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BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil -- U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry ran into a storm of criticism Tuesday during a visit to Brazil dominated by protests and warnings about the consequences of U.S. intelligence agency spying on Brazilians' emails and phone calls.
The scandal provoked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden's revelations of massive domestic and international surveillance dogged Kerry, the top U.S. diplomat, throughout his one-day visit with leaders of Brazil, an important U.S. ally.
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"I should not forget to mention that we're now facing a new type of challenge in our bilateral relationship," Patriota said, according to a transcript released by the State Department. "It is a challenge which has to do with wiretapping telephone calls."
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Practices that violate national sovereignty and individual freedoms "must be stopped," Patriota said.
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Kerry vowed that his talks with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Patriota and other officials would lead to "complete understanding and complete agreement with what it is that we think we must do to provide security not just for Americans but for Brazilians and for people in the world."
He also said Brazilians should be mindful of the "remarkable and dynamic partnership" between Brazil and the United States rather than focus on the divisive surveillance issue.
Both Patriota and Kerry pointed out the important collaboration between their countries on trade, energy, sustainable development, environmental protection and social and educational ties.
U.S. investment in Brazil exceeds $100 billion, Patriota noted, providing a strong bond between the biggest economies in the Americas.
An editorial published in Tuesday's Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil's largest-circulation newspaper, said that "relations between Brasilia and Washington, which were already far from being in a good moment, were hurt even further after the revelation that Brazil was also among the countries spied on by the U.S."
The newspaper suggested that the dispute is likely to linger beyond Kerry's visit, predicting that the surveillance "will not be stopped just because the spied-upon party asks for that."
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Koku has existed in one form or another for over 10 years. It was the first Mac application that I worked on, and I've used it personally almost daily during the course of those 10 years. To say it's near and dear to my heart is an understatement.
Unfortunately, as the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Today I'm sad to announce that time has come for Koku.
It's been such a joy to work on Koku throughout the years. Koku came to life in a different era of applications and has seen the introduction of both the iPhone and Mac App Stores. While it did take us a while to build an iPhone app, we were able to make it into the Mac App Store during the launch. Seeing and being part of the changes to the application landscape on Apple's platforms has been a wonderful experience. I still remember the first time we found out that Koku was going to be featured by Apple. There were a few moments of elation followed by the sudden realization that we needed to put together artwork in less than 48 hours in order for the feature to run. There was never a dull moment.
What really had an impact on me, though, was Koku's users. From the very beginning (when the app still went by the name Cashbox), we've been fortunate enough to have a caring, supportive user base. Emails from all over the world in various languages contained the kindest words about the product and how it helped them. Those kind words are why we worked so hard to build what we believe was the best finance application available. I, and the people who worked with me at FadingRed throughout the years, owe you the sincerest of thank yous.
It comes with a very heavy heart that I write to announce that Koku will no longer be developed. The reason is quite simple — FadingRed has changed directions and no longer has the capacity to devote resources to multiple products.
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Had you told Lejeune girls� basketball coach Kevin Popadines before the season his Devilpups would win their first 26 games and advance to the NCHSAA 1-A East Regional final for the first time in school history, he would have been ecstatic at the prediction.
Had you told Lejeune girls� basketball coach Kevin Popadines before the season his Devilpups would win their first 26 games and advance to the NCHSAA 1-A East Regional final for the first time in school history, he would have been ecstatic at the prediction.
�I would have told you that�s a great year and I�m thrilled, really,� Popadines said.
So why is there this nagging feeling of something left undone? For the simple reason Popadines knows his team didn�t go out with its best performance.
Far from it.
The Devilpups played their worst game of the season one step from the state finals in losing 55-38 to River Mill in the regional championship.
�It hurts,� Popadines said. �But at the same time I�m still happy. What they accomplished was great. Yeah, it�s going to hurt, but I�m trying to focus on the positives the best I can. That�s got to be my focus or I�m going to drive myself crazy thinking about it.�
Popadines learned of another positive on the day he turned 35 recently when he was informed that he had been voted The Daily News girls� basketball coach of the year by area coaches and the sports department.
After a year as an assistant at Lejeune prior to a stint as the boys� basketball coach at Pender, Popadines took over a program featuring senior Chatori Major, who was voted the area�s player of the year.
Major was simply the most talented player in the area and a player around whom Popadines was able to build a team that claimed both the regular-season and tournament titles in the Coastal Plains Conference.
And while Popadines wouldn�t trade Major for anyone this side of Baylor�s 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner, he said having a star player places a different of burden on a coach, ranging from how to make sure the team works as a unit to dealing with opponents who will do everything within the rules (and then some) to shackle her.
�It�s a lot more difficult than people think,� he said. �A lot of people think having her is just going to make it easy. The ball has to move. She gets in foul trouble just like everybody else does. Teams are constantly throwing different stuff at us just to stop her.
�So it takes a lot more preparation. It takes a lot work keeping everybody else involved in the game. � As big as an advantage as it is, it does add some extra facets that you don�t normally face.�
But Popadines managed the team well on the court and, apparently, equally so behind the scenes. Told a long-time observer of the Devilpups had praised how he had made sure there were few issues with such a star player on the roster, Popadines replied:
�What I can say is I knew if they didn�t play together, if they didn�t get along, then we weren�t going anywhere this year. So that was my first focus, to make sure they trusted each other (and) they trusted the direction I wanted to take them in. Without that, we wouldn�t have achieved half of what we did.
�So I tried to liken it to every Division I school has talent, every NBA team has talent. Some of them win and some of them don�t. It�s kind of what you do with that, getting them work together is really the difference between the wins and losses.�
Never in a million years did Popadines imagine the possibility of a 26-0 run for his Devilpups, although he said the �light bulb� went on after they rolled through the first half of league action, especially beating some teams Lejeune had lost to a year earlier.
But it was a bit later before he felt this could turn into a really special season. That occurred after Lejeune downed a tough James Kenan squad 58-49 to advance to the regional semifinals, where the Devilpups beat East Columbus 56-47.
�Once we started rolling, especially after beating James Kenan, you started getting the feeling they could really put something good together,� he said.
Whenever a team has the kind of season the Devilpups had, there are any number of reasons why. Popadines was asked about the whys and he pointed to one in particular.
�I think the biggest factor is everybody knew their roles and accepted them and did what they could to help the team,� he said. �I could give you player by player what they needed to do, but, yes, Chatori carried us through a lot of games.
