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The Ludington Area Jaycees: Building Young Leaders Since 1947

The Ludington Area Jaycees is a non-profit organization for individuals 21-40 years of age seeking leadership, social opportunities, personal and professional development, and community involvement.

They take pride in making the community a better place to live through their many fundraising projects and involvements. One of the most notable and popular events hosted by the club is their annual 4th of July Freedom Festival in downtown Ludington. The club also owns and manages the Ludington Area Jaycees Mini Golf Course in Stearns Park, a business that contributes 30% of it's profits annually to other community organizations and causes.

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The Ludington Area Jaycees are part of the Michigan Jaycees, the United States Jaycees, and Junior Chamber International. Jaycees around the nation and world have been a force of good, helping to establish Airmail Services with Jaycee Charles Lindbergh; building parks, playgrounds, hospitals, ball fields, and housing; and raising money for other community organizations like the March of Dimes and the American Cancer Society.

The Ludington Area Jaycees were chartered in 1947 and, in 2017, are celebrating 70 years of building young leaders in Mason County through community service, networking opportunities, and personal and professional skill trainings.

Photo courtesy of Real Life Photography by Ellen.

The Ludington Area Jaycees 2018 Board of Directors:

Seated (l to r): Individual Development Vice President, Eric Lund; President, Cory Rickett. Standing: Management Development Vice President, Zach Mitchell; Secretary, Katie Provenzano; Chairman of the Board, Lexi Alvesteffer; Director, Dave Kosla; Treasurer, Kim Johnson; Director, Tony White; and Director, Angela Rickett.

Annual Ludington Area Jaycees Events

March 31st, 2018: Annual Easter Egg Hunt, 1pm at Copeyon Park
April: Crazy Bartender Contest to benefit Freedom Festival Fireworks Fund at Timbers- 320 S. James St. in Ludington
June 13th, 2018: Summer Kick Off Concert featuring the Scottville Clown Band, 7pm at Waterfront Park
July 3rd-4th, 2018: Freedom Festival Events including Children & Pet Parade, Grand Parade, and Fireworks
October 26th-December 31st, 2018: Koeze Nut Fundraiser
November 7th-December 12th (Wednesdays): Light Up the Night Music Series
November: Thanksgiving Baskets for Needy Families

For more information on membership in the Ludington Area Jaycees or their events, email or visit

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Roma vs Real Madrid: Solari’s men under spotlight after Eibar mauling

Roma vs Real Madrid: Solari’s men under spotlight after Eibar mauling

November 27, 2018 0 By Sports Writer

Real Madrid travel to Italy on Tuesday night to face AS Roma looking to bounce back after a 3-0 defeat to Eibar.

UEFA Champions League / Date: Tuesday, 27 November 2018 /Kick-Off at 20:00 UK / 21:00 CET / Venue: Stadio Olimpico (Rome).

Group G’s top spot will be decided at the Stadio Olimpico when Roma host Madrid with both sides sitting five points ahead of Russian side CSKA Moscow, who are third.

CSKA face Plzen and whilst a win for them would see them still in with a chance of progression, it is still expected that both Roma and Los Blancos will move on to the knockout stages.

For Madrid the international break destroyed their new found momentum under new boss Santiago Solari, losing 3-0 to Eibar at the weekend in a result that keeps them out of the title race.

Roma also suffered from the break and returned to league action with a 1-0 defeat to Udinese.

Team News

Roma will be without defender Kostas Manolas, who missed the weekend defeat through an ankle injury that he picked up with Greece during the international break, whilst Daniele De Rossi will be expected to miss the game.

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Javier Pastore and Diego Perotti are both on the sidelines, but Lorenzo Pellegrini and Aleksandar Kolarov are fit and will be expected in the starting eleven.

Edin Dzeko and Cengiz Under are also both expected to be in from the start after being left on the bench against Udinese.

For Madrid, Solari has Nacho and Casemiro remain out, whilst Alvaro Odriozola was forced off against Eibar and is unavailable.

Dani Ceballos is expected to drop out with Isco being hauled back into the starting eleven.

Roma possible starting lineup:

Olsen; Santon, Fazio, Jesus, Kolarov; N’Zonzi, Cristante; Florenzi, Pellegrini, Under; Dzeko

Real Madrid possible starting lineup:
Courtois; Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo; Isco, Kroos, Modric; Lucas, Benzema, Bale

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Make sure to check out the latest DJ Koze album ‘Knock Knock’

“Kurt Wagner of Nashville’s long-running country-soul-whatever combo Lambchop adds a careworn, sonorous touch to the slow, horn-kissed lullaby “Muddy Funster.” Though Koze puts him through effects — Wagner resembles no one so much as Laurie Anderson intoning “O Superman” — he doesn’t give the singer the transformative treatment Matthew Dear received on Amygdala, when Koze made his voice sound like the world’s most suave and unsettling bullfrog on “Magical Boy.” That kind of distending isn’t the point here. Even when he’s nipping and tucking his guests’ (and his) voices into odd angles, Koze is paying attention to their human qualities, their specific grain; they seem to set the pace more than the drums. On knock knock, Koze is more accessible than ever, without losing his essential strangeness.”

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May 3, 2008

#178 Mandrake: The Implausible Climb

I can’t decide who Krys is channeling here: Batman, Andre the Giant, or King Kong.

PHIL: So do you talk while you’re climbing buildings, or…?
KRYS: Up to you.
PHIL: Truth or dare?
KRYS: I take it back. I need complete silence.
KRYS: Truth.
PHIL: Truth?
KRYS: I’m not really in a position to do anything more daring right now.
PHIL: Ok, um… how come you left your room the way I decorated it if you hate it?
KRYS: I couldn’t be bothered to… Wait, you knew I’d hate it? And you did it anyway?
PHIL: Well…
KRYS (pleased): You have a mean streak.
PHIL: Truth.
KRYS: Hmm…What do you think of this job, really?
PHIL: It’s definitely exciting.
KRYS: Seriously.
PHIL: Seriously, it’s opening up my eyes to all kinds of things. I was a small-town waitress. Now I feel like I could do anything.
KRYS: I know what you mean.
PHIL: Well, in your case it’s true. Truth: How did you become a superhero?
KRYS: I don’t know. I’ve been in training since high school.
PHIL: For what?
KRYS: Turns out, for this. Tried out for the FBI. Failed the test.
PHIL: Really? You’re super strong and super smart. What test did you fail?
KRYS: Truth?
PHIL: Truth.
KRYS: Polygraph.

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FRANKFURT, June 19, 2006 (AFP) – Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia and German rival Siemens said Monday they would merge their telecoms equipment and network activities in an attempt to close the gap on market leader Ericsson.

Nokia and Siemens said in a joint statement they planned to set up a 50-50 joint venture, to be called Nokia Siemens Networks, which would combine Nokia’s networks business division and Siemens’ carrier-related operations for fixed and mobile networks.

The deal was expected to close before January 1, 2007, pending the necessary regulatory approvals.

Nokia Siemens Networks would have annual sales of close to 16 billion euros (20 billion dollars) and a workforce of 60,000, making it number three in the sector behind Ericsson and Alcatel/Lucent.

It would be headed by Simon Beresford-Wylie, currently head of Nokia Networks, and have its operational headquarters in Helsinki. But three out of the group’s future five divisions would be based in Munich.

The tie-up of the two businesses would lead to annual cost-cutting of 1.5 billion euros by 2019, primarily via the elimination of overlapping functions, better utilisation of sales and marketing organisations, reduction of overhead costs


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Rice market tight next year despite big harvest: IRRI

MANILA, October 15, 2008 (AFP) – World rice markets are likely to remain tight next year despite an expected record harvest after key producers clamped down on exports, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said Wednesday. Export prices of one of the world’s most important grains almost tripled between last November and May, triggering riots in more than a dozen countries, before softening to still historically high levels of more than 700 dollars a tonne.

“The 2008-2009 rice market is likely to remain tight even with projected record global production of 432 million tonnes, a one percent increase over last year’s 428 million tonnes,” the Philippines-based institute said in its quarterly publication “Rice Today”.

The projected rise in output is mainly due to an extra one million hectares (2.2 million acres) planted with rice, to a total 155.3 million hectares, with India accounting for more than half of the total increase, it said.

After reaching a record low of 73 million tonnes in 2004-2005, global rice stocks have been steadily rising and are projected to reach 82 million tonnes in 2008-2009, compared with 78.5 million tonnes in the previous harvest.

