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Misunderstanding Christmas
We had a very interesting discussion on the WIKY Morning Show about the misconceptions of common Christmas legends.
First, the candy cane – you may have heard the story or read the email making the rounds for years about how an Indiana candy maker designed the candy cane to represent the story of Jesus. Some think of the candy cane as a shepherd's crook but the story goes that the candy maker made it a "J" for Jesus. The white represented His purity and the red was for what Christ endured during His life for us. Well, it's a terrific story but it's simply not true. In fact, the candy cane far pre-dates the state of Indiana. The various origins of the cane include a priest a few hundred years ago who made them as a reward for kids who behaved during Mass. But the most likely origin says that the bend in the canes began in the mid-1600s so that people could hang them on the new tradition of Christmas trees along with other treats like cookies and fruit.
Another widely held misconception involves the use of "X-mas" for Christmas. It's commonly sited today that it takes Christ out of Christmas. The truth is actually far different and has nothing to do with the letter X in the English language. The use of X as a symbol for Christ dates back over a thousand years. Early Christian scholars used the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet (X and P) in the same context as the Latin alpha and omega in their writings to refer to Christ. The letters eventually became known as the labarum, often called the Chi-Rho, a symbol representing Christ to this day.
The use of X as an abbreviation for Christ became widespread in ancient Christian writings and paintings and was never meant to be anything but reverent.
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Teens Arrested For Breaking Into Loomis Store And Stealing Alcohol
Two Loomis teens were arrested for breaking into a liquor store early Sunday morning after the entire incident was caught on surveillance video.
Teen Participates In Cigarette Store Robbery Caught On Tape
Sacramento Sheriff's Department detectives are working to track down two people who robbed a cigarette store on Auburn Boulevard in Sacramento on Monday.
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A masked man robbed a Chevron gas station in Rocklin Wednesday night.
Thieves Target Cigarettes In Smash And Grab Theft In Lincoln
For the second week in a row, a Lincoln business has been hit by thieves who smash out windows and grab merchandise. This time, the suspects targeted a small grocery store but only took cigarettes.

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by James HarperNovember 2001
Much has been written about the fact that Japanese and other Asian students do better on international mathematics assessments than students in the United States. As an experienced fifth-grade mathematics teacher who spends considerable time thinking about how to improve my own instruction, I found myself wondering what in the Japanese educational system causes this difference. Is it the curriculum or the textbooks? Are Japanese teachers better prepared? Do they use superior teaching methods? Fortunately, I was able to pursue answers to these and other questions during two visits to Japan.
As a Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar and a Global Schools Partnership Scholar, I visited private and public schools in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Osaka, Kobe, and Nishinomiya over a period of five weeks in October 1999 and June 2000. During my visits, I observed in numerous classrooms, ranging from preschool to university levels, and attended lectures by current and former members of the Diet (the national governing body), monbusho (government education officials), superintendents, and principals. I also spoke with many of the teachers and officials at length, both informally and in public discussions, to gain a more in-depth perspective of what the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) results mean for Japanese education. Much of what I learned is not new and supports what others have reported. However, I did learn some things that have not been widely reported or discussed and that might have implications for American mathematics education. In the following, I pose some commonly asked questions and offer tentative answers that are based on my own experiences.
Are families more involved in the education of Japanese children?
Yes, in the sense that 65 percent of middle school students and 85 percent of high school students attend juku, or cram schools. My impression is that many mothers see their role in society as getting their children through their examinations in junior high and high school. This is dramatically different from the parents' preoccupation with nonacademic extracurricular activities in the United States.
Doesn't the better performance of Japanese students occur because Japan is a homogeneous society?
I saw no evidence to support this claim, which I regard as outrageous. In my view the performance of Japanese students is more than likely attributable to such factors as the length of the school year—220 days in Japan, as opposed to 180 days in the United States.
Is the performance of Japanese students better because societal values toward education, and mathematics in particular, are higher than in the United States?
Education has been highly prized in Japan for several centuries. Each aunt, uncle, and grandparent takes an active role in buying book bags, clothes, books, and so on for children in anticipation of each new school year. The first day of school is celebrated, and parents wear their most formal attire. I was told that mathematics problem boards are posted over the entrances to temples across Japan.
Are achievement expectations higher for Asian students overall?
When I asked a teacher in Hiroshima what happens to students who do not master the lesson of the day, she told me "This doesn't happen! They will all master the lesson." I assume that she meant that all students would eventually come to an understanding; if not in class today, then after school, at home, or in mathematics juku school in the evening. Japanese teachers seem to have no tolerance for lack of mastery. Students who need more help simply go to more cram schools than other students.
Does more teacher collaboration occur, or are more varied methods of teaching mathematics used?
Yes, more teacher collaboration goes on among grades and subject areas, primarily because all teachers' desks are located in the same large teacher workroom. Teachers typically move from classroom to classroom, whereas the students stay in their own room all day. However, I mostly observed teachers lecturing and modeling problem solutions and students then going to the front of the classroom to work out solutions on the board.
Are teacher preparation and in-service programs in Japan vastly different from those in the United States?
As far as I could tell, beginning teachers have only two weeks in the classroom before they get a job as a teacher. But all the teachers whom I met and talked with were very professional; they all worked until 6 p.m. in one big teacher office all together, sharing ideas, student conference information, and plans for the next term.
Are textbooks different?
One of the most astounding differences that I saw is the small 200-page paperback textbook that students are given early in each school year. Students are issued one textbook per semester: the books lack color, the type font is small, the book has no color pictures, and the few illustrations are sparsely spread throughout the text. Many American mathematics educators would find them dull and old-fashioned and would consider them to be completely lacking in motivational value. Only about five assessment items appear on each page, but they always seem to require a complete answer and use many skills, rather than just standard computation.
