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great combo!
By emmicris
from Toronto
These dark amethysts richly complement my amethyst solitaire ring and the topazes do double duty with a sapphire ring.It does help to pair this one off with another ring as that prevents its "digging into" your other fingers.
Pretty stones but chunky ring
By Caroline
from Ottawa
I ordered the blue topaz, amethyst, and red garnet. The amethyst was a vibrant purple as in the picture which I've never seen before. However my favourite was the vivid blue topaz. The rings are chunky which is not reflected by the pictures. Perhaps a semi eternity tapered between the fingers would be more comfortable? Ironically the thing that bothered me was the white prongs showing between the stones which made the ring look rough. This is the only time I would have preferred black rhodium plating on the prongs. I kept the blue topaz ring anyways because of the great colouring.
Beautiful but Uncomfortable
By JoyBella
from Vancouver
This ring looked lovely online. I ordered the amethyst and the ring looked every nicer when I received it. I liked the look on my finger and the scroll work on the set itself is very well done.Unfortunately I had difficulty wearing it, even for a couple minutes. The band is so wide between the fingers that it pushed my fingers apart. I also have arthritis in my fingers and where the ring met the knuckle and it just hurt.Bottom line: I had to return the ring.
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poor workmanship
By DIDI
Had the ring since ChristmasA blue topaz has fallen out and I don't wear the ring everydayMy husband gave it to me as my dying mother has blue topaz as her birthstoneWon't buy from this line again total waste of my husband's pension cheque
Love it
By Crystal
from Pierrefonds, QC
I love the London Blue, very vibrant color. Matched it with Eva LaRue bracelet (473904) and they are fantastic together. Have also purchased the amethyst in this ring but prefer the London Blue. Can't stack these rings as it is too bulky on one finger. Love DP's designs and look forward to seeing more of her collection.
( 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
By Cindy
from Hamilton, Ont
A very pretty ring, but soooo bulky and very uncomfortable to wear. I already own several different eternity type of rings and none of them are uncomfortable.
Nice but not for everyone
By Kelly
from Nova Scotia
This ring is a good value, beautiful gemstones and craftsmanship. I returned it because it was too bulky for my ringers. I could not get used to a thick band in between my fingers, separating them. For that reason I found it uncomfortable to wear. I was disappointed because the ring is very pretty and a good value for the price.
Very Pretty
By Deb B
from Calgary, Alberta
Love this ring. The colour of the blue topaz is beautiful. This ring looks far more expensive than the TSC price. I have had many compliments on it and find it very comfortable to wear
( 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Nice ring
By Cora
from Montreal(Québec)
I felt the ring hurt between my fingers and it rolled, so sometimes there was a half and half look even if it was the right size.I am returning it, But it still is very nice looking.
Beautiful Gemstone Ring
By jkubi
from Essex County
I received my rings today and they are beautiful. They shine and look great on. I should of ordered one alittle smaller but I will wear it on other finger since they are out of it.Fits good on the ring finger and I love how you can turn it.


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Never heard of it, of course I'm not looking for gun oil as I've used Mobil One for years...
Just found out about them myself at SHOT. I have some samples from their LEO Booth ( Thanks Scubie ) that I am going to be testing here real soon to see how it holds up. JD
i believe it's synthetic, but i'm not for sure.
I've heard good things about this stuff.
It is 100% outstanding. I've been using it for years. And their carbon remover is magical on caked on crud from my choke tubes and AR BCGs. Good people, too.
i'm going to get some tomorrow, its in a 2oz bottle and they are selling it 2 for $1. they are going to get the bigger ones in and want to get people to try it, i'll get me about 6 or 7 bottles and try it.
supposed to be pretty good stuff for keeping your AR running. i personally use Marvel Mystery Oil myself, it's like $10 or $15 per gallon @ Wally World (a gallon will last forever)..............it's good stuff. keeps the carbon build-up outta your engine, and outta your BCG.


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New Lenox hopes to make its Commons more visible to U.S. 30 traffic as it considers plans to further develop the U.S. 30 corridor. | File photo
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While new businesses continue to spring up near the New Lenox Wal-Mart on U.S. 30, village officials are exploring options to redevelop the rest of that corridor, west to Interstate 80.
"Route 30 is our main drag. We want it to look good," Mayor Tim Baldermann said.
The village hired the Orland Park consulting firm Ginkgo Planning and Design, Inc. last fall to develop a master plan to tie its Commons into the surrounding area along Nelson Road and U.S. 30.
"It may take years and years to come to fruition. We are looking at it in chunks and deciding what to do first," he said.
