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Ajuga Catlin's Giant
This 'giant' Ajuga creates a thick, weed-smothering groundcover in almost any spot. The gorgeous, deep-purple flower spikes attract butterflies and hummingbirds. (Ajuga reptans)
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Stokesia Peachie's Pick
Stokes Aster Peachie's Pick has pinkish blue flowers on plants about 18" tall. Blooms midsummer through fall. (Stokesia laevis)
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Delosperma Lavender Ice
This hardy groundcover creates a carpet of jewel-toned, purple blooms from summer into the fall. This gorgeous variety tolerates partial shade and is a butterfly magnet. (Delosperma)
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Veronica Red Fox
Speedwell Red Fox The best red veronica is a little shorter than the blue. It throws long-lasting red spires of color. (Veronica spicata)
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Kentucky Wisteria Blue Moon
Kentucky Wisteria "Blue Moon" has enormous grape like clusters of fragrant blue flowers that can reach lengths of 12". They are perfect for arbors or pergolas. Vines up to 15 feet. Re-bloomer.
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Veronica Royal Candles
Elegant, deep blue/purple spikes add vertical interest to the summer garden. Growing to be about 20" tall, this variety is perfect for planting in the border of a perennial garden.(Veronica spicata) PP#18932
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Sea Holly Blue Star
Sea Star's lacy, deep-blue flowers steal the show both in the garden and cut for fresh and dried bouquets. (Erynigium alpinum)
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Delosperma Fire Spinner
Ice Plant Fire Spinners is a truly unique, fun addition to any sunny spot. Hot, neon colors ignite the summer garden and attract winged wildlife. (Delosperma)
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Daylily Prairie Blue Eyes
Unlike its name, Prairie Blue Eyes is a charming lavender/purple, accented by a bright yellow throat. Deer Resistant and easy to grow, plant this Daylily in any soil type and it is sure to dazzle with an abundance of blooms in the summer months.
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Peony Coral Sunset
Buds open up in early spring as deep, rose-coral and slowly fade to yellow as the season progresses. The semi-double blooms are fabulously-fragrant and make gorgeous spring bouquets. (Paeonia lactiflora)
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Astilbe Younique Silvery Pink
Growing to be about 12-18" tall, this shade-loving perennial is perfect for the border of your garden or planted in containers. Silvery Pink is drought-tolerant and extremely easy to grow. (Astilbe) PP#20656
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Bachelor's Button Amethyst in Snow
White, tubular petals radiate from a royal purple center, offset by silvery-green foliage that forms a dense, compact plant. Amethyst in Snow is sure to be a conversation-starter in your summer garden year after year. (Centaurea montana) PP#18284
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Per Plant - 3" pot
Iceland Poppy Party Fun
As the name suggests, this Iceland Poppy variety boasts a rainbow of fun, boldly-colored blooms. Like other Poppy varieties, Party Fun is deer resistant and can be cut for colorful bouquets. (Papaver nudicaule)
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Bergenia Dragonfly Angel Kiss
This easy-to-grow perennial creates a long-lasting statement in any garden. Semi-double, white and pink flowers emerge in the spring, followed by gorgeous, deep red/purple winter foliage. Angel Kiss is a butterfly magnet and makes great cut flowers. (Bergenia)
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Japanese Iris Center of Interest
Large, 8" violet-colored blooms are brushed with white and yellow, making Center of Interest a must-have in any garden. Like other Japanese Irises, this variety is deer-resistant and prefers full sun. (Iris ensata)
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Echinacea Double Scoop Orangeberry
Ignite your summer garden with this fiery Echinacea. Large, double blooms are butterfly magnets and add bold color to any sunny garden. Deadhead spent blooms to prolong bloom time. (Echinacea) PPAF
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Reblooming Daylily Tuscawilla Tigress
Ignite your summer garden with this fire-orange Daylily. Tuscawilla Tigress boasts big, bright-orange blooms with a deep center and white markings on the petals. This deer-resistant favorite is a re-bloomer, illuminating the summer garden twice in one season.