Teachers seem to focus on the underlying concepts, underlying causes, and the why of mathematics. I saw relevance often attached to mathematical situations, as well as real-life situations used in teaching; the teacher often used students' names as examples. In one second-grade class, students used little plastic bear counters and put them in groups for the first understandings of multiplication. Many students had all the algorithms written out on little cards for mathematics class. I asked one girl where she got the cards, and she replied that they were from her math juku class. It was a nice little reference that helped her remember the grammar of mathematics.
I could go on and on with my impressions, offering reasons for the better performance of Japanese students. Let me end by noting that although politicians like to oversimplify the reasons that students in the United States fared so poorly on the TIMSS, the real reasons are extremely complex. We have much to learn by studying Japanese mathematics education, but we must be deliberate and thoughtful with our conclusions.
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In an attempt to articulate some of the basic moods, motifs, and styles that determine my own way of trying to approachtheology, I've decided to do a short series of posts on this. As Robert Jenson has stated, it is the fate of all theological systems to be dissected. While I don't have anything approaching a theological system, I am happy to offer some of these more self-revealing statements of my own theological proclivities, priorities, and sentiments to be dissected in whatever way people see fit. Personally, I think writing something like this would be a good exercise for anybody who does theology intentionally.
So, that said, here are the posts that will be forthcoming in the next few days:
My Theology Is…
- §1: Christocentric-Trinitarian
- §2: Logocentric
- §3: Ecclesiocentric
- §4: Apocalyptic
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Euphoric Beaver
2nd Sep 2001, 06:46 AM
Euphoric Beaver
2nd Sep 2001, 06:47 AM
Why is this forum here when you can just goto to the PU editing forum?
I thought this was specifically a Coding forum.
2nd Sep 2001, 01:42 PM
You is confuse is you not? For wun thing, there's all kinds o' objects you could code for maps. Second, everyone knows special site forum thingies are better than the standard PuF forums!
2nd Sep 2001, 07:44 PM
this wqas Postal's idea. Really I'm not sure why we need a mapping forum. I suppose I could post pics of the Pearman DM map I'm working on here.
2nd Sep 2001, 09:20 PM
Well, none of my mapping attempts have worked. My latest one had some zone problem.
Euphoric Beaver
3rd Sep 2001, 04:34 AM
I see you lot are newbies to UnrealEd. :D
At least now I can help out because I am the true mapping God.
Go on, test me. Make it a hard one......................well not too hard.
3rd Sep 2001, 11:43 AM
Yeah? Well we all have our specialties. Me, it's about everything but mapping. Used to be everything, but then I stopped playing Duke3D. Anyways, my map won't use all my zones. One of them is always the same as the main zone. When I move some ZoneInfos around, then it's another zone that will be mixed with the main one. It's mean!
3rd Sep 2001, 07:41 PM
I never got past simple mapping.
3rd Sep 2001, 08:02 PM
Me either.
7th Sep 2001, 06:23 PM
I realy wanted to make some of my map ideas:
Name says it all, dm in a concrete bunker, and for fun, launch or det the icbm.
3 similar rooms side by side, one mideval, one present, and one future, and have portal like things to trave from one to another
(perhaps even a mute to use different weaps in each area, I had the whole thing planed out)
7th Sep 2001, 06:50 PM
The time thing would be cool, with the mutator thingy built into the map. I'd like to make a sort of jungle map, and have everyone start with predator weapons.
7th Sep 2001, 09:35 PM
Why not jsut play avp, anyways I know someone who messed with jungle maps, and said they didnt work out well.
8th Sep 2001, 03:09 AM
AvP is... I da know. I haven't played the bonus missions, but the normal ones were kinda boring. And I suck as the alien, and just don't like the marines too much. And you can only modify the GE, which I couldn't even find on Fox's site! I guess I could wait for AvPII...
8th Sep 2001, 07:59 AM
Then make it your self.
8th Sep 2001, 01:56 PM
Make what myself?
8th Sep 2001, 05:45 PM
the avp jungle maps.
8th Sep 2001, 06:31 PM
I can hardly map simple rooms, much less map a jungle.
8th Sep 2001, 06:37 PM
Then make a huge room, and a jungle in it.
8th Sep 2001, 06:47 PM
It's the jungle part that I can't do (well, doubtedly can).
8th Sep 2001, 07:01 PM
Just fill the room with plants!
8th Sep 2001, 07:03 PM
That would be a terrible jungle! Have you seen Predator?
8th Sep 2001, 07:34 PM
Yea yea, big strong armed cloaking alien that hunts things.
So boring.
8th Sep 2001, 08:20 PM
I wouldn't exactly put it like that.
9th Sep 2001, 10:10 AM
How would you put it
9th Sep 2001, 01:02 PM
Go read a review of it.
9th Sep 2001, 09:37 PM
I didnt ask how someone else would have, I asked how you would, since you stated that you would not put it like how I did.
9th Sep 2001, 09:50 PM
Well perhaps I told you to read a review, because I would put it as a review would have.
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Leona Helmsley: 'The Queen of Mean'
A Jekyll-Hyde Management Style
Leona was a stickler for detail and demanded from her staff total perfection. She required that employees work above and beyond their call of duty, forbidding any mistakes or behavior that would reflect poorly on the hotel or her. To put it mildly, she ran an extremely tight ship, almost excessively so. If any of her staff accidentally slipped up, they were harshly reprimanded or fired in a flurry of emotion. Needless to say, those who worked beneath Leona began to dislike her and in time many began to despise and fear her.
Leona had a short temper, and could quickly change from being pleasant to fuming mad within seconds. Many thought she had a Jekyll-Hyde personality, which in many respects was true. Amongst hotel staff, Leona's outbursts became legendary. Those who were the victim of Leona's tirades usually didn't keep their jobs long enough to experience it a second time. Thus, there was an extremely high employee turn over rate during Leona's reign at the Palace.
Leona's frequent explosions became the subject of much backroom gossip. Many of the Palace employees learned through communication with other Helmsley hotel employees throughout the country that they were not the sole victims of her obnoxious behavior. In fact, almost the entire chain of hotels staff had at some point or another witnessed her tirades.
