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The 1988 Seoul Olympics played host to what has been described by some as the dirtiest race of all time, by others as the greatest. The final of the men's 100 metres at those Olympics is certainly the most infamous in the history of athletics, and more indelibly etched into the consciousness of the sport, the Olympics, and a global audience of millions, than any other athletics event before or since.
Ben Johnson's world-record time of 9.79 seconds – as thrilling as it was – was the beginning rather than the end of the story. Following the race, Johnson tested positive, news that generated as many – if not more – shockwaves as his fastest ever run. He was stripped of the title, Lewis was awarded the gold medal, Linford Christie the silver and Calvin Smith the bronze.
More than two decades on, the story still hadn't ended. In 1999 Lewis was named Sportsman of the Century by the IOC, and Olympian of the Century by Sports Illustrated. Yet his reputation was damaged by revelations that he too used performance-enhancing drugs, and tested positive prior to the Seoul Olympics. Christie also tested positive in Seoul but his explanation, that the banned substance had been in ginseng tea, was accepted. Smith, now a lecturer in English literature at a Florida university, was the only athlete in the top five whose reputation remains unblemished – the others all tested positive at some stage in their careers.
Containing remarkable new revelations, this book uses witness interviews - with Johnson, Lewis and Smith among others - to reconstruct the build-up to the race, the race itself, and the fallout when news of Johnson's positive test broke and he was forced into hiding. It also examines the rivalry of the two favourites going into it, and puts the race in a historical context, examining its continuing relevance on the sport today, where every new record elicits scepticism.
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zbiddy is a rip off stay away... i won several bids for dine certificates they got payment and sent a payment confirmation email. still waiting for info for certificates called them 5 times, they said they had computer problems . and that i was put on the top priority list still havent seen anything. stay away from these a**h+les. ripoffs probably going out of business.
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Last week I went to a North American Pollinator Partnership (NAPPC) symposium at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's South Building, just off the National Mall. NAPPC is celebrating 10 years of existence, and the symposium made up day one of NAPPC's three-day, annual conference, the focus of which this year is "Why Pollinators Matter: Benefits, Challenges, and Outcomes." Read more »
Seventy-five years ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service, now the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), was established largely because of the efforts of one determined individual—Hugh Hammond Bennett. Bennett served as the agency's first chief for more than 15 years, tirelessly working to educate others about the seriousness of soil erosion. On Friday, October 15, nearly 20 NRCS employees and friends took time off from work and to be Earth Team volunteers, planting oak seedlings, azaleas and phlox in Hugh Hammond Bennett's memory at his former home. Read more »
It is an iconic fixture of rural America – the local diner. Not just a restaurant, but a social hub for a community, and when the local café in Sunburst, Montana closed in 2007 it seemed one more nail in the coffin of a small town facing decline. Read more »
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The tests took place between July 19 and 21.
In 2011, five members of the Mexican national team tested positive for clenbuterol, also blamed on contaminated meat, at a training camp held shortly before the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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More than 100 players tested positive for the substance during the Under-17 World Cup held in Mexico in June-July the same year.
They were also acquitted of any wrongdoing after FIFA, soccer's governing body, said they were victims of a health problem in the country.
Mexican authorities admitted at the time that the country has been affected by the practice of injecting cattle with the anabolic agent, which is banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Double Tour de France champion Alberto Contador of Spain was handed a two-year ban for testing positive for clenbuterol during the 2010 race, despite claiming he ate contaminated meat.
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gregory scavetta8 melody lane east granby, Connecticut United States of America
gregory scavetta this "w**** will screw you hard"she uses peoples who are..mentelly hurting and profits from their sorrow east granby, Connecticut
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this woman"ashra" has done all the things everyone else has complained about
basicly she takes someone who is mentally hurting and screws the s*** out of them"robs them blind"..this i know she did this to me!
if anyone wants to work with me and get a "CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST HER"
put in subject line "class action ashra" and we will go from there
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Missouri River Regional Library214 Adams Street, Jefferson City, MO., 65101 Jefferson City, Missouri United States of America
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The people who work at MRRL aren't so interested in doing their jobs, as they are gossiping, or talking nastily about some of the patrons who are using the library's facilities. On many occasions I've observed many of the employees doing everything BUT their jobs, by either pretending they are "too busy" or simply shooing a patron away, surfing the net on company time, or gossiping about each other or the patrons as mentioned above.
