Samburu Intrepids Camp with her dry, rugged and stunning, Samburu's landscape is at once stark and sensual, with its iconic loaf shaped Lolokowe Mountain and hills spreading in every horizon. Its life lung is the Usao Nyiro River coursing through its craggy terrain full of stone, thorn bush and the forked doum palms.
In this arid zone where water is scarce and the land baked by the eternal sun, herds of elephants and the big cats roam the plains with the Samburu special - the Reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra, Beisa oryx, Somali ostrich and the long necked antelope, the gerenuk easily seen despite its harsh climes.
This Samburu Tented Camp is located 345 kilometres north of Nairobi, the journey to the camp involves a 50-minute flight to the Samburu airstrip followed by a 20-minute drive through the reserve.
All the tents at Samburu Intrepids Camp are large and spacious under palm-thatched roofs with netted screens to allow for the river breeze to keep them cool and give you stunning views of the land that is Samburu. Each tent sits on a raised deck overlooking the brown river where the elephants sometimes make an appearance or the crocodiles come out to lounge by the river's banks.
You can also choose to have private candlelit dinners on the deck of your canvas villa and should it get a trifle too hot, all tents are fitted with fans.
Because of the warm climate, Samburu Intrepids Camp's public areas are all palm-thatched and open to the elements, raised on stilts to catch the cooling breeze blowing off the river.
Samburu Intrepids Camp also boasts a spacious lounge and bar area, where our naturalists deliver fascinating slideshows on most evenings, and an intimate conference room with a television for viewing wildlife documentaries.
Behind the bar, surrounded by a shady sunbathing area, is our freeform swimming pool - a soothing drop of blue in this otherwise arid land.
Game Drives; Samburu is simply stunning - a photographer's delight with its surreal settings and different lights to photograph it in. Guests at Samburu Intrepids can enjoy game drives in Samburu game reserve and the adjoining Buffalo Springs game reserve where you will see the natural spring pool believed to have medicinal properties.
Nature Walks; With its unique blend of flora and fauna, a nature walk in Samburu is a must. The naturalist will tell you about everything that comes in the path whether it's a bird (of which there are more than 350 species in Samburu) or the history of the land. The varied landscape - from the river to the forest and than the arid plains offer a rich profusion of birds and one can record more than a hundred species in a day.
Cultural Visits; The Samburu are a regal people related to the Maasai. Like the Maasai, the Samburu have a rich history, a people who tracked down the Nile many centuries ago and separate form the Maasai. Traditionally a pastoral people in search of water and grazing land for their god given cattle, the Samburu are also adapting to life in the 21st century.
Camel Rides; A ride on a camel is a biblical affair crossing the Uaso Nyiro to the Samburu villages on the land opposite the reserve. With a high vantage point, you may chance upon the giraffes or the tiny dikdiks of the dry lands or have to cut back your ride when the elephants block your passage.
Recommended for children accompanying their parents on safari this family program provides an fun and exciting opportunity for the kids to learn about the wild from our Samburu naturalists who specialize in plants, wildlife and survival skills.
Children will be edu-tained through various activities and facilities on-site including an obstacle course that portrays the challenges wild animals face, don't be suprised if you child comes out looking like Mowgli from Rudyard Kipling's all time favourite Jungle Book.


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SPECIAL REPORT 277
Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement
A Review of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Surveys
Committee to Review the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Survey Programs
Committee on National Statistics
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
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Transportation Research Board 2003 Executive Committee*
Chair: Genevieve Giuliano, Director, Metrans Transportation Center, and Professor,
School of Policy, Planning, and Development, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Vice Chair: Michael S. Townes, President and CEO,
Hampton Roads Transit, Virginia
Executive Director: Robert E. Skinner, Jr., Transportation Research Board
Michael W. Behrens, Executive Director,
Texas Department of Transportation, Austin
Joseph H. Boardman, Commissioner,
New York State Department of Transportation, Albany
Sarah C. Campbell, President,
TransManagement, Inc., Washington, D.C.
E. Dean Carlson, President,
Carlson Associates, Topeka, Kansas (Past Chair, 2002)
Joanne F. Casey, President and CEO,
Intermodal Association of North America, Greenbelt, Maryland
James C. Codell III, Secretary,
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Frankfort
John L. Craig, Director,
Nebraska Department of Roads, Lincoln
Bernard S. Groseclose, Jr., President and CEO,
South Carolina State Ports Authority, Charleston
Susan Hanson, Landry University Professor of Geography,
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
Lester A. Hoel, L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor of Engineering,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (Past Chair, 1986)
Henry L. Hungerbeeler, Director,
Missouri Department of Transportation, Jefferson City
Adib K. Kanafani, Cahill Professor and Chairman,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Ronald F. Kirby, Director, Transportation Planning,
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Washington, D.C.
Herbert S. Levinson, Principal,
Herbert S. Levinson Transportation Consultant, New Haven, Connecticut
Michael D. Meyer, Professor,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Jeff P. Morales, Director of Transportation,
California Department of Transportation, Sacramento
Kam Movassaghi, Secretary,
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Baton Rouge
Carol A. Murray, Commissioner,
New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Concord
David Plavin, President,
Airports Council International, Washington, D.C.
John Rebensdorf, Vice President,
Network and Service Planning, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, Nebraska
Catherine L. Ross, Harry West Chair of Quality Growth and Regional Development,
College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
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John M. Samuels, Senior Vice President, Operations Planning and Support,
Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia (Past Chair, 2001)
Paul P. Skoutelas, CEO,
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Martin Wachs, Director,
Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Berkeley (Past Chair, 2000)
Michael W. Wickham, Chairman,
Roadway Corporation, Akron, Ohio
Marion C. Blakey, Administrator,
Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
Samuel G. Bonasso, Acting Administrator,
Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
Rebecca M. Brewster, President and COO,
American Transportation Research Institute, Smyrna, Georgia (ex officio)
George Bugliarello, Foreign Secretary,
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C. (ex officio)
Thomas H. Collins (Adm., U.S. Coast Guard), Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C. (ex officio)
Jennifer L. Dorn, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
Robert B. Flowers (Lt. Gen., U.S. Army), Chief of Engineers and Commander,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. (ex officio)
Edward R. Hamberger, President and CEO,
Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C. (ex officio)
John C. Horsley, Executive Director,
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Washington, D.C. (ex officio)
Robert S. Kirk, Director,
Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy (ex officio)
Rick Kowalewski, Deputy Director,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
William W. Millar, President,
American Public Transportation Association, Washington, D.C. (ex officio) (Past Chair, 1992)
Mary E. Peters, Administrator,
Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
Suzanne Rudzinski, Director, Transportation and Regional Programs,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (ex officio)
Jeffrey W. Runge, Administrator,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
Allan Rutter, Administrator,
Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
Annette M. Sandberg, Administrator,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
William G. Schubert, Administrator,
Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (ex officio)
Robert A. Venezia, Program Manager,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. (ex officio)
Membership as of December 2003.
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Committee on National Statistics (2003)
John E. Rolph, Chair,
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
Joseph G. Altonji,
Department of Economics, Yale University
Robert Bell,
AT&T Laboratories—Research, Florham Park, New Jersey
Lawrence Brown,
Department of Statistics, University of Pennsylvania
Robert M. Groves,
Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Joel L. Horowitz,
Department of Economics, Northwestern University
William Kalsbeek,
Survey Research Unit, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Arleen Leibowitz,
School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles
Thomas A. Louis,
Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Vijayan Nair,
Department of Statistics, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Daryl Pregibon,
Kenneth Prewitt,
Public Affairs, Columbia University
Nora Cate Schaeffer,
Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Matthew D. Shapiro,
Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Andrew A. White, Director
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Joseph L. Schofer, Chair,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Thomas B. Deen, NAE, Consultant,
William F. Eddy,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
T. Keith Lawton,
Metro, Portland, Oregon
James M. Lepkowski,
Arnim H. Meyburg,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Debbie A. Niemeier,
Alan E. Pisarski, Consultant,
Stanley Presser,
University of Maryland, College Park
G. Scott Rutherford,
University of Washington, Seattle
Edward J. Spar,
Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, Alexandria, Virginia
Ronald W. Tweedie, Consultant,
Jill Wilson, Study Director, Transportation Research Board
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The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 established the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) within the U.S. Department of Transportation. This new federal statistical agency was charged with developing transportation data to support strategic planning and policy making. The ISTEA legislation also mandated that the National Academy of Sciences [National Research Council (NRC)] review the statistical programs and practices of BTS to improve the relevance and quality of transportation data. The NRC Panel on Statistical Programs and Practices of the BTS issued its report in 1997, approximately 5 years after BTS began operations.1 In 2001, BTS itself asked NRC to conduct another review of the agency's activities. Specifically, BTS requested a study to review the agency's current survey programs in light of transportation data needs for policy planning and research, and in light of the characteristics and functions of an effective statistical agency.
In response to BTS's request, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies convened a study committee of 12 members under the leadership of Joseph Schofer, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Civil Engineering and Transportation at Northwestern University. Panel members have expertise in transportation policy and planning, transportation data, and survey methodology and statistics.
The committee met four times between February 2002 and March 2003. Each of the first three meetings was devoted to review of one of the
Citro, C. F., and J. L. Norwood (eds.). 1997. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Priorities for the Future. Panel on Statistical Programs and Practices of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
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BTS survey initiatives—the National Household Travel Survey, the Omnibus Survey Program, and the Commodity Flow Survey. After each of these meetings, the committee issued a letter report presenting its findings and recommendations concerning the relevant survey. These letter reports are reproduced in Appendixes A, B, and C. Appendix D lists the invited presentations given at committee meetings. The final meeting was devoted to committee discussions of major themes and crosscutting issues and to preparation of this final report.
The committee's conclusions and recommendations are necessarily based on the programs and organization of BTS at the time of this study. As a result of its interactions with BTS staff over the course of the study, the committee is aware that the agency is engaged in planning activities that may address items raised in the letter reports and also relate to some of the issues discussed in this report.
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the National Academies. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the authors and the National Academies in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The contents of the review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report: William P. Anderson, Boston University, Massachusetts; Daniel Brand, Charles River Associates, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; Konstadinos G. Goulias, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Ronald E. Kutscher, Vienna, Virginia; Martin E. H. Lee-Gosselin, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada; and Frank Potter, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey.
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the committee's conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Lester A. Hoel, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, who was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of the report
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was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
The committee wishes to thank the many individuals who contributed to this study through presentations at meetings, correspondence, and telephone calls. The assistance of Mike Cohen, Lori Putman, and Joy Sharp of BTS; John Fowler of the Census Bureau; Susan Liss of the Federal Highway Administration; and Frank Southworth of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in arranging briefings and responding to committee requests for information is gratefully acknowledged.
Jill Wilson managed the study under the supervision of Stephen R. Godwin, Director of Studies and Information Services, TRB, and with advice from Andrew A. White, Director, CNSTAT. Frances E. Holland assisted in logistics and communications with the committee. Suzanne Schneider, Associate Executive Director of TRB, managed the report review process. The report was edited by Gail Baker and prepared for publication under the supervision of Nancy Ackerman, Director of Publications.
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Peer Review of BTS
Framework for Evaluation
Organization of Report
Description and Assessment of Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Surveys
National Household Travel Survey
Commodity Flow Survey
Omnibus Survey Program
Value of Flagship Survey Data
Substantive Expertise
Survey Stability and Quality
Communication with Data Users
Clear Survey Objectives
Statistical Information and Policy Interpretations
Flagship Personal Travel and Freight Surveys
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Letter Report on the National Household Travel Survey
Letter Report on the Omnibus Survey Program
Letter Report on the Commodity Flow Survey
Study Committee Biographical Information
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TRB Special Report 277 - Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement recommends a series of actions the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) should take to render its flagship surveys -- the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) -- more effective in meeting the needs of a broad spectrum of data users. The report also recommends approaches BTS and its survey partners should adopt to develop more effective survey methods and address institutional issues affecting survey stability and quality.
Report Summary published in the October-September 2004 issue of the TR News.
Executive Summary 1–8
1 Introduction 9–14
2 Description and Assessment of Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Surveys 15–25
3 Conclusions 26–40
4 Recommendations 41–53
A Letter Report on the National Household Travel Survey 54–78
B Letter Report on the Omnibus Survey Program 79–100
C Letter Report on the Commodity Flow Survey 101–125
D Committee Meetings 126–128
Study Committee Biographical Information 129–134