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Child Custody Attorney – How They Help

custodyIt’s a broad conditions that may be applied to explain the custody and treatment of the kid while discussing child custody. Often whenever there is a pair headed toward breakup plus they have a number of children it appears as though you will find over who gets custody of the kids conflicts. If it an amicable breakup both parents might be ready without requiring a young child custody lawyers to achieve a custody arrangement by themselves. These parents have defined wherever so when their kids may spend some time with evening and mother. In some instances, even when it an amicable breakup there’ll be the requirement for custody lawyers to sort out the ultimate details. Being a young child custody attorney means you’re a household law lawyer but occurs to focus on assisting the instances that include their children are negotiated by their customers.

Often the divorce or courtroom lawyers may request a custody lawyer to assist discuss and produce contracts between divorced parents. They’ll assist the parents to determine where their kids may stay and how visitation is likely to be managed. Occasionally custody lawyers will even manage instances where neither has been committed to one another. In determining who’ll have actual custody of the kids, meaning who the kid will stay with the attorney may represent their customer. There are certainly a number of custody arrangements. One kind is only custody, which parent has actual custody of the kid. Another is shared custody where each parent has got the kid together for area of the period. This kind of custody could be fifty-fifty every other kind or of spreading. This means the guardian that has custody has got the to make choices for that child if your guardian has custody. These choices may include the ones that are associated with health care, their training, and childhood.’

small_general-legal_10A young child custody lawyer may also assist the parents discuss visitation. Often the guardian who not need custody of the kid can get to truly have everyother weekend or the kid every weekend. This is actually the method that lots of common visitations are exercised but using the aid of the lawyer they are able to work-out any kind of visitation agreement that fits their own requirements. Often once the breakup isn’t friendly neither parent may come up by having an arrangement that’ll fulfill them both, even when custody lawyers have been used by them. In this instance they’ll possibly allow the judge make use of or choose a mediator to determine who’ll get visitation, custody, and child support.

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Real Estate Attorneys

real-estate-attorney-deerfield-beach-600x300Property transactions might require a property lawyer. But, what in case you must the highest and search for whenever choosing somebody that’ll represent your interests? Some states mandate an attorney in a property transaction’s use. Such claims include Sc, Boston, and Ga.

Not all property problems would be the same then when thinning down the visit a property lawyer focus on the practice’s specific emphasis. For example, one lawyer might focus on residential where a different one might function solely with landlord or industrial -tenants. It is also advisable to tell apart which kind of attorney you’ll need. Legal counsel who targets dealings and agreements is called a transactional attorney. While a lawyer who focuses on handling lawsuits is known as a litigator. It generally does not suggest that they’re the very best individual for that work wish property lawyer may promote they focus on property law. It is important to vet carefully a lawyer before employing them just like you’d interview a property professional before listing your house.

Listed here are the top 5 issues to request when selecting property lawyers:

Just how long are you currently training? You then will likely need somebody who has a good deal of expertise when the deal is complex.

What expertise have you got within the property law area? The solutions for this will be different. But preferably, where they graduated from, just how many comparable instances they’ve managed, etc you wish to understand.

How can my situation be managed? The move to make is recruit an attorney’s providers simply to discover that they’renot those really focusing on your situation. View for additional people who might help in the event that’ll not be certified. Instead, senior lawyer or a paralegal may be given for the situation.

What expenses are participating? Payment schedules will be different to another in one attorney and it is better to understand a ballpark number moving in instead of being shocked having a huge bill afterwards. Normally, an hourly charge may range between $150 to $500+. Before getting the situation some companies could also need a retainer in advance. This is that common.

Can you supply recommendations to me? Within the meeting process, it never hurts to request recommendations to determine what others considered the attorney.

small_general-legal_01Doing all of your research on a lawyer before you can be saved problems ultimately like a great attorney by hiring may be worth their weight in silver. To online learning resources, you may also change irrespective of an individual meeting to locate extra information on lawyers. You’ll find there’s also a broad number of lawyer referral services and lawyeris outlined underneath the state bar association. Some benefits will even arrive aswell. Studying online calls for checking the lawyer sites out for more information about areas and their qualifications.

Ensure that there’s no clash of curiosity together representing you while doing your visit a property lawyer. After you have narrowed down the area to simply one lawyer, a retainer contract or proposal notice is usually provided written down things to anticipate regarding costs and solutions to be offered for you that’ll define. It is important which you completely understand the conditions of the record as ‘attorney vocabulary’ could be complicated. Do not wait to question them whilst the just foolish question is one-not requested when you have any concerns.

Property could be high-stakes, therefore it is very important to look for a reliable expert to help your requirements the most effective.

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Hello this is my family and my name is Larry and I decided to put together a web site and offer some information for free and charge a small amount of money for other information. My wife is from Guatemala and we spent years submitting paperwork in order for her to get the VISA to be here. Having said that we met with several lawyers and researched all the options. We even had a lawyer tell us that ICE denies and lawyers reapply it's a business. We ran out of money and had to start filling out our own forms PRO SE (without a lawyer or by yourself) and we learned a few things doing it that way and we would like to pass that information on. With economic times being as they are we are both working and my job in the construction industry is very slow so we started this web site. We are also involved in several other things in the community such as teaching CERT,Scouts, Interpreting for Hospitals and Clinics. We make necklaces and Rosaries and my teenage son helps us do this so we can earn extra money for the family. So take a look at the site and know that this is a real family business and it does help us raise our children and make up some of the thousands of dollars we sent to ICE and USCIS. We sent in 29 forms and most of them were denied so we learned some good lessons we can help others avoid pitfalls that we fell into. If you send in forms be aware that if they are denied you will not get a refund since you are paying the large amounts of money for them to process the forms. This is another reason to fill out the forms step by step following the instructions exactly.

I know that the information we sell will help you avoid wasting as much time as we did and that will save you, both time and money in the long run by not making some of the mistakes that we made.

Hola, la foto es una foto de mi familia y mi nombre es Larry y decidimos hacer este sitio y ofrecer algunas cosas gratis y cobrar por otras cosas. Mi esposa es de Guatemala y hemos estado llenando papeles por años con USCIS y ICE. Hemos llenado 29 formularios y casi todos fueron negados. Teníamos un abogado al empezar, pero después de gastar más de $5000 teníamos que llenar los papeles sin un abogado. (PRO SE). Gracias a Dios recibimos una Visa hace poco y podemos compartir nuestro conocimiento con Usted. Mi trabajo ha sido muy despacio en construcción y estoy involucrado en varias cosas para hacer dinero extra. Hacemos rosarios como una familia. Por favor mira las descripciones de nuestros productos y yo se que la información que vendemos va a ayudarles gastar menos tiempo y menos dinero en muchos casos por evitar un malgasto de tiempo. Antes de gastar miles consigue un poco de conocimiento de nuestras experiencias. Usted tiene que saber que si Usted manda formularios y estan negados normalmente no hay reembolsos entonces haga las cosas bien y paso por paso.

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• 17 Mar

    Rose Picks

    It will be spring in a few days. The roses are green, leafy, budding, and will open soon. Armando and his crew are getting the rose field ready to open at the end of the month.

    Every year we get asked the same questions: what is your favorite rose? What is the best rose? What is the most fragrant rose? What is the most disease resistant rose?  I decided to ask some opinions and compile a list.

    I asked Hilton Sumida (owner of La Sumida Nursery) Armando Herrera (our rose grower) Dan Bifano (well known Santa Barbara Rosarian) and Judi Smith (horticulturist) to pick their favorites on last years rose list.  I also obtained great information from Rose Society websites, particularly the local Santa Barbara and Ventura chapters.

    Some of our favorites may not be available this year. There have been difficulties in the wholesale rose industry. Long time supplier Jackson Perkins filed for bankruptcy in 2010. Other companies are trying to fill in the gap but bare-root roses were still in limited supply this year.

    We did not receive some of my favorites this year. I will particularly miss Pillow Fight, which I like much better than Iceberg, and Radiant Perfume, which is a fragrant strong-stemmed yellow. We were also unable to obtain another all time favorite Ingrid Bergman that I was hoping to add to my cutting garden. Also missing is the white Pope John Paul that both Dan and Judi have on their lists. Hopefully we will have these roses next year.

    It was a lot of fun to look at the lists and see what the majority of us agreed on. In alphabetical order are: Aroma Therapy, Bewitched, Cinco de Mayo, Distant Drum, Falling in Love, Climbing Flutterbye, Fame, Ingrid Bergman, Julia Child, Lasting Love, Marilyn Monroe, Neptune,  Pope John Paul,  Pat Austin, Sunset Celebration, Spellbound, Yves Piaget, and White Licorice.

    We all seem to agree that Julia Child is one of the all time best, cleanest landscape roses, and that Fame last longest as a cut flower.

    We hope to see you when the rose field opens. I can’t wait to see some of the new roses in bloom.

