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SIBER is a basin-scale international programme with a concerted effort to develop an enhanced understanding of the Indian Ocean and its role in the global biogeochemical cycle. This programme is intended to provide scientific guidance and potential research focus to many countries, including Indian Ocean rim countries, interested in pursuing research activities in the Indian Ocean. The long-term goal of SIBER is to understand the role of the Indian Ocean in global biogeochemical cycles and the interaction between these cycles and marine ecosystem dynamics. The coordination and integration of Indian Ocean biogeochemical and ecosystem research through SIBER will advance our knowledge of this under-sampled basin and provide a major contribution to the understanding of how regional and global change may impact biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem function, not only in the Indian Ocean, but in the Earth System, creating a lasting legacy upon which future research can be built. The scientific findings will inform scientists in the international community and provide a focus for future research on important regional, basin-wide, and global issues. These findings will also provide policy makers with the sound scientific basis upon which to make decisions on the management of Indian Ocean ecosystems. SIBER will leverage and strengthen GOOS and IMBER by promoting coordinated international, multidisciplinary research in developed countries, and also human resources and infrastructure development in many developing Indian Ocean rim countries.
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SIBER has been developed under the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) project, and the Indian Ocean GOOS (IOGOOS) program with support from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). SIBER coordinates with international research efforts such as the IMBER regional programs: Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators (CLIOTOP), Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas (ESSAS) and Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED), and the International Study of Marine Biogeochemical Cycles of Trace Elements and their Isotopes (GEOTRACES). SIBER also leverages several coastal and open ocean monitoring programs in the Indian Ocean. These include the CLIVAR- and GOOS-sponsored Indian Ocean Observing System (IndOOS), Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) and several regional GOOS programs. To develop a broader understanding of the Indian Ocean ecosystem, SIBER coordinates its efforts with the Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), the South African Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research (SANCOR), the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems project (ASCLME) and the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem project (BOBLME). As SIBER developed, it's collaborations, the number of participants, institutes and programs involved have also increased. SIBER provides the innovation, direction and coordination required to build a critical mass of multidisciplinary science and scientists to deliver this ambitious but achievable and globally important program.
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The schematic diagram given below illustrates the relationships between the SIBER International Project Office (IPO) and IMBER and IOGOOS IPOs, along with oversight and responsibilities.
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SIBER has built a multidisciplinary network of experts that will grow throughout the program. Through the SSC and WGs, SIBER will convene regular meetings, workshops, scientific sessions and ultimately scientific conferences as per the timeline given below. The annual SSC meetings help develop aspects of the work plan for each of the six SIBER themes. Subsequent events will build on these to develop new approaches and to advance the integration process. These events will occur at regular periods as noted in the timeline. Other activities such as direct research, development of online tools, publications and model development will take place throughout the program and will feed into the workshops and meetings as appropriate.
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Zero Dark Thirty is well-known for its exciting depiction of the American government's search for terrorist Osama bin Laden. Still, there are many details in the film that were changed or altered from the actual story. Since its release, much new information about America's behavior in the pursuit and Osama bin Laden's actions has come to light, which wasn't available previously. Zero Dark Thirty was glorified at the time for its commitment to the truth, though this did not prevent writer Mark Boal and director Mark Bigelow from sensationalizing specific aspects and making minor adjustments.
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1. Is Zero Dark Thirty Real Story?
Zero Dark Thirty is well-known for its exciting depiction of the American government's search for terrorist Osama bin Laden. Still, there are many details in the film that were changed or altered from the actual story. Since its release, much new information about America's behavior in the pursuit and Osama bin Laden's actions has come to light, which wasn't available previously.
2. Who Is Maya In Zero Dark Thirty?
Jessica Chastain played Maya. Jessica Chastain Zero Dark Thirty Character is a fictional CIA intelligence analyst in Zero Dark Thirty.
3. Who Are The Characters In Zero Dark Thirty?
Jessica Chastain played Maya, a CIA intelligence analyst, with Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Reda Kateb, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, James Gandolfini, Stephen Dillane, Chris Pratt, Fares Fares, Édgar Ramírez, Jennifer Ehle, John Barrowman, Harold Perrineau, Mark Duplass, and Frank Grillo in supporting roles.
4. How Accurate Is Zero Dark Thirty?
Zero Dark Thirty is more accurate than many historical dramas have managed, but that doesn't mean every detail plays out on-screen precisely as it did in reality.
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House Visits as Annual Canvass Continues in South Tyneside
Posted by: Kaye Russell on 07 September 2022 18:06
South Tyneside's annual canvass continues this month as elections officers hit the streets to ensure people are on the Electoral Register.
Officers are calling at the homes of residents who have yet to respond to the register of electors letters that were posted in July to help identify those who are entitled to vote.
Households were asked to respond where required and may have since received a phone call, email or text message reminding them to act.
By law, the Electoral Registration Officer must visit the homes of those residents who do not respond to the letters where required or to the reminder email or text message.
All Council staff calling at homes have an official identification badge featuring their photograph.
Where no contact can be made, staff are leaving a card urging householders to respond to the letter they have already received or to contact the Elections Team.
Canvass forms will be delivered to households where contact cannot be made after several attempts and where householders have not responded to the reminder cards.
Councillor Joan Atkinson, Deputy Leader of South Tyneside Council with responsibility for democratic renewal, said: "The Council has a duty to maintain an accurate electoral register and it is very important that all adults and young people over the age of 16 living in the Borough are on it.
"It is a requirement that we must visit the homes of those residents who do not respond to the canvass forms, emails or text messages. We are therefore urging residents to respond immediately to reduce the need for further house visits."
The Council publishes a new Register of Electors every year. The new register will be published on 1st December 2022.
For further information contact South Tyneside Council's Electoral Team on (0191) 424 7230or email elections@southtyneside.gov.uk
More details about electoral registration in South Tyneside is available on the Council's website at www.southtyneside.gov.uk/elections Visit www.gov.uk/yourvotematters for further information about the electoral registration system.
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Portugal Hosts UNWTO Crisis Committee on Harmonization of Cross-Border Travel Procedures
Lisbon, Portugal, December 11, 2020 / TRAVELINDEX / The Global Tourism Crisis Committee has met for the last time in 2020, to continue advancing coordination and cooperation among all parts of the sector. The virtual meeting of the Committee, established by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) at the start of the pandemic, was hosted by Portugal ahead of its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, beginning in January. It was accompanied by in-person meetings of the highest political level between the UNWTO leadership, Prime Minister António Costa and the Ministers Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva.
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This seventh meeting was focused on ensuring efforts to restart tourism are coordinated and harmonized in terms of cross border travel both pre and post-vaccine. UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili called for more explicit affirmation from governments and international organizations that safe travel is possible and so tourism can restart responsibly. The meeting began with a message of support from the very highest level of the European Institutions. Margaritis Schinas Vice President of the European Commission, applauded the coordinated approach to addressing the key challenges facing tourism's restart while stressing the importance of the sector to Europe's economies and the steps already taken to support businesses and jobs, including through unprecedented levels of financial assistance.
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IRISES OF THE FUTURE. W.R.Dykes
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE.
May 28th, 1921.
IRISES OF THE FUTURE.
W. R. Dykes
IT is never easy to prophesy correctly, even if successful prophecy is little more than intelligent anticipation. The following notes, therefore, are intended less as an indication of the future than as possible suggestions.
Among the early bulbous Irises there seems little hope of new developments, unless we can hold in check the fungous disease which plays such havoc among the bulbs. If we could overcome and eradicate this, there would be no end to the delightful series of beautiful hybrids which might be raised by crossing the richly coloured, velvety-petalled I. Bakeriana with the other species. The yellow I. Danfordiae might also be used to give us entirely new forms.
