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by: James Hesky
As a lot of you know, Darryl Charles and I decided to bring CheaPodcast to a close this week after 125 episodes. A lot of people (Mostly just superfan Chris Curtis) have been asking us questions like "Why?" or "How could you do this to me?" or "Oh, that's cool, you have a podcast? I don't really listen to podcasts, but congrats man. Or I'm sorry. I don't really know what to say in this situation. Everything cool between you guys?"
We started the podcast as a way to promote our monthly show "Cheap Laughs" at the Raven Lounge. Unfortunately, that show died a sudden death when it became clear that we had no clue how to run a show and the bar found out that we weren't nearly as lucrative as bachelorette parties. Still, we decided to keep rolling with the podcast, putting out an episode once a week because we had nothing else to do and it made us feel like we were real comedians.
Now everything is different. Darryl is in ComedySportz, got married and has a house (I think I'm putting that in order of importance, but you'd have to check with Darryl), I'm the phunniest person in the city, and we both get booked enough that we don't need a podcast to cover up whatever darkness we have deep down inside of us that makes us force strangers to listen to our thoughts.
It was a good run, but all good things must come to an end. And so must mediocre things that were kind of fun but starting to get tiring.
We've had a lot of fun and a lot of great guests from the Philly comedy community (And some of the headliners and features at Helium), so here are my ten favorite moments from our two-and-a-half year run.
10. I pass out mid-episode
At this point in the podcast, I was working a 60-hour-a-week job that I hated. We recorded on a Friday after I had worked closer to 80 hours in five days. I was exhausted and looking to get liquored up. So I got myself a bottle of iced tea vodka and a 2-liter of lemonade and made some drunk Arnold Palmers. All was going reasonable well for the first 30 minutes or so, but then that fourth drink and the entire week hit me and I started to fade. Darryl did a great job of leading the podcast, and I did my best to hang in there, but I came up just short. As we were closing, Darryl looks over at me and sees that I'm asleep and calls me out on it. I say the only thing that I can think of which was "I feel bad." It was true in every sense of the phrase.
I told Darryl I wasn't comfortable putting that up, so we re-recorded the episode later that weekend. Five weeks later, Darryl and a respiratory infection and I was working so I couldn't record with anyone else, and Darryl posted the original episode 8 for the week.
9. Little Cat ends the first episode
Episode 1— "A Series of Tubes"
As much as I would like to say that we had a plan for the first episode, we didn't. We knew we wanted to do a podcast and we were going to tie in weird news stories with a theme. That's it. And we definitely didn't know the danger of letting my roommate's cat sit on my leg for the last few minutes of the podcast. I forgot that if I moved slightly or there was any noise louder than a light breeze, he did this thing where he buried his claws deep into my flesh. So our first podcast ends with me just screaming in pain, trying to detach a cat from my thigh muscle.
8. Joe Doc deals with joint custody
Episode 36— "I'm Sorry You Have to See This"
As some of you may remember, Darryl and I got into a little bit of a fight following a series of articles on Witout called "The Great Debate" (Round One, Round Two, Round Three)Looking back on it, it's so silly that it almost looks completely staged. But it totally wasn't. It's not like we got into a fake fight then had no idea how to end it so we just went deeper into the argument to see just how much yes anding we could do.
It all came to a head when we had on Joey Dougherty and decided that we couldn't stand to be in the same room with each other, so we did the first half with me, and the second half with Darryl hosting and forced Joe to decide who he liked better. It was a shameful moment for both of us.
7. The worst transition of all time
Episode 54—"TWENTY NINE and a half MEN"
Oh boy. This one was pretty bad.
If you've ever listened to our show, you know that we like to come up with transitions between the articles. Usually it's a giant stretch and we just make fun of the other person for failing, but if it goes well, it's usually our favorite part of the podcast. Well we had H. Foley, Chris Cotton, Conrad Roth and Tom Cassidy (All from Center City Comedy) on for the show, and the theme for the episode was roommates. We were wrapping up an article about a motel with a shitload of registered sex offenders, and the next article had something to do with kids. So in my brilliance, I decide to go for the transition without telling anyone, so in the middle of a conversation about pedophiles I chime in with "Well, kids love attention…"
I know now that I was wrong, and I'm sorry. Let's just move on.
6. Finding out that we suck at recording
If you listen to our first 50 episodes or so, you may notice that the sound quality sucks. Anyone who spoke too loudly would max out the mics and everything sounded a bit grainy. We did everything we could to mess with the sound. We adjusted the mixer, we put the mics in different places, we downloaded new recording software. It didn't matter, we couldn't fix it.
It turns out that's because we were recording directly into Darryl's computer mic, not the mics hooked up to the mixer. After that, we just started recording directly into my digital recorder, because we suck at trying things that are difficult.
5. Brendan Kennedy gets blackout drunk then does the podcast
Episode 28—"I'm Sorry I Broke The Internet, Computer"
For a brief period, Darryl and I (Along with our good buddy Mykal Carter-Jackson) ran a Sunday open mic at Connie's Ric Rac (Among other places), which was right across from the famed Hate Speech Hall. Somewhere along the way, Brendan Kennedy found a bottle of whiskey and a jar of pickle juice and drank all of both, then did our podcast.
I love this entire episode, but some favorite moments include:
• Starting off by talking about how hot dogs are from heaven
• Having to delete an entire five-minute chunk because Brendan kept talking about Darryl's job
• Brendan wanting to rename C-sections "Don't block my shine, shorty."
Give it a listen.
4. Getting John Oliver and Kurt Metzger to do our podcast
Episode 52— "I think I'm Sad Again with John Oliver and Kurt Metzger"
We had already had some great local comics on (Chip Chanty, Mykal Carter-Jackon, Sue Taney, and Luke Giordano just to name a few), but we realized we were being idiots for not including some of the headliners who we were opening for at Helium. I remember being nervous to ask Jeff (One of the managers at Helium) if it would be okay to ask the headliners to do the podcast. He said it was fine, but he was curious to see how it went because no one's ever asked before. I could easily imagine this turning into a conversation where I was told that I was suspended from Helium for a year and a new "Hesky Rule" would be put in place where no one could ask the headliners to do a podcast without going through their agent first.
Luckily the first week we had the opportunity was with Kurt Metzger and John Oliver: Two of the nicest dudes in comedy. We spoke way too fast while doing it, and the interviews are practically unlistenable, but at the end of the John Oliver one, you can tell that Darryl and I are both celebrating the fact that we will probably get to do this again sometime because it went just well enough.
3. Watching the Cleveland Bus Driver video on repeat for 10 minutes
Episode 92— "You Goin to Jail Now!"
I remember in 10th grade getting so high one time with a friend, that he made a dumb observation about milk cartons and we laughed so hard and for so long that I legitimately started to worry that I would never be able to stop laughing. I thought I would have to just go through the rest of my life laughing. It would be going on at school, during graduation, whenever I met people at college, and while I was getting married.
This is the only time I've laughed harder than that. For a solid ten minutes we watched the video of a bus driver uppercutting a woman who refused to pay her fare then pushed the driver. It's the most amazing video I've ever seen. If you haven't seen it, here it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbRYTLzkd04
You're welcome.
2. The Hangovercasts
Episode 103 – "The Internet is Better Back Here"
I don't remember exactly how it happened, but I know that at some point we decided that it would be a brilliant idea to record on New Year's Day 2011. My roommate and I had gotten a quarter keg of Miller Lite and needed help finishing it, so we invited Darryl and Lori over to help us drink beer (And bloody marys). The podcast was a bit of a clusterfuck, as you would expect it to be, but it was fun.
So the next year, we decided to do it again. This time we invited a bunch of comedians and some fans of the show to take part. We were in just as much pain, and I had to leave in the middle to go help Johnny Goodtimes move a keg that was responsible for breaking his rear window the night before.
Then this year, we had big plans, but it all went to shit until our good buddy Pat Barker came through and helped guide us through a particularly rough hangover (For me, at least.) It was a great tradition, and now I have to find out what else I'm supposed to do to nurse my New Year's Day hangover.
1. Todd Glass and Geoff Tate get Brendan Kennedy-level drunk and do the podcast
Episode 95 – "We'll be Right Back With Todd Glass and Geoff Tate"
I opened up for Todd Glass out in Phoenixville for a one-nighter at PJ Ryan's. After the show, Todd had a fair amount of whiskey but had already agreed to do my podcast. We ended up at Helium and ran into Geoff Tate (Who was featuring that week) who was just as drunk, and they both decided to jump in and do the podcast. It turned into one of the greatest moments of my life. I'd add to that, but just listen to the first 15 minutes, and if you don't start crying at the 8:50 mark, you have no soul. Don't turn it off there either, just keep listening and Todd keeps being Todd. It's the best.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
You see? I was right. And you're welcome.
