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Our elderly neighbor has bamboo in her yard and has never taken care of it. It has spread to everyone elses yards as well. Its very invasive. I find runners 6 to 8 feet from her clump i her yard all the way into my yard. These runners went under my lavender bushes killing off all 6 of them. I'm tired of digging the stuff up. This is the type of bamboo that grows 20' tall or more. For 20 years we've been digging this stuff up. When we bought our house we sprayed tryox which is no longer available. It didn't work anyway. The bamboo turned black at first but then in a week it was several feet taller already. Other than digging a ditch around my yard and filling it with cement what else can be done to keep it out of my yard? By the way, I'm in PA. Any tips on getting rid of this stuff for good? |
This post was edited by sunflowersrus222 on Sun, May 5, 13 at 16:00
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- Posted by stevelau1911 6 (My Page) on Mon, May 6, 13 at 23:16
Do they mind you getting rid of their entire grove? If you can kill the whole thing off, you might as well wait until right after shoots are done growing, then take a lopper and cut everything down to soil level. If it is aureosulcata, it will keep coming back a few times, but you can water it to cause them to expend their energy so you can cut it down again either with a lawnmower, or your tool of choice. The will get smaller and smaller, and when they are small enough, you can dig out just those sections as all the energy will be concentrated into the growth points. When you let them regrow, the key is to never let them produce leaves which can allow the to regain their energy. You can also tell your neighbor to install a rhizome barrier because she might not know that it's a problem for you. Cement really won't hold if you want to hold it out since it will wear down and rhizomes will create pressure. A properly installed rhizome barrier should keep the rhizomes out of your yard if that's what you need. |
- Posted by sunflowersrus222 none (My Page) on Wed, May 15, 13 at 11:04
Thanks I just looked up video's on youtube on how to do that. Guess I know what my big summer project is going to be. This stuff is a real pain. One neighbor planted it now 4 of us are having it pop up everywhere! And she will not do anything to contain it or cut it back. She is dead set against it. Not only did we all ask her to do something about it but we all offered to help with the job. She says no! |
Properly poured concrete is impervious to bamboo. However, putting in barrier will be easier and cheaper. Not knowing what videos you watched on YouTube, I can't comment on the validity of the info provided. Below is a link for a reliable source of info on installing barriers. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Barriers
Almost the same situation except the elderly person who graced us with this has long since passed away and his elderly wife doesn't live at the house anymore but the family still maintains the house but not this bamboo 4 neighbors (i have the majority because i wasn't living at home at the time and it just grew and overwhelmed my grandmother who was living her alone and could sporadically do yardwork at the time. 15+ years of this have taken up 1/4 of our yard and we have a large plot of land with a ravine and we are in the city limits where it can only get cut by the city if it interferes with the utility lines and that little strip only gets cut sporadically. This is aging and depressing me and i just turned 42! It sounds pretty in the wind and that's the only thing i like about it in my yard! |
- Posted by stevelau1911 6 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 0:33
It's probably good to simply install a barrier, but make sure it's installed at an angle so that when rhizomes hit it, they go upwards without the risk of diving below. a 6 mil, 30 inch deep polyurethane barrier should work if you put it at the perimeter of your yard. Just lop away the ones already in your yard, sever the rhizome connection from the main plant, and let the rhizomes in you yard rot away by mowing any survival shoots, and planting grass so if there are tiny survival shoots, they can be choked out. |
stevelau- Bamboo barrier is actually made from HDPE (high density polyethylene). I presume you meant 60 mil, not 6 mil.... |
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stevelau- Bamboo barrier is actually made from HDPE (high density polyethylene). I presume you meant 60 mil, not 6 mil.... |
- Posted by gdhongjiang none (My Page) on Thu, Jan 23, 14 at 4:23
http://www.lewisbamboo.com/barrierinstallation.html Is it this web for the edging? |
- Posted by sunflowersrus222 7a Pa (My Page) on Thu, Jan 23, 14 at 8:04
Our neighbor has passed away over the summer and the new owners of the house have told us they are getting rid of all of the bamboo. He said he doesn't care if he has to dig up every square inch of the yard. He won't stop till its all gone. Apparently he hates the stuff as much as we do. My husband offered to help him out. So come spring its digging time and the end of the bamboo forest!!! Yeah!!!! All of the neighbors are thrilled that after all these years the bamboo is finally getting dug up. This stuff has ruined 7 properties. It not only spread to 2 yards to the side (on each side) of the property but to 3 properties directly behind it. As soon as one of us sees a sprout we try to get right on it and dig it up but you know there are times when sprouts are missed, neighbor is sick or goes away for a few weeks and before you know it you have another big tall patch of the annoying stuff. Since the main source of the bamboo was never taken care of it just keeps getting out of control. I'm sure even after the neighbors yard is completely dug up we'll still see an occasional straggler. But it shouldn't take long to rid all yards of this nuisance once the main source is gone. |
You need to get a profession to employ a root grinder. It took one afternoon for them to cut the culms down (mostly, P. nigra, vivax, viridis, and aureus). A second afternoon for the industrial root pruner. Next, it takes vigilance and determination. Good luck! |
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21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. | 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. |
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1 And Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people; that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt. | 1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian and father-in-law of Moses, heard of everything God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, and how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. |
2 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, | 2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law Jethro received her |
3 and her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom -- for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land, | 3 and her two sons. One son was named Gershom, for Moses said, "I have become an alien in a foreign land"; |
4 -- and the name of the other, Eliezer -- For the God of my father has been my help, and has delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. | 4 and the other was named Eliezer, for he said, "My father's God was my helper; he saved me from the sword of Pharaoh." |