There are three young women in particular who work in the computer lab downstairs, and they are incredibly rude to anyone who asks for help, and they've been known to harass people for no reason at all; yet these three women manage to keep their jobs without any sort of punishment for their actions.
Also, the condition of the building is pretty sad. It isn't well kept at all, and everything is usually very dusty. The restrooms are in a sorry state as well, and there is usually wads of paper, bodily fluids (and rare occasions, feces) on the floor.
Some of the shelves in the main part of the library look as though they're about ready to fall apart, and a majority of the chairs within the facility are falling apart as well - a couple have broken on occasion. There's even exposed wiring in some areas of the library, especially near some of the broken down shelves - can you say "fire hazard" ?
So, if you're ever in Jefferson City and you're looking for a decent library, then I suggest taking a twenty minute drive to the Boone Regional Library where the area is clean and well kept, and the staff are kind, and ready to help.
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AUTHOR: PB - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, December 30, 2010POSTED: Thursday, December 30, 2010
The Missouri River Regional Library works very hard to please every patron that comes into it's facilities. Obviously we are not able to please every person that comes in. The Missouri River Regional Library has to enforce rules clearly and consistently in order to both be fair to patrons and protect the library itself.
The Missouri River Regional Library's building is 37 years old as opposed to Daniel Boone Regional Library's building is only 8 years old. The Missouri River Regional Library has difficulties updating an old building due to costs. The Missouri River Regional Library has not had a tax rate increase since the 1960's, thus making it difficult to renovate older parts of the building.
The Missouri River Regional Library also provides internet access through our 41 public machines to patrons and visitors for 2 hours, and provide wifi on all three floors to our patrons. We also provide free computer classes.
Complaints against staff at the Missouri River Regional Library are very rare. On a regular basis we get numerous compliments from our patrons. Here are a few via our Twitter and Facebook account:
"@mrrl thanks for the tip. I will stop by for help - you are always so nice! (dese2)"
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@mrrl Thanks Nikki Bateman !!! Can't wait to learn how to use @twitter"
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This tale tells how a young shepherd won and lost a fairy bride from Lynn y Fan Fach (Van Vach), the fairy lake at the foot of Bannau Sir Gaer in the Brecon Beacons. This version was collected and told by Joseph Jacobs and appeared in his book Celtic Fairy Tales published in 1892 (David Nutt). Read More »
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The Welsh version of the Cornish Knockers, these mine spirits were relatively good humoured, and helped the miners by knocking in places with rich lodes of mineral, or metal. The Coblynau dressed in miners' attire, and stood at around 18 inches in height. Read More »
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Bendith Y Mamau means 'the mothers blessing' and is a generic name for the fairies, especially in Southern Wales.
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A Welsh spirit similar to the English Will o' the Wisp, it appears as a light and misleads travellers from their path.
Along with black dogs, tales of fairy lights are common throughout Britain, with a different name given to a similar phenomena. In general they are seen as malevolent, guiding lone travellers into treacherous bogs. Read More »
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In legend a curse was put upon the town and its entire people by a mermaid hundreds of years ago. She was found stranded on the rocks at low tide by local fishermen, who would not return her to the water no matter how much she begged. She cursed the town saying that the people would always be poor. The curse is now said to have run its course. Read More »
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Llyn Tegid is Wales's largest lake being nearly four miles long. It lies in a rift valley running north east to south west, extending down to the sea at Tywyn. The lake is 529 feet above sea level, has a maximum depth of 136 feet and covers an area of 1084 acres. Read More »
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The present invention relates to methods and systems of identification using fingerprint biometrics.
Since the early days of society there has been a significant need to positively identify persons, to grant or deny them access to places, information, property etc. With the advent of modern technologies, the ability of even a single person to collect information, cause damage or affect events has increased exponentially, making it more important than ever to positively ensure that someone really is who he or she claims to be. Additionally, it is also important to identify unknown persons, for example to determine whether they may be of interest to security or law enforcement organizations.
The importance and value of identification systems cannot be overstate. In addition to addressing the better known national security issues such as espionage, sabotage etc, more recent concerns over terrorism and industrial espionage have demanded fast and accurate methods of identification, which cannot easily be defeated by a determined opponent. These methods are useful not only to secure access to physical locations, such as military, governmental and industrial sites, but also to limit access to information stored in electronic devices such as computers, which may be connected to worldwide networks.