According to some of the chain's ex-employees, staff would often alert another hotel's staff if they learned Leona was on route to their location. It gave them time to prepare for her arrival and quickly right any wrongs that would ignite an eruption from Leona. Leona was at least consistently mean to a vast majority of her employees, earning her the nickname, "the Queen of Mean."
Hammer acknowledged in his book several of many incidents related to Leona's vicious moods, which shocked and even terrified employees throughout the chain of Helmsley hotels. He stated that on occasion, Leona was said to have shouted obscenities at busboys, waiters or chefs before firing them simply for having dirty fingernails. There was one particular incident where Leona purportedly "chased an executive down the corridor after he told her he was quitting". Frequently, Leona allegedly fired maids during room inspections if there was as even a piece of lint on the floor or an uneven lampshade. Many of those who were reprimanded suffered a barrage of foul language and curse words almost always followed by an immediate termination. Some employees were so fearful of Leona that they would actually tremble in her presence. It was an intolerable working environment, but Leona didn't seem to care.
Needless to say, many who knew Leona began to hate her. On one occasion, the hate almost ended Leona's life. One day in the 1980s, she and Harry were allegedly attacked while sleeping by an intruder. The person apparently stabbed Leona in the chest and also injured Harry during a struggle before fleeing. Leona and Harry managed to survive the harrowing incident, but to their dismay the assailant was never caught. Leona believed the intruder was a former employee and wondered if they would return to seek out their revenge against her. Luckily for Leona, they never did. However, she never seemed to grasp the consequences of her behavior and continued to treat people in the dreadful way that she was accustomed.


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Category Archives: Audrey Lynn
November 19, 2014
the kindergarten question
Audrey has a tough birthday, school-wise. She was born September 14, and our local school district cutoff for starting kindergarten is age 5 by September 1. By the time she was a toddler, we were pretty set on waiting to send her until she was almost six, instead of sending her when she was almost… KEEP READING »
September 12, 2014
now accepting applications for sister wife
I started watching Big Love on Amazon Prime a couple of weeks ago, and while the awkward weirdness of a polygamous marriage makes me want to cringe, don't think for a second that I haven't entertained the thought of how AMAZING it would be to have another mom or two around the house. Help with… KEEP READING »
February 21, 2014
Audrey snippets
Audrey is rapidly approaching three-and-a-half, by FAR my least favorite age with Maggie. THREENAGERS. Such big feelings! Such terrible communication skills! Audrey is definitely living up to the age so far, stubborn and meltdown-y and emotional and all the things that come with age three. But she is also HILARIOUS and loves making people laugh… KEEP READING »
October 23, 2013
eight weeks down
So! Here we are! Eight weeks into the school year, eight weeks on this side of maternity leave, eight weeks of lunches packed and homework done and bottles filled and diaper bags stocked and tantrums over what dress we want to wear to daycare today! (see if you can take a guess on that last… KEEP READING »
September 17, 2013
getting tangled up with a Rapunzel birthday party
(Sorry about the title. I couldn't resist.) Audrey turned three on Saturday. So, real talk: I know big, elaborate parties for kids aren't everybody's thing. And that's totally fine! But you know what? I LOVE PLANNING THESE PARTIES. I love picking a theme and coming up with decorating ideas and scouring the internet for pictures… KEEP READING »
September 15, 2013
July 1, 2013
Audrey snippets
Oh, Audrey. Our quintessential middle child. Basically every stereotype I've ever heard about middle children is true for Audrey so far. She sucks up all the attention in any room she enters, with her crazy hair and her giant blue eyes and her still-slightly-chubby cheeks, all in an apparent effort not to be overlooked. And… KEEP READING »
March 21, 2013
he only has himself to blame
In our house, affection is often shown by gentle teasing and picking on each other. For the 16 (!!!) years Dan and I have been together, we've joked around together, laughing at both of our faults and traits and we're OKAY with that. It's how we are. I can laugh at myself! I can take… KEEP READING »
March 1, 2013
Audrey snippets
This kid has gone from a few simple words back in July and August (and some *slight* concern on our part about her lack of talking compared to where Maggie was at just-before-two) to telling stories, joking around, and talking in more complete thoughts and sentences than I think Maggie did at 2 1/2. Amazing…. KEEP READING »
February 21, 2013
I don't even have an intro for this. Just watch. (Then watch Maggie a few months older, singing the same song. ha)
February 4, 2013
this boot was made for walking
So! Thanks to having smart doctor-friends from college, I was able to use our magical connections to get Audrey in quickly on Friday afternoon to see an orthopedic specialist about her janky foot. The verdict? A break. A very small, hard-to-see on an x-ray kind of a break, but apparently that's common in small kids… KEEP READING »
December 4, 2012
Audrey snippets
It's been way too long since I've cataloged some of the ridiculous things Audrey says and does. This KID, you guys. I swear, 4 months ago, she was barely speaking more than 4 or 5 words and now, I'm having full conversations with her. And the stuff she comes up with makes me LAUGH sometimes… KEEP READING »
November 27, 2012
two videos
Lamest title ever, but I'm tired and feeling un-creative. Here, let me show you my cute kids in full technicolor action! Last week we surprised Maggie with tickets to this summer's Taylor Swift concert. She was slightly excited (and I'm not gonna lie: I'm pretty psyched about taking her to her first concert!) Audrey's new… KEEP READING »
October 22, 2012
concert in the toy room, 7pm. be there.
