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nastiest rose I have EVER seen.
Once again, someopne mentioned Paul Neyron as a candidate for their garden. While I fully appreciate there are gardens and gardens (soil, climate etc), I have to say that even after seeing some absolute dogs (stripey things, I am afraid are totally on my hate list even though I have one...but that's another story)....the very worst, most ungraceful disease ridden rose I have ever seen in my life was a hatefully huge specimen of this horrid rose. Yes, I know there are many who love gigantic blowsy things but the rust, the BS, the mildew - this rose had them all. Ugly, ugly leaves, dismally floppy heads of a grim pink (with lots of brown curly bits). Ugh, feeling ill just recalling it. Strawberry - this rose ought to come with a health and sanity warning.
I had one once and I liked it pretty well. No rust or mildew, those aren't problems here, and I sprayed semi regularly for blackspot. I see it gets Excellent ratings on HelpMeFind - Campanula, do you rate roses there? it's important to get the negative ratings as well as the positives. They can't all be Excellent.
For me the nastiest was the much beloved Souvenir de la Malmaison. In my garden it was a miserable, ugly, disease-ridden mess, and every single bloom all season long proliferated. I know it can be lovely rose in the right garden, but mine was not the right garden.
Second place goes to the equally popular Baronne Prevost, similarly wretched though without the proliferation.
SdlM (and we tried 3-4 different clones) uniformly mildewd, balled, and rotted here.
Paul Neyron pretty much uniformly rusted here in all seasons.
Too bad, too. The bloom IS lovely.
"Barbara's Pasture Rose," with a bloom to equal Neyron's, does NOT rust here -- making it an ideal replacement for Neyron, IN MY GARDEN. Great fragrance, too.
And Baronne Prevost, which we grew for 20 years didn't rust or mildew for us, and bloomed through the year -- though it was a miserably-virused thing from ROY&T.
"Linsley Plot Quartered Pink" blooms just as well for us, and I don't think it's virused. It resembles 'Baronne Prevost,' at least most of the time, so it is my replacement for that lovely.
The NASTIEST rose we ever grew would have to be 'Mme. Isaac Pereire,' which suffered from constant rust, powdery mildew, and downy mildew. The only possible use for MIP was to provide entries for English Box classes at ARS Rose Shows. Its miserable foliage disqualified it for ANYTHING else.
Coastal Ventura County, SoCal
We too frequently forget that MANY of these "beautiful, old favorites" were darlings in their day because they were exhibited in English Boxes, WITHOUT foliage. They were grown in large gardens, by the "gardening staff" where they were brought to their perfection in their season, to be avoided once past their prime. Then, garden excursions were to the other parts of the garden where the plants were at their peaks. Many of them were popular because they looked splendid in a box of blooms with NO foliage. They weren't intended to be good garden plants, and most weren't (still aren't) except for very narrow zones. Those which were, frequently succeeded due to the high sulfur heating oils providing daily rains of sulfurous fungicide preventing them from expressing their true characters. Once "cleaner" sources of oils were discovered and pressed into service, the old rose books cried many of them had "degenerated" and "lost their vigor". I wonder why...KIm
I love Campanula's sense of humor and concern. I was laughing when I read the warning. Jeff Britt from Ohio displayed this hot-shot Paul Neyron with a ruler in HMF. Thank you, Roseseek for helping me to understand. I never see Paul Neyron in real life, so I appreciate Campanula's insight very much.
I should post a warning on Abraham Darby: flowers are smaller in real life and octopus canes can strangle you alive ... fragrance can smell like rotten melons in cold weather.
A rose with full blown Rose Rosette Disease trumps any combination of fungal and bacterial problems on otherwise healthy roses.
I'm not sure that Watsoniana with heavy Powdery Mildew doesn't fit in the 'worst' list.
Shear terror inducements come from Omar Kayam whose thorns may be outlawed by international rules governing fair warfare.
And for the rose with the most warped sense of humor: R. minutifolia. Only it knows if its dead in summer or just snoozing until fall.
well yes, it certainly has a large bloom - a good 6 inches (too much). And yep, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, another dodgy type and rustbucket.
All roses I grow have the hardest testing - I am mean with fertiliser and totally miserly with water, unsprayed and not always pruned, weedridden, aphid infested and so on....so cause for complaining is generally my fault rather than the rose....but this specimen was planted at my horticultural college, treated far more respectfully than any of mine and still repaid the labours of many students by glaring brownly amongst the delphs and umbellifers (whose name escapes me)
Well now, Campanula, don't hold back, tell us what you really thingkof PN, lol!
This one is always available around here, everywhere, every spring. It must be hardy or do well in this area but I've never picked it up. I guess the photo on the packaging just doesn't appeal to me much either!
Least Souvenir de la Malmaison get a bad reputation, I have to say it's wonderful here in Florida.
My nastiest most irredeemable rose was Rainbow Knockout. It faded to an ugly pee color in our climate and got plenty of disease in my garden. There wasn't a thing about it I liked except the fact it was a plant and I like plants.
Love SDLM & Kronprincessin Viktoia both ar vigorous growers & frequent bloomers with some late fall powdery mildew it even has a few blooms now this late in the season. Nastiest rose for me is an icon of ogr Marchessa Bocella limp pink Kleenex is what always comes to mind It was moved in our garden and resides under a peach tree now. I've seen nice examples of it but even those don't tend to hold my interest
amberroses, I like your last point. I suspect many of us feel this way but it doesn't occur to us to say so.
My candidate for worst rose ever--in MY garden--is 'Perle des Jardins'. My roses are almost never troubled by rust; black spot arrives mainly with the fall rains; and I can live with mildew. But PdJ had chronic fungal disease, hardly ever bloomed, and as a last insult was vigorous. After several years I finally threw it out, something I almost never do. A horrible rose.
Nice to see everybody letting their hair down. This is an interesting thread, and fun!
I remember Jack Harkness calling Madame Isaac Periere and Madame Ernest Calvat "The Ugly Step-Sisters". Climate really makes a difference. Paul N is like most HPs, demanding. Some people have problems with Bourbons. What might be hated in one garden is a prize in another or just the opposite.
What Campanula and others wrote gave me a good laugh - we can't be serious about roses when it's a masochistic self-pricking hobby. Nastiest rose I have ever seen go to any Rugosa. At best, they look like pimpled porcupines in neutral soil. In alkaline soil, they look like hunchback thorny witches draped in yellow-cloak by the road side. Road-kills are better-looking than these babies.
