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This was the subject of a recent thread on the perennial forum, and many posters remembered fondly the 'good old days' when American (and Canadian) gardening programs proliferated. They seem to be a rarity now. One responder provided links to some British gardening shows on YouTube. That's not a resource I have ever made much use of - that has changed - I'm now a great fan of Alan Titchmarsh and Monty Don and the many beautifully filmed gardens. 'Around the World in 80 Gardens' is a great fix for cabin fever while we wait... Kudos to the BBC. (Great accents too!) Jan |
Here is a link that might be useful: Great BBC gardening shows
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Those of us which also subscribe to Netflix can also get some of the old garden programs. I am now looking at an old Roger Swain series. I had forgotten how informative they were. Al |
This was a major complaint of mine when we got cable, (only 2 years ago). I wanted HGTV and now I wonder why. There are some fun home improvement shows, but I really wanted a good gardening series. I see I'm not the only one. By the way, we are turning off our cable this summer for 4 months. At $70 a month for 4 months, lets see, thats about 14 hostas of the newer variety, more if I buy some oldies but goodies. Beverly |
Yes, I totally agree. I don't even look to see what's on it anymore. I feel the same way about the Food network. I wonder why I wanted it. bk |
- Posted by Hostanista 5B (Ont) (My Page) on Wed, Apr 3, 13 at 17:12
Totally agree with you Jan! They should simply drop the "G" from HGTV and stop pretending. Always liked Alan T. and thanks for that great link to the BBC garden shows. I know what I'm doing this evening! Remember "Gardener's Journal" with Kathy Renwald? What a lovely show that was. |
- Posted by ilovetogrow 9 Jax Florida (My Page) on Wed, Apr 3, 13 at 17:25
Yes I do remember the show. PBS is not doing much better. There is still "the Victory Garden' and the narator has a British accent. I want to garden here. I do not pay for cable as it is hosta money and well frankly there is nothing good on ever. When I was at my sisters we watched HGTV and they were selling homes in Italy? I knew my money was well spent elsewhere. I do miss the garden shows. Even the Canadian ones. Youtube is one of my biggest source for info. You want it it is there. I remember the show where Kathy redid the entryway between apartmennts. I will have to check out these other shows. |
I agree, I remember those great garden shows on HGTV. I was regularly watching them, they were a high point of my days. For many years now I only see that they have home shows, and rarely watch it. There is no more gardening in it, what a shame. |
- Posted by gogirlterri 5 IL (My Page) on Thu, Apr 4, 13 at 8:54
I used to go to HGTV as soon as I turned on my tv. I particularly liked the crazy guy from Arkansas. Now I don't even check the listings anymore. There is N E V E R anything on it I wish to see. It makes Victory Gardening exciting. Theresa |
I stopped watching HGTV years ago when they took the G out of their programming. Karen |
I miss gardening shows too. There was one called 'gardening by the yard' that was fun. I am sick of all the home improvement shows that took over. That is just tv in general I guess....it's all reality shows and competitions, not much good stuff anymore. |
- Posted by MadPlanter1 5 Nebraska (My Page) on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 9:48
And even the shows where they redo a garden it's all outdoor kitchens, patios, and firepits. BBC used to carry an Allan Titchmarsh show where they surprised someone by redoing their garden. Loved that one, it had some gardening and real D-I-Y tips. The Travel channel is just as bad. No travel at all, just food. I used to love the programs about National Parks. Now I get some guy eating disgusting stuff. I bookmarked the link for future rainy days, looks good! HDNet has now been turned into a manly man car channel, but they used to show a wonderful series about great gardens in England, might have been gardens of the National Trust. They were so good! Wonder if they're out on the net somewhere. |
- Posted by almosthooked 5 a BC (My Page) on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 11:02
I agree and cancelled out that channel some time back. It has so many reruns and never seem to get anything new. After seeing this post I contacted their site and but they never even had the decency of a lame answer. Maybe if they get more emails or comments they may have to do something about it.. just a thought that may help |
- Posted by hostafreak 6 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 13:58
Yeah,I know what you mean! I still have that old tape of George Shmid,and Philip Little from years back,when DVR's weren't even a word! I mean,who needs a fire pit! If it gets that cold outside,I go inside where it's warm. And who needs all that hard-scaping? Phil |
- Posted by Don_in_Colorado 6a (My Page) on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 14:14
You know it's bad when 'Ancient Aliens' is one of the better shows on cable these days...sigh.... Don B. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 14:44