The Juno species seem to suffer from an undeserved neglect, for there are few finer garden sights in April than a large mass of the glistening, sturdy foliage of I. bucharica, closely set with the large white and yellow flowers; while the endless variety of colouring to be found among seedlings of the gorgeous I. Rosenbachiana well repays the patience which is needed during the three or four years that the bulbs require to grow from seed to flowering size. The later bulbous Irises, comprising I. Xiphium, the Spanish Iris and the kindred species, seem to have fallen under a cloud, from which they will hardly emerge until some remedy is found for eel-worm in the soil, for this pest appears to be as fatal to Spanish Irises as it is to the Narcissus. If this can be overcome, the multiplication of the florists' varieties, both of the Spanish and of the Dutch Iris, will go on; but we cannot expect much from their combination with any of the allied wild species, though these are distinct enough in themselves. They do not seem to combine well either with one another or with I. Xiphium. Thus I. filitolia, when hybridised, loses its magnificent red- purple colour ; I. Boissieri has the long hairs of its beard shorn down to half their length; while the clear golden yellow of I. juncea becomes dull and streaky.
Of Oncoyclus and Regelia Irises I am distinctly more hopeful than there seemed any justification for being a few years ago. Experience seems to show that these must all be dug up annually about the middle of July. The rhizomes may then be left lying out on the ground for a few days, provided that the sun is not too incessantly brilliant and scorching. They should then be trimmed of their leaves and be stored away, preferably in perfectly dry sand, in a well-ventilated, dry place, until the first week in October. The rhizomes and the roots should, with this treatment, remain firm and be ready to start into root growth as soon as they are replanted in rich, well- drained soil. At one time it used to be thought that the soil must first be beaten and trodden down until it was almost as hard as a rock, but this seems unnecessary, in view of the way in which these Irises flourish in the loose sand of Haarlem and in the drier, but equally light, Surrey sands.
To my mind, the fault of the Regelia-cyclus hybrids that are already in commerce is that they are nearly all of them mere colour variations of the same type of flower. When we remember, however, how utterly different I.paradoxa is from I. susiana and from I. iberica, and how each of these latter differ from the aptly named I. acutiloba and from the rounded, self-coloured flowers of the purple I. Mariae and its yellow counterpart, I. urmiensis, I cannot help feeling that crosses with these species might give us new types. Evidence to confirm this exists in the pleasing results that have resulted from crossing I. acutiloba and I. Sari with I. Korolkowi. The former gives very floriferous hybrids with the extended falls of acutiloba and the prominent veining of Korolkowi, while the latter retains the shape of I. Sari and something of the colouring that won for that species the name of the Wolf Iris, I. lupina.
No hybrids have yet appeared of I. Hoogiana, the last discovered and most astonishing member of the Regelia section. Its unveined, self-coloured flowers of pale or dark blue- purple are so beautiful that it seems almost sacrilege to attempt to hybridise into them the veinings and dottings of the other Regelia and Oncocyclus species, with which there would probably be no difficulty in making crosses.
Nothing has, so far, been said about the great class of Pogoniris or bearded Irises, which to so many comprises practically all the Irises that they know. Here the tendency is to aim at increased stature and a more widely branching habit in the inflorescence, qualities which are obtained by using as parents I. trojana and other giant species, such as I. mesopotamica and I. cypriana, which have now become more widely distributed. Whether we should aim at self-colours or at variegation in the flowers is a matter of personal taste and it is devoutly to be hoped that no self- constituted body of florists will attempt to lay down strict canons on this or on similar points and then try to ensure that all our Irises should conform to these canons.
For garden ornament it is hard to find anything more decorative than self-coloured pallidas, which can be obtained in a long series of shades from a deep blue-purple to a pale pink. If pallidas are, as a whole, later than the so-called I. germanica, it is easy to obtain an early race by crossing I. pallida with I. Albertii, from Turkestan. The characteristic veining on the falls, which ends so abruptly and which is typical of the species, is not sufficiently prominent, except at close quarters, to spoil the effect of self-coloured flowers. At the other end of the season something might be done towards prolonging it by using the late-flowering Black Prince. Seedlings of this tend to retain the late-flowering habit, and, as there is a large dose of I. variegata blood in Black Prince, forms with yellow standards are sure to appear among them. It remains for the hybridiser to get rid of the stunted stem, the crowded inflorescence, and the ugly form of the flowers, with their erect, widely separated standards.
Among the Evansias something good might come from the crossing of I. Wattii, which does so well when planted out in a cool house. It ought to cross with I. japonica and possibly also with I. tectorum and I. Milesii, if these two could be forced into flower early enough. I. tectorum and I. Milesii seem themselves to be so closely related that it is surprising that all attempts to cross-fertilise them have hitherto ended in failure, though a combination of the large flowers of I. tectorum with the tall stem and sturdy foliage of I. Milesii ought to make a most effective garden plant.
Among the Apogons or beardless species there is still scope for much work in hybridisation. The members of the various groups of obviously closely related species hybridise fairly readily with one another, and it is also possible to cross members of different groups with one another. For instance, the Californian I. tenax will cross with the Chinese I. Wilsonii, and the hybrid bears curiously speckled, dull purplish flowers with a yellow ground. I. Douglasiana crossed with the Himalayan I. Clarkei gives a mottled, pinkish flower of no great merit, but, when crossed with the Chinese I. chrysographes, gives a beautiful flower of a crushed strawberry colour, with gold veining on the falls.
Those who will take the trouble to raise seedlings should turn their attention to the group of Californian species, of which it seems true in many cases that no two individual plants produce flowers of the same shade of colour. The variety to be found among seedlings of I. Douglasiana, I. tenax, and I. macrosiphon is endless, and, as the plants flower in two years from seed, no one need hesitate to embark upon their cultivation. The seeds should be sown in pots or pans, and the young plants are best grown on quickly under glass, so that they are large enough to be planted out in the open in their permanent positions in May if possible, or, at any rate, before midsummer. They should then grow rapidly and develop before the autumn into plants of sufficient strength to pass safely through the winter.
The Sibirica group has lately been extended by the new introductions from China, and all its members seem to hybridise readily with one another. Much may be done with the older and well-known species, I. sibirica and I. orientalis, for the large flowers and brilliant colouring of the latter can be readily combined with the tall stature and floriferous habit of the former, while 'the crossing of the white with the blue forms of either species will give seedlings a nearer approach to a true sky-blue than is found in any other Iris. The yellow Chinese I. Wilsonii will give a yellow ground to I. sibirica and to I. Delavayi, and the combination is particularly pleasing in the latter case.
Two of our native species, I. Pseudacorus and I. foetidissima, do not seem to lend themselves at all readily to hybridisation with others. I. Pseudacorus seems to reproduce itself with whatever pollen the flowers are fertilised, and nothing ,seems able to fertilise I. foetidissima except its own pollen. It is true that there exists a plant which appears to be a hybrid between I. Pseudacorus and its closest ally, namely, the American I. versicolor, but no record exists of the origin of the hybrid. Its sterility is some indication of its hybrid origin and its intermediate position between the two above-named species suggests that they were its parents.
Hybridisation is a fascinating pursuit, and enough has already perhaps been said to show that much remains still to be done among Irises, especially when we remember that crosses that have often been tried in vain may at length prove successful.
W. R. Dykes.
The above article has also been published in the book 'Dykes on Irises' compiled and edited by George Dillistone, a reprint of the contributions of the late W. R. Dykes to various journals and periodicals during the last twenty years of his life.
