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All the world's a stage for Lewis & Clark theatre students
July 23, 2012
Lewis & Clark theatre students easily find their niche in Portland's art scene.
This summer, a group of Pioneers helped local theatre company Post5 put together a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream—one of three in the company's outdoor series. The group aims to provide the Portland community with energetic and accessible theatre at no cost.
Erica Terpening-Romeo '14, Assistant Professor of English Jerry Harp, and eight alumni were involved in the production: from acting to costume design and stage management.
In this Q&A, Director Erica Terpening-Romeo '14 discusses how her Lewis & Clark education prepared her for this experience.
What is it like to participate in a professional production with so many Lewis & Clark community members?
It's lovely to work with such a large Lewis & Clark contingent. The pressure of such a big, high-stakes production is alleviated somewhat by the support and warmth of people I already knew as friends, which makes the whole cast and crew feel more intimate even though the group is quite large (cast and crew combined, we have over 35 people). It is also interesting to get to know people in a very different context; for example, my identity as a student or friend is very different from my identity as a director, and I bet it takes a moment to adjust to that.
How have your Lewis & Clark experiences prepared you for this?
There is such an emphasis on collaboration in the Lewis & Clark community that a project like this benefits tremendously from. We work very well together creatively and all seem eager and excited for the opportunity to share the load, rather than all being hungry for the reins or the credit.
What is it like to work with faculty outside of Lewis & Clark?
It is wonderful to work with Jerry Harp in a different setting. Jerry and I are also collaborating on a book about Romeo and Juliet, so we spend lots of time talking about Shakespeare, which is a real treat for me. His expertise is a valuable asset to the show, and it's great to get to know him as an actor.
Where do you hope this experience will lead you in the future?
Directing Shakespeare is what I want to do with my life, so this opportunity is the best preparation for the future I could ask for.
In addition to Terpening-Romeo and Harp, the following alumni were also involved in the production: Caitlin Fisher-Draeger BA '12, Alex Ramirez BA '10, Jahnavi Caldwell-Green BA '12, Azalea Lewis BA '12, Emily Gregory BA '10, Kaye Blankenship BA '12, Ginnie Loomis BA' 09, Annie Fassler BA '11.
The theatre department at Lewis & Clark hosts performances throughout the academic year, both in the Black Box and on the main stage. Each semester, students write, cast, and direct one-act plays in the Once Upon a Weekend festival. Students collaborate on main stage plays, working all semester to design elaborate sets and costumes. Majors and nonmajors alike have ample opportunity to get involved in theatre at Lewis & Clark.
Zibby Pillote '14 contributed to this story.


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Farm Industry News editors Willie Vogt and Mark Moore had a lot of fun at the Agritechnica farm show last week in Hanover, Germany. And I was able to follow along from back here in the U.S. as I posted their photo galleries and read their blogs all week. You can find all of their coverage in one spot right here: farmindustrynews.com/agritechnica
Now that their hard work is over, it's time to have a little fun with a game we launched on Facebook called "Name That Tractor!" Head on over to our Facebook page to browse through black and white tractor photos Moore took as they made their way through the show halls last week. We've blanked out the brand names, and we want you to try and guess what tractors they are by commenting on the photos. On Thursday, I'll publish a gallery here on our website revealing the answers with color photos.
So take a break from farm chores and have some fun with the game while you test your tractor brand knowledge. How many of the 19 tractor brands can you name? We'll be looking for your guesses this week!

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Damian Voltes necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 30 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Palermo Plug & Play
Palermo Plug & Play will be a modern, flexible workspace that inspires creativity, promotes occupational freedom, and builds collaborative communities. A place where well-designed form meets well-appointed function. Available by-the-day, monthly, or year-to-year.
Palermo Plug & Play is specifically designed to meet the changing professional needs and change the way IT entrepreneurs and freelancers think about where you work.
We are based in BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA, in one of the fastest growing cool neighborhoods called Palermo Hollywood (like the SOHO in NY).
Tenants who rent an office space in Palermo Plug & Play just need to bring their laptops. The rest in provided by us: furniture, chair, meeting rooms, ip phone line, internet connection, receptionists, etc.
some benchmarks:
We target the following industires: Internet, Software, Telecommunications, Programmers, Designers, Online Media, Bloggers. All related to Web 2.0
Freelancers, Startups, Entrepreneurs, small companies, Angel Investors, Consultants, programmers, designers, bloggers.
Also expats living in Buenos Aires and foreign companies who has a small team and need a small office in Buenos Aires.
- web 2.0 style.
- include the green color (will be one of the colors of the walls).
- work in white backgrounds.
- 2 color maximum.
must transmit the concept of Plug & Play & Co-Working
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a kind of hose formed by the letters P (3 P). see attached file
Optional, you could play with the concept P3 (P cube)
but must include the words Palermo Plug & Play
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Cracking hashes using findmyhash
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Sorry this is kind of newbish but what is freeBSD?
This will help you more, as I have learnt a lot from here from new user point of view to know what it is all about
It\'s all about sense of power.
Yeah Thanks man
So ambitious!
Why not slap Solaris 10 x86 on there someplace too...
Get OpenSolaris http://www.opensolaris.org/
Yea... what about slap openbsd and netbsd too http://www.openbsd.org, <a rel="nofo...etbsd.org. BSD family is my fav..
Not an image or image does not exist!
Not an image or image does not exist!
sweet_angel , and others;
Yea... what about slap openbsd and netbsd too www.openbsd.org, www.netbsd.org. BSD family is my fav..
I believe this was for learning purposes of someone who has little or no experience with *nix, just has copies.
Again, I would suggest a second OS be put on a separate hard drive ( I like making the *nix hard drive the primary; after installing the M$ OS on the primary master, change that drive to a primary slave, make the *nix drive the primary master and boot from that using GRUB or Lilo, which ever is available. This can cause certain problems when attempting to boot into safe mode on the M$ drive, but also somewhat protects the boot sequence from M$ based attacks when using that OS. ) ***
*** Oh, I just realized, that has never ( AFAIK ) been discussed before here ( or anywhere else. ) Anyone care to comment on this?
And I would still suggest Linux. Solely because of the available documentation.
BSDs are nice. Useable, reliable, etc. But as Gore pointed out, not necessarily for the novice. And not ready for the desktop. Better to start with a GUI, learn what they can, learn they can do pretty much the same thing with a little more knowledge from the command line, then start using the system solely from the command line. Then, once they can control the system and do exactly what they want from the command line they can then have an appreciation of a true UNIX system. They can then migrate.