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Sedum spurium John Creech
This easy-to-grow groundcover creates a lush carpet of foliage with small, light green leaves and soft pink flowers. Perfect for rock walls, this Sedum will grow almost anywhere. (Sedum spurium)
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Astilbe japonica Rheinland
Think pink! This bright-pink variety adds bold color and texture to the early summer garden and is also sweetly fragrant, making Rheinland a must-have for any shade garden! (Astilbe japonica)
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Ajuga Pink Lightning
This woodland groundcover creates a unique look in the spring months, with mint-green, crinkly leaves and bubblegum-pink flower spikes. Ajuga Pink Lightning also attracts butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden. (Ajuga) PP#22255
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text: Home Culture The McEducation of the Negro Franchising is an outstanding model for selling Big Macs. But it can be toxic to classrooms. By: Natalie Hopkinson Posted: Jan. 3 2011 12:57 AM 0 Thinkstock Something wasn't right at the high school that Darwin Bridgers' son attends, so he sat in on the class to see for himself. All morning long, the instructor at the Washington, D.C., charter school pointed to a list of ground rules, a detailed list of rewards and punishments posted on a wall near the front of the class filled with black and Latino students. Then the students filled out worksheets. That's how it went: rewards and punishments, then worksheets. No instruction, just worksheets. At the end of the class, Bridgers, who works as an exterminator, pulled aside the teacher, a young white male and recent graduate. "I wanted to know when he was going to do some, you know, teaching," Bridgers explained to me recently. "You know, like, how we used to have in school? She would stand in front of the class … " I nodded my head. I attended K-12 at schools in Canada, Indiana and Florida in the '80s and '90s, but I knew exactly what he meant. There would be assignments to read from textbooks. A teacher would give a lecture and randomly call on students. Students would ask questions and write things down. Then there would be some sort of written exam to see what you'd learned. Of course, today the "reformers" say that that way of teaching is old school. It was fine before the days of social media and the "information revolution" and the global economy. But now, as the argument goes in films like Waiting for Superman, no self-respecting parent would ever send his or her child to a "failing" public school like the one that generations of Bridgers' family attended in their neighborhood in Northeast Washington. For Bridgers' son and a disproportionate number of black students around the country, charter schools have become the preferred choice. The idea is that charters can find a model that produces results -- measured in test scores -- then apply it to different campuses. They can raise and spend money independently. They can have management consultants, and they can compete -- just like a business. As the charter school movement picks up steam nationwide, the District of Columbia may provide a glimpse of the future of "choice": Roughly 40 percent of children enrolled in District of Columbia public schools attend charters. Many D.C. parents are finding that, sure, there are plenty of choices -- just not a lot of good, or even passable ones. When you mix corporate strategies with an ominous 2014 compliance deadline under the No Child Left Behind law, you often end up with scenes that look nothing like what most of us might recognize as a classroom. "What once was an effort to improve the quality of education turned into an accounting strategy," the acclaimed education historian Diane Ravitch writes in her book The Death and Life of the Great American School System. "The strategy produced fear and obedience among educators. It often generated higher test scores. But it had nothing to do with education. It produced mountains of data, not educated citizens. Its advocates then treated that data as evidence of its success." That strategy has grown even more intense as teachers and administrators are testing for their professional lives. Under NCLB, 100 percent of schools must reach certain test-score targets by 2014; schools that fall short could lose federal funding, or be closed. Even if the law is repealed, which is something the Obama administration has signaled it will do, education has been changed in this country forever. Obama's Race to the Top program continues to use the same sticks and carrots that require educators to teach to the test or else be fired or make less money. Page 1 of 3 NEXT PAGE > Powered by Livefyre


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Do West Ham attract Asian fans?Moderators: Lost Hammer, bonehead, chalks, goes2eleven, Alf Garnett's (Ex) Missus, bristolhammerfc, Wheels, sicknote, Romford, Rio, Gnome, Northern Paulo Do West Ham attract Asian fans?http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7912357.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7065780.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bradford/hi ... 026607.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Villa fan in peace. Birmingham is a city with a high ethnic minority population with around 20% of people in the city being Asian. Villa are located in Aston which is an inner-city mostly Asian part of Birmingham. If you go to Villa Park on a matchday you will see that most of the local residents are Asian. But once you go inside the stadium, you see next to no Asians - the vast majority are white. I think I read a few years ago that Villa Park was 98% white, and this is in a city that is only around 65% white. This is also the case with Blues being located in an inner-city mostly Asian part of Brum but most of their fans are white fans who come from the outlying suburbs. This is obviously a problem with other clubs such as Bradford City and Luton Town as mentioned in the above BBC articles. Is this also a problem for West Ham? Because East London has a large Asian population. In my experience, most British Asians (in Birmingham) are gloryhunters who support Man U or Liverpool and ignore the local clubs. When you watch a Liverpool match at Anfield, whenever the camera pans over the crowd you see quite a few Asian faces and this is in a city which is only 3% Asian. The clubs are obviously trying to do something about it but I worry that they may be fighting a losing battle...
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?I've never met an Asian West Ham fan. Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea etc. but never us.
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?Very few asians.
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?I see a lot of Asians over the Boleyn, and there were many at Wembley. However not as many as there possibly should be. Sadly at West Ham, we are seen as the visiting horde rather than the local team.
West Ham have tried to attract them, and I have never seen hostility at West Ham against Asian support. However, in my job, I am starting to notice a demographic change, and predict Upton Park will be a white, Eastern European area within 5 years.
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I would say a big % of the Liverpool Asians are " Football Tourists " firstly, they are VERY popular in Asia and i know that lots of Airlines etc team up with the Club to do packages weekly ( bi weekly ) to Anfield from many Asian Countries, same with the Reds of Manchester and Chelsea too. My personal view on this is that the majority of Asian people in East London and probably Brum don't seem to feel any affiliation with the Club for various reasons, which then doesn't give them the same feeling where the Club(s) are concerned, unlike people who have had generations of their family supporting the Club(s), hence there is only a tiny % of Asian people that attend games. So based on that, you can then see why many Asian people support " winning teams " as opposed to their local team.
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?2 sat behind me on Sat , a Yummy Mum with a charming litle fella about 8 yrs old , both went nuts when we scored.
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?Seen a few around, there was a couple a few games back with their son (I presume).
To be honest, I really couldn't give a sh*t. If they support West Ham, they are West Ham, if they don't, they're not. The colour of their skin has no bearing on matters at all. It's cr*p like this (the articles, not you) that gives the moaning minnies more ammunition to sling at "racist" West Ham (or whatever club they dislike this week)
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I always thought West Ham supporters are those Englismen of working class whereas Arsenal is a higher class, Tottenham chavs and idiots, Chelsea plastics and so on.
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?Well I am Asian and an proud Hammer. Most of my cousins and my brothers are too and we live in East London.
Once the Hammers get into your blood, you cannot take it out.
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If the press don't do it, our vice chairwoman will. That has just reminded me. The Apprentice is on in 45 minutes, I need some bananas to chuck at the telly.
