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2014 Fantasy Baseball: The Week 23 Closer Report
Welcome to another edition of the Closer Report here at the Fantasy Fix for Week 23. News continues to come out of a variety of bullpens so we'll keep reporting on it until it stops. Follow along to see where we are today.
Remember, we've moved the Fantasy Fix Closer Report Chart to its full time home right here.
Also, my look at the 2015 closers is still here.
As always, feel free to ask a question in the comments below or shoot me a note on Twitter.
Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox have finally made a change at closer slotting Edward Mujica into the role and putting Koji Uehara in lower leverage situations. Uehara requested the move, but does not want to be shut down at this point. Mujica now gets a month (or maybe only a week or two) to prove to the Red Sox that he can close for them next year. Mujica is a must add for those desperate for saves down the stretch. He could keep the gig for the rest of the season.
As for Uehara, this does serious damage to his free agency after the season. He'd be well-served to work on whatever ails him (mechanically that is, there is no indication he's injured) off the field and not reappear until he's solved his problems.
Oakland Athletics
Sean Doolittle has played catch a couple of times over the last week thus soon ending Eric O'Flaherty's short-lived fantasy relevance. I don't believe the A's would rush Doolittle back so we have to assume that's he's getting healthier faster than expected. Doolittle is heading with the team to Chicago and could be activated in the next week.
San Diego Padres
Joaquin Benoit continues to struggle with shoulder issues and is said to be (according to Corey Brock) at least 10 days out. Benoit's absence has put Kevin Quackenbush into the closer's role. The 25 year old rookie has always had great strikeout stuff in the minors (11.9 K/9) but has had some bouts of wildness (3.4 BB/9) as well though nothing that would make you run screaming. However, his big strikeout numbers aren't backed up by big time stuff (average fastball at 91.3 mph this year).
Benoit is signed through 2015, but if this injury is serious we could see Quackenbush move into the role. Quackenbush is a definite add for this year as I could see the Padres (who aren't playing for anything) shutting Benoit down and giving Quackenbush the job for the rest of the year. He has experience in the minors closing games so he could succeed.
Toronto Blue Jays
This is the Casey Janssen I expected to see earlier in the season when I was touting Sergio Santos (who was of course terrible and disappointing all year long). Janssen has been terrible for the better part of a month. Over the same period, both lefty Brett Cecil and righty Aaron Sanchez have been dominant. Sanchez will see more save chances as the season progresses. I imagine the Jays will mix and match with Sanchez, Cecil, Brandon Morrow and Janssen all getting shots. In other words, none will probably be worth owning unless you can divine usage patterns out of manager John Gibbons' actions.
Washington Nationals
Rafael Soriano will take this weekend off to work on his mechanics. If I were the Nationals, I might give him the rest of 2014 off. Manager Matt Williams will go with a committee of three – Tyler Clippard, Drew Storen and lefty Matt Thornton.
Further down in the piece, authors Adam Kilgore and James Wagner assert that Drew Storen is the most likely to get save chances with Soriano's hiatus with the reason being that Storen has been the Nats' best reliever this season. That isn't true (or at least isn't completely clear). Both Storen and Clippard have been equally effective this season and Storen has been a bit lucky with his 91.1% LOB%. That said, Storen has been better recently than Clippard and Wagner and Kilgore likely know more than I do about the situation. Storen is the play if you believe the Washington Post, I still think Clippard is the way to go as the Nats haven't trusted Storen since his implosion in the 2012 NLCS.
2014 Closer – The current closer
Handcuff Option – This is the guy who I believe will step into the closer role if the current closer loses his job.
Other Option – Another arm in the pen who could close if the manager chooses to go a different route. And to clarify – this may be the lefty specialist who steps in for match up saves along the way.
Dark Horse Option – If all hell breaks loose in the pen, this guy could get a shot this year.
2015 Closer – This guy should be in the closer's role on Opening Day 2014.
And if you are looking for the chart, we've moved it to its permanent home right here. Updates will be made daily so be sure to check back each day to see any movement.
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The Trouble with 100% Value: Why What Looks Good on Paper May Not Be Great for Real Life
In the world of quantitative investing, value strategies have been a dominant focus since Eugene Fama and Kenneth French published their seminal paper on the three-factor model in 1993. Companies with low Price-to-Book ratios (value stocks), the research demonstrated, entailed extra risk as compared to those with higher Price-to-Book ratios (growth stocks), and thus investors required extra compensation for holding them. (The other two factors in the three-factor model were market, or the risk associated with investing in equities as compared to "safer" assets like Treasury bills; and size, or the risk of owning smaller-capitalization stocks versus their larger-cap counterparts.)
Quantitative strategies based on the value factor have grown in popularity in the ensuing years. At Gerstein Fisher, we embrace value-based investing; historically, value has performed very well.
But there's a fundamental problem with simply holding a portfolio of 100% value stocks: it is not a realistic expectation since investors are human beings (and not computers or robots) with emotions like fear and greed. If an individual is invested in an all-value portfolio and, as has been the case over the past nine years, growth has actually been outperforming, he may start to question his strategy. He may even panic and sell out of his value stocks and buy growth stocks. Investment-style cycles have been pronounced, but our research has shown that such attempts to time markets and cycles are far more detrimental than beneficial to individuals' long-term wealth accumulation.

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Pro-Madhesi Canadian citizen arrested in Nepal for provocative tweets
Robert Penner was arrested from Lalitpur on a request from the department of immigration (DoI), Nepalease media reported.world Updated: May 02, 2016 22:39 IST
A Canadian national, who backed the Madhesi movement, was arrested on Monday by Nepal Police for allegedly posting provocative and anti-national comments on social media and visa violations.
Robert Penner was arrested from Lalitpur on a request from the department of immigration (DoI), Nepalease media reported.
DoI director-general Kedar Neupane said Penner was arrested to probe his posts on social media which are "liable to incite" social disharmony in the nation.
Penner had obtained working visa for a sprout technology company, which was already dissolved in 2012, but worked for Cloud Factory, a foreign outsourcing company, according to the DoI.
