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HQ W968092
CLA-2 RR:CTF:TCM 968092 BAS
TARIFF NO.: 6802.99.0060 and 6802.92.0000
George Michael Andrews
Ship to Shore Trading
6212 S. New England
RE: Classification of Penjing Decorative Stone Articles from China
Dear Mr. Andrews:
This is in reply to your electronic requests submitted on December 27, 2005, on behalf of Ship to Shore Trading seeking a binding ruling concerning the classification of seven items of Penjing art, under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
Your letter was forwarded to this office for our response. Our office did not receive samples of the merchandise.
The merchandise at issue is a type of art form called Penjing. You state that Penjing is the Chinese art of creating a miniature landscape in a container. A typical piece of Penjing has a portable landscape, an artistic value and an indoor garden. Each piece is unique, having been cut, sawed and chiseled and then placed in a hand selected tray designed to be individual. The Penjing pieces are made from natural stone. Some variations come in a marble, limestone or other natural stone tray that holds approximately one inch of water. All the pieces are composed of pure natural stone; no agglomerated processes or plastics are used. The stones are glued to the base tray for stability. In the United States the stone displays are combined with plants which are part of the displays. The plants, however, are not imported. The stones utilized are mined from caves, river beds and mountains in China.
Each piece comes with a small water pump to give the art form an added water feature. The value of the pump is about $4.00. The water is pumped through the rock or stone and flows down the side of it creating a mini waterfall effect. The pump also creates a mist. The displays may be imported with or without the pumps. The instant ruling request addresses classification of the stone displays with pumps. New York ruling letters L89834, January 17, 2006, and L89835, January 20, 2006, address the classification of these articles without the pumps.
The Penjing displays are composed of several different stone combinations, sizes and weights; no two are identical. The approximate range of value for the various stone displays is as follows:
Value Size Weight
You state that the types of stone that are used in this form of Penjing art are:
Decorative Stone Geological name Composition Yanhanstone Mudstone 35% clay
35% very fine quartz
15% feldspar, calcite
Dragonbone Tuff 35% quartz
35% plagioclase
20% muscovite
10% limonite
Chickenbone stone Quartz no other properties
Chinese Sandstone Sinter 90% calcite
Sword Stone Siltstone 35% quartz
35% feldspar
Swordstone Schist Schist no other properties Swordstone Gneiss Gneiss no other properties
The types of stone used for the base trays are as follows:
Base Tray Geological name Composition
Marble Marble Calcite
Yanshanstone Mudstone 35% Clay minerals
15% Feldspar calcite
Thousandlayerstone Limestone 90% calcite
Turtleshellstone Limestone 90% Calcite
Branstone Conglomerate 45% Shale
25% Quartz
Most of the pieces will come with a metal/wood stand that will be sold as a complete unit at the retail level, however, they will NOT come packaged in the same box as the art work due to potential damage of the stone that may occur. You state that the metal/wood stands are specifically designed for the stone displays and serve no other purpose. The stands are a combination of milled steel for the framing and wood used for the legs. The type of wood used for the legs is pine which is then wrapped in "Leatheroid" outer skin.
Is the subject merchandise classifiable under heading 9403, HTSUSA, as other furniture and parts thereof, heading 6802, HTSUSA, as a natural stone article, or under heading 8413, HTSUSA, as a pump?
Classification under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSUSA) is made in accordance with the General Rules of Interpretation (GRI). GRI 1 provides that the classification of goods shall be determined according to the terms of the headings of the tariff schedule and any relative Section or Chapter Notes. In the event that the goods cannot be classified solely on the basis of GRI 1, and if the headings and legal notes do not otherwise require, the remaining GRIs may then be applied.
When interpreting and implementing the HTSUS, the Explanatory Notes (ENs) of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System may be utilized. The ENs, while neither legally binding nor dispositive, provide a guiding commentary on the scope of each heading, and are generally indicative of the proper interpretation of the HTSUS. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) believes the ENs should always be consulted. See T.D. 89-80, 54 Fed. Reg. 35127, 35128 (August 23, 1989).
As the Penjing stone art displays are composed of approximately 97.6% stone, by weight and as the stand accounts for two percent of the item's weight, it is described in part by Heading 6802, which provides for, inter alia, articles of stone and in part by Heading 9403, HTSUSA, as other furniture and parts thereof. As the water pump is also a feature of the Penjing decorative articles, it is also prima facie provided for in Heading 8413, HTSUSA, as "pumps for liquids."
GRI 2(b) directs that goods consisting of more than one material or substance are to be classified according to the principles of GRI 3. GRI 3 (a) provides, in pertinent part, that when two or more headings refer to part only of the materials or substances in a composite good the headings are to be considered equally specific in relation to those goods. This is the case here, therefore GRI 3(b) is applicable.
GRI 3(b), provides that mixtures and composite goods consisting of different materials or made up of different components, shall be classified as if they consisted of the material or component which gives them their essential character. Explanatory Note VIII to GRI 3 (b) states that the factor which determines essential character will vary as between different kinds of goods. It may, for example, be determined by the nature of the material or component, its bulk, quantity, weight or value, or by the role of a constituent material in relation to the use of the goods.
The classification of tabletop fountains was recently addressed in Conair Corporation v. United States, Slip. Op. 05-95, Court No. 02-00383, Court of International Trade (CIT), (decided August 12, 2005). At issue in Conair were Serenity Ponds which consisted of a pump and a decorative sculpture made of plastic simulated rocks and natural stones. In Conair, the CIT upheld CBP's analysis insofar as it applied GRI 3 (b) to make the classification determination but came to a different conclusion in applying the essential character analysis. In Conair the CIT stated that in order to determine the essential character of composite merchandise under the TSUS, the Court has sought to determine which component is indispensable to the merchandise. Id. at 15; citing Oak Laminates Div. Of Oak Materials Group v. United States, 8 CIT 175, 180, 628 F. Supp. 1577, 1581 (1984). The "essential character is that which is indispensable to the structure, core, or condition of the article, i.e, what it is." Id. The inquiry is factual in nature and therefore will depend significantly on the circumstances of each individual case.
At issue in Conair was the classification of several tabletop fountains ("Serenity Ponds"). The Serenity Pond is designed to create a tranquil atmosphere at home or in the office, is intended to appeal to the consumer's visual and auditory senses and is comprised of "1) a water reservoir or base; (2) an electric, submersible, centrifugal pump that sits in the base; (3) plastic tubing; (4) a power cord; and (5) various objects, such as simulated rocks, simulated bamboo, natural polished stones, through which and/or over which pumped water flows." The Conair Court held that a decorative plastics article incorporating a pump that generates a fountain effect should be classified in subheading 8413.70.20, HTSUS, not as a decorative plastic article. The case held that the essential character of the product was imparted by the pump component not by the material comprising the body of the article.
In HQ 967937, dated December 28, 2005, and HQ 967936, dated January 11, 2006, this office followed the court's rationale in Conair finding that a polyresin water fountain and a decorative glass water fountain with pump, respectively, should be classified in heading 8413, HTSUSA, as pumps. As in Conair, the essential character of both the polyresin fountain and the glass etched fountain was imparted by the pump.
The subject merchandise is significantly distinguishable from the fountains at issue in Conair and in HQ 967937, and HQ 967936. While the decorative article addressed in the Conair court case was a relatively inexpensive item, with the pump being the most valuable single component, the decorative items at issue in the instant case have very high values and the pump is a negligible component of each of these articles. In HQ 967937, the pump was 35% of the fountain's value for item number C26N0222 and almost 40% of the fountain's value for item number C26N0266. In HQ 967936, the pump was 9% of the item's value. In the instant case the Penjing decorative stone displays can be $150, $250, $400, $1000, $2500, $5000 or $10,000. The value of the pump is only $4.00. As the water pump accounts for approximately 2% of the value of the least expensive piece and 1% of its weight, it is extremely insignificant in terms of the both the value and the weight of the item.
The stand, which accounts for approximately 4.3% of the item's weight, is also relatively insignificant in terms of the essential character of the Penjing Art. The stand functions to display or support the artwork and is not what draws the consumer to purchase the item.
When a consumer purchases a "Penjing" decorative article consisting of a stone display, he is buying the article for its masterful artwork. The purchaser is looking for the pure stones used and the fact that each piece is unique. As each piece is masterfully cut, sawed and chiseled, that is what drives the value of the piece of art and the consumers' selection, not the pump which is merely an accessory. While the fountains at issue in Conair and in HQ967937 and HQ 967936 are relatively inexpensive items purchased for use in the home or office, the Penjing Art is much more expensive and is also displayed in museums, galleries, restaurants, atriums and hotel lobbies. According to the company's website, www.naturalmountainscapes.com, the masterpiece base trays are "painstakingly carved by hand" and "can take five men two weeks just to carve the base." Based on the workmanship involved in the production of the stone display and the fact that the stone mountains are the obvious focus of the consumer's attention, these mountains clearly impart the essential character to this merchandise.
The Court in Conair, further, reasoned, that the Explanatory Note to GRI 3 (b) favored the court's conclusion. Conair at 19. "The factor which determines essential character will vary as between different kinds of goods. It may, for example, be determined by. . . the role of a constituent material in relation to the use of the goods." Explanatory Note, Rule 3 (b) (VIII) (emphasis added). The Conair Court reasoned that the pump's role in relation to the use of the Serenity Ponds is essential. Conair at 19. In the instant case the pump is not essential to the use of the goods. It is the intricate stone carving in the instant case that imparts its essential character. In accordance with GRI 3(b), the Penjing decorative articles are properly classified as if they consisted of that component.
By application of GRI 3(b), the Yanshanstone, Dragonbone Stone, Sword Stone Siltstone, Chickenbone Stone, Swordstone Schist and Swordstone Gneiss displays on base trays incorporating pumps with metal/wood stands should be classified in heading 6802, HTSUSA, specifically in subheading 6802.99.0060, HTSUS, which provides for: "Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 6801; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially colored granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate): Other: Other stone, Other." The general column one rate of duty is 6.5% ad valorem. The Chinese Sandstone Display on a base tray (incorporating a pump) with a metal/wood stand should be classified in subheading 6802.92.0000, HTSUS, which provides for: "Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 6801; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate)), whether or not on a backing: artificially colored granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate): Other calcareous stone." The general column one rate of duty is 4.9%.
Duty rates are provided for your convenience and are subject to change. The text of the most recent HTSUS and the accompanying duty rates are provided on the World Wide Web at www.usitc.gov.
Gail A. Hamill, Chief
Tariff Classification and Marking Branch
Tariff No.: 6802.92.00 - Monumental or building stone & arts. thereof, of calcareous stone, nesoi, further worked than simply cut/sawn, nesoi
Tariff No.: 6802.99.00 - Monumental or building stone & arts. thereof, nesoi, further worked than simply cut/sawn, nesoi
Tariff No.: 8413.70.20 - Centrifugal pumps for liquids, not fitted with a measuring device, nesi


