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University of California Folk Festival: Workshop 5, Reel I
Hinton, Sam, 1917-2009 Search this
Seeger, Charles, 1886-1979 Search this
Summers, Andrew Rowan Search this
Ritchie, Jean Search this
Asch, Moses Search this
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964 Search this
Folkways Records Search this
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
Americans Search this
Berkeley (Calif.)
Workshop on popular music
FW-ASCH-7RR-1837
CDR copy Tape Info: The following tapes were recorded at the 1962 University of California - Berkeley Folk Festival. Many other tapes in the CFCH Archives were recorded at the same festival. FW-ASCH-7RR-1837 is reel 1 of "Workshop 5," recorded on 6/29/1962, announced at the outset by moderator Sam Hinton, as a discussion of popular music. However, to a large extent, it's a monologue by musicologist Dr. Charles Seeger presenting his hypothetical model of the historical development and differentiation of popular, art and folk music. No music is presented. Other panelists include Andrew Rowan Summers and Jean Ritchie. To emphasize the low regard with which folk music is held in most of academia, Dr. Seeger points out (after obtaining audience confirmation) that no one from Berkeley's Music Dept. was present. See FW-ASCH-RR-1841 for continuation of this Workshop.
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Folk songs -- United States Search this
Folksong revival Search this
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1837
Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / CD / CDR copy
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Kiowa Peyote Meeting
Recorder:
Smith, Harry Everett, 1923-1991 Search this
Cozad, Blossom Search this
Cozad, Ray, 1914-1985 Search this
Native American Church of North America Search this
Indians of North America Search this
Kiowa Indians Search this
Anadarko (Okla.)
unk--Kiowa hymn--Blossom praying--Talking/ lullaby--War dance--49 song--Rabbit dance--Model T song--49 song--Wherever I go--Peyote song--Daylight song--Unk Kiowa song--Preamble--unk
CDR copy
American Indian Search this
Peyote Search this
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Hermes Nye: An assortment of songs
Nye, Hermes Search this
Anglo-American Search this
Steamboat Bill--The chivalrous man-eating shark--Bully of the town--No booze today--Petro Macimee, he built a palazzo--The hotrod Mercury and hopped up Model A--Young Heinert--The drover's dream--Finnegan's wake--The noble skewball (Stewball)--Tying a knot in the Devil's tail--Eleazer Whhelock--Whoa mule whoa--The deer song (The Sally Buck)--The festive lumberjack--Willie the weeper (Will the weaver)--Alcoholic dream--The man who wrote ta-ra-ra-boomdelay--Schooling (Tread on the taile coat)
FW-ASCH-7RR-2791is a recording of Hermes Nye, accompanying himself on guitar, singing a variety of English language songs with little in common except their light-hearted or humorous nature. Hermes Nye performed on five solo albums for Folkways; however, none of the songs on this tape seems to have been used by Folkways. The songs are quite varied in origin and subject matter, ranging from an authentic cowboy song to old popular music dialect songs imitating or describing, if not poking fun at, various ethnic groups, such as Germans, Italians and native Americans.
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A. Scott Crossfield Papers
Crossfield, A. Scott (Albert Scott), 1921- Search this
Eastern Air Lines Search this
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Search this
North American Aviation, Inc. Search this
20.23 Cubic feet (42 boxes)
Audiotapes
This collection consists of over nine cubic feet of material documenting Scott Crossfield's aviation career, with emphasis on his involvement with the North American X-15. The following types of material are included: correspondence; reel to reel tapes; papers, manuscripts; newspaper and magazine clippings; aviation manuals; photographs; film; and Crossfield's notes and reports.
This collection encompasses the entirety of Albert Scott "Scotty" Crossfield, Jr.'s career as an engineer, test pilot, airline executive, and speaker and advocate for aerospace education. Records in the collection date from Crossfield's time at college in the 1940s through his death in 2006. Crossfield's papers were donated to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Archives by the Crossfield family in 2006 and a second batch of material was received in 2008. The collection was received without any apparent organizational scheme, but some items were received in labeled folders and these folder titles were retained when the collection was processed. One group of material was loaned by the family for copying and these items were photocopied and placed within the appropriate folder in the case of documents, or were scanned and entered into the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Archives image database in the case of photographs.
After his retirement from North American Aviation, Inc., Crossfield gave his papers to a former secretary, Marion Brown, so that she could organize them for his use in future writing projects. In February 1973, a U.S. Navy Vought A-7E Corsair II crashed into the apartment building where Brown lived and all of Crossfield's papers in her possession were destroyed. Due to this incident, the collection has more material from Crossfield's time with Eastern Air Lines and onwards, although the prior years are still well represented through records that were either retained in Crossfield's possession or copies that were gathered after the fact. There is correspondence from Crossfield relating to the crash in Box 11 of the collection.
The archival materials in this collection are organized into four series. The first series is composed of personal materials and includes school records, correspondence, personal photographs, records relating to various organizations in which Crossfield was active, information relating to the publication of Crossfield's autobiography, Always Another Dawn, other writings by Crossfield, financial records, subject files assembled by Crossfield, philatelic materials (Crossfield was an active collector and was a founding member and officer of The Aviation Historical Foundation, a philatelic organization), and news clippings. The material in this series is largely organized chronologically. Personal photographs and subject files are organized by topic first and chronologically within each folder and organizations are arranged alphabetically by name first and also chronologically within the individual folders.
The second series contains items relating to Crossfield's professional life, organized chronologically by place of employment. This series includes materials relating to Crossfield's work at Boeing, the U.S. Navy, the Kirsten Wind Tunnel at the University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), North American Aviation, Inc., Eastern Air Lines, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Crossfield's work as an Independent Technical Advisor, Crossfield's application for the position of Director of the National Air and Space Museum, Crossfield's time as a member of the United States Organizing Committee, and his work with organizations such as the Scott Crossfield Foundation and The Wright Experience. During the later part of his life, Crossfield toured the country extensively giving speeches, presenting awards, etc. and there is a large amount of material relating to these appearances in this part of the collection. These materials arrived already organized chronologically by individual trip and this organizational scheme was retained. Specifically, the professional life series includes flight reports, manuals, drawings, business correspondence, administrative records, presentations and papers, travel itineraries, notebooks, calendars, speeches delivered by Crossfield, and career related photographs (which are broken out as their own subseries). The professional life series also includes a section of miscellaneous professional items including job seeking correspondence, information on the patent for a power wheel braking or driving unit designed by Crossfield, and a folder of Crossfield's résumés.
The third series consists of audiotapes and is organized first by tape format and then chronologically within each category. Subjects of the audiotapes include speeches, a large number of North American X-15 cockpit recordings and radio communications, tape produced for a television program, and autobiographical notes. A number of the audiotapes include no description. With a total of 65 examples in this series, the most common audiotape format in the collection is, by far, 7 inch reel to reel tapes. Other formats in this series include 5 inch reel to reel tapes, 3.125 by 3.5 inch metal audiotape cartridges, and Dictaphone recording belts. Please note that these audio recordings are unavailable to the researcher at the time of processing due to the format and fragility of the tapes.
The fourth series of this collection is comprised of oversized materials and additional materials including galley proofs, news clippings, drawings, charts, professional records, and photographs. The organization of this series mirrors the folder titles found in the rest of the collection.
The researcher should note that the collection also contains several motion picture films relating to the life and career of Albert Scott "Scotty" Crossfield, Jr. These films are not included in the container list but a NASM Archives staff person can assist you regarding access.
The A. Scott Crossfield Papers are organized into the following series and subseries:
Series I: Personal Materials
1.1 School Records
1.2 Correspondence
1.3 Personal Photographs
1.4 Organizations
1.5 Information Related to the Publication of Always Another Dawn
1.6 Other Writings by Crossfield
1.7 Financial Records
1.8 Subject Files
1.9 Philatelic Materials
1.10 News Clippings
1.11 Miscellaneous Personal Records
Series II: Professional Life
2.1 Boeing
2.2 U.S. Navy
2.3 Kirsten Wind Tunnel, University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory
2.4 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
2.5 North American Aviation, Inc.
2.6 Eastern Air Lines
2.7 Hawker Siddeley Aviation
2.8 Independent Technical Advisor
2.9 Application for NASM Director Position
2.10 United States Organizing Committee
2.11 Scott Crossfield Foundation
2.12 The Wright Experience
2.13 Speaking Engagements and Professional Appearances
2.14 Career Related Photographs
2.14 Miscellaneous Professional Records
Series III: Audiotapes
Series IV: Oversized Materials
Albert Scott "Scotty" Crossfield, Jr. was born on October 2, 1921, in California. As a young boy, Crossfield was often confined indoors due to health problems related to pneumonia and rheumatic fever. During this time, he dreamed of becoming a pilot and designed and constructed model airplanes. Crossfield took his first airplane ride in 1927, at six years old, in an Alexander Eaglerock A-1 piloted by family friend Charles "Carl" Lienesch. Lienesch also encouraged Crossfield to become an engineer as well as a pilot. Unbeknownst to Crossfield's parents, he began taking flying lessons at the age of 12 at Wilmington Airport under the tutelage of pilot Vaughn McNulty. The family later moved to Washington State and it was there, at the Chehalis Airport, that Crossfield made his first solo flight in a Curtiss Robin. It was not until the summer of 1941, however, that Crossfield officially soloed and earned his pilot's license under the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA), Civilian Pilot Training Program (CPTP).
Crossfield enrolled in the University of Washington in 1940 and worked at the Boeing plant in Seattle, beginning in the fall of 1941, while still pursuing his studies. Crossfield's first assignment at Boeing was as an assembly page clerk. He was later promoted to the position of production expediter and shop salvage engineer. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Crossfield enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and continued to work at Boeing while he waited for an opening in a cadet class. In February 1942, tired of waiting on the Air Corps and eager to get into combat, Crossfield enlisted in the U.S. Navy instead where he joined the cadet class of May 7, 1942. Crossfield first trained in Seattle, Washington, and later was sent to the Naval Air Training Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he earned his Naval Aviator's wings in 1942. During his time in the Navy, Crossfield never fulfilled his ambition to see combat because he was selected instead to remain at Corpus Christi as a flight and gunnery instructor. Crossfield eventually was sent to Hawaii to prepare and train for an invasion of Japan but the war ended before this became necessary. During his time in the U.S. Navy, Crossfield flew the Grumman F6F Hellcat, Vought F4U Corsair, and the North American SNJ Texan, among other aircraft. After he separated from active duty with the Service, Crossfield remained active in the Naval Reserves and was part of an aerobatic team at Sand Point Naval Air Station that flew Goodyear FG-1D Corsairs.
Crossfield returned to his studies at the University of Washington in 1946 and was employed doing tests at the Kirsten Wind Tunnel at the University's Aeronautical Laboratory. Crossfield earned his Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1949 and his master's degree in aeronautical science in 1950. After obtaining his degrees, Crossfield joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as a research pilot. During his time with NACA, Crossfield flew many aircraft including the Convair XF-92A, Bell X-1, Northrop X-4 Bantam, Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak, Bell X-5, Republic F-84F Thunderstreak, Convair F-102 Delta Dagger, North American F-86 Sabre, and the North American F-100A Super Sabre. Crossfield made history in the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket on November 20, 1953, as the first pilot to exceed Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound).
In 1955, Crossfield left NACA and joined North American Aviation, Inc. to work on the X-15 program where he would not only serve as the X-15 Project Pilot but also as a Design Specialist, a role in which he was an integral part of the design of both the aircraft and the pressure suit developed by the David Clark Company for the X-15 program. The suit served as a prototype for the spacesuits later worn by astronauts. Crossfield helped to develop the X-15's cockpit, control, and engine systems; structural design; propulsion system; engineered its escape system; and contributed to its handling quality requirements. He also developed the ground control test methodology that would later become standard on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs. Crossfield piloted the North American X-15 on its first captive flight in March 1959, first glide flight in June 1959, and the first powered flight in September 1959, as well as numerous other test flights, before the X-15 was delivered to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in February 1960. Crossfield also served as Chief Engineering Test Pilot at North American from 1955-1961 before moving to the Space and Information Systems Division first as the Director of Systems Test (1961) then as the Division Director of Test and Quality Assurance (1961-1966) where he was responsible for quality control in all North American projects including the Hounddog Missile (AGM-28, GAM-77), Paragliders for the Gemini program, Apollo Command and Service Module, and the Saturn V launch vehicles, second stage. Crossfield's final position with North American was as the Technical Director, Research, Engineering and Test from 1966-1967.