Penner is also accused of holding multiple visas and overstaying.
"He obtained visa for working at an IT company but he was found engaged in making provocative statements that may jeopardise national integrity," said Neupane, adding, "foreigners are not allowed to engage in such activities."
The report said immigration laws bar any foreign national from expressing public comments on internal politics of the host nation.
A source at the DoI told MyRepublica that they received complaints that Penner had been engaging in activities that could harm Nepal's national integrity.
"We had to arrest him due to his suspicious activities and for misusing his visa," said the source.
Penner has previously tweeted in favour of the Madhes movement. He had also written controversial tweets about the arrest of journalist Kanak Mani Dixit, MyRepublica reported.
Madhesis, mostly of Indian origin, have been demanding that Nepal's Constitution be amended to include their concerns over inadequate political representation and redrawing of federal boundaries.
They had enforced months-long blockade of Nepal's all trading points with India, creating huge shortage of essential commodities in the country.


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The luxury of the 2016 Lincoln MKZ near Dahlonega is no secret. Just a glance at the daring exterior and the lush interior tell you what kind of car it is and what kind of driver it needs. What may not be known is how fuel-efficient your next drive can be. After all, you're looking for a mid-size luxury sedan, not a large-size luxury gas bill.
The 2016 Lincoln MKZ comes with three distinct engines under the hood: the 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder, the 3.7-liter V-6, and the newly improved 2.0-liter four-cylinder hybrid.
The hybrid model features continuously variable transmission that gives you a smooth and seamless transition between gear ratios, eliminating the need for revving your engine back up to compensate for the shift. It's just one of the features that makes the hybrid 2016 Lincoln MKZ one of the most fuel-efficient mid-size luxury sedans on the market.
A lithium-ion battery lies at the heart of the vehicle and lies at the pinnacle of electric technology today. This rechargeable battery will allow you to drive for miles and miles without so much as a dip in performance. It has been crafted by the world's greatest engineers to be efficient and long lasting while durable and rechargeable. Long gone are the days when refilling or replacing a depleted battery was a chore; the hybrid 2016 Lincoln MKZ has made the recharge time faster and more effective than ever before.
Since 2011, the Lincoln MKZ has offered a hybrid model that is more fuel-efficient than other, second-rate hybrids that have tried and failed to compete. The 2016 model can bring you to the furthest reaches of the country with a whopping forty-one miles to the gallon in the city and thirty-nine on the highway. On your long drives with the family, you'll have to refuel at a local diner before your car needs to refuel at the pump.
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I love Christmas time and decorating! I have so many fun things planned for this month, so make sure you stay tuned! I am excited to share my Christmas Tree tutorial with you... and free printables! Please let me know if you have any questions or ideas of tutorials you would like to see on here. Here are the basic steps on how to do this: I have been using this technique for years and years. Take tulle, burlap, or decorative ... READ MORE »
The Best Coconut Cream Pie Ever: Step-by-Step Video Tutorial
Several years ago I set out to make the very best coconut cream pie I could. I researched everyone's favorite techniques and tips to create this pie. This is my own recipe. I have protected it for years and now I have decided it's at a point that I feel it's good enough to share. People tell me it's the best coconut cream pie they have ever had. **This recipe has been edited 12/1/18, I have decided flavor extracts have to be being thinned out ... READ MORE »
How To Blind Bake The Perfect Pie Crust
With Thanksgiving coming up... and in preparation for my infamous Coconut Cream Pie recipe... this is my pie crust. I really love this crust because it is buttery, moist and flaky all at the same time. It is the perfect complement to any pie. Also in this video tutorial is a step by step how I prepare the dough and how I blind bake it for the filling. I love this time of year. How excited are you for the start to the holiday ... READ MORE »
No Vacancy: 5 Secrets To Book Your Vacation Rental Solid
I bought my first property when I was 19. Even in my young years I really saw the value in investing in real estate. My husband also shared this philosophy and even had loftier goals than myself with regards to acquiring property and investing in real estate. It hasn't always been easy... we have made sacrifices to fulfill this vision, but we see the bigger, longer-term picture. A few years ago we decided to purchase a property on the coast ... READ MORE »
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Indiana artist Lucy Taggart was the daughter of Thomas Taggart, who fulfilled the political roles of mayor, boss of the state's Democratic Party, and senator. Taggart graduated from the Classical School for Girls and attended the John Herron Art School before traveling to New York to study at the Art Students League and the Chase Art School. She also trained under the famous Philadelphia portraitist Cecilia Beaux. Taggart's career as an artist began in 1905, and lasted until 1929. She was particularly known for her portraits, but she also painted landscapes and still lifes and created sculpture. From 1931-1943, Taggart taught painting at the John Herron Art School gratis.
In this figure study, Beaux's influence is evident in the emphatic, brightly colored brushstrokes of the fan and dress. Although Taggart was not a pupil of Boston School painters, Eleanor exhibits the soft tonalities and deftly rendered textures of their paintings. Even the pose, which seems to summon a pensive mood, suggests the style of the Boston School.
Fadely, James Philip. "Subtle Grace, Radiant Color: The Life of Hoosier Artist Lucy Taggart." Traces, 9 (Summer 1997), 16-23.


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Sustainability Update - 2020
The Wabedo-Little Boy-Cooper-Rice (WLBCR) Lakes Association, in partnership with the Northern Waters Land Trust (NWLT), received a grant award from the Hugh C. Becker Committee of Twin Cities Chapter of Muskies, Inc. to assist with the purchase of property on Wabedo Lake to preserve musky habitat, sensitive shoreline, and forested areas.
WLBCR Lakes Association Receives Grant Award
Pictured (l-r) Ron Stokesbary, WLBCR Treasurer, Kathy Wagner, WLBCR President, Derek Jensen, NWLT Board, Doug Schultz, Walker Area Fisheries Manager, George Selcke, Chairman Hugh Becker Foundation, Terry Tripp, NWLT Board.
