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I got the last package and I only have a few more to get done
here's how I did it all of the seeds marked for each person we put in an envelope with their name on I went through each persons seeds if there were doubles I left only one of that type in then if they sent say 20 seeds and got say 30 I picked the best 23 to send them(3 are a bonus from me)put the other seeds in a big bowl(so some seeds will have others name on). Did this with each person those of us who didn't get a lot sent for us (because our wants are so specific and harder to come by) of course are the ones who sent more wants because we have so many varieties. I had to send you some(only some) things not on your wants then I dug into my seeds and tried to send you different things you might not have(I wanted you all to be happy)I think you all will be post here let me know if you like your packets. I then took any leftover seeds and split them up between you all and put them in a little ziploc. Ladies I put in over 150 packets in some are my special stash seeds. I have a few I have to add more of my seeds to today to bring them up to their sent amount plus 3 from me they will go out tomorrow morning . The most sent was sunnysmiles with 105 wants sent. I am going to send her an extra package with some special things next week. I hope you all had fun. I have to do this again next year a lot of work but a lot of fun.I got to take some things off my want list.Thanks to all of you. Patty |
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I am sure we all are grateful for your hard work, I know that has to be a lot to do. I have never hosted a swap before, far too fearful I will mess things up. Sure wish I could have filled more wishes, maybe next year! |
Patty, Thanks so much for hosting - I am sure, as always, that you have done a wonderful job. Happy Gardening! Carolyn |
Thanks so much Patty, I'm fine with whatever you decided - it sure is a lot of work for you and I appreciate it. |
- Posted by sunshine123 z6 pa (My Page) on Fri, Mar 10, 06 at 18:34
i can home from along day of work to find a package waiting for me .i really enjoyed this round can't wait to do it again next i can and will send more.and thank you patty for letting me join and for hosting this round here is what i got i got 23 of my wants plus 3 bonus seeds 2 extras 1.carnation hardy mixed seeds 2.calla lily seeds 3.centauea seeds 4.mesclun seeds 5.pink rose bush seeds 6.moonflower vine seeds 7.eggplant black beauty seed 8.tomato beefsteak seeds 9.buddleia black knight seeds 10.butterfly blue scabiosa pincushion flower seeds 11.chaters double apricot hollyhock 12.giant of naples italian parsley seeds 13.summer savory 14.candy lily 15.parsley italian flat seeds 16.fukien tea tree seeds 17.sweet marjorum seeds 18.anise hyssop seeds 19.rose cornelia seeds 20.bronze fennel seeds 21.basil mammoth mixed delphiniums seeds 22.garlic chives seeds 23.oregano seeds 24.clematis seeds 25.crimson clover 26.cosmos sensation mix seeds 27.scarlett o'hara mg seeds 28 dianthus blue seeds thank everyone who sent to me |
- Posted by ilovefarac z6 AR (My Page) on Fri, Mar 10, 06 at 20:08
I am sure that everyone will be thrilled with there seeds! If I even got a few things off my list I will be!! Thanks for all the work you put into this and hope next year I can feel more wishes! Be looking forward to the package! Melinda |
I received my package today! Wow! I received some great seeds from my list (just when I thought I was through planting seeds lol). Many many thanks to everyone who sent seeds in for me and thank you Patty for all of your hard work. This was a great swap! I hope you will do it again next year. Ginger |
Got mine today too, so many I was looking for, & several that wasn't on my wish list, but someone must have known I would want them :) We picked up the mail on the way out of town this morning, I was looking thru them in the car. My husband dropped me off & I left them in the car. Otherwise I would be sitting, drooling over them right now! My thanks to all who shared their seeds with me, and Patty, you're just the BEST! |
- Posted by pattygrow5 z6Pa (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Mar 12, 06 at 6:31
I am so happy you guys like them and by the way the last 4 went out Friday morning on the way to work so heads up to all they'll be there soon.Patty |
- Posted by threeshyacres NE PA, z6 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 1:17
Hi pattygrow and fellow gardeners! I just wanted to thanks everyone for sharing their seeds with me....what fun! I keep looking through my package, feeling very gleeful about what I have received. I am just tickled, and now...more excited than EVER to get out there and dig up the yard~~ ! My sincere thanks to everyone and I hope you received many wonderful wishes too.... Jodi 'ThreeShyAcres' : ) |
I received my envelope full of wonderful seeds. Thanks for doing a great job, Patty! |
Got my seeds yesterday! It was fun going through all the packets and I just can't wait for the good weather and to get back out into my gardens! Thanks so much for hosting Patty. Happy Gardening to all. |
- Posted by shirley1md 7 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 12:39
I received my bubble envelope filled with many of my seed wishes yesterday too! Lots of great bonuses also!! Thanks to everyone for contributing their seeds and making my gardening wishes come true! However, the BIGGEST THANKS goes to Patty, our Round Robin Coordinator, who worked long hours sorting through hundreds of seed packets, matching up wishes with actual packets of seeds, distributing, adding "extras", and then mailing off lot of envelopes to participants!!! A BIG round of applause for Patty!!! This wouldn't have been possible without YOU!!! |
- Posted by romando 9b/10a , sunset 17 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 20:59
Hi! I got my package today as well. Thank you so so so much! I'm tickled! Can't wait to get started! Thanks again, Patty-- another great swap! Amanda 'romando' |
- Posted by romando 9b/10a , sunset 17 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 21:00
Hi! I got my package today as well. Thank you so so so much! I'm tickled! Can't wait to get started! Thanks again, Patty-- another great swap! Amanda 'romando' |
- Posted by sunnysmiles51 z8 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 21:36
I received many of my wants plus some other nice seeds today also. Thanks to everyone for sharing. Thank You Patty for hosting and would love to do it again sometime. Sunny |
- Posted by pattygrow5 z6Pa (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Mar 14, 06 at 22:07
I'm glad you all are happy with your seeds and I will do this again next year but will start it in January so we can get the seeds back sooner and Sunny I will be sending your something special in a couple days.Thanks everyone you all made my work easy it was fun |
I have participated in several wish list swaps in the past, but I have never received so many of my wishes! There was absolutely nothing in my envelope that I am not excited to receive. Thanks to all of you and, of course, special thanks to our hostess, Patty. I hope to have even more to share next year! Patricia |
Hi Patty I received my package today and it was full of wants and extra's. I am so happy with what I received! I would like to thank everyone that sent me seeds, and a BIG Thank You to Patty for putting it all together!!! Pauletta |
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STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS IRVINE VALLEY COLLEGE Martha Stuffler Telephone: (949) 451-5759
Email: email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com (please put your last name and your course, Stats, Econ 10 or Mgt 10, in the "Subject" line of your email) Office: B271 (Upstairs in the B200 Building in the faculty offices near the elevator)Office Hours: TTh 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. and online Wed 6:00 p.m.–8:00 P.M.Web Page: http://www.ivc.edu/faculty/mstuffler
Mandatory instructor Orientation Video: http://www.screencast.com/t/VVZ5EgwGo
Blackboard with Mandatory Online Orientation: http://ivc.blackboard.edu Blackboard Help Desk: 1-866-940-8991 (Have Student ID# and Course Ticket #) IVC Help Desk: 1-949-41-5696 (Have Student ID# and Course Ticket #) Online Support Center: http://d2.parature.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8155 Campus Map: http://www.ivc.edu/maps/pages/campus_map.aspx Home Page with access to Blackboard course and MySite: http://www.ivc.edu IVC TESTING CENTER: www.ivc.edu/testing, Building A300, Room A-3TC, (949) 451-5468
Bowerman Online Learning Center (OLC): http://highered.mcgraw- hill.com/sites/007340182x/information_center_view0/MegaStat User's Guide: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0077425995/828658/MegaStat_Users_Guide.pdf MegaStat Information Center: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0077425995/information_center_view0/megastat_.htmlMcGraw Hill Customer Support: 1-800-262-4729
In order to meet the varied needs of online students, my course design allows you to work at your own pace and provides some flexibility. However, there are three important course deadlines which are the last possible day and time to submit Lab assignments 1-6, Lab assignments 7-14, and to complete the two On-Campus Exams. These deadlines are extremely important and will not be changed for any reason. The deadlines are discussed in this syllabus and shown in your course schedule which is the last page(s) of this syllabus. Make sure that you mark your calendars and observe these important deadlines. Your success in this course depends on it.