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Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris, LIANNE
A New Zealand Bred standard dwarf iris from the '70's. Standards and falls are are a clean lime-wash apricot colouring with darker apricot brown veins around the beard which spill towards the falls . Great increase, and good health. If you can find it , buy it!! Lucy Delany contributed hugely to New Zealand's Iris breeding History registering 20 irises mainly dwarfs and median irises, and her amazing navy blue coloured siberian iris 'Moon Moth' is an absolute stand-out!.
The Iris Yearbook (BIS), 1974, Modern Trends in Dwarfs,page 93, Barbara B. Whitehouse.
The "ray" pattern is similar to the halo pattern but consists of longer veined like streaks of darker or contrasting colours spreading out over the falls around the beard and covering a larger area than does the halo, which is seldom no more than ¾ to ⅜ inch in length. Several very nice irises show this pattern..............................'Lianne' (Lucy Delany '73) light, gold-apricot with brown ray pattern.
The Iris Yearbook (BIS), 1983,Dwarf bearded Iris from New Zealand, page 97, C.E. C. Bartlett.
In the summer of 1981 I received ten rhizomes of some dwarf bearded irises from New Zealand
Lianne (Lucy Delany '72) Sdlg X Orange Blaze. S.D.B. A most attractive little iris at the lower end of the S.D.B.range. Standards pale apricot gold, falls same with veined halo of brown around the white tipped orange beards. A good grower and increaser and the colour is rather unusual. Its quality is confirmed by it having received 4th place in the Vienna Trails in 1979.
New Zealand Iris Hybridisers Checklist 2014
LIANNE (Mrs L. Delany, R. 1972). SDB, 11" (28 cm), EML. S. light gold-apricot blend; F. same, heavily veined brown halo; white beard tipped orange. Sdlg X Orange Blaze. 4th International Small Iris Comp. Vienna 1979. Richmond Iris Gardens, 1972/3.
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Tall Bearded Iris WINTER OLYMPICS
Winter Olympics is an iris of excellent quality, an absolute classic, and a much deserved multi award winner. A very clean healthy grower with great clump forming vigour. Plenty of blooms held on strong stems that can withstand most weather conditions. A tough but beautiful Iris with great attributes making a great Iris for beginners. It is also very fertile both ways and sets pods easily. Many irisarians and home gardeners are happy to have just one white iris but you can't lump me in with that crowd. I've said it before and I'll say it again, all gardens can never have enough 'White Irises', they give a balance that is unbeatable and after all nothing clashes with white.
Photo taken in the morning mist. The tiny water droplets in the mist make the light scatter which greatly softens the background giving a painted on canvas texture look. I quite like it!
Bulletin of the American Iris Society, January, 1963. Number 168.
Northwest Impressions, Joseph Gatty.
Prior to meeting Tom and Opal I had heard nothing but good reports of their white seedling out of POET'S DREAM X ELEANOR'S PRIDE. I was not disappointed. WINTER OLYMPICS, as this seedling is now called, and ready for introduction in '63, is a white-white that lacks nothing in perfection of form, substance or branching. A good fifty-foot row of this variety displayed remarkable non-variation in number of branches per stalk, buds, and plant vigor. However, it is the flower of WINTER OLYMPICS that remains with one long after viewing it-that large but graceful white flower that has lost none of the grace that too often disappears with size; its ruffled elegance coupled with substance that indicates it was bred to withstand the elements.
Bulletin of the American Iris Society, July, 1963. Number 170.
Iris Trek, 1963 Robert S. Carney. Observations of Irises irises which were performing nicely in the gardens visited before the convention in Denver, 1963.
WINTER OLYMPICS (O. Brown). An outstanding new white self with matching beard. Good form and beautifully branched. Said to be a good increaser.
William T. Bledsoe, Fayetteville, Tennessee
WINTER OLYMPICS, by Opal Brown, and WHITE PRIDE, by Dr. Branch. Both are very fine white selfs, and I compared them on four separate days to try to choose between them, so I have placed them in a tie on my
personal score. WINTER OLYMPICS has classic branching, four branches and a terminal. WHITE PRIDE has three branches and the terminal, but it seems to me to be ruffled in a slightly more appealing manner. Both are terrific.
They liked these in the Tour Gardens, Roy Oliphant, Berkeley, California
WINTER OLYMPICS (Opal Brown). This lovely ruffled white with a hint of cream and green, will hold up its head (or should I say heads-for it made an outstanding clump) in any company.
Bulletin of the American Iris Society, July 1964, Number 174.
Reports From Region 15-Southern California. WHITES. Mrs. Archie Owen.
WINTER OLYMPICS (Opal Brown '63). Flowers large, pure white with a white beard. The standards are ruffled and the falls heavily ruffled. Stalk sturdy and well branched. A beautiful iris especially when you see three
flowers at one time on a well-branched stalk.
Cooleys Gardens, Silverton, Oregon. Iris Catalog 1965.
WINTER OLYMPICS (O. Brown, '63) Each $22.50
Domed standards and extra wide falls with elegant ruffling are features of this sensational new white Iris. It was the leader in the "Judges' Choice" in 1964 and was likewise first among those which won the HM Award of the AIS last year. Will be hard to beat!
Region 14 Northern California, Nevada, Regional Bulletin, Fall 1966.
1966-An Iris Season in Review, Joe Ghio.
Another bloom season has come and gone. Without a doubt this was the finest iris season we have ever experienced in Santa Cruz.the growth was fantastic; the height and size of the blooms was unbelievable. The weather cooperated as never before. Generally, the days were rainless,windless, and mild. The first tall beardeds opened early in April and a few blooms were still around at the end of May. If only every year could be like this one! Wow!
WHITES; this was the year of WINTER OLYMPICS (O. Brown, '63). Planted here and there throughout our gardens, this tremendous Iris never failed to put on a fantastic show. Tall, well branched with fabulously formed flowers of pure white. An Iris which has everything one could wish. How can it fail to get the Dykes when it is eligible?
The Iris Yearbook (BIS), 1970,"The newer American Introductions ", page 63, R.A.Wise.
Winter Olympics (O. Brown, 1963). This new white self is highly rated in America and was the Dykes medal winner in 1967. The individual flowers are heavily ruffled with domed standards and extrawide semi-flaring falls. The stems are well branched and the bud count it is very high so that there is a tendency for rather too many flowers to be out at once, thus spoiling the appearance of the spike. The plant is a strong grower in this garden and contrary to some reports does not appear to be rot prone.
Browns Sunnyhill Gardens, Milton Freewater, Oregon. 1972 Iris.
WINTER OLYMPICS (O. Brown, '63) Beautiful white self including beard. Domed standards are ruffled and firmly held.Extra wide falls are intensely ruffled and gracefully arched. Large flowers of heavy substance. Near perfect branching. Fertile both ways. A M '66, Rees Award '66, Dykes Medal '67.
AIS Checklist 1969.
WINTER OLYMPICS (Opal Brown, R. 1961). Sdlg. 9-5A7. TB 37" E-M. WlW. White self; white beard. Poet's Dream X Eleanor's Pride., Brown's Sunnyhill Gardens 1963. HC 1961, HM 1964, AM 1966, JC 1964, 1965, Clara Rees Cup 1966, Nelson Award 1969, Dykes Medal 1967.
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Iris Evansia, Iris Japonica, Crested Iris, NADA.
NADA when in bloom it is like a Christmas Tree on steroids, and once it starts it blooms for a very long time, but you can never tire of it. Large well feed plantings of these blooms just blow you away.
