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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Peek on Earth
I'm taking my own on the road (to sweet Loop in Philadelphia for classes on lace and photography, information here) tomorrow, but before I head for the airport I'd like to let you know that this year's edition of the annual Panopticon Shop Holiday Knitting Ornament, "No Peeking," is ready and waiting in the shop. I've put it on cards as well. I do hope you will like it.
Peeking at your presents is a time-honored holiday tradition. Our family had another, related tradition: a merry reminder from my mother that any child caught or even suspected of hunting around for hidden goodies would get to watch in silent horror as every last box and bag went back to Santa's Workshop. I was 23 years old before I could open a closet door between Thanksgiving and Christmas without having an anxiety attack.
55 comments:
- Devon said...
As a child I really enjoyed wrapping Christmas presents. That crafty urge started young I guess. When I heard that people would peek in wrapping before Christmas to see what they were getting I thought that was blasphemy. After that I when I wrapped presents I would tape the entirety of all the seams. It made sure that no one could peak in them, but it also resulted in presents being difficult to open!
- Ang. said...
We had the same rule at our house. No one believed my mom would follow through, but there was just enough doubt in our minds not to push our luck. Adorable ornament, and cartoon mice are my weakness. Must have.
- an said...
YAYZ!!!!! the ornament is up; must.have.for.myself!
I will not be able to join you in town, so I send you smooches and hugs virtually! - 5:57 PM
- Kayten said...
When my kids were little, the gifts were kept in a large cardboard carton in the bedroom on top of which I left a larger pile of clothing that needed folding. I don't think they ever found them. Clean laundry has cooties, you know!
Love the ornament! - 6:01 PM
- otter in portland said...
I read your story to my DH and he wants to know if that's why you came out of the closet?
- Rosalind said...
Peeking? We weren't even allow to touch the presents under the tree. And Mum would place all of them label down, so you didn't even know which one was yours, in a particular manner so she'd know if they'd been touched. Certainly made Christmas morning exciting.
- Kathie said...
Some people like to peek; it heightens the excitement, I guess. Anticipation of knowing what you are getting isn't a bad thing.
Boo to all those fuddy duddies that insist things are done their way! Is the gift given with any less love if you know what it is? - 6:44 PM
- Sherilyn said...
My youngest brother (who is seven years older than me) taught me at a young age the fine art of unwrapping a present without showing any telltale signs that it had been unwrapped. I didn't like to do it, though. I wanted to wait. He always knew exactly what was waiting for him under the tree.
To this day, at age 48, he will still go shake a few presents if we are together at my parents for Christmas. - 6:53 PM
- Sherilyn said...
He isn't 48, he is 49. Which means I'm only 41 for a few more days.
You know you are getting old when you can't remember how old you are. - 6:54 PM
- dale-harriet said...
On another (perhaps sadder) note: my mother had that rule - but one year I did peek, and found a doll I'd wanted SO BAD!! Somehow (helas!) I let it slip that I'd peeked. Mother got us both dressed, put on her hat and gloves, unwrapped the doll and took me downtown on the streetcar where the doll was returned! (There's more to it but nevermind; suffice it to say I have a matched set of baggage left over from that one.)
- Jessica said...
I love the ornament! My sister actually canceled Christmas for her kids one year. They still talk about it. They were teenagers and she warned them that if they didn't stop fighting she'd cancel the holiday. Christmas Eve the older one threw a shoe at the younger one and the shoe went through the TV screen. End of Christmas.
I wish I could come see you at Loop! Unfortunately my baby nephew gave me the plague and I'm avoiding people that I actually like to prevent them from getting it. - 7:10 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Peeking at your presents is a time-honored holiday tradition."
...so is jumping the gun by about two months with the holiday gift ideas and suggestions :-((( - 7:55 PM
- The Foggy Knitter said...
I don't peek at my presents, but I do inspect the parcels under the tree most carefully and squish them and feel them and try to guess! Still fun but doesn't spoil the surprise.
- Molly said...
I still like to creep out in the middle of the night and see the tree all lit up in the darkness. Once as a kid I saw this fabulous stuffed monkey sticking out of my stocking - I was excited at first, but when the morning finally rolled around, I felt so guilty that I burst into tears and confessed. I never was much of a liar!
- lincannon said...
I did the same thing, I still have one child that if allowed to shake can guess what is in it. I think he did the wrap unwrap thing but anyway. He is turning 40 soon and still does it. Love him though.
