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The use of secrets by children is full of interest. Small boys put The Use of their arms around one another's necks and whisper in the ear, prethe Secret
tending to tell something that the others shall not know. This exalts to Dilate the Selt the selves of those that hear the secrets and at the same time shrinks
up the onlooker and Aushes him with envy. Such an act calls for a countermove in the same direction. The other boys get together and tell secrets among themselves and make extravagant claims that their secrets are much more worthy of knowing. Girls do this, too, but it does not seem to bear the same marks of genuineness and naiveté. It has always seemed as if it were more fun to be a boy than to be a girl, just for the reason that the conduct of boys is less conventional and their activity is more varied. To tell another a secret is a way of coming en rapport with him de novo and telling a secret serves very well as a fresh beginning after a miff has been declared off. The secret serves to re-establish the relation of friendship. The suspicion lies close that where the fraternity boys of the university do not feel sure of their girls, they tell the girls the fraternity secrets as a way of strengthening the desired relationship. To tell one a secret is a mark of confidence and respect. Young people of the lower classes of society who associate much together give up a large part of their conversation to noisy claims about secrets or what they know that someone else does not; they make veiled references to past good times and to other times in which things transpired that would be a terrible humiliation if told. Each one tries to get a secret with every other and then to make noisy claims about keeping it from all the rest. Servant girls with their company at the back door indulge in this kind of conversation, making veiled references to secrets most of the time. With them social life is always a sharp contest among personalities in which severe thrusts are given and countered just as severely.10
To the same end young people invent“ dog-Latin " and other lingoes. They are prized less as a vehicle for secrets than as a
means of triumphing over the puzzled listener. The "I"
Many of the games of childhood, such as “Needle's Eye," in Games
"Drop the Handkerchief,” and “ Virginia Reel,” owe their charm to their giving each in turn an opportunity to be the chief actor. In the flushed cheeks and glistening eyes of the child that is “ it," one remarks the intoxication resulting from feeling the “I” glorified. While it revels in its golden moment of initiative and self-display, the rest find their compensation in the pleasure of marching, dancing, or singing in concert.
10 The Journal of Pedagogy, Vol. XIX, pp. 35-36.
To shrink or put down the selves of others gives much the same
CHAP. I satisfaction as to exalt one's own self. It is, after all, the margin Tactics
Aiming to of superiority between one's self and another's self which feeds Shrink
Another's one's sense of importance. In the teasing, badgering, and hector- soll ing of small children, red-haired girls, cross-eyed or hare-lipped boys, peddlers, outlanders, and Chinamen, the object is not always the infliction of pain; it may be the exalting one's self-importance by mortifying and depreciating another. The delight of " taking down" one who is throwing us into the shade is very evident. Schoolboys on the playground “ take it out ” of “ teacher's pet,” be patter the best-dressed child, and pursue the prize pupil, chanting some incantation rhyme built about his name. Girls try to take down the girl all the boys are fond of and the uncouth lads join to humiliate the boy that the girls favor. In the same way young men who are boon companions are on the watch to "get something" on one of their number. Playing tricks and " practiral" jokes is a favorite means of getting the laugh on” anosher, i.e., shrinking him. Hazing and fagging pleasantly enliven the self-feeling of older schoolboys. The ordeals of initiation ar pused by some fraternal orders give the lodge members the pleasure of making a worthy fellow-citizen a laughingstock, while the victim later salves his wounded pride in watching other inmates "ride the goat." Games like “ Prisoners' Base," " Blindman's Buff," " I Spy," are built on the plan of shrinking the play
une at a time. The child who is "it" feels smalled and wins back his self-respect only by catching another, who in turn beCumes "it."
Then there are the tactics of self-protection designed to prevent or turn aside a thrust at one's self, and the tactics of self-recovery aning to expand the self after a humiliating experience. Thus e savage, who mainly identifies his personality with his name, is careful to keep secret his true name. The child called a name waris off the blow with the incantation:
Sticks and stones
There is the same caution about one's image. Once I tried in 725 to find a Bedouin who would let himself be sketched; each 12:ed lest in some mysterious way I should gain a hold on him.
CHAP.1 Catlin had to use all the arts of diplomacy in order to get his
Indian chiefs to sit for their portrait. Nature peoples have a like
horror of being photographed. Tactics for For fear of a rebuff one refrains from the direct question, but Protecting One's Solf supposes,” or “wonders,” queries to the ceiling, or ends a state
ment with a rising inflection. An invitation is couched in the negative statement: “You would n't care to ...?" or is conveyed by a lifting of the eyebrow or a pointing of the thumb. A request takes the form of a hint. One answers an embarrassing question with a shrug or a grimace which, while expressing enough, cannot be quoted. Refusal is met with “I don't care," or " Like as not I'm better off without it." Repartee parries gibe and the innuendo is turned by irony. The use of that doubleedged weapon, the apology, gives scope for great dexterity in exalting one's self or putting the other in the wrong. Some adults in associating with children assume an affected speech in order to keep their personalities from being sucked down to the child's level. The children soon see through this and will have
nothing to do with one who “ talks down ” to them. How There
It would be rash then to assume that wherever people come toMay Be Fellowship gether to enjoy one another's company there is affection. BragWithout a Spark of garts must have listeners, skinflints will have their cronies. The LOVE
self-conceited by no means resign themselves to solitude. The utterly selfish mental invalid may be an utter cormorant for sympathy. In such cases the individual foregathers with others not from love but to gain a sounding-board for his “I,” to exalt his own self by bringing under or exploiting other selves. Many egoists of the purest water are on the constant lookout for sympathizers, admirers, or satellites. In a pinch such vampires can find satisfaction even in one another, for each endures the plaint or brag of the others for the sake of having attention when his
turn comes to blow the trumpet. Traits of Egotic As
Egoistic society apes the manners and amenities of good-will sociation
association, but its hollowness shows in a variety of ways. Under velvet endearments women stretch their claws and scratch like cats. Each lady of an exploitive social circle keeps books, as it were, and will not set out cake when she is hostess if the others have been serving only wafers; or if she offers cake it is to triumph over the rest. Stingy beldames calculate it costs less to attract company by spiced gossip than by spiced refreshments
Roistering egoists watch that no one skips his turn to stand treat. CHAP. I Cronies who are not good fellows show their yellowness when one of them falls into trouble. Then he is given to understand that no one cares to see his long face or listen to his tale of woe. For such fair-weather friendship the refrain is, “ If you 're out of health or money you need n't come around.”