One of the first things the village wants to do is make the Commons more visible to U.S. 30 traffic and tie that into a redevelopment plan for U.S. 30.
The Commons, which houses the performing arts pavilion, village hall, library and veterans memorial around a park area — the future police station will be there, too — sits south of the highway, behind businesses.
The master plan, expected to be completed and approved this summer, may include the extension of Independence Boulevard from the AMC movie theater into the Commons, and development of the vacant 18 acres between Nelson Road and the Commons, with restaurants, shops, hotels and a water feature, Baldermann said.
Another priority is the redevelopment of the area near U.S. 30 and Cedar Road.
Along U.S. 30, the mayor would like to see façade improvements, or structures torn down to make way for new businesses.
"We've held our own through the recession. Now that things are turning around and because New Lenox is doing so well, business are interested (in locating here)," he said.
Sales tax revenue from new businesses could be used to build a new Metra station near U.S. 30 and Cedar Road. The existing, historic train station would be preserved and a new facility could be built further east, Baldermann said, adding that he already has discussed this with Metra.
"I am extremely confident that something will happen this year," he said of the village's redevelopment efforts.
Another plan — focusing on improving aesthetics along the U.S. 30 corridor, from I-80 to the viaduct east of Cedar Road — was completed last year with the Chicago-based Houseal Lavigne consulting firm, community development director Robin Ellis said.
That focuses on streetscapes, landscapes, gateway signs, pedestrian connections, and elimination of curb cuts along U.S. 30, she said.
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The Yalta Myth is no longer sufficiently credible to be flammable, and the argument that Roosevelt failed to end the Depression is too foamite-sodden for even so fiendishly persistent and endearing a pyromaniac as the delightful and otherwise rigorous Amity Shlaes to make any headway reigniting it. But, sensing the proximity of tinder with the feral olfactory acuity of a hob ferret detecting the invisible presence of a mate in heat, the Scorch Roosevelt Society has encroached, as softly as bats, on what the Republicans tried, without success, to sell 72 years ago as the "Roosevelt Recession."
The argument is that Roosevelt threw money out of the windows from 1933 to 1937 to pull out of the Depression, and then eased up; and that the economy therefore relapsed until he was rescued by Hitler and Tojo, in response to whom he was able to absorb the unemployed in the arms buildup and the war. These choristers claim that Obama is about to suffer the same fate, for similar reasons, with no savior in sight, not even one so unbidden as Hitler.
By reconstructing the banking system, sponsoring democratically agreed farm-price levels (by free vote of farmers by agricultural category) and incentivizing farmers to scale back production to levels necessary to sustain those prices, refinancing millions of mortgages, and generally infusing optimism into the country, the New Deal achieved in its first year the rehiring of about 4 million of the unemployed, and the absorption of 6 million more in the workfare and conservation programs. So about 60 percent of the unemployed were gainfully occupied within a year. All the codes and blue eagles and parades, attracting the celebrities from Al Jolson to John Steinbeck (the precursors to Warren Beatty and Barbra Streisand) were razzmatazz to boost public morale. All this was the first New Deal.
By 1934, Roosevelt had withdrawn the dollar from the gold standard, though intergovernmental dollar holdings could be translated into gold, and he had fought off the French, British, and German bacterium of reliance on an overvalued U.S. dollar, which lingers yet in the systems of such viral carriers as China. He also established Social Security, the cornerstone of the second New Deal, which provided direct cash relief to the unemployed. But Roosevelt incentivized both public- and private-sector work over what he called "the pauperism of the dole."


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With the Q2 earnings season winding down and nothing major on the economic calendar in the coming days, the stock market may simply be lacking in catalysts. The service sector ISM reading coming out a little later today could be move the needle a bit, but it's not material enough to have any lasting effect, particularly after last week's mixed economic data. Last week's manufacturing ISM report was very strong, but that was more than offset by Friday's soft jobs report. Not only the headline jobs tally came short of expectations, but the report's internals didn't provide any reassuring signs about economic ramp up either. Average hourly earnings, the work week and revisions to prior months' data were all negative. Even the slide in the unemployment rate was mostly due to more folks leaving the labor force. Importantly, while the report failed to throw up any evidence of improvement in the economy, it wasn't bad enough to stop the Fed from contemplating the 'Taper'. The way I see it, stocks appear priced for perfection. Investors seem to be hoping that everything - from the economy to corporate earnings and from U.S. interest rates to the international growth backdrop - will continue breaking out in favor of stocks. It has played out that way lately, with stock market investors not losing any sleep over recent the rise in long-term interest rates. The calculus seems to be that improved economic growth and stronger corporate earnings will offset higher interest rates. But what if we don't get the material uptick in the growth picture, but interest rates keep trending up in anticipation of monetary policy normalization. Nobody wants to contemplate this not-so-implausible scenario at this stage.
