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Pyramid Quest: Secrets of the Great Pyramid and the Dawn of CivilizationHardback
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- Publisher: Jeremy P Tarcher
- Format: Hardback | 384 pages
- Dimensions: 154mm x 228mm x 38mm | 581g
- Publication date: 27 October 2005
- Publication City/Country: Los Angeles
- Edition: 1
- Illustrations note: 20 black and white illustrations
- Sales rank: 407,346
Product description
The Egyptologist acclaimed for re-dating the Great Sphinx atGizasets his sights on one of the true mysteries of antiquity: the Great Pyramid of Giza.What is the Great Pyramid of Giza? Ask that basic question of a traditional Egyptologist, and you get the basic, traditional answer: a fancy tombstone for a self-important pharaoh of the Old Kingdom. This, Egyptologists argue, is the sole finding based on the data, and the only deduction supported by science.By implication, anyone who dissents from this point of view is unscientific and woolly-minded-a believer in magic and ghosts. Indeed, some of the unconventional ideas about the Great Pyramid do have a spectacularly fabulous ring to them. Yet from beneath the obvious terms of this controversy, a deeper, more significant question arises: how is it that the Great Pyramid exercises such a gripping hold on the human psyche- adding cryptic grace to the back of the one-dollar bill and framing myriad claims of New Age "pyramid power"?In "Pyramid Quest," Robert M. Schoch and Robert Aquinas McNally use the rigorous intellectual analysis of scientific inquiry to investigate what we know about the Great Pyramid, and develop a stunning hypothesis: This ancient monument is the strongest proof yet that civilization began thousands of years earlier than is generally thought, extending far back into a little-known time. In tracing that story, we come to understand not only the Great Pyramid but also our own origins as civilized beings.
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Robert M. Schoch, a full-time faculty member at the College of General Studies at Boston University since 1984, earned his Ph.D. in geology and geophysics at Yale University. Dr. Schoch has been quoted extensively in the media for his work on the Sphinx, and he was featured on the Emmy-winning documentary The Mystery of the Sphinx, hosted by Charlton Heston. Robert Aquinas McNally is the author of numerous books, and is a classically educated writer and poet.

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By Nickname from Denver, CO on 3/29/2015
Size: NA
This backpack is great, we took it to Mexico, it worked as a "personal item" for it's size on the flight. The only thing we noticed was that if you tip the backpack forward it will leak a bit at the zipper. Otherwise it is great and we use it all the time!
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O'Neill Women's Basic Skins L/S Crew Rashguard
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The neck opening is too small. The overall fit is 2 sizes too small. The quality of the fabric and stitching is superb.
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Very Colorful...
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A great swim shirt..
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So far, so good
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Built VERY Small.. but well made
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My daughter wears a size 12 normally. We bought a size 16 and it was so tight that it hurt under the armpits. With that said, It was very nicely made and the quality was very good and she LOVED the color. Too bad they don't make a size 20!I know that they are suppose to be well fit, but this is sized at least 4 points too small.
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Well-made! Comfortable! I'm Shocked.
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Must order one size up!
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GREAT for swimming laps outdoors! True to size.
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A man desperately tries to escape the memories of a painful childhood in this experimental feature from Polish artist and filmmaker Lech Majewski. A young poet (Patryk Czajka) is exiled to a mental hospital and finds himself haunted by scenes from his life as a boy, living with a father (Grzegorz Przybyl) who meted out frequent violence and a mother (Joanna Litwin) who did nothing to stop the pain. The poet's tortured recollections are interspersed by surreal, silent tableaux that juxtapose the terrible and the ordinary as accompanied by nature sounds and found noises. Glass Lips was originally conceived and presented as a series of 33 short video pieces, shown as part of a gallery installation Majewski titled "Blood of a Poet," though the material was later edited into a feature film for theatrical screenings. Mark Deming, Rovi
- Genre: Avant-Garde / Experimental
- Category Surrealist Film
- Theme: Dysfunctional Families, Mental Illness
- Run Time: 01 hr 34 min
- Language: English
- Picture Format: widescreen
- Lead Actor: Joanna Litwin , Patryk Czajka , Grzegorz Przybyl
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AS WELL-travelled Fraser Coast product Amy Smith prepares for her third overseas tour, it's her performance at New Zealand last year that still burns brightest.