�But Chryssandra (Tatum) carried the rebounds a lot of games, Nikia (Wallace) took care of the tempo at point guard through a lot of games, and Amber (Overton) did a lot of little things and LaLa (Lee) got her rebounds and points. All put together, the team really played well.�
All of which added up to what Popadines agreed was a �special year.�
�It feels good. It does feel good,� he said. �I hope it�s a good step forward for the program, and with the middle school starting up this year I�m going to try and ramp up what we do over the summers.
�I�d like to think it is something we can keep striving to (do). Obviously I don�t know how we�re going to be able to repeat that, but I think it does show a girls� team from Lejeune can compete, and if we start to work on it even harder, we might be able to get back there some day.�


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CARSON, Calif. -- On the heels of adding Swedish International Christian Wilhelmsson, the LA Galaxy appear to be closing in on another signature, this time of the Homegrown variety.
According to LA Galaxy Under-18 defender Oscar Sorto, the Galaxy and the right back from South Central Los Angeles are currently in discussions over a potential Homegrown contract. Sorto, 18, has been training with the Galaxy's first team for the last month shortly after returning from a training stint with Swedish club Hammarby IF. Sorto has earned considerable praise from the Galaxy players and coaching staff during his stint with head coach Bruce Arena describing Sorto as a "good player and I think that he has a future with our team."
When asked after Friday's training session about whether he could potentially turn his training period with the Galaxy first team into a Homegrown deal, Sorto admitted that the negotiations are taking place.
"Right now we're talking about that," Sorto told LA Galaxy Insider. "I'm from South Central and it would be really big. I've been watching the Galaxy since I was little, Cienfuegos played here and he's a role model for us Salvadorans so it would be great playing for the Galaxy."
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Editorial: No price on civil liberties
New York City settles a slew of lawsuits stemming from mass arrests of protesters.
Public officials anywhere tempted to repeat this mistake should consider the true cost.
There are two ways to look at the $18 million that New York City has agreed to pay to settle dozens of lawsuits stemming from mass arrests made during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
The right way would be for the city of New York, and any other government — local, state or federal — to see that such an inexcusable assault on civil liberties has a price.
The wrong way would be for public officials to think it's a bargain. Because beyond the dollars, the real cost is immeasurably greater.
More than 1,800 people were arrested during the 2004 convention — protesters, journalists, legal observers, and ordinary citizens who said they were simply walking along a street when they were swept up in the mass arrests. The New York Civil Liberties Union says many were herded into filthy cells set up in a former bus depot on a pier on the Hudson River. More than 400 individuals filed claims, and another 1,200 initiated a class action.
A federal judge in 2012 ruled that one of the mass arrests — of 226 people on a sidewalk — was unconstitutional, and rejected the city's claim that another sweep of 400 people was permissible. The city finally agreed earlier this month to settle.
As victories go, this one is bittersweet. While the plaintiffs will get an average of $6,400, that seems like paltry compensation for having one's constitutional rights violated and being unlawfully held for hours in a foul-smelling cell, a scenario that sounds more like it happened in a petty dictatorship than a nation founded on the notion of unalienable rights.
Here's another insult: a bit of this money will come out of their own pockets, since this is, after all, taxpayers' money, not former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's or ex-Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's. In the same vein, since New York City receives state and federal aid, we'll all bear the burden, even in small measure, for this abhorrent exercise of judgment.
This isn't just a New York City phenomenon. We witnessed a similar abrogation of rights here in Albany at the height of the Occupy movement in 2011, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo had State Police arrest dozens of protesters for violating an ad-hoc curfew. Fortunately, Albany County District Attorney David Soares appreciated how offensive the arrests were to the rights of free speech and peaceful assembly, and refused to prosecute.
Yet there are no doubt plenty of overzealous and less enlightened officials whose take-away from the New York City settlement will be that it's OK to shut down a protest now and settle later.
They should heed the lessons that Mr. Soares knew without having to being told by a court: Depriving citizens of their constitutional rights merely because a public official finds a protest undesirable or untidy is wrong. It is, in a word, illegal.
And the damage it does to public trust in their institutions of government can never be seen as just another cost of doing business.


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Topic: PostFix Admin & SSL
My installation (on CentOS 5.4) works without out a hitch, except somehow my postfix admin only works in HTTP only. In HTTPS, it gives a 404. I thought this was weird since the notes say it would be set up opposite (working in SSL and not HTTP).
I did, however, replace the SSL key and cert with my own, but doubt this has anything to do with it. My SSL certs are working for phpmyadmin and applications.
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Commercial real estate (CRE) has been slow in adopting new technology. The expense involved, and the time required to learn how to use the technology as well as incorporate it into daily operations are common reasons. But in an ever more competitive environment, those not looking to improve their workflows are rapidly being left behind.
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Digital mapping is becoming increasingly more popular across the real estate industry. The technology itself has been experiencing rapid evolution, and is now more user-friendly, accessible and affordable. With the popularity of mobile devices, new apps are becoming available which provide access to both digital maps and location based analysis to CRM agents, brokers and clients.
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Weather: Scattered showers with a high around 71; wind out of the NWN at 9 mph. There is a 30% chance of precipitation.
The Track: Texas MotorSpeedway
Texas Motor Speedway is a 1.5 quad-oval. It has intermediate 24 degree banking on the turns. Roush-Fenway cars dominate 1.5 mile tracks and they will be tough to beat on Sunday.
Key to Race: ARACE FOR THE BIG BOYS
Anytime the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series visits a 1.5 mile track Roush-Fenway Racing is expected to be fast. The lack of success the Roush Boys have on short-tracks is the exact opposite of the continued success they show on the 1.5 mile tracks. The surface atTexashas great grip and thus cars can run wide-open the entire way around. The multi-car teams like Roush-Fenway and Hendrick Motorsports have a huge advantage in the funding of their engine programs. If a Roush-Fenway car doesn't find victory lane a Hendrick car likely will.
Qualifying Procedures:
46 cars will attempt to qualify for 43 spots. If the first practice is run, but qualifying is unable to take place, the starting lineup will be based on speeds from the car's fastest lap from the first practice, with top-35 cars in owner points no longer segregated from the non-top 35 cars. Previously, the top 35 cars lined up in front of all other eligible car owners.