Sustainability Update - 2018
We are excited about another preservation project on Wabedo Lake. It involves about 80 forested acres and around 40 shoreland acres. We are working with the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation, Moran Realty and Cass County to facilitate this project. LLAWF has requested grant monies from Lessard-Sams to purchase this property which will end up being owned by Cass County. Our association has committed up to $20,000 to help with the matching funds that are needed to complete this project. We expect to hear if we will receive the grant in the fall of 2018 and the funds would be available sometime in 2019. We will have more information on this project as it gets closer to completion.
Sustainability Update -2011
Another easement was completed in 2011. Randy Helland and Cindy Gackle on Little Boy have completed an easement on their property - thank you! ! Little Boy now has almost 7,300 feet of shoreline protected and over 825 acres. See the "pebbly" areas below:
Sustainability Update - 2010
We recently heard from the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation that they and Cass County will receive a grant that will help property owners place conservation easements on their property. The grant will pay up to $15,000 of closing costs on the conservaton easement. Please contact the Sustainability Committee for more information.
Exciting News!
This year the easements on a number of Wabedo Lake properties (four owners - Johnson, Haxby, Duncan and Andrews) were completed and are in effect. With these easements, over 5,000 feet of shoreline has been protected from development and almost 80 acres of pristine shoreland. See the "pebbley" areas below:
We want to thank the families involved in these easements for their forward thinking and for providing such a valuable gift to future generations. Thank you! !
We hope other owners will consider the benefits of conserving their property. We are looking primarily at properties that are included in the sensitive shoreline areas but will definitely not exclude other properties. Again, please contact Mike with any sustainability questions.
Sustainability Update - 2009
The committee is providing assistance to some property owners on Wabedo Lake to help preserve their properties for future generations. There are at least three property owners who are in the process of placing conservation easements on their properties to protect the pristine nature of these parcels. Contact Mike Humrickhouse if you have any interest in protecting your property for future generations.
Sustainability Update - 2007
This committee was created in 2007 to address the long term sustainability and preservation of our lakes and surrounding areas.
They are currently reviewing data from a list of "Parcels with Conservation Potential" from Cass County. These are parcels that are large enough to be developed into plats (dividing the existing property into multiple lots). The intent is to provide information to the current owners of these parcels concerning their options for preservation and conservation of the land and critical habitat. Our concern with these parcels is the possible degredation that can occur from splitting one parcel into many. There are impacts from this type of development such as decrease in acquatic vegetation due to additional docks, shoreline degredation due to additional paths to the lake, run-off from lawns created by these new properties, etc. It is the cumulative effect of development that creates concerns for long-term sustainability.
Other issues that this committee will address include shoreline restoration, watershed viability, acquatic plant restoration, and many others.


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The November 2014 Manhattan Beach Community Emergency Response Team after is live drill, which concluded class training.
The class is a four-day intensive experience that runs from Thursday, November 2 to Sunday, November 5. It will cover light fire-fighting and search-and-rescue skills, rapid triage, first aid and transport, and emergency communication and survival skills.
Classes will be held at the Public Works Training Room at 3621 Bell Ave. on Thursday and Friday, November 2 and 3, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.; and on Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All four days of class are required for the program.
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During a major emergency, when the CERT is activated, there are a variety of jobs to be done. CERT team members first ensure the safety of themselves and their families. They may then be called to assist surrounding homes in their neighborhood and elsewhere in the city depending on needs and emergency workers available. In case emergency, fire, or police personnel are unable to respond to a given neighborhood in a timely fashion, CERT members will assist their neighbors and community doing first aid, searching damaged buildings, managing hazard controls, and keeping neighbors away from downed utility lines.
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You have to know about the word "momentum"
But my favorite part of Trump's Address to the
Nations Boy Scouts is where he just veers off into telling them a long boring story about this one guy he met 50 years ago, like any other damn windbag you accidentally sit next to at a dinner or on a bus or in the dentist's waiting room. You know those – the ones who just talk, regardless of who is next to them or what the likelihood is that anyone in hearing will give a damn.
In life, in order to be successful, and you people are well on the road to success, you have to find out what makes you excited. What makes you want to get up each morning and go to work? You have to find it.
If you love what you do and dedicate yourself to your work, then you will gain momentum, and look — you have to, you need to. The word momentum — you will gain that momentum, and each success will create another success. The word momentum.
I'll tell you a story that's very interesting for me when I was young. There was a man named William Levitt — Levittowns, you have some here, you have some in different states. Anybody ever hear of Levittown? (Applause.) And he was a very successful man. He was a homebuilder — became an unbelievable success, and got more and more successful. And he built homes, and at night he'd go to these major sites with teams of people and he'd scour the sites for nails and sawdust and small pieces of wood. And they'd clean the site so when the workers came in the next morning, the sites would be spotless and clean, and he did it properly. And he did this for 20 years, and then he was offered a lot of money for his company.
And he sold his company for a tremendous amount of money. At the time especially — this was a long time ago — sold his company for a tremendous amount of money. And he went out and bought a big yacht, and he had a very interesting life. I won't go any more than that because you're Boy Scouts, so I'm not going to tell you what he did.
AUDIENCE: Booo —
TRUMP: Should I tell you? Should I tell you?
AUDIENCE: Yes!
TRUMP: Oh, you're Boy Scouts, but you know life. You know life. So — look at you. Who would think this is the Boy Scouts, right?
So he had a very, very interesting life, and the company that bought his company was a big conglomerate. And they didn't know anything about building homes, and they didn't know anything about picking up the nails and the sawdust and selling it — and the scraps of wood. This was a big conglomerate based in New York City, and after about a ten year period they were losing a lot with it. It didn't mean anything to them, and they couldn't sell it.
So they called William Levitt up and they said, would you like to buy back your company, and he said yes, I would. He so badly wanted it, he got bored with this life of yachts and sailing and all of the things he did in the south of France and other places. You won't get bored, right? You know, truthfully, you're workers. You'll get bored too. Believe me. (Applause.) Of course, having a good few years like that isn't so bad. (Applause.) But what happened is he bought back his company, and he bought back a lot of empty land. And he worked hard in getting it zoning, and he worked hard on starting to develop.