HERVEY Bay's new synthetic turf field has passed its first major test.
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BETH Mooney's stunning form reversal has the Hervey Bay cricketer daring to dream of an Ashes tour.
WIDE Bay Whales rollicked to one of their best victories in the Central Queensland Rugby Union Championship on Saturday, but still have plenty of work to do.
IT WAS a game worthy of a grand final.
DEFENCE has become the buzzword among the Seagulls after thrashing the Wallaroos on Saturday night.
A GROUP of indigenous teenagers put their skills to the test when they took part in the inaugural Bunburra Indigenous Beach Touch Football Tournament.
THE build-up is over.
Griff studied journalism at Griffith University before working on weekly newspapers in southern Queensland. He took over as sports editor at the Chronicle in 2012.


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The Amnesty Debacle
Unfortunately, the Republican Party is not devoid of guilt in the amnesty matter as seen in The Senate Immigration Law Hurts All Americans. It appears neither side understands this is truly not a debate about politics or social justice, but rather a debacle for legal American citizens. The two sides are playing a game of chess to court the vote of the Hispanic community. In the meantime, they are encouraging illegal action, such as the use of undocumented workers by businesses (see Push to Protect Farm Workers). This is done solely for the purpose of winning future elections, and is done at the expense of the legal American worker and companies who do business with integrity!
And where are the American labor unions now, when they could utilize their organizing abilities and political influence to actually protect their membership and do what is right for America?
Dave Bego is a CEO and author of The Devil at Our Doorstep.
The U.S. Tax Amnesty And You
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This week, CPA and tax advisor Jeff Broide returns to Goldstein On Gelt to share his insights on the current tax situation. How does the new U.S. tax amnesty affect American citizens living abroad?
Amnesty for illegal aliens a reality?
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As of this writing, Reuters has announced that that the "president who cried Wolf" is set to announce the outlying of his plan to relax the US immigration policy and grant relief and possibly amnesty to as many as 5 million illegal immigrants and then some.
This is all very interesting as the majority of Americans in poll after poll of come right out and said that they do not want amnesty in fact, in the president's own words…
"… The number of immigrants added to the labor force every year is a magnitude not seen in this country for over century… It also threatens to depress further wage is a blue-collar Americans [low skilled workers] and put strains on an already overburdened safety net."
In previous remarks, Obama speaking about the upcoming amnesty proposal that illegal immigrants [aliens] "For starters, they would have to pass a tough background check, pay taxes, pay fines and learn English."
[Logistically, how was I going to happen and where the penalties if they don't comply?]
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Hard Starboard Radio: The Amnesty Bullies
Barack Obama unlawfully dismantles immigration law that he finds incompatible with his own larger agenda; Obama's plays to his amnesty crowd; Hoping for surrender on amnesty, Representative Luis Gutierrez demagogues and bullies - or, IOW, the crowd to which Obama is playing; Behold, the Democrat civil war - but is it real? Probably not; and is Crazy Nancy Pelosi's iron grip on House Democrats finally weakening?
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Illegal immigration amnesty. What will it ultimately cost and more importantly what will it do to our Constitutional republic.
This is the game changer folks. Lets talk about what we can do. I join the Sister Thunder Radio show on the same subject at 6 mountain time. Thats 4 hours of blogtalk radio discussing how this is going to cripplebour republic. Join me and if you can join the Sister Thunder show and be part of the solution.
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On this episode of Patriot Nation Radio we will be Discussing the Amnesty Response Plan and What you can do to help. With Shiloh Ryder, and James Neighbors Of Overpasses for America Discussing Nation wide Overpasses rallies on December 5th & 6th. Tune in 6:30pm eastern time, and 3:30pm pacific at www.blogtalkradio.com/patriotnation
Obama's Amnesty Plan Hurts Urban America
Mr. President, you asked Black people to have your back in 2013. Now it it is 2 years later, do you have our back. We are still dealing and reeling with double digit unemployment. Ony 4 of 10 of our sons are graduating from high school. Pain, agony and frustration is the trinity that most people in the urban community are most familar with. Well Mr. President do you have our back? Or have you decided to go "light"? Are you courting a new girl? Did you forget the girl that put you back together when you were down? Stood by you in the tough times? Are you leaving her in place of the new exciting girl from down south? Mr. President, granting amnesty to illegal immigrants is a move that show you do not have our back in the urban community. It proves that your focus is elsewhere. And yes, this is a battle for your attention.
