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Of all the accomplishments Frances Hoover has made in her life, nothing is more gratifying to her than how her six children turned out as adults.
Of all the accomplishments Frances Hoover has made in her life, nothing is more gratifying to her than how her six children turned out as adults.
"They all did well," said the proud Lexington mother. "All are college graduates and have good jobs. I never had any trouble out of my children."
Now with some of the brood scattered from Lexington to Charlotte and Raleigh, the family still comes together at least once a month to have a meal and stay in touch. Besides her six children, Hoover has eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren of whom she is equally proud.
Hoover met her husband, the late Wayne Hoover, while hanging out at the local drugstore in High Point, where all the teenagers gathered after school. There she got to know Wayne, who also attended her same high school. In 1946, the two married while Wayne was still a student at High Point College, where he would also first teach after graduation. A graduate of business college, Frances Hoover went to work for a High Point architectural firm, where she stayed for 50 years before retiring.
"We didn't plan a big family," she said. "It just happened."
The Hoovers moved to Lexington in their Arbor Acres neighborhood in 1959, so Wayne could become a teacher and basketball coach at Central Davidson High School.
Shortly after the move, the family joined First Baptist Church on West Third Avenue, and Frances moved her membership to the Lexington Woman's Club from the High Point Club. She has been and continues to be very active in the church and woman's club.
"I've done everything at church but sweep the floor," she said jokingly. "And I have actually swept the floor, too."
Over the years she has taught Sunday school, served on the Bereavement Committee and was one of the church's first female deacons in 1995.
She still serves as the chairwoman of the Bereavement Committee, coordinating meals for deceased church members. It hasn't escaped her that at age 86, she helps coordinate many meals for church members who have died who are younger than she is.
"It's just in my nature to help people," she said. "I have always done it. I like to help people and be involved."
She said part of her reason for wanting to help others stems from a tragic car accident when Hoover was just 16. Returning home from a high school basketball game, the car she was in wrecked, nearly sheering her entire scalp off. For days she was unconscious and endured months of recovery and being without hair. The care she received from family friends and medical field employees inspired her to want to use her gifts to be a blessing to others, she said.
She cared for her mother in her home for the last 10 years of her life. Bertha "Billy" Jackson lived to be 100 years and 7 months old.
In the woman's club, Hoover has been a member for more than 50 years. Even when she worked in High Point, she would drive over to Lexington for the monthly meetings and then return to work. She has served in many offices for the club, including past president.
"We used to be a club of over 100 members," she said. "But now most women work. We had a lot of fun. We used to have all kinds of fundraisers to make money. Now we do the (festival) at Halloween at the fairgrounds and the spring market."
The club uses the money from the fundraisers to assist many charities in Davidson County and also for its college scholarship program.
Hoover was also elected to the Women of Achievement for her many years of club service.
Of all the projects the club has funded, Hoover said one she is most proud of is the installation of a playground for handicapped children at South Lexington Elementary School. She was chairwoman of the committee that oversaw the project.
Hoover said she will continue to be active in the community and her church, as well as drive herself as long as she is able.
"I just enjoy being with people."
Jill Doss-Raines is the lifestyles editor at The Dispatch. She can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 219, or at email@example.com.

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Makes 20
200g unsalted butter, room temperature
255g caster sugar
125g muscovado sugar
45g cocoa powder
255g plain flour
¾ tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tbsp milk
55g plain chocolate chips
55g milk chocolate chips
55g white chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 180oC/160oC fan oven/350oF/Gas 3.
Line a large baking sheet with greaseproof paper.
Cream the butter and both sugars together, beating until pale and fluffy. Add the egg and the vanilla extract. Once they are mixed, sift in the cocoa powder, flour and bicarbonate. The mixture will now seem a little dry, so add the milk and stir until all ingredients are combined. Stir in the chocolate pieces, but take care you don't over-mix at this stage.
Drop tablespoons of mixture onto the baking sheet, placing each spoonful about 2in apart. If you want to make sure the cookies turn out as neat rounds, pop them in the fridge for half an hour or so before baking. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 minutes.
Let them cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.


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The launch of an iPad app is a fittingly unique follow-up to the epic, sold-out collaboration between the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and UK recording artist Fink, which was held at the prestigious Concertgebouw in Amsterdam earlier this year. A world first, the new app provides music lovers with an unprecedented concert experience as well as access to exclusive content, as if they were re-living the concert with the musicians in their very own living room.
The app is built around the full HD live recording of the Queen's Day Eve Concert held on 29 April. The film has been enriched with additional, interactive layers featuring interviews with the musicians, a look back on the event with the band members from Fink and excerpts from the dress rehearsal. Using the very latest streaming technologies, the app provides an impressive six hours' worth of full HD video content.
Users can activate these layers themselves using a unique timeline feature, which allows them to be played back fully synchronised with the concert recording. This intuitive concert experience is further enhanced by truly innovative 360° video recordings, which allows the user to take a virtual seat amongst the musicians onstage.
The production is optimised for use with Apple TV, using the iPad as a second screen, offering users a truly unique live music experience in the comfort of their own home.
Fin Greenall, who fronts Fink, says, 'This app truly is revolutionary and gives our fans, and music lovers everywhere the ability to choose exactly how they wish to view the concert. The fact that you can actually look around the room 'from stage' with this thing is incredible. We had an inspiring time building this concert and hope this experience inspires others in an equally meaningful way.'
Ivan Meylemans, who conducted the concert with Fink, says, 'This production showcases the collaboration between the orchestra and Fink in a very special way, simultaneously providing users with an exceptional concert experience in a home setting. This exciting new step is a sign of great things to come! I truly believe this is the future.'


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Entering Tuesday night's game, the upperclassmen on the No. 7 Florida Gators hadn't experienced a lot of success against No. 25 Kentucky.
In fact, for the majority of Florida's roster, a win against Kentucky was a sensation which had yet to be felt, as the Gators entered the contest losers of five straight against the Wildcats.
The losing streak now stands at zero.
The Gators used a resurgent defensive effort to pound the Wildcats on Tuesday 69-52.
By the time Sister Hazel had finished their rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" the O-Dome was already rocking on its foundation. On this night, the home team and its crowd were a desperate bunch. The Gators were favored heading into the game, but it certainly didn't feel like it.
This was a Kentucky team which was confident after winning five straight games. With Florida's recent loss of forward Will Yeguete, the Gators came into the game undersized and undermanned at arguably the worst possible time.
