the red berries which can be bright and food for wildlife, but I can't see myself growing a plant just for decorative berries.
However, add the variegated foliage to the mix and I got really excited about it. Not just dark green and red, but dark green, yellow, and red, so much more interesting. Mine of course doesn't have berries, not yet, but when it does it will look attractive.
It is also nice because while it may feed the birds, it doesn't feed the deer. The spiky leaves are generally immune to animal browsing, and in my new garden there is definitely deer pressure.
I've planted it in the front ornamental garden (in progress) of my future house (in progress). My overall goal with this garden is to make it a cacophony of contrasting foliage plants, similar to a Japanese style garden but not limited to Japanese plants. Flowers are all well and good but a vibrant blue evergreen will be blue all year round, and my hollow will be yellow and green all year round. These are my favorite sorts of gardens and so of course I want one for myself. I will be a showcase for the wide variety of rare dwarf conifers I hope to cultivate,, and this holly will make a nice focal point.


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This has been a year of a changing of the CEO guard across the semiconductor landscape.
A lot of the incumbents sought to guide their companies across the difficult landscape of the 2008/2009 global economic crash and the wilderness years that followed. Now, with sunnier economic uplands coming into sight, perhaps it's a natural time for change. Some successors may have it a bit easier if the market recovery blossoms. Others may find that their predecessor got out at the top and left difficult acts to follow.
Paul Otellini's retirement as Intel's president and CEO was announced in November 2012, six months ahead of the 62-year-old's departure date. This gave rise to much speculation about whether Intel should or would break with its tradition of appointing an insider.
Many argued that it the semiconductor industry had changed since Intel rose to be the world's leading chip vendor, and that, with a drifting PC market and Intel's lack of traction in the mobile device market, an external appointment was needed.
That didn't happen. Intel turned to Brian Krzanich, its chief operating officer since January 2012 and previously senior vice president in charge of its worldwide manufacturing, largely seen as the company's most valuable asset.
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Given a TYPE of the form "int##_t" or "uint##_t", see if the datatype TYPE is predefined. If not, then define TYPE – both with AC_DEFINE and as a shell variable – to the first datatype of exactly ## bits in a list of CANDIDATE-TYPEs. If none of the CANDIDATE-TYPEs contains exactly ## bits, then set the TYPE shell variable to "no".
For example, the following ensures that uint64_t is defined as a 64-bit datatype:
AX_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS(uint64_t, unsigned long long, unsigned __int64, long) if test "$uint64_t" = no; then AC_MSG_ERROR([unable to continue without a 64-bit datatype]) fi
You should then put the following in your C code to ensure that all datatypes defined by AX_DEFINE_INTEGER_BITS are visible to your program:
#include "config.h"
#if HAVE_INTTYPES_H # include <inttypes.h> #else # if HAVE_STDINT_H # include <stdint.h> # endif #endif
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Worst Shocker: The No. 2-ranked UVA men's soccer team suffers a heartbreaking 2-1 upset to arch-rival Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. The loss not only snaps the Wahoos' (14-3, 4-2 in the ACC) current eight-game win streak, it also concludes their string of 23 consecutive victories over Tech (9-8, 2-4 in the ACC). "We just hung it there," Hokie coach Oliver Weiss told the Daily Progress. [Some crucial mid-game errors] aided us more in terms of the fact that their progress was stopped."
Most Fearsome Lions: The explosive Louisa County Lions' rushing offense plasters a scrappy Monticello Mustang squad Friday, October 29. "We read that no one had rushed 100 yards against them, so we posted it," Louisa coach Mark Fischer tells the Progress. "The offensive line and running backs took it personally, so we made that our goal." The 38-28 homecoming victory for LCHS, No. 1 in central Virginia (7-1, 5-0 in Jefferson District) extends the Lions' win streak to five games as they complete a perfect 5-0 run in their home "Jungle." The loss eliminates the playoff-contending Mustangs (6-2, 2-2) from a district title, while Louisa clinches at least a share of the title with two games remaining in the regular season.
Worst sign for G.W: Since 1940, a Redskins victory the weekend before an election has led to a victory for the incumbent party, while a loss has heralded the challenger's ticket to the White House. For a moment as Washington hosted the Green Bay Packers on Halloween, the outlook appeared bright for Republicans as the Skins seemingly rallied from a 17 point deficit to score a late-go ahead touchdown. A controversial illegal-procedure penalty called the play back, however, and Democrats were heard roaring from coast to coast as quarterback Mark Brunnell tossed the game-sealing interception the following play. In the sports world, the last place Skins fell to 2-5 while the red-hot Packers won their third straight to reach .500 (4-4) at the NFL season's half-way point.