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?Totally agree with the post above why does it matter ? people know were the ground is and on what days the team is playing, all these articles do is stir up more racial tension. Too not sound too controversial I think it is up to the aforementioned ethnic group to mix with the majority
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?After one kids for a quid game I saw loads of locals of all different races going home to houses around the ground. One of the real benefits of cheap ticketing.
Far more mixed than it was and the more the merrier!
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?I've personally met one (also a member on here), and follow one more on Twitter.
Others on Twitter may be Asian but as not everyone has a pic on their account, you can't tell.
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?Yes, in front of me for 4 seasons, until he moved down with his mates into the West Lower. And he didn't smell!
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?Maybe a generalisation, but most asian fans I know are glory supporters. Perhaps that's just my experience and not the real case. I do think the asian population is one West Ham should try to target to draw more local fans. Perhaps get involved with local asian radio stations and advertise more in the local asian community.
On the topic of glory supporters I will never know how a born and bred londoner can support anyone from outside London. I'd have a little more respect if they picked the best team in London, but to support Man U or Liverpool erm f*ck off...
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It's damn stupid but some people don't give so much sh*t about football like you and me. I'd imagine most Londoners who support somebody outside the city itself just check the scores and maybe go to see a game once a year or so.
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Was you in block 142 CF?
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?Strange to see this posted after Wembley but I noticed a lot more Asians than I've ever seen at football, certainly one of our matches. There was a lad and two kids behind me in the queue (entrance L) and the same again behind me (block 544). There were about 4 or 5 in a group of lads about 15 rows down from me I noticed when I went to the bogs.
I think it will become more popular amongst ethnic communities as the overt racism that used to dog the game disappears further and new generations become interested in 'indigenous' activities like going to the match.
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?there was a few in the run this season one was very fit
Re: Do West Ham attract Asian fans?I see Asian fans at every home game.
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my son Traven is 5 months he usually takes 2; 2 to 3hour naps daily & Sleeps well @ nite from 9to7am, however every week to 2weeks he will not nap for 3or4 days. He will "power nap" for 15min & then play for an hour till he gets sleepy this continues the rest of the day until were both worn out. Ive been told that this means he is having a growth spurt or that he is learning something new. I M AT A TOTAL LOSS anyone else have this problem or know what i can do?
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June is recognized as Pride Month by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community worldwide. Events are held in June to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion in New York City on June 28, 1969, which most historians consider to be the birth of the modern LGBT civil rights movement.
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I did however find these:http://sketchyphysicstutorial.googlepages.com/
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I'm currently trying out several examples amongst the one in "MyEclipse ICEfaces Tutorial".
I followed all the steps and finally when running te example I get te following error:
javax.faces.FacesException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: could not find UIData referenced by attribute dataScroller@for = 'customerDataTable'
As this indicates to the "for" attribute in the Data Paginator component, I thought removing the Data Paginator component to make sure that the error would not be displayed again. Then I tried running the app again and this time I got the following exception:
javax.faces.FacesException: java.lang.InstantiationException: org.icefaces.ui.CustomerBean
I inspected the CustomerBean.java file I created and I cannot find why I get this exception . I just followed the tutorial.
I'm using the default JDK and Tomcat engine that is built in MyEclipse Workbench Version: 6.0.1 GA Build id: 6.0.1-GA-200710 (the full installer).
Instead of using Toplink, I used Hibernate as in one of the previous tutorials I walked through (Learn to use the Java Persistence Tools (JPA)) I got several exceptions when I used Toplink in the example. Hibernate solved it.
Can someone explain to me why I get this error the CustomerBean instantiation exception and the first one on top of my post regarding the attribute dataScroller@for?
In the attachement te whole example is included.
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Ahum, guess I am in the wrong forum. Anyway I figured out that (ahum) downloading the sources from the examples site, I got the tutorial project running.
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Try to change the CustomerBean into Customer (As the name of the bean created by the JPA generator)
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Do not be fooled by a new webinar scam that has surfaced. The scam goes something like this:
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You will be invited to communicate with the organizers via phone, e-mail or Skype. If you agree to a phone or Skype session, they will keep you on the line, telling how great their organization is and the great results they get for their clients. This introduction could go from anywhere between five and twenty minutes. If you only agree to e-mail, they will likely push for a phone or Skype meeting. They want your undivided attention to engage you in their hype.
You will then be invited to give a webinar for them. If you agree, this is where the scam goes into full force…
You will then be told that you will be billed or sent an invoice for $10,000 (or some other outrageous amount) which you must first pay, in order to take part in their program.
So, first they will offer to pay you, then it will be flipped around so that you have to pay them, in order to "be registered", "be affiliated" or some other such nonsense.
Do not be fooled. The entire purpose of this scam is to get you to give up your hard-earned dollars and give them to someone who does not care about you, your professional development or your content.
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They'll try to make you feel guilty… when all along, this is part of the scam. The idea, of course, is that you'll feel bad and then cough up the money that you already promised to pay. Do not worry, you are not crazy. You didn't promise anything. This is part of their hook.
Do not be taken in by this, or any other con artists.
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- Check out every organization or individual who invites you to do a paid webinar for them. Legitimate organizations who are interested in 21st century technologies will almost certainly have a valid website.
- Be wary of e-mails coming from a public, free service. Ask yourself, "Why is this person not writing to me from a professional e-mail address?" I say that with tongue in cheek though, because I also use a Gmail account for some of my work… But not all of it. And I am highly searchable on the web, with books published on Amazon with papers published in peer-reviewed journals and I have a list of clients dating back more than a decade. My point is: Investigate these new "friends". Make sure they are legitimate and well known in their field.