However, the experienced Gators seemed unfazed by the task at hand. The Wildcats jumped out to a quick 4-0 start, and would actually hold the lead for nearly four minutes. Florida knifed into the deficit with an Erik Murphy three-pointer, and took their first lead for with a Mike Rosario layup at 15:38 in the first half.
Kentucky managed to stay close to the Gators in the first half, trying to force the Gators inside on defense, while simultaneously forcing it into the paint on offense.
"We came in with something I thought we could do to give us a chance to win," Calipari said after the game. "I thought we started really good and then all of a sudden we broke down. Our whole thing was "Let's guard the three.' … This was almost a game that exposed us physically and [Florida] did a good job it."
Lost in the sea of orange and blue were several pockets of Kentucky fans, who as usual traveled whatever distance necessary to unfailingly cheer on their team. After the 'Cats took an 11-10 lead at the 12:24 mark, it appeared as if the fans made a wise investment, coming in for what would ultimately be a back and forth affair.
However, after a pair of Murphy free throws to put the Gators up 12-11, the Florida lead would hold for good.
Last week Billy Donovan was wary of forward Casey Prather's struggles since returning from a high ankle sprain. On Tuesday, it appeared that Prather was officially his old self. Prather finished with 12 points on 6 of 8 shooting while also notching two blocks.
After UF began their late first half run, fueled by a string of three-pointers, Prather offered perhaps the highlight of the night with an emphatic dunk with 1:54 remaining in the first half to push UF up by 15 points.
The Gators went into halftime up 38-25, and any early-game uneasiness had already dissipated as it became clear that Florida was in control.
After two consecutive games of uninspired defense, Florida again found its chops.
"I thought we got better," Donovan said. "Our effort, our focus, our guys being connected on defense … they really did a much better job than the last couple of games."
Florida managed to offset Kentucky's size advantage with relentless energy all night long. Calipari said after the game the Gators seemingly took the ball whenever they wanted to and UK's 17 turnovers support his claim.
Although UK tried to use its size to its advantage, the Gators never relented down low, with junior Patric Young leading the charge in the paint.
"I thought [Young] did a really, really good job," Donovan said. "When he gives incredible effort and plays with a really good motor, he is capable of getting double-doubles every night."
While the Gators managed to stay in cruise control in the second half, the game was not without a somber moment, as Kentucky's Nerlens Noel suffered a gruesome knee injury late in the second half. Noel had to be carried off the courts by his teammates, which actually brought a warm applause form the O-Dome crowd.
Calipari said that he didn't know much about Noel's injury, but did say it "looked ugly."
The rest of the second half was more celebration than ball game as the fans and the Gators bench seemed to soak in every moment of finally coming out on top against the Wildcats.
"(Florida) is an outstanding basketball team," Calipari said. "They were last year, they are this year. They're well coached, they're talented and they're very physical …. We couldn't get near the basket on Young; he just physically took away the rim.
Young would join Prather as one of five Florida players to finish with double figures in scoring, notching 12 points on 5 of 7 shooting while grabbing 11 rebounds. The others were Wilbekin (12), Rosario (12) and Murphy (10).
"Coach Donovan challenged us, he challenged me," Young said. "He told me 'nothing's given to you, you got to go out there and earn it every night. His analogy is that each SEC game is a diamond and we're trying to collect each one so that we can have a big ring."


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That exceeds the 3.3 percent gain analysts had expected.
However, Target, the nation's second-biggest retailer after Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said its December sales were flat. And retailers relied on discounts to get that December revenue, which may hurt results when they report fourth-quarter profit.
"Sales came late in the holiday shopping season and, as a result, were at deeper discounts than planned," said Kevin Mansell, Kohl's chief executive and chairman. He said the company would take further markdowns as it gets ready for spring.
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Most of the department stores reporting results Thursday beat analyst expectations.
At Nordstrom, sales at stores open at least a year, a measure known as same-store sales, were up 8.6 percent, shooting past estimates of 3.4 percent. Kohl's said its same-store sales rose 3.4 percent, above analyst estimates of 1.2 percent, but below Kohl's internal expectations.
Target said its same-store sales were flat compared with December 2011, while analysts had expected a 0.8 percent gain. Its heavily promoted collection of designer holiday gifts, in partnership with Neiman Marcus, was a disappointment, according to some analysts. The company said the number of same-store transactions fell compared with 2011, but the average amount spent per transaction rose, and that the food, health and beauty, apparel and home categories were up over last year.
The discounter Costco did much better than expected, with a 9 percent same-store sales gain, above the 6.5 percent that analysts had projected.
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Thank heaven the new Samsung Galaxy S III line of smartphones about to be released by the major U.S. wireless carriers is, as its marketers proclaim, "designed for humans." What if Samsung aimed the devices at other species?
The highly anticipated successors to Samsung's popular smartphones are sleek, attractive and, though you can make a compelling case for the recent HTC One devices, the finest Android handsets I've come across.
Not that Samsung has achieved perfection. The S Voice feature that lets you tell the phone out loud what to do is a poor alternative to Siri on the iPhone 4S, which invites inevitable comparisons. S Voice was sometimes slow to respond and not always able to understand what I was asking. (Not that Siri is flawless.) It does let you set alarms and get a weather forecast and, like Siri, will tell a lame joke. You can also use your voice to wake up a locked phone. But I had mixed results.
Galaxy S III has a beautiful 4.8-inch mammoth high-definition display that's not quite the behemoth that is the 5.3-inch display on the Samsung Galaxy Note "phablet" phone tablet. Galaxy S III weighs 4.7 ounces, but doesn't feel heavy, and is a mere third of an inch thick.
The phone has a slippery plastic feel that may bother some but didn't bother me. While I generally appreciate the aesthetics, I did accidentally press the back button just below the screen.
With the customary contract, it will sell for about $200-$230 for versions with 16 gigabytes of storage, rising to about $250-$280 for 32 GB. Models are coming from AT&T, Sprint , T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular .
Samsung supplied two units for testing, a white model from Sprint and a "pebble blue" model from AT&T. The phones have a microSD slot for extra storage concealed under the back cover and near the removable battery. On the battery, I got through a full day of mixed usage.
The phones have zippy dual-core Qualcomm processors and run Android 4.0, known as Ice Cream Sandwich. You don't feel strained when a bunch of programs run at once. The units, however, did run a little hot. When Wi-Fi was out of reach, the 4G LTE network on the AT&T phone outperformed the poky 3G network on the Sprint.