Bulletin of the American Iris Society, April 1938, Number 69. Iris notes from Southern California, Lena M. Lothrop
I managed to attend the Show for a few minutes and was very much upset. There was just one beautiful exhibit there and it was outstandingly so. It is a hybrid of Mr. Giridlian's crossing between japonica and Wattii. It is much superior to either of its parents. The stem with its many flowers, each one following close on the heels of another is beautifully branched. The flowers are larger than those of Wattii and have more color. If you can grow japonica you will find this worthwhile. He has registered it as Nada and I did intend to see to it that it was awarded an H. M. for it deserves it-all agree to it but no one attends to it.
Bulletin of the American Iris Society, February 1938, Number 68. Report of Iris Show held in connection 'with the Pasadena Flower Show, April 16, 17 and 18, 1937. The most beautiful exhibit was a bowl of Nada (japonica X Wattii) brought in by its originator, Mr. J. N. Giridlian. It was not entered in competition but the judges insisted in giving it a Special Avvard.
Bulletin of the American Iris Society, April 1949, Number 113. Iris Japonica and its Hybrids, J.N. Giridlian, California.The late W. R.Dykes, writing in The Gardeners' Chronicle of May 28, 1921, said,'Among the Evansias something good might come from the crossing of I. watti, which does so well when planted out in a cool house. It ought to cross with I. japonica ..." Mr. Dykes was unable to make the cross because he had no luck in flowering the plants and when they did at last bloom they did not respond to cross pollenization. At best they are shy seeders even in Southern California where they bloom profusely.
It seems that Mr. J. C. Stevens, of Greenville, New York, and myself, working independently, made this cross at about the same time, except that I used the japonica type form and he used the variety Uwodu. At any rate the hybrids raised were both registered in the year 1936, and in both instances 'Watti was used as the pollen parent.
The results obtained, while being equally lovely, are quite distinct in many respects. Mr. Stevens' variety was named Fairyland and mine Nada. The Fairyland plant is unlike either parent. The foliage is very narrow, dark green and superficially resembles a California species. It makes a very compact growth and is quite low-growing. It flowers in April on upright, short-branched stems,with many flowers nearly the size of watti. The color is white heavily and attractively spotted deep violet. It is a good pot plant.
Nada has very large foliage, larger than either parent, bright green, which grows fan-shaped on 12-inch stems. Well grown plants will stand about three feet high. The flowers are produced earlier than Fairyland's and are a shade smaller than those of japonica, but much more numerous. I have had as many as 200 flowers on one stem over a three-month period. I think Nada has more flowers per stem and a longer blooming season than any other iris. The flowers are well ruffled, white with a slight lavender sheen with yellow crest and light lavender spotting in the haft. As the flower stem is strong and wiry, it is held up well and does not flop over. When cut, nearly every bud develops. It makes an excellent house or greenhouse plant and is very attractive when planted in a hanging basket.Nada is not sterile and will produce seeds either selfed or crossed back to either parent. However it is a very shy seeder and that is the reason why I have been unable to raise many more varieties from succeeding generation crosses. The only other one on the market now is a selfed seedling of Nada which is named Darjeeling. This is an improvement over Nada in size of flower and ruffling.
Bulletin of the Seattle Iris Society, November, 1947. Iris Nada, Mrs F.B. Eylar, Seattle, Washington.
Though Nada, the beautiful little crested hybrid, isn't at all happy in my garden and gets frosted each winter, I am always hoping that some year will be warm enough for it to bloom. Our garden is about 800 feet above the Lake and doesn't have the protection of the fogs either. It would be interesting in the next bulletin to have expressions from different members as to what success they do have with it and how located in their garden, for I do know that some members do have complete success with it.
Nada is a hybrid as the result of crossing two of the crested type, japonica and watti. Japonica has orchid-like flowers of a uniform shade of lavender on 2-foot stems with many branches making a huge bouquet of one stem. The blooming season is very early, February to April, so it is for sheltered gardens. The blossoms of Nada are nearly exactly like japonica but the background is white with very delicate shadings of the blue or lavender. When examined closely, the blossoms are exquisitely formed and marked. Many people call japonica Nada, which is incorrect, as Nada is white "japonica."
Watti, the other parent, comes from the southern slopes of the Himalaya mountains with growth habit more like a dwarf bamboo than an iris. The fan of leaves is perched on top of a two- to four foot stem. It is easy to detect the qualities of each of the parents of the beautiful Nada. It has the large, graceful, branched panicle of watti, also the rather bamboo effect in the foliage-the beautiful golden 'crest of watti and the general form of japonica. It is not a showy flower but most exquisite at close range with its fringed style arms and waved petals. I certainly envy the favoured members who can grow it successfully.
Southern California Gardens, Victoria Padilla University of California Press, 1961
One of his earliest introductions was an iris cross that he called 'Nada' which, because of its evergreen foliage and dainty orchid like quality of its numerous flowers, has become one of the most popular iris of its kind in California and in the southern states.
Nada- Houseplant, Joan Cooper, Minnesota.
Leaves grow in broad fans with the largest individual leaves up to two inches wide and twenty inches tall. As they lengthen they droop, leaving the 22 inch bloom stalks displaying their flowers well above the leaves. Bloom stalks have 5 to 7 branches, each with at least three flowers, looming on widely separated days.
Very infrequently there may be too flowers on one steam opening the same day.
Each flower is at least 2½ inches wide and standards and falls are on the same plane.Standards are ½ inch wide by about 1¼ inches long, opening pure white, taking on a slight lavender cast as they age. The shape is unusual with a cat's-eared effect at the tips. Forms are slightly under 1 inch by 1¼ inch, ruffled and fluted, with a bright yellow orange crest and yellow orange dots deep in the throat. Pale lavender dots develop around the crest as the flower ages. The style arms add much interest, are ¼ to ⅜ inch wide by a bit over ½ inch long, pale lavender and unbelievably fringed at the tips. Each flower lasts approximately 28-30 hours, overlapping with the next days blooms.
Iris for Every Garden, Sydney B. Mitchell. Japonicas and Hybrids.
J.N. Giridlian in Arcadia, California has raised from a cross of japonica and Wattii a beautiful hybrid, Nada, and from Nada, a further introduction called Darjeeling. These make lovely garden plants, well-established clumps producing numerous stems with hundreds of butterfly-like blooms, most attractive in the garden and plentiful for cutting.
NADA Ev-W1 (Giridlian 1936) Berry 1937 Bull. AIS 68: 69. Feb. 1938 % R., 1937 ( japonica X WATTII) H.M. A.I.S. 1939.
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IRIS FIMBRIATA, THE FRINGED IRIS OF JAPAN, Sir Michael Foster.
Plate 503, Drawn at Kew, April 1885
August 1st, 1885.
THE FRINGED IRIS OF JAPAN
IRIS FIMBRIATA
The graceful Iris figured in the accompanying plate was first described by Thunberg in 1793, and named by him I. japonica. It must before this have been introduced into England, for Mr. Baker states that the Banksian herbarium contains a specimen from Kew Gardens dried in 1792. Curtis figured it in the Botanical Magazine, in 1797, as I. chinensis, and in Redoute's " Liliaceae " it appears as I. fimbriata. On the ground of priority, which certainly should in most cases decide a question of nomenclature, the plant ought to be called I. japonica; but I. fimbriata is so happy a term, and I. japonica so little distinctive a one, that I venture in this case to break a wise rule and adopt the name I. fimbriata.