5 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mountain of God. | 5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and wife, came to him in the desert, where he was camped near the mountain of God. |
6 And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. | 6 Jethro had sent word to him, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons." |
7 And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other [after] their welfare, and went into the tent. | 7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and then went into the tent. |
8 And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake; all the trouble that had befallen them on the way, and [how] Jehovah had delivered them. | 8 Moses told his father-in-law about everything the LORD had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake and about all the hardships they had met along the way and how the LORD had saved them. |
9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to Israel; that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. | 9 Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the LORD had done for Israel in rescuing them from the hand of the Egyptians. |
10 And Jethro said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. | 10 He said, "Praise be to the LORD, who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from the hand of the Egyptians. |
11 Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily [he was] above them. | 11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly." |
12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God. | 12 Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God. |
13 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people; and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening. | 13 The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. |
14 And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening? | 14 When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, "What is this you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge, while all these people stand around you from morning till evening?" |
15 And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God. | 15 Moses answered him, "Because the people come to me to seek God's will. |
16 When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between one and another; and I make known [to them] the statutes of God, and his laws. | 16 Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me, and I decide between the parties and inform them of God's decrees and laws." |
17 And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good. | 17 Moses' father-in-law replied, "What you are doing is not good. |
18 Thou wilt be quite exhausted, both thou and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee: thou canst not perform it alone. | 18 You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone. |
19 Hearken now to my voice: I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Be thou for the people with God, and bring the matters before God; | 19 Listen now to me and I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people's representative before God and bring their disputes to him. |
20 and teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk, and the work that they must do. | 20 Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform. |
21 But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [them] over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens, | 21 But select capable men from all the people--men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain--and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. |
22 that they may judge the people at all times; and it shall be [that] they shall bring to thee every great matter, and that they shall judge every small matter, and they shall lighten [the task] on thee, and they shall bear [it] with thee. | 22 Have them serve as judges for the people at all times, but have them bring every difficult case to you; the simple cases they can decide themselves. That will make your load lighter, because they will share it with you. |
23 If thou do this thing, and God command thee [so], thou wilt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. | 23 If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied." |
24 And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said. | 24 Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he said. |
25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens. | 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. |
26 And they judged the people at all times: the hard matters they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged. | 26 They served as judges for the people at all times. The difficult cases they brought to Moses, but the simple ones they decided themselves. |
27 And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he departed into his land. | 27 Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and Jethro returned to his own country. |
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Our new Bosch 800-series DW will be installed tomorrow. What detergent and rinse aid do you recommend? Anything else I should know? |
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- Posted by Savvy.n.Tenacious (My Page) on Thu, Dec 19, 13 at 22:18
Hi sjhf, A lot depends on your water softness. I've had to really experiment with getting the right combo for our Miele, that doesnt etch the glassware or leave food residue/film on the dishes/pots/pans. We have a whole house softner, which softens down to less than 1. This greatly reduces the amount of detergent you need to use. I am also only interested in the least toxic, chemical laden products I can find. So if you want to go the "natural" route vs. the Cascade/Jetdry route you should specify. ~Savvy |
I use Quantum Finish tabs and Jet Dry in my KA DW and everything comes out great - I do have heated dry on mine. I used to use Cascade Complete powder but gave up on it after they removed the phosphates. |
- Posted by herring_maven (My Page) on Thu, Dec 19, 13 at 22:35
Ecover Natural Dishwasher Powder: see the link below. Somat Rinse Aid B1639: http://www.amazon.com/Somat-Rinse-Aid-Sparkling-Optimal-Drying/product-reviews/B000ASO878/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1/ |
Here is a link that might be useful: (not the tablets)
i use miele tabs and rinse aid |
It's a DW morning! We use Quantum Finish tabs and Jet Dry in our 800 Plus. Haven't used anything but since we installed it in March. Perfect results, better than expected, first time run and ever since. Love the quality and results. |
- Posted by sjhockeyfan (My Page) on Sat, Dec 21, 13 at 19:12
I ended up using the Finish Powerballs that came with the machine and it worked great. |
I only use Finish brand tabs in our Bosch 800-plus series DW. I tried some old Cascade I had, and it sudsed up a lot. I called Bosch, and they told me they only recommend Finish. I buy it at Costco for a very good price. I use the Finish rinse-aid, too. |
