![]() ![]() When clipping several plants with the same tool, have a bucket containing a 5% bleach solution and swish your blades around for 30 seconds between plants to sterilise them. There seems to be no treatment other than removing unsightly leaves by hand or be patient - the spring always brings nice fresh new leaves and the spotty ones fall. It's also a part of the natural disintegration and fall of old leaves before the new ones appear in the spring. It doesn't appear to be a fungal problem but is aggravated by the plant being less than content - usually either because it's in a pot or its roots are dying back due to over wet conditions. Undoubtedly referring to its insipid taste, you'd have to be bloody hungry to eat more than one.Īll the Strawberry Trees are prone to getting black spots on their leaves by the end of winter. The curious Latin name ' unedo' is said to derive from a comment made by the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder - translated as 'I only eat one'. Quite a young plant but a nice bit of Creative Maintenance. The one in the picture is in the public gardens at Southsea in Hampshire. Always a good plant for practising your Creative Maintenance on.īig old trees with lovely dense rounded heads are frequent near the south coast of England. They also (like all Strawberry Trees) have lots of dead twigs in them which do the tree no harm but much visual improvement is made by removing them. Their natural habit is to be multistemmed and as the bark is reddish and flaky, much fun can be had clearing growth off the stems to expose them. They're similar to the closely related Pieris from China and Japan. Flowers are born in early summer and are white and bell shaped and profuse. The (slightly) strawberry like fruits are (slightly) edible but look nice when they cover an old tree. They also need plenty of light to do their thing. That shape is either a function of age or someone's been up a ladder with a pair of shears. When you see the beautiful dome shaped little trees 20ft tall and 20ft wide, they may well be over 50 years old. It's one of those slow-but-worth-it trees. ![]() Like all Strawberry Trees, it needs sharp drainage but unlike all Strawberry Trees, this one doesn't like thin soil over chalk. It's one of the parents of our much sought after hybrid Arbutus x andrachnoides. but is frequently spotted for it's lovely dome shaped evergreen-ness in gardens all over Britain - particularly near the coast. This is native from south-west Ireland down through Portugal and along the Mediterranean as far as Turkey. Online Delivery & Collection Information. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He parachuted into France on D-day and fought for a month in Normandy eighty days in Holland thirty-nine in the harshly cold winter of Bastogne and for nearly thirty more near Haguenau, France, and the Ruhr pocket in Germany. As one of the original men who trained at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, Shifty was one out of only two soldiers in Easy Company to initially earn the coveted expert marksman designation. Little did Shifty know his finely-tuned skills would one day save his life-and the lives of his fellow paratroopers. His father trained him to listen to the woods, to "see" without his eyes. Please forward this email to everyone you know, especially to the veterans.From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and more, here is the authorized biography of one of the most celebrated paratroopers of Easy Company, Sergeant Shifty Powers, the legendary sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers.As a boy, Darrell "Shifty" Powers's goal was to become the best rifle shot he could be. Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet way. ![]() No wall to wall, back to back, 24x7 news coverage. Shifty died on June 17 after fighting cancer. And mine are brimming up now as I write this. Just knowing that there are still some who remember what we did and still care is enough to make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I'd take his in coach. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach, while I was in First Class. I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France, and he said "Yes.Īnd it's real sad because these days so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say. At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland, into Arnhem." I was standing with a genuine war hero.and then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day. I told him yes, I know exactly where Normandy was, and I know what D-Day was. At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy.do you know where Normandy is?" Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945." at which point my heart skipped. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. Making conversation, I asked him if he'd been in the 101st Airborne or if his son was serving. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle", the symbol of the 101st Airborne, on his hat. I just saw an elderly gentleman having trouble reading his ticket. I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. His character appears in all 10 episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers. We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services. Subject: Memorial Service: you're invited. At the very least he deserved a few moments of our time. We have also lost REAL heroes recently, and this gentleman is one of them. Consider the mindless "events" that have enthralled the news media over the past two weeks. ![]() ![]() Liveaboards to Bali: Indo Aggressor | Pindito Up to 20 mantas have been spotted on one dive at Manta Point, where they come in to get cleaned by the local fish at the cleaning station. Manta Point, also great for snorkelers, offers