In a considerable number of Irises the fall or outer perianth segment bears along the medium line of the claw and the adjacent part of the blade not a beard composed of hairs, as in the ordinary bearded Irises, but a crest — that is to say, a ridge cut up into a number of tooth-like projections. These crested Irises, as distinguished both from bearded Irises and from beardless Irises, in which the whole of the fall is smooth and even, have been classed together in a group under the name Evansia.
I have myself some doubts about the validity of this group, since, on the one hand, a crest more or less developed appears in certain bulbous Irises — ex.gr., in the Juno group — while traces of a crest appear in some species whose allies are clearly beardless ; and, on the other hand, the group, thus constituted by the possession of a crest, seems to me to contain plants wholly diverse from each other. Be that as it may, however, the Iris which we are considering now is a crested Iris and belongs to this group of Evansia.
It is a native of Japan (middle and southern islands) and of the middle and southern regions of China. The rhizome bears, fanwise, broad ensiform leaves, and sends out numerous runners or stolons, by which it may be rapidly multiplied. The stem, I foot or 2 feet high, is branched, bearing clusters of flowers. The individual flowers are short-lived, lasting only for a couple of days or so, but they are borne in profusion, a well-established plant giving a succession of flowers lasting many weeks.
The plate gives a fair idea of the form of the flower, the crisped and broken margins of the falls and standards, and especially the fringed edges of the crests of the styles, justifying the name of fimbriata, or fringed. But it is very difficult to reproduce the charm of the colouring, the delicate light blue-purple or lavender forming the ground colour of the whole flower harmonising pleasantly with the yellow and orange of the crest by help of patches and veins of darker purple scattered here and there. A well-grown plant with several stems covered with these graceful flowers, which make up in delicacy and refinement what they lack in size and depth of colour, is a very acceptable sight ; and in a warm atmosphere a slight, but agreeable, fragrance makes itself felt.
Although, as I have said, I doubt the solidarity of the Evansia group as a whole, this I. fimbriata has certainly allies. Iris tectorum, also a Japanese and Chinese plant, with its much larger and more gaudy flowers, has many affinities with it ; and intermediate between the two comes an Iris which was introduced by seed from the Himalayas by Mr. Frank Miles, and which Mr. Baker proposes to call I. Milesi. And I am inclined to think that the I. nepalensis of Royle, when we come to know it more fully, will also prove a very close neighbour, as indeed does an unnamed Iris from Lahul, which M. Max Leichtlin has kindly given me, but which proves to be a most difficult plant to grow. The I. nepalensis of Don, which is identical with the I. decora of Wallich and with an Iris from Kumaon called I. kumaonensis (which name accordingly ought to be withdrawn), though a crested Iris, differs in most important features from the others just named.
Confining ourselves to the narrower group to which I. fimbriata belongs, we thus find that, while its centre is in China and Japan, it stretches away westward to the Himalayas, where it disappears. Strange as it may seem, and yet in accordance with what we know of the laws governing the geographical distribution of plants, we can pick up the group again if, moving eastward instead of westward, we cross the Pacific Ocean and North American continent, for the little Iris lacustris of the shores of Lake Huron and I. cristata of the States of Virginia and Carolina are not only crested Irises, but Irises in their essential features closely allied to I. fimbriata. In accommodating themselves to their American homes they have become dwarfed, though they have not lost all their beauty. The effects of conditions of life are still further seen in the little I. verna of the more northerly Eastern States, for this seems to me to be in reality a crested Iris which has lost its crest.
All the specimens which I have hitherto seen of I. fimbriata are exactly alike. I have never met as yet with any distinct variations. I have, however, in my possession two named kinds from Roozen, but as they have not yet flowered with me, I can say nothing about them.
In this rough climate of England, I. fimbriata — save perhaps in some southern paradisaical garden, such as that of Mr. Ewbank — must be grown as a cool green- house pot plant. Even with me it will live out of doors (I did not try it, however, in the winters of 1879 to 1881), but it only lives. To flower adequately it must have the protection of glass and the help of artificial warmth in winter. In its native home it is found in moist and shady situations, and must not, therefore, be dried off like I. tectorum, which, as its name implies, may be and is grown in its native home on a dry house-top.
I have not found it very particular as to soil ; a rich open one, composed of loam, thoroughly rotten manure, a little peat perhaps, and a good deal of sand, seems to me to suit it best ; with too much peat the rhizome is apt to rot. I usually take a runner in winter, grow it on during the rest of the winter, spring, and early summer, shifting it from a 3-inch to a 4½-inch pot, and then to a 5 -inch pot, giving plenty of water and a genial temperature. By that time the pot has become well filled with roots and most of the foliage has been made. I then place it out of doors, not wholly in the shade, but exposed freely to our feeble English sunshine, taking care that it never gets quite dry, but keeping it, as respects water, rather stinted than otherwise during the late summer and autumn. In the winter it comes back into the house ; as growth begins again water is given more freely, and, according to the temperature to which it is exposed, the bloom may be expected from Christmas, or even earlier, onwards. If the young plant thus treated does not bloom the first winter, I keep it in the same pot, or one slightly larger only — for it seems to do rather better for being somewhat pot-bound, provided that it gets adequate nourishment — and subject it to the same treatment. The chief points of culture to be attended to seem to me to be — ample moisture, air, and light in the winter and early part of the year, and a season of comparative, but not absolute, rest during the latter half of summer and autumn.
M. Foster.
Published in 1885, I considered Sir Michael Fosters completely unabridged articles need once again to have some light shine upon the words and allow the readers see how prescient the man was. T.J.
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Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris KNOTTY PINE
Widely regarded as significant parent 'Knotty Pine' is in the parentage of hundreds of irises. (Used in breeding SDB Plicatas to give 'better form believe', it or not) Knotty Pine is what I describe as a progressive iris because the longer the bloom season gets going, the blooms get to grow taller and grow out from the foliage from where the earlier blooms seem play peak a bloom. Nice increase with great plant health. Standards are a nice citrus honey when first open, that becomes a more than pleasant honey tone with age. Falls are multi coloured browns with striations on the hafts which the above photo does not do justice to. Style arms a glowing amethyst colour. Extremely floriferous, just covers itself in blooms, coupled with a long bloom season and just seems to get better every year. An absolute must have median!!
John E. Goett, Monroe, Connecticut. Irises 1961.
MEDIANS FOR BREEDING
KNOTTY PINE. SDB, 13". (Minnie Colquitt X Denni~ D551) Tan brown bicolor with very perky form. May have plicata factor from Cretica. Color controversial. $5.00
The Iris Yearbook (BIS), 1964,"Lilliputs and All That", page 72, H. Senior Fothergill.
Varietal comments on tall bearded irises are common place, but the smaller bearded hybrids get far less attention, so let us, on this occasion, review some of those wit h I.pumila blod in them , to the joys of which the iris world awakened when Paul Cook produced GREEN SPOT.
Brown;
KNOTTY PINE (1959) Here we have a brown, of general cafe-au-lait or lion skin effect. The standards are a smoky, creamy yellow ; the falls are tawny buff with a smoky maroon flush ; the orange tipped beards varies between blue and white below. Those who only like unsophisticated colours are not attracted, but I find it a very satisfying variety in it's on right, and a most useful foil to show up the hues of nicely selected neighbours. 10 inches.
Bulletin of the American Iris Society, July 1964, Number 174. Flight Lines, Plic Tricks, Keith Keppel.
Back in Monroe, Connecticut, Median Iris Society President Jack Goett is working hard with the standard dwarf plicatas. Most stem from his KNOTTY PINE, a tan bitone standard dwarf. CIRCLETTE, violet on white, is from DALE DENNIS X KNOTTY PINE. Others are from KNOTTY PINE X PAT'S PAL, a Rundlett dwarf plic out of PATRICE X CRETICA. Included in Jack's progeny from KNOTTY PINE and PAT'S PAL are some TIFFANJA-patterned and colored plics.