And in the end he failed, and he failed badly. Lost all of his money. He went personally bankrupt, and he was now much older. And I saw him at a cocktail party, and it was very sad because the hottest people in New York were at this party. It was the party of Steve Ross who was one of the great people — he came up and discovered — really founded — Time Warner, and he was a great guy. He had a lot of successful people at the party.
And I was doing well so I got invited to the party. I was very young, and I go in — but I'm in the real estate business — and I see 100 people, some of whom I recognize and they're big in the entertainment business. And I see, sitting in the corner, was a little old man who was all by himself. Nobody was talking to him. I immediately recognized that that man was the once great William Levitt of Levittown, and I immediately went over — I wanted to talk to him more than the Hollywood show business communications people.
So I went over and talked to him, and I said, Mr. Levitt, I'm Donald Trump. He said I know. I said, Mr. Levitt, how are you doing? He goes, not well, not well at all. And I knew that, but he said not well at all. And he explained what was happening and how bad it has been and how hard it has been. And I said what exactly happened? Why did this happen to you? You're one of the greats ever in our industry. Why did this happen to you? And he said, Donald, I lost my momentum. I lost my momentum. A word you never hear when you're talking about success. When some of these guys that never made ten cents, they're on television giving you things about how you're going to be successful, and the only thing they ever did was a book and a tape.
But I'll tell you, it was very sad, and I never forgot that moment. And I thought about it, and it's exactly true. He lost his momentum. Meaning, he took this period of time off long — years — and then when he got back, he didn't have that same momentum. In life, I always tell this to people, you have to know whether or not you continue to have the momentum, and if you don't have it that's okay. Because you're going to go on and you're going to learn and you're going to do things that are great. But you have to know about the word momentum.
As long as you know about the word "momentum" you'll be fine.


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Lawrence Boadt provides this summary of 2 Samuel….
The Book of 2 Samuel centers on the reign of David. It can be divided into two parts. Chapters 1-8 show how he managed to consolidate power in his own hands and to win a large empire for the newly united Israel. Chapters 9-20 record the downfall of many of his hopes as struggles in his own family weaken his reign. It is the story of how his sons fight to become his successor on the throne. Much of the tragic outcome develops from David's own sin.
The rise of David to power showed that he was both a military and a political genius. He defeated his Philistine masters and extended the borders of Israel across all the small states of Syria and Transjordan. He could really be said to rule from the "river of Egypt to the Euphrates" (Gen 15:18; Jos 1:4). Thus the dreams of Israel were fulfilled in David. But even greater than his military conquests was his gift of winning over others to his cause. He had won the loyalty of the south by showering them with benefits while nominally a servant of the Philistines, and was crowned king of Judah at Hebron shortly after Saul's death. He then patiently maneuvered and waited for the collapse of the badly run remnant of a state set up by Saul's surviving son, Ishbaal. 2 Samuel 3:1 expresses this period succinctly, "There followed a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David, in which David grew stronger and the house of Saul weaker." Finally, Ishbaal's general, Abner, turned traitor and joined David, Ishbaal was killed, and the northern tribes came to Hebron and offered to make David their king also. The fact that he became king by mutual agreement was very important in the centuries ahead since he took the throne not by right nor by conquest, but by the free consent of these tribes. Later they would withdraw from his kingdom and form an independent state.[1]
2 Samuel 1 provides an alternative account of the death of Saul from that which we read yesterday in 1 Samuel 31. In this second account, Saul dies at his own request but by the hand of an Amalekite, rather than directly by his own hand. These two accounts obviously come from different sources.
2 Samuel 2:1 highlights the character quality of David that sets him apart from Saul. Once again, "David inquired of the Lord…"
2 Samuel 3 tells us of six sons born to David by six different wives. As Richard Elliott Friedman says, David was a lusty man. When we get to the story of David and Bathsheba it will be no surprise that David desires her. David's sexual relationship with Bathsheba is not the problem, from the perspective of the author(s) of this book. The problem is that David literally steals Bathsheba from another man and then kills that man. We must remember that women at this time were viewed as property and that part of what David was doing by taking so many wives was that he was forming alliances. The fact that he married the daughter of King Talmai of Geshur (2 Samuel 3:3) is an example of this.
2 Samuel 4 recounts the end of the house of Saul, something that fills David with no pleasure whatsoever. In fact, out of loyalty to Saul's house, David has the murderers of Saul's son, Ishbaal, executed and publicly hung, while Ishbaal is buried more appropriately in the tomb of Abner at Hebron, near David's headquarters.
In the midst of all the ups and downs, ins and outs, good and evil, of David's rise to power and reign, the key thing is that he "inquired of the Lord". He sought the Lord's input on the direction of his life. David did not always follow God perfectly, but at least he kept God in view most of the time. The question is: do we?


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Posponed until July 2021
The final Toronto Summer Institute – coming to you with a full cast of hosts: McKnight, Lyle O'Brien, O'Brien, Mount, Kohler, Simmons, Hasbury, Scott, Wieringa, Kahn, Harges, Pearpoint and more… Now we need you.
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I have made this very special crafty cake to celebrate The Queens 90th Official birthday this month. Happy Birthday Your Majesty.
God Save Our Gracious Queen
Send Her Victorious
I hope you will take part in this months Challenge at Mixed Media Mojo. The theme is Fit for a Queen in honour of the Queens official 90th birthday this month. The twist is to use Gems/Jewels.Please take a peek at the the design teams wonderful creations for more inspiration.
I look forward to seeing all of your beautiful projects.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
Craft Stamper Lets Get Inky I used 5 different colour inks on this project.
Artistic Stamper Red Blue and Yellow
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #21 Glitter there is a lot of glitter on this special cake!