Crossfield joined Eastern Air Lines in Miami, Florida, as Division Vice President, Flight, Research, and Development, Flight Operations in 1967, a position he held until 1971 when he moved to Washington, DC, to serve as Staff Vice President, Transportation Systems Development (1971-1973). From 1974 to 1975, Crossfield served as Senior Vice President at Hawker Siddeley Aviation's U.S. subsidiary branch, an office he helped to establish. After leaving Hawker Siddeley, Crossfield served for many years as an independent technical advisor to the U.S. Congress. Crossfield also served on the United States Organizing Committee to plan the Air and Space Bicentennial. In the later part of his life, Crossfield traveled extensively to give talks, attend events, and make various professional appearances and it was on a return flight home from one such trip in 2006 that Crossfield was killed when the plane he was piloting was caught in a thunderstorm.
Crossfield was active in various organizations including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), a group in which he was a founding member. Crossfield also created the Scott Crossfield Foundation to support aerospace education. Crossfield was the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Sperry (Lawrence B.) Memorial Award (1954) and Chanute (Octave) Award (AIAA, 1958), Kincheloe Award (SETP, 1960), Harmon Trophy (1960), Collier (Robert J.) Trophy (1961), NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1993), and the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Trophy for Lifetime Achievement (2000).
Crossfield published his autobiography, Always Another Dawn, in 1960 with Clay Blair, Jr. and is the author of numerous other publications, articles, and technical papers.
Alice Crossfield, Gift, 2006
North American X-15 Search this
Aeronautics Search this
Aeronautics -- Records Search this
A. Scott Crossfield Papers, Accession number 2006-0041, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
A. Scott Crossfield Papers, Acc. 2006-0041, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Arch Cape -- Hieronimus Garden
Former owner:
Astbury, Robert Search this
Shank, J. M. Search this
Price, Kent Search this
Stith, Eleanor Search this
The Portland Garden Club Search this
Garden Club of America Search this
Hieronimus Garden (Arch Cape, Oregon)
United States of America -- Oregon -- Clatsop County -- Arch Cape
The folder includes a worksheet and abbreviated garden plan, detailed plans for the entire garden and the garden railroad, a plant list, and a photocopy of an article about the garden.
This small garden near the sea has been under development since 1990. The main garden is in the informal Pacific Northwest style, using native plants combined with non-natives. The plants include those known to do well near the sea and experiments with others of unknown salt tolerance. The front of the house has a foundation planting of various Rhododendron yakushimanum hybrids, and there is a large collection of hydrangeas, both species and hybrids, many of which were propagated by the owner. A moon-gated arbor, copied from one in an old Chinese garden, leads to the enclosed portion of the garden and the prime attraction: the garden railroad. It is a miniature landscape featuring rocky cliffs and ravines, roads, bridges, dry-laid and mortared rock retaining walls, alpine plants, and dwarf conifers as a setting for scale model (1:24) buildings and a G scale train, which is battery operated and radio controlled. In addition to a steady stream of individuals, the garden has been visited by the Rock Garden Society, the American Conifer Society, numerous garden clubs, and landscaping and gardening classes. The garden is open to visitors by appointment.
Persons associated with the garden include: Robert Astbury (former owner, mid-1800s); J. M. Shank (former owner, 1932-1945); Kent Price (former owner, 1945-?); and Eleanor Stith (former owner, ca. 1970).
Hieronimus Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (18 35 mm. slides)
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Gardens -- Oregon -- Arch Cape. Search this
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.
AAG.GCA, File OR040
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Oregon
Archives of American Gardens
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[Hieronimus Garden]: train garden base completed, showing first plantings.
Hieronimus, Henry M. Search this
1 Slide (col., 35 mm.)
1993 Jul.
Gates Search this
Seaside gardening Search this
Fences -- wooden Search this
Walls, stone Search this
Moon gates Search this
Railroads Search this
Rock gardens Search this
Miniature gardens Search this
Trough gardens Search this
Models and modelmaking Search this
AAG.GCA, Item OR040009
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Oregon / OR040: Arch Cape -- Hieronimus Garden
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[Hieronimus Garden]: train garden, looking east.
1998 Aug.
Trees Search this
Houses Search this
Lawns Search this
Garden borders Search this
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[Hieronimus Garden]: train garden from above.
Daylilies Search this
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[Hieronimus Garden]: train garden from above with buildings in place.
1994 Sep.
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[Hieronimus Garden]: train garden from above, including part of arbor.
Arbors Search this
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[Hieronimus Garden]: train garden house, showing planting development.
1995 Jun.
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Dwarf conifers Search this
Conifers Search this
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Latticework Search this
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[Hieronimus Garden]: train garden, looking west through arbor.
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[Hieronimus Garden]: train garden railroad station.
Commercial buildings Search this
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Elms, The (RI)
Berwind, Julia Search this
Berwind, Edward J. Search this
Trumbauer, Horace Search this
Landscape architect:
1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Rhode Island -- Newport
United States of America -- Rhode Island -- Newport County -- Newport
The Berwind's summer residence was built in 1901. Horace Trumbauer modelled it after the Chateau d'Asnieres near Paris. The landscape architect, Jacques Greber of Paris designed the grounds. The garden contained statues, fountains, marble gazebos that lined the walkways to the garden, terraces and balustrade stone stables. The Elms was sold in 1962 to a real estate developer, a nephew of Miss Berwind, planned to subdivide the land. After a decline in the real estate market, the Newport Preservation Society purchased it for public display. The contents of the mansion of the mansion were sold at auction and at prices that the Newport Preservation Society could not match.
Historic plate number: "70."
Urns Search this
Walkways Search this
Evergreens Search this
Walls (building) Search this
Stairs Search this
Sculpture Search this
AAG.GCA, Item RI036001
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Rhode Island / RI036: Newport -- Elms, The (RI)
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Lookout Mountain -- Kitty and Hacker Caldwell Garden
Caldweel family Search this
Landscape designer:
Lea, Patricia Search this
Steward, Jimmy Search this
Planter:
Baker, Sam Search this
Pringle, Robert Smith, d. 1937 Search this
Garden Club of Lookout Mountain Search this
Kitty and Hacker Caldwell Garden (Lookout Mountain, Tennessee)
United States of America -- Tennessee -- Hamilton County -- Lookout Mountain
The folder includes worksheets, site plans, detailed information about the garden's plants, photocopies of articles about the garden, background details from and about the owners, and additional information.
The Kitty and Hacker Caldwell Garden comprises six acres situated on a mountainside in Tennessee, with the two acre Eleanor Caldwell Bryan Park adjoining it. The property has been owned by members of the family since 1928, and the house designed by Atlanta architect Robert Smith Pringle was built circa 1930. Before construction could begin on the mountain property rock had to be dynamited and earth had to be moved (by mule). The garden is screened by magnolias and features mountain laurels and many varieties of rhododendrons, which are vigorous growers in the region. A rocky stream and waterfalls are part of the natural drama of the landscape, as are spectacular views of the surrounding mountains and the valley below. The owners' collection of American sculpture is another feature set into this landscape.
Native trees, shrubs and flowers grow in the woodland gardens, while the perennial borders closer to the house were planted for cutting. A labyrinth garden of hand-cut stone, modeled on the one at Chartres Cathedral, is surrounded by white flowering shrubs and perennials.
Land for the Eleanor Caldwell Bryan Park was donated by the family in honor of one of its members years ago, and features native herbaceous perennials, woody shrubs and trees. A willow lattice fence separates the two properties. The current owners cleared the park of invasive honeysuckle vine and poison ivy, and are maintaining it for the public.
Persons associated with the garden include: the Caldwell family (owners since 1928); Patricia Lea (Cumberland Landscape and Design Co., landscape design and planting, 1989-1991); Jimmy Steward (landscape design, since 2004); Sam Baker (planting, since 2004); Robert Smith Pringle (Pringle and Smith, architects, 1929).
Kitty and Hacker Caldwell Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (18 35 mm. slides (photographs))
Gardens -- Tennessee -- Lookout Mountain Search this
AAG.GCA, File TN073
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Tennessee
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Memphis -- Wellford Garden
McGee, Keith Search this
Garden designer:
Taylor, Kitty Search this
Sculptor:
DeLonga, Leonard Search this
Little Garden Club of Memphis Search this
Wellford Garden (Memphis, Tennessee)
United States of America -- Tennessee -- Shelby County -- Memphis
The folder includes worksheets, site plans, photocopies of articles about the garden, and additional information.
The Wellford Garden is located on less than one acre in Memphis, TN. Modeled after an english cottage garden with added influences from the American South, the property features a three-level backyard comprised of three outdoor rooms and has a great variety of plantings including trees, shrubs, vines, groundcovers, bulbs, perennials and annuals, with fine tuning adjustments made annually. Incorporating the shifting colors of plantings through the seasons, fragrant plants and the sounds of the water feature, the assorted elements of the garden combine to create a sanctuary that appeals to all of the senses. There is a good balance of sun and shade, and the shade from the west in the afternoon is abundant, an element critical to southern gardens.
The first outdoor room features the lower terrace, situated outside of the Master bedroom, is furnished with an umbrella and tables for entertaining plus an assortment of pots of blooming plants. Stairs lead to an upper level and another pathway, surrounded by ground cover and azaleas, branches off to the side terrace which features a hot tub and an outdoor fireplace.
A formal garden serves as the second room whose focal point is a lily pond surrounding a sculpture, a rusted Cor-Ten steel castle by Leonard Delonga. Goldfish reside in the lily pond which serves as a moat for the castle. The resulting marriage of the sculpture and pond are exceptional in concept and scale. In addition to the formal garden, the second outdoor room features a raised flower bed showcasing a collection of roses and a nearby metal arbor covered with Akebia serves as an entry point between the back yard and fountain area. The third outdoor room features a zoysia lawn with a wood gazebo and several pathways leading to a woodland setting and other small sheltered areas. The garden is primarily cared for by the owners of the property, who have have gained recognition from the Garden Conservancy for their exceptional private garden and offer tours in an event called "Open Days," to benefit the organization and a local garden club.
Persons associated with the garden include: Keith McGee (former owner), Kitty Taylor (garden designer, 2000), Leonard DeLonga (sculptor).
Wellford Garden related holdings consist of 1 folder (20 digital images)
Gardens -- Tennessee -- Memphis Search this
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[Kitty and Hacker Caldwell Garden]: The labyrinth modeled after Chartres Cathedral invites contemplation.
Busby, Robert Search this
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)
Slides (photographs)
2008 Apr.
Stepping stones Search this
Maze gardens Search this
AAG.GCA, Item TN073010
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Tennessee / TN073: Lookout Mountain -- Kitty and Hacker Caldwell Garden
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[Buzzy's Surprise Garden]: the side garden features a sculpture modeled after one in Florence, Italy.
Lewis, Vance Search this
1 Digital image (col., TIF file.)
Buzzy's Surprise Garden (Memphis, Tennessee)
Laurel Search this
Lilies Search this
Naturalized plantings Search this
Foundation planting Search this
Crape myrtle, Common Search this
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Tennessee / TN081: Memphis -- Buzzy's Surprise Garden
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Apple fans won't have to wait as long to read the authorized story of Steve Jobs' life.
Responding to a rush of interest following Wednesday's death of the Apple co-founder, Simon & Schuster announced it's moving up the publication date of its Steve Jobs biography from November 21 to October 24.
The book by Walter Isaacson, titled simply, "Steve Jobs," rocketed from 437 to No. 1 on Amazon's bestseller list — a spike of 43,000% — in the hours after Jobs' death, thanks to pre-orders. It was No. 3 Thursday on Barnes & Noble's website, and also topped the list of bestselling books in Apple's own iTunes store.
In its blurb for the book, Simon & Schuster promises "a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing."
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ST. PAUL, MN - Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has declared a state of emergency in 35 counties because of the recent storms and flooding.
He's also directed the Minnesota National Guard to send 100 soldiers to Koochiching County to help in the fight against flooding on the Rainy River and Rainy Lake in the International Falls area.


