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/ xvih.-thirb series salisbury n c teuesbay august 11 1887 ko 42 i.v j j imuxett ! wise thoughts ■->• after the event bad con j ' iracter is no1 n ; : nf tim ■accomplishes thi cl ib o hen hi . <■:-'■■: oil easy en m :'.\ { enough to take of genius is not less ol ippointmeni than that y u ' hes his sermon well to ■■; re eh i to - j : ' i n is not of i one 1 1 jed by an when one has no l :> d reasons for | . ii thing he has one i ason , lie |; .■■::■_:■• is a i ■pa ing of the gi ■knave is honest i far a ha i | dnfailing specisc for liver disease jrr«lr!ui?ioi mouth ton«ue t«oat*u c n fur pain i:i ton mistaken ! i ; miui itomach : loss of appctiii : - and wati r i iilcncy iind sicid ■- ... •. iv oostivo headache . - i memory with failed to cio been clone ; debility ; low i:ril ■■uiick yellow ap ;. eyes u ilry : tin 1 uriuc is i il ....... cd lo khj bfiulitob purely vz 1table - i,!i : ■cu-ou3a . . : ivei s ' l ''■■:' n-.ry cf:'c2cy on tha 1 fgls mai ijo\r ! comnlahite ia ■:■■:-, i ' : ... ■'.. ■, f il >.:-■.:• s jam ■\ m.-lk.ll !><■{!!•> ssio !, colic i " :■:.-.•. thu bi3t i bi ( lildn i ■■cii»lis . : •. : .\ -.. ojly genuine !. . z : oi wrapper j h zeilin & co philadelphia pa i . . i'ria ■. sl.eo fledmont wag0n hickory n g can't be beat .,' 1 will i'o til y i illgllt l r hl square it immmi it va3 a hard fight but they have won it ! rea<l vha1 pooplo say ■them aiul if you want y nonio quickly and buy eithor for cash or i m \ inio s \ lisr.i iti . n ( '. s ■])!. 1st 1--i ii \ t'i'y ' iyht t '•:>) ■■. ii of i h ajji'iit jno a pi the t inil 1 - . l-relj in liiiitl ny sn '.\ . tin i li.-ivo nul ha i i c..|:l for i ep iirs i look i tlic hi : thim in 1 lif l'niteil s^tati -. n l o s 1 ex . ! : i asox - .!!... \ c ■ii i i boil m ot'jiio a ■ice anil no jiai t if il ■. ray slid ci ii ivpairs jilh.n 1 ii i i.v sams r v x ( '. sept :; i ih>8 : . ' . .!. iin i .,.,!:■-;.:;: f'ied i i pi'i-tt y ir.ui ii . ; i has r;n*£<l to •>:■a i\v n'otliiiii aboiii it icis givi n re it ii:i required no n t a w.u/ro.v s.\i.imil li v n ( ', s pt si li 1 -■>!'.. 1 uouiilh of i lift aiicni . in in tl)imblc skein piednioni ejlitcbi nm horse wairon i ■in almost con ant u jc aiifl ' ime have hauler on it at least ofiil mil i hat v ii hoiil anv iii i i wai ■, josiah riioro lived a chap whose only nini wtis to in fiilli il si flyer an empty-in 1 ul d is hi narcio was in lie brief j osier i : ' l a maid to i and i-ost ''■i liin^s u liny her y hit li piic ; ,! ■ort ." wlii .'- i •' ire for he declared it was si sin s ich rusi y things to buy her i'll ii>t i-u|)|)l_v you with i lie tin tin ; ' : ? an • c jo's ire r los-s i was to prow onr \ ■■■! when li li did d t ihm s lie aied : no longer we're on^suji'd ; his name was then jo ighcr ! i v after day ol hi itnibli tl sadly by her his cj •• m .'•'; ii ', !■•. for wi'silthier ji >(■;.< at isi one nay he ( i ' '•' l'un and pried : farewfll m irii r ah ha he yelled tliis life is done fizz bang ! oh ho jo's-liitrlier — ufinl-uillt gazette the useful saw tiio chichi buried in the kists cf antiquity \:; rx.stiir.mkxt of wheat utility in iii i ixdi 5trial world the greeks attributed the invention ■saw to the accidental finding of i he juw bi me oj a humio by talus who used n to cut through a small piece of wood being a slave and finding tins jaw bone <■.• eil his labor he made a saw of iron and thus shaped for man a new an i mosi valuable tool but t he i ! ■.: ■if t e v co dd be en •';! y suggested to primitive man in different section of ; he globe by accidental n itching of mel i : . or i he sorrati d hi mes of fish it is said the original inhabitants of ma found ; read . made saw in the back bone of a fish there is a saw-fly with saws in its tail which it uses to saw stem . leaves and fruit to make re tor its eggs i a ancient saws th ■tc th were so ar ranged that the cui v as made by pul ' i:n i -■■d of pushing and the f ■■■! h si t so thai ten or a d wii in suoee^ii m slanted one way and then ten or more n ■wanted in i he other instead of ith the d :■■."_•' s used c i.--5 cnl saw - i ir ■wo me also saws for cutting marble into s b and they had a tub ' r w . • . out a marble bath tub | imil r icipli to the modern im . . ■■irned city of i lercu ire wad uncovered repre : ; '.. m a i nii -:: iving a piece of wood i i a ( ■.:•;■> liter's bench not unlike j th'j ■;.;■r i\v in u ■■and using a saw with i v ooden frame i imilar to those ■■; ip •■■■■!. and ih : frame i tightened r :: h a rop ■and stick jiisi as v i ! i.'iwvers have it and was doubtless as li mans us ii ; - to us the lih i race i 1 i -■: iv-jnill in g r niany is of one at an j.sburg in the year 1 ; . , . and i here are nov i wo near that citv which are known to have existed since 1 : 1 7 before the invention of the saw-mill bo irds and planks were ■j>:ii wit h wedges and hewn sin 10th by i ic axe v ter i he ( 1 ro d of ilussia states he had great difficulty in induc ing the timber cutter of his empire to mtinue this method and ii is still , d ' ! where i he toois of civiliza ,: m are r.ol n hand in norway a count .". i for - : -. i i'.ere was not one saw-miil i efore itiho and i lie bin bittt rlv oji o.sed i he inf roduction oi • '.■■faw-mill 1 i 1 '''> ''■'•■■'' 1 1 illander erected one near londi ;:. but the wood cutters and saw vers would not permit it to continue n'o serious attempt to ere,-t a saw-mil in kngland was again made until l 707 when a large knglish iipii 1 .,-,- dealer built a saw-mill to be worked <■'. wind no so uer was il complete than the sawyers assembled in large numbers and demolished it the jovernmeni compensated the owner and a largo number of the 3 were puni hed a now mill speedily n placed ih ■di stroyed one and was a ■uece s now i hi y have saws in c ;■■■;,; britain so fine as to cut dia 1 circulai saws iii feet in liam :■r while the united scales have distanced tho english and almost readied perfci lion in i aw-mill ma chln rv and wood shaping machines an i i an immense ; m mni of lumber is wa ted i'i sawdn ! . but i wastage ; to be pi ictically stopped by machinory dr l -'•. :- : iit of hrooklyn n ) .. i of i lie improved vene •. l-uitii hino has applied the prin ij ii.tt mach ic to one for en thug r om of the machines a [ o ptod cor cutting ' s four foet long iind iv rrging two f ■■! in diameter will < ul in i ne day 31).rj«ni fret of inch 00,0(k ieei of h-ilf-ineh or s0,00 feet nf quarter-inch lumber the operation of en in renders smool h '!::■surface of the i ofinl as if phme.l » that the in ichii 1 ;.- : a combined subsi it ute for . ; v , inn ;, . ' phuiin ■. the inv utor ; sho barrel si ives made from 1 imb ■; i ;,;,,;;, j | -; ji ■:{ [)\ lus macllillc ai:d ! r-lain that il will turn out t,500 staves j er i.(h)o fee instead of the 1,800 other macliinos produ ■'. h will revo lutionize b ix nnd small wo .■! mannfac i nring the kartli the creates thing a hum in sou 1 ,,,;• doe in this world is to s e ■omc : ihing and then toll wh:.t it s iw in a system on the farm the cause of hard limes among far mer.-s is not high taxes or what they pay the preacher not i fault of their members to the legislature or of their wive who do more work every twelve months than the best man servani on the plantation not freshets droughts killing frost and insects which often disturb the little half-done work con stantly going on even on the best arranged farms no none of these it is lack of system in the business of farming among the land owners v ho can succeed or is success to be pound where there is no system ? vou hear the land owner complain the common ignorant white man and the negro complain of hard times each accuse the other of not having done his duty and to a certain extent the accusation is correct but really the starting point for hard times is in the so-called intelligent land owner he lacks system in his business from beginning to end system mikes heavy loads light it inspires conlidence brings about obedience and respect from those who are dependent upon j the good citizens for home and employ ment when we secure those things then are we leady to be rid of the in fernal nuisance of always crying hard times in the first place we cannot educate everybody the majority will not ac cept it even if it is ottered them and so long as agriculture is a business we will to a great extent have to contend with an element of labor destitute if intelligence and order in every suc cessful enterprise you find there a man capable of furnishing and enforcing a system one of his own or he adopts ; one of his neighbor's who in the same line and with the same capital has made it profitable and until such ' ;; the case on our farms we may con tinue to carry posted on our jacks the large black letters poor old fanner now we can't afford to live as we have been for tin past twenty years we i r o in debt at it it is not respec : table besides it is injustice to white and black who are compelled to work for a support and start in life a poor system is better than none most of us have none but can t we hive a good j one we have money and courage enough left if applied and directed under a good system of farming to s son bo independent but to keep our | nsii i gait iii.vi'is desl ruction (!.;■■or two farmers can't do what u i i be done in this direct ion ; ia a meas ure i will take us all we must unite in the firsi place ov n your land and if i yon have m ire than von can bring to a high state of cultivation and don't care t ) sell put some man on it who can show a certificate from his las employ er stating that he is faithful and obe dient and allow him to know even by ! passing through your neighborhood that you with tne balance of your neighbors are fair and honest bnt determined and progressive and thai not a moment's time is to be wasted ! and the pay he receives must bo earned then put into t his tenants hands a method by which on that land he can expect good crops and improve your land every year to make the above merely an under standing or contract with a tenant on the first day of january is not worth the time yon spend in naming over | what is required oar or a competent agent's personal attention must be i there three-fourths of the time a'jri cuitural bulletin bill nye the xew york graphic lias the fol lowing sketch of bill nye the humor ist now of the world : i):il xves exact age and birthplace are topics which afford considerable scope for speculation lie is certainly however under two score in point of yeai-h and if he was not born in wis consin he has lived long enough at hudson iu that stale to eaii it home somewhere in the neighborhood of eight or nine years ago xyc was n country pedagogue in one of the north western counties nt ' colorado spell ing-bees were all the rage ai thai period in his vicinity and he wrote an account of one given in his school-house and sent it to the denver tribune 0 el rothaker who is now publishing a splendid newspaper in omaha was the managing editor of the tribune who received nye's first humorous offering ie recognized it as a piece of good work printed it and seen red the am bit ious schoolmaster iu an oeea ional correspondent by placing him on the list of dead-head subscribers nye wrote iii this manner for several months and then concluding that funny j mrnalisni was hi forte he re moved to laramie wyoming and started the boumeirwy 1 1 made money bv the venture and eventually became tfi j stm isterof th it ft inrisliing little i-iiv failing health rendered his re turn to wis onsin necessary his r , . :;' temptations and tribulations are too i nminouplace for comment we have lived a long time — longer indeed than the allotted period — but we mver yet knew a man to make money by going to law observation has tau'jht us it would be bciter eerfcainly cheaper to give your neigh bor a hundred dollars or two than to l ia\v him 1 for the amoir.it though it ' may be justly due you a ns | 7 tin > surprised ecdsk r n hank commissioner foot of los angeles cal had an amusing experi ence in the gold times of california the story as told to a local reporter runs as follows in the early days of the gold excite ment before many of the yonng men of the present day were born mr potts and his partner both miners put their beads together and decided that there was probably gold at the head waters of the s.;;i joaqnin they thought it would be well to investigate thematti r and accordingly they set out in due time they arrived they discovered a deep hole in the bed of one of the forks and they con cluded that if there was gold anywhere in the bod of the stream if was in thai hole they tried diving to reach the bottom but liie water was too deep and fliey found themselves in a dilem ma iv pott's partner beflmmght him of a diving suit in san b'raneisco thai he could procure and the descision w;;s reached tnai he go ana bring it this he did arriving with it alter a time those who have seen a diving s-nit are aware of the frightful appearence of a man arrayed iii it the front oi the headpiece is a large circular pan of glass that gives the wearer t'ii sip pearance of a hideous cyclops from the top of the head runs a rubber tube for supplying air to diver and th!