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Lyle looks for maiden victory at NZ PGA
BY iseekgolf.com | Web.com Tour | 2006 NZ PGA Championship | Round Three | 25 Feb 2006
Young Victorian Jarrod Lyle will be aiming for his first victory as a professional after he finished day three of the ING NZ PGA Championships, two shots clear of the rest of the field.
Lyle broke away from overnight co–leader, fellow countryman Brett Rumford, who sits in outright second place on 8 under, whilst New South Welshman Paul Marantz makes it an Aussie hat-trick at the top of the leaderboard in third place on 6 under.
Lyle shot a round of 3 under 69, whilst Rumford was at 1 under for the day and Marantz picked up 4 shots to jump up to join the leaders in the final group tomorrow.
Recent Johnnie Walker Classic winner Kevin Stadler has given the leaders a reason to be looking over their shoulders after a third round 2 under that has seen him creep up into a tie for 3rd.
However, it is Lyle that has grabbed the headlines and understandably, despite tough conditions, he was pleased with the way his game went today.
"I played as well today as I have all week. My driving was solid and I gave myself plenty of chances to get it close, but it was a struggle," he said. "The last seven or eight holes are all affected by cross winds and it was a nightmare trying to work out exactly how much the wind would affect the flight of the ball. You certainly don't want to short-side yourself on any of these holes with some of the pin placements."
Last year Lyle led this tournament after two rounds, was one shot behind after the third but faded badly in the last.
"I have learnt a lot since then, and although this is uncharted territory for me I am looking forward to it. I'm not sure how well I will sleep tonight, and I get nervous before any round, but I've started well every day so far and am keen to get away to a good start in the morning. I certainly have no intention of changing my game plan. I will use driver on the same holes I did today and I will look to attack the pin at every opportunity. On a course like this the lead could change 15 or 16 times tomorrow," he said.
Rumford has only dropped one shot over 54 holes of the testing Clearwater layout. A winner of the Irish Open two years ago and a member of the European Tour, he has been extremely comfortable in the windy conditions that have prevailed over the last three days.
Such is the unforgiving nature of the Clearwater course that the four-shot advantage that Lyle holds over Stadler and Marantz can evaporate very quickly. Stadler, a two-time winner on the Nationwide Tour, and victorious at the prestigious Johnnie Walker tournament in Perth two weeks ago, had two birdies and a bogey in his round of 70. Marantz is the surprise of the tournament. Originally not in the field, he was one of four who pre-qualified for this tournament on Tuesday.
American Matt Hendrix was atop of the leaderboard at one stage on 10 under after an opening nine that included 4 birdies, but a disastrous start to the back nine which saw him bogey the 10th, 11th and 13th and card a double bogey on the 12th to drop back from 10-under to five-under through 15.
It was a disappointing day for the seven New Zealanders in the field, in particular Stephen Alker. After being in third place midway through the afternoon, a bogey at the 15th followed by a disastrous triple bogey at the 17th and a bogey at the 18th saw him crash down the leaderboard to 25th place. Best of the New Zealanders were Mahal Pearce and Michael Long who had two under par 70s for 17th place. Gareth Paddison had an even par round and is in 25th, David Smail is 30th after a 74 and Phil Tataurangi is in 44th place after an even par 72.
Last week's Jacob's Creek Open winner Paul Sheehan jumped up to a tie for 5th with South Australian Wade Ormsby and American Scott Dunlap.
The final round of the 2006 ING NZ PGA Championship begins at 8:05am tomorrow morning.


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URUMQI – Uighur Muslim students in a Kashgar prefecture college are facing the threat of being expelled if they observed the fasting month of Ramadan as officials in Xinjiang pushed for a larger ban on the fasting of the holy month.
"Our college administration strictly forbids fasting and other Ramadan practices by Uyghur students," a Uighur student told Radio Free Asia (RFA) Uyghur Service, speaking on condition of anonymity, fearing punishment for talking to the foreign media.
"It is clear to us that those who refuse to eat will be warned of expulsion from the college or be deprived of their diplomas," he said.
Muslims Protest China's Ramadan Ban
China Bans Ramadan for Uighur Muslims
'Banned' Ramadan for Uighur Muslims
Every year, Chinese authorities have repeatedly imposed restrictions on Uighur Muslim in the northwestern region of Xinjiang every Ramadan.
Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, falls this year between Sunday, June 29, and July 28.
In Ramadan, adult Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex between dawn and sunset.
The sick and those traveling are exempt from fasting especially if it poses health risks.
Under the restrictions, all Muslim state employees were forced not to observe the fasting month of Ramadan.
Moreover, Kashgar Normal College in Xinjiang has imposed a ban on the fasting of the holy month of Ramadan among Muslim students and teachers.
Order all the restaurants near campus to close in order to prevent Muslims from breaking their fast at sunset, the college administration has also been distributing free lunch meals and bottles of water.
"Those who refuse are blacklisted and their names forwarded to the ruling Chinese Communist Party chiefs at the various faculties," the student said.
Take the risk
Despite the expulsion threat, some Muslim students take the risk and fast.
"Although there are strict rules and their activities are closely monitored, some of the Uyghur students continue to secretly fast," the Uighur student told RFA.
"They leave classes early and bring back food from the college to break their fast at their dormitories.
Some are caught as the college administration staff often check the bags of the students at the exit, he said.
"If the college authorities find any meals in their bags, the students are forced to consume them on the spot," he said.
Students who wake up early to have their pre-fast meal and recite prayers at their dormitories are also penalized.
"If the students turn on the lights to prepare their pre-fast meals, the college guards will promptly blacklist them," the student said.
The college has set up video cameras at dormitories and at the corridors of the college to monitor the activities of students," he said.
"They control all of our activities and private life," he said.
"Our college is not an academic institution but a political camp. If a student hopes to stay in this camp through the duration of the course, he or she must obey the rules and just remain silent."
Xinjiang has been autonomous since 1955 but continues to be the subject of massive security crackdowns by Chinese authorities.
Rights groups accuse Chinese authorities of religious repression against Uighur Muslims in the name of counter terrorism.
Muslims accuses the government of settling millions of ethnic Han in their territory with the ultimate goal of obliterating its identity and culture.