James Hesky is a Philadelphia stand-up comedian and reigning winner of Helium Comedy Club's Philly's Phunniest Person Contest. He asks that you follow CheaPodcast on Twitter for more updates in the upcoming week's on the show's favorite guests and episodes. You can listen to the final episode of CheaPodcast online.


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Says Museveni Would Win 49% of Vote: Feared VP Bukenya's Popularity
A ruling-party insider urged the United States to get his boss, Uganda's president Yoweri K. Museveni, to restore presidential term-limits, saying the general only listens to the U.S. and U.K., according to a memorandum to the State Department, by the American ambassador to the East African country, disclosed by WiKiLeaks.
The insider also said Museveni's political strategists believed he would win only 49% of the vote in the February 2011 election; this would have forced a runoff and increased chances of the general's defeat.
Ambassador Jerry Lanier's memo, classified "Confidential" was sent to Washington on September 21, 2009; the information was based on conversations with Mike Mukula, who was described by Lanier as a "disgraced former Ugandan Health Minister and current National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairman for eastern Uganda."
Mukula is now a Member of Parliament in Uganda, representing the ruling party, from Soroti district. He was in the past imprisoned after being accused of diverting foreign-donor supplied funds to fight Aids and other diseases.
"Mukula urged the U.S. to pressure Museveni to reinstate presidential term limits," reads ambassador Lanier's memo. "He listed Somalia as an example of Museveni's efforts to remain indispensable to the U.S. Mukula also speculated that Uganda's support to southern Sudan also enabled Museveni to preserve strong ties with the U.S."
Gen. Museveni is the only African president who has sent several thousands of soldiers to prop Somalia's weak U.S.-financed government; he was also a big supporter of Southern Sudan's independence move, again in line with U.S. policy. Critics contend he panders to the U.S. to blunt criticism of domestic human rights abuses.
The memo also reads: "Mukula said Museveni ultimately listens to only two countries - the U.S. and the U.K. - and urged the U.S. to pressure Museveni to reinstate presidential term limits. Mukula himself, however, hopes to run for president in 2016."
Additionally, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) insider told the American ambassador that Gen. Museveni had considered holding an internal party primary, to elect the NRM's presidential candidate for the 2011 elections, but ditched the plan when he realized his vice president, Gilbert Bukenya, could win the nomination.
"Mukula named Ugandan Vice President Gilbert Bukenya, an ethnic Baganda, as the NRM's most popular leader," reads the memo. "He said Museveni kept Bukenya on as his Vice President to keep tabs on Bukenya's potential presidential ambitions."
Opposition parties in Uganda have rejected the outcome of Uganda's February election, saying it was massively rigged in Gen. Museveni's favor by the state apparatus. The Black Star News in February published the results of the elections 24 hours before it was announced after an official involved in the rigging task force had passed the pre-determined results to this newspaper.
"Mukula conceded that northern and central Uganda would likely go to opposition candidates in free and fair elections," ambassador Lanier wrote, lending to the subsequent repudiation of the results by the opposition, when even these regions were awarded to Gen. Museveni by his hand-picked Electoral Commission.
Mukula also told ambassador Lanier that he had become Museveni's "fall guy" for the alleged corruption scandal involving the alleged stealing of $1.5 million from the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) that in fact "most of the missing GAVI funds were used by First Lady Janet Museveni."
"When asked how he thought the 2011 elections would compare to the flawed 2006 presidential contest, Mukula said the 2011 elections would be much worse. He said Museveni's re-election team believed Museveni would get 10 percentage points less than he received in 2006, giving him only 49 percent of the vote," ambassador Lanier's memo to the State Department reads.
The Electoral Commission awarded Gen. Museveni an implausible 68.38% of the vote.
"Mukula said the recent political moves made by Museveni - from pandering to ethnic Banyoro along Lake Albert..to the recognition of the Rwenzururu Kingdom in southwestern Uganda and the decision to support the minority Banyala's quest for autonomy from the Buganda Kingdom ...were all designed to obtain the two percentage points needed to push Museveni from 49 to 51 percent during the first round of voting in 2011," reads the memo.
Mukula said the 2011 elections would be more "flawed" than the 2006. He described the riots near Kampala in September 2009 as Uganda's 9/11. Due to the marginalization of other ethnic groups, in favor of Museveni's Banyankole, Mukula "warned of serious reprisals from groups long excluded from power."
A State Department spokesman yesterday evening declined to comment on the memo. A person who answered the phone at Uganda's Permanent Mission to the United Nations said a press official wasn't available and that no one else could speak with media.
Similarly, Mukula couldn't be reached for comment. Reacting to other WiKiLeaks memos attributing comments to him, about Janet Museveni and the president's son, he acknowledged meeting with Lanier but told Uganda's The Daily Monitor that the memos had "distortions."
Mukula, who was a strong operative on Museveni's relection team, according to the memo, also told ambassador Lanier the following:
[] That Museveni's ethnic Banyankole had "complete dominance" over the army, government, and business community.
[] That since Uganda was the only country without Presidential term limit, mistrust of Museveni by the other East African presidents was hampering the plans for regional political integration; and that while Raila Odinga, Kenya's Prime Minister, "keeps up a friendly public persona with Museveni despite extreme private distrust."
[] That even though there were rumors that Janet Museveni had presidential ambitions, she preferred to be in the backrgound and didn't have the "stamina and focus" needed to run a serious presidential campaign.
[] That while Museveni wanted to groom his son Lt. Col. Muhoozi Kainerugaba to succeed him, the son would be too young for the 2016 polls.
[] That the military had become Uganda's "fourth estate" treated by Gen. Museveni as his personal political party.
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Areas of Research
As co-director of the Lehigh Environmental Initiative. His lab studies interactions between microorganisms and surfaces, focusing on the implications of bacterial attachment to surfaces; microbial attachment and transport through porous media, focusing on attachment and transport of microorganisms through both saturated and unsaturated porous media; and, microbial kinetics, as applied to remediation of environmental contaminants and treatment of waste streams, and how various environmental and engineering factors affect these kinetics.
Brown is recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER Award as well as the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science Teaching Excellence Award. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), International Society for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM),and Sigma Xi scientific research society, and the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi. Brown is registered engineer in California and Pennsylvania, and holds a patent in the area of characterizing coal tar in soil.
Teaching and Service
To review Dr. Brown's current teaching portfolio, click here.
To meet his research group, current and former students, click here.
Selected Publications
Brown, D.G. and Hong, Y., 2011. "Impact of the charge-regulated nature of the bacterial cell surface on the activity of adhered cells." Adhesion Sci. Technol., 25(17):2199-2218.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., 2010. "Alteration of bacterial surface electrostatic potential and pH upon adhesion to a solid surface and impacts to cellular bioenergetics." Biotechnol. Bioeng., 105(5):965-972.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., 2009. "Variation in bacterial ATP level and proton motive force due to adhesion to a solid surface." Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 75(8):2346-2353.
Cao, J., Zhang, W.-X., Brown, D.G., and Sethi, D., 2008. "Oxidation of lindate with Fe(II)-activated sodium persulfate." Environ. Engr. Sci., 25(2):221-228.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., 2008. "Electrostatic behavior of the charge-regulated bacterial cell surface." Langmuir, 24(9):5003-5009.
Tripathi, S. and Brown, D.G., 2008. "Effects of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate on the sorption of Brij 30 and Brij 35 onto aquifer sand." Environ. Sci. Technol. 42(5):1492-1498.
Abramson, A. and Brown, D.G., 2007. "Influence of solution ionic strength on the collision efficiency distribution and predicted transport distance of a Sphingomonas sp. flowing through porous media." Water Res., 41(19):4435-4445.
Brown, D.G., 2007. "Relationship between micellar and hemi-micellar processes and the bioavailability of surfactant-solubilized hydrophobic organic compounds." Environ. Sci. Technol., 41(4):1194-1199.
Brown, D.G., 2007. "Adaptable method for estimation of parameters describing bacterial transport through porous media from column effluent data: Optimization based on data quality and quantity." Coll. Surf. A: Physichem. Engineer. Aspects, 296(1-3):19-28.
X. Li, Brown, D.G., Zhang, W., 2007. "Zero-valent iron nanoparticles for stabilization of biosolids" J. Nanoparticle Res., 9(2):233-243.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., 2006. "Cell surface acid-base properties of Escherichia coli and Bacillus brevis and variation as a function of growth phase, nitrogen source and C:N ratio." Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces, 50(2):112-119.
Brown, D.G., Gupta, L, Kim, T.-H., Moo-Young, H.K., and Coleman, A.J., 2006. "Comparative assessment of coal tars obtained from 10 former manufactured gas plant sites in the eastern United States." Chemosphere,65(9):1562-1569.
