Waching daily May 29 2017

You need trees

in your garden

You need to plant

under the trees

Nonsucculent trees

like palo verde form

broad, airy crowns

that shelter heat-

and cold-sensitive

succulents growing

beneath them.

Palo verde needs no

irrigation once established

however, like many

dry-climate trees, it will

grow rapidly if watered

which can lead to shallow

roots, limbs that break

easily, and toppling in

windstorms.

It's full of

yellow flowers, beautiful

green bark, hence the

name "palo verde."

Acacias produce masses

of fluffy, ball-shaped

yellow flowers in midwinter

and range from low-growing

shrubs to tall, spreading

trees.

Acacia baileyana

has fine, ferny, gray-green

foliage, and the cultivar

'Purpurea' has purple

new growth.

Acacia stenophylla

or shoestring acacia has

stringy leaves and mahogany-

colored bark.

Don't plant

acacias near pools or other

areas where leaf debris

could be a problem.

These have been in the

ground for about six

months, they were

installed in the spring

and as the weather has

warmed, they have too

and not to their benefit.

This acacia shades three

of the echeverias.

The one closest to the

tree, which gets dappled

shade, has a perfectly

formed rosette, and then

the farthest away from the

tree, the echeverias are

really suffering.

Some

sun scorch on the leaves,

and the leaves feel limp

and rubbery.

They all got

the same amount of water.

It's all about sun exposure.

Bismarckia nobilis, or

Bismarck palm from

Madagascar---as are many

succulents---echo the

silvery gray of cotyledons,

agaves and more.

Over

time, a Bismarck palm

will get enormous.

Fronds

can attain 10 feet in width.

At upper right is Bismarckia

nobilis.

Brahea armata, at

upper left, both repeat the

blue-gray of agaves in

Kelly Griffin's garden.

Brahea armata or Mexican

blue fan palm, handles heat

poor soil and temperatures

well below freezing.

Even

immature ones are worth

having for their ornamental

value.

Although at first glance,

citrus trees appear nothing

more than green mounds,

their ornamental benefits

are significant.

Lemons and

grapefruit echo the yellow

of variegated agaves,

daylilies, sundrops and more.

In midwinter, orange fruit

repeats the color of aloe

blooms, and in spring,

California poppies.

Mature

citrus can survive months

without water, but regular

irrigation enhances crop

production, as do seasonal

applications of high-nitrogen

fertilizer.

Cordyline are evergreen shrubs

or trees, and the size varies

by species.

Small cordylines

lend interest to container

gardens, and large ones

stand out in the landscape.

Flexible, sword-shaped

leaves that radiate from

a central point create a

silhouette similar to

yuccas, to which cordylines

are distantly related.

Plants resemble phormiums

but are trunk-forming.

Most are hardy to the

mid-20s Fahrenheit, with

Cordyline australis easily

surviving temperatures

into the teens.

Tall, upright, slender stems

of Leucadendron, members

of the Protea family, are

useful in fresh and dried

floral arrangements.

So not surprisingly, the

shrubs transform gardens

into bouquets.

Size varies.

Choose named hybrids

for best performance

and color.

Widely

grown 'Safari Sunset'

has vivid red bracts,

is cold-hardy to 20

degrees Fahrenheit,

and tolerates poor soils.

As with most Australian

natives, avoid applying

fertilizer containing

phosphorus.

Mallow is an evergreen shrub

that grows 6 to 8 feet tall,

and about 4 feet wide.

Mallows have an open,

airy branching structure

and flowers that resemble

single hollyhocks.

Petals

are satiny purple-pink and

heart-shaped.

Melaleuca, or paperbark tree,

is an evergreen tree to 12

feet or more.

Leaves are

leathery and small; flowers

generally cream-colored

and resemble those of

bottlebrush, which also is

from Australia.

Most

varieties of melaleuca

have weeping branches

and corky bark that peels

off in sheets.

Some people

consider them too messy

for succulent gardens,

but I like the texture

contrast they provide.

Olive trees have been

cultivated for centuries

for their fruit, silvery-green

foliage, and gnarled limbs.

Well-irrigated young trees

can grow 5 to 6 feet a

year.

Mature ones need only

rainfall except in desert

areas.

Prune to show

branching structure.

Unless

you really want olives, a

fruitless variety is advisable.

Despite its name, California

pepper is native to Peru,

but it grows literally like

a weed in California and

the Southwest.

Pepper trees

are best planted in areas

of the garden where nothing

else will grow.

Roots are

invasive and leaf litter

copious, but they do make

lovely perimeter trees

in a large garden.

I told

my husband when we

were at a nursery that I

wanted a female pepper

tree.

He replied, "How

can you tell?

Lift the pot

and look at its bottom?"

I said, "No, silly.