Online learning requires dedication, motivation, independent learning, and time management skills. The best advice that I can give to ensure your success is to keep up with the recommended course schedule and observe the deadlines. I wish you a rewarding and successful online course experience.
This introductory course presents statistical concepts and methods used extensively in business and economics, including computer-based statistical analysis. Students study descriptive and inferential statistics using examples and observations, and perform statistical analysis using Excel and/or MegaStat. Emphasis is on computer-assisted problem solving and inferential techniques that underlie decision-making within markets and international institutions.
The course provides a foundation to prepare business economics and business administration majors for required upper division courses in quantitative methods and provides a foundation to prepare economics majors for the study of econometrics. In addition, since statistics is a very practical discipline concerned with real world problems, this course will benefit every student regardless of major.
This course is listed as Econ 10 and as MGT 10; credit is given in either area, not both. Math 253 is a prerequisite for this course and Econ 1 or 2 are strongly recommended.
1. Apply concepts and methods of statistical analysis and inference to business and economics problems.
2. Define, illustrate, and explain statistical analysis applied to a case study.
3. Use at least one statistical software package for statistical analysis and inference.
4. Identify and select the appropriate statistical procedure to use based on the type of data for business and economics applications.
5. Explain how variability in data can affect decision-making and the accuracy of forecasts.
6. Develop a model based on assumptions to predict or forecast an economic variable or a business situation.
7. Compare statistical software for graphics, costs, user friendliness, and types of applications.
8. Formulate, write and present conclusions based on statistical analysis to non-statistical readers or listeners.
9. Describe and illustrate basic principles of statistical inference and probability theory that include hypotheses tests, variability, significance, and robustness.
10. Use time series data to perform trend line forecasting.
11. Formulate an hypothesis about a population and test using sample data.
The following is a list of basic requirements you need in order to be successful in this online course. In addition to the items listed below, you should be familiar with using the Internet, and retrieving and sending email documents. You should also have a working knowledge of your computer's basic operating system.
TEXTBOOK: Essentials of Business Statistic with MegaStat Access Card, 4th edition, by Bowerman, O'Connell, Murphree and Orris, McGraw-Hill Irwin, ISBN 0077893514. You may purchase a new textbook with the MegaStat Access Card at the IVC bookstore in-person or online at www.ivc.edu/bookstore.
If you purchase a used copy of the textbook, you will need to purchase the MegaStat software separately online at: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0077425995/information_center_view0/megastat_.html. Select First-Time Users, I am a Student, and purchase access to MegaStat® for Microsoft® Excel® 2003, 2007, and 2010 for $13.50 using a credit card. This course requires you to have access to the textbook and use MegaStat software to perform the statistical calculations (you may not use another software). MegaStat software runs on both PC and MAC based computers.
Calculator: You will need a basic calculator for this course and may use your cell phone calculator.
Computer: You will need to have a computer with Internet access and a printer to print out assessments. Your home computer will require Windows 7, Vista, or XP, and MS Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher. You will need Excel software with the MegaStat Add-in to complete the lab assignments for this course.
Throughout the course, you will be required to access the Internet, complete calculations using a basic calculator, and will need two Scantron forms No. 882 for exams.
Classes start on the first Monday of the semester or term. For course purposes, each week will begin on Monday at 12:01 a.m. and end on Sunday at midnight. For a 16 week course, we will cover about one textbook chapter each week. The detailed course schedule is the last page(s) of this syllabus. You are free to work ahead of the schedule whenever you wish. While this course is designed so that students may work at their own pace, the course schedule lists the recommended dates that you should complete specific items. My experience has been that when students fall behind, it is very difficult to catch up and unlikely that they will be successful in the course.
Before you can get started, we need to get some basics out of the way. I am listing the steps that you need to complete:
1. Read the course syllabus to understand the material to be covered, the course requirements, and understand the 3 important course deadlines.
2. Review the course schedule to make sure that you will be able to keep pace and make note of the three deadlines.
3. Verify your Irvine Valley College email account username and password and learn how to access MySite from the Irvine Valley College homepage at www.ivc.edu. It will allow you to gain access to a wide range of information, much of it customized specifically for you. Enter your username: For example, if your name is Sandy Beach, your email account name is firstname.lastname@example.com. Your username would be sbeach0 (the first letter of your first name, your last name and a number, often zero).
Then enter your PIN number. This number was either assigned to you or you picked the number when you registered. If the number was assigned, it will be the last four digits of your social security number. If you picked the number, only you will know it.
If you have forgotten your number, you will have to personally contact Admissions and Records to get your PIN. It may require that you to come to campus with picture identification.
4. Forward your Irvine Valley College email account to any other email account you regularly access. Unless I am replying to your email, I will only send email to your IVC email address.
5. Go to my webpage, click on Stats for Business and Economics, select Online Video Orientation, watch the video orientation, and complete the steps shown at the end of the video and those listed here.