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Baltic Triennial: Artworks today, something else tomorrow
By Michael Mustillo
The 12th Baltic Triennial, the largest in Central and Eastern Europe for contemporary art, opens in Vilnius on Sept. 4.
This year's Triennial will have a special focus, as one might imagine, on the three Baltic States. But that's not always been the case: triennials have had a wider international approach in previous years.
Partner institutions and collaborative events will be taking place in the wider Baltic sea region after the end of the Triennial in October.
According to Virginija Januskeviciute, the curator for this years Baltic Triennial, this year's triennial focuses on the following sentence:
''WHAT IS AN ARTWORK TODAY CAN BE SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY TOMORROW.''
Interesting, but what does it mean?
It's a sentence from David Bernstein, an American artist based in Amsterdam, who combines performance, sculpture, and writing to tell stories through objects. ''This sentence is at the very heart of the XII Baltic Triennial, and reflects a never ending change of how we perceive an artwork and what we expect of it." says Januskeviciute.
"For this reason the triennial will present a number of projects where art intersects with science, ecology, economics, and politics," she adds.
She points to a number of experimental formats these projects will take, such as concert-lectures, lessons of vibration, series of phone conversations, seminars for teenagers. Some are based on practices of street dance, others on Japanese Butoh theatre.
''The idea is not new," says Januskeviciute. "How we perceive an artwork and what we expect of it changes in time. Things get forgotten, switched around, and we end up looking at the wrong end of a musical instrument, or playing a painting back to front.''
Sometimes, she continues, that's on purpose. ''A composition decomposes, a song becomes a mood, a sculpture – a model, and a drawing – a letter. Are we then to talk about uses of art or rather about the art of uses? Or better skip art at all?'' ''The public is encouraged to find this out for themselves,'' she says.
The exhibition was founded as The Baltic Triennial of Young Contemporary Art in Lithuania in 1979 while the small Baltic country of three million was part of the Soviet Union. Right from the start, it was a haven for free expression.
''That generation of young artists also expressed a critical non-conformist spirit considered dangerous in the totalitarian regime,'' said Januskeviciute.
''During the whole Soviet period and until the end of the eighties the Triennial provoked passionate discussions in political as well as artistic discourse.''
The exhibition has a long tradition of revealing art that's on the verge of an international breakthrough. It has evolved continuously from its role during the Soviet Union when it provided the only possibility for international exchange and was the sole showplace for avant-garde art.
After the restoration of independent Lithuania in 1990, the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, directed by Kestutis Kuizinas and his young team of curators, became the primary place for contemporary art in the Baltic States.
Partly, the reason is about its the center's size as much as it is about its tradition. The Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) is the largest venue for contemporary art in the Baltic States, with an exhibition space of 2400 square meters.
It's is a non-collection based institution, committed to developing a broad range of international and Lithuanian exhibition projects as well as presenting a wide range of public programmes including lectures, seminars, performances, film and video screenings, and live new music events. The build has been the location for many a fine exhibition since its inauguration back in 1968 as the ArtExhibition Palace — when it was run as a branch of the Lithuanian Museum of Art until 1988.
Since 1992, the CAC has been an independent institution principally funded by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture.
In 1997 the CAC was gifted a Fluxus Archive by the Silverman Collection (Detroit) in commemoration of Lithuanian Fluxus co-founder George Maciunas, that it keeps on permanent display.
''The 7th Triennial of Baltic Art "Cool Places" (1998), curated by Kuizinas included artists from the greater Baltic and Nordic Region. The 8th Baltic Triennial "Centre of Attraction" (2002) aimed to make a major new step forward and established an international regular event and exhibition of contemporary art in Eastern Europe'' said Dubinskaite.
This year's Triennial will have a stronger focus on the Baltic region. In fact a much stronger focus than in previous editions, on the geographical region, its culture and the sea.
''It will be a decidedly transdisciplinary event that, in its own motto of sorts ("what is an artwork today...") is mainly interested in the "something else"'' said Januskeviciute.
The exhibition opens up a range of topics and their couplings including influence, exchange, materiality, and impact. It's primarily an exhibition at the CAC, but the programme of events – talks, launches, presentations, classes and performances – spanning six weeks will expand behind the scenes.
The public programme of the opening weekend will include a lecture-concert on the Suprematist theory of time by artist Perrine Baillieux — a tribute to last year's exhibition on a similar theme by Dexter Sinister.
There will be a screening of "Temple Operating System" by Terry Davis, organised by Warsaw-based collective BRUD. And there will be the premiere of Lithuanian curator and filmmaker Gerda Paliušytė's film, 'The Road Movie'.
Throughout September and October, the programme of events will continue with BRUD's crypto-currency fairytale; lectures by Post Brothers and Adam Kleinman; a series of phone conversations curated by Jennifer Teets and Margarida Mendes ('The World In Which We Occur').
Also featured over the next two months will be advance presentations by The Baltic Pavilion created for the 2016 Venice Biennial of Architecture. There will also be a chance to tune into parallel educational programmes developed with artists Gediminas and Nomeda Urbonas — part of the Zooetics Pavilion of Ballardian Technologies presented at the exhibition in collaboration with Kaunas Technical University.
It will also be worth looking out for some interesting educational talks by Jay Tan, Perrine Baillieux, The Oceans Academy of Arts and the CAC's educator Audrius Pocius. A parallel series of lectures and seminars will be organised at Vilnius Academy of Arts.
The Triennial runs from Sept 4 - Oct 18
Opening hours: Tuesday – Sunday from 12:00 - 20:00
XII Baltic Triennial's website: xiibaltictriennial.cc
XII Baltic Triennial's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/XIIBaltic
Lithuanian actor, director Sabulis dies
Number of libraries decreasing in Latvia, number of active library users rising
Title of European of the Year in Latvia goes to musician Ralfs Eilands
Vilnius Short Film Festival – for a fast pace of life
British singer Dido to perform in Sigulda this summer
Riga Street Food Festival to take place in Riga's Old Town in mid-January
Estonian National Opera records attendance of over 185,000 in 2019

