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This symposium aims to clarify the need for legislation to faithfully reflect the intent and purpose (the spirit) of an act in the form of enforceable laws (the letter). Recent spirit/letter work in the formation of the newly passed PEI Water Act will provide lessons to understand better what is happening to the PEI Lands Protection Act (LPA).
The interactive event will begin with a panel discussing the spirit and the letter of the Lands Protection Act, the history of PEI voices for the protection of land; how and why the Act is often misinterpreted; and the loopholes in the Act. Panellists are: Gary Schneider with Reg Phelan, Douglas Campbell, and Edith Ling. Event participants in discussion groups will share what they recognize as positive action to enhance the LPA role as protector of the land and what action Islanders can take to require government to strengthen the Act.
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Memorial Day parade benefits from cemetery shelter house
Spencer Remoquillo
LANCASTER — There will be a new addition to this year's Memorial Day Parade after three local funeral homes donated funds to have a shelter house erected at Forest Rose Cemetery in time for the event.
Cemetery Department Supervisor Dave Hinerman came up with the idea to build a permanent structure near the entrance of the cemetery for graveside services and Memorial Day use. Hinerman approached Frank E. Smith, Sheridan and Halteman-Fett & Dyer funeral homes for donations and gathered about $4,000, nearly covering the entire expense for the city.
"(Hinerman) asked the question and they stepped up to the plate," said Greg Hintz, superintendent of the Lancaster Department of Transportation, which oversees the cemetery department.
"The people were generous, plain and simple," Hintz said. "I can't thank them enough for the time and effort and financial (contributions). This is something Dave's been wanting to do for a long time."
LDOT began construction on the shelter house last week. Other businesses, such as Buckeye Ready Mix and Sureshot Directional Boring, provided in-kind contributions.
The shelter will ready for Memorial Day. However, there's more work to be done after the event finishes, including the addition of electricity. The shelter house is about 20 feet by 20 feet, which is an upgrade from the smaller concrete pad that was there, which required a tent for overhead coverage.
A.J. Dyer, the general manager of Halteman-Fett & Dyer Funeral Home & Memorials, said the concrete pad was often used by local funeral homes if there was inclement weather or if the burial site was on a hill, making it challenging for elderly residents to attend services.
"We think it's something that the families would really use and need," Dyer said.
It's a bonus that the shelter house can also be used to honor veterans during the annual Memorial Day service, which follows the parade.
The term "shelter house" may be misleading to some. Brian Sheridan, of Sheridan Funeral Home, said it's commonly called a "committal shelter." Its purpose is to be used for funeral homes' graveside services and planned events, like the parade.
The Memorial Day parade will start at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at North Columbus and West Mulberry Streets in Lancaster and proceed to Forest Rose Cemetery, 1238 N. Columbus St., for a veterans ceremony.
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Samsung Galaxy Round: the world's first curved display smartphone revealed
By Matt Swider 2013-10-09T04:06:00.281Z Mobile phones
Samsung official unveils the Galaxy Round
Bend me shape me any way you want me
Samsung has thrown a bit of a curveball with its latest release - announcing the Galaxy Round, declaring it to be the world's first smartphone with a curved display.
The concave phone has a unique 5.7-inch AMOLED screen, which makes it the same size as the recently launched and suddenly very flat-looking Galaxy Note 3.
At 7.9mm thick and weighing 154g, the Galaxy Round is described as offering "a comfortable hand grip feeling to users, and exclusive experiences of [a] curved display," via the official Samsung Tomorrow blog.
Of course, even if you're due for a Galaxy handset upgrade, Samsung has revealed that it's only going to be available in the company's home territory, South Korea, starting tomorrow, October 10.
This backs up recent comments from Samsung executives that teased a curved smartphone set to be announced in October.
It also correlates to the SM-G910S mystery device that was discovered to have gone through testing a week ago.
Galaxy Round 'Roll Effect'
Until Samsung announces a Galaxy Round release date for other regions (if it ever does), the rest of the world can be mesmerized or perplexed by this video of the phone's wobbling Roll Effect.
Explaining a bit more about the phone, Samsung says on its blog: "As a result of its unique curved design, users can take advantage of round integration experiences like the Roll Effect.
"That enables the user to check information such as the date, time, missed calls and battery easily when home screen is off, and the Gravity Effect for creating visual interaction with the screen by tilting the device."