-;v i ■also a rope attached for hauling him mr pott's partner arrayed himseli in the suit laying across the hole was a fallen tree and mr potts and his partner walked out upon the log and the partner slippid down into the water and was instantly out of iir!i mr potts holding the ropebywhien to hold him tip the agreed signal was a jerk on tin 1 rope while mr potts was thus sitting on the log and holding the rope lie ap peared to be fishing with a m;i 1 h;i for big fish re was thus engaged when chief kaweah d his squaws came down from the mountains where they had been gathering nuts he stopped and addressed mr potts you ketchum fish xo not yet was the repl t , bui ! expect a bite pretty soon 1 the old chief was evidently much interested in the scene and withoui more ado he squatted on the hank and awaited developments his squaws fol lowed his example pretty soon there came a jerk on the rope thai rippled the surface of the water kaweah l>eeamc greatly cx | cited when he saw mr potts pulling on the line and the old chief got to his feet and watched the procedure with the deepest interest presently the monster of the deep came to the sur face with the hideous cyclopean eye turned in kaweah's disreel < n ugh shouted the warrior and then he and his squaws turned and hi tl panic stricken over the plain : . a good one en a senator i;i washington no man 1ms a greater reputation for flow of language than senator blackburn of kentucky he is considered a fountain of words and oratory congressman green of north carolina telis a story of how assistant postmaster grenorufadiai k stevens in of illinois hit oil this accomplishment at a li tnquet where they were h il h present eieminiscences wnv in order and blackburn had been striking oui right and l ft with jokej at evcryb l at ih table stevenson started on to relate an incident of his college days when blackburn and he were stn ' lit together and said : rtheser.ator will tell you that he remembers well the duel between two of our fe!lo;v-shul i in which we acted as second black burn interjected a remark thai he re membered perfectly well arid steven son continued : the two young fel lows had got i::to a dispute which fchey saw no other way of settling except by the code of honor we went out to the field of battle we posted our men von renn mber blackburn said he how you paced ofe the ground and how we stood the fellows up oh yes said blackburn i remem ber very well then stevenson re sumed the iin of hisstr.ry well we had the fellows pistol in hand read for uso just as i he snn was sho ting its ays up over the hills in the east blackburn seemed to think it was a proper thing to say something and he stepped oui in froni of our little party to make a few remark it i mourn ful to think of the results or thai duel here stevenson paused for a in mient when somebody at the table called out were they both killed ?" xo was the quick response when mr black burn got through it was too dark for them to fire amid th ■uproar of laughter that ensued the senator tried to protest that he did not rem raber that part of the duel but the jury ol diners passed the verdict that he h id not proved an alibi and that he stood convicted on his general reputation - xeir york tribune our government is b lilt upon the j vote but votes that are purchasable i are quicksands and a government built upon them stands nnon corruption and revolution no school is more necessary to chil dren than patience because either the ' will must e broken in childhood ortlio heart in old a/*e an early 3:rd and tha wo in n y sun it was n t quite five o'clock in the morning the sun had not yet begun ! to transact hi daily business when a i newspaper num " ho loves early dew vnok a stroll through central park only two persons from the fifty-ninth street entrance tothe mall disturbed the monotonous clatter oi the 1>h'-1s a few feet f om the music ; stand was an el lerlv geat'i man with arevolntion ary c at and frayed trousers up car j : ri 1 a cane and wore a restless pair of ! eyes onfc early my friend said the re porter in an off hand style i salute got to begin my business said the wiry old fossil and what may bo the peculiar na ture of your business well you see pard i'm a profession al :- ■irclier 1 change with the seasons jus like bonnets and other parts of woman's gear i'm on hand the first fellow after a big crowd to pick up the crumbs what's crumbs why whatever they drop knick knacks jew el rv money ail's fish as conies t my net beats the world how much a mart scavenger can pick up sifter n mob in the wintertime i work the balls and the opera and swell private entertainments on the outside after the whole thing isr over and ju-t as it's ! ; ii and in the summer 1 work the parks and picnics and the excur sions regular business though and you've got to have system in i big crowd yesterday sunday on the mall and here i am been iii re since day break nosing around and picked up so far 8323 in change and a bracelet get in my work before the eop.s come around early bird and the worm see 1 •■\\ hat u ' yon do with the valuables say jewelry •■\\ atcli t he lost columns ol the pa pers iind if the reward's half way de cent 1 turn em in g ' •'•'•"> • hist win ter for an earring droppe i in the tor in front of the metropolitan opera house when there's no show of an own r 1 convert era on the bowery took in a lot of luce handkerchiefs last winter and a fair stake in cash out you've got to have eyes to get along ;■! this profession pardner can you manage to make a living ai ii r well ii run'i no national bank but i've stood the wolf off five years at ii and the hours iiini sn hard as } ou find i:i : ome oilier professions ' iioiv indians toisjia xhoir arrows ( nalm republican 1 ; was n long time before friday came and 1 began i ■think !.-• was i fl ing to li regard my summons and was ■/■■:; ing ry w lien he suddenly put ni an sippeararn ■. ! explained to him wliat ! wi-li il to know and withoui the sliglii hi itation lie said to the win rablc arrow-maker tell n brol her all i ; i ui the poi i arrows •• wtii said the old man ".:;-. we take a bio :'■cl yellow rattlesn ik ■in angus when l ■i • mosi poisonous and tie hin with a forked stick i i a stake then we tease him tint ii he is in great rago this is done by passing a swii h over his body from hear to uil when ho thresh s the ground with his bo y and ni • i y grow bright ami ; liko di unoiids we kill i d er c»r i ■■■■:.,-■oi h ;■: i'i animal and tearing on liv ■.-. i iiro ■-. i i >'■'■■■nak v hile warm and thfl blood still i oursinj through it i'i ■:■■■,■• ile will nice ii again and :.:: iin and prei by soon i will :,. in to turn black when he tires th • ;;■!:.•■is con ed again and he i in rlnci d to sink his f i r j into the soft flesh until all the p lison has been ex trai ted from him w the liver is r ek ing with it he i then killed and the liver lifted with a sharp p ■: >, for so dangerous is ii no one dares touch n tli ■liver is lei lie for about an hour when ir is ah !■■:.! i bl ick and eaiii a sour smell arrow are then br mgh and i heir iron he.ids pushed into the liver up to the shaft i hey are lefi sticking there for one hour and a h ilf win n t liey tire w itlnlrawn and dried in the s in a ihin glisti :.: : yellow scum atlh ':■■■to the arrov ■■■. '. if ib so much a touches raw fie h it is certain to poi on i to death 1 i asked if lndiar.3 still used poisoned arrow ;. •':■■•." he replied no man ndi tn or white m n for yi ai • ;■■b en i ii wii h i he ■■■arrow . a . lhi v are no ''.■■■■• ; r in ide iid:f arrcotej tii news ■■•. ;.- n i.'eiv ■! \. '■: i ; ii satisfjii'l ion i»j lic c immunity ' i had lei :-■: izi ■: uil i iie arrcsl of a ■: - , : ; that is stc:.iiii iiivaj a lovi 1 a i valued life ;-:■- neiiif i ■,. ni 1 1 inspire lie . f£r.:tii ude chi cold es i ■eniii io.s deprc i ; '. -. and extremely mi sera-hi ■iisatios wii '■■pale v isi foal m ■. are the re.su cause si urn ■hy ts\kin;j di . pier ■h gr.i den me ik\il i isco ery l : - a ; vi-v i ■■■':■■■■. vc that w ill fen . find cap '■•■■i lie un ' subtli lung oi , disorder druggists whilojackeys are getting sl.coo for winning a single la e and 1 t » is iv-:i n baseball player for one season . some i 1 our most desen ing country edi : i tors are offering to take watermelons ■and peaches for subs riptions xeir * oi'n ( onwii vein to save his mother we have had i german baron amonsj us baron von karlstein u-ho ia written a book iibout xew york and its inhabitants oue of his m dotes ia vera good and interesting ' i washington's birthday he was • in in a crowd on the corm r of fifth avenue and fourteenth street waiting for the grand procession toarrive the first drums w re in the distance when a young man in his shirt sleeve and hatless passed through the assembled multitude and ad iressed thep li eratin who k<-jit tl people back o:ii er he exclaimed my m d '. t is sick in a house near sixth avenue she has udtlenly been taken much worse and.the doctor says thai i tii 1 procession passes o ir house the noi^e will kill her •■(). k v ung fell .'■id the iceman and left him to run up the av enue where he tooj some twenty feet before hie ] ■.:. and screamed halt 1 holding np n light rattan cane with both han ! . th ■•■. •' i v - ■> . ed along the line an adjutant galloped f rward beni over his horse's neck and exchanged i few words with t he p 1 iceman . suddenly the com maud forward march !" was heard and the immense bodv of men proceeded to the corner of fourteenth street without any music except the lightest possible tapping of drums then came righi wheel 1 and nearly fifty thousand men whom immense crowds were waiting to see and cheer wheeled ii fourteenth street o broadway and down broad way they marched without music until they were beyond the distance at which they might disturb the sick woman x one asked why an army of w 11 drilled adniiriably-cqnipped many of them battle scarred veterans turned oui oi their pal li al i he simple request of a single policeman arm 1 with but a nittjiii cane [{ would have been but i trifling matter for them to take i rotham : but no th i geneml in command when he r eeived ii 1 young man's thanks reminded him thai his very natural req iesl was addr d to gentlemen and soidiers and a gentle man be he soldier or not reveres the sacred name of mother boaton i tcl iiov lor a watch should last a firsl class watch should lasi for a hundred year if ; rop i rly i iiken care of : aid a well km ■■■■■n a :■;. li-maki r to n new york mai and i'jxwess i ••'!':;- rea in thai . liey n • r out i : e f ilt of tho i wj*er an«l noi of the watch i i the lir.st place a \\ d he (■:■• . i and niled in i eigh en n . ff ihis ; the oil dry a . 1 \'... \\> rk i v ear out bv frici i n an '.'•■" mi ■'•;■■is to w r ;: atch in an onl ids ; ••••-. •; wher ■: is li:i 1 to be j i ;: ■" • kvi ivn i watcli ■- mine 1 by inili ivd ; ! iviu ; t i;-:i :•■! \ : . ! •'. v ; make a long sli the a en " iy '■:■nighl i:i • \ i;)lenl conlac n itli the t.iij'c a;i:l i j ri ,' ean : : kiuv ;;: kugland thi v are m ■rpiei e.s oi woi kmiuship i ii ' tn '.'...: i r next and i h ■■■manufuci ured in > ; v itz 1 i bird in ordei some wa dies are m ide to nr.i i igi ; days v i h oni winding bill they will ik ver b • ■une popular torget tn wind t!i ni tip on tha i day i kii iw i i onlj one ■r two in riiis eouni rv i ! ej are m ;■!■■;:; ■■; land th : usual i iigth i f time modi : : i wateht's re i lieulatfd with one win ling i prom thii i v i thirty sis hours sam houston's si lie the vote of g n ral i i msion in tiie uniti il states senate on the repeal < \ the m - ■uri < omj;r r.niso v nderc i tempi rarily unp >| -, ; r in tex -. in ; he poli aigii foliowin : drew lai ge ! a - ... ■on ; iie hnstinj ! inn . on oue • . 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Interesting, for this team to win the SB assuming we all want to beat the Rams, this team needs to win 9 games in a row.
The Hawks have never won 9 games in a row that included playoffs. The 2005 team won 11 in a row during the regular season only playing 2 teams of the 11 with a winning record.
They then lost the last game of regular season to the 4 and 12 GB, so they only needed to win 2 games to get to the show.
Can we do it??? On a team that is making new "firsts" in the history of the Hawks this year, is 9 in a row one of them?
Me personaly I want and think we can win 9 in a row and 4 consecutive away games (includes SB) (assuming GB doesnt lose to the Vikings), but it is a tall order.
Are you superstitious? Do we need to lose the last game to the Rams so we only need to win 4 in a row? I voted for 9 in a row. But others may be superstitious.
Go Hawks