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Show #15/6002. A 1900's Garden Treasure
History Of The Property
Wayne is also involved with Longue Vue. This wonderful PROPERTY IS A NATIONAL LANDMARK. It is a house, museum and historic garden. It was created by Edith and Edgar Stern who were pivotal figures in the civic and urban progress of New Orleans. Edith was inspired by her father Julius Rosenwald who was the co-founder of the Sears and Roebuck Company.
Garden Conservancy Assistance
Katrina created many challenges, it was a definite setback but they've worked really hard and the garden looks great. THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY has been a huge help. The Garden Conservancy took on Longue Vue as a preservation project and early on sent a lot of volunteers their way.
Portico Terrace
They start in the PORTICO TERRACE which is a great example of one of the garden rooms at Longue Vue. It was designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman who started working with the Stern family in 1935. Ms. Shipman was very important in her field, she was considered the dean of women landscape architects and was a pioneer for women in landscape architecture. This garden is a great example of a little garden room that Ms. Shipman loved to design. Perennial borders were her signature style. She was striving for a stained glass effect of different colors with blooming perennials.
Plants In The Portico Terrace Garden
The perennial border is a wonderful COLLECTION OF ANNUALS, bi-annuals and perennials. Amy particularly loves Snap Dragons. It's an old fashioned favorite, has lots of different colors and provides a nice stand of blooms in the back of the bed. She also likes Foxglove. They are unusual and frequently photographed, they're very popular in this garden. Delphinium, named after dolphins for the beautiful curve they make, not only come in blue but lots of other colors as well. Gypsophila, or Babies Breath, is another favorite. Amy must grow them from seed as they are not readily available in pots. Poppies are another favorite. Eric likes the way the colors work together.
Beautiful Vegetable Garden
This was originally designed in the 20's but Ellen Biddle Shipman, in 1938, made some beautiful plans detailing what she determined at that time should go into this garden. She felt it would be pretty to put vegetables in perfect little rows and alternate colors. Generally to have fun with the approach to a VEGETABLE GARDEN. This garden is even more impressive knowing it has served as a vegetable garden all these years and was actually used as a victory garden by the Sterns during WWII. Of course it is a very functional, utilitarian garden and was designed principally for food but still has a wonderful design aesthetic.
Plants From The Grocery Store
She buys some seeds from seed companies but importantly often picks up interesting things from the GROCERY STORE. Many don't think of this but you can plant ordinary things you can buy at the grocery store right into the ground. Amy shows us some onions that are getting a little old. She removes the end, which could be eaten. Then just plants them in the ground, they will multiply, grow up and be pretty. These plants are probably a year old so time was saved from growing them from seed. Amy also buys the little pearl onions that can be expensive. When you see the suckers on the ends that means they want to grow, so just put them in the ground, give them a little room and they will multiply and save a lot of money. Amy does the same with french shallots.
The Wild Garden
The next garden is much less formal and appropriately named the WILD GARDEN. It was designed in 1940 by Ellen Biddle Shipman and is approximately 1 acre of native plants. It's clearly divided into 3 paths that have different things blooming at different times of the year. The Camellia path is at the far end. Camellias are not native to America but the Sterns really loved Camellias and they bloom beautifully during the wintertime. The Iris path blooms in April and the wildflower path has lots of different wildflowers that bloom throughout the summer. So, year round interest.
The Iris Collection
The IRIS COLLECTION is a huge success story for them. During Katrina they lost about 60% of their collection. The Garden Conservancy stepped in at that time and helped with a grant from the Stanley Smith Foundation. They were able to hire some native plant specialists who really knew what they were doing. One was from Cajun country and was obsessed with Louisiana Iris. He made it his mission to get this collection back in tip top form, calling his buddies in the greater New Orleans Iris Society. They dug specimens from their own yards and planted them here. So, they're now back to full collection strength, which is 2,000 plants, and this year they put on a magnificent show. It was incredible to see. Eric notices they are planted in what look like little troughs.
They move on, looking at more NATIVE PLANTS. One of Amy's favorites in the native garden is the native Oak Leaf Hydrangea. They are great for dry flower arrangements and in the winter provide fall color with their beautiful red leaves. Gallardia and Spigelia are other favorites. Gallardia and rube are both very drought tolerant and tend to spread quickly, thus excellent selections for a wild garden. Eric likes the native corepsis and noticed several different excellent selections. He likes the native viburnum which is a great plant for birds because later in the season it will set berries that attracts wildlife from all over.
Silk Moths And Butterflies
Amy has an unusual hobby, RAISING SILK MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. She has an assortment and shows us several. First she shows us a giant swallow tail. It eats citrus plants. If you see something eating your citrus plants this will normally be the culprit. Next is a black swallowtail which eats parsley and fennel. The big guy is a polyphemus giant silk moth. It's the largest silk moth in North America. They produce a big brown velvety moth. Amy shows us a Cecrophia caterpillar.
Longue Vue House & Gardens
Maison St. Charles
Longue Vue, in New Orleans, is a stunning classical revival home and its gardens were designed by America's 1st female landscape designer, Ellen Biddle Shipman. The design lessons we learn here are as relevant today as they were in the early 1900's.
Wayne Amadee welcomes Eric and GardenSMART. Wayne is a board member at Longue Vue House and Gardens and tells us a little about himself. He's an artist, enjoys sculpture and painting and being involved in the community. Several months ago he donated a major piece of sculpture to the City Park that was entitled Grateful Laborers. It was a tribute to all that have helped in the ongoing recovery of the city, post Katrina.
Wayne is also involved with Longue Vue. This wonderful PROPERTY IS A NATIONAL LANDMARK. It is a house, museum and historic garden. It was created by Edith and Edgar Stern who were pivotal figures in the civic and urban progress of New Orleans. Edith was inspired by her father Julius Rosenwald who was the co-founder of the Sears and Roebuck Company. Julius was also a benefactor of the Rosenwald Schools in the south for African-American youth. Longue Vue was the Stern's family home and serves to commemorate their commitment to equality and civic engagement.
Wayne is not only a Board member but additionally head of the garden committee and is pleased that Amy Graham, the head gardener, will lead the tour. Eric thanks Wayne for his time and insight and is off to meet Amy.
Eric meets Amy who tells us a little of her gardening background. She grew up gardening, watching her grandparents work in their gardens. They mostly grew vegetables and did lots of pea picking and harvesting corn back in Mississippi. Her grandparents were very talented gardeners, she learned a lot from them and Amy still has vivid memories of those times. She studied Fine Arts and Social counseling which does come in handy but she never had formal training in horticulture. Before this job she worked in a greenhouse as a grower for 9 years and has now been here about 8 years. Eric admits most great gardeners learn by doing, they learn what's going on with their plants and that's what makes them better gardeners.
Katrina created many challenges, it was a definite setback but they've worked really hard and the garden looks great. THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY has been a huge help. The Garden Conservancy took on Longue Vue as a preservation project and early on sent a lot of volunteers their way. These were not just regular volunteers but professional horticulturists who provided huge assistance and direction.
They start in the PORTICO TERRACE which is a great example of one of the garden rooms at Longue Vue. It was designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman who started working with the Stern family in 1935. Ms. Shipman was very important in her field, she was considered the dean of women landscape architects and was a pioneer for women in landscape architecture. This garden is a great example of a little garden room that Ms. Shipman loved to design. Perennial borders were her signature style. She was striving for a stained glass effect of different colors with blooming perennials. Amy thinks Shipman did that here and did it well and Amy and crew have kept the design alive.
The perennial border is a wonderful COLLECTION OF ANNUALS, bi-annuals and perennials. Amy particularly loves Snap Dragons. It's an old fashioned favorite, has lots of different colors and provides a nice stand of blooms in the back of the bed. She also likes Foxglove. They are unusual and frequently photographed, they're very popular in this garden. Delphinium, named after dolphins for the beautiful curve they make, not only come in blue but lots of other colors as well. Gypsophila, or Babies Breath, is another favorite. Amy must grow them from seed as they are not readily available in pots. Poppies are another favorite. Eric likes the way the colors work together. The pink, purple and white theme unites the plants together. Eric comments on several of his favorites. Salvia guaranitica is a blackish, purple perennial, a wonderful bloomer and works across a wide range of zones in the United States. Verbena bonariensis is a native plant that looks, to Eric, like little soldiers with pink hats. They've also utilized woodland plants. Columbine is an example and one of the most beautiful and one of the most unique flowers in any garden.