Samsung's Bounce UX has a similar effect on music when the display is off and a song is playing. Pressing the uneven phone to the left plays the previous track, while tilting it to the right goes to the next track.
To get on-the-spot news, app tips and the full lowdown on Samsung's latest mobile announcements check out Samsung's
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on TechRadar.
Pictures and videos use the company's Slide Mirror feature, which allows users to scroll through an album with the exact same right and left tilting mechanics.
Making a dent in the Galaxy Note 3
The rest of the Galaxy Round seems to retain the Galaxy Note 3's features, including the leather-like (really: plastic) back and Multi Window for running simultaneous applications.
However, it may be easier to perform one-handed operations on this curved phablet thanks to its concave nature.
The Galaxy Round also one-ups the Note 3 with LTE-Advanced, as indicated by the LTE-A insignia on the rear of the phone.
Samsung is issuing the phone in "Luxury Brown," and teasing that "more colors will be available soon."
Samsung had good reason to make its curved phone concept a reality sooner rather than later. LG is producing curved OLEDs too and is rumored to be launching the LG Z1.
Read our Galaxy Note 3 review. It's flat but built for Samsung power users.
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The 9th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) opened at the Karachi Expo Centre on Tuesday.
Chiefs of staff salute as the national anthem plays. ─ DawnNews
IDEAS is a biennially held defence exhibition which brings together the defence industry's players across the globe to showcase latest technological innovations.
The defence industries of Turkey, China, Russia, North America, South America, Europe and Asia will have a significant presence at the exhibition.
An opening speaker at the event said there are 418 firms from 34 countries participating, out of which 157 are Pakistani firms.
"This time 9 more countries are visiting and participating in IDEAS. These include Luxembourg, Denmark, Belarus, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Belgium, Romania and Nigeria."
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif jointly inaugurated the exhibition, which is set to run from Nov 22-25, alongside Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Mohammad Zakaullah and Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while addressing an open ceremony reiterated Pakistan's commitment to discouraging an arms race in the region. "We, in fact, pursue the motive of 'Arms for peace', which is the tagline of IDEAS," he said.
PM Nawaz Sharif addressing the IDEAS inaugural session. ─ DawnNews
A statement posted on the IDEAS website explains why it is held in Pakistan: "Pakistan's ever growing defence industry is in quest for seeking international alliances to meet the requirements of its armed forces and growing needs of the regional defence forces. Pakistan's own defence products present a perfect mix of indigenous and foreign technologies thus offering an ideal platform for defence collaboration."
Besides showcasing of products, there will be several high-level meetings among foreign delegates, key government officials and participants on the sidelines of the four-day IDEAS for forging alliances in defence production. An important international defence seminar will be held at a hotel on Nov 22. Sidelines conferences have been planned at the exhibition venue on Nov 23 and 24.
About 90 delegations from 43 countries are expected to attend the exhibition and seminar, including 30 high-level teams comprising defence ministers, defence secretaries and services chiefs.
Although Chinese and Turkish defence industries will have a significant presence, Russia is participating in the event this time in a big way.
Some of the major indigenously developed products to be showcased at the event include battle tank Al-Khalid, JF-17 Thunder, Super Mushshak and K-8 aircraft, Fast Attack Craft Missile boats, UAVs, armoured personnel carriers and premium grade military hardware.
By-polls for the NA-258 constituency scheduled to be held today were delayed due to the exhibition.
Traffic diversion
The office of deputy inspector general police (traffic) had issued detailed instructions for the regulation of traffic during the exhibition.
In spite of these arrangements, eyewitness reports on social media claim that University Road was shut to traffic under the Nipa bridge.
Traffic jams have been reported on Shahrah-i-Faisal and the Liaquatabad Flyover to Jamshed Road.
The Lyari Expressway is open to traffic.
Traffic diversion plan in place for IDEAS 2016. ─ DIGP Traffic Karachi
All commercial vehicles going from the airport to the stadium road should take the Baloch Colony U-turn which would connect them to the Tipu Sultan bridge, Shaheed-e-Millat road to jail flyover, University road, Ghareebabad etc.
Both sides of the University Road will remain open during this period.
However, all commercial vehicles wishing to go from SITE area to Shahra-e-Failsal and Karsaz will be diverted from Liaqatabad number 10 to Shahrah-e-Pakistan.
All traffic going towards Liaqatabad, Ghareebabad, Shahrah-e-Faisal or Karsaz will be diverted towards the left before the Hassan Square flyover.