Region 14 Northern California, Nevada, Regional Bulletin, Spring 1964.
'Carol Says', Carol Walters
.......here are notes of some of the median Iris which bloomed in the Western Median Test garden Rio Linda as they appeared to me. The descriptions of each median class given are taken from the material on exhibition judging of median irises complied by Crescent Deru for the Median Section of the American Iris Society.
Knotty Pine : The garden effect of this one is non-existent, but it is charming to view close, especially looking down into the flower. The standards are open and frilly, pale honey in color, showing off the glowing style arms and the intricately patterned falls of party brown velvet.
4~ Square Iris Gardens, Eau Claire,Wisconsin, Cold Climate Iris, 1982.
KNOTTY PINE (Goett 1961) Standards Tan, Falls Brown.
(The reason I have include these short and to the point listings is that the catalogue states 'plants are grown in a very harsh climate. Temperatures from -40°F in winter and up to 100°F in the summer. Coupled with the harsh climate is a short growing season' strongly indicates 'Knotty Pine' is a very hardy iris.)
KNOTTY PINE John Goett, Reg. 1959. Sdlg. 91-Al. SDB, 13" (33 cm), E. Color Class-YO5D, S. tan; F. brown. Minnie Colquitt x Dennis D 551. Goett 1961. Honorable Mention 1962, Award of Merit 1967, Cook-Douglas Medal 1970.
Once again I have to say that there maybe a slight outside chance 'Knotty Pine' is still commercially grown in New Zealand somewhere (can't say I had any success with this avenue), fortunately I was able to purchase this plant on Trade Me from hctnz (Lyn Nell) a Mid-Canterbury gardener who sends generous plants that have great plant health and I have never had the slightest hesitation to highly recommend to visitors to this blog.
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IRIS FIMBRIATA, THE FRINGED IRIS OF JAPAN, Sir Mic...


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Rebirth of the Royal Gorge
by Linda DuVal
A devastating fire roared through the Royal Gorge Bridge & Park just two years ago. It destroyed 48 of the attraction's 52 buildings, melted the incline to the bottom of the canyon, and closed down the popular Colorado tourist destination.
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The bridge was first built at the unlikeliest of times, in 1929, during the start of the Great Depression. Although the 2013 fire was the most destructive event in its history, the renewed park is fully open for business.
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The Mini-Train is back, along with a rebuilt Plaza Theater and a children's playground complete with a carousel and a water pad – with jets of water soaking kids who want to get wet. A 30-foot-tall climbing structure, with nets and slides, is in the works. All are included in the park's admission.
On the south side of the bridge is a new barbecue restaurant. And a new trolley shuttles folks across the bridge if they're too timid to walk. (Hint: It's not that scary unless you're really afraid of heights.)
For an extra fee, try the Royal Gorge Cloudscraper zip-line or ride on one of six shiny new red gondolas carrying passengers back and forth across the chasm. Also, for the brave, is the Royal Gorge Skycoaster, where passengers get flung out over the vertigo-inducing drop on something that feels like a slingshot.
Not yet restored, but also in the works, is a new way to descend from the rim to the floor of the canyon along the Arkansas River. And next year, the park likely will add a 6,000-seat amphitheater where guests can attend concerts and other outdoor events. In December, look for the bridge to be lit up like … well, a Christmas tree.
"I think we've taken the facility to five-star status," Bandera says. "Everything is state-of-the-art."
In the theater, visitors can see and hear the story of the attraction, including footage that records the fire's deadly impact.
The park is the No. 1 attraction in Southern Colorado, Bandera says, with an average of more than 300,000 visitors a year.
"We're on track for that already this year," he says. "We might even hit 330,000."
At the rededication ceremony in May, Beth Fisher, granddaughter of George Cole, the bridge's designer and builder, recalled that after the fire, scouring the ashes, they found the original dedication plaque for the bridge.
"It had a rainbow burned into it," she says. "I think that was a sign."
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Ітан Патц зник у 1979 році по дорозі до школи, його тіло так і не було знайдене. Лише у 2000 році він був офіційно проголошений померлим.

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Зображення Ітана Патца з'являлися на пакетах із молоком, що стало після цього загальновживаною практикою у пошуку зниклих дітей. У 2010 році справа Ітана Патца була знову відкрита поліцією, а у 2012 році був арештований підозрюваний у справі, котрий зізнався у вбивстві дитини. З 1983 року дата зникнення Ітана Патца щорічно відмічається у США як , з 2010 року в усьому світі — як Міжнародний день зниклих дітей.

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Esther and Tilly Lucy Dixon previously had a brief holiday romance in , when they met in Abersoch, Wales. It was the first scene we did together. Hollyoaks favourite Tony Hutchinson will finally tell Diane O'Connor the truth about his illness later this month. Tony, played by Nick Pickard, has been fighting cancer over the past few weeks but has so far kept Diane Alex Fletcher completely in the dark. However, magazine reports have revealed that the truth finally comes out when Diane spots Tony coming out of the oncology ward with ex-wife Cindy Longford Stephanie Waring. When Diane jumps the wrong conclusion that Cindy is the one suffering with cancer, Tony is forced into revealing what is really going on. Diane is devastated and confused when she hears that Tony has been hiding his illness for so long, but she quickly gets her head together and is keen to stand by him.
Who doesn't love a great soap romance? But even more adorable is when all that on-screen snogging spills over into real life. Yes, we're talking about those soap pairings who've actually been items both on camera and at home at the same time.
Lindsey, scared for her life, admits that she loved Freddie because she was lonely and briefly wanted them to run away together and bring up a baby. Sinead.
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Stephanie Davis has sparked speculation she's got engaged to actor boyfriend Owen Warner during a romantic trip to Barcelona. Rumours began swirling after the loved-up pair posed totally nude – save for a white duvet covering their modesty – in their hotel bed for a very daring Instagram snap. Eagled-eyed fans noticed that a grinning Steph was sporting what looked like a diamond ring on her engagement finger as she leaned into her man. Owen, who stars in Hollyoaks alongside Steph, then reshared the picture on his own social media page.
The real life couple, who play Sinead O'Connor and Romeo Quinn in the Channel 4 soap, recently jetted out to Spain to take a break from their hectic filming schedules. While they've been away both Steph, 26, and Owen, 19, have been keeping fans up to date with their exploits – but the nude snap really got some attention. Steph's fans were hoping she'd found love at last with beau Owen following the high profile demise of her last relationship with troubled reality star Jeremy McConnell.
Steph and Jez endured a turbulent on-off relationship after meeting on Celebrity Big Brother are parents to toddler son Caben Albi. Last December it was reported that Steph had fallen head over heels for her Hollyoaks co-star Owen. A spokesman for the actress told The Mirror at the time: "They are in a relationship and they are very happy. While Steph is very loved up in real life, her Hollyoaks character is set for some very dark storylines.
Yesterday, it was revealed that Steph's character Sinead is to be raped by her deputy head teacher husband Laurie in harrowing scenes. He has already been violent towards Sinead after she confronted him over his inappropriate behaviour towards Sienna. In scenes to be aired this month, Laurie ends up raping his wife before going on to abuse her and try to manipulate her into thinking it never happened.
