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Just a quick word on herbariums for those just starting out .. perhaps those interested can add their links to thier own local herbarium or online herbarium sites ...
An herbarium is a collection of dried plants ... a plant morgue if you will ... it contains not only the plants but the collection data associated with each plant. Scientific publications on flora are based on the collections and associated data in various herbariums. Another way of looking at it ... if you place your own collections in a herbarium you are providing data for future works in Botany and becoming part of the botanical research for your area of the world. The person in charge of the herbarium is the "Curator" and the best way to get in with the curator is to show up once in a while with a small collection of plants to donate to the herbarium ... in return I'm sure they would be glad to give you great help in identifying your own collections. I'd bet you would become a VIP around the herbarium in a very short while ... your own work could become vital to future botanical publications .... One of the best regional collections for the Mohave Desert is located here : http://www.unlv.edu/unlv/Colleges/Sciences/Biology/NewPage/herbarium/intro.htm Take a peek inside a herbarium .... http://www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Sciences/Biology/Niles.html Anyone else have some links to add ?? Good Day .... |
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For midwestern folks. Over 600,000 specimens in the collection at Iowa State University. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Iowa State Univ. Herbarium
"An herbarium is a collection of dried plants ... a plant morgue if you will..." i personally like to think that its more like a plant library than a morgue:) and if ya'll didnt already realize it, im quite fond of them. froggy |
- Posted by The_Mohave__Kid Nevada (My Page) on Mon, Jul 26, 04 at 19:39
Hello Froggy ... I too am very fond of them too ... use to work very late nights in a herbarium ... so I felt like I was in kind of a "Morgue" .. rolling plants back and forth to my office LOL ... a library is certainly a better description. Any links you can add ?? Good Day .... |
I saw one specimen supposedly collected by a C. Darwin aboard the HMS Beagle ... on loan from Kew. |
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Any links to where I can find out how to gather/preserve, mount, label, etc? And the conditions necessary to hold such a collection as an individual rather than an organisation? Fridge? Silica gel? The wine cellar? (Just kidding!) What are the features most important to a future researcher - in addition to the plant material? Guidance, please. |
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Here is a link that might be useful: dried plants & plowers forum
- Posted by The_Mohave__Kid Nevada (My Page) on Sat, Jul 31, 04 at 11:44
This may help a bit ... http://www.herbariumsupply.com/nu_dynamicIndex.asp Good Day ... |
- Posted by Ginny_Buckfield z4 ME (My Page) on Sat, Jul 31, 04 at 16:18
Rosa, Your herbarium info and other info/links on dried flowers forum is so helpful for us amateur botanists... Thanks so much. |
-blushing-Thanks, Ginny... Too bad I can't spell worth a darn, "dried plowers" (hahaha) |
- Posted by Peter_in_Az Sunset zone 10 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 1, 04 at 14:15
I was a dried Plower once... But, I drank some water and I'm doing Much better now. :) *runs from the thread just ahead of the rotten fruit being flung* |
Thank you,'gourmet de-hy(drated)' folk. Link information appreciated and kept for future reference. |
- Posted by The_Mohave__Kid Nevada (My Page) on Sun, Aug 8, 04 at 18:52
Here is a nice site and a great garden / herbarium ... http://www.mobot.org/ Good Day ... |
If I lived closer to Boston I might be hanging out here: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Harvard University Herbaria
- Posted by Veronicastrum z5 IL (My Page) on Tue, Aug 24, 04 at 11:54
An online herbarium for the Chicago region is listed below. V. |
Here is a link that might be useful: vPlants
This North Carolina site sponsored by the NC Botanical Garden, the UNC Herbarium, and the UNC School of Library and Information Science is great. It includes a virtual herbarium as well as other resources. Shelley |
Here is a link that might be useful: Plant Information Center
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Marie Peterson and Joan Branella have created a Somers Point café where the food is not just good, but good for you.
Despite being one of the nation's fastest-growing dining categories, our southern New Jersey region possesses few restaurants fully dedicated to healthful fare.
