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Darci was featured on the Muppets Tonight recurring sketch, "The Real World Muppets." A Gothic rocker-type character, Darci speaks with a British accent and sometimes uses language that even she herself does not understand completely.
Darci likes to write songs about her hatred for men, rats and bears.
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For his first gig as a TV regular, Christopher Mintz-Plasse-McLovin' has selected CBS pilot Friend Me. The series will focus on two buddies who leave their Indiana small town digs to work at Groupon in L.A. The plot doesn't fall anywhere on our new show trope-o-meter, which could be a plus, but ... working for Groupon? Maybe the chemistry between Mintz-Plasse and Red State and Perks of Being a Wallflower actor Nicholas Braun will be dynamite? Isn't Mintz-Plasse's default chemistry setting "dynamite"?


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For her, by her: Savvy stuff created for women by womenPosted: Updated:
Have you ever seen a cool product and instantly thought to yourself... why didn't I think of that?! I sure have.
So, in this column, I salute the women who have turned their vision into savvy stuff that helps us gals out. I had a blast finding unique items that either makes us look good or makes our lives easier. Unique and sweet stuff to know about. Read on to see if there is a woman-inspired creation that may be just what you have been looking for!
The Why-Didn't-I-Think-of-This Mom-Must-HaveThe DripStik
When I stumbled onto this cool mess-free kid device, I couldn't wait to share it in this column for all of the Moms out there! The DripStik is a colorful holder for frozen treats. Children stick popsicles in one end and the little bowl catches every sticky drip. Flip the DripStik over and there is a place for ice cream cones to stay put and catch the drip with every lick! I love this! I found this one at a new toy store in Ahwatukee called Brilliant Sky Toys & Books for only $5.99. It is also dishwasher-safe and comes in several fun colors. Kudos to creator and mother of five Mecinna Price for her cool and clean kiddie creation! Learn more about her story and the DripStik at www.dripstik.com.
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If you are expecting a baby, are currently nursing or know someone who is awaiting that special delivery, check out this wardrobe wonder. Nifty nursing tank tops called Modest Middles have been created for the mother who wants to discreetly feed her baby and wear pre-pregnancy fashions. Sound too good to be true? Well, Phoenix mother of four Amy Maschue turned her idea into a functional fashion piece sure to please both Mother and baby. The U-shaped neckline enables Mom to wear the tank with the top of the piece fitting snuggly underneath the bra line, so that the tank's long torso stays perfectly in place consistently covering her back, sides and stomach while nursing. Brilliant! Modest Middles are sold for $29.99 through the website at www.modestmiddles.com and in various Metro Phoenix boutiques that include Ralph Infant & Child located at 4747 E. Thomas Rd.
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When it comes to the bust, you can't stop gravity, but you can give yourself a surgical-free lift thanks to a woman-created innovative company called Her Look. Similar to what the stars wear under their bust-revealing styles, this product is creatively called Cleavage Cupcakes. Made of silicone gel, these breast enhancers fit neatly in the bottom of a bra or bathing suit to give your girls a little rise just like cupcakes magically rise during the baking process. Only this recipe gives an instant boost to your bust with no waiting on risky surgical results. I much prefer this cute pink box to booking an appointment with a surgeon! Created by Kerry O'Brien, her Look company offers all sorts of problem-solving and figure-enhancing undergarments. Cleavage Cupcakes sell for $44.00 for a box of two crescent-shaped enhancers that can be worn multiple times. Available through www.herlook.com and department stores that include Sax Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.
Good Eats That Keep on GivingSunshine Specialty Foods
Chandler Mom Judy Egge turned her taste buds brainstorm into a tasty business. I got my first yummy and spicy bite at a hockey mom gathering. Judy brought a tray of her homemade Stuffed Jalapenos to our potluck party. I was instantly hooked and wanted to taste and learn more.
Sunshine Specialty Foods offers a line of recipe-saving relishes called ReLish This! and each jar is low in sodium and sugar, is gluten-free and is all natural. Plus Judy tells me that one serving is zero points for Weight Watchers members. With flavors like Sweet & Hot that is packed with zucchini, peppers, onions and habaneras and Sweet & Tangy made with zucchini, peppers and onions, I have found her creations to be delicious. Each jar can be transformed into a quick dip for a party appetizer, a main course enhancer or even dessert. Judy's new Pina Colada flavor is so versatile that it can be used for tangy chicken fingers, as an ice cream topping or for a mixed Pina Colado cocktail! As a busy mom, I like that one jar can do it all including a quick dinner idea or a yummy party food on the run. Her website at www.sunshinefoodco.com is loaded with easy recipe ideas. Each 10 oz. jar sells for $5.95 at AJ's Fine Foods, Whole Foods Markets, local farmer's market events and also at her website. Judy is a regular vendor at the downtown Chandler Farmer's Market located just south of Chandler Blvd. and Arizona Avenue. She is there every Thursday afternoon from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m.
A Sister Steps In For Soothing Skincare LineDDF
Doctors Dermatologic Formula skincare line was created by a man, Dr. Howard Sobel, MD, F.A.A.C.S., but he tapped a women near and dear to him to help perfect his product's marketing to us gals. That woman is his sister, Elaine B. Linker and together they have made true dermatologic products available to consumers. Elaine is also a nutritional expert and her expertise contributed to her brother's dermatologist surgeon skills to make a truly professional line easily available to women. Plus the DDF line offers items for delicate skin types with products that are fragrance-free like the Ultra-Lite Oil-Free Moisturizing Dew with SPF 15 and an organic sun block that won't irritate delicate skin conditions like Eczema. Thanks to Elaine and her brother, this first-class formula can be purchased without a prescription at Ulta Beauty Stores and at www.ddfskincare.com.
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Style: Session IPA
Similar To: Muskoka Detour, Amsterdam Cruiser
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Citrus and straw.
Palate: West coast hop flavours greet the palate. Primarily grapefruit and gooseberry, with a mild grass and spice note from the Amarillo hops. Light yet present malt tastes move in behind. The beer finishes crisp and dry, with a very mild training bitterness.
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First off this beer is not a traditional IPA, so those expecting a huge nit of bitterness will be disappointed. Session IPAs are lighter bodied and lighter in alcohol than a normal American IPA. Hop, and bitterness is used in beer to balance the alcohol. In a beer with a lower abv, the IBU must be lower as well in order for the beer to maintain its balance. In a session IPA very little bittering hop is used. Hops are added very late in the brewing process to create a strong aroma and flavour profile. This style is intended to a hop forward light beer, something that is well suited to the patio and hot weather. The session in the name refers to this style being a beer that one could consume in larger amounts due to the lower alcohol content.
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- The interconnectedness of the blogosphere allows it to take advantage of increasing returns to scale—the more participation in the conversation there is, the more value there is to everyone to participating in the conversation. The potential audience for any post becomes larger, which encourages writers to write more and better posts, of the sort likely to be linked into greater readership. As the extent of the conversation increases, there are more opportunities for specialisation—investment in narrow areas of expertise that make the blogosphere a richer and deeper place.