Brown, D.G. and Abramson, A., 2006. "Collision efficiency distribution of a bacterial suspension flowing through porous media and implications for field-scale transport." Water Res., 40(8):1591-1598.
Brown, D.G. and Abramson, A., 2007. Erratum to "Collision efficiency distribution of a bacterial suspension flowing through porous media and implications for field-scale transport." [Water Res., 40(8):1591-1598], Water Res., 41(3):719.
Brown, D.G. and Jaffé, P.R., 2006. "Effects of nonionic surfactants on the cell surface hydrophobicity and apparent Hamaker constant of a Sphingomonas sp." Environ. Sci. Technol., 40(1):195-201.
Brown, D.G. and Al Nuaimi, K.S., 2005. "Nonionic surfactant sorption onto the bacterial cell surface: A multi-interaction isotherm." Langmuir,21(24):11368-11372.
Brown, D.G., Gupta, L., Moo-Young, H.K. and Coleman, A., 2005. "Raoult's law-based method for determination of coal tar average molecular weight." Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 24(8):1886-1892.
Brown, D.G., Komlos, J. and Jaffé, P.R., 2005. "Simultaneous utilization of acetate and hydrogen by Geobacter sulfurreducens and implications for use of hydrogen as an indicator of redox conditions." Environ. Sci. Technol., 39(9):3069-3076.
Dong, H., Onstott, T.C., Ko, C.-H., Hollingsworth, A.D., Brown, D.G., and Mailloux, B.J., 2002. "Theoretical prediction of collision efficiency between adhesion-deficient bacteria and sediment grain surface." Coll. Surf. B: Biointerfaces,24(3-4):229-245.
Brown, D.G., Stencel, J.R., and Jaffé, P.R., 2002. "Effects of porous media preparation on bacteria transport through laboratory columns." Water Res., 36:105-114.
Brown, D.G., and Jaffé, P.R., 2001. "Effects of nonionic surfactants on bacterial transport through porous media." Environ. Sci. Technol., 35(19):3877-3883.
Brown, D.G., and Jaffé, P.R., 2001. "Effects of nonionic surfactants on the UV/visible absorbance spectrum of bacterial cells." Biotechnol. Bioeng., 74(6):476-482.
Brown, D.G., and Jaffé, P.R., 2001. "Spectrophotometric Assay of POE Nonionic Surfactants and its Application to Surfactant Sorption Isotherms." Environ. Sci. Technol., 35(10):2022-2025.
Brown, D.G., Knightes, C.D., and Peters, C.A., 1999. "Risk assessment for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon NAPLs using component fractions." Environ. Sci. Technol., 33(24):4357-4363.
Peters, C.A., Knightes, C.D., and Brown, D.G., 1999. "Long-term compositional dynamics of PAH-containing NAPLs and implications for risk assessment." Environ. Sci. Technol., 33(24):4499-4507.
Brown, D.G., Guha, S., and Jaffé, P.R., 1999. "Surfactant-enhanced biodegradation of a PAH in soil slurry reactors." Bioremediation J., 3(3):269-283.


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MILWAUKEE (AP) Brandon Jennings scored 25 points and Mike Dunleavy had 13 of his 18 in the fourth quarter as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat 104-85 on Saturday night to spoil Dwyane Wade's return.
Wade was back after serving a one-game suspension for flailing his leg and making contact with guard Ramon Sessions' groin during the Heat's 105-92 victory over Charlotte on Wednesday. Wade sat out Miami's 109-99 loss to Detroit on Friday night, which snapped the Heat's six-game winning streak.
Wade had 24 points on 10-of-19 shooting, four assists, six rebounds and three turnovers. LeBron James added 25 points as Miami failed to reach 100 points for just the third time in 28 games.


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Plants Worth Your Time
Without a doubt, plants are the foundation of the landscape industry, and the diversity of ornamental species and cultivars on the market allows for creative and appealing landscape compositions. Thumbing through trade magazines can be a productive way of learning about new plants or gaining new insights regarding common ones. Every member of our industry has his or her favorites, and it is interesting to hear their justification for selecting and promoting specific plants.
People have their own reasons for selecting particular plants. Consumers may be attracted to a plant's ornamental appeal, while designers may be more focused on the purpose or function a plant will serve in the landscape. Landscape managers may select plants for their overall performance and ease of care.
When asked to recommend plants, I usually respond with several questions. I tend to follow a sequence that proceeds from function to maintenance requirements. It is not as simple as blurting out a few names; I usually identify my selections on the basis of ornamental quality, adaptability and management.
Function, or use, and the amount of available space help guide me to choose a plant type such as tree, shrub or groundcover. After function, I consider the aesthetic qualities of the plant such as form, foliage, flowers, fruit and bark. Consideration of plant aesthetics logically leads to a site evaluation and determining whether the plant will be able to perform given the particular conditions of the site.
Throughout my educational career, my plant professors could be overheard emphasizing "Don't fight the site." If you go against Mother Nature and fail to match the plant with the site conditions, there is no doubt that you will lose. Site adaptability factors such as hardiness, soil tolerance, exposure and light levels define whether aesthetic selections will actually perform to expectations.
The final consideration in plant selection is management. When we consider landscape development, it is the landscape manager who directs the development of the landscape. After initial establishment, accent plants start to show off their qualities: masses integrate, and border plantings achieve their intended shape. It is the feasibility and quality of maintenance that ensures the long-term aesthetic appeal of any plant.
The following are a few plants to consider in the landscape. I've chosen to include them here for their various exceptional qualities. Keep in mind that it's up to you to determine whether they will adapt to a specific site you have in mind. However, they have performed well under our conditions here in Michigan and we definitely consider them worth some thought.
The genus Rhododendron provides a wide array of plants for the landscape. They may be evergreen or deciduous, and exhibit a variety of habits, leaf sizes and flower colors. Generally, we think of rhododendrons and azaleas as temperamental. Low temperatures, exposures and soil pH often limit their use to specific sites or protected microclimates.
However, we have had the opportunity to work with a group of deciduous azalea hybrids developed in Minnesota and are extremely pleased with their ornamental display and growth performance. They are referred to as the Northern Lights hybrids and are the result of crosses between Mollis hybrids (Rhododendron × kosteranum) and the Roseshell azaleas (Rhododendron prinophyllum roseum) made by the late Albert G. Johnson in 1957. The Mollis hybrids are deciduous and similar to the Exbury group. The colors of the common cultivars are white, yellow, pink and red. The Roseshell azalea is a spreading shrub, ranging in height from 2 feet to 8 feet. The flowers are bright pink and fragrant. It is native from New Hampshire and southern Quebec to Virginia and west to Illinois. Hardiness is reported from Zones 3 to 8.
Northern Lights has benefited from the flower characteristics and hardiness of its parents. Northern Lights possesses a compact growth habit, about 6 feet in height and spread. The flowers are 1Ω inches across, borne in clusters, and appear in late May and early June. Harold Pellett, executive director of the Landscape Plant Development Center in Chanhassen, Minn., proclaims that, "Northern Lights hybrids are the only winter hardy azaleas that can be counted on to produce full bloom every year in the Upper Midwest." Flower buds are reported hardy to -45°F. Pellett also indicates that even though azaleas require acid soil for optimum growth, these plants will grow well in neutral pH soils amended with acid peat and given an annual acidic fertilization.
'Pink Lights', 'Rosy Lights' and 'White Lights' were the first clones named in the Northern Lights series, which entered the trade in 1984. 'Pink Lights' and 'Rosy Lights' are similar in habit and hardiness to the original group. 'White Lights' is a selection from a cross between Rhododendron prinophyllum and a white-flowered Exbury azalea. Flower buds are light pink, fading to white in full bloom. 'Orchid Lights' is a compact azalea from the cross between Rhododendron canadense and Rhododendron × kosteranum. Plants average 3 feet in height with equal spread. Orchid colored flowers bloom in mid-May. 'Golden Lights' and 'Spicy Lights' are pleasant additions to the series, with their golden yellow and salmon colored flowers. 'Golden Lights' matures at about 4 feet, blooms in late May and has a reported hardiness of -30°F. 'Spicy Lights' is a larger shrub, closer to the original Northern Lights with a height of 6 feet. 'Spicy Lights' blooms in late May or early June with bud hardiness to -35°F.
Callicarpa dichotoma, purple beautyberry, is a plant that has generated some interest in our Midwestern gardens. Beautyberry is a graceful medium-sized shrub that grows to about 3 feet. It has a rounded crown with slender, purple, arching branches and gets its name from the small, pinkish-lavender flowers that give rise to lilac-violet, porcelain fruit. Beautyberry is an adaptable shrub with reported hardiness from Zones 5 to 8.
