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Breakfast Topic: Excited about the new 5-man? {WoW}
Jul 11th 2009 4:32PM Too bad you're going to find it hard to get groups becuase so many others hate it - especially healers for whom the mechanic is as far as possible from the playstyle they've chosen.
I'm sure a lot of people will be running it for the first few days, but unless the jousting bit is completely trivial, people (especially healers) will shun it just like they do Occulus.
Breakfast Topic: Excited about the new 5-man? {WoW}
Jul 11th 2009 4:28PM You'd think they had learned from the fact that hardly anyone does Occulus, due to stupid vehicle crap.
You'd think they had learned from the fact that everyone hates Malygos, due to vehicle crap.
You'd think they'd learned from how most people are increasingly getting bored through the FL part of Ulduar, after the novelty of one-button spamming vehicle crap.
But no.... They go ahead and make a new instance dependent on even more retarded and annoing vehicle mechanic.
I think there is some serious internal prestige involved in this persistence on forcing the players to do vehicle stuff, even though a huge segment of the player bases thoroughly HATES it.
This prestige stubborness is ruining the game for many, and plays a part in how WoW player base is being eroded. If they persist into Maelstrom, there is going to be some serious loss of players.
The dying Hunter? {WoW}
Jul 10th 2009 5:47PM A very good post - on the spot, thanks.
One could elaborate further on this, and add that the trend of making things generic (or homogenous) penetrates all aspects of the game. The two factions are more similar. Tanking is increasingly similar, healing increasingly similar, dps increasingly similar. Races are more similar (racials effectively being phased out of the game), armor more homogenous, as well as item stats, buffs, and so on. If there is one trend that truly is persistent, it is that everything in the game is getting more homogenous. I cannot think of any aspec that isn't. Maybe PvP and PvE are moving away from each other, but I'm not sure.
Why is this happening? Because of "balancing". Blizzard is feeling (rightly or wrongly) that they need to be more and more precise in "balancing" all these different aspects of the game. Balancing mostly means PvP balance, and PvP balance mostly means arena balance. Although PvE (raid) balancing also matters a lot. In the days of old, it didn't matter to Blizz that some classes (let alone specs) sucked for raiding. Now it does.
I do agree that the game is slowly being killed by the homogenization. And homogenization is caused by balancing, and the reasons for balancing is ultimately player QQ. "ZOMG my class is broken for raiding!", "zomg nerf [Insert FotM class here]".
Player QQ is getting through. We, the players, are getting the game we are demaning, ie one that that is increasingly as precisely balanced as humanly possible. Inch by inch.
But the problem is, we are not having fun playing this new homogenized game that we demanded.
Tom Chilton talks about 3.2 and the future of World of Warcraft {WoW}
Jul 7th 2009 8:55AM Vrykul for alliance (after som kind of reconciliation with the human relatives) and goblins for horde maybe?
Or maybe, more likely, just goblins playable for both sides? That would be logical to the theme of the expansion, and also appeal to the Blizz economism of getting maximum leverage.
Reading between the lines there's some pretty strong hints right there that we'll see a new race anyhow.
Patch 3.2 PTR: Tauren Druid conversation may reveal lore and expansion secrets {WoW}
Jun 29th 2009 7:25AM The Raptor,
I am perfectly aware what The Emerald Dream is. You said it yourself - it is the world as it would be if sapient races never came there. Recently it has been corrupted, presumably from the outside. But that is precisely what I was saying. Without sapient races you do not have any plots and stories. You DO have the store surrounding the corruption from the Nightmare, yes, but again - that's what I was saying: You have ONE, but only really one subplot. But without sapient races, there really isn't much to build hundreds and hundreds of quest around.
As for your statement that a Maelstrom expansion is just about underwater ruins and some naga, you have misunderstood what it is about: The Maelstrom expansion will cover not only the actual maelstrom itself, but rather the whole sea between Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor, and thus, off the top of my head, potentially have access to subplots such as Kul Tiras and Jaina's family, and all the consequneces this has for horde-alliance relations, a metric ton of troll lore and troll plots, Undermine and all goblin plots, and of course, potentially the continuation if not resolution of the Deathwing storyline (depending if Blizz wants to make him the main bad guy for this expansion, or save him for yet another after that). Plus of course the naga, Azshara and Maelstrom stuff.
Patch 3.2 PTR: Tauren Druid conversation may reveal lore and expansion secrets {WoW}
Jun 28th 2009 10:23PM Because the Emerald Dream doesn't seem "meaty", broad and exciting enough to carry an expansion on it's own. Maelstroem just seems way more of a complete setting for a full expansion. As others have pointed out here already, ED doesn't seem, as far as we know, a suitable capital city, nor to have a wide variety of "local civilizations" (and accompanying factions), not an obvious broad range of side plots like Outland and Northrend have. It's basically just one plot, but an expansion needs a handful of strong major plots, plus small subplots for various quests.
For this reason, I do not think ED will ever become an expansion of it's own. it would make a lot more sense to add it (as a side-plot, similar to the "titans" side plot, or Vrykyl sideplot, in Northrend) to a Maelstrom expansion. There will thus be a major ED raid, probably similar to Ulduar in timing and size, one or two 5-mans, and of course a persistent presence of the ED theme in quests, and perhaps also a zone or two.
Breakfast Topic: What's your favorite raid boss? {WoW}
Jun 12th 2009 8:42AM Morogrim Tidewalker and Gurtogg Bloodboil are my all time favourites.
I am a healer and these two used to be such an intense adrenaline rush. They also combine predictable damage with some unpredicatbility in a very enjoyable mix.


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"All three of my children were able to describe, in convincing detail, that there had been sexually-explicit images passed around on personal devices, and kids were goading other kids to look at the images," Windley-Daoust said. "That's when I thought, 'Okay, I'm done.'" Windley-Daoust then joined a group of parents who have pulled their kids off the bus and now drive them to school to avoid such behavior problems.
Kids acting up on the school bus is anything but new, and it is certainly not unique to Winona. "Kids will be kids," as a spokesperson for the school district's transportation provider, Minnesota City Bus Services, said. However, as our new generations seem to be exposed to explicit language and behavior at younger and younger ages and as bullying becomes a growing issue for many, it may be worth taking a closer look at what happens on the bus.
In a little over a year and a half of school, there were 757 disciplinary complaints on Winona Area Public School (WAPS) buses. That's an average of just under three complaints per day. Some of those were reported by parents, some by drivers. The complaints vary greatly, from kids being out of their seats to outbursts of violence and profanity. Roughly a third of the complaints filed since August 2011 involved bullying, profanity, violence, or other serious behavioral problems. Most of the complaints resulted in substantive disciplinary action; however, the district did not always follow the recommendations of its transportation safety policy when it responded to student behavior on school buses.
WAPS Superintendent Scott Hannon said that with roughly 3,000 kids from public and private schools riding the bus to and from school everyday, plus ridership for field trips and other events, having only three complaints per day is not bad. In fact, student behavior on buses has improved in recent years, he said.