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In Steve Bush's role developing household consumer items at The Procter & Gamble Company, he's involved in the physics behind products as well as their economic feasibility, and Mathematica gives him the tools to evaluate both.
He first turned to Mathematica to solve complex equations for a customized gear application and was immediately impressed by Mathematica's implementation and precision.
Bush says, "Numerically, it's powerful enough not only to create the geometry but also to show how the product is going to work in real life where things are not necessarily perfect. Being able to turn math or theory into working prototypes in such an efficient way is really worth a lot to us."


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|March 3 or 4, T.A. 3019
|Images of Háma
|By Ardamir. (Help; more articles)
- "The staff. . . may be more than a prop for age. . . Yet in doubt a man of worth will trust to his own wisdom"
- ― The Two Towers, The King of the Golden Hall
Háma was the doorward of Théoden and captain of the King's guard of Rohan. He is shown as a loyal and devoted man, though he often anticipates his orders.
Háma served as the doorguard of Edoras, the abode of the King of Rohan. In early March T.A. 3019, four guests arrive at his post: Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas and Gandalf. He stood by the rules of the house, and ordered them all to surrender their weapons. He permitted Gandalf to keep his staff, an oversight which would prove decisive in the War of the Ring.
For this oversight, Háma was reprimanded by Théoden, and briefly relieved of his position as the doorguard. Háma did his Lord's bidding, and also released Éomer from captivity. The King's sister-son was imprisoned by Gríma Wormtongue, who was shortly before overthrown with the use of Gandalf's staff. Háma arrested Gríma, and found various missing items in his possession, including Herugrim, the King's sword.
Háma rode with Théoden to the Hornburg, and fought in the battle that ensued shortly after. He fell before the great gate, and his body was hacked to pieces by a horde of Uruks. He was given the honour of being buried in a grave of his own under the shadow of the Hornburg. Despite his annoyance with his doorward, Théoden obviously had an affection for Háma, and grieved at his fall, so much so that that he personally cast first earth on his grave.
The name Háma comes from Old English, and means as much as "home, house, dwelling". The same element is used in Hamfast.
Portrayal in adaptations
1981: BBC Radio's The Lord of the Rings:
- Michael Spice voiced Háma
2002: Peter Jackson's The Two Towers:
- John Leigh plays Háma. The lengthy dialogue with Aragorn is absent in the movie, since Aragorn is not bearing Andúril. He is killed during a Warg-attack on the road to Helm's Deep, rather than in the battle itself.
Later in the movie, Aragorn is seen talking with "Haleth, son of Háma". The name could be a reference to the synonymous siblings Haleth and Háma, the sons of Helm Hammerhand.