an amazing dive experience when the mantas are there between July - September. Manta Bay is ideal for snorkelers as this shallow bay is more protected and quite shallow. There are two spots there, Manta Bay and Manta Point. Liveaboards to Komodo: Ondina | La Galigo | Mermaid IIīali - Another manta hotspot in Indonesia is the small island of Nusa Penida off the south-east coast of Bali. But Manta Alley isn't the only place to play with mantas in Komodo, dive sites like Makassar Reef, Batu Bolong and Golden Passage also promise amazing manta interactions. This submerged seamount, which can be quite prone to current, has been known to have as many as 50 mantas at one time! The plankton-rich water is what brings in the mantas in high numbers. ![]() Komodo National Park - With a dive site name like Manta Alley you can guess why this is a popular spot in the national park. Liveaboards to Socorro: Nautilus Belle Amie | Valentina Known to get extremely close to divers, this makes for fantastic photo opportunities, especially as the mantas are there year-round. These Giant Pacific Mantas congregate in large numbers at San Benedicto and use the cleaning stations there at the submerged seamount. Socorro Islands - Known for having the 'worlds friendliest Manta Rays', the Socorros in Mexico is one of the best places for real up-close Manta-Ray encounters. Many liveaboards in these areas have itineraries that visit specific dive sites to enable divers and snorkelers the chance to see these creatures in their natural habitat. Manta Rays generally stop off at 'cleaning stations', where numerous different fish such as butterflyfish and cleaner wrasse hang out waiting for larger fish to swing by for a clean-up, similar to a car wash! Best places to dive with Manta Raysĭue to the vast distances these gentle giants cover, Manta Rays can be spotted in many places around the world, however, there are some places that offer better chances of diving with Mantas than others. Despite their size, these beautiful creatures are incredibly graceful in the water, and even playful, swimming in and out of exhaled bubbles and barrel rolling mid-water to show off their elegance. Scuba diving or snorkeling with Manta Rays truly is a magical experience and one you will remember for a lifetime. The Manta alfredi, or reef manta, is smaller in size with an average width of 3m and is generally spotted in shallow coastal areas. The Oceanic Manta has an average wingspan of 5m/16ft. The Manta birostris, or Giant Oceanic Manta, which can be sighted along productive coastlines and are known to travel great distances. With one of the largest brains in the fish world, there are 2 separate species of Manta Ray. ![]() These majestic creatures, a member of the shark & ray family, can grow up to 7m/23ft in length and can weigh up to an astounding 2 tonnes in weight! However, these gentle giants feed on tiny zooplankton, funnelling it into their mouths using 2 large lobes at the front of their head. Best places to dive with Manta Rays Diving with Giant Manta on Nautilus Belle Amie, Socorro, Mexico Diving with Manta Raysĭiving with Manta Rays has to be on most divers wish list, and with good reason. ![]() ![]() Going by the title The Crowded Room when it arrives on June 9, Daniel Keyes’ 1981 non-fiction work The Minds of Billy Milligan is the latest book to be adapted for Apple TV+. The BBC One series functions as a kind of prequel to the novel, and with Meadows’ characteristic improvised style, is a very different take on period drama, with a vibrant cast including This Is England’s Michael Socha and Thomas Turgoose, with The Green Knight‘s Ralph Ineson and Downton Abbey’s Sophie McShera.īuy here on Amazon The Minds of Billy Milligan by Daniel Keyes (Apple TV+, June 9) Set in 18th century Yorkshire, it’s the true story of a band of villagers who rebel against the crown by forging coins. The show is already of note to fans of Oscar-winner Everything Everywhere All at Once for featuring celebrated cast-members Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu and Ke Huy Quan, and promises to bring the action comedy adventure to life, with Lucy Liu directing.īuy here on Amazon The Gallows Pole by Ben Myers cover detail (2017, Bloomsbury Publishing) The Gallows Pole by Ben Myers (BBC One, May 31)įilmmaker Shane Meadows’ ( This Is England, The Virtues) first series for the BBC is a three-part drama inspired by Ben Myers’ trippy 2017 historical novel The Gallows Pole. ![]() On Disney+ since May 24 is Kelvin Yu’s eight-part adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s 2006 graphic novel about a US teenager who becomes unexpectedly involved in a battle between gods from Chinese mythology. Buy here on Amazon American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang (Disney+, May 24) ![]() ![]() ![]() Step 2: Use admin for both username and password to log in, assuming you haven’t changed the default username and password already. Step 1: Open a web browser and type the router IP address in the address field, then hit Enter. Option 2: Find Wi-Fi Password in Router's Admin Page Now that you have remembered it, you can share it with anyone you want. ![]() Here you have it, this is the password your computer uses to connect to the Wi-Fi network. Your Wi-Fi network password is displayed in the Network security key box. Step 4: In Wireless Network Properties, select the Security tab, then select the Show characters checkbox. Step 3: In Wi-Fi Status, select Wireless Properties. Step 2: In Network and Sharing Center, next to Connections, select your Wi-Fi network name. Step 1: Open the Settings app, select Network & Internet > Status > Network and Sharing Center. 