    What are your top rose picks for Santa Barbara? Send me an email  at  to include your list.

    By La Sumida Staff Roses
  • 21 Aug

    Little Bits

    Sometimes it seems like there is not a lot blooming in August.

    This Stephanotis (Madagascar Jasmine) is an exception. In this picture it is growing through the Dwarf Princess flower on the trellis. The pot it is in was placed in bright shade where we keep our limited collection of begonias and other tropicals. The top is reaching for full sun in a western exposure. It seems like it has been blooming all summer.

    When my sister moved to Oregon two years ago she dug up this loved Stephanotis put it in a 15 gallon pot and brought it over. I wondered if it would live. It not only lived but thrived and has given us fragrance and pleasure. It’s nice for her to see when she visits Santa Barbara as well.
    We had a very interesting visitor in the nursery last weekend.
    He was traveling in California from Florida and said he had looked all over the country for a Thevetia thevetioides. Luckily we were able to send a truck over to San Marcos Growers to pick one up for him to send home.
    This gave us time to chat and I discovered he has a nursery in Florida, is owner of Butterfly world, and president of the Passiflora Society. I have just started exploring his website If you are interested in plants growing plants for hummingbirds and butterflies it is a great site to visit.

    Speaking of butterflies we have our first crop of La Sumida grown, pesticide free, Asclepias (Milkweed) available for sale. Milkweed is the host plant for the Monarch butterfly. They lay their eggs on the plants and the young caterpillars eat the leaves. We brought some up front to the register area. On Saturday we had our first cocoon turn into a butterfly. We are anxiously waiting for more”new arrivals”. (Photos attached)
    In September cool season bedding plants and vegetables will begin arriving in the nursery. Many years I feel too burned out after the summer garden to do much in the way of fall planting but I am determined that this year will be different.
    Take care, D.

    By Deo @ La Sumida Uncategorized
  • 16 Jul

    Judi’s Blog

    So now we are head long into summer. The rush of spring planting is over. Our thoughts now turn to keeping our gardens watered and disease and bug free while we wait for our vegetables to ripen and enjoy the fruits of our labor. I have already harvested some of my potatoes, zukes and tomatoes.
    While I know that vacation and summertime activities are priority and dominating our lives right now, we don’t want to forget our initial excitement and investment into our vegetable adventure. Planting time is not over. Lettuce can be planted every two weeks. Beans can also make a second appearance in the garden. Squash, cucumbers and chard can still be planted to last longer into the end of summer when your first early plantings have pooped out. And don’t forget that peppers are perennials. They will actually do even better next year as a more mature plants. So think ahead and plant now for next season’s early start.

    Most of all, now is the time to start planning for your “Fall” or as I like to call them, your “Late Season” (Cool Season) tomatoes. If planted before the end of September, many varieties of determinate and short season tomatoes will give you fruit into December depending on the weather.

    Good varieties to try are: Early Girl, Siberian, First Lady, San Francisco Fog, Glacier, Siletz, Jetsetter, Stupice, Legend, Subarctic, Manitoba, Sun Cherry, Oregon Spring, Sun-gold Cherry,Peasant, and Taxi.

    P.S. If you are having problems with your garden, bring samples into us at the nursery. We are here to help you learn. Farmers face different challenges year to year and so does the home gardener. There are good years and bad years. Weather, rodents, bugs and disease are always a challenge. Don’t give up. Don’t quit. Learn and grow! Judi

    By Judi @ La Sumida Uncategorized
  • 06 Jun

    D’s Blog

    Our busy spring season is over and we have time to get back to blogging. What a strange year it’s been. We have experienced fires, extreme weather fluctuations and a struggling economy. With all this craziness I am glad to report that people are still purchasing plants.

    The biggest trend we saw at La Sumida this year was the huge increase in edibles.
    Everybody is putting in vegetable gardens this year. They are also planting for the future with fruit tree and berries. Edible sales were so high, wholesale vegetable growers had trouble keeping up with the demand.
    Speaking of weird weather can you believe the rain yesterday? I sure don’t recall too much June rain in my lifetime.
    The big news at La Sumida is a wedding. many of you may know Armando. He grows our beautiful roses. He drives our delivery truck as well. If you see him tell him congratulations.
    That’s all for now… Judi and I promise to be more diligent bloggers for the rest of the year.
    Take care, D
    By Deo @ La Sumida Uncategorized
  • 16 Apr

    Judi’s Blog

    Well it seems obvious where the trend is going this summer in the gardening world.  It’s all about VEGETABLES.  Everyone wants to supplement their grocery budget by growing as many fresh veggies as their garden space will allow.  Call it a Victory Garden or Recession Garden, I have never seen or experienced such a surge towards folks wanting to grow their own food and to be more self-sufficient.  We all need to feel like we can take care of ourselves.  Maybe it is a bit of a control issue.  We all need to eat.  Who wants to feel like we are dependant on others for the most basic need of feeding ourselves?  Whatever the reason, we are happy to see and help anyone who wants to learn.

    La Sumida has one of the largest selections of vegetables in town.  But try to understand and don’t worry if the vegetable that you want to buy is not in stock when you come into the nursery.  We get new deliveries every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.  We will usually have everything that the growers have available for the week, out and displayed by Saturday morning. And please realize that not all the vegetables are available all the time. The growers may run out but will quickly reseed and have more ready as soon as possible.  Most of them were caught a little off guard by the unusually high demand this year.  They are trying very hard to get the product out to the nurseries.  The supply is not keeping up with the demand.

    When I order certain veggies on the list they send me every week, there is no way to know for sure if I will actually get them.  But I will always try to keep getting whatever I possibly can. Especially with the tomatoes.  We carry 108 different varieties, but not all at the same time.  Don’t panic!  There is plenty of time to put all the vegetables in.  And we will continue to carry most everything right thru August.  And don’t forget seeds are always a great alternative.  We have a wonderful selection. And remember, a vegetable garden does not have to be put in all in one day.

    Sometimes it is a good idea to stagger your planting or even put in a late crop.

    So be patient and enjoy the experience of gardening.

    By Judi @ La Sumida Uncategorized
  • 02 Mar

    D’s Blog

    March heralds the arrival of spring. Days grow longer and soil temperature warms. Now is the time to think about feeding, pruning and planning your summer color.

    Planting: March is the transition between cool season and warm season plants.

    Summer color: Annuals: Petunias, Marigolds, Cosmos, Dianthus, etc.

    Perennials: Foxglove, Cleome, Delphinium, Nemesia, Salvia, Etc. Etc. Etc.

    Summer vegetables and herbs are now arriving. See March planting list for more information.

    Lawns may be started from sod or seed. Don’t forget soil amendments and fertilizers to assure best performance. Prepare flower and vegetable beds.

    Plant summer blooming bulbs:Tuberous Begonias- plant w/acid planting mix or peat moss indented side up (round bottom side down).

    Fuchsias:Pinch back for compact growth. Flowers are produced on new wood. Feed with acid food.

    Prune: Prune back dead and old growth on shrubs, vines, and perennials. New growth will be quick to fill in. Shrubs – may be cut back by 1/3. Prune Camellias after they bloom. Grasses/Cannas cut just above the ground.

    I hope these tips help get you in the spring gardening mood. D

    By Deo @ La Sumida Uncategorized
  • 25 Jan

    Judi’s Blog

    Yea!! Finally we got some much needed rain.  So far, at this writing, we really haven’t had a heavy soaking that would constitute a “deep” watering.  Just steady, light showers that seem to be enough to allow the weeds to germinate and grow like crazy.  So be aware, you might have to supplement with an additional soak to your trees and shrubs if we don’t get some more “real” rain.  Don’t forget, it was 80 degrees just a week ago and the ground was very dry and alot of plants were showing stress from lack of water.  You can dig into the soil, outside the drip zone, to check and see just how deep the rain was able to penetrate around your trees.  Remember, strong roots go deep.
    If you sprayed your fruit trees or roses with the “dormant” spray within three days of this storm, you should do it again once things have had a chance to dry out.  Try to spray a couple of times before the fruit tree buds open or the foliage leafs out on the roses.  You want to make sure that you get good coverage to get any fungal spores.  So that means spray the head of the tree or bush, the trunk, and the ground around it.
    If we do get a substantial amount of rain, you want to be careful about working your soil while it is still wet.  A healthy soil needs airspace in it.  You can damage and destroy its structure by digging or walking in your garden and compressing and compacting the dirt.  Very, very bad for your soil.  Wait a few days and give it a little time to dry out a bit.  Weeding and cultivating should be just as easy and much better for your garden, by waiting a week or so.
    And don’t forget, you still have plenty of time to put in a winter vegetable garden.  The cool weather crops like, brocoli, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, chard, spinich and so many different varieties of lettuce.   Also root crops, carrots, beets, onions and potatoes.  Have you ever had a homegrown potato?  Melts in your mouth-no butter or salt needed.  I lived in Idaho for ten years, where I discovered that the potatoes in most stores are already a year old!  Try growing your own.  Fresh makes all the difference and its an easy and fun crop for the kids.  You can keep planting most of the cool season veggies on into March.
    And for all you aspiring vegetable gardeners, we will have a Free, Organic Vegetable Growing Clinic.  It will be on February 7, 2009 at 10:00 A.M., in our greenhouse.   The class will be taught by Oscar Carmona, an experienced grower and supplier of vegetable starts to our community.  Be sure to bring something to take notes on and come early as there will be no admintance after the first 100 chairs are filled and the class has started.
    See you there,

    Please, don’t anyone ask me for tomatoes before March.  It’s just wrong to make plants perform before there time and expect them to be healthy and produce well, just because we want to extend our already long season.