6. Complete the mandatory Blackboard Online Course Orientation and Final Assessment by going to http://www.ivc.edu and selecting the Blackboard button or directly access Blackboard by going to http://ivc.blackboard.com. Login using the generic login: Username: orientation1 Password: orientation1. You will use this generic log in only for purpose of the orientation, but must use your own Blackboard login to access your specific online course. Then click on the link "Online Course Orientation".
7. Copy and paste your Final Assessment results into an email message and send to me at email@example.com. This email should tell me that you have viewed the Online Video Orientation, you have completed the Blackboard Orientation and include your Final Assessment results, you have finished all the steps to get started in the course, and let me know that you understand the three course deadlines.
NOTE: If you have previously taken a Blackboard course, you do not need to complete the Blackboard Orientation or Final Assessment, but must complete the other steps shown above.
1. Announcements are used to communicate general updates, assignments, changes and due dates for Labs and exams.
2. Email instructor provides a link that you may copy into an email to me.
3. Exam Reviews outline key concepts to be tested and describe short answer questions, if any.
4. Lab Submission is where you will submit your answers for each Lab assignment. Make sure that you answer precisely, only what is asked and use the number of decimals specified.
5. MegaStat User Guide provides a reference tool for your questions about the functions of the statistical analysis software that we use for this course.
6. My Grades allows you to access your scores for Lab submissions and Exams.
7. Student Blog allows you to post a message and communicate with your classmates.
8. Syllabus with Course Schedule on the last page(s) may be accessed from this link. Remember, the first page of this syllabus contain important links and telephone numbers you will need for this course. The last page(s) of this syllabus contains the course schedule.
9. Textbook Resources contain printable PowerPoint lectures, a Solutions Manual, and Lab assignments for each chapter. There may also be Instructor Lifelines to help with some of the more challenging material.
The course covers 14 textbook chapters with your grade being based on 2 exams and 14 lab assignments for a total of 245 points.
On-campus Exam 1 40 points = 15.0%On-campus Exam 2 40 points = 15.0%14 Lab Assignments:
Lab 1 Introduction To Excel And Add-Ins 10 pointsLab 2 Random Numbers And Chart Wizard 15 pointsLab 3 Descriptive Statistics 20 pointsLab 4 Counting Rules And Probability 10 pointsLab 5 The Big 3 Discrete Probability Distributions And Expected Value Applications 10 pointsLab 6 Continuous Probabilities 15 pointsLab 7 Sampling Methods And Distributions 10 points|Lab 8 Confidence Intervals And Sample Size 15 pointsLab 9 One-Sample Hypothesis Test 15 points Lab 10 Two-Sample Hypothesis Test 15 pointsLab 11 Analysis Of Variance (Anova) 10 points Lab 12 Chi Square 10 pointsLab 13 Linear Regression Analysis 10 pointsLab 14 Multiple Regression Analysis 20 points 185 points = 70%
Total Points 265 points = 100%
Your final course grade is based on the percent you earn of the 245 total points:
A 220-245 points (90% or higher) B 195-219 points (80% but less than 90%) C 170-194 points (70% but less than 80%) D 145-169 points (60% but less than 70%) F < 145 points (Less than 60% or for cases of academic dishonesty)
The instructor retains graded materials for 90 days after grades have been posted. If you wish to review these materials, you must contact the instructor before this date.
For each chapter, you should complete the following assignment:
1. Read the textbook chapter, review the PowerPoint slides in Blackboard (BB) or the narrated slides at the Bowerman OLC, and view the Instructor Lifeline video (if available). Review the guided examples and the MegaStat Tutorials at Bowerman OLC. Complete the practice quizzes at Bowerman OLC.
2. Complete several exercises in each chapter section. Compare your answers to the Solutions Manual shown in Textbook Resources for each chapter of your BB course and go through any exercises that you may have done incorrectly. Your incorrect exercises tell you where you need more study and more practice. It is also critical that you have practice with MegaStat and use MegaStat with precision so that you do not lose points on the graded Lab Assignments.
3. Carefully read the Lab Assignment and replicate the examples to reinforce the course material, learn topics not covered in the textbook, and become comfortable using MegaStat for each application.
If you are having problems grasping a concept, make sure that you have completed Steps 1-3 using all the online resources available. You may need to reread the chapter and complete more section exercises to practice and master these concepts. Make sure that you use the Solutions Manual to check your answers. If you have taken these steps and still do not understand what you are doing wrong, then contact me by email or during my office hours.
4. Complete the Lab Assignment and write your answers on the Answer Sheet which is the last page(s) of the Lab Assignment. Transfer your Lab answers from your handwritten Answer Sheet in the Lab Submission section of Bb. To avoid grading errors, be careful to provide only the information requested and use the number of decimals specified in the Lab answers.
You may only submit your Lab answers once. You may not redo any Lab Assignments. Given that Labs represent 76% of your course grade, be sure that you have completed steps 1-3 and have prepared your Lab Answer Sheet prior to submitting any Lab Assignment.
Exam reviews outline key concepts to be tested and describe short answer question(s), if any. These Exam Reviews are available in your Bb course. Make sure to go over the exam review in detail to prepare for each exam.
You will have two opportunities to complete each exam. Your course schedule shows these dates, times and the classroom that will be used for the exams. You must bring a photo ID, a Scantron form 882, a number two pencil and an eraser to each exam. If you do not show a picture ID, you will not be allowed to complete the exam. I do not give make-up exams for any reason. However, if you cannot come to campus or do not wish to complete the exams on the dates and times shown on the course schedule, I am happy to provide an alternative.
You may use the IVC Testing Center to complete either or both of your on-campus exams prior to the course deadline shown on the course schedule. Please go to www.ivc.edu/testing to access information about the Center's days and hours of operation or you may call (949) 451-5468. The Testing Center personnel already have copies of your two exams so that you may arrange with them to complete either or both of your exams at the IVC Testing Center.
You do not need to let me know, it is your responsibility to contact them directly and schedule your exam. You will have up to two hours for each exam and will not be able to use books or notes, but will be able to use an instructor-provided basic calculator. Remember to bring a Scantron form 882, a number 2 pencil and an eraser. If you choose to use the IVC Testing Center, you will be required to pay a $15 fee for a two hour exam. The Testing Center is a for-profit enterprise on the IVC campus that is separate from Irvine Valley College.
If you complete an exam at the IVC Testing Center, they will send me your test and Scantron. I will post your exam score to your Bb grades as soon as possible. If you take an exam after the first regularly scheduled exam date, then your score will not be posted until I am back on campus which may not be until I give the second exam.
