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The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, with sharply toothed oval-shaped leaflets. The plants fleshy edible fruit is called a rose hip. Rose plants range in size from tiny, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach 20 metres in height. Species from different parts of the world easily hybridize, which has given rise to the many types of garden roses.
The name originates from Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Armenian vard, Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).
Attar of rose is the steam-extracted essential oil from rose flowers that has been used in perfumes for centuries. Rose water, made from the rose oil, is widely used in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. Rose hips are occasionally made into jam, jelly, and marmalade, or are brewed for tea, primarily for their high Vitamin C content. They are also pressed and filtered to make rose hip syrup. Rose hips are also used to produce Rose hip seed oil, which is used in skin products and some makeup products.
The leaves of most species are 5–15 centimetres long, pinnate, with (3–) 5–9 (–13) leaflets and basal stipules; the leaflets usually have a serrated margin, and often a few small prickles on the underside of the stem. The vast majority of roses are deciduous, but a few (particularly in Southeast Asia) are evergreen or nearly so.
The flowers of most species roses have five petals, with the exception of Rosa sericea, which usually has only four. Each petal is divided into two distinct lobes and is usually white or pink, though in a few species yellow or red. Beneath the petals are five sepals (or in the case of some Rosa sericea, four). These may be long enough to be visible when viewed from above and appear as green points alternating with the rounded petals. The ovary is inferior, developing below the petals and sepals.
The aggregate fruit of the rose is a berry-like structure called a rose hip. Rose species that produce open-faced flowers are attractive to pollinating bees and other insects, thus more apt to produce hips. Many of the domestic cultivars are so tightly petalled that they do not provide access for pollination. The hips of most species are red, but a few (e.g. Rosa pimpinellifolia) have dark purple to black hips. Each hip comprises an outer fleshy layer, the hypanthium, which contains 5–160 "seeds" (technically dry single-seeded fruits called achenes) embedded in a matrix of fine, but stiff, hairs. Rose hips of some species, especially the Dog Rose (Rosa canina) and Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa), are very rich in vitamin C, among the richest sources of any plant. The hips are eaten by fruit-eating birds such as thrushes and waxwings, which then disperse the seeds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly finches, also eat the seeds.
While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called "thorns", they are actually prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis (the outer layer of tissue of the stem). True thorns, as produced by e.g. Citrus or Pyracantha, are modified stems, which always originate at a node and which have nodes and internodes along the length of the thorn itself. Rose prickles are typically sickle-shaped hooks, which aid the rose in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and R. pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight spines, probably an adaptation to reduce browsing by animals, but also possibly an adaptation to trap wind-blown sand and so reduce erosion and protect their roots (both of these species grow naturally on coastal sand dunes). Despite the presence of prickles, roses are frequently browsed by deer. A few species of roses only have vestigial prickles that have no points.
Roses are subject to several diseases, such as rose rust (Phragmidium mucronatum), rose black spot, and powdery mildew. Fungal diseases in the Rose are best solved by a preventative fungicidal spray program rather than by trying to cure an infection after it emerges on the plant. After the disease is visible, its spread can be minimized through pruning and the use of fungicides, although the actual infection cannot be reversed. Certain rose varieties are considerably less susceptible than others to fungal diseases.
The main insect pest affecting roses is the aphid (greenfly), which sucks the sap and weakens the plant. (Ladybirds are a predator of aphids and should be encouraged in the rose garden.) The spraying with insecticide of roses is often recommended but should be done with care to minimize the loss of beneficial insects. Roses are also used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species; see list of Lepidoptera that feed on roses.
Roses are popular garden shrubs, as well as the most popular and commonly sold florists' flowers. In addition to their great economic importance as a florists crop, roses are also of great value to the perfume industry.
Many thousands of rose hybrids and cultivars have been bred and selected for garden use; most are double-flowered with many or all of the stamens having mutated into additional petals. As long ago as 1840 a collection numbering over one thousand different cultivars, varieties and species was possible when a rosarium was planted by Loddiges nursery for Abney Park Cemetery, an early Victorian garden cemetery and arboretum in England.
Twentieth-century rose breeders generally emphasized size and colour, producing large, attractive blooms with little or no scent. Many wild and "old-fashioned" roses, by contrast, have a strong sweet scent.
Roses thrive in temperate climates, though certain species and cultivars can flourish in sub-tropical and even tropical climates, especially when grafted onto appropriate rootstock.
There is no single system of classification for garden roses. In general, however, roses are placed in one of three main groups:
Literally "white roses", derived from R. arvensis and the closely allied R. alba. These are some of the oldest garden roses, probably brought to Great Britain by the Romans. The shrubs flower once yearly in the spring with blossoms of white or pale pink. The shrubs frequently feature gray-green foliage and a climbing habit of growth . Examples: 'Alba Semiplena', 'White Rose of York'.
Bourbons originated on l'Île de Bourbon (now called Réunion) off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. They are most likely the result of a cross between the Autumn Damask and the 'Old Blush' China rose, both of which were frequently used as hedging materials on the island. They flower repeatedly over vigorous, frequently semi-climbing shrubs with glossy foliage and purple-tinted canes. They were first Introduced in France in 1823. Examples: 'Louise Odier', 'Mme. Pierre Oger', 'Zéphirine Drouhin'.