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  • 03 Jan

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    Rose Pruning

    In Santa Barbara rose pruning season is generally between Christmas and Superbowl. Roses are a deciduous shrub.  In our mild climate, we don’t often receive the cold required for real winter dormancy, so it’s especially important to clean them up for a good healthy start in the New Year. Pruning actually breaks dormancy.

    We prune roses for health, shape, growth control, and to encourage new canes.

    ·      Remove any dead, diseased or damaged wood.

    ·      Check for sucker growth. Suckers are canes from below the bud union.

    ·      Leave 3, 5 or more, young strong canes. Remove week spindly canes . Remove old gray ones. Best blooms come from new growth. Remove crossing canes, and canes that rub against each other.

    ·      Cut back desired canes into an open vase shape. All pruning cuts should be made ¼ inch above and angled away from an outward facing bud.

    ·       Light pruning is removal of about 1/3 of the height. Hard pruning is about ½. Your pruned rose will probably be 2 to 4 feet tall.

    ·      Saw off any dead wood at the base of the rose if necessary.

    ·      Lightly brush old peeling bark on crown with a brush to stimulate new canes,

    ·      Remove all foliage. Clean up all debris. Apply dormant spray to plant and soil.

    ·      Fertilize in March after foliage grows.

    General guidelines:

    Hybrid Teas: 3-5+ canes in a vase shape open in the center

    Floribundas: 5-7 canes in a vase shape open in the center. Sometimes not pruned as hard as hybrid teas.

    Shrub and groundcover: Usually have more “twiggy” growth habits.

    Prune the same as a floribunda, leaving more lateral branches.

    Climbers: need little pruning for the first few years. Prune to shape.

    Leave laterals 2-3 , as this is where climbers bloom. Yes, you do need to strip all the leaves.

    Don’t worry. Our roses will recover from any mistakes we may make.

    By Deo @ La Sumida Uncategorized
  • 20 Dec

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    Frost Tips

    In the Santa Barbara area we have many microclimates. Some of these are susceptible to frost damage in cold winters. If you live in the bottom of a canyon you know how chilly it can get.

     Do not fertilize permanent landscape plants except for lawn, cool season annuals, and vegetables after October 1. This allows plants to harden off. Tender new growth is more susceptible to frost damage.

     Keep your plants well watered. Damp soil retains more heat than dry soil. Mulch to trap soil heat and protect roots.

     If frost is in the forecast, there are precautions you can take. Group tender container plants under eaves, against the house, under covered patios or large trees. They may be covered with sheets, blankets or products like row cover and insulation cloth. If you use plastic, make sure you stake it up, so it does not touch plants. You can string large bulb Christmas lights to keep plants warm.

     Many plants don’t mind cold weather. Most of our trees and shrubs will be fine. It’s the plants of tropical origins that are very unhappy.  Examples include: Hibiscus, Bougainvillea, Impatiens, Mandevilla and Ficus If you have tender plants you may cover them the same as your containers above. Make sure you uncover plants before the sun hits them the next morning.

     If you get frost damage the most important thing to remember is: Do not prune off damaged foliage until new growth appears in the spring and all danger of frost is past.  In Santa Barbara this is usually late February.  Frost damaged leaves and stems may not be attractive but they will protect the plant from subsequent frosts.

     After an occasional hard frost it’s a good idea to hose the plants off before the sun hits them.

     Most established woody plants survive Santa Barbara frosts with minor injury. If you live in an area that freezes most winters its best to avoid tropicals. Watch for clear, cloudless, winter nights with low humidity. A great place to check the forecast is: or 805 9886610.

    By Deo @ La Sumida Uncategorized
  • 01 Dec

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    Those of you who read this blog are most likely local La Sumida Nursery customers. We are very grateful to you. Your support makes it possible for  Independent  Garden Centers to continue in the era of the ‘Big Box’  center. Can you imagine the lack of selection if we could only purchase plants at Home Depot?

    At this time when we see even chains going out of business recently  (Comp USA, Circuit City, and Linens N Things)  I have made a new commitment to support local business and shop locally. At the Nursery, La Sumida is able to support local growers and wholesalers, both large and small. This is also good for keeping freight costs down.
    Two instances lately have made me rethink my shopping habits. I admit I can get pretty lazy. There have been times when virtually all my shopping has been online. I realized the error of my ways when I tried to stop by Crispin Leather downtown. OOps, they aren’t there anymore. Jr./ Sr. Shoe-Town where my family bought shoes for three generations is  gone as well. Where are all the shoe stores?
    For my granddaughter’s birthday I shopped locally. Luckily Chaucer’s Bookstore is still going strong.  Kernohan’s Toys on Calle Real had great selections as well. I’ll shop locally for my Chrismas gifts as well.
    Thanks to all of you for your support this year. Please remember La Sumida for the holidays. We have beautiful Noble firs, Live trees, Poinsettias, Wreaths, Garland, Table arrangements, Cyclamen, Christmas Cactus, Ornamental Peppers, Holiday Color Bowls, as well as great gift items for  gardeners and plant lovers. Gift wrapping and delivery is available. Going to a dinner party? Need a host/hostess gift? Judi makes beautiful, creative, gift baskets.
    We look forward to seeing you this month,
    Take care, D.
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Sound description: Local musician Craig Comstock set out on his own when he became frustrated trying to find a drummer willing to play improvised hardcore. Now he does exactly that, performing solo with a hefty array of pedals and a pair of sticks to beat simultaneously on drums and guitar. Comstock recently teamed up with freeform saxophonist Dan Kozak to create awesomely manic improv jams.

Influences: Dismemberment Plan, Guided By Voices, Smog, Prokofiev's Sonata No. 7 for Piano, Morton Feldman's Piano and String Quartet, Olivier Messian's Quartet for the End of Time, Francis Poulenc's Gloria, Igor Stravinsky, George Crumb, John Cage's Sonatas & Interludes for prepared piano. Gyorgy Ligeti, Krysztof Penderecki, LaMonte Young, J.S. Bach, Maurice Ravel, Christopher Rouse, Bela Bartok, Bernard Hermann, Sonic Youth, Sun Ra, Melvins, Polvo.

Similar to: Lightning Bolt, Pink & Brown, Hella, godHeadSilo, Vaz, Ruins, Thela, Glenn Branca

Alt / Indie rock, Experimental / Noise, Metal / Hardcore

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This Is My Condition, live performance from eponymous DVD

This Is My Condition is a one man band in which Craig Comstock plays guitar, drums and sings all at the same time. In the tradition of noise rock this music is heavy, tough and intense, while at other times very free and unstructured. This Is My Condition deals in power, spontaneity and passionate lyrics. Coming from a background of experimentation, repetition and angst in Many Series and Black Calvin, Craig takes things in a new direction by going solo and performing on-the-spot improvisations of the same ilk.


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Till Christ Be Formed in Every Heart

Repentance and Evangelization

The following quote is from Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knonwing and Following Jesus by Sherry Weddell. She is quoting an Orthodox priest, Fr. Gregory Jensen:

I would argue that what typically happens is that we ask people who haven’t yet repented (and so who are not yet disciples of Christ) to take on work meant for apostles... We do this because we ourselves in the main are not disciples of Jesus Christ. Having neglected repentance in my life, I am indifferent to it in yours.

There are many components to conversion, but probably the most overwhelming, personal, and difficult to reach is the stage known as repentance. This is where a person, confronted with the truth of his or her own sinfulness and the truth of God's incredible mercy in Christ Jesus, ceases to make excuses for past actions, habits, and attitudes, and cries out for God's unconditional forgiveness.