Galaxy S III is an excellent camera phone. The rear 8-megapixel camera has an LED flash and can capture full 1080p HD video. The front camera can handle lower-quality HD. A "burst shot" option lets you capture up to 20 photos in a burst at around three photos per second. You can capture stills from the same screen while shooting video.
If the phone recognizes faces of people you have previously tagged — it worked with my mug — you can easily send photos directly to them .
Another feature, called Share Shot, lets you instantly share pictures with other Galaxy owners who have turned on a function called Wi-Fi Direct. You can transmit pix to up to five devices — up to a football field away, Samsung says — potentially handy for friends attending the same gathering. The feature worked in my tests, but I'm not sure how useful it will be in practice. Each person you are sharing images with must turn on Share Shot and turn on Wi-Fi Direct. And you're probably not going to want to share everything, so you'll have to remember to turn them off.
Yet another sharing feature is called S Beam. You place two Galaxy S III's back-to-back to transfer pictures, videos, documents and music files, even when you don't have a Wi-Fi or cellphone connection. The idea is that you can share whatever is on the screen — a movie, say, that you are watching on the video player. The process wasn't always seamless. S Beam works in conjunction with a similar Android Beam feature that is also on hand to allow you to share contacts, Web pages, YouTube videos, directions and apps by placing devices back-to-back.
Samsung is touting a Smart Stay feature that detects when your eyes are fixed on the screen to prevent it from dimming or locking. Another feature: If you're in the middle of a text conversation and decide to call, you can simply lift the phone to your ear to make the call.
Most human beings will like the Galaxy S III, as I did. After all, it's a phone designed for us.
The Bottom Line
Samsung Galaxy S III
$200 on up, from all major U.S. carriers
Pro: Attractive Ice Cream Sandwich phone has sleek design and large, lovely display. Excellent camera phone. Various sharing options.
Con: S Voice is imperfect.


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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:21 pm
Post subject: Help me build a dream kitchen
I am a little hesitant to post my question, but it is beginning to look like something I've been wishing for may be about to come true! I hesitate only because I don't want to jinx anything!!
My husband and I are leaning toward building a new house. We have our first design discussion appointment with the architect in a couple of weeks. While the design process will take a while, I need to get my ideas pulled together.
Our budget isn't unlimited, but we recognize that this is our chance to do it right. No more crummy appliances, limited counter space, zilch storage space, etc. I tremble at the possibilities!
Here is the current wish list so far:
High-end appliances (not just to spend the money, but for the quality)
Gas burners, probably six.
Electric ovens (two)...at least one a convection?
Subzero fridge (or something similar)
Extra freezer somewhere other than the kitchen
Undercounter lighting
Two sinks
Granite, stone, or something fabulous countertops
A separate walk-in pantry with electric connection (and water?)
I know these are just items, and that there are more critical elements such as floorplan, flow, etc. I am a dunce when it comes to the big picture design elements.
I need your voices of experience, especially if you have attempted this before.
1. What worked for you? What would you do again?
3. What would you avoid if you did it over again?
4. What questions should I ask the architect?
5. Do you have books or perhaps url's that were helpful for you?
We have some design books that I will study before the architect meeting. Our meeting is only preliminary, but it seems important to have some ideas in case the sujbect of kitchens comes up...and how could it not come up?
I appreciate anything you tell me (unless, that is, you recommend I stay in this house and live with my current cramped and poorly appointed kitchen, lol!)
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not that i have ever had the luxury of building my own home, but i would say that you definitely want to have an island with electical outlets built in. my mom has this and it makes everything so much easier. you can set things up and not get the cords all tangled or splatter all over (if you're making a cake, say). maybe a breakfast nook for the mornings or just a quick meal? or an island/bar area. that's what we used to have, just have one side of the top extend to make room for a couple of stools or bar chairs. its great if you have people over and are cooking at the same time. they have a place to sit and talk (and maybe help?!).
a separate pantry is excellent. my old house was 150 yrs old and had one. i suppose it could have been an office or the like, but with kids and their friends and the need for storage..you get the point. a great way to clear up your kitchen space is to put some of the appliances in the pantry. we had our fridge and big chest freezer, baker's rack with the microwave on it, and the china cabinet with storage underneath for more food in the pantry. it was amazing how much space it saved in the kitchen proper. and it opens everything right up. it was kinda funny to see people come over and look around for a couple of minutes then ask "where's the fridge?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:16 am
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Thanks, woodstocker!
I've seen some soft contemporary designs with an 'island' that serves to separate the cooking area from the family room area. It isn't quite the same thing as a center island, but maybe the idea could be adapted. I'm glad to know that you find the center island useful. I've never had one.
This new house may all fall apart once we get serious about numbers, but we have pretty simple tastes, and don't demand a lot of square feet.
Also, thanks for the confirmation about the pantry. I'll put it on the Important Wish List.
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Congratulations msue. I hope everything works out. I agree that a separate pantry and/or lots of good cupboards are important. The layout of the fridge stove and sink is important, they should be laid out so that you can easily acess all three with minimal wasted movement.
I didn't get any real input into the kitchen in my new townhouse, but I love my gas range and granite countertops. I also really loved my convection oven in my previous place. If you have to compromise on some of the appliances, a gas/convection oven with a warming drawer is very flexible instead of two separate ovens. I love the look of my stainless appliances, but they do show finger prints, and I don't even have any little people around touching them.
Good luck and keep us posted as you progress.
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Nine years agowhen we built and I designed our kitchen and I'm very happy with the result. Our biggest expense was my choice of Corian bench tops. They are so much better than granite. I would choose them again. In fact when we do move house I would replace any kitchen benchtops with Corian.
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I had a new kitchen installed 10 years ago and I still love it. I had drawers rather than cupboards for all underbench storage other than double cupboards under the sink.
Drawers are fantastic - you can't lose things at the back of them like in cupboards, and it's much easier to get stuff out of a drawer than a cupboard.
I have a big floor to ceiling double cupboard as my pantry and if I was doing it again I'd have pull-out shelves, specially for the shelves at the middle and top.
I'm not sure about an 'island', I guess it depends on the layout and dimensions of your kitchen. I have an appliance cupboard in one corner. It has lots of power points, and when we're finished with the toaster/food processor/spice grinder/whatever we just pull down the roll-top door and it's all hidden.
How exciting for you!