In Mid-Michigan we treat it as a dieback shrub and prune it to the base every spring. Even though annual renovation may be a chore, it results in the same graceful arching form each year. Its impact on the landscape is worth the few minutes of pruning.
The two cultivars that have generated specific interest in our market are 'Issai' and 'Early Amethyst.' 'Issai' is a heavily fruited compact introduction, and 'Early Amethyst' fruits earlier with bright purple berries.
Witchhazels have been a favorite of mine for a long time. They offer an interesting flower display, tolerate a wide range of soils from dry sands to poorly drained clays and perform well in full sun or as an understory plant in partial shade. Depending on your perspective, they can be considered large shrubs or small trees. We have had positive experiences with a number of the species and cultivars. Hamamelis virginiana, common witchhazel, is a North American native offering a fall season of yellow flowers and foliage. Hamamelis vernalis, another native, is noted for its late winter yellow-orange flowers.
The Intermedia hybrids resulting from crosses between H. japonica and H. mollis are truly worth considering. They possess the same site tolerances as their North American relatives and late-winter flowers ranging in colors from yellow to red. Their ornamental appeal returns in the fall with equally spectacular fall foliage displays from yellow to mottled reds. 'Arnold Promise' is probably the most noted cultivar with its clear yellow flowers. 'Diane' is one of the best red flowering forms, and 'Jelena' has long, coppery, strap-like petals. Hamamelis mollis 'Pallida' has also pleased us with its soft sulfur-yellow petals emerging out of a reddish-purple calyx cup.
It is easy to understand the popularity that evergreen shrubs have had in the landscape. Year-round foliage, flower and leaf color, and a multitude of forms make evergreen shrubs a staple in most landscapes. The following plants are consistent performers that play supporting roles in landscape compositions.
Ilex glabra, inkberry holly is heralded as a broad-leaved evergreen that likes wet soils. Its tolerance of adverse soil conditions makes it extremely useful in both suburban and urban areas. Inkberry is an upright shrub with a rounded top. Its size varies, but it may attain 6 feet with an 8-foot spread. Leaves are evergreen, shiny and dark green. As with most broad-leaved evergreens, protection from winter desiccation is important. Because the species tends to become leggy and lose its lower foliage, cultivars are preferred for their compact and dense growth. 'Compacta' is probably the oldest and most popular cultivar.
Princeton Nurseries introduced it in the late 1940s. 'Compacta' forms a tight mound of about 4 feet. However, it may also become leggy with age and lose its lower foliage. Light pruning can enhance foliage retention and form. Nordic ('Chamzin') is a selection from Lake County Nursery in Perry, Ohio, that has a compact form and lustrous, deep-green leaves. It has a broad, pyramidal growth habit and maintains its dark-green color throughout the winter. 'Shamrock' is another compact form with bright green new foliage and glossy, dark-green older foliage. This plant is a little slower growing than 'Compacta', reaching approximately 3 to 5 feet in height.
Taxus (yews) are hardy, evergreen shrubs with excellent foliage characteristics and a variety of species and cultivars. However, when I think of Taxus, I think of pruning and that several of the cultivars generally require a little more pruning than I am willing to provide. To that end, we have searched for a few Taxus species or cultivars that require minimal pruning and still offer dense foliage characteristics. Taxus baccata, the English yew, is most noted for its tree form specimens in England. It is found on old estates and in botanical gardens and arboretums, but is not used to any great extent in landscapes. T. baccata 'Repandens' is dwarf, slow-growing cultivar with glossy, dark-green foliage that appears to lay flat on its stems. 'Repandens' is considered the hardiest form of T. baccata. Its branching habit is more horizontal with a descending pattern that creates an interesting mound shape. Several specimens in our gardens are more than 20 years old and still maintain an attractive appearance despite never having been pruned.
Taxus cuspidata, the Japanese yew, has a number of cultivars, with the most noted being 'Capitata', the pyramidal form. The cultivar of particular interest in our search is 'Monloo', an extremely low-spreading form, marketed under the trade name Emerald Spreader. It has dark-green needles, is slow-growing and reported to be hardy to Zone 4. Michael Dirr gives an example of a 20-year plant that is only 30 inches in height. It has been used in different planting situations where it continues to look quite attractive with minimal care.
Taxus × media and its cultivars most likely provide the widest selection of Taxus on the market. 'Densiformis' is certainly a staple of the Midwestern landscape. The cultivar that we found particularly useful is Taxus × media 'Tauntonii'. The 'Tauntonii' yew is a low-growing, spreading form that provides year round foliage and seasonal backdrops for perennials and annual plantings. 'Tauntonii' is more controlled in its growth, without the aggressive, upright and spreading growth seen in other 'Densiformis'-like cultivars.
This is a small selection of plants for consideration. Each its place in the landscape; some serve as accents, others in a supporting role. In any case, they have served us well from both an aesthetic and a management perspective.
Dr. Robert E. Schutzki is professor of ornamental horticulture at Michigan State University (E. Lansing, Mich.).
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Former NFL receiver and current ESPN analyst Cris Carter is the latest commentator to weigh in on Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco, ripping him after saying he's on the way out in Cincinnati because Marvin Lewis hurt his feelings.
"I'm sick of Chad, I'm sick of hearing from him, I'm sick of hearing what he's going to do," Carter said. ""Chad, he's definitely going to end up on someone else's team if I'm calling the shots."
Carter said he believes the Bengals should get rid of both Ochocinco and quarterback Carson Palmer, but he said in Palmer's case the reason to get rid of him is to do a distinguished veteran a favor.
"I'm definitely making a deal getting them both out of town," Carter said. "Carson, who's probably been the marquee as far as image, what to say, doing all the right stuff, he's gotten a bad deal being stuck in Cincinnati. So I try to help a player out like this, I ship him somewhere where he would like to be."
With Ochocinco, Carter said the Bengals should get rid of him because he's a problem on the team. But Carter said he would be willing to give Ochocinco some lessons on how to be a better teammate.
"Chad, call me," Carter said. "I know a few things about wide receiver. I played a few years in the league, caught a few balls. Google me."
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A Pew Internet and American Life poll out this week finds: "By a 53%-41% margin, Americans say they do not believe that the spread of affordable broadband should be a major government priority." Non‐Internet users are less likely than Internet users to say the government should prioritize spreading access to high‐speed connections.
The federal government spent $7.2 billion in "stimulus" money on the premise that the federal government is supposed to do this kind of thing. And the Federal Communications Commission's "National Broadband Plan" is premised on the idea that there is supposed to be a national broadband plan. It isn't, and there's not.
Much as I love using the Internet for work, entertainment, and social connection, I recognize that people can live perfectly happy lives without it. The invention and growth of the Internet should always be seen as having opened new avenues for people, not as having created a national communications medium in which participation is required to live a full life. Social engineers, stand down: people will use the Internet if they want it, and they won't if they don't.


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The city of Dalian, China is a coastal city, so living there afforded me lots of opportunities to try all kinds of seafood - some that I loved and some that I can't even mention on this blog since my niece reads this (I don't know the official name, just what they looked like) - but my favorite became whole fish, whether it was breaded and deep fried, simply steamed or grilled.
My students once tried to shock me by ordering a rather controversial dish on the menu - a whole fish brought to the table and served on ice, but the fish was still breathing. Talk about fresh fish.
Whole Grilled Fish with Lemons and Onions, and Vegetable Kabobs
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Note: This recipe was written for a medium-sized fish that was just enough for two people. Just increase the quantities of all the ingredients if you're cooking a bigger or several fish for more people. You should plan on about 1/2 pound of fish per person.
- 1 whole fish, gutted and cleaned (about 1 pound)
- 2 lemons, 1 thinly sliced and the other juiced
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- handful of fresh baby spinach leaves
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 1 bell pepper, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup crimini mushrooms, halved
- 1/2 yellow squash, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1/2 zucchini, cut into bite-sized pieces
Preheat the grill to medium-high. Place the cleaned fish on a double layer of foil. Stuff the fish with the spinach, lemon slices and onion slices, reserving a few to lay across the top. Squeeze the lemon juice over the fish and drizzle with 2 tablespoons olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Wrap up the fish in the foil to create a little package.
Place the bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, squash and zucchini on metal skewers (or wooden skewers that have been soaked in water for several hours). Drizzle with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Place the skewers and the foil packet with the fish on the grill and cook until the veggies have reached your desired doneness, and the fish flakes easily with a fork (about 20 minutes).


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Joining FORCES is the FORCE newsletter with news, views and supportive information for individuals concerned about hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
by Lita Poehlman
In December 2007 my life was forever changed when my husband and I flew to Israel. I spent the flight talking to another traveler, Judy Ludin. When we met, I knew that I had found someone very special who would impact my life. I was about to learn how true my instincts were.