You may choose to complete your two on-campus exams on the regularly scheduled dates shown on your course schedule or at the IVC Testing Center on dates that you select. To clarify, I do not care when you complete either exam, but both must be completed no later than the deadline date and time shown in your course schedule. There are no exceptions to this course requirement; you must complete both exams on campus no later than the date and time shown in the course schedule.
NOTE: If you decide to drop the course, it is your responsibility to drop the course through Admissions and Records. Deadlines for dropping courses are shown in the IVC class schedule in the Important Dates link at the top of the IVC Class Schedule. Any student who does not complete the course, or does not complete both exams and does not drop the course will earn the grade of "F".
The total points earned for each exam will include the extra credit points that you earned and may be accessed in your My Grades in Bb. You must do your best work on the 14 Lab Assignments and the two on-campus exams because they are the only sources of points for this course.
There are 14 Lab Assignments with each typically covering one textbook chapter. The Lab assignments may be accessed through Bb Textbook Resources. The course schedule shows the recommended completion date for each Lab Assignment. You may use your book, all online resources and notes for these Lab Assignments. You must complete each lab independently and may not work with other students on these assignments. You are on your honor to complete each Lab Assignment and submission by yourself and keep the information to yourself. Sharing Lab Assignment information with other individuals is considered cheating and may cause you to fail the class.
While you may complete the Lab Assignments at your own pace, remember Labs 1-6 and 7-14 must be submitted prior to the two deadline dates shown in the course schedule. There are no exceptions to these course deadlines for any reason. Lab submissions are very important because they represent 76% of your course grade.
You are cautioned not to wait until the last few minutes on the deadline dates because there are many unforeseen events that may prevent you from finishing by the required deadline causing you to lose valuable points. These unforeseen events range from power failures, to Bb locking you out of the Lab submission, to failure of your computer or software. Please try to keep current with the course schedule to gain the benefit from these assessments and to avoid getting behind in the course.
Make sure to allow plenty of time for each one of the Lab Assignments, because these scores represent 76% of your course grade. You are allowed only one submission for each lab and must finish each lab submission once you have started. Your Labs are automatically scored and you will be able to view your grade immediately upon completion by selecting My Grades in Bb.
CAUTION: You should review your results to learn areas that require more study and to double check the computer scoring. If you feel that you completed the Lab correctly and entered your answers in the correct format, but were scored incorrectly, please email me with the specific question numbers that you would like me to recheck. I will do so and make any necessary adjustments.
To succeed in this course, you should complete these steps:
1. Login to course a minimum of twice a week, read any new announcements and review the course schedule for the assigned material for that week. If you have not logged in recently, click on View All to read any announcements you may have missed.
2. Pick out specific days and times that you can schedule time to study. Try not to rely on a computer at work where you might not be able to consistently login during business hours.
3. Set aside plenty of time each week for this course. Remember, even though you are not driving to campus to take this course, you still need to dedicate at least the same amount of time required in a traditional classroom setting.
This three unit course with 2.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of lab taught over 16 weeks requires an average of 12 hours per week in home study. While some chapters may be easier, others may be more challenging and may require more study time. Of course, the advantage you have with an online course is that you can schedule your time to meet your needs.
4. Carefully complete each chapter assignment in a timely manner using all of the available resources including; the textbook, PowerPoint slides, guided examples, practice quizzes, MegaStat Tutorials, detailed Lab examples and Instructor Lifelines (videos).
5. Do not get behind the course schedule. If you do get behind, catch up as soon as possible to increase your probability of success in this course.
7. Before each on-campus exam, go through the exam review to make sure you emphasize the material that will be on your exam and to prepare for short answer questions, if any.
Honesty and integrity are very important in higher education. This standard pertains to what is created as well as, to what is spoken or written. To claim to have created something that is not entirely your own work is a violation of academic and personal integrity. Cheating is the unauthorized giving or receiving of information in examinations, quizzes, Lab assignments or other exercises. If someone else completes Lab Assignments in your name or works with you to complete Lab Assignments, this is considered cheating and will result in the student earning an "F" in the course. The instructor will file a report with the Dean of Students to record your Academic Dishonesty. Students should read and understand this syllabus, the criteria for Academic Dishonesty discussed here, and review the Student Code of Conduct in the IVC class schedule.
Other than the two on-campus exams, there are no live class discussions scheduled for this course. However, I will be available during my office hours and by email. Please refer to the first page of this syllabus for times and methods for contacting me.
As your instructor, I will give you the respect that I ask you to give to me and the other members of this class. I will follow the course schedule as shown in this syllabus. If any changes are required I will announce them well in advance to give you time to adjust. I will do my best to help you be successful in this course. You can count on my availability during office hours, and you have the right to expect prompt responses to your questions, comments, and requests. I try to check my email at least once a day, but remember I am busy teaching on campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I will grade your work with accuracy and in a timely manner. I will double check the exam scoring for any erasures to ensure the accuracy of your exam score. If there is a highly missed question, I will dump that question and give each student credit for an extra correct question (regardless whether or not they missed the dumped question). After an exam, I will post your score ASAP to your grade record. In this distance learning course, you will receive at least the same attention and care you would find in a traditional class.
Given that you have made an informed choice to enroll for this course, you should allocate adequate time each week for reading the course materials, working with the online resources, solving practice exercises, and completing the Lab Assignments. You will be responsible for keeping up to date with all Labs and the two on-campus exams.
Remember, you are solely responsible for the completion of the course requirements. Each chapter and lab assignment, computer activity, and exam is your task to complete in a responsible and timely manner. If you follow the steps shown in this syllabus and complete the course material by the dates shown on the course schedule, you should have a successful experience taking this online course. Online courses are very different from face-to-face (traditional) classes. Students who are successful in taking online courses are highly organized, self-motivated and excellent time managers who are able to stay on schedule and are able to catch up if they get behind. The instructor does not drop students from the course. If you decide to drop the course, it is your responsibility to drop the course through Admissions and Records. Deadlines for dropping courses are shown in the class schedule. Any student who does not complete the course and does not drop the course will earn the grade of "F".
Online etiquette is extremely important. We must show respect to one another at all times. You should be respectful of your fellow students and your instructor at all times. Rudeness and disrespect will not be tolerated in this course. Please recognize that communication is rather "flat" online where we cannot see and hear each other. So be cautious when using sarcasm or negative statements. Familiarize yourself with "smileys" or other online icons that show emotion, so that you lessen the risk of offending the person with whom you are trying to communicate. Whenever possible, give constructive criticism and treat others the way you would like to be treated. The communications within this class should stay within it. Like any class, we are a community and we need to treat each other with respect.
If you have an emergency, have a problem with a Lab submission, or are unable to use your personal computer for any reason, please email me as soon as possible.