That moment of repentance is pretty much the victory point. Anyone who does anything with evangelization knows that this is the golden moment, the payoff, for all of the work, prayers and investment. It is also the moment where the individual, moved by divine grace, intellectually and emotionally breaks with the tyrant called "the past" and embraces the promise of an eternal future full of hope.

Here's the deal, though. If you do not care about your own repentance, then you will not care about leading others to repentance. You might delight in intellectually smashing arguments against God or the divinity of Christ, but without repentance none of that matters. Literally. It does not matter.

So if you want to be an effective evangelist, then you have to be effective at repentance for your own sins. This is why we beat our breast and self-accuse during the Mass: "Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grevious fault." This is sheer confrontation with the truth of the self; no lies or excuses to rationalize my sin away. The liturgy becomes a great mirror held up so that I may clearly view myself.

But I accuse myself of sin so that grace may abound all the more in my life. These accusations of fault and sin are the proof that grace is living and active in my own heart, that God is moving in my memory and intellect and will at that moment.

Let me put it this way. If you are not repenting, you cannot be evangelizing. You need to desire the repentance of others. Remaining indifferent to it means you have perverted the apostolic work of evangelism into a self-glorifying activity. To become great at evangelization, you must first greatly desire their repentance. In order to desire repentance in others, you must first fully embrace it for yourself. This is the way of the cross, the way to freedom and restoration. There is no other way.


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I went on a Broadway BINGE this Spring, and of course it included going to see Hamilton again, for a third time!  It's the best show on Broadway right now and probably since RENT in the 1990s.  The media loves to say how hard it is to get tickets to see the show, but it's really not hard if you plan in advance and don't try to get one a week before.  Granted, I bought this ticket for this night about 9 months prior, but just recently the Hamilton producers cracked down on ticket scalping agencies and did a purge of the inventory of tickets that violated Ticketmaster's ticket limits.  Around 7pm on a Wednesday night, on Twitter and Facebook, it was announced that a new block of tickets (the reclaimed scalper tickets) for shows November 2016 - January 2017 were being released at 9pm.  Unlike an Adele concert, the new block of tickets were swept up within an hour instead of a minute, so you had time to look at different dates and seating locations.  My point is tickets can happen at face value if you "wait for it, wait for it" - oh man, quoting the show now.  Bottom line, this show is worth any wait, so go and get them!  I suspect the February 2017 and beyond block will go on sale soon.

On the train ride up to the city, the Broadway binge started out perfectly because I had some free Amtrak reading material on the aforementioned topic - Mr. Miranda's Hamilton.  That show wasn't the only reason I was excited to head back north to the Great White Way.  I've been anticipating the opening of Sara Bareilles' new musical, Waitress, since the release of her preview album with Jason Mraz.

Based on the film of the same title, starring Keri Russell, the Waitress experience starts as soon as you walk in the door.  They claim that an actual pie is baking somewhere in the lobby.  It definitely smells good, and not too strong or off putting like a Yankee Candle Company candle or plug in scent, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out where the smell started and how they would allow an operational oven inside a historic theater.  If only I could let mysteries remain mysteries!  The pie theme did not stop there.  At the concession stands, the were selling little pies in jars!

Walking into the theater, besides the image of a lattice top of a cherry pie being printed on the stage curtain, the side of the stage had two large towers of spinning pie displays, like a diner would have.  Obviously a lot of thought went into the design of this production.

The show was outstanding, and all of the actors were impressive.  It's hard not to fall for Drew Gehling as the OB/GYN doctor, but the show stealer is Christopher Fitzgerald as Ogie, the nerdy customer who wins the heart of one of the waitresses.

I also caught the Roundabout Theater revival of "She Loves Me" starring Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, Gavin Creel, and Jane Krakowski.  This is your old school, Broadway romance musical style show.  Cute for sure!  "She Loves Me" is the inspiration for the movie "You've Got Mail" with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan -- two pen pals who have fallen for each other and don't realize they are adversaries in real life.

To round out the binge, I saw an off-Broadway production of "The Robber Bridegroom" with Stephen Pasquale that was too cheesy to enjoy.  I also suffered 3 hours and 45 minutes watching Jessica Lange and cast mates slowly inch their way through the script for "A Long Day's Journey Into Night."  I had high expectations for that play, but I'm not sure if it was the writing, the melodramatic acting, or both that had me itching in my seat to leave, only to be stuck in the middle of the row overpowered by manners.

Even with the two misses, I still think that it was a good spring show binge.  I also did a lot of exploring in the city and found Fishs Eddy in the Flatiron District that had some fun kitchen and serving ware, including these Hamilton Musical-inspired shot glasses - "I am not throwing away my shot!" (more quoting)

My other big find for the trip was so gorgeous and so tasty, I had to go back again the next night.  I HAD TO! Amorino - on 8th Avenue in the Theater District or at 3 other locations.  Gelato flowers, people!!!


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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Curried Chicken Salad

I'm always in need of a yummy summer salad. This salad is great for picnics, family parties, or just for a non-oven summer meal. I love all the flavors that this salad has to offer. The grapes are especially good. I have a thing for a sweet taste in a salad or on a sandwich. I actually doubled the grapes in this recipe cause they are just that good.

We made this while my sister was staying at our house and she said, "I've never had cold rice before, it's really good." This salad has rice in it and it's so yummy. I also love the diced celery, it adds the perfect crunchiness. Oh and the, this salad is full of the best flavors and they all go so well together.

I use a yellow curry in this recipe. It's McCormick brand, it's not hot/spicy. It's mild and gives the dressing the perfect flavor. I hope you love this as much as we do.

Curried Chicken Salad

Makes 8-10 servings

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4 cups chicken, cooked and cubed
1 cup dry roasted peanuts
2 cups celery, diced
2 + cups red seedless grapes, halved
¼ cup yellow onion, finely chopped
2 cups cooked rice (optional, but recommended)

½ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon lemon juice
⅛ teaspoon ground pepper
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon curry powder (yellow)

Note about the dressing: The original recipe calls for double the amounts of the dressing ingredients, but I though it was way too much, so if you like a lot of dressing double the above amounts.

In a large mixing bowl, combine chicken, peanuts, celery, grapes, onion, and rice. Mix well.

In a small mixing bowl combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, pepper, salt, and curry, mix until combined. Stir the dressing into the chicken mixture until it is all coated.

Pour salad into a serving bowl and cover with plastic wrap, chill until ready to serve. This salad is best if you can chill it for a few hours to overnight.

If I don’t have any pre-cooked chicken I usually boil a few breasts or tenderloins until they are cooked through and then cut them up with scissors into bite size pieces.

If you leave out the rice then you will want to cut the amount of dressing back.

I usually plan this meal when I have another dish with rice on my menu on a preceding day. Then I just cook extra rice and refrigerate it until I am ready to make the salad. It makes for less work that day, which is always nice.

If you want gluten free, make sure mayo is gluten-free.

Recipe Source: slightly adapted from Maureen G.

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Located in downtown Lafayette, the Rosa Parks Transportation center is a hub for Amtrak and Greyhound travel. The structure houses the region's Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) and serves to control all of Lafayette Consolidated Government's traffic signals from a centralized location  as well as provide more than 50 video cameras for traffic control. In addition, the center also houses a branch U.S. post office and AOC Community Media, the area's public access television station.


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Facts That Will Make You Hire a Commercial Cleaning Service Today

You might think a commercial cleaning company is a luxury, something you might get for your business one day. However, that is not the case.

Your business most likely won’t flourish if your workspace is dirty. Your office represents your business. If it is messy your customers won’t be impressed and your staff won’t be happy.

Still don’t think your business needs a commercial cleaner? Here are some facts that may change your mind.

  • Water cooler buttons are huge germ spreaders.
  • Viruses (like the flu) can survive in the workplace for up to 3 days.
  • 98% of your workers are affected by minor or major sickness due to dirty surroundings.
  • Each telephone in the office has about 25,000 germs per square inch.
  • Only about 25% of staff think your office is effectively clean
  • Washroom faucet handles are a big germs spreader.
  • Bacteria grow 31% every day they aren’t killed.
  • Men’s desks have 20% more bacteria on them.
  • Desks are more than 400 times dirtier than a toilet seat.
  • 64% of people clean their desks once a month or less.
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Heroes of the Storm Nazeebo Build Guide

Nazeebo build and guideLike most heroes from the Diablo series, the Heretic Witch Doctor Nazeebo is yet another very fun character to play as in HotS.

Zombies, spiders, toads, and other nefarious summons are his trademark and if you want to curse your enemies (outside the chat, of course), Nazeebo could be a great hero to purchase in Heroes of the Storm.