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Artificial intelligence has moved past sci-fi fantasies and made its mark in the real world. Among tech industry leaders like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sundar Pichai, artificial intelligence is one of the most discussed and debated topics. Today, businesses across the globe are using artificial intelligence to develop applications that can improve employee productivity, streamline data security, and enhance customer experience. Also, multiple mobile apps and software users utilize artificial intelligence-based features such as chatbots, navigation, and personalized recommendations that deliver top-notch user experience. The recent trends and developments in artificial intelligence have led to mainstream adoption of the technology.
Artificial intelligence utilizes deep learning to recognize faces with great accuracy. Multiple smartphones use facial recognition to precisely authenticate users. Such facial recognition-based security methods can be used in several apps such as finance apps, password managers, and cloud services. Social networks such as Snapchat and Instagram use facial recognition for their quirky and interactive filters. Also, Facebook leverages facial recognition to identify and tag friends and family members in an uploaded picture. Hence, facial recognition has witnessed widespread adoption in the digital world.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have helped in streamlining search engine experience by incorporating image and voice search. Similarly, Google has released an app called Google Lens, which helps users translate street signs, do an image search, scan QR codes, copy text from a physical source, and identify plant and animal species.
Voice recognition is extensively used in digital assistants and smart speakers with the help of Natural Language Processing. Natural Language Processing algorithms help in understanding human emotions, figures of speech, and sarcasm. Using voice recognition, digital assistants perform various tasks such as playing music, booking a cab, ordering products, navigation, and many more. Hence, mobile app development firms are incorporating voice recognition in apps for e-commerce businesses to help users in searching for products effortlessly.
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Artificial intelligence has a major problem of AI black box. Due to the black box, artificial intelligence systems make key decisions and predictions based on machine learning algorithms. Hence, artificial intelligence may produce biased results.
There is a dire need for explainable AI that can help developers and users understand why an AI system took a specific decision. Explainable AI systems can offer transparency and help in building trust among users. In this manner, developers and engineers can ensure that the decisions made by AI are accurate and free from any type of bias.
AI systems can aggregate critical data from various sources such as enterprise data, social media, open data sources, and end-user information to offer detailed analytics. These analytics can help business leaders gain insights into various business aspects such as end-user behavior patterns, employee performance, competitors' business, product reviews, and many more based on the selected industry sector. Using these insights, business leaders can understand the strengths and weaknesses of their workforce and business models. Hence, business leaders can develop effective business strategies that can address the core issues and augment employee productivity. Also, organizations can predict upcoming industry trends with the help of big data and artificial intelligence. In this manner, businesses can prepare for changing industry trends by developing effective strategies that can help them in adapting to upcoming changes.
Artificial intelligence-powered cybersecurity systems can improve security on multiple devices. With the help of machine learning, cybersecurity systems can monitor and analyze the behavior of services running in the background. In case an AI-enable cybersecurity system detects any malicious activity, it can alert users and terminate the malicious program. In this manner, machine learning can help cybersecurity systems in identifying anomalies autonomously and significantly reduce the time spent in detecting potential attacks and intrusions. Hence, AI and machine learning help businesses develop effective security protocols.
Artificial intelligence can also be used to provide intelligent restricted access solutions. Generally, businesses grant admin privileges only to the necessary personnel to protect confidential data from intruders. However, sensitive data can be illegally accessed using attacks like Man-In-The-Middle in case an employee is connected to a public network. To address this issue, artificial intelligence can offer intelligent solutions that can analyze an employee's location, network information, and device data to restrict data access.
Almost everyone is aware of the ability of Google Translate to translate text in various languages. Artificial intelligence and Natural Language Processing tools can help in translating numerous words and phrases in different languages. Natural Language Processing technology analyzes text, detects its language automatically, and offers multiple options for translation. Hence, artificial intelligence can be used to deliver highly functional translation tools.
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We had a fantastic weekend joining The Nevis Partnership in Glen Nevis where we were able to be a lumberjack (and lumber jill) for the day. What could be better than getting to cut your own christmas tree?!
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This weekend we helped to clear Sitka Spruce to help promote the regeneration of the native Scots Pine in the Glen. These Spruces also happen to make great christmas trees! The day was frosty and clear with perfect blues skies and the snowy slopes of Ben Nevis, Sgurr a Mhaim and Stob Ban rising majestically above us. Not a bad way to spend your morning?
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And this is before you get to the paninis and fresh chocolate cakes. We sat in a warm glow at the window, warming our hands round rich, frothy coffees and watched the christmas lights come on in the street outside.
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Fearlessness inspires expansion. You can create this Fearlessness as a matter of course and daily expansion when you just focus on the first step or the next step. Most of us get caught up in trying to deliver a mountain to the world before even two small stones have been set upon each other. Just take the first step…then the next step… and keep on moving. Indeed it is always best to see the completion and the full realization of the goal right from the start- but don't try to accomplish the end product right from the start. That is what breeds fear. The act of working out how you are going to get it done and make it happen will undoubtedly fill you with a sense of dread and maybe even terror at the enormity of the task. So don't do that to yourself. Practice instead the art of Fearlessness and 'Fearless creation.' This art has some basic steps and principles:
- Visualize or see the goal or dream you want, at as high a level of mental clarity as possible. Be increasingly clear about what you want to experience as your end result and most importantly how it will make you feel when you are there. Ironically, when you can truly accomplish this first step, you are already 90% there. However, it is not something that happens right away and so you may have to keep on using your imagination until to set in motion the perfect triggers for this feeling response to an image you can see in your mind.
- Take the first action step. There is no fear in the first step. The first step is almost always a physical refinement of the mental image you have set in place. It might simply be to write down your plan or start taking a class or sign up for something… That's all. Just take the first step. There is no fear there and in fact this step will fill you with an energy of excitement that propels you forward.
- Take the next step…daily. your first step will lead you to contemplate another step. And when you take it you will begin to sense another step waiting for you that is possible without fear. There will come a time when you encounter a step that is more than just a step and more like a leap…but the practice of the steps before will have prepared you for it. Then take it.
Throughout this journey of 'fearless creation' you will discover that there are moments where tension arise, or a tightness in your chest about a decision or an uncertainty about an outcome. FEAR is not one of these things. It is all of these things compiled. Fear is a complex disease that is physical and emotional. It is a mental paralysis that acts as a terrorist attacking your inner world. It is not physical. It is always an internal reaction to something.