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Going from storyboard to layout has similar problems that cleaning up a drawing does. You have to not lose the life of the board (when there is any). It's not the same as tracing though, because you have other problems to solve and sometimes you have to put the characters "on-model" which is not tracing the model sheets! A layout artist has these tasks to fulfill:
1) Functional: The scene has to work
2) Enhance the Storyboard Artists' ideas- this means to take the poses and acting further, which is not easy. There is a lot of analysis involved.
3) Add poses and expressions matching the voice actors' inflections.
4) Make the drawings tight enough that the animator knows where to put the lines. Leave nothing vague.
5) Draw the characters "on-model". That means they have to look like who they are, but without toning everything down. They still have to be alive and constantly in action and thought.
Animation is the most important creative tool we have. That's why we call it "animation" and not "storyboarding" or "scripting". (I stole that from Eddie)
Because we don't do animation in TV anymore, no one even knows what it is or how it works. That is our #1 biggest creative problem and why creatively, TV can't evolve, it can only decay as each successive generation copies the previous one's mistakes instead of learning to animate and adding to a book of knowledge by animators amassed from generation to generation.
1) The drawings - the drawings visually tell the story and the acting
2) The movement- the movement and can smooth out the drawings and color the emotions and acting, but smooth movement without original compelling, entertaining, custom made drawings doesn't hold much interest.
Animation is expensive, because it takes so many thousands of drawings. That's why it is sent to cheap overseas studios to do. So my TV theory is, if you can't afford lots of drawings to make it smooth, then keep some drawings here and make them entertaining. I reasoned that expressive characters will tell the story better than smooth bland ones anyway.
Layout is the step before animation. It's where artists plan the scenes and draw the characters and backgrounds in relation to each other. In the early 80s, that was still being done in the U.S.
I figured if I drew funny poses and acting in my layouts, then at least the animators overseas would have something to go with, even if the cheap animation wasn't going to be smooth.
We had Hanna Barbera send us audio cassettes of all the dialogue from the cartoons and we listened to the tracks and drew poses with lots of life that matched the actors' inflections.
The young layout artists like Bin and Ronald and others all were eager to do it this way and drew some lively fun cartoons.
The trick was then getting the animators to actually use the drawings! They were trained to look for anything that wasn't on the model sheet and then "fix it" - put it on model. So they would undo all our efforts, until I found a sympathetic director who worked extra hard to untrain/retrain the animators and he made them use what we did....then there was another department of assistant animators! and then a mysterious department called "Model fix-up Department"!
Holy crap! The whole system was engineered to bland out any creative input anyone along the way had managed to insert into the product.
On Mighty Mouse we worked on my system and did all the layouts in house. Our overseas director Dave Marshall used my crew of Chinese layout artists, who were now animating and made sure everyone there used our poses. The animation as someone said in the comments was not the smoothest- but at least our cartoons were now acting!
At Spumco I refined the system further, but anytime I worked with any new artists or studios I would have to retrain everyone to get them to not tone down whatever we sent them to work from.
This is getting way too long...maybe later I will tell the whole history of how we had to create this production system and train other studios to follow it.


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House sellers' asking prices saw their biggest year on year jump since 2007 in February, a property website has reported.
Rightmove said that asking prices have risen to 51,964 on average across England and Wales, which is 6.9 per cent higher than a year ago as demand from would-be buyers continues to strengthen.
This is the highest annual rate of growth since November 2007 and means that new sellers are now asking over 6,000 more for their home than those who came to market a year ago.
On a month-on-month basis, asking prices were ramped up by 3.3 per cent across the country, although Rightmove said that signs that more sellers are starting to coming to market could have a calming effect on prices in some areas the coming months.
Every region saw year-on-year growth in asking prices, from a 11.2 per cent year-on-year increase in London which took average prices to 41,313, to a 0.1 per cent uplift in the North East, pushing typical prices to 42,372.
In Wales, asking prices are up by 2.3 per cent year on year, to reach 65,055 on average.
Rightmove said there was a "welcome jump" in the number of properties coming to market this month. The number of new properties listed on the website has averaged 27,768 over the last four weeks, marking an 18 per cent increase on the same period a year ago.
But there are also signs that this extra supply is already being soaked up by buyer demand, indicating that sales numbers could be "considerably higher in 2014 than 2013", the website said.
It said there has been a slight fall in the average number of properties for sale per estate agency branch over the month, from 58 homes to 57.
If the rise in properties coming on the market continues and starts to run ahead of buyer demand, this will ease the upwards pressure on house prices by widening the number of potential homes for people to choose from.
But Rightmove said it will take more than one month of improvements in new listings to bring the market back into balance and some "hotspots" have seen no uplift in new property listings at all.
Miles Shipside, director of Rightmove, said: "The housing market can only help to support a wider economic recovery if there is a sustained boost to property supply and not just buyer demand, and there is some early evidence that this is happening.
"However, supply and demand imbalances remain and are getting worse in many markets, as a result of years of under-provision of additional housing stock, especially in the areas where the local economy and employment are strong."
The Government's flagship Help to Buy scheme has helped to boost demand in the housing market by improving the availability of mortgage deals for creditworthy buyers with deposits as low as 5 per cent.
But critics of the scheme argue that it has also helped to fuel an imbalance between demand and supply in the housing market, which is putting an upward pressure on house prices and encouraging people to stretch their borrowing.
Last week, the Money Advice Service (MAS), a body set up by Government, released research which found that one in five people who have got on the property ladder in the last two years now regrets not buying somewhere cheaper.


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Ds2 seems to be struggling with oald. some feeds he seems to manage the flow ok, but other feeds he really struggles to stay afloat. Usually he will gulp like crazy for a couple minutes and then he will either pull off and freak out, or settle in for a decent nursing session. Once he freaks out, it is almost impossible to get him back on and settled. I'm struggling because some days like today, almost all of his feeds ended badly. his poops are all green and watery, and he just seems unhappy. I try to keep him above the boob, but he still struggles. Ive been almost exclusively nursing in the football hold, and I try to do it while leaning back, but it doesn't seem to help.
My other question is if it is possible to have oald without oversupply. Cause I don't have a lot of engorgement or leakage, but I can clearly see lo struggle with my letdown.
He is a big baby and is gaining well. 8.10 when born, 9.7 at 2 weeks, and I think he's at least 10 pounds if not more now at 4 weeks (dr is in a few days). he's generally mellow but he's getting fussier as he seems to be struggling more.


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TheRedQueen wrote:Do you think that the positive pit bull shows(mainly on Animal Planet) on TV nowadays are helping turn the tide of negative thoughts towards the breed?
FAB dogs wrote:I don't know if it's a turning of the tide per se or if there's just more education going on. Seems to me the people I talk to at the shelter who love the breed love it fiercely. Those who don't care for the breed are just as fierce in their dislike. Perhaps some of these shows are just educating people who are on the fence to begin with.
LMM wrote:I guess I give the kids a little more credit. I know of a few kids right now that volunteer with us, they have friends whose parents are part of the whole "pit bulls are the devil incarnate"movement. Whenever they are over to one of these parents houses they all gang up on with a little of their own education when that parents makes an ignorant statement, resident kids included.
I'm sure there will be some kids who are molded by their parents but I find that by and large, kids are their own individuals quite capable of forming their own opinions and speaking out loudly against their parents as often as possible
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columbia wrote:JeffDFD wrote:columbia wrote:The DJI +99 at the moment.
Are you on a 20 minute delay? May want to update that...down to +15....now around 30
Your Google is faster than my Google?
Actually...some truth to that: I just looked again and it refreshed the time....it has been two hours behind.
Check the small print on whatever DJI you are using...most of them will usually say somewhere "'5 minute delay" or something like that...some are real time...some are more than 5 minute delay (easier just to take snapshots than be real time, streaming)
Then again, if it doesnt update until you refresh...then there you go. Never refresh that page and you win every day!