I'm in the process of researching this as well for a new Miele that will be installed next week. Our Costco only has the finish non-quantum version. The problem that some report on these is that you can't break down the tabs and it's a lot of very strong detergent...some use it only for highly soiled loads. I have both the finish quantum and non-quantum versions that I plan to experiment with. I'm also looking at: I'm also doing a lot of wine glassware, so I may end up preferring something w/glassware vs. regular loads vs. heavy soil loads. I just purchased and rec'd my Tach water hardness testing kit...That is step 1. BTW, people recommend that you scrape, but not pre-rinse, else the detergent will eat up the plates/glassware. -mark |
- Posted by herring_maven (My Page) on Sat, Dec 28, 13 at 0:33
markdavis: "I'm in the process of researching this as well for a new Miele that will be installed next week. "Our Costco only has the finish non-quantum version. The problem that some report on these is that you can't break down the tabs and it's a lot of very strong detergent...some use it only for highly soiled loads. "I have both the finish quantum and non-quantum versions that I plan to experiment with. "I'm also looking at: In other words, you are limiting your choices to what is on the shelf at your local supermarket. That's o.k., but it is a pretty severe limitation. "I'm also doing a lot of wine glassware, so I may end up preferring something w/glassware vs. regular loads vs. heavy soil loads. "BTW, people recommend that you scrape, but not pre-rinse, else the detergent will eat up the plates/glassware." We have VERY soft water in Portland (Oregon). That means that very aggressive dishwasher detergents will etch just about anything you put into the dishwasher. However, in our Miele dishwasher, we wash quality crystal wine stemware every night with Ecover powder dishwasher detergent. Some of our glasses have been through 2,000 or more cycles in our Miele dishwasher, without even a hint of etching. Nevertheless, our dishes come out of the dishwasher every morning spotlessly clean. |
I have a Miele dishwasher and use the following detergents and rinse aids: 1. Miele dishwasher tabs 2. Somat dishwasher tabs (from amazon) 3. Method Smarty tabs Plus. These are wrapped in plastic, come fragrance free and cannot be split. I usually find them at Target but I think Amazon has them too. They are different from the regular smarty tabs that are shaped like disks. The non Plus Method tabs did not work very well for me and left a scent. 4. Somat rinse aid 5. Miele rinse aid The rinse aids work equally well, are clear in color and leave no scent on the dishes. I never understood why other rinse aids have color. This collection of products have worked reliably for 8years in my Miele dishwasher. Good luck! |
- Posted by sjhockeyfan (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 11:41
For the last week, I have continued to use the Finish Powerball tabs (not the Quantum version) and only one spatula has failed to come out spotlessly clean (scrambled eggs ). I am intrigued by the comments to split the tabs in half. Was that just by experimentation that you found that half a tab works well and a whole tab just isn't necessary? |
@sjhockeyfan - I forgive the occasional hardened, dried egg and rice that won't come off spatulas & cooking spoons, but that's me. If it happened regularly, that would be another story. I have broken the PowerBall Tabs in half and it works fine on a small load. The biggest drama was whether to try to cut the red 'ball' in half, or decide which load gets it, sort of like like King Solomon. In the end, what works best for our smaller loads is the box of Finish powder. No more drama over that red ball (the enzymes?) and it works fine. |
I have a Miele and switched to the Miele tabs about 2 years ago at the recommendation of the service guy. I don't know if Bosh has a recommended item or a propriety soap. Definitely better than Cascade - maybe downstream, when I have time, I might try splitting them or trying something different. I also use the Miele rinse aid and sometimes Lemon shine I put all of my high end stemware (Riedel and Waterford) and so far they look just fine. I might look into Herrings ideas - sounds interesting |
- Posted by whirlpool_trainee (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 23:18
I like finish Quantum. Mine's the European stuff, though, with >30% phosphates. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Finish Quantum Test Video
I have a Miele in an area with water hardness around 25 (not hard). I use the Miele tabs and rinse aid. I typically use 1/2 tab on lightly soiled loads and a whole on heavy soil. Everything has come out very clean and no etching thus far (even with some cheap glass vases on a normal load). |
- Posted by kitchendetective (My Page) on Mon, Dec 30, 13 at 10:27
I have 2 eight year-old Bosches. They have the original sticker endorsing Cascade and Cascade Clear. Cascade has changed, and so has the performance of my dishwasher. I never even see Cascade Clear anywhere anymore. I have whole house soft water (no choice), and now I have two etched glasses. Why none of the others have etched is a mystery. To top it all off, occasionally our water company changes water supply resources, so the water goes from soft to much harder without notice and with no means for me to make any adjustments. I do not have access to the European Finish Quantum, nor would it be a good idea here, I fear. Still, I am frustrated that the heretofore miraculously performing Bosches no longer are. |
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Edwards, who began he new post on July 1, said he's thrilled to take on the leadership role for the district.
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Prior to this appointment, he helped Ruleville Central achieve a "successful" school performance label. The school also showed consistent academic improvements each year.
Before he began as principal, the Sunflower County School District was taken over by the Mississippi Department of Education and a state-appointed conservator was assigned.
During the 2012-2013 academic year, he successfully led the state mandated consolidation of Drew Hunter High School and Ruleville Central.
Under Edwards' transformative leadership, the school went from failing to successful in only two years.
He hopes to bring the same positive results to West Tallahatchie.
"I'm looking forward to meeting all the stakeholders and working collectively to achieve higher levels of academics success," said Edwards. "I'm naturally competitive so I'm looking forward to the educational challenges necessary to move this district to achievement levels higher than West Tallahatchie School District has ever attained.
"We want to be "winners" in the classroom. We want to be the best."
Edwards has already established a number of goals to help improve performance. These include: increase student achievement levels at every school by at least 10 percent in year one; increase student reading grade level by one grade level by the end of year 1; increase SATP passing rates by 10 percent in all four state tested areas; increase MCT2 advanced and proficient students by 10 percent; increase graduation rates by 10 percent; and decrease the student dropout rate by 10 percent.
Edwards, a graduate of Ruleville Central, excelled in athletics as a member of the baseball team. He said the transition out of town is bittersweet.
"I will miss the students the most," he said. "The relationships with students go back to my first year as a principal and now those students will be and juniors and seniors. I'm truly going to miss them.