Female

trees produce clusters

of red seed pods."

Plants of all kinds just

thrive in oak leaf mulch,

so if you have an oak

tree, it's a tremendous

blessing.

It'll provide

shade for your plants

in the summertime, and

frost protection in the

winter.

Oaks have shallow

feeder roots that damage

easily, so don't pave the

ground beneath the

canopy, or change the grade.

You'll find numerous other

waterwise companion plants

for succulents in my book,

Designing with Succulents.

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Running for Office: Showing Your Magnetic Charisma on Stage Part 2 - Duration: 2:09.

Last week we talked about spotting and developing your magnetic charisma.

And I addressed the interpersonal skills that help attract campaign volunteers,

supporters, endorsements and campaign contributors.

Today a few words about being magnetic in front of an audience.

You need not be a world-class speaker.

You need not have looks that would land you on the cover of People Magazine.

What is essential is a passion for a cause larger than yourself.

A commitment to an ideal, a devotion to righting wrongs,

correcting an injustice, lifting those who need a hand up, standing for peace in a time

of conflict.

It is of these that magnetism is born, movements ignited, causes given life.

By those willing to speak authentically of their own journey, personal setbacks

and tragedies that formed their core convictions, candidates who offer hope

and better times to those whose dignity has been denied.

They are those unafraid to sail against the wind, risk defeat standing on a

pedestal of principle, willing to endure the contempt of their tormentors,

and face them with a spine of steel.

They and they alone are those who make a lasting difference in the way we live.

Several times a week I receive calls from candidates looking for help.

And my first question is always why do you want the

job, and what will you do with it if you get it.

Those who cannot answer that question will never be good candidates.

Those who can and have passion for their cause will shine on stage, and through their own

magnetism inspire others to join their journey.

Next week I'll be back with a new series on how to construct a compelling

message.

If you are ready for an even deeper, and faster dive into how to run for office

I invite you watch my free, 3-part video series on how to win an election.

You'll find the link highlighted on the screen, or right below the screen depending

on the device you are using to watch this video.

I'm Jay Townsend.

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Pam Damoff - Statement on C46 - Increasing Penalties for Drinking & Driving - Duration: 14:01.

The Honourable Member for Oakville North- Burlington.

Thank you Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-46, legislation that

I know is important to the residents and law enforcement officers in Oakville North—Burlington

and across Canada.

Impaired driving is a serious crime that kills and injures thousands of Canadians every year.

In 2015, there were more than 72,000 impaired-driving incidents reported by the police, including

almost 3,000 drug-impaired driving incidents.

Impaired driving is the leading criminal cause of death and injury in Canada, and drug-impaired

driving is increasing in frequency.

Bill C-46 aims to address this serious issue and proposes to create new and stronger laws

to punish more severely those who drive while impaired by drugs or alcohol.

When I met with Halton police chief Stephen Tanner, we discussed the need for law enforcement

to have more tools to better enforce impaired driving.

Madam Speaker, today I would like to focus my remarks on the penalties proposed in Bill

C-46.

The bill would overhaul the penalty provisions to ensure there is coherence and rationality.

The proposals include some higher maximum penalties, hybridization of bodily harm offences,

and some new mandatory minimum fines.

No new or higher mandatory minimum penalties of imprisonment are being proposed.

Bill C-46 would raise the maximum penalties for impaired driving where there is no death

or injury.

In cases in which the prosecution proceeds by the less serious summary conviction procedure,

the maximum period of imprisonment would be increased from the current 18 months to two

years less a day.

When the prosecution chooses to proceed by the more serious indictable procedure, the

maximum period of imprisonment would increase from the current five years to 10 years.

This new 10-year maximum would permit the prosecution, in appropriate circumstances,

to make a dangerous offender application.

These changes send a clear message concerning the seriousness of impaired driving.

The dangerous driving causing death offence currently has a 14-year maximum period of

imprisonment.

Bill C-46 would raise this to a maximum of life imprisonment, which is currently the

maximum penalty for all other similar offences resulting in death.

With the increase of the dangerous driving causing death maximum penalty, there would

no longer be a need for the prosecution to pursue separate offences in order to allow

for a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

Bill C-46 proposes changes that would merge the offence of impaired driving causing bodily

harm with the offence of dangerous driving causing bodily harm with the offence of dangerous

driving causing bodily harm.

Currently, the offence is a straight indictable offence, which means that the prosecution

must treat all cases the same, even those involving less serious bodily harm, for example

a broken arm.

Bill C-46 proposes a maximum penalty on a summary conviction procedure of two years

less a day, and on indictment it would increase from 10 years of imprisonment to 14 years.

This is important, given that the vast majority of alcohol-impaired driving sentences cases

involve no death or injury.