The Week Ahead:
Friday, November 5 @ 7pm
UVA Soccer vs. Maryland
Klöckner Stadium
This time the Terps, hoping to avenge a frustrating loss in Blacksburg, sweep into Klöckner to meet a Wahoo team unbeatable at home this fall. Maryland always presents a stiff challenge, and fans should expect an exciting ACC season finale. Tickets: Adults $6 Children $4.
Saturday, November 6 @ 3:30pm
Scott Stadium
The Terps' measly 4-4 record is wildly misleading as they come off an emotional 20-17 upset last weekend over the fifth-ranked Florida State Seminoles. Yes, that's the same FSU team that throttled UVA 36-3 two weeks ago. The 'Hoos (6-1, 3-1) must bring their A game if they hope to make a run for the suddenly wide-open ACC title as the season enters its final month. Expect a full house at Scott Stadium for this regionally televised game, with a red tide of rowdy Terrapin fans traveling south.
Saturday, November 6 @ 7pm
MCI Center
Washington opens another fresh season with road games in Memphis and Charlotte before returning home to host the biggest story of the NBA off-season. Everyone is anxious to see Shaquille O'Neal, whose departure from the re-tooled Los Angeles Lakers dynasty caused an outcry throughout the NBA during the past summer. The Wizards hope to greet Shaq and company with at least a formidable challenge. Tickets still available, but prices vary from $10 in the nose-bleed section to court-side prices worthy of an international vacation.


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Two full-patch Hells Angels struck unarmed Kelowna dad Dain Phillips in the head with a baseball bat and hammer as his two sons watched in horror, B.C. Supreme Court heard Monday.
Crown prosecutor Joe Bellows said in his opening statement at the trial of Robert Cocks, Daniel McRae, Matthew McRae and Anson Schell that the 2011 attack on Phillips stemmed from a petty feud between his sons and the McRae brothers.
"The two sets of brothers would argue with each other, push and shove each other, occasionally exchange punches and Facebook insults," Bellows said.
Hells Angels Norman Cocks and Robert Thomas — who pleaded guilty to manslaughter Thursday for their role in the slaying — got involved because Daniel McRae was a close friend of Cocks, Bellows said.
A new indictment was read in a Vancouver courtroom Monday, charging the four Hells Angels associates with manslaughter instead of the original second-degree murder charge. Each stood and entered not guilty pleas.
Phillips, 51, was trying to resolve the conflict when he met with Thomas, Cocks and the four HA associates on McCurdy Road outside Kelowna at 6:40 p.m. June 12, Bellows said.
He said Thomas got out of his truck and "started skipping towards Dain Phillips yelling 'You want to f--- with the Hells Angels?' "
Phillips raised his arms above his shoulders in surrender, saying 'I'm not here to fight. I'm here to talk this out,' Bellows told Justice Mark McEwan.
Before striking Phillips the first time with a bat, Thomas said: "It doesn't matter, big man. You're getting it," according to the Crown.
Seconds later, Thomas hit Phillips twice in the leg with a baseball bat, but the former semi-pro hockey player didn't fall.
"Using both hands [Thomas] delivered a forceful blow to the top of Phillips's head with a baseball bat," Bellows said.
Cocks then got out of a truck and joined in, striking Phillips "on the top of the head with a ball-peen hammer. Phillips then collapsed on the road."
When Cocks, 33, and Thomas, 49, pleaded guilty to manslaughter last week for their role in the slaying, it was the first time in B.C. that Hells Angels have been convicted of killing someone. They will be sentenced Wednesday.
Bellows said Cocks's dad Robert, the McRae brothers and Schell began to kick Phillips after he collapsed onto the ground from the force of the blows to his head.
He said Phillips and his sons Kody and Kaylin were unarmed during the attack, but had agreed to meet after Daniel McRae called the brothers to work things out.
Earlier on June 12, Kaylin Phillips had run into Daniel McRae and Norm Cocks while he and his girlfriend were at a local recycling depot.
Cocks mistakenly called Kaylin "Kody," Bellows said.
When Kaylin corrected the Hells Angel, "Cocks pointed to a tattoo on his forearm and said 'Do you see this tattoo?' Cocks punched Phillips in the left cheek with a closed fist," Bellows said. "The tattoo Cocks showed Phillips was a tattoo of Hells Angels colours consisting of the death-head logo with the words 'British Columbia' under it."
Bellows said Cocks also told Kaylin to warn his little brother that "the HAs are looking for him."
When the two groups met later in the day, both had extra people with them. Kaylin and Kody, as well as others who were with the accused but not involved in the attack, are expected to testify at the judge-alone trial, Bellows said.
At the time of the killing, Norm Cocks was the target of a separate police investigation that involved both remote surveillance and wiretaps, Bellows said.