"I will also miss the staff members and parents — especially those parents who were loyal to me as a person and a leader — and supporters who were unwaveringly dedicated to our alma mater."
He received his bachelor's degree from Mississippi Valley State University and his master's from Delta State University.
He earned his educational specialist and doctorate degrees from Mississippi State University.
Edwards is the oldest child of former superintendent of Sunflower County School District, Thomas Edwards Sr. and Ruleville Mayor Shirley J. Edwards.
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If you've ever wondered what it would be like to have one of your favorite household pets be human, then set your eyes on the Cat-Friend vs Dog-Friend video. The main premise of the skit shows to characters each play a dog and a cat as they interact with their friends and housemates.
Generally, you could say the two actors embody the furry critters to a tee. The cat friend takes on an anti-social, quiet and selfish persona while the dog-friend is an overtly friendly pal who is always excited to be by your side. Though in pet form, their behavior is completely acceptable and even expected, if any of your friends actually acted the way they did, such as casually sniffing your butt, I would doubt they would be your friends for too much longer.
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ELLE DECOR May 2009
Table of Contents
By Elle Decor Staff
30 Editor's Page
32 Our Crowd
This issue's contributors. By Kamala Nair
34 Mailbox
Our readers write
37What's Hot!
Dispatches from the world of design
42 Giorgio Armani takes Fifth Avenue. By Tim McKeough
46 Sensational stores from Dallas to New York
48 News Flash
50Design Dossier
Chic tents and much more. By Helen Yun and Lindsey Nelson
52Trend Alert
Captivating coral. By Anita Sarsidi
54Insider Trading
What's new in the showrooms
56 Shortlist
Catherine Malandrino plays favorites. By Charlotte Druckman
Diamonds meet David Lynch at Cartier's Miami bash. By Jim Shi
Architect Lee F. Mindel and artist Malcolm McLaren create a Hamptons happening. By Martha McCully
62 Appraisal
Garouste and Bonetti's neo-Baroque drama. By Mitchell Owens
66 Great Ideas
Outdoor living areas with indoor style. By Helen Yun
70Art Show
Laura Letinsky's haunting still lifes. By Vicky Lowry
76 ELLE DECOR's Guide to the 10 Most Gorgeous Garden Benches
Truth in Decorating: Designers Matthew Patrick Smyth and Amanda Nisbet rate these plein-air beauties. By Helen Yun
82 Daniel's Dish
Nothing stacks up like a club sandwich. By Daniel Boulud
86 ELLE DECOR Goes to Charleston
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162 Resources
Where to find it. By Alyssa Wolfe
166 Etcetera
Sturdy plates dish out summery style. By Anita Sarsidi
105 ELLE DECOR Style
106 Capital Idea
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114 The Secret Garden
Dealer and designer Richard Shapiro creates a lush neoclassical oasis in the middle of Los Angeles. By Anne Bogart
120 Escape Artist
Public-relations maven Marcy Engelman takes refuge in her airy loft-style apartment. By Martha McCully
124 American Revival
Decorator Victoria Hagan and architect Peter Pennoyer breathe life into a historic townhouse. By Samuel Cochran
132 Perfect Balance
Interior designer Alessandra Branca's Manhattan pied-à-terre weds practicality with panache. By Mimi Read
138 Shopping: The Quick Fix
The best summer housewares under the sun. By Anita Sarsidi
144 Life of the Party
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148 Northern Light
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I was contacted about an Etsy shop with some fun items that I could share with you! It is called Perlilla Pets and the shop owner is from Italy and makes several kinds of handmade items. She made the penguin cake toppers (above) to use as an adorable touch on top of a wedding cake!
"This adorable couple of bride and groom penguins is hand made in Italy from clay, for your wedding cake! Included in the listing there is a snow base full of glitter and decorated with white daisies, note that every flowers has a crystal inside! Figurines are not fixed to the base so you can choose to position them the way you like more. Penguin bride has a tulle fixed with flowers and a precious bouquet, penguin groom has a black bow, is already elegant because penguins always wear a tuxedo!"
Know someone who likes froggies? And is getting married? How about this cake topper?
"Frogs cake topper, cute, funny, unique, hand made in Italy with modelling clay for a wedding cake. It is rich of details, modelled with great care and passion, it requires many hours of work and I don't use molds. All subjects come from my fantasy and my drawings. In this pictures frog bride is wearing a white skirt and a veil with a bow and she has a bouquet of water lilies. Note that she has the lipstick and wears a ring! Groom has a grey jacket and a tie and he also wears a ring. They are so funny with their big round eyes!!"
And she makes Halloween houses, perfect for the upcoming season!
"This house is the second of a series of 3 wooden haunted houses hand painted and decorated by me, each one is unique, one of a kind, numbered and with a certificate of authenticity. Halloween House is lovingly handmade, it is very funny and rich of details and cute monsters…You will love it! The part in front of the house opens and reveals a small compartment and the word "Happy Halloween" as you can see in the last image."
She even does paintings of beloved pets!
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Though story and production details are still to be determined, Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is working with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ken Burns for a miniseries on Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion.
The HBO miniseries will be told in four to six parts and will be based on the book "Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson" — the same book Burns adapted into his Emmy-winning PBS documentary of the same name.
At its core this will be a look at race relations of that era.
Jack Johnson's knockout of Tommy Burns in 1908 gave him the heavyweight championship but sparked outrage among sportswriters — led by Jack London — who called for a "Great White Hope" to take back the championship.