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MainAll NewsInside Israel'Bringing back the boys is our mission'
'Bringing back the boys is our mission'
Sarah Netanyahu visits the family of Herzl Shaul, father of Oron Shaul who passed away from cancer.
Yoni Kempinski, 05/09/16 00:15
Sarah Netanyahu visits the Shaul family
Kobi Gideon/GPO
Sarah Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister's Binyamin Netanyahu, on Sunday evening paid a condolence visit to the family of Herzl Shaul, father of missing soldier Oron Shaul who passed away on Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Speaking with Shaul's wife Zehava and his children Aviram and Ofek, the Prime Minister's wife expressed condolences on behalf of all the citizens of Israel.
"Our house is open to you at any time," Netanyahu told the Shaul family. "Herzl was a dear and strong man who fought for his son. Your tragedy is unbearable and when I heard about his death, my heart was filled with heavy sadness."
"Herzl's will and our obligation is to do everything to bring back Oron, along with the late Hadar Goldin, to be buried in Israel. The Prime Minister invests great efforts in this every day and I am hopeful and pray that this day will come," she continued.
Sara Netanyahu told the Shaul family that Prime Minister Netanyahu keeps photographs of Oron and Hadar in his office, "shows the photos to world leaders in his meetings and talks to them in order to do everything for their return. The Prime Minister keeps telling world leaders that he is committed to bring them to Israel, and this is the mission of all of us."
"I ask you to stay healthy. I hug you and strengthen you and wish that you know no more sorrow," added the Prime Minister's wife.
Earlier on Sunday, hundreds attended the funeral of Herzl Shaul. Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin were in attendance.
Tags:Sarah Netanyahu, Oron Shaul, Herzl Shaul


