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VanessaMiamiHairBlackNormal HairColor Treated HairThick or Coarse HairColorfix Confusion.I WANT TO MAKE SURE SKEPTICS READ THIS!
My natural hair is a mousy brown (not too light not too dark) and I've dyed it every shade of burgundy, brown and last but not least the dreaded black shade that makes us all look older, not cute. I liked the black because people told me it would look good as I am super white but I was over it two months later.
Anyways I did my research and stumbled upon Colorfix and ended up going to pick it up at my local Sallys and the lady told me it was great but to leave out the third bottle because since I already had natural dark hair it would only make it darker.
I applied a third of bottle #1 and a third of #2 and used a hair dye brush all over, I checked my hair every 10 minutes and I definitely saw the black COMPLETELY FADE! I left it overall for one hour and washed like crazy with my regular shampoo mixed with some dish soap. I need to stress the fact that this product has to be washed out thoroughly or it will darken "on its own". Wash wash and wash!!!! Since I found that some parts where a little darker brown I applied another third of the bottles and mixed with a little bit of shampoo (massaged into the roots and sides which were the darkest of all) and left it only for 40 minutes this time but by the time I washed everything looked a great shade of brown with honey highlights I guess you could say?
I am one of those who, however, took it upon themselves to dye right after and my hair went right back to dark (but with red highlights since i used medium red dye.)
One week later I'm going to buy another box of Colorfix and repeat the process but won't dye until a week after of maybe more we'll see! I'll probably write again once that's done
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LeesaHairBlackColor Treated HairBottle Black HairI bought Color Fix along with some hair dye at Sally's so I could get to back to as close to my original medium brown hair color. I went home and used 1 application of color fix, also used a cap and dryer for about 30 min. rinsed shapooed and it worked great! I now had dark red hair! so I wanted to go lighter and I repeated and once again it worked and looked cute! However I wasnt going for the red look I wanted close to my natural color so I dyed my hair a little bit darker than my original color as I knew it would fade and look perfect with time. After I washed my hair color I was back at square 1, MY HAIR WAS JET BLACK AGAIN with a different color root! so I had to go back and buy another box hoping that I can get that reddish color back and be happy that it was no longer black but I now have orange roots and auburn hair with patches and streaks of god knows what color!
So yes use it but DO NOT dye your hair after! I wish I would have left it the red color it better than what I came out with the second time around! I really have no idea how Im going to fix this mess maybe dark brown or back to black again! Hope this helps I wish someone would have told me not to dye it right ater because it would just go back to black and end up a mess!
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SarahHairBlondeColorfix Cured My Color Oops!First here is what I did to need to use this product and how I used it:
I died my hair with a lvl 40 developer to go blonde, the problem: I accidentally used a N base which brought out the red tones in my hair. Hate the strawberry blonde so i mistakenly thought if I re-dyed it with a violet it would make the nasty color go away. Boy was I wrong! So did i ton of research to find out exactly what I needed to do and found this product recommended by professional colorists. I used the product for 30 minutes with a blowdryer periodically. Made sure to wash my hair like 5 times before continuing, no conditioner used yet. I DID do step 3. Yes, it made it a little darker but it was definitely needed. Anyhow one website I found said to use this product exactly as directed then apply the toner (dye + lvl 10 developer) directly on wet hair after rinsing step 3. Did that, waited about 30 min. and washed it out. My hair felt horrible afterwards so I used a treatment on my hair: 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup olive oil, 2 egg yolks. It got everywhere so just be prepared for that. Kept it on for about 30 min, washed it out with shampoo and applied conditioner as well. My hair afterwards was in better condition than when I started and my color came out just the way I wanted because I removed a bulk of the dye and applied an ash base toner.
After reading many of the reviews on here I think somepeople quite frankly messed up their hair even more without using step 3. Yes it makes it darker...temporarily. one of the primary ingredients is hydrogen peroxide which has the opposite effect on hair so for those of you who decide to not use this step good luck trying to re-fix your oops.There is a reason the manufacturers say to use step 3, so use it. Secondly those who have complained about it not leaving it back to the normal color most likely no longer had their normal color to begin with. If they used anything other than a lvl 10 developer with a permanent dye (not semi) dont expect it to return to normal. People need to understand how color is applied and how it works with your natural tones before bashing this product.posted Nov 16, 2012Link to this post -
MimiValdosta, GAHairColor Treated HairColor Fix Makes Your Hair Smell Like Garbage!I bought this product yesterday at Sally's for 20.00 to use on my daughters hair that was previously dyed red and was fading so she wanted it back to her natural brown. So i went out bought this product, rushed home to get her hair back to the way she wants it. As soon as I started mixing the product It almost instantly stunk up my house with this fart, rotten egg smell... It was disgusting. So i continued with the directions and applied it to my daughters hair waited 20 min and washed it out. It stained my bath tub, and her hair smelled burnt. Than in the box it gives you a lotion but when I opened it to put it on her hair it was clear and almost like water ...How do you call this a lotion???? It was a mess. So than i let that sit in her hair for five min and washed it out. I can say it removed all the red and even lightened her hair color about 2 shades lighter than her normal color but she was ok with the outcome. >>.....Today she went to school with her new look and came home very upset because ppl were saying she smelled like rotten eggs and questioning when she last took a shower. This was very upsetting for her and myself of course... What can we do to get that smell out of her hair??? I wouldnt recommend this product to anyone unless they were willing to stay home for a week.posted Oct 3, 2012Link to this post
KaylaHairNormal HairDont Buy! Unless You Want To Fry Your Hair!The title says it all! I bought this wanting to remove hair dye gone wrong from my hair. I followed all the instructions, did what I had to, and boom! My hair was fried! It was so dry and a mess. I originally bought it thinking that it would be great considering every review was 5 stars. But this product really disappointed me.posted Oct 2, 2012Link to this post
JessicaWashington, DCHairLight BrownOily HairCurly HairColor Treated HairChemically Treated HairThe Best Thing To Ever Happen To People Like Me :d Keep Step 3!!!Alright so I've read dozens of articles before buying this product, and let me tell you.
It's gonna change my life. Alright so let me tell you how this actually works and why you silly people need to leave in the last step. The first two bottles contain mostly a chemical ionizing agent that shrinks hair dye molecules, it damages your hair- but not too much, certainly. The reason your hair is darkening with the peroxide is because you don't wash your hair long enough afterwards. The dye molecules must be COMPLETELY washed out for good results. wash your hair for ATLEAST 15-20 minutes with cool, then warm water. shampoo with a clarifying shampoo (to kill the odor; use some dish soap in the shampoo) atleast 3 times. This will darken the hair SLIGHTLY. then use the processing lotion-which wont darken your hair at all if you've rinsed it properly, then condition like hell.