Identification cards and access codes have been used to identify persons and to grant access, but they have severe limitations. Cards can be lost, stolen or forged, and codes/passwords can be forgotten or obtained by the wrong persons. Biometrics provides a solution to these issues. Biometrics is the statistical observation and measurement of biological phenomena, such as the characteristics that differentiate one person from another. These biometric characteristics are used to identify and validate someone's identity. Perhaps the oldest form of biometric identification involves comparing fingerprints of a person to known fingerprints. This method can be very accurate, but is often time consuming if done manually, and resource intensive if carried out by machine. In addition, imperfect fingerprints due to contamination or injury of the fingers or to a partial fingerprint make the comparison problem even more difficult.
In one aspect, embodiments of the present invention include a method for fingerprint recognition, which includes providing a machine readable input fingerprint image, smoothing the input fingerprint image to remove noise, binarizing the smoothed input fingerprint image to form a binary image, processing the binary image to identify minutiae of the fingerprint image, and generating a template describing the minutiae.
In a different aspect, the present invention is a system for analyzing fingerprints. The system includes a software module configured to receive an input fingerprint image, the input fingerprint image having dark portions representing fingerprint ridges and light portions representing fingerprint furrows, the software module further configured to generate a binary image from the input fingerprint image, and to extract a set of minutiae from the binary image. The system also includes a memory module configured to store a template of location information of the set of minutiae.
The present invention may be further understood with reference to the following description and the appended drawings, wherein like elements are referred to with the same reference numerals. Biometric techniques may be used to identify persons by comparing their biometric characteristics to a database of biometric characteristics of known individuals, and finding a matching entry. The same techniques may be used to verify a person's identity, by comparing their biometric characteristics to those of the person they purport to be. Fingerprint based biometric identification is one of the oldest methods which has been used successfully in various applications. It is well known that every person has unique, immutable fingerprints, which may be used to distinguish them from other persons. Fingerprints may be compared visually by trained personnel, but for large scale and rapid operations the use of machine comparison is necessary.
Fingerprints are made of a series of ridges and furrows or valleys formed on the surface of the finger's skin. Each fingerprint is unique, as determined by the pattern of ridges and furrows, which form the elevated and depressed portions of the fingertips, respectively. In particular, the intersections of multiple ridges are of interest, and are called the minutiae of the fingerprint. Minutiae points are characteristics of the pattern of ridges, which identify a ridge bifurcation or a ridge ending. The pattern of minutiae may also be used to identify the fingerprint. Although this method does not take into account the global shape of the ridges and the furrows of the fingerprint, it is generally considered sufficiently accurate to identify the person to whom the fingerprint belongs. Comparing minutiae rather than the entire fingerprint makes the process faster and less resource intensive.
Before analyzing the minutiae, it should be determined whether to follow the pattern of ridges or of furrows of the fingerprint. Both will generally follow the same outline, but for simplicity either the ridges or the furrows should be mapped, and not both. In the present example, ridges may be followed to determine the location of minutiae.
If the input fingerprint image that is to be analyzed is an analog drawing or representation, the first step that should be carried out is to convert the image to a format that is machine readable. For example, the image may be digitized with a conventional scanner, such that each pixel of the image is described in terms of a numerical code. This step may be carried out in any conventional manner which results in a digital graphic file that may be read and used, for example, by an electronic processor. This step will generally be necessary if the input fingerprint image is formed by ink on paper, such as the well known fingerprint cards.
Once the fingerprint image is in a condition that can be manipulated by machine, for example after the digital image has been generated, a smoothing operation may be carried out. This operation remove noise from the input image signal, so that a more accurate and efficient processing can take place subsequently. It is important that the image be devoid of noise as much as practical, to minimize errors in determining the minutiae of the fingerprint. Noise may be due, for example, to dirt or injuries to the fingers when the fingerprint is taken, or simply to poor quality of the fingerprint input image. For example, algorithms may be used to evaluate the shapes present in the input fingerprint image, and eliminate pixels that do not conform to known fingerprint patterns. Those of skill in the art will understand that other conventional image smoothing processes may be utilized for this purpose, while remaining within the scope of the present invention.