Eric is interested in the Fox Glove Amy mentioned earlier. It and some of the other bi-annuals that they've used in this garden can be a challenge for some American gardeners. Amy feels the trick is to buy those plants in November when they're green. Get them in the ground at that time so they have the whole winter to set roots, allowing them to get really strong and healthy. If you do that they'll send up multiple blooms in the spring and generally will be a lot healthier plant. It's tempting to wait until spring, when you see those beautiful blooming plants in the nursery but that's not what you want to do. Put them in in November, when they're green. Eric likes the tip. He's made that mistake himself in the past.
The next garden although walled, is not unlike the Portico Garden. This was originally designed in the 20's but Ellen Biddle Shipman, in 1938, made some beautiful plans detailing what she determined at that time should go into this garden. She felt it would be pretty to put vegetables in perfect little rows and alternate colors. Generally to have fun with the approach to a VEGETABLE GARDEN. This garden is even more impressive knowing it has served as a vegetable garden all these years and was actually used as a victory garden by the Sterns during WWII. Of course it is a very functional, utilitarian garden and was designed principally for food but still has a wonderful design aesthetic. Amy grows a lot of plants from seed because many are not readily available otherwise. She has a lot of fun with the colors and textures and tries to make both work together, to make it a beautiful area. And, she uses a lot of vegetables as cut flowers. Eric likes the combination of dark foliage, then towards the back some wispy gray foliage. There are a lot of different textures and he particularly likes the way Amy has paired the plants. It's visually stunning.
There is an old sugar kettle in the middle, originally used in Cajun country for making sugar out of sugar cane that certainly serves as a focal point. And it's as great water feature.
Vegetable gardening is one of the fastest growing segments of the green industry. That's probably because people are attempting to reconnect with the soil and reconnect with the process of growing one's own food. There are any number of plants that American gardeners can grow, some do well in most parts of the country. Those would include - tomatoes, squash, eggplant, all of which are very bountiful plants that put out a lot of fruit and outside of the extremely hot parts of the country are the plants most folks can be successful with. Amy particularly likes several. She can actually grow lettuce right through the winter, so that's unusual. They also grow cabbage, leeks and sorrels. Artichokes are a lot of fun as well. Many don't think of artichokes because they think they might be difficult to grow but that's not necessarily true. Amy has a good stand and the blooms are beautiful.
Amy has the seasonings next to the vegetables one would cook. She has a great collection of herbs. The leeks are a favorite, beautiful in the garden and useful in a number of ways. One can cook the bulb or use the stem and foliage for cooking and of course it's a food plant for the swallowtail butterfly. She has thyme and oregano. In addition to being great spices both plants make a wonderful ground cover. The lemon thyme has a decorative yellow edge on each leaf and is a great matting plant for the front of the perennial garden or anywhere in an herb garden. Amy grows most from seed. She thinks that's really enjoyable, plus it allows her to utilize unusual varieties.
She buys some seeds from seed companies but importantly often picks up interesting things from the GROCERY STORE. Many don't think of this but you can plant ordinary things you can buy at the grocery store right into the ground. Amy shows us some onions that are getting a little old. She removes the end, which could be eaten. Then just plants them in the ground, they will multiply, grow up and be pretty. These plants are probably a year old so time was saved from growing them from seed. Amy also buys the little pearl onions that can be expensive. When you see the suckers on the ends that means they want to grow, so just put them in the ground, give them a little room and they will multiply and save a lot of money. Amy does the same with french shallots. She sticks them right in the ground. Mirliton, a squash, grown mostly in the south is also called chayote is a vine so should be grown on a trellis and it too thrives. Ginger is another great plant to grow. Look for the tips, possibly divide into several pieces, thus getting several plants. With ginger lay the plant out flat to plant. Again, it's a relatively expensive item in the grocery store but it won't take too long before you have a really nice crop. This approach can save a lot of money. When at the grocery store, we're going to find what we want to eat anyway so as you're looking around there are tons of things we could take home and put into our garden.
The next garden is much less formal and appropriately named the WILD GARDEN. It was designed in 1940 by Ellen Biddle Shipman and is approximately 1 acre of native plants. It's clearly divided into 3 paths that have different things blooming at different times of the year. The Camellia path is at the far end. Camellias are not native to America but the Sterns really loved Camellias and they bloom beautifully during the wintertime. The Iris path blooms in April and the wildflower path has lots of different wildflowers that bloom throughout the summer. So, year round interest. The paths have numerous curves and one can't see around any of the curves. Of course, that was a deliberate part of the design. It provides a feeling like one is in the woods, especially on the Iris path. There one gets the feeling they're in a canoe inside the Iris stands. It's a very clever design.
There are advantages to having a wild garden. Native plants are becoming more and more available and, of course, people asking for them at their nursery will help. Importantly, native plants are adapted to growing here, thus will be happy. They're great for wildlife, they throw off seeds which feeds the birds and the seeds will grow more plants meaning your plants will continue to grow rather than dying which is what happens with many exotics.
Amy also feels it's important for gardens like Longue Vue to have a wild garden so visitors can see great ideas in use. They then can try the plants and ideas at home. So, it's a wonderful proving ground for folks to come out and see what they like and figure out what does well in the area.
A wild garden has a rustic nature, much more so than formal gardens. And, in most cases once established will not be as labor intensive as they might look. Once they start filling in, which doesn't take a long period of time, there isn't a lot of weed pressure. Natives are well adapted to growing in the area and will out compete the weeds that will blow in. So, it is a beautiful garden that doesn't take a tremendous amount of work. And, they work well for people that have a really large, wide open space and may not have either the time nor money to plant thousands of plants to fill in in a more formal way.
Amy and Eric start looking at the plants on the Iris path. The IRIS COLLECTION is a huge success story for them. During Katrina they lost about 60% of their collection. The Garden Conservancy stepped in at that time and helped with a grant from the Stanley Smith Foundation. They were able to hire some native plant specialists who really knew what they were doing. One was from Cajun country and was obsessed with Louisiana Iris. He made it his mission to get this collection back in tip top form, calling his buddies in the greater New Orleans Iris Society. They dug specimens from their own yards and planted them here. So, they're now back to full collection strength, which is 2,000 plants, and this year they put on a magnificent show. It was incredible to see. Eric notices they are planted in what look like little troughs. He assumes that must be important for their growth and survivability. It is. Louisiana Iris really like to have their feet wet so the way these troughs are designed is the cement trough is higher on the backside than on the front. They keep the water in. They actually lay a little soaker hose in the trough which keeps the plants watered. And, this method should work at home as well, if trying to grow this species. Also, they do have to periodically divide the Iris, the trough makes it easier to divide them. One can put a flat shovel down one side and lift up because it has a bottom.
They move on, looking at more NATIVE PLANTS. One of Amy's favorites in the native garden is the native Oak Leaf Hydrangea. They are great for dry flower arrangements and in the winter provide fall color with their beautiful red leaves. Gallaria and Spigelia are other favorites. Galleria and rube are both very drought tolerant and tend to spread quickly, thus excellent selections for a wild garden. Eric likes the native corepsis and noticed several different excellent selections. He likes the native viburnum which is a great plant for birds because later in the season it will set berries that attracts wildlife from all over. It's in bloom right now and beautiful. Another plant gardeners may not know about is the Itea virginica and Amy has a nice stand of those. It has dainty white bottom flowers and great foliage. It's a deciduous plant and a fairly fast grower. Eric is impressed. Amy has a great collection of plants in the wild garden.
Amy has an unusual hobby, RAISING SILK MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. She has an assortment and shows us several. First she shows us a giant swallow tail. It eats citrus plants. If you see something eating your citrus plants this will normally be the culprit. Next is a black swallowtail which eats parsley and fennel. The big guy is a polyphemus giant silk moth. It's the largest silk moth in North America. They produce a big brown velvety moth. Amy shows us a Cecrophia caterpillar. It is beautiful, as is the tufted moth moving on her arm. Eric is holding the Spicetail Swallowtail. They eat sassafras and produce a little pup tent that they can close so they can hide from birds.
Only 2% of caterpillars live to be butterflies or moths so Amy likes to do her part in trying to save them from being bird food. She knows everybody needs to eat but she really enjoys raising caterpillars and sharing them with the kids that come to visit. It's a lot of fun.
Amy is able to raise them from an early stage because she understands their life cycle. She can normally find the eggs because she knows what food plants they eat or she'll find young caterpillars and then feeds them. She allows them to pupate inside a little box or inside a bag on a tree, then hatches them out and releases them. It's a great learning experience for the kids, they go crazy for them, they love the experience.
Eric finds them very colorful, it's an amazing hobby. Amy is indeed a woman of many talents. We've had a wonderful day visiting with her in her garden. Thanks Amy for sharing your knowledge and passion for plants. Longue Vue is truly a treasure.