-now I'll tell you of my experience---------------------------------------------
I have natural dirty blonde hair. for 6 years ive been dying it every two months. for 4 of those years, the back was black and I had some white blonde in the front. Then in march this year, I needed a job and had to dye it a natural color. My mother being a redhead, I decided on red. I purchased tons of bleach and did maybe 3 unsuccessful bleachings.
and I mean amazingly unsuccessful.
The top and first 2.5 inches were white, the next 5 inches a bright, bright orange, and the bottom still black. I then dyes a dark red over the whole thing and have been using sally's and drugstore red dyes ever since.
I then wanted to go blonde, but the former bleach tragedy had been holding me back.
Enter the one n only colorfix.
I bought this thinking it would make the formerly white and orange parts a very bright orangey yellow and the black my natural dark blonde.
oh how wrong i was, somehow it managed to make my whole head an even light golden brown, which did not fade after the third step.
I plan on dying up to a dark neutral blonde in the next couple of days, then highlighting it to make it look like avril lavigne's current color, then adding pink.
But I am BEYOND SATISFIED and shockingly pleased with this product, and I suggest it all to everyone
and REMEMBER TO WASH THOROUGHLY
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TanyaHairBlackNormal HairColor Treated HairGrr Awful !!!!!!!!!!i dyed my hair black a month ago and wanted to dye lighter, so i used colorfix to strip the old dye! it work to take the black out so far to a nasty orange color... i used it twice in two days i skipped part three. BUT! now my hair is going darker again about a dark brown!! i used exactly like the box said! it might work for some people but for me it was nothing but a waist of TIME and MONEY..
after 3 days the smell just got WORSE!! i have to wear my hair up cuz the smell makes me sick every time i smell it, wasn't bad at first but now its horrible! :'(( to scared to dye anything over it now for the fear of it going EVEN darker back to jet black!! ill never by this product again!! i hope its works for other people but it was and is a nightmare for me!!posted Sep 16, 2012Link to this post -
JasmineHairLight BrownDry HairCurly HairYou Get What You Pay ForFirst let me say this product saved me a lot of embarrassment. colored my hair with a dye labeled "medium neutral brown" and got JET blue- black. Anyway I was mortified so Colorfix was suggested to me at Sally's. It works, but my only gripe is it took me 3 applications at 20 mins each to lift my color about 3-4 shades. I didn't want to use that much because it is DRYING. So I guess for $13 I can't complain. The "slight color correction" method took my jet black hair to a dark brown.WHAT YOU WILL GET AFTER USING COLORFIX:: orange roots for the first few hours that slowly neutralize, and a significantly darker color when you wake up the next morning ---->this is why I had to use 3 applications. But I'd rather have dry hair than be embarrassed to leave my house.posted Sep 15, 2012Link to this post
Sara O.Prince AlbertHairColor Treated HairI Love This Product! ButSO, it does smell bad, horrible, open your windows or do it outside! the first time i used this product was on dyed black hair, it hardly budged, maybe to a dark brown, i dont think i had done it right this round. i been dying my hair red for a LONG time with directions and manic panic. i decided i wanted to go blue but knew red was horrible to get rid of. i was washing it out every day, i tried a vitamin c and shampoo fade trick, which worked but only on the olderparts of my hair. i really wanted to dye it blue and i wanted to dye it now, i was tired of having to fade it, it was a week and most my hair was still bright red! i tried a bleach strand hoping the red was taken out enough to bleach, no such luck. i decided to try this product again, not having super high hopes. i know its meant for certain hair dye, but i wanted to try this i used a whole bottle and put a bag over my head and blow dryed twice. well that was in my hair i looked for videos on youtube which was more discouraging. after 20 mins was up i took the bag off my head and HOLY WOW i was blonde! and i mean my hair was fire truck red! it removed almost all the red from my hair, im not a yellow gold peachy pink head. i want to bleach this to finally get it light, HOWEVER. the people at sally's said DO NOT USE DEVELOPER ON YOUR HEAD after this product. for TWO STINKIN WEEKS. i tried to find out why online and cant find it. so i take it this product stays in your hair for awhile, or just is really damaging. i am giving it a week before bleaching it anyway, i dont want to be peach head forever! if you want to use this i think you should fade your hair for a good while, maybe even crush up 20 vitamin C tablets and mix it with shampoo, leave that in your hair for 30 mins, then i waited two three days and did this. something i did must of made this product work. ill post hair pics of before and after, before is with the vitamin c fade trick, after is with my hair after color fix try, it looks abit darker on cell phone its more of a golden lemonaid blonde and pink. still pretty happy it worked as well as it did!posted Sep 14, 2012Link to this post
ChristinaUnited StatesHairBlondeNormal HairOily HairColor Treated HairFine or Thin HairGreat Results, But Super SmellyI bought this product because I wanted to return to my natural hair color: a medium blonde, from dark red. All I can say is that people aren't joking about the smell, it smells like rotten eggs. Mind you, this is only one of the bottles of chemical, and when mixed with the other bottle, the smell becomes tolerable with only an underlying rotten egg smell. However, the longer it's processing, the more the rotten egg smell returns. And it sticks around for days. The first day, I had to wear my long hair back because the smell of it was making nauseous. It's day two and the smell is still there, but less potent. REALLY hoping it goes away soon. Also, the product left my hair super dry which is making it tangle a lot, so I've had to deep condition and put two different leave in conditioners in it, just to make my hair feel like hair and not straw. Despite that, it's STILL dry. I left the product in for 30 minutes, and my result was a beautiful golden blonde that I love. Towards the ends of my hair, the red held on a bit still, but the product busted up most of the red pigment down there, and completely all of it at the top of my hair. Overall, the end result was a beautiful gradient from medium golden blonde to dark blonde at the bottom. Very happy, I just wish the smell would go away quicker.posted Sep 5, 2012Link to this post
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It seems somebody got KO'd but good later in the video, no doubt the product of a cheap shot. Spokane is a Texas Rangers affiliate and Rangers GM Jon Daniels already went on the record with an apology. One can only assume that means a Rangers farmhand is extremely culpable in this event. Get out ahead of the lawsuits, my legal team always insists.


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When she talked about those tribulations back in 1937, her feeble voice crackled with both age and emotion. With over 70 years separating then from now, the grief still lingered but wisdom had covered it like moss on a riverbank.
In those days, the poor were really poor, their back bones hollow from lack of food and their brows heavy with the kind of worry that will drive a man to an early grave. Some did die, leaving behind poor, fragile widows and a passel of half-starved young'uns to cry mournfully over their raggedy remains. Around those hand-dug graves filled with rough, hand-hewn pine boxes, folks gathered to pray and sing "Amazing Grace" as it rained. It always rained. Their lives, it seemed, were filled with rain.