Classification of modern roses can be quite confusing because many modern roses have old garden roses in their ancestry and their form varies so much. The classifications tend to be by growth and flowering characteristics, such as "large-flowered shrub", "recurrent, large-flowered shrub", "cluster-flowered", "rambler recurrent", or "ground-cover non-recurrent". The following includes the most notable and popular classifications of Modern Garden Roses:
Rose breeders quickly saw the value in crossing polyanthas with hybrid teas, to create roses that bloomed with the polyantha profusion, but with hybrid tea floral beauty and color range. In 1909, the first polyantha/hybrid tea cross, 'Gruss an Aachen,' was created, with characteristics midway between both parent classes. As the larger, more shapely flowers and hybrid-tea-like growth habit separated these new roses from polyanthas and hybrid teas alike, a new class was created and named Floribunda, Latin for "many-flowering." Typical floribundas feature stiff shrubs, smaller and bushier than the average hybrid tea but less dense and sprawling than the average polyantha. The flowers are often smaller than hybrid teas but are carried in large sprays, giving a better floral effect in the garden. Floribundas are found in all hybrid tea colors and with the classic hybrid tea-shaped blossom, sometimes differing from hybrid teas only in their cluster-flowering habit. Today they are still used in large bedding schemes in public parks and similar spaces. Examples: 'Dainty Maid', 'Iceberg', 'Tuscan Sun'.
All of the classes of Old Garden Roses—gallicas, centifolias, etc.—had corresponding miniature forms, although these were once-flowering just as their larger forms were. As with the standard-sized varieties, miniature Old Garden roses were crossed with repeat-blooming Asian species to produce everblooming miniature roses. Today, miniature roses are represented by twiggy, repeat-flowering shrubs ranging from 6" to 36" in height, with most falling in the 12"–24" height range. Blooms come in all the hybrid tea colours; many varieties also emulate the classic high-centered hybrid tea flower shape. Miniature roses are often marketed and sold by the floral industry as houseplants, but it is important to remember that these plants are largely descended from outdoor shrubs native to temperate regions; thus, most miniature rose varieties require an annual period of cold dormancy to survive. (Examples: Petite de Hollande (Miniature Centifolia, once-blooming), Cupcake (Modern Miniature, repeat-blooming).)
Other notable Canadian breeders include Georges Bugnet and Robert Erskine.
Principal parties involved in the breeding of new Landscape Roses varieties are: Werner Noak (Germany), Meidiland Roses (France), & Boot & Co. (Netherlands).
Most Old Garden Roses of strict European heritage (albas, damasks, gallicas, etc.) are shrubs that bloom once yearly, in late spring or early summer, on two-year-old (or older) canes. As such, their pruning requirements are quite minimal, and are overall similar to any other analogous shrub, such as lilac or forsythia. Generally, only old, spindly canes should be pruned away, to make room for new canes. One-year-old canes should never be pruned because doing so will remove next year's flower buds. The shrubs can also be pruned back lightly, immediately after the blooms fade, to reduce the overall height or width of the plant. In general, pruning requirements for OGRs are much less laborious and regimented than for Modern hybrids.
Modern hybrids, including the hybrid teas, floribundas, grandifloras, modern miniatures, and English roses, have a complex genetic background that almost always includes China roses (R. chinensis). China roses were evergrowing, everblooming roses from humid subtropical regions that bloomed constantly on any new vegetative growth produced during the growing season. Their modern hybrid descendants exhibit similar habits: Unlike Old Garden Roses, modern hybrids bloom continuously (until stopped by frost) on any new canes produced during the growing season. They therefore require pruning away of any spent flowering stem, in order to divert the plant's energy into producing new growth and thence new flowers.
Additionally, Modern Hybrids planted in cold-winter climates will almost universally require a "hard" annual pruning (reducing all canes to 8"–12" in height) in early spring. Again, because of their complex China rose background, Modern Hybrids are typically not as cold-hardy as European OGRs, and low winter temperatures often desiccate or kill exposed canes. In spring, if left unpruned, these damanged canes will often die back all the way to the shrub's root zone, resulting in a weakened, disfigured plant. The annual "hard" pruning of hybrid teas, floribundas, etc. should generally be done in early spring; most gardeners coincide this pruning with the blooming of forsythia shrubs. Canes should be cut about 1/2" above a vegetative bud (identifiable as a point on a cane where a leaf once grew).
For both Old Garden Roses and Modern Hybrids, any weak, damaged or diseased growth should be pruned away completely, regardless of the time of year. Any pruning of any rose should also be done so that the cut is made at a forty five degree angle above a vegetative bud. This helps the pruned stem callus over more quickly, and also mitigates moisture buildup over the cut, which can lead to disease problems.
For all general rose pruning (including cutting flowers for arrangements), sharp secateurs (hand-held, sickle-bladed pruners) should be used to cut any growth 1/2" or less in diameter. For canes of a thickness greater than 1/2", pole loppers or a small handsaw are generally more effective; secateurs may be damaged or broken in such instances.
Deadheading causes different effects on different varieties of roses. For continual blooming varieties, whether Old Garden roses or more modern hybrid varieties, deadheading allows the rose plant to continue forming new shoots, leaves, and blooms. For "once-blooming" varieties (that bloom only once each season), deadheading has the effect of causing the plant to form new green growth, even though new blooms will not form until the next blooming season.
For most rose gardeners, deadheading is used to refresh the growth of the rose plants to keep the rose plants strong, vibrant, and productive.