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Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, today said that today's figures from Bank of Ireland show that the taxpayer can make a profit from the billions it poured in to the banks to save them.
His comments come after Bank of Ireland today reported a pre-tax profit of E399m for the first half of 2014.
He said that, as a 14pc shareholder in Bank of Ireland, this is good news for the Irish taxpayer.
"The investment in Bank of Ireland shows that the State can make a profitable return on investments in the banks. The State invested E4.8 billion in Bank of Ireland in 2009. To date, around E6bn has been returned to the State through sales of investments, interest coupons and guarantee fees. In addition, the State retains a 14pc shareholding in Bank of Ireland that is currently valued at around E1.2bn," minister Noonan said.
"The recovery in the Irish economy is taking hold and further proof of this is evident in the Bank of Ireland half year results. The results show that the Bank is lending into the real economy, reaching sustainable solutions with SME and mortgage customers in arrears, and making a profit," he added.
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The Great Bend High School bowling team placed eight rollers on the All-Western Athletic Conference teams, four on the boys' teams and four on the girls' teams.
Hoisington High School claims the most selections in the All-Mid-Central Activities Association basketball teams.
The Central Prairie League had five high school basketball teams make state tournaments this season - St. John girls, Otis-Bison boys, Central Plains girls, Ness City boys and Victoria girls.
The painful road to recovery for Jace Bowman began shortly after the Great Bend High School senior injured his right knee in football practice.
SOLOMON - The Ellinwood High School power lifting team competed at the Class 2A state meet on Saturday.
AMARILLO, TEXAS - Former Great Bend High School Panthers head football coach Mike Zoffuto passed away on Sunday, Feb. 26, at Northwest Texas Hospital. Zoffuto, age 65, will long be remembered for the mark he left on Great Bend.
EMPORIA - The tears began to flow shortly after the St. John High School Lady Tigers posed for the Class 1A Division-I second-place trophy picture on the hardwood at White Auditorium Saturday night.
OTIS - The Class 1A Division-II state tournament basketball championship game was decided by three-point plays - in double overtime.
MANHATTAN - It came down to the wire in the Class 2A state tournament girls' third-place basketball game at Bramlage Coliseum on Saturday.
HAYS - Neither basketball team led by more than four points until the final three minutes, 32 seconds in the Class 1A Division-II semifinal state tournament game at Gross Memorial Coliseum on Friday night.
MANHATTAN - The Central Plains High School girls' basketball team did not have an answer for Olpe's Janae Haag.
EMPORIA - Gimmick defenses sometimes are the great neutralizer.
HAYS - It was a rematch of the Class 1A Division-II state semifinal game from last year that left the Otis-Bison High School boys' basketball team in the third-place game.
EMPORIA - Once St. John High School started hitting on all cylinders, Waverly's girls couldn't stop the Lady Tigers' momentum.
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DODGE CITY – Class 2A Central Plains stunned Class 6A Shawnee Mission South 54-38 to advance to Saturday's championship game of the Dodge City Tournament of Champions. The Oilers (10-1) outscored South 30-16 in the second half.
DODGE CITY - Dodge City's girls handed Great Bend its first Western Athletic League loss 55-35 and Dodge City's boys completed a sweep with a 50-36 victory over the Panther boys.
Hesston 60, Larned 32
Defending Mid-Winter Classic champion St. John (9-0) drew the top seed, but innovative scheduling gives the unbeaten Tigers three games next week. St. John will open against the Pratt-Macksville loser at 4:45 p.m. But the Tigers will still play in Friday's second semifinal game at 8:15 p.m. against the Pratt-Macksville winner, which is scheduled Tuesday. The other bracket matches Ness City against Nickerson and Larned versus winless Wichita West (0-8) in Thursday's games.
STAFFORD - Hoisington High, ranked third in Class 3A, swept the Stafford High dual competition with a 4-0 record to stay unbeaten in dual matches. Hoisington defeated Bluestem, 70-7; Chaparral 65-6; Lincoln 76-6 and Nickerson 74-3.
Great Bend's basketball team witnessed the future for Hays High Indians, and the future is very bright.
Great Bend's leading scorer Regan Unruh made the game's key play with an assist.
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I have tried to raise several (maybe a dozen) seedlings from my large Japanese maple -- I dug them up from the bed by the tree and put them in little pots. But they keep dying. This is a plain red JM (Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum').