- If the client is unknown for you, treat your webinar as any other paid speaking engagement. Get a signed contract and a deposit for your services. I regularly charge new clients a 50% deposit for a presentation, regardless of whether it is live or virtual. Real clients will put their money where their mouth is.
- Develop a "virtual speaking contract" or "webinar presenter agreement" that outlines your fee and what your clients can expect in return.
- Trust your instincts. If a deal feels "off", then it probably is. At the very least, it is likely not a good fit for you. Decline invitations that do not align with your professional values, ethics or area of expertise. Don't waste your time (or your money) on business deals that feel "off". There are other clients waiting for you who would love to work with you.
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Listen to Friday Sermons on the Honor of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him)
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Hurtful Disrespect
1- Some people in the world today want cheap publicity by attempting to defile the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him)
a- Shear lies
b- "Fun" or "free speech"
2- These actions are extremely hurtful to a Muslim, especially to Ahmadi Muslims
3- How should an Ahmadi Muslim react?
The Holy Quran
Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet. O ye who believe! you also should invoke blessings on him and salute him with the salutation of peace.
Verily, those who annoy Allah and His Messenger —Allah has cursed them in this world and in the Hereafter, and has prepared for them an abasing punishment. (33:57 –58)
Allah's Reckoning
- As the Holy Quran tells us, Allah's reckoning will catch up with these habitually disrespectful people
- Cursed in this world
a- Their plans to humiliate Islam and the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) will not bear fruit
b- They will be dishonored in this world
- Punishment in Hereafter
a- Allah has prepared for them an abasing punishment
An Ahmadi's Reaction
1- Invoke Durud (salutations and prayers) on the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him)
Bless, O Allah, Muhammad and his people as Thou didst bless Abraham and his people.Thou art indeed Praiseworthy, the Exalted.
Prosper, O Allah, Muhammad and his people as Thou didst prosper Abraham and his people. Thou art indeed Praiseworthy, the Exalted.
2- Show the world an example in ourselves
- Practice the beautiful example of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him)
3- Learn about the life of the Holy Prophet (saw)
- Life of Muhammad
4- Spread the Truth!
- Tell the world about the blessed model of the Holy Prophet (saw)
- Talk to your friends!
5- Engage in the Jihad of the Pen. Write articles in defense of Islam.
- Write about the life of the Holy Prophet (saw)
- Condemn violence by some ignorant Muslims carried out in the name of protecting the honor of the Holy Prophet (saw)
6- Do not be friends with those who are habitually disrespectful to our beloved Prophet (saw)
Non-Ahmadi Muslim clerics are claiming that the punishment in Islam for being disrespectful to the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) is death. Is this true?
- No! While blasphemy is deplored and condemned in the Quran, nowhere is death sentence for blasphemy mentioned as a punishment prescribed in this life. Allah will reckon with blasphemers himself
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The future of the Western Hemisphere's independent human rights body, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), has been called into question in recent days at the 42nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), which concluded yesterday in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Several different reform proposals were considered at the summit, the push for which was initiated by Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Nicaragua—all members of the ALBA bloc. Even more moderate nations such as Brazil, Argentina and Mexico had also called for the IACHR to be "modernized." These reforms would give OAS member states the power to delay IACHR reports for up to one year, severely blunting their impact.
Opponents of the IACHR insist that the human rights body is a foreign policy tool of the United States and does not respect national sovereign decisions related to politics and economic decision-making. Leading that charge has been Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, who was the only head of state to be present in Cochabamba other than Bolivian President Evo Morales. Correa was roundly criticized by the IACHR in 2011 for successfully prosecuting officials of the El Universo paper on the charge of libel when they gave him unfavorable coverage. He pardoned them in February of this year.
Correa said yesterday to TeleSUR, "If it's necessary to abandon the OAS and create our own system, then we have to do it."
Although some believed that the reform proposals would be put to a vote this week, assembly attendees managed to table the debate to next year's permanent council meetings—challenging OAS member states to prepare concrete proposals before next year's convention in Guatemala.
AQ Editor-in-Chief Christopher Sabatini commented, "This is a very dangerous precedent—vesting a body of executives with the authority to recommend reforms to an independent judicial institution and the crown jewel of the inter-American system, the IACHR."
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Fennekin - Seen using a pink wavey move on Kirlia - Fire/Psychic type?
Froakie - Seen lunging at Patrat and landing what appears to be a super effective move - Water/Fighting type?
Chespin - Seen using a purple slashing move on Golurk - Grass/Dark type?
Dark > Psychic > Fighting > Dark > etc..
I want to see Ash with them all, but I kinda expect the girl to get Fennekin if they're having her do something of importance..
Kingler, my friend. No matter what, you will always remain my favourite Water type. You shouldn't have missed out on the Sinnoh League and I look forward to seeing you again, hopefully in the near future.
There you are, I see you in the back there!
Unless a 6th gen pokemon makes it's way into the anime or Genesect movie I think we should stick to 5th Gen speculating right now.I have to see the evolved forms of the 6th gen starters before makign any speculation.
Random Encounter
Hey, but I already have got 2/3rd of Ash's team ready! xD
- Bird
- Chespin
- Froakie -> Evolves
- Additional Fire-type
- Additional type
If Pansage, like Pansear is included in the final version of the game, then I can definitely see Cilan tagging along.. and getting either Fennekin, or Froakie sadly..
RANK UP: I'm Black and White, for now! I'm going to turn Grey tomorrow!