The weather is getting cooler and the days are getting shorter, which means less time spent outside playing after dinner in the evenings. But don't worry. Our girls are keeping PLENTY busy, what with all the fabulous concerts they're performing for us throughout the week. (Watch till the end. Or skip to the end, whatever…. KEEP READING »
October 10, 2012
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insta-review of our days
I just had to load my own blog's front page to remember what I wrote about last because I couldn't even remember. And it was only a week and a half ago! Feels like longer. Hi! How are you guys? I'll skip the whole OMG SO BUSY HOLY CRAP WHOOOOAAA! and just say that life… KEEP READING »
September 22, 2012
7 quick takes: the How Things Are Going edition
1. Maggie is loving kindergarten. Her favorite things are the bus ride and recess, because DUH. She also loves computer class day and library day (but not so much gym day because all they've done so far is laps of skipping and hopping and stuff and she wants desperately to go on the exercise bikes… KEEP READING »
September 16, 2012
obligatory birthday video and party photos
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September 14, 2012
you're two
Oh, my dear, sweet, crazy girl. Two years ago today, I was putting on my makeup in the morning and suddenly started having chest pains. When you call your doctor at 38.5 weeks pregnant and say the words 'chest pains' and 'contractions'… you've pretty much bought yourself a ticket to labor and delivery. So we… KEEP READING »
September 4, 2012
catch up
I feel like I'm constantly playing catch up these days, but whatever. LIFE, MAN. We survived the first week of kindergarten (Maggie did great! I never did get a nap out of her! She's a trooper.) and then had a three-day weekend in which we… didn't do much, actually. We spent some time with Dan's… KEEP READING »
August 6, 2012
pocket full of posies
I apologize for the motion sickness toward the end, but the giggles should more than make up for it. Happy Monday!
August 3, 2012
right in our own backyard
The past few weeks have been busy with random things- a wedding, a baby shower, a mall trip for school shopping, etc etc- plus there have been some crazy stormy days, mixed in with some steamy, too hot to even THINK about going outside days. So we haven't had much time to just hang out… KEEP READING »
July 25, 2012
Audrey snippets
A couple of months ago, I started worrying. Just a little bit. I tried to ignore it and tell myself that even though Audrey was only saying a few simple words and by this age, Maggie was nearly speaking sentences and saying complicated words, IT WAS OKAY AND AUDREY WAS FINE. Every kid develops at… KEEP READING »
July 6, 2012
clearly we're raising her properly
Happy Friday, everyone!
June 12, 2012
Audrey snippets
One of Audrey's first real words (besides 'Mommy' and 'Daddy', etc) was 'MINE!' Which, I guess for a second child is kind of natural. Poor kid doesn't really have ANYTHING that is just hers, so she spends a large majority of her day making sure you understand that whatever she is holding in her hand… KEEP READING »
June 3, 2012
a follow-up on Audrey's follow-up
So! May! TOTALLY FREAKING INSANE, RIGHT?? June, I'm happy to see you. Please be kind. With the dawning of June comes what we hope is the last chapter of Audrey's Swollen Neck Saga. We had her post-op checkup with her surgeon on Friday and got the details on the lab results and he checked the… KEEP READING »
May 29, 2012
run, Audrey, run!
(We're slowly getting back to 'normal' life after last week's craziness. Normal is of course in quotes, because who the heck KNOWS what normal is anymore. Audrey is doing well- her neck is still swollen but we're hoping/pretty sure it's just because of the surgery. We have a follow-up appointment scheduled later this week with… KEEP READING »
May 24, 2012
back where they both belong
The great, awesome, spectacular news: We're home! Audrey was discharged from the hospital last night around 6pm, and I'll tell you what: I'm pretty sure I could win a contest for Who Can Pack Up A Hospital Room The Fastest. No contest. Everyone slept like good little rocks last night. Hooray and Amen. The bad… KEEP READING »
May 23, 2012
in which a very nice surgeon takes a knife to my baby's neck
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, then you most likely know the story of the past few days. But if not, here you go… :) After being admitted to the hospital again on Saturday night, the short story is this: the new antibiotics didn't do much for Audrey's lymph node swelling, so after… KEEP READING »
May 20, 2012
round two
So we're back in the hospital. Sigh. She was almost finished with her 10-day course of oral antibiotics, and we noticed in the past few days that the lump was swelling again. Rather than wait until morning, we came to the ER last night (I don't know that I would have been able to sleep… KEEP READING »
May 15, 2012
scenes from a hospital room
Yeah yeah yeah, I know you're probably sick of hearing about The Great Hospital Trip Of 2012, but there are a few random stories I want to share, and most importantly, I want to record them here so we'll remember. (Also, just an update because a few lovely people have asked over the past few… KEEP READING »


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Sund a finalist for new job
By RANDY GONZALES
By RANDY GONZALES
The candidate chosen by a search committee for the city manager position for Minot, N.D., has turned down the position, according to a news release Friday from the city of Minot.
The statement also said the two other finalists -- including Ellis County Administrator Greg Sund -- already had been eliminated, and the search committee decided to start the process over again.
Cindy Hemphill, finance director for the city of Minot, was the unanimous pick of the search committee. She, however, declined to accept, citing in the release she could "best serve the citizens of Minot in my current position as city finance director."
Minot city manager David Waind is retiring at the end of March.
Sund's daughter and her family moved to Minot last summer.
Sund also is a finalist for the city manager position for a city in Oregon, according to published reports.
Sund, one of four finalists for the city manager position for Hood River, Ore., met the public in a reception Wednesday evening. The Hood River (Ore.) News reported Saturday the city council is expected to make a decision on the job offer in April.
Sund and the other three finalists participated in three interviews with panels including city council members, local agency officials and residents on Thursday, according to KIHR-FM Radio. The radio station also reported on its website there had been five finalists, but one dropped out after accepting another position.
Sund has been county administrator for Ellis County since the position was created in 2010.