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The Johnson-Jeffries fight, billed "The Fight of the Century," was held on July 4, 1910 in Reno, Nevada.
Johnson won the fight, knocking out Jeffries in the 15th round to retain his title. His victory sparked race riots around the country and captivated the world.
Hanks has been involved in numerous miniseries for HBO, including "From the Earth to the Moon," "Band of Brothers," and "The Pacific."


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Sean Chambers asked how we work with a published branch so I figured I'd post on the topic since it's a somewhat interesting one. It's not trivial and it took us a few tries to get it where it is now, and it's still not quite right.
The first step to using a published branch is to create the branch. You can do that like this:
svn cp https://yoursvnserver/svn/project/trunk \ https://yoursvnserver/svn/project/branches/published \ -m "Branching published"
After that, we actually check out the whole branch. It's very useful to have both the pubilshed branch and the trunk on one machine. Note that this isn't necessarily trivial, and its feasibility entirely depends on your build. Having a location agnostic build is a very important thing, and this is one of the reasons.
Now we have both trunk and published branches. We almost always do all of our work in trunk and then merge over to published. Jacob actually wrote a PowerShell script to make the merges easier (from merge.ps1):
param([int]$rev, [string]$reverse) if (!$rev) { echo "Merge.ps1 REV [REVERSE]" return; } if (!$reverse) { $branch = "Published" $url = "https://yoursvnserver/svn/project/trunk" } else { $branch = "Trunk" $url = "https://yoursvnserver/svn/project/published" } $previous = $rev - 1 $range = $previous.ToString() + ":" + $rev pushd $branch svn merge -r $range $url popd
The reason for doing most of the work in trunk is that often times any issues we run into on the published site will still be issues in the trunk. It makes sense to apply the work there first and then merge it over. The only time we patch published is when we need to apply a hack to make something work so that we can fix it the right way on the trunk later, or maybe that feature is completely different on the trunk and the fix would not apply. Of course this is dangerous and you have to be sure to remember to fix the underlying issue in the trunk before publishing from trunk again. Bug trackers help with that.
That brings us to publishing from trunk again. Merging everything from trunk into the published branch is a giant pain, and just won't work if you've applied many hacks to the published branch. I strongly advise against this. Instead, just start over:
svn rm https://yoursvnserver/svn/project/branches/published \ -m "Deleteing published branch" svn cp https://yoursvnserver/svn/project/trunk \ https://yoursvnserver/svn/project/branches/published \ -m "Branching published"
By nuking it and recopying it you can just svn up on your published branch and you'll have everything from trunk. For whatever reason, not removing it before copying it again caused us issues. I'd recommend this two phase approach.
Other things we learned in the course of this are the pros and cons of shared "stuff". We have at least 10 gigs of course content and a few other resources that don't need to be in the separate branches like our main trunk and published. We pulled those into their own repositories and keep them in shared directories so both installs can reference it. We also have a set of common build scripts between the two. This is both a good and a bad thing. It's good because it removes some duplication and it allows us to use a separate repo for these scripts (which is handy for some TC build configurations that only need the scripts, though I guess we could just checkout the scripts directory from trunk...) but it's bad because sometimes things will get out of sync. We'll make changes to the shared scripts, and fix the trunk, but it doesn't make sense or it's prohibitive to fix the published branch. You can see in the screen shot I posted our published branch is currently failing. This is likely why. I'd probably recommend keeping all build scripts branched so that you don't run into these sort of issues.
The next thing to worry about is the database. I mentioned that we use multiple databases on the build server. What I didn't mention is that we also use multiple databases on our dev machines. We usually have three. One for trunk, one for trunk tests and one for published. The trunk tests db is imported "light" so our tests run in 6 minutes instead of 14. The trunk db is a nearly full copy of the production db so we have data when we poke around the site on our dev machines. We have a ConnectionStrings.config that is generated from the database info you pass the build script. You can do something like: msbuild Default.msbuild /p:DatabaseName=published and it'd build with the appropriate connection string.
For web applications you also have to worry about IIS. We have two web applications configured in IIS. One for trunk and one for published. This allows us to easily switch between the two by just changing our port or vdir in our url. They have multiple virtual directories underneath them that point to our various shared directories.
I think that's most of the tips I can think of right now. Let me know if you have any questions about anything.
I've mentioned before how much I like TeamCity, but I didn't really talk about how we use it. Just recently Jacob completed some work on multiple build configurations that make our life much easier. I thought I'd go over them here to give you an idea of how we handle continuous integration here.
These configurations import database snapshots into the database they refer to. The only time we need to do this is if a bad migration runs, or we want to "refresh" the data inside the database.
It is important to note that we do not run CI - Trunk on a complete snapshot of the live database. When we do, it greatly increases the build time because our integration tests run significantly slower in a real database. Instead, we import a "light" database which contains all of the tables, but only the data from our static tables. The users, records, and anything else that grows as we get more and more users are just left empty. This means that we have zero sample data for these things during our integration tests, so we rely heavily on Fluent Fixtures to set up sample data.
The other two databases do run nearly complete copies of the live database (we exclude log tables basically), so we still get to test our migrations and our site on real data.
I'm completely enamored with this set of configurations. It makes so many things so painless. We still have room for improvement, managing all of the configuration differences in the sites is difficult. We also lack a one click live publish ability. We still follow a manual script for that, which is error prone and dangerous.