MANNERS It is the role of good manners to sweeten social intercourse by Manners a deleting or refining the struggle among the “ I's." The well-bred for Harmo. refrain from such irritants as conspicuousness in dress, loudness Dizing the of speech, boasting, self-display, monopoly of the conversation, of Differ
ent Egos controversy, rudeness, the humiliating of others. The best manDers call for the constant subordination of the claims of one's self to the claims of the selves of others. When all in a circle act up to this standard, association becomes in the highest degree enjoyable provided that real congeniality exists. In the best circles of our South the harmonization of the demands of different egos has become a fine art. The way in which a well-bred Southerner :!1 let the conversation take any direction you seem to wish, alnays playing up to your lead and suppressing his own preference, reveals the secret of the oft-noted "charm” of southern society. In eighteenth-century France the higher social class developed manners of a suavity before unknown and the spread of here over the world has put many peoples in debt to the French. Throughout Spanish America one finds diffused an older, unselfsh, but less sympathetic, manner that grew up among the hidalgos of Spain
The percolation down among the people of the manners Courtesy wht out in a leisure class is a very important step in sociali- sary Stop zach. Politeness is, to be sure, a poor substitute for good-will zation 2. ! respect for the rights of others, but where these traits do not et exit it is most valuable. Its function is not to sweeten the rosion of kinsfolk, friends, or lodge-brothers but to lessen the chung between strangers, colleagues, or rivals. Wherever, as
Suuth America, good manners have become the heritage of a: clases, even peons, muleteers and deckhands, the contacts of se give rise to sew quarrels and brawls. Good manners canrre, cf course, do away with such hostility as arises from conect of interests; but they go far to prevent troubles which have
CHAP, I their origin in the naive assertion of the “I” in human inter
THE MIRRORED SELF
The disturbing state of mind we term “ self-consciousness" is Our Con. sciousness rather our consciousness of others; of others, however, as noticof Onlooking ing and appraising one's self. For many children the first exOthers
periences of figuring in the minds of another are extremely upsetting. Some unable to bear an unfamiliar eye cover the face or hide themselves. Under the stranger's gaze the bashful child blushes, makes random movements, twists its body, pulls at its clothing, puts its finger in its mouth, or bites its nails. Muscular co-ordination goes by the board, so that it drops or spills things, stumbles over trifling objects, and finds its hands and feet become alien. It may giggle, laugh nervously, stammer, or even lose voice and word memory. In stage fright the symptoms match closely those of extreme fear. Even the experienced speaker finds discomfort in the “cold” or “unsympathetic " stare.
However, if closer acquaintance reveals a kindly attitude in others, children cease to shrink from their attention and even begin to court it. “In the youngest children,” say Hall and Smith, 11 ". showing off ' seems to be the simple, openly expressed desire for recognition and sympathy, the step in the extension of the consciousness of self which naturally succeeds the baby's development of self through the investigation of the limits of its
own body." Infantile "Showing
The desire to play a star part in other people's minds develops 00" much earlier than is commonly supposed. “The child,” says
Professor Cooley, “ appropriates the visible actions of his parent or nurse, over which he finds he has some control, in quite the same way as he appropriates one of his own members or a plaything, and he will try to do things with this new possession, just as he does with his hand or his rattle. A girl six months old will attempt in the most evident and deliberate manner to attract at, tention to herself, to set going by her actions some of those movements of other persons that she has appropriated."
The human looking-g'ass in which the infant sees its little I 11 Pedagogical Seminary, Vol. X, p. 160.


I love Facebook. You get to see such a “diverse” group of people and their true thoughts. Especially when it comes to politics and especially immigration issues.
Calvin Lester linked over to a Washington Post article about the recent David Vitter ad. No, Vitter wasn’t looking for prostitutes this time. Of course, Calvin almost always falls on the race-baiting side, but here is where it got interesting.
Mark Flowers, from east Texas, commented on Calvins post. This prompted a comment from Hank Miller of Shreveport. Let’s just say the entire thread was a banter back and forth between them.
I wasn’t going to even post – until Hank had to play the race card and the “we stole the country” card, and the first class ticket out of here. How hypocritical. So I replied, because, well, I can’t stand it.
My reply to the thread:
Personally I think the ad is hilarious from a production standpoint. Does the voting record of Charlie Melancon equal the accusations? If you stretch just a bit, yeah.
However, there are somewhere between 500,000-1,000,000 reasons per year why the ad is spot on concerning the root issue.
There is nothing wrong with immigrants. All of us are immigrants anyway, including all the chip-on-the-should blacks who regularly play that slave race card, and whose ancestors sold them to the Europeans during the slave trading days.
The problem is the illegal immigrants who are an insult to all of the law-abiding immigrants who enter our country every year.
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Speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the actor said he was "looking forward" to working on the movie with Steven Spielberg.
"I'll be ready. I'm excited about it," he said.
"Steven Spielberg [had] this chance to revisit this character which has brought pleasure to so many people... not to mention me."
He added: "It's great fun to work with this character. It's great fun to work with Steven. I'm looking forward to it."
Disney finally quashed those rumours of an Indy reboot starring Chris Pratt by greenlighting Indiana Jones 5.
It was recently revealed that the new instalment will be written by the man behind Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. So make of that what you will.
Indy was introduced to audiences in 1981's classic Raiders of the Lost Ark, and returned in sequels Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).
The character returned in 2008's poorly-received Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Indiana Jones 5 will swashbuckle into cinemas on July 19, 2019.


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May’s recently released U.S. industrial output data looks decent despite the tough market conditions. Per the Fed’s recently-released data, total industrial production rose 0.2% in the month. The metric has been increasing in each month of 2022 so far until May, seeing an average monthly upside of about 0.8%.
However, a 0.1% dip in the manufacturing output is little worrying as the Fed is in a hawkish mood to control red hot inflation levels. The decline in the metric follows three months of growth averaging about 1%. There was a 1% rise in utility production. Moreover, mining production witnessed a 1.3% uptick, mainly on strength in the oil and gas sector.
Considering the latest data release, investors can track ETFs like
The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLI Quick Quote XLI - Free Report) , Vanguard Industrials ETF ( VIS Quick Quote VIS - Free Report) , Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF ( FIDU Quick Quote FIDU - Free Report) and iShares U.S. Industrials ETF ( IYJ Quick Quote IYJ - Free Report) , which might gain from an improving industrial output.
Total industrial production increased 5.8% from the year-ago figure in May. According to the Fed’s report, the nondurable manufacturing index inched up 0.1% in May. The durable and other manufacturing (publishing and logging) indices were down 0.2% each in the month.
Capacity utilization for the industrial sector came in at 79% in May, lagging its long-run (1972-2021) average by 0.5%. The manufacturing capacity utilization for the industry, the measure for studying how efficiently firms are utilizing their resources, slightly declined in May to 79.1%, up 1.0 percentage point from its long-run average, per the Fed’s report.
U.S. Grapples With High Inflation Levels
The world’s largest economy continues to struggle with the persistently high-inflation levels. Per the latest Labor Department report, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) jumped 8.6% year over year in May (the maximum since 1981), surpassing the already high Dow Jones estimate of an 8.3% rise. The metric compared unfavorably with the 8.3% rise in April.
Energy, food and shelter stood out as major contributors to the surge in the index. Notably, energy prices rose 34.6% year over year, while gas prices jumped about 49%, according to a Yahoo Finance article.
The core inflation index, which excludes volatile components, such as food and energy prices, rose 6% year over year, beating expectations of a 5.9% rise. The rising inflation levels once again dashed the hopes of inflation peaking in May.
The continued steep inflation levels are also weighing on consumers’ sentiment in the United States. The growing supply-chain disturbances emanating from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war crisis and the resurging COVID-19 cases in China might trigger concerns over further rising inflation levels.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell raised interest rates by 75 basis points (bps), pushing the federal funds rate between 1.5% and 1.75% to subdue inflation through a tighter monetary policy. This marked the biggest interest-rate increase since 1994. Powell said that the Fed could hike rates by 50 or 75 bps at the July meeting and stressed that the policy will be "sensitive and flexible.” To control hot inflation readings, the Fed hiked rates twice by 0.25% and 0.50% in 2022. The central bank plans to start reducing its balance sheet in June this year.