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My neighbor & I started our first veggie garden & could use some advice. We have one roma grape plant and one Juliet grape tomato plant. Both of them have completely outgrown their cages. Should I have been cutting them back to prevent this? I bought the biggest cages I could find. They still have dozens of flowers and green tomatoes on them and I don't want to loose them! I took a picture but I'm not sure how to add it to this posting. I'll add the pic as soon as I figure it out :) Michele |
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I figured it out :) As you can see, the cages are about to fall over. |
it's not a pretty solution, but if you put a concrete block next to your container, you can put something tall and strong (a metal pipe, pole, some bamboo, or a 2x2 wood stake) in each hole in the concrete block and fill the hole with gravel (lining up the pole where you want it while you fill). You can then take garden twine, pieces of old T-shirt, or pantyhose and (loosely) tie the vines to the post. Every week or so, tie the new growth to the post. You may also want to secure the cages to the post. |
- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Sat, Jul 25, 09 at 13:36
Just to re-state the problem -- you have two needs: 1. The cages are leaning and need to be stabilized before they fall. (Ideally, they should have been pushed much farther into the ground; you'll want to do that next year if you use them for smaller tomatoes or other plants.) 2. You need something which will handle future growth of the two vines, as well as the weight of the fruit the plant is going to bear before your growing season ends (three months from now? four?). You may be able to answer both of these needs with one strategy, or you may choose a dual strategy. I don't see the need for kterlep's cinderblock. Put a tall strong stake (any of the things on kterlep's list -- but if you use bamboo, make sure it's a good strong 1" stake; those 1/4" mini bamboos won't begin to do the job) near the wire cage and drive it at least a foot into the ground. Then fasten the stake to the cage. You'll probably want to use at least two stakes. Position them on the opposite side of the cages from the direction the cages are leaning. If you have difficulty getting the stake down that far, pull it out of the ground, fill the hole with water, wait for the soil to soften, and repeat as necessary until the stake is buried deep enough. It's not quick, but it works, and is a good method for short people. Think about the best place for you to put the vines' future growth. Keep in mind that you want to be able to see and reach the fruit (present and future) easily. Your options will include: = tying new growth to the top of a tall stake, as kterlep suggests. = letting new growth fall under its own weight, as is already happening. Of course, you're in for 3-4 months of new growth. = encouraging the plants to grow horizontally by tying multiple lines of twine from the stakes/cages to the fence. Gently tie new growth to the twine. [You could also use a small piece of the sort of garden netting that is usually used to trellis cukes, beans, etc.] = pruning the vines is another option. How much or how little you prune is up to you, but your pruning strategy should match how you decide to support your plant. And keep in mind that in your climate, flowers that set fruit in mid or late September will ripen before frost, so you'll probably want to leave at least a few branches to flower and grow you some late tomatoes. [Obviously I don't know where in GA you are or when your last frost will occur.] |
You can also get another tomato cage that is the same size as your current ones, and tie it to the top with twist ties. Then, I just pushed bamboo into the ground, and tied the cages to the bamboo. Some of mine have two bamboo for even more strength. I figure I might have to add more. I also have tied the vines to the bamboo as it heads over. It's working reasonably well so far. |
Unfortunately it isn't that your plants are too big - they are normal. The problems is that the cages are too small. As is often discussed here, the 3-4 ring things sold as tomato cages are a farce. Even well staked they will not support a full grown plant. For this year adding stakes as already mentioned is about all you can do and it will take 2-3 stakes to each cage. Before next year you might want to browse thru the many discussions here on the many available alternatives. Good luck. Dave |
A cinderblock is not necessary, but placing two posts in cinderblocks and adding a bucket of gravel is a quick and easy way to secure a pole without trying to dig a hole (while avoiding the root structure that's there). Alternately, you are growing in raised containers and could easily secure the pole directly to the container (with screws or plumber's "tape" or other metal pipe holders). |
- Posted by dickiefickle 5B Dousman,Wi. (My Page) on Fri, Aug 21, 09 at 13:21
Wrap a rope around the cages and the green stake you aleady have in the ground and tighten ,if needed add another stake or use the fence |
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I had a great stand of red raspberries. This year, California poppies seeded themselves there as the new shoots began and I thought they looked like a fine understory. But all the raspberries died. They grew to 2 feet and withered. Perhaps there is another reason, but they had grown well for three years and the only change was this prettiness. I think california poppies may be very bad companions to raspberries. |
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Mad thought here - did you change your mulching and watering regime at all? The poppies do well in much drier conditions than those preferred by raspberries, so you might have been getting an indication of habitat change - as well as a possible antipathy between species. |
Perhaps while planting the poppies you also added more mulch which smothered the base of the raspberries. I've read that especially in our climate they can't be too deep. There are some diseases raspberries can get, so perhaps something was spread to them. Other ideas needed more water this summer or the raspberries crowded themselves out. Mine spread like crazy out of the row, so there are always replacements. You might find some more at the exchange site below. The Green Elephant swap was last Saturday & I shared dozens of them & saw others, so it was a good year for raspberry runners. I dug mine in spring & pulled a few out in fall. |
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As the caucuses draw nearer, queries intensify and the focus of the questions narrow: the world knows who's on the ground, now they want to know who's going to win. Obradovich, who was busy managing a team of ten Register reporters leading up to the 2008 caucuses, says that in the weeks before the vote her phone was ringing "off the hook" with calls from the UK, Australia, and Canada; she fit six interviews in on the day of the caucuses themselves while coordinating the Register's own coverage. "I field as many requests as I can and I don't discriminate between who's a really big request and who isn't," she says. "But getting my own job done is a priority."
Henderson can sympathize. In 2008, the Radio Iowa reporter received invitations from a number of national outlets to hit the air as a caucus night pundit. She had to turn them down because she was already scheduled to be on air: on Radio Iowa.
Like Glover, Henderson remembers 1976's historic caucuses well—though, as a fifth-grader, she was not on hand to report. Henderson's parents took her to a Republican precinct caucus held in the back of an insurance agency in her hometown of Lenox, Iowa, where the ballot basket being passed around "looked like a church collection plate." Her first caucus as a reporter for Radio Iowa was the 1988 double whammy won by Dole on the Republican side and Gephardt on the Democratic side. She says that media attention has only grown since those historic caucuses. "Interest in the presidential race now mirrors our new 24/7 situation in the news media as a whole," says Henderson, who, incidentally, was born on Election Day 1964.