While that "healthful" term may appear broad or vague, there is nothing to be misunderstood about Somers Point's Heavenly Health Café.
As owner Marie Peterson makes clear, "I believe that our bodies are to be preserved." Peterson — a healthcare professional employed as a medical assistant, and a devout Christian — has developed an integrated message of holistic living and eagerly applied it at this new venture.
Located at the triangular intersection of Ocean Heights Avenue and Bethel Road, Peterson has owned the property for more than 15 years, having previously run it as Chubby's Restaurant. Her return, however, is clearly marked with powerful, portentous omens of success. Most of all, joining her this time is sibling Joan Branella, serving as chef.
Branella and Peterson grew up together on Georgia Avenue in Atlantic City's famed Ducktown district. Their father, also in healthcare, was a pharmacist for many years. Joan rhapsodizes on her family's Italian traditions, saying, "We didn't eat anything out of a can, and everybody ate the same way."
These days, she runs her first professional kitchen — ensconced in a wide, subterranean space below the dining area — with the same philosophy.
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Their food has been painstakingly sourced — the chicken has no hormones or antibiotics, the eggs are free-range, the turkey is used for bacon and sausage, and no red meats are served. All produce comes from respected Northfield purveyor B.F. Mazzeo, the bread from Atlantic City's nearly century-old bakery Formica Brothers, the flour is unbleached, jellies and jams contain no high fructose corn syrup, only real maple syrup — an amber liquid that is one of nature's most sublime ingredients — and all diners reap the rewards of such a careful selection process.
The beauty of the maple syrup was evidenced in a simple, magnificent roasted apple we sampled. A luscious Granny Smith had been slowly cooked until rendered soft, laced with maple syrup and a crunchy, sticky layer of walnuts — sweet, seasonal fare that also just happens to be quite good for you.
On the subject of seasonality, Joan specifically mentions her made-from-scratch soups as being a source of particular satisfaction. On this day it was a roasted red pepper, but a few others she'll be serving include lentil, chicken pastina, Italian wedding, butternut squash, and kale with white beans.
Currently open six days weekly from 8am-4pm, the sisters plan to expand and offer dinner starting in spring. The facility, already having been booked for several private parties, is a high-ceilinged, pleasantly lit room with a capacity for about 50. A petite lunch counter and wide, expansive deli cases line the food-prep side. Walls and furniture, bathed in shades of eggshell and hunter green, create a mood of gentle calmness.
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I planted a fruiting quince tree about two years ago; it was about 8 feet tall. Although it looks fine, it hasn't grown much since then--less than a foot in height, and not much in width either (still appears to be less than an inch thick). Is this anything to be concerned about? Thanks for any info. |
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- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Fri, Oct 19, 12 at 23:19
I would be concerned; my quince at two years was putting out 4-foot new growth. Assuming other nearby plantings have grown more in the past two years, your quince roots have simply not taken hold and grown. So I would suspect the soil or the roots. Was this a bare-root tree, or was it in a container or burlap? |
Since it was two years ago, I honestly can't remember how it came, larry_gene. It was from Forest Farm nursery. To me, the tree seemed way too tall for its small width. I suspect the soil may be partly to blame. The tree has nice green leaves, though. Is there anything I can do to help it out? Would putting some compost and/or mulch around the tree help perhaps? I'm having similar problems with other trees as well. They're over a tenth of a mile away, but the soil may still be the problem. For instance, I planted a 4-foot olive tree in April '11, and it doesn't seem to have grown in height one bit. Same with a 4-foot Fuyu persimmon tree also planted that month. |
- Posted by larry_gene USDA8b-OregonPDX (My Page) on Sat, Oct 20, 12 at 23:23
For the growth to be stunted in all these various plantings, there must be a soil or planting method problem. Mulch and compost may help--but it could take a couple more years to see results. Actual fertilizer is not recommended for quince, but at this point it would be interesting to try fertilizer next spring and see if it kick-starts some growth. Do you have other successful fruit tree plantings in the area? |
Thanks, larry_gene. We have many fruit trees that are over 10 years old. Our pear trees are about 30 feet tall and were planted some time in the '80s. The pears aren't great (some rot before they ripen), but they're edible for the most part. We've got some big apple trees too with decent fruit. Also some big plum trees, but the worms always get them. Our fig tree is 15 years old, and it's been having wonderful fruit for at least 10 years. OTOH, our pomegranate tree is about 7 feet tall and produces flowers, but no fruit. But our dwarf cherry was only planted in 2008, and it's been producing lots of cherries since 2011. So, anyway, I don't know what to say. I'll try mulching and compost and see what happens. :) Are there any other "natural" ways to see results, without using commercial fertilizers? |