Heavy, commercial and public vehicles are not allowed to take the Karsaz route to the Stadium road.
Sir Shah Suleiman road, from Hassan Square bridge to National Stadium bridge, will remain shut for all traffic.
The Stadium bridge, leading to Expo Centre will only be open for cars with special stickers. These cars will only travel to their designated parking area.
All other traffic will move right from under the Stadium bridge towards Dalmia and Millennium Mall road.
The traffic going left from under the bridge will move towards Dohraji and New Town.
All commercial and heavy vehicles coming from Sohrab Goth towards the city will take Shahrah-e-Pakistan, from Nagin Chaurangi to Board office.
All traffic coming from University road to the city should turn left from NIPA toward Rashid Minhas road.
No cars will be allowed to park on or near Expo Centre, on Sir Shah Suleman, or anywhere between Stadium,Hassan Square and Bait ul Mukarrm road.
The road going from Hassan Square to Stadium will remain shut to public.
Courtesy : Dawn
Source of News : http://www.dawn.com/news/1297729/defence-exhibition-ideas-kicks-off-in-karachi-amid-tight-security
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MarketWatch First Take: The holidays won't end the PC boom-turned-bust, and neither will the new year
The pandemic-fueled personal computer boom-turned-bust is not turning around this holiday season, or anytime soon, but that could give consumers access to decent deals this year.
Analysts had already told us that PC sales were falling at their worst recorded rate, and results from the two largest American computer makers as well as electronics retailer Best Buy Inc.
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this week indicated that the holiday quarter will not provide the black in their ledgers for which Black Friday is named. Quite the opposite, in fact, as doubts about the path forward led to a new round of layoffs at No. 2 PC maker HP Inc.
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with executives predicting a 10% to 20% decline in PC shipments this year as the normal rules go out the window.
"We do expect that normal seasonality won't apply in '23," HP Chief Financial Officer Marie Myers said on a conference call.
For more: The pandemic PC boom is over, but its legacy will live on
HP reported an 11% revenue decline and surprising net loss Tuesday afternoon. Overall PC sales tumbled 13% in the quarter, led by consumer revenue, which plunged 25%, while commercial revenue fell 7%. The disappointing results also came with the additional bad news of its third restructuring plan in about a decade, which will shed 4,000 to 6,000 workers over the next three years.
HP expects unit shipments of PCs to be down around 5% to 6% in the fiscal first quarter of 2023, which includes the holiday season, and the overall PC market to decline about 10% next year. It was not the only woeful forecast this week: Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL,
which reported its fiscal third-quarter results on Monday, guided for revenue to fall about 16% from last year this holiday quarter at the midpoint of its forecast, with commercial PC sales a big factor.
The computers that do sell will likely be much cheaper than anyone in the industry would like. Executives at consumer electronics retailer Best Buy
noted in their call with analysts early Tuesday that average selling prices [ASPs] were down slightly compared with a year ago, and predicted that pricing will start getting more aggressive during the holiday season.
"ASPs will likely continue to be lower on a year-over-year basis as promotional activity that was largely absent during much of the pandemic has returned," said Best Buy Chief Executive Corie Barry.
Best Buy actually surprised analysts with better-than-expected results, in large part due to significantly more promotional activity, as the industry tries to get rid of excess inventory. But HP is trying to avoid those deals — executives said they already saw big price cuts during the October quarter, especially in the consumer segment in the European and Middle Eastern market, but decided not to follow. As a result, the company has lost some share of the PC market.
"This quarter, we saw very aggressive pricing in many countries in the world, especially in the consumer segment, especially in EMEA," HP CEO Enrique Lores told analysts. "And in many cases, we decided not to participate. But we also know that to maintain a strong leadership position in this market, we need to regain share."
For this year, Dell reiterated its expectation that total PC unit shipments for 2022 will come in around 280 million to 290 million units, which would be down 17% to 20% from 2021 total unit shipments of 349 million, according to IDC Corp.
"Obviously it's a challenging PC-market backdrop," Dell Co-Chief Operating Officer Anthony Whitten told analysts Monday.
Full Dell earnings coverage: Dell beats on earnings but provides weak forecast
Bernstein Research analyst Toni Sacconaghi asked HP execs about their forecast for the overall market being slightly more optimistic than their rivals at Dell. HP executives said they expect some improvements in revenue trajectory in the back half of fiscal 2023.