Goldford, who fields so many caucus calls that he's considered a career in full-time punditry, began writing down every interview he did in the lead-up to the 2004 vote, just to keep track. In 2003, Goldford tells me he did 250 media interviews; and 140 more in the first two weeks of 2004. In 2007, he took part in 553 media interviews, most, though not all, caucus-related. "My wife jokes that she was the hostess in the green room," Goldford says. "I had people here at my house stacked up in the living room, Fox, NBC, CBS, Australian TV, various people. I'd sit in the other room giving time to people."
Being "that guy" or "those guys" in Iowa can be exhausting, according to Yepsen. "I got overwhelmed," he told me. "It will happen to Kathie and it will happen to Mike and O. Kay." Yepsen also says that the caucuses, and the way they are reported on, have changed as interest has grown. "Reporters swamp in almost to the point where it gets in the way of the story. You don't have the old days when you could just hop in the back of the car with George Herbert Walker Bush and it was just him, and a driver, and an aide and me."
While this year's caucuses should draw less attention than 2008, with only one party caucusing, new media outlets like Politico are already promising more primary coverage than ever. In this feverishly competitive environment, that could mean more extracurricular work for Iowa's political press than ever—though there are reinforcements by way of popular bloggers at Iowa Independent and Iowa Republican.
Yepsen's primary successors know what's coming. They've dealt with it before. Each knows to plan a vacation ahead of time—Henderson relaxed with family in Texas following 2008, Obradovich has spent her post-election time-off in India, England, and Brussels. And each knows to steel themselves for the onslaught, and for some, to prepare for what follows: the caucus comedown.
Obradovich says she is relieved when the caucuses pass; others feel at a loss. "I feel like the Maytag repairman," admits Goldford. For Henderson, the feeling is a mixture of exhaustion and contentment. "You sometimes hear sports figures talking about how they 'left it all out on the field,'" she says. "It's a sounds a little bit weird. But there is a feeling that I've done everything I possibly could to cover the caucuses and now it's someone else's football to carry it down the field."
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Hello, We have recently purchased and planted a sabal. It has been 2 months, but the fronds on top still haven't come out yet. Any ideas what we need to do? The other 3 palm trees bought at the same time are doing just fine. Thanks. |
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If the other 2 are the ones pictured, I'm guessing they were containerized. Hurricane cut palmettos will take a long time to establish and grow extremely slowly. Unfortunately, in many cases they don't make it. 2 months is not a very long time, and I'm no expert based on where I live alone, but it seems it may have been planted a little late in the season depending on where you live in NC. Make sure you keep it well watered and you'll probably need to protect a bit this winter from freezing precipitation. As long as the center spear is green, you'll be fine. Even next year though, you might only get a couple of fronds. |
Thanks for the response. Yep, I have been watching those spears to make sure they don't turn brown. |
It could take up to a year to see growth. |
It's likely putting all its energy into its roots. Keep giving it slot of water while the weather is still warm. Depending on where you are in NC, you might want to offer the crown a little winter protection on the coldest nights and to keep out any winter precipitation if you get any there. It should be fine. |
Thanks for all replies. What's the crown of the palm tree? |
Um... The leaves/fronds. |
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I would definitely protect it this winter no matter where you are in NC since the palm is weakened by being field dug and being hurricane cut, plus like the others I agree it was planted a bit late in the season. I would suggest using small incandescent xmas lights (no LEDs they don't give off heat) wrapped around the crown area and then covered with frost cloth to allow the crown of the palm to breath, but keep out moisture from freezing rain or snow. |
- Posted by jfacendola none (My Page) on Wed, Oct 9, 13 at 9:18
Be careful if you do decide to protect it if you are in Z8, as it would be pretty easy to cook a wrapped plant during one of the freak 80 degree Feb warms ups that can happen. Climbing up there to wrap/unwrap the crown could get old fast. Did it come with a 1 year replacement (I know many of the places around here do that for installed sabals)? If it did, you might just let it tough it out this winter, and if it is dead by April get a new one? |
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Presidential candidate Sen. Noynoy Aquino III, son of the late Philippine icons of democracy Ninoy and Cory Aquino, tops the latest presidential survey of a public relations firm, but Sen. Manny Villar is just a few points--seven to be exact--behind.
Of the 1,200 respondents in a survey conducted by the Issues and Advocacy Center (The Center), the first survey since all the political hopefuls filed their candidacy, 31 percent said they will vote for Aquino (Liberal Party) and 24 percent for Villar (Nacionalista Party). Aquino's previous ratings in Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Pulse Asia surveys were around 50 percent.
"The Center Director [Edgardo] Malay attributed Aquino's lower ratings to the diminishing impact of the death of his mother who passed away [on] August 1 after a long battle with colon cancer," GMANews.tv reports. Aquino ran due to the prodding of different personalities and groups after his mother died and announced his candidacy on the 40th day of her death.
"We respect the results [of The Center survey]. Noynoy and [his running mate Sen. Mar Roxas] will just have to continue to work hard not to lose the trust of the people," Liberal Party spokesman and Quezon Rep. Lorenzo Ta�ada said. The Liberal Party is waiting for the results of the December surveys of SWS and Pulse Asia which will set the tone of their campaign next year.
The results have not made Villar complacent. "Mahaba pa yan, marami pang mangyayari. Basta kami ay naka-focus lang sa Mayo at sa aming adhikain. [We still have a long way to go, a lot can still happen. For our part, we're just focused on the May election and our advocacies]," Villar said.
Former Pres. Joseph Estrada came in third with 19 percent, Defense Sec. Gilbert Teodoro got 10 percent and Sen. Richard Gordon shot up from "virtually nil" to 8 percent in the survey.
It's a tight race between the presidentiable frontrunners but it's an even tighter race between their running mates: Aquino's partner, Sen. Mar Roxas has 28 percent, just three points ahead of the 25 percent share of Villar's partner, Sen. Loren Legarda.