Judy was traveling with her father, and when I asked why her mom hadn't joined them, Judy informed me that her mother was recovering from surgery and treatment for ovarian cancer. I told her my baby sister had died of ovarian cancer three years ago and my other sister was fighting a recurrence. Immediately, she asked, "Lita, have you been tested for the BRCA gene mutation?" Surprisingly, with all the cancer in my family and my own complete hysterectomy at age 28, I was unaware of this mutation. Judy explained the connection between BRCA and people of Ashkenazi Jewish descent and urged me to explore testing. She also told me about the FORCE website, and her sister, Debbie, who worked for the organization.
After returning home, I threw myself into researching BRCA testing. I spoke with a genetic counselor and decided to have my blood drawn and tested. My results showed that I carry a BRCA1 mutation. I sent my results and letters from my genetic counselor to all of my first-degree relatives. My daughter tested positive for a BRCA1 mutation and for now, has chosen surveillance and tamoxifen. My two sons have not been tested yet, but they tell me they will. My niece, an amazing young woman who has helped many women through her active outreach in the BRCA Facebook community, also has the same mutation, as does her mom, my sister.
I decided to have prophylactic bilateral mastectomies (PBM) and immediate expander reconstruction. But things didn't go so well and subsequently, I had two more implant reconstructions which were ultimately replaced with tram flaps. Even at age 68 I feel that all I have been through was worth it just to be on the other side of this mutation and accompanying cancer risk.
After my hysterectomy over 40 years ago, my surgeon informed me that he saved my life because my ovaries, tubes, uterus and cervix were pre-cancerous. In 2009, during my PBM post-op appointment, my surgeon explained that my left breast had precancerous changes. Once again I had dodged a huge bullet! Thank you, Judy Ludin, from the bottom of my heart for saving my life.
After my PBM, I occasionally browsed the FORCE website, read the newsletters and appreciated the work that was being done. But it wasn't until I attended the 2010 conference that FORCE became a force in my life. I had no idea of the magnitude of all the work FORCE does for people like me and the far-reaching effects it has on the BRCA community. I extend my love and gratitude to all involved with running FORCE for their dedication, hard work and love that they give to the community.
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From New York Times Bestselling Author Of It Ends With Us Comes A Poignant Novel About Family, First Love, Grief, And Betrayal That Will Touch The Hearts Of Both Mothers And DaughtersMorgan Grant And Her Sixteen Year Old Daughter, Clara, Would Like Nothing Than To Be Nothing AlikeMorgan Is Determined To Prevent Her Daughter From Making The Same Mistakes She Did By Getting Pregnant And Married Way Too Young, Morgan Put Her Own Dreams On Hold Clara Doesn T Want To Follow In Her Mother S Footsteps Her Predictable Mother Doesn T Have A Spontaneous Bone In Her BodyWith Warring Personalities And Conflicting Goals, Morgan And Clara Find It Increasingly Difficult To Coexist The Only Person Who Can Bring Peace To The Household Is Chris Morgan S Husband, Clara S Father, And The Family Anchor But That Peace Is Shattered When Chris Is Involved In A Tragic And Questionable Accident The Heartbreaking And Long Lasting Consequences Will Reach Far Beyond Just Morgan And ClaraWhile Struggling To Rebuild Everything That Crashed Around Them, Morgan Finds Comfort In The Last Person She Expects To, And Clara Turns To The One Boy She S Been Forbidden To See With Each Passing Day, New Secrets, Resentment, And Misunderstandings Make Mother And Daughter Fall Further Apart So Far Apart, It Might Be Impossible For Them To Ever Fall Back Together
10 thoughts on "Regretting You"
UPDATE 5 31 19 My name is Ashley, and I approve this cover two thumbs up The cover was just revealed on Colleen s InstagramDear Montlake Romance,I hope this finds you well Please DO NOT put awkward people on Colleen s covers It s tacky and off brand for her Don t think I didn t look up your other coversI did. Please do right by the queen.Let s recap NO PEOPLE ON COLLEEN S COVERS.Best of Luck, Ashley
4.5 Gave Me All The Feels, Emotional Stars Simply put Colleen Hoover does it again This book about grief, love, friendship and family took me on such an emotional roller coaster I loved the characters CoHo has such a way of making her characters come to life It feels as if you know them I definitely felt that here There is a dual romance that worked really well within the story You will find yourself invested in both these relationships and rooting for the characters to have a true shot at some well deserved happiness The mother daughter relationship represented really resonated with me and touched my heart Doesn t Hoover have a gift for thinking up the BEST leading men She knows how to make you fall for these fictional characters as if they were real Both Jonah and Miles stole my heart They now have a special space for themselves amongst my most beloved book boyfriends Trust me you ll fall for them too Just remember I claimed Jonah first So if I loved this book so much, why then the picky 4.5 rating you ask I don t want to give away any spoilers BUT there was one piece of the story that was left unanswered and this girl wanted in on the first hand knowledge badly I closed my kindle with a thud of aggression at NOT having the satisfaction I wanted Why CoHO, Why Your characters might have been fine with it but this reader wanted, no I needed, that closure Still, I can t really hold it against you You know just how to get to me and I m here for whatever you decide to write next girl A HUGE thank you to Colleen Hoover, Montlake Romance and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an arc of this book
Well hello there future CoHo book I know it s too soon but I can tell that I m going to love you
4.5 StarsWow, this story is incredible I will admit, after discovering this book is YA or at least has a POV from a sixteen year old character I was trying to lower my expectations, because I haven t been a huge fan of Colleen s past YA books But this book is exceptional.I went into this book completely blindly, which I love to do with Colleen Hoover books because her stories are so surprising and she s able to write so many plot twists into a contemporary story, it s fascinating So I recommend jumping into this book without knowing much, all you need to know is that it mainly centers on a mother daughter relationship and that it will make you cry The only reason I hesitate to give this a full five stars is because I wasn t super obsessed with the YA romance in this book, I never really am when it comes to YA romance for some reason so that s probably just a me thing, but I was 100% here for the adult romance happening in this book This book also really hit me emotionally and I cried a few times This book described grief in such a raw and honest real way it hurt my heart to read at times I think Miller s grandpa is my favorite character in the book, he s just so awesome view spoiler I love Jonah so much, he was so freaking swoon worthy and kind and selfless I adored all the scenes with him and Elija, and I love the way he stepped up and patented him considering the circumstances I wasn t a huge fan of the romance between Clara and Miller, they were cute but forgettable I do like though that she wants to be an actress and he wants to be a director, that s cute I kind of wish we found out about Chris and Jenny and when it all began and how it happened but I guess I can appreciate the real ness of never finding out about it like Morgan is never able to find out about it but the curious part of me is dying to know hide spoiler
This book stabbed me in the heart, just like each and every Colleen Hoover book does, this one was just a lot earlier than the others This isn t your traditional romance novel, but don t worry, CoHo won t leave you wanting for Regretting You is about the relationship between a mother and daughter and how they navigate personal tragedy The reason I love Colleen Hoover s writing so much is that no matter what, I find a way to relate to her characters Yes, I know, you re thinking Wait, what You related to Verity Well, maybe I m a crazy pants too, but I digress This book is filled with miscommunications and second chances, pain and healing As parents we always want to do what is best for our children, but maybe what we think is best, really isn t Once again, Colleen s writing stresses the importance of communication in any relationship I adored this book and love that she was able to write something outside the box yet again She continues to evolve her writing while staying true to who she is.
I m kind of lost for words right now, so this is going to be a very ramble filled first impression after having finished Regretting You First off, as soon as I started Regretting You, I didn t want to put it down My emotions are currently all over the place, and like I typically do with CoHo s booksI cried than once haha , but I loved this book so, so much I don t think I ve ever read a book where a mother daughter relationship was such a central focus or portrayed the way that it was here, and plot wise, I most certainly have never read anything remotely like Regretting You This book is raw and doesn t hold backit actually made my jaw drop several times It completely enraptured me and I m currently so overwhelmed feeling wise, but in the best way This is the sort of book that you finish and it makes you realize why you love reading I loved Morgan and Clara and I loved how the story alternated between their POVsI loved the romantic parts of the story, the family strugglesabsolutely everything I wasn t sure what kind of story to expect going in, but I loved every moment For a long time Maybe Someday has sat at the top of my mind as my favourite CoHo book, but honestly I think Regretting You just topped the list sorry Maybe Someday Soooooo amazing Will likely tweak this review a little, but all in all I just have to say that I absolutely LOVED this book I d recommend it to readers who already love CoHo trust me, you ll LOVE this one, too , but I d also recommend it to readers who are new to Colleen Hoover and are looking for books that kind of toe the line between romance and woman s fiction, especially if you like stories that unfold in unexpected ways and push you to think and feel Highly, highly recommendespecially as Regretting You is definitely going on my top books list for 2019 I m calling that already
I am constantly amazed that Colleen can write so many styles and they are all still fabulous She has a way with words that just draw me in no matter the content Regretting You is about a teenage daughter and mother during the hardest time of their lives They already have a hard relationship and when tragedy strikes it take a huge toll on them they both keep things from each other which causes so many problems It s a reminder to always be honest no matter what The characters, despite my lack of things in common, are so relatable It s Colleen s way no matter the character or the situation I can understand and relate to their story I couldn t put it down and finished in a day This is a must read if you like a story with a good flow and enjoyable characters.