Will Impeachment follow an Executive Order for Amnesty?
Only One Option for GOP If Obama Declares Immigration Amnesty and that is Impeachment. Judge Andrew Napolitano reacted after President Obama indicated that he still feels "obliged" to take executive action on immigration reform. I feel obliged to do everything I can lawfully with my executive authority to make sure we don't keep on making the system worse. Whatever executive actions that I take will be replaced and supplanted by action by Congress. You send me a bill I can sign, and those executive actions go away," said Obama. Napolitano explained the president can tell DHS how to process people once they come into this country. But he believes Obama would be committing an impeachable offense if he directs DHS and the Border Patrol to "look the other way." Napolitano said it comes down to whether the "practical effect of his executive order is the opposite of what the law requires." He added that he realizes Republicans do not want to pursue impeachment. We hope to bring the facts out into the light on next Thursday's radio show at 11:AM
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Hard Starboard Radio: Amnesty Fight Club
Jonathan Gruber was an ObamaCare architect who helped draft the law. This is a fact regardless of whether it's currently convenient for the Left; Obamerikastan now out of the personal freedom top twenty; Conventional wisdom finally acknowledges that the Israeli-Palestinian "two-state solution" was never alive in the first place; Don't make amnesty a battle between Congress and Obama, make it a battle within Congress?; Encouraged by black racists like Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Al Sharpton and other agitators, too many see rioting as a black entitlement; and Republicans have to get along with each other if we're going to, you know, win in 2016.
6.3 Trillion dollars for Illegal amnesty, which group will get push out?
Poor whites or poor blacks, who will replace the blacks..., let me take a guess? Illegal amnesty
How Black Americans Will Be Hurt by an Obama Amnesty
Black Americans will be hurt because the President will flood the labor market with workers who compete disproportionately with black Americans. This will increase black unemployment and discourage some blacks from entering the labor market, and, according to some studies, increase black incarceration rates.
Black Americans are already suffering from higher-than-average unemployment. The 2013 unemployment rate for blacks with no high school diploma was 20.5 percent; for those with such a diploma, 12.6 percent. By contrast, the rate was 7.4 percent for all races and 6.5 percent for whites.1
7.1 million black citizens age 25-54 have a high school education or less; if President Obama succeeds in unilaterally granting work permits to illegal aliens, 6.2 million aliens aged 25-54 with a high school education or less will be able to compete legally for work with those 7.1 million blacks.2
Amnesty's Impact on Black Americans
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights concluded in 2010 that, "Illegal immigration to the United States in recent decades has tended to depress both wages and employment rates for low-skilled American citizens, a disproportionate number of whom are black men."9
The vast majority of the fiscal costs examined are long-term – including costs associated with Obamacare, Social Security and other entitlements, plus more than 80 means-tested welfare programs. Among the major findings of Rector and co-author Jason Richwine:
Over the course of their lives, former unlawful immigrants together would receive $9.4 trillion in government benefits and services and pay $3.1 trillion in taxes, for a lifetime "fiscal deficit" – at minimum -- of $6.3 trillion (total benefits minus total taxes).
Hard Starboard Radio: Alinsky Does Amnesty
Congress' capitulating to Barack Obama's amnesty tyranny would establish an eternal precedent for lawless executive action; The only limit on Obama's power that he recognizes is political expediency; and Obama's sole operating principle appears to be that republicanism is what you can get away with.
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Game 89: Cubs at Nats
Jul 7, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT
Photo by Mark Zuckerman / NATS INSIDER
The Nats try to complete a four-game sweep of the Cubs tonight.