Fantasy Cheat Sheet:
Top 5
No. 48 Jimmie Johnson: Johnson led 156 laps at Texas this spring and in 15 career starts at the track he has 13 top 10 finishes. He is so close he can smell another championship, combine that with his past success at TMS and he is a great pick on Sunday.
No. 16 Greg Biffle: Biffle won the spring race at Texas and he has been great in the past seven races at the track. He is worth using in all leagues this weekend.
No. 17 Matt Kenseth: Kenseth brought one of the fastest cars to Texas the past three races. He won last year's spring race, led 87 laps during the fall and finished fifth this spring. He is one of our top picks to return to victory lane Sunday.
No. 24 Jeff Gordon: Gordon dominated Texas by leading the most laps during the 2010 and 2011 April races. He again will be fast in the Lone Star State.
No. 14 Tony Stewart: Smoke dominated the fall race at Texas last year. He is a solid pick this weekend.
6 to 10
No. 29 Kevin Harvick: Harvick has been great in 10 of the last 14 races in the Lone Star State. He won't struggle to crack the top 10.
No. 11 Denny Hamlin: Hamlin won both races at Texas in 2010 and has finished in the top 10 in all but six of his career starts at Texas. We like his chances this weekend.
No. 5 Kasey Kahne: Kahne has finished inside the top seven the past two races. He is worth rolling the dice on this weekend.
No. 99 Carl Edwards: Edwards proved his love for 1.5 mile ovals by sweeping both races at Texas in 2008. He should notch another top 10 this weekend.
No. 18 Kyle Busch: Rowdy has finished inside the top six in four of the last 10 races at Texas. He is a fine pick.
11 to 20
No. 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Junior has led laps in seven of the last 11 races at Texas, but we doubt he will get his second win at the track this weekend. A top 15 finish is expected.
No. 2 Brad Keselowski: Keselowski has had one solid race and five average races at Texas. He should be much better this weekend's visit to the track.
No. 15 Clint Bowyer: Texas isn't one of Bowyer's favorite tracks to race at, but he has found some recent success at the track. He should finish just outside the top 10.
No. 31 Jeff Burton: Burton has finished in the top nine in six of the past 12 races at Texas Motor Speedway. He is a solid pick.
No. 56 Martin Truex Jr.: Truex Jr. has finished in the top 15 in 10 of his last 14 starts at Texas. Use the No. 56 driver in all leagues.
No. 55 Mark Martin: Martin has a win and nine top six finishes atTMS in his career. He will cruise around in the top 20 and could sneak into the top 15 by the time the race is over.
No. 1 Jamie McMurray: Jamie Mac has six top 10 finishes in 16 career starts at TMS. This is a good weekend to get him active on your roster.
No. 27 Paul Menard: Menard was good at Texas the past five races. He is a fine option.
No. 43 Aric Almirola: Almirola has driven fantastic lately. Texas isn't one of his better tracks, but we still recommend him.
No. 39 Ryan Newman: Newman has averaged just a 19th place finish the past 14 races at Texas. He is just an okay pick.
21 to 30
No. 51 A.J. Allmendinger: Allmendinger has cracked the top 20 the past five races at Texas. He is a fine buy-low pick.
No. 9 Marcos Ambrose: Ambrose has averaged a top 20 finish at TMS during his career. He is a decent third driver this weekend.
No. 20 Joey Logano: "Sliced Bread" has been terrible at Texas during his career. Like my doctor says we also recommend passing on the bread.
No. 22 Sam Hornish Jr.: Hornish has averaged just a 28th place finish at Texas in his career. There are better options this weekend.
No. 42 Juan Pablo Montoya: Montoya has been hit-or-miss atTMSduring his career. We expect he will miss the top 20 this weekend.
No. 78 Kurt Busch: Busch has 11 top 10 finishes in 19 career starts at Texas during his career, but we still recommend avoiding him. He is too unpredictable in his new ride.
No. 34 David Ragan: Ragan has been fast at Texas in his career. He could crack the top 25 this weekend with a little luck.
No. 47 Bobby Labonte: Texas native, Labonte looks forward to this race at all season. He could surprise some people with where he finishes on Sunday.
No. 13 Casey Mears: Mears drove decent at Texas last year. There are worse choices.
No. 10 Danica Patrick: Don't even think about using her.
Field Fillers:
No. 21 Trevor Bayne
No. 32 Ken Schrader
No. 33 Stephen Leicht
No. 38 David Gilliland
No. 93 Travis Kvapil
No. 36 Dave Blaney
No. 30 David Stremme
No. 83 Landon Cassill
No. 91 Reed Sorenson
No. 87 Joe Nemechek
No. 95 Scott Speed
No. 37 J.J. Yeley
No. 98 Michael McDowell
No. 79 Kelly Bires
No. 19 Mike Bliss
No. 26 Josh Wise
Brownie's Picks
Top Four:
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Greg Biffle
3. Matt Kenseth
4. Jeff Gordon
1. Aric Almirola
2. A.J. Allmendinger
Bust of the Week:
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Public Outlook Shifts: More Worried About Gov't Stomping On Civil Liberties Than Terrorism
from the about-time dept
"Overall, 47% say their greater concern about government anti-terrorism policies is that they have gone too far in restricting the average person's civil liberties, while 35% say they are more concerned that policies have not gone far enough to protect the country. This is the first time in Pew Research polling that more have expressed concern over civil liberties than protection from terrorism since the question was first asked in 2004."The fear-mongering and FUD about "terrorism!" at every turn seems to have served the government well for over a decade in eroding civil liberties -- but it looks like the Snowden revelations about what the government is really doing is finally shifting things back in the other direction. It's about time.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For the sixth time this season and third consecutive week, Matt Hohenberger was voted the Rookie of the Week for the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) New England Division. He helped guide the nationally-ranked No. 7 Engineers to a 4-0 week while breaking the Institute record for aces in a season.
Hohenberger compiled 23 kills, a .543 hitting percentage, 16 aces, five digs, and three blocks in seven sets. He posted 10 kills, a .368 hitting performance, three blocks, and two aces at then No. 6-Rivier College. In one set versus Johnson & Wales University, Hohenberger went 5-of-6 in his attack attempts to go along with three aces. Against New England Division-foe Elms College, he connected on all three of his hitting attempts while amassing six aces in the opening frame. Hohenberger capped off the week with five kills, five aces, and four digs in a sweep of Mount Ida College.