What seems to be clear is that no one really knows if or when PC sales will rebound again, as companies are going back to the office in fits and starts, and consumers are stretched in this inflationary environment, with rising food, gas and other basic living costs making it more difficult to buy electronic gadgets or upgrade to better PCs.
"At the highest macro level across retail, each customer is making tradeoffs, especially with the significant impact of inflation on basics like food, fuel and lodging," said Best Buy's Barry.
Whichever company is correct in its forecasts, none of them are encouraging for the holidays, or for next year. The PC market seems to be relegated to the doldrums after unexpected popularity during the pandemic, and the only winners might be those who waited to make their big PC purchase.
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Tag: Barry Munday
Barry Munday
Barry Munday is not played by Jason Sudeikis.
No he is played by Patrick Wilson.
That is the first thing I noticed about the film. Just saying, the cover made it look very Sudeikis-ish. But thats all my fault anyways.
Remember. Patrick Wilson, not Jason Sudeikis.
Clearly I didn't look hard enough. At all.
Barry Munday is some sort of pervert. He loves sex and the ladies, has a girlfriend, but cheats on her. Doesn't like her anyways. So he hits on women constantly. Unfortunately, when he hits on one (maybe too young) girl in a movie theater (played by Mae Whitman, from Parenthood), the dad walkins in with a trumpet, all mad, and smashes his testicles.
Now all of his desires he once had in his life are gone. He can still have sex, sure, he isn't packing any bullets, and it all seems a bit more pointless now. Worse is he has no idea how to tell anyone. But then he gets a letter from a lawyer, saying a woman he slept with months ago is now pregnant, and he is the father.
But he doesn't remember ever sleeping with her. Ginger (Judy Greer) is an unfortunate looking woman, but overcome with the realization that he can no longer continue the Munday line, he realizes this birth is a miracle, and he has to change his lifestyle around to match the new circumstances.
But he also has to deal with her angry father (Malcolm McDowell\), her slutty sister (Chloe Sevigny), and help his boss land a big new deal (Billy Dee Williams).
Sexy time!
So wait a minute. Patrick Wilson played a sex crazed slacker, who lost hits nuts, and tries to become a family man with his last chance at a child? I still don't get why that isn't Jason Sudeikis.
Definitely not a normal laugh out loud comedy, a more awkward based one, but still decent. Somehow I found it heartfelt, you know, despite being such a horrible concept. Definitely hard to explain. I enjoyed it, but you know, didn't love it.
I did find Greer's character annoying. But again, that was the goal. She was just a sheltered individual, who was now pregnant. Hated that shit.
You have to be in a very specific mood to watch this movie. A nice chill mood.


Caravanning - this is a pastime in the UK that gets a lot of flak. People towing mobile homes behind their cars means they have a reduced max speed limit and given the slow speed and lack of visibility to the driver behind, is a source of some ire on UK roads. Perhaps some UK readers think this is a game produced to relieve the stress of encountering a caravan on the roads by allowing players to blast them off the road - sadly that is not the case.
Let me take you to Japan in the mid-80s when the Famicom/NES ruled the video-game world. At this time, Hudsonsoft were releasing some 2D shmups for the NES and part of the marketing effort was some sort of road show where temporary game-fests were set up around the country and video game competitions were ran with the highest score on the latest Hudson shmup for the NES being the aim. This seemed to be quite a phenomenon in Japan and ran for several years. It gave birth to the idea of caravan modes in some shmups - which is a quick 2 or 5 minute score attack mode which is a featured mode of lots of shmups released in later years.
Today, Good Old Games (gog.com) shut down. It was one of the very few ways available to customers who want to purchase a game that's more than five years old. This is sad news, but not nearly as sad as the cannibalistic reality that we've been living with for a very long time.
"Abandonware" is a term that should fill the heart of anyone who cares about computer gaming with shame. Imagine if you couldn't buy or borrow a book written more than five years ago - or if older films like Casa Blanca or Citizen Kane were simply impossible to get your hands on. The grim situation - if you're not already familiar is this. After a game is about 5 to 10 years old, two things happen. Firstly, it is "succeeded" by a sequel. Instead of adding bug fixes, new content and other improvements to the original game, those are usually released in a new box and sold as a separate piece of software. Then, the old software is simply forgotten, and it is assumed that no one cares about them and they are not sold. The other problem that leads to the existence of Abandonware is the insane, frothing-at-the mouth technology arms race that we've found ourselves embroiled in since day one. Technology has, of course, always been linked to computer games; but for the past twenty years, the situation has been ridiculous. If your software is more than six or seven years old, chances are most people won't even have a suitable platform to play your game on.