GUIs are nice for the desktop. No, more then that, they are mandatory.
GUIs are nice for network management. But here, they are not mandatory, just convenient.
GUIs are convenient for managing servers, firewalls, etc., but are obstacles for security.
Every service a network runs places more possibilities for an exploit or vulnerability.
In the same vain, every service a network perimeter runs also places more possibilities for an exploit or vulnerability.
My point in the context of this thread? No different then anywhere else. A newbie to *nix has to become acclimated to the Operating system first, then become cognizant of controlling the systems, then of its possible minimalist applications. Learning this the old way, when GUIs didn't exist, took years to master the structures and nuances of an OS. With the advantage today of the GUI, one can learn the structures, then turn to a shell ( even within a GUI ) to learn the nuances. Once learned ( again, I believe Linux is much better documented for this ) can abandon the GUI and control the system completely absent a GUI. At that point, learning a *BSD variant should be no problem.
Just my thoughts on the matter.
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Alex Corbett and Walter Andrewkowski, two guys thrown together by chance, now making their way in a crazy universe one adventure at a time. All the while trying to stay one step ahead of the mafia and with the hopes of turning a profit. These are their original adventures, first published in the 1990's as black and white mini-comics.


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Pivot3 has upgraded its vStac VDI appliance with better performance and integrated it with VMware's View Storage Accelerator, which helps lower the system cost since less solid state storage is needed, the company said on Tuesday.
The second generation of the vStac VDI appliance, called R2, serves virtual desktops using VMware View 5.1. Rolling out virtual desktops using an appliance instead of starting from scratch simplifies the installation process, according to Lee Caswell, founder and chief strategy officer at Pivot3.
"It helps with the upfront configuration and also down the road if you want to add more performance," said Caswell.
One of the trickiest parts in a VDI installation is storage. Pivot3's architecture aggregates the storage capacity so that all virtual desktops have access to all of the storage resources on all appliances, which makes performance more predictable during peak times, Caswell said.
Pivot3 has with the new appliance adopted VMware's View Storage Accelerator, which is included in View 5.1.
View Storage Accelerator allows so-called golden images or linked clones -- which are master virtual machines that can be reused -- to be cached in RAM as opposed to stored on expensive solid state drives, according to Caswell.
That helps reduce the overall cost by several thousand dollars, and users still get blazingly fast read speeds. It also means appliances no longer have to be connected using 10 Gigabit Ethernet, instead regular gigabit ethernet links can be used without a noticeable drop in performance, Caswell said.
At the same time, the amount of RAM on an appliance has been increased from 96GB to a baseline of 128GB and a total of 384GB can be added. Up to 2GB of that can be allocated for View Storage Accelerator.
An upgrade to dual Intel Xeon E5-2630 processors (which have six cores each) has increased the number virtual desktops per appliance to 125, a 15 percent increase over the previous generation, according to Pivot3.
To increase the number of virtual desktops, up to eight appliances can be integrated into one array.
The vSTAC VDI R2 appliance will start shipping in November and will cost from US$30,000.
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The 2011 Pirelli Calendar, diverging from last year's Terry Richardson soft-core, features designer/photographer Karl Lagerfeld's take on Greek mythology, with Julianne Moore as a goddess. It's still full of naked women (and men!) selling tires, but classier naked women. (NSFW)
The Pirelli Calendar started out as an in-the-know publication designed to reward loyal dealers and customers, blossoming into an almost mythical creation. The web, and Terry Richardson, both have conspired to make it almost commonplace. We credit the choice of Lagerfeld, who brings it back to its original status.
There's also the introduction of a touch of man ass, which isn't something typically seen in the Pirelli calendar. In addition to the actress Moore, the calendar also features models Lakshmi Menon, Erin Wasson, and Bianca Balti stripping for Lagerfeld.
We're not sure if characters in Greek mythology are supposed to be melancholy or stoic, but they mostly just come off emo. Sad, naked, emo Greek goddesses.
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Whew! Okay.
So I've spent the day getting things roughly in working order here. Because of the need to do it so quickly, I'm just trying to imitate the old site pretty exactly – I don't want to waste time trying out new design ideas yet. That may come later as I experiment more with the Comicpress code.
Things seem to be going smoothly, so to get the transition going I'll post Thursday's comic (which a lot of people probably missed because of the blocked site) on Saturday, and go forward with a new comic on Tuesday. If for some reason this doesn't work, I'll bump the new page to next Thursday. No later than that, though!
Site to-do in the meantime:
1) Hailey's blog!
2) Transferring the archives over
3) Remaking all the other pages: extras, links, etc.
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HerStory 8: Patience for Spring
Making HerStory, the annual exhibition series by Michelle D. Parrish celebrates the vast and diverse forms of creativity offered by women artists. This year's focus celebrates the journey women artist travel in their quest to explore their inner creativity. Making HerStory 8 is the final destination of this journey and we can't be more elated to share it with you, our many friends, and supporters. The theme, Patience for Spring represents this final culmination as Spring is the slow regeneration of the earth, life, and its bounty. It is only through the seemingly long dormant season of Winter can Spring occur and thus, we must be patient…and that patience pays off.
Featuring Elise Perry as DJ Bhungri
Prudence Bonds
Zandra Chestnut
Jennifer Judelsohn
Dehejia Maat
Sadrea Muhammad
Antwanyce Richardson
Heather Schmaedeke
Patricia Steck
Shawn Yancy
Journey With Paper by Sandra Davis
January 7 – February 8, 2013
Opening reception: January 12th, 3-6pm
View the Evite here
Entertainment by Soul in Motion
Press Release
Artist's talk: January 27th, 2-4pm
My work can be considered "Green" or "Re-purpose" art. I work with recycled paper and items that can be used as painting surfaces that we as consumers throw away. I have an abundance of the resource. The goal is to create with what is on hand. The medium is "mixed media" which consist of paper from magazines, shredded documents, paper towels, tissue paper and gift bags along with other found papers. I incorporate acrylic paint and utilize the leftover acrylic skins as well.
The choice of material is based on discovery and experimentation. I will start with a small version and work larger to see if the technique is repeatable and sustainable. The common theme of my work is generally female oriented, afro centric portraits with specific themes. Other pieces are abstract in nature exploring movement, color and materials.
My current work incorporates the use of shredded papers, acrylic paint and acrylic skins. The technique allows the work to take on movement based on the application. It can be bound together with color and gel medium or it can be applied color specific to create a surface that cannot be done with paint alone.