After the initial smoothing operation is carried out, a binarization step may take place. This operation involves representing the fingerprint as a binary image, consisting of an array of 0 and 1 digits. For example, every pixel of the fingerprint image that depicts a black point, corresponding to a ridge, may be represented by a digit 1. Conversely, every white pixel corresponding to a furrow may be represented by a digit 0. This representation is necessary to allow an electronic process to manipulate the image, and eventually extract the minutiae 20 such as ridge termination 16 and ridge bifurcation 18 shown in
The binary image at this point contains lines that correspond, for example, to the fingerprint ridges 14 shown in
As indicated above, minutiae may be defined by the ends and the bifurcations of lines representing the ridges of the fingerprint. Accordingly, one way to determine the location of a minutia is to look for points that are not within a single line segment, but rather are at the end of a segment or at the intersection of multiple segments. Points that are part of a single line will have only one line segment behind them and only one line segment in front. Termination points 16 will have only one segment behind them, with no segments in front. Bifurcation points 18 will have more than two line segments ahead and/or behind them, as shown in
Since the thickness of the ridge lines has been normalized to equal one pixel in the thinning process, a simple method may be used to determine the location of bifurcation minutiae. Every pixel representing a point along the length of a ridge line of the thinned fingerprint image is analyzed. As shown in
Since each cell 0–7 contains one pixel only with a pixel value of 1 or 0, the transition sum computed by noting changes of the neighboring pixel values indicates the type of point found in cell 52. If the transition sum is equal to at least 3, it means that at least three neighboring points of pixel 54 have a value of 1, indicating that a bifurcation exists at point 54. A termination may be indicated when the transition sum equals to one. Generation of the transition sum may be referred to as the Zero-One Sequence count, in reference to the pixel values being observed. In case the fingerprint ridge line divides into more than two branches, the transition sum will have a correspondingly higher value. In this exemplary embodiment, the transition sum indicating the number of transitions from 0 to 1 pixel value is carried out by moving through the cells in the order of cells 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 0. However, the same result may be reached by moving through the cells in a different order. In the example shown in
Other methods for computing the location of minutiae may be used according to embodiments of the invention. For example, a masking and Y-sequence method may be utilized, as shown in
In the formula, only the Y, values corresponding to a black pixel are summed, over the length of the vertical line from y=0 to y=N−1. Since each mask 58 has M vertical lines, the process generates M values of Yavg listed in sequential order, which are referred to as the Ys sequence.
The pattern of numbers in the Ys sequence may be used to determine if a bifurcation, thus a minutia, is present along the segment within the mask. In essence, the Yavg elements of the Ys sequence represent the average value of the y coordinate of all black pixels along a vertical line. In the example of
The masking and Y-sequence method thus offers an exemplary alternative to determining the location of minutiae. This method may be carried out with or without a prior thinning step, since the averaging procedure does not require line segments that are one pixel wide, but can process segments of varying width. Although vertical lines were used in this example, lines in other orientations may also be used according to this method. The dimensions of the mask is important, and should be selected considering the size of the fingerprint features to be analyzed. The specific method used to isolate the minutiae may be selected depending on the application, based on required speed, accuracy and on the available computing resources. Those of skill in the art will understand that additional variations of these methods may be employed, without exceeding the scope of the present invention.
After evaluating all the pixels corresponding to fingerprint ridge lines in thinned fingerprint image 30, all the minutia representing bifurcation points can be mapped.
In addition to the position information, gradient information may also be included in the template, to further create a unique representation of the fingerprint. The gradient information is not necessary to define a template, but may be useful in certain applications. Gradient information gives the slope of the line segments extending from the minutia being described, thus indicating if those segments extend upward, downward or horizontally from the minutia. In the case of a minutia defined by a branching, there will be at least three slope values describing the three segments extending from the branching. The template may be stored in a database for further manipulation, as described below, and its specific format may be tailored to the type of matching to be performed with it. In one example, the template may be a two-dimensional matrix with rows representing different minutiae, and columns within a row representing the distance from that minutia to each of the other minutiae. The distances from other minutiae may be listed in ascending order.