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as an aside, what is happening to my fellow bloggers? Internet has supplied everyone with emotions, why are we screaming at each other in large bold fonts and multi-colour I have seen this on a number of threads Mr Gates and co would tell us what bad manners we had and ask us why we are doing this!
Now off my soap box and back to kitchens......
My recommendations are:- cupboards on rollers so you can get to the back of your cupboards without straining your back. Talking to an egonomist about the right cupboard/bench height for you. Spending your weekends in custom kitchen stores learning,learning, learning. Researching appliances and then seeing them in action. establishing whether you want forn or functionality, Finally engaging an architect who cooks, and who watches you in the kitchen. Your design must follow your flow.
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Thanks again to everyone for your most helpful responses. This is going to be a great adventure!
The meeting with the architect is in 2 weeks. I've made note of all your ideas and look forward to sharing them with him. As we progress (maybe I should say, IF we progress...fingers crossed) I may post more questions or updates.
Thanks again. I sincerely appreciate your help.
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I'm looking forward to reading your posts, msue. What an interesting and exciting time you have ahead of you.
I have just remembered the best piece of advice I can give you ... although as you are building a new house it might not be so relevant. I left the country when I was having my kitchen renovated and left my parents to oversee it. I went to the US and returned home to a lovely new kitchen! The only way to renovate.
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THe advice so far is fabulous (as always guys).
I agree with the drawers instead of cupboards under the benches. When I had a new kitchen installed I demanded this and had a huge battle with the kitchen company before they gave in. It was worth every word. Also at least one of the deep drawers with a power point in it. That way you can pull it out and use it for the toaster or whatever and it doubles as a worksurface. Saving valuable counter space.
My pantry had large drawers in the bottom, and the top was a cupboard door - but each shelf was on drawer runners and could be pulled out so you could access everything in it. You can buy non slip sheeting which you cut to size and line the drawers and shelves with and it makes sure that nothing falls on your head when you pull out the top pantry shelf, and your crockery doesn't clinck together when pulling out the drawers.
I also went with stainless steel workbenches and splashbacks which went right up to under the top cupboards which are great. You can put anything straight on them whether it is hot or cold. They are hygenic and look great. Yes they get fingerprints and scratch marks, but that is the character of them and you can buy products which you wipe on and wipe off that restore the glossy finish if you want.
One peice of advice which I will state emphatically is to NOT go with the fake floorboards in the kitchen. We spent a fortune on the german high quality beech look fakies (had a concrete slab under so not much option for floor coverings unfortunately). They looked gorgeous - until you dripped one tiny drop of water on them.... then they swelled at the joints and looked dreadful. I asked how I was supposed to clean them (on the blurb in the showroom it said they could be mopped) if water caused this reaction, and the company told me that you are supposed to use a special liquid on a paper towel and get down on your hands and knees and rub it all over the floor......
yeah right, like that is going to happen very often...
It is easy to mop the floor every night or so, but not to do this which took about half an hour! and that was for a really shoddy job.
When we rented out our home to come here I left all the products and a detailed sheet on how to care for the floor, but also said to my husband that it would have to be replaced when we arrive back to live there again. There is no way that the people renting are looking after it, they don't even pay their rent regularly.
Another good thing (so we can finish on a high note
) is induction stove tops. I installed one in the kitchen (it is in storage awaiting my return) and it is the most marvelous invention ever!!! I will never use gas or any other form of electric stove top again!!! Cooking time is quartered, power bills are tiny and you have such control over the heat that there is no way it can go wrong - unless you make it go wrong. The showroom where I bought mine had a saucepan with a few squares of choclate sitting in the bottom and they would put it on low heat first thing in the morning, and leave it all day. The chocolate would be melted, but because it was so gentle it would keep its shape until you touched it. Didn't I have fun playing with it all
! Seriously, I can not recommend induction stove tops highly enough. I will never own a house without one now. If I had room in this (miniscule) rental I would buy one tomorrow.
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Thanks to Debbie and Judy for your additional suggestions.
Debbie, I'm glad you said that about the flooring. Hardwoods have been at the top of our list for the house, but we are also considering other surfaces such as a combo of wood and tile, polished concrete, or something else. We also want to make this house handicap accessible as much as possible. I'm not sure how the kitchen would work in that regard.
And Judy...great idea about leaving the country!! If only...!
I've added each and every suggestion everyone has made to my house wish book. As we get further in the process (and it will be slow and deliberate), I'm sure I'll bounce ideas off of you.
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We have floating floor boards, stainless splash back s(which I wouldnt get again) and granite bench tops which I love!
My suggestion is to tear out stories, ads, pictures of particular taps etc., basically anything you are interested in and to keep your tear outs in sections in your loose sleeve folder.
With regards to costs, your budget will blow out for sure - you need to take this into account when you set your original budget, and make contingency plans for your blow out.
The other really important issue is making sure that the exhaust fans are going to eliminate your kitchen odours. This issue needs a lot of research and discussion, particularly if your kitchen and or the rest of your house is open plan.
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about floors, my mom has natural stone floors in the house she recently bought. while they're great for the climate (central florida- think hot and humid) they are a PAIN to clean. dirt and other particles get stuck in the grout and tiny surfaces of the tiles and the only way to get them properly clean is to get on your hands and knees and scrub with a brush. mopping just barely rinses the surface. not good in the kitchen!
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Sorry JenJen I should have worded my comments about granite differently. I've had no experience with granite apart from when staying in holiday apartments and there is always drink marks on it. But them maybe that is not real granite?
Msue there is an interesting article on Tigers and Strawberries blog called Our Kitchen Ourselves (posted 27th Feb).
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The 76ers said after their past season was over that they were looking to get bigger and more athletic in the middle, whether it be via draft, trade or free agency. They may have addressed that area a little bit when they got 6-11 Arnett Moultrie in the draft last week, but yesterday they decided to go back to a comfort zone.
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Though he missed 29 games due to injuries last season, Hawes averaged 9.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 25 minutes per game. He also shot 48.9 percent from the floor and dealt 2.7 assists.
With the signing of Hawes, which can't be finalized until July 11, the Sixers now have three centers in their rotation with Hawes, Moultrie and second-year 7-footer Nikola Vucevic.
With the money spent on Hawes the Sixers other priority is to bring back leading scorer Lou Williams. Williams opted out of the final year of his contract and sources throughout the league said that he will garner a contract somewhere in the same vicinity as Hawes, perhaps a little bit more. Should the Sixers do that, their options after that would be limited, unless they decide to amnesty Elton Brand and cut his $18.2 million from their salary cap.