I draw the line at the multi-million $$ ROOMS, not just the HOUSE. And yes, the proliferation of life-style channels is not to my taste. I suppose prisons and ice road trucking and gold mining in the cold parts of the world, and ax men and artificial reef building (that's an Alabama show, BTW) and pawn shop stars, and "pickers" might be of some interest, but how about something like GARDENING..... yeah, I agree. I know there are fans of golfing on this forum, but to me that is about as exciting as watching paint dry. Yet golf has its own channel. Gardening is a bunch more active than golfing, so what's the problem I'd like to know. Don't gardeners spend as much money as golfers? |
- Posted by Don_in_Colorado 6a (My Page) on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 15:31
A reality show; featuring felonious TRUCKERS serving time in a PRISON made out of ICE in ALASKA, and they have to MINE FOR GOLD as forced labor...!! Ratings galore!!! Mocc, you're a genius! :) Don B. |
OK you guys can joke, but those computerized toilets scare me. |
- Posted by Don_in_Colorado 6a (My Page) on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 20:38
I have never seen a computerized toilet, Beverly; I admit I'm getting the creeps just imagining what it could be. Don B. |
- Posted by moccasinlanding z9A AL (My Page) on Mon, Apr 8, 13 at 20:48
Ummmm, Don, I think YOU are the genius for linking all those into one blockbuster show. Me, I'm the sort who gets a message and then assumes it is a brilliant idea....like the time I heard that in California they were making the offshore drilling platforms/rigs look like condos. That's what they SAID. What I HEARD was, they were turning the offshore rigs into condos. My mind went galloping with that, seeing the cranes lowering folks to the deck of a ferry to go into town to work....And on the rig itself an ATM machine, a 24 hour restaurant, even a grocery store, beauty/barber shop, a day care, and an all-age school with guest teachers from the university system, or else with video classrooms. Oh yeah, and a pharmacy that flies in the meds via chopper. Well, that's what I HEARD, and my imagination took a giant leap forward. I could see trees....especially palm trees like in MISTER ROBERTS....fresh water via reverse osmosis, solar power supply. But sadly, they only put big canvas covers over the ugly business part of the rigs, with squares like windows drawn and cut into it, but with one production platform, I saw it set up like a real (small) tropical island with a sandy beach and a couple of palm trees and a tiki shack covering the ugly production wellhead etc. As long as it was out of sight, nobody seemed to care. Duhhhh. |
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I really like how this hat fits on my head. The material is relaxed so it does not look like you are wearing a super stiff "ski racer" hat. You know the ones that go straight up and do not move? Yea, those are not cool.
It also comes in a bunch of different colors to meet your preference.
grete, which color is your favorite? I don't know which color to get!
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I snagged the blue of this touque and the colour is true. I really like the shape, it has the perfect amount of flop without being ridiculous. It fits really loose though. I'm not sure if its a trend with Dakine touques in general, or just the two I happened to get...but I don't like feeling like it will blow off my head. I'm tempted to almost put an elastic around the base.
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The description of the hat (Pom-pom and brim) doesn't match the picture. Anyone know which is correct? Is it the description or the pic?
the photo is correct. no brim or pom. wow. we were WAY off! thanks for catching this!
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the description says this beanie has a pompom and a visor, but the pic is different. which is it?
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I have/had about 30 beautiful Geraniums in my greenhouse that I brought in at the beginning of winter. I had a power outage for between 18-24 hrs during which time it dropped to 28 degrees. They look like they are dying now. Is it possible that they will survive. What should I do? |
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I assume these are Pelargoniums, rather than Geraniums which are hardy, in which case you can't do anything really. If they're frozen they're dead and nothing you do will revive them. I would just try to keep them above freezing until the spring and hope they show signs of life. It depends on whether there is some of the plant left which did not get frozen. |
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The Florida Department of Transportation's Gulf of Mexico Drive paving contractor, Ajax Paving Industries Inc., will be done paving the Manatee County side of the road by Wednesday, May 13, which is 10 days ahead of schedule. Lane closures will also end Wednesday.
The project's public information officer, Darren Alfonso, made the announcement Friday, May 8.
"Paving is almost complete and is way ahead of schedule," said Alfonso, who reports that he has received no traffic complaints this week.
Ajax is currently finishing paving all medians and making sure the pavement has a straight edge on all road slopes leading to the town's side streets.