- ringer said...
loved the little movie... still sniggering...wish I knew a real way to say 'thank you' for that!
my xmas closet story is that my older sibs took me on a closet raid when I was much too young, really took the stuffing out of the whole thing for years. - 10:30 PM
- Diane said...
When I was maybe 10, my sister was snooping in the crawlspace in my parents' bedroom and found our presents--two lovely identical black fake fur coats (and no, I don't wear fur now, even fake). Somehow, they found out and the coats were exchanged--she got the same coat, only white--if anything, even prettier. I got a horrible blue plaid thing I didn't grow out of for two years.
I didn't learn my lesson--I still snoop every chance I get. - 11:54 PM
- wootsauce said...
I never really felt the need to peek, but my mom staged a preemptive strike by having her older sister keep all our presents at her house until Christmas anyway. The presents under the tree before then were mostly gifts from us kids to her or eachother. I think the surprise is the best part of giving an awesome gift, especially at Christmas when you're already not going to be surprised to get a gift.
- Kristen said...
Er, uh, ahem. Yes, well. Thank you, Franklin, for providing a delightful ornament that will compliment my holiday decor. - 12:31 AM
- Lene said...
I always knew where mom hid the gifts, and one year I managed to sneak a peek at all my gifts. That was the most boring and dissapointing Christmas EVER!, so I never did that again. The mice on the ornament goes perfectly here in Norway, one of our favourite Christmas song is about mice celebrating Christmas eve:)
- J. Kwiatkowski said...
omg! I love that little movie, I watch it everyday!
Although we had no set policy on peeking, I would never do it. I wanted to be surprised. - 6:31 AM
- Seanna Lea said...
I hate peeking. I would rather be surprised!
Of course, one of my friends is notorious for shaking his presents. One year we got him a jar of chocolate body paint (to put on ice cream of course) and put it in a box. We padded the package a bit and then through in a partial bottle of ibuprophen. It was fun watching him try and puzzle out what it might be. - 10:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
We used to wrap a small delightful gift in the appropriate size box, then pad and wrap it in a larger size box frequently including some candy or other little treats, then that would get wrapped in a bigger box which might include clothing,etc., many times over sometimes including rocks or bricks or things that made noise, just to throw everyone off until the box was really quite large! Fun to wrap and fun to unwrap!!
- Lauren said...
In my family it was opening boxes that got us in trouble. To this day, if I'm at my Mother's house and she received a package I won't even touch it especially between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
- Jules said...
When I was 13 years old, my mother taught me how to (very carefully) use a razor blade to slice open the tape on wrapped presents, peek at what was inside, and then put a new piece of tape imperceptibly over the old sliced piece. No "no peeking" rules at our house, by cracky. :)
- Kathy said...
That reminds me of a story my boss used to tell - his mother had the rule and he and his brother used to peek. If they liked what they saw they kept quiet, if not they told her so they would get something else....he was very sneaky...
- Blythie said...
The 'No Peeking' mousie design is absolutely gorgeous. I must admit though, I read this blog entry in a bit of a rush just before leaving for work and misread the second to last sentence. Imagine the look of horror and disbelief on my face when I thought for a moment that your mother threatened to send your gifts back to 'Satan's Workshop'. My, what kind of children's gifts would you get from there?
- Michele / akkasha said...
I think I was about 9-10 when I discovered the present stash one year and looked at all my presents. When Christmas morning arrived, I was so disappointed there was no surprise that I never peeked again. And I would prefer surprise presents over telling people what to get me for that reason. I love the feeling of surprise with pressies.
- Shari said...
Reading these posts, I'm glad I'm Jewish. I don't think I'd get through even one Christmas season without massive heart failure. We Hebs have enough angst without having to deal with that too.
- Bernadette said...
So entirely by coincidence (I'm actually from Ohio, and was in Philadelphia visiting my sister) I ended up walking into Loop yesterday and seeing you there. Unfortunately, this occasioned such an outbreak of surprise-induced shyness (especially since I couldn't afford to buy a book for you to sign)that I didn't introduce myself even thought I've been reading your blog for approximately forever. So, this is a little after the fact, but hi!
- Flavaknits said...
"pochling or pockling" was an art form in our house - Mum being the worst. She didn't actually open the gift but prodded and poked about it so much she knew what it was! Mx
- Sue said...