Answer to all the bad things in the world: Give up on trying to make everything better. Hence, accepting it for what it is. YOLO! <- Click the link and daw.. -.-
no way i can see the grass starter being his power house of the new region or the fire fox
i cant see the water starter being part of ash's team
^ I have no idea what you just said... though I vaguely can make out Scrafty and Emboar
For those of you with X and/or Y... My 3DS code is 1048-8163-5480How can no one see Ash with this thing? It's too adorable ~^_^~
I think that Froakie will be a Water and Ice type Pokemon. I can see Ash getting Chespin, because it seems more marketable and Ash always had the grass types. It seems more like of Ash type.
Its body is covered with a pure white fur. The colder the weather, the more active it becomes.
But what if there's no Ash in gen 6?Stop speculating the captures until we're sure>.>
I can see Ash getting a Froakie in the future but that's just me.. I could see his future rival with Fennekin.
I will not say I'm the best. But by Ash's standards, I'm pretty good. 3DS Friend Code: 2836-1079-8422
Some of you need to look at this before you comment on what a Pokemon should learn. Some of you are okay but some of you need to look at this: http://www.serebii.net/attackdex-bw/ This is the attackdex, it is your friend.
Ok moving onto something more relevant who do people think will be next to make a capture.
I'm hoping for Cilan as Ash has enough as is and Iris got dragonite recently, well recent compared to Cilans last team change.
At this moment, I'd like if Dento were to get a new Pokemon, Crustle was the last change to his party and that was since Ash has defeated Clay. (O.O) I don't know, maybe I'm overreacting, but he should get something by now. Maybe a Grass Pokemon or a Pokemon with a elegant/fancy nature. :/
Naruto AMV - Gaara - Hurt
InuYasha AMV - Koga - E for Extinction
Naruto AMV - Sakura - Cicada Moratorium
Naruto AMV - Tsunade - Sweet Sweet Cendrillon Drug
Fight me in Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 on PS3: YokoKuramaRose
Why would they change the main character, just to give the new one another Pikachu?
..and please, just don't even say that the Pikachu species might step down, because the fact he presented the new games to us just proves that he's still the mascot.
Plus didn't we get an interview once that said Ash and Pikachu's journey won't end as long as there's a Pokémon anime? So yeah, seriously enough is enough with the 'Ash might leave' speculation.
Kingler, my friend. No matter what, you will always remain my favourite Water type. You shouldn't have missed out on the Sinnoh League and I look forward to seeing you again, hopefully in the near future.
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Have you considered building a pipeline to send wastewater to a treatment plant in Lincoln or Wheatland instead of upgrading the existing Sheridan Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)? How would those options compare on a cost basis?
The solution that we have already embarked upon involves upgrading the current pond and spray field system that comprise the Sheridan WWTP. The estimated cost of completing this project is $2.3 million. Funding for this project has been obtained through a combination of grants, Cemex Development Agreement funds, and contributions from the County General Fund. Operating costs for the current WWTP are relatively low compared to the mechanical treatment systems in Wheatland or Lincoln.
Abandoning the Sheridan WWTP and pumping wastewater to a proposed new treatment plant serving Wheatland would cost $7 million, based on preliminary estimates. This option is under consideration as a potential long term solution, but is not currently feasible or cost effective.
Abandoning the Sheridan WWTP and pumping wastewater to Lincoln has also been discussed and considered. This project would likely be more expensive than the Wheatland option because the distance to the Lincoln plant is much further (3.6 miles to Wheatland, 10 miles to Lincoln).
What is the history of the water system: why and when were wells drilled and abandoned?
Destroyed or disconnected wells include:
- Old Well 2 (Existing Fire Well) which was drilled in 1970 to allow for the abandonment of private wells and the septic systems that were contaminating them. Old Well 2 was disconnected from the system in 1982 because it did not comply with the 1981 California public water well standards.
- Old School Well (Well 3) originally served the school site. The school allowed the County to connect this well to the public water system. Old School Well was decommissioned in 1982 because it did not comply with the 1981 California public water well standards.
Connected and Active Existing (E) Wells include:
- Well 1 (School Well) – Well 1 was drilled in 1970 in order to allow abandonment of private wells and the septic systems that were contaminating them. Well 1 was paid for by FHA grant and loan, currently produces approximately 320 gallons per minute (gpm) and has backup power.
- Well 2 (Ranch House Rd. Well) – Well 2 was drilled in 1982 to allow for the abandonment of an older well, called "Old Well 2" Currently, Well 2 produces approximately 150 gpm and does
have backup power.
Proposed (P) Well
- Well 3 – is scheduled to be drilled and ready in spring 2011. Well 3 is proposed as a way to comply with the maximum day water demand requirements established by the California Waterworks Standards of March 2008.
Please provide a map and description of existing and proposed wells.
See the map of the project.
What will the connection fee be if the moratorium on sewer and water fees is lifted?
It is too early to predict what connection fees the Board of Supervisors might establish if new connections become available for sewer and water services in Sheridan. The existing approved connection fees per Equivalent Dwelling Unit for Sheridan are $1,700 for sewer and $1,500 for water. Because of the ongoing moratorium on new connections, these fees have not been adjusted since 1985. Staff will recommend re-evaluating these fees utilizing a methodology that takes into consideration the value of previous investments that will benefit new users divided by the number of potential new users.
Sewer connection fees in other local districts typically range between $6,000-$9,000 per connection. The Placer County Water Agency charges $15,000 for a standard water service connection. Costs for the Sheridan County Service Area may be more or less depending on capital costs and the level of grant funding for the sewer and water projects.
How many hookups do you need to operate in the black?
The proposed new fees are projected to balance the Sheridan CSA budget in three years with 25 new connections.