- There are some offsetting costs like congestion; given the scarcity of time and attention additional blog posts do crowd out others at some point. Yet in most cases—certainly in America's economic blogosphere—the whole is vastly more productive than the sum of the parts.
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Retornos crescentes na blogosfera e na economia
A propósito da economia da blogosfera americana versus europeia sobre a própria economia, o blog Free Exchange do The Economist, descreve um bom exemplo de um caso com retornos cescentes:
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Vote for all: first proposal (01.01.2001)
Decree of execution
Article 1. Any person has voting rights as of his/her 18th bithday
Article 2. Any person receives a voting card during the month of his/her 16th birthday
Article 3. The General Assembly of the United Nations writes the questions that are subjected to the vote. To be posed, a question must receive the approbation of the majority of the Member States and of 7 at least of the 10 following states: China, the United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, India, Nigeria, Indonesia, Brazil and Japan.
In addition to the abstention, there are two possible answers: the vertical answer and the horizontal answer.
Article 4. The questions cannot relate to a given entity or a given group of people.
Article 5. The questions must relate to one of the following fields:
The questions cannot have as their aim the recognition or not of a religion or a State.
Article 6. The text of any question is written in the official languages of the United Nations and is the subject of a translation in all the official languages of Member States of the United Nations in the 30 days following that of adoption.
Article 7. The text of the question is made available for 30 days on an Internet site belonging to the United Nations and displayed in a continuous way in English and in the language of the person on the voting card of the person. It must be displayed after the 30-day period quoted in article 6.
Article 8. Any person having voting rights must express his/her vote or abstain within a period of 10 days beginning after the period quoted in article 7.
Article 9. The results are given globally, by continent and by state. When more than 50 % of all people (abstentionnists included) express one choice, this choice is called "decision". The decisions become compulsory one year after the decision.
Article of execution of article 1
1.a. When the date of birth is unknown, the voting rights begin the first day of the month or the year that follows the supposed date of the birth.
1.b. The voting rights are granted even in the event of prolonged minority or of loss of the civil and political rights.
Article of execution of article 2
2.a. The voting card has the aspect of a credit card with a black side and a white side.
2.b. The black side includes a screen covering at least 70 % of surface of the card and below 3 round buttons covering one square centimeter, a white one, one striated in black and white in a horizontal way and one striated in black and white in a vertical way.
2.c. The white side includes the indication of the electronic address and a solar collector. The electronic address is made up in the following way: <firstname.initialoftheothernamesifanylastname.day.month.year_of_birth@place_of_birth.initial_of_the_country>
2.d. The writing used for the electronic address is the writing of the official language of the birthplace. In the event of plurality of official languages at the place of birth, the person can choose. If the characters are not Latin characters, the name is also indicated in Latin characters. The date of birth is fixed according to the official calendar of the birthplace. In the event of plurality of official calendars at the place of the birth, the person can choose.
2.e. The voting card is given by a delegate of the UNO in the presence of an agent of the Member State of the UNO of the territory where the concerned citizen resides. For the States not members of the UNO whose territory or part of territory does not form part of any other State recognized by the UNO, the UNO can approve a Member State (this relates mainly to the Swiss Confederation).
2.f. When two persons (or more) have the same name, date and place of birth, the administrative authority of the concerned entity adds after the name a number 1 or 2 (or more).
2.g. The birthplace is the smallest administrative entity recognized by the Member State of the UNO of the residence at the time of the establishment of the card.
2.h. The United Nations supervised the production of the cards by public or private factories of the Member States.
Article of execution of article 3
3.a. The approving States are the following: 5 permanent members of the security council, the most populated country which is not member of the Security Council, the most populated country of Africa, the most populated country where the majority of citizen are Muslim, the most populated Latin American country and the most populated State wwhich is not member of the Security Council and whose which GNP is higher than 200 % of the average GNP of the members of the United Nations.
Article of execution of article 4
4.a. The question cannot exceed 20 lines of 100 characters. When the answer is not Yes or No, each answer makes between 100 and 200 characters.
Article of execution of article 5
5.b. To be recognized, a religion must have followers accounting for at least 1 hundredth of the number of voters or at least one tenth of the number of voters of three recognized States and one thousandth of the number of recognized voters.
Article of execution of article 6
6.a. Free engines of multilingual translation approved by the UNO will be made available in forums (newsgroups).
Article of execution of article 7
7.a. The text is transmitted by satellite. The card can only receive this text during the period mentioned.
Article of execution of article 8.
8.a In order to vote, the person must push simultaneously twice on each of the three buttons. After this, the message "Choose" appears on the screen and the person pushes on the chosen button. After this, the message "Confirm ?" appears on the screen and the person pushes simultaneously twice on the three buttons. After this, the message, "Your vote has been registered" appeared on the screen. Each operation is separated by 1 (minimum) to 10 (maximum) seconds.
8.b. During the voting period, the card can only send the result of the vote.
8c. In each city of more than 1,000 inhabitants, there must be one place for each thousand people where each person can go alone to express his/her vote.


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How to Rotate the Digital Display to Battlestyle on the Numark TTX Turntable
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How to Replace Leaking Valve Cover Gasket on 2.0L VW (MKIV Jetta, Golf, GTI)
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Freshen up, Clean, Renew your Technics SL-1200 Turntable Platter DIY
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How to Change or Flush Transmission Fluid: MKIV, Jetta, Golf GTI, Beetle
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MKIV Jetta Golf 2.0L: How to Change Front Brake Pads and Rotors
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Replace Fuel Pressure Regulator (FPR) and Hose, 1.8T VW and Audi DIY
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How to Replace Fuel Filter VW/Audi 1.8T MKIV DIY
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How to Replace a Temperature Sensor MKIV VW/Audi, Jetta, Golf, 1.8T DIY
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Comprehensive Explaination on Hypothesis Testing
1. What are the null and alternate hypotheses for this test? Why?
2. What is the critical value for this hypothesis test using a 5% significance level?
3. Calculate the test statistic and the p-value using a 5% significance level.
4. State the decision for this test.
5. Determine the confidence interval level that would be associated with this hypothesis test at the 5% significance level. Explain why the confidence interval level is appropriate for this hypothesis test at the 5% significance level.
6. Create a confidence interval at the confidence level associated with the hypothesis test above.
7. Interpret this confidence interval.
8. Is there enough evidence to support that Method B is more effective? Explain this using the results from both the confidence interval and the hypothesis test.
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Solution Summary
The solution first gives detailed explanations on all terms relating to the hypothesis testing such as null and alternative hypothesis, test statistic, critical value and confidence interval. Then an exanple is shown to apply all of these terms. Next, another example of hypothesis testing is answered step by step.