"Lookin' back," she said softly, "The Lord knowed what he was doin'."
But back then, it didn't seem like that at all. She married young at 16, the handsome boy, Scotch-Irish just like her, that she would love till death put it asunder 75 years later. Those first years were hard not only in body but in spirit as they tried to form a life among the Depression-smothered foothills of the Southern Appalachians.
In detail she recalled it all on that morning she telephoned early. "Somethin' just told me to call you," she said. "I hate to hinder you 'cause I know you're always so busy but I just wanted to talk to you."
Because I have sadly learned that time with loved ones can be fleetingly short, I, without hesitation, sat down on a step on the stairway with a cup of coffee and settled into an hour's long conversation. I shrugged off deadlines, project negotiations and business calls for something more urgent, more important. For she knew things about our family that, if she didn't tell me then, might be gone forever should God call for her before he does for me.
Aunt Ozelle was Mama's oldest sister. She recently died at 93, after outlasting all those who knew her when she was a child or when she was dewy with youth. Through all her living, she had seen a lot of life, the good, the bad, the sad and the happy. Somehow for some reason, we started in on the sad that morning.
For over 60 years, she taught Sunday School and she lived what she taught. She was such a Bible scholar that even preachers, including my daddy, often sought her guidance on understanding a scripture. She would tell you, plain and simple, it was her faith that under-girded her and took her down through the sometimes rough journey of life.
Back in 1937, the newly weds struggled just to stay alive, she said, while living in a little rented house on someone else's farm. Foxes ate all their chickens, their beloved collie dog disappeared, a little heifer that Paw-paw had given them for milk and butter caught its head between a post and the floor and choked to death. The day before her first baby was born, in desperation, Aunt Ozelle dropped to her knees and prayed.
"I asked that God's will be done. Whatever that was."
The next day, she struggled through long, arduous childbirth as a midwife attended. Finally, the baby was born, cried, took her first breath then moments later took her last breath.
"I couldn't be angry with God and I wasn't. I had asked that his will be done."
Thirteen months later, a healthy baby boy was born. Two months later, he died of instant pneumonia.
"I carried the greatest burden in my heart but looking back, I know God knew what he was doin'. I don't know how we would have fed those children. Times were so hard."
It is the legacy of my family, both that of humble, poor beginnings and steadfast faith. May we never forget where we've been or what brought us through.
Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of "What Southern Women Know About Faith." Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her free weekly newsletter.
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employers are choosing to adopt the cloud to modernize their organizations and keep up with advances in the digital age. Experts agree that cloud computing services offer users greater flexibility to manage company files and business applications. The cloud is also a cost-effective way to back up data in an emergency. Decision-makers who store documents in the cloud are assured that information will be easy to recover and remain protected from cybercriminals, as long as the proper measures are installed.
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Although some business owners are wary of entrusting confidential files to cloud vendors, a new survey from CloudPassage found that many IT departments have become less concerned about risks associated with cloud computing. About 80 percent of 200 polled IT professionals said they use some form of the cloud - public, private or hybrid - to keep their companies running, Dark Reading reported.
Thirty-six percent of respondents admitted that they take advantage of the cloud to run sensitive applications, and 70 percent said their companies are making plans to adopt it in 2013.
Despite the cloud's growing acceptance, 70 percent of respondents cited network security as the biggest inhibitor for adoption, followed by 45 percent who were concerned about regulatory compliance and 38 percent who said they were worried about losing control of data, the source reported.
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Although a lack of security controls may cause employers distress, those who choose to implement the cloud into their businesses' infrastructures may not be doing enough to ensure data protection and prevent loss. According to a separate survey conducted by the IT recruitment firm Robert Half Technology (RHT), 84 percent of 250 polled IT executives said they had concerns about security, however, 55 percent did not analyze safeguard procedures offered by cloud providers, according to the U.K. technology source Computing. The report also found that 10 percent of decision-makers did not put measures in place to protect devices from cyber threats.
Experts suggest that employers invest in anti-malware software and firewalls to minimize the risk of breaches. They should also communicate with cloud vendors to determine the type of security provided by the service and negotiate with providers if any procedures need to be improved.
Passwords and two-factor authentication should also be employed to protect from hackers. Individuals are encouraged to learn about methods cybercriminals may use to compromise a network, and be cautious when opening suspicious emails. If a professional accidentally clicks a link found in a message, a hacker may be able to control a computer and exploit information.
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March 2012Indexx Acquires Crowson
GREENVILLE, SC—Indexx, an integrated communications company specializing in printing, marketing, publishing and fulfillment solutions, is expanding its services in the Columbia, SC, market with the assets purchase of Crowson Stone Printing. Day-to-day operations at Crowson Stone will continue without interruption as the details of the transfer take place. No layoffs are anticipated.
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Horrible, horrible film that really shouldn't have been made. Character, plot, scenes, make-up, nothing was given more than 5 minutes of thought: www.dogatemywookie.co.uk/?p=20227
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"Romance Romance" is the sort of musical you want very much to be able to like. To begin with, it's American. We don't get too many of those.
Second, it's literate: one of its acts is based on a 19th-century Viennese model, the other on a 19th-century French one. Lastly, it's the creation of people with obvious talent.
For all its virtues, "Romance Romance" is a show that keeps you at a distance.
The first act, called "The Little Comedy," is based on a story by Arthur Schnitzler, a novelist whose understanding of modern neuroses was admired by his contemporary Sigmund Freud. The story is about two jaded, upper-class Viennese who disguise themselves as "simple people" to rediscover the thrill of unsophisticated love.
Ultimately, the material is arch and clever. You don't feel you're rediscovering simple affection. Rather, you feel you're being let in on a joke.
Moreover, Barry Harman, who wrote the book and lyrics, retains Schnitzler's device of telling his story in letters. This makes the characters seem narrators rather than participants in their own drama.
Harman's lyrics are smart, Keith Herrmann's music bubbly and ardent. Sometimes the music has the proper lilt, but sometimes its "pop" style jars with Steven Jones' witty period costumes or Steven Rubin's elegant sets.
I don't know the Jules Renard play on which the second act is based, but I suspect it has a charm this updated version lacks. Instead of turn-of-the-century France, we are in the Hamptons, where charm is not in abundant supply. We watch a man and woman, who seem happily married to two other people, taunt one another about their fidelity.
There is something distasteful about watching two people seduce each other so nastily. While many of their observations about contemporary life are true, they have a glibness that makes you dislike both characters rather than sympathize with their yearning for each other.
Scott Bakula is a terrific leading man, more suitable, though, to the Hamptons than to Old Vienna. He does an especially rich job with a simple, powerful song, "Words He Doesn't Say."
Alison Fraser, an extremely versatile singer, gives in too readily to the unpleasantness of both her characters.