One of the things that I'll bet will come as a shocker to many is the fact that repeated tilling and hoeing destroy organic matter in the soil. Tilling and hoeing are so common and so much a part of human culture worldwide that it's almost sad to have to think of them as being something that is not particularly good for our soil. The good news is —-the key word here is 'repeated'.
Tilling and hoeing expose soil organic matter to more oxygen and thus oxidation. Oxidation "burns" away the organic matter.
Your plants need oxygen to live and the life forms in your soil need oxygen to live. One of the reasons you prepare your soil deeply when you dig a garden is to aerate the soil. In other words you introduce oxygen into compacted layers of the soil. But, if you continually do this, you destroy the organic matter you are trying to keep. Soil organisms need enough time to do their work without being disturbed.
After your initial soil preparation, assuming that you follow the other practices involved in keeping your soil healthy and alive—- and you continue to add organic material to your soil——-there will be little need to till or to repeatedly hoe. The conditions that call for tiling and hoeing will no longer exist.
Repeated hoeing and plowing/discing also destroy the natural structure of the soil that you are striving to maintain for the benefit of your plants. This natural structure with its root channels and cracks and large pores are necessary to conduct water into the soil during rainfall. Some of the cracks and channels are used by the roots of your plants to move through the soil.
"Plough Pan" and "Hoe Pan" – What are they?
When ground is plowed or hoed a "plough pan" or "hoe pan" is created as a result of a smearing action at the bottom of the plough or hoe.
You have to think this one out and imagine yourself hoeing in slow motion. The hoe strikes the ground and you pull if forward. As you do it loosens the top part of soil and smears the soil under the hoe, making it compact.
Plowing with heavy equipment magnifies the above example many times over.
As you know, one of the main reasons for your deep soil preparation is to make the top soil and subsoil loose. When subsoil is compacted (which is the result of plowing and hoeing) it can keep roots and water from infiltrating deeply into the soil.
There will be times you feel you have to compromise in order to keep going forward. We all have to face situations like that sooner or later.
Once I prepare a garden bed, I never till it again.
There are times that I run out of organic material (or mulch) to cover a bed that has just produced a crop. In most cases the mulch that was on the bed with the crop has decayed. If it turns hot the soil bakes and it becomes unsuitable to plant in immediately.
In this case, I usually wait for a soaking rain and then cover the bed heavily with straw I have since acquired. If when I get ready to plant again it is too compacted, I will turn it with a shovel and/or break it up with a hand digger or hoe. That's a compromise I can live with. And its a compromise from which I think the soil quickly recovers.
The bigger compromise —–and the one I never do willingly-—-and the one from which my soil does not recover quickly —–is having a garden bed without a protective mulch covering. Until I am able to replace enough organic matter —— I need not plant again—-because I will not get the results I want.
Organic Material Makes Organic Matter – So What Organic Materials Do I Use?
For your organic garden you will want to use primarily plant material and manure (horse, cow, sheep, chicken) if you have access to any without herbicide residue.
As an organic gardener you will want to stay away from sludge and the dung of dogs, cats, & hogs.
I have never had enough organic material and I don't really know any organic gardener who has. If you have – consider yourself very fortunate. You'll have one of the best gardens.
Use as many types of organic materials as you have access to. Maximum soil diversity (more organisms to help your garden) depends on diversity of organic matter.
Organic materials used in the garden can include a wide range of things. Some of the most common are compost, leaves, leaf mold, stems, lawn clippings, plant residue (like straw or the your old daylily foliage or even weeds** that have not produced seeds), kitchen scraps*, wood chips, pine needles, and manures.
* Do not include meat in your kitchen scraps that you put in your garden as it will draw undesirable carnivores to your garden.
** If you mow or pull weeds that have not produced seeds they may be used as organic matter for your garden. If they contain seeds — they will get into your garden soil —–and grow!
When organic material (biomass) is incorporated into the soil, there is a short period of high activity by soil life while decomposing the material. Soil organisms use the nitrogen produced and if there are not adequate amounts of nitrogen already in the soil for both plants and organisms, the plants in that soil miss out on the nitrogen —at least until the process is complete.