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Loss or injury that has resulted from unforeseen or unusual circumstances. In the law of negligence, a person is presumed to intend the natural consequences of his acts. A person who is negligent will be liable for all the direct and immediate consequences of the negligence. If, however, the consequences of the acts could not be reasonably foreseen or anticipated, the resulting damage is said to be too remote. Similarly, in the law of contract, damage resulting from breach of contract will be deemed too remote unless it arises directly from the breach complained of. No damages will be awarded for damage the courts deem to be too remote.
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How to Grow & Care for Iris
Bearded Iris and Beardless Iris (Louisiana, Siberian and Japanese, for example) are among the easiest to grow hardy perennials in northern temperate zones. See below for tips on how to grow and care for both bearded and beardless Iris. We also offer several books on the subject of Iris culture. Please visit our Books page.
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Spring is inevitable no matter how high the snow banks or how low the mercury. When all threat of frost has passed, remove the winter protection. If the ground is clear of snow and ice, you may see weeds and grass begin to emerge. Get them while they're young and soft. Your New Year's exercise routine has just begun.....squat, pull, squat, pull! If the garden is still covered in snow and ice, leave winter protection in place.
February Iris Cultural Tip
Continue to monitor for signs of spring, especially weeds and grass blades. Get them while they are still small, with short roots. Once threat of ice has passed, remove winter protection.
March Iris Cultural Tip
Dwarf Iris often emerge in late March, depending on the weather. We recommend you bait for slugs, and continue all through the spring and summer. Use a type of bait that is wildlife and pet friendly! Pull or spray weeds. Get them while they�re small and the ground is soft! Control grass and trim away from Iris beds. (�Grass Be Gone�, available in most garden centers, is safe and effective around Iris. Follow manufacturer's instructions closely.) Remove any winter protection when new Iris growth begins to emerge. Watch for signs of Iris borers if they are a problem in your area. Visit our "How to Grow & Care for Bearded Iris" pages for more details on controlling pests in the Iris garden.
When getting ready for fertilizing, here is a good rule of thumb: Apply Iris fertilizer when the tulips are blooming in your neighborhood. Bone meal, superphosphate, or a general fertilizer with a 6-10-10 balance are all effective. Be sure to read manufacturer's recommendations for your soil type. Avoid using any fertilizer high in nitrogen, such as fresh manure, because too much nitrogen encourages rapid foliage production instead of blooms, and can lead to rot. If fertilizers are applied, avoid placing them directly on the Iris rhizomes as this can burn and injure them. Apply as a top dressing around the plant and work into the soil.
April Cultural Tip
The sunshine and warm days come
more often, Jack Frost still teases with overnight chills and morning ice.
Spring is all around. Tulips and Daffodils awakening, buds on trees popping
seemingly before our very eyes�. grass blades, nettle, and dandelions emerging
between our Iris rhizomes, tell �tale shiny tracks left behind by hungry slugs�
Spring means taking fast action against our least desirable garden inhabitants
� weeds and pests. Here we recommend a few tasks to help prepare for a successful Iris bloom season:
~ Spray for fungus, such as leaf spot. Trim affected foliage. Use a garden fungicide. Always follow manufacturer's instructions.
~ As soon as you see new foliage sprouting, clear off dead leaves and other forms of winter protection.
~ With bacterial and crown rots, remove and destroy any infected plant parts to avoid the spread of these diseases to healthy plants nearby
~ When Tulips bloom in your area, it is time to fertilize your Tall Bearded Iris.Avoid using excess fertilizer and fresh manure and provide as much drainage as possible. We recommend a fertilizer low in nitrogen, such as a 6-10-10 mix. Too
much nitrogen can increase foliage growth, decrease bloom development, and lead
to rhizome rot. We carry a 1 lb bag of specially formulated Iris food for just $8.95
(shipping included).
~ For areas with Iris Borers, read our page on this topic under the "Tips on Growing & Maintaining Bearded Iris" pages.
Before bloom season, gather your iris for a pep talk. In no uncertain terms, tell them, �You�re here because of me. I�ve cared for you. Now do your stuff. Bloom, baby bloom!�
May Cultural Tip
Bearded Iris bloom season is here at last, and all your year-round gardening efforts have paid off! Enjoy the glorious colors this month. Here are a few cultural tips recommended to keep your Iris beds in top form throughout the bloom season.
- Pull weeds out of Iris beds. Get them while they�re small!
- Bait for slugs using the pet and nature friendly method or product of your choice
- Remove any diseased or brown leaves, but leave the healthy green foliage undisturbed
- Dead-head spent blooms throughout bloom season
- Stake taller stems to prevent them from tipping over in the wind and rain
Remember to take plenty of photos of your glorious blooms, and visit Schreiner�s Iris Gardens during the month of May to view our display garden at its peak!
June Cultural Tip
The last of the Bearded Iris are lingering in the garden. Beardless Iris are showing their silky heads. We recommend a few tasks here to keep your Iris beds looking their best:
- Cut off spent bloom stalks at the
base of parent rhizome
- Remove any leaves that wither or brown, leave the healthy green leaves throughout the summer
- Apply a light application of
fertilizer and water in. Bone meal, superphosphate and 6-10-10 are all effective. Use fertilizer LOW in Nitrogen. Too much nitrogen encourages rot problems.
- Keep Iris beds free of weeds.
- Take time to sit back and enjoy your Iris garden before the blooms retreat!
- Cut off spent bloom stalks at the
July Cultural Tip
July is the time to reflect on your garden and add, remove or change things around. Here is what we recommend for Bearded Iris care:
- Divide crowded Iris beds and replant (every 3-4 years)
- Rebloomers: divide and transplant every year or two for better results
- When transplanting, apply bone meal and/or superphosphate to help give the plants a healthy start in their new location
- Prepare soil for new beds
- Plant new rhizomes
- When planting new Iris new shoots from divided clumps, label your Iris with weather-proof plant markers. Perhaps create a map of your garden beds to help identify your Iris year to year.
- Keep Iris beds free of weeds.
August Cultural Tip
The dog days of August are wagging the tail-end-of-summer. The garden is simmering with the last blooms of the season. If you can get out to the garden, despite the heat, here are a few tasks recommended for tending to your Iris.
- In very dry areas, water newly planted Iris once very well at planting time, then again every couple weeks. A gentle tug on the top of the foliage is a good test to see if the new roots have set in.
- Established Iris beds need very little to no water during the summer. The exception would be "reblooming" Iris, which require more water to encourage rebloom.
- Divide crowded Iris beds and replant (every three to five years)
- Plant new Bearded Iris. Mark the plants with weather-proof labels so that you know what's blooming where come spring time. Consider making a map of your garden.
- Now is a good time to introduce or add Beardless Iris to your garden. Plant Siberian and Louisiana Iris.
- Keep Iris beds free of weeds and grass.
September-October Cultural Tip
To avoid over wintering insects and diseases that can cause rot, and to reduce the occurrence of leaf spots and borers, remove and destroy any garden debris, spent Iris bloom stalks, and brown dry foliage each fall.