The Center describes itself on their website as "a political media campaign consultancy group that is based in the Philippines and which is a springboard of trend-setting ideas in politics and advocacy."
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gibo, the most qualified of them all.. !! :)
we call ourselves ( gibo supporters ) the silent majority.. :)Mar 28 2010 @ 10:15pm Reply -
That b*llsh*t. You people are spreading lies about the CAtholic Church that's really low. And It's true what Noynoy is saying because he's said it himself and a lot newspapers support this because their sources aren't even from the ChurchMar 22 2010 @ 12:42pm Reply -
I go for GIBO... he's the only presidential aspirant with both brains and brawns... plus he has the greatest credentials to back him up...
Sorry to say but if it weren't for Pres Cory's Death, Noynoy wouldn't be as famous and would not probably even win as VP... GO GIBO..=)Mar 11 2010 @ 03:21pm Reply -
Noynoy Aquino is only popular because of his parents, Ninoy and Cory Aquino. Ninoy and Cory left a good impression to the Filipinos. Noynoy is not Ninoy and Cory. They are really different from eachother. In his stay in the senate, out of 9 bills he made, none is approved. He is not as smart as his parents. He can't have a speech without a "codigo" but if he will have a surprise speech, he will surely say "sabi po ng nanay ko" or "sabi po ng tatay ko." He does not have his own words to say! what if he will have a meeting with other presidents of other countries? Can he express himself well in English for the other presidents to understand? I will not vote for him if i were you. He does not deserve the position. He will give our country a bad impression.Feb 07 2010 @ 05:46pm Reply
Ninoy Aquino is not deserving to be the next president because he does not have much experience.
Yes, he is sure not to steal from our government but is he smart enough to solve our country's problem. Based on my research, in his almost 9-year stay in the senate, he was not able to make even one law. Is that a good image of a good president? What do you think?Feb 07 2010 @ 05:36pm Reply -
I will vote for Gordon and Bayani they have proved that they can get the job done..(Subic and Metro Manila)Jan 30 2010 @ 03:18pm Reply
ano man sabihin ng ibang tao dyan i will still go for noynoy. we had 2 intelligent people running our country thats marcos and arroyo and look where they took us?? in hell.. cory aquino before she became president she was just an ordinary housewife without anything on her portfolio but at least nakawala tayo sa martial law.. i could have choose gibo but i the way he said it he will still consider charter change and peeps you know that our country is not ready for that.Dec 25 2009 @ 04:35am Reply
really? wanna bet? with Ronnie Puno waiting in the wings, i don't think so.....Dec 21 2009 @ 01:07pm Reply -
You cite the center's survey in this article yet in the mock poll on thecenter's own web site, Noynoy has 81 votes as against Villar's 17. In second place is Escudero with 51 and he is not even running now. Funny funny funny!Dec 20 2009 @ 04:38am Reply
Ginag*g* lang kayo niyang mga survey-survey na iyan. Huwah kayong pagogoyo diyan. Kung totoo iyan sana matagal ng umasenso ang Pilipinas. Kung sa Singapore iyan, hindi uubra ang mga survey-survey na iyan, kahit Media, hindi pwede ang style ng Pinoy media doon. Matagal na sana silang binira ni LEE KWAN YEW. Sino ang pinakamalapit na clone ni LEE KWAN YEW sa mga presidentiables? Iyun ang iboto niyo, at tiyak ang pag-asenso ng ating Bayan. Sino si Lee Kwan Yew ? siya ang KICK-ASS ,leader ng Singapore at nag-payaman sa mga Singaporeans. Ano ang sekreto ng pagyaman? Disciplina, LAW & ORDER at MERITOCRACY. Mi narinig ba kayong Care Giver na Singaporean? wala!Dec 19 2009 @ 08:19pm Reply
villar for president..
anu b mga ngwa n noynoy?
kya lng naman xa iboboto ng tao dahil sa parents nya
patay n ang mga magulang nya
oo malaki utang n loob ntin sa knila
pero d naman cla ang mamumuno sting bansa
kundi ung bago
dapat ang mgng presidente ay ang may political will hndi ung prng especial childDec 18 2009 @ 04:13pm Reply -
Whoever made this so called survey must be dreaming. Yeah, fool Villar, Legarda and yourself and some but I am sure majority of the electorate are treating this self serving survey as a trash.Dec 18 2009 @ 04:00pm Reply
Yup, only in the Philippines, where you can put up any imagined, organization anytime, anywhere, without those strict screening being done in other countries. And here is one that thinks Pilipinos are brainless and will just believe outright any misleading information they feed to the people. Jologs, you are right since this so called survey is a comedy at its best.Dec 18 2009 @ 03:52pm Reply
I haven't really chosen who to vote next year for President although I'm sure of my VP which is Bayani. I believe he really wants to implement discipline in each of us. Even a smart leader would not lead well if he can't make people follow the rules.Dec 18 2009 @ 09:31am Reply
ramos and gloria are intelligent people -- did philippines progress? were they able to minimize corruption? no, they even had their share of the pie.
we don't need an intelligent president this time. what we need for a president is an honest one, someone that has a firm hand against corruption.Dec 17 2009 @ 02:10pm Reply -
I may not agree with some of Bayani's project (like the urinal thing) but i think he has the strongest political will among the candidates. I can only wish the future president will have that quality.Dec 17 2009 @ 11:02am Reply
All these presidentiables are just SMOKES & MIRRORS. Nobody can hold a candle to the dynamic duo of the GORDON-FERNANDO, tandem in terms of track record. It's about time Filipino voters grow- up. Don't vote for candidates just because they lead in surveys. Vote for those who have tangible achievements and track records. Vote for the candidate who can make an impact on the nation in terms of stamping out poverty, and disciplining the the character of the Pinoy that verge on chaos and palusot.Dec 16 2009 @ 11:26pm Reply
Just a few years ago, Noynoy Aquino was in sales in Mondragon, selling sportswear and swimwear. I bet he got the job because of his mom Cory and because Tony Gonzales is close to Ms. Aquino(he was her Tourism Sec). Noynoy spent several years in Congress. Can anybody recall anything of significance that he did there??
