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When universities name a building after someone, the customary practice is to place a plaque near the main entrance. Over the years, the plaques weather and darken, obscuring stories about the people and events that helped shape an institution's history.At the University of North Florida, however, a dramatically different tradition is emerging. It's a tradition that will serve to remind alumni, students, faculty, staff and the community about the individuals whose contributions have made UNF what it is today.While traditional plaques continue to grace the exterior of UNF buildings, interior displays now tell a story about the individuals who have not only greatly assisted the University, but been driving forces for change and innovation across the entire community.The three most recently unveiled interior displays tell the stories of two dynamic couples and a persevering former UNF president who have made lasting contributions to UNF. The stories of Adam Herbert, Ann and David Hicks and Betty and Tom Petway are memorialized in these displays for generations of future visitors. They elaborate on how dedication to education, selfless community service and dogged determination can change lives. Pierre Allaire, vice president for Institutional Advancement, said the naming of the buildings is part of an overall effort to depart from a long-standing practice of using numbers to refer to UNF campus structures. It's a practice that started when the University was young and had few champions to honor. However, Allaire said UNF has matured in 40 years and now boasts a rich history of supporters who have stepped up to make a tremendous difference to the institution's quality of education and transform the lives of thousands of students. "Since we are celebrating our 40th anniversary this year, it's appropriate for us to do a better job of talking about our history and the people who have built this University," Allaire said. "Creating permanent displays is our way of doing that."When future generations of UNF students listen to a lecture at the Adam W. Herbert University Center, check on the status of their financial aid at Ann and David Hicks Hall or take an education class at Tom and Betty Petway Hall, they will also have an opportunity to learn about the five remarkable individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the growth and development of UNF.Their contributions span different areas but are linked by one common element — a lasting love of the University of North Florida and its students. Jacksonville residents Betty and Tom Petway were recognized for their groundbreaking support of early learning literacy initiatives and higher education leadership with the dedication of the new education building in their names. Jacksonville residents Ann and David Hicks were recognized for their leadership, innovation and scholarship support of UNF students with the dedication of UNF Hall in their names. Former president Adam W. Herbert was recognized for his vision and determination in building numerous bridges to the community, symbolized by the construction of the University Center that now bears his name.UNF President John A. Delaney praised all five individuals. "We cannot overestimate the impact these five individuals have had on this University," he said. "Because of their leadership, dedication and commitment to education, UNF is a better university today and in the future. Indeed, the entire Jacksonville community is a better place to live because of their contributions." Betty and Tom Petway
"When children can read, they can overcome many other problems." Those words, spoken by Dr. Cheryl Fountain, executive director of the Florida Institute of Education, reflect her years of experience working with schools and children throughout Florida. And she, above all others, realizes how many children are reading today because of Betty and Tom Petway. "Their investment contributed to the changing landscape of early literacy education and school readiness in Jacksonville and Florida," she said.That steadfast commitment to early learning literacy and to UNF was recognized when the new education building on campus was dedicated to them in November.The building housing the College of Education and Human Services, along with several other related campus organizations, was designated Petway Hall. In addition to literacy, the Petways also have supported a wide range of UNF programs, including the Disability Resource Center, which is also housed in the building.The Petways' generous support for the Jacksonville Early Literacy and Learning Initiative has resulted in major changes in literacy education across the state. Through this commitment, the Florida Institute of Education at UNF has leveraged the Petways' private investment to generate more than $16 million in grants for early literacy learning.Tom Petway's commitment to education extends far beyond UNF. A graduate of Florida State University, he was chairman of the FSU Foundation and received an honorary doctorate from FSU. He also served on the State University System's Florida Board of Regents and the subsequent Florida Board of Governors, being the only individual to have served as chairman of both boards. Among his many awards, he also has received the Prime F. Osborn III Distinguished Business Leader Award from the Coggin College of Business. Petway was gracious and humble in accepting the UNF honor. "We are interested in improving education at all levels in Florida," he said. "Betty and I don't care who gets the credit, we want to get the job done." A prominent area business leader, he is president of The Petway Companies and founder, former chairman and CEO of Zurich Insurance Services Inc., a national insurance marketing and administrative services company. He is also the founder and partner of Prudential Network Realty, a locally owned and operated residential real estate franchise.Tom Petway also was an original minority partner in the Jacksonville Jaguars, the NFL's 30th franchise. He also has been co-chairman of the organizing group for Super Bowl XXXIX and co-chairman and CEO of the Jacksonville Super Bowl Host Committee.His other duties include serving as chairman of the board of directors for the Community Hospice Foundation and as a board member emeritus for Community Hospice of Northeast Florida. He served as chairman of the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission (JEDC), the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and the Jacksonville Preservation Project and served on the boards of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority and the World Golf Village. Betty Petway, co-chair of The Petway Family Foundation, has served on the UNF Foundation Board and is an honorary UNF alumna. She has been involved in many philanthropic initiatives throughout Jacksonville, including campaigns for the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, where she is an honorary board member, the Children's Home Society and Hope Haven. She was the first woman to chair the capital campaign for Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, where she is also an emeritus member of the board of directors. She won the Florida Times Union's distinguished EVE Award in 1996 for her work.Throughout their community involvement, the Petways have always valued the quality of education."I think UNF is a wonderful asset to this community, and we're happy to be part of the success story," Tom said. "It's a community success story. We know with the leadership of John Delaney it is becoming an even more prominent part of the community. We are proud to be associated with his dynamic leadership." Ann and David HicksThe vision for a university doesn't suddenly appear to its president and chief administrative officers. It evolves over time as conditions change and new challenges arise. Occasionally, those changes coincide with the rise of prominent civic leaders such as Ann and David Hicks.The newly dedicated Hicks Hall, is probably one of the best illustrations of a university's evolution. Hicks Hall was once a call center for AOL, but the company shed the facility shortly after it was built due to the burst of the dot.com bubble. President Delaney quickly saw the opportunity for expansion, and UNF purchased the property. The 135,000 square-foot facility soon became the gateway for students arriving on campus. It now houses Admissions, Financial Aid and One-Stop Student Services. While these changes were occurring, Ann and David Hicks were themselves contributing to the evolution of UNF with groundbreaking ideas that cleared the path for hundreds of students hoping to attend the University.David, a Jacksonville business executive, was instrumental in coming up with the idea for the Pathways to Success Scholarship program. This innovative undertaking, which he generously funded, provided a way for students in HabiJax and public housing to attend UNF. Many families who never believed they had the means to send their children to college discovered it was possible through Pathways to Success. The program's initial goal was a $10 million endowment to fund scholarships. With his leadership, it succeeded in securing more than $15 million from many Jacksonville philanthropists. Ann Hicks (B.A. '95), who has made significant leadership contributions to UNF as a member of the first Board of Trustees and the Foundation Board, also became involved in providing scholarship assistance. She established the Gray Scholarship Program in honor of Rev. Neil Gray. The Episcopal priest and UNF adjunct instructor made a deep impression on Ann when she was studying for her second bachelor's degree at UNF. She established a scholarship for students in visual arts and humanities.The Hicks have contributed more than $6 million to their scholarships, a total that was matched by the State of Florida. Ann and David also served as co-chairs of the University's first capital campaign — Access to Excellence. This highly successful campaign, which ran from 1997 to 2003, exceeded its $65 million goal by raising $103 million from more than 11,000 donors. Additionally, David and Ann have been consistently active in the community. David has made improving housing in Jacksonville a major component of his civic involvement. David has also assisted the Jacksonville Community Foundation, the United Way of Northeast Florida, the Boys & Girls Club of Jacksonville, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the YMCA.Ann's civic engagement includes serving on boards of the Jacksonville Public Library, HabiJax, the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens and The Bolles School.The contributions of these two civic leaders led Allaire to suggest to President Delaney establishing a lasting connection between the role of the building and the role of the couple at UNF and in the community. "It made perfect sense for us to name the building in their honor because they have been so instrumental in establishing a pathway to success for so many of our students," Allaire said. "In a physical sense, the building is also a pathway to campus."At the dedication ceremony, Ann and David expressed their gratitude. "This is the most amazing, most surprising and most humbling thing that has ever happened to us," Ann Hicks told the assembled guests. "David and I are so proud to be identified with this University, and it is particularly significant to us that every prospective UNF student will walk through the doors of this hall. For us, our children and our grandchildren, we thank you for honoring us. You have created a legacy for our entire family."Dr. Adam W. HerbertThe Adam W. Herbert University Center was dedicated as part of the annual Founders Day celebration. Herbert was recognized for his vision in building a facility that has done double-duty serving the community and the University. Since opening in 1999, the University Center has compiled impressive attendance numbers. University Center Director George Androuin estimates the center has hosted more than 54,000 activities and attracted 2.2 million visitors in its lifetime. When many of these event participants visited the University Center, it was their first exposure to UNF, a success in terms of Herbert's goal to raise the profile of the University in the community.These figures also include separate events sponsored by the Division Continuing Education, the Florida Small Business Development Center and the Institute of Police Technology and Management, all of which have offices in the facility.The attendance numbers substantiate Herbert's "if you build it, they will come" philosophy. At the groundbreaking, he said it was clear to him there were few alternatives to the convention center in downtown Jacksonville especially for smaller conferences, meetings and lectures.Construction of the 95,000-square-foot facility began in 1997 and proceeded rapidly. By February of 1999, it was ready for its grand opening. Although Herbert had become chancellor of the State University System by the time the Center opened, he had many opportunities to view its operations in subsequent years. He returned to UNF in 2000 to become the founding executive director of The Florida Center for Public Policy and Leadership.Now, retired and living in Jacksonville, he is a frequent visitor for lectures and special events at the center.During the dedication ceremony in October, Herbert recounted some of the difficulties he encountered when attempting to secure funding for the center. "It was vetoed by the governor once, but we repackaged the proposal, and the following year it was funded," he said. "I knew we needed to bring people to see the beauty of our campus and to feel that they had close ties with UNF. The University Center achieved that goal." All five of the honorees have made significant contributions to the Northeast Florida community and society at large. They have not only talked the talk — they walked the walk. And now, at UNF, their philanthropic legacies will live on in three of its most traversed and popular buildings. Future Ospreys will know what an impact these five individuals have made in the community and at the University of North Florida.