However, some students and parents say student behavior on buses is a problem, and it is not just the reported cases they are worried about. A seventh-grade student said, "Most of the [bad behavior]I'd say around 90 percent just goes by without the bus driver noticing." Multiple parents told the Winona Post they had taken their kids off the bus because their kids had been the targets of chronic bullying, had been threatened, or had been repeatedly exposed to inappropriate language and behavior.
Former WAPS bus driver Fred Bursack said that during his tenure as a school bus driver, he had one group of kids who behaved well and another who were "a terror. They just fought and you could hardly control them at all."
The seventh grade student said that profanity, bullying, and stealing were relatively commonplace on his bus ride.
Handling bad behavior and parent complaints
Under district policy, bus drivers are responsible for maintaining orderly conduct on school buses and may give students assigned seats. However, any disciplinary action beyond that is the responsibility of the district. While consequences are ultimately left to the discretion of school administrators, guidelines are set for the consequences of certain types of behavior. Under those guidelines, even the first instance of "major infractions"which include theft, vandalism, repeated use of profanity, physical or verbal harassment, and fightingare supposed to be dealt with by contacting parents, bus suspension, or in-school discipline, such as detention. However, a data request made by the Winona Post revealed that those guidelines were not always being followed. Multiple cases of "major infractions" including incidents of fighting, harassment, and repeated use of profanity resulted in students receiving verbal warnings or assigned seats.
A parent of a kindergartner and a middle school student said that when she called school administrators and the bus company to report that her daughter had been bullied and threatened on the bus, she felt her complaints were not taken seriously. "The school is saying it's the bus company's responsibility when kids are on the bus, and the bus company is saying it's the school's responsibility." She continued, "They assign seats, but that's about it. It doesn't stop the problem."
Conversely, Windley-Daoust said that the bus company was very responsive to his complaints. When he complained to Minnesota City Bus Services of incidents his children had experienced or witnessed, company officials acknowledged that they could not control everything that happens on the bus because drivers cannot see what is going on behind the seats. "You don't need the bus company to admit that to realize that the bus driver is not going to be able to see everything that goes on in the back of bus," stated Windley-Daoust.
Blindspots in supervision
The policies of both the district and Minnesota City Bus Services hold bus drivers responsible for keeping students in line while on the bus.
However, it is easy to see how maintaining order is difficult for a school bus driver. A full-sized school bus is about 35 feet long, carries upwards of 50 students, and has seat-backs that are often taller than their occupants. Keeping an eye on that many kids while safely maneuvering an oversized vehicle through traffic is no small challenge.
"It's a little stressful. I spent more time looking in the mirror backwards than watching were I'm going," Bursack laughed. He grew serious, though, as he talked about the challenge of staying focused on the road while driving kids who just will not listen. Even kids being out of their seat, which is hardly shocking behavior, is a serious safety concern. "If you've got ten students standing and goofing around and you hit the brakes very quickly, they're going to go flying all over," Bursack explained.
Bursack said he would frequently pull the bus over and would always file written reports of incidents. The school district followed through with discipline, but sometimes it took a while. "I think they were overwhelmed sometimes," he said.
Not only is it difficult to watch kids and the road, bus drivers simply cannot see the entire bus. Kids tend to act up more on the bus than in class, the local seventh-grader explained, because they know that bus drivers cannot see everything, especially in the back of the bus.
Hannon agreed that the high seat-backs prevented drivers from seeing everything that happens on the bus. The bus ride is "a difficult spot" in the day for maintaining supervision, he said.
There are cameras on just under half of the buses the district usesand the district plans to add four more next yearbut these, too, provide a limited view of what goes on in the rear of the bus.
The Winona Post attempted to contact the manager of Minnesota City Bus Company to gain her perspective on the issue of managing student behavior on local buses. However, the Post was referred to a spokesperson from Minnesota City Bus Services' parent company in Chicago, who simply said, "it is always somewhat challenging."
When it comes to incidents like the kids who were passing around pornography on their smartphones, "there's no reasonable way a bus driver can control that kind of behavior," Windley-Daoust said. The district simply needs someone to watch kids on the bus, especially in the back.
Two parents of Winona Middle School students said they thought the district should post aides on every bus, or at least buses with many complaints, to help supervise kids. Hannon, who is currently helping to guide the district through a series of budget cuts, said such a program would be very expensive. "There are probably not very many school districts in the country that have the resources to put a bus aide or bus supervisor on every bus," he said.
Windley-Daoust suggested that putting cameras in the back of buses as well as the front would be a cost effective way of providing better supervision. That, too, would have a cost$1,500 per camera, according to the districtbut would be a fraction of the cost of hiring aides.
Bursack was skeptical of such a plan. "They would have to hire ten people to watch film," he laughed. "I do not think the camera itself is much of a deterrent." Having live adults aboard to supervise, calm situations, and provide real-time consequences would be more effective, he thought.
Bursack did have a paraprofessional from the district ride on his bus after repeated behavioral problems. That helped, he said, but in that situation, some of the kids who were causing the trouble just did not care what happened to them. "It is just as much on the consequence end, I think," he said. "If the parents at home don't care," he explained, it is hard to control kids.
Kids will be kids
Parents interviewed by the Winona Post agreed that bullying, fighting, profanity are things kids will inevitably be exposed to. Still, they said, the school still has a responsibility to supervise, discipline, and care for kids while on school buses. "If my kids are acting up at home, I take care of it," the parent of an elementary student and middle school student said. "If this is happening on the bus it is now the school's job to take care of it, and they're just not."
While safe driving should be a bus driver's first priority, the parent said, bullying is important too. "It's great that my kids can get to school in one piece, but if internally they're broken in pieces, they're not being safely delivered to school," she said.
Windley-Daoust said he had encountered adults who thought it was no big deal that kids shared pornography on the bus. "I don't know what to say to those people other than it matters to me that my kids are not exposed to pornography and swearing at a young age."
He added, "It's always worth having a conversation about kids' safety and not just turning a blind eye to it. I don't see it as parents against the school district or bus company."
The Winona Post agreed to allow the student and some of the parents interviewed for this story to speak anonymously due to concerns that the student and the parents' children might be subjected to increased bullying or harassment as a result of this article.