Analysts say the policy of transferring Han Chinese to Xinjiang to consolidate Beijing's authority has increased the proportion of Han in the region from five percent in the 1940s to more than 40 percent now.
Beijing views the vast region of Xinjiang as an invaluable asset because of its crucial strategic location near Central Asia and its large oil and gas reserves.
Related Links:Chinese Hospital Bans Ramadan Fasting
China Stifles Uighur Muslims on Religion
Uighurs Chafe Under Religious Restrictions
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Violence Welcomes China Ramadan

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MALONE - Glaziers Food Service Distributors has expanded its services and is now selling its products from a warehouse in Hudson Falls, located in Washington County.
Sean Glazier, who heads up the company, said they picked up 31 school districts in that area to whom they supply Upstate Niagaras milk.
This means they are now the primary milk supplier to 107 of the 696 state school districts.
There is a lot of growth going on, Mr. Glazier said. This is just a natural fit as Glaziers continues to grow.
He said in the north country, they supply every district between Watertown and Ticonderoga, except the Malone Central School District, which is in a binding contract with Chartwell.
Mr. Glazier said the company is hoping to grow on the food service side in the spring.
People should be able to get pickled Polish products, hot dogs, all that good stuff in the Albany area, he said.
He said there isnt a regionally-popular hot dog in the Capital region, like the Hoffman hot dog is in the Syracuse area.
The market is particularly open to penetration with the Glazier hot dog, Mr. Glazier said.
He added that they are debuting a skinless brown hot dog, which he hopes will become a favorite to those who are put off by the snappy red skin of the traditional Glazier dog.
He said his spring efforts will be aided by his plans to add a full-time sales representative and two delivery drivers, in addition to the two currently employed at the Hudson Falls outfit.
Right now, the company is looking for chain grocery stores, restaurants and delicatessens in the Hudson Falls area to use Glaziers as their prime distributor, according to Mr. Glazier.
Mr. Glazier said his company was founded in 1923 by his great-great-grandfather and his great-grandfather. They started a grocery store in Owls Head that sold its own hot dogs, he said.
His grandfather expanded the company to include selling beef, his father started the food distribution end, and Glazier said when he took the reins he included beverage distribution and other divisions.
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A question and a suggestion:
How do conservatives who say large numbers of people who voted for President Barack Obama think they are entitled to handouts — and that the government should take care of them — know what other people think?
Have there been polls or interviews with large numbers of people expressing those views that I missed. or could it be that those all-knowing conservatives are so frustrated over their loss that they made up those stories to make themselves feel better? Do they have actual data?
Now for a suggestion: if you really believe that all is lost, that this is the end and that America is done, why don't you consider moving to another country? The Tories, loyal subjects of the king during the American Revolution, fled back to England, Canada and South America to escape the rabble here in America who wanted self-government (or maybe they just wanted handouts).
The American colonists in 1776 did not want to be ruled by people who were only interested in their financial interests being put forth, and neither did the majority of people who voted for the Democrats in 2012.
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Under the law, you are a resident of whereever you say you live, but some rights and services have specific residency requirements. For example, you often must be a resident for a specified period to register to vote. Some states have residency requirements to qualify for in-state tuition at state universities. Similarly public schools sometimes require proof of residency to insure that its students live within the school district.


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When you are referred to the Mass General Transplant Center, you will be cared for in a world-renowned hospital. As you move through the transplant process, from evaluation (to determine whether you are a transplant candidate) to organ transplantation, a team of doctors, surgeons, nurses, case managers and other clinicians work together to manage your care at every stage, with the goal of helping you return to a full and productive life.
Scroll through the tiles below to learn more about the team members who will support you during the transplant process and beyond.
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A hepatologist specializes in diagnosing and treating people with liver disease, hepatitis, pancreatitis, liver cancer or cirrhosis of the liver. Every day Mass General transplant hepatologists like Raymond Chung, MD, perform biopsies, ultrasounds or endoscopies to diagnose liver conditions.
Your Mass General transplant hepatologist works closely with your primary care physician and your transplant care team to assess your liver function, advise you on treatment options and help manage your care before, during and after a liver transplant.
Eliot Heher, MD, medical director, Kidney Transplant Program
Mass General nephrologists, like Eliot Heher, MD, medical director of the Kidney Transplant Program, specialize in diagnosing and treating kidney diseases, dialysis therapies and transplantation, including options for patients with diabetes.
At your first appointment, your nephrologist will review your medical history, conduct an exam and, if needed, order lab tests and a kidney ultrasound to determine your kidney function. Whether you require dialysis, a transplant or other treatment, your nephrologist works with your primary care physician and your transplant care team to provide treatment and aftercare.
Stephanie Moore, MD
Cardiologists like Stephanie Moore, MD, are important members of your transplant care team. A cardiologist specializes in diagnosing and treating patients with any type of heart condition, including those that may lead to a heart transplant.
Your transplant cardiologist may perform lab tests, an echocardiogram, chest X-rays and an exercise test to assess your heart function. Based on your results, your cardiologist will work with your primary care physician and your transplant care team to manage your care before, during and after a heart transplant.
Todd Astor, MD
Pulmonologists specialize in diagnosing and treating respiratory diseases such as emphysema, cystic or pulmonary fibrosis, or pulmonary hypertension. Transplant pulmonologists like Todd Astor, MD, work closely with your primary care physician and your transplant care team to evaluate your condition and determine whether you need a transplant.
At your first appointment, you may undergo an EKG, chest X-rays and pulmonary functioning tests. Based on your results, your care team will develop a treatment plan to manage your care during the entire transplant process.
Nahel Elias, MD, surgical director, Kidney Transplantation
Liver and Kidney Surgeons
Liver and kidney transplant surgeons like James F. Markmann, MD, PhD, and Nahel Elias, MD, work together to perform multiple organ transplants such as a combined liver and kidney transplant.
Whether you are a candidate for a combined liver-kidney or single organ transplant, your liver and kidney surgeons will help manage your care while you are in the transplant unit of the hospital. You will see your surgeons twice a day for careful monitoring and receive follow-up care from them until you have adapted to your new organ.
Joren Christian Madsen, MD, DPHL
Cardiac Surgeons
Cardiac surgeons like Joren Christian Madsen, MD, DPHL, work with your Mass General cardiologist and transplant team to evaluate you for a heart transplant.