Deborah Graham and Robert Hoshour are appealing in supporting roles. The production is smoothly directed and choreographed.
Is it inevitable that a show called "Romance Romance" has to be about cynicism and disenchantment rather than anything as basic as love?
As Michael Feinstein, piano at hand, is rhetorically asking these Broadway nights, "Isn't It Romantic?" We have been assured for so long that what we as people, and our theater as theater, have been lacking is a sense of the Romantic. So perhaps, as the world turns, Romance is just waiting around the corner, waiting patiently for another spin.
That's the gamble being taken by the producers of "Romance/Romance," a double-dollop of the romantic spirit, laced with a little cynical skepticism, which last night at the Helen Hayes Theater completed the trek from an Off-Broadway showcase to a Broadway opening.
The two separate but related one-acters - with book and lyrics by Barry Harman and music by Keith Herrmann - are intimate musicals, reducing spectacle to the bare bones of four actors and two settings. "Starlight Express" it isn't.
Nor is it Romance with the swashbuckling confidence of composer Sigmund Romberg, or even the smooth, cigaret-lighting, smokey charm of actor Paul Henreid. "Romance/Romance" is about people searching for Romance, not people who have it. Which is perhaps modern, and perhaps sad.
Just as the evening is a pair of sketches, the show's joys and disappointments are equally mixed. The book, and perhaps even, admittedly to a lesser extent, the lyrics by Harman, are neat, adroit, and wittily pertinent.
They very successfully suggest, in literary terms, romance for our time: this new romance of seekers rather finders, this romance for the have-nots rather than the haves.
But unfortunately Keith Herrmann's music never take off and flies. It trickles when it should gush, murmurs when it should shout, and is musically unmemorable and emotionally inaudible throughout an evening that seemed longer than it was.
Harman has done his job well; he just needed a George Gershwin, or, better yet, a Kurt Weill, to complete it. Each of the musicalets in "Romance/Romance" has been given a piquant source.
The first, "The Little Comedy," is based on a short story by the Viennese writer Arthur Schnitzler, author of "La Ronde," "Anatole," etc., and an expert in love on the ironic side.
Here we have two jaded Viennese at the turn of this century: a young woman accustomed to be kept by her lovers in style, and a man of independent means, accustomed to maintaining just such keeping.
Tired and bored with love's recurrent patterns, he decides to pose as a penniless poet, while she, also wanting variation, sets aside her finery and steps out on the town as a simple seamstress.
They meet on the Prater, and have a torrid affair, given a naughtily delicious twist of difference by their twin deceptions - which, and this provides the sketch with its diverting epistolarial form, they relate delightedly in letters written to their respective friends, his in Venice, hers in Paris.
The second musical sketch, "Summer Share," is a scene of love among the yuppies in the upwardly mobile oceanic reaches of The Hamptons. But this too has a classic background, for it is based on Jules Renard's play "Pain de Menage."
Renard, like Schnitzler an expert on the ambiguous working of contemporary romance, was a prolific French novelist who died at the age of 44 in 1910. The man's complete works were published in 16 volumes, but today he is really only remembered for that wonderful 1932 Julien Duvivier movies "Poil de Carotte," based on Renard's autobiographical tale of growing up with his father.
Harman has taken "House Bread" and given it this Wonderloaf-style contemporary baking in the Hamptons, with two couples sharing a beach cottage.
Both couples are happily married, but the special zing has departed from the marital bond. Two of the partners, who have been platonic friends since high school, appear to find in one another the romance they miss in their respective, and seemingly staid, spouses.
Harman's own staging is efficient, and the scenery by Steven Rubin and costumes by Steven Jones smartly evoke in the first scene that Viennese style of Art Nouveau known as Jugendstil, a point wittily underlined by having a Gustav Klimt reproduction on the wall in the summery anonymity of the Hamptons beach-house.
Of the performers, the one newcomer to the cast, Scott Bakula, both as the satiated Viennese and the bewildered yuppie, is outstanding. He has the makings of a major Broadway star. As his partner in romance, Alison Fraser proves charming, and the two stars are joined by Deborah Graham and Robert Hoshour in minor roles.
But not since Robert Preston and Mary Martin said: "I Do, I Do" have two people had to support a Broadway musical virtually by themselves. The sad thing is that the musical - or at least its music - doesn't really support them.
''Romance Romance,'' lately the littlest big musical Off Off Broadway, has made it uptown, in a slightly enhanced production that loses nothing of the charm and intelligence of the original and gains a thoroughly winning performance by Alison Fraser.
Down at the Actor's Outlet Theater last season, Ms. Fraser was a pleasure; at the Helen Hayes, in romantic Broadway tradition, she is a star. Looking at moments a little like a young Angela Lansbury, sounding just a little like Bernadette Peters, she radiates a witty presence all her own, from the moment she delivers her first smashing solo, ''Goodbye, Emil.'' (''It was never true romance/ Just a question of finance.'') After that, when the spotlight is on her, which is most of the time, the evening sparkles.
Ms. Fraser is busiest during the first half of this two-tale, four-character show. In ''The Little Comedy,'' based on an Arthur Schnitzler story set in turn-of-the-century Vienna, she is Josefine, a demimondaine ''with a very active past behind her,'' who has wearied of the wear and tear of filling sensational gowns (by Steven Jones), emptying champagne bottles and dancing the night away. Emil's departure gives her a chance to play at being a working girl and so to meet a seemingly impecunious poet named Alfred (Scott Bakula).
You guessed it. The rich playboy Alfred, dissatisfied with his round of passing relationships, has changed his tails for a corduroy jacket, and before you can say ''It's Not Too Late,'' as Alfred and Josefine do in a hopeful duet (''Isn't there a chance/Of finding romance?''), the disguised pair meet and make a brief try at being impecunious together. They have 19 days of love for its own sake, including a weekend in the country with bad food, bad wine, insects and boredom. How much can a boulevardier and boulevardiere take of that kind of romance?
Barry Harman, who directed along with writing the book and the bright lyrics (''Goodbye, Emil, farewell/ And thanks for buying what I had to sell''), catches Schnitzler's soft cynicism and makes us like these two phonies, who know exactly how phony they are. The device of telling the story through their letters to friends can drag, but it is never long between songs. Waltzing by, elusive spirits of romance, are two white-clad figures in harlequin masks (Deborah Graham and Robert Hoshour), who have more room for their whirlings around Steven Rubin's elegantly simple set than they did down at Actor's Outlet.
The one new cast member, Mr. Bakula, comes into his own in the second story, ''Summer Share,'' based on a play by Jules Renard and reset in the Hamptons in August 1988. Two married couples in their 30's are occupying a summer house, where ''everybody respects the rules.'' But sure enough, Sam (Mr. Bakula), who is married to Barb, and Monica (Ms. Fraser), who is married to Lenny, find themselves moving past flirtation (otherwise known as ''safe sex''), closer and closer to doing the Hamptons hop.