Is there a teaser Anything to get us by until December rolls over If not, then this is just cruel CRUEL Torture Waitingwaitingwaiting.arrgh.
When was the last time you finished a book and thought I need to buy this for my mom Colleen Hoover is a boy mom and she wrote the mother daughter dynamic better than a true story Regretting You is so heartbreaking that it made me uncomfortable It s so moving that I m filled with so much warmth and love and I need this physical copy so I can give it to my daughter when the time is right This book needs to be read With all Hoover books, go in blind, don t worry about the synopsis Just know your heart will thank you.
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CNN Money pointed me to a blog posting by wall street analyst, Jake Lynch titled Ancestry.com's Growth May Attract a Suitor, published 11/17/2010 at 6:30am. Citing 43% growth, "average revenue per subscriber expanded 7.7% to $17.75" and the doubling of quarterly free cash flow year-over-year to $20 million, Jake suggests "Although Ancestry is an outstanding stand-alone company, it would be an ideal target for a certain technology company with oodles of cash and a similar penchant for collecting information -- yes, Google." (GOOG)
As end-users of Ancestry.com, we turn to them for scanned images of historical documents and online family trees that facilitate collaboration among researchers. Would a move to Google ownership be good for Ancestry.com subscribers? I think it is hard to ignore Google's free apps for email, photo storage, calendars, and shared workspace, to name a few. Would this mean lower costs for viewing Ancestry.com record collections and indices? Would this mean additional resources to improve Ancestry.com search engine functionality?
What do my DearREADERS think about Google owning Ancestry.com(ACOM)?
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Obesity Wars: A New HopeBy Steve Edwards
We at Beachbody® are at war against the most formidable opponent the United States has ever faced: obesity. It's killing more people a month than our two other more high-profile combatants—terror and drugs—have killed this decade. Obesity is the Darth Vader of all the dangers we'll face in our lifetimes. Smoking once ruled our universe, but a new master has taken over the dark side. Here, in the final installment of our latest trilogy on obesity, we offer a new hope of getting the force back on our side.
As usual, we begin in what appear to be ever darkening times. Just last week, a report was released showing that an obese 10-year-old kid may have the arteries of a 45-year-old. Each time we offer a solution, the obesity empire rebuffs our efforts. Earlier this year, we released Shaun T's Fit Kids™ Club. Vader laughed as our infant mortality rate skyrocketed compared to the rest of the world. We offered Kathy Smith's Project:YOU! Type 2™ and then saw the number of people who either are pre-diabetic or are already diagnosed with type 2 diabetes skyrocket to nearly a third of our population. Earlier this month, we offered 10 solutions to the epidemic (see "10 Ways to Fight Obesity" in the Related Articles section below). Last week, we're told that over half our kids are projected to be obese within a generation. Admittedly, things look bleak for the rebellion. But read on and you'll see that we don't need a Jedi to guide us in this war. The force is very powerful. And it's controlled by us.
In the film Idiocracy, we're offered a glimpse at a possible future should we continue to follow our current patterns of regression. In the film, society has devolved into an anti-intellectual state completely controlled by corporate advertising interests. We're at a crossroads—we're watering our plants with a version of Gatorade, the only beverage we consume, and our plants will no longer grow. The corporate-controlled Food and Drug Administration's food pyramid features nothing but fast food, sports drinks, and mind-altering legal substances: alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco. And while it's an over-the-top comedy, one can't wonder whether the most unbelievable thing in the movie is that it's set 500 years in the future. At the rate we're going, we could be living—or at least eating—this way before the end of this millennium.
Case in point: The latest studies on obese children. At the American Heart Association's conference last week, two studies, done independently in different countries, showed that obese children had a "vascular age about 30 years older than their actual age." This, of course, greatly increases their chances for heart disease. So much so, in fact, that the American Academy for Pediatrics is now recommending cholesterol-lowering drugs for some children. "As the old saying goes, you're as old as your arteries are," said Dr. Geetha Raghuveer of Children's Hospital in Kansas City, to the Associated Press. "This is a wake-up call."
But the wake-up call needs to ring louder. How we've become so unconcerned with our health isn't a mystery. We've simply followed marketing trends, which have seen junky foods and other easily consumable items become more and more a mainstay in our diets. Gas stations and convenience stores are filled with virtually nothing but junk food and drug-filled beverages. Supermarkets are only slightly better, placing their healthy items on the fringes and filling the middle aisles with premade medleys of genetically modified corn and soy. The companies that have become successful marketing this said junk now dominate our airwaves to the point where a person dropped into an American city could easily assume that we, indeed, do live primarily on fast food, sports drinks, and mind-altering legal substances.
Our next wartime strategy is going to be to consolidate our resources and simplify. If society's attention spans are dwindling, we'll offer a simple three-point plan to unify our rebellion. With or without the help of Obi Wan, this might be our only hope.
- Exercise. Somehow, someway, we need to find a way to exercise more. Exercise levels have fallen dramatically over the last 30 years, and our health has gone along with it. Nothing has a greater effect on our health than exercise. It's only through exercise that our bodies produce hormones at healthy levels. And if we exercise enough, it even combats an unhealthy diet.
Unfortunately, we're doing a lot less instead of more—especially as children. It's estimated that children get somewhere between 20 percent and 25 percent less exercise than they did in the 1970s. Oddly enough, this decline is almost inverse to the rise of obesity rates among the same group.
The solution to this might be as easy as turning off the TV. The American Journal of Public Health published a survey stating that 59 percent of children watched between 2 and 4 hours of TV and an additional 22 percent watched 5 or more hours per day—which didn't include hours in front of the computer. This is more TV than any kid I grew up with was allowed to watch. We didn't watch this much TV in a week. Children are easily bored. Take away their TV (and computer games), and there's a pretty good chance they'll end up doing something active.
- Eliminate soft drinks (including "energy" and sports drinks). It's estimated that American teenagers are getting around 15 percent of their total calories from soft drinks. Consider that this 15 percent contains nary a useful calorie, and you can see how these drinks can be problematic.
We don't need any sugar in our diets, but we get a lot of it. When we find sugars in nature, they're generally wrapped around other nutrients that minimize their negative effects and actuate their positive effects. In candy and, especially, beverages, sugar's negative effects are enhanced by the formulations because they are designed to perform more like drugs than nutrients. This effect, commonly known as a sugar rush, does a lot more harm than when we experience a sugar crash. This rush and crash effect is one of the conditions that leads to type 2 diabetes—the world's fastest growing illness.
Energy and sports drinks can be effective for sports. Unfortunately, they are rarely used for these activities anymore. In fact, they are commonly used for exactly the opposite—to give us an artificial high that we once induced by actually exercising.
- Effect change in local government. Our ancestors went through a lot of trouble to set up a government under that moniker "of the people, for the people, and by the people." We've let their hard work fall by the wayside, as we've become victims of the new American cry "of the corporation, by the lobbyist, and for the shareholders." But corporations, in reality, still work for us. And making changes is less daunting than it seems.
When deregulation began in earnest back in the late 1960s, the United States sat among the top of the statistical world in education, health care, infant mortality rates, and life expectancy. We've been steadily declining. In all of those categories, we now rate near the bottom of what we refer to as "first-world" countries. This has happened while the top 1 percent of our country has become exceedingly rich and our middle class has all but disappeared. Our society became lazy and complacent about our world status. Now our statistical leadership among modern nations has been relegated to the obesity epidemic.
Fortunately, our government still reacts to our bidding. Individuals can—and do—effect change in the way we do business. We have many examples of Beachbody members who have promoted effective change on the health of their local communities. Your school's lunch program, the effectiveness of that school's recess periods and afterschool recreation opportunities, and even the type of foods carried by your local market are all controlled by you.
Our government wasn't set up to tell us what to do. It was set up for us to tell it what we want. By accepting policies and reacting to marketing schemes that lower our quality of life, we've been acquiescing to a doctrine that doesn't have our health in mind. And all we really need to do to change it is to realize we've been duped and demand something different.