My brothers and I found our Christmas gifts one year in a big box on the top shelf in the basement. My mother told us Santa was having her keep them for the kids across the street. I guess we believed her!
I've been known to slit the tape on the wrapping paper, open and peek at the gift, then put new tape on over the old tape. My mother never knew till I told her once I was an adult. - 3:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Being of Indian ancestry, we never had Christmas Presents either but we always had great food and New Years to us was always a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken with the works, lol, how we loved that! Having grown up w/o presents, I guess we went overboard when we had our kids. One year the two older girls looked thru my closet and found out everything they were getting, even the stocking stuffers, the little devils!! Having to work full time I didn't have time to exchange them and thought, bugger it, let them look. Later they told me that was the most boring Christmas ever and have never peeked again! When they were very small, aged 5-7, we did Christmas by handing out 1 present every 1/2 hour and that way Christmas lasted all day! The kids still remember those Christmases, my young son, however, no way, he opens everything NOW! cheers, Deb
- Lester's Mama said...
My Mum must have gone to the same Mother School as your Mom.
Peeking at our house resulted in the same effect as at your house. - 1:00 PM
- jayayceeblog said...
That little movie is a total hoot -- I read it in Vogue Knitting! *snort* We use so much tape on our presents, you need dynamite to open them. No peeking would ever happen! =D
- Miss Sandra said...
Ours were hidden under the cellar stairs behind the old dresser. The cat led us to them. We wouldn't leave it alone and that's where it went to hide. Stash!
- joeyshouse said...
There was a good deal of subterfuge involving Christmas presents when I was a kid. Presents were purposely mislabeled, or wrapped to resemble things that they were not. As we got older my brother and I got more involved in the present espionage. My crowning achievement - wrapping my brother's gift in a custom made 4'x4'x4' box complete with a false floor and bolts dangling from string on the inside so it would rattle. It was filled with newspaper and bricks. Hey, if you're going to go over the top you may as well go WAY over.
- Jeanne said...
My mother used to hide our presents in the spare bedroom and tell us not to open the door. No lock, no threats, just "DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR". I never did. I had a child of my own before I even began to wonder how my mother pulled that off. I used to hide my son's presents in the trunk of my car, under the blanket and snow shovel.
- k1yok2tog said...
I wasn't a peeker. With my birthday being Nov. 30th and my brother's being Dec. 18th, somewhere around the end of October/first of November came this phrase that is still said with much seriousness: "Don't ask questions this time of the year."
It starts earlier now as my son is 10/19, my SIL is 12/25, my DH is 1/7 and nephew is 1/17. - 10:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
This is a serious artistic question - why is the mouse knitting with the needles upside down? I just severely criticized a children's picture book that had an owl knitting - the needles were upside down in every picture. Seriously - wouldn't the stitches fall off?
- Franklin said...
To answer your question, Anonymous, the needles aren't "upside down." That manner of the holding the needles - which isn't often seen these days - was once (in the 19th and early 20th centuries) commonly taught as appearing more delicate and refined than holding the needles with the needles under the palms of the hands. Or in this case, paws. See Richard Rutt's "A History of Hand Knitting" for further discussion and documentation.
I made the choice to use this orientation after trying both and deciding this one made a stronger graphic statement. If it were incorrect, it wouldn't appear in m work. I take pains to keep things accurate - insofar as one can speak of accuracy in a drawing of a knitting mouse.
I've tested this method, to see how it compares to the more common under-the-palms method. I found that although the stitches seemed no more inclined to slip off, other maneuvers (like wrapping) were awkward and the speed was definitely slower. Since I didn't feel I was gaining anything in the way of refinement, I switched back to my usual method.
Then again, I'm not a mouse.
Chances are, the owl you severely criticized may also have been an old-school knitter.
Hope that answers your question. - 10:25 AM
- Connie said...
Question really...any chance you still have 2009 notecards available???
- Lokismom said...
My mom (now in her seventies) always told us that if we said Santa wasn't real, he would stop bringing us gifts.
Needless to say, all of us still hold a strong belief in the jolly old elf. - 8:25 PM
- Quilting Mama said...
I was one of those kids who got caught peeking. Boy was I surprised when packages I knew were purchased didn't show up under the tree.
Thanks for another wonderful ornament this year. My collection continues to grow. - 9:06 PM
- YarnPlayCafe said...