The contractor is also paving and striping road aprons, or parts of the side streets that the state owns, near Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Once complete, Alfonso said the contractor will be back in mid-June after the pavement has cured sufficiently for one more coat of permanent striping.
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Lack of coordination between the Karnataka Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) and Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company (Gescom) came to light at the review meet presided over by Vinay Kumar Sorake, Urban Development Minister, here on Wednesday.
On the slow progress of the Rs. 114-crore drinking water project, a KUIDFC official stated that inlet and outlet meters were ready to be installed on all overhead tanks, and an application had been forwarded to Gescom seeking power supply. The Gescom official replied that power supply had already been sanctioned, and the company was waiting for KUIDFC to pay the deposit.
This irked Deputy Commissioner Amlan Aditya Biswas, who took the official to task for misleading both him and the Urban Development Minister.
His temper rose on being told that the deposit had to be remitted by the contractor before work could begin.
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"The contractor had promised to complete work in March, and failed to do so. You have been directed to instruct the contractor and complete the project on schedule, not the other way around," he told officials, and suggested that the Minister order the contractor to be blacklisted.
Intervening, Mr. Sorake observed: "it appears government officials are under the contractor's thumb, and not vice versa." He directed Gescom and KUIDFC to ensure that the project was completed by July-end.
BUDA Commissioner Nafisa Khazi was caught unawares by Mr. Biswas's reaction, when she stated that a proposal to purchase land at Rs. 12 lakh an acre for developing layouts had been forwarded for approval. "I fixed the price at Rs. 9 lakh an acre. How was it increased?" Mr. Biswas wanted to know.
He shot down her arguments, stating that only the Deputy Commissioner could fix the price.
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Night bombing air raid causes havoc in capital, good Blitz shots.
Various night shots of massive fires in City area of London - office blocks and shots are seen burning. We see firemen and the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) attempting to fight the flames. Various shots of church windows, fire rages inside. Good shots of statues, one holding a crucifix, silhouetted against inferno.
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Michael S. Engel
Michael S. Engel | |
Born | Creve Coeur, Missouri U.S. |
24 September 1971
Residence | U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Institutions | University of Kansas 2000- American Museum of Natural History 1998-2000 |
Alma mater | Cornell University (Ph.D, 1998) University of Kansas (B.Sc., 1993) University of Kansas (B.A., 1993) |
Doctoral advisor | Prof. Dr. James K. Liebherr (Cornell University) |
Other academic advisors | Prof. Dr. George C. Eickwort (1940-1994), Prof. Dr. Thomas D. Seeley, Prof. Dr. Richard Harrison, Prof. Dr. Charles D. Michener (1918- ) |
Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellow (2006) Charles Schuchert Award (2008) Bicentenary Medal (2009) |
Spouse | Kellie Kristen Magill (1970- ) |
Michael S. Engel, FLS (born 24 September 1971) is an American paleontologist and entomologist. He has undertaken field work in Central Asia, Asia Minor, the Levant, Arabia, eastern Africa, the high Arctic, and South and North America, and published more than 550 papers in scientific journals.[1] He was trained at the University of Kansas where in 1993 he received a B.Sc. in Physiology & Cell Biology and a B.A. in Chemistry, and at Cornell University where in 1998 he obtained his Ph.D. in Entomology. In 2006 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for his work in insect paleontology. Dr. Engel is an authority on the geological history, phylogeny, and taxonomy of insects, and has made particular contributions to the systematics of living and fossil Zoraptera, Isoptera, Dermaptera, Raphidioptera, Neuroptera, and Hymenoptera, most notably the bees, including the honey bees (genus Apis). Some of Dr. Engel's research images have been included in exhibitions on the aesthetic value of scientific imagery [5]. During his career Dr. Engel has discovered and described over 250 new genera/subgenera and over 600 new species of living and fossil arthropods, mostly insects but also Onychophora and Arachnida.
Among his current positions are Research Associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and Paleontological Society; and joint appointments as Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Courtesy Professor in the Department of Geology, and Curator-in-Charge (Senior Curator) in the Division of Entomology and Courtesy Senior Curator in the Division of Invertebrate Paleontology of the Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas.