You don't need to run for office to effect change. Steps as simple as taking interest in what your local market sells, that your community offers a farmers' market, that your schools serve decent food, that recess is not only offered in school but is enforced are all simple steps that lead to real results. Because the obesity epidemic isn't a plague, it doesn't require doctors, politicians, or Jedi Knights to change it. It only requires simple alterations that anyone can make to his or her everyday life. Anyone can eat better, exercise more, lose weight, and get healthy. And anyone can inspire others to do the same. And, like the force, when our collective individual minds change, we effect change across the world.
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"Are You at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes?"
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8 Fitness MythsBy Joe Wilkes
Can you turn fat into muscle? Is the morning the best time to exercise? Will you get cramps if you drink too much water when you exercise? Can those ab machines on TV get rid of your potbelly? Spend time surfing the Internet for fitness information and, pretty soon, your head will explode from reading all the contradictions and misinformation about the best strategies to get fit. Here are some of the more popular myths and old wives' tales that have been propagated over the years.
- You can turn fat into muscle. This is completely false. Muscle and fat are two entirely different substances. Muscle is a fibrous, contractible tissue that can only be built through exercise—via a break-down-and-rebuild process. Fat is adipose tissue that can be converted into energy in the service of building muscle, but the tissue itself can't be transformed into muscle tissue. So if you are an out-of-shape 200 pounds, you're not going to look like a young Schwarzenegger just by lifting weights. You'll have to do a lot of
Turbo Jam®-style cardio to burn the fat off before anyone can see how ripped you've gotten—which leads us to...
- You can turn a potbelly into a six-pack just by doing crunches. Any insomniac has seen those late-night commercials that promise miracles with rollers, chairs, crunchers, and various other contraptions. They all promise a Brad Pitt six-pack in just minutes a day. But if you're starting with a Homer Simpson beer gut, it's going to take more than rocking back and forth a few minutes in a modified lawn chair every day to see any results. No matter how steely your ab muscles are, if they're covered in inches of fat, no one is going to be able to appreciate them. That's why programs like Hip Hop Abs® combine a healthy amount of cardio with the ab work. You can read more on this in "Getting to the Core of Your Ab Routine" in the Related Articles section below. If you don't burn the fat, you'll never see the muscle.
- You can lose weight just by dieting. This is technically true. If you don't eat or eat less, you will lose weight—initially. But you will plateau quickly, and your body will readjust its metabolism to survive on fewer calories, making it even more difficult to lose weight. If you really want to move the needle on the bathroom scale in a meaningful way, it's going to take diet and exercise. Even light to moderate levels of exercise on a regular basis help a lot. Physical activity not only burns calories, it also helps build muscle and increase your metabolism, both of which turn your body into a more efficient calorie-burning machine—even while it's at rest. Plus, there are numerous other health benefits that you gain, from cardiovascular improvement to mood elevation. And people who are fit look a lot hotter than sallow, starved people.
- If you don't exercise every day, you might as well not exercise at all. This comes from the same flawed, excuse-driven logic dieters use when they decide that because they cheated at lunch, they might as well order a pizza for dinner. While some form of daily exercise is ideal, studies have shown tremendous benefits even with as little exercise as a 30-minute brisk walk three times a week. Even if you fall off the wagon, put in that Beachbody® video or walk around the block a few times. Before too long, you'll be craving exercise more than that burrito you thought you wanted.
- More sweat, more weight loss. Most good workouts will make you sweat, but the amount you sweat isn't necessarily the test of a good workout. Everyone sweats differently. And all sweat does is cool your body off with water (see "The Sweatiest Thing" in the Related Articles section below for more on perspiring). What you get from sweating isn't fat dripping off your body. If it were, you'd be leaving a big oil stain on the floor after you worked out. Sweating just causes you to lose water weight. It's the activity itself that causes your body to burn stored fat for energy.
- Drinking water during exercise can cause cramping. In fact, the opposite is true. You're much more likely to cramp if you're under-hydrated, so for the best results when exercising, it's a good idea to drink water before you start your workout. That way, you're beginning your workout with a full tank. As you work out, you should keep a bottle of water handy, particularly if it's a long or an especially rigorous workout. After working out, you should treat your body to a big glass of water to replenish your fluids, and, if you've been extra good, maybe some
P90X® Results and Recovery Formula for maximum replenishment.
- The best time to exercise is in the morning. A lot of people find that they prefer getting their workout out of the way first thing in the morning, and often feel that it gives them an energy boost for the rest of the day. But a good workout any time of day is just as good for you; although, you may not get the best results if you're overly tired. But if you're someone who likes to burn the midnight oil, you can burn fat just as effectively then as you can at sunrise.
- Swimming is effective for weight loss. Swimming is great for building lean muscle, increasing cardiovascular endurance, and other benefits. But because the water supports so much of your body weight, swimming has been found to be less effective than land-based aerobic activity for weight loss, since the effort it takes to carry your body around on land does a lot more for fat burning. Swimming's still a great thing to add to your fitness regimen, though. Having a variety of exercises, like Chalene Johnson's upcoming
ChaLEAN Extreme™ or Shaun T's
Rockin' Body®, will decrease your boredom and increase your overall results.
Related Articles
"Getting to the Core of Your Ab Routine"
"The Sweatiest Thing"
"What Does It Mean to Be 'Fat'?"
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Test Your Food Myths IQ!By Joe Wilkes
True or False?
- True: Raw lima beans are poisonous. Lima beans contain cyanide compounds that can cause illness or even death if the beans are eaten uncooked. The cooking process turns the cyanide into a harmless gas. Fortunately, most strains of lima beans available in the U.S. have been bred to contain super-low levels of cyanide. But if you're in another country and you begin craving raw lima beans, watch out!
- False: Swimming too soon after eating causes cramps. Although the saying has been repeated so often by paranoid poolside parents that it is presumed to be a medical fact, there is no substantiated evidence proving that swimming after eating causes the kinds of cramps that fearful moms and dads purport will cause drowning of the young 'uns. Of course, cramping is possible with any activity, but having food in your system is unlikely to make a difference.
- True: Honey does not spoil. Honey is "cured" by bees to the point that it has a very stable pH level and has an extraordinarily long shelf life. Honey has even been found in ancient Egyptian tombs, and it's still edible! In part, this is because honey's low moisture content prevents bacterial or fungal growth.
- True: Cashew shells are dangerous. You may have noticed that cashews, unlike peanuts, are never sold in their shells. This is because cashew shells are coated with a naturally occurring oil that is extremely caustic to human skin. Contact with cashew shells can quickly cause burning and blistering. In fact, the oil is toxic enough to be included as a common ingredient in insecticides.
- False: Swallowed chewing gum takes years to pass through the body. This is another one probably concocted by worried parents who wanted to discourage their children from swallowing their gum—out of fear that their children would choke. While swallowed gum is a choking hazard, the notion that habitual gum swallowers are just a gumball or two away from a gruesome pink intestinal blockage is false. Depending on what the chewing gum is made of, it will either be dissolved by stomach acid or pass out whole through the digestive system. Yum!
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Never exactly reticent in the cause of promoting gay marriage, CNN continued its long tradition of gay advocacy by highlighting dissenters against Church teaching.
In a June 20 article on CNN's Belief Blog titled "Can 'true Catholics' support same-sex marriage," Chris Welch highlighted two Catholics who remained within the Church, yet declared opposition to the Church's teaching of gay marriage.
Welch first mentioned Jim Smith, an ex-priest who founded a group dedicated to overturning laws on gay marriage. Smith founded a group, Catholics for Marriage Equality-Minnesota, which seeks "to encourage Catholics to consider the profound sacredness of same-gender relationships."
Smith's assessment completely misunderstands (or ignores) Catholic teaching on sexuality, which holds that the unitive and procreative aspects of marriage are inseparable. For the Catholic Church, any attempt to separate the two purposes of sexuality is destructive both to the individuals doing so and to society as a whole. Homosexual acts, which are inherently incapable of procreation, are thus viewed by the Church as inherently destructive.
Welch cited polls arguing that Catholics who support gay marriage are in the majority. Welch wrote: "a recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) suggests 59% of American Catholics support rights allowing gay and lesbian couples to legally marry."
Polls consistently overvalue support for gay marriage, as conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat has pointed out. Even if the numbers are correct, however, the article assumes that Catholic teaching and right and wrong are judged by polls.
Welch also told another personal story of a pro-gay marriage Catholic. "Like Jim Smith, Michelle LaFrance is a Catholic who has also taken the bold step against the church in support of marriage equality." (If 59 percent of Catholics support gay marriage, can LaFrance really be taking a "bold step?" Given the consistent, fawning praise of the gay agenda in the media, and the constant castigation of opponents of gay marriage as bigots who hate gays, true boldness lies in adhering to the traditional understanding of marriage.)