Hah hahhahh. I totally peeked and did not get caught, ever. They did not hide the presents very well and they were never wrapped, not even on Christmas Day. My mom always said, "Peek if you want to, but you'll ruin the surprise." So instead of anxiety, it was guilt.
- Anonymous said...
My family has always had the same rule...and when I married, it came along with me. The kids have always been fine with it... the hubby darn near vibrates with the internal conflict...lol
cheers, Kate - 4:04 PM
- Anonymous said...
the mouse is adorable, but
this made me think of
franklin...after too
much dolores...
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- Karen C.K. Ballard said...
Hi, altho' your story about Christmas snooping brought back memories, I am really writing about knitting cartoons. I just bought a copy of your book, but don't expect it to have the cartoon I need ASAP. I am looking for a 1921 Punch cartoon, "Do-it-yourself Age - Father's Home Made Sweater." Can you tell me where I might be able to find a copy? Regards, Karen (aka: firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Anonymous said...
You need to put up a new post! I've checking every day and there's no new post!
- Terry said...
It's 20 days until Christmas, silly. He's busy KNITTING!!!
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Yep they're already a nice shade of cream with grey brake gunge highlights. Loving the change from Conti GP4000s though. The new Vredestein Fortezza Tricomps are very confidence boosting & just feel so much faster & way firmer/grippier cornering. Reportedly the new tyres only have half the km's in them compared to the Cont's.......meh I'll take the grip & speed for the loss of durability. Gas propulsion.......it's natural don't fight it.
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Actually the downhill there isn't as good as it looks. The road up ahead doesn't connect up to the downhill, and the descent I'm on there does a shape left turn and then turns into the South Eastern Freeway (no bikes allowed). There is a dedicated bikeway though. The fun part (descent of Mt Osmond) is mostly behind me at this point).
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The RS80 C50s are good. The seem fast, and the braking is great. Kinda heavy though (1875g according to http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... t-11-44503 ). I've noticed sidewinds a little bit, but nothing too serious. There are good deals on them atm, too. I got them from CyclingExpress for ~$730 (through they seem sold out now).
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slam that stem. carbon cages. paul canti's or die. other than that it looks like a cool bike. yeah i'm taking the mickey. there seems to be almost no recognition of any other bike except the pro looking deep section carbon variety, where money talks and everything else gets ignored. 0day bikes with top-shelf components are definitely worthy of display, but i think the little guys need more exposure and positive comment too, guys. show more sub-$1k bikes!
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I got the very same one's for the very same price and they are really good. I have ridden in some pretty strong side winds and they are very stable. Although not a climbing wheel I recently did a reasonable ride with around 2km climb overall , they are nice and stiff . Great descending at speed Rides : Merida Reacto 907E & The SS Larry
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They look the business and the new ones have the latest graphics on them they look like the big brother dura ace ones.. I'll keep on hunting until i find a pair thanks for the feedback on them
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Merlincycles UK could help. ~ $750 shipped for a set if my memory serves me correct. I have used them previously and they take about a week, decent service from the UK. http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/wheels/road-wheels/factory-road-wheels/shimano-rs80-c50-wheelset-clincher.html
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Impressive ride. Ride report mate?
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Very interesting. Very interesting indeed *logs into ebay*
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Friday's series opener against the Rays will be Marcus Stroman's opportunity to demonstrate how well he can bounce back from a tough outing.
The Blue Jays' right-hander will take the mound at Rogers Centre following the worst start of his young career, when he gave up five runs on five hits in just two-thirds of an inning against the White Sox last week. That start came on the heels of a nine-inning gem the 23-year-old threw against the Tigers.
Pitching on two extra days' rest, Stroman has something to prove.
"There's a lot of emotion that goes into this game, you want to do everything in your power to put your team in a position to win, and I did everything but that," Stroman said following his last outing.
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Well, if you can admit that 1/3 of the US Constitution has already been gouged and hollowed out, then progress has been made. Maybe the 2nd Amendment is where people have decided to draw a line in the sand, before it's too late. People realize that the destruction of the US Constitution - begun by those in the government - started with "harmless" nibbles around the edges as these locusts seek to consume it whole....
Although extremely wise, especially when he's backing a progressive, liberal, sclerotic point of view, Scalia is wrong. He's harboring a trust-the-government fallacy, but the Amendments are limitless. They are as they are written; they mean what they say. It is the government that the limits are for. If the American people want to put the brakes on some of these Constitutional rights, that is what the Amendment process is for, not selective interpretations and re-interpretations by untrustworthy agents of the state.
