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Last night's speech by President Obama was not an official State of the Union address (SOTU as those of us who live and work in Washington like to call it to confuse and confound those of you who do not) but, as Ed Rollins said in the pre-game show on CNN "I've been through about 40 of these speeches and whether this is an official State of the Union address or not, it is the most anticipated."
Yesterday afternoon, I was on WSPD in Toledo, Ohio with Mullpal Brian Wilson. He asked me how I thought President Obama would do. I said he'd do great. He's really good at this and he will hit it out of the park.
Here are my on-the-fly thoughts:
The President got off to a good start:
"We will rebuild, we will recover and the United States will emerge stronger than before."
Sort of mindful of the "We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail" of George W. Bush's post-9/11 speech in that same building.
I'm amazed how quickly I have accepted Barack Obama as our President. He looks like our President and he sounds like our President. I don't think I ever accepted Jimmy Carter.
"It's not about helping banks, its about helping people." The President thought applause had buried the line, so he said it again. In the next paragraph he talked about Americans being able to "buy that car." But without banks who is going to finance that car?
Nancy Pelosi needs to take a pill before the next SOTU. She's Soooooo happy! She's Sooooo excited! But, that outfit. Yikes! Thud Green.
Is the camera angle - from the Well of the House - typical? Am I being too sensitive about Pelosi looking for a way to make the President's sermon as coming from the Mount?
"…plug-in hybrids which will run on batteries made in Korea." I believe I made that exact point last week.
Barbara Boxer actually looked like she knew where she was. Chuck Schumer actually looked like he should have been somewhere else.
"I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it." I don't think that's correct. As I remember (aided by Wikipedia) the first automobiles were produced in Germany by the Benz (think Mercedes Benz) corporation in 1888 - five years before the first cars were built in the U.S. by the Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
9:47 pm: I'm beginning to think that Obama can deliver a speech better than his staff can write a speech.
Rep. John Lewis of Georgia is sitting next to another Black Congressman. Someone call the Attorney General - they're self-segregating!
We have identified more than two trillion dollars [in savings] over the next ten years" drew applause from the Congress, but wait'll they see which of their favorite programs - which go to their favorite constituents and donors - get whacked.
"If your family earns less than $250,000 - a quarter of a million dollars - a year your taxes will not be increased by one dime."
Joe Biden didn't seem to think that the $250,000 limit before taxes are increased was such a swell idea. He clapped, but you could see him looking at the gallery to see if he could find Tom Daschle's accountant.
9:59 pm: Longest applause of the night after the President thanked the members of the U.S. Armed Services.
"The United States of America does not torture; we can make that commitment here tonight." We'll see.
President's story about the bank executive who shared his bonus with his employees. The Members applauded because they think they do that all the time. The difference is: He gave away his money. They give away our money.
And what about that business earlier poking bankers in the eye?
Health care reform this year. How? It's the third week in February already. And we know how hard the Congress likes to work in August of odd-numbered years.
10:08 pm: "Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America."
You can say he was long on ideas and short on details, but that's the nature of these SOTU-type speeches.
I was right. He hit it out of the park.
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How is the fall foliage where you are?
Even though it means the winding down of my gardens, Fall is my favorite time of year. But this year seems so different. Maybe that's due to Irene and salt spray or to the very wet summer we had.
Here in S. CT many leaves are turning brown, crisping, and just falling. We still have a few weeks to go before Halloween but it's not looking good.
I'm within walking distance of the MA state line and am seeing much the same conditions. My maples & dogwoods have dull, rusty orange leaves that started falling more than a week ago. The tulip tree is dropping dull gold, dark brown & black leaves. Oaks & catalpa are both still green.
I enjoy the cooler fall weather and also seeing the changes in my garden as it goes dormant for the year. I'm learning which plants cave in to the first chilly night and which ones go on like it was still high summer. While I'm grateful we didn't have a repeat of last summer's horrible drought, I think Mother Nature could have spared us a little of the 12 inches of rain (as measured by my rain gauges) that fell from Aug. 28 to October 4. I'd have gladly sacrificed half of that to the folks in Texas.
Sure hope Vermont is faring better than CT in the foliage department.
So far the red maples haven't been developing their usual stunning colors, but we'll see how things go. Here in central NH most of the trees are still relatively green and are just beginning to turn. Certainly the tourists are here in full flood hoping to see colorful foliage. I'm hoping that with less wind and rain for a few days that the leaves will have a chance to actually develop some color before falling.