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I am first time growing tomatoes and seedlings were very good till yesterday. Seeding age was about 35 days ( from 5th December). I am growing seedlings in the field under a plastic tunnel. However the tunnel structure was not very good, and there were patches on it where frost and water was accumulating over it. Yesterday there was a shower/rain in evening and then at night lot of frost and it was very cold. The water got accumulated over the plastic sheet over the seedlings ( tunnel height about 18 inches from the ground). At the night the water got frozen due to the cold and frost and in morning when I visited, there was ice cubes over the plastic sheet. I removed the water and ice, and tomato seedlings were looking a bit sick and leaves started dropping. During day time it was sunny and heat build up under plastic sheet, when i checked the seedlings at noon those were rotting and leaves started to turn brown and burnt. :( Till evening leaves of 90% of seedlings are damaged and only stem is remaining. Any advice what to do? |
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Even if you could rescue those seedlings, they will not develop into vigorous plants. Though I doubt that they can be rescued as you have described. I would start anew. |
Agreed. Tomato plants are very fragile and even if you manage to "heal them up" the stress has caused serious development problems which probably will lead to stunted growth, low flowering and few fruits. If I were you I'd re-germinate now and keep them in your house until you can properly harden them off. If you can't keep your ambient temperatures within your hoop house at least 40F, I wouldn't bother trying to grow tomatoes with them. smithmal |
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Commentary by Ajish P Joy, Associate Fellow at the Centre for
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Saturday September 3, 2011 12:23:35 GMT
Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi seems to be on his way out, with the
forces loyal to the rebel National Transitional Council in command of the
capital city of Tripoli. The initial uprising against the Gaddafi
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in Libya. Soon after, NATO forces u nder the leadership of Britain, France
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plight of Libyans, facing the wrath of a vengeful Gaddafi, to justify
intervention which became the first unequivocal military enforcement of
the R2P principle. During the course of the Libyan campaign, Obama
codified R2P principle into an important foreign policy tool through the
Presidential Study Directive on Mass Atrocities (PSD-10). According to
this document, "preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national
security interest and a core moral responsibility of the United States".
While the R2P is a noble principle, it often clashes with the concept of
sovereign rights of nation states. Moreover, its selective application
raises uncomfortable questions for its practitioners like Barack Obama.
For example, while Libya caught his attention, he chose to ignore the
brutal suppression of protesters in Bahrain and continues to be oblivious
to the situation in Syria, Sudan and Somalia. Such a policy could be
termed pragmatic and there is also some merit in the argument that it is
better to intervene at least selectively rather than not intervening
anywhere at all. However, selective application of the R2P principle
eventually corrodes its importance and effectiveness.
The Libyan intervention also intro duced a new phrase "leading from
behind" into the US policy parlance. Since Obama decided that after the
initial phase of intervention, the leadership of the Libyan campaign will
have to be shouldered by NATO, the American presence was less ubiquitous
in Libya, unlike the other campaigns to which the US was a party. Obama
also drew considerable flak from his Republican detractors and
conservative commentators for giving up American leadership. Yet, the US,
beneath the media radar, continued to be the most important cog in the
Libyan war wheel.
According to Pentagon estimates, the US spent around $900 million for the
war effort. While it chose not to send a supercarrier to the
Mediterranean, a dozen warships assisted the campaign. American
air-tankers handled the refuelling of NATO jets while it supplied
precision-air-munitions to the European air forces which ran short of them
quickly. The entire air defence system of the NATO forces were managed by
American AWACS aircraft, while critical intelligence was supplied by
information from Predator drones and E8-C JSTARS. It goes without saying
that without active American help the NATO forces would have been unable
to sustain their campaign.
Therefore, the Libyan campaign was very much an American war though it
conveyed a different impression because of the smart tactics employed by
the Obama administration. Though the rebels have nearly taken control of
Libya, Obama has not declared victory so far, perhaps keeping in mind the
"Mission Accomplished" fiasco of George W Bush, after the fall of Baghdad
in 2003. And there are a few points for him to ponder. Even as the news of
the rebel victory is welcomed by the Americans, 55 per cent of them are
still opposed to US involvement in Libya, a matter of concern for the
Similarly, debates about the legality of US campaign in Libya are still
not over. Obama in fact chose not to seek Congressional approval for the
Libyan campaign. He overruled the Office of Legal Counsel and Attorney
General Eric Holder and stuck to the opinion that the limited US role did
not necessitate the administration to acquire Congressional approval even
though the Libyan mission turned out to be a sustained offensive
On the foreign policy front, Gaddafi's overthrow must have sent a message
to anti-US regimes across the world that weapons of mass destruction is
probably the safest bet to regime security. In a bizarre twist of fate,
Gaddafi, who gave up his nuclear programme several years ago, is running
for cover, while North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pays an official visit to
Russia. Finally, Gaddafi is still at large and nobody can predict the
maverick colonel's next move.
Even assuming that Gaddafi is gone for good, Libya's future still looks
uncertain and the success of Libyan intervention depends on a peaceful and
orderly transition in the country. However, if Libya become s unstable,
violent, or a fertile ground for radicals, it will raise questions about
the wisdom of the entire enterprise.
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Texas Brags: What Others Are Saying
Texas is a land of ongoing success and endless opportunity; Texans aren't too shy about telling people about it, either. It's not bragging if it's true, however, and the Lone Star State's winning mix of low taxes, reasonable regulatory structure, fair court system and world-class workforce has been paying dividends in terms of press recognition, economic rankings and, most importantly, good jobs for hard-working Texans. Here is just some of the evidence supporting Texans' contention that the Lone Star State is the best place in the nation to live, work and raise a family.
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March 10, 2014 - Michael D. Gallagher, President and CEO, Entertainment Software Association
November 18, 2013 - Dr. Arthur B. Laffer, Economist, The Laffer Center
May 31, 2013 - Steve Sexton, President & CEO of Circuit of the Americas
May 22, 2013 - Jack Rogers, Editor in Chief of Business Facilities Magazine
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
National Review Touts "Texas Model" as Key To Economic Strength
National Review Editor Rich Lowry credited Texas' economic policies with helping employers in the Lone Star State create more than half of the net jobs created in America over a recent 12 month period.
"Texas already looms large in its own imagination. Its elevated self-image didn't need this: More than half of the net new jobs in the U.S. during the past 12 months were created in the Lone Star State," Lowry wrote. "What does Austin know that Washington doesn't? At its simplest: Don't overtax and -spend, keep regulations to a minimum, avoid letting unions and trial lawyers run riot, and display an enormous neon sign saying, 'Open for Business."'
"Texas is a model of governmental restraint. In 2008, state and local expenditures were 25.5 percent of GDP in California, 22.8 in the U.S., and 17.3 in Texas. Back in 1987, levels of spending were roughly similar in these places. The recessions of 1991 and 2001 spiked spending everywhere, but each time Texas fought to bring it down to pre-recession levels."
Monday, October 18, 2010
Texas Dominated Milken Institute List of Top Cities for Jobs
Texas cities make up an unprecedented 11 of the top 25 metropolitan areas ranked in the Milken Institute's Best-Performing Cities Index, which evaluates the metro areas best able to create and sustain jobs. This is the second year in a row Texas has dominated the list.
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood took the top spot in this year's index, with Austin-Round Rock (2) and McAllen-Edinburg-Mission (4) rounding out the top five. Other Texas cities in the top 25 are El Paso (9), Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown (10), Brownsville-Harlingen (13), San Antonio (14), Amarillo (16), Dallas-Plano-Irving (17), Fort Worth-Arlington (23) and Lubbock (24).
The index factors in a metro area's long and short-term employment and salary growth, as well as four measurements of technology output growth, which the institute views as key to creating good jobs and driving regional economies.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Analyst Meredith Whitney Ranks Texas Best in Nation in Economic Health
Meredith Whitney, a noted analyst who had accurately predicted the national banking crisis, listed Texas as the national leader in state financial health in a report issued about the perilous condition of most state governments. Of the 15 largest states, only Texas and Virginia earned overall positive rankings.