That's why everything is such a nasty stinking mess right now and getting worse. We supposedly have rights, until we check the phone books of laws that take them ALL away. Therefore, we've reached the point where our Constitutional rights are certainly all null and void.
So, why should anyone trust what comes out of Washington?
Those Sheriffs aren't wrong. They've noticed that ignoring Federal laws are acceptable only when it is done by state and local democrats. The DOJ is very selective about what laws it wants to pursue. This behavior eventually yields contempt for government. And there's no law that requires that government, or the officials in it, has to be respected, which is a different thing from tolerating and abiding.
Betty, selective enforcement of law by the locals do not make sense- law is passed to be followed by all. Sheriffs are looking it naively which eventually will favor their their ease at job.
I can't accept that possessing a gun is an absolute right that every citizen should be endowed with. plus, if execution happens properly for all, not owning a gun will not be like being taken away of some right.
Selective enforcement of the law is exactly what Obama has practiced through his executive order on the immigration law (exempting some from its enforcement), on the welfare reform law (directing the states, at their option, to ignore the work requirment aspects of that law), and by refusing to prosecute violations of the Defense of Marriage Act. Under the Second Amendment, possessing a gun is an aboslute right, in fact it is an absolute individual right as affirmed by the Supreme Court, just as their is an absolute right to abortion. Forbidding people from owning guns ("not owning a gun" in your words) is in fact denying someone their natural right under the US Constitution.
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Since when some constitution written by men 200 years ago, in very different circomstancesn has become absolute? The Holy Bible itself is a summary of tales brought to us by oral then written tradition and then edited to adapt to the times by unelected men like St Luke for instance.
Why refuse that democracy as intended by the Founding Fathers is able to make its own rules evolve?.
If you live in a lone ranch in the middle west you may have a point. In a civilised country you should be able not to be permanently under the menace of a loony with a complete armory and with at his disposal enough ammunition for a company of marines.
Amazing fantasy to believe there is more civility in the city than the country .
Chicago has very strict gun laws. Let them take the lead and inspect every residence and business for guns and award the gun free homes and businesses with a yellow star.
You may have a gun free home by choice but your home is safer because the criminal does not know that you are unarmed. His fear is based on the threat posed by your armed neighbor.


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I think Canonical and other companies should be focusing on selling closed source programs which, after getting so many purchases, would have to change their licenses to open source ones. Paying for development in little pieces/bounties or in bigger blobs is IMO the way of the future. Consumers want to and will share software, so companies need to accept that fact and adjust their business models accordingly.
The Ubuntu store should be a place where you can buy slices of a project/program which will be open source upon release or whatnot, or where you can pay for small features to an existing program to be added and then open sourced. Ideally that's what the future should be, is paying developers directly or nearly directly for their work, just as any other artist or laborer takes commissions now days.
Such a system would lay the whole "piracy" thing to rest.


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A single man who is used as a sex toy and temporary father figure for a woman who's still married but in the process of getting divorced.
Paula was using Tim as a proxy husband until she figured out what she was doing with her life.
His role was one of a proxy husband.
His role was one of a proxy husband.
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It was the 14th championship game for Japan, which was making its fourth straight appearance in the title game, and ninth title. California, making its 23rd championship game appearance, has won seven World Series titles. Giancarlo Cortez had a two-run single and Grant Holman an RBI single for Chula Vista.
Trailing 4-3 after Cortez's clutch single in the fourth, Japan tied it on Takagi's second homer and won it when Hirooka lined a 2-2 pitch down the left-field line for a double.
California beat Westport, Conn., 12-1 in the U.S. championship game Saturday, while Japan beat Mexico 3-2 for the international title.


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Horticultural Maintenance Request - Allotments
Did you know you can use the Find My Local application to find allotment sites near you or to find the name of the site that you need.
You can use the above buttons to report allotment horticultural maintenance that is needed or report a need for repairs to site facilities on sites managed by the Allotments Service.
The Allotments Service manages the horticultural maintenance of common areas of allotments and vacant plots. Maintenance includes programmed mowing of grass areas, hedge trimming, ditch clearance and all vacant plots are strimmed .We are also responsible for site repairs such as leaking taps and broken fences however plot holders are responsible for repairs to sheds or greenhouses on their own plot.