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I came across an estate sale that was selling things by the box. After cominng home and unpacking everything this is what I ended up with. I need help identifying what I have... PLEASE HELP! |
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I think I see Elvis! |
- Posted by okie-girlgardener (My Page) on Mon, Mar 21, 11 at 12:14
Yes, you see Elvis! His legs swing back and forth too, HA! |
Wow!! Good junk! I see 4 or more Brown Betty tea pots....ands everal others. Perhaps tha one with the birds is made in Japan? I see a stack of lovely green transfer ware...perhaps WH Grindley? maybe Johnson Brothers?...made in England or the US? I see a Frankoma pitcher and cup... A glass basket....... I am still pining after a cake plate in that pattern I didn't buy for $45....ti was a steal!..Fenton...Wave edge? Something like that? I see a white ironstone soup tureen with lion handles and a white ironstone pitcher...I see a with with gold trim coffee server....would like to see the back stamp on...I see a couple of tea pots with gold trim I would be interested in seeing the mark on. I see an old '50's pyrex casserole and a copper tea kettle. do I see some ceramic fruit? I see the beginnings of either a tea pot collection or a great garage sale! And....I see Elvis!! Linda C |
- Posted by okie-girlgardener (My Page) on Mon, Mar 21, 11 at 14:45
Linda C, you're a life saver! Now there are actual results when I try to google something! You do see ceramic fruit... One of my faves! The teapots all came in one box. I didn't even know what was in there until I took everything home and unpacked it. Most say England or Japan on the bottom. |
Make that basket Fenton silver crest......senior moment! I am sure there is more that I could put a better name to if I could see it closer and see the bottom. |
I have no idea what anything is but what a FUN way to have a house sale! I love the idea of coming home with a box of treasures to sort through. |
I'm guessing she got to fill her own boxes! Man, if I showed up at home with all that DH would be "me, or those boxes!" Hmm, tough choice... I'm guessing next you'll be in the market for some plate hangers... Congrats on great finds. KarinL |
And....she has a trunk to store it all in!! Great trunk...been treated to some loving hands decorating....which has pretty well destroyed any antique value it might have had....so you are now free to add your own embellishments without worry about ruining the value of an antique. I have one very similar which was my MIL's mother's trunk when she came to the US from Sweden in maybe 1885?....at least that's the story. Good for storing Christmas decorations! Do I see a Westmoreland milk glass banana boat? and 2 very nice aqua molded stoneware kitchen mixing bowls? |
Okie girl - when you have a chance, it would be great to see some of the bottom markings on these things, in particular the green china, the aqua bowls and that red bowl near the back, the teapot with the poppies and the little dish with the feet beside the black teapot.... quite the incredible score there, I am very jealous!! Suzan J |
- Posted by okie-girlgardener (My Page) on Tue, Mar 22, 11 at 13:06
karinl - I didn't get to fill my boxes. It was more of a take what you want. The rest is going to Goodwill kind of thing. So I grabbed all of the boxes that looked like they had stuff in them with value. Long story short, I got to go through the stuff of the family I work for. Mostly great aunt's stuff. They need the space for something else now instead of storage. If I had actually paid for anything my husband probably would have said me or the junk! HA! He's always down to make an extra buck or two though. I'm only going to keep a couple of things and the rest is going to go to my grandma's booth she has in an antique store. Linda - So the trunk is no good? Is the metal work and strap work not original? I know nothing about trunks. My husband did figure out that it was from the 1890's though. Okay so here's everything that had a stamp on the bottom of it. It really surprised me when I got home to discover that the name on the bottom was the same as the Ironstone stuff... Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? The picture of the item is on top, followed by a picture of the stamp on the bottom. |
- Posted by sheilajoyce (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 11 at 0:19
What fun to make tea and rotate the pots used. |
The only surprises in the parkings was that3 of those "brown Bettys" were made in Japan....the real treasure is that WW II commemorative Tea Pot. I haven't done a search but think you can almost name your price to a Tea pot collector. So the banana boat isn't Westmoreland ( it was usually marked) maybe Fenton with a paper label? I love that white stoneware pitcher! Now on to the stuff you didn't show...like that silver looking thing under the little white stoneware dish and the copper kettle. |
- Posted by cloudy_christine (My Page) on Wed, Jun 8, 11 at 6:27
The aqua bowls are Homer Laughlin Orange Tree Bowls. |
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People who don't indicate before making a turn. If they're driving a car at the time it irks me more.