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U. MISSOURI (US) — Children are less engaged when moms tell them how to play, according to a study that finds kids have more negative feelings toward "directive" moms.
Mothers' directiveness, the extent to which they try to control the content and pace of young children's play, varies based on the children's ages and the mothers' ethnicities, according to the research.
"Children flourish when they have opportunities to make choices about what they do, particularly in play situations," says Jean Ispa, lead author of the study and professor of human development and family studies at University of Missouri.
"Mothers who are highly directive do not allow that kind of choice. In our study, the children were playing with some toys, and the very directive mothers were making the decisions about how to play, what to play, and how quickly to play."
For example, during play with her child, a highly directive mother might make her toddler put the plastic cow in the toy barn through the barn's door instead of through its window. If a child is playing with a pretend kitchen set, the mom might not let the child touch the fake burners on the stove.
Mothers often think they are helping their children by correcting them, but they are limiting the children's creativity and possibly making their children enjoy being with them less, Ispa says.
"It's often noted that European-American mothers are less directive generally than African-American and Mexican-American mothers, and that's also what we found," Ispa says.
"When children were only a year old, on average, African-American mothers were the most directive, Mexican-American mothers were second, and European-American mothers were third. As children got older, mothers of all ethnicities displayed less directiveness."
When mothers were highly directive during playtime, children expressed less positive regard for their moms and more negative feelings toward them, Ispa says.
The researchers also evaluated how affectionate the mothers were to their children and found that higher levels of warmth reduced the negative effects of directiveness.
"Even if mothers were very directive, if they were also warm, the negative effects of high directiveness lessened in every one of the ethnic groups we studied," Ispa says. "If mothers were negative or seemed critical of their kids, then the negative effects of directiveness increased."
To benefit their children's development, mothers should show affection to their children while supporting their play and being careful to limit the extent to which they dictate exactly how their children should play, Ispa says.
"We know that children, regardless of culture, need to feel loved," says Ispa. "Children take in the meaning of what their mothers are trying to do, so if a mom is being very directive and is generally a very warm person, I think the child feels, 'My mom is doing this because she cares about me, and she's trying to do the best for me.' If that warmth is missing, then the child might feel, 'My mom is trying to control me, and I don't like it.'"
Ispa and her colleagues used pre-recorded videos to analyze pairs of mothers and children interacting in play environments when the children were 1, 2, 3, and 5 years old.
The mothers and children in the study all participated in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project, a federal study of Early Head Start, a nationwide program designed to help the cognitive, social, and emotional development of children from low-income families.
Additional researchers from University if Missouri, Arizona State University, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Connecticut, the University of Maryland, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro contributed to the study, which is published in Parenting: Science and Practice.
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Best of Hollywood Halloween
I'm not good at Halloween. I really, really want to be. But I just, I mean I don't have the flair for a smart costume. Last year Duana went as Taylor Momsen. It was the best. And Sasha went as the Bay. Equally hilarious. A few years ago, Jacek was Will Ferrell as Robert Goulet which only means something to you if you've watched The Best of Will Ferrell SNL too many times. To me it only counts when you "dress up". But every party will always include that douchebag who comes as "Sarcasm". Have you met him?
Anyway, when it comes to costumes, or, anything that involves pretension, celebrities do it bigger than everyone else. Kate Hudson throws a Halloween party every year. All her famous friends turn up and it's full on, like they probably hired people from Industrial Light & Magic to work on their sh-t. Particularly Heidi Klum, who actually hosts her own annual event and gets more and more elaborate with her get-up every year.
Sometimes though it's the simple ones that are the most memorable, the cheeky ones with a sense of humour. Nicole Richie is GREAT at this. Which is why her Jennifer Lopez is my favourite one this year. I LOVE IT SO MUCH.
Because she really captured the details, you know? Details that don't require mega engineering. So she wins...without even trying that hard. It's a simple pink tracksuit tucked into tricked out booties - amazing, right? And the skin colour that matches her hair pulled back in a trademark JLo bun with hoop earrings and, this is my favourite, JLo's signature clear gloss on parted lips because Jenny From The Block doesn't close her mouth on a carpet, son! And that's so much more clever than some zombie guts and prosthetic skin rot, even if it's been taken directly from the set of The Walking Dead.
Here's Nicole leaving Kate's party and with Joel Madden on her Twitter.
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Sometimes, Healdton native Adam Bennett just has to stop, look around and soak it all in.
After all, he's standing in the middle of history.
The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. is one of the most historic golf courses in the United States, and holds closely some of golf's finest stories and most exciting moments.
From the 1913 U.S. Open, in which 20-year-old Francis Ouimet improbably defeated legendary Englishmen Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, to the 1999 Ryder Cup, where Justin Leonard was nearly tackled by teammates after draining the cup that won the title for the United States, The Country Club is one of "those places" in golf history.
And this week, Bennett, assistant superintendent, gets a chance to leave his mark on The Country Club's history, as the 2013 U.S. Amateur comes to town, marking the 100-year anniversary of the famed 1913 U.S. Open tale.
"This place is so special," Bennett says of the course, ranked No. 24 in the country. "Most days, I'll just be walking around, and I'll stop and think about where I'm at and what happened in this very spot over 100 years ago. It's a special opportunity."
The seven-day event is one of the sport's most popular attractions, as it holds the best of the future of golf. Tiger won it three times. Phil was victorious once. Bennett realizes it's a big deal, but he allows that's what makes his job so desirable and fun.
"It's a tournament that's always been on a national stage. The best amateurs are here, and it's our job to put out a course that can challenge them. You know, I watch those guys and learn a lot from just seeing them play my course. It's definitely a grind for them and us. But I love it; we all enjoy what we do," Bennett says.
Of course he loves his job. Bennett spends days during this week at the course from about 3:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. But that hardly makes up for the satisfaction he receives by seeing the creation and maintaining of the historic track he calls home.
"Just being able to look out and see the self-gratification from what you've done is special," Bennett says. "I'm able to give people who pay a lot of money a product that's satisfying to them. It's pleasing to them and very pleasing to myself."
Bennett has been around golf since he was young. Although he now resides at one of the most prestigious country clubs in the country, which coined the phrase "country club," it all began at the Healdton Municipal Golf Course, and he doesn't forget that.
"I started playing golf when I was young, and started working out at the course during the summer in high school when I was 14 or 15," Bennett says. "It kind of just evolved from there."