On sites managed by Allotments Associations plot holders should report any horticultural maintenance problems or repairs to the Allotment Site Committee who are responsible for co-ordinating site repairs and maintenance in liaison with the Allotments Service.
The reporting form is for use by plot holders on sites managed by the Allotments Service. Plot holders on sites managed by an Allotments Association should report any problems initially to a member of their Allotment Site Committee.
Programmed maintenance is carried out by our Grounds Maintenance Contractors on communal areas and vacant plots. Details of maintenance schedules are available from the Allotments Site Committee or the Allotments Service.
Work is carried out in line with the contract specification and schedule. Standards are monitored by the Allotments Liaison Officer.
Many people take on an allotment to grow healthy crops without them being doused in chemicals, which can be the case with commercial crops. This makes sense as we are entitled to know what we are eating.
As plot holders, you can choose whether to spray or apply artificial aids to your crops. However, remember to keep an open mind on the various chemicals available to the gardener. Used correctly, they can be a very effective tool, giving great benefit in the production of clean crops and easy maintenance of the plot.
It is most important to read the label on the product, making sure you have the right chemical for the task in hand and:- Use glove and eye protection when making up your spray.
- Only use the correct dilution of chemical to the correct volume of water - NO MORE, NO LESS.
- Store all used chemicals safely.
- Never transfer chemicals into bottles or unmarked containers.
If in doubt as to which product to use, never be afraid to ask an experienced gardener.
Remember, depending on how chemicals are used or abused will determine the effectiveness to your crops and plot. -
Allotments Service
Email Address: email@example.com
These can be downloaded from the attachments below.
We are unable to assist plotholders to remove rubbish inherited from previous tenants.
Many associations do arrange skip hire on a communal basis for plotholders. It is normally the tenants responsibility to remove rubbish to a suitable amenity facility (for instance,a rubbish tip)
Where possible, tenants should compost any plant materials. For a guide on composting please download our 'How To Make Compost' document.
No. However, some Associations may provide help or machinery to rotovate plots and tenants can seek assistance from local horticultural contractors.
Not all allotment gardeners are horticultural experts and novices will be in the company of knowledgeable gardeners who can offer tips and, often with little persuasion, seeds or cuttings. It may take 3 or 4 years to get on top of your plot so don't feel you have to accomplish everything in the first season. The key is 'little and often' and controlling the uncultivated areas by strimming or spraying.
Where the standard of cultivation becomes unacceptable, the Allotments Association will normally seek to discuss this with the plotholder. This may then be expressed in a Letter of Concern setting a specific timescale for improvement. Ultimately, in the absence of improvement, a Notice of Re-Entry will be served by the City Council which can result in the termination of the tenancy.
Plot size depends on what is available on each site and varies city wide.
You are allowed to erect:
A shed (maximum dimensions 10' x 8') and either
A greenhouse (maximum dimensions 10' x 8') or
A polytunnel (maximum dimensions 20' x 10')
Polytunnels must be agreed in advance with the Allotments Association.
More information on permitted structures can be found as a download in the attachments section.
Yes, bonfires are permitted on allotments/plots. However, there are strict rules regarding bonfires which must be adhered to.
Allotment Rule 6.2 Bonfires are only permitted during the months of March and November for the burning of diseased plant material. Fires should not be allowed to cause a nuisance to neighbouring residents and under no circumstances should be left unattended. Where local circumstances necessitate, bonfires may not be permitted at any time.
Hosepipes are only permitted to fill water containers. Tenants must not water crops directly from a hosepipe. If you are found doing so, you can lose your tenancy.
Other plotholders have a wealth of knowledge that they would be willing to share with fellow plotholders.
You can report problems such as site repairs, bonfires or missed maintenance using the forms.
If you have an Association, you should contact a member of the Committee and notify them of your concerns. They can liaise with the Allotments Service on your behalf.
Yes. The Birmingham and District Allotments Confederation. More information can be found on the The Birmingham and District Allotments Confederation website
If you haven't been able to find the information that you need then the link below will take you to a form that you can use to ask us further questions.
Service Specific Enquiry
- The Birmingham and District Allotments Confederation
- The National Society of Allotments and Leisure Gardeners
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Consuming large amounts of alcohol to the extent that you are passed out with your head in a box of Bud Ice.
Dude I went to the movie theater last night and got so fucking sloshed!
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10 ביולי, 2008
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Consuming large amounts of alcohol to the extent that you are passed out with your head in the toilet.
I got so fucking sloshed last night!