"The best state is actually Texas, by a mile," Whitney said during an interview on CNBC. "They've been a very conservative state [...] a small government state. Low taxes, their pension funds are fully funded. Housing is not an issue. They've got great population trends. Great employment."
Monday, September 27, 2010
Texas Universities are Doing Something Right
In The Austin American Statesman, university system chancellors Kent Hance, Francisco G. Cigarroa and Mike McKinney discuss the benefits and accomplishments of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund in Texas Universities.
Throughout the academic year, our respective schools will battle each other fiercely on the field of play, but we're also engaged in another competition that has even bigger implications for Texas. As the national economy continues to falter, the battle for research dollars gets tougher by the day. Fortunately, the state has a mechanism that gives us a distinct advantage over other states and, ultimately, helps our universities create jobs for Texans.
Known as the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, it represents a surprisingly innovative approach for government, in which tax dollars are invested to attract outside funding for research. The impetus behind ETF-funded research in Texas is to take ideas born in university laboratories and move them along the development pipeline into production and the marketplace.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Who Will Lead The Recovery? Start With Texas
"...when it comes to predicting what place will lead the country to a solid economic recovery, forecasters are all on the same page: Nobody's messing with Texas."
Although the economy has slowed in recent months, the prospects for a robust recovery are still looking up for the Lone Star State. Texas gained 14,000 jobs in June even as employment fell in 27 other states, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That brought Texas's total for the first half of 2010 to 178,700 -- more than twice that of any other state.
The reasons for this success aren't unique. A key factor has been the state's energy production. "If you look at the first half of 2008, the U.S. [economy] had started to decline, but Texas was still growing," said Keith Phillips, a senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Oil and natural-gas prices were very strong, he explained, and so "we entered the recession late."
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Austin Among Least Stressed in U.S.
Good health and relatively-low unemployment has placed Austin the fourth least stressed city in the U.S., a Portfolio.com study reported Tuesday.
The national news site for small- and mid-sized business executives analyzed the nation's 50 largest metropolitan areas and found Detroit residents the most tense. The publication used various indicators to calculate the ranking, including local unemployment, personal financial data, environmental factors, health risks, crime rates and living standards.
Detroit topped the list largely due to steep unemployment, about 14.3 percent of its population, combined with a high 9.9 percent living in poverty. The Michigan metro also reported a high murder and robbery rate and low levels of sunshine.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
4 Reasons Why Texas Beats California in a Recession
Back in 1965, The Mamas & the Papas reached the top of the charts with "California Dreamin'," a song pining for a return to the warm safety of their home state. But these days they'd be better off dreaming about Texas.
The reason is that Texas powered through the global fiscal crisis, while The Golden State's economy is forecast to remain tarnished for some time.
The fact that California remains locked in such a pronounced slump compared to its economically and demographically similar cousin to the southeast has been pounced upon with biblical zeal by conservative commentators who claim the state's woes are a direct result of its liberalism and sloth. But in truth, California's industrial mix and its history of voter empowerment may have done more than glad-handing liberalism to bring low the nation's largest economy -- one that, in better times, brought the world the Popsicle, the Hula Hoop, the "slimsuit" swimsuit, and the fortune cookie.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Texas Booms Despite Recession
The national recession can't stop Texas cities from growing. Four of the 10 fastest gainers — including No. 1 Frisco — are in the Lone Star State, according to Census population estimates out Tuesday.
From 2008 to 2009, 11 of the 25 fastest-growing cities that have populations above 100,000 people were in Texas.
The state has escaped much of the downturn because of a diversified economy that includes oil and high-tech.
Among the big Texas gainers: Dallas suburbs such as McKinney, Carrollton and Lewisville; oil centers Odessa and Midland; and high-tech hub and state capital Austin. Frisco and Odessa passed the 100,000 mark.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Samsung Adding 500 Jobs in Austin Plant Expansion
Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC today announced plans to expand the capacity of its 12-inch semiconductor fabrication plant in Austin with a $3.6 billion investment.
The decision to bring the additional capacity to Austin was based on the company's long-term business requirements.
The expanded fabrication plant, one of the largest in the United States, will produce advanced logic devices for Samsung's System LSI business. Currently the Austin plant produces a variety of NAND Flash memory chips. The production of those chips will continue.
The company will also hire an additional 500 employees as a result of the expansion.
Monday, May 03, 2010
Chief Executive Magazine Ranks Texas Top State for Business for 6th Year in a Row
Texas has been ranked the top state for job growth and business development for the sixth year in a row in a survey of CEOs by Chief Executive Magazine.
"As CEOs have noted for the sixth year in a row, Texas continues to be a model for the nation as the best state to live and do business," Gov. Perry said. "This top ranking by Chief Executive Magazine proves that our low taxes, reasonable and predictable regulatory climate and skilled workforce have not gone unnoticed."
The survey asked 651 CEOs to rank each state based on three general categories: taxation and regulation, quality of workforce and living environment. States were then evaluated based on five subcategories and ranked by importance to the respondent.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Texas Named One of Best States for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council has ranked Texas as one of the best states for small business and entrepreneurs in their Business Tax Index 2010: Best to Worst State Tax Systems for Entrepreneurship and Small Business report. Texas is ranked second in the index based on the cost of the state tax system on small businesses.
"Here in the Lone Star State, we have developed an environment that encourages entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams of small business ownership, further strengthening our economy and creating jobs for Texans," Gov. Perry said. "Thanks to our low taxes, reasonable and predictable regulatory environment and skilled and educated workforce, businesses continue to look to Texas as a place for growth and prosperity."
Monday, March 22, 2010
Bloomberg: Texas Beats Other States out of Recession, Comerica Report Says
Texas, the second-most populous U.S. state, is among the first to emerge from the recession that began in December 2007 as job growth returned sooner, Comerica Inc. said in a report.
The Texas economy followed states into the worst economic slump since 1930s, bottomed in September 2009 and began growing, five months before job growth hit bottom for the rest of the country, according to the report today by Dana Johnson, the chief economist at the Dallas-based bank.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Dallas-Fort Worth Economy Ranked Among Nation's Strongest - Dallas Morning News
The Dallas-Fort Worth area ranked among the strongest metropolitan economies in the nation during the last three months of 2009, according to a study to be released today by the Brookings Institution, a public policy think tank in Washington. Austin, San Antonio, El Paso and McAllen also ranked in the top 20 in economic performance among the 100 largest U.S. metro areas, according to the institution's MetroMonitor barometer.
"Dallas and other Texas metro areas look good compared to other places," said Howard Wial, a Brookings fellow. "But unemployment is still high and jobs are down from where they were at the last peak. So things are not rosy."
Monday, March 15, 2010
Austin, Washington, Raleigh & Boston Top 2010 Rank of Best Cities for Young Americans
The Southwest is the new frontier for young Americans—the region where those in their 20s and 30s have the best chance of establishing themselves in a recessionary economy.
Five Southwestern metropolitan areas, led by No. 1 Austin, rank among the nation's 10 best places for young adults, according to a new Portfolio.com/bizjournals study.
Two qualities help Austin—the host of the annual South by Southwest music, film, and interactive conference and festival—to stand out among the nation's largest metros.