This change would therefore give the prosecution greater flexibility, and this additional discretion

may promote efficiencies in our criminal justice system by reducing the time to process cases

involving minor or no injuries.

Under Bill C-46, the existing mandatory minimum fine of $1,000 for alcohol- and drug-impaired

driving offences would apply to a number of hybrid offences, including driving while impaired

by alcohol or a drug, driving while over a drug's legal limit, and driving with a drug-plus-alcohol

blood concentration in excess of the legal limits.

Bill C-46 would also create a new mandatory minimum fine of $1,500 for a first offence

of driving with a blood alcohol concentration over 120 milligrams.

In addition, it would create a new mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 for driving with a

blood alcohol concentration over 160 milligrams.

The higher mandatory minimum fine penalties for a first offence will reflect the increased

crash risk that is associated with higher blood alcohol concentrations.

Bill C-46 would also create a new mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 for a first offence

of refusing a valid police demand for a breath sample, a blood sample, a urine sample, an

oral fluid sample, a standard field sobriety test, or testing in a drug evaluation.

This is important to ensure compliance with demands.

Otherwise, first-offence drivers with a higher blood alcohol concentration could simply refuse

to give a sample in order to evade the higher mandatory minimum fines.

For repeat offenders, having a high blood alcohol concentration would be an aggravating

factor to be considered upon sentencing.

The mandatory minimum penalty for a second offence would remain as it currently stands

in the Criminal Code at 30 days' imprisonment, and for each subsequent offence it would remain

at 120 days' imprisonment.

Bill C-46 does not propose any new or higher mandatory minimum penalties of imprisonment

for the Criminal Code's transportation offences, including drug-impaired driving and alcohol-impaired

driving.

With respect to impaired driving causing death cases, I understand that provincial courts

already typically impose or uphold penalties that are well above the existing mandatory

minimum penalties and are in the range of at least three to four years, if not higher.

Bill C-46 does not propose a mandatory minimum penalty that exceeds the current sentencing

range, because this is not necessary to ensure appropriate sentences and does not work as

a deterrent.

Indeed, the organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada, which is based in my community

of Oakville, is opposed to mandatory minimum penalties for these offences, citing charter

concerns in certain circumstances, but also pointing out that mandatory minimums can have

a downward pull on sentences.

They explained that they become an inappropriate cap where longer sentences might be appropriate.

The better route is to leave sentencing discretion to the trial and appellate courts.

I had the pleasure of meeting with MADD Canada's CEO, Andrew Murie, recently in my riding.

In addition to his comments on mandatory minimums, he expressed his organization's confidence

in our justice department and commented that he was pleased with the consultations that

had taken place with their organization on this subject.

He also expressed his thanks to our government, noting that we have such a deep understanding

of the issue and are prepared to take a comprehensive approach to addressing it.

I will now turn to the subject of prohibitions and ignition interlock devices.

Currently, where there is no injury or death on a first offence, the sentencing court must

impose a mandatory minimum prohibition against driving anywhere in Canada for a period of

one year.

On a second offence, the penalty is a period of two years, and for a subsequent offence,

the minimum driving prohibition is for a period of three years.

Bill C-46 also reduces the current waiting period before which the offender may drive

when using an ignition interlock device.

On a first offence, the waiting period to use an ignition interlock device would be

reduced from the current three months to no waiting time.

On a second offence, the waiting period to use an ignition interlock device would be

reduced from the current six months to three months, and on a subsequent offence, the waiting

period to use an ignition interlock device would be reduced from the current 12 months

to six months.

These amendments would reflect the fact that ignition interlock device programs help to

prevent recidivism.

Currently, the Criminal Code has a provision by which an impaired driving offender may

be given a conditional discharge on the condition that he or she attend a program of curative

treatment.

This curative treatment discharge provision has not yet been proclaimed into force in

Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Bill C-46 would replace this provision with one that allows the defence to apply, with

the consent of the prosecution, for a delay of the sentencing hearing in order for the

offender to attend a provincially approved treatment program.

If the offender successfully completes the program, the sentencing court would not be

obliged to impose the mandatory minimum penalty or the mandatory period of prohibition against

driving anywhere in Canada.

Madam Speaker I am pleased to support Bill C-46.

I respectfully ask my colleagues on all sides of the House to support this important piece

of legislation that would make our communities safer for everyone.

Thank you Madam Speaker.

Questions and Comments.

Sadly, Madam Speaker, visible minorities are often targeted for arrest and subjected to

accusations.

What measures will the government implement to ensure that Canadians who are victims of

racial profiling will not be disproportionately targeted for mandatory alcohol screening?

The Honourable Member for Oakville North- Burlington.

Thank you Madam Speaker and I'd like to thank the Honourable Member for her very important

question.

In drafting this new legislative power, the government did consider the potential for

racial profiling.

We strongly oppose such behaviour in any circumstance.