In past forum, Patrick wrote about rugosa heritage of Tamora. Hence, I stay away from that thorny beauty. Just the name Rugosa give goosebumps on my flesh. They belong to the PP family of roses (PP stand for Perpetual Puck). I was so happy when the rose park got rid of them.
Forgot to put in my nasties! Of my OGRs probably Rose de Rescht is the thorniest only because they're so tiny you can't get them out of your fingers. But in my moderns Snowfire and Falling in Love vie constantly for the top spot. Both are armed with hundreds of large, hooked stabbers! But Snowfire takes the win because it also rarely opens fully and looks like bloody kleenex when it doesn't. Falling in Love is gorgeous!
OK, Paul Neyron has been in the parentage of a few much nicer roses - I believe my beloved Schoeners Nutkana has PN as a seed or pollen parent. SN has the outrageous size of PN (in fact, apart from Giganteas, it is the largest flowered single I know), with a deep, unfading cerise colour and, best of all, no rust!
I'm really hesitant to say this because I know it will result in many a gasp, but my ugliest rose has been Belinda's Dream. The bush was never a pretty shrub, was always only sparsely foliated and the blooms were thrip magnets. It was everything I don't want in a rose bush.
Belinda's Dream did poorly for me here as well, lots of powdery mildew. Not the worst rose I've seen, but not the best either. With any rose, YMMV.
I'm seeing a lot of rust this fall, both on roses that always get fall rust, and on those that only rarely do.
N.B. Ann mentioned 'Watsoniana': I saw it once, and was amazed at how memorably and uniquely ugly it was--perhaps it was an unhealthy plant? I love a curiosity as much as anyone, but there is a point at which I draw the line. Some plants are simply too nasty to have in the garden, no matter how peculiar they are.
Melissa, Watsoniana is best used as if it's a dwarf, weeping bamboo. Grown in a "rose garden", it IS ugly, but used in a landscaping situation as if it is something else, it can look quite interesting. Much like growing Viridiflora. It isn't "pretty" in a rose bed, but used as an unusual border element, it can be quite striking. I have grown Viridiflora for many years and love putting its flowers in arrangements. Watsoniana, I haven't permitted in any of my gardens, but I do find it interesting to study when I encounter it. Kim
Kim, that's rather how I feel about R. rugosa and its hybrids that strongly resemble it. I didn't think it was ugly in itself, as long as it was healthy, but I never really liked it until I was able to see it as a flowering shrub sui generis rather than as a rose.
I have 'Viridiflora' in with other roses and am happy with it, but then my roses are planted with a lot of other plants rather than in beds all to themselves.
Belinda's Dream in my mild damp climate will often have every bud in a flush ball and rot, while the unsprayed foliage turns brown and yellow with some disease, possibly cercospora spot. But the post above from Texas is the first critical one I've seen from a hot climate.
I have to believe that Belinda's Dream likes a mild but dry climate since for me it's disease-free and every bloom opens. I don't know that many roses exist that aren't dogs in one place or another, while being a roaring success story in its favorite place. As long as we choose roses that do well in OUR gardens, that shouldn't really be a problem. I would no more plant a gallica than I would climb Mount Everest, even though I think many of them are absolutely gorgeous and so historic.
nastiest rose?
any rose that rips a favorite dress. You would think by now I would have remembered not to ever wear a silk or linen frock in a rose garden, where prickly canes seem to reach out and tear long gashes.
Do the roses call me Dummy?
Sickliest 'Rust Cup' award, in my garden went to;
' Baron de Bonstedden' a red Hybrid Perpetual. This plant appeared as if it were assembled from rust, like a madmans dream of modern sculpture. The rosebush defoliated and never produced a single bloom. and I so badly wanted a healthy red H.P., eventualy I found a few.
Second place 'sickly rose cup' winner goes to M.I.P. and M.Ernst Calvat' which was plagued with regular mildew which I rarely see on roses here, powdery mildew, blackspot and rust, the entire demonic quadratic foliage curse.
While I have grown Paul Neyron in the past, even at its worst it couldn't compete in sheer ghastliness to the biggest eyesore I've ever grown, the floribunda Europeana. Europeana came highly-recommended, it was supposed to do well in Southern California. I had high expectations which were permanently dashed. The reason? It looked like a flocked Christmas tree 12 months out of the year it was so heavily covered in mildew. It's first, last, and middle name was UGLY! Plus it had no discernible fragrance to the measly flowers it produced--not that it was worth getting a nose close enough to inhale a lung full of fungus. Even more frustrating was that all its neighbors looked terrific. One was Rose de Rescht, which was constantly in bloom, smelled divine, and had beautiful clean foliage. Another was Little White Pet. Covered itself almost non-stop with sprays of the most charming small white pompoms with a very sweet scent. Then that beastly Europeana marred the landscape. Horrid excuse for a rose. Hateful thing then had the gall to look gorgeous in pics on the web..
First runner-up to Europeana would have to be Dr. Huey. Simply hideous. Leaves perpetually curled up in death spirals due to mildew, although never as thick as on Europeana. Areas void of mildew were blasted with rust on the bottom and with zigzag patterns of rose mosaic virus on top. Ugly, shapeless flowers with a color combo I don't like. This rose truely deserves to be flame-throwered out of a garden!
Poor Paul Neyron only manages to take third against far more horrid competition. Badly-virused from ROYAT, and a rust-bucket of the worst order, it did in fact have somewhat pretty flowers whenever it managed to get up sufficient strength to bloom. Fragrance was actually very nice, old rose, and strong. Alas, it struggled along for about 15 years before it passed away. On the other hand, its offspring, Schoener's Nutkana, is the very picture of health, less than a mile away at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. Beautiful clean foliage, and not a sign of rose mosaic virus. So I wonder if its parent, free of virus, might also perform well in this area?????
Then there is a rose I have a love-hate relationship with. Napoleon, a china. When it blooms, the flowers are oh so lovely, delightful swirls of pink that change color depending on air temperature/amount of intense sun. BUT it only has bloomed twice for me this year, with big gaps in between, and it drinks more water than just about any rose I've ever had. This one is a huge plant I bought at Eurodesert in the spring. It's leaves showed only a hint of what was to come in my garden, but I wanted to try it since chinas are supposed to do well in Southern California. The leaves were a little puckered (no dusting of white though) in the heat of Morongo Valley, but in my garden, the whole upper-third of the plant is coated in mildew, all along the canes and up to and covering the flower buds (when there are any). That's from spring, all through the baking heat of summer here, and into the fall and beginning of winter. I tried various fertilizers and feeding regimens, watering, spritzing the leaves with water or not, all made not the slightest difference. And without flowers to distract me from those ugly, crinkled white leaves...well, ick. Then he redeems himself when the flowers show up. Beautiful! And when he blooms he blooms A LOT! So what to do? Keep him or discard?