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Mark Seymour – What's A Few Men Ukulele Chords
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Chords: [G], [C], [D]
Strumming: D - DU - DU - DU
The Colonel said "These bodies stink".
"Won't someone come and drag them away".
We tried to clean em' out but the more I stare.
And the English Colonel looks the other way.
Oh, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Well, I ran for the trench but I'd no time to speak.
Well, my heart said "Yes" but my head said "No"
When the English colonel said "Its time to go"
He said "What's a few men?"
Said "What's a few men?"
The Colonel's job is never done.
So he declares time out on Christmas day.
We held the enemy in our arms.
And we ploughed each other's dead into the clay.
Oh, the Lord said that death will be no longer
And all of these things will pass away
There'll be no sorrow and there'll be no pain.
And we'll swap cigarettes on Christmas day
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Artist and Song: Mark Seymour - What's A Few Men
Album: Daytime and the Dark
About Mark Seymour - What's A Few Men Ukulele Chords & Strumming Pattern
"What's A Few Men" is a song by Rock artist Mark Seymour. It was released in 2005 on the album, titled "Daytime and the Dark". What's A Few Men is considered under Rock genre.
The original key of What's A Few Men is G.
D - DU - DU - DU is the suggested strumming pattern for this Mark Seymour song.
[G], [C], [D] are the ukulele chords for playing What's A Few Men with the original key (G) on ukulele.
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What Are The Chords For What's A Few Men On Ukulele?
You will play the [G], [C], [D] ukulele chords while playing What's A Few Men with your ukulele in the G key, original tone of the song.
How Do You Strum What's A Few Men On Ukulele?
What's A Few Men ukulele strumming pattern is D - DU - DU - DU. You can also try D (down) if the suggested pattern is hard for you.
Who Sings What's A Few Men?
What's A Few Men is performed by Mark Seymour. It was first released on the album "Daytime and the Dark" in 2005.
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Watch the powerful new UK trailer for Suffragette, starring Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan
Harriet Hall
Packed with acting heavyweights including three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Carey Mullugan and Helena Bonham Carter, and receiving rave reviews after previews this weekend, Suffragette is on everyone's list as the must-see film of the autumn. Now, a new UK trailer has been released and we are counting the days until the film's release (only 52 to go…).
The film is considered the first to examine the lives and actions of the suffragettes - members of the 19th and early 20th Century movement who fought for and won the women's right to vote.
Directed by BAFTA Award winner Sarah Gavron and from an original screenplay by Emmy winner Abi Morgan, the trailer shows Carey Mulligan (who plays fictional character Maud) fighting against the patriarchy in a Cockney accent, saying:
"All my life I've been respectful, done what men told me…well I can't have that anymore."
Meryl Streep stars as iconic leader of the British Suffragettes, Emmeline Pankhurst.
Speaking of the film this weekend in the Los Angeles Times, Meryl Streep says she feels great parallels between the history depicted in the film and the myriad social barriers that modern women continue to be faced with:
"Until men look around the table and say, 'You know what's weird? There's only two women here and there's eight men.' When that feels weird to a man, we will have achieved something," Streep says.
"We need half. That's all we ask. Half. In the House. In the Senate. At Universal. At Sony. If it were half, I can't say the world would be better, but it would be representative."
Streep has long advocated for women's rights, funding a screenwriting group for women over 40, and lobbying Congress to reinstate the Equal Rights Amendment earlier this year. The actor has even called on the pope to place further importance upon women's issues.
Speaking about the film and the role of Emmeline Pankhurst within women's history, Streep says:
"She was the perfect person who met her time. She wanted to change things. This was a time when it was hard for women to stand up."
The film is also notable for its female director, which remains a difficult role for women in the industry.
"In the director's branch of the academy, there is something wrong that there are so few women," says Streep.
"It's not like the film schools aren't graduating thousands of young women. They're going to festivals, they're winning prizes, their films are seen and they disappear. So then do our stories. My story is disappearing, and I can't allow it, on behalf of my daughters and also my son."
"It would be an important thing for the film to raise the question of why, why this was so difficult and long a process," Streep says. "What is the nature of this resistance? What is it in the human psyche that wants to reinforce a dominance?"
The film which also stars Anne-Marie Duff, Brendan Gleeson and Ben Whishaw, will open at the BFI film festival on the 12 October.
Images: Rex Features
Harriet Hall is a former Stylist contributor.