Industrial ETFs in Focus
In the current scenario, we believe, it is prudent to discuss ETFs with relatively high exposure to the industrial companies:
The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLI Quick Quote XLI - Free Report)
The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund seeks to provide investment results that before expenses, match the performance of the Industrial Select Sector Index. The Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund has an AUM of $12.87 billion and an expense ratio of 0.10% (read:
5 Sector ETFs to Play Robust May Jobs Data). Vanguard Industrials ETF ( VIS Quick Quote VIS - Free Report)
Vanguard Industrials ETF offers exposure to the industrial sector and follows the MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index. Vanguard Industrials ETF manages an AUM of $3.25 billion and an expense ratio of 0.10%.
Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF ( FIDU Quick Quote FIDU - Free Report)
The Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF seeks to provide investment returns that match, before fees and expenses, the performance of the MSCI USA IMI Industrials Index. Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF has an AUM of $641.7 million and an expense ratio of 0.08%.
iShares U.S. Industrials ETF ( IYJ Quick Quote IYJ - Free Report)
The iShares U.S. Industrials ETF seeks to track the investment results of the Russell 1000 Industrials 40 Act 15/22.5 Daily Capped Index. iShares U.S. Industrials ETF has an AUM of $1.06 billion and an expense ratio of 0.41%, as stated in the prospectus.

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CSU Announces Bennett as Chief of Police
June 28, 2021
Columbus State University officially swore in law enforcement veteran Laura Bennett as the university’s police chief on Monday, June 28. Bennett has served as the University Police Department’s interim chief since September 2020, following Chief Mark Lott’s retirement.
“Chief Bennett holds an impressive vision for strengthening University Police as a department, and also its relationships at Columbus State and beyond,” Dr. Gina Sheeks, vice president for student affairs, said. “Her demonstrated commitment to community policing, her dedication to the safety and security of our faculty, staff, and students, and her willingness to engage and listen, are just a few of the many attributes that give me great confidence in her ability to continue providing outstanding service and care for our campus community.”
Bennett served as CSU’s assistant chief from 2017 to 2020. Prior to joining CSU, she was a lieutenant in the University of West Georgia Police Department for over 28 years. Her appointment makes her the first female UPD chief in university history.
Bennett holds a bachelor’s in criminology from UWG and a master’s in public safety administration from CSU. She also graduated from the University of Louisville Southern Police Institute’s administrative officer’s course and has earned certifications in areas including management, supervision, training, defensive tactics instruction, and health and wellness.
In 2006, she was selected as the first officer from a university police department to receive the FBI’s Police Executive Law Enforcement Fellowship. Bennett was also sworn in as a U.S. Federal Marshall with oversight of the Regional 1 Field Information Group.
“My desire to keep the campus safe is my top priority. I will continue to lead UPD in an equitable, fair and just manner. I will employ honest and trustworthy officers who model integrity and servant leadership,” Bennett said just after taking the oath of office. She also introduced UPD’s upcoming launch of a security survey as a means of self-assessment.
CSU president Dr. Chris Markwood emphasized the important partnership between the
university police department and public safety departments serving the greater Chattahoochee
“Safe and secure campuses – and safe and secure college towns – are vital to our ability to recruit, retain and protect our students,” he said. “Chief Bennett has demonstrated herself to be a capable leader and a bridge-builder between our police force and our student body, and between the university and her counterparts in the community.”

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A weekly digest of current trends in housing and community development. The discussion examines topics from infrastructure to community fabric.
Homelessness Data Added to Sourcebook(RECAP: Housing Virginia has added a new tool to Sourcebook: homelessness data for your jurisdiction. This new feature provides data from the most recent Point-In-Time Count and Housing Inventory Count for all available regions in the state. Sourcebook users can now see a regional snapshot of their jurisdiction’s homelessness data in one place and alongside a wide range of other data that reflect housing trends and needs in the community.)
Virginia’s National Housing Trust Fund Allocation Plan (2016 Draft)(RECAP: The NHTF is a dedicated fund that will provide resources to build, preserve and rehabilitate housing for extremely low- and very low-income households. This HUD program will be allocated annually beginning in 2016. In Virginia, the NHTF will be administered by the Virginia DHCD. Virginia’s Consolidated Plan resources include the Community Development Block Grant, the HOME Investment Partnership, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, the Emergency Solution Grant and the NHTF.)
Community For Adults With Disabilities Not Without Controversy(RECAP: A housing project for people with intellectual disabilities plans to break ground in Virginia Beach in the next six months. The founder of Vanguard Landing says she’s made adjustments to ensure residents with Medicaid waivers can live there, but critics question whether the community will meet other government requirements.)
Has Planning Changed?
(RECAP: If planning hadn’t changed, the profession and practice would no longer be in existence. While planners remain loyal to the comprehensive plan as the bedrock of community planning, they’ve also invented a wide range of approaches to plans. Planning has truly become more integrative, more nimble and more specific to the culture and the circumstance of place.)
(RECAP: Research has shown that modular multifamily construction is rapidly emerging as a competitive alternative for a number of reasons. The benefits potentially include higher financial return due to less construction interest carry and related time savings through shorter construction schedule and potentially reduced hard costs due to repeatable and higher efficiency construction methods, streamlined process, reduced material waste, innovation in sustainability and higher construction quality.)
Field Notes: Modular Construction for Mid-Rise Affordable Multifamily Construction
(RECAP: How can you cost-effectively educate residents who live across a large area? Lack of budget to purchase paid advertising does not have to be a limiting factor for community organizations when designing an effective outreach program. The executive director of this Oregon nonprofit tells how he has partnered with local media to solve the problem.)