Below we’ll take a look at Nazeebo’s spells giving you a breakdown of how this hero plays out, and of course we’ll go into detail about which talents you should be leveling up.

Quick jump: Skills, Talents, Heroic Ability, Tips & Tricks

Disclaimer: the recommended talents are based on my personal preferences and play style, and are by no means the only way to play everyone’s favorite witch doctor. It’s intended for newer players looking for a quick guide, and once you start grasping Nazeebo’s basics you should experiment and see what works for you! Choice of talents may also depend on map or team composition.

Nazeebo skillsSkills

  • Trait: Voodoo Ritual – Basic attacks deal damage over time, and enemies afflicted by Voodoo Ritual will restore Health and Mana if slain.
  • Q: Corpse Spiders – Area of effect spell dealing damage upon impact and summoning spiders which attack enemies.
  • W: Zombie Wall – Conjures a ring of zombies which trap enemies caught within it and deal damage to them.
  • E: Plague of Toads – Cone-shaped AoE spell summoning several “toads” that deal damage to first enemy hit.
  • R: Gargantuan – Spawns a Gargantuan who deals damage upon impact and continues attacking for 30 seconds. Deals extra damage to structures.
  • R: Ravenous Spirit – Channeled spell which creates a spirit dealing area damage.

For more advice about which Heroic (R) ability to pick, refer to “Level 10 Talents” further down.

Nazeebo Talents
Nazeebo Talents

Below we’ll take a look at all Nazeebo’s talents and give you a guide on which ones are best to choose.

Level 1 Talents

  • Blood Ritual – Voodoo Ritual (Trait) returns more Health and Mana.
  • Death Ritual – Minion kills give permanent health and mana bonus.
  • Demolitionist – Basic attacks against structures destroy ammo and deal extra damage.
  • Bribe – Active spell allowing you to instantly “bribe” mercenaries to fight for you.

Recommended Level 1 Talents:

In most cases I pick Demolitionist: it allows you to do what Nazeebo is good at doing even quicker: take down turrets and keeps. Since turrets will also attack your zombies (W) you can quick expend their ammo.

Bribe is also a choice I frequently go with. Though not nearly as popular among players, I’ve found it very useful on certain maps with important team objectives, such as Haunted Mines or Garden of Terror. Quickly grabbing a Siege mercenary camp right before these map objectives spawn can cause a ton of pressure to the opposing team, and usually at least one player will have to deal with it therefore not joining a teamfight in time.

Level 4 Talents

  • Spider Cluster – Corpse Spiders (Q) creates even more spiders.
  • Gathering Power – Passive spell giving you increased Ability Power.
  • Envenom – Active spell dealing damage over time to a single enemy hero.
  • Promote – Gives increased health and damage to a friendly minion.

Recommended Level 4 Talents:

Envenom is my favorite level 4 talent. Nazeebo is capable of quickly controlling and bringing down his enemies, but very often I lack a bit of damage to finish off opponents so Envenom helps a lot to bring their health down.

Promote is a viable option as well, giving you even more tools to push down structures as fast as possible. It has a short cooldown and even holds 2 charges, and paired with Zombies, Bribe and Gargantuan you can quickly summon and strengthen an entire army to fight at your side.

I’ve seen players taking Gathering Power quite often as well, though I typically tend to stay away from it.

Level 7 Talents

  • Gidbinn – Empowers your Basic hero abilities (QWE). Corpse Spiders (Q) and Wall of Zombies (W) lasts 25% longer, and Plague of Toads (E) has an increased explosion area.
  • Fresh Corpses – Your zombies have increased damage.
  • Mercenary Lord – Siege and Bruiser mercenaries near you deal 50% more damage.
  • Calldown: MULE – Summons a mule which repairs structures and replenishes their ammo.
  • Clairvoyance – Active spell giving you vision of targeted area for 10 seconds.

Recommended Level 7 Talents:

Gibinn, Fresh Corpses, and Mercenary Lordare the best choices. The choice very much depends on your playstyle and opposing heroes, so Gidbinn is best if you need extra crowd control duration, Fresh Corpses for slightly more damage, or Mercenary Lord if your voodoo army needs even more potency.

Level 10 Heroic Ability

Nazeebo's Heroic Abilities
Nazeebo's ultimate abilities: Gargantuan and Ravenous Spirit
  1. R: Gargantuan – Spawns a Gargantuan who deals damage upon impact and continues attacking for 30 seconds. Deals extra damage to structures.
  2. R: Ravenous Spirit – Channeled spell which creates a spirit dealing area damage.

Gargantuan is almost a no-brainer here, at least for me. He’s strong, deals plenty of damage to enemies, and most importantly helps you take down structures in record time. Leaving Nazeebo unchecked while Gargantuan is up usually means you’ll end up with dead turrets and a downed keep in no time.

Ravenous Spirit, while fun as an occasional channel-your-inner-troll spell, is just not nearly as versatile or helpful as Gargantuan is. Although I must point out, many players would disagree with me completely on this one, so don’t sweat about it and simply test which ultimate works better for your play style! The damage of course does work on buildings as well so it can fill in Gargantuan’s role as well.

Level 13 Talents

  • Dead Rush – Upon expiring your Zombies will uproot and attack enemies for 3 seconds.
  • Toads of Toughnes – Toads gain damage and size with each hop.
  • Sprint – Active spell giving you a 75% move speed boost for 3 seconds.
  • Ice Block – Place yourself in stasis and become invulnerable for 3 seconds.

Recommended Level 13 Talents:

Dead Rush can be good for extra damage, and can further help to spend enemy tower’s ammo. But, Dr. Nazeebo being as defenseless as he is I often tend to pick up Sprint or Ice Block for more survivability in a pinch, with Ice Block being my most common choice.

Level 16 Talents

  • Specialized Toxin – Voodoo Ritual (Trait) deals double damage to enemy Heroes.
  • Leaping Spiders – Corpse Spiders (Q) leap at enemies and do increased damage.
  • Infested Toads – Plague Toads (E) create Corpse Spiders upon exploding.
  • Stoneskin – Active spell giving Nazeebo a 5-second duration shield equaling 30% of his maximum health.

Recommended Level 16 Talents:

Leveling to 16 is not particularly exciting for the Witch Doctor, as the choice of talents is more than often not much of a choice at all. Stoneskin is always good to have, and other talents don’t add nearly as much utility to be considered in majority of games.

Level 20 Talents

  • Humongoid – Gargantuan (R) deals double its previous damage to structures, and lasts until killed.
  • Annihilating Spirit – Increased range and movement speed on Ravenous Spirit (R).
  • Fury of the Storm – Passive ability making your Basic Attack deal extra damage and chain to other targets once every 5 seconds.
  • Bolt of the Storm – Active skill teleporting you to a nearby location.

Recommended Level 20 Talents:

Contrary to level 16 talents, on leveling to 20 does add a bit more variety. Humongoid and Fury of the Storm are both quite fun to have, and when I’m doing quick A.I. games for daily quests choosing between these two is quite difficult. If you took Ravenous Spirit heroic spell, then Annihilating Spirit can really help out with dishing out damage from even further away.

However, in normal games nothing beats the usefulness and often the necessity of having Bolt of the Storm. This spell helps you bolt away from danger at a moments notice and is likely to keep you alive more than once during a match.

Tips & Tricks

  • If you can’t push in your own lane, roam to another and go do a quick few hits on the turret or use Zombies to expend tower ammo.
  • Always do your best to keep your passive trait up on dying minions. While it may not seem like it restores a lot of health and mana, it adds up to quite a lot for an entire minion wave.
  • You can also use your trait to help you push minions faster: since it deals damage over 4 seconds, keep attacking different minions to stack the damage on all of them (just make sure to keep in mind the above tip as well).
  • Use Wall of Zombies (W) to expend tower ammo whenever you feel safe enough to use it.
  • Always try to combo your Q and E ability when enemies are caught in Wall of Zombies (W) to make sure they can’t avoid the damage.

Nazeebo is one of the most powerful Specialist heroes in the game. For master strategies that will win you over 80% of your matches click here.

Harlequin Nazeebo skin
Channel your inner troll

Final Thoughts

Of all the Specialist characters in Heroes of the Storm, Nazeebo is likely my favorite one. Though dark and mysterious, he’s also quite entertaining and playful and he certainly fits my somewhat trollish style. He’s great at quickly raising an entire army of minions and mercenaries to help him demolish structures, and taking timely advantage of missing or dead enemies is crucial.

He’s great at causing chaos when everyone else is focused on something else, and is particularly useful in backdooring the enemy base while they’re off grabbing skulls, seeds, or other map objectives.

Do you have your own way of playing Nazeebo? Let everyone know how to make the most out of this hero in the comments below.