Exhibition: Cuba Y Puerto Rico
The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery Presents:
"Cuba Y Puerto Rico" A Photographic Exhibition
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CONTACT: George Tolbert (202) 747-4030
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Photographic Exhibition Featuring:
Bonita F. Bing & George Dalton Tolbert IV
WASHINGTON, DC – The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery will host "Cuba Y Puerto Rico" the photographic print exhibition featuring artists Bonita Bing and George Tolbert. They have traveled to Cuba and Puerto Rico numerous times documenting the people and culture in the capital cities of La Habana and San Juan.
The exhibition will be on display at The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery from Monday, November 5, 2012 through Friday, December 7, 2012. The gallery location is 3938 Benning Road, NE, Washington, DC 20019, phone 202.506.3867, and is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10 am – 5 pm; and Saturday 11 am – 4 pm.
"Cuba Y Puerto Rico" will explore both islands and its fascinating cultures and traditions by the artists. A "Meet the Artists" opening reception will be held on Saturday, November 10, 2012 from 3 pm – 6 pm in The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery.
For more information and schedule of events call 202.506.3867 or visit: www.centerforgreenurbanism.org
Exhibition Opening: ReCreate 3
Tubman-Mahan Gallery Celebrates 3 years with
ReCreate 3 Exhibition
September 27, 2012—Join The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery for ReCreate 3, not only marking the Center's third anniversary, but also paying tribute to rising above, crushing roadblocks, and successes from the point of view of our artists.
ReCreate 3 will take place at The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery, 3938 Benning Road, NE, Washington, DC, October 1 – November 2, 2012.
This year's theme celebrates positive influences and personal inspirations. Artists' works reflect on their inspirations and motivations, as well as their challenges – and ways roadblocks are overcome. The works in the show represent sustainability of self –telling a story of overcoming challenge of any sort, or at a broad, holistic level.
Zandra Chestnut
Sandra D. Davis
Timothy DeVenney
David Allen Harris
Events will all be held at The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery:
The Opening Reception will be held Friday, October 5, 6:30-8:30pm and an Artist's Talk and Coffee will be held Sunday, October 21, 4-5:30pm.
Gallery Hours: Closed Sunday and Monday (except for special events); Tuesday-Friday 10 am-5 pm; Saturday: 11am-4pm
The Center for Green Urbanism
The mission of the Center for Green Urbanism is to create a business-friendly environment that provides startups with affordable office space and business services in a sustainable and energy-efficient green demonstration facility.
Web: http://www.centerforgreenurbanism.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/centerforgreenurbanism
Twitter: @TubmanMahanArt
Phone: 202.506.3867
Simone Green – book signing of "Time Served'
Thank you to everyone who joined us Saturday, September 15th for Simone Greene's book signing!
Didn't get a chance to stop by? See our photos below and purchase her book here.
Book Signing: Simone Green with Tara Coyt
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"Time Served"
authors: Simone Green with Tara Coyt
Saturday, September 15, 2012
The Center for Green Urbanism
3938 Benning Road, NE
Washington, DC 20019
CGU co-founder featured in Cultural DC's Insider's Guide!
Co-founder of The Center for Green Urbanism, Zandra Chestnut is featured in Cultural Tourism DC's Insider's Guide. Read it here!
Exhibition Opening: Fallout Shelter: A Refuge for DC's Scrap
Fallout Shelter: A Refuge for DC's Scrap
September 4- 29, 2012
Opening reception Fri. 9/7, 6:30-8:30 pm
Entertainment by the Bumper Jacksons!
Check out the Facebook event here!
For the second year, SCRAP-DC and The Center for Green Urbanism have teamed up! SCRAP-DC has chosen artwork to turn The Center for Green Urbanism into a "shelter" for a different kind of fallout: the city's "debris" in any of its forms. Pieces were selected based on how well the work fits the theme, with jurors paying attention to innovative uses of repurposed materials made into particularly high-quality art. Fine art and fine crafts are were accepted, provided they consisted of at least 75% reclaimed material.
Exhibition Location
Center for Green Urbanism – Tubman-Mahan Gallery
3938 Benning Road NE Washington DC 20019
Featured Artists
Sally Brucker (returning from last year)
Judith Capen
Timothy DeVenney
Jason Haaber
Winston Harris
Traci Oberle
TP Resident artist Renee Lachman
"Together, Chris and Jess Eliot are the Bumper Jacksons. Their initial meeting fueled a riotous impromptu jam on the lawn of a radical bike house in Washington, DC.… The music never quit since. A duo born from two very different parts of the American South, the musical synergy created is undeniable. They perform the old traditional sounds of America, heart-wrenching and youthful, and always in the spirit of raw adventure…"
THIS WEEKEND Saturday 8/18 5-7pm: Artist's Talk with Russ McIntosh – Double Take
Artist's Talk with Russ McIntosh: Saturday, August 18, 5-7pm
Join The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery for Double Take featuring the digital artwork of Russ McIntosh. Double Take will take place at The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery, 3938 Benning Road, NE, Washington, DC 20019.
July 23 – August 31, 2012
Originally a participant in the Gallery's April 2011 exhibition Mama Earth, Russ McIntosh has successfully expanded his portfolio and reach. His work has been featured in local exhibitions such as Artomatic 2012 and Flashpoint's Adventure Residency Art Show, as well as throughout the United States from The Billboard Art Project in San Bernardino, CA to the 4×6 Exhibit at The Art Gallery in Grand Junction, CO. McIntosh has also received a variety of honors and awards, this year he received a Juror's Honorable Mention Award for each piece: It's a Wonderful World?, Impressions, and Altered State. McIntosh also does work by commission, actively blogs, and is always looking to advise emerging artists.
Per the Double Take theme, of his work McIntosh states: "The essence of my art is for the viewer to look deep within my images to find something much more than what they originally saw upon the initial view of the pieces. The images I have created have many layers in them, and though at first glance the main composition does register with them, it is upon further reflection that the viewer can see "hidden images" that were originally unnoticeable."
Events will all be held at The Center for Green Urbanism Tubman-Mahan Gallery:
Opening Reception: Friday, July 27th, 6:30-8:30pm


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Lipscomb track and field team kicked off the Samford Invite with four events on Friday, seeing three personal records set in Birmingham, Ala.
Katie Collier participated in the heptathlon which stretches over both days of the meet, setting a personal record in the high jump.
"Due to a timing change Katie missed the start of the heptathlon in the 100 hurdles," Lipscomb assistant coach Luke Syverson said. "She did very well considering the circumstances after missing the first event. She competes in the long jump, javelin and the 800 Saturday.