Keith Herrmann's diverting if not distinctive music, which had a pseudo-fin de siecle lilt in the first act, takes on a pop-rock beat that seems made for Mr. Bakula, who is definitely more at home in the Hamptons than among the Hapsburgs. He puts plenty of feeling into the evening's big love song, ''Words He Doesn't Say.'' And his reprise with Ms. Fraser of ''It's Not Too Late'' cleverly combines the two tales and their four or six personas.
In ''Summer Share,'' too, Ms. Graham and Mr. Hoshour (Barb and Lenny) find their singing voices and employ them agreeably in the moody ''Small Craft Warnings'' and the funny ''Think of the Odds,'' where they weigh the likelihood of their spouses connecting and find it only too likely. They also get to perform the evening's sight-gag, as a couple of geriatrics doing a soft-shoe with the help of canes and a walker, while avowing their interest in sex despite everything. (''My teeth are in a glass/I've had a triple by-pass.'')
The evening glides from Vienna wry to Hampton rue, with Mr. Harman, who did the book and lyrics for ''Olympus on My Mind,'' slipping only occasionally into sentimentality. ''The Little Comedy'' is the shrewder tale, but both plays deal with the limitations that character or mere habit place on desire, for good or bed. However much Alfred and Josefine dream of wholesome love, they are not about to suffer discomfort to achieve it. However much Sam and Monica long for an affair, they are too entangled in their marriages. (Well, he is, anyway.)
Smallness is the theme here. The voices are not big, the dances not spectacular, the stage not enormous or ablaze with remarkable effects. And the emotions never get operatic; gestures toward adventure turn into shrugs of accommodation. In the 20th century as in the 19th, we are being told, among the bourgeoisie as among the swells, that realistic resignation is the common denouement to romance romance. That could be the stuff of life-style babble, and it comes worrisomely close in the slightly prolonged exchanges of ''Summer Share,'' but somebody always breaks into song before things get too thick. In a Broadway season so full of pretentiousness, this show is delightfully small scale, the scale on which most of us live.


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I posted this in the HVAC area but wanted to post it here too since I didn't know where was most appropriate. Sorry if that is bad forum etiquette. I'd like to do spray foam on my 3250 sq ft new construction. I had assumed around $6K based on what the builder had guessed a couple times. We're almost ready to insulate, and he just now got me an official quote for $8500. I have 2 days to decide. This would be closed cell for 2", just for exterior walls. The quote says it would give it an R value of 14. With unfaced R11 over it, I would have R25. Without the upgrade, I'd have R19, so we're looking at about 33% increase in R value. I added up the walls and it comes to about 2900 sq ft of wall (based on 9 ft ceilings). I know spray foam isn't cheap but isn't this a bit pricey? Also a concern is that I don't even know who the sub is that is doing it, nor references etc. I've been asking for this info for months from the builder. I could be his first job for all I know. I'm in SE PA, and I plan to use a high output fireplace to heat most of my house, with a heat pump (propane backup) as needed. Heat pump for A/C. Electric around $.16 khw. 2x6 framing, upgraded to Andersen 200 windows. R50 blown in attic. If I knew how much I'd save in utility bills, I could do a breakeven/ROI analysis, but I have no idea if my energy savings would be 10%, 20%, 50% etc. Is there anything else I need to think of before making this decision? Thanks! |
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Since your question is about price, you are the best judge of that based on competitive bids from local installers. However, I wouldn't even consider going with any spray foam unless I knew who the installer was and their affiliations, training and experience. SPF is unlike any other type of insulation. It's mixed on site and one mis-step by an inexperienced installer in the mix or application can leave you with a virtually irremediable mess that, at best, may poorly insulate and, at worst, trigger health problems. You might get some ideas for what to check by the link below to the Canadian Urethane Foam Contractor's Association. |
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This post was edited by worthy on Wed, Jun 12, 13 at 16:50
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Wed, Jun 12, 13 at 17:09
I'd put the spray foam in the roofline and create an unvented, semi conditioned attic rather than put the foam in the walls. we build walls pretty air/water tight. then with sheetrock ceilings as the air barrier temps more extreme in attic than ambient. moving the air barrier & thermal barrier lots of threads here on foam, lots of info I'm not a fan of the whole you got two days best of luck. |
We looked at this a lot and concluded that wrapping the exterior with 2" of rigid foam and stuffing the cavities with cellulose provided the best bang for the buck. Up to 20% of wall surface is framing, with a minimal R value, to the exterior wrap provides an important thermal break |
- Posted by flgargoyle (My Page) on Thu, Jun 13, 13 at 6:53
Rwiegand makes a good point. A 2X6 wall is called 'R-19', but actually performs at about R-13 because of heat transfer through all of the studs and plates. Any exterior foam, even an inch, will go a long way toward breaking that thermal transfer. The other really big factor is sealing your construction. They've found that air leaks play as big a role as insulation in temperature control. I don't know about your area, but some areas now require blower door testing to test and correct for air leaks. |
- Posted by lithnights (My Page) on Thu, Jun 13, 13 at 10:13
So what about just asking builder to use rigid foam instead? And then just foam the small crevice between stud and foam board? Not as effective as spray foam, but more affordable and would limit that air movement that batts don't stop, right? Do I assume they are using some kind of Tyvek wrap? Specs don't mention a wrap but isn't that pretty standard? The material itself doesn't look expensive. Does tyvek do a decent job of reducing air movement? |
I don't know about spray foam insulation inside. I just set PU foam on fire by accident while welding and that burning foam produced the most sickening fumes ever. If you are unlucky to be in a burning house with spray foam insulation you probably die of poisonous fumes within a few minutes/seconds. |
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Thu, Jun 13, 13 at 15:08
jridh...this is why spray foam has sheetrock between it and the living space. and yes, burning foam produces a gas as it burns. thus the need for fire rated sheetrock. OP putting the foam sheating on the exterior is the the foam sheating can go on top of housewrap, air sealing doesn't just happen. even with sheetrock however...if builder has limited time for foam in usually people who use sheathing on exterior what people need to think about is...the sun hits other things like kneewalls in the attic..changes over the years we have used the same foil/foam this late in the game...stick with air sealing walls google air tight drywall approach (ada) to better best of luck. |
- Posted by schreibdave (My Page) on Thu, Jun 13, 13 at 15:55
We used foam in our 2009 build. I dont recall what the upcharge was but we are very happy with it. Both from an efficiency standpoint and from a comfort standpoint. Something else I did was I bought a case or two of spray foam and every Saturday I would let myself into the house and go to town filling all the holes, gaps and voids created by the workers the previous week. I had the builders permission (mostly) to do this. In order to plug those leaks, you really need somebody who is anal and not in a hurry -that doesnt describe most contractors. If I had it to do over again, I would have added more blown in insulation to the ceiling and I would have specified foam board on the exterior as well. There's nothing better that sitting next to the window in a t-shirt and bare feet on a cold and blustery night and being perfectly comfortable. Good luck |