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- Rewind to 2000
Gianluca Vialli loses the Chelsea dressing room
Following the surprise sacking of Roberto Di Matteo at Chelsea, we flash back to the start of the Millennium to prove that it was not just Roman Abramovich who had trigger-finger at Stamford Bridge...
Roberto Di Matteo should barely have been surprised when a P45 stamped with the Chelsea club crest fell through his letter box on Wednesday, given that he witnessed a very similar story unravel during his time as a player at Stamford Bridge.
Gianluca Vialli, like Di Matteo a softly spoken Italian, won five trophies in three years for the Blues, including European and FA Cup glory, but was dismissed under the cloud of "losing the dressing room" by chairman Ken Bates.
As Di Matteo sat in the lonely glare of the Juventus Stadium in Turin, helplessly flanked by Eddie Newton and watching his side slump to a 3-0 defeat, he knew the result meant Chelsea are likely to become the first Champions League winners in the competition's history to crash out in the group phase.
Almost symbolically, the club's record signing - £50 million Fernando Torres - sat perched above Di Matteo's left shoulder, an image every bit as powerful as if Torres had extended his arm to give his boss the decisive shove. By choosing not to play the club's prized asset and only out-and-out striker, indeed by choosing not to play a striker at all, Di Matteo appeared to lose the faith of his players, sections of his supporters and - crucially - his employer.
Vialli knows the feeling. If Di Matteo had Torres helping him through the exit door, Vialli had half a team pushing him through it. Once a great friend of his colleagues as a player, he alienated those same faces when trying to establish himself as a manager, with "lack of communication" cited as the reason for his departure.
"Vialli has problems with everybody, with Albert Ferrer and many others. It's normal for a coach to get on with his lads, but not him," Frank Leboeuf said of the Italian.
"The fans wanted me to play but Vialli didn't. And his word is final," said Dan Petrescu, who was forced out of the club by Vialli despite a fan campaign to keep him. "Vialli never said anything to me but the message was very clear."
Like Di Matteo, the reign of Vialli began mid-season and ended with trophies being placed into the cabinet. At 33 years of age Vialli became player-manager as replacement for Ruud Gullit, and led the west London outfit to victory in the European Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup.
Although not the Holy Grail that the Champions League represents, the Cup Winners' Cup triumph, achieved with victory over Stuttgart, still acted as a giant success for Vialli who became the youngest manager to win a UEFA competition. That record was later beaten by Andre Villas-Boas, who himself has experienced the gun-to-the-head style ownership at Chelsea Football Club.
Success continued for Vialli, who beat Real Madrid to the Super Cup before leading Chelsea to their highest league position for nearly 30 years. More silverware followed in the 1999-00 campaign as the Italian - now solely a manager - lifted the FA Cup.
However, much as it would for Di Matteo in 2012, that trip to Wembley acted as something of a premature leaving party, for within five games of the new season Vialli was sacked. A total of six points from those fixtures (comparing favourably to Di Matteo's five from his last five) brought things to a head.
A day that started with news that Chelsea were looking into the option of signing Vialli's compatriot and friend Paolo di Canio, actually ended with the Chelsea manager's dismissal. "It is in our best interests to seek a change of direction," read the club statement.
The decision drew a stunned response, with Graeme Le Saux saying: "All the Chelsea players are shocked and no one had any idea this was happening." Pierluigi Casiraghi, bought by Vialli, said: "Ken Bates does not know the meaning of gratitude. He is arrogant and has made a mistake."
Yet there was little anger from Vialli's camp, with agent Athole Still confirming the player-power factor in the decision. "The reason for Luca's sacking has nothing to do with the club's results at the start of the season," he said.
"The reason was that he had lost the confidence of some of the players. The spirit in the camp was not what he or Chelsea wanted to have. Gianluca accepts that he had lost the confidence of some of the players, and therefore completely accepts the club's prerogative in choosing to dismiss him."
Zola, so adored by the Chelsea faithful, was believed to be the catalyst as he and Vialli's relationship cracked, the little Italian genius rotated and overlooked despite the magic clearly possessed in his diminutive feet. Another big personality, Didier Deschamps, expressed how Vialli's efforts to switch from player to manager became lost in translation.
"I felt very frustrated on the pitch and also in my relationships with Vialli, which were difficult or even impossible. It was hard because I had a very different opinion of him as a player from the coach he became."
What happened next?
Another Italian, Claudio Ranieri, was named as Vialli's replacement and was soon given a £120 million war chest to spend under new owner Abramovich. Ranieri took Chelsea back into the Champions League and developed a love affair with the Chelsea faithful, but was eventually replaced by Jose Mourinho as Abramovich craved instant success.


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It's just a small, stuffed giraffe. But for two Buckner sisters – Stacy Barter and Amy Miller – the cuddly animal is more than a plaything.
Not only does it remind Stacy and husband Phil of the boy-girl twins they lost at 24 weeks in February 2007, but it's also the heart of The Tiny 2 Giraffe Project that evolved from the premature deaths of twins Truman and Taylor.
Since founding the project two years ago, the sisters have brought love and comfort to some 80 bereaved families who have experienced a miscarriage, a stillbirth or an infant death.
The Tiny 2 Giraffe Project provides bereavement and miscarriage care packages to patients at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence. The hospital is a co-partner in the project, which the sisters say is "a group of people who work together to serve Centerpoint patients."
"What we hoped to provide was not only something for the families, but also something for the nurses to give to (grieving) families," Stacy says, noting the nurses wanted to be helpful but didn't have any resources.
Composed of some 30 to 35 volunteers, the project isn't affiliated with any church or any organization.
"Amy warehouses all the items at her house, and we assemble as needed," Stacy says, noting the hospital keeps five or six care bags available for nurses to distribute at their discretion. "We just keep Centerpoint stocked up with the bags, and they call us when they need more."
Each green tote bag, with a giraffe in the logo, contains "a little bit of everything," she says, including a set of matching blankets. "One blanket can go with the baby to the funeral home and the other can remain with the family."
There's also a stuffed giraffe, which is used in various ways, she says. "Some bury them with their child. Some keep them as a memory."
"To wipe away the tears" is an embroidered handkerchief, to moisturize the lips is ChapStick and to moisturize the body is a travel-size lotion.
In addition, there is a writing pen, a chocolate bar, breath mints, two tea bags, facial tissues, a journal/notebook and two books: "When Hello Means Goodbye" and "A Guide for Fathers: When a Baby Dies."
Stacy recalls searching for something to do to channel her grief after her premature twins died. However, she confesses, she didn't do a very good job of finding an outlet until the births of her second set of boy-girl twins, Thomas and Tanner. They were born at Centerpoint 11 months to the day after the first set of twins died at the Medical Center of Independence.
Hearing about an organization providing care packages to patients at Kansas University Hospital intrigued the sisters, who thought, "Why can't we do that for Centerpoint ?"
And they did.
Stacy, who admits The Tiny 2 Giraffe Project started selfishly as an outlet to honor Truman and Taylor, recalled attending an infant memorial service last fall at Centerpoint and seeing a weeping woman clutching a stuffed giraffe from her bag.
"It was great to see the giraffe meant so much to her," Stacy says, recalling that during the 14 days she spent in the hospital with her first set of twins, she had a tiny giraffe to comfort her, too.
But what was it about this awkward-looking animal that attracted Stacy?
It was the long legs, she says.
"Truman and Taylor had the longest legs and looked like a giraffe," Stacy says, adding, that "it just became natural for us to use the giraffe on our logo ... as the giraffe is a symbol of the twins."
After two years, The Tiny 2 Giraffe Project is still making a difference in the lives of Centerpoint patients.
"Actually, we are growing and expanding our outreach with the start of a miscarriage care program," she explains. "As we talked to more and more moms, we came to find out from the number of care packages we have handed out that there is a whole group of women who miscarry and just kind of walk in and out of the hospital."
But not anymore, thanks to Centerpoint nurses who present moms who miscarry with a special bag containing the following: a tealight candle, packet of Forget Me Nots flower seeds, raspberry hot tea (aids with cramping), chamomile hot tea (calming), a care and grief pamphlet, facial tissues and a chocolate bar.
Now The Tiny 2 Giraffe Project is collecting old wedding gowns and turning them into burial dresses for premature babies.
Says Stacy: "My biggest hurdle initially out of the hospital was that we had these little, bitsy babies that wouldn't fit in regular clothes, so we ended up at a doll shop in Shawnee, Kan., and purchased tiny doll clothes for them to be buried in. So we are hoping to be able to supply an instant resource at the hospital for families to have dresses that are accessible to them to bury their kids in."
Burial dresses, though, are not in the bereavement packages. Instead, they are sent to Centerpoint and given to families who request them. One full-size gown will make eight to 10 burial dresses.
For more information about volunteering your services as a seamstress, donating a wedding gown of any vintage, making a monetary donation or additional information about The Tiny 2 Giraffe Project, call Stacy, 816-550-7864, or Amy, 816-507-9927. More information is available on their Facebook page: http://tinyurl.com/acqasep
As for the future, Stacy and Amy say the project will continue with its mission of taking care of the needs of bereaved moms.
"As we grow and if we can increase our volunteer base, we may branch out to additional hospitals. But I can't see us saying, 'We are done.'
Keep up the good work, Stacy, Amy and all you volunteers. Your humanitarian efforts are making a big difference in the lives of so many moms. May God bless your efforts.
Retired community news reporter Frank Haight Jr. writes this column for The Examiner. You can leave a message for him at 816-350-6363.