"The javelin is one of her best events and she'll improve her positioning."
The school record was broke in the hammer throw by April Terry. The sophomore had a heave of 46.44 meters, nearly two meters further than her previous record.
"April again broke her own school record," Syverson said. "Braeghtyn McAleese also set a personal record. She missed the indoor season so this is a great start for her."
McAleese had a toss of 31.38 meters for her PR.
Lipscomb also saw success on the men's side in the long jump.
"Caleb Love qualified for the finals Saturday," Syverson said. "He hit a PR which he was really excited about."
Love had a leap of 6.37 meters to advance into the finals.
The men's hammer throw got through one flight tonight before being postponed due to darkness. Houston Ward did not take his turn tonight but will do so in the second flight Saturday.
The heptathlon and hammer throw will resume tomorrow at 11 a.m. with all other events starting at 1 p.m.


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- Start a free-association list: Just get down on paper your first impressions in bulleted or list form. What do you recall, positive and negative? What got the biggest laugh or the most applause? What fell flat? Where did you feel awkward? You can divide this later into a positive/negative pair of lists if you prefer--I'd suggest labeling them "I liked...." and "I wish...." to capture potential changes without judgmental. If it's easier and faster for you that day, use your smartphone or even your voicemail to record a list on audio as a reminder to get you started.
- Gather other data: If you have access to feedback forms, pull out and add to your list any useful evaluation remarks, positive and negative. Have access to some video or audio? Watch it now, using my list of what to look for when your speech is recorded. Once you're done, add to your list of pros and cons.
- Pick three: You'll have plenty of things you liked and that you want to improve...so just pick three to focus on for next time. That makes the process manageable, especially if you start your reflection time understanding that your ultimate goal is to find just three things.
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A highly-decorated F-22 pilot says he's "not comfortable" flying the nation's top fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor. The F-22 was grounded last year, after a rash of incidents in which pilots experienced severe disorientation from a lack of oxygen while flying. The Air Force resumed flying the plane after four months without finding the cause or fixing the plane.
The pilot, Maj. Jeremy Gordon, and another F-22 flyer, Capt. Josh Wilson, speak for the first time as military whistleblowers under the protection of U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.). All three appear on 60 Minutes in an interview with Lesley Stahl to be broadcast Sunday, May 6 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Gordon and Wilson, both veterans of the 2003 Iraq war, stopped flying the F-22 last January, and tell 60 Minutes they are not the only F-22 pilots who have chosen not to fly. With the incidents continuing unabated, Wilson says, "I think we need to reassess why we got back in the air in the first place."
Gordon and Wilson are among the F-22 pilots who have experienced the low-oxygen condition called hypoxia, which the Air Force speculates may be caused by a problem in the pilots' oxygen system. "This is something strapped to my face under which I have no control of what's coming through that tube, which means there may be a point when I don't have control over myself when I'm flying," he tells Stahl. Asked by Stahl whether the plane was safe to fly, Gordon replies, "I'm not comfortable answering that question. I'm not comfortable flying in the F-22 right now." He points to the danger of hypoxia. "The onset of [hypoxia] is insidious. Some pilots will go the entire mission, land and not know anything went wrong," he tells Stahl, relating the time a pilot finished a mission unaware he had hit a tree in-flight.
Wilson describes his battle to overcome his hypoxia as he flew the F-22 last year. "It was...kind of a surreal experience," he says, taking "immense concentration" to perform simple tasks. He says he followed his training and attempted to pull an emergency oxygen ring. "I couldn't find it. I couldn't remember what part of the aircraft it was in." The pilots were told to keep flying despite the danger the incidents posed to them and, potentially, to people on the ground, so the Air Force could learn more about what has wrong with the plane. "We have been told that we are data collectors," says Wilson.
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As Cape Coral made the transition from a Rosen brothers vision to a full fledged city, the earliest of the municipal pioneers were faced with the challenge of delivering upon the services that a city - newly formed or otherwise - are required to offer.
Many Cape residents in the late 1960s felt they were being largely ignored by Lee County government.
Road repair, maintenance issues, representation - these are but a few of the complaints Cape residents had in those early, according to city historian Paul Sanborn.
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With the Cape's population quickly booming, Sanborn said it was simply time for the would-be city to take its destiny in its own hands.
"The feeling was we needed to be our own masters, so to speak," Sanborn said. "People didn't feel they were getting the services out of the county they deserved."
With the Cape Coral Civic Association leading the way, a charter committee was put together to investigate what incorporation truly meant.
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Cape Coral's first City Council
District 1 - Cleo F. Snead
District 2 - Paul Fickinger
District 3 - J. Chandler Burton
District 4 - Robert G. South
District 5 - Gordon A. Berndt
District 6 - Lyman G. Moore
District 7 - "Casey" Joblonski
Paul Fickinger was selected as the city's first mayor
Sanborn said not only Lee County, but Gulf American Corporation, also provided some basic services, acting as the city government before there ever was one.
Sanborn was an employee of the Gulf American Corporation and the Rosen brothers.
"We did everything the city would normally do, but piece by piece we turned it over to the city," Sanborn said. "It was Gulf American's philosophy to get out and turn it over, because they were land developers."
On Aug. 18, 1970, the city was officially incorporated by voters, and not long after that seven men were chosen to be its first city council.
They were Cleo F. Snead, representing District 1; Paul Flickinger representing District 2; J. Chandler Burton representing District 3; Robert G. South representing District 4; Gordon A. Berndt representing District 5; Lyman G. Moore representing District 6; and "Casey" Jablonski representing District 7.
Fickinger was selected by the council to serve as the city's first mayor.
Sanborn said that all of those individuals have long since passed away. But they were instrumental, he said, in helping the city establish itself in those earliest days of incorporation.
"It was a trying time because it was all new," he said.
As the city's population boomed, and the new government began asserting itself as a viable municipality, people within the community began stepping up and taking on the challenge of public service.
One of those to heed the call was local businessman Don Graf, who would eventually become the city's first elected mayor, serving from 1975-77.
Graf and his wife, Betty, moved their family from Milwaukee to Cape Coral in the early '60s and proceeded to open a plethora of successful businesses in the city.
The building that houses a laundry mat, near Wendy's on Cape Coral Parkway, once belonged to the Grafs, as did gas stations, a car rental business, a clock store and rental properties.
Don Graf quickly made a name for himself as an upstanding businessman and citizen, belonging to a number of civic organizations throughout the city, and sitting as the director of a local bank.
He was approached by other local business people to make a run for mayor, his wife, Betty, said.