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Creator: Willson, Lester S., Mrs., 1841-1923

Provenance Note: Scrapbook and memoranda books created by Mrs. Lester S. Willson were donated to Special Collections by Merrill G. Burlingame in 1970 and 1973.

Historical Note: Emma D. Weeks Willson was born on March 13, 1841 in New York. She met General Lester S. Willson while serving as a volunteer at the Veterans Home in Albany, New York where he acted as an administrator after the Civil War. Willson, who later founded a successful mercantile operation in Bozeman, Montana Territory, married Emma on March 2, 1869 and brought her back to Bozeman where they lived the rest of their lives. Reported to have brought the first piano to Bozeman, Emma was an accomplished musician and singer. She performed many recitals for the community, both as an accompanist and a performer, and was active in the Presbyterian church. The Willsons had four children, only one of whom survived to adulthood; Fred F. Willson, a prominent local architect. Mrs. Willson died on April 11, 1923.

Content Description Note: The collection consists of a large scrapbook of mounted newspaper clippings, photographs, recital programs, and memorabilia pertaining to: Mrs. Willson's musical activities in Bozeman; obituaries of members of the Willson family; Lester Willson's Civil War military career and early political career in Montana; the Willson's silver wedding anniversary. Two memoranda books with poetry and lyrics composed or copied by Mrs. Willson are also included, along with an address book and a folder of laid-in material.

Box 1
1. Memoranda book with poetry and lyrics; address book listing friends and relatives of the Willson family.
2. Memoranda book with poetry and lyrics (disbound)
3. Laid-in material removed from scrapbook and memoranda books including a ballot from Bozeman's 1867 election for the territorial legislature with a brief letter from Lester Willson on verso; photograph of Lester Willson ca. 1866; letter from "Martha" to the Willsons dated Christmas, 1900; miscellaneous calling cards and address slips.
4. Scrapbook

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Some Forthright Autumnal Quotations

“Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you don’t owe.”

—Dr. Bill Hang, my orthodontist

Ivy: “Knock knock!”
Jem: “Who’s there?”
Ivy: “Butt!”
Jem: “Butt who?”
Ivy: “My butt, right here!”

“I want a ponytail SPROUTING OUT of my head, wik wis, and one in the back, right here, poking up to the sky.”

Ivy: “Kitty won’t eat!”
Me: “Oh, darn, what will you do?”
Ivy, definitively: “She’ll eat. [Grabbing the portable speaker.] And she can have music. It’s good for her!”

“I’m hungry for a banana.” Indicating her bowl at mealtime: “I’m getting stuffed wif this stuff!”

Waking up from a nap: “My buns are cute!”

Observation while nursing: “I’m not going to fit when I bigger!”

Ivy, (re-)learning to fall asleep by herself: “I’m scared of my bed!”

Touching the frozen burger meat: “It’s kind of shivering to my hands!”

Be careful! I can put water in that cup, Ivy. “No! I can! I’m a great filler.”

On the trampoline, after learning she could jump ten more times before giving somebody else a turn: “Eighteen, fifteen DONE!”

A song: “Jem’s underwear on my head!”

Another song (after we encountered a “slowdownduetoacrash” on 210): “We not gonna hit anover car...not should hit a car…not should hit a car…”

In bed at night: “Ewiza - do you not want to sleep?”

“Hey, Jemmie! Knock knock!” (Who’s there?) “Earrings!” (Earrings who?) “Earrings to go in yours ears!”

Waking up from her nap (during which she still wears diapers, Just In Case): “I see…sometimes I saw…some people don’t take their diapers off; why?” Well, Ivy, some babies have to wear them all the time because they don’t remember how to use the potty. “Maybe I should try that!” Oh, no, Ivy, definitely not! You KNOW how to use the potty, and you wouldn’t want to walk around all the time with a diaper on - at least, I sure wouldn’t want you to…

Waking up from a nap a few days later; insistently: “Some people don’t take their diapers off; WHY?” Well, remember, Ivy, some babies get used to wearing diapers and they don’t remember how to pee in a potty. “But WHY? Do they not have crotches? An’ do they not know how to pull up their pants?”

Ivy is closing in on her third birthday (in March), and is growing and changing fast. She is often frustrated by all the things that everyone else can do but she can’t. (A recent attempt of Ivy’s, to learn to put on her mittens, led Jem to conclude: “It’s a good thing we don’t live in a really cold climate!”) She stomps and yells and also says the cutest things, and still wants hugs and reassurance that she can be a baby, except god forbid you reassure her at the wrong time, because that is a recipe for tears.

She does this thing where she picks an outfit to wear, slooowly instructs you in how to dress her, and when she’s all cozily and fashionably dressed...she takes off at least half of the clothes, scatters them in five different locations, and announces, “I’m hot!” Never mind if it’s forty degrees with 40 MPH winds - “I’m hot!” says Ivy. No amount of begging or cajoling or reasoning will get her to put the clothes back on. “I’m hot, Mama! An’ I look cute like this!” Until...she’s freezing, and you are (meaning I am) either in the middle of working with one of her siblings, or are greasily picking a chicken carcass, or you have just personally decided to visit the restroom...well then, “I’m FREEZING!” says Ivy forlornly. “An’ I need you to help me. I don’t know where are my pants.”

This might seem amusing, but it is amazingly annoying. And it happens All. Day. Long.

It is good that we all don’t remain two for the rest of our lives.

There is nobody who can live with a suffering family member without Feeling The Stress. And anytime Eliza’s been especially suffering in recent months, Ivy suffers, too - as manifested by frequent tantrums and copy-cat not-eating. At least I think it’s copy-cat behavior. I pray it is. (Which is similar to wishing for a Better sort of migraine headache, or Better diarrhea.)

Drawing upon my vast experience with such matters, I’d estimate that Ivy’s less-than-optimal caloric intake, coupled with her total pain-in-the-ass asking-to-eat followed by refusing-to-consume-her-meals, indicates less than 15% odds that she has an actual eating disorder, while it’s 85% likely her behavior is simply an insanely frustratingly constant attention-getting scheme: “I can’t feed! I need YOU to feed me!” she says. Then she spits out the bites we offer.

This triggers an episode of DTSD (During Traumatic Stress Disorder) in Ivy’s mother approximately 110% of the time.

I can’t believe that Jeff and I have been feeding children by spoon and bottle for over twelve years. That is longer than it takes to gestate six elephants! That is enough time, surely God, for Jeff and I to atone for our sins. Why, why, WHY does this madness continue?

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have children who had “quiet personalities.”

A Small Victory

For too many months to count, a nightly ritual for Jeff or me was to sit - for between one and two excruciating hours - next to two wriggling, squirming, and whining girls, until they finally fell asleep. The deep and growing resentment in my heart was beginning to ruin my hope for enjoying my children’s company when they awoke each morning, because it felt like the daily sum total of “grownups’ quiet time” was about twenty minutes, and that it could only be lengthened at the expense of parental Sleep.

So I finally visited the . Again. Yes, even though I’ve been putting children to bed for almost fourteen years now, the freaking Sleep Issue brings me to my knees. A quick visit to the forums reminded me that Jeff and I do NOT have to remain our children’s “sleep associations” in order for them to be nurtured and well-rested individuals - in fact, quite the opposite!

The next night, we explained to the girls that after each Nightly Getting Ready For Bed, Mama and Papa were henceforth going to get up and walk about the cabin and have a tiny semblance of Grown up time.

Eliza gave this two seconds of thought, and fell asleep in her own bed.

Ivy complained and cried vigorously for several nights, but then realized we weren’t backing down...and miracle of miracles, she stopped yowling! And has been falling asleep in her own bunk for over a month now.

I’d like to say that our Improving Sleep Situation reflects the way our children Totally Appreciate the Value in having two loving parents who also love each other and prioritize self-care and a loving, fun-filled marriage. In reality, Making Choices in Amaral Matilsky land often feels like Crisis-Management, and prioritizing self care always feels like more of a compromise than the Advice Gurus promise.

The boys are now eager for Big Kid Time, after the girls go to bed, so they can have Papa all to themselves for as long as they can convince him to play cards and read books and and and…

Seriously, though, Jeff and I have been watching way more TV shows and movies (using headphones so as to pretend Ivy has fallen asleep already), which everyone knows is key to a healthy, well-adjusted adulthood!

It’s also very difficult to feel like you have abandoned your children to the Scary Scary Night when you live in a camper and every single bed in the place is fewer than five feet from the General Living Area.

Authenticity is very important when you’re playing pretend:

Eliza: “I’ll strap you into the pretend car, Ivy, with a REAL seatbelt!”
Ivy: “NO! I’m not the real baby! I’m the real mother!”