LaFrance argued that adherence to Church teaching was unnecessary, saying: "I don't think anybody – whatever their religious denomination – whole-heartedly follows every single rule down to the letter."
That's quite correct – everyone fails to live up to the tenets of their faith. But she fails to make the distinction between failing to live up to a moral code (in Catholic theology, called actual sin) and openly declaring forbidden behavior to be acceptable. Catholics may fail to uphold their moral code on occasion – but that does not mean that they reject portions of that moral code out of hand.
But LaFrance seems to believe that the Church is purely a social justice organization. "The Catholic Church, despite the media [attention] it typically gets, does a lot of great things, a lot of great social justice," LaFrance said. She noted the church "feeds the poor, houses the homeless, takes care of the abused."
The Church's ethic of service is directly related to its doctrine. One cannot be a "true Catholic" if one actively and deliberately opposes Church teaching, just as surely as one cannot be a "true Catholic" who ignores the poor, disabled, unborn, and disadvantaged. Service and doctrine, to the Catholic Church, are inseparable – and attempts to sunder doctrine from a missionary spirit inevitably lead to the destruction of both.
Welch at least included quotes from Catholics who believed in the teachings of the Church, including Dave Deaval, who declared of Catholics who support gay marriage: "they certainly don't represent what the church teaches," he said. "Is it a spiritual problem? I think yes." He also quoted the Minnesota Catholic Conference, which argued that "groups such as Catholics for Marriage Equality" "do not have any right to call their organizations 'Catholic.'"
But Welch made sure to drive home the thrust of his article at the end: "The inner conflict between what Smith believes is right and his love for the church has pushed him to consider leaving the Catholic religion altogether." Translation: The Church should change its archaic rules on homosexuality, so as to make room for good people that want to be Catholics but support gay marriage.
CNN should stop trying to advise the Church on what it should and should not do.


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Edgefield County Wills, Estates, Deeds
Edgefield, South Carolina ca 1890 The county was formed in 1785 as part of Ninety Six District; parts of Edgefield later went to form Aiken (1871), Saluda (1895), Greenwood (1897), and McCormick (1916) counties. The county seat is the town of Edgefield. The northern part of the Ninety Six was previously inhabited by Cherokee Indians. The southern part adjoined the Savannah River and was used as hunting grounds by the Creeks, Savannahs and other tribes. Edgefield country was trafficked by white men who created a lucrative trade with the Indians for their buffalo and beaver skins and who exported as many as two hundred and fifty thousand skins a year from the state. It was not until 1748 that permanent settlements were made along the Savannah River. Families trickled in from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Germany, Holland and France as well as from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Others, forbidden to deal in slavery, fled from Georgia to make their plantations along the Savannah River. The first Scotch families settled on the Saluda side of Edgefield south of Chappells Ferry. The site was located near a hill where large chestnut trees grew. Later, the Baptist Church of Chestnut Hill was later organized and built. They called the settlement Scotland. Among the first Scots was Joseph Culbreath, born near Plymouth Scotland in 1747, who was brought to Edgefield by his father, Edward Culbreath in 1756. The father died a year later, leaving his sons, Joseph, John, Daniel and Edward. The sons all lived to be over the ages of 70. The family of Harry Hazel came with the Culbreaths to the new country. In 1770 a ferry was established over the Saluda River on the land of Robert Cunningham and another one over the Savannah River, opposite to Augusta in Georgia. Edgefield was the site of several Revolutionary War skirmishes and was defended by those who had settled from North Carolina and Virginia. One such family was that of William Abney who had settled about a mile or so from Scotland in 1772. Nathaniel Abney served as a captain of a militia company under Major Andrew Williamson at Ninety Six. Opposing the patriots was the Stewart family whose homestead was located on Tosty Creek on the Saluda.
Early settlers: Peter Finson, Francis W. Pickens, Benjamin Tilman, General Martin Witherspoon Cary, Allen Bailey, Nathan Melton, William Daniel, William Tobler, Spencer Hawes, George Miller, Jeremiah Lamar, Robert Gardner, David Pitts, Arthur Watson, Nathaniel Abney, Jesse Griffin, George Bender, Michael Burkhalter, Thomas Spraggins, Mathew Devore, Allen Burton, George Kyser, Nathaniel Bacon, Wright Nicholson, Joseph McGinnis, John Oliphant, John Blalock, Benjamin Buzbie, Robert Jennings, Jessy Rountree, Amos Richardson, Hezekiah Gentry, Benjamin Hightower, Thomas turk, Stephen Garrett and others.
Edgefield county Records Available to Members of South Carolina Pioneers
Miscellaneous Edgefield County Wills, Deeds, etc. (Images and Transcripts)
- Edgefield County Wills, Bks A, B and C, 1775-1835 (abstracts)
- Index to Edgefield County Will Book D, 1836-1853
- 1817 Map of Edgefield County
- Adams, John (LWT) 1823
- Adams, John Deed to William McDaniel (1816)
- Adams, John Deed to Joel McLemore (1819)
- Adams, John Deed to Henry Anderson
- Adams, John Deed to John Hinson(1824)
- Ballentine, Hugh, 1809 Promise
- Bolger, Elizabeth
- Bush, Isaac
- Cary, William
- Ferguson, William
- Garrett, Edward
- Hagens, William
- Hamilton, William
- Hammond, Charles Sr.
- Mims, Beheatherland
- Mock, George Sr., LWT (1790)
- Morgan, Evan
- Neyle, Daniel, 1750 Land Grant
- Ramage, James
- Richardson, Jefferson
- Savage, John Land Grant, originally the Land Grant of Benjamin Harris
- Self, Daniel
- Strum, Henry Bond to Jeremiah Burnet of Liberty County, Georgia
- Sullivan, Pressly
- Swearington, Van
- Tate, Henry
- Williams, Roger
- Youngblood, Mary
Edgefield Co. SC Genealogies and Histories


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Supporting All Students: UDL-Multiple Means of Engagement by L. Hartman
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Are your students engaged in the learning activities in your classroom? What does it mean to be engaged? How can you get them interested? How can you encourage them to sustain that interest? In this webinar (part 2 of 4 in the series, recording available), we will briefly review the need for and importance of UDL in today's diverse classrooms and the 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). We will then explore the concept of engagement and look at options for supporting and sustaining interest by providing multiple means of engagement. Participants will be provided with resources to help begin/continue on their UDL journey.
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MILLINGTON, TN — The Navy continued on course toward a wellness-oriented culture with the new Physical Readiness Program, as more than 70 Command Fitness Leaders (CFLs) arrived aboard Naval Support Activity Mid-South in December for the CFL course in mid-January. Rob Danielson, the deputy program manager for the Navy's Physical Readiness Master Chief who led the team of Navy Personnel Command instructors, said the training gives CFLs the practical skills necessary to return to their command, afloat or ashore, and conduct an effective program.
As of July 2006 the Navy will require mandatory administrative separation processing for any sailor who has failed the physical fitness assessment (PFA) three or more times in a four-year period and failed the Spring 2006 PFA or a subsequent PFA. Navy Personnel Command experts say changes to the instruction were necessary to create a "Culture Of Wellness" — the key to mission readiness and operational effectiveness.
Proper nutrition, weight management, physical conditioning and test safety are included in the CFL curriculum. Additionally, CFLs receive training in the Physical Readiness Information Management System, the Navy's official record for tracking Navy-wide physical fitness assessment results.
Part of a CFL's responsibility is to become thoroughly familiar with the Comprehensive Fitness Program, which is designed to prepare a sailor to meet the minimum requirements for active duty. Danielson said it was very important for sailors to stay with the program.
"If they do, they will have the best opportunity to perform well on the next PFA," he said.
The PFA consists of a body composition assessment and the Physical Readiness Test (PRT). The Comprehensive Fitness Program is divided into three phases covering 24 weeks. The foundation of the program is based on sound cardiovascular and strength training techniques. This is where the CFL comes into play, Danielson said.
"The leadership and training received in this course will help to gradually bring sailors into peak condition for passing the PFA. The Navy is moving from a fitness era to one of wellness. Sailors need to be both healthy and physically fit in order for the Navy to meet its mission objectives," said Danielson.
CFLs provide the tools and motivation to help their shipmates stay with the program, succeed physically and maintain good health.
One of the students, Personnel Specialist 1st Class Fransisculou Malone of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 85 in San Diego, knows exactly what she plans to do after returning to her command.
"My goal out of this course is to try and help my shipmates who are not in such great shape, get in better shape and live longer by doing so," she said.