"They backed him and worked diligently for him and he won," she said. "He wanted to improve the city and help it progress."
Graf passed away June 16, 1995.
Betty said he was happy to have been part of the city's history and its future, helping to guide Cape Coral during the earliest days of incorporation.
But during the those early days, Betty said she didn't want to leave friends and family in Milwaukee to relocate to Cape Coral, but her husband convinced her to come, saying that if she didn't like what the Cape had to offer in a year, they would return.
Don believed in the city, she said. Next May will mark the 50th year that the Grafs have been in Cape Coral.
"When we originally came here, we had to go to North Fort Myers for bread, for banking, for any professional services, really," Betty said. "But when we became a city, we still had many needs to travel over to Fort Myers for."
Betty believes Don would be pleased with the progress the city has made in the 15 years since his death.
Veterans Parkway would have been very important to him, she said, and that despite the recent housing boom and bust, he would still believe the city's destiny is a prosperous one.
Turning 87 in November, Betty said she still cuts all of her own grass, trims all of her own bushes and has little time "for getting old."
Recalling her husband, and the early days of Cape Coral, she said Don was willing to take chances with all the business investments, doing so entirely with cash and their own money.
She said they lost upwards of a quarter of million dollars during their entrepreneurial days, but that did little to deter Don from pushing on and making a way for himself and his family in the once burgeoning city.
She said every woman should have a husband and every child should have a father as good as Don.
"I've forgotten a lot of the good stuff, and a lot of the not so good stuff as well, but that goes with life," Betty said. "You have to accept it, you have to make a life for yourself, you can't be on the negative side all of the time."
Although Don, and many of the founding municipal fathers, are no longer with us, there are still plenty of others around who have heeded the call of public service through the city's brief history.
Joe Mazurkiewicz was, by default, the city's longest serving mayor, putting in 10 years over four terms in the 1980s and '90s.
When Mazurkiewicz was elected to his first term in 1983, mayors were only serving for two years. In his fourth term, that time was changed to four years.
Never anticipating serving for a decade, Mazurkiewicz said he ran initially to prove that a young candidate could do well in a municipal election.
The city would not only see changes to its charter during Mazurkiewicz's tenure, but the birth of the utilities expansion project and a population boom, among other challenges.
When his decade-long run was finally over, he said he knew it was time to move on.
"I had no expectations," he said of his time in the mayor's chair. "I stayed until I felt comfortable the city was up and running, and the utilities were up and running."
If he could see the city accomplish anything in the 21st century, Mazurkiewicz said he would like to see Cape Coral recapture some of its political glory of the '70s and '80s, when the Cape made up a bulk of the county's voting base, and politicians had to heavily campaign in the Cape if they were to be taken seriously.
"I saw the city take a role in the region's leadership and we've fallen back a ways from then," he said. "We used to be a political powerhouse in the county, used to lead the county in voting. Now there seems to be the absence of being a regional leader ... I'm a little surprised by that."
Mazurkiewicz hopes that more young people will become involved in civic matters throughout the city.
Other than the utilities expansion project still hanging in limbo, he said his greatest disappointment so far has been the decided lack of participation by young people in the civic process
"I had foreseen young business people and young professionals serving, but not as lifetime politicians," he said. "I served 10 years, but that was a fluke. I had expectations of a lot more young people being involved."


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We are a start up company launching a new way of moving. We rent reusable moving boxes/crates made of plastic. We wanted to start this service to provide a more convenient way of moving. This is an eco-friendly way of moving but the #1 reason people use this service is it's convenience. People won't have to go searching dumpsters or the liquor store to find cardboard boxes, have the boxes all different sizes, have the boxes getting wet and falling apart, taping them up or disposing of them when done. Our rentable moving boxes are very durable, stackable, easy to move on our crate dollies. We will deliver to their home, they pack the boxes and move, unpack, then we pick the empty boxes up from their new home. STRESS FREE!!
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Modern times have promoted lack of activity due to the busy schedules people lead. In order for people to live healthy, well-balanced lives they need to stay active with an exercise routine. The same is true for pets as they continue to naturally become more sedentary than their predecessors. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention about half of the nation's pets are considered overweight. This is why exercise with your pet is more critical than ever before.
"Any activity with your pet helps encourage the human-animal bond that people have with their pets," explains David Sessum, registered veterinary technician and rehabilitation specialist at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. "Regular activity helps promote a healthy lifestyle in both the owner and the animal."
The benefits of exercise are outstanding and well worth the time for you and your pet. Not only can exercise improve your pet's health; it may also alleviate some of its nervous energy which can help in many factors.
Sessum notes that any type of pet can exercise. Exercise can be tailored to the specific breed. For example, Labrador retrievers were bred to retrieve so a game of fetch can provide a healthy exercise as well as satisfy the dog's instinctual desires.
"With dogs, simply taking them for a walk on a regular basis is beneficial," explains Sessum. "With cats, enrichment activities such as playing with toys like a small ball or a string can promote a healthy lifestyle. Pocket pets, such as gerbils, can be placed in an exercise ball and allowed to roll around for a good workout."
It is important to take precautions prior to starting any exercise with your pet. Make sure that your pet does not overdo it. Also, the more active your pet is the more water it will need. Just like people, pets need to stay hydrated after a strenuous exercise.
"With dogs, an owner playing fetch in extreme weather conditions can lead to injury or illness for the owner and the dog," said Sessum. "Problems occur when owners try to force exercise on their pet. If a pet is accustomed to a sedentary lifestyle, or lying around all day, forcing them to exercise can lead to injury or serious health problems."
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Best places to view: Interpretive Garden & the Mohave-Sunset Trail.
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The Lake Havasu State Park Contact Station includes exhibits and a gift shop.Hours: October ? March: 8am-3pm April ? September: Weekdays:7am-3pm Weekends: 6am-5pm
Number of sites: 45All sites are non-electric sites and can accommodate RVs and tents. Sites include a picnic table, shade ramada and a fire ring. Potable water is available throughout the campground. There is 14 day limit. All sites are at a first come, first served basis. There is a maximum of 2 vehicles and 6 adults per site. Camping fees are per vehicle.
Group camping is available for scout/youth groups certain times of year. Please contact park for availability.
The park has a large swim area at the day-use beach. No lifeguard on duty. Swimming is at your own risk.
There are 2 boat ramps, located in lot 2. There is also a Personal Watercraft (PWC) ramp, located in lot 1. Due to fluctuating water levels, check with a ranger about ramp conditions. Non-motorized watercraft may launch at any boat ramp.