If you're going to be an above-average team in this league, you've got to be able to consistently beat below-average teams. Which is exactly what the Nationals have been doing this week to the obviously struggling Cubs. They've won the first three games of this series (albeit each by one run) and tonight have a chance to finish off a four-game series sweep.
Livan Hernandez (who has been excellent his last two starts) takes the ball for the Nats. He'll face Matt Garza, who was a potential trade target of the Nationals over the winter and has been OK (but not great) for Chicago.
Couple of changes to the Nats' lineup tonight. Laynce Nix takes a seat, perhaps to rest his sore Achilles' tendon, so Roger Bernadina slides to left field and Rick Ankiel starts in center. Ivan Rodriguez is behind the plate, giving Wilson Ramos the night off.
In other roster news: The Nationals have officially secured optional waivers on Collin Balester. He's reported to Class AAA Syracuse, and he's back on the 40-man roster.
Updates to come…
CUBS at NATIONALS
Where: Nationals Park
Gametime: 7:05 p.m.
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM), XM 187
Weather: Partly cloudy, 90 degrees, Wind 8 mph out to LF
LF Roger Bernadina
2B Danny Espinosa
3B Ryan Zimmerman
1B Michael Morse
- FS - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:22 AM
CBinDC, do you hold something against Davey? I think you are being too harsh on the guy. Yes, he is mainly responsible for the loss. But none of our pitchers were spot on to begin with. Yes, he managed this possible win to a loss with having Stairs up. But after his first walk-off hit, even I thought maybe he has turned the corner and deserves few more chances. I just hope Davey knows what he is doing.@the guy who suggested we get rid of Livo, his ERA before that sixth inning was 3.73 (league average I think) and still is a respectable 4.01. Not sure what is wrong with Burnett. Our bullpen is being used too often so ASG can not come sooner.
- Manassas Nats Fan - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:24 AM
When your up 8-0, the manager just needs to manage the momentum, and stop it really quick if it starts the other way. Number 1 job. I didn't see any urgency to slow the momentum. Granted Quade was just as bad in the third inning. It doesn't take rocket science to understand how momendum works. Slowing down doesn't mean necessarily moving someone one, but Ramos needs to go out and settle down the pitcher. Morse or Zim need to come in. Didn't see much of that.Did you notice after Ankiel got hit. Pena immediately was at the mound. He understands slowing momendum.Watched Stairs pop up again. It was a hanging slider. That should have been a piece of cake to drive. What on earth happened there. he simple swung to low.
- N. Cognito - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:25 AM
We could have the combined genius of the best 5 managers in MLB history as our manager, and if we lost, he'd be a horrible manager.We could have a rock as a manager, and if we won, he'd be headed to the Hall of Fame for his managing exploits.
- Manassas Nats Fan - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:27 AM
Dave this looked just like 2008 and 2009, we thought we outgrew that crap.
- Anonymous - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:27 AM
The combined genius of the best managers in MLB history wouldn't have had Matt Stairs batting in the 9th.
- Dave - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:28 AM
@N. Cognito: We could have the combined genius of the best 5 managers in MLB history as our manager, and if we lost, he'd be a horrible manager. We could have a rock as a manager, and if we won, he'd be headed to the Hall of Fame for his managing exploits."+1. Comment of the day.
- Grandstander - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:34 AM
You can defend it all you want, but having Stairs bat over Cora in that situation will remain a stupid move. There's simply no justification.
- Sunshine_Bobby_Carpenter_Is_Too_Pessimistic_For_ - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:34 AM
Burnett will either go on the DL or get Pattersoned by the A-S break. C'mon, Yanks, give us a bag of balls for this guy.And, again, I say: Stares is harder to get rid of than Athlete's Foot in a sauna.Where's all the "accountability" everybody was yakking about in ST?
- HHover - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:40 AM
DaveWorst experience? Not even close.Worst loss? Statistically, maybe so.According to fangraphs, the Nats win expectancy was 99.6% after Livo recorded the 2d out of the 6th. But they somehow managed to seize that 4 tenths of 1 percent chance out of the jaws of victory.That takes some doin'.