The template generated as described above may be used for two principal purposes. In one case, the template of an individual claiming to be a certain person may be used to validate the identity of that individual. In this process, a fingerprint of the individual is analyzed to generate a corresponding template. The template is then compared to a previously stored template generated from the person the individual claims to be. If the templates match, the individual is likely the person he claims to be, otherwise further investigation is necessary. In a second case, the template of an unknown individual may be used for identification of the individual. In this case, the template generated from the individual's fingerprints is compared to all the templates stored, for example, in a database of fingerprints belonging to known persons. When a match is found, the unknown individual is identified.
In many cases, the match between the template generated from the fingerprints to be verified or identified and the templates found in the database of known fingerprints do not match exactly. In that case, a thresholding operation is carried out, to determine whether the two templates being matched are sufficiently similar. As indicated above, inexact matches may occur as a result of dirt or injuries to the fingers from which the fingerprints are taken, from rotation or distortion of the fingerprint image, or simply from poor quality fingerprints. A correlation coefficient is thus specified in the correlation between the templates being compared. If the correlation is above the correlation coefficient the templates are considered a match, otherwise a match is not reported. The value of the correlation coefficient may be varied depending on the application of the system. If the correlation coefficient is low, a greater incidence of false acceptance occurs, where an impostor is authenticated. A high correlation coefficient results in a greater incidence of false rejection, where an authorized individual is rejected. The required correlation coefficient thus may be adjusted to suit the specific application of the system.
The methods of verification and identification according to embodiments of the present invention provide for rapid comparison of fingerprints by using templates generated from minutiae of an input fingerprint image. The speed of comparison is important particularly in identification problems, because databases of known fingerprints may be very large. For example, law enforcement fingerprint databases may contain tens of millions of entries, and rapid identification of fingerprints may be vital. In the case of identity verification, speed is also important, since the individual whose identity is being verified may need rapid access to data or to a location.
Embodiments of the system according to the present invention are also capable of performing identification and verification tasks when the input fingerprint image is rotated relative to the reference fingerprint templates, or when the input image involves a partial fingerprint. Since the position of the minutiae generated by the system is defined in relation to other minutiae in the template, not to an external coordinate system, rotating the input image does not affect the accuracy of the template matching system. If the input fingerprint image is a partial image, a probabilistic approach may be used to obtain a match of the templates. For example, for different size templates, individual rows of the first template may be compared to every row of the second template until a match is found. If no match is found, every row of the second template may be compare to all the rows of the first one, again looking for a match.
A recursion loop starts in step 68, to analyze each pixel having a pixel value of 1. In step 70, a grid is formed around each of those pixels, extending one pixel away in all directions. This results in a grid with 8 cells around the center cell. Moving along each of these cells, a change in pixel value from 0 to 1 is noted, and every time such change occurs, a transition sum value is increased by one. After all cells have been checked, the transition sum value is noted in step 72, and if it is at least equal to a selected value, the pixel in the center cell is marked as a minutia. The minutiae are thus logged in step 72 for future processing.
Once all the pixels representing minutiae are known, a template may be generated in step 74 to record the minutiae and their location relative to other minutiae. For example, the template may consist of database entries correlating each minutia, its distance vector from each of the other minutiae, and gradient information relative to the minutiae. The template may be stored in step 76 as a database in an electronic storage media which may be used by an electronic processor.
In step 78 a decision is made whether the newly generated template is to be used in a verification or an identification step. In a verification step 82, the template is compared to a selected stored template derived from known fingerprints, to validate the identity of the person from whom the template was generated. In identification step 80 the template is compared to all templates stored in the database, to determine the identity of the unknown individual from whom the input fingerprints were obtained.
The present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, other embodiments may be devised that do not depart from the scope of the invention. Accordingly, various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments without departing from the broadest spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims that follow. The specification and drawings are accordingly to be regarded in an illustrative rather than restrictive sense.
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Actually, I first noticed the mottling on the leaves (on the fruit I only noticed it yesterday) when it got v hot here (for the UK!) a few weeks back - daytime C temps were in the low/mid 30s, nighttime not much below 20. Last few weeks has been different, daytime more like early 20s, nightime low teens - and it's been quite damp, which is why I've been on blight alert, but this didn't quite seem to fit that bill.
Watering-wise, generally every 2/3 days when it's been dry - a bit more often when it's been hot. Tomato feed once per week.