Early Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the five wounds of Christ. Despite this interpretation, their leaders were hesitant to adopt it because of its association with Roman excesses and pagan ritual. The red rose was eventually adopted as a symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. Roses also later came to be associated with the Virgin Mary.
Rose culture came into its own in Europe in the 1800s with the introduction of perpetual blooming roses from China. There are currently thousands of varieties of roses developed for bloom shape, size, fragrance and even for lack of prickles.
Roses are ancient symbols of love and beauty. The rose was sacred to a number of goddesses (including Isis and Aphrodite), and is often used as a symbol of the Virgin Mary. 'Rose' means pink or red in a variety of languages (such as Romance languages, Greek, and Polish).
The rose is the national flower of England and the United States, as well as being the symbol of England Rugby, and of the Rugby Football Union. It is also the provincial flower of Yorkshire and Lancashire in England (the white rose and red rose respectively) and of Alberta (the wild rose) in Canada, and the state flower of four US states: Iowa and North Dakota (R. arkansana), Georgia (R. laevigata), and New York (Rosa generally). Portland, Oregon counts "City of Roses" among its nicknames, and holds an annual Rose Festival.
Roses are occasionally the basis of design for rose windows, such windows comprising five or ten segments (the five petals and five sepals of a rose) or multiples thereof; however most Gothic rose windows are much more elaborate and were probably based originally on the wheel and other symbolism.
A red rose (often held in a hand) is a symbol of socialism or social democracy; it is also used as a symbol by the British and Irish Labour Parties, as well as by the French, Spanish (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party), Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Brazilian, Dutch (Partij van de Arbeid) and European socialist or social democratic parties. This originated when the red rose was used as a badge by the marchers in the May 1968 street protests in Paris. White Rose was a World War II non violent resistance group in Germany.
Roses are often portrayed by artists. The French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté produced some of the most detailed paintings of roses.
Henri Fantin-Latour was also a prolific painter of still life, particularly flowers including roses. The Rose 'Fantin-Latour' was named after the artist.
Other impressionists including Claude Monet and Paul Cézanne have paintings of roses among their works.
The main constituents of attar of roses are the fragrant alcohols geraniol and l-citronellol; and rose camphor, an odourless paraffin. β-Damascenone is also a significant contributor to the scent.


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March Aquamarine™ Barbie® Doll
Release Date: 9/1/2003
Product Code: C0585
Our tribute to the March birthstone reflects the glorious hues of the aquamarine and brings happy wishes for your very special birthday month. March Aquamarine™ Barbie® doll wears a spectacular gown trimmed with chiffon and sparkling with glitter. A lovely stole wraps around her shoulders. The faux aquamarine pendant on her necklace is actually a glittering Swarovski® crystal.
Production doll may vary from the photo shown above. Mattel reserves the right to modify the fashion/fabrics, sculpt, hair color/style, and accessories. Doll cannot stand alone as shown.
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Ask for More
Gentlemen, I would like to ask you to leave the room for a moment. Move along, now. Yes, you too, over there in the corner, I see you!
Okay. Ladies: Do you have trouble asking for more money when you're offered wages, salaries, speakers' fees, or any other financial negotiations?
It's a well-established fact that women are far less likely than men to negotiate for more money. Women Don't Ask was the title of an excellent book exploring the topic. Yes, that's partly because women are more likely to be socialized that we'll be punished for being aggressive in a way that men aren't. But we can still find ways to do it that are effective and natural. There are some great books on the subject. Go to your library or bookstore and find the one that works for you.
This isn't the only reason for the yawning gender wage gap. There's sexual harassment (Herman Cain!), occupational segregation, bias against mothers, and other contributors. But this one matters. Teach yourself, your friends, your daughters, your students to ask for more—every time.
Okay, tell the men that they can come back in now.
Thu, 2011-12-01 13:52
Sun, 2011-12-04 11:34
It's important to make this known. And it's also important to train women to face this situation. At my university, we're doing a lot to increase the odds of promotion for women, but how do we catch them earlier enough to help them learn to negotiate better?
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Sun, 2011-12-04 18:14
I actually had a really negative experience the first time I decided to ask for more money. I was reading "Women Don't Ask" at the time, not coincidentally, and made up my mind that it was now or never. The supervisor, also a woman, essentially accused me of lying about how much I was paid at a similar position in another city and told me it was clear that the job wasn't a good fit for me (after offering me the position).
As much as I tell myself that this was her problem and not mine, it will surely impact my words/actions next time I'm in a similar situation. I know I should ask for more, but after such a negative experience (resulting in having the job offer revoked!) it will only be more difficult.
I guess the silver lining is not ending up in a company and with a supervisor who doesn't value women's contributions for what they're worth monetarily, but I'm afraid that's little consolation to someone who needs a job.
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The story of John Greenwood taking Rick Mancuso's No. 76 "Spirit of Le Mans" Corvette to the famous French race is virtually a legend. The short version starts with the fact that, in 1976, attendance at Le Mans was slipping. Several years of fuel shortages and other economic problems in Europe hit road-racing hard. Something had to be done to lure in the crowds. The sights and sounds of the Heinz and Greenwood big-block Vettes in 1972 and 1973 had fascinated the Europeans, so it was logical for the organizers to extend an invitation to Greenwood to bring back at least one of these cars.