Jeremy has always been a bit of a sceptic when it came to the AutoMockingContainer, and he's not alone, apparently hammett isn't a fan either (any explanation hammett?). I could never understand why he's sceptical, but it looks like he's starting to get a little more curious as he's including an AMC in StructureMap 2.5.
There are a few interesting things in his implementation. The most noticeable difference is that he extends the MockRepository. This means you don't need two objects floating around, your MockRepository and your AutoMockingContainer, you just combine them. The biggest issue I see with that is you can't do things like this with HubServices:
_container.AddService(_container.Create<HubService>()); MyClass foo = _container.Create<MyClass>();
I do this all the time when I use hub services, since it is much easier to just use the real implementation of HubService as all it does is expose its child services as properties and those are the things I really want to mock.
I should also reiterate the benefits of using an AMC friendly test fixture that has instance helper methods for Create, Get, AddService, etc, and now I'm seeing people offload things like mocks.Record and mocks.Playback; I like this too. The "mocks.ClassUnderTest" is definitely too verbose for me.
The other big question I have to ask is... why have a StructureMap AMC? Why not just use the existing one? Yes, it uses Windsor behind the scenes, but that doesn't matter does it? If you're worried about your test dependencies I suppose it does, but are you? Don't get me wrong, I'd jump ship in a heartbeat to the StructureMap AMC if it was proven faster as a result of using StructureMap instead of Windsor, but I think that's about the only reason, since most features could easily be added to keep in parity. Especially now that the AMC has been so well maintained since it's a part of RhinoTools now.
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You can get Vim here, but I'd ultimately recommend ViEmu, a Vim emulator plugin for Visual Studio.
So here it is, finally. In this screencast I cover the very basics of Vim. It's about 9 minutes long. Obviously this is my first one, so please give me feedback so I can make the next ones better.
With Mingle 1.1 came several great new features, including date fields. Now you can track the date that you complete tickets by adding a Date Done field (along with a Complete transition that sets the Date Done field to today) and locking the Status field to be editable only by transition.
This works great for newly completed cards, but what about all the cards you already have in your system? Sure you could go without burn-up charts and date stats for those cards, but what's the fun in that?
Fortunately, Mingle tracks every card change in a history table. Each change in the history table has a date associated with it, so all we need to do is figure out how to extract the dates we care about. I must warn you, this is a little complicated, and I'm sure ThoughtWorks doesn't at all condone you mucking around in your Mingle database manually, so please please back up your database before attempting this and of course I'm not responsible for any damage you do. That said, here's how I was able to retroactively add dates for our two date fields: Date Done, and Date Published.
UPDATE eleutian_speakeng_cards SET cp_date_added = created_at UPDATE eleutian_speakeng_cards card SET card.cp_date_done = ( SELECT MAX(b.updated_at) FROM eleutian_speakeng_card_versions a INNER JOIN eleutian_speakeng_card_versions b ON a.number = b.number AND b.version=a.version+1 WHERE card.number = a.number AND (a.cp_status='Not Done' OR a.cp_status IS NULL) AND b.cp_status='Done' ) WHERE card.cp_status = 'Done' UPDATE eleutian_speakeng_cards card SET card.cp_date_published = ( SELECT MAX(b.updated_at) FROM eleutian_speakeng_card_versions a INNER JOIN eleutian_speakeng_card_versions b ON a.number = b.number AND b.version=a.version+1 WHERE card.number = a.number AND (a.cp_status IN ('Done', 'Not Done') OR a.cp_status IS NULL) AND b.cp_status='Published' ) WHERE card.cp_status = 'Published'
So now that you've got your dates in your database, how do you get the cool burn up chart? Like this (mold to your project):
{{ stack-bar-chart x-label-start: SELECT MIN('Date Added') x-label-end: Today x-label-step: 14 chart-height: 600 chart-width: 700 plot-height: 500 plot-width: 550 conditions: Type IN (Bug, Story, Task) three-d: true cumulative: true series: - label: 'Not Done' color: #e6a800 data: SELECT 'Date Added', COUNT(*) type: area - label: Done color: #1bcc00 type: area data: SELECT 'Date Done', Count(*) WHERE 'Date Done' IS NOT NULL - label: Published color: #0079bf type: area data: SELECT 'Date Published', COUNT(*) WHERE 'Date Published' IS NOT NULL }}
One of the first things we did when we got a dedicated development server was set up a continuous integration server. The natural choice at the time was CruiseControl.NET, so Jacob set off to get CC.NET installed and configured. I can't speak to that experience first hand, but I know it wasn't a fun one. Lots of XML hell and other non-fun issues. The end result wasn't too bad--it'd email us when builds failed with a log, and we could review logs on our CC.NET site. There was really nothing WOW about it--it got the job done. It was frustrating at times because the logs it spat out were difficult to visually parse; it was basically just a verbose msbuild log with a failure mixed in somewhere... and that was if we were lucky enough to get a text log and not have to filter through the build xml log. I'm sure there are some things we could have done to filter that log down, apply xslt to our build.xml to make it more readable, or configure things to be nicer, but I'm also sure it would have involved hard work and more XML hell.
Enter the free Professional Edition of TeamCity 3.0. We'd tried out TC briefly in the past and it seriously lacked in the .NET support arena. Now they tout support for msbuild (2.0 and 3.5), sln files from 2003-2008, and even a nifty .NET duplicate code finder. They also have some pretty slick support for NUnit which I'll get to in a moment.