If you are having Blackboard access problems, please contact IVC Blackboard Help Desk.
If you can't connect to the Internet, call your Internet service provider.
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It took about 4 years for me to remember where everything was...then they burnt it down. It does look really epic now though! Can't wait to get the ariel view tonight.
the new org looks stunning, still i really miss the cosy orgrimmar, where you really had the feeling there was a kind of center where everybody gathered.. the new org doesnt have this and i'm kinda sad about that
Huh. On my server, we all hang out in front of New Grommash Hold and play loud music to piss Garrosh off (even more, quite happy that's even possible), then dance on the mailbox in front of his office.
The new Org takes some getting used to but I like the new lay out. I can tell that once you have a flying mount it will be much easier to get around as they seemed to have built it with that in mind.
Sorry for the off-topic post, but are other people (EU in particular) having trouble pre-ordering (digital download) Cata? I guess it was dumb of me to wait this long but I was planning on going to a midnight release, but we've been having craploads of snow, so they all seem to be cancelled. And also I want to play immediately.
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What exactly are the problems you're having? Have you tried the official tech support forums?
It keeps saying that an error has occurred in processing my request. There's nothing wrong with the credit card details, so I can only assume that their servers are overloaded. I tried phoning their support line, but that was unavailable too.
Orgrimmar now feels like a real capital city and not a third world country. I am going to have garrosh come decorate my place.
I love the new Org too, but there's one thing that's driving me particularly nuts ... the apparent lack of a centrally located repair dude. In old Org I used to go to the one that was in the hut next to the AH. Now I ride around with my Repair tracking on and I'm never able to find ANYONE other than the vendors that hang off the back of mammoths. This has served me pretty well, but I've hated the few times I was in the middle of something when the mammoth's owner decided he/she was ready to move on.
I'm parked by the inn in Valley of Honor... bank and AH nearby, and not that far a ride to the weapons vendors back by the blacksmiths, to do repairs after dungeon runs...
Orgrimmar pro-tip...best spot to set your hearth: Valley of Wisdom with the Taurens. You've got your inn, bank, AH, repair & more only a few steps away from one another. And it's empty, peaceful.....easy to load.
Thanks for the tip. I guess you could also set your hearth in the goblin slums, but considering all the pollution and the mess they've made there after only two weeks, I'd rather hang with the cows.
I love the new Org...
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The UN takes the photographer to the "hungriest place on earth", Akobo, South Sudan (HT Wronging Rights). Then The aid groups Save the Children and Medair have canvassed the Akobo community over the last week, searching for the hungriest children. And surprise: you get the most horrific images possible of starving children, to be featured prominently on the Huffington Post, which reinforces the Western stereotype of "famine Africa." An equivalent procedure would represent New Yorkers by the most horrific images possible of the homeless. But we don't do that because we don't have the stereotype that typical New Yorkers are homeless…Easterly is spot on with his criticism of how selective images produce stereotypes that represent an entire place in terms of a single dimension we would never accept if the shoe were on the other foot. But, I wondered, was this a conscious act of photographic manipulation, the crude pursuit of certain pictures regardless of context? So I followed the links to try and find out. Easterly gives a 'hat tip' to Wronging Rights, which posted this last Friday as part of its "WTF Friday" roundup:
"Let's not be sensational, guys. Let's just go to the statistically hungriest place in the world and take pictures of emaciated babies. Because as Rakiya Omaar and Alex de Waal say, 'Photogenic starving children are hard to find,' but this has got to increase our odds."This certainly grabbed my attention because it seems to show crude intention on the part of a photographer or aid agency to deliberately find and construct certain pictures. There is no doubt that has happened in the past – a point made by their link to the de Waal and Omaar 1993 op-ed, which could have been the source for Sullivan's citation of that same story – but was this Sudan story another case? Was this quote evidence of a new instance? No, it wasn't. The quote is the voice of the Wronging Rights blog reading an article on The Huffington Post. The quote is made up, and does not appear in any form, direct or indirect, in The Huffington Post article. That story is in fact an Associated Press report from Akobo in Sudan and makes no mention of the role of any photographer (see the version The Huffington Post used in full here, with a longer version here). The AP story reports on the food insecurity of a region where 46% of children are classified as malnourished with 15% being the threshold for classifying a situation as an emergency. How was The Huffington Post/AP story read as evidence of photographic manipulation? With no direct reference to Jerome Delay, the photographer who seems to have accompanied reporter Jason Straziuso, the likely connection comes from the following paragraph:
The aid groups Save the Children and Medair have canvassed the Akobo community over the last week, searching for the hungriest children. They found 253 that they have classified as severely malnourished, meaning that they will die without immediate intervention. The children are now enrolled in a feeding program that relies primarily on fortified peanut butter.It seems that the transmission of this story from Wronging Rights to William Easterly and on to Andrew Sullivan – accompanied at each turn by de Waal and Omaar's 1993 op-ed – has created a view that the aid groups' "searching for the hungriest children" was something done primarily for photojournalistic rather than public health reasons. But as the first comment on Easterly's post suggests:
When you have a project trying to cure children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM), of course you are going to canvas the community to find the SAM cases. That's what case finding and public health is about. They didn't canvas the community so that a photographer could come in and take a picture. You can blame the photographer and the publication, but I don't think you can blame the agencies for trying to find and cure malnourished children using a standard public health strategy.I think William Easterly is technically right to say the UN took a photographer to Akobo. I've done research in southern Sudan in the past and know how the logistics work. I imagine that the AP reporter and photographer travelled with a UN agency and/or NGO, and that while those agencies were carrying out their humanitarian and public health tasks, they took the journalists to feeding centres at which it was possible to produce photographs of malnourished children. I have no doubt that the UN and the NGOs would have wanted the publicity the AP provided, but I do not think there is evidence from the stories cited to argue that this operation was a callous search for photogenic victims above all else. For the critique of famine photographs to be effective we have to be careful in what is claimed. That said, there are questions to ask about the representation of this particular case. There is, as William Easterly argues, no let up in the production of famine stereotypes. For me what stands out is the way the AP report canvasses a range of possible causes for the food insecurity of Akobo – the continuing violence, failed rains, tribal clashes, and "a budget crunch on the government of southern Sudan because of the financial crisis means fewer available resources." Yet the photography persists in reproducing the stereotype of largely isolated children, with eleven of the twelve images in the AP gallery showing these passive victims. To be fair to the photographer, in these circumstances we have to accept that in large part he has accurately portrayed the people in the feeding centre. But is the feeding centre the real locus of famine? Can a photograph represent the many causes of this emergency? And what is the effect of these stereotypes once again marking Sudan as the "hungriest place on earth"? One of my refrains for how we should understand photographs in these situations is that the problem lies with the absence of alternatives as much as it does with the presence of the stereotypes. Which means I should conclude with a double-page spread published by The Guardian this morning on the Sudanese elections. Clearly any place that is home to both food insecurity and a practicing democracy cannot be simply represented.