When he received the invitation to return to Le Mans, Greenwood didn't have a "legal" car. His two team cars—Spirit of Le Mans Nos. 75 and 76—were too highly modified to meet FIA/ACO regulations. The full coilover suspension, for example, was definitely not stock configuration. But the No. 76 Mancuso car (chassis No. 007) would meet the requirements for the GT class. Mancuso and Greenwood were business associates and friends, so it wasn't surprising when Mancuso agreed to let his car be prepped for the world's most grueling endurance race. (He couldn't go himself, as he was working at his car dealership, and simply couldn't get the time off. It was probably one of the major disappointments of his career.)
The car qualified ninth and hit 216 mph on the Mulsanne Straight—much to the astonishment of the crowd. While it did not finish the race, it did achieve its overall objective of stirring the interest of European race fans and improving attendance. Le Mans organizers were well satisfied with their investment.
After the car returned to the U.S., Mancuso continued to race it as both No. 76 and No. 77. As with most race cars, though, it eventually passed through a series of owners. Mancuso sold it to Kerry Hitt, in Pennsylvania. Hitt ran Trans-Am with the car and then sold it to Paul Canary. From there it went to Atlanta Ferrari dealer George Nuse, who, in turn, sold it to Jack Boxstrom. Current owner Steve Goldin bought the Spirit of Le Mans car from Boxstrom in 1992 or 1993, at which point it underwent its first real restoration. By 1994 it had been restored and had a new engine prepped by Gary Smith of Carolina Racing Engines (located, oddly, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida). While the new motor put out a little more power than did the original from 1976, the car otherwise came out of the process pretty much as-built.
Goldin has driven the car in various vintage races for the last 18 years, and has put it on display at such prestigious events as the Greenwood Reunion at Corvettes at Carlisle in 2004. While there are plenty of exciting anecdotes associated with this part of the car's history, it's all just background to our current story.


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History of Congress and the Capitol
This is the story of one of the world's great experiments in government by the people.
For more than two centuries, a new Congress has convened every two years following elections that determine all the seats in the House and one-third of those in the Senate. While the individuals change, the institution has endured-through civil and world wars, waves of immigration and great migrations, and continuous social and technological change.
Flexibility in meeting change is vital to the success of American democracy. And seldom has change come so quickly as in this era.
Representing a Superpower
America's growing superpower role frequently strained relations between the House and the presidency. House support for increased military spending after World War II became a casualty of Vietnam as representatives grew skeptical of presidential military and foreign policies. The war further wrecked havoc on House support for President Johnson's ambitious "Great Society" programs at home, while the Watergate scandals later inflamed House relations with the presidency.
Forty years of Democratic House majorities ended in 1995 as congressional elections became focused for a brief time on national issues. Slim Republican majorities, though, encouraged greater levels of party competition as many incumbents turned their efforts to cultivating support in their districts.
A More Open Chamber
Politics requires balancing both conviction and compromise. After World War II, House committees usually worked out legislative disagreements behind the scenes. More recently, committee consensus has been replaced by open debate on the House floor, often revealing sharp differences between the parties, highlighted in televised House proceedings and electronic roll call voting records. During the last quarter century, the chamber also has grown increasingly inclusive as voters elected more African-Americans, Latinos, and women.
In 1948, Americans watched anxiously as a dramatic espionage tale unfolded in the House of Representatives. Whittaker Chambers, a Time editor, confessed to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) that he'd been a spy for the Soviet Union. Chambers accused a former State Department official, Alger Hiss, of being among his Communist contacts.
Hiss fiercely denied the charge. Representative Richard Nixon of California, suspecting that Hiss was lying, convinced Chambers to produce microfilm documents from Hiss—documents that Chambers had hidden on his farm in a hollowed-out pumpkin. Hiss sued for libel, but was convicted of perjury in 1950 and sent to prison. The Hiss–Chambers confrontation riveted the nation, triggering widespread espionage fears and spurring further congressional investigations.
Many in Congress dealt with racial discrimination by ignoring it. Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., of New York insisted on breaking the silence.
In the 1930s and 1940s, a "Conservative Coalition" of Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal," saying that all this federal legislation weakened states' rights. Many also fought federal attempts to end segregation, arguing that states should decide for themselves. During World War II, Representative Powell, a flamboyant Harlem minister and African-American leader, forced the House to address discrimination.
Powell challenged segregation in the Capitol itself, fought to repeal the poll tax that disenfranchised black voters, and pressed to integrate the military. His amendments banning federal funds for projects supporting segregation made him "Mr. Civil Rights," forcing the House to confront the issue until Congress outlawed segregation in 1964.
"The issues before us are legal, but more than that, moral and ethical."
—Representative Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., of New York, 1956
"A vote against Powell would seem to be a vote against the Constitution."
—President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress often studies issues for months or years, waiting for the right moment to act. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, was a master of such timing.
President Lyndon Johnson had proposed mandatory hospital insurance for the elderly. Mills, convinced that the House was not ready to approve the measure, maintained his "one-man veto," not letting it come to a vote. "It's a waste of time to bring out a bill if you can't pass it," Mills declared. Then, in 1964, Johnson's landslide election victory helped bring a flood of new Democrats to the House. Mills now felt that an even more ambitious bill could succeed. Additional programs were added, including doctor visits and medical care for the needy.
"Like everyone else in the room, I was stunned. It was the most brilliant legislative move I'd seen in thirty years."
-Health, Education, and Welfare Undersecretary Wilbur Cohen, 1966
The shocks and turmoil of the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal brought major government reforms. These changes forged much of the character that defines the House today.