Dirty politics from the Left during the current New Zealand general election campaign obscures policy at a time when the issue of wealth or poverty and how to get there should be critical. Party policy can give a picture of the sort of country that the various politicians imagine. A wealthy country is good for everyone. A poor country is not. I looked for what the parties said about wealth and poverty and this is what they posted.
Wealth and poverty don't just occur without a reason. Both are outcomes of human activity. Diligent activity towards a specific goal can result in wealth. Sitting around doing nothing will get you nothing.
This week I conclude the discussion about Capital Gains Tax (CGT). A number of countries have capital gains taxes as part of their revenue raising regime, so one does not have to extend the imagination too much to see the effects should it be introduced here.
There is an inescapable truism in tax policy that no rational person, and few politicians, would dispute: Money flows into the area of least tax. For this reason good tax law is simple (GST for example). The problems start when exemptions appear.
Everything about the Dirty Politics affair is reprehensible. Let's start with Cameron Slater. I fully understood the angry reaction to his headline "Feral dies in Greymouth, did world a favour" after a West Coast man was killed in a car that was allegedly trying to escape the police.
Slater wasn't to know that the dead man's family had already lost three other sons in accidents, including one in the Pike River explosion. But anyone with a modicum of sensitivity would have realised a family would be grieving. A cruel and gratuitous taunt wasn't going to help.
Several weeks after the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed in Northland, the Crown dispatched Captain William Cornwallis Symonds to seek the aid of various local missionaries in collecting signatures from Maori chiefs residing at the South Head of the Manukau Harbour, at Port Waikato, at Kawhia, and further south down to Taranaki.
Captain Symonds arrived at Port Waikato to find Reverend Maunsell had already taken advantage of a hui convened for another purpose to present the Treaty to local chiefs. That meeting had been held on 11 April 1840, before a large Maori assembly of approximately 1500.
Although the media's focus of the general election has been on dirty politics, there are some critical policy issues defining the parties. Tax is one of them.
A claim that Crown soldiers threw Tuhoe children into the air and impaled them on bayonets, reported yesterday, offers a glimpse of how Tuhoe have nursed a grudge and how the facts don't back their beliefs.
Let me get this straight. Cameron Slater's Whale Oil site is hacked in retaliation for a post that upset a lot of people and as a result, a great swag of incriminating emails ends up in the hands of Nicky Hager. Meanwhile, Labour's enemies discover there are weaknesses in the Labour Party's website that enable them to go poking around there for sensitive information, some of which ends up with Slater.
I'm no lawyer, but it seems to me that if either of these acts was illegal, it's more likely to have been the hacking of Whale Oil. So why, on Q+A and The Nation this morning, did the interviewers apply the blowtorch to Slater and go soft on Hager?
Socialists are not nationalists, they're internationalists. And they know that the nation state operates as a prophylactic against the "world-mindedness" they mean to encourage.
One I visited recently had just removed parking meters from its CBD. They have made parking free, with a three hour time limit.
Viv Forbes from Australia: Blowing Our Dollars in the Wind.
As you may know by now, I am a serial debunker of alarm and it usually serves me in good stead. On the threat posed by diseases, I've been resolutely sceptical of exaggerated scares about bird flu and I once won a bet that mad cow disease would never claim more than 100 human lives a year when some "experts" were forecasting tens of thousands (it peaked at 28 in 2000). I've drawn attention to the steadily falling mortality from malaria and Aids.
Well, this time, about ebola, I am worried. Not for Britain, Europe or America or any other developed country and not for the human race as a whole.
Karl du Fresne: Is this the most bizarre campaign ever?
This election is shaping up to be the strangest in my lifetime. There's a cacophony of minor parties scrambling for attention and a frenzied political bidding war in which there seems to be no limit on the extravagance of the promises made.
We've had an outbreak of thinly disguised xenophobia over the sale of a farm, a sideshow over the use of the phrase "Sugar Daddy", and a blatant appeal to the emotions of voters who imagine New Zealand can raise the drawbridge and retreat into a cosy and safe economic fortress, 1970s-style.
In September next year, the United Nations plans to choose a list of development goals for the world to meet by the year 2030. What aspirations should it set for this global campaign to improve the lot of the poor, and how should it choose them?
In answering that question, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his advisers are confronted with a task that they often avoid: setting priorities. It is no good saying that we would like peace and prosperity to reach every corner of the world. And it is no good listing hundreds of targets. Money for foreign aid, though munificent, is limited. What are the things that matter most, and what would be nice to achieve but matter less?
Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is blamed for every weather emergency, but as a weather maker, water is far more important.
Without water, Earth's weather would be dramatically different. We would have no clouds, no rain or snow, no rain or hail storms, no hurricanes, no seas, rivers, lakes or ice sheets – just cold, cloudless nights and hot, clear days with dry winds and fierce dust storms; a dead planet like Mars.
Fortunately the Clutha District (Pop 17,000) has a Mayor called Bryan Cadogan. There was a time when he was unemployed, so he knows being unemployed is not a nice place to be. His goal is zero unemployment for youth in his district. He put it this way; "zero is only a number, but it's the only one that has not got an individual behind it".
Some tribes associated with the Wanganui River will receive more than $80-million to settle their river claims while a further $30-million fund will be set up for river-related tribes to apply for grants out of, according to an agreement signed this week.
The claims relate to use of the river and ownership of the riverbed, the latter of which has been thoroughly investigated, rejected, and brought back to life when claims back to 1840 were allowed. The signing took place at Ranana Marae, 60km up the river, on Tuesday, August 5.


We are very excited to celebrate another significant holiday with our family and church. Easter is right around the corner and conversations on the topic occur in our home naturally all the time. This year I suggested to my 5 yo Blossom to create an Easter Resurrection garden. My daughter was chuffed! After reading and discussing the story of resurrection we thought of elements that should be included in Easter garden – tomb, rock, cross and hill. Creating small worlds together with kids gives them perfect opportunity to think creatively. Children love playing with little world play scenes – it is a beautiful platform where they can use imagination to play and explore freely.
While working together on a project, it is essential to focus on process and not so much on the result. It is also necessary to remind children that we need to put the best effort in everything that we do. We talk about textures, discuss what's coming next and brainstorm ways to complete the task.
With older children, it is great to start the whole project a bit earlier – plant seeds and watch the garden grow. We decided to speed up the process and went to a garden shop to choose plants for our Easter garden.
picked a wide plastic bowl – something we had at our disposal. It worked like a charm because the grass had quite deep roots. Next time I plan to use something not so deep, probably a wide garden planter will do a great job – something we can use for feeding wild birds later on.
scooped plants out into the bowl and placed around tomb (a small plant pot).
We will make sure to water our garden daily and hopefully, it will last for some time. I find it very effective to combine story-telling with hands-on sensory experiences – activities that involve as many senses as possible.