At this time of year in particular I always think that I must be one of the luckiest people in the world. Even my 45 mile commute is a time for appreciating the beauty of where I live, and the color usually lasts for more than a month. (Just don't ask me what I think of my commute on a winter evening when it has started snowing during the day while I'm at work.) I too love the crisp fall temperatures and the quieter pace of gardening, though I wish it would stay light a bit longer.
Not much color so far this year around here (metro west Boston). A little showing up in wetlands and low-lying areas.
My Sugar maple is getting a touch of yellow around the edges, but it also has brown crunchy leaves and a zillion samaras (Sugar maples produce seeds in boom years every 2-5 years and apparently this is one of them for this tree).
Lots of maples and other trees seem to have those crunchy brown leaves. It doesn't look promising for a good foliage year.
It is too early for peak color here in the north-of-Boston suburbs. Peak used to be around true Columbus Day--Oct. 12--but in the last ten warmer years is about a week later. And this year, we have had such an unending summer here, it may be even later.
There was a gloom-and-doom article about no fall color in the paper this morning. Way too early to worry about that, imho.
Pretty much a bust so far in southern Litchfield County, CT... our maples are completely down, never had any color, just turned brown and fell. I am holding out for the later trees -- the oaks and beeches and such, hoping for at least a show of yellow and orange. But the brilliant reds of the huge old maples -- gone (many of them are, too, of course, courtesy of weeks and weeks of rain and Irene's wind). I, too, had heard that even up here in north-central CT, the rain had so much salt in in during Irene, and that maples simply can't tolerate salt... is that true? I'd never heard it before this year but it certainly could explain what we're seeing from the maples. I will be curious to see how my Japanese maple -- usually a torch of color each fall -- does this year.
Dud, dud, dud.
I'm near nhbabs. No color, some leaves falling, but still plenty on the trees if they decide to turn. We had cold nights this week, a good thing, but today is in the 80's, not a good thing. Don't leaves need cold to turn well?
I was kayaking on the Housatonic this morning. Bright blue sky. A few nights this week were down in the 30s that should have set some color. There should have been a spectacular show of peak foliage reflected in the water... nothing. Green, green, green - or brown or bare. There was one little branch that was red down close to the water. I don't know why it was the only bit. Sad, really really sad. I remember in years past when the color seemed muted and pastel, but never just nothing.
This close to the coast, we never get brilliant colors on trees. And Hurricane Irene did a job on the leaves, salting, browning and crumpling them until they fell off 'way early, a pseudo-autumn.
The most brilliance is due to the Monarch butterflies clustering, fluttering and feeding on my buddleia blooms.
I've noticed that fall color is much later now than it was when I was a child. It used to be that Columbus day meant fall colors at peak, faint smell of burning leaves and picking the last few grapes that could be seen after the frost curled the leaves. Now it seems that it has to be early November to get the peak color. Earth seems to be in a warming up period as it has done many, many times in it's 4.5 billion year history. So even if every year can't be a postcard year for foliage, at least we can enjoy some extended warm weather and save on the heating bills.
There is some beautiful color starting around the nearby pond, but also a few trees with brown crunchy leaves. The huge horrible Norway maple in my back yard got hit hard with the brown crunchy leaves condition, and they're dropping constantly.
What is causing that? Do you think it could be tip die back from the Winter moths? Or do you think Irene could have brought salt spray all the way up here?
Great photo, squirejohn, that's what we expect to see here in New England!
Where I am it's still just yellows, greens and browns, no reds, but maybe that will change with the colder weather?
This is by far the worst year for foliage that I've seen in the 16 years that I've lived in New England. The trees along Rte 3 on the South Shore just sort of lost their leaves without ever really putting on a display. The trees around my house including the ones that I've planted are turning a muted yellow brown color with the exceptions being two Ginkgos and an Autumn Blaze maple. The woods behind my house are full of tupelos that normally turn bright scarlet, orange, and yellow but this year there's nothing from them. Even my Crape Myrtles which normally put on a breathtaking brilliant orange display are turning a muted purple color. I'm not sure what's going on.
Great photo Squire!
I second what Tree Oracle said. I have never seen such a horrible display of color here on the south coast. We basically have had no color at all down here. And my Crape Myrtle, as tree Oracle said, is normally the most colorful plant of all in my garden in the fall. But this year it never turned color. It was vibrant green up until last week when we had our first frost. Since then the leaves have just been shriveling up and slowly falling off. What is normally a beautiful fall plant is rather ugly at the moment.