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This man is being as obnoxious as, well, as the stereotypical obnoxious Texan in countless obnoxious Texan stories. ![]() How about some fightin’ words? Savor this tall-tale about Packer: A loud and obnoxious Texas high roller is playing at the same table as Mr. ![]() ![]() You want an outsized man with some outsized deeds? Kerry is said to have tipped one cocktail waitress a house! The myth of Australia’s gambling media tycoon just gets bigger and bigger with a capital "b" as in baccarat and blackjack, his preferred games. He either won 20 million, 30 million or 40 million dollars over several days at MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 1997 and caused several casino executives to get the axe for reeling in this big whale who sunk their quarterly earnings report. When it comes to Packer it’s hard to get the facts of his prodigious wins and equally prodigious losses straight. The most written about, most admired, and, to some casinos he’s crippled, the most feared modern gambler is Australian billionaire, Kerry Packer. When the run was over, Archie was up over 17 million dollars between poker and craps, all at the Horseshoe. At one point in his run, Archie possessed all of the Horseshoe’s $5,000 chips - over 11 million dollars worth. When he ran out of poker competitors, Archie headed to the Horseshoe’s craps tables where he won millions more. Starting with a borrowed stake of ten thousand dollars, Archie went on a rampage of poker at Binion’s Horseshoe, defeating 15 of the world’s greatest poker players in head-to-head competition, including World Champions Chip Reese, Stu Unger, Puggy Pearson, and Johnny Chan. Archie Karas, a Greek immigrant, who in 1992-1993 had one of the greatest runs in Vegas history. Perhaps the most extraordinary of recent legendary streaks is possessed by Mr. Bergstrom died $647,000 ahead - at casino gambling - but he was obviously down at the game of life. Three months later Bergstrom killed himself at a Strip hotel. Finally, he came back to make his famous $1,000,000 bet (circa 1984) - which he lost. He came back and won a single $590,000 bet, then he came back some while later and won a $190,000 bet then he appeared again and won $90,000. However, Bergstrom couldn’t stay away for long. Bergstrom took his original $777,000 and his win of $777,000 and departed. The shooter established a point of six and then sevened out two rolls later. Bergstrom arrived with a suitcase filled with $777,000 which he bet on the Don’t Pass line at craps. William Lee Bergstrom from Austin, Texas decided to test the Binion claim that Binion would book any bet, no matter how large, as long as you make it your first. In fact, there are at least six different versions of the story, the following being the most accurate. The story of the "suitcase man" has become another modern legend of Las Vegas and it has lost nothing in the telling over a period of almost 20 years. In early 1980s, the "suitcase man" arrived at Binions to make a big bet. But here are four of the most famous "legends" in the last 20 or so years. Like blackjack legend, Ken Uston, there are many legendary gamblers and legendary events in the gambling world to list them all would take several books. 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![]() ![]() The military spent at least $160 million annually on bonuses for retaining cyber personnel from fiscal years 2017 to 2021, the Government Accountability Office found. It’s unclear exactly why the Marine Corps initiated an audit of the cyber officers’ records in particular.īut the Marine Corps’ cyber field has faced some challenges in the first few years since its creation.Īcross the services, it’s expensive to train cyber officers and hard to retain them amid the pull of lucrative jobs in the private sector or at other federal agencies. “The Marine Corps made necessary corrections to ensure personnel records accurately reflected signed service agreements,” Carlock stated. “So it sounded like it was just kind of an admin error and they had to kind of go back and fix everything.”īut not for Taubl and 23 others who did sign the secondary service agreements.Ĭarlock said she couldn’t comment on any particular Marine’s record because of privacy concerns. “I don’t think they quite realized until after the change in the date that some people did not sign the contract,” the Marine said. The lieutenant’s command resolved the issue within a few weeks, restoring the lieutenant’s original date, according to the lieutenant. The future cyber officers in this lieutenant’s class, which also graduated in 2020, weren’t asked to sign the secondary service agreements that would have extended their service lengths, according to the lieutenant.īut in October 2022, the lieutenant also saw a new, significantly delayed end of active service date. One cyber lieutenant, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Marine was discouraged from speaking to the media, described being in a class at The Basic School that graduated shortly before Taubl’s. When Taubl saw his new end of active service date on Marine Online in October 2022, several other lieutenants in the small, tight-knit cyber community reported their dates also had been moved with no notice, according to Taubl. ![]() That fall, the Marine Corps conducted an audit of the cyber officers’ service records, adjusting them on a case-by-case basis to match the service agreements on file, Carlock said. “I figured, ‘Hey, maybe they realized that this was not applied evenly across the board’ and that they just kind of said, ‘You know what, we messed this up, we’ll correct it for future classes, but we can’t enforce this if it’s applied to only some and not others,’” Taubl said.Įven up to September 2022, his pay statement listed the May 2023 end of active service date, according to a copy reviewed by Marine Corps Times. ![]() |