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Mary and Gerald "Jerry" Santucci's enduring love filled their 57-year marriage with joy. And, when they faced Jerry's end-of-life journey together, their Doylestown Health caregivers were with them every step of the way.
Jerry thrived on family, work and helping others. Along with his brother, Jerry founded and was co-president of his specialty food brokerage business, Santucci Associates. He loved the business, and it was his passion. He also enjoyed motorcycles, traveling and spending time with his grandchildren. Life was good, but Jerry experienced health problems including diabetes, strokes, heart attacks and an aortic aneurysm. He had open heart surgery and numerous cardiac catheterizations. "We called Doylestown Hospital our second home, because Jerry was in and out, and I was, too," says Mary.
In 2010, a routine MRI to monitor Jerry's aneurysm detected cancer in his liver. "We were devastated," recalls Mary. Interventional cardiologist Steven Guidera, MD, sat with Jerry to help him absorb the news. Internal medicine physician Bohdan Martynec, MD, offered some hope and referred him to a surgical oncologist who specializes in liver cancer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Surgical removal of half of Jerry's liver gave him more time, but soon his cancer returned.
Because of the care and compassion received over the years from everyone at Doylestown Health, Jerry wanted to give something back. Through the Santucci's generosity, the chapel at Doylestown Hospital was renamed the Mary and Gerald Santucci Chapel in 2014. The chapel offers a peaceful place of reflection for Doylestown Hospital patients, families, Associates and the community.
As time passed, radiation therapy and embolization treatments kept Jerry's cancer at bay, but took a toll on his liver. As his health was failing, Mary took care of him at home with support and reassurance from Doylestown Hospital's Home Health nurses.
During this entire time, Jerry's Doylestown Health physicians remained highly engaged, but it was their personal connection that inspired Mary and Jerry the most. Dr. Martynec and cardiologist Richard Mascolo, MD, took the time to really get to know Jerry, and during doctor visits, they not only discussed his condition, but talked about family and travel. "They were not only our doctors, but they became like friends," recounts Mary.
Concerned about Mary, Jerry inquired about Doylestown's hospice facilities, seeking advice from Jim Brexler, President and CEO of Doylestown Health. The Santuccis chose The Willows at Pine Run, a specialized care wing within Doylestown Health's skilled nursing facility, for Jerry's end-of-life care. Here, care from Doylestown Health Hospice can be received in a coordinated manner with the facility. "It was wonderful!" says Mary. "I could be with Jerry 24/7.
Dr. Martynec visited often. His Hospice nurse was compassionate and calmly answered our questions, and his certified nursing assistant worked a double shift so she could be there for us at the end."
"These phenomenal caregivers took time to understand our family," says Mary. "Jerry's doctors even called me after he passed away to make sure I was okay." Though she misses Jerry dearly, Mary says she is okay, thanks to support from her daughters, their families and good friends who keep her busy.
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This November 20th will mark 20 years that National Child's Day has been nationally celebrated in Canada. This date marks the occasion when Canada adopted the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), spelling out the basic human rights for children and youth.
Generations of Hope assists Alberta couples struggling with the financial burden of costly infertility treatments and raises awareness of the widespread occurrence of infertility in Canada.
Did you know that 1 in 6 couples struggle with infertility and 76% of Albertans believe that the province should tie IVF treatment to a public funding policy?
To the point, infertility is a medical issue and helping those who struggle with this medical condition to be able to conceive and start their own family creates a stronger community and, in the end, will save the Alberta government literally millions of dollars ($78 million over 5 years).
Did you know that the potential cost of just one cycle of In Vitro Fertilization is $13,000? Can you imagine how financially paralyzing it would be if every family that struggled with infertility went $13,000 in debt just to have a baby?
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Thank you for your continued support on this important cause. I think the video makes it so clear that this is the right thing to do, public funding for IVF saves money and it also builds a healthy population for the future of Alberta.


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If you are a veteran space traveler and lunar voyager, then based upon experience, you would probably have a pretty good idea what types of tools would come in handy on your next mission.
On May 18, 1969, Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan lifted off from Pad 39B of the Kennedy Space Center launch complex. Their next stop was the Moon. Their mission was the final "dress rehearsal" for the Saturn V, the Apollo spacecraft and the lunar module in lunar orbit prior to humans actually landing on the Moon.