Bennett, who attended Connors State and Southeastern for baseball, would return home and, eventually, work at Silverado Golf Course in Durant during the summers. That would turn into a full-time gig, which in 2007 led him to where he is now.
The everyday job usually consists of running a grounds/maintenance crew of about 20 workers who are responsible for the care of the golf course.
"It's a challenge to our whole staff to push the course to the brink. It can be stressful to do that to something like grass, but to have the knowledge to know that's what you're doing and know how to do it is comforting. It's a huge challenge to do what we do.
"We deal with members, the golf course, identifying problems with grass and things like that. It's our job to keep one of the best courses in the country at acceptable standards for the membership."
As for the future of The Country Club, hosting this year's U.S. Amateur certainly means good things, at least in his and others' eyes.
"There's nothing scheduled for the future, but it's a great sign that we're hosting this tournament," Bennett says. "Everything is set as far as the U.S. Open goes through 2021, but the USGA usually uses this course as a test for the U.S. Open. They like to use this as somewhat of a trial run. So who knows, we're hoping. It's a good sign."
Bennett refers to his opportunity as a privilege. After all, it is all about the condition of the golf course, and with no one more important than himself, Bennett welcomes the assignment.
"I love coming in to work every day," Bennett saya. "Thousands of people would love to have my job. The opportunity that I have is so rare and special. The history of this place is unbelievable. There's so much that happened here."
And for Bennett, realizing how special things are at the historic 27-hole facility in Brookline is important, because some things are so historic and great, they don't need to be changed.
"Some of the things out here are still original," Bennett says. "Sure, all things require restoration, but some of the holes have the same layout and some of the greens are shaped the way they were over 100 years ago. Out here, a lot of the overall original aspect hasn't changed. It's the same that it's been throughout history."
History. It's something he doesn't want to change, but wants to continue to make.


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"If finally getting Sleeping Dogs wasn't enough for you, Sony seems to have accidentally made God of War 1 and 2 free with PlayStation Plus. " - JPS
Link has direct links to the store if you're too lazy to turn on your PS3.
Also I think it's a good theory that these are simply replacements for All 4 One, inFAMOUS 2 and LBP 2. Obviously it's just 1 replacement, but still a far more likely answer than purely random error.
Seems like they fixed it already cause I don't see it (VIA webbrowser or in-store)
It has been fixed. It was free till about 8 PM MST at which point the error was fixed.
I missed it myself. Oh well I guess. Was hoping to play some God Of War via Remote Play on my Vita.


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Rare Avian Treasures on Display in Small-Town Museum
MT VERNON, Texas — Families and nature enthusiasts seeking a weekend outing with educational value can become oologists for a day at the Franklin County Historical Association's Fire Station museum in Mt. Vernon, Texas.
Oology is the study of eggs, especially those of birds, and the Fire Station Museum in Mt. Vernon offers Texas' best display. The Oological exhibit showcases more than 150 bird eggs alongside pertinent information about each species. An egg from the extinct Carolina parakeet and one from the extinct Passenger pigeon are the rarest in the collection.
"The opportunity to see these eggs is very unique," said Cliff Shackelford, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department ornithologist. "To my knowledge, there is not another museum in the world that has the Carolina parakeet or Passenger pigeon egg on public display."
In addition to the eggs' rarity, they also offer visitors a glimpse into history. Prior to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, collecting bird eggs was a popular hobby. Mt. Vernon's collection can trace its roots back to a taxidermist in Ohio who collected the majority of the eggs in the late 1800s. The eggs eventually found their way into a Texas collector A.W. Nations' possession.
"He was a lepidopterist, one who studies butterflies, and had had a well preserved collection of more than sixty Texas butterflies," said B.F. Hicks, Franklin County Historical Association Board of Directors member. "Mr. Nations had his butterflies and the egg collection, as well as a mammoth bone, and some mounted heads. It seemed he had plans of having his own private mini-natural history museum."
Eventually, the Texan collector passed away, and over the years his museum ambitions became little more than a pile of cardboard boxes stacked in a garage. Hicks and Shackelford would help to change all that, and now the entire collection is on public display in Mt. Vernon.
"We spent more than two years and $50,000 on the project. It's really a beautiful display," said Hicks.
Located in a renovated fire station from the 1940s, the oological display was constructed according to state-of-the-art Smithsonian standards with fiber optic lighting and a specialized air filtration system. Visitors can also view the century-old butterfly collection, as well as other pieces of the museum's collection. Computerized additions to the bird-egg display are scheduled for installation when funding permits.
Hicks said all of the museum's items on display are in some way connected to Texas, making this opportunity a unique way to learn about the state's wildlife.
Mt. Vernon is also a great location to get outdoors and see some of the avian species first-hand.
"They have more birding and wildlife viewing sites listed on our state's wildlife viewing trail system than any other community its size," said Shackelford. "There are more than a dozen bird watching sites within a thirty-minute drive from downtown."
According to Shackelford, this small town is a place worth traveling to.
"Mt. Vernon offers people a chance to see some very rare eggs, great birding trails and just enjoy a unique local experience. From Dallas to Houston, to Shreveport and beyond, you can't go see something like this in the big city," he said.
More information on the Mt. Vernon Fire Station Museum can be found on the Franklin County Historical Association Webpage or by calling 903-537-4760. Birding and wildlife trail maps can be located through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Website.
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The Missouri Soil Test Report is an important tool for making management decisions for crop and forage production. This guide will help you understand the soil test report and make the results more useful for your farming operation.
Figure 1
Sample soil test report.
Every soil test report includes the following nine sections:
(A) Field information
This section contains information provided by you to identify the field and summarize previous management. This information includes, for example, the field name or number, field size and previous crop.
(B) Soil test information
This provides the results of the soil tests performed on your sample. The regular soil tests include the soil salt pH; available phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium; organic matter; neutralizable acidity; and cation exchange capacity. Tests for other nutrients can be obtained at additional charge. The basic set of tests provides the necessary data to develop nitrogen, phosphate, potash, and ag lime recommendations for your intended cropping plan.
(C) Rating
This section provides a rating for the salt pH and nutrients tested. The rating system helps you interpret the soil test information in Section B. The soil test rating indicates the relative level of each nutrient tested and provides information on the probability that application of a particular fertilizer will increase crop yield. Use Table 1 to determine the probability of a yield increase from fertilizer applications for your soil test rating.
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Your probability of yield increase from fertilizer drops as your soil test ratings in Section C rise.