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In late October, Charles Murray wrote a piece in the Washington Post called "The tea party warns of new elite; they are right." I meant to comment on it at the time, but forgot to because of the impending election.
Murray's thesis is that a new elite has developed that is no longer in touch with ordinary Americans. The new elite consists of folks who attended school "with people who are mostly just like them." Many of them "have been ensconced in affluent suburbs from birth and have never been outside the bubble of privilege." Few of them "grew up in the small cities, towns or rural areas where more than a third of all Americans still live."
For Murray, the new elite is defined, once its members leave school, primarily by its tastes:
Get into a conversation about television with members of the New Elite, and they can probably talk about a few trendy shows — "Mad Men" now, "The Sopranos" a few years ago. But they haven't any idea who replaced Bob Barker on "The Price Is Right." They know who Oprah is, but they've never watched one of her shows from beginning to end.
Talk to them about sports, and you may get an animated discussion of yoga, pilates, skiing or mountain biking, but they are unlikely to know who Jimmie Johnson is (the really famous Jimmie Johnson, not the former Dallas Cowboys coach), and the acronym MMA means nothing to them.
They can talk about books endlessly, but they've never read a "Left Behind" novel (65 million copies sold) or a Harlequin romance (part of a genre with a core readership of 29 million Americans).
They take interesting vacations and can tell you all about a great backpacking spot in the Sierra Nevada or an exquisite B&B overlooking Boothbay Harbor, but they wouldn't be caught dead in an RV or on a cruise ship (unless it was a small one going to the Galapagos). They have never heard of Branson, Mo.
I have always admired Murray, so I was disappointed by the pop-sociology served up in his Washington Post piece. Like the bright high school student who ticks off the tastes and habits of the freaks and the geeks, Murray probably isn't all that wide of the mark in his description of a particular cohort. There is an identifable group of Americans who went to top schools, and a small subset of that group shares some (maybe even most) of the tastes Murray mentions.
But is this group an elite? There's a place where one can reasonably aspire to be part of the elite based on taste in TV shows, books, and recreational activites. That place is high school (or maybe middle school). In the adult world, elite status depends mainly on the money one accumulates, the things one accomplishes, and the power one exercises.
Murray doesn't attempt to show that the elite, properly defined by these criteria, is out of touch with ordinary Americans in the ways he describes or in some other ways. He does describe, not unconvincingly, a relatively small group of very well educated and well-off adults that is out of touch with ordinary Americans. But's that's nothing new. Today's member of the new elite (as Murray views him) is yesterday's egghead, except that the egghead was, for me, a more impressive species who didn't watch TV at all and who preferred chess to mountain biking and yoga.
If Murray were to analyze the real new elite — defined by their wealth, accomplishments, and power — he might find a cohort more in touch with ordinary Americans than the elite of yesteryear. He would probably find a more diverse group in terms of race, gender, and economic background. Indeed, it's my impression that the schools Murray says are producing his new elite — and that may be producing, as they traditionally have tended to, a disproportonately large portion of the real elite — select more diverse student bodies than they did a generation, and certainly two generations, ago.
But these are just my impressions, not real sociology. As such, they shouldn't be taken very seriously. Neither, it seems to me, should Murray's piece.


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Grazie per il tuo post ! Aspetto con impazienza i miei voli parigi !ReplyDelete
So funny... I noticed this when I lived in the UK (see: Abbey Road album cover) and think it's a European way of walking, since they do so much more of it than we do in the US.ReplyDelete
I think it must help if you have long skinny legs or does the walk GIVE you the legs????ReplyDelete
The Eiffel Tower is from a little card & notebook shop on rue Dragon on the left side walking in from bd Saint-Germain. You can't miss it.ReplyDelete
Carol, my laughs only increased as I took my own walk through this post today. One of your funniest observations yet!
I leave for Maine tomorrow. I'll have to check out how the lobstermen walk down to the wharf, to get my lobsters. I know I'll be "waddling"
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Hilarious post! Your connection to the de Gaulle statue is a brilliant bit of observation - thanks for the laugh :))ReplyDelete
That is so funny. I never have noticed, but you're absolutely right!ReplyDelete
The Parisians seem to walk with such purpose....cute post Carol...xvReplyDelete
Very cute and yet observational post!ReplyDelete
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Carol, I love this post! So funny, especially as it's right. There's also certain women's bum wiggle... something in 20 years I have never manage to perfect. It can only be done by the French ;-)ReplyDelete
I love how you bring in CDG - too true! Fantastic.
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"He can't get out until he removes the contempt and follows the court's order," Rockland Sheriff's Office Chief William Barbera told the Journal News (http://lohud.us/1sljeh1 ) on Monday.
The camp's youth director had gotten into a conflict with the mayor and was suspended on undisclosed disciplinary charges. That meant camp couldn't be held as planned, village attorney Jerrold Miles said.
Last week, state Supreme Court Justice Gerald Loehr ordered the camp open instead at the village's Louis Kurtz Civic Center. Three village trustees who voted on July 2 to open the camp took legal action when the mayor ignored their decision.
About 20 children had signed up for the 14-year-old program, and Delhomme had assured Loehr he would open the civic center for the camp. But when two trustees said some office doors at the center remained locked on Friday, Delhomme was arrested.
"I was stunned that the judge would make the decision to put a political official in jail based on whether or not a key was provided for an office," Miles said.
The Journal News says the mayor has had a contentious relationship with several of the village trustees. A majority of three have formed a bloc vote to run the village, bypassing the mayor and his deputy, who at times has also fought with Delhomme.
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Two New Mexico high school students were fatally shot Thursday by another student who later died at the scene, authorities said.
San Juan County, N.M., operations officer Mark Stark confirmed the shooter was an Aztec High School student, though no other information, including a motive for the attack, was immediately available.
Police have not yet publicly identified the shooter or the two students who were killed in the small town in northwestern New Mexico.
San Juan Sheriff's Office Capt. Brice Current said the families of the shooting victims have been notified.
Gov. Susana Martinez in on the way to the scene. The FBI is at the school.
Students and staff were cleared from the campus as police searched the school room by room. Buses took students to Farmington, N.M., to meet their parents.
The school was placed on lockdown as everyone was evacuated.
"Aztec High School is locked down and being evacuated," the San Juan County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook. "Please avoid the area."