Fish commonly caught in the lake are: smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, striped bass, various catfish and sunfish species. The park offers a fish cleaning station.
A valid Arizona fishing license is required for anglers fourteen and older. Licensing information is available online at Arizona Game & Fish, or purchase a fishing license at a local dealer.
Nearby Parks
Cattail Cove State Park
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
Buckskin Mountain State Park
Bucksin Mountain State Park
Havasu National Wildlife Refuge
Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge
Day Use Area
Group Ramada: Picnic ramada located in the day use area, large central barbecue pit/grill, picnic tables, electric outlets, lights, water spigots. Restrooms, beach and grass area nearby. Reservations are per vehicle a day use fee is also required. For availability, please contact the park.
Mohave Sunset Trail: 1.5 miles long. Rating: easy. This trail winds its way through the lowland desert and along the shoreline.
Arroyo-Camino Interpretive Garden: This interpretive area showcases the diverse life that exists within the park and this area of the desert. Birds, lizard, an desert cotton-tails are common sights. A native & "historic" foodstuff garden is also available in the winter & early spring.
Area Attractions
Cattail Cove State Park, Buckskin Mountain State Park, Lake Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, the London Bridge, Lake Havasu, Lake Havasu City, Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge, Parker Dam, the Central Arizona Project Pumping Station and the Colorado River Indian Tribal Museum (Parker).
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Miracle Seed is an item that increases the power of Grass-type moves.This item can be found on Route 32 after the player defeats Falkner in the Johto region games, while one can be found in Petalburg Woods in the Hoenn region games. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, this item can be obtained as Rocket Game Corner prize. In the Sinnoh region games, a Miracle Seed can be found in Floaroma Meadow or Cherubi may be holding it 5% of the time. In Pokémon Black and White, this item can be found in Pinwheel Forest.
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Tagged: long hair growth methods
'Froing To Extreme Lengths: 4 Crazy Things You Could Do To Grow Longer Hair In 2016
For some women their hair is too short.
For others it's too thin.
And for others it's too thick.
Truth be told that most women (especially women of colour) have a desire to grow longer hair in some shape or form.
The difference however is that most women aren't willing to go to extreme lengths to grow their hair and would instead prefer a magic pill or potion that could do it for them.
You see, growing longer hair is a bit like being on a diet. You could take diet pills in the hope that they'd magically burn fat 24/7 or you could work out and eat more mindfully.
The second option just sounds like way too much work for most people but at the back of their minds they know that it really is the best way to get lean.
It's the same thing with hair care. Magic pills sound great but they aren't the safest or most reliable way of growing longer hair.
So what can you do instead?
And what can you do if you want to grow your hair ridiculously long in under 12 months?
Here are a few extreme hair growth strategies that have worked for some women.
Please note that we are not recommending that you do them and we certainly recommend that you do thorough research before opting for any of these hair growth methods.
Crazy Thing 1. Extreme Bunning.
Bunning simply refers to the process of wearing your hair in a bun for days, weeks or even months on end. Most extreme bunners have a method that works well for them and it consists of something along the lines of comb/brush hair, moisturise heavily, add oils and then place hair in a bun for 3-7 days.
Pros? It works really well for some people. I've tried it at various points and it certainly helped with reducing excess breakage and retaining length.
Cons? Wearing your hair in a bun can cause your edges to be pulled tightly which can lead to breakage around the hair line.
It can also be very boring to wear your hair in pretty much the same style every day just for the purpose of growing it to extreme lengths.
Crazy Thing 2: Baggying.
Yeah, I said the same thing when I first came across this method several years ago.
The simplified explanation of baggying is that it involves covering your hair in a plastic wrapping over night. The heat and steam from the bag helps to lock in moisture.
Pros? It can help to keep your hair very soft and moisturised which in turn can lead to hair growth.
Cons? It's potentially dangerous especially if used improperly. This is something to be very cautious about doing.
Crazy Thing 3: Wigs.
Wigs can be incredible. They allow you to switch up your hairstyle quickly and easily without causing damage to your real hair.
In many ways they are a potential godsend.
They can help with hair growth because they allow you to cornrow your hair and leave it alone for weeks or even months on end which in turn reduces breakage.
Pros? They're a great option for women who want to protect their hair whilst rocking fun hairstyles.
Cons? Some women develop the habit of becoming so obsessed with making their wigs look great that they forget to care for their real hair (which should always be the focus).
Crazy Thing 4: Pills.
There are hundreds of companies who claim that their pill will stimulate hair follicles, promote growth and increase your hair's shine. Whilst some of these products might genuinely work, it can be difficult to gage how effective they are.
Pros? It's an easy method to stick to- take a pill and wait for growth.
Cons? Your hairs rate of growth depends on a variety of factors including genetics, your diet, hair regimen and much more. It's therefore unwise to solely rely on pills for fast hair growth.
All of the above methods have their advantages and disadvantages and what works for one person might not work for another so it's important to iterate a little and figure out which method or product works best for you.
I hope you enjoyed this article and as always, leave a comment below sharing which hair growth strategy is your fave.
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Funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the ORCID Adoption and Integration Program provided external funding for universities and science and social science professional associations to integrate ORCID identifiers, support the collaborative elicitation and documentation of use cases and open source code, and establish a collaborative venue for disseminating best practices. This program completed in 2014. A summary report is available online.
After a competitive solicitation, the following nine projects were awarded grants:
- Boston University, to directly integrate ORCID into the upcoming release of Profiles, available to 30+ institutions using this researcher profile platform; expand adoption beyond faculty to postdocs, graduate students and undergrads; and establish a Wiki to support ORCID resource sharing.
- Cornell University, for integration into the VIVO open source researcher profiling system, first at Cornell and then in VIVO source code available to other VIVO users
- University of Notre Dame, for integration of ORCID identifiers into the UND Institutional Repository (IR) and creation of a Hydra ORCID Integrator Plug-in that can be re-used by any Project Hydra institution implementing the Hydra stack/Fedora Commons open source IR tool.
- Purdue University, for integration of ORCID identifiers into HUBzero open source platform for supporting research collaboration, including research data life cycle management, open educational resources, and data archival and citation support. The integration will be piloted on three different HUBzero instances: nanoHUB, the Purdue University Research Repository (PURR), and HABRI Central and integration source code will be available to the other 50+ institutions using HUBzero.
- Reactome, for integration of ORCID identifiers into an international biological pathways knowledge base data center.
- Society for Neuroscience, for integration of ORCID identifiers into its Association Management System (AMS) (Personify) to support management of information about its 42,000 members.