Mandatory alcohol screening is being proposed to keep all Canadians safe.

It would not give police any additional powers that the police do not already have under

common and provincial law to stop drivers at random to determine their sobriety.

Mandatory screening doesn't alter the responsibility of local forces toward training and oversight

of their own officers to ensure that they are appropriately applying Canadian law and

upholding the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Comments.

The Honourable Member for Calgary Rocky Ridge.

Thank you Madam Speaker.

The implications of this bill include significant changes to policing at the local level.

We've heard from municipalities that have concerns about resources and about adapting

to new requirements that may be required, particularly with the prospect of having to

screen drivers for impairment due to cannabis.

I would like the member to comment on the implications of the bill on both provinces

and especially municipalities.

Honourable Member for Oakville North- Burlington.

Thank you Madam Speaker, and I appreciate the question from my Honourable Member.

As a former municipal councillor, I recognize there are limited costs within a municipality,

especially when it comes to policing, fire, and EMS.

With regard to this particular legislation, I know law enforcement agencies have been

asking for additional tools and are looking for ways to better keep their communities

safe.

This legislation has been rolled out to give law enforcement services the tools they have

asked for to keep communities safe when it comes to alcohol and drug-impaired driving.

Police forces already have options available to them to deal with drug-impaired driving.

Mandatory breath screening gives them an additional tool that they can use to keep our communities

safer.

I think that's something we can all agree that we would like to see.

Questions and comments.

Madam Speaker, I thank the member for her excellent speech.

Just as alcohol impaired driving is illegal, so is drug impaired driving.

However, over the past few years, there has been greater awareness regarding drunk driving.

When Canadians go out and plan to have a drink, they know they need to have a designated driver

or take a taxi to get home.

There is not the same level of awareness when it comes to drugs.

Bill C-46 gives police officers the tools to test drivers.

It also sends a very clear message that we have a zero tolerance policy when it comes

to drug impaired driving.

In the member's opinion, just how much would public awareness be raised as a result of

giving police officers additional tools and setting penalties that would enable prosecutors

to properly prosecute drug-impaired drivers?

The Honourable Member for Oakville North- Burlington has 53 seconds.

I'd like to thank the Honourable Member for his question and certainly just even having

this discussion has allowed the public to become far more aware about the dangers, particularly

with drug-impaired driving.

A number of people knew there were dangers with alcohol-impaired driving, but they did

not recognize they also should not drive a vehicle when they were under the influence

of drugs.

I think this legislation is already helping to raise awareness already.

In addition, I know the Department of Health, under the proposed legalization of cannabis,

is also embarking on an education campaign.

Thank you Madam Speaker.

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Manchester United And Chelsea Locked In A £100 Million Transfer Battle For This Beast Striker - Duration: 3:53.

Manchester United And Chelsea Locked In A £100 Million Transfer Battle For This Beast Striker

Manchester United and Chelsea are locked in a £100 million battle, according to latest reports, as both clubs are keen on signing Belgian international Romelu Lukaku.

The 23-year-old forward has become one of the top transfer targets for Premier League clubs. There were reservations about the player before he made the switch to Everton a couple of years ago.

It was a reason behind Chelsea deciding to sell the beast striker, but he has grown into one of the top strikers in the last two years.

After being linked with a return to Chelsea for around £60 million last summer, his transfer value has shot up even further following a spectacular campaign. Lukaku scored 25 league goals and finished above Alexis Sanchez (24) and Sergio Aguero (20).

Only Harry Kane scored more goals than the Belgian and it was largely down to a flurry of goals in the last two games of the season. If not, Lukaku could have ended up with the Golden Boot award.

Clubs may opt to take advantage of the player's progress and his desire to play in the Champions League on a regular basis.

Chelsea were seen as the only club in the race to sign the player, but we have also joined in the race after securing Champions League football for next season.

The victory over the Ajax in the Europa League final has been crucial. Even if Manchester United possess an incredible heritage and brand value, it seems that we need Champions League in order to attract marquee names.

Furthermore, Chelsea have the advantage of a club well known to the player as he spent a couple of years at West London before coming to Everton.

Manchester United are in the market for a new forward, but one of our top transfer targets has been highly sceptical about a move to Old Trafford.

Atletico Madrid Antoine Griezmann recently rated the chances of moving to Old Trafford as 6/10. This is likely to keep Chief executive Ed Woodward on his toes.

Recently, the club have increased of the transfer kitty to £300 million after securing the Champions League football. A significant portion of this budget may be used to sign Lukaku, as Everton now value the player around £100 million.

Even though it would mean a new world record transfer fee, Everton believe that they can take advantage of the bidding war between United and Chelsea.

More than the blues, United are in great need of a top centre-forward and Lukaku will just be able to solve those needs.