- Navy Nats Fan - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:48 AM
Where have I heard that kind of win expectancy before? Oh, right, in the 9th inning against Seattle when the Mariners were at (or above) that number. But we won that one.Yes, DJ blew it tonight. Yes, it sucks. That's baseball. 162 game season, it happens.
- Anonymous - Jul 8, 2011 at 3:55 AM
I think some here are missing the point.If it were possible, your points would be valid if all the right things were done and you still lost the 8-run lead. I don't know if it's possible to do all the right things and lose an 8-run lead though.The problem is there were some glaring pivot points in this game that could have saved it. You have to line up a lot of wrong things to lose an 8-run lead and nobody stopped those things from happening and a lot of us think it could have been done.
- JaneB - Jul 8, 2011 at 4:07 AM
Listen to our brother Dave. He is right about this.
- NatsLady - Jul 8, 2011 at 4:10 AM
It was a bad loss. But a man died in the Rangers stadium in front of his kid, leaning over the stands after he caught a ball. That is really sad, and keeps things in perspective.So it was a bad game.
- Drew8 - Jul 8, 2011 at 4:21 AM
Gosh, I'm sorry to hear about the tragedy in Texas.FYI: Kilgore reports that Baseball America is out with its midseason list of the game's Top 50 prospects.Bryce Harper is No. 1 and Brad Peacock has rocketed from obscurity to No. 42!http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/07/midseason-top-50-prospects-list/
- Joe Seamhead - Jul 8, 2011 at 4:23 AM
Dave, thanks for a touch of sanity. I just got home from the game,which was stunning to lose, but still very entertaining. There's a lot of if's about this game, but one thing I saw from my seats in 311 is it sure looked like Johnson and McCatty were in a heated exchange when Burnett hung that 1st pitch to Pena. Also, things are not looking good with Pudge tonight. He may go on the DL, so are we seeing a Norris in our near future? One last note, I said on an earlier blog that Wang may be a wild card for the Nats after the All Star break and was called out on it by an anon, asking me who he'd replace. J-Zimm will be phased down and Marquis getting traded is almost even money. Wang looked very good tonight by all accounts. I wish him nothing but good luck and truly hope that we have something in him that is close to what he was with the Yankees.
- Joe Seamhead - Jul 8, 2011 at 4:57 AM
I said Norris…maybe Jesus Flores is more likely to be called up.
- Anonymous - Jul 8, 2011 at 12:37 PM
The thing that's becoming very clear is that this team has a tough time playing with a lead. Blown saves, close 1-run games. While I love my Nats, they make it very frustrating with their inability to grab the opportunities (and scoring opportunities) when they present themselves. Do they lack the killer instinct?
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Prosecutors say they want a short enough leash on Mr. Sweeney to keep him from slipping through what they call a gap in the law. Once he is granted conditional release, he cannot be recommitted just for breaking conditions imposed by the court. A judge would have to rule that he was dangerously mentally ill.
There is, though, an alternative -- a petition for involuntary civil commitment. In practice, officials at Middletown Psychiatric said, this option, which requires the signatures of two psychiatrists, is routinely used to bring in patients on conditional release who are judged to be regressing.
To the prosecutors, the courtroom encounter with Ms. Lowenstein was a disturbing illustration of Mr. Sweeney's poor judgment, if not his skewed thinking. They wanted to get it on the record. But when Mr. Fabrizio told Ms. Lowenstein he might have to call her as a witness, ''she just turned ashen,'' he said.
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In Middletown, it took Mr. Sweeney eight years to convince psychiatrists at a maximum-security mental hospital that he was a good risk for transfer to a nonsecure facility. It took three more years for him to convince officials at Middletown Psychiatric Center that he was a good risk for unescorted furloughs.
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As part of his conditional release, the precise terms of which are still being argued in court, officials at Middletown Psychiatric say Mr. Sweeney will continue in psychotherapy and will be visited at home at least twice a year. He has been ordered to stay away from the Lowenstein family and from two former friends who fear him, Mr. Hinkle and the man he assaulted in Massachusetts.
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Growing grapevines over arbor for shade
Hey All!