Monday, March 08, 2010
Forbes: If one state is a poster child for economic recovery, it's Texas
Forbes has ranked Austin as the city best surviving the recession. Austin tied with Washington, DC for the number one slot. Four Texas cities made the top 10, including Dallas, San Antonio and Houston. Forbes looked at unemployment, rate of job growth and projections, home prices and cost of goods and services.
"This Forbes ranking highlights the relative economic strength of our state's major metropolitan cities, which is good news not only for the people who live in Texas, but for those looking to move to a state with a strong economic future," said Gov. Rick Perry. "Texas continues to be the best state in the nation to live, work and raise a family thanks to our low tax burden, predictable regulatory climate, skilled workforce and principled, disciplined spending."


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I am a newbie at this, I am about to set up a 20 gallon. Can I cycle with both plants and fish(zebra danios)? What plants do you guys recommend(the tank is 1ft tall)? It will be a tropical community tank. |
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- Posted by lynnfrazer 6 (My Page) on Sun, Apr 22, 12 at 22:59
Hi i usually cycle a new tank with feeder guppies until the tank is established you dont want to lose your more valuable fish to a new uncycled tank...plants depend on lighting and temperature of course..if your new to plants too good beginner plants are java ferns they can handle wide ranges of conditions from low lighting to higher and same with temperature..They will also reward you with new baby plants from the leaves.java moss is also an easy plant Good Luck! |
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Since we're going to be featured in a Dallas Morning News story this coming Friday (March 28), & since the story will include directions to the site,
we need to think about how we can make the swap fun for newcomers as well as for us: 1. Those who can, please bring lots of extra stuff so we'll have plenty to share with newcomers.
2. So far, the drawing has been very casual
A more even-handed or fair way to handle it would be to give each person a ticket when they contribute an item for the drawing. If you bring something but don't want to draw for a prize yourself, you can give your ticket to someone else. What other contingencies do we need to consider? |
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Yow, Sylvia, I'm afraid we might just get mobbed by people who read the story. How did this happen? I would suggest more food for starters. I was planning to bring food of some sort, but we all need to understand that the food must be free too or else we will come under the scrutiny of the dreaded health department, and we don't want that. If we are billed by the News as a "free swap", I just hope there aren't a lot of people who show up hoping to get a bunch of freebies. Those of us who frequent this web site understand how the swap works and sometimes we get a plant and sometimes we give one without a swap. You may want to consider a core of 'organizers' setting up the tempo and tenor of our group by letting newcomers know that if they came without anything, they should not expect to go home with a carload of free garden decorations and plants. Since there may be a large group of newbies it may be helpful to write some 'rules' on a placard (for their beneifit) so they understand how we work. Most of us who have been attending for a few years know each other and trust in full measure don't necessarily need to have an even swap each time. You're right about the idea of establishing more structure to the door prizes. If there is a really huge turnout it might be helpful if everyone brings a second person to help with their offerings while you stroll around looking. Plan to lock your car. Plan to keep your wallet and money on your person. Sorry if I sound like an old horsefeathers, but I just don't want the day to be ruined by something like a theft. Cheryl |
Cheryl, I agree with you. Plant swaps, to be enjoyed by me, must be a gathering of gardeners with mutual interests and a willingness to share. I hope this will remain this way despite the publicity. |
- Posted by tina_2 zone8 tx (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 14:43
Hi Cheryl - I think, you have some great suggestions. I too, hope the swap goes as usual - all of us gardeners enjoying the friendship , fun, food and plants! I am planning to ask some friends to help me - as I may have my 5 yr. old grandson that day. He is a joy, but walking or lugging heavy plants around - sometimes isn't fun for a 5 yr.old. I have to keep my eyes on him, also. But - I have a lot of faith in our gardeners, they are all good people. So, everything should go well. Thanks - tina_2 |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 14:54
Extra bottled water is a good idea, don't know if a whole bunch of extra food would be good or if it would become an "issue". Maybe a card on the buffet table saying something like, please put your covered dish on this table if you are participating in the cooperative luncheon. & maybe a hand-out for newbies would be a good idea; Locking the car is always a good idea, I do it when I leave the car, no matter where I am, even if I'm just getting gasoline. & I always wear something with pockets & keep my cards, pen, etc with me, & leave any money & valuables locked in the car. Anybody got any good ideas for wording the placards/hand-outs? I'll see what I can manage & post it on here asap for critiques/suggestions. thanks all! |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 15:03
Cooperative Luncheon Starts Here! Participants, (It looks better in Microsoft Word, but I can't get gardenweb to show it that way). off to work on the other hand-out... |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 15:38
Welcome to the Ft Worth Plant Swap! Our first Trinity Park Swaps were just a few dedicated gardeners who "met" on the internet, & the Swap has evolved to what it is today. "Structure"is minimal, While some of us bring "extras" to share, the swap is for trading; We don't have rules about what you can trade, If you want to swap your dandelions for a 4' live oak tree, nobody's going to make you accept anything less than a 4' live oak tree…& if you want to swap your cow for a package of magic beans, nobody can stop you! That said, rooted plants are the most popular trades; Plants should be well-established, labeled, & healthy. Seeds should be dry & non-moldy, & labeled as to variety & year harvested. You can bring any garden item to trade, but if you don't have garden "extras" but you do Lunch is a "hybrid cooperative": Last year, I traded a couple of salvias for my lunch! The prize drawing is a similar event: (If you contribute a prize but you do not wish to participate in the drawing, you can give your ticket to someone else.) We are always glad to see new faces at our Swap, |
- Posted by tina_2 zone8 tx (email@example.com) on Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 16:04
Hi Sylvia - Great job. I think, that pretty much sums it up. I, would print one out. Just, lay it on the lunch table for all to see. Then we can just let everyone that comes "" read it."' Or print up a couple, for all to view as they arrive.We could pass them around as needed. Just my two cents - tina_2 |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 19:57
Ooh, I love that, Dorothy! |
- Posted by tina_2 zone8 tx (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 20:05
Hey Dorothy - That is lovely , wish I was as crafty! Made my day! Thank you - tina_2 |
- Posted by mikeandbarb z8 D/FW (email@example.com) on Wed, Mar 26, 08 at 21:19
Oh Dorothy that is so cool. I love it. I can see everyone wishing for that one LOL. |
Sylvia, read thru comments quickly, but didn't see Debbie's name tags mentioned-- great way to ID the regulars. For the drawing I will most likely bring a hanging basket (w/flowers of course). For the lunch I will work on bringing my "Killer" cake and seasoned crackers w/ cheese. Wish my plant list was this easy!!! Debbie:::: will need a name tag for Phil Garza...a friend and fellow plant lover I talked into coming. HE'S bringing plants! |
Sylvia, great job. So I'm guessing you don't want to add, 1. Troublemakers will be composted |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 08 at 14:58
I kinda like "Don't take anything that doesn't belong to you." Maybe we could make up cards that say, & each trader could fill in his/her name. & I do like "Troublemakers Will Be Composted". It reminds me of some cute apothocary jars I once saw at Cracker Barrel. They had labels like, "Memories", "Grandma's Love", or some such, can't remember. but one of them said, "Ashes of Old Lovers". Bwaaa Haaaaa Haaaa Haaaa Haaaaa. |