Do I assume they are using some kind of Tyvek wrap? No. A house wrap is not required nor necessary as long as there is some other secondary drainage plane. And if they are using housewrap, they're not all the same. The cheap micro-perforated ones beloved by builders on a budget are useless. BTW, the main function (PDF) of housewraps is rain control, not air stoppage. If foam is going on the exterior of the sheathing or is serving as sheathing it has to be planned before the floor plates are on. At this point, as pointed out above, air sealing and a tightly fitting insulation between the joists, such as blown cellulose, will yield good results. You might also consider flash and batt--one-two inches of SPF followed by batts. This type of installation has its own critics. And you still must check out the credentials of the SPF applicator. |
- Posted by lithnights (My Page) on Fri, Jun 14, 13 at 11:42
Yesterday I told the $8500 spray foam was out of my budget and I'd pass. Later in the day, he came back and suggested doing a rockwool type product. He also mentioned they could spray a wet cellulose (open not closed) product about 2-4 inches thick, then they'd add some kind of insulation to that. It would likely be about half the cost of the spray foam, and still do a decent job. It should get me about R21 and provide better air flow reduction than just R19 fiberglass. He was still gathering ideas from the insulation guy, so it was a bit unclear. So I looked up rock wool (mineral wool), which looks pretty cool compared to fiberglass. Rigid (not flimsy), fits tight into bays, cuts easily without crushing it etc. But it doesn't look like it gets blown in (or can it?), so I have to check with builder to see exactly what he is proposing. I like the concept of doing 2,3,4 inches of wet cellulose since it seems it will close up (I know not as good as spray foam would) any of those little gaps that I was hoping spray foam would get. Both cellulose and rock wool seem to have slightly higher R values than fiberglass from what I've researched. Thoughts on this new approach of cellulose and/or rockwool, since I simply can't afford the spray foam? |
- Posted by Brian_Knight (My Page) on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 0:44
Have to back up the previous comments on air sealing. A difference of even 1 ACH50 will have a much bigger impact than whatever type of insulation you end up choosing for your wall cavity insulation. Air sealing is cheap, easy and has extremely measurable impacts. Walls leak very little compared to transitions. Not very familiar with mineral wool as cavity insulation although I know its growing in popularity. Never heard of blown mineral wool. In general, I think mineral wool is not better at stopping air movement than FG batts. If you use FG batts, you almost have to flash to be competitive with spray foam or dense pack cellulose or fiberglass. Dense pack cellulose or FG would be the next best option after Spray foam but in my area they cost about the same. As for housewrap, I agree with Worthy and for those doing foam sheathing (best use of foam for walls) I feel the housewrap is worthless behind the foam. Put it outside of the foam to get the advantages of overlapping flashings and foam joints. |
Never heard of blown mineral wool Might take some hunting, as the major North American mineral wool manufacturer, Roxul, markets only "loose fill" bags, plus a variety of batts. Mineral wool is unaffected by water and has an R Value of approximately 3.125 per inch. Its big drawback has been cost, compared to fiberglass. The simplest use of rockwool would be batts in the walls and batts and/or loose fill (or blown) in the attic. The pros and cons of cellulose. Fiberglass in the attic should be followed by a denser insulation or top cover to prevent R Value loss in the winter. SPF on the rim joists seals better than anything else. As mentioned several times, air sealing is essential. We've generally come a ways from the advice I used to always hear that "a house has to breathe, so don't obsess about loosely fitted insulation and the like." |
This post was edited by worthy on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 1:36
- Posted by energy_rater_la (My Page) on Sat, Jun 15, 13 at 22:17
"wet cellulose (open not closed) product " never heard of open or closed cellulose |
- Posted by lithnights (My Page) on Sat, Jun 22, 13 at 16:31
energy rater la, When I say open or closed cellulose, I'm not referring to spray foam. I'm talking about a cellulose product that is mixed with glue and water and sprayed on similar to how spray foam is applied. After more research, I believe cellulose is open celled which is less dense than the closed cell spray foam. I'm meeting with an insulation company (does cellulose and spray foam) next week.. something I should have done months ago. : ( |
- Posted by lithnights (My Page) on Sun, Jun 30, 13 at 17:56
UPDATE: I ended up calling in 3 different insulation guys for ideas and pricing. I basically had them price out various options.. fill bay with open cell cellulose, fill 2" of closed cell sprayfoam then R15, fill bay with open cell sprayfoam etc. One price was near the builder's proposal, but the other 2 were thousands less.. literally. I ended up agreeing to have one guy (highly rated, straight A on Angies list, good references, in business for decades) spray 2" of closed cell spray foam for about $5300. With R15 batts over that, I should be pretty tight. He also said he would foam the basement rim joists for a couple hundred more which I think would be worth it. So, we'll see how it turns out, but I'm glad I shopped around and the builder was cool with that. Thanks for everyone's advice. |
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Assessments may further prioritize strategies for preparing for the various risks. Risks may be tied to external influences, such as rising seas, or due to weaknesses within the community's internal defenses. An example of a vulnerable community might be a coastal community that will likely lose its freshwater aquifer as sea-level rises and may not have the capacity to properly or quickly develop coping mechanisms.
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Another example could be rising temperatures changing a regions typical precipitation patterns, leading to a change such as drought or flood, or altering the types of crops traditionally grown in an area.
The list of possible vulnerabilities and challenges to resiliency in communities and the larger global society are numerous and with varying degrees of threat levels and likeliness. Perhaps the more pertinent question, or line of thinking, is what are the threats to sustainable, healthy, and resilient communities, and what are the options we have to systematically and aggressively take on those challenges.
As of now, it appears that we are thinking that solutions will appear fortuitously or by technical genius, rather than by fortitude and coming to terms with the scale of the issues and admitting we have, as a global society, messed things up.


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It's discovery from top to bottom in the Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley region. Climb 300 foot cliffs overlooking waters where 15 species of whales come to mate, play and feast on plankton. Then walk on the bottom of the ocean when the tide drops the height of a four-storey building. And with a taste of the ocean still fresh in your memories, here's a reminder that lobster, scallops, mussels and smoked salmon complement the offerings of the area's 11 wineries.