I have an arbor that I've finally decided needs shade, and I've chose to grow grapes for the shade AND fruit. From the ground to the top of the arbor is 10'. I'm wondering if a Niagra grape vine will even grow that tall? I am a total amateur; never grown anything other than a few flowers. I mostly want the vines for shade, but the fruit will be a great benefit! Also; should I plant them against the house, or on the vertical posts?
I would plant near the posts... Niagra should be good, why not get another type for the second post?
I attached a link to my pergola w/grapes....similar to yours except I built with 4 posts and have 4 different grapes growing up each one...
Here is a link that might be useful: Grape Pergola
You shoud be careful of which grape you get. Some of the best tasting and popuar varieties are only reliably hardy to zone 5.
From what ive read, Niagra is not reliable in zone 4, especially if you want shade. Vaiant and Beta should be 100% hardy there, Valiant being a better tasting version of beta. Edelweiss is apparenty a hardy choice as well.
Google the University of Minnesota grape page (key words "minnesota grapes") and they will give you information based on the trials down there.
Sometimes you have to dig deep to find exactly which varieties do well in your climate.
Our climate is HOT summer days and warm summer nights, and very low chance of any freeze in winter. I looked for grapes that originated in other countries of the world with similar climates, and was very successful in obtaining varieties that do exceptionally well here.
I do not know what zone 4 is, but I have provided a link for you with a list of grapes available in the USA. Click on each variety, and you will see it's origins, where it can be purchased, it's color, and if it's a wine or table grape.
Have fun!
Here is a link that might be useful: National Grape Registry
I so appreciate the feedback! @melikeeatplants; I definitely will plans two different varieties. It'll be interesting to see how Edelweiss does; I have read it can be finicky and prone to breaking off. And now I'm on the fence about Niagra. I have a friend who has a small vineyard just a block away from me and she suggested the Niagra. I guess if it doesn't work, I'm not out much!
Decades ago in the pre-AC south, that would be called a "summer porch."
Well, If your neighbor is growing niagra then you shouldnt have a problem with it at all (or getting some cuttings :D ). Gives me a bit of hope, as im in a cold zone 4 and recently purchased niagra. I was reading up on it and realized I will have to wrap the canes, but It may be more hardy then what I have read.
Do you mind if i ask what state you are in Nicole?
@Canadianplant, I am in NW Iowa. My neighbor doesn't have any Niagra vines; she has types for wine-making, and mine will solely be for eating. What I have on hand already are 2 Edelweiss vines, but I will be returning one in exchange for a Niagra. The local nursery had a limited selection: Niagra, Edelweiss & Catawba. I wouldn't be against getting one of all three, but I haven't read much on Catawba. Anyone have any experience with this one or any of them?
Hi Nicole, if hardy table grapes is what you are after then I would go with somerset seedless and Swenson red. I grow both here and I must say the Swenson red is the absolute best tasting grape I have ever eaten! Both have survived and produced fruit after a good test winter where the temp went down to -25F (-32C).
hope that helps :)
I grow niagra here, not sure how hardy it would really be as I have it growing on the hot side of my house which is also protected from a lot of the winds too. it produces well but for us it is not a very good table grape. The flavour is quite strong and has VERY thick skin which I just spit out as it is so hard to chew. It is a very good juice grape though, very aromatic. You can smell their wonderful smell when they start to ripen(raccoons can smell them too!)
Canadianplant, we had a fairly good winter with 3 or 4 days down to -15F (-26C). As you can see from the picture of one of the longer canes that is just flopping around in the wind has about 3 inches of dieback.
I think there are a lot of things that affect hardiness from what I have seen. I used to fertilize the hell out of everything.......lots of long vigorous growth which did not have time to harden off for winter!!!! Now I do not fertilize my grape vines at all. They grow a little slower but they survive the winter!
Grapes have MEGA powerful roots and go looking for food. Just try and dig one up after one season of growth and you will see what I mean. I dug up some 2 season cuttings last year and the roots went 3 feet in all directions when the top was only a little over 3 feet tall!