A frightened response to something physical that 'has happened' can push you into action. It can even pump adrenaline into your system and cause you to do remarkable feats. That is not what I am calling fear. Fear is paralysis. It is the reaction you have to something that has 'NOT happened.' It is that constricting and paralyzing reaction you have to the mountains you want to climb, when there is nothing wrong with your legs and the first step at the foot of the mountain is still possible.
Finally, make time your friend by focusing in expansion not age. If you do you will help to cancel much of the environment that breeds fear. Much of our time is spent in nightmare territory as opposed to dreamland because we keep thinking that we have not done it yet…and time is catching up with us. Children hunger to be teenagers for the freedom (although they discount the responsibilities that come with it). Likewise adolescents hunger to be adults for the freedom. People hunger to accomplish great things before their age 'comes off the calendar" at 30 or 31. Then after that people fret that they haven't done it yet and the world is watching and judging. Your world and your life is about expansion. Fear of time is a contraction. Be ok with getting there when you get there. And you will be surprised how much easier you can get there and how much happier getting there makes you feel. MW AH Michael Holgate


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Trials and Fixture dates: Season 2011-12
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Friendlies v Northern Independent Schools FA A and B: Sunday, 16 October, KO 2.15pm (King's, Chester).
ESFA U18 Inter-County Cup Round 2 v Northumberland Schools FA 'A' and 'B-friendly: Saturday 29 October (half term),11.30am (King's, Chester).
Northern Counties U18 League: v Lancashire Schools' FA: Monday, 14 November at Bamber Bridge FC KO 7.00pm
To be arranged: v Gtr Manchester SFA (A), v West Yorkshire SFA (H), v Merseyside SFA A and B (H) - all 'A' team fixtures are Northern Counties SFA League matches.
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GCMS-Fisher Wrestling in the Pantagraph
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November Student of the Month
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GCMS Alum Heads to Nationals
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Suction catheters or aspirators are long flexible tubes used in intensive care to expel fluids from the mouth and airways of critically ill patients. Critically ill patients often have difficulty with swallowing or coughing. Expulsion of these fluids is necessary to make sure the lungs remain clean and the patient is able to breathe comfortably.
A suction catheter and suction tubing are connected to a collection container (suction canister) and a device that generates suction power. The catheter can be used only once, and is used mostly when the patient doesn't have an artificial airway such as an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy in place. An 'inline suction device', where the suction catheter is enclosed in a plastic sleeve, is commonly used when a patient has a breathing tube in place. These are changed every 2-3 days.
The catheter is slowly inserted into the patient's airway and suction force is applied, thus expelling any secretions or fluids.
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For example the Bard Tracheal Suction Latex Red Rubber Catheter With Funnel End is a flexible, long tube which is used to remove respiratory secretions from the airway. It helps keep the airway clear of secretions and to prevent plugging. One end of the suction catheter is connected to a collection container and a device that generates suction. The open end is advanced through the airway to remove secretions.
Another good example is the CareFusion AirLife Brand Tri-Flo Cath-N-Glove Economy Suction Kits which are packaged in a plastic peel pouch for ease of use and quick preparation. Kits with 5/6 french and eight french catheters feature depth markings.
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Last but not the least is the Bard Tracheal Suction Cath N Sleeve Glove Kit comes with a suction plastic catheter which is a flexible, long tube to remove respiratory secretions from the airway and helps keep the airway clear of secretions and prevents plugging. One end of the suction catheter is connected to a collection container and a device that generates suction, while the open end is advanced through the airway to remove secretions.
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Cybercrime Is Threatening Transactions
Posted by Tom Rott on Sunday, August 27th, 2017 at 9:32am.
Cybercrime is posing a risk to an increasing number of real estate transactions, with home buyers' down payment funds the main target of scammers. Anthony Lamacchia, broker-owner of Lamacchia Realty in Waltham, Mass., wrote a recent article for Boston.com warning consumers to beware about the scam.
Criminals are targeting home buyers by sending them emails that look like they might come from their real estate agent or attorney. The emails may contain signatures, fonts, and logos that are identical to the originals. The email then usually claims the plans for submitting the down payment have changed and provides new instructions to wire funds to an account. However, if buyers follow those new instructions, they often lose their funds forever.
"Hackers can pop in and out of people's emails without detection, often leaving the unsuspecting individuals untouched if it's clear they're not involved in any high-ticket transactions," Lamacchia writes. "If hackers make their way into the email of someone involved in a real estate transaction, they can deconstruct the person's identity in order to gain access to associated accounts. Then they are able to create emails and internet landing pages that appear identical to those involved in the transaction."
Lamacchia stresses the need for real estate professionals to warn their clients that they could be exposed to wire fraud in a transaction, and to tell them that any change in the transfer of funds will be discussed face to face. Further, he encourages real estate professionals, attorneys, and other parties handling property transactions to use only encrypted Wi-Fi networks and to create complex passwords that are changed frequently. Lamacchia also urges real estate professionals to use company email addresses, like email@example.com, because they are much more difficult for hackers to duplicate than an address from Gmail or Yahoo. Also, watch for any slight differences in the email addresses, such as email@example.com being changed to email@example.com.
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Tim Captain & Relocating Well: Stories to Stretch You
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Welcome back ! You're diving right into another amazing edition of the BetaHaus.Life podcast! Today's guest is our friend Tim Captian. Tim is the pastor of First Christian Church in National City, just south of downtown San Diego. Over the course of his life, Tim Captain has moved many, many times. When people ask him where he's from, Tim often says "around" because it's kind of hard to pin down what "home" may have been.
It's a common thing in San Diego, because there are so many transplants here, to ask people where they're from before you ask them what they do. Tim was born in Indiana, grew up in Zimbabwe for 8 years, then back to Indiana, off to Hawaii, back to Indiana, then on to Ohio, after college he moved to Annapolis, Maryland and then finally here in San Diego for the last 7 years. Ben did that math and Tim's moving distance alone comes to about 28,000 miles over the course of his life.