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Response to President Obama's Executive Order: Combating Wildlife Trafficking
IFAW STATEMENT: Jeffrey Flocken, IFAW North American Regional Director
Illegal trade in wildlife around the planet is both rampant and shockingly destructive to humans and animals. We applaud President Obama's executive order to elevate the U.S. government's engagement in the fight against the growing illegal wildlife trade. This action gives recognition to the threat the illicit trade poses not only to animals like elephants and rhinos, but also to people – a grim reality thoroughly documented in a new IFAW report, Criminal Nature: The Global Security Implications of the Illegal Wildlife Trade . The President's decision to prioritize the issue will hopefully save hundreds of lives of people on the frontline of this battle, and also save hundreds of thousands of individual animals exploited by this brutal trade.
To view and download a full copy of Criminal Nature: The Global Security Implications of The Illegal Wildlife Trade, please visit www.ifaw.org/stopwildlifecrime
About IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare)
Founded in 1969, IFAW saves animals in crisis around the world. With projects in more than 40 countries, IFAW rescues individual animals, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and advocates for the protection of wildlife and habitats. For more information, visit www.ifaw.org. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.


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A great way to picture all of this visually is to represent yourself or any person as a circle. Since a circle has no beginning or end, and no corners, openings or angles, it's perfect for representing the psychological concepts of wholeness and growth…
As previously discussed, repeated challenge leads to self-expansion, and we know that when a circle grows, the outside surface area, or circumference, increases. This allows more surface contact with the outside world and thus more opportunities for learning and success. And of course, a larger circle also allows the inside area to include and possess more: more knowledge, experience, feeling, etc. A timeline depicting this growth would look similar to a cross-section of a tree, containing a series of concentric rings. In short, the growth of the circle leads to a more self-actualized person who "transcends and includes" their former self or former mindstate (Ken Wilber, A Brief History Of Everything, Shambhala Press, 1996).
In contrast to this holistic or overall expansion, a circle becomes distorted when only a few parts of it experience growth—its perfect shape becomes irregular and lumpy—a great metaphor for mental illness, neurosis, or any lifestyle imbalance. But we can attempt to maintain our self as close to "a perfect circle" as possible by finding many avenues for personal expression, and by accepting challenges in all areas of life. The circle is an interconnected, unbroken whole, which means that all of its parts are related. By maintaining a mindset that looks for connections and capitalizes on correlations and relationships between seemingly disparate elements, your growth in one area can have indirect benefits on all the other areas of your life.
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Fortuitious conditions make this area azalea heaven
We've been enjoying quite a show these last few weeks with the area's azaleas. Try as they might, even the best gardeners in most of the United States cannot have those lovely blooms that we take for granted. A unique combination of climate, soil and conditions have come together right here that give us these breathtaking flowers that we pass by for a month or so in the spring in this lovely part of Texas.
East Texas has the unique conditions that allow us to grow some of the most beautiful plants that you can have in a landscape, according to Keith Hansen, a Tyler County Extension horticulturalist. Some of the conditions that make these lovelies thrive here are abundant shade, frequent rainfall and sandy, well-drained, acidic soil. Want to see some lovely varieties of azaleas? You can go just up the road and enjoy the famous Azalea Trail in Tyler each spring or just drive our streets right here in Southeast Texas.
Wikipedia says that more than 10,000 different cultivars of azalea exist as gardeners have selectively bred them for hundreds of years. Azaleas are native to several continents including Asia, Europe and North America.
According to azalea historian Fred Galle, a group of plants called Southern Indica was introduced in the 1830s at a rice plantation in Charleston, S.C. The import of this azalea variety has lead to one of the largest gardens of azaleas and most popular garden tours in the country each March and April. Thousands of folks go to visit the plantation Magnolia-on-the-Ashley in Charleston to walk the lovely azalea gardens. In addition to our almost local Tyler Azalea Trail, another huge azalea festival is held annually in Mobile, Ala. Thinking internationally? Sobaeksan, Korea and Motoyama, Japan also celebrate the azalea with a spring festival.
There are several types of azaleas to choose from. They vary in bloom size and color. Some have double blooms, others single. Some varieties bloom earlier and some later in the spring. Some of these shrubs are compact while some are large. Some options you can look for are Kurume, Southern indica, Glendale, Robin hill, Rutherord and Satsuki. There are even choices to make within these groups, according to Hansen. The popular Encore azalea blooms a few times during the year. The most common azaleas are evergreen, but there are deciduous types too.
Just like with any landscape project, think about ultimate size of the azaleas you choose if you decide to add any into your own yard. Maybe a spot with partial shade of a large tree branch would be good. With a bed of early bloomers, mid-bloomers and late-bloomers, you could reap the rewards of blooms from the middle of March through May or longer. Give them a location without soggy soil or total shade. Fertilize for the best of blooms. The best times to feed your azaleas is when they begin to bloom and until July. Trimming is best done just after the blooms have gone. Without much care, you too can be the envy of any of those gardeners west of Houston.


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1900: M'KINLEY IS AGAIN CHOSEN AS PRESIDENT: The Trib reported McKinley's victory with a bold, modern-looking results graphic running across the top of the page instead of a banner headline. In some of the largest type seen on news stories on the front page so far, not only McKinley's re-election but also Richard Yates'; victory in the Illinois gubernatorial race were shouted to readers. Clean charts detailed the electoral and popular votes from each state. When McKinley was assassinated in September 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became the nation's chief executive.
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Lieutenant Governor supports armed guards protecting mine site
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- The Gogebic Taconite company hired armed to protect land they want to mine in Ashland and Iron Counties.Two Democratic lawmakers think that's a huge overreach.But it sounds like Wisconsin's Lieutenant Governor supports the idea.Gogebic Taconite says they hired the guards because of protests over the mining project. A spokesman says teams of mining opponents, "violently attacked" the company's drill site last month. Now, Democratic Senator Bob Jauch and Representative Janet Bewley call the company's choice to hire the high security guards "appalling."They want the guards removed immediately.Republican Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch was in Rhinelander Tuesday for a small business roundtable.I asked her if Jauch and Bewley's request was reasonable."Well, I think we have a duty to make sure that those folks who are working to better that double-digit unemployment rate that we talk so much about are safe," she said.There's no indication Gogebic Taconite will remove the guards any time soon.The Lieutenant Governor's main mission in Rhinelander was meeting with people involved in small business.She talked about the challenge of keeping up the workforce in the Northwoods."We don't have, nearby, very large city centers. You're looking at attracting a generation of millenials to an atypical location for millenials. That's a challenge we're going to have to overcome," she said.About two dozen business and community leaders met with Kleefisch.
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The Lady Bisons closed out the non-conference portion of their schedule with a loss, but coach Frank Bennett saw more positives than negatives.
The Lady Bisons played La Salle for the first time ever, dropping a 61-47 decision Tuesday night at Allen Arena. La Salle raised its record to 12-3.
"I was really pleased with the effort,' Bennett said. "I was pleased that when we were down we got ourselves back into the game and had a legitimate shot to run it down closer if we had hit a couple of shots."
In the first half the Lady Bisons kept the game close trailing 27-21 at intermission.
The first five minutes of the second half proved to be the turning point in the game as La Salle went on a 17-6 run.
The Lady Bisons refused to go away. La Salle's biggest lead of the game was 21 points (58-37) with 7:14 left in the game. The Lady Bisons trimmed that advantage to 11 points (58-47) on a 3-point shot by Jilian Partin with 3:15 remaining.
"The start of the second half really hurt us," Bennett said. "It wasn't that we flat, but we were leaving their 3-point shooters open. They opened the game up right there."
The Lady Bisons hit 15-of-59 shots from the field, a 25.4 percent rate. They were 5-of-22 from 3-point range, a 22.7 percent success rate. At the free throw line they hit 12-of-18, 66.7 percent.
The Lady Bisons held a 40-32 edge on the boards.
"We couldn't get the ball to fall for us," Bennett said. "We were taking the ball to the basket strong and we were getting good shots. We need to finish our shots around the basket better. I think we have the ability to do that."
"We had a lot better movement of the ball. We only have five turnovers in the second half. That has been a big weakness for us. We also out-rebounded a good rebounding team."
Partin led the Lady Bisons in scoring with 14 points as she made her second consecutive start of the season. Forward Julie Martin scored 10.
"About four or five weeks ago Jilian just picked it up," Bennett said. "In practice she brings us energy every day.
"She has been going to the boards more than anything else. But she has also been driving to the basket. She has become a penetration threat. She is also playing better defense so we are able to use her more."
Center Penny Jones grabbed 11 rebounds, tying her season high and the tying the season high for the team.
"Penny was very aggressive on the boards," Bennett said. "She was also very aggressive looking for shots. Some of them were close, but they just didn't go for her."
La Salle shot 50 percent from the field, hitting 24-of-48 shots. La Salle hit 11-of-19 3-point shots (57.9 percent). From the free throw line they were 2-of-4,
Forward Carlene Hightower led La Salle with a game-high 23 points. Guard Jenna Graber scored 12. Hightower also led La Salle on the boards with nine.
The Lady Bisons are 3-9 overall, 1-1 in the Atlantic Sun Conference. They resume A-Sun play Thursday afternoon at ETSU as part of a double-header with the Bisons in Johnson City,
"We need to try to steal a game or two on the road on this trip," Bennett said. "I thought we played well against La Salle. They are a very good team. They are very well-coached. I thought it was a good effort for us as we go into conference play."