Same here on the SE coast just north of the Canal. Fall foliage color is never spectacular here, but it's much drabber than usual. I took a walk around the neighborhood this morning and the poison ivy had the most color.
I expect a lot of it is due to the dry salt-laden winds of Irene. Or maybe the odd fluctuation between unseasonable cold and then unseasonable warmth affected the underlying pigments in the leaves. A puzzlement. A depressing puzzlement.
I have to agree--mostly. My high hopes posted above in early October were dashed. This is one of only two poor autumn shows I remember in 34 years here. Actually, the yellows and golds have been great but the reds few and far between.
I'm nowhere near the seacoast so it's not salt spray. I have no guess as to the cause.
I'm thinking that the problem this year was the warmer temperatures in the fall. The trees that turn late don't seem to be having the problem that the other trees were having. In fact, this was a banner year for oaks. This past week (and today), I've seen some brilliant scarlet and orange colors on many oaks and some nice yellows on the birches. My Japanese maples which also turn late put on a great show, too. The Bradford Pears, ornamental cherries, and the Kousa dogwoods around my town are also putting on a good show.
For those of you who think fall foliage is unique to New England, there are two threads on the Trees forum that show how brilliant the colors can be in the South, too. I lived in the Wisconsin for several years and the color in that part of the country (especially the Upper Peninsula of Michigan) also rivals anything you see here.
Oddly, now in mid-November, our city zone 6 area (Cambridge) is finally blazing. Out front in my raised driveway-side bed, the magnolia and the 2 apricot trees are brilliant yellow. And a block or 2 away I see glowing orange and red trees.
Yes, tree oracle, I agree about the oaks. I grew up in the city but on a street lined with maples. I was sorely disappointed when I moved to "the sticks" but discovered that I had all oaks, which don't come close to the brillant fall display of the maples. In the fifteen years I've been here, there have only been two great years of color on the oaks - and this is the third. Sadly, between the hurricane, the snowstorm, and then the windy days we've had lately, the show didn't last too long.
I thought this season would be a dud, but there really has been some great late-season color. Much later than usual, and, despite the above-mentioned leaf loss, in general seeming to last longer into the year. I think of mid-November as rather drab and dreary, and it's been a beautiful, colorful month so far!
By the way, the burning bushes have been absolutely phenomenal this year! What a two-edged sword - so gorgeous, yet so invasive...
I also have had stunning late fall colors which have lasted a long time and are only now starting to disappear. The oaks were lovely shades of gold, russet and red, the beeches their typical bright gold moving into copper, and even some of the drier red maples turned late and were still colorful when the oaks were colorful, something I've never seen in my 30+ years here. The later small trees and shrubs like my Kousa dogwoods (after they recovered from being doubled over by the snow), Fothergilla, several native viburnums, and blueberries are all looking quite bright even now.
I've really been enjoying the long warm fall this year!
This is by far the latest in the year that I've ever seen the foliage turning in this area. There are quite a few Bradford pears that still have their fall foliage. I saw one today that was just now at its peak. Several birches and Norway maples still have their fall foliage, too. The Paperbark maple in my yard is always the last tree on my property to turn and it just lost its foliage this past week. My evergreens that normally turn a different color for the winter still look exactly the same as they did in the summer. A lot of my flower bulbs are coming up. If this warmth continues, there may be some December daffodils this year.
The weather has been so strange this year! Luckily we still had great Massachusetts Fall Foliage in the fall. Lately we've been having some days that feel like spring here in Boston.
Here is a link that might be useful: Massachusetts Fall Folliage


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"The homeowners left the house around 11:30 (a.m.) and returned shortly after 2 that afternoon to find their side door had been forced open," he said. "There were a number of valuables taken, and this is similar to a number of crimes that we have seen in Manchester and some other nearby communities. The items they're taking produce quick money. It's an easy turnaround for them."
Although the investigation has produced no significant leads, McGillen said one resident noticed a suspicious red Dodge pickup truck that may have been driven by a female in the neighborhood the previous day. He said it's unknown if the truck or driver is associated with the crime.
Recently, Candia Police received a break in a case they had been investigating since November, which involved six guns stolen during a residential burglary on the same road.
In addition to the recent burglaries on Chester Turnpike, McGillen said a number of mailboxes were vandalized Thursday night. He said he doesn't believe the crimes are connected.
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Arnaud Del Valle represents Bell products to the professional pest control and animal agricultural markets in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Turkey.
MADISON, Wis. – Arnaud Del Valle joined Bell Laboratories in October as Southern European Manager, representing Bell products to the professional pest control and animal agricultural markets in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Turkey.