Keep him Melissa. The plant is still under a great deal of stress. He lost the majority of his "small intestine" when he was dug up, so he's still producing a root system to absorb nutrients as our small intestines do. Water and nutrient stressed plants have inhibited immune systems. He'll probably be MUCH better once there are enough roots under the remaining plant. How much better, I couldn't tell you as I've frequently also had mildew issues on Chinas in Santa Clarita, Granada Hills and here in Encino, also. Kim
That said, if Napoleon is, as Dr. Wang Guoliang suggests, a form of, or closely-related-to Old Blush, it just may be a problem mildewer. I wouldn't attempt it here.
But I DO think I'd give it time to build roots, and see. Gardening requires a LOT of patience, and your inland area might be better for it.
Strangely, Carnation never, ever mildewed although in my former garden Old Blush was never caught without it.
My nastiest, ugliest rose was probably Huilito, a rose which bloomed rather often in a lackluster way and and had small but vicious thorns all the time. It simply had no charm even though it had no disease. The flowers never seemed to open properly and were completely shapeless, the bush had long, lanky, thorny canes and it had no idea whether it should be a bush or a climber. None of these factors alone seem truly horrible but, taken together, it made me want to kill it - and I did.
Rosette de Lizey. Thrips magnet. Doesn't bloom a lot. Canes die and leave it looking ragged. It's coming out this winter and I'll find a nice shrub rose to replace it with. I saw a beautiful one in a yard nearby and need to stop by and ask the people what it is.
Never having seen or heard of watsoniana, I had to look it up on HMF and found this scathing comment:
Watsoniana was lovingly described by the great English garden designer Gertrude Jekyll: "There are not many Roses that are distinctly unbeautiful, but this may certainly be said of R. Watsoni, a curious plant from Japan. It has small, mean colourless flowers in rather shapeless trusses that have the appearances of being stunted or blighted; the leaves are twisted and attenuated, and their set and action have an aimless character; they also look as if some enemy has been at work upon them or as if they had been passed through boiling water. "
I can't wait to see it.
Tastes have changed since Gertrude Jekyll, I guess, as there are sure a lot of nurseries listed on hmf that carry it. " a lovely arching mound of fine, willow-like foliage, whose texture adds much to the mixed border or to the rose garden" as Vintage says.
And what about plain ole multiflora, the badlands home of the outlaw mites?
The most disappointing rose I have ever grown was Bayse's Purple, a hybrid rugosa whose photo showed the best colored blue/purple rose I had ever seen. Although it was single, not my favorite flower form, I ordered it in a two gallon pot at considerable expense.
It grew with little vigor, put out very small single flowers, much smaller than they were reported to be, and the color was dead common mauve, so different from the color of the photo that it amazed me. It was shovelpruned before making it through its first growing season.
About Bayse's Purple, I grew it because of the plant I saw in Oregon at Heirloom Roses. It was really impressive there. It had that dark purple color and the plant was very vigorous. Here it puts out a few flowers in the spring. They're the right color. Most of the year though it's rather ugly. I have a lot of room so I let it go on. You can see though what a difference climate makes.
Basye's Purple required a while to settle in the old garden, but it did and the colors were amazing! When you cut through the canes, it resembles a cross section of a purple onion. Even the pollen was dark colored. I only got a few seedlings out of it, and then only as pollen parent. The only rose it ever pollinated was Yellow Jewel, Ralph Moore's yellow mini. Every seedling took three years to flower. All were terribly thorny, of low disease resistance and all were white and single. Rather disappointing. I'd hoped it would take off and mingle in with R. Fedtschenkoana. I thought those two flowers would be amazing together, but it would never cooperate. Kim
Particularly here in the desert south west, Basye's Purple should be budded on Dr. Huey. It's been determined through enzyme tests to be pretty much pure Rugosa and that type of rose just hates hot alkalinity. Keep it in a can in artificial soil and it can be spectacular. Kim
Kim, the one I had was on its own roots, and it behaved more or less like Ingrid's. Maybe, had it been budded on Huey, it might have had a chance, but as it was . . .
I agree, though, that bloom was something special.
I wonder if the plant that Rootman had was not actually Basyes Blueberry, rather than Basyes Purple. That would explain the color. I can't imagine "B--Poiple" ever being mauve.
Someone passed one on to Bob Edberg when he was at Limberlost, which he then passed on to me. That plant turned out to be plain old Rugosa rubra. It was a long time before I obtained the "real" Basye's Purple. I'd seen it flowering in Miriam Wilkins' garden when I visited her years ago. I had to have it based upon that flower. Antique Rose Emporium wasn't offering it at the time, nor was anyone else. When I took the Heritage entourage to Descanso to collect material to propagate for the Heritage, Mary Brosius permitted me to dig a sucker from theirs which was sprouting in the grass path. That was the right one and I wanted it to flourish, but it didn't like Newhall any better than any other Rugosa or close relative.
It could be the one in question is also a misidentified rubra. Kim
Oh gosh, something must be wrong with me! I really like both R. watsoniana & R. minutifolia...then again, I always like roses that are interesting and different from the norm.
I have 2 roses that are competing for the ugly award (but for different reasons)...
First is Bella Roma, which I can't get to grow to save my life!! It's grafted, but still won't take off and only put out two blooms all summer, which were dead by the end of the day! I'll give her one more year...then out with the shovel!!!
Second is La Rubanee. In two years she has grown about an inch (she's now a whopping 6 inches tall...wow!!) and has some kind of crud all over her leaves...oh ya, and never has she bloomed...but I'm trying to be patient with her! (and just now looking at her synomins on HMF, apparently I have ordered her AGAIN under Belle des Jardins, not realizing it was the same rose -wonderful!)
Re the flowers of watsoniana: since it's said to be closely related to multiflora, I expected blooms around the same time. No, didn't happen that way. Bud set was very, very early and four years out of five the buds got frost killed. The fifth year (that's three years total) the blooms are unchanged and insignificant. They are there but the petals are small and the anthers miniscule.