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IkaScore is an indexing and statistics service for the popular web browser game Ikariam.
High score tables for all score types available in Ikariam are displayed, while there are also four custom scores, all in an effort to assist serious players.
The basic score types mentioned are Total Score, Master Builder, Building levels, Scientists, Levels of research, Generals, Gold supply, Offensive points, Defence points, Trade high score, Resources and Donations.
The custom scores are:
Apart from the generic high score view there is an ikariam player view displaying all the player scores along with charts showing the fluctuation of each score for the past several days. This way you can have a clear view of every player's evolution in the game. Player towns can be found in the player page, while alliance pages showing all members with their scores are also available. These are the main functions of the IkaScore - Players mode.
In addition to this, there is the IkaScore - Alliances mode, with information about the alliances of each server. You can switch modes using the appropriate buttons in the top left corner of the statistics pages. When you enter IkaScore - Alliances mode, you can see the generic high score view of the alliances. Clicking on an alliance name leads to the alliance page containing information about the alliance. All the alliance sum and average scores are displayed along with charts displaying the variance for all score types sums and averages.
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Update 5/17/11: Internet Marketer Ian Fernando launched a product called Split Pistons based on this case study! There is an interview with me and Ian as part of the marketing behind the product, asking further questions about this case study!
Split testing is extremely important. I'm going to explain to you why it's so important, using a real life example with a homeless man.
I'm going to show you that there's always a way to be testing something else, never settle for the industry norm, no matter what you are doing.
Realistically this is BARELY split testing, this is only scratching the surface as to how far you should go in your efforts. You could be testing many many more variations on top of the single change I'm showing you in the below examples. But, the article is to get the point across that you should be doing it in the first place, rather than going in depth about it with my volunteer, Kevin.
So, let's go through an example of an experiment that I did with Keith, a homeless man. First, realize this… This experiment improved this mans earnings by over 100% over several days thanks to me and on top of that I paid him to let me take pictures (which he was very happy about being featured in a blog article online, especially after I explained exactly what I was doing). I truly believe it was not so much about the actual sign in this case and people would have been donating anyways if he REALLY got their attention in some other way (obviously the cardboard wasn't working) because he was a really cool guy with a great story once I actually talked to him. Nonetheless, on to the story…
As you can see in the first picture, he was using a very standard "I'm homeless, help me" sign with no major call to action. Just bullets of what is wrong with him. The biggest call to action on this sign is "Hi, I'm Keith" which is not really a call to action, and isn't anything that would really motivate many people to come over on. So, that's the biggest flaws in his banner.
The next problem was that his cup (goal) of what he wanted people to do , was tucked between his sign between that and his leg and was not very inviting. This would be like putting an opt-in form or buy button on the footer of a lengthy website tucked in the corner blended with the website colors so you can barely see it, etc. You need to call action to what you want someone to do, not tuck it away in the corner.
So now we move on to a split test. The first thing we always do is make slight modifications to what we already have. In this case it wasn't practical to change the copy on his banner, so we decided to at least make the goal of what he wanted people to do at least a little more appealing, so we asked him to pick up the cup and try that for a while. This didn't help his conversions much at all.
Next, we're going to do an actual split test by comparing the results of another choice with the results and information that we already have about how well his current setup works (not very well).
What we did here was quite different than what most homeless people would do. We focused on a different angle. We already have the "I'm homeless, help me" stigma attached to people that are sitting on the side of the street with a cup, so we don't necessary need to make that a prominent part of our banner. The next big difference is that we changed colors and went from cardboard to white to spark the interest of people walking by instead of automatically having negative associations that they have with cardboard and homeless people. We want this to look like a new age homeless man who is really trying to make it work for himself. The biggest difference, is that we are now introducing a bribe. We are basically saying "hey I'm homeless, help me, donate to help feed my family and pay my medical bills… but not only that, if you donate right now I'll give you a free squirt of hand sanitizer". This can be applied to list building and all sorts of other aspects of Internet Marketing almost as is (don't try to bribe people to complete offers though, just bribe them to get on your email list). One solid strategy of building a list is that you get people looking at your opt-in form then give them something for free aka a bribe to get them to pull the trigger and fill out the opt-in form for your email list.
By the way, this experiment wasn't just for shits and giggles, the homeless man started to draw a crowd VERY quickly on this busy street and people were genuinely intrigued by the fact that a homeless man was giving away free hand sanitizer for donations to help his family/medical bills. I talked to a few people walking by on the street and asked them what was going on (playing stupid) and they were saying how there was this "genius" homeless man who they were happy to give money to because he was showing that he must be sober and really trying to make things happen based on his cool concept. In fact, this may have even have made the local news.