Del Valle works closely with Bell distributors and their sales representatives on the use and promotion of Bell rodent control products. He provides product information and training to distributor sales staff and customers, and assists distributors in developing business plans for their respective markets, including implementing and monitoring promotional/educational programs.
In the field, Del Valle conducts training workshops for technicians and lends technical support on pest control strategies, including accompanying distributor reps and technicians on inspections at hard-to-control rodent infestation sites. He also represents Bell at trade shows and exhibitions in Europe.
Del Valle brings a strong educational background and experience in international trade management to Bell.
In 2003, while working on a dachelor's degree in Marketing & Sales at TEC de Monterrey in Cuernavaca, Mexico, he developed a Mexico-based business strategy for the Spanish company, Orpil Import-Export. A year later, as part of a Master's program on international trade, he interned as a European market research analyst for AB Volvo, conducting and analyzing market research in seven European countries. He earned a Master's degree in Management, with emphasis on marketing, sales and international trade, from Clermont Business School in France in 2005.
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The SEC rolled out the red carpet for the media on Wednesday as part of #SECTipoff15 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The league's basketball campaign may have kicked off in the heart of ACC country, but geographic proximity to the nation's top college basketball conference did not detract from placing SEC basketball at the center of attention here. Rush the Court was there, well, when we weren't searching for more of those delicious chicken biscuits from the breakfast spread. Here are the three key takeaways from a fun and interesting day of talking college basketball and hitting the buffet line.
1) Platoon system – The word of the day was platoon. Of course, Kentucky coach John Calipari set the tone by talking about how and why he would implement two separate five-man squads to achieve better team chemistry among the 10 or 11 players he plans on putting on the court this season. On advice from other coaches, Calipari admitted that "most of them think I'm crazy," but he further explained that he is considering the switch to allow players to become comfortable playing with the same group.


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Homeopathic Medicine For Pets,
What do you think? At the feed store where I work we are getting a whole new line of products thru HomeoPet. I use Rescue Remedey and have used human homeopathic meds on my animals. I am wondering how many others use this type of product and what you think about it.
Homeopathic medicines are chemically speaking just sugar pills-or water, depending on the application. The original herbal content has been diluted to the point of non-existance.
I guess if they work it's because you want them to work sort of like placebos-(or voodoo.) Getting animals to believe in homeopathy would be something else again, but I'm sure there are folks out there who would swear up & down re. their efficacy.
QQ The feed store where I work is not at all a suburban joint it is a rural old fashion feed store selling feed and animal supports to ranchers and farmers. The pet dept. is new due to the city people who moved up here and want what they could get in a bigger town.(Ours has a pop. of 1600 and it was 800 two years ago, that's what happens when you sub-divide the ranches) savannarose, I will find out how well this product works because they have a de=wormer that takes care of all types of worm. My barn/house cats get tapeworm from the fleas on the rodents they eat. I use revelution on them for everything but tapeworm the tapeworm pills are big and for most of my cats it takes two pills. I can get the first one down a cat but the second is met with resistance. lol This HomoPet is a liquid that only needs two drops and with tapeworm I can check the results. I'll let you know if it works.
Rescue Remedy is a very well known flower essence based liquid that my own internal medicine doctor has recommended. It isn't sugar water or a placebo. I've seen it recommended in mainstream magazines for people and pets and in pet magazines like Cat Fancy. My vet recommended it for my cats being upset in the car during transport to the vet and during grooming because they hate it.
It is the only homeopathic substance I am familiar with so I can't comment on anything else.
Rescue Remedy isn't really homeopathic. It's true that homeopathic remedies are diluted, but it's a bit more complicated than just adding water. The original tincture is diluted and succussed (shaken or tapped) a certain number of times. For example, a remedy that is a potency of 30c has had one drop of tincture diluted in 100 drops of water, then one drop of THAT solution diluted in 100 drops of water, and so on, 30 times. The way it works is that the energy of the substance directs the body's life force to cure the disease. This may sound like voodoo or placebo effect to someone who is closed minded about the possibility, but it works. And, I know my dogs are smart but I don't think that they know that "this is a remedy that will stop you from having panic attacks" rather than a sip of water, but it works on my dogs. I've gotten over a cold in four hours using homeopathy, and cured my dogs of sarcoptic mange without poison dips.
That sounds really, really diluted to me!
I'm a strong believer in science (DH wouldn't be alive to day if it wasn't for it). With that said, I'm sure some homeopathic treatments work.