That particular plant does sit in the sunniest spot of the garden, facing due south. The odd thing is the majority of the leaves on the plant look normal and overall the plant seems healthy.
I took off one branch and tomato to get a decent photo for you but do you think I should remove any other affected leaves/fruit?
To be honest, good to hear it's more likely to be stress as my fear was it would be something more contagious!
a few of my cherry toms have got these black patches on the fruit and the leaves. The fruit made me think blossom-end rot, the leaves blight - but this is only on a few fruit on one plant - which makes me think not due to irregular watering, and while those leaves dont look great, it's just the lower ones and the plant itself looks healthy the leaves have been like that for weeks too. any wisdom would be appreciated!
What are people's views on when to pinch off the top of cordon toms? Most of my plants, which are mainly cherry varieties (Black Cherry, Sungold, G/Delight), have about 4/5 trusses. One has about 7 - courtesy of the one side shoot that got away...
Six trusses seems to be the average that people recommend before pinching off the top of the plant. Does that sound right? Or should I leave them going for longer because they're cherries and don't have to grow too big?
Thank you!
thanks italophile! This is definitely the best summer weather so far I've experienced for growing tomatoes so it makes me a bit uncertain... per my answer to your post on another thread, I think I have been underdoing the watering a little. last night, temps round here didn't get below 22C!
brill, thanks. have indeed noticed the odd flash of root near the surface in a few pots... There's a bit of space for me to add a little more compost. I suspect I haven't been getting the water deep enough. What would you say is best, ie watering can, hose on a fine spray (splashes up though), more of a slow trickle..?
ho hum. maybe I should sow some more? now have some bed space having pulled my garlic...
How often would you water tomatoes in pots? Mine are in 25 litre containers but I've been very wary of over-watering. Possibly too much so! I've only been watering them every few days?
The fertiliser went in about March time I think...
Can I throw my problem in too!? Generally my plants look pretty healthy but in recent days the newer growth has had a pronounced droop to it, lower leaves still very green and tough looking. It's been in the high 20s/early 30s here by day for the last week or so but it still seems unlikely it's lack of water? They're in 25 litre containers and I've been watering around every 3 days. I started feeding as of yesterday and gave the feed with a good soak - but hasn't helped the droop.
Any thoughts greatly appreciated...
This is a common question, and I probably should know the answer , but when do you start feeding your tomato plants? feed says 'when the first truss has set.' most of my plants have got around three or four trusses but in each case i wouldn't say all of the fruit on the first truss has appeared. a few maybe. should i start or still keep holding off, taking the instructions literally?


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It was difficult to get them to give me a written breakdown of the costs, dates, and specifications, but since it had all been contained in emails (except the dates), but that did not seem germane for that point in our discussion. My husband got involved when the details became firmer, and they focused on him from then on.
I was pleased to know that a deal had been struck, because I wanted to get that barn going. Within an hour, we learned that this company had so many complaints against it that our credit card company (USAA) had automatic stops on charges from them. They in turn said they were going to break down the $2,500 deposit into $500 increments, so that they could essentially sneak the charges through. At that point, we said no. This was too important, too expensive, and their behavior, in total, was shady. (Credit card fraud, essentially.)
Just under two hours after my husband faxed the signed contract, we both sent emails and he also faxed a statement to them, at the numbers and email addresses we had successfully used earlier, and informed them that the deal was off. We were specific: you do not have our permission to bill our credit card, do not deliver anything to us, do not, do not, do not.
If someone comes to your home--which is essentially what a telemarketer does, albeit via telephone and, in this case, interstate--you have three days in which to stop the contract and the deal is off. These people have been persistent in calling and threatening. We have been calm and direct, they interrupt, we ignore them and continue to clearly state our position, and they hang up.
The last several calls have come from someone identifying himself as "an attorney" and "from the legal department," but he doesn't sound very well educated and, frankly, were he an attorney and were there actually formal remedies they could take, they would not, we believe, continue to harass us by phone. So add probable misrepresentation of legal status to our experience.
Since this has occurred, we dug deeper and have found (much of it since our experience which went south on 11/4/11), very bad experiences similar to ours, cheap materials that no way are "tornado resistant." When we did finally find specifications as to metal gauge and such, it's less than substantial.
They lied. They tried to force money from our credit card. They continue to harass us by phone.
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