Moral of the story, always be split testing and trying different minor tweaks on your landing pages to try to increase conversions. Things as little as colors can play a major factor. I wrote in black as if a homeless man wrote the sign) then I added an "out of place" kind of irrational element to the equation by using a red cup. In affect, what it did was create a buzz of the people walking by and got them talking about it and debating where he got the cup and if it was a joke or if he was a genius.
P.S. This BARELY touches the surface of how far you can go with your split tests. The next avenue to explore would to be see how many different variations of the 2nd sign we can do (with the copy moved around and the product switched/moved around etc – there would be many more tests from that point).
P.S.S. This is a visual example from real life that's meant to show you, hopefully you weren't offended by it. If you were then you got the wrong message out of this. The homeless man, Keith, was proud and happy to do it. I may bring him in for an interview and do a video on him. He really has an amazing life story. I'd like to feature him in something that can potentially help others avoid his unfortunate situation and put some more money in his pocket to get back on track with his life.
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Miami Heat
Greg Cote: LeBron James on such a roll, wonder if he can broker peace in Middle East?
We all know that LeBron James' nickname is "King" James.
Sorry. No longer good enough. Falls short. Does not properly reflect his omnipotence.
I'd suggest "God," but I hear that's already taken.
Sunday happens to be Michael Jordan's 50th birthday, and to many he remains the greatest basketball player ever, but enough with Jordan already! Sorry, Mike, but you never had the all-around game that is in full blossom with LeBron right now.
These are heady days for Miami basketball. We have the best player, and we also have the best teams. Note the plural there.
It is deliciously arguable which Big 3 is more impressive right now:
The Heat's LeBron/ Dwyane Wade/ Chris Bosh triumvirate — all starters in Sunday's All-Star Game in Houston — gunning for a second consecutive NBA championship. Or the Miami Hurricane men's big No. 3 national poll ranking, best by far in school history on the wing of an unbeaten record in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Down here it all starts, though, with LeBron — the best, and getting better.
I honestly believe there is nothing LeBron can't do, with the possible exceptions of brokering permanent peace in the Middle East or making Marlins fans like Jeffrey Loria.
And I'd give him half a shot with the peace thing.
• A world record was set Thursday for most desperate men crammed into the smallest area. It was 3,847 procrastinators in a local Hallmark store on Valentine's Day.
• Miami Herald readers chose a winner in a contest to design a new Dolphins logo, the entries verifying our long-held belief that it is simply impossible to make a friendly, grinning, leaping bottlenose dolphin appear the least bit menacing.
• In other Dolphins news, nobody knows anything about what the team will do in free agency or the draft, but people keep talking as if they do. Draftniks guess Tennessee receiverCordarrelle Patterson
could be Miami's first-round pick. He is best known for having a first name that looks like it has way more letters than are necessary.
• A year after ending a 10-season NHL postseason drought, the Panthers are off pace again with only four wins in 14 games after Saturday's overtime loss to the Lightning. Theydid
make the playoffs last year, right? Or did we dream it?
•Tim Hardaway
is among 12 finalists for the Basketball Hall of Fame. I like his chances, especially sinceAlonzo Mourning
threatened to beat up anybody who doesn't vote for him.
•Tiger Woods
confirmed he'd play both Doral and Honda this year. Tiger hasn't won a major since 2008 but continues to draw the largest galleries — mostly gold-digging blondes hoping for a relapse.
• The buildup has begun to next Sunday's NASCAR season-opening Daytona 500. Gentlemen of the media, start yourDanica Patrick
search engines!
•Serena Williams
, 31, regained tennis' top spot for the first time in 2 1/2 years, breakingChris Evert's
record for oldest woman at No. 1. Serena breaks her record with every day that passes. No, every second!
• The Associated Press reported UM tested its baseball players for human growth hormone. I'd say this. Given the team's long title drought, if theyare
using HGH, they aren't using enough of it.
• A friend ofO.J. Simpson
,Norman Pardo
, is trying to sell a movie about efforts to rehabilitate Simpson's image after his 1995 acquittal for double murder. Hmm. I'm guessing O.J.'s current 33-year prison sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery might be further hindering those efforts.
• Answer:Andy Roddick
will play in the World Team Tennis league this summer. Question: You know how sometimes athletes say they're retiring but don't really mean it?
•Norman Braman
said he is ready to fight the Dolphins' stadium-improvement plan. Of course he is! New nickname for Norman: The One-Man Picket Line.
• The International Olympic Committee voted to discontinue wrestling. I've enjoyed hearing the outrage from people who could not name an Olympic wrestler to save their life.
• The "independent" Paterno Report concludedJoe Paterno
did all he could in theJerry Sandusky
sex-abuse scandal. In an unrelated story, a new Nixon Report has concluded Watergate wasn't that big a deal.