Cut back remaining foliage to about 6� above the rhizome (this is not required, and is really up to the individual gardener). Trimming the foliage, however, does have its benefits: the garden appears tidier, and the surface area on which leaf spot (a fungus) can develop is reduced.
November-December Cultural Tip
In the Northern Hemisphere the Iris are dormant now. You might even see new increases. Clean off the old, mushy leaves to prevent the growth and spread of various fungal diseases. The dead leaves are also perfect hideouts for insects.
Evergreen boughs or straw make a good winter protection for Iris, particularly in areas with especially harsh winters. Apply after freeze-up. Heaving of the soil, caused by freeze-thaw patterns, can result in the dislodging of the rhizome. Avoid mulches that will trap moisture around the rhizome, as this environment can induce rot. Remove winter protection promptly in the early spring when new foliage begins sprouting.
Planting Bearded Iris
Soil Preparation:
Iris will thrive in most well-drained garden soils. Planting on a slope or in raised beds helps ensure good drainage. If your soil is heavy, coarse sand or humus may be added to improve drainage. Gypsum is an excellent soil conditioner that can improve most clay soils. The ideal pH is 6.8 (slightly acidic), but Iris are tolerant in this regard. To adjust the pH of your soil, lime may be added to acidic soils or sulfur to alkaline soils. It is always best to have your soil analyzed before taking corrective measures.
When, Where and How to Plant Bearded Iris Rhizomes:
For best results, Iris should be planted in July, August or September. It's imperative that the roots of newly planted Iris be well-established before the growing season ends. In areas with hot summers and mild winters, September or October planting may be preferred. We strongly suggest Iris be planted at least six weeks before the first hard frost in your area.
Iris need at least a half day of sun. In extremely hot climates, some shade is beneficial, but in most climates Iris do best with at least 6 hours a day of full sun.
Iris should be planted so the tops of the rhizomes are exposed and the roots are spread out facing downward in the soil. In very light soils or in extremely hot climates, covering the rhizome with 1 inch of soil may be desirable. Firm the soil around each rhizome and then water to help settle the soil. A common mistake is to plant Bearded Iris too deeply.
Iris are generally planted 12 to 24 inches apart. Close planting gives an immediate effect, but closely planted Iris will need to be thinned often. Plants spaced further apart will need less frequent thinning.
Bloom Habits
Bearded Iris range from the small to the tall, with the shortest of them beginning to bloom as early as late March here in Oregon. The color spectacle continues into April with the emergence of the Median Bearded Iris, followed by the Tall Bearded Iris which begin to fade in early to mid-June. Bloom time for each variety lasts approximately two weeks, depending on the weather.
There are some Tall Bearded Iris that bloom early and some that bloom late, so try some of each to lengthen your season by a week or two. Consider some of the smaller bearded Iris, such as the Intermediate and Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris, as you can add a month to the beginning of your bloom season using these. And finally, consider the reblooming Iris, which can give bloom in the summer and fall.
For Iris to bloom consistently, they need full sun, good drainage, lots of space, and quality soil. To improve your chances of bloom, add fertilizer and divide large clumps. Only 60-75% of Iris bloom the first year after planting. Sometimes they need an extra year to become established. Unusual weather conditions or late spring frosts can also harm Iris blooms.
Reblooming Iris:
Several varieties of Bearded Iris have been known to rebloom after the initial spring bloom season. These are known as Rebloomers. All categories of Bearded Iris from the Miniature Dwarf Bearded to the Tall Bearded have varieties that rebloom, usually 4-8 weeks after initial bloom. Subsequent blooms are not as reliable as the initial bloom, and depend greatly upon the quality of the soil, climate, and geographic location. Remontancy is not guaranteed. Check our online catalog for several varieties of rebloomers.
Floral Arranging with Iris:�
For longer lasting flowers cut your Iris early in the day with the buds just opening. Place them in a bucket of tepid water and re-cut the stem end underwater at an angle one inch up. Display your Iris in a cool niche away from direct sun and drafts. Pinch off and remove wilted flowers immediately. Check the water level every day and replenish as needed.
Tip: Cut Iris tend to drip a sap-like substance. The drips from dark Iris can stain fabric and other surfaces. We suggest placing an underlay beneath the vase of Iris, or placing the vase on a non-porous surface.
Why won't my Iris bloom?
Lack of bloom can be caused by a number of factors and usually a combination of more than one. They are a bit like people -- give them a bit of room and satisfactory conditions and they will perform well. Here is a list of some of the more common culprits:
- Planting in too much shade. They need at least 6 hours of full sun per day.
- Over feeding with animal manure or fertilizer high in Nitrogen. (We recommend a low-Nitrogen fertilizer, such as a 6-10-10 mix).
- No feeding at all. Starved Iris will not flower.
- Planting too deeply. Tops of rhizomes should be visible above the soil level. (In extremely hot areas of the country, cover tops of rhizomes with only about 1 inch of loose soil or sand to prevent sun scorching.)
- Mulching with lawn clippings or other organic matter. Don't mulch, as it acts as shade and can cause rhizomes to rot.
- Over or under watering can also cause problems. Plant Iris is well-drained soil. Water deeply once every week or two during the dry spring and summer months.
- Overcrowding: they need dividing every 3 to 5 years. See more on how to dig and divide Iris.
Do Bearded Iris change color?
We sometimes have customers tell us that their entire patch of Iris changed from its original color to white or yellow. Iris cannot change color. Usually, when a customer notices this unusual occurrence, what has happened is that the purple (or red, or pink, or blue, or yellow, or black, or whatever color) Iris has grown into another nearby patch and the one color has dominated (or crowded out) the other. When dividing Iris in the summer, it is an easy mistake to make to throw out one color and plant the other in the entire bed.
Another culprit is weed killer. The use of herbicides, such as Roundup, near the Iris can affect the plants and cause flowers to go whiteish and contort. If they recover from the exposure to these chemicals, the original color will return in subsequent bloom seasons.
A third possibility is that bees have cross pollinated and a seed pod has developed. The seeds from these crosses can drop into the bed and grow and mature over time. Then one bloom season, a new Iris is found blooming in your Iris patch.
Watering Needs of Bearded Iris
Newly set Iris plants need moisture to help their root systems become established. Specific watering information depends on your climate and your soil, but keep in mind that deep watering at long intervals is better than more frequent shallow waterings. Once established, Iris normally don't need to be watered except in arid areas. Over-watering is a common error.
Fertilizing Bearded Iris
Specific fertilizer recommendations depend on your soil type, but low-nitrogen fertilizers (6-10-10), bone meal, and superphosphate are all effective. A light application in the early spring when tulips are blooming in your neighborhood, and a second light application about a month after bloom will reward you with good growth and bloom. Avoid using anything high in nitrogen. A concise read on the components of fertilizer by Joe Lamp'l on the blog "Growing a Greener World" summarizes nicely, "For promoting good fruit or flower production, look for a middle number that is higher than the first. Otherwise, your plants will be stimulated to put out lots of nice green foliage, likely at the expense of fruit or flower production. Instead, you want the energy and nutrition of the plant to go towards the desired result, flowers or fruit, so a higher middle number is a more appropriate choice." Read the full post.