Obviously this is only a problem if you have crops growing in the soil — but a very easy problem to solve. There are materials you can leave on top ——-for example straw, leaves, pine needles etc. As mulch they will break down more slowly than if they were incorporated into the soil, but that is not usually a problem. Thus, the nitrogen in the soil will still be available for the plants.
99% of the time I put all organic material on top of the soil and allow it to decay. It saves me a lot of time and seems to work wonderfully.
Years ago, when you could readily get manures without herbicide residue, I would get cow manure or horse manure whenever I could. Sometimes I would turn it into the soil. Other times I would spread it on top and cover it with straw.
I've just found your site and am enjoying your knowledge.I haven't seen any mention to minerals and trace elements being added to your soil. I am as of recently been using a natural product called AZOMITE.Your thoughts on this would be enjoyed.Thank you and I look forward to reading more of your observations.
Nice to have you reading Michael. Welcome to TMG!
When you said no mention of minerals and trace elements being added to my soil — I am assuming you mean no mention of them being added separately as an amendment. Hopefully they are being added in compost and other organic materials that breakdown to form humus in my soil.
As you will discover the more you read TMG — I try to keep things as simple as possible — and let nature do the complicated stuff. I am however always open to new knowledge that would make my garden even better. However, I am very slow to accept anything until I really am well versed on it and am convinced that it is not just hype — but something that I really need to do for really good reasons.
I do feel there is merit in rock dust and most especially glacial rock dust. I am trying tiny bits of the glacial rock dust in various places this year for the first time. I'll write about it in future posts.
I personally would not use Azomite because it's my understanding that it has been tested to have radioactive material. Supposedly Nephi, Utah is right next to the Proving Grounds where nuclear testing was done in the 40s. I have not researched this in detail — but that was enough to make me want to steer clear of Azomite.
I am using Gaia Green Glacial Rock Dust for my experiments.
I have followed your blog for more than a year now, and I have a question about mulch and adding organic matter. I've read through some of your archives trying to find what I'm looking for, but can't seem to find it.
I tried having ground cover/mulch (chopped up tree leaves from my property) this past year on my new gardens, but they all blew away. So now my new gardens are bare, which I was hoping they would be covered all winter but were not. I want to add both compost (organic matter & manure mixture) AND straw. When is a good time of year to add each?
Also, after I have a straw mulch out on my gardens, how do I add compost again? Do I add the compost just on top of the straw? Do I gently rake back the straw, add the compost, and replace the straw?
I hope my questions make sense. If you have already written posts on this very thing, please direct me there! I love reading about your gardening techniques and am planning to pre-order your book!
Sure sorry to hear about the wind blowing your leaves away. There are several things you can try next year to try to prevent this.
Wait until the leaves are rained on to put them on AND/OR chop them with the lawn mower and then get them wet; — place them on the bed and then cover with wet straw. If that absolutely does not work — the cover crops are the answer for you next year. Oats planted in late summer or fall will get good growth before winter and then winter kill. But the roots will hold the soil and improve it. There are other cover crops you can use (read all my posts on cover crops) but the oats is an easy one and will do what you want without a lot of effort or learning curve.
To replace some of the organic matter that has been oxidized by the soil being bare this winter, you can plant buckwheat thickly in your beds for a quick boost to your soil. You'd plant in May after the last frost and cut about 6 weeks later. You could still plant hot weather crops in the same beds.
The best time to add your manure and organic matter mixture and straw is in the fall. You can do it now – if you do it right away. You should have enough time for the manure to be decayed enough to plant hot weather crops in April or May. I would not plant cool weather crops into the manured bed this year . It's best to have manure on your beds at least 6 months. See Toni Brock's question to me in the comment section of post https://tendingmygarden.com/organic-pest-control-eliminate-the-cause/ and see my answer.
Regarding adding your compost. Whichever way you do it — you'll be ok.
I would just go ahead and "sprinkle" the compost on top of the straw. It will sift down just fine. You could take your hand and just shuffle the straw a bit and the compost will immediately fall into it.
I'm glad you're planning on geting my book. It will help you a lot. I'm almost finished the draft and will go back over it to make sure I have everything in it that needs to be in it. Can hardly wait until it's finished!
My congratulations to you for working so diligently to improve your soil and keep it covered.