Here is a very detailed post on Growing Organic Vegetable Plants and the reasons why you should start Today.
The main reason people start organic gardening is so that they can try their hand at growing organic veggie plants and grow something delicious to impress the next-door neighbors, keep them healthy and save them money.
There's absolutely nothing incorrect with this outlook either and if you grow organic vegetable plants you will certainly gain from all those things – and much more.
The majority of people who grow organic vegetable plants discover that it's an extremely gratifying experience as they get a real tactile benefit for all the effort they put in.
All the natural fertilizer and water you provided your plants is now benefiting you and you can enjoy in a great sensation of pride when you bite into an especially juicy carrot or notify your pals that of the veggies on their plate were grown by you.
It will also motivate you and your household to consume more veggies. This will imply you enjoy a much healthier diet plan which you understand specifically exactly what's entered into making them (I.e. no nasty pesticides or artificial fertilizer).
Those who grow organic vegetable plants are also doing an excellent task for the environment by preventing waste and by not using non-renewable sources for their plant food.
A lot more notably they aren't harming their local community by eliminating big quantities of bugs and animals with abnormal pesticides – in truth, they're helping it by bringing in wildlife to their garden.
Quickly this might be more crucial than ever as farmers are being motivated to produce as much food as humanly possible to handle approaching issues triggered by global warming.
Customers are being motivated not to squander food and to purchase just exactly what they have to get ready for a future worldwide food scarcity. If you grow organic vegetable plants then you'll be doing your part to this issue and saving yourself money at the same time.
In addition it's possible to grow organic vegetable plants of practically any kind, with the popular options consisting of: asparagus, beans, beets, cabbages, cantaloupe, carrots, celery, collard, corn, cucumbers, eggplants, garlic, kohlrabi, lettuces, okra, onions, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, spinach, squash, swiss chard and watermelon.
So are they simple to grow? Well, luckily, veggies are mainly no different to grow than 'common' plants. Like other plants, they can be grown either from a seed or from a pre-potted plant.
When you have these it's merely a matter of discovering a location to grow them in and preparing the soil there with garden compost and fertilizer. As a basic guideline, organic vegetable plants choose soil with a small level of acidity around a PH worth of 6.5 or 7.
Inspect the PH worth of your soil then increase it or reduce it as essential (however, ensure to look into the particular veggies you plan to grow). To increase the level of acidity of your soil you can include vinegar or peat.
As soon as you've done this you can dig a hole for your plant or seed and line your garden compost. Ensure not to bury seeds to deeply and to surround plants totally with garden compost approximately the start of the paths.
Another thing to think about when growing natural veggie plants is the time of the year as various veggies will grow much better throughout different months and will yield their fruit and vegetables at particular times. When you're planting then make certain to once again investigate the particular veggie and plant it at the time most favorable for healthy development.
An organic vegetable garden is quickly within the grasp of any green-fingered wannabe. It is extensively accepted that veggies benefit your health and as such needs to form part of our daily consuming practices.
Naturally produced veggies (grown naturally without using pesticides and with just natural fertilizer) are even much healthier still. Nevertheless, purchasing naturally grown veggies can cost more.
For that reason, the service to this issue, naturally, is for you to begin an organic garden of your very own. It is really simple to do and can be enjoyable for both you and the kids.
Everyone understands that kids enjoy absolutely nothing much better than digging around in the dirt, so let them plant some veggies too so they can enjoy seeing their own plants grow.
Nowadays, individuals are more knowledgeable about their health and environment. All of us understand that pesticides and fertilizers can be harmful to our health which is why organic vegetable gardening has actually ended up being the preferred alternative for garden enthusiasts.
Yes, we understand that by utilizing these chemicals, farmers can produce bigger veggies quicker than nature planned.
However often we have to take a more difficult look at whether a quicker turn-around for gathering these chemically boosted veggies deserves the possible risk to our health by the chemicals used to make this possible.
For centuries farmers have actually counted on watering and nature to provide the sunshine needed for growing organic veggies. This is the method nature meant our plants to be grown.
Since organic gardening is such an easy idea (needing just the really fundamental aspects of soil, water, and sunlight) individuals are concerning recognize that they can quickly try to grow their own veggies in your home in their personal organic garden.
If you believe this sort of concept might be of interest to you, however, you are not sure which plants you might grow, well let me offer you a couple of concepts.
You might begin with potatoes and carrots, broccoli, onions and cabbage, the list is by no way extensive. You are just restricted by your very own creativity … and potentially the size of your garden.
The only genuine constraint is that specific plants will just grow throughout specific seasons throughout the year.
You need to make certain that your garden provides adequate drain to grow the veggies. If not, one option might be to use raised beds to grow them in.
Research study is essential here, however, do not sweat it, if you are not sure you can constantly ask at a local garden center (where the vegetable seeds are offered in packages) which they would encourage.
When you have actually made your purchase your next action is to go home and plant the seeds in your brand name brand-new organic vegetable garden. From now on your brand-new task title is "The Protector". It is your task to guarantee that absolutely nothing hurts your little "children" till it is time to gather them.
Hazards to your plants will be found in many guises, such as animals, bugs, and weeds. The very best deterrents versus animals consuming your plants are to install fences around your organic vegetable garden as well as to position animal hair and/or scented items such as talcum powder and soap thereabouts.
Actively motivate birds and other bugs into your garden to consume the insects prior to they harm your veggies. If you have a little pond you might also put toads into your garden as they will keep your garden insect totally free.
The very best method to prevent getting weeds is to plant different kinds of plants carefully in between each other in the garden. If any weeds make their way through you ought to just pull them up.
If you choose you might constantly use mulching as a preventative step. This is a mix of garden compost, leaf molds, manure and broke bark.
Certainly, there is another method to prevent bugs which are for your organic grown veggies to be planted inside your home. Tomato plants are the best example as they can be grown in a purpose-made wood, clay or plastic organic container.
It deserves discussing at this moment that if you are using these containers, simply soil alone does not consist of sufficient goodness for growing organic veggies.
A mix of vermiculite, perlite, and peat would be more useful.
If you are going to grow your plants inside, you should not forget to provide sunshine and a day-to-day watering.
You might position them outside for their day-to-day quota of sunlight, weather condition allowing, and simply bring them in by late afternoon/early eve the temperature levels drop.
If the weather condition is too cold to put them outside, you might simply position them in a window.
Lastly, it deserves pointing out that although purchasing them from a shop might be a little more pricey, you might save money by growing your very own and if you have sufficient space, potentially make some money by offering your items at local markets.
So having your very own organic vegetable plants can be advantageous to both your health as well as to your pockets.
Great information. I've used grow lights for seedlings, and last year tried growing lettuce and spinach indoors. Epic fail. I'll try the perlite, vermiculite, and peat moss mix and see if that works better.
Great post. I'll second the recommendation to use vermiculite. It costs more than perlite but perlite tends to float to the top of the soil and vermiculite doesn't. I think you get a better return on your investment.


Like many positive terms, the phrase "big bang" originated as a pejorative. Fred Hoyle coined the term in 1949 as a way of deflating the concept of an expanding universe. It stuck, even after Edwin Hubble showed that 13.7 billion years ago, all of the matter in our massive universe was indeed compacted into "one superdense ball." Astronomers have also figured out that the volume of the big bang was only 120 decibels, about the loudness of your average rock show (though how there might have been sound without an atmosphere escapes me). There is some irony in Hoyle's dig: the "big bang" wasn't particularly big, and wasn't much of a bang, but it happened.
Spend a few extra minutes educating yourself with some more 60 second astronomy adventures below, or visit the complete collection here on YouTube or iTunesU.