Any connections beyond 25 will help reduce the need for future fee increases. The two proposed capital projects are projected to create capacity for 70 new connections.
When can people apply for the new connections?
We cannot currently provide any assurance that new connections will be available within any specific time frame; therefore, no date has yet been established for taking applications for new connections. Our focus now is to line up funding and consultant contracts to insure that the capital projects that are expected to provide new capacity can move forward as planned. It is unlikely that we could consider accepting applications before January of 2010. We will notify the community of progress towards this goal at future meetings of the Municipal Advisory Council.
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Police said Lohan was slowly driving a black Porsche through an alley between the Dream Hotel and the Maritime Hotel on 16th Street when the accident occurred. The victim called 911. He was treated at a hospital for a knee injury and released.
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A Brazilian farming method that is greener and boosts growth is reaching its small farmers and maybe the world, reports Bernardo Esteves.
Brazil's large farms have long pioneered a green cultivation technique that boosts growth. Now its small farmers — and possibly the rest of the world — are following suit.
Called direct drilling, no-tillage or zero tillage (ZT), the technique is in part praised for fixing carbon in the soil, thereby reducing the amount of carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — released into the air. It also prevents soil erosion and therefore demands less irrigation.
Brazil has been a major pioneer of the technique since the country adopted it in the 1970s. But its small farmers have been lagging behind, mainly hindered by the high costs of specialised planting machines needed for ZT. Now, thanks to cheaper seeding machines and efforts by farming organisations and individual agronomists, small farmers are spreading the word.
The path to Brazil's ZT boom
Essentially, ZT consists of seeding uncultivated soil, as well as rotating crops and constantly covering the soil with crop residues (the parts that remain in the field after harvest).
Preventing the soil from being bare has several advantages. It protects the land from heavy rain, leaves cleaner surface waters and helps recharge aquifers — permeable stone layers that supply much of the world's water. It also cuts soil erosion by up to 90 per cent, allowing for 30–60 per cent greater rainfall infiltration so less water is needed for irrigation.
In addition, crop residues boost the soil's organic content and help fix carbon in it. so that ZT reduces carbon dioxide emissions far more than conventional techniques.
"With the best systems you have over a ton of carbon sequestered [in the soil] per hectare per year. When you consider there are a hundred million hectares under ZT in the world, this is an awful lot of carbon dioxide taken out of the atmosphere," says British agronomist John Landers, who has promoted the technology in Brazil since the 1970s.
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Today, after the United States, Brazil has the second largest area cultivated using ZT — some 25.5 million hectares, or more than 60 per cent of the country's cultivated surface. Although ZT was initially tested in the United Kingdom, it was the United States who adopted and further developed it in the early 1960s.
The practice was first introduced to Brazil to combat soil erosion. In 1972, Herbert Batz was the first farmer to import ZT-adapted seeding machines in Latin America. "He encouraged me and other neighbours to do the same," recalls Manoel Henrique Pereira, a pioneer of ZT adoption in Brazil.
Farmer-to-farmer word of mouth then fuelled ZT's spread throughout Brazil — there was little reliance on government subsidies. In 1979, the creation of a farmers' club to further the technology was the first step of many. There are now nearly 50 such clubs in Brazil, led by the National Federation of Zero Tillage into Crop Residues (FEBRAPDP).
But the real ZT boom came in the 1990s. The area farmed using the technique reached a million hectares in 1991 — 2.6 per cent of Brazil's cultivated area at the time — and has been growing exponentially ever since. Between 1991 and 2004, Brazil increased its grain production from 57.8 million tons to 125 million tons from a cultivated area of 42 million hectares, 22 million of which was under ZT.
This is also the period ZT began to gain favour in the Brazilian central savannahs — the cerrado.
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While ZT was easy to apply in the humid subtropical southern states, where winter rains allow two harvests a year, the arid cerrado posed a greater challenge. The six-month dry season allows only one annual harvest, which halves the amount of grass and crop residues available to cover the soil.
The problem was solved by growing a tropical pasture alongside the main crop. Following the harvest, this grass is used to feed farm animals. When the rainy season returns, the grass is killed by herbicides and used to cover the soil where the next crop is planted. According to Landers, the herbicides used in ZT (mainly glyphosate) are among the most environment-friendly available.
The result is that soils severely eroded by years of grazing, and usually abandoned, can now be used to grow pasture again — and without any fertiliser.
"We have 16 million hectares of pasture in the cerrado, 70 per cent of which are degraded. Now we can plant good maize or soybean crops on these and go back to top quality pastures after three years, which is a real breakthrough," says Landers, who founded the Zero Tillage Association for the Cerrado Region (APDC).
Meanwhile, in the heart of the cerrado, a team from the French International Cooperation Centre for Agronomic Research (CIRAD) has been leading key work in adapting ZT technology for dry regions. The team has, for instance showed the benefits of planting a certain grass species (Brachiaria ruziziensis) alongside the main crop. As well as being easier than other species used as crop residues to control with herbicides, its long roots — up to two metres — allow it to take up more groundwater.
Introducing ZT to the cerrado has also slowed down deforestation, as farmers are less likely to cut down trees to open up new pastures.
"ZT has saved the cerrado," says CIRAD agronomist Serge Bouzinac. "If it hadn't been adopted, this region would have become a huge pasture and many farmers would have extended the deforestation frontier in the Amazon even further."
Spreading ZT to Brazil's small farmers and beyond
But ZT requires an investment from the farmer, who needs to buy specialised machines for planting and spreading the fertiliser on cover crops. As a result, small farmers have been left out of the ZT boom, and remain an important challenge for its spread.