- Posted by barefoot_in_texas Texas Z8 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 08 at 17:16
Wow Sylvia - Guess we better bring a bigger table for the food. Y'all know we always bring plenty of hotdogs, buns, chips, dips, etc. So I don't anticipate a problem with that, but what if we are literally swamped with people. Is there a grocery nearby :) Also love the placard ideas. Oh, one other question - we haven't really discussed where in the park we're going to do this. The last couple of times we had it at the very front due to other events at the park, but prior to that we've had it further back by the gazebo. Any thoughts? |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Thu, Mar 27, 08 at 18:45
I don't really think we'll be swamped; gardening events don't really generate the kind of response that, say, a rock star concert would... & even if we do get swamped, we'll have the signs up about sharing & bringing a dish & so forth; Let's have tickets for the meal same as for the drawing: bring a dish, get a lunch ticket. We've always tried to set up near the gazebo (can't set up inside because it always seems to be reserved), since it's far off the street. I'll check with the parks people tomorrow & find out if there's anything going on that will make it impossible to get back inside the park. If there is, we'll just set up where we did last autumn. & I'll prepare some bright yellow signs to point the way! |
- Posted by mikeandbarb z8 D/FW (email@example.com) on Sun, Mar 30, 08 at 21:26
Most likely they'll be getting ready to set up for Mayfest. They close it off with fencing. What do we need to bring for lunch? Do we need plates, plastic ware, napkins? I'm good for one or two of those. |
Good question, Barb ... do we just rely on pot luck -- everyone bring whatever they would like??? Or would you be more comfortable with our posting what we plan to bring??? |
- Posted by mikeandbarb z8 D/FW (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Mar 31, 08 at 8:20
We use to make a list of what each were bring. Might be a good idea so we know if there's anything missing. I'll bring plates and napkins. Items that we might need? Dip, mustard or may-o, cookies, cake, side dishes. It seems that Barefoot in tx, is footen the biggest bill for food? I wouldn't feel bad chipping in a couple of bucks to barefoot for bring hot dogs, chips, dip's, bun's and the charcoal, grill and DH the cook. Really this gal should get an instant full grow garden for what she's doing :) What do you think Sylvia? |
- Posted by sylviatexas z8a Tx (My Page) on Tue, Apr 1, 08 at 9:43
We can bring side dishes, etc, to share, just 'cause we want to, just like Weldon brings those seasoned crackers that nobody else can have 'cause I'm gonna hoard 'em all... I mean, we can bring side dishes, okay? but Ruben & Brenda have the luncheon thing down to a system, & they do it very well, hot dogs & fixin's, drinks, utensils, etc, & everyone who partakes needs to reimburse them, either by a trade or by contributing toward the expense. Brenda posted what they're doing for lunch on the "Part Deux" thread; (I me my own self, as you may recall, eat but do not cook, so I'm hoping Brenda can choose some of my plants in exchange for lunch!) |
- Posted by barefoot_in_texas Texas Z8 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 1, 08 at 17:10
Barb - thank for the offer on the plates, etc., but I already have all that stuff. Thanks for all the compliments too. Ruben and I really enjoy doing lunch for everybody and I really take home some great stuff. Since I'm not bringing plants we have room (and a truck) to bring the ice chests, grill, fixins, etc. Everybody else can save their vehicle space to bring/take home plants. Anybody who wants to bring a side or cookies and such is more than welcome. Sylvia - iffin your makin signs - does that mean you're gonna be there early lol |
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Mom to angel babies
Oct 2008, July 2009, October 2009, January 2012, July 2012
Sophia Marilyn
Born still on July 26, 2013
Fort Lee, VA
Putting a face on miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss
Mom to angel babies
Oct 2008, July 2009, October 2009, January 2012, July 2012
Sophia Marilyn
Born still on July 26, 2013
Fort Lee, VA
Ectopic pregnancy
April 2010
Lubbock, Texas
We began trying for a baby starting the summer of 2009. We had been married about 4 1/2 years and I had been on birth control pills our whole marriage. We were not actively trying at first, mostly just preventing. I really thought that we would get pregnant right away. I have never had any problems with my cycle and it has always been very regular and predictable. Well, month after month went by with no pregnancy. Most months I would get my hopes and then my period would start. I could probably name off everyone who got pregnant while we were trying. It was very hard to hear people say that they got pregnant their first month trying. March of 2010 my period was late. I took several pregnancy tests and they were all negative. I was also having some pains in my ovary. I looked some stuff up online and got freaked out! Then my period started, so everything was fine. I had decided not to stress about getting pregnant and just leave it all in God's hands. [Read more…]
Mom to Baby Spoerer
March 29, 2012
I guess you can say my story started a few years ago. My husband and I have always wanted kids. We tried and tried with no such luck. We had talked about it and decided if we could not get pregnant on our own it just wasn't meant to be. I was finally getting comfortable with the idea that we would be childless. Then, in January 2012, to our greatest surprise, I was pregnant. It was the best day of my life and to top it off, I told my husband the night before his birthday the big news. [Read more…]
Mom to "My Little Potato"
Went to be with God on October 14, 2012
Gray, Tennesse
On Wednesday, October 3rd my dream came true when I found out I was pregnant. I only got to enjoy my little potato for a week. The OB doctor told me something was wrong. He couldn't find the baby, and the sharp pains I was feeling in my stomach were not looking good. The phone call I got a couple hours later broke my heart. [Read more…]
Three ectopic pregnancies:
January 8, 2009 (9 weeks),
January 8, 2010 (5 weeks),
December 13, 2011 (5w5d with a heartbeat)
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
My name is Bethany Anderson. My husband and I live in a small rural community in Pennsylvania called Mercersburg. I am twenty-two years-old and my husband, Thomas, is twenty-eight. Thomas and I have been together for almost 5 years and we were married in August of 2011. We have a dog, which is like my child, Chino Taco Anderson. My husband has a son, named Cadon, who is now 6 years old. Although I wish he would be with us every single day, he lives with his mother and we don't get to see him as often as we'd like. We were told the only way for us to conceive after our extremely difficult losses, was through in-vitro fertilization. This is our infertility story. [Read more…]
Mom to "Coby"
Ectopic pregnancy, November 19, 2009
Foster City, California
About 3 years ago, my husband and I got a BFP on a pee stick. I was in pure bliss, because we were so surprised on how quickly we got pregnant after stopping birth control pills. Then one morning in November (November 20th to be exact), I woke up with awful pains in my abdominal area and was very scared. I called the doctor's office and had an appointment with my OB, and that is where our story begins. [Read more…]
Mom to Angel
Ectopic pregnancy September 2010
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
On September 16, 2010 I went into hospital with really bad pains, which I thought was my appendix. I didn't have a clue where my appendix or anything in my stomach was. I went into A&E at 7pm I saw the nurse, and she had came back with my blood results and said that I was pregnant. I didn't know what to feel, I was only 16 have now turned 17 I have my life ahead of me. I wasn't exactly disappointed; I felt a bit of excitement in me. So, my boyfriend and I looked at each other in shock and the nurse said that she was going to take me for a scan. It came to 2am when I was getting my scan and the nurse was looking and looking but couldn't find a baby in my womb. At this point I'm beyond worried. She then called a doctor in to have a look, but he couldn't see anything either. After a while of looking, the doctor said that it could be an ectopic and that I would have to stay in. [Read more…]
Ectopic pregnancy
September 2009
Dartmouth. Nova Scotia, Canada
In 2009, I was 22 and probably the happiest person in the world. I had a wonderful boyfriend, the best family and friends in the world, a great job, and a sweet puppy; life was good.