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Marin Housing Authority – Support for Shelter Plus Care program provides rental subsidy and case management support for up to 110 adults with mental illness who are homeless, many of whom are also enrolled in the Odyssey Program.
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Anthony Davis says there was no doubt he was re-signing with Lakers
by Donny McHenry
Jul 13, 2019; El Segundo, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward/center Anthony Davis answers questions during a press conference at the UCLA Health Training Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
This is arguably the best time to be a Lakers fan in a decade, with only the 2010 NBA Finals win against the Celtics standing against this point in time. The team appears to have approved around the margins with acquisitions like Montrezl Harrell and Marc Gasol, while the front office has been able to extend and re-sign LeBron James and Anthony Davis to keep them in Lakers jerseys for a long time.
Anthony Davis re-signed to a five-year, $190 million max deal, surprising many around the NBA who thought he would sign a three-year deal (with a player option on the final year) at max. Davis talked to Chris Geeter McGee of Spectrum SportsNet after his deal became official, saying that there was no doubt that he'd be returning to L.A.
"I just wanted to take the process one day at a time. Obviously winning the championship with L.A. was very great. The team Rob put together and Jeanie put together, and Linda and all the people in the front office was amazing, and we did something special. Especially with everything going on in 2020. I don't think there was a doubt that I was gonna come back, it was just trying to figure out the logistics and what was best for me and my family, and I was able to get a deal done today. So I'm excited about that and excited for what Dudz calls 'the Big 3,' with him myself and 'Bron, so it's gonna be a great time. We've got another great task ahead of us, the team is looking great, guys have been working out, so I'm excited."
"I don't think it was a doubt that I was coming back…LA is a place I want to be." @AntDavis23 sits with our @geeter3 to discuss his contract extension with the #LakeShow, aspirations for the upcoming season, and more. @Lakers pic.twitter.com/ekaeLLBn9A
— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) December 4, 2020
In regards to a five-year deal surprising many who expected him to take less years for more money in the future, Anthony Davis said the following:
"L.A. is the place I wanted to be. They do a great job… of just putting the team together. It's the place I wanted to be, where I love to be. I'm out here during the summers and now living out here full-time for the next five years. So I thought it was just a great thing to go five years and be here in the place that I love, and don't plan on going anywhere. So why not maximize it the most at this opportunity."
Anthony Davis is a Los Angeles Laker. And I get to say that for at least four more years! What a time to be alive.
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Story: Life couldn't get much worse for News Producer Tim O'Hara. He humiliates the one he loves, Brace Channing and ends up getting fired by her father. Then, a Martian from Mars arrives in his home. The Martian adopts the name 'Uncle Martin' and becomes friends with Tim, whilst he fixes his ship. Unaware to Martin, Tim actually wants to reveal him to the world, but can he actually do that to his new friend and 'Uncle'?


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Functional Training is a whole body training, for which Sling Trainers are often used. Exercises with the own body weight are also often done for Functional Training. The Functional Training is meant to extend the classic strength training by further aspects and thus resulting in a holistic strength training.
Functional Training: Which fitness equipment is suitable?
There is a lot of fitness equipment to do Functional Training. It includes, i.e., Kettlebells and chin up bars. Sling Trainers are among the most common training devices offering very varied exercises. Instable surfaces for Balance training can also be used as fitness equipment for Functional Training. The core training is an important part of Functional Training as well.
Functional Training is suitable for which users?
Functional Training is suitable for sportsmen of every age and every training level. More complex exercises of Functional Training can be demanding and exercise instructions are recommended here.
The new T-Fitness exercise posters also show exercises for the Functional Training, i.e., the instructions for whole body training with Kettlebells or the dumbbell exercise poster for effective and correctly done training. There are many exercise dvds of different suppliers showing wide-range workouts for Sling Trainers as the most versatile fitness device for Functional Training.
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Q: How do I query delegation properties of an active directory user account? I am writing a utility to audit the configuration of a WCF service. In order to properly pass credentials from the client, thru the WCF service back to the SQL back end the domain account used to run the service must be configured in Active Directory with the setting "Trust this user for delegation" (Properties -> "Delegation" tab).
Using C#, how do I access the settings on this tab in Active Directory. I've spent the last 5 hours trying to track this down on the web and can't seem to find it.
Here's what I've done so far:
using (Domain domain = Domain.GetCurrentDomain())

{
    Console.WriteLine(domain.Name);
// get domain "dev" from MSSQLSERVER service account
DirectoryEntry ouDn = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://CN=Users,dc=dev,dc=mydomain,dc=lcl");
DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(ouDn);

// get sAMAccountName "dev.services" from MSSQLSERVER service account
search.Filter = "(sAMAccountName=dev.services)";
search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("displayName");
search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("userAccountControl");

SearchResult result = search.FindOne();
if (result != null)
{
    Console.WriteLine(result.Properties["displayName"][0]);
    DirectoryEntry entry = result.GetDirectoryEntry();

    int userAccountControlFlags = (int)entry.Properties["userAccountControl"].Value;
    if ((userAccountControlFlags & (int)UserAccountControl.TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION) == (int)UserAccountControl.TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION)
        Console.WriteLine("TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION");
    else if ((userAccountControlFlags & (int)UserAccountControl.TRUSTED_TO_AUTH_FOR_DELEGATION) == (int)UserAccountControl.TRUSTED_TO_AUTH_FOR_DELEGATION)
        Console.WriteLine("TRUSTED_TO_AUTH_FOR_DELEGATION");
    else if ((userAccountControlFlags & (int)UserAccountControl.NOT_DELEGATED) == (int)UserAccountControl.NOT_DELEGATED)
        Console.WriteLine("NOT_DELEGATED");

    foreach (PropertyValueCollection pvc in entry.Properties)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(pvc.PropertyName);
        for (int i = 0; i < pvc.Count; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\t{0}", pvc[i]);
        }
    }

}

}
The "userAccountControl" does not seem to be the correct property. I think it is tied to the "Account Options" section on the "Account" tab, which is not what we're looking for but this is the closest I've gotten so far.
The justification for all this is: We do not have permission to setup the service in QA or in Production, so along with our written instructions (which are notoriously only followed in partial) I am creating a tool that will audit the setup (WCF and SQL) to determine if the setup is correct. This will allow the person deploying the service to run this utility and verify everything is setup correctly - saving us hours of headaches and reducing downtime during deployment.

A: Probably too late, but eh...found it, so i thought i'd share it.
The property in question is called "msDS-AllowedToDelegateTo", and it'll only appear for accounts with configured SPN values, but it gives you a comprehensive list of all the services that your object is trusted for delegation with.
Hope this saves someone else having to read the kerberos spec for a few hours.