Schreiner's Iris Gardens offers a specially formulated, low-nitrogen Iris food. Click here to view.
Caring for Your Iris Beds
Keep your Iris beds clean and free of weeds and debris, allowing the tops of the rhizomes to bask in the sun. Bloom stalks should be cut off close to the base after all buds have finished blooming. Healthy green leaves should be left undisturbed all summer, but diseased or brown leaves should be removed. In the fall, trim the leaves to a height of approximately six inches. Remove weeds, leaf debris, grass roots from Iris beds. In regions with especially cold winters, lay winter protection over the rhizomes. We recommend straw, evergreen boughs, or anything that will provide air circulation and insulation against the cold. Remove winter protection in the spring.
During bloom season, spent blooms, as well as spent branches, can be removed carefully to keep your Iris beds looking fresh and colorful.
Watch our short video on the proper way to remove spent blooms. Run time 1:18 minutes.
Here's another video on deadheading Iris from our friends at Garden Time.
Dividing and Transplanting Bearded Iris
Iris need to be thinned or divided before they become overcrowded, generally every 3-5 years. If Iris are allowed to become too crowded the bloom will suffer, some varieties may crowd others out and disease problems may be aggravated. Depending on your location, July through September is the time to divide and transplant Bearded Iris.
Transplanted Iris should be planted a minimum of six weeks before the first hard frost in your area.
Old clumps may be thinned by carefully cutting out the old divisions at the centers of the clumps and leaving new growth in the ground. In the case of very old and compacted clumps, the process of thinning might be easier if you dig up the entire clump, remove the old "spent" rhizomes, trim the foliage of the new rhizomes and replant them. Smaller shoots may take two years to produce blooms, but larger shoots should bloom the following spring.
We recommend supplementing the soil with a low-nitrogen fertilizer, super phosphate or bone meal when transplanting. These extra nutrients help the new shoots to have the best chance of success in establishing their root systems. Water newly planted rhizomes well initially, and if dry conditions continue then once every 7 to 10 days until the autumn rains begin, to help the new roots become established.
Is your Iris bed overgrown? Need saving? Read our blog post at WordPress for more tips and reassurance....
Controlling Disease in Bearded Iris
Controlling Rhizome Rot:
Excessive moisture can sometimes lead to outbreaks of bacterial rot. It is imperative that you remove the rotting tissue as soon as possible. Remove the soil from around the rhizome, leaving the roots anchoring the plant. Using an old spoon, carefully scoop out all the mushy tissue. If necessary, dig up the entire plant and remove the rotten tissue. After removing the tissue, drench the wounds with a 10% bleach solution (1 part bleach to 9 parts water) and allow them to dry for several days before covering with soil again.
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Controlling Leaf Spot:
Excessive moisture from irrigation and rainy or humid weather can lead to this problem known as leaf spot. Always remove old dead leaves, and cut off and destroy any leaf or part of a leaf that is affected by leaf spot. In the spring, about six weeks before bloom, begin a regular spraying program with a fungicide. Using two fungicides alternately is often more effective than using one exclusively.
Controlling Rhizome Rot in Bearded Iris
Excessive moisture can sometimes lead to outbreaks of bacterial rot. It is imperative that you remove the rotting tissue as soon as possible. Remove the soil from around the rhizome, leaving the roots anchoring the plant. Using an old spoon, carefully scoop out all the mushy tissue. If necessary, dig up the entire plant and remove the rotten tissue. After removing the tissue, drench the wounds with a 10% bleach solution (1 part bleach to 9 parts water) and allow them to dry for several days before covering with soil again.
Controlling Pests in Bearded Iris
Iris Borer:
In areas where Borers live (we do not have Iris Borers here in the Western United States), they can pose serious and frustrating problems for the Iris grower. Borers begin life as eggs, laid on garden debris in the fall. Each spring, about the time tulips bloom, these eggs hatch into larvae.
These 1/4 inch long larvae crawl onto the Iris and up the leaves. Near the top they chew into the leaves and then down to the rhizomes, where they gorge themselves until they reach a size of about 1 1/2 inches in length. Borer injury often appears as notched wounds or slimy wet looking areas on the leaves. Borers often will hollow out whole rhizomes causing the fans to collapse and the remaining tissue to rot.
Keeping a clean garden is the fist step in minimizing Borer problems. A sharp eye for signs of Borer entry allows some gardeners to catch the Borer in the leaf before it travels to the rhizome (simply squash them in the leaves). The most effective control relies on an understanding of the Borer's life cycle.
Sometime in the summer the Borers change into pupae. These pupae reside in the soil for about a month and then a moth emerges and lays eggs. As pupae, moths and eggs, the Borers do not feed. Only as larvae do they eat and do their damage. At this stage they are most vulnerable to our efforts to control them.
Systemic insecticides are considered to be the most effective control of Iris Borers. Always take care to follow the manufacturer's recommendation when using agricultural chemicals. (Imidacloprid has proven effective against Iris Borers. Check with your local garden center about systemic insecticides that contain this chemical.)
A 10% solution of Murphy's Oil Soap (one part soap for every nine parts water) can be used as an organic alternative to commercial chemicals. Diatomaceous Earth is also effective in ridding plants of caterpillars. It shreds the inside of caterpillars when they ingest the dust, but you do have to reapply after a rain or watering as it loses its effectiveness when damp. Recent research has given us another organic approach to borer control. Read the article here on the use of nematodes to combat the Iris Borer.
Slugs, snails and other pests around Bearded Iris:�
In early spring, or when you notice damage from slugs and snails, bait for these pests using whatever method you prefer. Aphids, thrips, and whiteflies can be controlled by a variety of insecticides readily available at garden centers. Insecticidal soaps can also be effective.
Growing Bearded Iris in Containers
Iris can be successfully grown in containers. A 6" to 8" pot will work for Dwarf Iris; a 12" pot will work for Tall Bearded Iris. Make sure your pot has good drainage. For soil, we recommend 45% fir bark, 20% pumice, and 35% peat moss. You can use a general potting soil found at most garden centers. Avoid any potting soil that has high levels of Nitrogen. Leave at least one inch below the pot's rim, and leave the top of the rhizome exposed. Water only when the top two inches of soil are dry. Over-watering will cause rot. Keep the pot outdoors during the winter. Divide and transplant your Iris per our recommended steps every couple of years.
What grows well with Bearded Iris?
The practice of �Companion Planting�, a centuries-old gardening
tradition, grew from the proven notion that different plant species, planted
close together, assist each other with nutrient production and
absorption, controlling pests, attracting pollinators, and other factors
necessary for their full productivity. This practice is clearly
beneficial in flower gardens as well. When planning your companion plantings for Bearded Iris beds, consider
water conservation as well as overall aesthetic design.