Anyway…HAPPY…my boyfriend and I had just bought a house, on a lake, by a beautiful beach, just the perfect little place for 2 people starting out! We both had alright jobs, and while we didn't have any immediate plans for the future we just knew we wanted to be together!! [Read more…]
Mom to Santiago
April 29, 2009
Round Lake Heights, Illinois
I read a statistic today that 1 in 4 women experience a miscarriage. I would most likely not have paid much attention to this number if I had not experienced one myself, but experience always aims to give us greater awareness. [Read more…]
Mom to Jordan
Lost September 9, 2011,
Ectopic pregnancy, September 2009
Missed miscarriage, March 2009
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
My name is Kaitlin and I am 29 years old. I am married to Scott and have a daughter Emma.
I am sharing our journey with you as demonstration of our commitment to this process. Please take the time to understand where we have been and how we got to this place. [Read more…]
Mom to Twin B, and Hudson Edward (Twin A)
Lost Twin B at 9 weeks 5 days
Lost Hudson at 18weeks on 2/16/2012
Rockland, Massachusetts
My husband and I tried for a year on our own to get pregnant, did 2 years of IVF – we had one ectopic… the very next ivf round we got pregnant with our twins – it was amazing (we did 3 fresh IVFs and one frozen – only the fresh worked for me). [Read more…]
Mom to Isaac Thor
Born Sleeping March 4, 2011
Warrensburg, Missouri
Making the decision to have another baby was a long and prayerful process. We had a desire to add to our family and felt we were in a position to do so. Isaac was to fill that final child chapter in our book of life. Little did we know that his chapter would take the turn it did while changing and blessing our lives the way it has. [Read more…]
Poppyseed January 2012
San Diego, CA
On December 10, 2011 we got some wonderful news we had two mature eggs. After 4 years of marriage and 2 years of infertility treatments this was only the second time any eggs were seen on our ultrasounds. We were instructed to go home and start trying and take a home test in two weeks. My husband was trying to expect the worst but I was pretty optimistic I kept telling him I knew it would work this time. My family was so excited that I tested right away on Christmas Eve and was very disappointed when the test returned negative. [Read more…]
Mom to Dominic McDylan, Feb 2, 2007 (EDD: Oct 10, 2007)
Gwendolyn Elizabeth, Jan 30, 2008 (EDD: July 8, 2008)
Aiden Alexander, Nov 10, 2008 (EDD: July 20, 2009)
Jillian Evelyn, Jan 19, 2010 (EDD: Sept 28, 2010)
Katherine Anne and Samuel Kenneth, Dec 31, 2011 (EDD: Aug 19, 2012)
Winchester, VA
Our journey started unexpectedly in January 2007 when we conceived our first son. We hadn't been trying and in fact had just started birth control. We lost our little boy before we even knew of his existence. For the longest time, I didn't even tell Chris (or anyone else for that matter). I just dealt with it on my own and reminded myself that we were nowhere near ready to have a child together. [Read more…]
Early miscarriage, August 2006
Ectopic pregnancy, November 2011
Corona, California
I am a mother, but my two babies are in Heaven with Jesus. I am the face of ectopic pregnancy loss and early miscarriage.
My husband and I eloped to Las Vegas in July of 2006 after only dating for one month. In August, we found out that I was pregnant. That was a shocker. We weren't ready, I wasn't done with nursing school, we both didn't have jobs to support a baby (much less ourselves) and quite frankly, we weren't done growing up. But after the initial shock, we were excited…excited to welcome this baby into the world with loving arms…excited to embark on this unpredictable new journey. That excitement was short lived when I began bleeding while I was at work one day. We went to the doctor the same day and they told me that I was miscarrying. How can you describe the pain of losing a baby? My sorrow was brief because everyone around me seemed to get over it just fine, so I felt like I needed to as well. [Read more…]
Ectopic pregnancy
July 29, 2011
Stafford, Virginia
My husband and I hadn't planned on having a baby for a few years, since were both still young and starting out our marriage. On July 21st, I went to my physician to get my hypothyroidism checked out like I do every 6 weeks, and while I was there I had asked the physician randomly about how my thyroid disease would affect my fertility. She had said, "You will have a hard time getting pregnant, if it even happens at all." After this I had just given up hope of ever having a child, even though it's all I had ever wanted. [Read more…]
Mom to a little one
Lost to ectopic pregnancy October 2008
Akron, Ohio
At nineteen years old I was diagnosed with PCOS. I was told many different things from many different doctors, ranging from, "You will never be able to have children," to "The only way I tell someone they will never have children is if they do not have a uterus." December 25, 2007, at the age of 33, I found out I was pregnant (exactly 17 weeks 4 days…yes I missed my entire first trimester!). I had defied the odds that were against me…this was a miracle!! At this point I was single, finishing grad school and a full time teacher. May 29, 2008, Jacob came into this world and today he is a healthy, happy, intelligent light in my world!!
Mom to "Little One," lost at 6 weeks
Wesley Major, born at 25 weeks and 4 days on
January 5, 2011 and lost January 7, 2011
"Baby Angel" lost at 9 weeks
My husband and I went to our infertility specialist after 4 years of marriage and struggling to become parents. I was diagnosed with PCOS. We decided on an IUI and were pleasantly surprised to find out we were pregnant on the first try! We were over the moon and I was very cautious. When we went in for our first ultrasound we saw there was no heartbeat, and I naturally miscarried a week later. It was devastating. [Read more…]
Mom to Madeleine Grace
September 29th, 2011
Liverpool, England
The ectopic pregnancy was the worst thing that has ever happened to me, but I am trying to take something positive from the experience. Every day it is a struggle. I get out of the shower and run my hands over my stomach, remembering how it felt to know that my little one was there.