A: Ok, I was wrong. When I ran it the first time userAccountControl didn't have TRUSTED_FOR_DELEGATION set. I don't know if it was a caching issue or not. I've added:
entry.RefreshCache(new string[] {"userAccountControl"});
to make sure it doesn't cache the value. I don't know if this works or not, but I added it just in case.

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Steve Stricker discovers, corrects error in his putting and is back in contention
By Dave Shedloski
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – If Steve Stricker remains in contention this weekend at the Valspar Championship, he can thank the putting tip he received from Tiger Woods. Wait, scratch that. "He wouldn't help me. Even if I did call him, he wouldn't help me," Stricker, 49, said with a laugh after firing a five-under-par 66 Friday at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort that gave him a share of the 36-hole lead with Will MacKenzie at five-under 137. He wasn't kidding. He and Woods might be friends, and they have traded texts while comparing notes on their respective back surgeries, but Stricker, as he has done throughout his career, has had to diagnose and treat the maladies in his game on his own. While his ball striking was coming around last year amid a limited schedule – he made just nine starts as he recovered from back surgery – the putting touch that has been the envy of his peers was AWOL. Turns out that geometry was the key.
Pay attention, class, and sharpen your pencils, because this is worth jotting down. Stricker noticed first that he was poorly aligned to the right of the target, but that wasn't the real problem. As he explains: "For me, it's all about starting the clubhead in this triangle back together and I wasn't doing that. My clubhead was kind of beating my turn back there and it was almost kind of running off, too. My triangle would stop and my clubhead would keep moving. I was trying to play catch up all the time." The triangle he refers to is that made by his arms. The key is keeping the clubhead and his arms in sync. It shouldn't be a surprise that Stricker leads the PGA Tour this year in strokes gained-putting and he is the leader in that category at the Copperhead Course. He made a comfortable living beating the daylights out of everyone on the greens. The surprise is that for the previous two years he somehow lost that magic stroke. Hard work and stubbornness have corrected it. Once ranked No. 2 in the world and now 249th, Stricker already has made six starts this year, with his best showing a T-11 at his last event, the Northern Trust Open. He still is committed to a part-time schedule, but he still expects full-time results. Winless since 2012, Stricker began cutting back in 2013 to spend more time with his family. But in just 13 events that year he posted four runner-up finishes and made the U.S. Presidents Cup team, where he was paired with an up-and-coming youngster named Jordan Spieth. That seems like ages ago. Stricker wouldn't disagree, but he refuses to give in on the notion that he can't compete against Spieth or anyone else. He's getting stronger and his confidence is returning. "It's frustrating when you're only going to play those limited amount of times and you're not playing that well," he said. "I mean it's like OK, I want to play good when I come out, you know, even if I'm going to play 12, 14 times, whatever the number is going to be, I want to play well and I still think I can play well."
Stricker is used to comebacks. He twice was voted Comeback Player of the Year on the PGA Tour. Perhaps he has one more in him.


The former England all-rounder is an "awful long way" from returning to the crease but Lancashire refuse to rule out the possibility as Sussex reach 276 for eight against them in the County Championship.
Lancashire have attempted to dampen speculation about a potentially stunning comeback by Andrew Flintoff, the former England all-rounder, but have not completely ruled out the possibility of his return nearly five years after his retirement from Test cricket.
Flintoff, now 36, has been linked with playing again in this summer's NatWest Blast t20 competition and although Lancashire remain non-committal about his ability to play competitively after retiring with knee trouble, they have stopped short of dismissing the suggestion.
"There is an awful long way to go before that happens," said Paul Allott, Lancashire's former captain and board member, speaking on Sky.
If Lancashire had hoped to keep Flintoff's potentially fairy-tale comeback under wraps, their former charge had not read the script. On the day Old Trafford hosted hopefuls wanting to secure a place on X Factor in the Point hospitality venue, Flintoff came through an audition of his own with a workout led by former Lancashire captain Mark Chilton, who has recently become a member of their coaching staff.
Having attempted to build a career away from cricket since retiring from all cricket in 2010 – including appearing on television travel programmes and a one-fight attempt at a boxing career in 2012 – Flintoff has remained consistent in admitting he has missed playing.
He has already agreed to play for St Annes in the Northern League, his former club, this summer, and will certainly have to prove his fitness before Lancashire consider his return to a competitive format, particularly in Twenty20 cricket, where his knee problems could be exposed in the field.
Lancashire's T20 campaign begins on May 17 against Worcestershire Royals at Old Trafford, a match already being earmarked for a special promotion with tickets beings sold at £2 to encourage support on a Saturday afternoon, but even a hint of Flintoff's involvement should provide a major boost to ticket sales.
After retiring from Test cricket, Flintoff had hoped to become a T20 player who featured in the different competitions around the world, only for injuries to halt that potentially lucrative career path. If, however, he proves his fitness with Lancashire, it may open up other opportunities if not in the Indian Premier League and the Australian Big Bash, then lower profile events like the Bangladesh Premier League.
Flintoff, though, has remained vague about his future intentions and tweeted: "Loving the cricket, but going to have to go back to work soon, whatever that is." While Flintoff was working hard in the nets adjacent to Old Trafford's playing square, his former team-mates were just as industrious in battling back from Sussex's flying start to the opening day of their championship match. Having won the toss in cool conditions, Chris Nash and Michael Yardy raced to 92 for one in only 20 overs.
Once the new ball had softened, the effects of a two-paced pitch became evident with Yardy's unbeaten 132, his first century since scoring 156 at Taunton last July, becoming increasingly valuable as the wickets tumbled after lunch.
Only Yardy and Nash reached double figures in Sussex's top six with Kyle Jarvis, Lancashire's former Zimbabwe Test seamer signed on a Kolpac last summer, overcoming a nervous start to his maiden Old Trafford match to claim two of four wickets to fall in 17 overs after lunch.
Jarvis conceded 42 runs from his first six overs, but steadied himself to win lbw appeals against Mat Machan and Luke Wright and but for James Anyon helping to forge a 74-run eighth-wicket stand with Yardy, Lancashire could have enjoyed an even better day.
Instead, Lancaster-born Anyon defied Lancashire for 118 balls before Tom Smith removed his middle stump and, with bad light ending play 4.3 overs early, both sides claimed satisfaction from the day's events.


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