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Geraldine Hakewill – Height, Husband & Net Worth Of The Actress
Talk about a smooth combination of immense beauty and talent and one name that is bound to come to mind would be Geraldine Hakewill. Geraldine is an Australian actress who has risen to prominence with her sterling contributions to the Australian movie industry. Fans have come to admire her beauty and body build as well as her acting talent following years of appearances in feature movies and TV series. A hard-working woman, she is also an associate producer who has worked on two short movies.
As an actress, Geraldine Hakewill is now best known for her portrayal of Chelsea Babbage on Wanted, an Australian drama television series which became very popular across the country and abroad. She is also known for her work on Uninhabited, a horror film in which she played the main role of Beth.
Geraldine Hakewill Bio
Geraldine Hakewill was born on the 13th day of the month of July in the year 1987. The actress was born in Paris, the capital and the most populous city of France. However, she grew up with her parents in Sydney, one of the largest cities in Australia.
The identities of Geraldine's parents have remained quite elusive. However, according to reports, her father is a doctor and her mother is a meditation teacher. The actress is very fond of her parents and has talked about how much they helped her grow into a respectable woman who is passionate about her job as an actress.
Geraldine has always been interested in acting and as a child, she looked forward to becoming a talked about thespian. After spending some time growing up in Sydney, she moved to Melbourne and lived there for a couple of years. She then moved to Perth, the capital city of Western Australia where she studied acting and gained some experience by acting on stage plays and taking part in local theatre productions.
Geraldine Hakewill kick-started her acting career on TV in 2008 when she made an appearance in Pip's First Time, a short film. Nearly two years later in 2010, she landed her first leading role after she was cast in Uninhabited, an Australian horror film which saw her portraying the role of Beth. Geraldine became a toast of producers and directors after her performance in Uninhabited because of her incredible believability. The same year, she starred as Ella in Wasted on the Young and as Shona Lankford in Rescue Special Ops, a TV series. She later acted in two short movies namely Mama Always Told Him… and Happy Bag.
The actress continued her journey as an actress in 2010 with an appearance in The Last Race, another shot movie. The same year, she was cast in Found Footage, a horror movie to portray Bea. In 2012, the actress starred in Careless Love, a drama movie in which she played the role of Alicia.
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Geraldine appeared in yet another short film called Only One in 2013 before going on to star in Camp, a TV series. By this time, Geraldine was getting lots of attention with her acting work and many fans were intrigued by her penchant for horror films. The same year in 2013, she starred in Guardian Elf, a short film.
Geraldine Hakewill and a co-star Henry James in Uninhabited
Geraldine scored her biggest role so far in 2016 when she was cast in Wanted, an Australian drama television series in which she portrayed Chelsea Babbage. Her role in the series gave her a much bigger voice than she had before as more and more fans came to fall in love with her acting and personality.
Following the success of her work in Wanted, Geraldine has gone on to feature in other highly talked about movies and TV series including Soul Mates in 2016, The Pretend One in 2017, Flotsam Jetsam in 2018, and Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries in 2019 among others.
What is Geraldine Hakewill's Net Worth?
Geraldine Hakewill has been able to rake in some money from her career as an actress. She has starred in several feature movies and TV series and has risen to become one of the known faces in the Australian movie industry. It is apparent that she has been able to consolidate on her financial independence.
However, at the moment, her exact net worth has not been revealed just yet. Hopefully, with time, details about her worth will emerge.
Who's Her Husband?
Geraldine Hakewill has been a very private person who rarely shares any details about her personal affairs. A quick look through her Instagram page shows lots of her professional photos and videos of herself with other actors and actresses but none with her family members or any romantic partner. Also, no man has been linked to her romantically before.
Some fans believe that Geraldine is in love with a mystery man but is keeping him under wraps. However, this has never been confirmed.
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Geraldine Hakewill's Height
Geraldine Hakewill is a beautiful woman and many fans are obsessed with how good she looks. Some of her male followers have even professed love for her on social media. The actress is quite a tall woman; she stands at 5 feet 10½ inches. In addition to this, she is reported to weigh about 56 kg (123 lb).
Her body measurements have been revealed to be 33 inches (breasts), 24 inches (waist), and 34 inches (hips). She reportedly wears bra size 32A and size 4 dress.
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By Friday afternoon, everything should become clear.
Who did more than 500 million voters choose to lead India? India's day of reckoning is here. Election results will be announced soon.
All week, there has been so much speculation and interpretation of exit polls that my head is spinning. By all guesses, Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party will become the next prime minister of my homeland.
Modi is known as a Hindu nationalist. He is controversial, polarizing. Under his watch, Gujarat suffered Hindu-Muslim carnage. But he also inspired voters who are fed up with the same old corruption and drudgery of government. For them, the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and Congress stopped delivering, despite being the party of independence and freedom.
People in India are hungry for change. They grew disappointed after India failed to launch, as it were. How many people predicted India would be the next Asian tiger? But the growth slowed and India is still a poor nation that lags far behind rival China.
Today, I received my Overseas Citizenship of India certificate. With OCI status. I am entitled to most of the rights and privileges I once had as a citizen of India, except I can't vote. I wished that I had been able to in this landmark Indian election.
I cannot say who I supported — I am a journalist, after all. But I can say this: I hope, for the sake of my homeland, someone steps in and cleans up government. I am done paying bribes and drowning in bureaucracy and dealing with inefficiency.
I am done waiting for India to arrive.
"Under his watch, Gujarat suffered Hindu-Muslim carnage" …. just like many others states like Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh did under the watch of Pro-Congress state governments!! Since the Godhra train massacre of Hindu pilgrims by muslims, and the post-Godhra riots nearly 10 years ago, there has been peace, quiet and all-round growth in Gujarat.