Yet, I am unsure of what the scientific formuula is for the "Body's Life Force". I don't think it's close minded not to believe in Homeopathic Medicine, I think it is just the acceptance that Medical Science has excelled far past that of Homeopathic Remedies. Homeopathic or natural medicine used to be the common way of treatment before modern medicine. The life expectancy for humans was almost half of what it is now!
That's great that you've cured yourself and your dogs with these remedies, but what about those pets and children that are subjected to only these treatments and die because they are not properly diagnosed and/or treated?
You may not go to this extreme, but some do.
These are really metaphysical concepts & need to be presented as such. To sell these remedies as medicine is misleading at best.
I have nothing against metaphysics or religion, but if the chemical analysis of a substance is lactose and /or water, the manufacturer need to present it as such.
The concepts of homeopathy are carried over from 18th & 19th century theories that have no basis in modern medicine.
Buyer beware.
Homeopathy is a specific term. Rescue Remedy is not a homeopathic solution, it's an herbal tincture. People confuse "holistic" with "homeopathic".
Homeopathy is quackery that persists because back in the 30s, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which was shepherded through Congress by a homeopathic physician who was a senator, recognizes as drugs all substances included in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of the United States.
The basis for inclusion in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia is not modern scientific testing, but homeopathic "provings" conducted during the 1800s and early 1900s. The current (ninth) edition describes how more than a thousand substances are prepared for homeopathic use. It does not identify the symptoms or diseases for which homeopathic products should be used; that is decided by the practitioner (or manufacturer). The fact that substances listed in the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia are legally recognized as "drugs" does not mean that either the law or the FDA recognizes them as effective.
Here's a cute article.
Thanks so much for sharing that great article & for your post. Exactly right. I can't believe folks still go along with the foolishness of homeopathy, but as you point out, it has been "grandfathered" in so that these worthless remedies can still be marketed.
If people want to believe in homeopathy, that's fine. But someone, somewhere needs to educate the average consumer who is being mislead into thinking he or she is buying a product with actual herbal content . I truly doubt that people who purchase homeopathic remedies understand that they are just buying water & sugar.
Call me a fool, but I believe in the homeopathic remedies. I don't think it is the one true medical answer for all ailments, but I do believe there can be a balance of using: western medicine, homeopathic, acupuncture and flower essence to the common good of the patient.
I saw first hand how a homeopathic remedy cleared up a cronic problem in my 14 year old Peke that western medicine couldn't touch.
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If you can explain the "M" Theory of quantam physics to me satisfactorly. I will gladly discard the effects of homeopathy, no matter where it started, as it uses herbs. Science gets the majority of medicines from herbs and other plants.
I am very big on science,enough so that i don't discard any folk science. Because there is always the chance a new test or theory could prove anything right or wrong tomorrow morning.
What quality is the life of most people who live longer today?
My great grand mother lived to be 95. I wonder if she would have lived as long under modern medical care.
You do know that America has the most expensive and the worst health care system in the industrialised nations.
Homeopathy doesn't necessarily use herbs. Like I said, don't confuse "homeopathy" with "holistic" or herbal or alternative, etc. Homeopathy is a very distinct and specific term.
If you can prove homeopathy works, there's a million dollars waiting for you.
The US does have the worst health care system at the highest cost. The main difference between ours and theirs? Their health insurance covers "preventative care!"
Not only are their systems better and cheaper, the people are just more healthy. Gee, guess that would help keep costs down. What a concept! :-)
Sorry to hijack, just wanted to put my .02 in!
Not to beat a dead horse....but homeopathic remedies have NO chemically measurable amount of herbs in them. Chemically they contain water, lactose, etc. No chemically present herbs or botanicals.
You could shake water with cow pies & dilute it down to the point homeopathic remedies are diluted to & chemically you'd have the same substance, which would be water-H2O. (Actually I guess that would be H2O with the "memory" of B.S.)
Just to clarify:
Rescue Remedy is essentially homeopathic. It uses flowers which are diluted and succussed to, I believe, a 6X which means they did successive 1:10 dilutions 6 times.
Also, the Homeopathic Pharmacopeia does identify the symptoms and diseases each remedy is to be used for. Each "proving" of a substance contains carefully documented descriptions of effects seen in every body system, even mental/emotional effects. These effects are the very symptoms and diseases which will be relieved if the substance is given in dilute homeopathic form.