Below are links to articles about companion planting specifically with Bearded Iris. We are confident that you will find inspiration and information on the potential for color in your garden.
Ideal Companion Plants for your Bearded Iris Gardens (Schreiner's Iris Gardens' WordPress blog post)
Tall Bearded Iris and Companion Plants (American Iris Society blog post)
Iris Terminology Key
Here we define the terms we use in our catalog to describe the Iris we grow and sell. These terms are used generally across the Iris world when speaking of the various qualities of Bearded and Beardless Iris. Click on the term to see an example of such an Iris from our catalog, or on a diagram of a Tall Bearded Iris. (Click the "Back" button on your browser window to come back to this Terminology List.)
For an illustrated post on the terminology used to describe the color pattern of Bearded Iris cultivars, read the World of Irises blog post: Tall Bearded Iris Color Terms
Amoena: White/tinted white standards, colored falls.
Beard: Fuzzy hairs at top of falls. (Notice the bright orange beard in the example of "Witch's Wand".)
Bicolor: Light or medium standards and deeper contrasting falls.
Bitone: Two tones of the same color.
Blend: combination of two or more colors (one is always yellow).
Broken Color: Random splashes of color.
Falls: The lower three petals of the flower.
Flounce: Appendage extending from end of beard.
Ground Color: Usually mentioned with plicatas; base color under dots or peppering.
Haft: Top part of falls to either side of beards.
Horns: Points rising from ends of beards.
Lace: Edges of petals are serrated.
Luminata: Style arms & hats of white or yellow; veining on falls.
Neglecta: Blue or violet bitone.
Plicata: Stitched or stippled margin color on white.
Rebloom: Iris blooms at any other time than normal spring bloom.
Reverse Amoena: Colored standards and lighter (sometimes white) falls.
Reverse Bitone: Standards are darker shade of fall color.
Rim: Thinner edge of color around falls or standards.
Ruffles: Flower edges are fluted or wavy.
Self: An Iris of a single, uniform color.
Shoulder: Same as haft.
Signal: A patch of color at the top center of the falls, emanating from the throat.
Spoons: Appendages at the ends of beards looking like small spoons. (The link for "Spoons" will take you to the American Iris Society Encyclopedia entry for Snow Spoon.)
Standards: The upper three petals of the flower.
Style Arms: Small segments inside heart of flower, above the beards.
Substance: The thickness of the petals.
Texture: Sheen or finish of the petals.
Variegata: Yellow or near yellow standards with deeper falls which may be either varied or solid in tone of brown or purple.
What to do this month in the Iris garden
Tips on Growing & Maintaining Bearded Iris
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A bonbon for buffs of all things Broadway, "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life" is a celebration and a lament — a celebration of Channing's seven decades as musical comedy star, and a lament that there's really no one like her anymore, a performer who eclipsed most of the roles she played by force of personality, and defined the word "trouper." That she still brings these traits to the stage is one of the more heartening aspects of helmer Dori Berinstein's lovingly assembled biodoc, another being the real-life romance at its center. Specialty release seems likely, especially in New York.
Best known for the two iconic roles she created on stage, Dolly Levy in "Hello, Dolly!" and Lorelei Lee in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Channing retains a dry wit and an exuberance that belies her years ("I don't know why you applaud that," she tells an appreciative aud, responding to how old she is. "It just happens.") Any dark side to the thesp, if there is one, never comes through in "Larger Than Life," which for all its theatricality is grounded in a romance equal to anything Channing has played onstage: Childhood sweethearts, she and Harry Kullijian reunited in 2003, married and now act like teenagers, which is what they'd been when they'd last seen each other, 70 years before. (The pic also provides a window into Channing's unhappy first marriage, which is discussed at length, but isn't allowed to dampen the generally giddy proceedings.)
Berinstein ("Gotta Dance," "ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway") divides the pic into chapters, each introduced by an animated version of an Abe Hirschfeld caricature of Channing — big, blonde, saucer-eyed and smiling. These take the viewer through the actress-comedienne's life, providing a rather conventional structure (career highlights, alternating with Channing's show prep, including a Kennedy Center program in 2008). But the material she has is first-rate. Channing's talkshow appearances alone — in which she regales whatever host/victim she confronts with a dizzying display of accents, languages and shtick guaranteed to confuse and amuse — are worth the price of admission. Her explanation during one such program of how she got into showbiz is the equal of Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?" routine. In between, there's Channing the performer, who proves virtually every time out that regardless of the show or review, what counts is the singer, not necessarily the song.
Amid the film's very amusing anecdotes is one that points up Channing's large gay following, which will certainly be a lure for distributors: Visiting a drag club one night, Channing got a left-handed compliment from a passerby: "I don't know who you are, fella, but you're the best Carol Channing I've ever seen."
Like its subject, "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life" is a class act — the sound, music and present-day shooting all first rate. The work by Asterisk Animation is an adornment, but somehow elevates the production.


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Calling All Germophobes, Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer And Never Run Out
Now that the flu and colds have run through work. I was talking to my friend Cathy and she was saying she found a way to make your own hand sanitizer. I am not a huge user of it at home because I keep forgetting to buy it so...making it at home would be great.


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Due to the deterioration of the roadway and crew availability, the City of Alexandria has determined that E. Glebe Road between Route 1 and Commonwealth Avenue needs to be repaved as soon as possible due to its current condition.
Therefore, the paving will begin on Monday, November 9 and last approximately one week.
During all times of construction, at least one lane will remain open for reversible traffic, maintained by traffic control and flaggers.
After the paving is complete, the center line will be marked with temporary tape so that thermoplastic can be installed at a later date, most likely in the Spring, after the public outreach has been completed to determine other improvements to the road, such as bike facilities and crosswalks.
The City is planning to do a "Complete Streets" project for the street in the Spring of 2016, and there will be public outreach with the Lynhaven community this Winter to begin discussion on the additional needs for the road.
For more information, contact Jeff DuVal, Deputy Director of Operations at 703.746.4103.


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When we think of innovation, we often think of bright young people working in creatively organized offices while pushing the envelope and thinking outside the box. It's fun, exciting, challenging, and maybe even a little bit sexy. It's the kind of job we all want.
But what about the rest of the world?
Much of the innovation that I have observed takes place in rather mundane places and involves rather ordinary business or social processes. It's the act of taking some thing (or some process), observing how it's used, and designing a better way to do it. If we think about innovation only as the process of creating something entirely new, we'll miss many, many opportunities to change the world for the better.
Take our refrigerator, for instance.
Suellen and I were recently on vacation and asked a very responsible young woman named Alyssa to house sit for us. As soon as we left, our refrigerator stopped working. Alyssa organized a service call, coordinated with the repairman, and had the refrigerator repaired in a jiffy. From our perspective, it was virtually painless (except for the bill, of course).
When we arrived back home, we also got a pleasant surprise. Alyssa had completely reorganized the interior space of the refrigerator. She had examined the food items we keep and adjusted shelves and drawers to fit our lifestyle. She used the space much more efficiently and made frequently used items more readily available. It's now simpler and easier to store and retrieve our food.