And now people want him to become president of the country because his main claim to fame is he is the son of two famous people. He can't even give TV speeches without resorting to cue cards.
Leadership should be based on merit, and not because someone has famous parents.Dec 16 2009 @ 08:26pm Reply -
we had also conducted a survey in our province (1000) respondents. The results were
VILLAR - 0Dec 16 2009 @ 08:02pm Reply -
@jaja, how sure are you that he is not a trapo? and what is your definition by trapo that makes you separate noynoy from the others.
I tell you, he is under one of the major political party that was able to convince MAr to step aside to give way to noynoy because they know that there is an opportunity due to the popularity brought about by his mother's death. When they decided that, did they believe that Noynoy is better than Mar Roxas as a president? I don't think so. Obviously, Mar is the better candidate but since Noynoy is more winnable, they decided it that way. Unlike the Lakas party, even if they know that Gibo has a very slim chance of winning, due to the unpopular administration, they still fronted the most qualified person.
But I'm not supporting Gibo, I'm going for Gordon and Fernando. It's the best pairing with a sure will for governance and implementation.Dec 16 2009 @ 10:05am Reply -
yuck jamby!!!
ok fine! noynoy's answers weren't as brilliant as gibo's answers. well compare to cory, he's MORE experienced. & i'm sure....he's NOT A TRAPO, unlike villar who doesn't show up at debates. dinadaan na lang niya sa mga ads nya na paulit-ulit na lang!!Dec 16 2009 @ 09:51am Reply -
-my family hails from tarlac, and I got home this weekend, and ask them about Noynoy, to my surprised they said they wont vote for this guy, because he is non existent in the province and no achievements to be said of.Dec 16 2009 @ 09:02am Reply
i really dont like noynoy. my god! naririnig nyo ba mga sagot nya sa mga debate? walang alam. pag nanalo sya baka si kris ang maging presidente natin. baby ni kris si noynoy di ba! poor country!Dec 16 2009 @ 12:27am Reply
Well here is another one. I am rooting for Bayani too. Gordon-Bayani, the transformers.Dec 15 2009 @ 11:42pm Reply
I never even considered Noynoy. That guy is just lucky to be the son of cory. Liberal Party grabbed the opportunity of his mothers death because Cory's suffering and death catapulted his popularity for presidency.
Heck, the party was even able to convince Mar Roxas, who was the real credible candidate, to step aside to give way to Noynoy just so that the party can gain control of the government.
What a joke, thinking they can fool people...Dec 15 2009 @ 11:28pm Reply -
Gordon and Bsyani! We need a president with a clear vision (backed up with a good track record) and a VP that is action-oriented. Good combination.
I was considering Noynoy before. But after his pathetic performance in the debates...I'm starting to doubt his capability to run this country.Dec 15 2009 @ 11:14pm Reply -
surveys are somewhat true, of course it does not accurately predict the results next year as it has different factors affecting it on a daily basis.
But as for the ones I'm supporting, Please vote for Dick Gordon and Bayani Fernando. These guys are well experienced in legislative, management and administration. And the fact that they are not backed up by a major political party, hence no major financial supporter to have an utang na loob with, these guys will be able to focus on the things that should really be done for our country.Dec 15 2009 @ 10:46pm Reply -
Wow, someone's actually rooting for Bayani? I guess his/her favorite colors are pink and blue. Do you actually think Bayani can do it? C'mon.. better read up on him first. Or maybe you're really into the colors.Dec 15 2009 @ 10:43pm Reply
I used to go for Noynoy. With a clear vision of the whole Philippines as a Singapore of the future, I will go for Dick Gordon. He has a slew of acoomplishments to back him up.
Now, Bayani will take care of the discipline portion which we really need for the Philippines to go back to civility.Dec 15 2009 @ 10:34pm Reply -
The Center should rename itself The Center for Ewan.
It claims to be a 'think tank' but it hasn't even published a single white paper.
In fact, the only articles on their webpage are columns by their director.
It's a joke of a 'think tank' and even a joke of a polling firm because it lacks credible statisticiansDec 15 2009 @ 09:39pm Reply -
This survey is a FRAUD! The results should be:
Jamby= 90%
Banal na Ama=5%
Go JA..JA..JAM.BY!Dec 15 2009 @ 08:16pm Reply -
i HAVE A SURVEY MADE HERE IN OUR PROVINCE LATELY... (1000 respondents)The Result were as follows;
I am sorry with that advocacy center, mayba you manipulated the survey..Dec 15 2009 @ 06:13pm Reply -
It's the Catholic Church spreading lies/misinformation about the Reproductive Health bill (how it's pro abortion etc.) that has affected Noynoy's popularity.Dec 15 2009 @ 05:55pm Reply
Defensive :) We already know Noynoy's cousin is the founder of Pulse Asia, and we already know Villar caught up to Noynoy in SWS. What's common in all the surveys? Noynoy is going down, down, down.Dec 15 2009 @ 04:44pm Reply
Spokesperson - Senator Benigno "Noynoy" S. Aquino III
"Like most of the Filipino people, we are not familiar with this alleged survey agency and their survey results. The only thing we know about this group is that its Managing Director Art Valenzuela was the only one who predicted in 1998 that Speaker Jose De Venecia would win the Presidency over then Vice President Joseph Estrada.
SWS and Pulse Asia, through the years, have consistently shown dependability and consistency. People should be warned that push-polling is an old trapo technique to bring a front runner's numbers down. We are not surprised and we expect them to continue.
What we find most interesting, however, is that a Lakas-CMD spokesperson Rep. Milagros Magsaysay is now trumpeting Senator Villar's so-called 'catching up' with Senator Aquino. Is Senator Villar with Lakas-CMD?"Dec 15 2009 @ 04:22pm Reply
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