Relearning Family
When you move that much, you're going to have a good grasp on different cultures & how to adapt to new locations. In general, though, while it's hard to put your thumb on the term "culture" when you talk about living in one location or another, it comes down to a community of people. Whether you're operating as a nonprofit or a church, or even as a regular business…it's all about people. Culture doesn't exist in a vacuum. When you're starting up your business, you're bringing all your moving with you, and you're adapting to a new location or culture or even just to a new neighborhood. There's a degree to where you'll need to adapt to your new location, and there's a second consideration you need to have for people adapting to you and your presence. It's never going to be like flipping a switch. It's going to be a process, and you need to be prepared for that truth.
Growing up as a child in Zimbabwe, learning what life was all about there, Tim was deeply impacted by the friendly, open family culture. He grew up calling people "Uncle" or "Aunty" that he obviously wasn't related to, but who considered him and his family as if they were part of their own family. For Tim, that was something that has impacted him in each place he's been. Finding that community where you're included in the family, that's where he's found the most connection. Every place he's moved, he's looked for that "extended fake family" that helps make that place home.
As a person who is technically "from" Indiana, the place that should feel like family then does not. Tim's time in San Diego now makes this city the second longest place he's ever lived. His children have all been born here, & he's hoping to pass up his time in Zimbabwe soon as they continue their work here. It's kind of fun for him, because the people that he's working and serving with, for the most part, have all lived here in San Diego, and were born and raised here. If you find yourself moving around with your business, or if you take a new job in an unfamiliar city, you're going to need to take care of yourself by finding people who will care for you in turn.
"White & primarily midwestern culture has a definition," Tim says, "of family that is very much more place and person centric than most other cultures of the world." There is a sense that what brings us together is not just the connection of blood.
Settling Down
When Tim & his wife Julia first moved into San Diego, they moved into an area called Imperial Beach. It was affordable and close to the beach. IT sounded like a good choice just by those measures. But as time passed, they found out why it was so affordable. There were a lot of military people in the neighborhood who were constantly moving in and out with transfers & deployments. On top of that, there were some other difficult elements that came with living in that neighborhood, too.
So, they moved up to North Park, away form the beach, but closer to people who would share more likes & lifestyle choices. There was a broader, international community there, and the family got to enjoy reconnecting with some African traditions that were close to Tim's heart. It was a fun place to live.
But while they enjoyed living there, it still never felt permanent because so much of their hearts were in National City where Tim works & serves. They recently moved down there & have really settled into the community at large. And that move, their third in the city, has made all the difference for them. They now feel at home in the community where they work & serve, and those elements of their life have finally fallen into place…even if there's not a beach just up the street.
When you're in business for yourself, or if you run a nonprofit or another organization, you may find yourself looking for that sense of home & belonging between where you live and where you work. As you can see from Tim's experience, that's likely going to come with some trial & error, & that's 100% okay. Allow yourself the space & time to get those things figured out. If you're going to relocate well, then you have to give yourself time to do it well.
Embracing New Family
In Fillipino tradition, "Lola" or "Lolo" are the affectionate names for people you might call grandfather or grandmother. As Tim's kids have grown up in the midst of this culture, they are now receiving what he did as a child in Zimbabwe, and it's really heart warming for him. Something that defined his childhood is now defining the lives of his own children, even within a different cultural context.
As we talk about people, culture & place in the context of our organizations and structures, we have to remember and be very mindful of what people call family, of what defines their culture and the flow & pace of their lives. It's a pretty well known fact that western culture is highly unusual in that we don't take an early afternoon break.
The British have their tea time, some hispanic cultures still have that siesta time in the heat of the day, but here in the west we hit that 2:30 doldrum by getting up, getting more coffee and getting back to work, rather than recharging like our bodies tell us to do. We can reset culture in our workplaces, and we can define the pace of life & the work we do together in a way that has a healthy integration with the pace of life outside of work, too.
Tim's oldest daughter learned a lesson about these different paces and expectations though a gentleman at church, one of their many "Lolos" there, when he would tell her "I'll take you home with me today." As westerners, we might think that sounds super creepy.But, he never meant it in a way that would have been off-putting or strange within his personal, cultural context. For him, the offer to take her home was an offer for her and the family to come to his home, for him to show love & hospitality by providing food and building relationship. He was saying, "You're like a grandchild to me. You can come over to my house anytime." He was opening up his life to them. Tim calls this "Fridge rights." It's that moment in a relationship where you don't have to ask someone if you can get a drink from their fridge anymore, that level of familiarity is just there.
Within our businesses & organizations, we want regulars. We want to develop relationships with people who come back time & time again. As we do this, opening up our business, our heart, our passions & skillsets to them, we develop relationship that makes an impact on their lives, as well. We bring value, yes, but we're also bringing ourselves. This interchange of lives & experiences may not be what were looking for in establishing ourselves in a community, but we have to bring the human element into the workplace, or we run the risk of only being a fixture or a tool set for someone, and those can be easily exchanged for another.
Adapt & Overcome
We all have learning curves when it comes to starting in new locations, and relearning what hospitality means is just a part of that equation. We may expect this adjustment to be instantaneous, that we can just walk into a new place, settle in and get moving. Reality says, though, that a "low & slow" approach is most likely what will get us there.
In order to become open, and to relate to others who are different, it's best to just get into things around you & practice being a person. You just do a little bit every day to grow and expand your experience and over time you'll just find yourself in that place. Getting accustomed to difference and change helps you enjoy those experiences more and more.
Moving with Kids
When Tim & his family moved back to Indiana from Zimbabwe, there was a lot of change going on around him. You can't take everything with you when you move over 8,000 miles overseas. And so as a child, Tim was focused on the things that were being left behind. Those items that defined their household were being left behind. The anxiety for him was in tangible difference. He knew his family was going, but Tim's favorite stuffed animal "Blue Bear" got left behind. And as a kid, leaving that teddy bear behind was the symbol of change. The thing that was bringing him comfort was no longer there, and that's where the shift came through.