Media partnerships help reach far-flung residents


Check the ground using a pH meter before you plant; the soil should have a slightly higher alkaline content. In late spring, it is covered with hot pink blooms that age to soft pink. English thyme is no threat also, even though it produces seeds, because it does not creep like wild thyme and, again, any seedlings it produces are easy to control. Let’s learn more about creeping thyme plant care. Creeping thyme might not be edible like its cousin, but it does produce a pleasant herbal fragrance that’s similar to the thyme you use in cooking. Using creeping thyme as groundcover chokes the life out of invasive weeds, keeping your flowerbeds free from weed growth. Creeping lemon thyme, caraway thyme, and spicy orange thyme produce pink flowers, and the plant remains short, reaching a height of 4-inches. Woolly Thyme and White Moss Thyme (sometimes called Creeping White Thyme) are also slower growing, very flat and do well between stones where space is cramped. Press Esc to cancel. Honey produced by bees feeding on creeping thyme plants near Mount Hymettus, Athens, yields a pleasant herbal and sweet flavor. Gardeners should plant their creeping thyme at least 8 to 12-inches apart to accommodate the spreading of the plant. Invasive Listing Sources: Website developed by The University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health and the National Park Service in cooperation with the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England , Invasive Plant Control, Inc. , USDA Forest Service , Types with short stems spend less energy spreading and more making leaves and ro… Red Creeping Thyme: Also referred to as coccineus, this thyme can be identified by magenta flowers. Surprisingly, thyme is resistant to most pests and diseases affecting other flowers, vegetables, and herbs in the garden. Yes, invasive! Creeping time is generally used more as a ground cover than as an herb. As the saying goes 'the first year they sleep, the second year they creep and the third year they leap'. Fresh herbs lose their flavor and aroma after a few months, so make sure you use it within this time frame. Creeping thyme tolerates occasional light foot traffic but doesn't withstand heavy traffic. The aromatic herb brings flavor and fragrance to meals like soups and stews, and it’s a favorite additive in some olive oil blends as well. After the sprigs dry out completely, store the leaves in an air-tight container, preferably in the fridge. UK, Hours Thyme is an indigenous plant to parts of Eurasia. Wet sites must be avoided or this plant will rot. From top level menus, use escape to exit the menu. Similar to other herbs, creeping thyme doesn’t require a nutrient-dense soil. Most species of creeping thyme seem safe for anyone in Zones 5-8 but there are a few requiring warmer temperatures or that can handle slightly more cold. Blooming profusely from early to mid summer, it features clusters of tiny, bright magenta-pink flowers. Planting creeping thyme in your garden allows you to enjoy the sweet fragrance of the plant when it starts to flower. Some cultivars have flowers that are white or red. … Can take light foot traffic. Creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum) serves double-duty as a cooking herb and a lush ground cover with showy, pink blossoms in midsummer. Creeping thyme and wooly thyme are both classes as “ornamental” herbs rather than culinary . Creeping thyme grows well in USDA hardy zones 4-9. English thyme is the most popular variety of the herb, and it’s also known as garden or common thyme. Some flower very little; others burst into profusions of red, rose, lavender or white. After harvesting the springs, bunch them together and hang them in a cool, dry place in your home, such as the attic. Foliage colors range from silvery gray to dark green. Creeping thyme grows best in soil with an alkaline balance, and it’s essential to plant your creeping thyme in an area of the garden where the ground gets good drainage. Creeping thyme heights vary from 1 to 4 inches with spreads up to 24 inches or more. Have tree and plant questions? It’s essential to wait until any dew evaporates from the leaves before you harvest. Creeping Thyme - I just purchased creeping thyme seeds to put in a pathway that has Bermuda grass. Compartment gardening can be done by placing borders around your invasive herbs that are planted directly into the garden. As mentioned previously, creeping thyme doesn’t require much attention while growing. Explore this online platform for Chicago-area residents to share their favorite stories about trees. Thyme Mother of (Creeping) 5,000 Seeds, Available from Amazon. It is a trailing-rooting ground cover. We may get paid if you buy something or take an action after clicking one of these. Also sold as red creeping thyme. Although the leaves are aromatic, they are rarely used in cooking. Kooc Media Ltd It’s possible for gardeners to propagate creeping thyme using cuttings from the stem of the plant. This slow-growing variety won’t engulf your stepping stones in the same manner as fast-growing varieties. They originally grew wild in the more temperate areas of Europe and a few species have become naturalized in the American northwest to the point of becoming invasive. In hot summer areas, it prefers afternoon shade. Here are a few of the favorite types found in gardens across the United States. Creeping Baby's Breath. You can search, browse, and learn more about the plants in our living collections by visiting our BRAHMS website. Water Conservation Case Study: Water and Fertilizer Invasive Species Responsibility. Slugs can be a problem. Trailing-rooting ground covers have trailing stems that spread out from a central root system. It requires full sun and excellent drainage to perform well in the garden. Creeping thyme ground cover is only 2 - 4 inches high, and it spreads and flowers for most of the summer. Creeping Thyme. This herb grows well from seed which should be started indoors in the early spring before transplanting outside once the risk of frost passes. Primarily used as a ground cover, Thymus serpyllum 'Magic Carpet' (Creeping Thyme) is a dwarf, aromatic sub-shrub forming a tight cushion of tiny, rounded, dark green leaves. Since then she has gone on to develop a passion for growing vegetables & fruit in her garden. Creeping Thyme: USDA Zone: 2-9: Plant number: 1.515.500. Creeping thyme has many uses, but it’s the best choice for groundcover for your flowerbeds. Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants: About Weeds of the U.S. NRCS Invasive Species Policy Invasive Species Executive Order 13112. Sempervivum 'Oddity' Hens and Chicks. Preparing the Area. Other varieties of creeping thyme include the following. Grab a few snips of this plants leaves and stems for your recipes! This low-growing fuzzy plant spreads out in a mat and is covered with beautiful flowers. Harvest the new growth after the blooming period ends, and make sure you do it in the early morning to retain the full flavor and fragrance of the leaves. You can create separate compartments for your invasive herbs using metal or plastic edging around them. It is technically a woody perennial but the woody portion of the plant is not very woody and then only near the base of … That's too bad, as flowering groundcovers are highly valued in landscaping. Caraway thyme, creeping lemon thyme, and spicy orange thyme, suit gardens, and growing environments in USDA zones 5 to 9. If you’re looking for a new plant, then you can find them available at most nurseries or garden centers. The creeping thyme has foliage with a fine texture, and they spread out across the ground, producing flowers with different shades of color, depending on the type. Wooly creeping thyme (Thymus praecox 'Pseudolanuginosis'): Densely hairy leaves. Since the plant is reasonably compatible with most growing conditions, it doesn’t require excessive monitoring and watering like other perennials. Planting white and red creeping thyme produces a spectacular visual display in the garden when they start to bloom. Some links may be affiliate links. Monday—Friday: 9:00AM–5:00PM As the seeds sprout, you can sow them in the garden during the spring after the lasts frosts fall. Invasive plants such as English ivy, Japanese pachysandra, and vinca should not be planted as they are known to move into and take over natural areas. Use up and down arrow keys to explore within a submenu. There are a great many selections of Thyme grown in gardens, all of them with some degree of spicy fragrance. The following menu has 3 levels. Native Ground Covers of Western Pennsylvania for Lawn Alternatives (note that the Creeping Thyme is native to Europe) North Jersey Resource Conservation & Development: Riparian Buffer I used the woolly thyme around the stepping stones and the creeping thyme in the lawn ares proper. use escape to move to top level menu parent. It spreads up to 18 inches, grows best in full sun, and attracts plenty of butterflies and bees. Woolly Thyme is the most silver leaved of all the Thymes and never blooms, while White Moss Thyme is a lovely chartreuse with little white flowers in late spring. Hollie has written for a number of publications and is now the resident garden blogger here at GardenBeast. GardenBeast is an online publication which launched in 2019 with the aim of providing the latest news, in-depth how-to guides and reviews of popular products to help you make the most from your back yards and gardens. Use enter to activate. It will grow in well-drained soil and thrive in full sun to light shade areas. Creeping thyme generally grows no more than 3 to 6 inches high. Go to list of cultivars. Our trees. This is a fairly low maintenance ground cover. However, the majority of gardeners use creeping thyme to fill in the gaps between stepping stones in pathways, or empty spaces in the yard. The creeping thyme is a woody, perennial species of the Thymus that acts as an excellent ground cover for sunny areas of the garden. For those gardeners with a scent garden, creeping thyme adds a delicious fragrance and aroma to the garden as it starts to flower. Type above and press Enter to search. Scarlet creeping thyme (Thymus praecox 'Coccineus'): Covered with rose-red flowers. Leaves can be semi-evergreen in mild winters. The edging must be buried fairly deeply, to keep your herbs from spreading. Annie Hall creeping thyme (Thymus praecox 'Annie Hall'): Pink flowers; withstands foot traffic better than the species. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and... Thyme is one of the most historic plants on earth. These introduced plants are also designated as invasive in the Mid-Atlantic and in other parts of our country. Trailing-rooting ground covers have trailing stems that spread out from a central root system. Q. Wooly thyme can grow up to 6-inches in height, but it’s a slow developer and spreads slowly. 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It grows well in poor soils as well as alkaline sites. Ancient Egyptians used it in embalming. It is excellent planted as a lawn substitute or among stepping stones or pavers to create a living patio. International House, Our future. Creeping Thyme must have a fast-draining location, since this plant, like lavender, is a dry land species, making it extremely drought-tolerant. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus and submenus. Full sun is best, but this plant will tolerate some light shade. If you’re growing the seeds, then start them indoors in the early springtime. While some are upright plants with a shrub-like growth habit, the creeping types described here are low, with a vine-like growth habit. Use the creeping thyme as a border around flowerbeds, or as ground cover around tall perennials and shrubs. The short and stocky nature of creeping thyme makes it the ideal choice for adequate ground cover, and some gardeners may even use creeping thyme as an alternative to grass in the yard. Use up and down arrow keys to explore within a submenu. This plant has some cultivated varieties. White creeping thyme (Thymus praecox 'Albus'): White flowers. The opposite leaves are oval and very tiny (1/4"). The thymus family encompasses a broad group of plants and herbs, all of which thrive in moderate climates. Get expert help from The Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic. Registered Company No.05695741 Online Resource for Backyards & Gardens. Creeping Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) – A Fragrant Invasive Ground Cover (wertaw/123rf.com) This low-lying woody perennial, a member of the mint family, has a strong scent and fine-textured leaves. Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Thymus, Creeping Thyme (Thymus serpyllum) 'Magic Carpet' supplied by member gardeners in the PlantFiles database at Dave's Garden. The creeping thyme is a dark green and the wholly is blue green and I like the contrast. Browse the curated collection and add your voice! Upright clusters of tiny pink-purple flowers cover the plant early to mid-summer. It is a trailing-rooting ground cover. It can take a few years for a groundcover to fill in. Planting creeping thyme in your garden allows you to enjoy the sweet fragrance of the plant when it starts to flower. Thyme is a popular herb used in cooking. Creeping thyme also has a use as folk medicine, where it reduces inflammation and calms the nervous system. Mediterranean Creeping Thyme: This plant produces lots of deep pink flowers in big clusters. Grow it in a sunny location to maximize the golden color of its leaves. Check your local listings for details on frost dates in your area. Thymus praecox is a low-growing creeping thyme that resembles wooly thyme with greener foliage. Creeping thyme can also be divided in the spring or early fall. Company No.05695741 Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). This perennial grows to a low height and then spreads out with its vine-like growing habits. Creeping thyme is a 2- to 3-inch tall aromatic creeper that may spread several feet across. Make sure to plant creeping thyme 8 to 12 inches apart to allow for proper spreading. Prune back the vines in the early spring to prepare the plant for the growing season ahead. Fruit are small nutlets; not ornamentally important. What can we do? It grows 2-3 inches tall and 8-12 inches wide. Also good as a groundcover. If you plan on drying your thyme leaves, then wait until the plant finishes flowering in the early fall. Advertiser Disclosure: Creeping Thyme - Will creeping thyme smother perennial plants if they are planted around them or will the perennial plants come up through ... Q. Creeping thyme comes in a wide selection of varieties, each with unique characteristics and colors. The creeping thyme does well in any soil type, but for optimal growth, plant it in nutrient-dense, loamy soil that drains well. Wooly thyme prefers USDA zones 6 to 8. This plant is considered an invasive species in some habitats, and tends to thrive in disturbed sites that are shady and poorly drained. Also, help answer other questions about General Gardening and Creeping Thyme, and plants at GardeningKnowHow.com If you intend on growing creeping thyme to meet your culinary needs, then it’s important to note that both fresh and dried thyme has plenty of uses in recipes. The perennial grows readily in the full sunlight, or in areas of the garden that receive afternoon shade. Prune again after the flowers die back. New shoots will be formed at the point where rooting occurs. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It’s this variety that you use to season food. Creeping thyme * (Thymus serpyllum) Using creeping thyme as groundcover chokes the life out of invasive weeds, keeping your flowerbeds free from weed growth. Help answer a question about invasive thyme - Gardening Know How Questions & Answers. It grows flat and covers a lot of area quickly. Creeping Thyme red joss Seeds Perennial Ground Cover. Creeping Thyme (Thymus Serpyllum Magic Carpet) - If you have a stepping stone path or a flagstone patio, growing Magic Carpet seeds is a great way to add lovely, low-growing thyme to the walkway and patio crevices. Hollie is a life-long gardener, having started helping her Dad work on their yard when she was just 5. Once established in a soil, creeping Charlie will spread quickly through aggressive stolons, forming mats that provide dense ground cover. Building the urban forest for 2050. Natural Areas Conservation Training Program, Black walnut toxicity (plants tolerant of), Preventing construction damage to trees and shrubs, Trees and shrubs for the four seasons landscape, Sudden Oak Death, Ramorum Blight and Phytophthora ramorum, Eastern United States Wetlands Collection. These stems spread out horizontally over the ground and can root where they come in contact with the soil. Of course, there is the culinary use of the herb, but we suggest you stick with English creeping thyme if you want to use it for flavor in cooking your recipes. Wooly thyme is an excellent choice for tight spaces in the yard that need some ground cover. This flat-growing variety features fragrant fuzzy green leaves, smothered by soft salmon-pink flowers in summer. North American gardens offer ideal growing conditions for creeping thyme, with pollinators and butterflies finding the plants attractive. It’s important to note that caraway thyme may proliferate, suiting landscaping purposes where the garden requires broad coverage. None of the many varieties of lemon thyme are particularly invasive, even creeping lemon thyme is little risk because it does not produce seeds and spreads only by creeping. It is tolerant of drought. 61 Mosley Street, Manchester, Read our complete guide to Creeping Thyme for everything you will ever need to know! Q. Invasive Thyme - invasive thyme has taken over the yard of my friend. Rich in nectar, they attract butterflies. ... creeping thyme hillwort lemon thyme mother of thyme penny mountain wild thyme: N'EAST : L48 (I), CAN (I), GL (I) TIBOU : Tibouchina tibouchina: STATE (I) TIHE2 : Tibouchina herbacea Compartment Gardening Invasive Herbs. Those with long segments between leaves cover ground quickly but end up being much less dense. Within a submenu, use escape to move to top level menu parent. Our communities. All creeping thymes spread by sending stems along the ground's surface to periodically grow leaves and roots. The thymus genus is a large group, all of which are perennial plants in moderate climates. Leaving the roots of the plant damp all the time results in the onset of “wet feet,” and the start of root rot in the plant. Creeping thyme, woolly thyme, mother of thyme. Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus and submenus. However, the popularity of this plant means that it now grows in gardens all around the world. Both pink and red creeping thyme also stay short, reaching heights of 4-inches or less. Creeping thyme, also known commonly as ‘Mother of Thyme,’ is an easily grown, spreading thyme variety. The vines begin to flower in the later springtime to early summer. However, gardeners must ensure they plant the creeping thyme in soil with good drainage. Zones 4-9. Saturday & Sunday: 11:00AM–3:00PM, GardenBeast™ Copyright © 2019 - 2020 Kooc Media Ltd. All rights reserved. Stop by, email, or call. Creeping thyme generally grows no more than 3 to 6 inches high. Golden creeping jenny (Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea') is even more tempting to grow. ... Plant Sentry is designed to protect both consumers and the nursery trade from invasive plant pests and diseases. Unfortunately, though, nice-looking or not, this vine is an invasive plant. In wet sites, root rot can occur. Great to use in herb or rock garden. Creeping thyme has many uses, but it’s the best choice for groundcover for your flowerbeds. The Morton Arboretum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that relies on the generosity of members and donors. When the plants are flowering, all they need is a light brush against them to release a powerful and pleasing fragrance into the air. If these woody stems start to dominate the plant, then it’s best to remove the plants and replace them with a new variety, pruning back the plant stimulates growth. 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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order's Fantastic Four: Shadow of Doom DLC available today
Nintendo has today released the third and final part of the Expansion Pass for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order. Titled Fantastic Four: Shadow of Doom, this part namely adds the Fantastic Four to the roster along with a new story campaign.