I'm a pretty good gardener, but I'm not sure how to care for these little guys. I even sprouted nine of them from seeds last year (stratified them in the fridge and all), but I lost them over the winter (I may have waited too long to bring the little pots into the basement). So, what's the secret to getting these seedlings to grow? Some have lived for months but never put on any growth. Some have grown a little and then died. Do they like to be consistently moist or to dry a little between waterings? Should they be in complete shade or get a few hours of sun? Do they need humidity to do well (I live in a place with very dry air)? What do they need in terms of fertilizer? I keep them on my covered deck in the backyard, and they only get a little morning sun. I water them every two days or sometimes every day if it's really hot outside. Once in a while they've gotten Miracle-Gro at half strength. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? |
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This info is from a previous thread: Propagating Japanese Maples Japanese Maple seeds are ready to be picked when they turn brown and start falling from the tree (around Sept through Nov - depending on your zone). Collect the seeds and clean them by breaking off the wing attached to the seeds. Place the cleaned seeds in a cup, and fill the cup with hot tap water and let them soak for 24 hours. This will soften the outer coating of the seed so moisture can penetrate and germination can begin. After soaking the seeds place them in a plastic bag in a mixture of moist peat moss. Make sure the peat is moist but not too wet, you don't want the seeds to rot. The bag should be closed but not completely air tight. Poke a few holes in the bag. Store them at room temperature, but not in direct sunlight for a period of 90 days, and then move them to the refrigerator for a period of 70 days. During the cold stratification period check your seeds once a week to see if any of them have begun to sprout. Once they sprouted, plant them in soil at 1/8" deep. Make sure you don't plant them too deep, and keep them watered but not too wet. Once they begin to grow provide them with about 50% shade. That's all there is to it. |
Yeah, I got them to sprout OK, it's the care during their first year that is turning out to be a problem. And all I get from that post above is they should have 50% shade. Anyone else out there actually have experience growing some JM seedlings? What do you do? Where do you put them, how much do you water them, how do you fertilize them, etc? |
- Posted by flowerfan2 z8/ WA (My Page) on Fri, Jul 18, 08 at 1:31
I have been growing seedlings for about 4 years. They do have a high mortality rate. I loose a lot of them. Weevils and slugs girdle the stems, and they get rot. You need to pot them in very porous well drained potting soil. I use a lot of crushed beauty bark and potting soil. I live in the cool PNW so the seedlings can take full sun for me. I have found miracle grow is too alkaline. My seedlings develope chlorosis using only Miracle grow. I added some acidifier to it and that helped. The growth rate is so variable depending on the type of maple. Some will grow a few inches a year and some a foot. I usually fertilize them in March or April a couple of times, and then again in July when they have another growth spurt. I usually grow them in a 4 inch pot the first year and then in late winter or early spring when they are dormant I pot them up to a gallon pot. I water the 4 inch pots in full sun almost every day. The 1 gallon pots that might be in half sun, maybe 2 times a week. It's a lot of trial and error. I would try giving them more sun in the morning maybe 6 hours or so and see if that helps. Here are a few of mine. |
Karen -- thank you! I've been wondering if maybe too much water has given them some kind of rot. I'll try a more porous soil mixture and more sun, and I'll get a different fertilizer. There used to be a version called Miracid that was for acid-loving plants. I think it's now just called Miracle-Gro for Azaleas or something like that. Maybe I can find that or some other fertilizer meant for the acid-loving plants. Thanks again. |
You might try some of the Osmocote type fertilizers as well. I buy JM grafts all the time and the pots are full of it. Also, there are some systemic fungicides that should help with root rot and other curses. Karen, have you tried copper wire for the slugs? Wrap a piece of bare (not coated) copper wire around the middle of each pot. Evidently the electrical properties of the copper don't set well with slugs! When they touch it, they backoff! Regards, |
According to "Kaitain7" "After soaking the seeds place them in a plastic bag in a mixture of moist peat moss. Make sure the peat is moist but not too wet, you don't want the seeds to rot. The bag should be closed but not completely air tight. Poke a few holes in the bag. Store them at room temperature, but not in direct sunlight for a period of 90 days, and then move them to the refrigerator for a period of 70 days. During the cold stratification period check your seeds once a week to see if any of them have begun to sprout." Here is my question: |
- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW, Tx (My Page) on Tue, Dec 2, 08 at 8:29