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If the last year didn't already prove it, the NFL is turning into the Eastside High School of professional sports. Roger Goodell's latest smackdown on the Patriots proves he's in Crazy Joe Clark-mode permanently. But after inheriting a league in dire need of an image makeover, there needed to be a new HNIC to get things straightened out.
His first order of duty? Clean up the riff-raff.
"I want all of you to take a good look at these people on the risers behind me...(Pac Man, Odell, Tank, Michael)..."
And since none of them were going to graduate anyway, they've all been expurgated. If Pac-Man tries sniveling back again, begging for a second chance because his mom's gonna kill him, he'll need to get marched up to the rooftop of Goodell's office for a proper reality check." You smoke crack doncha? Jump. Gaw head, jump!"
With the latest scandal, Bill Belichick plays the role of the mouthy music teacher, only concerned with getting his kids to the national chorus championships every year, rolling his eyes at all this rah-rah discipline. Well, a $500,000 fine and an executed draft pick(s) later should keep him on point. The undermining of authority will not be tolerated. Now, go wash your hoodie and stop spying.
Is this punishment excessive? Possibly. However, it manages to keep Goodell's message: No more shenanigans! (As does, you know, dispatching NFL security to make house calls because some idiot decides to ask questions about dog fighting to the wrong PR flack.)
This is a new league, and here's Roger Goodell with a megaphone and a baseball bat. We're only one more character smudge away from him having to put chains on the inside of the doors.
So, this week, I'm dressing up like Kid Ray, impregnating Kaneesha and placing odds on the next heavy-handed discipline Roger Goodell will hand down.
Let's help him carry on, after this MORE.
No Ho Policy: 1/5
There will be no more one night stands. Those players who wish to engage in promiscuous sexual activity will have to do so with a wife or girlfriend of more than three months. There'll be no more side projects, no more sandbagging. You take one woman at a time, and keep her satisfied until your heart desires in a proper, respectful manner befitting a professional athlete. Players will be allowed to perform one exceptionally challenging sexual position per calendar year, and all female receptacles must be properly sterilized to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
No More Click-Clacking: 2/1
Under Armour wear no longer contributes to the positive image Goodell wants to project. There is too much yelling in the commercials, the imagery is too thuggy, and the clothing itself shows a quarter-inch more nipple that is becoming of a player in the new NFL. If players would like to wear clothing underneath your uniform, it mustn't be tight, nor comfortable, and it must cover the midsection. Oh, and jock straps and underwear must be worn at all times, now. There have been too many loose snakes in the garden and too many sweat-shooting anal crevices on national television. It's bad for business.
Tattoo Covering: 2/1
If players have tattoos, they can't be scene on the playing field or anytime they're out in public where cameras are visible. The league will hand out bottles of flesh-colored body paint according to each player's skin tone, which will be considered part of a league mandated uniform. (If players choose to have their tattoos removed, they'll be rewarded bonuses.) And there will be fines assessed for any new tattoos the player receives during his tenure as an NFL employee.
Swear Jars: 1/1
Players will be fined for each curse word based on the severity of the curse word uttered: "Damn" is $20; Racial epithets are $1,000; "Steaming bag of pony cunt", "Cock-swallowing toilet rapist", "Dead lady pussy breath", et al are all $20,000+. Each week, Goodell will meet with Steve Sabol and his NFL Films crew to go through each individual teams' games and sideline banter to tally up the totals.


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ROCHESTER — James Foss will be remembered as someone who relentlessly gave back to his community.
United Insurance Manager Rob Caron remembers when United took over Rochester's Foss and Came Insurance in 2010. Caron said when Foss was 86 years old, he continued to work for the company for several months, to ensure his clients were taken care of.
"A lot of the accounts he had were long-term accounts, and they were, for the most of them, personal friendships of his," Caron recalled. "…He was still in failing health but he would still come in every day and make his phone calls and take care of his customers. I think he stayed on for about six months after the purchase."
Foss, who died last Wednesday at the age of 88, has many accomplishments tacked to his name, not only that he was a committed insurance consultant.
Foss served as a cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps. After his discharge, he purchased one of the Lilac City's oldest insurance and real estate agencies in 1949. During his 60-year long career, Foss also devoted countless hours to the Rochester community as a city councilor and police commissioner as well as a member of the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, City Industrial Development Committee and Zoning Board of Adjustments. He was also a former trustee and past president of Frisbie Memorial Hospital. After moving to Strafford, he served on the town's Planning Board as well.
"He was just very involved throughout his career in the community," Caron said. "He served on many boards and I just haven't run across anyone here who didn't know him and didn't have wonderful things to say about him. He was very much liked and well respected in the community."
Rochester resident Fred W. Hall, Jr. said he and Foss had been friends for more than 60 years. The two met in 1948 when Hall first moved to the area.
"He was a great person of integrity," Hall said. "He believed in public service and served in the city of Rochester in various capacities over a long period of years. He was instrumental in bringing a couple of substantial businesses to Rochester when he was serving on the city's development committee."
Foss is credited during that time with bringing the businesses K.W. Thompson Tool Co. and Jarvis Cutting Tools Corp. to the Rochester.
"He was a very public-spirited person," Hall added, noting they were both the last two surviving charter members of the Rochester Rotary Club.
Foss was a Paul Harris Fellow and in his obituary, a line jokes if he predeceased Hall, then "Fred wins." Hall said sounded very much like his "dear friend's" humor.
His nephew, Kip Howland, of Barrington, said Foss treated him as if he were his own son. He pointed to many of his uncle's accomplishments as indicative of the care he gave to those around him and noted his uncle took him under his wing when he invited him to work at Foss & Came insurance 29 years ago.
"Jim had a special gift of insight and ability to communicate with his friends and business associates," Howland said, "and empirically, I came away with a conversation with my uncle feeling better. He had a renowned wit, and he was just a special guy … He was a very special uncle to me and you know, I read the guest book (online) and a lot of those comments were so true."
Foss was also a life member of the Rochester Elks Lodge, a past chairman of the Board of Directors of Profile Bank, a former director and secretary of Gafney Home for the Aged, a trustee of Rochester Cemetery Association and a life member of Rochester Masonic orders and Bektash Shrine.
Calling hours for Foss will be held today, Thursday, Jan. 10, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the R.M. Edgerly Funeral Home, 86 South Main St., Rochester. Memorial services will be held Friday, Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. with visitation to be held one hour prior in the chapel of the funeral home.