An officer turned on a camera set up outside Cocks's house about 6:25 p.m. on June 12 and began to watch what was unfolding from another location, Bellows said.
The Mountie saw Thomas put a baseball bat in his truck. At 6:35, six young males — including some of the accused — got into another vehicle and left. Cocks then joined Thomas in his truck and also left, Bellows said.
Thomas and Norm Cocks and his dad Robert were seen returning to the house about 6:45 p.m., Bellows said.
The fatal beating took place half a kilometre from Cocks's house and lasted just three minutes.
Bellows said all of the accused were wearing gloves at the time of the attack. Dain Phillips's DNA was found on the handle of a hammer located in Cocks's garage.
Phillips was taken off life support about 8 a.m. on June 13, surrounded by his family.
Bellows said an autopsy showed that a blow to his forehead had killed him. There were no defensive wounds on his hands, knuckles or arms.
The trial continues.
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New products and changes introduced over the last week include ProShares' MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF, a strategic income ETF from First Trust and a nontraded product line from Highland Capital Management.
Also, Nikko Asset Management has formed a specialist portfolio management team in Singapore.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) ProShares Launches MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF
ProShares has announced the launch of the MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF (EFAD), which invests in the companies in the MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia and the Far East) with the best track record of consistent year-over-year dividend growth and tracks the MSCI EAFE Dividend Masters Index.
The MSCI EAFE Dividend Masters Index holds MSCI EAFE companies that have grown their dividends for at least 10 consecutive years. The index is equally weighted and contains a minimum of 40 stocks. No single sector may represent more than 30% of the index and no single country may represent more than 50%. The index is rebalanced each February, May, August and November, with annual reconstitution during the November rebalance.
2) NASDAQ OMX Announces Launch of First Trust Strategic Income ETF
NASDAQ OMX has announced the listing of the First Trust Strategic Income ETF (FDIV), which seeks a high level of risk-adjusted income and diversification through the use of multiple asset classes, targeted investment strategies and specialized management teams.
FDIV focuses on providing risk-adjusted income and capital appreciation potential by utilizing the expertise of multiple specialist asset managers in a single investment portfolio. By tactically blending multiple investment strategies, which includes both fixed-income investments and income-producing equity securities, the fund may provide a lower-risk total-return alternative to focusing solely on one strategy.
3) Highland Capital Management Launches Nontraded Product Line
Highland Capital Management L.P. has announced the launch of its nontraded product line with NexPoint Capital, Inc., a publicly registered business development company (BDC) NexPoint Capital, Inc. The BDC, a healthcare-focused fund, has a target raise of $1.5 billion in capital for investing primarily in medium-sized businesses.
The BDC will be distributed by Highland Capital Funds Distributor, and will be led by Brad Ross, president of Highland Funds, and Brian Mitts, chief operating officer of NexPoint Advisors and head of business development for Highland's alternative products.
4) Nikko Asset Management Forms Specialist Portfolio Management Team
Tokyo-based Nikko Asset Management has announced the formation of a specialist portfolio management team in Singapore, to be led by Al Clark. The team will be launching multiasset products as well as integrated solutions for clients around the world.
Previously, Nikko had multiasset staff in separate locations. The Singapore move strategically consolidates its resources to maximize global multiasset capabilities.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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User satisfaction is pivotal to the success of mobile applications. At the same time, it is imperative to maximize the energy efficiency of the mobile device to ensure optimal usage of the limited energy source available to mobile devices while maintaining the necessary levels of user satisfaction. However, this is complicated due to user interactions, numerous shared resources, and network conditions that produce substantial uncertainty to the mobile device's performance and power characteristics. In this dissertation, a new approach is presented to characterize and control mobile devices that accurately models these uncertainties. The proposed modeling framework is a completely data-driven …
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The Email
So, my boyfriend's mom sent him this email prior to a weekend with her and her mother….
Dear xxxxxx,
When you come to Mooresville please bring my black computer cord. I think I left it in your bedroom. Also, there is a blue Delta blanket on the couch which I brought there. Could you bring that too?
There is a problem about mom's house and you may want to stay in Thomas' house after the first night. Mom's toilet doesn't flush big number twos. I had to wrap mine up in plastic bags and newspapers last night and put it in the garbage. It is really terrible but she has a toilet designed to use less water, for economy purposes. I try to go elsewhere if possible and you should too.
Also, mom doesn't want you and Jane sleeping in the same room because you are not married. Jane can sleep in the room with me and you can either have the other guest room or sleep on the porch with Milly. I'll try to get a sleeping bag from Thomas.
I am planning on making a vegetarian chilli pot for Jane. There is also ham and cheese for sandwiches and plenty of yoplait. You are to help yourselves to the refrigerator.
Talk to you soon.
Love, Mom
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