Why hadn't we organized our fridge more effectively? We never thought about it. It's one of those ordinary, mundane appliances that doesn't attract our attention. It's not leading edge, or state of the art, or sexy. Though we use it every day, we never considered how we might improve it. When the refrigerator arrived in our house, we simply put our food in it. We didn't think about rearranging shelves or drawers to improve utility and efficiency. It took Alyssa to apply design thinking to an ordinary, everyday item.
We describe some things as "wallpaper" because they recede into the background. We don't need to pay much attention to them. We don't consider them as opportunities to create and innovate. But we interact with our wallpaper everyday. That makes even small innovations meaningful and impactful. If you want to be an innovator, spend more time on wallpaper and less time thinking outside the box.
Which is more important: questions or answers?
Being a good systems thinker, I used to think the answer was obvious: answers are more important than questions. You're given a problem, you pull it apart into its subsystems, you analyze them, and you develop solutions.
But what if you're analyzing the wrong problem?
I thought about this yesterday when I read a profile of Alejandro Aravena, the Chilean architect who just won the Pritzker Prize. Aravena and his colleagues – as you might imagine – develop some very creative ideas. They do so by focusing on questions rather than answers. (Aravena's building at the Universidad Católica de Chile is pictured).
In 2010, for instance, Aravena's firm, Elemental, was selected to help rebuild the city of Constitución after it was hit by an earthquake and tsunami. I would have thought that they would focus on the built environment – buildings, infrastructure, and so on. They're architects, after all. Isn't that what architects do?
But Aravena explains it differently:
"We asked the community to identify not the answer, but what was the question," Mr. Aravena said. This, it turned out, was how to manage rainfall, so the firm designed a forest that could help prevent flooding.
Architects, then, designed a forest instead of a building. If they were thinking about answers rather than questions, they might have missed this altogether.
On a smaller scale, I had a similar experience early in my career when I worked for Solbourne Computer. We build very fast computers – in 1988, Electronics magazine named our high-end machine the computer of the year. Naturally, we positioned our messages around speed, advanced technology, and throughput.
But our early customers were actually buying something else. When we interviewed our first dozen customers, we found that they were all men, in their early thirties, and that they had recently been promoted to replace an executive who had been in place for many years. They bought our computers to mark the changeover from the old regime to the new regime. They were meeting a sociological need as much as a technical need.
When you go to a gas station to fill your car's tank, you may imagine that you're buying gasoline. But, as the marketing guru Ted Levitt pointed out long ago, you're really buying the right to continue driving your car. It's a different question and a broader perspective and may well lead you to more creative ways to continue driving.
More recently, another marketing guru, Daniel Pink, wrote that products and services "… are far more valuable when your prospect is mistaken, confused or completely clueless about their true problem." So often our market research focuses on simple questions about obvious problems. The classic question is, "What keeps you up at night?" We identify an obvious problem and then propose a solution. Meanwhile, our competitors are identifying the same problem and proposing their solutions. We're locked into the same problem space.
But if we step back, look around, dig a little deeper, observe more creatively, and ask non-obvious questions, we may find that the customer actually needs something completely different. Different than what they imagined – or we imagined or our competitors imagined. They may, in fact, need a forest not a building.
Long-time readers of this column know that I'm an advocate of mashup thinking. You take an idea from Column A and an idea from Column B and mash them together. So, for instance, X-rays (Column A) when mashed up with computerized image processing (Column B), yield an important new product called CT scanners.
A good way to brainstorm is simply to mash up ideas from different categories. You're not thinking out of the box. Rather you're thinking out of multiple boxes. What would you get if you mashed up, say paper with pasta? Would it be edible paper? Or maybe pasta that you could print messages on? Would it be useful? Maybe. Maybe not. What's useful is the process of getting there.
So, I was delighted to see that the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Denver has started a program called Mixed Taste. MCA describes the program as Tag Team Lectures On Unrelated Topics. The idea is simple – they choose two topics (seemingly out of thin air) that are completely unrelated. Then they get speakers to speak on each topic. They rent an auditorium, get a band, invite the public, and have at it.
Last night, the topics were rabies and burglary. I thought of these as two completely unrelated topics but, when you mash them up, you get some surprises. And that's the point.
At the event, Monica Murphy and Bill Wasik spoke first. They're good Brooklynites and also the authors of Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus. Here are some things you might not know about rabies.
Geoff Manaugh, an architect who created the popular BLDG|BLOG, spoke next. Manaugh also has a book that will launch next spring called, A Burglar's Guide To The City. Manaugh pointed out that architects are enablers of burglars. Burglars couldn't operate without built environments. Architects may think they're building useful or inspiring structures but they're also creating a playground for burglars. A good burglar can identify patterns in buildings and use them to locate vulnerabilities. Burglars are often avid students of architectural codes.
So what's the similarity here? The one I took away is this: Burglars are to buildings as rabies is to humans. Here are some similarities:
I never would have thought of these similarities if MCA hadn't mashed them up for me. I found it fascinating. But is any of it practical or useful? I'm not sure … but perhaps we can adapt the techniques we use to control viruses to also control burglars (or vice-versa). But even if that's not the outcome, we're practicing the art of mashups — an intriguing thinking process that can produce surprising insights and innovations. For that, I thank the MCA.
(By the way, Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik, and Geoff Manaugh are all very good speakers and I recommend them highly to you).
At the beginning of each term, I give my critical thinking students a set of six cards. Each card has a number on it – one through six. (I also add my logo to do a little low-cost branding).
Students bring the cards to each class. I use them to guide discussions about topics where there is no obvious right answer. I ask a question with up to six alternative answers. I then ask the students to select the "best" answers and — when I give a signal – to hold up the number that represents their choice.
The trick is to do it simultaneously. Then I say something like, "Jamal, you're holding up number six and Carmen is holding up number three. Let's discuss why you've chosen different answers." This often leads to some very robust discussions. Nobody hides and everyone knows that they may be asked to explain their opinion. If you mix in a little humor, it can also be a lot of fun.
I call these equal opportunity discussions. In most discussions, I find that whoever speaks first exerts undue influence on every subsequent speaker. It's a phenomenon called social convergence and it's impossible to eliminate unless you have everyone "speak" simultaneously. With simultaneous responses, everyone has an equal opportunity to get their idea across.
I first used this system during the merger of Lawson, an American software company, and Intentia, a Swedish software company. Both companies had about 2,000 employees. They also had different national traditions and corporate cultures. Every employee had an opinion about what the new company culture should be. The question for managers (including me) was: how do we gather, weigh, and merge these opinions?
We decided to use equal opportunity discussions focused on how the new culture would respond to different behaviors. For instance, in a meeting with up to a dozen employees, we might ask a simple question: "Klaus is always late to staff meetings. In our new company culture, what do you think Klaus' manager should do?" We included a list of up to six answers. We asked the employees to consider the answers and then hold up her or his chosen answer simultaneously. This produced some very spirited discussions.