The easiest way to germinate JM seeds that I've found is to soak the seeds for 24 hours then place them on moist paper towel in a sandwich plastic container with the lid on. Put the container in the fridge. Depending on the species, the period of time varies in the fridge before they start to germinate then you can simply place seeds in 50/50 perlite and peat moss mix at room temperature till they are a couple inches then place them outside (that's what I use in Rootmaker starter tray) then 3 parts pine bark fines, one part expanded shale and 1 part peat moss for 1g or larger when they are ready to be potted up. Green JM seeds took a few weeks to germinate in the fridge. Shantung maple seeds took the least amount of time to germinate. Red JM takes 2-3 months. Trident maple takes around 2 months. This is based on Deno's work. I much prefer this. A lot less messy and reduce space as well. If you somehow get your hands on Micromax and Osmocote 18-6-12 (9 months) and 17-7-12 (12 months), you get better growth. It's tough to get them because I'm not "commerical" grower. I use Dynamite 18-6-8 (9 months) from Lowes or Home Depot which seemed to do decent job. |
I transplant my JM seedlings outside in early to mid-summer in a nursery bed, placing the seedlings about 6" apart. In late fall, I mulch the bed heavily with oak leaves (several inches) which I hold down with plastic netting, and uncover them in early April the following spring. Depending on their parentage, I get anywhere from 50-90% survival. I live in zone 4 Minnesota so am pretty happy even with a 50% rate. I transplant the survivors later on that year if they are 1' or more in height, those that are shorter get mulched for a second winter and then are transplanted to their permanent location the following spring/summer. |
Thanks for the tips, kms4me. How much water are they getting in that bed -- how frequent? And are you applying any fertilizer? I think this sounds like a good idea for me, too. I did have two other tree seedlings in pots, plus two clematis I grew from cuttings, that I decided to put in a section of my veggie garden this year. That gave them better watering and protection from the heat drying them out in the little pots. With the clematis, I just buried their pots, since I read that their roots like to get a bit crowded, but with the trees, I planted them in the bed. Do you do any root pruning before you dig them up? If so, how long before you dig them up? |
Stevation, I water them in with a low dose of water-soluble fertilizer or fish emulsion when I plant them. I don't feed them after that as I don't want to encourage too much growth later in the season that won't have any chance of hardening off. Rainfall is usually pretty regular here so I water them only if there is extreme drought. As long as there is no leaf scorch or drop, I leave them alone. I think it results in less but stronger growth. I don't root prune my JMs. I try to move them during a cloudy day---just before a rain if possible. If I can't wait for that, I water them a couple of hours before I move them--it seems to help the soil stay on the root ball better. I am a big fan of nursery beds--it makes tending young plants easier (they are all together, can be mulched, watered, fed, protected from critters), and it is easy to compare the characteristics and growth rate of the seedlings. Kate |
- Posted by luvkiefers 7 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 1, 09 at 8:28
if i put the seeds on a paper towel in fridg. do i cover the seeds with the paper towel or just lay them on top in side bag. i am very new to this. thanks mary |
- Posted by lonewolf1038 8b (My Page) on Wed, Nov 6, 13 at 14:14
I have about 50 JRM and 20 Green that had been in peat, and when they started to sprout, the person that had them didn't know what to do with them...so I took them. I don't know what she did, but it's apparent the poor things think it's spring! I want to "pretend" it's spring until they get a root system of some sort, then they can go dormant until spring. I put them in a 72ct cell liner. They have all popped their little heads up out of the soil, but between now and when they put on their their first "real leaves" is a mystery. Usually when I get things to grow from seed like this, they get spindly and wind up falling over and dying. I have a mister bottle that I mist them with....I don't want to drown the poor things or cause them to rot off at ground level. I am trying to avoid this since I love JRM! Once they are above ground.....how to do I care for them until they get their first leaves? Thanks. |
I have seeds that pop up everywhere from my 55 yr old tree. I let them grow where they start and if they survive after a year or so I put them in pots. Works well for me. I have 3 in pots and have given away to many to count. |
Don't be afraid to try planting JM seed. Take seed from tree in Oct/Nov depending on Zone (I am 7/8) place in a cool dry place until Jan. Then place in crisper in fridge for 100 days. Take out and sew/broadcast in fertile soil with morning sun. The following Spring you will have more than you can process. The picture is less than half of the seedlings from one tree. |
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Rajinikanth tweeted, "Hearty Congratulations dear @narendramodi Ji on your historic win."
Superstar Rajinikanth today greeted BJP leader Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for their parties' impressive performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
"Hearty Congratulations dear @narendramodi Ji on your historic win. Best wishes," the veteran star wrote on microblogging site Twitter.
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He also greeted Jayalalithaa through another tweet, saying "My congratulations to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha ji on her landslide victory" in the state.