Bed undersheets with those elastic edges that spring up in the night and entomb you, chrysalis-like.
But in my professional life as a broadcast engineering consultant, what really annoys me, is bad quality audio.
I've been embroiled in this profession, industry, vocation, hobby, whatever you call it, for over 30 years now. I am a child of the razor blade and splicing-tape age, the valve (tube)-containing transmitter era and the vinyl record-to-CD epoch.
I've watched as those lethal tools of our trade were consigned to the analls of history and the subjects of anecdotes to audiences of incredulous interns.
And in all that time I have strived to ensure that the best quality, the least distorted audio, the nicest possible sound was caused to pour, mellifluously, from the loudspeakers of grateful listeners.
Back in the halcyon days of back-cueing, valves [tubes] drifting out of spec, and oxide-shedding tape, it was actually quite a challenge against the limits of the technology available to ensure that faithful reproduction via the electromagnetic spectrum was attained; at one station I worked, the styli were replaced every two weeks. At another, which played all audio from NAB carts, the tape heads were cleaned (by me) twice a day and demagnetized every week.
We had to realign the tape heads periodically as they wore, with consequent azimuth errors. Vinyl records would start to sound dull or distorted (particularly towards the center of the disc) and would have to be either replaced or consigned to tape before they got too bad.
The AM transmitter required constant attention as the bias drifted, the antenna was monitored and retuned to ensure linear bandwidth and the correct impedance; the whole transmission chain, from mixing desk via jack-fields (with their annoying habit of developing a bad connection on their own when no-one had gone near them) to studio-transmitter links was swept and analyzed to ensure everything was spot-on.
It was difficult, in those far-off times, to produce good-quality radio.
But we did it.
Oh! How we rejoiced, when the Digital Age came amongst us. Complicated, vulnerable sine waves were to be replaced by invincible ones and indestructible zeros. Incorruptible digital signals would bestride our facilities, shrugging off all hitherto foes, and emerge, unscathed, into the listeners' auditory environment.
But I fear that these days, all is not as pristine as it should be. It seems new technology has, in fact, produced worse quality radio!
My, oh my. I hear and witness some terrible things these days.
When computer playout systems came along, I could see how these brilliant tools could be used to create even better radio. Instead of spending all the time while a song was playing getting the next record out, cueing it up, getting out the carts for the stop-set, manually checking for duration and voice clashes, the presenter could instead consider how best to present his next link as a sparkling, clever, concise and perfect example of his art.
Instead, they now seem to spend this newly freed-up time watching TV, reading the newspaper, twittling or updating the Book of Face.
But that's a rant for another day.
With the introduction of hard-disk storage, I thought "Great!" No more azimuth problems, no more dirty tape heads, no more cue-burns, no more surface noise, no more wowing due to off-centre spindle holes, no more worn-stylus distortion.
But of course, because in the mid-nineties hard drives cost more than the GNP of a small country for even modest storage capacity, we were forced to embrace bit-rate reduction. Data compression. Still, the early systems with MP2 extensions on their filenames still sounded OK.