Your cardiac surgeon is involved in pre-transplant surgical care, which may include a ventricular-assist device (VAD) or other minimally invasive procedure while you wait for a transplant. They are also part of the team that performs your surgery once a heart becomes available. After surgery, you will see your cardiac surgeon twice a day for careful monitoring and receive follow-up care until you have adapted to your new organ.
John Wain, MD
Thoracic Surgeons
At Mass General, thoracic surgeons like John Wain, MD, work closely with your transplant team to evaluate you for a lung transplant. Your thoracic surgeon will review your past treatments and, based on your condition, outline the plan for your surgery.
Your thoracic surgeon is also part of the team that performs your surgery once a lung becomes available. After surgery, your surgeon will care for you and monitor your progress, along with the rest of your care team. After you are discharged from the hospital, you will continue to see your surgeon for follow-up visits.
Jessica Witchey, RD
Good nutrition is an important part of staying healthy before and after an organ transplant. Mass General transplant dietitians, such as Jessica Witchey, RD, provide nutritional guidance to help you be a healthier transplant candidate and stay healthy and prevent infection after your surgery.
Our transplant dieticians work as part of your care team to develop a personalized diet plan and answer your nutrition questions before and after your transplant. They can also help you deal with medication side effects, such as appetite, weight loss or weight gain.
Sally Keck, RN
Transplant Coordinators
Mass General transplant coordinators set up health evaluations, a series of appointments to evaluate whether transplantation is the best option for you. They also serve as a single point of contact during each phase of the transplant process.
Transplant coordinators like Sally Keck, RN, support you at every step, whether it is scheduling your transplant evaluation, contacting you when an organ becomes available, communicating with your referring physician or reaching out to the United Network of Organ Sharing on your behalf.
Ellen MacLaughlin
Transplant Financial Coordinators
Navigating health insurance policies and other paperwork related to organ transplantation can be overwhelming. Mass General transplant financial coordinators such as Ellen MacLaughlin are available to answer questions about medical insurance coverage and transplant-related charges.
They also work with your insurance company to authorize treatment during each phase of the transplant process and help you coordinate other options, if needed. This level of support allows you to focus on what is most important—your health.
Nick Kontos, MD, and Lucia Coale, LICSW
Psychiatrists and Social Workers
Our psychiatrists and social workers specialize in helping transplant patients adjust to life with their new organ and cope with physical and emotional changes they may experience after surgery. Psychiatrists like Nick Kontos, MD, offer counseling and support before transplantation and after surgery, as you adjust to your new organ.
Social workers, such as Lucia Coale, LICSW, work with you on stress reduction and enhancing quality of life during and after your transplant. They are there for you every step of the way and can connect you with other resources, should you need them.
Camile Kotton, MD
Infectious Disease Specialists
Mass General transplant infectious disease specialists, including Camile Kotton, MD, work with your transplant team to help prevent you from developing infection before and after transplant.
Post transplant, when your ability to fight infection has decreased, our transplant infectious disease specialists will develop a personalized strategy to help prevent infection. In addition, they offer plans to help you avoid common sources of infection, monitor your medications and make recommendations that protect your health as you adapt to your new organ.
Deborah Whittaker, RN
Transplant Nursing
Mass General was the first hospital in Massachusetts to achieve Magnet status, one of the highest honors for nursing care. You'll receive this award-winning care from nurses such as Deborah Whittaker, RN, who works with your entire care team throughout the transplant process.
Your nurses have special expertise in treating patients with your specific condition. Post-surgery, they will assist you with activities to increase your endurance. You will also receive long-term support and tools to help you manage your condition and your new organ after you leave the hospital.
Cindy Hayes, RN
Case Managers
After surgery, a case manager (a nurse) will work with you and your family to create a care plan for when you leave the hospital. Case managers like Cindy Hayes, RN, work side-by-side with your transplant team to plan your discharge and arrange your in-home needs, including nursing services, physical or occupational therapy and rehabilitation. Your case manager works with your insurance company to confirm insurance coverage for these services and to make sure you have a plan to obtain your prescription medications after you leave the hospital.
Reina Galindo
The Transplant Clinic
The Transplant Clinic cares for patients at every stage of the transplant process. From the first appointment, patient service coordinators such as Reina Galindo work with patients and families to facilitate care prior to transplant surgery as well as follow-up appointments after patients are discharged. Through the clinic, surgeons, medical specialists, nurses and other clinicians follow each patient's care plan closely and monitor their progress, assisting with recovery and medications as patients adjust to life with their new organ.
Organ Transplant Programs
Mass General's Transplant Center is a destination for any patient in need of an organ transplant, including single and multiple organ transplantation.
Stories From Our Patients
- Video: Jennifer Searl shares her story as Mass General's first transplant recipient to avoid taking immunosuppressive drugs
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How The Impatient Sisters Accidentally Enchanted Malaysia
Sisterhood of the Awesome Indie Pop Pants
Name: The Impatient Sisters (Soraya, Nazeera and Irena Taib)
Where They're from: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
When They started: 2011
Genre: Indie pop
Most Similar: Jolie Holland, Zee Avi, She and Him
Sounds Like: A Venn diagram with vintage jazz in one circle, folk in the other and ukulele in the part where they overlap
Malaysia's Impatient Sisters didn't really plan on being a band until they were featured on online indie music show The Wknd. "Never thought people would be that interested in us (we agreed to do it for fun) but after we got booked for a few gigs we realized that we sort of had to be. A band, I mean," explains Soraya Taib, one of the three actual sisters who makes up the trio. They had opened for a friend's band with a set of covers and posted the original song "Comets and Stars" to YouTube, when a friend recommended them for The Wknd sessions. After their stellar turn on the show, Malaysia's indie music fans wouldn't let them not be a band. Since then, they've been gigging around Southeast Asia, rocking festivals, jamming with Zee Avi, and recently opened for Australian band The Jezabels. Not bad for a reluctant ensemble.