Now Basye's Purple. Sadly, mine was sat on by a bird who'd been over at the muscadine orchard. Said bird pooped. I missed that a volunteer muscadine (or two) were coming up in competition with BP and BP is now barely there. But when BP bloomed (own root) it was really the most regal deep purple I've ever seen anywhere. So I will register fond memories of it, but I don't have the right soil for it (it's not fond of my clay) and the local sand that's readily available is dolomite that's been crushed and sieved.
I second Tessie (Melissa) on what she wrote about Dr. Huey: "First runner-up to Europeana would have to be Dr. Huey. Simply hideous. Leaves perpetually curled up in death spirals due to mildew, although never as thick as on Europeana."
I have to close my eyes when I walk past that foreclosured house, with an overgrown never-blooming Dr. Huey 7' x 7'. Then a few distance away, I have to close my eyes again when I walk past a house with a row of Dr. Huey's in the front porch, pointy canes sticking up. They are like giant weeds here.
The nasiest rose I have ever seen are the ones online and in GWF that have RRD. Nothing that I have seen can compare to that.
I am new to GWF, less than a month now, have been gardening for 13 years which is still a novice compared to many gardeners on this forum; and many of you are just flat out more knowledgeable. One thing that I find extremely helpful is when members provide more information regarding their geographical location. I live in Las Vegas, zone 9b,much of Phoenix is zone 9b, and a lot of California is too, but few of those CA gardens deal with the issues that those who reside in an arid desert with more than 70 days of 100+ degree temperature that hit 120 or pretty close make adjustments for. If a person in Phoenix posts something about a roses, and I am concerned about heat tolerance and dry climate tolerance; if it is successful there, excluding soil changes I would have to make, I should be able to grow it too. Someone listed their area as zone 9, coastal Ventura. My in-laws reside in Ventura County, and it is damp there many mornings. Very different situation, but this knowledge is so important to help guide us newbies, and it is highly appreciated. I just discovered how to add Las Vegas to my zone description... geesh... it was right there in my face!
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Antique tea roses in the cold, wet early summer. Ick! I know. I'm crazy to even try to grow this class with any success. These roses do not thank me for dragging them to this climate. But Duchesse de Brabant is actually looking quite sweet and floriferous in the heat of July....
Many varieties of blackspot on a stick...I mean deep red hybrid teas. Deep Secret, Velvet Fragrance, etc. How can roses survive without foliage? But they do, and they return the next year to drop their leaves again. Exceptions: Black Magic and Mr. Lincoln are (knock wood) quite good.
Bourbons, or blackspot on a tangle. Madame Isaac Pereire and such. But oh those fragrant flowers.
That's so funny about you and rugosas! Location is so much, isn't it? Rugosas were my "go to" roses when I was hired by clients with brown thumbs. My Tamoras are doing quite well, but they'd probably turn all blackspotty and stab you with their vicious thorns if they dropped in to your garden for a visit. >:-)
The death of Huilito--sounds like justifiable homicide.
So sorry about your Bayse's, though. The flowers are yummy. You'd probably have some bloody run-ins with the tenacious thorns, though. Maybe your rose was just trying to be merciful?
Hi Carol: Rugosas like acidic soil ... they are known as "beach rose", also do well in sandy soil and drought-tolerant.
Hi Lynn (Desertgarden): I agree with you 100%, another person in HMF said the same ... she wishes people would give info. regarding their soil and climate. I regret not buying Rouge Royal when it was on sale for $8 at Roses Unlimited, since some folks have bad luck with that one. After extensive research, I found that Romanticas as own-roots like alkaline clay & hot temp. and would be OK for me.
Here's how "Tamora" with Rugosa parentage looks like at the alkaline rose park, with lots of rain .... it has a worn-out and faded expression, like "I'm so tired of this blasted alkaline clay!" See picture below:
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Wedding cake! I've been oh-so-curious about that one. You mean the Ralph Moore cultivar that's sort of like pink, tan, and green frosting, right? What IS it like for you--in person--exactly? Most of the info I've gathered, I've collected from Paul's website.
Glamis Castle: I've mentioned before, several times, my distaste for this wretched thing, but I feel it bears repeating. Such a glamorous name, and such lovely pink buds and white flowers...which smell like a festering diaper-pail. Someone above mentioned "rotting melons" in regard to Abraham Darby, which I think is a VERY apt description of the David Austin "myrrh" scent gone wrong. Some of the "myrrh" roses have lovely scents (to me), like Cymbeline and Tamora, but GC is nothing less than revolting. I stupidly placed a flower of GC into a vase on the table for Thanksgiving, which I had to remove because the stench was wafting. "Diaper Scent" isn't exactly what I want my dinner guests to associate with my dining room.
It also has HORRIBLE thorns, and in my climate, EVERY SINGLE LEAF was covered in blackpot by early June, followed by 100% defoliation (and that same thing happened to TWO friends of mine who grow GC in a completely different area). I have never grown any other rose which did that. It's currently sitting dead-center in a bed with lupines, penstemon, Monarda, rose geranium, Canterbury Bells & cranesbill, looking ugly and bare and vicious. I hate it and I can't IMAGINE why it was ever put into commerce. If I were an heir to the real Glamis Castle, I'd sue D. Austin for defamation of character. On the other hand, it would be a perfect specimen for a Morticia Addams border. Hideous!
Carol---On wedding Cake, I bought it thinking it would be a good "novelty" rose for the garden. I actually kept it for 2 full years in Fl. To me, it was flat out ugly. Everyone that saw it said the same thing. The color of the petals (?) was a dirty pinkish nasty green. And the petals themself looked like someone took plastic strips, heated them up to warp them and just crammed them all together. I had NO problem snatching that sucker out of the ground and putting another Louise Estes in that spot. But what is ugly to me might be unique and beautiful to someone else. Thus the saying, "different strokes for different folks".
I checked "Wedding Cake" in HMF. It looks like either an animal pee on it, or did a dump on it ... horrible!
BTW, my Paul Neyron here is so fussy that I renamed him "Paul Moron". I'll kiss the earth if I get a 2nd flush.
This post was edited by Strawberryhill on Sun, Jul 14, 13 at 12:48
Bayse's curled up its toes & died slowly in my hot humid climate with alkaline soil. But I did get to see a few of those astonishing colored flowers.