- Texas A&M University, for integrating ORCID identifiers into the open source Vireo electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) workflow, the university's digital repository, and the internally-used VIVO profile system. TAMU will develop outreach materials for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers and will disseminate project outcomes to the ETD and repository communities.
- University of Colorado, for integration of ORCID identifiers into their Faculty information System (FIS) to support access and reporting at CUBoulder and CU-Colorado Springs; support the FIS publication data ingest process using Symplectic Elements and other sources; and share ORCID iDs through SPARQL endpoint with the American Psychological Association.
- University of Missouri, for integration of ORCID identifiers into the DSpace open source institutional repository application (in collaboration with @mire) and the UM MOSpace institutional repository, and for development and testing of graduate student outreach materials.
Grantees began their ORCID integration projects in Fall 2013 and presented on their prototype integrations at the Spring 2014 ORCID Outreach Meeting in Chicago on May 21-22, 2014. Slides and video recordings are available online from that event.
Partnering institutions have completed their integrations, shared integration source code and lessons learned with the ORCID community through our GitHub open source repository and online use cases, and now serve as reference sites for organizations planning similar integrations. For more information on ORCID implementation, see our Member Support Center.
ORCID aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communications by providing a registry of persistent unique identifiers for individual researchers and, through embedding in key workflows, links between ORCID, other ID schemes, and research works. Adoption of ORCID by the research community enhances discovery and reporting processes by supporting systems interoperability.
For more information about the A&I Program, please see this blog and read the project summary report.


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Sustainableguru necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 144 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Sustainable Guru
Sustainable Guru helps individuals and companies develop strategies that incorporate sustainable building and living. We believe our customers should be inspired to buy our products and services. Our focus is on educating our customers about green washing and making informed decision when it comes to sustainable construction and product purchases. We are most interested in spreading more ideas, connecting more people, so they can drive more sustainable actions for their business and lives. Additionally we are licensed real estate agents and USGBC LEED AP capable of meeting any of our clients' needs when buying or selling real estate.
Target audience is someone working on a 100 million dollar Platinum LEED project to the home owner who wants to use safe sustainable products.
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Would like to see S and G used as a business man meditating.
Looking for a design that inspires people. The color green and using nature always translate to sustainable green products and services but would like to see something different that can translate those same ideas.
Guru means to us: A guru (smeg-ma)(Sanskrit: गुरु) is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others (teacher). As a principle for the development of consciousness it leads the creation from unreality to reality,
Looking to combining both the Sustainable and the Guru concepts in the logo.
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KEENE, N.H. (AP) � Police are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store in Keene.
Officers responded to a report of a robbery at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the KM Campus Convenience store.
Initial reports indicate a man wearing a mask entered the store, displayed a handgun and demanded cash.
Police say the man got away with undisclosed amount of money. No one was injured.
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Okay, so we weren't going to get Ashton Kutcher to talk about THAT, but how about a little insight on where the "Two and a Half Men" star, his new non-shaggy style and his involvement in social media at the moment?
On losing the long hair and beard that was initially Walden Schmidt's signature look:
"When I'm not working on something specifically, I tend to just kind of let it be a growing field because you never know what you're going to play and I'd prefer not to wear a wig or any prosthetic or any fake whatever. So I think when we first met, I was starting to get a little shaggy and we just kind of kept it. I'm sure there will be people now that I've cut my hair and shaved my beard they want me to have long hair and a beard. And there were people that when I had a beard and long hair wanted me to be shaved and have a haircut. How it evolved is these guys wrote a screenplay that dictated that I cut my hair and shave my beard at some point. So watch on Monday. It's a really good show."
U.S. & World
On following his fan's reaction to his "Men" stint thus far:
"In general my feedback has been really positive. And I think that part of listening to the audience in that way, in a slightly more personal way, I think, has helped us – or helped me at least – in kind of guiding the character into what it is that the audience is interested in watching."
On his experience returning to television:
"I've had a blast. Since I stop doing the '70s Show,' I always wanted to go back and do television. And I remember when I was working on that show, Robin Williams visiting the set at one point in time. He was visiting with Kurtwood Smith, who played the father of the show, and said to Kurtwood at that time, like, 'Man, I just wish I could go back and do a sitcom again.' And I never forgot hearing that. And when I had this opportunity, I was like, 'This is unbelievable.'"
On whether he'll return when his yearlong contract is up, given the success of the show:
"The deal that we structured for the show was kind of a test: 'Can we get the show up? Can we get it going?' The show is outperforming the numbers from before I was here, and so I think that people are responding to it. And for me, having a show that people like and people want more of, that will dictate my decision. I have a couple features I think I'm going to do in the summer during the hiatus, and right now I'm looking at it as a hiatus because I'm having a lot of fun doing the show and working with these guys, and would be interested in coming back if we can work that out."
On comparing and contrasting Walden and "That '70s Show's" Kelso:
"I think that they're very different characters. I think that there's probably, like, a child-like quality that we intentionally brought to the character, in an effort to sort of soften the guy a little bit – and plus he was going through this sort of brokenhearted phase. I think Walden is probably far less of a ladies' man, per se, than Kelso was. I think he's probably a little bit quicker, smarter, brighter. And I think as the character evolves, I think it will probably get further and further away from that same sensibility. That being said, I'm sure I have my own comedic tone and delivery that I've learned over the years, and I'm sure that there's some similarities in the way that I deliver comedy and it's probably that overtone that people are connecting to the most."
On using his tech-savvy techniques to stay connected with the show's fans:
"We've been connected through the CBS 'Two and a Half Men' social network they currently have built. We're always hashtagging 'Two and a Half Men' tweets so it's all fully searchable. There's great conversation that actually takes place during the show. I did a thing on Tinychat where I did a live chat during the show with the audience of the show. So we actually watched it on the West Coast feed live with the audience. I did an "inside the show" almost like director's commentary during the show, as it was going on, explaining what was happening. It was pretty cool."
On lessons learned about Twittering after his recent public misstep commenting on Joe Paterno's firing:
"I think the biggest thing is it's a real time service, so the impulse is to stay ahead of the curve and be ahead of the curve and know what's going on. I just take that extra pause now before I put something out and make sure that I'm fully educated on what I'm talking about and not get that impulse feedback, which I think is the biggest thing. Which is a really great lesson for life, too, just taking that pause before you do and act, and being sure what you're doing is what you want to be doing."
On knowing when to trust his own instincts over social media feedback:
"If you believe the good stuff that people say, then you have to believe the bad stuff, and then you allow yourself to be on a roller coaster of what other people think. So I think you try to find the good in the bad and the bad in the good and balance yourself and stay on an even keel."