We're really glad they took a chance on the show. Though they say they chose their name because they do get impatient (with each other especially) their music is as laid back as it gets. Their vocal harmonies are soft and sweet as a box full of kittens and their melodies for guitar are as soothing and romantic as lilac-scented summer breezes. Mixing in glockespiel, egg shaker, ukulele, and kazoo, they create delicate textures that help keep things interesting, but it's their clear voices that will hold your attention with a surprisingly strong grip. This trio may be impatient but we don't think they'll have to wait long before there will be no turning back from a serious break out and total indie celebrity.


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Written Answers - Pension Provisions.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Dáil Eireann Debate
272. Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if persons employed as telephonists in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs by the Civil Service Commission in the 1970s are entitled to pensions; and the age at which same is entitled. [37864/09]
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Eamon Ryan): I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to female Civil Servants, employed as telephonists by Department of Posts and Telegraphs who were compelled to leave the Civil Service on mar[754]riage. The situation for those employees is that a marriage gratuity was paid in lieu of pension benefits and therefore there is no further entitlement to a Civil Service pension.
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Ten Ole Miss Rebels return home this weekend for Saturday's game (3:30 p.m., CBS) against No. 7 Georgia, including two of Gwinnett's own in redshirt freshman linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche (Grayson) and junior defensive end Cameron Whigham (Shiloh). Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze expressed the excitement level of the Georgia natives surrounding the matchup with the home state team.
"Some of them will have to calm down a little bit," Freeze said. "They're emotional kids, they're young, and they're excited about going back home. They'll have a lot of family there, a lot of friends there, brothers and sisters. We want them to do well, but you've still got to prepare just like any other game. It's no question that those kids, they had a little extra pep in our team meeting yesterday and are excited to go back home."
After redshirting last season, Nkemdiche has sparked a turnaround for the Rebels (5-3, 2-2 SEC), who are one win away from bowl eligibility after a 30-27 win against Arkansas Saturday. Nkemdiche led all players with eight tackles and recorded his second interception of the year. For the season, he leads the Rebels with 52 tackles and 9 tackles for loss, which also ranks sixth in the Southeastern Conference.
"There's no age, there's no perfect rubric for being a leader," Nkemdiche said. "If you want to be courageous and step up and lead by example, lead vocally, why not? If my teammates take that into their perspective and respect that, why not keep doing it and show up every weekend?"
Coming out of Grayson, where he led the Rams to the Class AAAAA state semifinals his senior season as a linebacker and running back, Nkemdiche originally signed with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College on National Signing Day. Then, after he made a qualifying score on his ACT to become academically eligible, Division I offers came rolling in, and he narrowed his college choices down to Georgia and Ole Miss.
"It was just where I feel comfortable at," he said of Ole Miss. "I feel like Athens, there's a lot going on in Athens. It's right there at home and you see the same people from high school every weekend. I wanted to branch off and venture off and see what was out there."
Nkemdiche also said Georgia offered him, but they offered late in the recruiting process, while when Ole Miss jumped on him, they stayed on him and that played a huge part in his decision.
"It was tough just because of all the pressure at home," he said. "Everybody was telling me, you know, 'C'mon UGA is right here. I'll be able to come up and see you every weekend.' I just felt like I should go with what I felt was right and make the right decision for me -- and not them -- and that's what I did. Right now, I feel like I made the right decision."
Saturday's game against Georgia (7-1, 5-1 SEC) carries special meaning for Nkemdiche. He said this was the first game he circled and put a bull's-eye on.
"This is one of the key games I've been waiting for all year," he said. "Playing the teams we did earlier, it's hard to not focus on this game. Going back to 25 minutes away from my house and high school with all my friends and family in the stands, it's going to be an unreal feeling."
Whigham, a two-sport standout at Shiloh, originally signed with the Rebels in the class of 2009 but did not enroll at Ole Miss until a year later. He chose Ole Miss over offers from Auburn and Central Florida, becoming the first Division I signee for the Generals since David Pollack in 2001.
After greyshirting in 2009 and playing in 15 games as a reserve in 2010 and 2011, Whigham has started the last seven games at defensive end for the Rebels. On the season, he has 18 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks and a fumble recovery.
Whigham is excited to return home and play against a school that he said gave him a look, but didn't offer him.
"It's a big game," Whigham said. "I feel like I have to prove something just because it's my home, and I just want to go out there and have a good game. I'm going to have a lot of family and friends there. I just want to go out there, do my best and hope to get this win."
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your software vendor says that they can do fashion. You better make sure that
the software features go far beyond styles, colors, and sizes. The requirements
for the fashion industry are some of the most demanding and unforgiving in the
world of manufacturing. If you're not careful, you may find your profits falling
on the cutting floor and money being swept out with the scraps. Read on to find
out why running with a pair of scissors is not the only dangerous thing when
selecting software for the fashion industry and why Intentia's
offering bears investigation. And even if you're not into fashion, learn what
hurdles another industry has to jump to remain competitive. You may feel fortunate
to be in the industry you are.
We are surrounded by fashion. In fact we come into contact with it so often that we tend to take it for granted. However, if you are in the business of fashion, you know that people's tastes are extremely fickle and ever changing. Your enterprise-wide software has to be nimble enough to turn on a dime. It also must be able to anticipate more often than to simply react.
research note explores industry characteristics and trends and resulting software
challenges. After getting an understanding of the fashion marketplace and competition,
we will look at Intentia's Movex software offering. Movex's
functions and features that will allow you to cut, sew, and package your products
efficiently before they are out of fashion.
And, while you may not be into haute couture or consider yourself a fashion plate, you may find how the fashion world solves problems similar to those found in your industry. For sure, you will have a better appreciation of what it takes to put that shirt or skirt on the shelves and not so quick to say it costs too much.
is Part One of a four-part note.
Two discusses the challenges facing software in the fashion industry.
Three and Four review some of the significant functions and features offered
by Intentia's Movex software for the fashion industry.
Industry Characteristics and Trends
All successful companies cater to the needs of their customers. However, in fashion these needs may be more viewed as whims or temporary flights of fantasy than established trends on which you can base production and supply chain decisions. Case in point: how long has the Pentium IV computer chip has been placed on PC motherboards compared to double-breasted suits? Furthermore, in somewhat of a reversal, the requirements of fashion manufacturers are being driven more by the demands of the retailers that sell the clothes than the supplier.
recent example between Levi's and Wal-Mart
highlights a developing trend. Up until the early 1990s Levi's could pretty
much deliver the merchandise and retailers would sell it. Now to do business
with Wal-Mart, Levi's had to develop a new line of jeans to Wal-Mart specifications
and meet very stringent guidelines regarding performance and cost control. While
Levi's is still driving the car, Wal-Mart supplies the operating manual. This
scenario is being repeated throughout the fashion industry as the balance of
the scales shifts.