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CHANDIGARH: UT police sub-inspector Vishal Sharma, 36; who was a former Ranji player from Jammu, was found dead at his official residence in Sector 42 on Friday.
Cops have ruled out any foul play and said it was a suicide. The body was found two days later and in a decomposed state. Sharma was one of the best cricketers of the Chandigarh police team and was to be awarded for excellent performance in a cricket match on Saturday.
The incident came to light when Sharmaa??s teammates reached his house to inform him of his win, but found the door locked from the inside. Sharma, sources said, had not been attended the the practice sessions at Sector 16 cricket stadium for two days. Teammate Sanjay Kumar said, "We knocked on the door many times but he did not respond. So we informed the police control room. Cops found Sharma's body."
No suicide note was found but the police said the suicide might have been due to a domestic cause.
Victima's wife Neetu Sharma and their two children had been living away at police lines in Sector 26 since February 25. Sharmaa??s mother-in-law is also a UT police inspector.
SHO Sector-36 police station Sukhbir Rana said the stink emanating from the body indicated that Sharma consumed some pesticide. The victima??s parents have been informed.
The body has been kept in the mortuary of GMH-16 and postmortem would be conducted on Saturday. Police have initiated inquest proceedings.
Sub-inspector Vishal Sharma was addicted to alcohol and had been undergoing a treatment at PGI. He had joined UT police in 1995 and had worked in different wings.
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That's the only progress that had been made so far. We were waiting for the countertops to come in. Today, MasterBuilt Cabinet guys (who I highly recommend) came and removed our old, white countertops and installed the new, built us a new cabinet in the open space you see and installed the bar area.
Are you ready for this?? This will be a picture overload. You've been warned.
I am OBSESSED with this sink. Completely and totally obsessed.
And these countertops. I'm drooling.
There's still a bit of work to be done. Drywall needs to be installed in the space under the bar area, the "column" needs to be finished and wrapped in a decorative molding, the faucet has to be installed in the sink...just little odds and ends that need to be wrapped up here and there. We were going to wait on the backsplash, but our old cabinets had a lip that went up and on the walls. When the countertops were removed, it left a really rough, scuffed up look. So a backsplash is going to have to be installed sooner rather than later. Marty and I bought some beadboard sheets tonight at Lowe's and Marty promises to install them this Saturday. I'm really excited to see the end result on that one. Painting the cabinets is going to wait a little bit, at the request of my husband, but I'm THRILLED with the remodel so far.
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Shen Yun 'Best Spectacular,' Says International Corporation Executive
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January 21, 2011, 1:00 amColin Lovelock, producer at top-rated WNYT newschannel 13, used many adjectives to describe his Shen Yun experience: "Beautiful, wonderful, colorful, extraordinary, enchanting."
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January 20, 2011, 8:49 pmFormer State Assemblyman Tim Gordon: Shen Yun "just delightful in so many ways" and "a splendid bombardment of the senses."
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BGR Bucket Projectwww.facebook.com/BGRHospiceKits Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV/AIDS than any other part of the world. Nearly 23 million people are living with HIV in the region. In 2012, 1.2 million people died from AIDS and 1.9 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. The HIV prevalence rate now exceeds 20% in a number of countries. In many countries of sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS has erased decades of progress made in extending life expectancy. Average life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is now 54.4 years and in some more heavily affected countries is below 49 years. Households are severely affected by loss of income earners, the necessity to provide home-based care for sick relatives, and orphans left behind who must be cared for by members of extended family or siblings as young as 8-years-old. Baptist Global Response (BGR) has found that sharing a five-gallon 'bucket of love' may be the most effective way to open doors to share the love of Christ with these folks who are at death's door. BGR has researched and worked with partner organizations to determine the best resources to include in the Hospice Kits. One kit costs around $85. A detailed shopping list is available and nothing more or less should be included for the sake of customs regulations and a need for uniformity. A step-by-step guide for assembling the Hospice Kit is also available so that all items will fit properly in the five-gallon bucket. Join us in prayer for the Bucket Project. Print and share Bucket Project Prayer Adventure news which is updated weekly. Resources:
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I have to admit that I was dreading the three day weekend
We had no plans, no where to go, no play dates scheduled or set up and nothing new to play with. We're on a budget that was on its last leg so that ruled out trips to, well, anywhere that cost money, and our food supply consisted of PB&J and veggie hot dogs. Every time I thought about three days alone with my rambunctious child, I wanted to cry.