I don't even cultivate around my vines......just run the lawn mower around them:)
Glenn, I went with your suggestion and bought (and planted!) one Somerset seedless and one Swenson red. It took quite a bit of searching for me to find them, but hopefully it'll be worth it! Now that I have them in the ground, I'm not sure what to do with them; I've read that they should be cut down to two buds, but the guy at the nursery told me to just let them be, and train the strongest growth up the post. What would you suggest?
Glenn, I went with your suggestion and bought (and planted!) one Somerset seedless and one Swenson red. It took quite a bit of searching for me to find them, but hopefully it'll be worth it! Now that I have them in the ground, I'm not sure what to do with them; I've read that they should be cut down to two buds, but the guy at the nursery told me to just let them be, and train the strongest growth up the post. What would you suggest?
Glenn, I went with your suggestion and bought (and planted!) one Somerset seedless and one Swenson red. It took quite a bit of searching for me to find them, but hopefully it'll be worth it! Now that I have them in the ground, I'm not sure what to do with them; I've read that they should be cut down to two buds, but the guy at the nursery told me to just let them be, and train the strongest growth up the post. What would you suggest?
This is where im stuck in regards to my "beta". I have Valiant, himrod, flame seedless, and yes , the niagra for fruit/juice etc, and I want the beta for the exact situation as you.
I know from reading, that it is suggested that you prune to a single strong cane, with 2 or 3 buds when growing for production only, but if youre going for shade, I dont think this is as necassary.
Sure, pruning to one or 2 canes should put the growing energy into those canes and they should reach the top of the arbor faster. What I did was choose 3 canes. The grapes will produce on last years canes no matter how you prune them, its just a matter of geting a high amount (when grown for production) and being able to reach them, seeing as grapes can push over 50 feet.
I am not going to prune these canes at all, and just let them do their own thing....
Glenn - I have read that the more I delve into the depths of gardening lol. I dont fertilize at all, besides layering compost/manure/blood and/or bone meal in early spring when the buds swell (that goes for everything outside. I was contemplating using a foliar seaweed fert to get some micronutrients into the soil.
I experimented with Vanessa and Himrod, unprotected in a soemwhat exposed spot. The canes do not make it no matter how I fertilize or not. I think with a quick wrapping I will get some good canes to survive!
PS (nicole) - Do not be discouraged if your vines dont do well there. No matter what the information says you really wont know how well they do until they are planted. Keep a list of backup varieties just in case. I dont like seeded grapes, but they seem to be the only kind that are 100% reliable here, so I had to find a happy medium (valiant).
I have a Swenson red, and am training it up and over my arbor. I have clay soil, and planted it last spring. Don't worry if it doesn't grow much the first year, it's roots are growing! "The Grape Grower" by Lon Rombough suggests letting it grow willy-nilly the first year, and cutting it back to two buds in the winter. Then, the single stem will grow the second year and perhaps reach the top of the arbor. If not, cut it back to two buds the third year and train the single stem again. (Don't worry, grapes are like weeds and bounce right back. All their energy is in their roots during winter so you're not "losing" anything.) Eventually, the single stem will be up and over the arbor and you can let it fruit. Please read up on pruning, you shouldn't ignore it once its up there, you'll need to prune every year. I highly recommend "The Grape Grower!"
Swenson red is marginally hardy in zone 4 (without protection) I have had mine die back to the ground 2 winters ago.
We are doing a HIgh arbor as well over an elevated deck. I went with the more cold tested varieites for the arbor and have kept more tender stuff low to the ground.
This looks to be our first crop on the swenson red....supposed to be a great grape.
I just built an arbor out of pieces of an old trampoline a neighbor tossed out years ago. I currently have Niagara and will say they make an awesome jelly and wine (still learning wine-making, second year was better than the first). I bought a Reliance grape and set it by the arbor, but think I need to buy another variety and set it on the other side. It will be kind of shaded later in the day. Should I put a Swensen red by this post? It would be kind of behind the reed-walled tomato-caged "fill as you grow potato tower" thing you see.
(by the way I am in zone 6 on clay and HEAVY limestone rock.. see bench in background.. had to rent a jackhammer to get that out of my garden.. it was twice that size and I cut it into a bench and muscled it into a free bench)
What does the Swenson red taste like? Can you compare it to Red Flame?