As you would expect in an industry with a diverse customer base, namely the general public, the life cycle of product is expressed in months, not years. To appease this public, a product is produced in every reasonable size and color combination. Consequently, the number of stock-keeping units (SKU) tends to be much larger than in other industries. Missing an opportunity window—that is short to begin with—may mean that you could be stuck with obsolete merchandise. Predicting the taste of the general public can, at best, be a crap shoot.
While outsourcing of production is not an unusual practice, in the fashion industry it has become a fine art. Shirt cuffs are made by one company; collars by another company; and buttons by a third company. The components are all brought together on the sewing floor to complete the finished product. Because operating and profit margins are meager, the outsourced companies can be spread throughout the world where labor and material costs are in cheap but plentiful supply. These factors create longer than usual lead times and constant managing of an extensive and far-flung supply chain. As a result, fashion is handicapped by a long time to market in the face of a narrow window of opportunity in which to attract the consumer's attention.
Illustrated in figure 1 is one of the simpler but common supply chains in fashion industry. Spread your suppliers across the Pacific Rim. Base your assembly operations in Europe. And, of course, there is a need for distributions facilities in the major population centers of the world. Accordingly, even a simple supply chain model grows in complexity as the channel partners grow in geographic distance.
A somewhat unique problem complicating the life of fashion is seasonality.
a huge shipment of winter coats usually hits the receiving docks as the spring
flowers are starting to bloom. Not a problem; hold the coats for six months
for the fall season. Chances that styles and tastes will be frozen are as likely
as a block of ice will not melt in a 35C (or 95 F)
degree heat. Improper management of the supply chain can result in a greater
risk of inventory exposure and obsolescence. Consequently, the fashion industry
is faced with seasonal items (i.e., coats, jackets, fabrics) and non-seasonal
items (i.e., ties, undergarments, shirts). From a software perspective there
are requirements for make-to-order (MTO) and make-to-stock (MTS). However, these
requirements are influenced by the special factors of fashion. In other words,
you may want to have a constant stock of men's white dress shirts but will make
to-order shirts in less popular colors.
Difficulties in Managing the Supply Chain
One thing that should become increasingly obvious when working in the fashion industry is that the supply chain is extremely complex and difficult to manage, even with the use of automated tools. There are likely to be all possible combinations of components manufactured by your own resources and fully sourced throughout the world. Consequently, obtaining an accurate and current picture of the supply chain is not an easy task. Likewise, when the picture does come into focus, it is difficult to react to changes.
Directly or indirectly affecting these characteristics are several industry trends. As constant pressure is being placed on low operating margins and limited operating capital, consumers are demanding better service. These demands are being translated into penalties if delivery schedules are missed or late. As quotas, particularly in the United States, are relaxed, globalization of product components is increasing. Suppliers are looking beyond traditional geographic boundaries and are shopping the worldwide marketplace. Consequently, sourcing of these components is shifting and stretching the capabilities to manage the supply chain and meet delivery schedules.
requirements are becoming more stringent. In additional to delivery and quality
constraints, the public's outcry to questionable labor practices of companies
like Nike and The Gap has
now placed the microscope on human rights issues. No longer is the cheapest
necessarily the best in the arena of public opinion.
cited in the Wal-Mart example earlier, retailers are taking greater control
over the supply chain. Traditional boundaries between the retailers and suppliers
are becoming increasingly fuzzy and difficult to differentiate. Everyone wants
to own the consumer or, at least, a piece of him. Suppliers are taking a more
dominant role in "store ready" inventory. For example, TAL Apparel Ltd.,
a closely held Hong Kong shirt maker, has a direct pipeline into point-of-sale
data at JC Penney stores. With this information TAL can readily
determine safety stock levels and can initiate replenishment to prevent out-of-stock
conditions. Instead of asking Penney what it would like to buy, TAL tells them
how many shirts were just purchased and now need to be replaced. As a result,
to reduce inventory carrying costs and to better leverage available operating
capital, vendor managed inventory (VMI) is being taken to another level of control
and convergence.
Figure 2 below summarizes the trends in the fashion industry and their effect on manufacturing and production.
What is most intriguing about the trends is that all are out of the control of the supplier. While external forces influence many industries, the rapidity in which trends impacting the fashion industry change is somewhat unique.
concludes Part One of a three-part note.
the Author
J. Strub has extensive experience as a manager and senior consultant
in planning and executing ERP projects for manufacturing and distribution systems
for large to medium-size companies in the retail, food & beverage, chemical,
and CPG process industries. Additionally, Mr. Strub was a consultant and information
systems auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers and an applications development
and support manager for Fortune 100 companies.
can be reached at email@example.com.


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Editorial: Closer inspection of St. Lucie estuary provides reasons to fight for St. Lucie River, Indian River Lagoon
An estuary is where fresh-water and saltwater meet.
Too much of the former puts myriad species of fish and other marine life — fragile creatures that depend on the proper salinity level for their existence — in distress.
For more than two months, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dumped massive amounts of fresh, polluted water from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie River and Indian River Lagoon. At the height of the releases, which the Corps discontinued Nov. 7, almost 1.2 billion gallons of water per day was gushing into the estuary through the St. Lucie Lock and Dam in Tropical Farms.
The estuary became vulnerable 87 years ago, when the St. Lucie Canal connected Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie River. In the past 50 years, the release of freshwater has been repeated many times. Destructive algae blooms, diseased and dead fish, and health warnings to avoid contact with the water are recurring events following the massive, prolonged infusions of freshwater.
But there's a lot more happening below the surface of the estuary. When it comes to discharges from Lake Okeechobee, the devil is in the details. And few people know this better than Nancy Beaver, owner and captain of Sunshine Wildlife Tours in Stuart.