Lesley Vance
First Ectopic Pregnancy Loss – May 2005
Second Ectopic Pregnancy Loss – September 2007
Third Pregnancy Loss due to Miscarriage – March 2008
San Diego, California
Grieving My Pregnancy Loss
How I found ways to move through the grief process
By Lesley Vance
Like most hopeful mothers-to-be I was optimistic about my pregnancy. I was thrilled to be pregnant and felt great. No morning sickness nonsense for me. My days were spent nesting, considering baby names and thinking about nursery colors. I took prenatal vitamins, napped and drank lots of water on a routine basis. During week eight my first ultrasound showed my baby's heartbeat. It was a magical moment. [Read more…]


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We just had our kitchen cabinets painted cream and antique washed. The problem is they look a bit too green. Right now our walls are green so we plan to paint those. Could it be the walls making them look so green or the lighting? We have can lights and 2 pendants. Any recommendations on what color to paint walls to reduce green, would hate to have to reprint cabinets. Thanks |
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- Posted by fouramblues (My Page) on Fri, Jun 28, 13 at 8:19
It really might just be that the green is reflecting off the walls, so painting could solve your problems - try painting first! If that doesn't work... I'm not a color theorist, but I do have some experience with this problem. Last summer we ordered and had installed "ivory cream" cabs. When they went up it was clear that in my space the color was much cooler than the name would suggest. It has a slight greenish tinge, like a pale putty. I had planned to paint the walls a warm grey, but the sample patches looked terrible with the cabs. I needed a cool paint color, but not so intense as to reflect too much on the cabs, and BM Stonington grey looks terrific. Good luck! |
Yes, I had a similar problem, but mine went pink against green sample paint. I went with a different wall color, Powell Buff by BM and replaced all of my recessed lights with reveal bulbs. It made all the difference in the world. My sister had her cabinets painted white and glazed and golden tans look really good with them. You might want to look at Wilmington Tan by Benjamin Moore. I don't think repainting your cabinets will be necessary. |
Agree with the comments about paint from others. What kind of lights are in your recessed fixtures? I'm sitting here in my home office with renewed hatred of the florescent swirly type bulbs DH has down here. They seem to make everything had a green cast. I noticed it the other day when I was in here looking at paint samples for another project. With a reno we are doing in another home we put in the Cree LED (Home Depot version) bulbs in. Nice warm light--no green! |
I agree that your walls may have a lot to do with it. My Cloud White cabs can appear greenish just from light reflected off foliage outside. |
- Posted by AnnieDeighnaugh (My Page) on Fri, Jun 28, 13 at 10:45
Take a drawer out to the sunlight and see if it still looks green....if not, it's probably the walls. |
- Posted by fouramblues (My Page) on Fri, Jun 28, 13 at 15:36
Just to clarify: I was trying to say that whether the cabs look greenish because of the walls or because the cabs do in fact have green undertones, painting the WALLS a different color could be a good solution, so long as you find the right paint color. Didn't mean to suggest painting your cabs again!! |
Thanks everyone, I switched out our can lights with led lights and that helped quite a bit. But boy those lights were pricey!!! Now comes picking a paint color for walls... Having a tough time. |
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I have 2, I first learned about adenium last summer, and bought one for a friend, and after seeing hers bloom all summer, I bought one for me right before it lost all its leaves and went dormant. She's now growing all her leaves back and she's very pretty - Don't ask me what color she'll bloom - because I don't know. She was from Home-Depot and she seems very happy under a plant light. And she's become very tall waiting for spring. I wonder if I should be cutting her down to size, or if she's on the way to becoming leggy? |
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and, this is my second one, which I bought about a month ago and had it shipped to me. She's got very strange leaves and they feel very course like an evergreen. Supposedly, her flower is a red/white mix - I'm looking forward to seeing that, too. She's very tall - and, In reading some of the posts around here, I'm thinking she could use to lose about 6 inches - so that she might branch out more? I'm feeling very uncertain about cutting off the two branches though, because I worry about the cut itself, will she bleed? What if she doesn't recover from it? Anyway, I'm really new to this type of plant and I don't want to learn from making a mistake so severe that I kill either of them. The second one, is also still in the logees pot, and I feel like she should be transplanted soon. How much larger a pot should I increase to? |
Here's a close-up of the way the second one branches - it just doesn't seem to be doing it very prettily. I'm wondering how/where to cut to improve how the regrowth would occur? |
- Posted by longaeva54 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 2, 13 at 12:22
the logee adenium - "flower language", it's an obesum - thank goodness for tags. Home depot never offers them, but they're a wonderful thing. I'll start trimming per your advice on the weekend. |
the last picture is a grafted plants with four visible growths coming off the rootstock. i'd suggest removing all growth below the graft to preserve the select variety. chris |
- Posted by longaeva54 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 3, 13 at 5:05
that's going to be one branchless Adenium if I cut off all those branches... but ok. :) Makes one wonder what the root stock flowers look like, though, that they'd graph onto it and give up on that other "type"? |
Rootstock is most assuredly pink. I think that letting sprouts grow from the rootstock might well siphon energy from the graft. Many grafts aren't fantastically strong, at least for the first few years, sometimes. |
- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 1:28
Hi Rosey! I also think you should trim yours back as well.. It seems hard to do, but they will back bud for you and become fuller trees. I also would cut the limbs below the graft . When I do cut the branches, I also put on the ends some waterproof wood glue to prevent any water or damage from rot getting into the branches. You can find this waterproof wood glue at Lowes in the paint section. Just wait an hour after cutting and then apply to the ends to seal them. They are beautiful.. Congratulations! Laura |
And remember that the sap is poisonous. If you get it on you, wash it off. Blessings, |
- Posted by longaeva54 (My Page) on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 11:29
Rosey, your adenium Flower Language isn't Adenium obesum,but Adenium Somalense . It has thin leaves. If you decided to repot your adeniums, view the link below and see the pots and mixture that Laura used. Here is a link that might be useful:Al's gritty mix |
wood glue, and poison - got it! Ok, be extra careful with branches so that cats dont eat them. and yes, that's my plant (or at least the leaves ... of it) Hope It'll grow that many flowers! :) I admit I'm nervous to cut them. Just like cutting a bonsai - if I cut wrong - will the plant be ugly? ... so yes, I'm glad for all the advice on where to cut. It'd be exhausting if I had to figure it out myself. :) |
An update of sorts. about a month ago, I bought the wood glue and did the plant cuts that had been suggested. I have both pots in a southfacing window and they still look like they are dormant - no leaves, no new stem growth - they're taking their sweet old time. I'd thrown out the cuttings, and then a few days later - read that someone on here used cuttings to begin new plants - so, I dug the bag out of the trash (which wasn't hard because I'd thrown it in the bathroom.) And stuck 4 of the cut limbs into growth hormone and into various pots of soil that were already holding other plants. I felt like it wouldn't hurt to experiment. So, of those 4, 3 have withered. But one! - still is holding on. I hadn't removed all its leaves, it has one large leaf, and one tiny leaf - and she looks healthy for not having roots. (at least I don't think she has roots - I haven't checked) Now the interesting thing about this one branch, is that I remember it growing from the caudex below the graft line - so, if it really does survive this whole event - maybe I'll see what the original plant flowers would have looked like. Anyway - it's not the most exciting update in the world - but for me - this is my first attempt at using Adenium cuttings - and, I'm pretty happy that it hasn't failed (yet). Time will tell. Beautiful day, and it's Friday. :) TGIF! :) |
roseyd: Did the plant flower? Sorry if I missed your update. I am reading old post (being a newbie) trying to learn as much as possible. Please point me to your update if you have done so in a new thread. ""Now the interesting thing about this one branch, is that I remember it growing from the caudex below the graft line"" This just proofs how strong a plant the root stock is. |
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