In my experience, homeopathy works sometimes and doesn't work sometimes. But I mainly use products from a homeopathic company called King Bio, which means I'm essentially self-treating and so I'm not surprised if I don't get it right every time. I've had a few work really well and 2 not work. Interestingly, one of the ones that worked amazingly well was a mental/emotional formula I used on my cat for her difficulty adjusting to a new house.
I think homeopathy is a great alternative option and is always worth a try because it may let you avoid/cut back/stop taking more harmful medications. I'll put the link to the company I use if anyone is interested.
Here is a link that might be useful: Homeopathic Medicines
I want to add my 2 cents worth:
One of my very young kittens developed a severe case of diarrhea, my vet is on vacation and the next vet if more than 25 miles away, I had no transportation.
Rice and chicken-breast didn't do the trick, so I obtained a homeopathic remedy for digestive upsets from the feed-store, after three doses of three drops each, given for two days, she was well.
I don't think it's a placebo effect :)
I have used homeopathic remedies myself with good results, but this forum is about pets.
"Each "proving" of a substance contains carefully documented descriptions of effects seen in every body system, even mental/emotional effects."
Show me the published clinical double-blind trials that details these effects.
Also, the poster above who compared homeopathic remedies against "western medicine" - "homeopathy" was coined by a German in the early 1800s. Again - do not confuse "alternative" or "holistic" with Homeopathic.
The belief that extreme dilution makes drugs more powerful by enhancing their "spirit-like medicinal powers" is inconsistent with the laws of chemistry and physics.
If you feel better after using such remedies, it's a matter of timing and "placebo effect" (which has been studied and shown to be an effective method of treating pain.)


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Grape Trellis Done Wrong?? Worried
I created a grape trellis the other day. I live in the hudson valley of New York. So we do get cold winters but I've seen local apple orchards have also grown grapes. I bought three cheap trellises from Lowes. I cut each one in half and then screwed the halves together to make a V shape. I wanted it to stand up with out having to rest next to anything. I wanted to do it the way the farmers do by using posts and wire but our ground is way too rocky and I'm a women so I don't have the physical strength to dig the deep holes for the posts. I wanted to do this myself with out my husbands help. Now I am worried that I goofed big time. The slant of the trellis is 3 feet but if you only measure from the ground up to the top of the trellis on the side it is only two feet from the ground. The length from the right side to the left side is over 6 feet. I have three plants. Two seedless concord and a seedless red grape. I am now thinking that three plants was too much and that I should have done only two but I was thinking of adding an addition to this trellis next year even. I'll buy more trellises to keep in the garage for when I want to expand down the road. I also put that special fabric under the trellis to keep weeds from growing under it and put wood chips on top. Now I am worried the trellis is too close to the ground. My husband says the lower grapes could touch the ground but I thought I could just then move some of the woodchips away from the grapes if they touched the ground, then they would only be touching the fabric. I also thought I could keep the grape vine clipped if it gets to be unmanageable or expand too much. What do all of you think. I have an attached photobucket site that shows pictures of what I did. Also the vines are in direct sunlight all day, so I planted them in the right place. I'm thinking of knocking down my trellis and trying something different.
I think that trellis is too small for grapevines.
Agreed, I think you are seriously underestimating the size and vigor of a grape vine. Often times you don't see grape trellises, you see grape arbors. A couple of vines would be enough to swallow the side of your house if left to their own devices.
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Carolyn, grapes are grown higher up partly because the air circulation is better so diseases are less. Your trellis is in a very open spot so it may not matter as much how low it is but your husband is right that grapes may end up touching the ground (and rotting). Also 6' is usually the recommended spacing for a single grapevine, not three.
One way you could grow those three grapes there is to just put three stakes and grow them head-trained. That means they each will have a "head" of vines at the top 4-5' off the ground, with no trellis for any sideward growth. It may not sound like you would get any grapes but the "head" size will grow over the years. In the winter they would be pruned back to short stubs. See below for a picture of a very old vine. Head pruning was the most common grape pruning system 500 years ago but it is not so common anymore. One reason why I suggest this method is with your grapes already sprouting you don't want to move them this year but they don't look to be in a good position to do some other kind of trellis. Head-pruned vines can be planted much more closely than when training vines on a trellis.
Here is a link that might be useful: head-trained old vines


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Grecian Bay Hotel has an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and a health club. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas. Business amenities at this 5-star property include a business center and a meeting room. Dining options at the hotel include 4 restaurants along with a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Guests are served a complimentary breakfast each morning. The staff can provide tour/ticket assistance and wedding services. Additional amenities include a children's pool, a steam room, and a sauna. Complimentary self parking is available onsite for guests.