Beaver conducts daytime and sunset ecotours of the estuary that embark several times a week from the dock at Manatee Pocket in Port Salerno. The two-hour tour is an eye-opening experience — one that illuminates the destructive power of the discharges on our marine environment, our fisheries and our local economies.
On a recent sunset tour, the pontoon boat with 30 or so guests made its way to Bird Island — a small spit of land off Sewall's Point covered with shrubs and small trees that serves as a nesting place for a variety of birds. En route, Beaver notes that one adult oyster filters 50 gallons of water per day. The ideal salinity level for oysters is in the mid-20-parts-per-thousand range.
However, when the salinity level in the estuary drops below 5 parts per thousand — as it did most days Aug. 28 and Oct. 27 — spat and juvenile oysters die within seven days, according to the Florida Oceanographic Society. Adult oysters die within 28 days.
Beaver takes a sample of water and puts it in a viewfinder for magnification. When held toward the setting sun, it illuminates about a dozen plankton. Someone asks what a water sample looks like when the salinity level is within normal ranges.
"The water sample is brimming with plankton," Beaver said.
In other words, the most basic food source all but disappears in freshwater. This creates a ripple effect throughout the food chain and explains the disappearance of bait fish, game fish and dolphins.
Beaver tells her audience that about 40 percent of the dolphins in the estuary have been diagnosed with papillomaviruses on their genitals — an infection scientists believe is caused by their increasing exposure to toxins and contaminants.
The pontoon boat anchors for about 30 minutes off Bird Island. Beaver says the darker water — one of the many consequences of the discharges from Lake O — makes it difficult for the birds to see and capture bait fish.
The water releases don't get all of the blame for the declining health of the estuary. Beaver is quick to point out that local residents share the blame.
"We've got to get a lot more serious with regulating pesticides and fertilizers," said Beaver, who applauds Martin County officials for being "one of the first local governments in Florida to pass a fertilizer ordinance more stringent than the state's."
The St. Lucie estuary isn't the only waterway on the Treasure Coast in distress. There has been a tremendous loss of sea grass in the Indian River Lagoon from Wabasso north to Mosquito Lagoon. All told, about 32,000 acres of sea grass, vital to the health of the lagoon and the fishery, have been lost in the central and northern parts of the lagoon since 2010. Culprits include what some scientists say is an algal or phytoplankton bloom, and propeller scars made by boaters.
The more we learn about the river and lagoon, the more we are angered — and inspired — to protect and restore these aquatic resources. Toward this objective, consider these two action steps.
First, get educated. This will enable you to speak with heat (passion) and light (intelligence) about the problems confronting this precious natural resource.
Second, get involved in the fight for the river and lagoon. Contact elected officials and champion the only viable, long-term solution to the problem: creating a southern flow-way from Lake Okeechobee that will move water to the Everglades instead of east and west from the lake.
The estuary — by definition — is a place where freshwater and saltwater meet. But it's much more than that. It also is "a nursery for almost everything in the ocean," Beaver said.
For this reason — and a host of others — it is worth protecting, preserving and restoring.
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Interesting idea for old socks
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Both Outdoor Research and Sunday Afternoons make hats with split bills that can be folded and put in a pocket. OR is a military style hat, while SA makes a military one and a baseball cap style one...
Re: long arms
Try Nau.com. They make their sleeves extra long. I have short arms, so it's bad for me, but it may be good for you.
Re: Non-cotton military-style cap
Outdoor Research Radar Pocket Cap. It's nylon, military cadet style, and it folds up to fit in a pocket.
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Christmas Tree Lighting at Wakehurst Place – Sussex:
England's largest live Christmas tree will be lit up for the festive season on November 25th at Wakehurst Place, the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens' country estate in Sussex.
This amazing 36-metre (118-ft) giant redwood tree will be decorated with 1,800 lights. So how do you decorate a 36-metre high tree? Experts from Wakehurst's conservation and woodland team will use ropes, specialist climbing gear and two high-level platforms to achieve this.
Carols and Children's Activities
On the evening of November 25th, when the lights are switched on, a choir will sing around the tree and there will be Christmas craft activities for children in Wakehurst's Elizabethan mansion. There will also be festive food and drink for sale in the Stables Restaurant and Seed Cafe, and the opportunity to do a little Christmas shopping.
On Sunday December 4, 11 and 18, carol singers will be singing in the grounds and Santa Claus will be in the mansion. Other activities will include festive walks highlighting seasonal plants around the gardens.
On Saturday December 3, 10 and 17, there will be storytelling sessions for children.
During the winter season, Wakehurst Place Gardens are open daily from 10:00 – 16:30 (except December 24–25). Admission is £11.50 and children under 17 accompanied by an adult enter free.
The Big Tree Switch On takes place on Friday, November 25 at 18:15, admission is by donation.
How to Get to Wakehurst Place:
By Train
Haywards Heath, the closes railway station to Wakehurst Place, is approximately six miles away. From the station you can take a bus, the nearest stop is Perrymount Road (come out of the station and turn right). For details of trainlines and timetables see www.thetrainline.com
By Bus
- Bus 81 (Monday – Saturday) serves Haywards Heath
- Bus 82 (Monday – Saturday) serves Crawley, Three Bridges and Haywards Heath. Please note there are no buses on Sundays or Bank Holidays. For further information about bus timetables see www.metrobus.co.uk.
By Car
Wakehurst Place is on the B2028 just south of Turners Hill and north of the village of Ardingly. The South of England Agricultural Showground is just a little further south.
Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex RH17 6TN
Tel: +44 1444 894067
Website: www.kew.org


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Old Sneakers wrote:I've thought for sometime now that between Bowie and Baltimore there is a chasm named Norfolk. I won't say the staff there doesn't work very hard at giving good instruction. However, young arms do seem somewhat unprepared when they get to Baltimore and the adjustment(s) period is far too long.
osforlife wrote:I would absolutely love if the Orioles had each pitcher spend a year, or very close to it, at every affiliate.
Seafordeagles wrote:Unless you are a major talent like David Price who spent just a little over a year in the minor leagues.