Interesting post.
Having seen some of these things in Ethiopia I doubt very much that an aid agency would be seeking out the most severely malnourished for the sake of a photographer. Your reading of events is far more plausible.
Also people working in the field are not robots. Its distressing to see malnourished children. VERY. That said there can be a feeling or urgency in getting a message out that may lead to press officers pushing angles that normally they wouldn't feel comfortable. There is also a sense that if exaggeration brings relief aid then its worth exaggerating. The greater good and all that.
Putting all that aside its normal journalistic practise to seek out the hardest angle to a story. That's what journalists are trained to do. I also disagree that photographers would act any differently in New York. Generally they go for the hardest angle wherever they are. They take those photos, its just that editors don't publish them.
The difference is not that we haven't seen a million and one stories about homelessness and drug addiction in New York, just that they've been balanced by other stories. And that I think is what you're trying to point out David.
(can we re-publish this on adevelopingstory. Its an important post and I have a follow up in regards to a photo essay on witchcraft)
One extra point. I'd be interested to hear what you think David, but I detest the use of the word 'porn'. I thinks its highly inappropriate and damaging to the debate. I also think its a further humiliation of those in the photos.
"… what stands out is the way the AP report canvasses a range of possible causes for the food insecurity of Akobo – the continuing violence, failed rains, tribal clashes, and "a budget crunch on the government of southern Sudan because of the financial crisis means fewer available resources." Yet the photography persists in reproducing the stereotype of largely isolated children, with eleven of the twelve images in the AP gallery showing these passive victims."
I think this is the heart of the problem and is often out of the photojouranalist's hands to deal with. On the ground the reporter can report what they cannot actually see – the photographer cannot. Thus the reporter can touch on all, or at least, some of the issues affecting hunger but the photographer would need many more days and many more travel dollars. Combine this with the "desks" view that photos are not journalism but illustrative come-ons to bring eyeballs to the "page" and you have a receipt for stereotypes. And this happens even when the photographer is a journalist – with the current trend towards "image maker" there comes an increasing interest to produce impact before and over content – starving babies, telegenic politicians, beautiful women in small bathing suits, all have more "come-on" value than reporting on the "nuts and bolts" of poll watching or documenting an issue rather the a politician speaking about an issue. End.
@duckrabbit – thanks for the comments Benjamin, I think they provide good context. Yes, "pornography" – I'm doing some work on why that is a problematic and over-used term for critique of this sort of imagery. Its a complex argument (via Carolyn Dean's research) and I will post on that in the weeks ahead with luck. I am struck how it has become something of a lazy metaphor for critique, hence the way the (very good) de Waal and Omaar op-ed circulated in this case.
@Robert G – many thanks for your comment. I'm glad you picked up the point about the range of causes, because for me that, allied with the inherent limitations of photography in terms of tracing the visible, is at the heart of the issue. This is why I am less interested in framing criticism in terms of positive/negative, good/bad, and more in terms of the function and effect of images.
Excellent post. I look forward to reading your thoughts on the use of the word pornography in the context of disaster, suffering, catastrophe, etc. It is a term that may have a very specific application but with overuse and careless application is greatly bringing down the quality of the conversation.
Specifically regarding the photographs of malnurished children that you refer to above, I think that there is an issue of framing and outcome at work as well. Frequently within journalism on crises in Africa, the hope is to tell the story of a crisis that needs to be addressed. For a photographer working alongside a relief effort, this can create a framing problem with limited options (as you rightly point out).
A starving child laying on a bed, isolated in the frame, can be seen (hopefully) as a representative figure for the broader problem of starvation that exists outside the immediate influence of the relief effort, which is a story about an unresolved medical and nutritional emergency. A wider shot of the same child within the context of a feeding center or medical program can be seen as an image of a child who has been saved, which is story of success and resolution.
Each proposes a very different argument and neither addresses the problem of the starvation itself. Since a relief effort produces small successes… individuals saved… the immediate visual evidence can be at odds with the greater story which is arguably about a lack of resolution. Or at least that lack of resolution is more of what is expected in seeing work on this subject.
The great limitation here is that (as you also point out) starvation is not a problem that is limited to a child's body but is a systemic problem for which the starving child is a symptom. Systems are hard to depict because they are far flung and frequently invisible, resisting easy interrogation.
And do these pictures inspire anyone to have an opinion or ask questions about the situation in Sudan? Of course photojournalists focus on subjects that are difficult and at times upsetting to see. It is their job to document issues and events and to inform the public about our world and about problems that need resolution: to be the messenger, a voice for those who don't have one. They are not there to create some conceptual symbol that represents an entire community or region or country or population or continent or issue. No more than an image of a homeless person or drug addict represents all of New York or an obese youth with a ball cap on backwards eating a Big Mac represents all of America or any number of meaningless generalities that can be attached to an image. Although there are many positive stories about Africa, it is true that we have seen far too many images of violence and starving children. While they don't represent the entire continent, we continue to see them because these problems persist in places, often as a result of foreign as well as local policies. Instead of being horrified by the images, closing our eyes, cynically denouncing them as pornographic sensationalism, conducting navel-gazing debate about semantics and stereotypes, we should be angered by these images. Angered because these people are not isolated, passive victims. They are very real children and real people who are suffering in a very real way. The symbolism that I see in Jerome Delay's image is not a hopeless representation of Africa or of famine, but the hands of a mother or father, like any parent anywhere, tenderly attempting to comfort and protect a fragile and endangered child. The subject depicted is unacceptable by any standard and we all bear a certain responsibility, regardless of how many times we have seen similar images. Any photograph or article will only describe a piece of the puzzle, but that piece should incite us to demand to know more. Why is Akobo the hungriest place on earth? What is the context? What is the history of the place? What is the cause? What is being done? Not just emergency relief, but for the long term. Who is responsible? What can we do?