1. The brain consumes about 17% of the body's total energy but accounts for only 3% of bodyweight.
2. The forebrain, located in the forward region of the brain, is responsible for intellectual functions such as planning, problem-solving and logic.
3. The human brain consists of some 100 billion active nerve cells.
4. The brain's neurons communicate by transmitting electrical impulses along their axons. Interactions among neurons can be simple or complex, and the amount of time they take can range from milliseconds to months.
5. After about three weeks of gestation, a human fetus's brain begins to form. By the fourth week, it is identifiable.
6. There are 22 different bones in the skull, 8 in the cranium and 14 in the face.
7. Basic life functions such as breathing, blood flow and heartbeat are controlled by the brain stem, located at the brain's base.
8. The cerebrum accounts for about 85% of the brain's weight and is the organ's largest part.
9. Often referred to as the "little brain," the cerebrum is the second-largest part of the brain. It handles muscle movement and controls balance.
10. The left hemisphere handles language, analytics and mathematical reasoning.
11. Creative, artistic and spontaneous thoughts are derived from the right hemisphere of the brain.
12. Many ancient philosophers believed that human consciousness resided in the heart. It wasn't until 17th century that philosopher Thomas Willis began to argue the vast powers of the brain.
13. Although the brain registers pain, the organ itself has no pain receptors.
14. The brain is constantly sending and receiving information. Motor circuits transmit information away from the brain to muscles and glands, while sensory circuits report findings to the brain.
15. The brain has a jellylike consistency and is made up of fat and protein.
16. The cerebrum is divided into left and right hemispheres, each with four main areas: the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe and temporal lobe.
17. The average adult's attention span is 20 minutes (unless it's a topic one finds especially interesting). Children's attention spans, however, are usually close to their age in minutes.
18. Stress can interfere with the brain's cognitive processes.
19. People who frequently suffer from jet lag can experience memory loss and even brain damage. This may be because of stress-induced hormones associated with jet lag.
20. It's believed that playing videogames can help you multitask more efficiently.
21. Yawning may help keep you alert by expanding the pharynx and larynx, thus allowing the intake of more oxygen, which the brain needs to function properly.
22. The brain's frontal lobe may be a kind of "humor center." Some people with damage to this area of the brain, especially on the right side, often don't get jokes.
23. What do an adult human and a bottlenose dolphin have in common? Their brains weigh almost the same amount. An adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds, and a bottlenose dolphin's brain tips the scales at about 4 pounds.
24. As we age, we can often remember long-ago events more easily than recent events.
25. Sleep is essential for your brain. Sleep deprivation can lead to "microsleep," when the brain "shuts off" for a few seconds at a time. An impaired person might lose track of a conversation or task.
26. 9.5% of children in the United States have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
27. Loss of brain cells in the substantia nigra region of the brain can lead to Parkinson's Disease.
29. The grooves and folds in the cerebral cortex are called convolutions.
30. Nerves connect all the body's organs to the brain. Nerve impulses race to the brain as fast as 250 miles an hour (402.5 kilometers an hour).