Seafordeagles wrote:Unless you are a major talent like David Price who spent just a little over a year in the minor leagues.
osforlife wrote:Out of the list of Rays' pitchers who have been drafted and developed by the Rays in recent years, David Price has been the only exception. Look at the minor league record of Alex Cobb, James Shields, Jason Hammel, Alex Colome, Jeremy Hellickson, and Wade Davis. Jeff Niemann and Matt Moore basically follow the same concept too. I'm not saying the Rays implemented this system, or follow it with complete obedience; they are just the team that uses it the most. Coincidentally, they are also the team that has the best development of pitchers.
dan72 wrote:My fear is that Buck and DD wont be here long enough to see this turn around all the way
Rising O's wrote:In the potential age of non-steriod tainted baseball, you keep a player like Chris Davis because their impact offensively is going to be that much greater.
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Consider COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, the official journal of the Community Development Society as both a publication venue for your work and a great way of keeping up with the exciting field of community development. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal featuring articles on such diverse topics as rural and urban economic development, housing, entrepreneurship, theory, technology, social capital, leadership, and much more! Articles are written by and for academics and practitioners. For more information on preparing your manuscript, visit the journal's webpage at: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcod20/current. Full instructions are available there, including author guidelines. All manuscripts are submitted via an electronic system at the Scholar One Manuscripts website, https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rcod.
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Call for Abstracts
Using Collective Impact on Community Development Issues
Special Issue of Community Development
(Journal of the Community Development Society)
Guest Editors:
Norman Walzer, Northern Illinois University
Liz Weaver, Tamarack, and
The increasing importance of gaining solid commitments by a large group of local actors involved in community decisions has made Collective Impact an important tool in local planning and decision-making processes. This approach is still relatively new (2011) and many practitioners are still studying and/or experimenting with its potential and use. However, a growing body of knowledge is becoming available that will help practitioners implement this approach for effective long-term decisions in their communities.
Collective Impact is more than a "new technique." It involves a new paradigm and long-term commitments by local leaders that involves several key components: a Common Agenda, Shared Measurement, Mutually Reinforcing Activities, Continuous Communication, and a Backbone Organization. While long-term commitments can be difficult to obtain, implementing effective local decisions require them. The Collective Impact approach also differs from an Isolated Impact approach by helping decision-makers and residents understand the interrelatedness of actions and effects resulting from community planning or decisions.
Seeking to build on advances in community development strategies and more sophisticated measurement approaches we are soliciting abstracts for papers to be published in a special issue of Community Development in late 2015. The intent of this issue is to provide a collection of high quality articles on various aspects of using the Collective Impact approach in local decisions. It takes many years to determine the overall impact or effectiveness of CI on a community but readers can learn about innovative procedures and approaches in conducting a CI process. Given that CI is still in its developmental phases, both scholars and practitioners can make significant contributions to the literature by sharing research and practices from organization, conceptual, and implementation phases.
Submission of topics and abstracts is open and topics of special interest include, but are not limited to:
- Intersection between community development and collective impact;
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- Effective ways of gaining local support for CI activities and results;
- Innovative ways of organizing and engaging non-traditional partners (business, government, funders, academia, faith communities, etc.;
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- We are all in this together-how the Collective can move to Impact with successful outcomes from early experiences;
- Innovative uses of shared measurement systems;
- Ways to build a strong backbone organization and how it has functioned;
- Types of training used to build capacity to carryout CI programs;
- Examples of where CI components have been used in conjunction with other approaches;
- Applications of CI in the international context-Australia, Denmark, UK, New Zealand, and other countries;
- Other interesting CI applications ...........
The abstracts should be written for both practitioners and academics and provide generalizable results that can contribute to the body of knowledge on Continuous Impact rather than only reporting a case study. However local experiences can document the findings or test the results. The final papers accepted will be written in a professional style including literature review, documented outcomes, references, and so on. The emphasis should be on how CI was applied, essential ingredients in success, what has been learned from the process, and early outcomes achieved. Selected articles for the special issue are invited from scholars and practitioners with projects underway as well as from the abstracts received from this Call.
When submitting, include COLLECTIVE IMPACT ABSTRACT in the memo subject line. Authors will be notified by December 10, 2014 about invitations to prepare a full paper.
Final submissions of the papers will be expected by May 15, 2015 using the Community Development standard format requirements and then will be submitted through the usual refereeing process.
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Map of Maine, 1905
Click on the image to zoom. Click and drag your mouse over the image to move it left or right. Use the small navigation window to select the area you wish to zoom on.
August R. Ohman Map Company's Map of Maine, for the Maine State Year Book.


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Demonstrates the use of the MapKit framework for iOS and OS X, displaying a map view with custom MKAnnotations each with custom callouts or custom MKAnnotationViews. An annotation object on a map is any object that conforms to the MKAnnotation protocol and is displayed on the screen as a MKAnnotationView. Through the use of the MKAnnotation protocol and MKAnnotationView, this application shows how you can extend annotations with custom strings and left/right calloutAccessoryViews.
Building and Linking with MapKit Framework for OS X:
If you don't have the right entitlements to use MapKit framework, at runtime you will not see map detail and you will get this message in the console:
"Your Application has attempted to access the Map Kit API. You cannot access this API without an entitlement. You may receive an entitlement from the Mac Developer Program for use by you only with your Mac App Store Apps. For more information about Apple's Mac Developer Program, please visit developer.apple.com."
In the Portal:
1) Create an AppID with "Maps" enabled for both Development and Distribution.
2) Create the Mac Provisioning Profiles for Development and Distribution, that use this new AppID.
Then in Xcode:
3) Set the target's CFBundleIdentifier to match the new AppID.
4) Select the appropriate "Team" for your target, in the "General" tab, under the "Identity" section.
5) In the "Capabilities" tab, turn on "App Sandbox" and "Maps". This will create and include an entitlements file in your project called "MapCallouts.entitlements" in order to link and run with MapKit.framework.