However, Lacy Cross waited anxiously by the school for news about her daughter. The last she had heard was a text message from her daughter telling her, "I love you," and that they could hear the shooter approaching.
As authorities tried to gain control of the situation, New Mexico officials began offering their condolences.
"Our hearts break for the victims and their families. We pray for the survivors, and are grateful to the brave first responders for their heroic actions on the scene," said New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas in a statement.
The Giffords New Mexico Coalition, a group which is partners with Giffords, a gun violence prevention group founded by former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, released a statement calling on leaders to "prioritize public safety before the interest of the gun industry."
The statement quoted Don Shreiber, owner of Devil's Spring Ranch, who said the Aztech High School shooting was the latest example of "the daily toll the gun violence crisis is having on our nation." Shreiber, a lifelong gun owner, said he "was in Washington DC yesterday, calling on our leaders to stop weakening our gun laws and instead take action to save lives."
The school is in the Four Corners region and is about a half-hour from the Navajo Nation. Aztec, a community with fewer than 6,000 residents, is about 16 miles northeast of Farmington.
Other schools in the area also were locked down, though officials in those districts didn't think there was a threat to those schools.
Thursday's deadly shooting appears to be the most serious incident in New Mexico schools this year, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, which tracks shootings nationally.
In January 2014, a seventh grader severely wounded two students at the gym in Berrendo Middle School in Roswell.
That shooter, Mason Campbell, now 17, was sentenced to the custody of the Children, You and Family Department up to his 21st birthday. His parents recently sued state officials, saying their son has suffered poor physical and mental health in their care.
Contributing: The Associated Press.


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This year's presidential election was transformed between the first debate's opening statements in Denver and the closing statements in Boca Raton. As a result, most of the negative impressions created by the Obama campaign's five-month, $300-million television advertising barrage were destroyed. Seen unfiltered, Gov. Mitt Romney came across as an earnest, straightforward, thoughtful conservative with a concrete plan for the nation's future.
Wednesday's RealClearPolitics.com average of polls showed Mr. Romney with 48% support to President Barack Obama's 47.1%. On the eve of the Denver debate, Mr. Romney had 46% and Mr. Obama 49.1%.
More revealing, in the past week's 40 national surveys, Mr. Romney was at or above 50% in 11, with Mr. Obama at or above 50% in one. Mr. Romney leads 48.9% to 46.7% in an average of these surveys. At this same point in 2004, President George W. Bush led Sen. John Kerry in this composite average, 48.9% to 45.8%.
So what are each candidate's strategies for the stretch run?
New television spots reveal the Romney campaign's closing message. One says another four years for Mr. Obama would mean more debt, up to 20 million people losing their employer-provided health insurance, higher taxes, rising energy prices and Medicare cuts. Other ads emphasize Mr. Romney has a plan for jobs and showcase his success as a Republican governor in a Democratic state.
This three-part strategy—matter-of-factly indict Mr. Obama's failed policies, highlight a common-sense conservative agenda to create jobs and growth, and stress Mr. Romney's capacity to provide bipartisan leadership—was evident in all three of his debate performances.
The Obama campaign strategy also has three elements. The first was embodied in a glossy 20-page pamphlet issued Tuesday, entitled "The New Economic Patriotism: A Plan for Jobs & Middle-Class Security." Mr. Obama is distributing 3.5 million copies of it nationwide but it is too late: Voters concluded months ago that he lacks a forward-looking program. The pamphlet itself is a second-rate repackaging of Mr. Obama's lackluster convention speech and has been rightly dismissed by many in the press as a PR ploy. Even an accompanying TV ad swing won't rescue Mr. Obama.
The second strategic thrust of the Obama message was exemplified in three TV ads released on Tuesday. They warn that Mr. Romney would end all abortion, gut Medicare, and undermine education. But this repeats months of similar messaging, so it is hard to believe that it will undo Mr. Romney's current momentum.
The final element of Mr. Obama's strategy is to constantly question Mr. Romney's truthfulness. The president says his opponent suffers from "stage-three Romnesia," as if the GOP challenger were a disease. While calling his opponent a liar thrills partisans, Mr. Obama risks turning off swing voters, especially since Mr. Romney's favorability rating is now higher than his own.
In an Oct. 21 Monmouth/SurveyUSA/Braun poll of registered voters, Mr. Romney was viewed favorably by 49% and unfavorably by 39%, up from 41% favorable and 40% unfavorable on Sept. 16.
The president's problem remains the economy. Facts belie his argument that it is largely healed. Rather, it is producing jobs at a slower rate than last year, generating an average of 131,000 a month so far in 2012. At that rate, it will take three years just to get employment back where it was when the recession started, 138 million. Meanwhile, approximately four million to five million more Americans will have entered the workforce without jobs. Voters are uneasy and disapprove of Mr. Obama's economic stewardship.
This race will be close, depending on a few states. The good news for Mr. Romney is that the ones he needs are breaking his way. He leads in most recent polls in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire and Colorado.
That puts the former Massachusetts governor at 261 in the Electoral College with Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and the great prize, Ohio, still up for grabs. In those states, Mr. Obama has at best a thin edge, while Mr. Romney has momentum, a stronger argument, and time to grab the seven additional electoral votes he needs.
An incumbent president's final number in opinion polls is often his Election Day share of his vote. Undecided voters generally swing the challenger's way. So if Mr. Obama goes into Nov. 6 below 50% in these states—as he now is in almost every one—he is likely to lose them and his chance at a second term.
This article originally appeared on WSJ.com on Wednesday, October 25, 2012.


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I just finished grading the exam I gave yesterday in cell biology. Every year, in one of my biology core classes, I slip in a common bonus question. This question is free points — all the students have to do is give me any answer, and I give them credit for it. The question is:
Name a woman scientist, in any discipline. What did she do?
Easy, right? And every year, the same person tops the list.
|Marie Curie
|UMM Chemistry Faculty
|UMM Biology Faculty
|Rosalind Franklin
|Other Scientist
Other scientists included Jane Goodall, Martha Chase, Caroline Herschel, and my favorite, Mom — Chase, Herschel, and Franklin were all mentioned in my lectures. Marie Curie is not. One person neglected to give any answer (free points! You passed up free points!). Two people named Marie Curie, but had no idea what she had done.