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Ok, I kept my promise. You made it to the next lesson so the cardigan came off. The topics are going to have to get harder before things get serious.
Let's talk conditional statements. Programming usually comes down to making decisions based on some kind of input. If something happens, or something is true, then perform an action based on that condition.
Let's do an example to show how if-statements work. But first we'll put a comment about what this if statement will be doing. "How to get my number".
Then we'll run the script and my phone number and email will be logged to the console.
But what if the dude isn't Ryan Gosling? Well, then we could add else to the if statement like this.
If you're not Ryan Gosling, then I'll have to think about it.
The 'exclamation point equals' is a comparison operator that stands for Not Equal. So if dude is NOT equal to douchebag, then you get my number. But we'll still need an else statement for guys who aren't Ryan Gosling and are douchebags. For those guys we'll output "I'm kind of busy for the rest of my life.
There are a bunch of operators we can use for comparing two values. If we were comparing two numbers, we could use greater than and less than operators like this.
In the next lesson, we are going to talk about arrays. You probably want to stick around.


'Boeing's decision to add more work in the state is closely linked to its positive experience at the 787 plant,' said Henry Taylor, vice president, Global Business Development for the Charleston Regional Development Alliance.
When Boeing (IW 500/16) announced on Nov. 12 that it was building a new 737 MAX propulsion plant in South Carolina, Henry Taylor, vice president, Global Business Development for the Charleston Regional Development Alliance, felt that at least part of the reason for selecting this site was due to Boeing's past success in the region.
Boeing employs 6,100 workers in the region with most based at its 787 Dreamliner factory at the Charleston International Airport.
In April Boeing announced another expansion of this plant investing an additional $1 billion and adding another 2,000 new jobs over the next eight years.
The 225,000-square-foot plant, being called Propulsion South Carolina, will design and assemble engine inlet components for Boeing's single-aisle jet. Construction of the six-story building that will house equipment, offices and support space is slated to take about a year.
The first parts are expected to be produced in May 2015 and the plant will eventually ramp up for components to be produced for 47 planes per month, said Charlie Hix, director of Propulsion South Carolina, at the ground-breaking ceremony on Nov. 12.
"Another factor in the decision to locate in South Carolina was the success that Boeing had with our training program called readySC that provides a pipeline of available workforce for the plant," said Taylor. The incentive program is one in which the state takes on the responsibility of customizing a training program for a company and provides the necessary resources including instructors, apprenticeship programs or even physical space for training.
In addition to the state's 16 technical colleges, including Trident Technical College's Aeronautical Studies division which prepares students for aircraft maintenance and aircraft manufacturing, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University offers undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs ranging from Aeronautical Science to Supply Chain Management. Clemson University has a Composites Manufacturing Technology Center as well as the Center for Advanced Engineering Fibers & Films.
All of these educational opportunities have led to an increase in the manufacturing workforce which grew 5% between 2000-2009 allowing Charleston to be the fastest growing mid-size metro for aircraft manufacturing in the U.S. (80% job growth). The area also ranked as one of the nation's Top 10 mid-size metros for workforce growth in key occupations such as aircraft mechanics, computer hardware engineers, and electrical as of 2009.
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Hold onto your hats, folks, because I am about to share with you the best task that I have ever assigned my students. Ever! It's no secret that I am in love with the Desmos Free Graphing Calculator (learn more about Desmos here). I use the thing almost daily in my teaching. And sometimes I use it even when I'm not teaching. I've been a major fangirl of Desmos and the whole Desmos team ever since I learned about it 3 years ago. And for about the same amount of time, I've been crazy jealous of my online teaching friends, like Bob Lochel, who teach upper grades and get to do Desmos Conic Section Art Projects with their students. I knew there had to be a way to scale this down for my 8th graders - whose focus is entirely on linear functions, but I couldn't quite figure out how to structure it. Fear not, though. The ever-creative Fawn Nguyen solved the problem for me last spring when she wrote about the Desmos Puppy House task that she gave her 8th graders.
1. Students sketch a puppy house on graph paper. The requirements are: at least 5 horizontal lines, at least 5 vertical lines, at least 6 slanted lines, at least 1 image of a puppy in the doorway or a window. They are welcome to use more lines. They are welcome to use curved lines, but they will have to figure those out on their own. They are welcome to swap out the puppy for a kitten or a dragon. (Turns out some of my students are NOT dog people. Go figure.) They can make their puppy house into a Puppy Palace if they want, just so long as they meet the minimum requirements. I showed them the images of the houses from Fawn's blog post and it really helped spark their creativity and raise the bar, so by all means, feel free to share my examples. I graded the sketch as a practice assignment.
2. Teacher draws axes onto student's completed sketch. This idea came from this Parabola Art blog post by Mary Bourassa. Mary explains her reasoning behind this: "This is my answer to the multitude of parabolic art graphs that are already out there - even if they took someone else's design (which they would have a hard time doing as I make them create their sketch in class), they would have to move all the equations to fit the axes I forced on them." Whether you have students draw the axes onto their sketch or whether you draw it for them, I would strongly recommend that you put the axes on there. I didn't do this for all of my students, but the students who had the coordinate grid on their sketches had a much easier time writing the equations.
3. Students write equations of their lines onto the sketch. This year I only asked students to write the slope next to each line. However, when it came time to graph, many students really struggled to put the pieces together even with the slopes already written (good thing I still have 5 more months to get slope-intercept form ingrained into their brains). Therefore, in the future, I will have them write on their sketches the exact equations for all of their vertical and horizontal lines and the approximate equations of their slanted lines (something like y=3x+?). I thought about teaching them point-slope form so that they could write the exact equations for the slanted lines also, but in the end I liked forcing them to use guess and check in Desmos to figure out the y-intercept. Through the guess-and-check process, many developed a deeper understanding of how the y-intercept affects the graph of a linear function. If we have time later in the year, we may do another Desmos Art assignment using Point-Slope form. I graded writing the slopes/equations of each line on the sketch as another practice assignment.
4. Start Graphing! I went over the basics of creating accounts/logging in first and then used this handout to teach them about creating domain and range restrictions. Some students caught on much more quickly than others. The next day I gave them a very short quiz at the beginning of class and then they had the rest of the time to work on their Puppy Houses. The following day, most students were finished with everything except the puppy. I taught them how to put the Puppy into their graph, taught them how to share the link to their graph, how to access the Google Form to turn it in, and then they had the rest of the class period to either finish their Puppy House or, if they were finished, play Desmos Polygraph Lines. I graded the final graph as an performance assessment.
Was it an investment of time? Absolutely, although I think I can pull it off in less time next year. But was it worth it? No doubt about it! I have never seen my students so excited about any task I've ever given them. On the second day of graphing, when the clean-up music started playing, there were cries of disappointment from my students - who were so engrossed in their line art. Their creativity and dedication to this task blows my mind. Several of my 8th grade students learned how to graph circles, inequalities, sine functions, and how to use variables and sliders to animate parts of their graphs. I didn't teach them any of that but they wanted it, so they learned it! I feel like a proud parent - there were honestly a couple of these graphs that had me in tears when I opened them. When is the last time that your students created a piece of mathematics that was so beautiful that it brought tears to your eyes? For me, it was a first. I want to print out all of their graphs and plaster them all over my refrigerator. I will restrain myself, though, and instead I will plaster a few of my favorites into a slide show at the end of this blog post. Thanks again to Fawn and Desmos for making this happen for me and my students.
About the author: MaryAnn Moore (@1mooreorless) is the editor and lead writer of the UCTM blog. She teaches 8th and 9th grade math in Davis School District. When not teaching, MaryAnn enjoys playing violin, running, cooking and traveling. You can contact her at mmoore@dsdmail.net.