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Alternate Director, representing Kern County Water Agency
Royce Fast has served as a Director for the Kern County Water Agency (Agency) for eight years and currently serves as President. He also currently serves on the Fresno Pacific University Board of Trustees. During his tenure, Royce has played an important role through his involvement in a variety of Agency activities associated with the State Water Project, the Delta Conveyance Project and local groundwater management programs.
As Director of Division 6, Royce represents the region of Kern County which generally encompasses the areas of Oildale, Westchester, and Northwest Bakersfield. He has provided guidance by serving as Chairman of the Water Resources Committee and played an integral role in the formation of the Kern Groundwater Authority which was established to provide a framework for the management of the groundwater basin underlying the valley portion of Kern County. Royce has served on the Board of Director since its inception in 2014 with the goal to preserve and maintain local control of groundwater resources and provide long term surety for all basin users.
Royce is a native of Bakersfield and a fourth-generation farmer in the Rosedale area. He served 15 years on the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District Board until being elected to the Agency Board.


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Le marché central de Pointe-à-Pitre — également appelé marché aux Épices ou marché Saint-Antoine — est un édifice municipal situé dans le quartier historique de Pointe-à-Pitre en Guadeloupe depuis son érection en 1874.

Historique
Le projet de reconstruction de la halle du marché couvert — sur l'ancienne place Royale devenue place de la Liberté — détruite dans l'incendie du , est décidé par le maire de la ville, Alcide Léger. Il est confié, après vote du conseil municipal du , à l'architecte Charles Trouillé qui en conçoit les plans sur le principe, alors à la mode, des halles en fer du type du Pavillon Baltard et supervise la construction des poutrelles métalliques auprès de la Maison Joly d'Argenteuil, en métropole, qui réalise également en parallèle les structures de l'église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul. La nouvelle halle du marché central couvert de Pointe-à-Pitre est inaugurée le  ainsi qu'une fontaine, importée également depuis la Métropole. Au , le marché devient un marché aux épices.

L'édifice, ainsi que la fontaine sur la place, sont classés au titre des monuments historiques le , après une inscription en 1990.

Architecture
Les structures métalliques, composées de « six fermes cintrées et triangulées », reposent sur des colonnes cylindriques en fonte surmontées de chapiteaux décorés et de ferronneries. Le toit en bois est couvert de tôles ondulées qui remplacèrent les tuiles d'origine.

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Annexes

Article connexe
 Liste des monuments historiques de la Guadeloupe

Liens externes

Monument historique à Pointe-à-Pitre
Monument historique classé en 1992
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Amendments to the Gas Directive of the EU concerning the work of offshore pipelines, approved by the Council of the EU and will enter into force 20 days after publication. The Directive will apply including the "North stream-2" after its construction.
Amendments to the Directive was approved by the Council of Europe after their approval by the European Parliament, this is the last stage of the official approval of the document before its official publication. At this time, the Council of Europe did not even bother to hold a vote on the amendments and adopted text of the document without discussion. The new law will enter into force 20 days after publication in the official journal of the European Union. Member countries of the EU are given nine months to amend their legislation.
The New law extends to offshore pipelines from third countries into the EU the same rules as on the ground, i.e. the mining company could not own the pipeline, which is pumping her gas.
Vice-President of the European Commission on energy Union Maros Sefcovic has said that amendments to the Gas Directive is not specifically aimed at the "Nord stream - 2".
Previously the energy Minister of Russia Alexander Novak said that "Nord stream - 2" will be implemented even taking into account the amendments to the Gas Directive of the EU.
The Project "Northern stream - 2" involves the construction of two pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year off the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. Construction completion is scheduled on the horses this year.


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Torres hits Yankees' 265th homer, breaking record vs Red Sox
New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres (25) celebrates his two-run home run that also drove in Greg Bird, right, during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox in Boston, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Gleyber Torres homered in the fourth inning for the New York Yankees, claiming a Major League Baseball record with their 265th home run of the season.
Torres' drive to right off Boston's Eduardo Rodriguez moved New York past the 1997 Seattle Mariners for the most in a single season in MLB history. It was Torres' 24th home run of the season, which sailed over the head of Blake Swihart at the bullpen wall to put the Yankees up 4-1 against the Red Sox.
New York tied the record Friday night with four homers in an 11-6 win over the Red Sox.
The Mariners set the mark with a lineup that included Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Jay Buhner and Edgar Martinez.
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EXTRASTAFF is a leading national provider for the trades and manufacturing sectors across Australia and New Zealand. We currently work with over 30,000 companies Australia wide and over-seas sharing our expertise in helping employers maximise the capabilities of their workforce. An opportunity exists for a Boiler Attendant to join the maintenance division offering full-time hours plus overtime. Located in Port Wakefield, our client is Australia's largest manufacturer of ham, bacon, salami and deli meats, supplying quality smallgoods to major retail groups across Australia. . Your responsibilities will include: Boiler Operation Monitor and testing of Boiler water quality and adjust as required Energy and EPA monitoring Refrigeration monitoring Comply with workplace health and safety requirements Comply with quality requirements What you need to be considered: Must have a Boiler Standard Ticket Proven experience required Mechanically Minded Experience in an industrial maintenance environment Be willing to undergo a pre-employment medical, drug & alcohol test Self-motivated and ability to follow procedures. Be willing to travel to Port Wakefield (or live locally) Car and Drivers licence Must be available for hours 10 pm to 6.30am Nightshift 2x Work related references What you will receive in return: Pay rates and working conditions in accordance with our client's EBA Job stability Overtime A relaxed beach-country lifestyle Ongoing training and mentoring from a supportive and experienced maintenance team If you have the demonstrated experience please apply online now.