In 2005, according to FEBRAPDP, small farmers used ZT on 600,000 hectares, while medium and large farmers applied it to 24.9 million hectares.
This might be changing, however, thanks to increasingly cheaper manual and animal-powered planting machines, as well as projects to train farmers. An initiative by APDC expects to teach ZT techniques to as many as 38,500 small farmers in the cerrado.
John Landers considers the initiative a success, with over 150 field demonstrations and 480 technicians trained so far.
An animal-powered planting machine adapted for zero tillage |
"Farmers are accepting this animal traction technology because they all have horses or oxen, and this makes them independent instead of having to wait for the neighbour's tractor to prepare land and plant for them," he says. "This way they plant earlier, harvest more, renovate their pasture at the same time and don't have to pay third parties for tractor hire."
A greater challenge would be to aim for the global spread of ZT. According to data gathered by German agronomist Rolf Derpsch, who has promoted ZT in South America since the 1970s, 47 per cent of the area cultivated using ZT in the world is in South America — mainly Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Another 39 per cent is in North America, 9 per cent in Australia and only 3.9 per cent is in the rest of the world.
Brazilian farmers and researchers have an important role to play in spreading the word. People like Manoel Henrique Pereira have done so for years, travelling worldwide to share their experience and technical advice. "I have been to over 20 countries to promote ZT adoption," says Pereira, whose next destination is Laos.
CIRAD is also spreading its technology to small farmers abroad, notably in Cameroon, Cambodia and Vietnam. "Brazil has much to show other developing countries," says Derpsch. "I'm convinced that [ZT] can be very effectively used in South-South cooperation."
The technology is expanding in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan where 1.9 million hectares are currently cultivated using ZT — with great potential to save huge amounts of irrigation water.
Africa, however, is another story. The use of crop residues as cattle feed remains an obstacle, as this does not leave enough grass available for use in ZT. This problem will have to be solved if the technique is to be adopted in African nations.
But above all, adopting ZT requires open-mindedness, says Derpsch. "The mindset is the main barrier to no-till adoption in countries where deep-rooted traditions hinder the abandonment of tillage and the plough."


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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney unveiling his energy plan this afternoon in New Mexico calling for North America to be energy independent by 20/20.
-- joining us is fox business's senior correspondent Pete -- and exclusive interview with governor Romney beat up.
No that's right actually and we want to point out that the -- video feed is being provided by his campaign -- governor welcome to Fox Business.
I read over your twenty page plan and frankly it looks kind of like a rehash of previous Republican proposals.
On energy what is new in your plan today.
Well I don't redoubled.
-- plans -- put together plans that actually create additional energy resources number one.
We're gonna have the states take responsibility for permitting on federal lands.
States already take responsibility for permitting state lands and on private -- they can do that.
He and ten to thirty days the federal government takes almost a year to get permits out.
We're gonna have the states take the lead even on federal -- course the process we'll have to be approved by the federal government.
Number two we're gonna put together a complete seismic analysis of our energy resources in the country.
This statement the president keeps making that we have only 2% of the oil in the world is simply wrong.
We also we're gonna have to open up our offshore are outer continental shelf drilling.
North -- of the Carolinas as well as Virginia and the gulf can provide additional energy and frankly.
The research is that we can get from Canada from Mexico as well as tight oil here.
Biofuels here on -- that energy and offshore gets North America to energy independence within eight years.
That's something people been talking about for a long time it's something I've committed to doing.
They also talk about approving the Keystone Pipeline immediately.
If you were elected president and after you take office have you.
-- any of the ground work for doing that with the Canadians as your campaign -- you have to have you talked to Canadian prime minister.
Stephen Harper about trying to move quickly on the Keystone Pipeline if you win.
The Canadians are all speed ahead.
The the challenge has -- with with the president and his administration that is not approve the Keystone Pipeline.
The Canadians expected this would happen immediately and that America would welcome.
The -- -- the oil that would come from -- from oilsands.
Instead the president's environmental review process has caused this to be.
Put on hold and the Canadians are thinking of taking their oil to China instead.
The new lemon well you can talk that was you haven't talked to the Canadians are to governor to a prime minister harper about it you're not not.
I'm not I'm not I'm not president yet but I'm looking forward to being president and I can assure you that if I'm president.
Will overcome the obstacles that exist here in the United States to make sure that we can get the energy here we need.
Environmental concerns.
That's what the president has been talking about how would your plan.
Increase drilling while protecting the environment which is a big concern to voters after the BP oil spill.
Well there's no question but that states where where people live have to respond to the interest and concerns of people in those states.
States have therefore been doing permitting.
And licensing on state lands and private lands for decades.
The idea that the federal government also wants to step in to provide permitting and licensing and does so in such a slow and laborious matter.
And by the way is oftentimes held up by people who want to stop energy production altogether.
That doesn't make sense that's why wants states to take the lead even on federal lands.
We'll have environmental the purity look the people this country don't wanna have our air and water may dirty.
At the same time they recognize the importance of America becoming energy independent.
-- governor let me ask another question about the economy yesterday the Congressional Budget Office said that unless congress and the president work out some deal on the fiscal cliff.
The economy could to go into a significant recession.
Early next year -- assuming you are elected -- you -- have some influence with Republicans in congress on trying to.
Get a deal what would you push Republicans in congress to do to work out something on the fiscal cliff cut to avoid a recession.
If you are elected to -- maybe during a lame duck for example.
Well the immediately that needs to be -- as the president has as the leader of the nation needs to call together congress and make sure that we do not have the kind of cliff.
That's being described.
The estimates are that as much as.