Demands for greater openness in government meant fewer closed committee meetings. The House installed electronic voting systems in 1973, and in 1979 began televising its debates. Committees continued to do important work behind the scenes, but the televised proceedings became increasingly important.
The House also began choosing committee chairs through party caucuses rather than by seniority. This too shifted more power to party leaders and individual members, and away from committee leaders. These and other changes have helped the House to enter the 21st century a more open and responsive instrument of representative democracy.
They wanted to change the Congress of the United States; which they did."
— Speaker "Tip" O'Neill on the new representatives he called "Watergate Babies"
The House of Representatives today differs considerably from its 18th-century predecessors. More members crowd into a larger chamber for more days in session, voting electronically. They work assisted by an army of staff, filling three large office buildings. Partisanship, which has replaced regional factionalism, has varied in intensity over time. And yet the House, which remains the body closest to the people, is the great success story of the government invented by the Founders. Elections held every two years for all its members encourage representatives to pay close attention to the voters. Of all the institutions created by the Constitution, the House stays true to its origins. "Here, sir, the people govern," Alexander Hamilton accurately predicted of the House. "Here they act by their immediate representatives."


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Mother's Day: Inspiration And Advice From Famous Moms
With Mother's Day this weekend, I've been thinking back on great advice mom has given me over the years and about how motherhood has changed me personally. I really enjoyed flipping through this slideshow, chock full of inspiration from famous moms like Tina Fey, Meryl Streep, Hillary Clinton, Amy Poehler, Natalie Portman, J.K. Rowling and many others.
Jena Pincott has just published a gorgeous new quote book for moms called Mom Candy: 1,000 Quotes of Inspiration for Mothers. The collection is filled with delightfully relatable musings from interviews, memoirs, poems and more by notable women.
What's your favorite quote about parenthood? Share it with me on Facebook or Twitter. And Happy Mother's Day!


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Reports measuring the mood of consumers toward buying based on the monthly Florida Consumer Attitude Survey conducted by the Bureau's UF Survey Research Center. All publications on this page are FREE. Click links to read the PDF or download the report.
Data collected each month is reported twice. A preliminary release is published the last Friday of each month (see table below), and a summary is available on BEBR's home page under Florida Indicators. The revised index numbers reflecting the entire month can be found on the subsequent month's releases.
A minimum of five hundred households in Florida are surveyed monthly for the Florida Consumer Sentiment Index survey. Sample is RDD (Random Digit Dialing), and a minimum of ten attempts per record is made. Surveys are conducted between 9am and 9pm Monday through Friday, between 12pm and 6pm on Saturdays and between 3pm and 9pm on Sundays. Survey length is typically twelve minutes.
Respondents are asked 2 questions about current financial conditions and 3 questions about future expectations. These same 5 questions are asked monthly by the University of Michigan in a national consumer sentiment telephone survey. The Conference Board also measures Consumer Confidence nationally through a mail survey on a monthly basis.
Additional questions about the economy and other topics are included monthly as well.
Current Conditions
We are interested in how people are getting along financially these days. Would you say that you (and your family living there) are better off or worse financially than you were a year ago?
About the big things people buy for their homes -- such as
furniture, refrigerators, stoves, televisions, and things like that.
Generally speaking, do you think now is a good or a bad time for people to buy major household items?
Future Expectations
Now, looking ahead -- do you think that a year from now you (and your family living there) will be better off financially, or worse off, or just about the same as now?
Now turning to business conditions in the country as a whole -- do you think that during the next 12 months we'll have good times financially, or bad times, or what?
Looking ahead, which would you say is more likely -- that in the country as a whole we'll have continuous good times during the next five years or so, or that we will have periods of widespread unemployment or depression, or what?
Modeled after the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, the UFSRC Consumer Sentiment Index for each respondent is calculated ranging from 2 to 150. The University of Michigan index—as well as the University of Florida index—use 1966 as their base. In other words, the index was 100 in 1966. Numbers over 100 mean more optimism than 1966. UFSRC has been surveying Consumer Sentiment in Florida since 1985. The highest index was 111 in August 2000 while the lowest was 59 in August 2008.
The mean Index is published. The questions have a 4.5% margin of error with a confidence level of 95%.


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We're moving like molasses in March on the progress of this 1970 Nova. But moving we are. Avid readers of Super Chevy's Nova may remember that in the '06 Nova annual, (page 35) we installed one of the first sets of subframe connectors from Global West. Take a gander at the April '07 issue of Super Chevy and you'll see the rusty old Nova clip receiving the royal treatment with upgrades from Global West and ECI.So what do we have in this issue for the $250 swap-meet special? Were glad you asked. It's time to dive deep into one of the most time-consuming processes of building any hot rod: bodywork. We're not going to sugarcoat anything here. This Nova is uglier than a baboon's butt and is going to require extensive amounts of surgery to replace the rotted and rippled metal.
Our friends at CARS Inc. stepped in and provided us with enough sheetmetal to keep us busy on bodywork for several months. After browsing through their catalog, it's amazing how much replacement sheetmetal and patch panels you can get for these Novas. You can replace practically the whole car out of their catalog. Besides sheetmetal, CARS Inc. has just about everything you would need to restore a '63-79 Nova. Luckily for us, they have a Southern California location. All it took was a pickup truck and a few minutes at their warehouse. After we loaded up the truck, we hightailed it to Harrison's Restorations in Upland, California, to start the long process of restoring the body on this Nova. This is only the beginning of this car's buildup; we have lots more in store for the future.