• Giants pitcherTim Lincecum
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• Longtime former Red Sox favoriteKevin Youkilis
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• The Miami International Boat Show ends Monday. I thought of buying a really nice boat once, then got smart and decided instead to cultivate a friend who owned a really nice boat.
• Sentences I Never Thought I'd Write: "And in winter sports, World Cup ski-jumping events recently were won by people named Schlierenzauer and Seifriedsberger."
• At a recent seminar in Hollywood, local residents were told how to deal with wild coyotes in their neighborhoods. The agreed-upon answer: Have a roadrunner drop an Acme anvil on them.
•Parting thought: Rocco Mediate
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If there is one thing that Southerners and in particular, Savannahians do well, it's to celebrate New Year's Eve.
At least, that was true in the "time of the bonfire."
All around town on the 31st of December, there were open houses, cocktail parties and dinner parties.
It was dress up time, when high heels, chandelier earrings and little jackets of winter white covered satin, taffeta or glittering lame, anything shiny and sparkly in bright holiday colors with the traditional black ever present.
Sometimes, you accepted more than one invitation and made your way from one friend's house to another, meeting the same people coming and going.
One thing for certain, when midnight came, you wanted to be downtown to watch the lighting of the bonfire in Washington Square.
For weeks, orange crates and boxes of all sizes along with tires and discarded boards were stacked until there was a pile as high as a two-story house. Mysterious hands had managed to create this potentially pyrotechnic delight and shadowy figures circled around to light it on the dot of midnight as church bells all over Savannah rang in the new year.
Shabby street people stood side by side with partygoers in evening wear, sequins and rhinestones reflecting the orange glow of the flames.
There is something mesmerizing about a fire and the one on New Year's Eve had everyone watching as the flames climbed higher and higher, sparks shooting into the night sky.
Across the way, darkened windows of houses on the square acted as mirrors.
Green wood hissed and spat while firecrackers thrown into the flames popped.
It was noisy and crowded but oh, it was a fine sight to behold.
There are no more bonfires in Savannah. For awhile, they moved them from downtown to Daffin Park and then stopped them entirely.
Too dangerous, they said. Some idiot blew off his finger with a firecracker.
So now on New Year's Eve, we compensate by sitting around an artificial log burning in a metal pot from Wally World.
It's not the same.
Be that as it may, I wish you joy and peace in the coming year, especially to men and women serving our nation overseas. May they come home soon, safe and sound.
And, if you hear of anyone having a bonfire, give me a call, will you?
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Defining Communication
|Introduction | Mathematical Communication in Young Children | Additional Strategies | The Teacher's Role | Summary | Your Journal
Communication is a way for students to articulate, clarify, organize, and consolidate their thinking. Mathematics lessons should capitalize on the innate motivation of young children to make sense of their world. Opportunities to communicate about mathematics through words, gestures, pictures, objects, and symbols should be an integral part of building a rich mathematical program in the early grades.
Students should be given opportunities to explore mathematical ideas with partners and in small groups. They should explain their thinking to one anther and to the teacher using various forms of communication. The habits of listening to and striving to understand the ideas of others should be developed throughout the early grades.
As teachers of young students, we must also learn to listen to students' ideas in order to get information about their understanding of the mathematics and to determine what questions to ask to help them clarify their misconceptions or to follow through on their correct or promising ideas. Communicating one's thinking should be a part of every mathematics activity for young children.
In this section, we will look at various forms of student communication, and how mathematical language develops in pre-K through grade 2. We will also look at the teacher's role in helping to promote children's communication.
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By the start of the 1950s, the Depression had long since ended. World War II was over. And after years of uncertainty, it seemed like happy days finally lay ahead. Americans were getting back on their feet financially, new construction was booming, increased industrial production was creating new jobs, and the age of electronics promised great things technologically. But in June 1950, America found itself at war again. This time, it was the Korean War (1950-53). The military struggle in Korea to contain the spread of communism once again brought economic and defense production controls and regulations and more material shortages.
According to EC&M archives, metal shortages hit the electrical industry hard. As defense production sped up, a lack of copper took its toll on the electrical market. "Lack of copper is already slowing down expansion of new defense plants and facilities, and conversion of existing plants for defense or defense-supporting production," reports EC&M in 1950. Somewhat less severe were steel shortages, yet they still slowed production of important products like conduit, low-voltage distribution equipment, and lighting fixtures. Zinc, used for galvanizing conduit, also became extremely difficult to find, affecting conduit production.
As concern for this lack of natural resources peaked, so did the nation's preoccupation with communism and the "bomb" — as demonstrated in the infamous McCarthy hearings in 1950. According to IBEW's "They Dared to Dream," despite an expanding economy, "fear of communism and possible aggression by the Soviet Union and China hung like a dark cloud over the country. Senator Joseph McCarthy's hearings on un-American activities and the building of backyard bomb shelters kept most Americans worrying their way through much of the 1950s."