2% reduction in GDP might occur if we go -- the tax to get -- -- they college that the president has scheduled for the the first of the year.
We should instead put in place say -- a holding period if you will let's say a year or so or at least six months to allow the next president whether it's President Obama or me.
But to put in place a spending plan a tax plan that makes sense that this idea of cutting the Defense Department by some trillion dollars over the coming decade.
As part of this process it is obviously -- -- an amazing at at negative effect on the workers of America.
Likewise raising taxes on middle income families is that the the plan currently calls for.
Is the wrong way to go and the president should take leadership that is what he's president.
To it to work out an arrangement to make sure that we're able to.
Have a runway.
That allows the new president to put in place a more permanent.
And and at appropriate solution.
-- specifically what would you put in that runway what would what would you want to -- -- that runway.
Well what I've indicated that I would keep the status quo in place with regressive tax policy military spending in the like.
And and keep that is part of the the to be going forward runway and that allow the new president to put in place.
His new tax program his new budget.
I have a hard time understanding how it is that we have a law in this country that the that the senate must bring forward a budget every year and it's been three years since they've done so -- I look forward to having a president that will actually lead.
And have budgets and have policies to get America on track to to economic sanity.
I don't ask another question this time about private equity the president has -- you.
Four -- some of -- work at Bain Capital your private equity -- at the Wall Street Journal reported this week that the administration worked with a private equity firm.
The Carlyle group to save a oil refinery in Philadelphia what's your reaction to that.
Well of course the president knows better than to attack Kate major sector of our economy.
A private sector -- at equity is is merely a pension funds and endowments.
Retirement funds and so forth.
Coming together to make investments in American businesses.
And businesses around the world.
As an entity it's a large investor group that looks to get a a fair return to its it's pensioners if you will.
Among others.
And and the president understands this the the attacks on me are are obviously -- I gonna come from all different directions that happens to be one that's a particular poorly aimed.
Let me ask you about Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke while you we have you you've indicated -- would not reappoint him -- to another term when his current term expires in our early 2014 but one of your.
Top economic advisors Glenn Hubbard.
Is suggesting.
Do reappoint him for -- would you consider that.
Well I always listen to people who have counsel and advice but my view has been that I would want to select someone.
Who it was a -- member.
It should be a new person to that chairman.
Chairman's position someone who shared by economic views that.
-- thought was sympathetic to the needs of our of our nation.
And I wanna make sure that the that the Federal Reserve focuses on maintaining.
The monetary stability and that leads to a strong dollar.
And confidence that America's not gonna go down the road that other nations -- that have gone down to their apparel.
-- yesterday we heard from the Fed that it is in fact considering additional stimulus moves additional.
Monetary policy easing perhaps as early as its meeting.
Next month -- would you support that.
You know I don't think QE2 was terribly effective I think -- QE3 another another.
Federal fed stimulus is there's not gonna help this economy I think that's the wrong way to go I think it also seeds.
They -- that kind of potential for for inflation down the road.
That would be harmful to the value of the dollar and the and I think harmful to the stability that that our nation needs.
You suggested didn't want your own person as the head of the Fed would then Glenn Hubbard himself to be a candidate for -- chairman of the Federal Reserve and our.
Romney administration.
You know I haven't considered a single person of this.
Points given no names.
-- thought door or deliberation.
When the time comes to appoint a new Fed Chairman why.
I will I'll give that a full analysis but I I don't have any wanted it took to right into that a -- right now or anyone to write out.
But of course planners say -- gave a wonderful economic advisor Eric Gregg -- -- also from Harvard.
Likewise say an excellent economic advisor at and there are many across the nation who I would want to consider for for any appointment of that magnitude.
We saw some news on the tax reform and the mortgage interest deduction -- from the party Republican Party yesterday as it puts together its platform.
For the convention and you've talked about potentially eliminating the mortgage interest deduction as part of tax reform.
For for wealthier Americans up.
How do you define wealthy Americans there what would be the cut off for you.
You know I haven't described specifically what changes would that would occur with regards to deductions.
Or exemptions for higher income Americans.
And and so I'd bet that I have not said that we would eliminate for instance the home mortgage interest deduction.
But I do note that that four.
For a higher income Americans we're gonna maintain the progressivity of the code I'm I'm not looking for high income people.
To pay a lower share.
Of the the total tax burden in the country the same time.
I'm gonna make sure that middle income families don't pay more in taxes and the middle income families do not pay a higher share of the tax burden in the country.
Those are the that the key elements of my plan.
And and with regards to.
Making sure that's the case there's no particular cut off other than a look at various groups the top 1% the top 5% the top 10% and so forth.
Just a look and see whether whether we have through our plans inadvertently given a a big gap high -- area reduction.
That was on intended to one particular income group in which case we need to take.
Actions to assure that we don't change the progressivity the code -- I'm not looking.
As I know the Obama people want to say.
To reduce taxes for wealthy people.
I'm looking instead to lower tax rates.
And limit deductions and exemptions in such a way that we haven't enterprises small business is able to keep more their capital.
And at the same time simplify the code.
One last question kind of energy related -- tropical storm -- is gaining energy head to -- in the Caribbean.
Are you -- let Isaak -- issue out of Tampa.
I have no comments about -- -- -- talk to the -- people about what happens there.
But the but obviously any plans for Tampa depend upon the airport being open.
Able to receive all the get the delegates said and people like myself -- to get their but I I I feel pretty good that that will be -- -- but we'll have a great convention.
Alright governor Tom Browning thanks for joining us on Fox Business today and -- in -- -- Thanks Peter -- be with you.
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