Rooms open to balconies. The 271 air-conditioned guestrooms at Grecian Bay Hotel include minibars and safes. Guests can use the in-room complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Televisions are equipped with cable channels. Bathrooms offer bathrobes, bidets, hair dryers, and slippers.
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Pitchfork on ABC: Atlas Sound's Logos
By Tom Breihan on October 26, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. EDT
Pitchfork writers regularly appear on ABC's World News Webcast to chat about notable albums they've recently reviewed. Previously, we saw Brian Howe on the Antlers' Hospice, Joe Tangari on Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, Rob Mitchum on Yo La Tengo's Popular Songs, Ian Cohen on the Big Pink's A Brief History of Love and the Dodos' Time to Die, Tom Breihan on Girls' Album, and Marc Hogan on Neon Indian's Psychic Chasms. This week, we've got Pitchfork Managing Editor Mark Richardson on Atlas Sound's Logos.
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Papercranes [The Living Room; 8 p.m.]
With its 1970s dĂŠcor and sparse Halloween paraphernalia above the small stage, the Living Room was an ideally cozy setting for Papercranes' low-key set of lulling folk rock. Their two albums, as well as on their upcoming Let's Make Babies in the Woods, are eclectic, electric affairs, but live, they pared down to a purely acoustic show, with brushed snare, soft bass, and subdued strumming spotlighting Rain Phoenix's warm vocals. In this setting, they came across like a more urbane Ida, thanks to eccentric harmonies from solo artist Amy Miles.
Throughout the short set, bassist Mark McAdam asked jokingly if they were too loud, which got a few laughs from the audience. There was no threat of that, but Papercranes actually were most compelling when they sounded full and big, as on "Longway" and "Synapses". At their softest, they seemed a bit sleepy, especially when the guitarist took over lead vocals. His take on Big Star's "Thirteen" nearly stopped the show dead: Why bother covering that song if you're not going to do anything with it?
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Atlas Sound and Broadcast played Washington, D.C.'s Black Cat on their co-headlining tour this weekend, and Animal Collective's Brian "Geologist" Weitz opened with a DJ set. Our photographer Rez Avissar was on the scene.
Atlas Sound to Release Bonus EP
By Ryan Dombal on October 14, 2009 at 3:30 p.m. EDT
Bradford Cox's Atlas Sound project will release his sophomore album, Logos, next week. (October 19 in the UK via 4AD, October 20 in the U.S. via Kranky.)
In an effort to reward hardcore fans, the record will be packaged with a bonus six-song EP if ordered from Rough Trade. The added disc features alternate versions of two Logos tracks, as well as previously unreleased tracks. Click for tracklist:
New Atlas Sound: "Attic Lights"
By Tom Breihan on August 20, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. EDT
Atlas Sound, the solo project from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox, will release his new LP Logos on October 20 via Kranky in the U.S. (It's out Octobert 19 via 4AD in the UK.)
We've already dropped a BNM on the incandescent, blissed-out Panda Bear collab "Walkabout". And now we have another new joint off the record, the fragile, skeletal slow jam "Attic Lights", which has the sort of lyrics we'll be puzzling over for a while. It features Sasha Vine from Sian Alice Group contributing violin.
Click on the jump to hear "Attic Lights":
UPDATE: Watch Cox perform the Logos track "Kid Climax" here.
Broadcast, Atlas Sound Team for Tour
By Ryan Dombal on July 28, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. EDT
Before today, the live pairing of dream-pop mavens Broadcast and Atlas Sound was just a figment of spaced-out indie fans' imaginations. But it's time to wake the fuck up, because these two acts have announced a month-long co-headlining trek throughout North America, starting October 15.
This is Broadcast's first North American jaunt in four years. Band members Trish Keenan and James Cargill plan to offer a "stripped down" night of songs both old and new.
Conveniently, both acts have fresh batches of tunes to play for their casually introverted fans. Broadcast are set to drop an as-yet-untitled EP this October on Warp; Atlas Sound's guest-laden new LP Logos is out on Kranky October 20.
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Hungry for more sun-dappled soundscapes to bathe in during the peak of summer? Here's the latest: Atlas Sound's "Walkabout", from the forthcoming album Logos, due out October 20 on Kranky. (That's the cover up there, via the Fader.) Bradford Cox collaborated with Animal Collective's Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) on the track, which would have fit right in with the blissed-out Brian Wilsonisms of Panda Bear's Person Pitch.