It has a similar crunch which is uncommon for cold-hardy grapes. It has its own very fruity flavor, more "fruity" than Red Flame. If it were seedless it would have taken over the grocery shelves.
I have to agree with Scott, Swenson red is like eating a piece of candy. Every time I hand some out to co-workers or friends to try their eyes get REALLY BIG!
Canadianplant, I also have Vanessa and himrod. Both are really good flavored.I lay mine down for the winter by growing them as a "lazy-J". Without laying them down they get a lot of die back, especially the himrod.
bencjedi,definately get yourself a swesnon red! you will not be disappointed!
I found a source of Swensen Red online and just placed an order. I'm sold on the positive reviews and your recommendation Glenn. When anyone tells me a fruit tastes like candy they have my attention! :)
That's probably why I bought the Reliance variety too as someone reviewed those like that at gurneys.com LOL
The Niagara makes a DELICIOUS jelly. I look forward to making it every year and enjoy licking out the pot where the grape jelly was made. My pot gets coated with a sticky, chewy yummy hard jellied coating after pouring out the jars.. I like to scrape it off and lick the aftermath left in the pot with a spoon. :)
Nicole, here's a good resource for training grape vines for your situation.
Here is a link that might be useful: training for pergola
Im afraid you will have dieback on a high pergola with swenson red. Its hardy, but not THAT hardy, definitely worth trying up north, but best to protect it in the winter. Because for a pergola, it will take several years to regrow if you have complete dieback, I would definitely stick with a more hardy variety. Im in ND, zone 4 and so far my hardiest vines have been valiant (obviously) and edelweiss. I just planted somerset seedless this spring, but I have tried reliance and it died to the ground last winter. Also Vanessa definitely needs protection in my area. Bluebell is also hardy but my vines havent taken off nearly as aggressively as Val and Edel.
That's great to know, Derek. As of now, I have the Swenson Red & Somerset in the ground, and have 2 Edel still in their containers but are starting to bud beautifully. I'd like to put the Edel in the ground especially after reading this, but am at a loss on where to put it. I'd like it to grow by the arbor, but where would you suggest?
Have you found the Edel to be fragile or finicky?
Still my old 'out of hand' eating favorite: the old 40 yr. old seeded concord! I planted a seedless concord a couple years ago also & am waiting to see how it tastes... ? similar to the old seeded concord? This is old wine grape growing country (New Mexico) & in later years it has become popular again & grows some great wine grapes. Just had one of the local wine tasting festivals a week ago here. A grape arbor sounds great!
There is a seedless grape trial in zone 5, Madison, WI at the UW Research Station. Several grapes have been proven to be hardy here, and with two prunings in the spring, set fruit and ripen. (If you do a minor pruning in March and then a more complete pruning in April, you delay budbreak and lessen frost damage.) The grapes are completely exposed (it used to be a large cornfield), and not covered during the winter.
The most hardy and earliest-ripening varieties were Somerset Seedless (red), and Trollhaugen (purple). Both were developed in northern WI by Elmer Swenson. None of the green seedless grapes had excellent hardiness, all had some winter damage on bad years.
I linked to their website. I have found a much more thorough PowerPoint description of ALL their varieties, which is worth searching for.
Here is a link that might be useful: University of WI Display Gardens Grape Trials Report, 2012
Here it is!
Here is a link that might be useful: PowerPoint on seedless table grapes in WI
Question: the leaves on my Somerset seedless vine looks really dull, lacks luster, compared to the leaves on my Edelweiss & Swenson Red. We've gotten lots of rain, and most days are cloudy and not too many days have gotten above 68ð F. The leaves aren't wilted, but they seem flimsier and not as thick as the others.
I can't find any good pictures of Somerset leaves, so can't tell if that's what they normally look like.
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Eli's Reviews > Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
by Sarah Vowell
Eli's review
bookshelves: not-novels
Jul 01, 07
bookshelves: not-novels
Read in February, 2007
This book was clever but a little repetitive. Sarah Vowell is brilliant in small doses, but her wit doesn't quite hold up for the duration in this book. Still, there's some history I didn't know about before (especially around Lincoln), and there's enough heart in it to make it really fun.
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