The first DLC pack, Curse of the Vampire, was added in August and added Moon Knight, Blade, Punisher, and Morbius to the game. The second DLC pack, Rise of the Phoenix, released in December 2019 and added Cable, Iceman, Gambit, and Phoenix. All packs are available as part of the $19.99 Expansion Pass.
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Don't feel like using a roof rack for your tandem? Try a hitch rack that fits on the back of your vehicle.
A hitch rack is used to carry your tandem or single bike on the back of your vehicle. There are the horizontal type and the vertical type. I'll explain both below.
This rack is made by Cycle Simplex and allows you to carry the bike on the back of your vehicle with both of the wheels attached.
I would say this is a nice solution and works well if you have a wider than compact vehicle. The extra width of the tandem sitting on this type of hitch rack could make some people nervous about catching an errant mirror or fitting through some tight traffic and not catching their tandem on something.
You should check your state laws and find out if a horizontal rack is legal. In Michigan, it is not legal for a bicycle on a rear rack to stick out wider than the vehicle's mirrors. In most cases this is not an issue and this type of rack will work well. A big benefit is that it allows a very fast loading and unloading of the tandem.
Cycle Simplex offers racks for trikes and recumbents as well as tandems.
Vertical RackThe vertical rack, seen here,
offers a different way to carry your tandem. Your front wheel comes off, much like a roof rack, but your tandem sits vertically on the back of your vehicle. This particular rack (picture courtesy of element owners club.com) is made by Draft Master. This is their Specialty Hitch Rack. It offers tandem riders the comfort not having the bike stick out past the edges of the vehicle.
Just as a horizontal rack, there is the possibility that someone could rear end your car and smash your bike. Your clearance can also be reduced when backing out of a driveway and my experience with a hitch rack is that on normal passenger cars and vans (I have had both), the extra weight can cause the rack to scrape on the ground unless it offers an upturned neck on the rack. Some manufacturers do this and some don't.
Personally, I like the vertical rack because I would like to have a thinner profile presented to the wind rather than the side profile of a horizontal type hitch rack.
I have not come across a trunk mounted rack that can handle the width and weight of a tandem and still remain stable while the wheels are still on. Just look at the trunk mounted racks you see from day to day and notice how much they sway and rock. If you want to use one of these, be sure to take the wheels off to reduce the weight the rack needs to carry and make the bike narrower on the back of your car.
Now think about putting something on there with the weight and leverage that a tandem could exert on that rack and ask yourself if you really want to take the chance with your $2000 plus tandem. A couple standard width 16 pound road bikes is one thing, a 40 or more pound tandem hanging way out there with the leverage associated with that length is another thing.
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BEIJING (CBSMiami) – The Miami Heat were on the court at the crack of dawn Miami time, but in prime time in Beijing where they took on the Los Angeles Clippers in an exhibition game.
The Heat appeared to be in midseason form, knocking off the talented, but still young Clippers, 94-80. Miami jumped out to an 18 point lead at halftime and never looked back in the second half.
LeBron James led all Heat players with 20 points in just more than 26 minutes of action. Chris Bosh added 10 points. Norris Cole got the start at point guard and responded with 11 points and Ray Allen came off the bench and hit 4-8 3-pointers en route to 15 points in the game.
Joel Anthony, Mario Chalmers, Udonis Haslem, Mike Miller, and James Jones didn’t play in the game for the Heat.
For the Clippers, power forward Blake Griffin led the team in scoring with 19 points and eight rebounds against the Heat. Jamal Crawford chipped in 16 points and the only other Clippers player in double figures was forward Caron Butler.
Clippers center DeAndre Jordan played more than 26 minutes in the game and went to the free throw line 10 times. Jordan managed to hit just one of his 10 free throw shots in the game.
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South Korea and the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) have reportedly completed discussions on granting sanctions exemptions for an inter-Korean inspection of roads in North Korea.
According to a diplomatic source on Thursday, the two sides recently wrapped up discussions on the matter, indicating the Security Council has decided to accept Seoul's request for a waiver to bring equipment into North Korea for the joint road survey.
Last month, the two Koreas conducted an on-site survey of roads in the eastern parts of North Korea, but without proper equipment due to UN sanctions on the North.
Seoul filed for a waiver with the Security Council for inter-Korean projects after discussing the matter with Washington and reaching a consensus over the sanctions exemptions during their "working-group" meeting on January 17th.
The Security Council recently granted a sanctions exemption for an inter-Korean project to excavate Korean War remains in the Demilitarized Zone.


Episode 183 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 & 2
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I AM GROOT! We celebrate Krissy's birthday this week and, instead of watching a Leo movie or a Ryan Gosling movie or both, she chose to finally check out for the 1st time the double feature of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)! What did she think? Which one did she like more? And does her review of either movie involve cool Stars Wars-like gun sounds? You'll have to take a listen! Surprise bonus: there's a short appearance by a special pint-sized guest for the first time in years! Please check out our podcast on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @MovieGeekCast and find our pod and several other awesome ones like it on the PodFix Network! Subscribe and if you like us (like really like us), we'd appreciate it if you leave us a positive rating and review on Apple Podcasts! You can also email us any questions or comments to moviegeekcast (at) gmail (dot) com! Thanks for listening!


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The kind and gracious Bobby Shuttleworth of WAFF TV did a story about us. It was a cold, wet & windy day, but we had a nice visit. You can really see how much Bobby cares about animals. Hope you enjoy her program. Here is a link to the interview
Thank you Bobby, we enjoyed having you here. I think Patrick misses you.
We adopted out 11 horses this year to good loving homes. The sad thing is we Lost 6, 5 before they got here, the horses were so neglected they did not even make it to the rescue. For the 11 horses we rescued and the 6 we tried to rescue this year, there were twice that number that we did not have the resources to help. I sadly say most of those beautiful animals were put to death because there was no one there to help them. Please consider adopting your next pet from a shelter. If you want a full blood animal they are out there in need of rescue, along will all the rest. Contact me and I'll help you look. We really don't need to be breeding new animals when we have so many that are dying from lack of love. There are shelters for any kind of animal or reptile you wish to care for, just look to the shelters first. Never buy from the pet stores or breeding mills.