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Earlier this spring, I cleaned up my mulch bed and pulled up a bunch of weeds. However, this particular plant was very big compared to the other weeds and I left it alone. I wasn't sure if it was something I planted last year (as I planted several bulbs). Over the course of several months, it has gotten bigger and bigger. I'm not sure if it's a weed, but "Googling" "mitten leaves", "3 lobed leaves", etc have not given me any results. The stem is not woody, at least not right now. I have no clue what it is. They kind of look like sassafras leaves, but I don't think that's what it is. I stumbled across a plant online called "Blue Cohosh", while similar the leaf veins aren't as prominent. I don't see any flowers/berries growing from it yet. Any help is appreciated. |
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- Posted by butterfly4u 8 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 5, 14 at 11:03
Faluz, Are the new leaves shiny? Stay away from it, just in case. Leaves of three let them be. Poison Ivy. Watch and see if the new leaves are shiny, if not, I have no clue what it is. Doesn't look like a bulb to me though. |
- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 5, 14 at 11:03
Definitely not Sassafras. It looks like Bleeding Heart, Dicentra spectabilis, a wonderful plant. If you ever come across a Sassafras, you'll know. Very distinctive! Linda |
Not poison ivy. Could be dicentra, but could also be a columbine? |
Here is a link that might be useful: columbine foliage
- Posted by whitelacey (My Page) on Thu, Jun 5, 14 at 11:09
It isn't Poison Ivy. Bleeding Heart does not come from a bulb; it is rooted. Check out the third picture, second row. It shows the foliage clearly. Linda |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dicentra spectabilis images
@butterfly4u: No, not shiny. They are soft to the touch, like velvet but not hairy at all. I don't think it's poison ivy, as I'm extremely allergic to it. I crushed a couple leaves this morning because someone said it would smell like root bear if it were sassafras. @whitelacey: You know what... I think you're right. I bought a "variety pack" of bulbs I planted last spring. The reason I think this is one of those bulbs is because it's in a spot where I believe I planted them. I know that this isn't a bulb, but the package I got was in the "bulb" section of the store. So hence I'm just generically calling them that. I probably bought some dormant roots. Googling "Bleeding Heart" shows several varieties and there is one that has the same leaf shape! http://hortchat.com/info/bleeding-heart/comment-page-1 I read that they bloom late spring, early summer and can possibly die in summer heat. I don't see any kind of flowers. I hope it's not too late. Thank you Linda. |
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Yeah.. that's definitely it. Even the stems are the same color. |
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Another vote for Bleeding Heart, Dicentra spectabilis. They bloom in spring and about August in NJ they start to die back. It's normal. They're great garden plants, although they reseed pretty prolifically. WW |
- Posted by whitelacey 6 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 6, 14 at 13:33
My Bleeding Heart is blooming now and I'm Ohio. Everything this year has been a little, (or a lot) late due to the horrid winter and the late spring. Also, any plant will be slower to grow and later to bloom the first year after planted while they are getting their 'legs' under them. I have several BH and I plant them by my hostas. They are up and blooming while my hosta are still waking up. After they have died back (about July here) the hostas have grown and covered up the bare spot. Just make sure not to dig in the BH spot. It is easy to forget there is something there when it is dormant. Rob, Columbine foliage is more rounded. Here's a link to sassafras foliage. It is very distinct: an entire leaf, a right-hand mitten, a left-hand mitten and a double mitten. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sassafras foliage
This post was edited by whitelacey on Fri, Jun 6, 14 at 13:38
@whitelacey: Thanks Linda. Your input is appreciated. I investigated my BH much more closely yesterday and am actually relieved it's not a weed. I was so close to ripping it up yesterday before I posted here. Much thanks everyone! |
Good idea to plant bleeding heart and hostas near each other, except the deer gobble up my hostas but never seem to bother the bleeding hearts. Another point in their favor. WW |
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AMSTERDAM (REUTERS) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit the Anne Frank House museum in Amsterdam on Sunday to highlight Japan's friendship with the Jewish people and sees no contradiction with his recent controversial visit to the Yasukuni Shrine at home.
The Anne Frank House, where the German-born Jewish girl kept a diary of her life in hiding before she was discovered and died in a Nazi concentration camp, is now one of Europe's best-known memorials to the victims of the holocaust, drawing more than a million visitors per year.
Mr Abe's planned visit comes less than three months after his controversial Dec. 26 visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, seen by Japan's Asian neighbours as a symbol of Japan's wartime aggression, as it honours convicted war criminals as well as others who died in battle.