Top 7 Bay of Fundy Experiences
- Coastal Hiking at Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, Advocate Harbour
- Whale Watching off Digby Neck and Brier Island
- Walk on the ocean floor at Burncoat Head Park, Noel
- Tidal Bore rafting on the Shubenacadie River, Maitland to Urbania
- Sea Kayaking at Advocate Harbour with NovaShores Adventures
- Bird-watching on Brier Island
- Visit the 300 foot sea cliffs overlooking the world's highest tides, Five Islands Provincial Park, Lower Five Islands
Get to know the Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley Region:
Framed by two parallel mountain ranges, the Valley is one of Canada's best fruit-growing regions. Home of the legendary Glooscap of the Mi'kmaq people, early European settlers would also farm this soil and fish these waters.
Step across the threshold of history at Port Royal National Historic Site, featuring a reconstruction of an early 17th century French settlement. Costumed interpreters and period demonstrations recreate one of the first settlements in the New World.
Search for the ocean's agile giants on a whale-watching cruise, and raft the boisterous waves of a tidal bore. Bike across historic Acadian dykelands in Grand Pré, our latest UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site, and discover fossilized footprints of Coal Age creatures at Joggins Fossil Cliffs, yet another World Heritage Site.
Take a journey that rewards the traveller with the power of nature, and the pull of history.
Don't Miss Experiences
- Hop-on, Hop-off Wine Tour aboard The Wolfville Magic Winery Bus
- Experience Mi'kmaw petroglyph's at Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site, Maitland Bridge
- Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, one of the 5 North American Gardens Worth Travelling For
- Family fun at Upper Clements Theme and Adventure Parks, Upper Clements
- Lions, Tigers and Bears! At Oaklawn Farm Zoo, Aylesford
- Walk on the ocean floor at Burntcoat Head Park, Noel
- Visit Sable Island ponies at Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park, Stewiacke
- Discover Mi'kmaw heritage and legends at Glooscap Heritage Centre, Millbrook/Truro
- 300 foot sea cliffs overlooking the world's highest tides, Five Islands Provincial Park, Lower Five Islands
- Walk where the dinosaurs roamed, Fundy Geological Museum, Parrsboro
- Record a Duet with Anne Murray, Anne Murray Centre, Springhill
- Visit the world's most complete "Coal Age" fossil record, Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Joggins
- Take a walk through Victoria Park in Truro which features two waterfalls, a trail system, and Jacob's Ladder, a 175 step climb to the top of a rocky gorge.
Best Photo Spots
Historical Escapes
- Fort Anne National Historic Site, Annapolis Royal
- Springhill Miners' Museum, Springhill
- Age of Sail Heritage Centre, Port Greville
- Debert Military Museum, Debert
- Colchester Historeum, Truro
- Mastodon Ridge, Stewiacke
- Watson Smith & Sons Tinsmith Shop and Hardware Store Museum, Shubenacadie
- Lawrence House Museum, Maitland
- Haliburton House Museum, Windsor
- Shand house Museum, Windsor
- Prescott House Museum, Starr's point
- North Hills Museum, Granville Ferry
- Greenwood Military Aviation Museum, Greenwood
- Admiral Digby Museum, Digby
Bay of Fundy & Annapolis Valley Communities
Evangeline Trail
Follow Nova Scotia's Fundy seacoast through time, from early Acadian settlements to present-day fishing fleets.
Walk where Mi'kmaq cultural legend Glooscap is said to have controlled the tides with his magic, and hike where the dinosaurs once roamed.


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Richard Simmons is a little obsessed with Lady Gaga. A while back, he tried to get Anderson Cooper to bounce with him to "Just Dance." Then he did an exercise routine to "Bad Romance." And earlier this week, he was photographed in this outfit, an homage to Gaga. I give him an A for effort—his legs aren't half bad. But, uh, Lady Gaga would neva, evah wear those white sneakers.
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Well hubby surprised me this past weekend with a trip to Winnipeg. My birthday was Sunday so we went down to shop and for a change of scenery.
I must say I shopped like the world was going to end but man I needed some new clothes. There is really only a Reitmans and WalMart here for shopping, so needless to say I went crazy in Winnipeg. Not just clothes shopping either, I brought back a pallet loaded with stones to build a retaining wall and 20 bags of bark mulch...happy birthday to me...LOL. Anyway, the best gift was a total surprise...I thought the trip was the present, but it wasn't...hubby got me a new camera. I have been saying for a while that I want to learn photography so he got me .....a Canon EOS Rebel XT....Its a camera that I have been drooling over for a while now. I have a bunch of info sites bookmarked on my computer and everything. He didn't know that was the one I wanted, but Mr. Internet Researcher checked out a bunch of different stuff and this was the best one he thought. I am so excited. I have been snapping pictures of everything that moves...or doesn't move for that matter. He also bought me a 2 gig memory card for it, so I can go nuts. The down side is that when we got home last night and tried to load the software on my computer we discovered that my cd drive isn't working, and I don't have a spare USB port for the cable to connect to. Looks like I need a bit of a computer upgrade for this thing! So as soon as I get everything up and running, I'll have tons of pics to post. Gonna have to start reading some tutorials on photoshop and other stuff! |
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Oooh...congrats!! (and a belated Happy Birthday!) I've been drooling over the same camera for some time now...sounds like you had quite the trip! A pallet of stones and 20 bags of mulch, plus clothes...did you have to take trailer?? ;-) Look forward to seeing the pics as you try out your new camera! Verena |
What a great birthday for you, Michele! Lucky girl! You can buy a USB hub thingy at Walmart. It plugs into a USB port on your computer and then you can plug any extra USB cords into that. I have a 4-port one. Cheaper than upgrading your whole computer! |
- Posted by laurie_z3_mb sw MB (My Page) on Wed, Aug 23, 06 at 14:09
Happy Belated Birthday Michele! Wow, it sounds like you had a great shopping trip in Wpg! Hurry up, and get that camera going so you can post a ton of pictures of your garden :^) |
LOL...be careful what you wish for Laurie! Hubby fixed everything for me today. he did get a USP thingy and I now actually have 2 extra ports, and he put in a new dvd writer/cd drive, so I can now write my own photo DVD's...sweet! I took a bunch of pics this morning, and did get them onto the computer but I have to load them to photobucket and then I can post them on here. |
- Posted by alalbertaz2b z2 AB (My Page) on Wed, Aug 23, 06 at 22:53
Happy birthday Michelle!!! That must have been some shopping trip. You must have had to rent a U-haul to take everthing back!! Cheers Al |
- Posted by laurie_z3_mb sw MB (My Page) on Thu, Aug 24, 06 at 9:25
LOL...be careful what you wish for Laurie! Can I put in a request for pics of all your clematis? :^) |
- Posted by valleyrimgirl 2b (My Page) on Fri, Aug 25, 06 at 7:41
Michele, happy belated birthday!! I didn't notice your birthday date in our birthday list. Which day was it last week? I can imagine your truck box must have been quite full. Love the camera your DH got for you! I hope you will enjoy using it. The quality of pictures that come from a great digital camera are amazing! I also want to see your clematis and other perennials you've planted over the years. Did you get the retaining wall built already? Please post before, during construction and after construction pictures of it in the gallery for all of us to see. Okay? Brenda |