This sample implements two different variations of MKPinAnnotationViews each with their own specific information. One shows how to use a rightCalloutAccessoryView with a UIButtonTypeDetailDisclosure button and other with leftCalloutAccessoryView containing an image.
iOS 7.0 SDK or later
OS X 10.9 SDK or later
iOS 7.0 or later (as a universal app)
OS X 10.9 or later
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Hot or Not? « Read Less
Hot Or Not? Nicki Minaj's Pink Power Suit
I love a good pink suit. Okay fine, not one iota of that sentence is at all true. I generally despise the color pink, and my time in business school taught me to properly loathe the pants suit. Thus, this combo of things is probably one of my least favorite outfits of all time. Apparently Nicki Minaj does not share my sentiment, as she donned a very bright, very pink suit to the launch of her new Pink Friday frangrance in New York City on Nov 20. She paired it with a black floral top with an attached neck scarf and sky-high baby pink platform peep-toes, along with hot pink lipstick, metallic pink eye-shadow, and a giant mess of pink curls. My pink-hating aside, I think even for someone who loved pink more than life itself, this is a bit much.
What do you think? Pretty in pink or pink-ing ship? (See what I did there?)


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We're nearly to the halfway mark (in terms of time) on Blogger Challenge 2008 and the mommy bloggers are still leaving us in their dust. We've told you about the school kids you could help by donating to our challenges, we've offered small incentives (and big incentives).
Today, the news comes from our benevolent overlords at Seed that they'd like to help us coax some donations from you by offering more prizes.
How to win great ScienceBlogs prizes:
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After donating, forward your email receipt to email@example.com.
If you've already donated to DonorsChoose, you're still eligible. Just send us a DonorsChoose receipt for a ScienceBloggers' challenge dated from 2008 to enter.
Winners will be chosen at random every Friday from now through the end of the DonorsChoose Challenge (in other words, there will be drawings on October 17, October 24, and October 31).
Each week we'll give away such prizes as :
- subscriptions to Seed
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There may be some books, too.
And, at the very end of the Blogger Challenge (which is to say, after the last moment of October 31st), all of you generous donors who have forwarded your e-mail receipt from DonorsChoose to email@example.com will be entered in a drawing for the grand prize, a spiffy new iPod Touch.
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When I introduced you to our chickens-we had Rex the Rooster, 2 unnamed roosters, Polly, Gertrude, Nesta, and Missy.
Since then our flock has shrunk.
The 2 unnamed roosters were given to a friend, leaving us with one rooster-or so we thought. The ugliest chicken-Missy-turned out to be a Mister. Who knew it took so long to figure out if a chicken was a hen or a rooster? Well it probably doesn't for more experienced chicken wranglers than us.
As soon as we discovered Missy was really a Mister I wanted to give him away too-I kept saying Rex is more than enough rooster for our little flock. But Chatter had grown attached to Missy. I tried to reason with her-but she was having none of that.
Finally as I was grasping at straws, I tried to make her feel guilty-telling her she'd have to help pay for it's feed. Chatter said "You are not going to give this chicken away like you did my coon dog so just hush. I could be asking you to buy me a car-I could be asking you to take me here and there-I could be asking you for all the things other teenage girls ask for and all I'm asking you for is to let me keep a chicken I've already got!" Who could argue with that? So I said "Oh keep your stinking chicken!"
Missy turned out to not only be a Mister-but a Mean Mister as well. Every time we went in the coop Missy Mister started dragging his wing and prancing circles around our feet. Chatter had the misfortune of letting the chickens out on the morning Missy Mister decided to do more than his broken wing dance. He flogged Chatter good-even left peck bruises on her shins (if you were here she'd show you-she's shown them to every person who'd look and some who wouldn't).
Needless to say that little incident changed Chatter's mind and Missy Mister has now went the way of the 2 unnamed roosters. So we're left with:
Rex the Rooster-who I swear is big enough for a small child to ride-he is huge! Rex always has an oily looking sheen to his feathers. The Deer Hunter said maybe he's using Dapper Dan to stay spiffy for his ladies.
Nesta-the only Silver Laced Wyandotte hen. Nesta is still scared of us-she won't let anyone get close to her-but she lays a beautiful brown egg every day.
Sisters-Polly and Gertrude who are very friendly hens. The sisters both lay eggs in lovely shades of green-from a deep olive color to a lighter mint green.
I've known chickens could lay green/blue eggs for a good long while, but I tried to research the phenomenon for those of you who commented you'd never heard of hens laying colored eggs.
The information I found was slightly confusing-so all you chicken folks feel free to correct me if I get it wrong.
The Araucana breed of chicken is from Chili and is famous for laying blue eggs. The Araucana is recognized by the American Poultry Association. The Arucana breed in not only known for it's blue eggs-but also for the tufts of feathers that protrude from their ear area.
Another breed of blue egg layers recognized by the American Poultry Association is the Ameraucana.
Then there are Easter Eggers-which are not recognized as a true breed. Easter Eggers do have the blue egg gene-but may or may not have the strict descriptive characteristics required by the association to be considered an Ameraucana or an Araucana. In other words-Easter Eggers are mutts. Easter Eggers may lay blue, green, brown, white, or even pink eggs.
The friend who gave us our Easter Eggers said they were a mix of Rhode Island Reds and Araucanas. According to my research that 'mixture' would make them Easter Eggers aka mutt chickens who lay beautiful yummy green eggs. You can see Polly's side burn looking tufts in the photo above. Her, Rex, and Gertrude all have them. And Polly has green feet too.
The only person who was sad to see Missy Mister go-was The Deer Hunter. Missy Mister had crowing down pat. Rex-not so much. He starts out good then sorta forgets how to end it. Take a listen-just click on the words download audio (*IF the music player is playing before you listen to the rooster you need to stop the music player-the music controls are along the top of this page on the far left side-just above the Blind Pig logo. Click the center round button to stop the player):
Want to know more about the blue-green-pink-brown Easter Eggers? Go here: Ameraucana Breeder's Club.
p.s. The winner of the book Little Sam Mountain The Journey written by Charles Fletcher was numer 32-who is B. Ruth. A big thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway!


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Cody's Midwestern Garden: Plums abound!
The Santa Rosa and Shiro plums have just finished producing their fruit–around 100 pounds of plums off each tree! The Santa Rosas are my favorites with their intense flavor and color. They make beautiful and tasty ice creams and sorbets. The yellow Shiros are delicious eaten out of hand, but they make nice preserves as well. Quite a few of both varieties went to the restaurant where Danica has been making them into her delicious desserts. My 4th of July afternoon was spent canning plum jam and plum-orange marmalade, and making a plum candy (preserves that are more concentrated and dehydrated like fruit leather). – Cody, Lidia's Kansas City


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