(D) Nutrient requirements
This section contains three parts: cropping options, yield goal, and fertilizer recommendations.
(E) Cropping options
This section lists cropping plans or crops for which you requested fertilizer recommendations. You can request recommendations for up to four different cropping scenarios. Additional scenarios can be done at your local MU Extension center if you change plans after you receive your lab report.
(F) Yield goal
The yield goal section shows the level of production you selected for the crops listed in Section E, "Cropping Options." Common yield goal ranges for Missouri crops are given in the appendix table in this publication. The yield goal you choose should be based on soil type, yield history, fertility level, irrigated versus nonirrigated land, and economic considerations.
(G) Pounds per acre
This section lists the fertilizer recommendations for the crops and yield goals listed. The recommendations are reported as pounds of N (nitrogen), P2O5 (phosphate), and K2O (potash) per acre. The fertilizer recommendation is designed to provide an agronomic recommendation of the nutrients needed to meet yield goal in Section F and improve soil fertility over time. Following these soil test recommendation will build or maintain soil test phosphorus and potassium to the high rating category if the recommended fertilizer rate is applied annually for eight years. Micronutrient recommendations, for example zinc and sulfur, should be applied once and the soil resampled in three to five years to determine the need for additional applications.
(H) Limestone suggestions
This section gives the suggested amount of limestone to raise soil salt pH to an optimal level for the cropping options listed. Desired soil salt pH ranges for Missouri crops are given in Table 2.
The limestone recommendation is given for the cropping option requiring the highest salt pH range. For example, if a cool-season grass and alfalfa were both listed in Section E, the limestone recommendation would be for alfalfa since it requires a higher soil salt pH level. The recommendation is reported as pounds of ENM (effective neutralizing material) per acre.
To determine the amount of lime needed in tons per acre, divide the ENM value by the ENM guaranteed by your ag lime dealer. If the soil test ENM requirement is 1,395 pounds per acre and lime quarry guarantees 400 pounds ENM per ton of limestone, then you need 3.48 tons of limestone per acre (1,395 ÷ 400 = 3.48).
Limestone is applied to neutralize soil acidity and increase salt pH. It does contain calcium, but its main use is to neutralize acidity. Dolomitic limestone contains appreciable amounts of magnesium and is often used on magnesium-deficient soils. Some liming materials have higher ENM ratings than calcitic limestone.
Applied limestone may take as long as one year to correct soil acidity problems.
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Desired soil salt pH (pHs) ranges for Missouri crops.
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Soil regions (for use in Table 2 above).
(I) Special notes
Many times notes appear at the bottom of the soil test report to help you interpret and use your results and recommendations.
The soil testing laboratories do a good job of determining the salt pH and nutrient content of the soil sample you submitted. MU has two soil testing labs, one in Columbia on campus and the other in Portageville at the University Delta Center.
To ensure accuracy, check samples are continually run with samples submitted by you. Also, the University lab exchanges samples with several private labs to assure accurate results from all labs involved. Even though the tests are accurate, the results are only as good as the sample you submit. Well taken soil samples yield good results while poorly taken samples yield poor results.
Most problems with unreliable test results are due to improper sampling. In general, you should take at least 10 to 15 soil cores per soil sample per field.
Sampling at any time of year is fine, but it's best to do it when the soil is moist during the fall and spring. If you try to take a sample when the soil is very dry, much of the soil falls off the soil auger or you can't get a probe deep enough into the ground. Either situation yields poor samples and poor test results. In general, fields should be retested every three to four years to keep track of soil fertility changes.
Soils can have wide variations in fertility levels in the same field. The distribution of nutrients through the soil surface is not exactly uniform over every square inch. A good example is a box full of colored marbles, the same number of each color. If you grab a handful of marbles from the box, you are likely to get a different number of each color. But after several handfuls, the number of each color will average nearly the same.
Soils are somewhat similar to this example. You should take enough soil cores for an adequate representation of the field's soil content.
No. A specific example concerns a producer who took a composite sample from three small fields of similar soil type and history. The test results showed high soil salt pH and phosphorus levels he didn't believe. He re-sampled each field separately and the results showed very low phosphorus on two fields and high in another. The salt pH was high in two fields and low in the other. As a result, the fertilizer and limestone recommendations changed drastically.
It can be very right if you took a good sample. Many times the soil salt pH is adequate but another nutrient (usually phosphorus) is deficient in the soil. Most weeds and broomsedge become established in a pasture because of overgrazing or lack of competition from the desired forage. Research has shown that adequate yearly fertilizer applications will reduce or eliminate broomsedge on initially low-phosphorus soils that have adequate soil salt pH.
The nutrient requirements are annual treatments that should be applied each year to maintain good yields. The recommendation has two parts: one for the amount of fertilizer necessary for the plant to reach the desired yield goal that year, and one for building the soil nutrients to a high level over eight years of yearly fertilizer applications.
Different crops and forages have different optimum soil salt pH levels. You applied lime for straight grass according to the first soil test correctly, but clover and alfalfa have higher soil pH requirements, so the updated test recommended more lime.
This is a common question due to misinterpretation. The 20-100-70 means that to reach the specific yield goal on this test report you need 20 pounds nitrogen, 100 pounds phosphate and 70 pounds potash per acre. This adds up to 190 pounds actual plant food, but the pounds of actual fertilizer material to be applied will be more than 190 pounds since fertilizer materials contain only certain percentages of plant food nutrients.
You pay for pounds of plant food and the recommendation is in pounds of plant food. You need only tell the fertilizer dealer that you need an application of 20-100-70 per acre. The dealer will mix that analysis and apply the correct amount of plant food per acre.
Many soil test reports have low recommendations when fertility levels are near optimum for the desired crop. Accurate spreading of small amounts of fertilizer is difficult. In this example the dealer needed more bulk to make an even and accurate application. In the case of very low fertilizer recommendations, it's OK to add enough more phosphate or potash to provide the necessary bulk for spreading or just disregard the application for that season.
No. If you didn't make any large applications of lime or fertilizer, the fertility probably hasn't changed. Take your soil test report to your local MU Extension center and it will be updated with the crop options you need. Yield goals can also be updated if different yields are desired.
A CD/A is a pasture yield goal that means "cow day per acre." This is enough forage dry matter for a 1,000-pound cow with a calf less than 4 months old for one day. In Missouri this is considered to be 30 pounds of forage dry matter per day. For example, a yield goal of 200 CD/A is roughly equivalent to 3 tons of forage dry matter per acre.