Reflecting the Cold War competition between the United States and the USSR for supremacy, President Dwight D. Eisenhower (elected in 1952 and 1956) ushered in the age of modern space exploration with the formation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. Such advances directly affected the electrical engineering community, uniting the electrical profession with science and national security. In fact, at the end of the decade, one-third of the country's scientists and engineers in universities worked on government research — mainly defense projects.
But as the 1960s neared, signs of change were inevitable. The roots of the civil rights movement were in place, the Beat Generation writers expressed anti-establishment ideals, and traditional values began to erode as the hippie generation was born.
Electrical Modernization
In 1950, about one quarter of the $2.2 billion electrical construction market went to electrical modernization, EC&M reports. Editors note that more buildings are becoming electrically obsolete each year, making these facilities unable to incorporate necessary electrical equipment. Optimum lighting intensities have tripled. Power requirements are up substantially. The growth of electric heat, air conditioning, water heating, and cooling are accelerating at a rate far beyond the expectations of the prewar era. "During the last two years, capital investment in industry has shown a decided shift from new plant expansion to existing plant modernization, which will include extensive electrical work. The field of electrical modernization today presents the most important area for creative market development confronting the electrical industry."
Air-Conditioning Boom
Though air-conditioning sales began to soar in the early '50s, an enormous segment of the market remained untouched. This created a business boom for electrical contractors. According to Editor W. T. Stuart in a 1951 article, window and console "room coolers" have opened up tremendous opportunities in the residential air conditioning market. Once considered a luxury to the average homeowner, room coolers have made residential air conditioning affordable. The effect of this trend on wiring has been quite impressive, notes Stuart. Although a few of the smaller window-mounted units can be carried on existing wiring circuits and connected to plug receptacles, the majority require new branch circuits and often considerable alteration of feeders and panelboards. The capacity and efficiency of the apparatus is directly dependent upon adequate wiring design. "Electrical industry people, whether they feel they are directly concerned with air conditioning application or not, have a real and important stake in its future development," writes Stuart. "We ought to lend every encouragement to its growth."
Industrial Distribution Systems Take Off
In 1951, D. L. Beeman, manager of the Industrial Power Division at General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y., describes the recent acceleration of the load center distribution market. The growing utilization of load center distribution systems, plug-in busways, greater short-circuit protection, higher secondary voltages, and power systems with grounded neutrals offer modernization and new construction projects for electrical workers. What's driving this growth? Compared with old-style live bus-fuse-and-switchboards, modern load centers are less expensive, safer, more flexible, expandable, and less affected by voltage drop. According to Beeman, the trend toward using higher voltages will continue. "More and more plants are adopting 480V instead of 240V secondary systems because 480V systems have from 25% to 50% lower losses and greater flexibility," he says. "In fact, many plants are now actually modernizing by changing from 240V to 480V operation."
New Frontiers in Lighting
In the July 1951 edition, EC&M editors highlight recent developments in lighting design and application. The article explains that designers are studying better brightness ratios between the visual task and the surrounding production areas. Many manufacturers have designed better shielding against glare from reflector units. Some lighting engineers even advocate open-top reflectors, and one manufacturer makes a luminous (plastic) side reflector to provide soft illumination of ceilings in industrial plants. In street and highway lighting, incandescent light sources are still used predominantly. However, mercury vapor units have proven to be both practical and popular, while fluorescent lighting installations remain experimental. Recreational and sports lighting has rapidly expanded in the past 15 years. According to the article, higher lighting levels combined with improved quality promise a profitable market for many years to come.
Christmas Lighting Carves a Niche
"Now is the time to sell and install decorative and spectacular outdoor lighting for the Yuletide ahead," writes Berlon C. Cooper in a 1952 article. According to the author, the outdoor Christmas lighting market holds tremendous potential for electrical contractors in the early '50s. To perform this type of work, all a contractor needs is weatherproof wiring and a wide variety of floodlights, PAR lamps, color roundels, colored lamps, and decorative devices. He reminds readers of the broad scope of this application — every city, town, and village is a prospect. Furthermore, within every municipality lie community and shopping centers, stores, churches, public buildings, apartments, and industrial buildings — all of which are potential customers.
Electric Power From Atoms
According to a 1952 article, a nuclear reactor produced electric power for the first time on December 21, 1952 in Arco, Idaho. In a trial run, the experimental breeder reactor generated more than 100kW to operate pumps and other reactor equipment and provide light and electrical facilities for the building that houses it. A liquid metal removed the heat energy from the reactor at a temperature high enough to generate steam to drive a turbine. Despite this breakthrough, Dr. Walter H. Zinn, director of Argonne National Laboratory, advises this event is not economically significant yet. "The principal function of the reactor is 'breeding,' the long-range goal of converting non-fissionable material into fissionable material more rapidly than nuclear fuel is consumed," he says. "It may be some time before it is known whether the 'breeding' operation is successful." Total construction costs on this project totaled $2,700,000 — with approximately $2,500,000 spent over a four-year period for research and engineering development.
Is Aluminum the Answer?