We weren't kidding when we said this thing was ugly. It makes our face pucker up like a lemon just looking at it.
The first order of business was to completely gut the inside of this vehicle. There is no sense in having a stray spark from our welder or grinder catch anything on fire. Anyone want a set of stock Nova seats? We'll hold onto them for a while before we dumpster them. Some knucklehead in years past used about 30 sheetmetal screws to screw the 1-inch-thick household carpet into the floor. That was a fun time pulling up that carpet and trying to find those screws. And if that wasn't bad enough, I gave myself a wicked black eye trying to remove those seatbelt anchor bolts. Yup, you guessed it: the ratchet slipped, and I punched myself in the eye so hard I saw stars-the clear, iridescent ones that float dizzyingly by in that anguished water some call tears.
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So on Sunday I finally did something I've been meaning to do for a year now. Buy Undertaker: The Streak 4 Disc DVD. As I was watching these 9 hours of matches I thought, "You know what would be fun? Ranking each Wrestlemania match." So that's exactly what I did. I know that CM Punk vs. Undertaker wasn't on this DVD but don't worry, I went to Youtube and watched the match. A lot of criteria
Hey everyone. Welcome to Double O! I am back with another opinion of mine. Again, just like my last entry, this was requested. If you have a good enough topic about WWE, TNA or NXT ONLY, then I would be more than happy to talk about it. Just send it to me via message or comment them on a post. For now, here is my opinion on the Top 5 NXT Stars who I think could make it on the main roster. I hope you
Yes. After a long time the guy who seems to get decent ratings on his blogs and do well in Wrestlingfans blog wars (And Olympic special) has returned!
He will now talk about something no-one else on EWN has ever brought up before and raise certain thoughts in your mind that may question the ground you think you walk on.
Its the time of year when tna builds towards bound for glory with the bfg series. Now personally this is one of my favorite ideas thought up by tna, the only flaw is not televising all the matches but thats me and my opinion.
Now qualifiers for the series are just starting on t.v but who's gonna be the one to get the shot this year?
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This week on Raw Zeb Coulter was forced on to the commentary table as Swagger was absent. Zeb Coulter has a ton of potential that the WWE has not activated yet. But with Heyman guys taking main events and dominatating the WWE, we need another full force manager. But with a full force manager, you need a full force team.
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It seems wrestlers entrance theme's nowadays don't have the impact of 10-15 years ago, with so many of them now sounding like some indie band-esque bland, generic stuff. A good theme for me is one that strikes the crowd from the first second and lets them know instantly who the wrestlers. Of course other people tastes differ but here are for me the top 5 favourite entrance themes.
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I have a certain fear right now. I've had this fear for quite some time and it's been a fear I've tried numerous times to ignore. But, no matter how much I try, it keeps gnawing at the back of my skull. So, I felt the need to make this blog in order to do away with this gnawing sensation and express my fear. A fear surrounding a certain wrestler by the name of Daniel Bryan.
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- Number of Discs: 1
- Run Time: 185 Minutes
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- Language: English
- Studio: Paramount
- DVD Release Date: June 15, 2010
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- Cast: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar
- Genre: Action & Adventure
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- Release Date: 1994
MacGyver DVD TV movies featurs the adventures of a secret agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness. In this movie DVD, MacGyver (Richard Dean Anderson) is a contemporary hero and role model, who applies his scientific knowledge to ordinary items to create for himself and others a means of escape from impending doom. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent with a difference. He is quiet, mild mannered and deeply principled, and he refuses to carry a gun on his missions. Fortunately, in the complete series, you'll find out that the last detail is unimportant when compared to his astounding mind. Drawing on a vast practical knowledge of science, MacGyver is able to make use of mundane materials around him to create unorthodox solutions to any problem he faces. You'll enjoy this MacGyver The Movies DVD that has MacGyver thwarting the enemies of world peace and justice, who continually learn that underestimating this man is a fatal mistake. His mind is the ultimate weapon.
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If America is still the land of opportunity then I want to be allowed to perform at least one brain surgery before I die. I don't have a medical degree, and I don't ever intend to go to school to learn anything that would be important to know before grabbing a scalpel....but I am tired of people telling me something "isn't exactly brain surgery" while I remain completely in the dark about whether or not it's actually true.
If you're a high school senior the only thing you should need to receive your diploma is a pulse, because nobody deserves to spend a life sentence stuck in burger flipping hell for taking civics and geometry seriously.
In fact, any level of expectation, testing, and certfication, we impose on each other to be qualified to do anything should be abolished in the name of the Constitution's "pursuit of happiness clause."
Why is this worth mentioning? Well, because Newt Gingrich ripped off his face to reveal the pointed white sheet underneath it when he expressed what is being interpreted as a return of the poll test that was outlawed by the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
I know the key difference between everything listed above, and voting, is that voting is a right that is protected by law. It should be protected. It's important that tampering with such institutions remain limited to making sure people registered to vote and live in parking lots and abandoned buildings, people who live in convalescent homes and aren't in their right mind, and the dead all vote Democrat.
We have tests for everything, but voting for people, who will essentially be trusted to rule over our lives without letting their power turn them into Darth Vader, is something that should be unconditionally granted to people who would beg for hints if you asked them to spell USA.