It isn't that I don't love him and love spending time with him… it's just that… 36 hours is a long time to single-handedly entertain a three year old. He's stopped napping, he doesn't go to sleep at a reasonable hour unless I'm lying beside him, and I've put a limit on the minutes of television that can be watched in one day. So yeah… facing three whole days was not making me feel like a shiny happy person.
Regardless, Saturday morning came and J woke up and nuzzled close to me with a grin. His eyes were barely open but he still loudly announced that "THIS IS A STAY HOME DAY AND THEN TWO MORE" and I had to smile. See, for all that I dread coming up with activities to keep him engaged and entertained, he is equally excited just to have three days of my company. He was thrilled just to spend 36 (waking) hours next to me, being a part of my space and a part of my every day.
I can't say we didn't struggle through many, MANY moments this weekend.
I can't say that I wish every weekend was a three day weekend for me, alone with J.
But once I stopped trying so hard to entertain him and just started enjoying him we had a lot more fun. I think sometimes I feel like he's only going to have fun if he's out and about. Like I have to find top dollar entertainment because who could possibly enjoy kicking a red Olivia ball back and forth in the yard for an hour? Who could possibly want to spend thirty minutes drawing with chalk and then thirty more minutes blowing on the drawings to make them disappear? Only, obviously, a three year old would. A three year old does. As long as I am there, too.
This weekend was a nice reminder that what matters to J is just that I'm there… even if we're eating PB&J for the third time in three days. Even when we're sitting on an old mattress pad for a blanket on the back patio and blowing homemade bubbles that just didn't quite make, well, bubbles. Even when we're doing absolutely, positively nothing of any consequence. What matters to him is what should matter to me… we're together, just the two of us.
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Trying to start a green screen of this planting this summer
using 1 gallon specimens. Weather unseasonably warm for a month now. Plants get sun 6 hrs per day. New shoots yellowing, not sure if the problem is too little or too much water, too little or too much sun? I try to water every other day. Appreciate any advice on how to get it started,fertilize? thganks in advance, Sagapo |
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I used to grow my Fargesia in an area receiving noon and pm sun (to create a screen). They were not happy so I moved them to dappled AM sun--big difference. Fargesia and other mountain bamboos have a bit of an issue with high heat (especially at night)--one reason they have problems in the southeast. It has just been too hot to the liking of these mountain bamboo and your exposure sounds hot. You may have to go with a differ plant screen in the current area and relocate the Fargesia to a shadier/cooler locale. In the area that I originally had the bamboo in, I decided to put in a fence and then establised a hedge of boxwood. Good luck! |
I concur with the points njoasis makes. The only other thing I can suggest is plenty of water. It's hard to over-water bamboo. Once a day in your weather may be the MINIMUM you should do.... |
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Thanks njoasis and kudzu9. Since sun may be the culprit and/or underwatering, I will follow your advice. Any suggestions for a clumping,sun tolerant variety thats hardy to zone 6? |
Sometimes it takes a while for newly planted bamboo to settle in and get established, especially in hot weather. They may perk up yet if you keep them watered. However, I am a little concerned about winter since you are at the limits of hardiness for robusta in Zone 6. If these bamboo don't work out for you, you could try a hardier clumper like Fargesia nitida or one of its cultivars. |
It's hard to over-water bamboo unless there is poor drainage and the soil stays soggy. Especially with a new small plant. Does under-watering result in yellow culms? |
When new shoots get yellowish, they usually have stopped growing and have died for whatever reason. When mature culms change from green to yellow, it may just be due to sun exposure. However, when a mature culm becomes tan and the surface is "flat-looking," it is either dying or getting toward the end of its expected life. |
I have tried growing various fargesias here in SE Michigan and the problem has always been summer heat. The only one I have had success with is Fargesia 'Rufa' - after 2 years in the ground, my Rufas have been growing like crazy here with some fertilizer and a little water, and they don't seem to mind the heat at all. |
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The Flames improved to 4-0 and will face much tougher competition on Friday and Saturday in the Tennessee Valley Invitational. On Friday, Lee will test Bluefield College at 3 p.m. and then turn around at 6 p.m. and challenge Georgetown College. On Saturday, the Flames will be pitted against Madonna University at 2 p.m. and wrap up tourney play against the University of Rio Grande at 5 p.m.