It's happened twice in 10 years to the electrical industry — copper becomes scarce, is rationed, and then regulated under government controls, writes Editor W. T. Stuart in a 1952 article. "As a major user of copper, [government] contributes a major share to the insatiable demands of mobilization and war," he says. "Only a small increase in the rate of supply can be expected."
The word goes out to substitute, but electrical requirements are not that flexible. Stuart explains silver is the only electrical substitute for copper. Yet it is far less abundant and much more expensive. As an alternative, aluminum comes within practical reach for electrical conductivity, Stuart writes. However, it is just as strictly controlled as copper these days. The good news is aluminum has a distinct advantage: The market can increase its supply in a very short time.
Although the technology of aluminum conductor installation is advanced, it is not foolproof, warns Stuart. He says this work is best in large conductor-sized or well-manned and competently supervised work. According to the article, acceptance of aluminum conductors by electrical contractors is poor. For example, in a sample of contractors with aluminum experience, half reported they do not believe it is satisfactory for interior wiring systems. About half the remainder found it satisfactory in larger sizes. Less than 20% believe it is satisfactory for general use.
Utilization Trends
In the first economic trends report issued by EC&M in 1954, editors take a comprehensive look at the electrical industry and provide a detailed analysis of market conditions. "Frontiers in power, heat, and light are moving forward under the pressures of prosperous times, industry ingenuity, and an evidently insatiable public demand for the benefits of modern electrification," reports the article. "The cost of energy has been held down during a long inflationary spiral with the result that electrical energy has gained powerfully in competitive position with respect to other methods and fuels."
Unchallenged in power and light, electrical energy is moving into the field of heat. Why? Editors report it holds a long lead in refrigeration and air conditioning. It is gaining ground in commercial cookeries. It is piling up phenomenal statistics in domestic cooking and water heating. In a few areas, electrical industry professionals are even prying their way into space heating — a staggering potential market. The analysis goes on to discuss spectacular developments in motors that focus on size and speed. These include tiny instrument motors, irrigation pump motors of several thousand horsepower, and motors that operate at speeds of 100,000 rpm. Adjustable-speed drives, amplidynes, and electric controllers are greatly extending the area of speed control. Lighting has made spectacular progress since the introduction of the fluorescent lamp. In fact, editors write: "The better modern work is so far ahead of past standards that relighting alone has enormous potentials for the electrical industry."
Autotronic Elevator Control
In the March 1954 issue, EC&M covers an entirely new concept of fully automatic electronic control: autotronic elevator control. According to the article, this technology has established new efficiency standards in large office buildings, hotels, hospitals, and department stores faced with constant, heavy elevator traffic. "These new systems practically think for themselves and can operate effectively without a starter in the lobby or without attendants on individual cars," the editor says. The article goes on to explain the benefits of this technology. Specifically, these units readily adjust their patterns of operation to cope with changing traffic requirements throughout the day, coordinate the operation of individual cars to obtain maximum group effectiveness, promptly readjust themselves whenever momentary surges of traffic disrupt normal requirements, and completely eliminate human elements of fatigue and delayed mental reaction that can result in slow starts or stops and inaccurate interpretation of signals. This new concept of vertical transportation is supervising the operation of hundreds of elevators across the country. In fact, public acceptance is growing so rapidly that more than 80% of the Otis Elevator Company's new office building installations now incorporate provisions for "supervisorless-operatorless" programming.
Low-Voltage Control for Modern Living
In 1955, C. Kenneth Kolstad, founder and president of K & R Electric Service, Inc., Alfred Station, N.Y., presents a practical case study for understanding low-voltage control in residential applications. In this rural upstate New York deluxe residence, the modern control system features low-voltage relays, remote operation of 33 units by manual and motorized master switches, photocell monitor for automatic daybreak checkup, plus a dual-frequency automobile radio transmitter for turning house lights on or off when approaching or leaving the residence by car.
Kolstad notes the most outstanding modern feature in this home is an unusually extensive eight-point control system that includes: low-voltage switching of lights from multiple points so illumination may be controlled manually from all room entrances, exits, and convenience points; motorized master switches or car-installed radio transmitters that can switch 25 circuits in a single operation; autotransformer dimmers for ceiling and floor circuits that permit downlight (and table lamp) brightness control in living and dining areas; the volume of musical transcriptions can be regulated remotely from either the master bedroom, any telephone station, the front hallway, porch, or kitchen; and zone thermostats that control circulation pumps in the hot-water oil-burner system and regulate winter temperatures.
Atomic Power Plant Construction is a Go
According to the July 1956 issue of EC&M, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) has approved construction of three atomic power plants: Commonwealth Edison in Chicago ($45 million plant); Consolidated Edison in New York ($55 million unit); and Yankee Atomic Electric Co. in New England ($34.5 million project to be built at Rowe, Mass.). The article says the Commonwealth Edison and Consolidated Edison projects will be financed with private money, while the Yankee project has AEC financing for research and development up to $5 million.