The character first appeared on-screen during the episode broadcast 1 September Sinead is a member of the O'Connor family, who were introduced as part of a cast turnover. Davis was fired from the show in July after poor behaviour on-set and Sinead departed during the episode broadcast on 18 September
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While off-screen relationships have started on many of the nation's leading soaps, Hollyoaks may take the record! Hollyoaks actor Rory proposed to his co-star Nadine in Amsterdam in December , following a whirlwind two-year relationship. The couple play on-screen husband and wife Cleo McQueen and Joel Dextor, and live together in Cheshire with their baby son Reggie, who was born in October.
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Environmental Organizations Lack Standing To Appeal Agency Rulemaking
By Squire Patton Boggs on July 1, 2012 Posted in NEPA
The court in Wildearth Guardians v. Salazar2 held that plaintiff environmental organizations lacked standing to challenge a decision by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) not to recertify the Powder River Basin as a "coal production region". Wildearth was yet another case brought in an attempt to force the BLM to alter its management decisions concerning leasing of federal coal in Wyoming.3 Wyoming continues to produce more coal (438.5 million tons in 2011) than any other state.
The Mineral Leasing Act delegated to the Secretary of Interior the management of federal coal leasing.4 The Secretary enacted regulations which allow coal leasing through the designation of regional coal production areas, or, if in a non-designated area, upon lease by application.5 The BLM decertified the Powder River Basin Coal Production Region in 1990, so the area defaulted to site-specific leases for designated tracts upon applications by interested coal producers.
Although all BLM mineral leasing actions are subject to compliance with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C.§ 4321, et seq., the plaintiffs asserted that only the regional coal approach would adequately analyze and evaluate decisions considering national energy needs, potential economic and social effects of coal leasing and the alleged environmental impacts, particularly potential climate changes. The plaintiffs sought to force BLM rulemaking to recertifying the area.
BLM's rejection of the plaintiffs' petition, however, was found insufficient to support their standing in Wildearth. The plaintiffs argued three theories of standing: (1) procedural standing; (2) informational standing; and (3) substantive standing.
The court found no procedural standing, because BLM satisfied the mandated procedural requirements prior to the denial of the plaintiffs' petition. Informational standing involves a showing that a statute requires the agency to disclose information and the plaintiffs must provide a credible claim that the information would be helpful to them – but, the plaintiffs failed to cite a statutory right to information in this case. The plaintiffs' claim of substantive standing had been based on allegations that members of the groups had "reasonable concerns that the climate and other environmental impacts of coal mining under the leasing-by-application process will harm their aesthetic and recreational interests in the Powder River Basin and its wildlife." While it is well established that potential harm to such interests may constitute an injury sufficient to confer standing, a nexus between the harm and agency action must be demonstrated.
The plaintiffs argued that their injuries would be redressed by recertification because the BLM "could set a ceiling on coal leasing" and there could be an overall reduction in coal production, thereby reducing the adverse environmental impacts.6 However, the court found that "the Plaintiffs' argument falters." The relief sought – recertification – would not necessarily lead to reduced coal production and diminished environmental impacts, because countless independent actions by BLM and third parties would intervene between recertification and coal production. The court noted that the plaintiffs simply failed to show that their alleged injuries could be redressed by a favorable decision, as their "theory of redressability depends on 'a lengthy chain of conjecture,' that piles 'speculation upon hypothetical upon speculation.'"
This case raises the specter of when during the project approval process – rulemaking, management plans, offers to lease and lease decisions – is the connection between the agency actions and nongovernmental organizations' (NGO's) claim sufficiently linked to warrant the NGO's standing to appeal the decision.
2 Wildearth Guardians v. Salazar, No. 11-00670, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65411.
3 In a prior related case, the same plaintiffs unsuccessfully challenged a coal lease-by-application decision on the theory that the BLM was required to recertify the region because the coal market conditions had improved. Wildearth Guardians v. Salazar, 783 F. Supp. 2d 61 (D.D.C. 2011).
4 30 U.S.C. § 201(a)(1).
5 43 C.F.R. pt. 3420
6 Id. at *29.


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Q: PAGINATION AJAX LARAVEL [HELP] My code:
This is my route:
    Route::get('demos/movies','HomeController@moviesReady');
In my controller i have this method:
 public function moviesReady(Request $request)
    {
        $posts = Movie::where('m_visibility', 1)->with('generos')->get();
        return view('movieajax')->withPosts($posts);
    }

In my movieajax view file i have this:
Here my 3 scripts:
The scripts
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE WORKING THE CODED VIDEO TEST
Sorry but the CTRL+K send a error so i put in screenshots.
So if you see the video is work.
But i need to paginate all the movies when page load.
Because in the original web i have 500 Movies and is a lost of page content so i want to paginate.
I test some:
put render and in the movieajax use $post->links();
and work but the page refresh
-- SORRY IF SOMETHING IS BAD, i not perfect in english but i like to post in english to performance my lang.
If something is wrong sorry again, the CTRL+K get me some errors in the momento i post.

A: IS CLOSED OR CLOSED I DONT KNOW BUT I SOLVED WHIT THIS:
$(document).ready(function() {
                $(".loadMore").click(function() {
                 alert("vamos a cargar mas");
                  $.get( "'.$posts->nextPageUrl().'", function( data ) {
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          });
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i use the normal pagination, just call back new data from the url


That's why your manufactruer has recommended that you change your filter at regular intervals. Of course the conditions you drive in will affect how quickly the filter gets dirty. If you drive where it's very dusty or where there's lots of pollen or pollution, you may need to change the filter sooner. The filter is easy to check visually, so your service technician can quickly make the call. He might recommend immediate replacement, or simply let you know that it is getting close and that you'll need to replace it soon - like at your next oil change.


One of the major challenges in the schools supported by the Epoch and Optima Trusts is learner apathy.
Learners are becoming more ill-disciplined, are not doing their homework, come in late, do not attend extra lessons, and are just not willing to go the extra mile. A general lack of discipline within the learners has created disorderly classrooms. When interviewed, some teachers described the classroom as a place with no peace.
Having asked teachers why discipline has now become a major problem, they all had one common answer: the community as a whole has lost discipline. Most of us drive while speaking on the phone, disregarding road laws; we check and respond to instant messages in meetings. Therefore, how would our youth have discipline when our society lacks it?
The lack of discipline in schools has led to more and more learners being expelled or suspended from school. This sometimes does more harm than good to an expelled learner, who may enjoy their "free" time and may use it in a destructive way. Consequently, social dynamics should be taken into consideration before there are harsh penalties on learners.
Some schools have found it worthwhile to have child psychologists, disciplinary officers and/or counsellors to make sure that they get to the cause of why learners are not behaving as expected. The teachers in schools that have these advantages have mentioned that this has ensured that time is essentially spent on teaching and learning, as they do not have to spend time disciplining learners.
In addition, teachers believe this is useful as sometimes learners are just projecting some level of frustration from their home front and do not necessarily need punishment, but rather need help. For instance, in one school a learner who arrived late constantly due to the family dropping off a sibling at a crèche before coming to the school; the school counsellor was able to speak to the parents of this learner, and it was agreed that someone else could drop off the sibling.
In another school, a learner was not coping with a certain subject and became a class clown. Once they admitted to this to the psychologist, tutorials for assisting the learner concerned were arranged and the learner stopped disrupting the classroom.
The above are just a few success stories where discipline thrives; however, discipline must remain second nature to every teacher and parent. If the teacher is highly disciplined and comes in on time for lessons, and if parents also could practice a certain level of discipline and attend school meetings – the rest will follow.
The way our children behave and interact with each other in the classroom is a reflection of how society has become and for our children to really change, the community too has to change. Discipline begins at home.