I must thank Jeanette Shull for providing the hay, Gene Bagwell for buying supplies and feed & the Lawrence Co sheriffs dept. for all there help in finding the horses and help with the owners. We would not have been able to rescue one horse without your support.
The rescue is looking for Volunteers to help care for the horses, work on the barn, and help with fund raising. Please contact us I you would like to help.
This year we adopted out 10 horses to forever homes. We lost one; getting there to late to help. We also got 22 calls from people out of our area and from other States looking to place horses, we were able to help about half of them with phone calls to other rescues. We also got several calls this year from farm owners; it seems people are just turning their horses loose or moving them to a remote location and letting them go. If you no longer can care for your animal; please call a rescue. You could get some child killed by letting a large animals go and it gets hit by a vehicle. Please think before you act. If any of these animals had caused an accident YOU would be held liable in a court of law.
This year we adopted out 16 horses. Thanks to some great quality hay; purchased by Gene Bagwell all our horses, mules, donkey and ponies stayed fat and healthy. Most of our adoptions this year where done on the phone, right from the home of the person that needed to find a home for their horse to someone looking for a horse. All we did was assist in investigation, transportation and paperwork.
We only had one case of neglect (reported by a Lawrence Co Sheriff Deputy) The owner had no idea, you needed to feed and care for a horse; he thought they did it all themselves; he said “after all they run wild in the west, no one takes care of them”. He wanted to keep his horse; so with a little education, de-wormer, and vet bill everyone is happy; especially his horse. I have to give him credit; he really is doing a good job; now that he knows what has to be done.
The last of our Hurricane Katrina rescued horses died today. She was blind when we got her, we suspect some chemical contact in the storm and she had lost all her hair. During the last year she developed cancer. She died in her sleep sometime during the night. Baby we will all miss you.July 26, 2011 Baby was around 25 years old.
It is our desire not only to rescue horses and pack animals from poor/unsafe living conditions and to provide good homes to animals that owners have outgrown but also to provide our Native young people the opportunity to learn and better themselves in the Community.We usually pair a Youth with an Elder, making a great team to help students learn responsibility and people management skills needed in life. Our teams visit horse/pony owners and talk about care and related subjects in a very non-confrontational way to help educate the pony owner to better care for their pony or pack animal. These teams are taught to bring up subjects like; deworming, vaccinations, floating teeth, hoof care, proper feeding for the pony's age, etc.
This concept is working exceptional well as the horse owner does not feel he is being threatened, belittled, or picked on. However, if our team visits do not make the life better for the animal, stronger advisement is done by an Animal Welfare Officer.
Alabama does not have a law protecting horses from abuse and neglect. PLEASE write your Alabama Representative Senators today and ask them to put horses in the “Alabama Pet Protection Law” Look under links for the e-mail address for Alabama Representatives.
Students also keep apprised of opportunities for rescue over the World Wide Web. Hidden Hollow Pony Rescue conducts research on up to date pony care, training, feeding, communication, veterinary care, and innovative equine maintenance techniques. Students are encouraged to participate in all areas of our rescue and adoption programs. Hidden Hollow has rescued 21 horses and burros and have successfully adopted out 15 horses, four horses died or were put down by our veterinarian from the extreme abuse they were subjected to by their owners and there are two that are of old age that will remain here at the Sanctuary to live out their lives in peace and comfort.
Hidden Hollow Pony and Pack Animal Rescue formally known as "The SilverWolf Horse and Pack Animal Sanctuary" is a division of the "Hogohegee Indian Community Center". SilverWolf was founded by Bruce and Betty Kelso several years ago and they passed the non-profit on to the "Hogohee Indian Community Center" where it lives today.
The Kelso's established SilverWolf to rescue good horses that were being sent to slaughter, horses that had been starved, abandon, and totally neglected by their owners. When the Kelso’s took on this quest when there were no other groups or non-profits doing this kind of work in North Alabama. It was a small beginning with a mighty effort. Today there are many rescue groups; horses and animals all over Alabama are being rescued and cared for thanks to people like Bruce and Betty. Many thanks go to good people like Bruce and Betty all over Alabama.

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He’s already a geek icon thanks to Shaun of the Dead, but Simon Pegg is on the verge of literally taking over the world. Turns out, it's kind of scary being king geek.
He's already set to take on a bigger role in the upcoming spy-fi action flick Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation, but that's only the beginning. Along with his acclaimed career as an actor, Pegg is stepping up for a key role behind the scenes of one of the biggest genres in sci-fi. Oh, he's also pals with J.J. Abrams, which means he gets to hang out on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Pegg chatted with Collider about the process of writing Star Trek 3 and said it’s actually "terrifying" to have the fate of the franchise on his shoulders. Pegg has already co-starred in the first two Star Trek films as Scotty, but was actually tapped to write the script for the mysterious third installment. Though he's always been keen to improvise on set, Pegg said it's a whole different process to actually have to come up with all the dialogue:
On set, sometimes, there's room for improvisation, especially for someone like Scotty who's Scottish, but never anything more than little dialogue tweaks, here and there. Now it's like, 'Okay, now you've got to write the dialogue.' It's scary! Also, the timeframe we're working in is extremely tight. It means we're having to come up with the goods. We can't be lazy about it. We can't procrastinate. We have to come up with the stuff because the production is hammering on the door saying, 'When can we build this? What are we gonna we build? Who is in it?' I don't know! Let’s write it and we'll find out. It's an interesting process.
Yeah. It's weird to walk into something and take ownership of it, in a way. Everything else that I've written has been mine, from the very germ of the first idea, or shared with Edgar [Wright] or Nick [Frost]. But with this, I'm walking into a realm that doesn't belong to me, and I have to treat it with a degree of respect. Obviously, I always treat things with respect, by I have to abide by certain rules and do right by the original series, and not be too post-modern with it and not be too aware of itself. I have to try to take on the spirit of the show, rather than fill it with stuff that people will just go, 'Oh, yeah, that's from episode something or other.' It's more than that.
Come hell or high water, [it'll be finished by] June. I'm busy writing it. It's an ongoing thing. I'm sure we'll be finessing it, right through the shoot. You never really, truly start writing a movie until the edit. There's a whole new lexicon that you're confronted with, when you've shot the movie, which is the visual language that you don't have on the page. And then, you start to realize, "Hang on, we don't need that speech because that look says it all." So, it will be an ongoing thing, right until next year."
Along with the Star Trek stuff, Pegg also chimed in on the future of Star Wars with Abrams at the helm. Not surprisingly, Pegg is excited about the future, and it sounds like Abrams is definitely making an effort to capture the magic of the original trilogy:
"I've never been on a film set where everyone has been so invested in the material because they are emotionally and intrinsically linked to it, as people who work in an industry that was informed by the original films. Suddenly, they're back in those environments, seeing those sets again and seeing J.J. work with real physical things, and models and puppets and masks. Also, the new technology will, of course, be involved in it. The original films were always about the cutting edge. They weren't retro movies. They were very forward-thrusting, technological masterpieces, and as such, there will be that stuff. It's going to be extraordinary. I'm so excited for people to see it. It's going to be everything that we wanted 16 years ago and didn't get.