We kept track of how different groups answered each question. Did marketers answer the questions differently than, say, engineers? How about executives versus individual contributors? It took time but it was very valuable information that ultimately led to a coherent new culture.
A similar technique works well in promoting innovation. The first step is to gather a wide range of diverse ideas. Letting one person speak first (especially the boss) will reduce diversity. When I ran staff meetings focused on creating new ideas, I would frame up the issues several days in advance. I asked each participant to consider the issue and develop his or her best ideas. I then asked them to write down their ideas – no more than a paragraph or two. When we got to the meeting, I asked everyone to push their written descriptions to the middle of the table. I then gathered them up, shuffled them a bit, and started the discussion.
I thought about these processes when I spotted a recent article in Harvard Business Review titled, "People Offer Better Ideas When They Can't See What Others Suggest." The context is slightly different – the authors are looking at programs like Dell's Idea Storm site or the My Starbucks Idea site.
Though the context is different, the process is essentially the same. The authors write that, "The trick is to avoid clustering, where the same people have the same experiences." They also created anti-clustering software that ensures "…that no participants share the same body of ideas and the same neighbors as anyone else."
I'm sure the anti-clustering software is more sophisticated than my cards. But if you want to get off to a quick start, the cards work pretty well. Just make sure that every idea has an equal opportunity to "win".
Friends often ask me how long it takes to write one of my web articles. I can frame the question narrowly or broadly. In the narrow frame, the answer might be 90 minutes or so. In the broad frame, it might be 30 years or so. Talk about a slow hunch.
I'll illustrate with my most recent article: Hate, Happiness, Imagination. As with many things – especially innovations – the article is a mashup of several different sources and concepts. Let's track them in chronological order.
The first idea came to me through Graham Greene's brilliant novel, The Power and the Glory. The novel includes a lovely quote: "Hate is the failure of imagination". Greene wrote the novel in 1940, so the idea is now at least 75 years old (or perhaps older since Greene seems to echo previous authors).
I read the novel when Suellen and I lived in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1980. The quote about hate and imagination struck me and has stuck with me ever since. So, I've been gestating the idea for 35 years. I would occasionally mention it to friends but, otherwise, I didn't do much with it.
In 2005, David Foster Wallace gave his famous commencement speech at Kenyon College. He stressed that, all too often, we fail to imagine what life is like for other people. If we did use our imagination more fully, we would empathize more, and our lives would be richer and fuller. First, we have to recognize that we can make a choice — that we don't have to operate on our egocentric default setting. Second, we actually have to make the choice.
I didn't know about Wallace's speech until I started teaching critical thinking. As I looked for sources, I came across a video of the (abridged) speech and used it several times in my class. I first stumbled across it in 2012.
I didn't do much with the Kenyon College speech until a few weeks ago. Frankly, I had forgotten about it. Then one of my students discovered it and asked me to show it to the class. That led to a very healthy discussion during which I connected what Wallace said to what Greene wrote.
Bingo! I made the connection between the two ideas. Why did it take me so long? Probably because I was just thinking about it. Thinking is fine but I don't think that merely thinking creates many new ideas. The give-and-take of the class discussion stimulated me to make new connections. The diversity of opinions helped me open up new connections rather than merely deepening old connections.
Still, I didn't have a complete thought. Then Suellen read me a paragraph from a review of the new biography of Saul Bellow. The review mentioned Bellow's belief that imagination is "eternal naïveté". When I realized what he meant by that, it dawned on me that it completed the thought. Greene connected to Wallace connected to Bellow.
What can we learn from this? First, this little story illustrates Steven Johnson's idea of the "slow hunch". Many good ideas – and most innovations – result from mashing up existing ideas. Unfortunately, we don't get those ideas simultaneously. We may get one in 1980, another in 2012, and another last month. The trick is to remember the first one long enough to couple it with the second one. (Writing a blog helps).
The other point is that the pure act of thinking is (often) not enough. We need to kick ideas around with other people. Diversity counts. I'm lucky that I can kick ideas around with my students. And with Suellen. If not for them, I wouldn't be nearly as interesting as I am.
So, how long does it take me to have a good idea? About 35 years.


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16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?From BibleGateway.com: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Corinthians 3:16&version=NIV1984
13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession—to the praise of his glory.
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8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
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Sykes Blasts To Superpole Number Five
June 9, 2012
Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) secured his seventh career pole and his fifth this season when he set the fastest lap at Misano. Loris Baz joined Tom in Superpole and qualified an impressive 11th.
Sykes did not find the early sessions at Misano an easy challenge but his team made some hanges to his set-up that allowed him to go fastest after regulation qualifying and lead the pack of 16 competing riders into what was declared a 'Wet Superpole'.
By the time Superpole one was underway the track was nearly dry, then almost completely dry by the end of Superpole two, allowing Sykes to get come to the outright track best, but not better it.
On his Kawasaki Racing Team Ninja ZX-10R Sykes was quickest in Superpole one before repeating that feat in the second session, posting a 1'35.375, which was a time that his closest competitors could not get close to.
Loris Baz set out with the ambition to take a Superpole start and managed that feat, then went on
to secure an 11th place starting position. He felt he could have even improved on that had he had a clear track and more of a chance to get used to the qualifying tyre he had his first experience of
today. He still exceeded his and his team's main pre-race expectations.
Kawasaki Team Pedercini riders Leandro Mercado and David Salom had difficult days at their team's home circuit, with Salom 22nd and Mercado 23rd in qualifying. In Superstock 1000 combined qualifying times Jeremy Guarnoni (MRS Kawasaki) was an impressive second.
Tom Sykes: "It looks like the qualifying tyres change the balance of the bike and we have been
working in a similar set-up direction all weekend. So it looks like when we get to qualifying the
softer tyres really benefit our package. It is really valuable information and the data is
something we can use to build on for the future. I used all but one of the five available rear tyre
options they have here, maybe saving one to try tomorrow. I am quite happy with two of the tyres
for race use right now so let's see what tomorrow's track conditions bring. I had a big moment at
the end of Superpole one when I think I hit a little puddle of water on the rumple strip and the
back end stepped out. There was no mistake on my part but just a bit of a puddle of water. I
managed to hold tight on the handlebars and got through the moment OK."
Loris Baz: "I was able to be faster during Superpole but I got stuck behind another rider when I
had a qualifying tyre on. Also, the conditions over the back of the track were peculiar as there
was a wet corner there for a while. My objective was to be in Superpole and I got up to the third
row so that is good. Second row was possible but I am happy with the way things have been going
this weekend. We made a really big step with the new tyres, and also in race pace, so I am confident for the race tomorrow. I think I found something to help me in the more stop-and-go corners by changing my style but it is not east to change your style from one hour to another. The team and mechanics have all done a good job to let ride well on the bike and be comfortable. I am really happy because everything is going really good."