Brandon Mull is a New York Times best-selling fantasy author. He has written a number of fantasy series, including the well-loved Fablehaven books.
Growing up, Mull lived in both Connecticut and California. He served as a full-time missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Northern Chile for two years and later graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He currently lives in Alpine, Utah, with his wife, four children, and dog.
While in college, Brandon Mull was a leader for the sketch comedy group Divine Comedy. But comedy was just one of many jobs that he had along his journey to become an author. As he told the Deseret News, Mull also worked as a filing clerk, a piano installer, a movie prompter, and a marketing copywriter.
He continued writing his stories on the side. He had tried submitting a novel to many publishers when an editor at Shadow Mountain Publishing asked him to write something new for them. He wrote Fablehaven, and the book was an incredible success. Six months later, he was able to quit his job and start writing full-time.
Brandon Mull also spends time visiting schools to promoting literacy and imagination. He says he loves to hear that one of his books inspired somebody's love for reading.
He had many books that inspired his love for reading—one of which being The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, which he says "knocked [his] brain off-kilter forever." It caused him to start daydreaming constantly about fantasy creatures and magical worlds. "I could never turn it off," he said.
Brandon's books have reached many, and so has his influence. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he is not afraid to share his faith.
Fablehaven. New York Times best seller. It is the story of a hidden refuge for magical creatures. Kendra and Seth, whose grandfather is the Fablehaven caretaker, take part in exciting and dangerous adventures to save their family and possibly the world.
The Candy Shop War. The story of four friends— Nate, summer, Trevor, and Pigeon— and their adventures at the Sweet Tooth Ice Cream & Candy Shop. The candies there have unique, magical side effects.
The Beyonders. Jason and Rachel accidentally stumble into a new world— Lyrian. They embark on a quest and must accept the responsibility of being heroes.
The Five Kingdoms. A haunted house turns out to be a portal, taking Cole on an adventure between reality and imagination.
Spirit Animals. A multiplatform, "part engrossing book series, part action role-playing game." The books were spear-headed by Brandon, and the first book was written by him. The other books in the series were written by other authors.
Pingo. Children's books about imaginary friends.
Dragonwatch. In March 2017, Brandon Mull released the first book in a new series- Dragonwatch. It is a sequel series to the famous Fablehaven, continuing the stories of Kendra and Seth's adventures in the magical world.
Thank you for sharing your great talent.
Your books tend to bring joy and excitement to me every time I read them!
Please don't stop doing your great work the makes people happy.


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The Bridgeport Plan
Academic Support Services
The Honors Program at the University of Bridgeport provides a dynamic, challenging, and supportive environment for highly motivated students. Students will emerge confident, professional, and prepared for wherever their paths may lead.
Eligibility & Requirements
The Honors Program at the University of Bridgeport is designed for students of exceptional academic achievement.
Admittance to the program is by invitation. Criteria that are considered in admittance include:
For entering students, high academic achievement of a 3.5 or higher in secondary school as well as exceptional recommendations from the student's teachers and counselors.
For entering students, combined SAT scores of 1800 or higher (or 1200 or higher under the updated, 1600-point scale).
For transfer students, participation in an Honors Program in their previous school and a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
For current UB students, a cumulative average of 3.5 or higher and a recommendation from an Honors Faculty member. Current students must apply before completion of 60 credits.
For further information on eligibility, contact Rachael Cuttitta at rcuttitt@bridgeport.edu.
Completion of at least five courses with Honors designation. Consult the Course Catalog or your dean for more information on these courses.
An Honors Thesis (optional, but strongly recommended).
Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. In addition, students must earn at minimum a "B" in an Honors designated course in order for that course to be counted toward the Honors Program requirements.
University of Bridgeport honors students receive benefits and experiences that enhance their college journey. The Honors Program is built around four core areas, Community Building, Personal & Professional Development, Service and Cultural Exploration. Aside from exciting events, honors students receive early course registration, access to an Honors Lounge, and recognition upon graduation.
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Its chapters are on more than 300 campuses in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Each year, approximately 30,000 members are initiated. Please click here for our chapter bylaws.
Since its founding, Phi Kappa Phi has initiated more than one million members into its ranks; all of these members have received emblems and certificates of membership. However, Phi Kappa Phi is much more than an emblem and a line on a résumé. It is a global network comprised of the best and brightest from all academic disciplines – a community of scholars and professionals building an enduring legacy for future generations.
Phi Kappa Phi's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others."
The Phi Kappa Phi Foundation was incorporated in 1969 to promote academic excellence and achievement by means of scholarships and fellowships.
To support first-year graduate work, the Society offers 50 Fellowships and 30 Awards of Excellence annually, on a competitive basis, to graduating students who have been initiated into the Society and who have also been nominated by their chapters for the competition.
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I failed. And now I have to pay - with movement.
I'm not sure that was an agreement, but I mentioned respect. So, I must exercise. The last time I exercised in public was at the YMCA, late at night after they turned out most of the lights because nobody was there, in the corner, walking quietly on a treadmill.
I've emailed four excuses already, and she's not buying a one of 'em. I haven't missed an assignment this week, though, and I may never again. That's coaching!! And just what I need.