Her fingers covered by a rainbow of paint: “That’s what happens when you’re becoming an artist!”

“The Hanukkah candles are a mess and a beauty!”

Painting: “This is sort of the way a real raindrop looks, but I’m showing it up big.”

Creating a marker-drawn collage of colorful letters: “I love wording!!”

Navigating the social jungle: “The girls were not letting Ollie play because he was a boy, and they said that only girls could play in the playground, but I told them that boys go on the slide all the TIME when they’re not looking, and so they should let Ollie play. I was afraid they’d be angry about that…”

Recently, heartbreakingly: “I wish you could feel what I feel, so you would KNOW how bad my sickness is.”

“Nobody seems to feel bad about me having a sickness.” That’s crazy, Eliza! We HATE the sickness! We want it gone and we want you feeling GOOD! “But nobody feels bad about [pities] me!” We do! And it’s also really hard because your sickness causes you to behave in ways that are really unpleasant. But you know that we will vanquish this sickness no matter how long it takes, right?

“This food looks good, but my sickness says it will taste bad.”

“...When I grow up, I think I’ll look for someone who’s good looking AND who’s a really nice guy, to marry. Like Papa! He is. I don’t know how I’d find someone, though. I was thinking about marrying X., but he says I might die younger because I get colds - I mean because I’m sick and can’t eat and stuff - and I keep thinking about that conversation and I don’t like it.”

As soon as Eliza’s body and brain give her a break from suffering, she fits so many hobbies and interests into her days, mixed with a beautiful curiosity and challenging doses of self-doubt, that I’m left scrambling to keep up.

We’ve recently read a few kids’ chapter books that were written a generation ago. Eliza loves them. Although I’m not sure my offspring notice this, books about kids’ lives in the 1950s and before often feature a version of childhood where young people regularly get bored, and do NOT have parental input nor interaction all the time - or even most of the time. These kids-of-a-prior-generation about whom we read are independent and super resourceful, and unlike most any children I meet today. It’s interesting that many of these books feature protagonists who are ordinary - the only “special” part is that they are the hero or heroine of the story, rather than so many of today’s novels featuring protagonists who are “chosen” by some higher power and given magical skills, etc., which make them more Remarkably and Amazing than the rest of the kids/people on the planet.

I like the idea of observing the Special in the ordinary, and the Beauty in uniqueness…without requiring a permit from above.

Eliza has been a very busy lady this fall; more on our homeschooling adventures in a future update.

Okay, so then our friends took this short video, which makes it totally seem like all the kids are actually leading charmed 1950’s Children’s Novel-style lives, so I try not to beat myself up over all the mistakes I’m making:
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Jem! It’s freezing! Why don’t you put on more clothes?! “Too much work.” How much colder would it have to be to get you to put on a hoodie? “A lot more.”

“Mama, what would happen if you barfed while you were drinking?”

Ivy, learning to put on her mittens, could not get her thumb in despite a solid half-hour trying. “Good thing we didn’t get her gloves!” cracked Jem.

Jem has been a busy boy this fall! More on our homeschooling Stuff later.

I consider it a good day when Ben spontaneously switches between various activities. These last few months, Ben’s own interests have gone through phases such as “magic tricks,” “card games and solitaire,” “Diary of a Wimpy Kid novel reading,” “Purchasing and organizing an encyclopedic book collection,” and “Other book-focused activities.” He’s also trying to follow directions in a book that promises to teach him to lucid-dream.

Ben has been broadening his daily activities this fall, which is a big challenge for him and also a necessary requirement according to his mother (who has managed to live through nearly fourteen years of Being Ben’s Mother, and so gets to call the shots sometimes). More on our homeschooling life later.

Recently, Jem wrote an update about his Life Happenings, and sent this to his extended family. This is what he wrote:

Dear family,

Ben's radish sprouts sprouted. H O O R A Y

We just got our "evolution and classification of life" poster laminated yesterday.

Here's a joke: A man walks into a bar. And he says, "ouch." That's not the main joke. Here's the main joke:

A man walks into a bar and says, "All lawyers are assholes."

Then someone at the back of the room says, "Hey you're insulting my kind!"

And then the person who walked in says, "What are you, a lawyer?"

And he says, "No I'm an asshole."

Ha ha ha. Papa told it to us. Isn't it funny?

Yesterday we went to a marijuana shop. but they didn't let us buy anything because we didn't have a certificate thingamajig.

On Monday, Mama accidentally left our propane tank at the propane tank filler upper place but then some asshole stole it.

Mama is going to send two pictures. one of them will be of Ivy bouncing a ball, And the other one will be a surprise. He he he

It didn’t take long for Jem’s devoted father and mother to realize that Parental Clarification was necessary. Jeff took on this task:

Hi All,

Portions of Jem's email might perhaps require some esplainin'.

Sara's visit to the dispensary was for CBD oil (, a derivative of cannabis or hemp. I'll let Sara explain the potential medical uses, but I'll note here that it does not contain THC. So we are not visiting dispensaries for recreational pot. Also, these substances are legal where we are camping (and in some other states).

Secondly, we don't know for sure that the person or persons who took our full propane tank were assholes. They may have been very nice people who thought the propane was free... Nah, they should have known better.

Love to you all,

Jem wrote:
> Dear family,
> [Benign stuff about radishes and educational posters.]
> [Slightly lewd joke about lawyers. Who are people, too.]
> [Grandparent heart attack inducing anecdote about visiting a 'marijuana shop'.]
> [Judgemental indictment of propane thief.]
> Mama is going to send two pictures. one of them will be of Ivy bouncing a ball, And the other one will be a surprise. He he he
> Love,
> Jem

Fun Stuff Watched By Jeff and Sara this Fall:

The Odd Couple
Young Frankenstein
Death at a Funeral
The Good Wife (Well-done lawyer show, tightly-written plot)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (You should watch the first season, currently on Amazon Prime - it is amazing!!)

An average day in our house comes with choices. Practice Personal Growth? Drink heavily? Shout loudly?

Or make pancakes. Because a few times a month, a person likes to chew on bread-like things. Even when such foods bring out strange addictive tendencies in a person’s children. Who absolutely ADORE pancakes.

Cooking gluten-free pancakes that are nutritious and delicious can be a challenge, but in our house there are Other Things To Think About. Eliza gets a Pancake Glint in her eyes and can’t stop salivating. “Those smell SOOOOOOO good!” she says, practically moaning, as though she hasn’t had food in three years. “WHEN are they going to be ready? They smell like the best thing in the WORLD! I’m just STARVING! [Even if she’s been spoon-fed a meal an hour previously.] Why can’t they be done NOW?” Eliza stands there, watching and moaning and commenting, until pancakes are served.

Meanwhile, Ivy is usually quite hungry since she didn’t eat her previous meal at all - GAH!!!! But as usual - and now she wants lunch (obviously! Because, pancakes). I can’t back down, as usual, not ever, cuz that would set A Precedent, so I end up feeding Ivy her abandoned breakfast while making the pancake batter.

DTSD, here I come.

While Eliza salivates over raw batter on one side (“It will taste sooooo good”), Ivy chews slooooowly on my other side (“STILL chewin’!” she says each time I offer her a bite of breakfast. “See?” She opens her mouth wide, so I definitely can see).

But while Eliza is salivating over the pancakes, her Sickness is pushing her Food Aversion Buttons. “Yuck!” she says, wrinkling her nose in disgust. “Is that Ivy’s FOOD in that bowl? I want that bowl NOT in front of me.”

“Eliza!!” I say exasperatedly. “It’s the food we all ate for breakfast!!” I try to arrange Ivy’s bowl and my cooking bowls and measuring implements and ingredients to avoid two squirming girls’ elbows, and meanwhile Ivy wants to help crack eggs, and actually Oh My, she IS cracking eggs, and Eliza wants to help cuz Ivy’s helping, and when I say, “Ack! NO!” she bursts into tears, and I’m trying to make two batches and calculate quantities and can’t remember how many plantains I already blenderized, and Eliza is crying cuz she’s so INCREDIBLY hungry that her stomach might “burst!!”, and Jem has been not-starting his three lines of a typing lesson for like three years, and asks every question he has by yelling out the door to me: “Mama! Mama mamma mama mama mama…”, and Ben keeps interrupting also, to tell me totally random jokes that he’s already told me fifty times before, and I want to scream “DON’T ask me any questions! PLEASE don’t help me! Don’t ask for my attention or need me in any way for just FIVE SECONDS PLEASE!!”

This actually happens for only a few short minutes, while the pancakes are being eaten.

But they are really delicious pancakes.

Sometimes I try to remember to taste them.

Happy Christmas to all!