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Everything To Know About Adele's Las Vegas Residency
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By Candace Cordelia Smith
Following her electrifying celeb-packed Adele One Night Only CBS TV special and ITV's An Audience With Adele this November, Adele will finally perform her 30 tracks for normal people when she heads to Las Vegas for a 2022 residency called "Weekends With Adele." The Grammy-winning singer revealed the exciting news on Twitter, writing, "See you at Caesars [Palace] in Vegasss [star emoji]." The response from fans varied, with some having already verified their presale ticket registration to others lamenting their inability to buy tickets at all. Others also wondered about the British celebrity's plans to tour overseas. "Okay nice but what about the international fans???" wrote one follower.
News of Adele's upcoming Vegas residency is nonetheless thrilling, especially since she admitted in a recent Sirius XM interview with John Mayer that touring in support of her latest album, 30, would be highly unlikely. "This album? No, probably not," said Adele when asked about the possibility. "I was actually desperate to tour, which for me is wild because I don't like touring," she continued. "I did actually really want to. I got into the swing of it last time, and obviously, I've gone up to stadiums and stuff like that, which without sounding spoiled, it's easier. It's less shows, you reach more people, you get to stay in place." She went on to say that it didn't "sit right" with her to put out an album in 2021 and then tour it in 2023. Lucky for Adele, she'll be able to stay in place for the first half of 2022, thanks to her Las Vegas residency.
According to Rolling Stone, Adele's Las Vegas residency will launch on Jan. 21 and continue until April 16. Within that timeframe, she will perform two shows each weekend. Fans can sign up now for presale tickets via Ticketmaster's Verified Fan program in order to receive a code. Those with a presale code will be able to buy "Weekends With Adele" tickets on Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. ET on a "first come, first served basis." Per Rolling Stone, if presale ticket demand is "too high," general tickets might not become available to the public for purchase.
Amid Vegas residency rumors, Adele told the magazine in November she didn't "want anyone coming to my show scared" due to ongoing public health concerns, and she refused to get sick with the virus either. In fact, her performing almost wasn't going to happen because, as Adele put it, "there's f*cking nothing available."
Now, she's not only available but ready to sing in her first live shows for fans since her Adele Live 2016 tour. As for which songs she'll perform in front of audiences in Vegas, chances are "To Be Loved" won't be on the setlist.


Evening plans meant I needed a local game, so this cup tie appealed primarily thanks to its early kick off, and an artificial pitch which meant the rain was unlikely to pose a problem.
I've not seen a lot of Huddersfield League football, but the games I have watched have been a decent standard, so I was looking forward to a cup tie in which top division Heyside were hosting HV Academicals (as they're usually known) from the league's second tier.
I guess Heyside, to the east of Oldham, is a bit of an outpost of the Huddersfield League. They play on a newly-constructed all-weather pitch in the grounds of Crompton House School in Shaw.
Like most venues of this type it's floodlit and enclosed by a high fence, but on the plus side there's an area on the near side for spectators, plenty of room around the pitch for those, like me, who prefer to roam, and of course it's very unlikely to be off waterlogged.
Heyside, going well in the league, began the tie playing the sort of bright football that I hoped I might see. It wasn't long before they were 2-0 up, and they threatened to run away with it. But the Holmfirth-based visitors got a lifeline thanks to a penalty.
The spot kick was converted, and with their lead reduced Heyside lost their way, struggling to create clear chances against well organised opponents. It was well into the second period before a third goal for the hosts made the tie look safe, and two late goals rounded off the afternoon.
Once again Huddersfield League teams showed they're capable of playing decent football, comparing well with supposed higher leagues such as the West Riding and West Yorkshire competitions.
When I'm not working, or doing other things, I'm a groundhopper. This blog will record every new ground I visit for football, with a brief match report, ground description and a few photos. Any spelling mistakes or typos are likely to be the result of blogging after a glass or two of wine, and attendance figures are my headcounts or estimates (official figures used if available).