The one interesting change I've noticed over the years is that despite her absurd lead, Marie Curie has been steadily dropping, and the students are increasingly aware that there are women teaching science in their other classes — and also, I'm happy to report, the ones who mentioned my fellow faculty are actually aware of what they do for research. Chemistry probably leads biology because these students have a full year of general chemistry before they take this course and are concurrently taking organic chemistry.
Next year, I plan to take the big step and ask how many can name a minority scientist — I'm kind of afraid that most of them will be totally stumped, because I really don't pull out a big flag when I talk about these scientists, waving it and announcing "Hey! This person is a WOMAN! (or black, or Hispanic, or whatever)" during lecture. It'll be interesting to see if the students are even aware that the other faculty person teaching half the sections of cell biology is native American…


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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's debt-laden capital city violated federal antifraud rules for securities issuers by repeatedly giving misleading information that created risks for bond investors at a time the city's finances were rapidly deteriorating, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday.
Harrisburg, dragged to the brink of bankruptcy by a massive debt on its municipal trash incinerator, is also having trouble paying its day-to-day bills while it puts off payments on its general obligations bonds. As a result, it is Pennsylvania's only municipality that is under a state takeover.
The SEC said the charges against the city of about 50,000 represent the first time a municipality has been accused of misleading statements that were not included in securities disclosures. The charges come as the SEC scrutinizes a number of state and municipal governments around the country in connection with offerings in the $2.7 trillion municipal bond market.
Among the misstatements or omissions by Harrisburg city officials were a 2008 audited financial report which didn't mention a downgrade by Moody's of Harrisburg's general obligation debt and a mid-year financial report in 2009 that didn't mention $2.3 million in debt guarantee payments made for the incinerator, the SEC said.
In addition, the mayor's "state of the city" annual public address in 2009 did not mention the incinerator debt or its impact on the city's finances, while for more than two years, from 2009 to March 2011, the city simply stopped filing annual audited financial statements to municipal securities agencies, the SEC said.
On Dec. 31, 2007, the city's bonds and bond guarantees for its agencies totaled about $500 million, many times the city's revenue of about $61 million, the SEC said.
However, the SEC cited cooperation by Harrisburg city officials in the investigation and its remedial actions to create new policies and procedures to ensure its financial statements are accurate in the future. As a result, the SEC did not impose a financial penalty and the city did not admit to the SEC's accusations, but the SEC did order it to cease and desist from violating disclosure rules again.
"In an information vacuum caused by Harrisburg's failure to provide accurate information about its deteriorating financial condition, municipal investors had to rely on other public statements misrepresenting city finances," George S. Canellos, co-director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, said in a statement.
Mayor Linda Thompson, who took office in 2010, said her administration had cooperated fully with the SEC's investigation and that she is committed to ensuring the city provides accurate, timely and complete financial information to investors and the public. The SEC's allegations "are what they are," she said.
The law firm Pepper Hamilton LLP handled the case for the cash-strapped city. The city's incinerator debt is now approaching $350 million, according to state officials overseeing the city's takeover.
During the financial crisis, the SEC aimed to make sure that states and municipalities were adequately disclosing their public employee pension liabilities as many were unable to fully fund them. The size of a state or municipality's unfunded pension liability can affect its bond rating, and make it more or less expensive to borrow money. A larger unfunded pension liability means more risk for investors.
New Jersey, the first state ever charged for violations of the securities laws, in 2010 settled SEC charges of failing to inform bond investors that it hadn't met obligations to its largest employee pension plans. And in March, Illinois settled similar charges of misleading bond investors. As in the Harrisburg case, no financial penalty was levied against New Jersey or Illinois. The states neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.
Last week, the SEC filed charges against the southern California city of Victorville, a city official and a local agency, accusing them of misleading investors by inflating property values so they could issue bonds five years ago. The city and the agency disputed the allegations.
Associated Press writer Marcy Gordon in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.


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OK. Well 5 ounces gain since Saturday is more than an ounce a day-so average to above average weight gain. But is this with supplementing 16 ounces a day?
Supplementing will make milk production decrease UNLESS you are pumping often enough with a good pump (hospital/rental grade if possible) to make up for the supplements. And sometimes even then.
How long do you pump each time you pump?
Could baby poasibly be encouraged to nurse more often-so maybe less pumping and supplements needed?
I wish you could talk to the IBCLC again. What if you called the appointment line? It is my understanding that before and after weight checks, while helpful, only provide limited information. It only tells you what happened at that one nursing session. Yes it is vitaly important that baby's weight gain get back on track. But it is also very important to not further undermine the breastfeeding relationship while doing so. It can be a very difficult balance and sometimes adjustments need to be made almost daily.
I almost hate to suggest a lactation aid because it is my hope you will be able to JUST nurse without supplements very, very soon. But here is the deal-basically there are two brands, the Medela SNS and the LactAid. Most mothers I know who have used them long term prefer the LactAid. Some mothers make thier own. It allows the baby to take in supplemental milk or formula via a tube while nursing at the breast. These are used most by mothers with low milk production and adoptive mothers. They can be tricky and messy and many moms hate them, but they definitely cause less breast refusal type issues due to bottles.
Here is an article about them http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=...tion&Itemid=17 On this page is a video of a 'home made' (clinic made rather) lactation aid being used. http://www.nbci.ca/index.php?option=...id=6&Itemid=13
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- CC has been struggling with how to deal multis. they used to come to the site, play games and get busted, but they could stil finish the games. So CC figured, it was time to kick them out of all their games immediately.
- The next problem was that of teamgames. teammates would get royally screwed if their teammate suddenly went neutral, so now, the teammate gets all armies, cards, and troops of the busted player.
- This, however, still has a way too big impact on the game, and I think I have a better solution.
- Instead of giving all territories, armies and cards to a teammate, have the teammate(s) be the one(s) playing for the busted player who got kicked out of the game.
This will improve the following aspects of the site:
- Games like Game 6181883, where the game was lost until my partner was kicked sadly, when I could cash two sets and win with great ease, would not happen anymore.
- The games would be more or less the same like what they would have been otherwise.
- Let the next player in the team play all the turns.
- For the appointed player it could have a separate "Playing As" page under My Games. (between "Active" and "Awaiting Players"?) Games on this page wouldn't count for the freemium game limit.
- Instead of "<busted player name>" it could just say "<busted player name><team player>"
- So it would say "Captain_Scarlet karelpietertje"
Points of discussion:
- What happens if all players are banned together?
- Should they simply lose the game?
- What happens if teamplayer B is eliminated and player A is the only surviving teamplayer but gets kicked?