מאת Demented Dust Bunny
4 באוגוסט, 2003
To get really fucked up or to be completely wasted.
You were sloshed at the party, you drank a whole bottle of Jack.
מאת Jarred's Sandy Vagina
25 ביוני, 2006
A terms for being very under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
I was 'sloshed' that night at Bennys.
מאת FontE
5 בנובמבר, 2003
When a person is very intoxicated/drunk
"Dude, Max and I got so sloshed lastnight at Keith's party!"
מאת bubblegum1991
27 ביוני, 2008
To get so merrily inebriated on alcohol that you to do things you wouldn't normally do.
I was so sloshed I ate a Kebab and woke up next to a Monster.
מאת ozzymandius
2 ביוני, 2007
it's a description of what happens to your beer when you try to pick it up. If you don't spill it, when attempting to move it between the table and your face, you aren't sloshed.
Your friend orders another round of beer and rather then consuming any only manages to pour it down their front. They are sloshed
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A remarkable collection of hillbilly minimalism, by one of the forgotten heroes. These are blocks of generic material subtly changed by reiteration and lack of development. Like Beefheart, Henry Flynt is one of the rare examples of musicians who fearlessly experimented with the blues and folk forms in the face of all contemporary and experimental music orthodoxies. An important recording and a great listen. L
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River Maps: Colorado River
The Colorado River system, rendered as an urban transit network. Here, I first encountered intermittent rivers, and so I depicted them with dashed lines, much as you might see a limited-service route on a transit map.
This map features the following rivers, streams, creeks, washes (etc.): Colorado, Gila, Centennial, Hassayampa, Santa Cruz, San Pedro, Salt, San Simon, Verde, White/Pahranagat/Muddy (Nevada), Meadow Valley, Virgin, Little Colorado, Puerco, San Juan, Chinle, Animas, Dirty Devil & Fremont, Muddy (Utah), Green, White (Utah/Colorado), Yampa, Little Snake, Dolores, Gunnison & Taylor.
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Well,they talk about not offering products for _consumer_ desktop Linux, not corporate. I think it's fairly clear that they're right, the only real money to be made in the consumer desktop space seems to be selling cheap PCs with Linux preinstalled, not selling Linux for users to install on their PCs (which probably came with some version of Windows installed anyway).
Particularly when you're competing against free distros like Ubuntu which are already aimed more at the consumer desktop market.


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Scott Brown, demonstrating that he didn't learn much from his last defeat, is still getting his talking points from Howie Carr.� This time, he's questioning whether Markey has residency in Massachusetts.
First, it's old news that Markey spends most of his time in D.C. and has held on to his parents' Malden house as a voting address. It's never hurt Markey before, and it should be an easy play for Markey to counter.
Brown tried to prove his case saying he's never seen Markey on the airplane headed home.� As it happens, our editor here at the MWDN, Richard Lodge, ran into Markey last time he was visiting DC — at BWI (Baltimore Washington International Airport).� BWI is closer to Chevy Chase, MD, where Markey and his wife live.� Could it be that Scott flies in and out of town through Reagan or Dulles, which is why he hasn't run into Ed on the flight to Boston? Might he have thought of that?
Meanwhile, everyone from our own Tom Driscoll to the Globe's Joan Venocchi are jumping all over the Democrats for supporting Markey instead of encouraging a good primary fight. All are free to wring their hands, of course.� But the Democratic Party bosses aren't the masters of the universe.� True, they earned a reputation over many years for supporting whichever Irish guy was next in line.� But Tom Reilly isn't governor because a little-known and not especially connected Deval Patrick built a grassroots campaign that generated more support for him than Reilly, both at the convention and in the primary.� Like Patrick, Elizabeth Warren was an outsider. Venocchi complained about Warren, too.� But nobody forced Warren on Massachusetts Democrats. The convention was open, and so was the primary.� She was just the best candidate.
(If you want to see abuse of power by party insiders, revisit one of 2012′s most under-reported political stories, in which Romney's henchmen ousted from the Massachusetts RNC delegation the Ron Paul supporters who were legitimately elected at last spring's party caucuses. And will Venocchi complain that Scott Brown and state GOP honchos are freezing other Republican hopefuls out of a GOP primary race?)
In any event, while I have a lot of respect for Markey, he's clearly not as formidable as Warren was.� He's not a fresh face, he's short of charisma, he doesn't have a statewide base and has some other liabilities.� But the only other names mentioned – Mike Capuano, Steve Lynch and Sen. what's-his-name from western Mass. – aren't formidable either.