Garlic is a popular spice used to make a variety of dishes tastier. It has wonderful health benefits and can be dried to last for a long time. It is best planted between November and April although you will generally get a better crop if you plant it in the Autumn.
There are two main types of garlic; the hardneck and the softneck – which simply refers to the way the garlic grows. The hardneck type produces a flower stem – referred to as a 'scape', which can be removed and used in salads and stir fries. Softnecks are the standard garlics of commerce and they are easiest to grow in regions where the weather is mild. They store longer than hardnecks and they produce very small but strong-flavored cloves.
Choose an area that gets a lot of sun and loosen the planting bed to at least 12 inches deep, then thoroughly mix in a 1-inch layer of mature compost. Place the cloves into the ground 4 inches deep and 6 to 8 inches apart with their pointed ends up. Lastly, cover the planted area with 3 to 5 inches of organic mulch. Garlic is not very demanding, however it is vulnerable to being smothered by weeds so make sure you weed regularly. You only need to water your garlic during long dry spells.
The bulbs are ready when most of the lower leaves have browned. Use a digging fork to loosen the soil before pulling the plants. Remember to handle the newly pulled bulbs delicately to avoid bruising them. Set the garlic in an airy, sunny spot for a day then move it into a covered and dry area to cure for about a week.
After the garlic has cured, gently remove any remaining dirt and use pruning shears to clip roots to half an inch long. Storage life varies with the garlic variety and with growing and storage conditions. The most ideal storage temperature is between 50 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Hardneck garlic varieties usually last six months and softneck garlic store for eight months or more.


A compact, rounded, deciduous azalea with fragrant golden flowers in mid-spring. It has mildew-resistant foliage and great cold tolerance. Prefers moist, well-drained acidic soils and full sun to part shade. Introduced in 1986 by the University of Minnesota.


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Ifako-Ijaiye es un Área de Gobierno local del Estado de Lagos, Nigeria.
El Área del Gobierno Local de Ifako-Ijaiye se creó junto con otros 183 el 1 de octubre de 1995, por el entonces Jefe de Estado, Sanni Abacha.

Geografía

El Gobierno Local de Ifako-Ijaiye limita en el Oeste con Alimosho, en el Este con Ikeja , en el Sur con Agege y en el Norte con Ifo y Ado-Odo/Otta (Gobiernos Locales del Estado de Ogun).

Demografía

Está habitada según el censo nacional del 2006 por personas, la mayoría pertenecen a la etnia Yoruba.El nivel de alfabetización del Gobierno Local es de aproximadamente 75%, y la mayoría de sus residentes son inmigrantes de diferentes partes de Lagos y de Nigeria en general.

Comunidades

Las Comunidades en Ifako-Ijaiye son:
 Abule-Egba.
 Abule Titun.
 Ajegunle.
 Alagbado.
 Alakuko.
 GbinrinmiWasimi.
 Ifako Ijaiye-Ogba.
 Ijaiye-Ojokoro.
 Iju-Ishaga.
 Iju Obawole.
 Iju-Ogundimu.
 Iju Station.
 Ilupeju-Titun.
 Oke Ira Akine.
 Oko-Oba.

Enlaces externos
 Gobierno Local de Ifako-Ijaiye

Áreas de Gobierno Local del Estado de Lagos

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The Gloucestershire Cricket Board (GCB) is hoping to build on the success of its Women's Softball Festivals with the launch of its 2019 indoor leagues. The three competitions will be held at Hartpury College, The Cotswold School and Winterbourne Academy in the New Year after a tremendous summer where more than 500 women from 35 different teams took part.
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Public Health officials favour "hard lockdowns" to control the spread of COVID-19 in Ontario
Public Health officials in Toronto have presented new computer modelling that says unless some tough, new restrictive measures are put in place in Ontario the case count and death rate for COVID-19 is just going to get much worse.
The details of the new study were presented Monday morning by Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario's chief associate medical officer of health, and Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, the dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
"So the key findings are very clear," said Brown. "Today the cases continue to grow."
Brown said even though there had been talk about Ontario being in a precarious situation with consistent low-level case growth in the past two months, things have changed for the worse.
"Overall case levels in the province now are more than twice of what we called the red level. And the percentage of positivity, although flattened right now, has increased substantially since two months ago," said Brown.
He said Ontario's ability to control case growth is precarious
"It is important to note that the continuing case growth will increase the number of outbreaks we see in long-term care homes and other settings where people live together that are quite vulnerable to the spread and impact of the disease," Brown continued.
To reinforce the sense of urgency, Brown said the current trend will drive up the demand for ICU (Intensive Care Unit) beds to more than 300 within 10 days. As of Monday morning, the number of ICU beds being used in Ontario was 265.
Brown said unless something is done that demand for ICU beds will be up to 1,500 by mid-January.
Hard lockdowns
Brown said the science team assigned to study the COVID-19 trends in Ontario looked carefully at the situations that developed in Australia and France to determine the impact of the "hard lockdowns" that were imposed in those countries for periods of several weeks.
"These sorts of hard lockdowns can reduce case numbers in Ontario we believe to less than a thousand per day if they're of sufficient duration and if they're matched with increased testing and with increased support," said Brown. In the past seven days in Ontario, the COVID case count has been more than 2,100 each day.
"With lower case numbers we will be able to maintain safe Intensive Care Unit care for COVID-19 patients and other patients."
Brown said more testing is needed and that means additional support needs to be provided to people who test positive and need to be quarantined for 14 days, meaning many of them would not be able to get to work.
Brown also stated that even by conservative estimates of minimal growth the COVID-19 case count and death count in Ontario is going to be much worse.
"If we continue on at about one to two to three per cent growth, we are going to be between about 3,000 and 5,000 cases (per day) by the fourth week in January."
Brown added that as the spread of the disease increases in the community, there will be a corresponding spread of COVID-19 in any nearby long-term care homes.
"So the biggest predictor of an outbreak in a long-term care home is the spread of the disease in the community around the long-term care home, said Brown.
"It leads to a significant impact in terms of further cases, hospitalizations and death," he added.
Brown touched on the mortality rate in Ontario mentioning that last week there were 100 deaths, and 102 deaths in the week previous to that.
"Overall, mortality continues to increase," said Brown. "When we last talked about mortality we felt it would be between 25 and 30 a day. But it is tracking higher and higher," said Brown. He said if the current trend continues, Ontario will be reporting 50 deaths a day by mid-February.
Len Gillis, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Sudbury.com
'It caught fast' Burk's Falls man homeless following house fire Jan. 14
A house fire in Burk's Falls closed Highway 520 in both directions on Thursday, Jan. 14 while region fire departments responded to the call. The fire started at approximately 11 a.m., according to Burk's Falls fire Chief Dave McNay. As of 1:41 p.m., asked if the fire was under control, McNay replied that operations had not given that information nor the cause of the fire. At 4:19 p.m., the Ministry of Transportation announced the highway had reopened to traffic. "I can't tell you much until we get inside to investigate," McNay said, adding that there were five fire departments on the scene. "I'm appreciative of our neighbours' support." There were two people living inside of the house and both were home at the time of the fire. Paul Watson lived there with his roommate and said it all happened so fast. "My buddy was lying down in his room watching TV and I saw the smoke coming from downstairs," said Watson. "I went to check it out — it was in the room by the furnace room, it was in the floor already and up above — it caught fast." "By the time I got upstairs again, you couldn't even see in the house because of the smoke." Behind Watson, the house was still smouldering, but he said that he and his roommate were OK. "We lost our cat, I think," he said, sadly. "We had her for three or four years." Asked if he had a place to stay for the night, Watson replied that they were still trying to figure that out and had been in contact with a crisis management service. Sarah Cooke's reporting is funded by the Canadian government through its Local Journalism Initiative.Sarah Cooke, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, muskokaregion.com