I have a special loathing for Mermaid. I planted her under a small tree & wrapped the canes around the trunk. The plan was to help protect the doves that nested there from the damned squirrels who regularly ravaged nests & ate the babies. Then I picked up a fledgling who had fallen & that cursed rose had ripped through its delicate skin all the way to its crop & I had to euthanize him. Boy, I sure did the doves a big favor :-( Ripped out that rose & felt guilty ever since.
Thank you, Bluegirl for the info. about the squirrels destroying bird nests. I put bread slices for the birds to eat. My husband looked out and saw a piece of bread up the bush, in a bird nest ... the squirrel brought it there.
I compiled a list of the most notorious roses. Some of them are so bad that I have to use aliases. See below:
Grimace Castle, nominated by zjw727
Paul Moron, nominated by Camp
Gentle Hemorrhoids, nominated by several
Welding Cake, nominated by Ken
Dr. Phooey, nominated by Tessie
BP (Basyes Purple) and Rugosa Wrench - both dislike alkaline clay.
Mermaids: bird-stabber, flesh-ripper, very evil !!
Any other nominations?
If you mean New Day, Nana, I have to agree. It's mighty thorny. However one that's even thornier, believe it or not, is Falling in Love. It's armed with multitudes of BIG vicious thorns! I had Snowfire and thought that was bad until I got FiL! The bloom is gorgeous though...
HaHa Straw! Love your aliases. Yeah, I was shocked to learn that squirrels were such intense bird predators. I personally had them clean out dove & cardinal nests of babies. A friend even witnessed them killing baby blue jay chicks before she could stop them. did some research to see how common it was & read that they are a major cause of bluebird chick fatalities, too. Little creeps.
My Abe Darby has a sweet fruity smell but my soil is alkaline. Glamis castle was very bad smelling indeed and thorny and runty.
I wanted Jaques Cartier to grow for me so much but every spring the frosting pink flowers had great big proliferations in each center. It broke my heart. It was not the nastiest rose ever, but it was the most disappointing along with the semi double orange I received instead of Heaven on Earth. Someone said to try patience and see if it would outgrow it, but it never gave me anything but the scrawny orange flowers. Finally, I gave up.
Usually my SdLM is looking fine, but in the wet year of 2012, it looked wretched indeed and I wouldn't like to live with it if it was always like that. Same goes for Madame Issac P.


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It has become increasingly clear that rather than being a single disease, cancer is a heterogeneous collection of diseases. It therefore follows that in order to diagnose and treat cancer effectively, strategies for patient selection must be combined with the development of molecularly targeted therapeutics so that patients can receive the drug or combination of drugs which is most appropriate for the treatment of their disease, at the appropriate time.
This approach necessitates the involvement of multi-disciplinary teams of basic researchers and clinicians, working within an infrastructure which allows for effective knowledge transfer.
In June 2013, a new industrial-academic drug discovery collaboration was established within the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology (CCRCB). This partnership integrates both academic and industrial scientists to facilitate the translation of basic research discoveries into products which can ultimately derive value for patients. Working in close partnership with researchers from across the University and local hospitals, as well as with external researchers, the mission of the Drug Discovery group is to identify molecular targets which are relevant to disease and to develop strategies to modulate their function. Working closely with colleagues within the Centre (which includes the new Northern Ireland Molecular Pathology Laboratory and NI Biobank), a strong emphasis will be placed on the early development of biomarkers, both for patient selection, and for determining the relationship between drug pharmacokinetics and the associated pharmacodynamic response.
Key to the progression of any drug discovery programme is the identification of a chemical compound (either small molecule or protein based) which can interact with the target. This drug "hit" is then optimised to provide a compound (often termed a preclinical candidate) which has the potency and specificity to interact with the target at a therapeutic concentration which does not cause unacceptable side effects. This candidate molecule is further evaluated in pre-clinical development studies before progressing into clinical trials.
The capabilities of the Drug Discovery group include:
- Medicinal chemistry expertise in hit identification, hit to lead and lead optimisation
- Biology expertise in target validation and assay development using multiple formats
- Fragment screening (using a range of orthogonal biophysical techniques)
- Computer aided drug design
- Measurement and interpretation of Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion (ADME) and physicochemical properties of molecules
- State of the art compound storage and data management facilities
- Pre-clinical and clinical project management
- International network of collaborators and outsourced service providers.
Research is currently focussed on the discovery of inhibitors of ubiquitin specific proteases and other ligases involved in the ubiquitin-proteasome system, as well as other protease targets shown to be involved in cancer progression. There is also a strong interest in developing new strategies for the disruption of protein-protein interactions, using both small molecules and peptides, and in the development of novel delivery vehicles for the specific targeting of therapeutic agents to tumours. Based on these drug discovery capabilities, it is anticipated that molecules will emerge that may be developable into the next generation of clinical medicines. The projects originate both from the CCRCB and other Schools within QUB. The multidisciplinary environment within the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, itself situated within easy reach of other research QUB faculties and Clinical Centres, offers an exciting opportunity for chemists, biologists, bioinformaticians, physicists, radiographers and clinicians to combine their expertise to facilitate the drug discovery process.


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Chicks Who Dress Like Whores Are Mad At New Rule That Penalizes Cabs For Picking Up Prostitutes
NY Post – They're not hookers — they just look as if they could be! A dozen scantily clad women rallied outside City Hall yesterday, decrying a bill they say prevents beauties wearing skimpy clothes from getting a fair shot at hailing a yellow cab. The proposal, which will soon get Mayor Bloomberg's signature, slaps stiff penalties on cabbies who ferry prostitutes and get a cut of the cash. But yesterday's collection of bartenders and shot girls said that hacks will now be scared to pick up any woman wearing a short skirt or spiked heels — and noted that sometimes, even legitimately employed women have to flaunt it to make a living. "They don't even know who is a prostitute or not!" said Diana Estrada, 27, a Sofrito bartender wearing a cleavage-baring spaghetti-strap dress. "You don't have a shirt on that tells if you're a prostitute or not." She frequently takes cabs home to Astoria after leaving late shifts, and she's concerned taxi drivers will pass her by, since she wears short-shorts or miniskirts. Currently, the city's Taxi & Limousine Commission has the authority to strip drivers of their licenses if they knowingly partake in sex trafficking. But the new bill — which the City Council unanimously passed Wednesday — would require the TLC to both strip a driver's license and slap them with a $10,000 penalty if he's previously been convicted of sex trafficking. On a first offense, a driver goes to a city hearing, where his license could be revoked. The proposal could make cops more willing to arrest drivers who are innocent, said taxi-union boss Fernando Mateo. "I will challenge any one of you to tell me which one of [these women] you would consider to be a prostitute," he said yesterday. "They're all sexy."