- Does player B still get control of player A? This would mean he gets back in the game...
- Should the way people deadbeat be considered? Lack seems to make the rules for banning and deadbeating the same.
- Personally I think there's a difference because deadbeating happens in 3 rounds and can be calculated by both opponents and teammates, unlike a ban, which happens instantaneous.
- What to do in freestyle teamgames where you want to play the two turns simultaneously?
- There would be difference between joining the game from the Active games page and joining it from the Playing As page.
- Also there would be a 'convert to teammate' button in the game for each ( ) banned teammate when you're playing.
Regards, KP


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A crowd of 600-700 fruit and vegetable growers from the Carolinas will gather on Nov. 26-28 for the 27th annual Carolina Vegetable and Fruit Expo, held this year in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Conference Coordinator Bonnie Holloman says attendance for the annual event has climbed steadily over the past few years. A large exhibit hall, with more than 100 exhibitors will be a major part of the annual event.
Keynote speaker for the Expo is Richard Linton, recently appointed Dean of the College of Agriculture at North Carolina State University. In addition to his administrative roles, Linton is a highly respected expert in the area of food safety.
Something new for this year's expo will be an auction of vegetables provided by Carolina growers. A number of grocery stores will be competing for the products and the proceeds will be used to promote the Carolina vegetable industry and for research conducted on fruit and vegetable crops.
The meeting begins with presentations by the North Carolina and South Carolina Vegetable Growers Association leaders. Master of Ceremonies for the opening event is Kendall Hill, chairman of the North Carolina Association and co-owner and operator of Tull Hill Farms, a large, diverse vegetable farming operation in Kinston, N.C.
Holloman points out that this event is truly a growers meeting. Though a large number of vendors and industry leaders attend, the bulk of attendance is from active fruit and vegetable growers in North and South Carolina.
Food safety is a highlight of this year's expo. A number of food safety experts from the Carolinas and other parts of the country will make presentations during this year's event.
Highlight of the Expo is traditionally presentations, called learning sessions, by fruit and vegetable experts, including university research and Extension leaders, agri-business leaders and farmers, who have excelled in some particular area of fruit and vegetable production in the Carolinas and surrounding states.
Pickling cucumbers
The learning sessions will begin at 10 a.m. on Tuesday with a session onpickling cucumbers presented by Jonathan Schultheis, Billy Little and Allan Thornton from North Carolina State University.
Included in the cucumber session will be presentations on drip irrigation and mechanical harvesting by North Carolina State University specialists.
Cucurbit growers in the Southeast fight an ongoing battle with downy mildew, and University of Georgia Horticulturist David Langston will discuss management systems for controlling mildew and a number of other commonly occurring diseases in vegetable crops in the Southeast.
North Carolina State University Agriculture Economist Gary Bullen will close the opening session on Tuesday with an update on pickling cucumber enterprise budgets.
The first concurrent session on Tuesday morning will feature grafting, which some say is the future of vegetable production in the Southeast.
Grafting experts from Clemson, Virginia Tech and North Carolina State universities will discuss different areas of vegetable grafting, beginning with an overall presentation on grafting vegetables by Pennie Perkins-Veazie from North Carolina State University and Richard Hassell from Clemson University.
Researchers from North Carolina State University, in cooperation with other universities and agri-business companies, including Farm Press, recently won a large multi-year grant to study grafting of various vegetable crops.
Frank Louws, North Carolina State University will discuss the goals of the project and how it will provide economic benefits to growers.
At ll:00 a.m. during the grafting session, Josh Freeman, Virginia Tech University, will discuss some ways to integrate grafted tomatoes into commercial tomato production.
The presentation will be followed by a similar presentation on grafting of watermelons, and how it affects yield and quality, by Jonathan Schultheis, North Carolina State University and a second watermelon grafting presentation by Pennie Perkins-Veazie, also from North Carolina State University.
The third morning session on Tuesday will feature a workshop on Best Practices to Reduce Risks and Impacts in Vegetable Production, presented by Audrey Kreske and Chris Gunter from North Carolina State University.
Concurrent afternoon sessions on Tuesday will run from 2-4 p.m.
The first session will feature the local marketing of fruit and vegetable products. The session will be led by marketing specialists Kevin Hardison from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and Fred Broughton, from the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Presentations during this session will include: How Local Food Impacts Food Service by Matt Tunnell, from Fresh Point Raleigh, and North Carolina food distribution Company.
How retail incorporates demand for locally grown food by Dick McKellogg, from Lowes Foods.
Tunnell also will lead a session on local foods and how they currently impact the food industry and how this impact will change in the future.
Irrigation topics
Other afternoon sessions will include a presentation by Clemson University Fruit and Vegetable Specialist Gilbert Miller. He is an expert on various methods of irrigation for watermelon and other fruit crops and has worked extensively with growers in South Carolina to develop high tech and highly efficient systems for irrigating fruit and vegetable crops.
Soil fumigation and some innovative methods for capitalizing on fruit and vegetable crops after they are harvested will highlight two other afternoon sessions.
One presentation in particular will be of interest to all growers in attendance, and that is a session of planning for your financial future without giving away the farm, presented by Victor Ngai, a lawyer and financial planner with the Guardian Life Insurance Company.
Mark Abney, who worked in the sweet potato industry for a number of years prior to joining North Carolina State University as a vegetable entomologist, will lead a session on sweet potato production basics to kick off the Wednesday morning program.
He also will give a presentation on sweet potato insect management and provide a research update on vegetable insect management.
The sweet potato session also will include presentations on varieties, herbicides and herbicide/crop interactions, which will be presented by Katie Jennings, Steven Meyers, Lauren Coleman and David Monks, from North Carolina State University.
Gary Bullen, an ag economist at North Carolina State University will close the session with a presentation on sweet potato production budgets.
A sweet corn session will run concurrently in the morning session. It will include presentations on improving quality and profit of sweet corn production in the Southeast, variety trial results, insect management and the use of Bt technology.
Dick Tunnell, owner and operator of Tunnell Farms, will close the session with a grower's perspective on new technology and profitability in vegetable production.
One of the highlights of the annual meeting is an industry-wide update on 'hot topics'. This year hot topics include: Growing hops in the Carolinas, growing broccoli in the Southeast, the impact of viruses on fresh produce, and a presentation on risk management for vegetable growers.
Registration for the 2012 Expo can be done online or by contacting the North Carolina Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association or the South Carolina Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association.


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