I decided to give it a shot again, so I set up the TC server on our Ubuntu VM. Why there? Well that's where most of our server tools are: SVN, Mingle, FogBugz and now TC. But wait, aren't we a .NET shop? Yep. The build doesn't happen on our Ubuntu VM. See, TC is set up to have a server + build agents. A build agent is basically a machine that will check out code, do the build when the server tells it to, and report back results and artifacts to the build server. This way you can have multiple Build Agents--different Operating Systems, system configurations, physical locations, etc.
Installing both the Server and the Agent were relatively straight forward. There were a few annoyances with the Agent's configuration (like I couldn't get it to use a network drive as a working directory and it took some tweaking to get things to work with our directory structure,) but after a while I got things up and running.
Setting up a build configuration in Team City is an absolute breeze. You basically have a 7 step Q&A about your configuration:
Once you get things set up, you get to see the really cool stuff. TeamCity is just packed full of nerdgasm features that just work out of the box. No need to scour the web for plugins, deal with XML, or anything like that. Things just work. For example, you get full status of the build while it is happening--you can see what MSBuild step the build is on, you can see the important messages in the Build Log (it filters them quite intelligently), you can even see what threads/processes are running. If you use their NUnit runner you can even see how many tests have passed/failed/been ignored.
That's not all you can see with their test runner though. You also get a full history of each test--how long each test took each time it was run, and if one fails you can see in what build it first failed, if it has been fixed yet, and you can even click to open it in your IDE if you have the Visual Studio plugin installed. The Tests tab even orders your tests by Duration so you have an idea which tests you may need to optimize.
Then there's the Statistics tab. This tab is a one stop shop for build health. You can see how long the build takes, how often it succeeds, how many tests you have, how many fail and even how big the artifacts are. You can see our build #s jump when we switched from a counter to SVN revision.
If there aren't enough features for you, don't worry, like with most JetBrains products you can extend them to your hearts content. That is if you can stomach the lack of API documentation (surprisingly, normal usage documentation is pretty good). One of our guys is working on a Campfire Notification plugin at the moment so we can get better build notifications in our Campfire. That's another post though.
All in all, we're very happy with TeamCity. It's just as free as CC.NET for a team of our size, it's much much easier to set up, and it has way more features. How could you go wrong? I'm sure its only a matter of time before we start to see rake runners, MBUnit test runners, and many other things to make TC even better. JetBrains has a winner here.


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First, there was this…
That was already Bane-ish enough, leading opponents to conclude that Justin Tuck would execute more than a mere sack. He would also kidnap the quarterback, and hide him deep in an underground lair.
Now what's Tuck wearing? Here's his new facemask according to Uni Watch, and it's been enhanced for extra freakishness…
The diagonal bars overlapping the horizontal bars add that extra bit of "don't you ever god damn touch me you little man" to Tuck's on-field presence.
After suffering a neck injury during a preseason game last August, Tuck found that opposing linemen who were aware of his nagging ailment would often get their fingers stuck in his mask and yank his head sideways, which definitely wasn't intentional at all. Knowing that targeting another players' injury is a strategy that's been around football about as long as end zones, goal posts, and tackling, Tuck took the required measures to minimize the opposition's opportunity to hone in on his neck.
"We're just trying to give people not as much surface to be able to grab my face mask," he told the Newark Star-Ledger last fall.
So now Tuck has the ultimate reinforced face bar forest. We hear that it's also wired to shock any opposing player who comes into contact with the bars, and Tuck has to punch in an access code before he slides it onto his head.


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This past week on VH1′s "Tool Academy," the dudes were taught humility by admitting their deepest fears about their relationships and prancing around in tutus. However, their girlfriends have been trying to put them in their place since the season began by withholding sex. Granted, none of those bros deserve a piece of their girl's promise land, since they've been complete bastards, but if these ladies are willing to stand by their jerky boyfriends while they man up, what's the point of not having sexy times?! It simply turns sex into a control issue. However, these "Tool"-ettes are not alone in their belief that keeping their legs closed for business will bring about a positive change in their love life. The question is, does denying what you both need — sex — get you what you want — a good relationship?
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Will the film of Dave Eggers' best-selling memoir be as heartbreakingly, staggeringly genius as the book? With the screenplay being completed and a director signing on, we're a lot closer to finding out. Nick Hornby and D.V. DeVincentis (who collaborated on the movie version of Hornby's novel ''High Fidelity'') are polishing the script while producers finalize a deal with ''Boys Don't Cry'' director Kimberly Peirce. ''Kimberly approached me and said, 'I know this isn't obvious, but I want to do it,''' producer Lynn Harris says. ''Her passion persuaded us.''
Meanwhile, the notoriously protective Eggers has also been involved in the screenwriting process. In one scene in the book, he imagines flying with his brother Christopher. ''We're worried people will get bored. But Dave insists we can't cut it,'' says Hornby. ''We want to make sure he's happy with what we're doing, not just because of our respect for the book, but because it involves his family. And of course, Dave's a bright guy. He's a sophisticated control freak.''


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May 10, 2011 9:43 PM by Nancy Chen
Local vineyard owners heard from the state today about possibly declaring a state of emergency after some damaging temperatures.
An April frost brought hail and freezing rain two nights in a row to the Paso Robles area.
Thousands of acres lost grape buds, which could mean 50 percent of this year's crop.
Early estimates of damage could run as high as $80 million.
Vintners met today to discuss ways to fight the effects of that April frost.