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This is 'Wolverine', I think. It came to me as a NOID in 2009, and has proven to be a good grower. From a single shoot in'09 we went to a point I could comfortably divide it last year to have a couple for sale this spring. I have several pots with 'Wide Brim', always a fairly early rise for me, this is from late April last year. Pieter |
- Posted by hostamanphil 5 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 1, 12 at 7:31
- Posted by hosta_freak z6 NC (My Page) on Thu, Mar 1, 12 at 9:16
Here is one of my Wolverines from April 2011. Yes Pieter,I think yours is a Wolverine! Take a look. Phil |
- Posted by hosta_freak z6 NC (My Page) on Thu, Mar 1, 12 at 10:54
A lot the same. Phil, my Winter Snow is a year older than yours but you wouldn't know it by the size. I do like this one and am glad Ken showed his wonderful plant several years ago. Where are your pictures Ken? New to me in 2011 |
Whirlwind. I don't really care for how this looks later in the season. The darkening of the veins gives me the willies. Wide Brim Wolverine |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Thu, Mar 1, 12 at 21:42
It's always a treat to look at your pics, McTavish. Warpaint is gorgeous! My first hosta purchase was Winter Snow and it is one of the very few not already breaking the ground here in Alabama. I'm wondering if slugs ate it under all that leaf cover. I'll give it another week before I start poking around trying to find it beneath its marker. |
Frank, that 'Wolverine' of yours looks too blue and to wide at the base of the leaf, I suspect it is mis-identified.... Pieter |
Pieter, My Wolverine gets very little sun. My Empress Wu is also blue and sited near Wolverine. My EW was green when I bought it in 09 at the same place and time I got Wolverine. This was Wolverine and Empress Wu right after they were planted. Both were green and Wolverine had the narrow leaves. I also keep a shade cloth over this bed which shades it and breaks up rain drops so the leaves don't get the bloom washed off as much. My Dark Star is the same way. All pics on HL show it being green but mine stays blue. Planted in the same area. |
- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Thu, Mar 1, 12 at 22:51
Myrle, Does War Paint turn all green at some point in the season or does it always stay variegated? Steve |
Frank, that may well be the difference: placement. Mine are in near full sun, which I can get away with up here. Certainly the leaves on my 'Wolverine' are dull/flat but not anywhere near as glaucous as yours, that's what threw me off... Pieter |
Frank, Have you tried Whirlwind in shade? The Whirlwind of mine pictured above stays the same all year. It's in a cool spot in the garden with only a little morning sun. I had another Whirlwind in half day sun a few years ago. It turned green. I moved it to a pot the next year and placed it in the shade. It did not go green even into October. Your Wolverine is a puzzler. I tend to agree with Pieter, not so much for the color which could have to do with light or the way the photo was taken but because of the leaf shape and growth habit. If you look at all of the pictures of Wolverine above, the leaves are more blunt in the tip and not wavy. The leaves seem to originate from the ground making the center of the plant very dense. Your plant reminds me more of Dark Star. Steve, War Paint does turn green. I didn't take picture of how long into the season that happened. I'm never sure which ones stay variegated longer being in shade compared to those being in sun. I guess we have to experiment. Whirlwind definitely needs cool shade. War Paint may keep it's color if it's in some sun. That would be like On Stage which goes green with shade. I might just move my War Paint to see what happens. I'll let you know. Myrle |
After the first year of having Whirlwind getting early morning sun with a couple hours of mid afternoon sun I dug it up, stuck it in a pot and have grown it in full shade up against the North side of the house and it still turns green. Last year we had that heatwave so that might be a contributing factor in it changing colors. I have a Dark Star about 2' away from Wolverine. It is much more dense and lower to the ground. The Wolverine sent up a scape without leaves about 5"-6" from the crown the second year I had it way before the rest of the plant sent up scapes. I cut off the scape and it sent up leaves where the scape had come up. I never did anything about it so that is why it looks spread out. |
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Modern life "outdoors" is a surprisingly dominant focus at Dwell on Design, from the entire "Dwell Outdoor" section to "Design Materials" focused on outdoor to a not-insignificant amount of adaptable in/out and outdoor furniture and accessories. So it's no surprise that designer Joey Roth chose to debut his newest creation there: a terracotta self-watering planter, which he showed as part of the Remodelista Market. Roth has explored making the perfect pot of tea with his Sorapot; he created beautiful ceramic vessels for sound with his porcelain speakers; and now he ventures into the outdoors with the planter.
The new design provides an elegant solution to the timeless problem of providing plants with the appropriate amount of water. Each of the two compartments is made entirely from terracotta, such that the pot is essentially a straight-walled bowl with an enclosed tubular chamber in its center. Plants and dirt go in the outer ring, water goes in the center; over time, as the plant's soil and roots need it, water naturally seeps from one chamber to the next, through the terracotta. It's a clever use of the amazing properties inherent in both the terracotta and plants' root systems.
Of course, these properties have been celebrated for years with the ancient tradition of Ollas, which inspired Roth's planter. The Olla has been used in the Southwest for years to easily and effectively irrigate plants. An Olla is buried next to a plant, and filled with water it naturally irrigates the plant over time. Roth was inspired by this, as well as moving to a home with a garden in California for the first time.
Roth said that he has done some tests in earthenware, which he likes for its dark-brown tone. But, he's not yet convinced that it has the same effectiveness in watering as the terracotta, and continues to test it. He said he is also refining the design to elevate the water chamber up from the planter's base more, so that water won't seep out from the bottom, but hopes to have the first round of production available by August.


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Focusing on the East Valley, law enforcement officers who cracked down on impaired drivers during the 4th of July holiday weekend saw a drop in overall arrests for the first time since 2009. But there was an increase in underage drinking arrests.
With 100 less officers (1,655) participating in the DUI crackdown than a year ago, the total number of DUI arrests from last Tuesday through Sunday was 505, 18 less than a year ago. The number of alleged underage drinkers arrested was 39, nine more than a year ago, according to statistics from the governor's Office of Highway Safety.
Of the overall DUI arrests statewide, 161 were extreme DUIs (those with a .15 blood alcohol content or higher), four more than last year, according to the statistics.
Officers making traffic stops at various checkpoints, also discovered that fewer people are wearing their seatbelts. This year, there were 349 motorists cited for seatbelt violations, 147 more than a year ago.