I took my daughter to the set, and she met BB-8, the droid you see in the trailer. She sat with him for ages, and just talked to him. The guys were operating it, just off camera, and she was there. I said, 'Come on, we've gotta go,' and she said, 'I just want to spend some more time with him and have another hug.' It's just a ball with a thing on it, but it’s a testament to that character, how much he's going to impact on audiences because he's so full of life. And that goes across, for everything. Also, to see the old staples again is going to blow people’s minds."
Do you think Pegg is the right man to revitalize Star Trek, now that Abrams is off in a galaxy far, far away?

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Well, it’s time for the summer games drought to come into full effect and boy, is it harsh! There’s pretty much nothing until the end of August, especially with Anarchy Reigns being delayed until 2013, another “brilliant” by the “genius” managers over at Sega! So Lollipop Chainsaw has the unenviable task of trying to keep me going (video games wise) for pretty much 2 months. A battle which it lost before it even began…
For those who aren’t in the know, Lollipop Chainsaw is the latest game by Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture, the brains behind games such as No more Heroes and Killer 7. Basically, their games tend to be weird, a little experimental, loved by critics and generally bombs at retail. On the plus side, LC seems very much mass market compared to previous games and didn’t do too badly at retail for the first week.
In the game, you play Juliet Starling, an american high school cheerleader who moonlights as a zombie (and many other mythical creatures) hunter using her chainsaw and also has an unhealthy love for lollipops, hence the title! Early on in the game, her boyfriend gets bitten by a zombie and to save him, she casts a magic spell on him and cuts his head off and he spends the rest of the game as a head attached to Juliets waist, trading lines with Juliet and occasionally comes out to help as a (really demeaning) powerup attack or attached to a zombie body temporarily to access other parts of the stage. Along the way, you have to kill 5 powerful zombies and meet up with the rest of Juliets family, who are all Zombie hunters as well. The script was written by film-make James Gunn and is one of the best/worst B-movie cheesy, tongue-in-cheek scripts you will probably have ever seen.
The game itself is pretty much a standard hack and slash affair with Juliet brandishing her chainsaw to kill as many zombies as possible to collect zombie coins, which can be spent on stat upgrades or new combos. Occasionally, you get the chance to save your classmates who will reward you with more zombie coins and some, kinda disturbing, lines. “I’m so going to masturbate to you tonight!” comes to mind… Other minigames come forward at various stages, such as mowing zombies down with a combine harvester or various games based on old 8-bit titles which serves to break things up a little.
So, how does it fare?
- The soundtrack – The rock music used for most of the game works really well, but it’s when they use licensed tracks where it comes alive! Killing zombies in hyper mode while “Mickey” by Toni Basil or mowing down zombies in a combine harvester to the tune of “you spin me right round (like a record)” by dead or alive elevates it to a new level.
- Sheer slaughter with rainbows! – It takes a while, but once you unlock the higher combos and start mowing down zombies left, right and center (and get the kill bonus for killing 3 or more zombies in one go), it gets really addictive. The question is whether or not your interest in the game lasts that long…
- The Bosses – they aren’t particularly challenging and don’t hold a candle to the ones in Pandoras Tower on the wii (a really belated review is coming, I promise!! and I have a good excuse!) but they’re so well designed and a great laugh, except for the last one…
- Additional Costumes – Yes, there’s obligatory bikini costumes and an overtly sexualised pink biker costume for Juliet but none of those matter cos the only one you will ever need is the Haruna Maso Shoujo costume from Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? That costume fits the game so well it’s uncanny!!
- Really short – this game could easily be completed in a day or 2 of solid play. You can tell that they tried hard to make it a replay title but…
- Unskippable cutscenes and assorted other niggles – There are various minor issues which don’t really show up too badly when you’re playing the game for the first time and want to follow the story, but on subsequent playthroughs they stick out like a sore thumb and breaks the flow of the game a little too much when you just want to go through score attack!
- The setting and tongue-in-cheek humour – This is a personal thing but the clichés and jokes used in the game really started to wear thin very quickly. Various people will have differing levels of tolerance but mine was kinda low.
- The Dub – Fair dues, Michael Rosenbaum, who voiced Nick, did a great job and the zombie bosses were good too. Tara Strong was OK, though her attempt at doing a single line of japanese was cringeworthy but the rest were abominations. Particular scorn goes to Rosalind Starling, the younger sister. I swear that my ears bled every time she opened her mouth!! Oddly, the credits actually listed the Japanese voice cast as well. No idea why though, since I’m pretty sure the jap version will have a different set of credits, most likely in japanese!
- Really unbalanced – when you first start the game, you’re pretty underpowered and your limited moveset is kinda dull, but by the time you get the good stuff, you’re so overpowered that the game isn’t challenging anymore. I pretty much cakewalked through hard mode with my Juliet already having all the combos. There is a very hard mode but that’s about it and it’s not that much of a step up from hard.
- The end - The story ends well enough by cutscenes but the actual gameplay part really just stops abruptly and leaves you with a strong “that’s it?” feel.
Ultimately, the game takes a little too long to really get going and by the time it does, there’s no real incentive to go back to it (unless your a cheevo/trophy whore). That leaves the game in a somewhat awkward position. The combat itself, is somewhat satisfying once you power Juliet up but doesn’t hold a candle to the likes of Dante or Bayonetta. And since you can blast through the game in a day or 2, it’s probably best settle for a rental or wait until it goes cheap.
Also, Jim Sterling over at destructoid actually made a good point about the game for once! I’m sure that the feminists had a field day with lollipop chainsaw when it was announced, decrying how (once again) the female main character is overtly sexualised and objectified in the game by being shoved into impractical costumes and the like, but spare a thought for poor Nick! The guy was literally objectified, as in he was turned into a mere ornament! The guy has it pretty rough throughout the entire game with the Starling sisters speaking as if he was a fashion accessory and Rosalind even using him as a practice mannequin, putting makeup on the guy! Juliet also drags him everywhere and does whatever she wants regardless of his wishes just because she wants to (or in her words she “loves him”)! But then again, we’re probably all too busy mowing down zombies to really take notice, until the final stage at least, where it’s so obvious, it hurts!
In any case, Lollipop Chainsaw is a fun game but just don’t expect it to last in your minds (or console) for too long. Now, I have to figure out what to do to keep me busy until tales of Graces F comes out. Maybe some more Virtua Fighter 5?


Nick Lachey’s Women’s Shoe Fetish
Nick Lachey used to wear Jessica’s shoes. Mmm. Well this revelation is unexpected.
“It was sort of a kinky thing we liked to get into,” he tells Elle magazine. Other revelations from Lachey, 32, in the interview include him owning up to “typically [being] an overly sensitive person. I lay my heart out there too often.”
For instance, he says: “I’ve never been shy about crying. Sometimes we’re so scared of our emotions that we rob ourselves.” Among his emotional admissions: He still thinks his ex is the sexiest woman he has ever seen.
He’s also a proponent of candid conversation. “I haven’t even realized my full dirty talk potential,” he claims.
Meanwhile, People.com reports that the California manse that Nick and Jess made famous on their MTV “Newlyweds” show is on the market.
The five-bedroom, 6,500 square-foot Mediterranean-style palatial house, which includes an infinity pool, a screening room and a music studio, reportedly is being listed for $3.75 million.
So let’s sum this up…Nick Lachey is a stiletto wearing cry baby who has trouble saying “spread ‘em?”
Her boots were made for … him? [Chicago Tribune]