Yes, contact the Soil and Plant Testing Laboratory in Columbia for more information on this service
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We need to turn to Ezekiel 34, which lies behind most of the "shepherd" passages in the New Testament (along with, of course, Psalm 23)
It's not easily applied directly to church elders, because Ezekiel is speaking of a nation, not a congregation. But the heart of the passage is plenty clear enough.
(Eze 34:1-3 ESV) The word of the LORD came to me: 2 "Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep? 3 You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep."
The shepherds of Israel are surely the political and religious leaders — the king, the high priest, perhaps also the city elders. After all, Ezekiel is speaking near the time that Nebuchadnezzar is preparing to destroy Judah, its cities, and the Temple.
God's complaint is that the shepherds — those charged with caring for the Jews on behalf of God — have been selfish, even stealing from those they were charged to care for.
(Eze 34:4-6 ESV) 4 "The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them. 5 So they were scattered, because there was no shepherd, and they became food for all the wild beasts. 6 My sheep were scattered; they wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over all the face of the earth, with none to search or seek for them."
There are two complaints here. First, that the shepherds have not tended to the hurting and wounded among the people. Second, that the result has been a scattering of the Jews to the "high hills" with no one to search for them.
The scattering means that the sheep are vulnerable to wild beasts. That is, a lack of unity has resulted from the lack of a single, selfless leadership. This has let the sheep all go their own directions, putting them in grave danger.
God then promises to remove the leaders from power (which he did by means of Babylon!) and to then —
(Eze 34:12-16 ESV) 12 "As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. 13 And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. 14 I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. 15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.'
After the Exile, God himself will be the Good Shepherd. He will heal their wounds and feed them. He will seek the lost sheep to save them.
Now, in the context of a passage written to a king, the chief priest, and city elders, what does it mean that they failed to "bind up the injured, and … strengthen the weak"? Especially in light of the nation's circumstance as Babylon's armies were marching on them?
"High hills" refers to the fact that the local pagan "gods" were usually worshipped at "high places," that is, on top of hills (Eze 6:13 and 20:28 make this very clear.). The language "go astray" repeatedly refers in the Torah and Ezekiel to idolatry (Deu 4:19; 11:28; 13:5; 30:17; Eze 44:10, 15; 48:11), and so "weak" and "sick" and "wounded" and such would seem to refer to sin — to spiritual disease.
The complaint isn't that the king failed to visit his subjects when sick or attend their funerals. The complaint is that they did not keep the lost of sheep of Israel away from idols and the other sins that led to their destruction by Babylon.
Chapter 33, immediately preceding, declares —
(Eze 33:23-26 ESV) 23 The word of the LORD came to me: 24 "Son of man, the inhabitants of these waste places in the land of Israel keep saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he got possession of the land; but we are many; the land is surely given us to possess.' 25 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: You eat flesh with the blood and lift up your eyes to your idols and shed blood; shall you then possess the land? 26 You rely on the sword, you commit abominations, and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife; shall you then possess the land?"
God's complaint is idolatry and the extreme immorality that comes from it. And in chapter 34, he condemns the leaders of the people for failing to do their jobs, that is, to heal the spiritual disease of idolatry and false teaching, of failure to obey the Torah because of it.
Now, to bring the lesson into the context of Jesus' ministry, Jesus preached 40 years before the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Romans. The Synoptic Gospels all record Jesus prophesying this event at the end of his ministry in Jerusalem. The Gospels have many subtle — and not so subtle — allusions to this event in Jesus' teachings, and yet most Christian writers ignore these materials as seemingly irrelevant to modern Christian life.
But Jesus and the apostles saw their time as remarkably parallel to the time of Jeremiah and Ezekiel, that is, shortly before the destruction of their city and Temple as a result of God's wrath.
Hence, when Jesus speaks of being the "Good Shepherd," he refers to himself not only as God — but he's implicitly declaring that the times of Ezekiel are back — the leaders of the Jews are leading them down a road that leads to destruction. The sin isn't idolatry in the same sense as 500 years before, but it was a rejection of God's true nature and teaching, evidenced by their rejection of God's Messiah — God's true image.
This is the sin that Jesus was most concerned with in John 10. He was urging faith in himself based on his fulfillment of his role as spiritual Shepherd of the Jews. Therefore, the most important teaching modern shepherds — God's under-shepherds — can do is to call the people to accept and live according to the true nature of God as revealed in Jesus.
If our leaders don't hold Jesus up as an example of how to live before God as Christ-like people — you know, "Christians" — we're wasting our time. Indeed, we're scattering the sheep. Far better to resign!
Now, here's the upside-down, crazy irony of it all. The call isn't toward having visitors at your mother's funeral or in your sickroom at the hospital. The work of the elders/shepherds/overseers is not one more fringe benefit — as though heaven were not enough. It's not about picking the church with the best selection of goods and services. That attitude is from our capitalistic culture and has nothing to do with Christianity at all.
Indeed, the worst attitude we can bring to church is that, because we've paid for this place and these services, we're entitled, we're in charge, and we are in control — just like consumers at a retail store. That's exactly backwards. We gave so generously for so many years, not to gain power, but because we surrendered power when we submitted to Jesus and his church at baptism.
Thus, the work of a shepherd is — by example, by training (equipping), by teaching — to build up the flock so that the members — as bearers of the image of God — attend the funeral of someone else's mother, attend the bedside of someone with no friends at all, who'd be all alone in the hospital but for them — as well as the elders. That would be true service and submission. That would be living consistently with what why we were saved to be. We gave so much because we love so much, and therefore we continue to give because we continue to love.
But (you know what?) if we do that, we'll find plenty of people present to comfort and strengthen us when we need it. That's just how it works. If we'll invest ourselves in people, we'll receive dividends down the road.
We won't need a ministry and organization to make it happen. It'll happen because we'll be bound together in our congregation by strands of love arising from years invested in ministry.
But many a Christian has the attitude that the church owes him counseling and comforting services. It's no longer the natural consequence of loving relationships. Rather, it's become an entitlement, bought and paid for and therefore something to be demanded.
Hence, the preacher, rather than being a declarer of the gospel who calls the members to sacrifice, is seen as our paid servant to sacrifice and serve for us — so we don't have to.