Tim suggests watching your kids as you lead up to these moments of change. It's easy as a parent to be preoccupied with all of the things that must be dealt with for a move, and sometimes we neglect to focus on the situation from our children's point of view. Talk with them. Engage them in the process, give them ownership in the move, and see what they have to say about the whole process.
If you're relocating with kids, it's super important to walk through the process with them. We have three older children, and we had loads of conversations with them about our cross country move. We brought them along ahead of time, we talked about all the fun things that were ahead of us & we talked about the tough parts of leaving people, places & things behind.
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Lifting Height: 3.5 Meter
Fuel Type: Diesel
Tire: 8.25-15-14Pr
Transmission: Torque Converter
Tilt Angle: 5/3
Fork Length: 1200mm
Min. Turning Radius: 4300
Max.traveling Speed: 20km/h
Platform Width: 1200mm
Platform Height: 920mm
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Packaging: nude packing
Productivity: 5000 Sets/Year
Brand: Shantui
Transportation: Ocean,Land,Air
Place of Origin: China
Supply Ability: 500 Sets/Month
Certificate: ISO9000
HS Code: 84272090
Port: Qingdao Port,Shanghai Port,Tianjin Port
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Shandong Volin Heavy Machinery Co.,ltd. is a subsidiary of Shantui Group. It is professional manufacturer and supplier of Shantui forklift trucks. Our main products include Diesel Forklift, Electric Forklift and Gasoline Lpg Forklift, Construction Machinery like bulldozer, Wheel Loader, excavator, motor grader and road roller and Construction Machinery Parts.
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The firm established a standalone arbitration group reasonably recently after recruiting Joseph Tirado from Baker Botts.
The merger partners are still discussing how the new international arbitration practice will be structured, but it will be a fully integrated cross-office affair.
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Norton Rose's clients are often banks, insurers, construction companies and energy firms. As the pending cases figure shows, it's a busy practice.
Among others, the firm is representing Indian technology company Moser Baer in a US$450 million ICC arbitration against Norwegian supplier Rec Wafer. The dispute has also been the subject of court proceedings in London and India (after Moser Baer tried unsuccessfully to stop the Norwegian company from calling in bank guarantees).
Joe Tirado has also been sought out in the public international law sphere to advise a consortium of European banks over multibillion-euro claims against the Icelandic government relating to the country's financial crisis.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Norton Rose was one of the first UK firms to go international. It's one of the few London firms with an arbitration team in Athens, as well as the Middle East and Asia. The latest round of mergers with Denys Reitz and Ogilvy Renault and Deacons will mean the firm can call on more than 2,500 lawyers in 38 offices worldwide. As far as ranking organisations are concerned, the Singapore office is the most highly rated for arbitration – one book gives it a top slot and its practice leader Guy Spooner is elsewhere described as "highly competent and persistent".
Recent events
The international arbitration practice believes it added 20 lawyers to its arbitration practice in 2010 as part of a "five-year growth strategy" devised by the firm's overall head of dispute resolution, Antony Dutton. Additions in London include David McKie, a shipping and insurance specialist who joined as a lateral hire from DLA Piper, and consultant Robert Merkin, a professor at the University of Southampton and an author of several books on international arbitration.
Elsewhere, Peter Cash, who led the disputes team at Deacons, moved to Norton Rose's Singapore office where KC Lye was promoted to partner and Guy Spooner was appointed to the board of directors at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
However, the same period included the loss of a small dispute resolution group in Paris who are now the new office of Canadian firm Heenan Blaikie.
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Carlos Galdon, president of Spanish renewable energy company Avanzalia, said he recently used Joe Tirado and Matthew Knowles in a "very important" case that "could have affected our very survival." Galdon was "very impressed" with the speed with which the Norton Rose team got to grips with the case, achieving a final settlement "within weeks". He says the firm has "outstanding professionals" that he would recommend, "without any doubt". Another client, whose case also settled, praised what they called "a great team" adding, "the deadlines were always met and the personal interest in the case was remarkable."


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GB, who were promoted from Division 2A last year, will come up against hosts France and also Japan, Poland, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The six-team IIHF tournament runs from 12th to 18th December 2015, with the group winners being promoted to Division 1A.
Twelve of the squad who won the gold medal in Estonia last year have been named in the travelling party.
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Bird of Paradise Plant & Parts of Flower
Bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is an evegreen perennial that resembles a banana tree with its oblong, fanlike leaves. But this plant produces a unique orange and purple bloom that looks like a bird's head and crown. A native of South Africa, bird of paradise thrives in USDA zones 9 to 11. Bird of paradise is an evergreen tropical that produces excellent, long-lasting cut flowers and is often used in arrangements.
Bird of paradise thrives in warm climates with light shade and regular watering. These plants grow best in large clumps, so they should be thinned out only occasionally. Leaf stalks may grow to 1-1/2 feet high while the plant can reach 5 feet. Bird of paradise may be fertilized with a peat-based product twice a month during growing season. Dead leaves or spent blooms may be removed in fall or winter.
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A bird of paradise flower is comprised of six upright, orange sepals and three vivid blue petals. The flowers are interspersed to create a plume or crown effect. One of the blue petals extends out like a tongue; this is the female part of the flower.
The bird of paradise flower grows out of a bract, that, like the leaves of this plant, grows on its own stem. The bract may have shades of red or purple. The bract is the bent end of a stalk and is triangular or kayak-shaped, with a pointed end that grows horizontal to the ground. The flower blooms out of this structure.
Birds of paradise are pollinated with the help of birds, often sunbirds, that transfer the pollen. When a bird lands on the top of the flower crown, its weight opens the petals and the exposed pollen may stick to a bird's breast. When the bird flies to the next plant, it then deposits the pollen to the stigma of a new flower.
Giant Bird of Paradise
The giant bird of paradise (Strelitzia nicolai) is similar to its smaller cousin but has white and purple petals, grows to 30 feet and has leaves that grow to 10 feet each. Leaves from this plant fan out from a central base and are gray-green in color.
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