The situation in South Sudan is complex and fragile. The uncertain future of the region will have significant consequences for all of East Africa and for the international community. The issue is not "the inherent limitations of photography in terms of tracing the visible." There are many in-depth bodies of photographic work on South Sudan and infinite ways to photograph complex situations that are both informative and creative. I myself was in South Sudan a few months ago to produced a reportage on the issues facing the region: drought, inter-ethnic violence, the traditional ways of life, how the remnants of the long civil war (landmines, unexploded ordinance, etc.) continue to maim and kill people, prevent refugees from returning, farmers from cultivating food, infrastructure from being rebuilt, education, health, economic development and so forth. While there are logistical and budget concerns, the problem today is how the mass media functions as a whole. We are saturated with images and information. The public's attention span (and interest span) is measured in nano-seconds. Gone are the days of long-term, in-depth, issue based reporting and multi-page photo spreads, because they are expensive to produce and they don't sell copy, attract clicks on websites or bring in advertising revenue. The press is no longer about journalism, about informing the public or documenting our contemporary history. It's about attracting readers and viewers for large media groups. It's about offering stories on everything under the sun from celebrities to the latest diet to lifestyle to culture to travel to scandal to politics and reducing everything to the lowest common denominator in order to attract the largest audience possible and hence be as profitable as possible. As a result, a subject as complex, interesting and important as the first multi-party elections in Sudan in nearly a quarter century with an incumbent president indicted on war crime charges, a boycott by opposition parties, the humanitarian situation in the South after decades of civil war and the implications for the referendum on independence next year that could see the birth of a new nation or a return to conflict are all reduced to two easily comprehensible themes, as so aptly represented by the images above: Problems (starving children) and Election (polling monitors). Nevertheless, alternatives are out there, they're just not in the traditional mainstream media. And one has to have enough interest to go looking for them.
Thanks to Aric and J.B Russell for the comments.
Like Aric, and contrary to J.B's statement about what is/isn't the issue, I believe one of the larger questions is how photography can portray systems and contexts rather than just individuals and victims. A recent post ("When Things Speak Louder Than Faces") at the excellent No Caption Needed blog by Robert Hariman discussed this too — see http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/?p=5276
I'm not quite sure who or what is the object of J.B's critique about closing one's eyes or "navel-gazing about semantics and stereotypes," but if its the sort of analysis I try to undertake here than I think that is both unfortunate and misplaced. That's because the sort of critical questions I (and many others) want to ask about common approaches to visualization is whether the familiar images can actually encourage and foster the very question's the J.B. thinks are necessary. For sure, those questions are necessary. Before they can be posed we need to ask: does the established iconography of famine prompt more than a pitying, charitable response? Does it allow us to be confronted with the issues about "Why is Akobo the hungriest place on earth? What is the context? What is the history of the place? What is the cause? What is being done? Not just emergency relief, but for the long term. Who is responsible? What can we do?".
I don't think it does. At the same time, we have to be cognizant of the challenges a photographer like Delay faces when in a particular situation like the feeding centres of Akobo.
Finally, while I agree with the general thrust of J.B's critique of the mainstream media, I think — for all the reasons I've given in previous posts last year about "revolutions in the media economy" — we are now in a period where "long-term, in-depth, issue based reporting" is being creatively achieved by people largely operating outside the mainstream media. Like Ed Kashi, I think that means we are actually in the midst of a golden age of photojournalism; its just that the forms of presentation and modes of distribution are radically different to what has come before. That doesn't make it easy, but it makes it possible to reach and create engaged publics globally. And there are plenty of engaged people with substantial attention spans who want to see such work.
"An equivalent procedure would represent New Yorkers by the most horrific images possible of the homeless. But we don't do that because we don't have the stereotype that typical New Yorkers are homeless…"
"The AP story reports on the food insecurity of a region where 46% of children are classified as malnourished with 15% being the threshold for classifying a situation as an emergency."
I think that if 46% of New Yorkers were homeless, we would expect a preponderance of photojournalism depicting that, and would dismiss as irrelevant any essay that purported to be about New York but which failed to address that aspect.
Tobie — an excellent contrast that makes an effective point. It leaves another question unanswered though – the statistics indicate the urgency of depiction, but what form would and should the depiction take?
This is from the point of view of a random reader, being neither a photographer nor journalist, but having read all comments. I think that a layman's answer to David's question, "but what form would and should the depiction take?", can be answered by the stating "any and all." By that I mean that in addition to battling the divided time of the average western reader journalism and supporting photography must include as complete a picture or foreign circumstance as possible for specific plights to be put into context that the reader can relate. Those of you who have been to regions of the world that scarcely resemble, lets say New York, in all observable aspects might state that there are no grounds upon which non-participants can truly relate. I would counter that this is the arduous task of journalism both in writing and recording of images. It is the choice of the media makers to decide that certain regional issues deserve greater importance and need to make a specific impact to prod distracted mind of readers into becoming involved or worse, buying media. The conceit that the thrust of journalistic education encourages pursuing the "hard angles" implies a biased filter whose purpose is to gather stories and images that have visceral impact but leave little in the way of building a complete picture. What seems lacking is any interest from media companies in building broad and accurate views over years of related subject matter. This would be something for a reader such as my self to develop sympathetic reactions to. For a westerner to have that reaction there must be more context to humanize the subjects and show that they are more like the reader than the reader has previously been led to believe. If the brave aid workers and journalists often accompanying them have any interest in engaging more passive counterparts in developed nations they need to understand that stating the bad without the good or neutral and foisting tightly cropped images of the worst sufferers to the forefront is not an effective tactic for anything other than selling copy. For me these images seem, however unintentionally, designed to invoke shame in the viewer and that unfortunately seems like a surefire way to file the related content to the short-term memory bank. You've got to show the reader/viewer in every way possible how their situation is similar to those suffering and how it's not impossible for them to find themselves in equal need. The only way I see to do this is to show the humanity and truth of life rather than otherness. Once you show the like aspects alongside the unlike aspects the needs will show true contrast to something relative to their own experience.
Porn is considered degrading and exploitive. i am less concerned about using the word than I am how these photo opportunities are staged and the increasing digital manipulation of images which I am seeing more and more of.
By the way, this is like the over use of the word Nazi.
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Exposed pics of Tommy Lee HERE & Kid Rock are HERE!
Reality TV at a whole new level? It's more likely than we think. American Idol, Big Brother, Celebrity Fit CLub, and the recent VH1 hit "Rock of Love."
Now big time boxing promoter Bob Arum is offering 7 figures to the winner of a fight between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee. That's some pretty fat cake and just might make them wanna throw down.
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We saw round one of the fight between Tommy Lee and Kid Rock at the VMA's, but what if they really got in the ring? Boxing promoter Bob Arum is hoping to get a legitimate fight off the ground between the two rockers in Las Vegas, according to TMZ. And to sweeten the pot, a $5 million purse will go to the winner. "I will make sure this fight happens no matter what the cost," Arum said. …
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Reviewed Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Warm Cider Vinaigrette
Oct 18, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"Killer recipe! However, I never really follow the rules exactly, so here's what I did instead:
I sprinkled a bit of brown sugar instead of syrup.