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From The Detroit Free Pree, published on May 1, 2019 and written by Tresa Baldas:
Congress Fights to Save Historic Female Genital Mutilation Case
What follows is an excerpt (link to article by clicking the title):
In a move that could revive Detroit's historic female genital mutilation prosecution, Congress has intervened in the case, saying the Department of Justice gave up too easily on the law that makes the cutting practice illegal.
Months after a federal judge in Detroit declared the law unconstitutional, the DOJ announced last month it would not appeal the decision because it concluded the 1996 FGM statute was too weak to defend.
Several congressional leaders disagree and have intervened in the case, hoping to convince an appeals court that the law is valid and can pass constitutional muster. If successful, this would allow prosecutors in Detroit to take two doctors and six others to trial for allegedly subjecting nine minor girls to FGM, including some who cried, bled and screamed during the procedure...
From StoryBench --Exploring the future of digital storytelling from Northwestern University's School of Journalism, Published on March 29, 2019 and written by Alexander Frandsen and Aleszu Bajak.
Women on the 2020 campaign trail are being treated more negatively by the media
Female candidates running for president are consistently being described in the media more negatively than their male counterparts. That's what we've concluded after an analysis of 130 articles from mainstream news outlets. It's a disconcerting trend in the 2020 election coverage.
We pointed this out in our first Storybench 2020 Election Coverage Tracker update last month. But with the addition of 70 more articles to our database, the picture has become even clearer...
From Michigan Advance, published on February 25, 2019 and written by Susan J. Demas:
Women Hold 7 of 9 Statewide Elected Executive Posts in Michgan
It may look like the "Brady Bunch" from the photos above, but that's actually a look at Michigan's current roster of statewide elected executives.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but only two of the nine leaders are men. Two are people of color. One is LGBTQ. And only one is a Republican.
That's a sea change from where we were at before the 2018 election when seven of 10 statewide elected leaders were men (the extra slot was due to a co-chairing arrangement for the State Board of Education). Eight are Republicans. And there was one person of color...
From The Detroit Free Pree, published on January 6, 2019 and written by Nancy Kaffer:
53 women in Michigan's Legislature is alarming. Here's why.
What follows is an excerpt (link to the article by clicking the title):
For Michigan women, the 2018 midterm elections were an unparalleled triumph.
Women ran for office in record numbers. Organized, campaigned and voted in record numbers. And won, in record numbers.
Michiganders elected women to the offices of governor, attorney general and secretary of state, and sent six women to the U.S. Congress.
Michiganders elected a whopping 53 women to the state Legislature, enough to propel Michigan from the middle ranks of female representation to 12th in the nation, per the Center for American Women and Politics. These are remarkable victories, and after years of stagnation, it's real growth.
And it's depressing...
From Politico Magazine, cover, published on December 7, 2018 and written by Abby Livingston:
The Hardest Glass Ceiling in Politics.
This was supposed to be the year of the woman. But dozens of female political operatives say they weren't invited to the party.
When Jody Casey came aboard as Beto O'Rourke's campaign manager in late summer 2017, she faced a dilemma. She was a political novice and O'Rourke family friend who had quit her sales job at General Electric to join the campaign. She was stationed in El Paso, the most remote of major American cities. She was leading a U.S. Senate campaign that would grow into a $70 million operation in the most scrutinized race in the country. And when she looked for a political mentor—a Democrat who had led a campaign of roughly similar scale and could help guide her—she could not find a single woman who fit the bill.
"I met many great women in politics who were in supporting function roles, like fundraising or communications, but I was challenged to find a female mentor who had run a campaign of our size," Jody Casey told POLITICO. "I did find mentors along the way," she added. "I just am someone who looks for people in similar circumstances that I'm in—working mom, two kids: How do you juggle? How do you balance?"
Casey's predicament exposed a huge and overlooked problem for women in politics, even in 2018, even after a woman won the popular vote in a presidential election: They rarely get to run campaigns, or fill top roles in campaigns....
From The Washington Post--PowerPost The Dail 202 published on December 3, 2018 and written by James Hohmann and Joanie Greve:
A Quartet of Democratic Women Now Lead Party Committees
THE BIG IDEA: It's another first – and a fitting coda to what has indisputably been another Year of the Woman. After a historic gender gap propelled a blue wave, electing record numbers of female candidates in its wake, four women now lead the main campaign committees responsible for House, Senate, gubernatorial and state legislative races. They each replaced a man, though their GOP counterparts remain men.
These four groups, which have supplanted the Democratic National Committee in relevance by many key measures, wield immense influence over candidate recruitment and resource allocation. They also give their leaders nationwide platforms and access to major donors, which are among the reasons they've been steppingstones for many of the men who have come before...
From The Washington Post--PowerPost The Daily 202 published on November 29, 2018 and written by James Hohmann and Joanie Greve:
'We won women.' GOP governors who survived the blue wave in blue states share advice.
Here's an excerpt:
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Larry Hogan explained to his fellow GOP governors how he managed to secure a second term in Maryland by double digits. "We won women," he said on Wednesday, beaming. "As a result, in spite of this huge blue wave, I became the second Republican governor reelected in the entire 242-year history of our state." ...
Hogan's campaign built an early focus group of 110 women who liked him but disliked President Trump and were undecided about the governor's race. Everyone was either unaffiliated or registered as a Democrat. Pollster Christine Matthews, who oversaw the project, asked all the women to keep journals, discuss events in the news and react to sample advertisements.
The campaign listened closely to what they heard. Hogan began talking about "educational inequality" after women started using the term, among other things...
From The Globe and Mail -- November 3, 2018, an article that lighlights several women in our own community who have been particularly involved in the 2018 election cycle.
"Meet the swing voters: In the U.S. midterms, women are a potent force."
Here's an excerpt of the portion by Adam Radwanski:
Lori Goldman recalls the doom and gloom in the hours after the 2016 election, as women in her Facebook feed posted they couldn't bring themselves to get out of bed. But Ms. Goldman, apolitical for much of her life before starting a women's group earlier that year to support Hillary Clinton, saw opportunity in the despair.
"Another Republican could have won," the 58-year-old resident of the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills says over coffee at a local Starbucks, "and [right now] I'd be sitting on my couch watching daytime TV."
Instead, she explains, she responded to Donald Trump's stunning victory – the first Republican presidential nominee to carry Michigan in almost three decades – by reaching out to every woman she encountered. Her fledgling organization Fems for Dems, which began with her immediate social circle, has now grown to a volunteer force with a 1,500-strong e-mail list, as it runs candidate meet-and-greets, phone banks and canvasses ahead of the Nov. 6 midterm elections...
A History Lesson on WHY Women CAN Vote Today
Contributed by Liz Bauer, Nominating Committee Chair
This is about our mothers and grandmothers - only 90 years ago.
Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote.
The women were innocent and defenseless, but they were jailed while picketing the White House, carrying signs asking for the vote.
By the end of the night, they were barely alive. Forty prison guards, wielding clubs and their warden's blessing, went on a rampage against the 33 women.
They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head and left her hanging for the night, bleeding and gasping for air.
Dora Lewis
They hurled Dora Lewis into a dark cell, smashed her head against an iron bed and knocked her out cold. Her cell mate, Alice Cosu, thought Lewis was dead and suffered a heart attack. Additional affidavits describe the guards grabbing, dragging, beating, choking, slamming, pinching, twisting and kicking the women.
Thus unfolded the 'Night of Terror' on Nov. 15, 1917, when the warden at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia
Guards were ordered to teach a lesson to the suffragists imprisoned there because they dared to picket Woodrow Wilson's White House for the right to vote. For weeks, the women's only water came from an open pail.
When one of the leaders, Alice Paul, embarked on a hunger strike, they tied her to a chair, forced a tube down her throat and poured liquid into her until she vomited. She was tortured like this for weeks until word was smuggled out to the press.
Mrs. Pauline Adams in the prison garb she wore while serving a 60 day sentence.
All these years later, voter registration is still my passion. But the actual act of voting had become less personal for me. Frankly, voting often felt more like an obligation than a privilege. Sometimes it was inconvenient.
Miss Edith Ainge, New York
What would these women think of the way I use - or don't use - my right to vote? We take it for granted and we are not voting in the numbers that we should be.
Conferring over ratification of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution at National Women's Party Headquarters, Jackson Place, Washington DC. From left: Mrs. lawrence Lewis, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, Anita Pollitzer, Alice Paul, Florence Boeckel, Mabel Vernon
In an HBO movie "Iron Jawed Angels", it is jarring to watch Woodrow Wilson's cronies try to persuade a psychiatrist to declare Alice Paul insane so that she could be permanently institutionalized. The doctor refused. Alice Paul was strong, he said, and brave. That didn't make her crazy.
The doctor admonished the men: 'Courage in women is often mistaken for insanity.'
Regardless of party affiliation,we remind you to use the right that was fought so hard for by these and other corageous women. Remember to vote.
Articles of Interest about Women in Office or Running for Office
From the Globe and Mail-- an article with a close look at several movements in Oakland County this election cycle, spearheaded by woman.
This article, by James Hohmann and Joanie Greve, appeared in The Washington Post's PowerPost The Daily 202
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—Larry Hogan explained to his fellow GOP governors how he managed to secure a second term in Maryland by double digits. "We won women," he said on Wednesday, beaming. "As a result, in spite of this huge blue wave, I became the second Republican governor reelected in the entire 242-year history of our state."
Hundreds of major donors and lobbyists are at a resort here for the Republican Governors Association annual meeting, the first such gathering since Democrats picked up seven governorships in the midterms. Hogan spoke at an afternoon session alongside Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, who was just reelected with 67 percent of the vote.
The campaign listened closely to what they heard. Hogan began talking about "educational inequality" after women started using the term, among other things
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MMM-ResRobot is a module that displays departure times for one or more public transport stops in Sweden. It uses the ResRobot API which is a collaboration between a number of public transport providers.
One minor change: transportation type icons are now displayed (to the left of the linenumber). All rail-bound types are displayed as trains (fa-train), all buses are displayed as bus (fa-bus) and all waterborne transportation is displayed as ship (fa-ship).
Added config option skipMinutes. Allows for skipping of departures within skipMinutes minutes from now. Default is 0 (zero).
Reworked the updating logic. For some reason the module stopped updating in some cases. This version also reduces the number of API calls to Resrobot.
NOTE! The configuration has been changed in this version. Added new array "Routes" consisting of pairs of "from" and "to" ("to" can be empty but must be present). This is a breaking change.
Awesome, i've been looking for something like this but was unable to code it myself, i'll try it once i get home.
Could you also write a module for Västtrafiks API which would show next departure for a given stop?
Västtrafik is actually already covered by ResRobot. Just look up the stop id at Trafiklab (see README.md for instructions) and you're ready to go!
Unfortently i can't get it to work, all i get is a black screen when i load the mirror.
If i remove the code again the mirror loads fine.
The module name is "MMM-ResRobot", not "ResRobot". Change that and it will work. Sorry, my bad!
@Alvinger Woops, don't know how i missed that. It was copied from your README but i can see you've fixed it now, i'll give it another try.
@Notumlord, please give it another try. I actually made a last-minute name change but forgot to update the README.
@Alvinger Tried it and now it works, another issue though is that the "To/From" doesnt seem to work properly. If i put station A in "From" and station B in "To" the module also shows "From B to A" so it shows both directions (if that makes sense).