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Adam graduated from Mepham High School in 2010, where he was a 5-time team Most Valuable Player. This past summer Adam qualified for the US Public Links Championship at Soldier Hollow Golf Course in Midway, Utah and the Met Open at Plainfield CC. He is the son of Tim and Joann Larkin.
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Scoring Avg. - 75.5 (24 Rounds)
Low Round - 68** (Rd. 2 Skyline Championship)
Top 5's - 9
Wins - 4
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Scoring Avg. - 77.1 (25 Rounds)
Low Round - 69 (Dual Match vs. St. Joseph's @ Orange County National)
Top 5's - 8
Wins - 5
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Scoring Avg. - 77.3 (18 Rounds)
Low Round - 71 (Rd. 2 Skyline Championship)
Top 5's - 6
Wins - 2 (Skidmore College Fall Invitational*, Skyline Conference Championship)
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+Carded a hole-in-one on the 12th hole of the East Course at Grandover Resort during the second round of the NCAA Division III National Championships his freshman season.
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Favorite Movie: The Last Song, Cop Out
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You'll never see Tiger Woods leave the PGA Tour to spend his days playing putt-putt.
You'll never see Tiger Woods leave the PGA Tour to spend his days playing putt-putt.
Even if the mini-golf course were right next door to a Hooters.
So why is Liam Neeson only making movies like "Non-Stop"?
When "Taken" came out in 2008, it was a novelty. Half of that movie's charm was in seeing the talented, well-respected Oscar nominee running amok in France and snapping a bunch of Albanians in half.
Since then, though, Neeson has starred in "The A-Team," "Battleship," "Clash of the Titans," "Wrath of the Titans," "Unknown" and, of course, "Taken 2."
It's enough to make you wonder if he'll ever again headline a good movie.
"Non-Stop" won't alleviate those concerns.
Neeson stars as U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks, who's first seen in an airport parking garage stirring an Irish coffee with his toothbrush. For his flight from New York to London, he brings along duct tape to cover the restroom sensors so he can sneak off for a smoke. Marks isn't exactly Denzel in "Flight," but those scenes are enough to let viewers know he's not at the top of his game.
Still, he snaps to attention midflight when he starts receiving text messages over a secure government network from someone threatening to kill one of the 150 people onboard every 20 minutes until $150 million is wired to a bank account. Whoever's behind the messages knows plenty of personal information about Marks and even refers to his daughter by name.
The person responsible for the plot is trying to frame Marks as a hijacker and has set up the bank account in his name. Combined with his increasingly erratic behavior and his tendency to rough up passengers, Marks makes a mighty good suspect when bodies start dropping. He's labeled a terrorist in the eyes of everyone from cable news talking heads to his TSA contact (Shea Whigham) to his fellow passengers, several of whom stage a revolt.
So which of them is responsible for the threats?
Is it Marks' sketchy fellow marshal? The combative guy who says he's a New York cop? The Muslim everyone's been giving the hairy eyeball? That unaccompanied little girl clutching a teddy bear has been looking plenty suspicious.
Actually that last one would be awesome.
I'd pay to see that movie.
"Non-Stop's" premise feels a lot like something Agatha Christie might have written in her final days just to pay the rent. The movie's entire success or failure hinges on the revelation of the criminal mastermind. Sadly, no one involved is up to the task, and the ultimate motivation for the absurdly elaborate plot drifts pretty far to the dopey side.
That's not terribly surprising, though, considering it's the exact same problem that derailed Neeson's "Unknown," and both movies share a director in Jaume Collet-Serra. Neither was helped by a screenplay credited to the unlikely trio of first-timer Ryan Engle, former WWE writer Chris Roach and John W. Richardson, whose highest-profile gigs have been editing "Big Brother" and "Wipeout."
There's some close-quarters combat in a restroom, and Marks gets to fend off a knife attack with an oxygen mask. But that's about where "Non-Stop's" originality peters out.
Aside from a little speech Marks gets to make, about how he hasn't been a very good dad or a very good man, while trying to rally passengers to his side, there's painfully little actual acting for Neeson to do.
He's not the only one slumming in "Non-Stop," though. Julianne Moore cashes a paycheck as Marks' seatmate and confidant. And the underused and woefully underdeveloped flight attendants are played by "Downton Abbey's" Michelle Dockery and Lupita Nyong'o, the best supporting actress frontrunner at Sunday's Oscars for her tragic turn in "12 Years a Slave."
The latter two can be forgiven as they're just starting out in Hollywood.
But Neeson's B-movie phase stopped being interesting a while ago.
If he's not careful, his legacy won't be that of a great actor who somehow made a few generic action flicks, but that of an action star who somehow ended up in a couple of prestigious films along the way.
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familyguy wrote:Not sure what to think of that...what model Nicolai is it? Dynamo rear hub?
AC 29er. Tailormade with front suspension reduced to 80cm. Dynamo rear hub ? Do these hubs exist ? never seen one.
No, it's a Rohloff Speedhub. Swapped the wheelset over from my old bike. As I did with most of the other bits and pieces.
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In the House of Representatives of 435 members where seniority still counts, Republican Vance McAllister is last in seniority — 432nd to be precise. That's because there are three vacant seats. He was sworn into office Thursday, following his upset victory in a special election held by Louisiana's 5th Congressional District.
Five days earlier, when McAllister won 60 percent of the vote against his favored opponent, state Sen. Neil Riser, who was very well-financed and backed by the Louisiana Republican Party, including the state's Republican House members, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and the Louisiana Tea Party.
Why were two Republicans running? Because under Louisiana law, if no candidate wins a majority during the primary in which all candidates appear on the ballot (there were 14), then the top two finishers, irrespective of party, qualify for the runoff. Riser had handily won the primary 12 percentage points ahead of McAllister, 39, who had never before run for any public office.
Both candidates opposed abortion, gun control, and the size and reach of the government. But they differed on Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal's decision to reject the expansion of Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which would extend coverage to more low-income, uninsured state residents.
Riser backed Jindal and went on TV to denounce McAllister for publicly endorsing Medicaid expansion to citizens of the 5th District, one of the nation's poorest in which close to a quarter of households survive on an annual income of less than $15,000. Riser's paid message: "A vote for Vance McAllister is a vote for Obamacare."
So what is the possible significance of one Republican defeating another in a Louisiana special House race for the 2014 national elections, which are still almost a year away?
In fairness, McAllister, an Army veteran and self-made business success who was able to self-finance his own campaign, had a strong personal story to tell. He did not seek to run to the right of Riser and oppose the shutdown of the federal government in a doomed gesture to repeal the Affordable Care Act. And unlike Riser, who backed the shutdown and pledged repeal of the health law, he argued that with Democrats controlling both the White House and Senate, repeal was unattainable. He suggested working to change and improve the health law instead.
What McAllister had going for him in his upset victory — and what no current member of Congress running in 2014 will ever be able to claim — is that he truly was the fresh face, the nonpolitician who was unbossed and unbought. He did not hesitate to remind voters of the 5th District that despite his affluence, he had never been to Washington, D C.
Seven out of 10 Americans believe their country is headed in the wrong direction, and fewer than one in 10 has a positive opinion of Congress' performance, so the McAllister model could truly become a nightmare scenario for congressional incumbents. The appealing, solutions-minded outsider with a positive personal story to offer cannot be portrayed as part of the problem. Riser had the résumé. He had incumbency, experience and the support and praise of elected leaders of his state and party. He had plenty of campaign money. And yet, he lost.
This is why McAllister's victory should send chills about the 2014 elections through everybody in Washington — Democrat or Republican.
— Mark Shields is one of the most widely recognized political commentators in the United States. The former Washington Post editorial columnist appears regularly on CNN, on public television and on radio. Click here to contact him, or click here to read previous columns. The opinions expressed are his own.


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Dreaming is a uniquely human activity. Philosophers, thinkers and psychologists have long encouraged others to use the power of their dreams to become better people, solve their problems or even predict the future. Developer AppMania brings six of these "dream books" to a new universal app, using the writings of Sigmund Freud, Gustavus Miller, Nostradamus, Hasse and Bulgarian foreteller Vanga to help modern iOS users interpret and understand their own dreaming selves.
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WESTFIELD, Mass. – MIT men's cross country team came ninth out of 50 teams at the New England Division III Regional Championship, finishing closely behind Connecticut College and a few better than Keene State. MIT's highest finisher was junior Roy Wedge (Lawrence, Kan.), who completed the 8k course in 27th place with a time of 25:29.83.
Following behind Wedge in 45th place was junior Justin Bullock (Detroit, Mich.), who crossed the line 25:55.00. Soon after was senior Benjamin Mattocks (Sharon, Mass. ) with a final time of 26:03.70, freshman Ian Tolan (Binghamton, N.Y.) with a time of 26:21.38 and sophomore Benji Xie (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) in 26:28.76.
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lol... no worries DBR. Not trying to derail the thread. Just pointing out that there are a lot of house keeping issues coming up in the off-season ALONG with some of the BOLD moves being talked about in this thread.dbr wrote: Whoa whoa whoa.
I am concerned with the current level of play by the Canucks but I am still unsure if its a coach/GM issue as advocated by some here or if its a more garden variety loosing streak. Unfortunately, both possibilities are valid.