Hey Bloomberg are you out of your fuckin mind bro? First 20 ounce sodas and now this. Let me ask you a question, Bear Jew – how the fuck are normal sluts supposed to get cabs under this new rule? Whether they are actual prostitutes or just dressed up in a prostitutes uniform, these broads have places to be. Sluts need to travel too, Bloomberg! I mean this could be the death of the booty call as we know it. You think the chick dressed in the short skirt with her tits out is gonna leave the bar to hop on the subway, transfer to the bus, and walk a couple blocks to go suck your dick? For sure not. Late night cabs for chicks is basically a shuttlebus for sluts. Door to door delivery of chick who's down to fuck. If every yellow cab out there is weeding out the sexy chicks the whole goddam system falls apart.
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I've had my heater set on cool for the last 6 months with only the occasional switch on to heat and it worked well then although now and again it stayed on cold but reverted to heat after a while.
Now when I need heat all I get is cold air!
The car is a 2001 V6 with electronic climate control, hot water is getting in and out of the heater matrix (or at least the pipes going in and out get hot) but no heat is forthcoming.
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Hi Doug, I've lived in Colorado since 1956 and this is all news to me. I don't ski but you hear the term "champagn powder" all the time in connection with Steamboat Springs. Just like you hear the mountain air described as crisp, cool and clear. Can they trademark that, as well?
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Our post about allegations that Anthony Garcia put semen in a woman's yogurt has prompted readers to post some of the grossest jokes ever, as well as prompting questions about whether most females could recognize the flavor of this extra ingredient. Answering that query is Brittanie Shey, who just happens to be the web editor of our sister paper, the Houston Press.
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Gallatin River Lodge is a small luxury hotel and fine dining facility, located on a 350 acre ranch just west of Bozeman, Montana. We offer so much more than other typical Bozeman hotels. Our six guest suites have Jacuzzi tubs, fireplaces and comfortable furnishings. We are also a destination fly fishing lodge specializing in unforgettable Montana fly fishing adventures, romantic getaways with that special person or the perfect setting for a group event.
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Gallatin River Lodge, just minutes from Bozeman, Montana and Yellowstone National Park, is also known as a fine Country Inn. Our six suites are perfect for couples and contain king or queen beds, custom Arts and Crafts decor, fireplaces, jacuzzi tubs, and spectacular views of the mountains and river habitat. We operate all year and provide detailed services to our guests that are beyond the average hotel. As a small luxury hotel, we offer exceptional dining, business services, WIFI, and a quiet place to unwind and relax. We are just 15 minutes from downtown Bozeman, yet in a country setting on a 350 acre ranch next to the Gallatin River-where the movie 'River Runs Through It" was filmed.
Montana Fly Fishing
Fly fishermen and women from around the world travel to southwest Montana for its exceptional fishing opportunities. Fishing options are endless, but we offer a popular combination to our fishing guests that include floating and wading. Our goal is to provide professional expertise on all of our waters, always keeping in mind that you make the decisions on the type of fishing that you prefer. Our Rivers are the Gallatin, Madison, Missouri and Yellowstone. We fish over seventy miles of each of these rivers and all are within an hour's drive of the Lodge. We also fish spring creeks such as the MZ Ranch, DePuy's, Armstrong's, and Nelson's, just 25 minutes from the Lodge. In addition, many small streams and stillwaters are nearby. We also have arranged access to other private ranch fishing nearby.
The Gallatin River
The Gallatin River is just 5 minutes outside the door of the Lodge, just across our hay meadows. The Gallatin flows over 90 miles with hundreds of small creeks adding to its flow. It heads from springs in Yellowstone Park and flows to Three Forks--the birthplace of the Missouri River. The three reaches are the Meadow, Canyon and Valley. April and early May are excellent months to fish the Gallatin. We fish stonefly, attractor nymphs and streamer patterns. We also see consistent midge hatches and sporadic baetis hatches during these months. By late-May, runoff begins and the Gallatin usually is not fishable until mid-June.
Madison River
The Madison River is within 30 miles of the Lodge. It contains three sections also: The Upper section in Yellowstone Park, the tailwater of Hebgen Dam and the tailwater of Ennis Dam. We fish the section below Hebgen to Ennis most of the year and the lower river in winter, spring and fall. The upper river, although a tailwater, fishes more like a freestone river and has been described as a 50 mile riffle. Brown trout and Rainbow trout are the predominant species. Due to a greater understanding of Whirling Disease and mitigating techniques of river and habitat management, we have seen increasingly higher numbers of young Rainbow trout in the river. Whitefish and West Slope Cutthroat are also taken here.
We float and wade fish the Madison as most areas of the river pass through private property over this stretch. April through mid-May we fish stonefly and attractor nymphs. Spring caddis and baetis hatches become more prolific beginning in mid-April. Late-May the river can occasionally become unfishable due to runoff. Mid-June through August, the Madison offers one of the finest angling experiences in the world. Dry fly fishing is usually best in July, August and September.
Yellowstone River
The Yellowstone River is a big western river just 30 miles east of the Lodge. It heads above Yellowstone Lake in the Bridger Teton country south of Yellowstone National Park and flows hundreds of miles to meet the Missouri River near North Dakota. Deep pools and runs characterize this great freestone river. We float fish the river from Yellowstone Park down to Big Timber--over 70 miles. Browns, Rainbows, Cutthroat and Mt. Whitefish are the predominant species.
The Yellowstone is open year-round to angling. Spring and fall months offer the most consistent hatches of stoneflies, caddis, midges and mayflies such as baetis, drake, BWO and Sulphurs. Terrestrials and attractor fishing characterize summer angling. Drifting a large hopper pattern over good water often produces some of the largest fish in the river. The Yellowstone fishes well in the fall and offers some of the most spectacular views of our Montana scenery. Streamer and nymph fishing are productive until November.
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The suspect is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-8, 160 pounds and in his mid 20s to early 30s. He was wearing a dark blue hooded sweatshirt, black pants and black athletic shoes with a white "Nike" emblem. He may have had khaki shorts under his pants.