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Will Egolf and Taylor Brown each chipped in with 12 points for Bradley (13-12, 8-7 MVC), which recovered from a 62-61 loss to Illinois State on Tuesday. The Braves, who also got seven rebounds from Brown, have won three of their last four.
Ali Farokhmanesh had 14 points, while Kwadzo Ahelegbe and Jordan Eglseder donated 13 points each for Northern Iowa (22-3, 13-2), which had won six straight coming into the contest and failed to secure the outright MVC title and top seed in the upcoming conference tournament with a victory.
Down 32-23 at the break, Sam Maniscalco capped an 11-0 Bradley run to start the second half and put the Braves ahead 34-32 just over five minutes in.
Northern Iowa quickly answered by scoring the next five points, before Warren sparked a 7-0 run by Bradley with a pair of free throws and a three-pointer. Brown's two makes at the line capped the surge and put the hosts ahead 41-37 with under 11 minutes left.
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Northern Iowa was as close as five points in the final minute, but it was too little, too late as Bradley held on for the upset.
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Freshwater (Netherlands)
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The availability of water and well-functioning freshwater ecosystems is essential to both humankind and nature. Large-scale use of groundwater is one of the causes of desiccation of nature in the Netherlands. Because of climate change, the risk of river flooding has increased.
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Due to climate change, the current strategies to cope with water shortage and freshwater supply in the Netherlands need to be revised. This is very complex because of the combination of technical and social aspects, e.g. the relationship between different regions within the Netherlands (Lake IJssel and the southwestern delta area), the relationship between the so-called regional goals and regional usages of water, and the consequences of the national strategy for river water discharge. In the 'National Waterplan', various policy principles are stated with respect to water supply in the Netherlands.
The state and impacts
State and impacts have been described in 'Focus on Water' (Water in Beeld (WIB)) in Section 5.1 and further on.
In the last 20 years, the quality of the large rivers has stabilised (Figure 1). When one focuses on specific parameters, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, a considerable improvement is shown (Figure 2).
Figure 1: Percentage of measurements below the Water Framework Directive (WFD) standards.
Figure 2: Concentration of N and P in large rivers in the Netherlands and the target concentration levels. Source: RWS Waterdienst
This improvement is mainly due to policies on fertilisers (agriculture), and the treatment of urban and industrial wastewater.
The ecological quality of 30 to 40 % of surface waters exceeded the Water Framework Directive (WFD) standards, because of among other things high concentrations of phosphorus, nitrate, and pesticides (Figure 3).
Figure 3: Ecological quality of surface waters in the Netherlands in 2008
In the WFD, priority substances (chemical compounds) have been chosen as an indicator of the chemical quality of water bodies. All EU Member States have to make sure these substances are phased out of the environment.
Figure 4: Chemical quality of surface waters in the Netherlands in 2008
Because the WFD uses the 'one-out-all-out' principle, meaning that if one parameter scores negative, the whole water body will get a negative status, it is difficult to see trends in figures similar to those of Figures 3 and 4. Therefore, another visualisation is used in reports such as 'Focus on Water'. In this visualisation (Figure 1) the various parameters are accumulated, and the amount of parameters which score positive are shown. Herewith a trend is shown over multiple years. Figures 3 and 4 are used within the river basin management plans (Stroomgebiedbeheerplannen (SGBP).
Water temperature is of growing concern. The number of water intake stops during summer periods is growing, thus creating significant problems for water cooling plants.
Also, the use of freshwater for the production of drinking water is hampered by the presence of chemical substances, such as pesticides and hormone disrupters.
The key drivers and pressures
The pressures at national level are partly from outside sources. Due to the intrusion of salt water from the sea in waterways and groundwater, the quality of the water is affected, as well as its application in agriculture.
Also the pollution (nutrients and other compounds) of the large rivers Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt is caused by sources from neighboring upstream countries for over 60 % (Figure 5).
Figure 5: N and P from inland sources and via Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt
For the smaller inland surface waters and groundwater, agriculture, urban wastewater treatment plants (UWWTP) and industry are the main pressures (Figure 6).
Figure 6: Input of nitrogen and phosphorus to surface waters
Figure 7: Input of various compounds to surface waters
The input from UWWTP and industry has decreased considerably in the past years. In 2007, nearly 98 % of the domestic wastewater and 93 % of the industrial wastewater was treated in UWWTP. At large industrial sites, the wastewater is often treated in private treatment plants. Figure 7 shows the main sources for different compounds in the various river basins.