But you know who might make for an interesting campaign? Jim Braude. He's articulate, well-known, happy to mix it up and, now that his radio show has disappeared, he's under-employed.
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HIV Prevention Intervention for Couples
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Recent studies have shown that many drug-using minority women are vulnerable to HIV infection from their husbands or other intimate male partners. The goal of this study is to develop and evaluate two new HIV counseling and testing programs designed for drug-using women at risk for HIV from a primary male partner. It is predicted that HIV counseling and testing programs administered to couples rather than to women only, and programs that focus on intimate relationships in the context of HIV risk, will result in a reduction of risky sexual and drug-related behavior among drug-using women and their primary male partners. This four-year study employs a randomized clinical trial (RCT) design to test the effectiveness of two new HIV counseling and testing programs for women drug-users in Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
Behavioral: Couples HIV counseling and testing Behavioral: Women's relationship-focused HIV counseling and testing |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Official Title: | Couples HIV Intervention Randomized Controlled Trial |
- risk behaviors
Estimated Enrollment: | 780 |
Study Start Date: | April 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | June 2008 |
Primary Completion Date: | December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
The broad, long-term objective of this research is to establish primary preventive interventions to reduce human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behavior among drug-using minority women. Recent studies indicate that high rates of sexual risk behavior occur within drug-using minority women's primary heterosexual relationships. Based on an integrated theory of HIV risk behavior, it is predicted that (a) interventions administered to couples rather than to women only, and (b) interventions that focus on relationship dynamics in the context of HIV risk, will result in a reduction of sexual and drug-related risk behavior among drug-using women and their primary partners. This four-year study employs a randomized clinical trial (RCT) 3-group design to test the efficacy of HIV intervention modality (couples versus women-only) and intervention content (relationship-focused versus standard HIV counseling and testing) on crack, cocaine and heroin (injected and noninjected) using women's sexual risk with primary partners.
A total of 390 women drug-users and their partners are recruited from the streets of Harlem and the South Bronx in New York City. Participants are randomly assigned to one of three HIV counseling and testing intervention conditions: (a) couples, relationship-focused; (b) women-only, relationship-focused; or, (c) NIDA women-only standard HIV-CT (control). All subjects are administered baseline, 3-month, and 9-month follow-up assessments using a combination of computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI) and computer-assisted self interview (CASI) techniques. In addition to sociodemographic characteristics, the interview will measure drug-use patterns, HIV risk behavior, and dyadic- and individual-level variables operationalized to test specific hypotheses of women's HIV risk behavior and behavior change. In addition to testing the effectiveness of the experimental interventions, data analyses will determine the theory-driven psychosocial mechanisms that act to mediate and moderate any observed association between intervention treatment and subsequent risk reduction. Incremental cost-effectiveness analyses will also be performed.
Results from this study will allow researchers to determine whether couple-based HIV counseling and testing is a more effective (and cost-effective) approach to HIV prevention than individual HIV counseling and testing. Analyses will further provide information on the specific components of couple-based interventions that were most effective in reducing HIV risk behavior, thereby contributing to theory development regarding intimate couples' HIV risk.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
For women:
- 18 years of age or older
- self-reported use of crack, cocaine or heroin in prior 30 days
- has male sex partner identified as primary partner for at least one year
- had unprotected vaginal or anal sex with current partner in prior 30 days
- able to enlist partner in study enrollment
- would not feel threatened participating in the study with primary partner
- must not have participated in HIV/AIDS related study or attended HIV counseling and testing session in six months
- self-reported HIV negative or sero-unaware
For men:
- 18 years of age or older
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00325585
United States, New York | |
NDRI South Bronx Field Office | |
Bronx, New York, United States, 10455 |
Principal Investigator: | James M McMahon, Ph.D. | National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. |
No publications provided
Responsible Party: | National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00325585 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | R01-DA015641, R01DA015641 |
Study First Received: | May 11, 2006 |
Last Updated: | April 5, 2013 |
Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
Keywords provided by National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.:
Human Immunodeficiency Viruses Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Substance Abuse |
Sexually Transmitted Disease, Viral Intervention Studies Women's Health |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HIV Infections Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Immune System Diseases Lentivirus Infections RNA Virus Infections |
Retroviridae Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Slow Virus Diseases Virus Diseases |
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