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First, let me check the calendar. Seven weeks to Christmas. Yep, you have just enough time to get some amaryllis blooming in time for the festive season.
But you have to buy the right bulbs and get them into pots lickety-split.
The ones you want are called Santa's Little Helpers. They have been specially cultivated in South America to get them ready to bloom virtually the moment they touch soil in a pot.
You'll find six to choose from, all appropriately enough named after Santa's famous reindeer.
There's Blitzen (red with white midribs), Comet (red with white stripes), Cupid (candy floss pink), Dancer (white), Rudolph (candy apple red) and Vixen (dark velvety red).
Since they were cultivated on the southern-hemisphere time, they have a habit of popping into flower much faster than the ones imported from the Netherlands.
The Dutch bulbs are still No. 1 for range and quality, but they mostly bloom a little later in January.
Santa's Little Helpers should bloom four to six weeks from time of planting.
Parents and schoolteachers should take note: These are the best amaryllis bulbs to use in a project with children because the flowers appear before the kids have totally forgotten about having put the bulbs in pots.
You can find them at most local garden centres with a tiny Santa's hat tucked into the display.
My favourite amaryllis are the mammoth Dutch-grown types that measure 40 to 42 centimetres in circumference and send up more than one stem and produce large flowers eight to 10 weeks from time of planting.
These super-sized bulbs need to be anchored in a solid, fairly weighty pot because they become top heavy the moment they flower and can easily topple over.
But they're worth the effort. Classy and elegant, they can look fantastic alone placed in a window or on a tabletop or in a hallway.
Names to look for when you go shopping for these multi-stemmed beauties include Apple Blossom, Red Lion, Exposure, and Minerva.
Top Vancouver florist Maureen Sullivan, of Thomas Hobbs flower shop in Kerrisdale, always makes bold use of these giant-bulb amaryllis in some of her spectacular potted-up Christmas arrangements.
One year, I got a bit carried away and decided to grow dozens of amaryllis of every kind just for fun. I figured I could give them away as gifts if they took up too much space.
What I wasn't expecting was how they turned my house into a South America jungle. Now, I think it is a mistake to grow too many and an even bigger mistake to grow a broad selection of colours and styles: the clash can be hard on the eyes.
With amaryllis, it is definitely a case of less is more. One or two plants in a room would be perfect. More than that and it starts to feel as if you are walking into a tropical hot house. (That may be what you want, of course, but my research tells me most people don't.)
In addition to one mammoth bulb, such as Apple Blossom or Red Lion, I have found it is possible to grow one kind of novelty amaryllis without causing too much alarm.
The one I love most is Papillio, which has green and burgundy stripes. It has been described as a "rare, much sought-after butterfly type," one that sells out every year.
Exotic Star is somewhat similar in patterning, only with pink and white stripes.
Naughty Lady with its vibrant red petals and white star in the centre is another popular "novelty" kind. Pasadena is similar.
Limona has beautiful lime green flowers and has also been placed in the same category as Naughty Lady although I can see nothing exceptionally novel about it other than the subtlety of the colour.
You could also consider Flamenco Queen, which is a striking cherry colour with a white distressed petal look.
Or you can save your legs and order Papillio, Bogata or Pasadena directly from Botanus, the Langley-based mail-order bulb specialist at 604-5130100.
If you feel like taking a completely non-traditional approach, you should check out the weirdest and wildest of the amaryllis - ones that really break the mould and produce on multiple-stems flowers that are very un-amaryllis like.
There's Chico and Bogota, both of which produce strange spidery-like flowers.
Grow Chico and I guarantee people will be gasping: "What on earth is that?"
Bogota is a little easy to figure out, but they are both engaging species.
Pink Floyd and Misty also produce lots of flowers and have a slight fragrance
The rest of the amaryllis bulbs tend to fall into two main categories: miniatures and doubles.
Dwarf amaryllis get their name from the size of the bulbs, which are usually 24 to 26 cms around. The stems these bulbs produce are a little shorter making these varieties easier to accommodate in a small-space apartment.
Top picks are Pamela (scarlet red), Picotee (white with bronze edges) and Neon (vibrant pink).
Double amaryllis are ones that produce densely ruffled flowers. Elvas is one of the prettiest with white petals with flashes of cherry pink. Aphrodite, Nymph and Pasadena are other reliable performers. Blossom Peacock is the most fragrant.
Watch our video on planting an amaryllis by visiting vancouversun. com/homes or scanning this QR code with your smart phone.
How to plant
Don't grow your bulb in too big a pot. Amaryllis bloom best and fastest when tightly potted with no more than an inch or two between the side of the bulb and edge of pot. As well, don't plant the bulb too deeply. Allow about a third of the bulb to be above the surface of the soil.
How to water
Don't overwater. Water thoroughly with lukewarm water immediately after potting. Keep the soil moist, but not wet, for at least a week. Try not to get water directly on the bulb stem called the "nose" as it can lead to rot.
Where to place a pot
Place the pot in a warm room in a well-lit spot. A south-facing window is best. Watch for the green shoots to show. Once the flowers begin to appear, move the pot into a slightly cooler spot where it gets indirect light.
After care
After the flowers have faded, allow the plant to continue growing in a warm spot in the light. Move pots outside in summer. Water regularly, but lightly to keep soil moist, not soggy. Bulbs need lots of sunshine to rebloom properly. In August, stop watering and place the bulb (still in its pot) in a dry, cool place for 10 to 12 weeks.
The temperature should be 12-16C. By November/December, remove the bulb from its old pot, clean up the old foliage and any old roots, but leave plump, healthy roots intact. Repot the bulb in fresh soil. Place pot in a warm, bright spot. The bulb should bloom in about eight weeks.


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Ok.. I played the "I want a Blizzcon ticket" game last night.. And lost. 🙁
BUT! I win the "Having the most awesome friends in the whole world" game! And who is this awesome friend that just happened to pick up some extra tickets!?!?! If you couldn't tell from the title of this post.. Hydra from Almost Evil!
OMGOMGOMG.. I was seriously upset at not getting a ticket because I really can't try again on Saturday.. My son has his Championship baseball game that starts EXACTLY when tickets go on sale.. Bah!
I was bummed.. Figured I was going to have to beg and plead and plead and beg and even maybe plead some more and also beg some more for someone to pick up an extra ticket for my on Saturday. But then.. I get an email from Hydra.. "Hey, you need a ticket?". Can you say relieved?
So, anyway.. This whole post is just so I can, again, say THANK YOU! to Hydra….
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