Liberals think those people should not have to prove to us they are intelligent enough to understand what wielding that kind of power means.
Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
-Mohandas Gandhi
What a bunch of crap...unless he can show me his long form birth certificate who gives a rip what this guy has to say...right?...
"Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights."
-Thomas Jefferson
Great, another guy who wasn't an American citizen when he was born.
With the second amendment being the sole exception, liberals are the only ones who act like rights are allowed to be abused, because they're the beneficiaries of the abuse. Liberals can hide behind race all they want, but stupidity isn't one, and I'm going to go out on a limb and say Newt Gingrich would agree.
I could go on and on, or we can take a trip down memory lane and see why liberals don't want even basic political intelligence to be a factor in whether people should be allowed to have a voice in a Democracy.
These Obama supporters, and President Obama himself have proven that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction...is not the case here.
Idiots who vote don't elect competent geniuses. Liberals don't care about the second part of that equation, and count on the first part.


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2013-14: Saw significant action in the fall, participating in six meets…opened the season with a fourth-place finish at the Bull City Classic (8/31)…set a personal-best 8K time of 24:44.73 at the Furman XC Challenge (9/14)…highest finish of the season came at the Royal Cross Country Challenge (10/11), where he placed second overall…Outdoors, competed three times…clocked a season-best time of 4:01.03 in the 1,500 at the Raleigh Relays (3/28)…also competed in the 3,000, placing sixth at the Joe Hilton Invitational (4/12) in a time of 8:41.72…did not compete during the indoor season.
2012-13: Made his Duke debut in the fall at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational, finishing 14th...took 10th at the Great American Cross Country Festival with a time of 26:24.9 for 8K...Indoors, competed in the mile run at the Virginia Tech Elite meet where he finished 28th in 4:33.93…served as the anchor leg for the distance medley relay team that combined to finished second at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 10:10.90…did not compete during the 2013 Outdoor season.
Prior to Duke: Four-year letterwinner for Jeff Kaye at Millburn High School ... won back-to-back sectional titles in cross country his junior and senior seasons ... finished seventh at the New Jersey Cross Country Meet of Champions as a senior ... notched a personal-best of 15:04 for 5K in cross country during his prep career ... other personal-bests include 1:57 in the 800m, 4:09 in the 1,600m and 9:12 at the 3,200m distance outdoors.
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Chromebooks will always get a rough reception on Neowin because the people who Chromebooks are aimed at are not on this forum. Chromebooks are not supposed to entirely replace a PC or a Mac but are supposed to complement it. They are for the many casual users who already spent 90%+ of their PC time in a web browser.
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Chromebooks will get a rough reception on Neowin because they contain Google products. Hating Google is the norm here. I personally wouldn't buy one as they don't really fit my needs but for basic web browsing machines they're competent, cheap, and secure. Far better than netbooks in my opinion.
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The silly allegations which company mustn't be criticised on these forums aside.. (seriously folks, those arguments are getting old)
Fact is: 90% of all internet users don't need a full fledged PC running Windows/OS X/Linux. Smartphones, tablets, simple laptops like Chromebooks serve their needs perfectly. Microsoft should start to be really worried about the future.
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No it's actively encouraged to hate Google here, there is fire going in both ways but there's a lot more from MS fanboys to MS' rivals.
I picked up the Acer model for an upcoming two week vacation in Hawaii that I didn't want to drag my heavy and private information packed laptop to. With the ability to remote desktop in to both my fiance's and my laptop with the Chromebook even around the house I rarely sit down at my laptop anymore.
The battery life is quite good by comparison and since most of what I do is web based (and I don't hate Google) I'm far more impressed with it than I imagined I would be. I will be dual booting Ubuntu on it once I return and can tinker a bit more.


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By the way, hcg or pregnyl is an even more tell-tale sign of abuse.
Go to any bodybuilding forum and read about the pct routine recommended and you will see what I mean.
You say shark I say hey man, Jaws was never my scene and I don't like Star Wars
Chael and Dana going live on FS1 in under 5 minutes. Will update this post with what they say for those who cant watch...
Dana says he wasnt shocked, says this was a lingering thing with TRT and this is an "effect" of cutting TRT cold turkey. Still says only 5 guys were on TRT...says chael and Vitor are the only two guys still having problems post TRT. Dana cosigns what Chael said about the estrogen blockers, and that its between Chael and the commission. Basically saying this is the fault of the commission.
DW says they (AC) should have thought out a process for getting rid of TRT and how it would affect fighters. Dana finally says chael is to blame for not calling the AC and letting them know what he was using.
Chael still not on the show as of yet, they are trying to get him on the show and said it will be a few minutes.
Chael says its a banned substance - not illegal. Says there is a huge difference. Not performance enhancing and not a steroid of any kind. Says he needs to comply by the rules but there is a transition period. Says he told everyone he had to about this and says if they are asking between health and sport he chooses health. He didnt go infront of the commission to disclose it but did so through the media. Says Out of commission test not in competition. Says that out of commission you dont have to be off medicine and that this "unprecedented" - compares a broken arm and proscribed Vicodin would be different than testing positive on fight night for Vicodin. Says he has evidence to support his appeal (which he will do) and that game day testing is differnet from out of competition.
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Got a lot of soul searching to do. Sorry to everyone I've let down
haha vitor is really regretting releasing that statement about his failed test right now. It sucks that we are missing out on fights but awesome that these things are getting caught now. Seems like more and more fighters are getting popped from these random tests.
lol what a cluster fuk ban all 3 for life.