If you have more questions, please feel free to write to me. I will be most happy to help you as time allows.


Please consider giving your support to the Sunrise Christian School in Glasgow, Scotland. Here is a recent communication from Stephen McCollum, a teacher at Sunrise and a licentiate of the RP Church of Scotland and an elder in Airdrie RPC.
Presbyterian Church, Free Church (Continuing), and Reformed Baptists. All teachers must subscribe to a Reformed confession of faith, such as the Westminster Standards or Three Forms. During our assembly when we worship, we exclusively sing from the Psalter, although we obviously sing other songs at other times in the day. This practice of singing from the Psalter is protected in our constitution. At present, we sing from the Scottish Psalter to promote unity. We now have three teachers, two from the Reformed Presbyterian Church and one from the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The children learn the Westminster Shorter Catechism as well as learning all subjects from the Reformed worldview.
"Although Scotland has a heritage of Reformed worship, this has died away largely. We also had a heritage of Reformed schools, but this is long gone. Scotland is a secular country with an aggressively liberal Government. Sunrise Christian School is one of only a handful of Christian schools in Scotland, but there is only one other Reformed school besides us. Since the Reformed church is so small in Scotland we have had to struggle financially, receiving no support from the Government. We began not thinking we could pay salaries. That being said, our school has developed tremendously in the past two and half years. We see this as a sign of the Lord's blessing. My first day in August 2014 had only three pupils, but we now have 26 pupils!
"Although we are a Reformed school that sings the psalms in assembly, most of our families do not come from a Reformed background and very few of the children sing the psalms in their churches or families. Some of our children even come from non-Christian backgrounds. We are so excited that we can train up the next generation in the ways of the Lord, and especially that we can instil in them a love for the Psalter at this young age. We memorise a metrical verse each week and the children are always so excited when I tell them that they have memorised another chapter of the Bible!
"Should any be willing to donate to our school, this can easily be done online at here. We have been able to increase our income in various ways so that we are financially stable. But due to our quick growth we must soon employ a part-time administrative assistant and we have also outgrown our current building which we rent. We hope to be able to buy our own building as soon as possible and look for all the help from those who are supportive of the Reformed faith. These factors mean that we will have to stretch a little bit more financially. However, we are so pleased to have come to this extent.


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Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14
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The sixth annual Catholic Sisters Week is March 8-14, 2020. This time is set aside to recognize women religious for their dedicated work with the poor and marginalized in education, social services, and health care. Catholic sisters are committed to caring for our Earth and promoting social justice issues that
UN addresses homelessness in historic resolution
Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, News, NGO News
"The 58th Session of the Commission for Social Development has historic significance. For the first time, the UN has issued a resolution on homelessness, describing it and calling on member states to measure it. This is a testament to the power of advocacy, collaboration and partnerships among NGOs, people who
FamVin2020: The Vincentian Family Moving Forward
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International leaders from 150 branches of the Vincentian Family met Jan. 7-12 in Rome, Italy for FamVin2020: The Vincentian Family Moving Forward. Several Sisters of Charity Federation members participated in the meeting. Reports and more photos from the event are posted on the FamVin.org web site. Much of the event
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth: Climate is in crisis
The Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth and the Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica of Atchison are of one mind about climate change. It's real, it's a crisis, and it requires our immediate action and prayers. All 22 members of the SCL Care of Creation Committee approved the statement below
Reflections on Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
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Join us live on Facebook for reflections on Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity. Elizabeth was also a wife and widowed mother of five children who converted to Catholicism. On the occasion of her feast day, January 4, Sisters Ellen, Maryanne,
Sister friends volunteer at the border
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Sister Patricia Colla, RSM and Sister Maryanne Tracey, SC (New Jersey), friends for years, talked and prayed about this. They had seen the images of children and adults seeking a home place of security, and were drawn to respond. In November, they journeyed together to McAllen, Texas, to be present
Nuns Build 2019
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The House of Charity is host to several sisters and associates who are volunteering this week in New Orleans as part of Nuns Build 2019. Federation congregations participating include the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Sisters of Charity of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth,
Leavenworth sisters honor volunteer
Leavenworth, Kansas — Richard Sack takes to heart the Gospel invitation to serve others. Because of this, he volunteers in prisons, in his church and in other settings in the Leavenworth community where he lives. Without realizing it, by his good works and acts of charity, Richard exemplifies the spirit
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