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COMMENTARY: A few lessons for the feast of St. Francis, patron saint of animals
'He loved with an especial warmth and tenderness those creatures that do set forth by the likeness of their nature the holy gentleness of Christ,' St. Bonaventure wrote of St. Francis. (photo: Małgorzata Wrochna, wrochna.art.pl / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)/Wikimedia Commons)
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"There is no reciprocity," wrote the Welsh Catholic writer Alice Thomas Ellis. "Men love women. Women love children. Children love hamsters. Hamsters don't love anyone; it is quite hopeless." Our friendship with our pets may not be quite hopeless, but it does complicate our lives, because it's a funny kind of relationship.
They're not human, but they're not things either. We do not owe them what we owe other people, but once we accept them we owe them care and kindness. People tend to get the balance wrong.
At one extreme, people treat them as if they were human. One of our daughters worked at a doggy day care. I love dogs, but in picking her up I met a lot of people weirdly overinvested in theirs. When she found out I was picking up my daughter as well as one of our dogs, one woman said with joy, "Oh, you're picking up your baby and your fur baby!" I don't think she saw a difference between the two.
Pope Francis warned against loving our animals too much while not helping our neighbor. We must not confuse "the compassion which we feel for the animals who live with us" with true piety. People come first, and by a long way.
At the other extreme, people treat animals like things we can use as we wish. If their pain pleases us, as in dog-fighting, we can cause them pain. The Church condemns cruelty to animals but does not ask us to give them more than they need or mandate we rescue stray puppies.
Our faith requires us to care more for people than for animals. Jesus died for us, not for our pets. I hate to say this, because I love animals (especially dogs, of whom we've had five, and guinea pigs, of whom we've had zillions). We must consider our pets in relation to other people's needs. Every dollar spent on your dog is a dollar not given to a person in need.
I have no good answer for this, except that as with all things we have, we should choose them as aids in becoming more Christlike and in better serving others. Our pets may be very good aids in that. The love of a dog may refresh you when people have beaten you down, for example.
Curiously, the patron saint of pets didn't have any. In his life of St. Francis, St. Bonaventure wrote that when Francis thought about the Creator and creation, "he was filled with an overflowing charity. He would call the animals, however small, by the names of brother and sister, because he recognized in them the same origin as in himself."
He saw some animals as what we might call sacramentals, because they made him think of Jesus. "He loved with an especial warmth and tenderness those creatures that do set forth by the likeness of their nature the holy gentleness of Christ," Bonaventure wrote. He would sometimes buy lambs about to be killed for food, "in remembrance of that most gentle Lamb Who let himself be brought to the slaughter for the redemption of sinners."
Francis banned his followers from having pets, but he seems to have done this less from a rejection of the idea of animal friends as an understanding of what the friar's life required. Bonaventure's stories suggest he felt real affection for animals; for example, his brief friendship with a rabbit someone gave him. He "fondled it with warm affection and seemed to pity it like a mother."
There remains the question of whether pets go to heaven. People feel very strongly about this. To answer it is to choose in front of which firing squad you want to stand. Many people can't bear the thought of not seeing their beloved dog or cat again, and I admit to being among them. I've written about the life and death of our first dog, a golden retriever mix named Ben, here and of the death of our second, an Aussie, the great Moby, here. He died three years ago, and I still can't read the story without crying.
Other people argue that the faith either doesn't give us any reason to believe we will see them again or actually says we won't. They argue that animals haven't the right kind of soul to go to heaven; they can't enjoy the Beatific Vision that makes heaven heaven; or they haven't sinned and therefore can't be saved.
Some of these people take a disquieting pleasure in being hardheaded and theologically consistent and saying No to all those sentimental pet-lovers. I suspect them of not understanding the love of an animal. They lack something they should have. We should pity them the way we should pity someone who can't enjoy Mozart or Louis Armstrong.
But do not take their word as final. Love points you beyond the easy conclusions of systems to what the systems might have missed. And what they miss is what God might do with the love we have for our animals.
The traditional blessing of pets is an annual tradition on or around the feast day of St. Francis, Oct. 4.(Photo: Pixabay/Unsplash)
Christianity gives us no definitive answer. It makes no promises. St. Paul VI told a child, "One day we will see our animals in the eternity of Christ." Benedict XVI said we wouldn't. St. John Paul II and Pope Francis don't say.
C.S. Lewis (who did love dogs) answered the question in one of his scholarly books, The Problem of Pain. They get a place in heaven by sharing in some way in our place, because they become something more through their friendship with us. In another place, he explains that if we need our pets to be completely happy in heaven, God will supply them.
We might hope to see our pets again, while trusting that God will give us what we most want. He promises to make us perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect. Maybe that perfection will include the company not only of the people we loved on earth, but the animals. Maybe it won't; but if it doesn't, we will understand why and rejoice in the gift those animals were to us.
Lewis said that even if we would not see our dogs in heaven, heaven itself would contain "the essence of dogness." What would that be? Loyalty, playfulness, simplicity, joy in friendship, and whatever in heaven is the perfection of their courage, their desire to think well of others, their quickness to forgive, and their refusal to judge.
The animals loved St. Francis. St. Bonaventure suggests they came to him because he was so Christlike. A wild pheasant brought to him cuddled up to him right away. When it was put outside to go back into the wild, it wouldn't leave and it wouldn't eat. When brought back to the saint, it was once again happy and ate. That rabbit wouldn't leave him. Birds would fly around him and sing. A hawk cried to tell him when it was time to pray the Hours. Even a cicada chirped at his request.
They sensed something of Christ in him. One lesson of the feast of St. Francis is this: We should strive to be worthy of our pets.
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Local authorities in major cities urge indoor masking : NPR
A woman wears a mask indoors in Manhattan earlier this year, in New York City. The city's public health commissioner issued new guidance on Friday advising New Yorkers to wear face coverings in all public spaces.
Public health officials are revisiting the topic of indoor masking, as three highly contagious respiratory viruses take hold during the holiday season.
Over the past few weeks, a surge in cases of COVID, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus — known as RSV — has been sickening millions of Americans, overwhelming emergency rooms and even causing a cold medicine shortage. The triple threat has been called a "tripledemic" by some health experts.
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noted this past week that the simultaneous combination of viruses has been straining healthcare systems across the country.
The center's map that tracks COVID-19 community levels has been showing more orange recently, a color indicating an area of "high" infection, Walensky told NPR's Alisa Chang on All Things Considered.
"To protect communities in those circumstances at those high levels, we have recommended and continue to recommend that those communities wear masks," she said.
Nearly a tenth of counties in the U.S. are advised to wear masks indoors, CDC says
CDC's latest COVID-19 community level map indicates that over 9% of counties in the country were considered to have a high risk of infection. The federal agency recommends that people living in those areas practice indoor masking. Generally, children under the age of 2 are not recommended to wear face coverings.
Nearly every state on the map released Friday included at least one county where the COVID-19 community level is high or medium. Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire and the District of Columbia are the only U.S. jurisdictions where all of its counties have low community levels.
You can look up your county on the CDC's page here to see what the local risk level is and whether masking is advised where you live.
Public health officials are urging masks in Washington, New York, Los Angeles and other places
In Washington state, 12 county health officers and 25 hospital executives released new guidance on Friday asking residents to practice indoor masking.
The Oregon Health Authority similarly advised residents to wear face coverings in crowded indoor areas, particularly to help protect children and older adults.
"The combination of surging flu, RSV and COVID-19 cases is pushing hospitals past their current ICU bed capacity, which never happened during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon," Dr. Dean Sidelinger, the state epidemiologist said in a press briefing on Thursday.
Los Angeles County's COVID community level was moved to "high" last week. On Thursday, local public health director Dr. Barbara Ferrer urged residents to wear masks indoors, adding that a mask mandate may be imposed if COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to rise.
In New York City, health commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan on Friday advised New Yorkers to wear face coverings inside stores, public transit, schools, child care facilities, and other public shared spaces, especially when they are crowded.
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