"We will have to bring some energy and focus this weekend as our schedule picks up with two ranked teams in Madonna and Georgetown," pointed out coach Mark Brew. "The weather should be great and the competition should be excellent all weekend."
Keegan Yuhl started and worked two innings in gaining the pitching decision. He allowed one hit and struck out one. Lefty David Eskew followed with two innings of one-hit ball. He fanned two and walked two. Next came Jeremy Bales for one inning and Ryan Zimmerman came on in the sixth.
Lee closer Andy Hillis came on and blew past the Crusaders in the seventh, ending the run-rule event. Hillis, who was clocked at between 91-94 mph, fanned all three hitters he faced. Temple used three hurlers and Patrick Lycans was charged with the defeat.
The Flames put the contest out of reach by scoring a pair of runs in the opening frame and then posting five scores in the second. Four more tallies followed in the fourth and two Lee runs were tallied in the sixth.
Brandon Rader and Chris Avey stroked two hits and scored two runs to set the pace for the Flames. Danny Canela ripped a three-run homer over the right-field wall in the second inning. He also scored twice. Canela improved his average to .538 (7-for-13). He has scored four runs, stroked two doubles and knocked in nine runs in Lee's four wins.
Josh Silver had one hit and scored twice. Roberto Duran, Corey Davis, Jordan Stewart, Karsten Strieby, Mike Fasolo, Mark Silva and Blake Ray also hit safely. Fasolo contributed a pair of RBIs, while Davis, Cameron Brewster and Strieby each drove home a run.
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On Monday morning, after a 3:55 a.m. alarm, Dave Ross drove from his Mercer Island home to KIRO Radio in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood. He doesn't like getting up that early, although driving across Lake Washington, "I have the center lanes all to myself."
At age 60, he has just marked 35 years at KIRO, hosting shows in every time slot, he says, except overnight. In those years, he's won his share of journalism prizes and reported from the world's hot spots, whether Ground Zero after Sept. 11 or the fall of communism in the Soviet Union.
Now, after management asked him, Ross is switching from the midmorning show he co-hosted with Luke Burbank to begin work at 6 a.m.
Ross says that in his three-plus decades at KIRO, he's been through plenty of format changes.
"They always happen. That's part of the job," he says.
These days, with new technology to measure listenership, it's a tumultuous industry.
"Instead of ratings going every three months, now they come weekly, so we can track — at least we think we can track — what's working and what's not working," says Ross. "Change comes more suddenly than it did 20 years ago."
But, he says, the essence of radio still is the same: "Trying to make a connection with listeners."
Ross's shift to early a.m. is KIRO's attempt to fix what it acknowledges was a programming mistake.
In late October, the station put John Curley, the quirky talk-show host, in morning drive time. He had done well in an evening slot at the station, but listeners didn't care for his style in the mornings.
The station got 500 emails complaining about the format change, and ratings in KIRO-FM's morning drive time tanked from No. 10 to 19 in the advertiser-sought 25-54 age group.
Drastic action was required.
Management came to Ross.
"They laid out their case, and I said, 'Well, if that's the only alternative, I'm happy to cooperate,' " he says. "I have a certain loyalty to the medium and to this place in which I've worked."
Last Friday, Curley finished his show and was called into a meeting with Carl Gardner, the station's general manager.
Curley says Gardner kept it simple, "He told me, 'It isn't working. I thought that it would, but it's not. On Monday, we're gonna have Dave Ross take over the shows.' I said, 'OK.' That was basically it."
Gardner says, "It's a dynamic business."