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every time i push on the "league of legends" icon, there stands "league of legends" in the middle of my schreen, in 1 sec, and then it closes, and then nothing happens? im getting so pissed of this, i also had some problems with lol in some weeks ago, it cant be, that there have to so many problems, but anyway, plz help me!
Hi there! Most often players will run into this problem due to a failed self-patch of the patcher. Luckily, you can have the patcher re-patch itself by simply deleting the following folder: C:\Riot Games\League of Legends\RADS\projects\lol_launcher Just so you know, if you chose a custom install path, the folder may be in a different location If that doesn't resolve the problem, there are a couple of other things that can resolve this issue. For starters, try running the game as an administrator: a) Right-Click on the short-cut b) Select the properties tab c) Check the box labeled "Run as administrator" If you're running Windows Vista or Windows 7, try disabling UAC It might be also firewall related. We have a wide article in the Knowledge Base explaining the most common issues with it and how to solve it. You will probably need to disable it before you run the repatch - https://support.leagueoflegends.com/...ndows-firewall If none of these steps help, or if you feel like you'd like to get one-on-one assistance from a member of the support staff, please contact a member of Riot Support.
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Okay I had this problem but then I managed to get past it, to an extent, now it comes up with play, I press play and nothing happens (no log in screen opens) every forum I read sais delete lol_launcher, if I try to do this it sais 'you need permission to perform this action' it's really bugging me, pls help!
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What a fab dance Tina. Have taught this for you alongside Magill and everybody loves it/ Keep em coming. I loved you at Maggies.
Raymond Townsend - 08/12/2001
Learnt this at skegness in november with Tina Argyle. She played the Maguill track but when dancing it at my club most prefered the Beatles but still a very good dance in anu case.
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- Brian Schmitz of the Orlando Sentinel: "Garnett, who turns 34 next week, is back at full strength and in full throat. He led a 50-win Celtics team to a surprising 4-2 elimination of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who finished the season with the best record in the league. Now it's the [Orlando] Magic who have inherited best-record status and home-court advantage through the NBA Finals, should they make a return trip. While Garnett's return has reunited the Celtics' 2007-08 championship team, the Magic have three different starters from last season's lineup against Boston: [Jameer] Nelson (trade-deadline acquisition Rafer Alston filled in), shooting guard Vince Carter (J.J. Redick was the starter) and small forward Matt Barnes (playing Hedo Turkoglu's old position). Next to Nelson's assignment of corralling triple-double threat Rajon Rondo, Lewis, 6-feet-10, 230 pounds, has likely the next-toughest task of defending a rejuvenated Garnett, 7-feet, 254 pounds."
- Tickets for the 2010 NBA Eastern Conference Finals at Amway Arena sold out in nine minutes.
- Head coach Stan Van Gundy has respect for the Boston Celtics.
- Josh Cohen of OrlandoMagic.com reminisces to the time when the Orlando Magic defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the 2009 Eastern Conference Semifinals.
- John Denton of OrlandoMagic.com: "Orlando defeated Boston three times in four meetings during the regular season. The Magic twice won in Boston, beating the Celtics 83-78 in November and 96-89 in February. The Magic won 96-94 in Orlando on a last-second layup by Rashard Lewis, but lost 86-77 at Amway Arena on Christmas Day to the Celtics. It had been assumed for months that the Cavs and the Magic would meet once again in the Eastern Conference Finals as they did last spring when Orlando won the series, 4-2. But instead it will be the Magic and Celtics to decide who goes to the NBA Finals. Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said he wasn't one bit surprised that the Celtics are back in the Eastern Conference Finals after beating the Cavaliers in three consecutive games."
- Ben Q. Rock of Orlando Pinstriped Post previews the Magic's series against the Celtics and takes a look at the numbers, courtesy of Synergy Sports Technology, to see if Matt Barnes and Vince Carter will succeed cross-matching defensively against Ray Allen and Pierce: "Pierce gets most of his offense initiating the pick-and-roll, which happens to be Barnes' biggest weakness defensively. He's also not much of an isolation defender. His biggest strength, covering players coming off screens, also happens to align with how Allen gets most of his offense. So Barnes on Allen–or, if you prefer to word it differently, Barnes off Pierce–makes sense, though the low frequency with which he's had to cover shooters coming off screens might be cause for concern. But what of Carter? Can he hope to cover Pierce? The answer appears to be "yes." Here's how Carter covered the pick-and-roll and isolation plays this year. […] So although Barnes is a better defender overall, Carter's skill set better equips him to cover Pierce. And Barnes' tools counter Allen's quite nicely."
- Neil Paine of Basketball-Reference likes Orlando to beat Boston in 6 games.
- Shaun Powell of NBA.com: "The Magic took three of four from the Celtics during the season when Vince Carter had three big games and Dwight Howard averaged 14 rebounds. But for the most part, those contests were close, which means we might be spared another Orlando sweep this series. Also, the Celtics will be motivated to squeeze out a second championship in what is very likely the last run for K.G.-Ray Allen-Paul Pierce. The most interesting plot doesn't involve those three players, or Howard, but Rajon Rondo and Jameer Nelson. This has the makings of being a very intense and entertaining matchup. Rondo had a breakout season (All-Star) and was terrific against the Cavaliers. Jameer, injured through much of last year's postseason, is leading Orlando in scoring, assists and steals. And just think: They'll actually see a quality point guard across the floor, for the first time in these playoffs."
- Tim Povtak of NBA FanHouse: "Howard is just 24, yet already a three-time All-NBA first-team center, winning Defensive Player of the Year the past two seasons. He became the first player in league history to twice lead the league in both blocked shots and rebounding the same season. Russell might have turned that double for all 13 years he played — except for two things: Wilt Chamberlain was a more prodigious rebounder, and the NBA didn't keep track of blocked shots back then. Russell was the first NBA player who literally controlled a game by his defensive prowess, blocking and changing shots with his athleticism, instincts and desire. Howard has more than just scratched that same surface.
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I'm going to be so glad when we finally take care of the running back situation. It's time to give up on Mendenhall,
Rainey/Dwyer and a huge pick up is probably the best solution. Of course Rainey only in certain situations, and dwyer getting about 25% of the carries, and whoever we pick up to carry the work load. It would make bens job easier if the other team is actually preparing for a good running game AND passing game. Seems obvious to me, we better not go out and draft a bunch of linemen who are never worth a shit or just get injured in preseason, gettin really sick of that. |
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Bullshit, the Steelers always find a way to win and we'll do it again next year!