There are about 25,000 acres of rolling vineyards in Paso Robles, and about 15 to 20,000 acres of those were affected at some level by the frost, according to Lowell Zelinski, the owner of a vineyard management company.
And from just two days?
"Yes, but it was a long two days," said Joe Irick, who owns two vineyards in Paso Robles and says his damages could total a hundred grand.
The frost happened at the vines' most vulnerable stages.
"The vines had started to grow, and the frost killed all the new growth, so now they had to start all over again," Zelinski said.
That's why vitners say the situation is dire.
More than 30 percent of growers have to be affected in order for the governor to declare an emergency. They say that's very likely the case.
"We actually surveyed the people in the room, and I asked how many people had frost damage in their vineyards, and everybody in the room raised their hands," Zelinski said.
The agriculture commissioner can recommend to Governor Jerry Brown that he declare a state of emergency, and if Brown makes that choice, it could mean federal government assistance for people who have been affected.
Vitners won't know for sure how bad the damage is until harvest time, which usually happens in October.
He says this season will go down in history with an ominous title.
"The year with no grapes," Zelinski said. "And if there's no grapes, there's no wine."
Vitners aren't the only ones who could be hurt by this year's deep freeze, which is one of the worst in recent history. It could also end up affecting tourism, one of the area's biggest industries.
But Irick says it's just Mother Nature, and he's already planning ahead.
"It's just something you roll with the punches," he said. "2011 is not looking very good, but you start planning for 2012, 2013."
However, it got moved to November this year because of that April freeze, which could create even more problems.
"We have frost potential in November, also," Zelinski said. "So the worst possible scenario, you'd have frost in the spring, which delayed harvest, and you have frost in the fall, when you're trying to harvest."
Both tourism and agriculture labor could see influences from that frost in the years to come.
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Tips for Donating a Car to Charity
A charity that uses a donated vehicle for transportation or hauling goods obviously benefits directly from such a donation. However, in many cases donated cars will be sold en masse, either by the charity itself or by a dealer to raise funds for the charity. In the case of a dealer, the charity generally receives a flat fee per car, sometimes as little as $45 per car.
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Bradley County and the city of Cleveland will enter into a six-month contract to provide full animal control services outside the city limits.
Bradley County commissioners voted 10-1 to accept the offer of six months for $120,000 during a special called meeting Tuesday.
Second district Commissioner Ed Elkins was the lone dissenting vote. Elkins said he received several calls from people who said they only want the county to spend money on a long-term solution.
He said going with the six-month option leaves less funding for developing a long-term solution.
Commissioner J. Adam Lowe, Jeff Yarber and Bill Ledford were absent. Yarber said in Monday's work session that he would be unable to attend the special called session due to prior plans with his children. Chairman Louie Alford previously mentioned Ledford was having health issues.
The Cleveland City Council voted Monday to accept the option, or a three-month option at $75,000. During a meeting of an ad hoc committee, established to develop a short-term solution, the six-month option had been discussed as a better option to provide stability for city animal control employees.
Fourth district Commissioner Charlotte Peak-Jones shared with the Commission the results of an informal Facebook survey she conducted which shows 65 percent of respondents in favor of the Commission supporting a nonprofit service to fill the need.
Seventh District Commissioner Bill Winters said that by approving the six-month option, the Commission was saving $5,000 a month. He said it also gives the Commission six months to decide what it wants to do.
Applause filled the room after the Commission's vote. Residents concerned about lost pets and strays have spoken before the Commission and to individual commissioners about the need for action to be taken.
The former long-term contract for animal control with the city expired on June 30 when it was not renewed.
A long-term solution for animal control outside the city limits has not been adopted. The county has requested proposals from nonprofit groups to fill the need. The deadline for proposals is Thursday.


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I have 12 years of civil microstation experience. - and some basic autocad.
How long takes to learn civil3d and be productive, pass the certification exams...
Are you familiar with Rick Ellis, dvd course on cd3 ?
learning time on c3d depends on if you understand other civil progs. If just "mapping" skills from one to the other, less time.
The wonderful thing about C3D is that the more you know it, the more workarounds you must invent.
I'm still wondering how to deal with data reference objects that I need for design, in a base file, but do not want them xreffed to the sheets. You can make no-show, or freeze, but they still cause the "synchronizing references" activity in the sheets whish majorly slows things down. I currently just dref surfaces, do things with them using tools we wrote, then detach.
How in the world do people work that must keep the surfaces attached to bases?
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you keep 1 "base" drawing that is 2d, and has no references in it. Then x-ref that drawing into others to create your surfaces, profiles etc. The "plot drawings" pretty much just have the 2d base plus the data shortcuts required for each.
Almost need a flow chart so you don't end up with circular references.
This really sounds more confusing than it is.
well, the root problem is the idea of sharing data via an object in a drawing.
Those objects are heavy, and load on open, not just when you need them.
Almost any other system would work better, Autodesk should have loked at this closer in the beginning, but was so caught up in the idea of dynamic objects, that sharing issues were left unattended. Now we have this conflict.
The answer is to make data external, and available, but not accessed til needed.
So maybe share data via some different type of attachment, not xref, and not dref.
Then allow users to make objects from data if desired.
Most of the time, data is invisible though (labeling of elevations in plan, profiles are not present for grading plans).
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have four of them and they work very well . the rest of my lump is stored in the shedShiff said:I have 2 of those same bins that you mentioned - I think they have a Kingsford label on them. They will hold about 10 pounds each.