The Adventure Vision is a self-contained (no external monitor is required) cartridge-based video game console released by Entex Industries in 1982. The Adventure Vision was Entex's second generation system. Their first console was the Entex Select-A-Game, released a year earlier in 1981.


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Rosemary Clooney, "Come On A My House"
This week we're somewhere in immigrant USA, in the summer of 1951 for Rosemary Clooney's "Come On A My House"...
"It not being a hit in the UK, I discovered this in the early 1980s on one of those pre rock'n'roll "Hits of the 50s" compilations. I always felt that it had a slightly demented/manic quality about it and I've since learned that Rosemary (actor George's "auntie") absolutely detested the song and was forced to record it by Mitch Miller, which only fans the flames. Also turns out to be co-written by a broke William Saroyan in 1939! For some reason - unknown to me - Rosie has a mural in Cincinnati, Ohio, on (of course) the side of a house." - KV
Sparks, "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us"
This week it's London 1974 in the company of two Californian brothers for Sparks UK debut "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us" on Island Records...
"Although Sparks are essentially a duo they were sold as a five-piece glam rock band by the same label that had brought us Roxy Music. The single came first but riding hard on its heels was the stylishly packaged album "Kimono my House", which I have not heard in perhaps 40 years. The single remains a teenage targeted classic and was produced by Muff Winwood. I knew Muff for many years as a record company executive at CBS/Sony and to this day it remains a mystery to me how he produced such a great 45 ?" - KV
Lee Morgan, "The Sidewinder"
This week we're back to Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey - the year is 1964 and the record is the title track from Lee Morgan's Blue Note LP "The Sidewinder"...
"Lee Morgan was 25 when he cut this and it quickly made his LP a crossover hit. In 1965, Chrysler used it for a Super Bowl commercial without either Lee's or Blue Note's permission - they sued and won. I hope they paid him well. Sadly, at the age of 33, Lee Morgan was shot and killed in a bar, unfortunately named Slug's Saloon." - KV
Taj Mahal, "Take a Giant Step"
This week we're back to a track recorded in 1968 and released in 1969: Taj Mahal's "Take A Giant Step" from his "Giant Step" LP...
"Taj Mahal was properly introduced to me by Ian Dury in the late 1970s and although I had an image of Taj in my mind (late 60s black hippie) I had never heard his records. There's no denying the quality of Taj's records varies, but when he's on it - HE'S ON IT ! and that's the reason most of his fans are musicians or musicologists. I've just learned that "Take A Giant Step" is, in fact, a Goffin/King song and first appeared on a Monkees' b-side. Goes to show, you never can tell !" - KV


There is always negativity in the world. But in recent times, there are not only more people than ever but more disasters and bad news. In old times, problems were much more localized and reporting wasn't anywhere near what it is now. This has kept the global negativity, and its negative spiritual and frequency impact, at bay. The level of media we're experiencing now is very young in terms of the age of our global society, but what a boom it's been with TV, satellite, cell phones, the world wide web, IM, my space, blogs, video sites like youtube and a dozen other means of communicating with each other. What happens in one spot of the world, with any kind of significance, is known and felt around the world in lightning speed.
I've recently read that over the last few years, hundreds of records have been broken: worst fires, droughts, floods, hurricane & tornado quantities and intensities, extinction records broken and so on. The recent crash of the housing market spread into almost every other global market we interact with and the result is sinking employment, stocks, savings, health, even governments, all of which in turn lead to fear, anger, despair and a mix of other negative emotions. I'm sure like some of you, I frequently turn off the radio because it's so inundated with bad stats and news that it's hard to keep my chin up. Even those people who still have their job silently wonder if they will be next.
Where is this fear ultimately going to lead us?
There can only be several outcomes. One positive one is that leaders take whatever measures are needed in order to pull us out of this mess and we then slowly recuperate, rebuild, and regain a measure of peace. However, it's been said that this may take years. What happens in the interim? Can things sustain before recovery? What if we're dealt another blow like an assassination, a huge attack or a pandemic? Will that break the camel's back?
One thing that's not talked about is how this affects the earth we live on. We aren't just living on some life-less rock flying through space. It too has its own energies and frequencies that interact with ours. We are all integrated on some level. As this earth bears the brunt of our massive negative energies, will it step in? And if so, in what fashion? I've had countless dreams, many of which come true, of natural disasters as a way of earth shaking off our energies like fleas on a dog.
There are also other effects in this negative spiral. As Ị'm editing and reading articles on our psychic site I'm noticing an increasing article submission trend of non-physical entities breaching the physical plane. This is obviously rare and reminds me of the Mothman Prophesy article I wrote years back suggesting that these things could come through to our plane when a negative event is about to unfold (consider it a negative portal or magnet). While this happened with one 'Mothman' type entity and in one centralized area, it very well may happen in broader locations around the world and with more entity types coming through as the world's vibrations increasingly lower. What keeps them separate now is that we resonate at a higher rate so they cannot ascend or breach into our world, just as we cannot "see" the higher realms or "heaven" because our frequencies our too low. It takes a very strong entity to have ever done this (and they have from time to time) but if the earth plane's vibrations lower too much then it will become far more common.
In a way, we have ourselves to blame for this. Our television is full of violent shows, our media propagates fear through negative stories which we eat up, and our own government frequently tells us to be afraid and bobbles our terror levels up and down to keep us on our fear based toes.
Billions are afraid. Can the tens of thousands of people who exude peace and light counter that? Time will tell. All we can do is stay positive, exude our own light and keep focused on not getting drawn into the drama.


More than a quarter of Jakarta's population lives in slums. Flickr photo from Cak-cak.
Jakarta is the world's sixth most populous metropolitan area. At 18.9 million people, the Indonesian capital's total population falls just short of metropolitan Mumbai and New York and its built environment covers some 5,100 square kilometers. Experts expect its population to surpass Mumbai 2015. The city is not only a center of government, but also finance, commerce, and education.
"A viable solution is to design a mass rapid transportation system to reduce the vehicle population. We cannot afford to build another inner-city toll road or more streets because we have run out of land for such massive construction," Budi said, adding that so far there appear to be no breakthroughs visible on the horizon.
According to the Organization of Land Transportation Owners (Organda), the government's halfhearted attempt to provide public transportation is the source of the problem.
"There's no political will from the government to prioritize public transportation over private vehicles," says Rudy Tehamihardja, head of Organda's land transportation and infrastructure division.
With the TransJakarta BRT (nearly 100 km long to date) not quite finished, officials are moving on to an even more ambitious project to build a heavy rail transit system modeled after the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in New Dehli. The first phase of that project (official government website here) is planned to open in 2016 and cover 14.3 km from Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta to Dukuh Atas in Central Jakarta. A future phase would extend the track north to Kota Tua and another track is envisioned running east-west after that. It remains to be seen whether the system will be affordable for Jakarta's economically disadvantaged populations.
The city's ills are increasingly drawing international attention. It should be interesting to hear the results of the Sustainable Jakarta Convention set to take place next week where leading experts and policymakers from around the world will discus this very important issue. They will be concentrating heavily on Infrastructure planning and transportation needs.
Check out "The Places We Live," an interactive multimedia exhibit currently on display at the National Building Museum in Washington., D.C., that does an incredible job of documenting the life of people who live in slums in Jakarta and elsewhere through captivating pictures and interviews. The exhibit is made possible through a partnership between Cities Alliance, USAID and the World Bank. It was launched as an official program of this year's World Habitat Day. You can learn more news and outreach activities surrounding this exhibit on a dedicated Web site, OurUrbanPlanet.org.