I am a full-time writer. As to how it affects my writing, I have to say I feel a bit more pressure to produce. When I was a part-time writer, I could always blame the job for not writing. Now I have no excuse!
I write first thing in the morning, usually 7am – noon. I also write a daily minimum number of words, at least 1500, of what I call 2nd draft level writing. In other words, the 1500 words have been written and rewritten to a certain level of polish. And of course, my "writing" does not end there as my mind works through scenes throughout the day. I take weekends off as a diversionary break unless the Muse happens to be active.
In the past two years, I've published 5 books and 4 short stories. Four of the books are science fiction and the other is a book of poetry. Of the short stories, one is science fiction, the other three are more literary and were published in Short Story America and The Mulberry Fork Review.
Actually, I do both. I have the general idea of where the novel is going, and as it proceeds, I develop an outline that I put on an Excel spreadsheet. It helps me keep track of scenes and characters. I do this because I don't write sequentially, i.e., one scene follows the next. I'll write a scene as it comes to me, so I may write an ending scene, then a scene in the middle and then another in between. By the time I get to the end, the original ending scene may or may not work, but it will have been modified (or even discarded) to fit into the novel.
My latest novel is called Rebirth of Angels, released in May. It's a dystopian novel based on the premise of using cloning to extend man's life forever. A person simply clones herself at 20 then waits until she is 40 and has a brain transplant into the new body. Voila! A new and younger you with all the smarts of a 40-year-old.
As with any society, the rich can afford rebirth/cloning and think nothing of cloning themselves five or six times at once. When the time comes for their rebirth, they select the best clone and destroy the others.
Obviously, not everyone thinks this is such a good idea, and an organization called Social Injustice seeks to put a stop to rebirth.
I'm about 100,000+ words into book 4 of the Wolf 359 series and have started a sequel to the Steampunk novel, Fool's Gold. I'm also thinking about a sequel to Rebirth of Angels, picking up as the scattered remnants of mankind emerge into a new world..
I think this also plays into writing what one knows/researches. For example, I was given a book to read authored by a romance writer. The premise was a female reporter on the front lines in the Vietnam war. The problem? It never happened. There were NO female reporters on the front lines in Vietnam. The second problem was her inability to describe what war feels, smells, and tastes like as well as her lack of understanding things military. Does this mean a woman can't write about war and things military? Hardly. One only need read Janet Morris' The Sacred Band to see war and battle done very well.
The point here is that research is essential to a well-told story.
I tend to read a number books at the same time. Right now I'm reading Death and Honor by W.E.B. Griffin, Adolf Hitler by John Toland, The Misunderstood God by Darin Hufford, Storming, a Dieselpunk Adventure by K.M. Weiland, and The Queen's Poisoner by Jeff Wheeler. I read quite a bit. My wife and I choose not to have cable TV and find with our lifestyle, we don't miss it. We're both outdoors folks, and so much of our free time is spent cycling, hiking, kayaking and traveling.
I think the thing that bothers me the most about being a writer is the number of people who don't read. I confess that I am shocked with the number of people where reading seems to be a lost art.
And I know you said "one thing"… but another "thing" I hate is the number of folks who say "I absolutely LOVED your book" and then can't find the time to write a positive review.
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London Boulevard (2010)
William Monahan
Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis, Anna Friel, Ben Chaplin, Ray Winstone, Eddie Marsan, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Stephen Graham, Ophelia Lovibond, Jamie Campbell Bower
Bipolar Boulevard
Having served his sentence for beating the crap out of someone Mitchel (Colin Farrell) is out of the slammer and back in London. But whilst his old mates such as Billy (Ben Chaplin) and Danny (Stephen Graham) expecting him to return to his old criminal ways, pulling off jobs like he use to do, Mitchel plans to go straight as he doesn't ever want to go back inside. It leads to him becoming a handyman and bodyguard for reclusive actress Charlotte (Keira Knightley) who grows fond of him. The trouble is that Mitchel's old mob boss Gant (Ray Winstone) doesn't like one of his boys turning his back on him and is going to make sure that Mitchel returns one way or another.
Very few movies get a physical response from me these days, well when you have watched so many it takes something special to make you not so much sit up but find yourself becoming animated by it. Animated is how I was as I watched "London Boulevard" as it is a movie undone by a seriously split personality which leaves you going WTF as it is unable to maintain a consistent theme and style.
Let me try and explain what I mean. On one side we have a London crime comedy aspect with touches of the Guy Ritchie about it with stereotypes. But then there is almost a Scorsese aspect to this as writer/director William Monahan uses a great soundtrack which becomes a character in its own right. And then there is almost a Tarantino like aspect to it with a storyline which feels like a bit of an update on an old western where you have the outlaw trying to go straight but with the old gang making life difficult for him. Whilst it could have worked there is something missing, something not quite right which prevents "London Boulevard" from being better than just okay.
Trying to work out what is missing I suppose I could say Danny Dyer and his old mucker Tamer Hassan as a London crime caper with out them just doesn't seem right. Then there is Ben Chaplin who as the greasy haired Billy seems to be trying too hard to be funny. But then the whole reclusive movie star storyline seems almost out of place alongside the crime story although in its own right is entertaining thanks to the performance of David Thewlis as Charlotte's posh live in manager with a distinctly dangerous side.
What this all boils down to is that "London Boulevard" ends up so frustrating that it is likely to make you animated. The thing is that all the parts of the "London Boulevard" works but they don't work together which is why it is messy and quite frustrating.
Pride and Glory (2008)
The Tierney's are a family of cops, Francis Sr. (Jon Voight) has worked his way up and is now top brass whilst his son Francis Jr. (Noah Emmerich) is Chief of a precinct and his other son Ray (Edward Norton - The Incredible Hulk) is ...
Tigerland (2000)
The year is 1971 and a group of recruits go through infantry training ready to ship out to Vietnam once they have spent a week in Tigerland the closest the army can offer to the war whilst in training. Pvt. Jim Paxton (Matthew Davis ...
As a young boy Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck - Boiler Room) not only lost his sight in an accident with hazardous chemicals but also his father who is murdered by the local Kingpin. Vowing to avenge his father's death Matt grows into qu ...
Miami Vice (2006)
When an informant is killed and a sting goes horribly wrong Miami cops Sonny Crockett (Colin Farrell - S.W.A.T.) and Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx - Ray) are ordered to go undercover to try and discover the leak in the FBI but also bring d ...
Crazy Heart (2009)
Once a major Country & Western star, Bad Blake's (Jeff Bridges - How to Lose Friends & Alienate People) career has gone the way of his life, down hill. Now after many marriages he finds himself playing in the bars of bowling alleys ...
TOP TEN MAUREEN O'HARA MOVIES
1) The Quiet Man (1952)
2) Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
3) Rio Grande (1950)
4) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
5) The Black Swan (1942)
6) McLintock! (1963)
7) The Parent Trap (1961)
8) Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
9) Sons of the Musketeers (1952)
10) The Christmas Box (1995)
A Good Year (2006)


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