Deerhunter's Bradford Cox Announces New Atlas Sound Album
By Ryan Dombal on July 9, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. EDT
Sometimes it seems like Deerhunter frontman/Atlas Sound mastermind Bradford Cox is friends with everyone in indie rock. This is a good thing. It leads to cool onstage collaborations and crazy interviews. And now, his affability has enticed Animal Collective's Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) and Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier to chip in with guest shots on the upcoming Atlas Sound LP, dubbed Logos and due out October 20 via Kranky.
Cox promises a less introverted and more spontaneous and far-reaching experience than on last year's Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel. "The lyrics are not autobiographical...I became bored with introspection," he writes in a note accompanying the record's press release.
In that same note, Cox also addresses the incident almost a year ago, when an early, unfinished version of Logos leaked to the internet, generating a passionate response. "I considered abandoning the project," he writes. Thankfully, he didn't.
Read Cox's entire message-- which offers insight into Logos' gestation, vibe, and guest list -- below, along with the LP's tracklist:
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Welcome to 5-10-15-20, a new feature in Pitchfork News. In 5-10-15-20, we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe we'll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are. Maybe we'll just learn that they really liked hearing the "DuckTales" theme song over and over when they were kids. Either way, it'll be fun.
For this edition, we spoke with Deerhunter/Atlas Sound frontman Bradford Cox, 26.
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The ancient people of Monsanto did not hack through the rocks to build their homes—the granite houses were built to accommodate the natural shapes of the boulders. Many residences squeeze and contort to the shape of the rocks. Semicircular roofs cap curved stone huts, stairways lead up and around the rock field, and entryways even open below boulders that are bigger than the houses that surround them.
This historic village still looks as though it's been plucked from the past. The region was first populated in the 6th century BC by the Lusitanians as a walled settlement. Ruins from a Lusitanian castle from that era still stand in the town. Many of the homes still bear Manueline, or late Portuguese Gothic doorways (in the style of the infamous Tower of Belem in Lisbon) from the late 16th century.
Monsanto is a beautiful, living example of how people have adapted to preserve the integrity of their environment for hundreds of years. The village shows that environmental respect is a time-honored tradition!
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I've been there twice and it is a VERY cool place to see. It's like walking right into a time warp from 500 years ago.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that she has decided to end a Homeland Security Department-run program to make intelligence and military satellite imagery available to civilian agencies for domestic purposes.
The decision to kill the National Applications Office (NAO) comes after a five-month review conducted in coordination with DHS' partners in law enforcement, emergency management and intelligence, DHS officials said in a statement. The decision followed from a series of meetings with several major national law enforcement and intelligence organizations.
"This action will allow us to focus our efforts on more effective information sharing programs that better meet the needs of law enforcement, protect the civil liberties and privacy of all Americans, and make our country more secure," Napolitano said.
The National Applications Office has been controversial from the beginning. Bush administration officials signed a charter to launch the office that would offer access to satellite imagery for homeland security, emergency response and possibly law enforcement purposes.
NAO's charter gave the office no authority to accept requests to acquire or intercept communications, and DHS officials have said NAO would not do so. However, privacy advocates worried the program could be used to spy on Americans, and lawmakers who want more information on the program have fought its advancement.
Senior Democratic lawmakers have also opposed the program. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Homeland Security Committee's Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment Subcommittee, introduced a bill on June 4 that would require DHS to immediately close the NAO. She also introduced a measure, co-sponsored by Rep. Norman Dicks (D-Wash.), to bar DHS from spending any money on the NAO or any similar program.
In the law that funded the department for fiscal 2009, Congress prohibited DHS from spending money on the NAO for anything beyond the imagery activities typically done by the Interior Department's Civil Applications Committee (CAC). The legacy CAC program has historically coordinated the use of the classified satellite information collected by intelligence agencies for domestic purposes such as mapping, disaster relief or environmental research.
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"The Secretary's decision is an endorsement of this Committee's long-held position on the NAO," Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, said in a statement. "From the very beginning, our Members were the first to shine a light on this poorly-conceived proposal that lacked the necessary civil liberties protections or law enforcement utility."
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This review is 100% about the restaurant...the "Wildflower Kitchen and Grill" in the main lodge sharing its Great Room and stone fireplace. The popular "Boat House Restaurant" is closed because of flooding, with no plans to reopen.; The dinner menu in the lodge is very limited, and when we were there (at 5:30 pm) they were out of two entrees.... More
- Also Known As:
- The Lodge At Suttle Lake Hotel Sisters
- The Lodge At Suttle Lake Sisters, Oregon