The efficiency of the treatment of N and P at UWWTP has increased from about 40 % in 1981 to about 80 % in 1997 (Figure 8). For N in particular the increase was due to the requirements of the EU Directive on Urban Wastewater.
use of freshwater systems for drinking water, shipping, industrial intakes as
well as all other uses have been at constant levels during the past 30 years.
Figure 8: Efficiency of urban wastewater treatment plants in the Netherlands (1981-1997) (CBS)
Due to the expected climate change the demand for water will increase and precipitation in summer will decrease. The availability of freshwater will decrease. The degree of this decrease will vary from region to region. Not only will this have its consequences for the water level of rivers and ditches, and therefore overall water levels, it will also have consequences for agriculture, inland shipping, nature, and water quality. Due to higher water temperatures the amount of algae will increase.
The 2020 outlook
The goal is to improve the quality of both groundwater and surface water, complying with legal (EU) standards (Water Framework Directive). It is expected that the concentration of nitrate in groundwater will improve, but not enough to meet the standard (50 mg/l) in 2027 (Figure 9). Also, by 2027, surface waters are expected to reach approximately 40 to 60 % of the WFD EU standards for N and P (Figure 10). This is also the case for the ecological quality of regional waters (Figure 11).
As a result of the European Nitrate Directive, the nitrogen surplus in Dutch agriculture decreased by almost 40% between 1992 and 2007. The average nitrate concentration during the winter period in fresh surface waters has been decreasing since 1998. Both nitrate content and eutrophication are decreasing. However, it takes several years before the effects of policy measures taken by farmers are seen in the water quality. It is therefore expected that it will be some years before the effects of recent policy measures from the current action programme (2004-2009) are seen in the water quality and that water quality will therefore only show further improvement in the 2010-2015 period.
The implementation of WFD measures is expected to result in a good water condition in about one quarter of all water bodies by 2015. For the remaining three-quarters, this will be reached after 2015. Because EU targets are expected not to be met by 2015, there will be a phasing to 2027 (time exemptions). This requires studying the river basin management plans (Stroomgebiedbeheerplannen (SGBP)) http://www.kaderrichtlijnwater.nl/uitvoering/nationaal/item_27248/. In addition, the effects of climate change are being studied further. See also the Veerman report on: http://www.deltacommissie.com/
Figure 9: Nitrate concentration in upper groundwater levels in sandy areas
Figure 10: Regional waters which meet the EU WFD standards for N and P
Figure 11: Regional waters which meet the ecological EU WFD standards
Existing and planned responses
For the Dutch water safety policy, the starting point is a basic safety level for each citizen, a socially acceptable risk for large groups of people, and an economically optimal safety level.
The Netherlands policy plans focus on reducing the chances of flooding from the sea (e.g., through suppletion of sand in coastal defense systems), and flooding from rivers. For the latter the possibilities to retain water in inland water basins will be increased. The large rivers will be adjusted to be able to manage the larger outflows which are expected in the future.
For water quality, nearly 3000 national and regional measures have been laid down in SGBPs, for which regional and national plans have provided the building blocks. The SGBPs state the current water quality for each basin area, as well as the objectives for improving this quality and their corresponding measures. For the Netherlands, two approaches are combined to improve water quality: dealing with substances at their source, and improving the organisation of water systems.
Two programmes which have already been implemented dealing with water quality issues are the high water protection programme (Hoogwaterbeschermingsprogramma (HWBP)) http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/water/veiligheid/bescherming_tegen_het_water/organisatie/hwbp/ which deals with primary dyke reinforcements and drainage systems, and Room for the River (Ruimte voor de Rivier) http://www.ruimtevoorderivier.nl, with around 40 large-scale measurements meant to protect river basin areas against flooding. Measures vary from digging out riparian meadows and dyke displacement to lowering groynes and enlarging summer riverbeds. For the Meuse River, specific measures will be taken to protect against high water, whereby the river is deepened and widened, combined with flood channels, retention basins and dyke reinforcements.
As of 2008 water board taxes have changed. Three new fees have been created. (1.) a so-called water system fee; to ensure 'dry feet and a clean freshwater supply', (2.) a purification fee, to ensure treatment of waste water, and (3.) a pollution fee to allow discharges directly on freshwaters. The primary goal of the WFD is improvement of the ecological quality of water bodies, and therefore the most important benefit of measures taken originating out of the WFD. It is difficult to express this benefit in financial benefits. It is clear, though, that if freshwater is cleaner, and water bodies look nicer, it will be more attractive to live nearby.
For references, please go to www.eea.europa.eu/soer or scan the QR code.
This briefing is part of the EEA's report The European Environment - State and Outlook 2015. The EEA is an official agency of the EU, tasked with providing information on Europe's environment.
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