"I leave this as a declaration of intent, so no one will get confused. 1: Si vis pacum para bellum. Latin. If you want peace, prepare for war. 2: Frank Castle is dead. He died with his family. 3: In certain extreme situations, the law is inadequate. In order to shame its inadequacies, it is necessary to act outside the law. To pursue natural justice. This isn't vengeance. Revenge is not a valid motive, it's an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Punishment "
LOL this is so funny and so sad at the same time. I really wanted to see Vitor giving Sonnen an epic ass kicking.
Not only brazilians can do this stuff
I agree - nobody wins from this. I didn't really care too much about Chael vs Wanderlei, as I saw Chael dominating that fight, but Chael vs Vitor was going to be awesome.Originally Posted by Fe1
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Feb 8, 2007
NXT Gymnast
For more information on this robot, go
8 comments:
- Jim Kelly said...
Fun to watch... maybe they'll tackle the springboard next.
- Feb 8, 2007, 8:01:00 AM
Anyone recognizes what are thw two sensors connected to the NXT?
- Feb 8, 2007, 5:55:00 PM
- Rick Rhodes said...
I can't see the sensors to which you're referring. Are you talking about sensors that are connected directly to the brick, or sensors that are on that "trapeze" contraption?
If anyone can comment on the construction details of the trapeze, please do. (We'd like to know more about the materials that were used or could be used).
- Feb 9, 2007, 1:20:00 AM
In the first seconds of the movie, one sees two wires connected to the input ports of the NXT. I assume these are sensors ;)...
- Feb 9, 2007, 3:50:00 AM
- Jim Kelly said...
If you pause it, you can see two of the NXT converter cables... they appear to be running into RCX sensors, most likely rotation. Difficult to tell other than they look blue in the video (the sensors, I mean).
- Feb 9, 2007, 3:55:00 AM
- Rick Rhodes said...
I emailed the webmasters of the site on which this robot is featured.
Hopefully, they can put me in touch with the creator and he/she can give us more details.
I won't hold my breath. (The site is in Japanese).
- Feb 9, 2007, 5:35:00 AM
- Robolab29 said...
Um, actually it's not Japanese, it's Chinese. I would know because I speak Chinese. In the video, they were complementing the robot.
- Feb 9, 2007, 10:41:00 AM
- Rick Rhodes said...
Thank you, Robolab.
I received an email from Eugene, the creator of this robot. He said he would send me more details of its construction and programming.
When Eugene sends me the info, I'll share it on the blog.
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"One way to strengthen the middle class in America is to reform the immigration system, so that there is no longer a massive underground economy that exploits a cheap source of labor while depressing wages for everybody else," Obama said in El Paso, Texas.
Wait a second how do immigrants depress middle class wages if they're "doing the jobs Americans wont do" anyway? If we are doing those jobs why should we compete with trespassers?
This highlights the point that we would still competing for the same jobs! Normalizing them, bringing them out of the shadows, and creating a surge of supply in labor by dumping them into the "legal" workforce wont depress wages?
Of course they will. Why does the president want to drive down wages?
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Since Hispanics are a typically socially conservative bunch, I would go along with any compromise they would want to strike if I knew they were serious about rectifying this problem. It's not like I don't see the value of normalizing illegal immigrants! I like my debit card, so it would be pretty awesome if the best taco stands here in Socal weren't cash only.
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There's potential for Mississippi State to have a very special baseball season.
Over the last couple of years, the Bulldogs have experienced more and more success under coach John Cohen.
MSU won the Atlanta Regional two years ago and got within one win of making the school's ninth trip to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
Last season, the Bulldogs won the Southeastern Conference Tournament before having their postseason come to an end at the Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional.
The momentum from the past two years has created quite a buzz this preseason and State has been ranked as high as No. 5 by Baseball America.
It remains to be seen whether this year's Bulldog edition will meet those type of expectations. If MSU is good enough to be ranked fifth in the country, then it will be one of the teams that have a chance to make it to the CWS in June.
Between now and then, there will be 55 regular season games played and however many postseason outings it takes for the Bulldogs to accomplish their goal.
MSU held its Fast Pitch/Fan Day celebration at the Palmeiro Center Saturday and the interest the program has generated is evident. There were hundreds of fans in attendance for the event.
Cohen introduced various aspects of the baseball team and support staff, then he had a visit with former Bulldog Tyler Moore of the Washington Nationals.
Following the festivities inside the Palmeiro Center, the fans were treated with a scrimmage. Even though the weather was a little cool, it turned out to be a nice day for MSU to be showcased.
The key for the Bulldogs to be successful this season will be how the coaches mold this collection of very good talent and find a way to get consistency throughout the squad.
There must be a measure of confidence brought by the players every single day. The baseball season is a grind and there can't be many off days. If one person had a bad day, then it can throw the entire operation off course.
At this time, there does not appear to be a Bulldog like Chris Stratton did last year, that will take the baseball as a Friday night pitcher and have a chance to be dominant.
There's a nice collection of arms available, but it remains to be seen if someone can emerge to be the No. 1 guy for MSU.
Cohen likes what Kendall Graveman, Evan Mitchell, Jacob Lindgren, Brandon Woodruff and others bring to the mound. As of yet, he has not announced what a starting rotation will look like.
The 2013 season begins on Friday with the first of three games against Portland.
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