He says it wasn't so much that listeners disliked Curley, who "is a great conversationalist who likes to work in a longer form, but that while driving to work, listeners simply wanted to get up to speed with the news."
In a news release, Gardner said, "OK, message heard and point taken."
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Ross is co-hosting the morning drive-time show with veteran Linda Thomas, because, Gardner says, "We wanted to make a clear statement to our listeners that we understand that they want news, and we went looking for the strongest news voices and personalities that we have in our arsenal. Who do listeners know and trust? That'd be Dave Ross and Linda Thomas."
Ross had been doing a 9-to-noon weekday show with Burbank, who had teamed up with Ross in October 2010. Ross will continue to co-host with Burbank from 9-10 a.m., with Burbank going solo from 10 to noon.
He says it was his idea to team up with Burbank, after focus groups showed that listeners were tuning out when the station had more call-ins. Listeners, he says, found too many of the callers boring.
Ross says he wanted to team up with Burbank because, "I didn't want to play Rush Limbaugh and rant about something for three hours. I get tired of hearing my own opinion after a while."
In his new early-morning slot, Ross still will get to do commentary and analysis, says Gardner. It will just be quicker.
"Ross can do lot more in 90 seconds than a lot of broadcasters do in 90 minutes," he says. These days, radio is a fragmented business. There are 57 radio stations in the Seattle-Tacoma-Everett market vying for more than $200 million in annual advertising money.
Kathy Neukirchen, president of Media Plus+, a Seattle media-buying agency, says, "We have buyers right now buying for the first quarter, and the morning drive is a big cash cow. They can't afford to be No. 19. A lot of national buyers only buy in the Top 10 stations."
It's also a tough market for news or hybrid news-talk stations.
For the December morning drive time, KRWM ("Today's Soft Favorites") came in at No. 1 in the Arbitron ratings for adults 25-54.
So this area either has a lot of Lionel Richie fans, or maybe it's all those people waiting in dentist offices.
The reality is that for the Top 10-ranked stations here, in morning drive time, ages 25-54, only a third of listeners are tuning in to news.
The dominant news and talk station in the morning is KUOW-FM, the Seattle NPR affiliate, which in December came in at No. 2.
As for those two-thirds of other listeners, they want music or, if it's talk, "The Danny Bonaduce Show" or "The Bob Rivers Show."
On Wednesday's Bonaduce show, one topic discussed was "coming up with the term for what appears when guys wear their pants too tight."
Meanwhile, Ross says that since the switch, his email box has been full, mostly from listeners expressing their appreciation to him.
"I guess you go through exercises like this once in a while to know you have loyal fans," he says.
Curley is still on the KIRO payroll.
He says he's not hurting financially, with his thriving business as an auctioneer, traveling around the country, doing some 100 auctions a year.
Larry Gifford, KIRO Radio's program director, says he wants to find space for Curley.
Before he went to mornings, Curley was successful in a 7-to-10-p.m. slot at KIRO, a time better suited to his longer stories about his life's events, stories that ran five or 10 minutes, an eternity in radio. In the evenings, Curley's listeners had the time to hang around.
"We're considering all sorts of options right now," says Gifford.
Gifford is also going to be busy for a while.
He says he's answering every one of those 500 emails.
"We miscast him," Gifford says about Curley. "We were wrong."
As for the latest changes at the station, Burbank says, "Everything old is new again."
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he'll delay confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominees to head up the Pentagon and the CIA.
The leading Republican senator vowed to hold up confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for defense secretary and chief counterterrorism advisor John Brennan as CIA director until the White House provides more information about the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
The Sept. 11 attack left four Americans dead, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stephens.
"I don't think we should allow Brennan to go forward for the CIA directorship [or] Hagel to be confirmed as secretary of defense until the White House gives us an accounting," Graham told CBS News' "Face the Nation."
Graham accuses the administration of "stonewalling" requests about the attack and wants the president to provide more information on his decisions that night.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., blasted Graham's decision to delay confirmation of the nominees. But Graham has promised to get to the bottom of the attack at Benghazi.
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