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Sorry, but I think the article is pretty realistic.
IF everybody can stay healthy, and that is one big mutha of an IF, they have a chance. But keep in mind-- a lot of veterans that have helped lead this team the last decade will be aging out finally. Who do we have behind Casey Hampton right now? Big Steve, who has looked good in spot duty-- but so did Redman and Dwyer. Besides him, we have a guy that is likely to be going to jail and won no playing time anyhow. DT...check. The most important position on our defense. If they don't sign Keenan Lewis (who it took us 3 years to groom), we have an aging and damaged Ike Taylor, plus a handful of no-names that costed us the Chargers and Cowboys games at CB. If Harrison walks like many are projecting, we have a fatass trying out for nosetackle, and Jason Worilds, who has looked good in spot duty, but not when given significant playing time. We have Hood, who is a misplaced 4-3 DE in a 3-4. On the other side, we will have Heyward, who has looked good in spot duty. That right there is a lot of holes and question marks on the defense, arguably the unit that has carried this team for who knows how long. A bunch of unprovens going to be coming of age, ready or not. Do we even want to think about our offense without Heath Miller at this point? I think Brown comes back next year ready to game, but I think Sanders has hit his ceiling. Cotchery needs more time in the field. If Mendenhall walks, do we want to trust our run game to Dwyer and Redman for another season? I think the Steelers could go either way-- they may stink, or burn it down next year. Too many unproven variables to throw in for me to be able to predict. Next year will be very interesting...and a very important one for Tomlin.
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At the University of California, San Francisco, another example of how machines are superior. But they still can't come up with a good home remedy for hiccups.
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I guess I will start by introducing myself to all of you. I am a 23 yr. old bi female that is married to a wonderful man (to a bi man) and we have a son who will be 5 next month. I also have a wonderful girlfriend.
I raise parrots and I went to school to be a Veterinary Technician. I love music, animals, cooking, singing, writing and having a good time.
I am somewhat closeted still (Yet I am not ashamed of who I am). I have told most of my friends and some of my family that I am bi...I have not as yet told my Mother and Father that I am bi. I am thinking about telling them. (Well, at least, my mother) At this point, I am not sure what I want to say or how to say it. I think my mom at least will be ok with it. (This is nerve wracking...)
The article I decided to write is about this delicate topic of coming out and how I could have come out to my mother today. (Dec 21,2000)
Is he gonna be gay?
My mother said something today, something that I found funny. As we were driving in her car (Coming back from some last minute Christmas shopping with my sister and my niece) my son was playing with a new toy that my mom bought him. Amongst the chattering and all the "Typical" boy noises, you know the ones all the car sounds and big truck sounds. Well here comes the funny and somewhat shocking part. My mom said out of the blue "Well he's not gonna be gay" That may not sound funny to some but to me it is. For one thing it is the last thing I thought "My mother" would ever say. (Remember, she does not know that I am bi) We all proceeded to have this conversation about "Being gay" I asked my mother "If she was worried he was going to be gay" and she said "no I am not" I said "Well if he is gay that is his choice and it did not bother me, as long as he is happy."
At this point in the conversation things were going well and I wanted to tell her that I was bi. I guess I was just a big chicken and I could not do it. (Sigh) My mother was saying how she did not have a problem with people being gay or bi or whatever. It was killing me. I wanted to tell her...But driving down the road I did not think that was the best time to tell her. (I thought maybe she would drive off the road) I wanted to tell her and get it over with. I did not do it. I guess I will have to leave that for another day.
I will keep you updated on my progress of telling my parents that I am bi.
Here is one of my favorite quotes.
...For many of us stay walled because we are afraid of being hurt. We are afraid
to care too much; for fear the other does not care at all.
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You have to be happy with who you are and what you are before anyone will accept you for you.
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Hardware news tagged Foxconn
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Foxconn Electronics and HP Team Up for Another PC Plant.
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Foxconn and HP to Build PC Factory in Turkey
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Asustek Computer, Best Buy and Foxconn Electronics to Assault U.S. Notebook Market.
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Asus and Foxconn Team Up to Push Mainstream Notebooks via Best Buy Retail Chain
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Foxconn Rumoured to Take Over Pegatron, Quit Channel Business.
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Foxconn May Sacrifice Channel Business for Contract Manufacturing Capacity Expansion
Friday, October 31, 2008
Foxconn Own-Brand Mainboard Business Under Fire - Media Reports.
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Foxconn May Be Considering Pulling Out from Branded Mainboard Business
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Foxconn Set to Stop Producing Nvidia GeForce Graphics Cards, Sources Confirm.
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Foxconn to Stop Making Nvidia GeForce Graphics Cards, ATI Radeon Boards May Be Approaching
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Less Companies to Supply Nvidia GeForce Graphics Cards .
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Nvidia Intends to Reduce Number of Add-In-Board Partners
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Foxconn Sues Molex for Anti-Competitive Business Behaviour.
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Biographical Sketch of Lawrence D. Bailey, Judge
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Judge Lawrence D. Bailey, long a resident of Emporia and the pioneer lawyer of Southwestern Kansas, also accomplished much in forwarding the agricultural interests of the state. He was a New Hampshire man, born at Sutton, Merrimack County, August 26, 1819. He was of an old Euglish manufacturing family, and his American ancestors are said to have built the first woolen factory in America at what is now Georgetown, Massachusetts. The judge was educated in Pennsylvania, read law and was admitted to the bar in July, 1846, and after practicing three years in New Hampshire started for California, by way of Cape Horn. After spending four years on the coast, engaged in lumbering, gold digging, practicing law and editorial work, he returned to New Hampshire in the fall of 1853. He then practiced law in his native state until he started for Kansas in the spring of 1857.
On the second of April, of that year, Judge Bailey settled on a claim near Clinton, Douglas County, but in the following September opened a law office at Emporia. In 1858 he was elected to the Territorial Legislature; in the following year became associate justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas, under the Wyandotte constitution, and in 1862 was re-elected for six years, under statehood. In 1863 he assisted in organizing the State Board of Agriculture, serving as its president for four successive terms. In the same year he established the Kansas Farmer, and was one of the founders of the State Normal School. The later years of his life he spent in the management of his large agricultural intereats, becoming a resident of Garden City, where he died in October, 1891.
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