Ismael A. Hinojosa-Díaz, Allan H. Smith-Pardo, Daniel J. Bennett, Jon Kieckhefer, Stephanie J. Swenson, Ming-Luen Jeng, Mabel Alvarado, Chulwoo Shin, Laura C.V. Breitkreuz, Jaime Ortega-Blanco, Ryan C. McKellar, Victor H. Gonzalez, Favizia Freitas de Oliveira, Ricardo Pérez-de la Fuente, and Steven R. Davis are just some of his numerous students from all over the world [6].
With David Grimaldi, also an insect systematist and paleontologist, he is co-author of Evolution of the Insects (2005).
Dr. Engel is a violinist; an autodidact in theology, philosophy, and antiquities; and is a member of the United Church of Christ. His father, Rev. A.G. Engel, was a long-time Conference Minister with the United Church of Christ. He has two siblings - Elisabeth Anne Engel (1975- ), Curator of Artifacts for the Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum in Wisconsin, and Jeffrey Gayle Engel (1980- ). On 7 July 2008 Engel was engaged to Ms. Kellie K. Magill (1970- ) at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. The couple was subsequently married by Engel's father on 25 April 2009.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Engel was born in Creve Coeur, Missouri to Donna G. Engel, a former music instructor and organist, and Rev. A.G. Engel, former minister active within the United Church of Christ. The family soon moved from their home in Washington, Missouri to Phoenix, Arizona before relocating a few years later to Walnut Creek, California. Eventually, the household settled in Wichita, Kansas where Engel completed high school, graduating in 1989 from Wichita High School Southeast.
In 1989 Engel moved to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas and completed undergraduate study in Chemistry and Cellular Biology. Engel moved to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and in 1998 completed doctoral studies in Systematic Entomology. His doctoral work comprised a comparative morphological and behavioral review of the New World bee tribe Augochlorini (Halictidae), including an overview of their fossil diversity, phylogeny, historical biogeography, and classification.
Engel's academic career officially began in 1998 with an appointment as Research Scientist in the Department of Entomology (later the Division of Invertebrate Zoology) at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, New York. Upon departing the American Museum in 2000 he was appointed as Research Associate. Engel returned to the University of Kansas in 2000 with joint appointments in the Department of Entomology, the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and the Division of Entomology in the University's Natural History Museum. At the close of that year the Department of Entomology was merged with the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. In 2005 Engel was granted continuous tenure and promoted to Associate Professor/Associate Curator, followed by promotion to full Professor and Senior Curator in 2008. In addition to his regular appointments, Engel was appointed as Courtesy Senior Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology (2006) and Courtesy Professor in the Department of Geology (2008). In 2000 he was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and in 2008 a Fellow of the Paleontological Society.
Along with fellow paleontologist and entomologist David A. Grimaldi, Curator at the American Museum, Engel published in 2005 a comprehensive overview of insect evolutionary history (Evolution of the Insects, Cambridge University Press). This work synthesized for the first time the fossil record of insects with the wealth of information on the biology and ecology of the modern diversity.
In 2006-2007 Engel resumed regular activity in the American Museum of Natural History while a Guggenheim Fellow [7], completing work on the geological history of termites and their influence on carbon recycling in paleoenvironments. This period also permitted significant work on the comprehensive work, Treatise on the Termites of the World.[3] In 2008 he received the Charles Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society and subsequently the Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society of London (2009) for his contributions to the fields of systematic entomology and paleontology. In Spring 2014 he was awarded the Scholarly Achievement Award of the University of Kansas for his contributions to the evolutionary and developmental origins of insect flight.[4]
Awards and honors[edit]
Prof. Engel's scientific honors include:
- Fellow, The Linnean Society of London, 2000
- Guggenheim Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2006 (2006 Guggenheim Fellows)
- Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, William T. Kemper Foundation, 2006
- Book Honor Award (for Evolution of the Insects), Skipping Stones, International Multicultural Magazine in Children's Education, 2006
- Charles Schuchert Award, The Paleontological Society, 2008
- Fellow, The Paleontological Society, 2008
- Bicentenary Medal, The Linnean Society of London, 2009
- Scholarly Achievement Award, The University of Kansas, 2014
The following species or genera have been proposed in honor of Dr. Engel:
- Lasioglossum (Dialictus) engeli Genaro, 2001 (a halictid bee from Cuba)
- Braunsapis engeli Jobiraj, 2004 (a small allodapine bee from southern India)
- † Cretostylops engeli Grimaldi & Kathirithamby, 2005 (the oldest fossil Strepsiptera, from Myanmar)
- † Sigmophlebia engeli Béthoux & Beckemeyer, 2007 (a protorthopteran from the Early Permian of Oklahoma)
- Triepeolus engeli Rightmyer, 2008 (an epeoline bee from Texas)
- † Archaeoellipes engeli Heads, 2010 (a pygmy mole cricket from the Early Miocene of the Dominican Republic)
- Anotylus engeli Makranczy, 2011 (an oxyteline rove beetle from Bolivia)
- † Engellestes Nel & al., 2012 (a genus of damselfly-like odonates from the Permian of Russia)
- Melitta engeli Michez, 2012 (a melittine bee from Kyrgyzstan)
Representative Publications[edit]
- Engel, M.S. (2001) A monograph of the Baltic amber bees and evolution of the Apoidea (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 259: 1-192.
- Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. (2002) The first Mesozoic Zoraptera (Insecta). American Museum Novitates 3362: 1-20.
- Engel, M.S. & Grimaldi, D.A. (2004) New light shed on the oldest insect. Nature 427: 627-630.
- Engel, M.S., Davis, S.R. & Prokop, J. (2013) Insect wings: The evolutionary developmental origins of Nature's first flyers. In: Minelli, A., Boxshall, G. & Fusco, G. (eds.), Arthropod Biology and Evolution: Molecules, Development, Morphology: 269–298. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
- Garrouste, R., Clément, G., Nel, P., Engel, M.S., Grandcolas, P., D'Haese, C., Lagebro, L., Denayer, J., Gueriau, P., Lafaite, P., Olive, S., Prestianni, C. & Nel, A. (2012) A complete insect from the Late Devonian period. Nature 488: 82–85.
- Grimaldi, D. & Engel, M.S. (2005). Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82149-5.
- Gu, J., Montealegre-Z, F., Robert, D., Engel, M.S., Qiao, G. & Ren, D. (2012) Wing stridulation in a Jurassic katydid (Insecta, Orthoptera) produced low-pitched musical calls to attract females. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 109: 3868–3873.
- Huang, D., Engel, M.S., Cai, C., Wu, H. & Nel, A. (2012) Diverse transitional giant fleas from the Mesozoic era of China. Nature 483: 201–204.
- Huang, D., Nel, A., Cai, C., Lin, Q. & Engel, M.S. (2013) Amphibious flies and paedomorphism in the Jurassic period. Nature 495: 94–97.
- Krishna, K., Grimaldi, D.A., Krishna, V. & Engel, M.S. (2013) Treatise on the Termites of the World. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 377: 1-2470.
- Michez, D., Vanderplanck, M. & Engel, M.S. (2012) Fossil bees and their plant associates. In: Patiny, S. (ed.), Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships: 103-164. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Nel, A., Roques, P., Nel, P., Prokin, A.A., Bourgoin, T., Prokop, J., Szwedo, J., Azar, D., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Wappler, T., Garrouste, R., Coty, D., Huang, D., Engel, M.S. & Kirejtshuk, A.G. (2013) The earliest known holometabolous insects. Nature 503: 257–261.
- Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Delclòs, X., Peñalver, E., Speranza, M., Wierzchos, J., Ascaso, C. & Engel, M.S. (2012) Early evolution and ecology of camouflage in insects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 109: 21414–21419.
External links[edit]
- Entomology at the University of Kansas
- Scientific contributions of Dr. Engel
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Tree of Life contributions by Dr. Engel
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from St. Louis County, Missouri
- American paleontologists
- American entomologists
- Guggenheim Fellows
- Hymenopterists
- Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
- Cornell University alumni
- Evolutionary biologists
- American naturalists
- American zoologists
- University of Kansas alumni
- University of Kansas faculty
- United Church of Christ members
- People associated with the American Museum of Natural History


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Zadock Smith came to this town in 1855, and located upon the farm now known as the " Malvern place." He died November 30 1881. Allen B., son of Zadock, came here with his father. He was assistant judge of the county court in 1874-'76, and has been a selectman several years. He married Roxana P. Jackson and has two children.
Biographical Sketch of Zadock Smith
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Child, Hamilton. Gazetteer and business directory of Lamoille and Orleans Counties, Vt., for 1883-1884. Hamilton Child. 1887. AccessGenealogy.com. Web. 30 January 2015. http://www.accessgenealogy.com/vermont/biographical-sketch-of-zadock-smith.htm - Last updated on May 23rd, 2011Categories: Vermont
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Locations: Lamoille County VT, Morrisville Vermont
Surnames: Smith
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