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Size: 40.5 x 32.1 cm
Acquired: 1914; Purchase; Pyke Thompson funds
Accession Number: NMW A 2644
Although largely self-taught, Bonvin was influenced by François Marius Granet and Gustave Courbet. Accepted by the Salon from 1847, he was successful during the Second Empire and received the Legion d'Honneur in 1870. This cabinet painting of a young woman peeling potatoes dates from around 1855. Its realism is based in part on the genre scenes of Jean-Baptiste Chardin (1731-68) and the seventeenth-century Dutch School.
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The area I want to plant is about 10ft. long by 3ft., but is mostly in damp shade.
I had planted four "Moonlight" climbing hydrangeas three years ago, when we moved into this new little house, hoping they would fill in the whole area along the fence,but despite trying to support them by various means, they just were not able to grab onto the wooden fence and climb. I have left two of them in, at each end of the bed, one is in a corner and may be able to climb a little in the next year or two, then maybe take off, but I'm not very hopeful. The other two I have put against a back wall. At our last house, I had climbing hydrangea "Petiolaris" growing up quite easily against a brick wall in quite a bit of shade. Maybe this variety can climb up a wooden fence more easily than the "Moonlight"? I have a lacecap hydrangea "Blueird" which is doing reasonably well, and I planted vinca as a ground cover last year, which is still just straggly. Could anyone suggest suitable shrubs, evergreens, or vines, hopefully with some height, that would cheer up this dreary border! Apologies for this long-winded post! |
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- Posted by tiffy_z5_6_can 5/6 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 19, 08 at 17:18
Does it get any sun at all? My north facing area actually gets a bit of sun in the early morning, then nothing the rest of the day until late afternoon. I'll suggest some plants if you have at least a bit of light - even bright light but no direct sun. Dappled shade? Or is it solid shade? |
Hi, Some shrubs I've grown in fairly deep shade are: - Pyracantha (mine had to be espaliered, but it worked well in pretty deep shade) - Lindera benzoin (spicebush) These are doing well in full shade with some dappled sunshine in the morning and early afternoon - Itea virginica. Mine is growing slowly in the shade, but doing ok. - almost any kind of currant bush, especially Alpine currant, will do ok in the shade - My Japanese Kerria are very adaptable to shade and crummy soil - I've grown Pieris in fairly deep shade At our new place there is a 5-foot shrub growing right underneath a Norway Maple tree (!) and this spring, with all the rain, it actually bloomed. I think it is some kind of white-flowering Spirea. Anything that can take the abuse of a Norway maple will live anywhere-- you might want to check those out. Good luck, Bev |
- Posted by orchidguy4ever (My Page) on Wed, Aug 20, 08 at 17:34
Hiya, Some shrubs and vines I have grown in shade is: Acer ginnala Acanthopanax Berberis (especially light green varieties) Cotoneaster Lonicera cultivars Ribes alpinium Symphoricarpus Amelopsis Celastrus Aronia Cornus florida Cornus racemosa Euonymus Hamamelis Hydrange Ilex verticillata Ligustrum Magnolia virginiana Rhodotypos Viburnum Most will do well in a north exposure and ample moisture |
- Posted by mystery_gardener BC zone 8 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 21, 08 at 14:48
Hi: If you are in zone 6 you could try these interesting shrubs. Calycanthus chinensis (sometimes called Calycanthus sinochinensis) Cheers, |
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- Posted by ontarioblossom (My Page) on Wed, Aug 27, 08 at 12:58
Many thanks to all of you who very kindly sent me advice. Tiffy, - yes, I checked at various times of the day, and there is a little dappled sunlight and later in the day a little direct sun. Bev - your suggestions were interesting - I do like firethorn - I have three at the other end of the garden against a fence and I had just one at our last house. I love kerria, especially the single flowering one. I looked up Itea virginica, and it would be an ideal choice, but the problem is the narrowness of the border, also pieris, which is so pretty. MG - Your suggestions are lovely, but I don't think they would survive very well in this location. Lots of snow taking a long time to melt in the spring, along with the shade. Orchidguy4ever - That is quite a list, and thank-you! I will have to google to find their familiar names, I'm embarrassed to say!! Which ones are vines or smallish shrubs? Thanks again, everyone! What a great forum this is! |
- Posted by diane_v_44 Z6 (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 08 at 6:54
Blossom That was an intersting question you asked and I am impressed with all the names of thse plants. WIll look some up as well as I have a fence that needs some growth on it as well I am in a new house, to me, since last year. The only thing I have growing on the fence just now, are half a dozen clematis that I put in this spring Will see how they overwinter. I haven't staked them, or trellised , yet as I will wait and see which ones make it and which don't. But I would like to grow more things on the fence. I have fencing on three sides of the back yard and back onto a little wooded area. Appreciate as well the list. |
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Peering into the crystal ball at Italy's future in 2013, what you see is a single, stark fact wrapped in mists as thick and shifting as those of the Venetian lagoon.
The fact is a general election that must be held by the end of April. It will be an important one: a bad choice could kill off hopes of a modest economic recovery.
Silvio Berlusconi, under whose stewardship Italy's economy stagnated, in October rebuffed the nightmarish notion of a possible return. Not everyone believed he would leave politics, but 2013 should see his successor as candidate for the People of Freedom confront the task of trying to reconquer power with a party wracked by division and beset by scandal. The likeliest choice for this unenviable job was a former minister, Angelino Alfano.
Other things being equal, a left-wing government could be confidently predicted to replace the 'technocratic' administration, led by Mario Monti. However, things are not equal. The PD—an uneasy alliance between ex-communists and former Christian Democrats—has long been split, and its leader since 2009, Pier Luigi Bersani, has been challenged by the 37-year-old mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi. The PD as a whole is challenged by the more radical Left, Ecology and Freedom party.
What is more, many Italians are loth to support any traditional party. The anger that inspired Syriza in Greece has brought about in Italy a rejection of the
elderly politicians who have run the country for almost 20 years—hence the support for the Five Star Movement of a corruption-denouncing comedian, Beppe Grillo.
But if Mr Grillo's party held the balance of power, investors would take fright. It just might: polls suggest that his movement and another "anti-political" party, Antonio Di Pietro's Italy of Principles, could together have 130 of the 630 seats in the lower house of parliament.
The polls have shown that, though resenting tax rises and spending cuts, most voters trust the sober Mr Monti (who some say might become president in 2013). Having denied that he would remain in government, Mr Monti has hinted he might reconsider. But how? His keenest supporter is Pier Ferdinando Casini, of the tiny Union of the Centre. Sooner or later he, and even Mr Monti, will have to seek an ally on either the right or the left.
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