We once had a member sick in the hospital. He complained that no one from church had come to visit him. When the elders considered his complaint, it turned out that three elders had actually been to his hospital room. When asked about this, the man replied, "Well, no one important came!" You see, he was mad that he wasn't important enough to qualify for a visit from the preacher — as though we should measure the value of our members by who does the visiting!
When the preacher's visits to the sick become goods to be demanded by people who wouldn't take off any time to attend the funeral of the preacher's mother — then we've turned Christianity into a commodity rather than a relationship. More importantly, we've completely forgotten that we go to church to learn to become like Jesus, not to have our egos stroked and our consumer demands met.
Therefore, yes, it's entirely right and necessary that elders visit members in the hospital and attend the funerals of their loved ones — but only if the members see this an example to be followed, not a service to be expected and even demanded.
Hence, as more and more elderships move from a board model to a "shepherding" model, it's imperative that they see shepherding, not as a free counseling service, but as a mentoring program designed to call every member into Christ-like living — that is, selfless service, submission, sacrifice — and when God says so — even suffering. And this is much harder that being a comforter.
But that has to be the conscious intent of any shepherding ministry. It has to be stated and evaluated. It's great (and very, very important) to heal marriages, and elders should strive to do just that. Absolutely! But if we'd teach our members to be more submissive and less selfish and entitled, there'd be far fewer failing marriages to heal.
Just the same, if our members were truly servant-hearted, submissive people, the hospital rooms would be so crowded with beloved fellow Christians that no one would bleat a word of protest if the preacher happened to be out of town. He wouldn't be missed. After all, who wouldn't rather measure themselves by the number of friends who love them enough to visit the hospital rather than the office held by the one church visitor who came by that day?
In short, true shepherding is leading the people to do what the elders do. This includes caring for the hurting and diseased — which should result in all members doing the same, and no one imagining that they've been disrespected because an elder or minister doesn't do the visiting.
In fact, in a proper mentoring relationship, an elder should be able to release his students to go visit on their own with no preacher or elder present. And to be visited by members trained by their elders to visit the sick on their own would be the sign of a deeply healthy congregation — which is no longer a retail provider of services but a body shaped in the image of Jesus of Nazareth.


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As many will remember, last year impatiens (Impatiens walleriana) everywhere died in late July and August. The plants became stunted and developed white fuzz on the underside of the leaf. Yellow leaf spots appeared on the topside of the leaves; the leaves dropped and the plants died.
The culprit was downy mildew (Plasmopara obducens). The mildew spores are on the plants and in the soil. The impatiens can be infected when they are shipped to the stores, at the stores, from your neighbor's plants, carried in on a breeze or from spores in your own soil.


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Next week, David Bowie's re-releasing his odd, accessible, oddly accessible 1976 classic Station To Station with individually numbered deluxe box sets containing enough audio/video media, memorabilia, and collector's ephemera to make any diehard blush. We thought it'd be a nice gift for one of you, so welcome to our first giveaway in awhile. (It's our first since February, actually.) Here's a rundown of what's in the box:
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There are bible gardens, which aim to have every plant mentioned in the bible. There are victorian gardens. Herb gardens. White flower gardens. Black flower gardens. Carniverous plant gardens.
I've been thinking what goes into a freethought garden? Somehow I keep thinking it's like my garden, which is a hodgepodge of everything. But that doesn't make it any different from any other.
I don't know. Darwin studied orchids. Not practical in most yards. There are plants that grew among dinosaurs - horsetail, monkey puzzle, cycads, fern trees, ginkgo. Again, not to practical in most yours.*
Thoughts? I googled but didn't come up with anything.
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Sunflowers would be good - as they follow the sun, produce seeds that birds and people eat. They stand tall and add light to the world.
Michael R. Mills, Always a joy!
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Sentient, I love theme gardens. When I did the major redesign in 1996, I followed the Native American tradition of wheel of the year:
east, morning, baby, spring, plant, learn, color yellow, air, to be, me,
south, mid-day, adult, summer, tend, work, color red, fire, to do, body,
west, evening, elder, autumn, harvest, preserve, color blue, water, to belong, you,
north, night, degeneration, decompose, contemplation, regenerate, color white, soil, to form, mind,
center, infinity, repeat, unity, renew, cycles, prism, elements, to transcend, complete
where the center point crosses east to west is me + you = we,
where the center point crosses south to north is body + mind = praexis (action + thought)
My friend had a Shakespeare garden with poems he wrote that mentioned the plant.
Another friend had a English garden.
Of course I can't forget the Japanese style and Zen, which I don't particularly care to maintain, but enjoy the tranquility.
Have fun!
Joan, the wheel of the year sounds wonderful and very meaningful! Very thoughtful!
I second that wheel of the year.
Thinking about this some more, a freethought garden should include not-following-the-rules.
It should evolve.
It should include a progression of change and adaptation.
The freethought garden should include diversity of species, hybrids, genetic and chromosomal changes that provide new insights and new directions.
There should be multi-purpose plants, such as plants that are ornamental as well as fruitful.
The gardener should be independent in source or plants and materials.
The garden should pay it forward - plants or produce from the garden should inspire others, and lead to their own freethought gardening.
The freethought gardener should feel free to utilize plants, seeds, starts, grafts, divisions, bulbs, from any source or individual, near or far. They should not be dependent on a particular source, however. Diversity is inspired.
The freethought gardener tinkers, with ideas, plants, tools, seed saving, hybridization, concepts, adaptations, and resources.
The freethought gardener thinks ahead, enriching the soil for the next generation, and propagating plants for friends, families, and people to come. The freethought gardener plants a tree whose shade they may never enjoy, but someone later might.
A freethought gardener may know they story of some of their plants. That may be the plants' origins, their name, the person or place where it came from to this garden, or the plant's original provenance.
A freethought garden contains lessons in evolution, biology, and inspiration to thought.
Im making this up as I go along. It still sounds a lot like what I'm doing anyway :-)
Sounds like a perfect way to develop a freethought garden; just enough theme upon which to create an environment that welcomes, refreshes, and renews. Growing soil as well as selecting things that thrive in your climate makes it strong, even as it provides a tranquil place of pleasure.
I love your descriptions for the gardener in the freethought garden. Just lovely Sentient.
I thought of a sundial - I made one for a science project in 8th grade for the Science Fair and I won 1st place. I was thinking that would be lovely in your Freethought Garden.
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