Lighting the Empire State Beacon
Characterized as the brightest man-made light source in the world in a 1956 article, a spectacular new electronic tiara (incorporating four far-reaching night beacons) now crowns New York City's Empire State Building. Placed at 1092 ft above ground level, these lights can be seen from as far away as Boston and Baltimore under ideal conditions. According to the article, the four beacons combined generate close to 2 billion candlepower. These 1-ton beacons are mounted on elevated and rotating mechanisms. One light is placed on each of the building's four sides at the base of the seven-channel television tower. Costs for this project totaled $250,000.
Scientist and Engineer Shortage
"The United States is running into a serious shortage of scientists and engineers. And there has been mounting alarm about what this shortage may mean for both our national security and our prosperity," reports EC&M in May 1956. According to the article, the problem is not a decrease in the number of engineers and scientists graduating from college. (About one in 148 in the labor force of 1940 was a scientist or engineer. In 1956, the ratio was about one in 80.) Rather, it is the sharp increase in industry, government, and educational needs that have raised the demand for those technically trained individuals. The article explains this demand is fueled by the phenomenal growth of research in the last 15 years. For example, $900 million was spent on research in 1941. This total rose to more than $5 billion by 1953. According to estimates by the Engineers' Joint Council and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the industry needs 40,000 new engineers each year for the next 10 years to meet the demand. In 1955, the country's universities and colleges graduated only 23,000 engineers, which is only enough to cover replacement needs without allowing for any expansion in the number of active engineers.
A New Breed of "Bonus Babies"
The starting salaries offered to June college graduates give the impression that the industry is creating a new breed of "bonus babies," EC&M reports in 1957. Borrowed from baseball vernacular, the term refers to "sturdy youngsters whose talent for hitting and throwing gets them payment of up to $100,000 and other benefits for signing a contract." Editors reveal that the industry's demand for college graduates (especially in science and engineering) has outrun the number of those actually receiving degrees. As a result, "competition for these young people has steadily pushed up the starting salaries and has induced many companies to indulge in lavish recruiting programs. This year, engineering graduates are being offered well over $400 a month. Only 10 years ago, the salaries offered senior engineering students averaged less than $250 a month."
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The Challenges of Highway Lighting
In a 1957 editorial, Editor W. T. Stuart discusses the nation's highway construction boom and how it is bringing both opportunities and challenges for electrical contractors. Projected to take about 13 years, this 41,000-mi interstate system (authorized for 90% federal aid) is the largest road building project of all time, writes Stuart. He says the importance of highway lighting is illustrated best by one study of 28 locations, which revealed the average annual fatality rate dropped 68% in the first year after lighting projects. "It hardly needs statistics to confirm the common experience that good fixed roadway illumination is an inherent aid to safety in any area of driver decision," he says.
What are the main objectives of this lighting initiative? Modern fixed lighting systems are needed at interchanges, bridges, underpasses, tunnels, entrance and exit ramps, areas of motorist decision, and continuous roadways, in urban areas, and between closely spaced interchanges. This calls for the professional services of consulting electrical engineers, the knowledge and experience of electrical contractors for both installation and maintenance, and the helpful cooperation of adjoining public utilities and municipal electrical departments.
1958 Electrical Objectives
In September 1957, EC&M editors summarize current trends in the economy and significant indexes in electrical construction, installation, and maintenance activities to help readers plan their 1958 business strategies. In the analysis, editors identify the following trends. Electrical work continues to take an increasing share of the building dollar in new construction and an even larger proportion of expenditures for the modernization of existing buildings. In new construction, modern electrical systems are required to serve a growing load per unit of area in almost all occupancies. Advancing appliance use and lighting in homes are bringing higher standards of electrical adequacy in residential wiring installation, with a consequent increase in the proportion of 100A and larger service equipments, 12- and 16-circuit distribution panels, special-purpose outlets, and built-in lighting devices. Industrial loads are increasing in drive horsepower and powered materials handling. Control, instrumentation, and communications involve increasingly elaborate equipment and associated wiring systems. Accepted lighting levels are doubling every 10 years. Industrial air conditioning, which is now catching on, will require substantial increases in electrical system capacity in the future. The use of primary and secondary networks with large margins of spare capacity to provide for flexibility and load growth will increase. Gains in commercial building wiring requirements are reflecting rapid changes in lighting techniques, such as wall-to-wall translighted ceilings, increased use of accent lighting, and air conditioning. Improved lighting standards for new schools and institutions are also affecting market potentials for electrical work in this increasingly urgent segment of new construction activity. In the modernization of existing buildings, the market potentials for electrical work are on a strong upward trend. Sparked by urgent needs to supply air-conditioning equipment, these projects involve extensive new electrical systems and changes often comparable in size and complexity to electrical work in a new building of the same size.
High-Capacity Wiring for Modern Homes
"House wiring is big business — and getting bigger," EC&M reports in 1957. The million or more new homes built each year represent almost one third of all construction — with electrical work running in the hundreds of millions of dollars. According to the article, the most apparent marks of modern high-capacity layouts in current wiring designs are:
Increased use of built-in appliances and cooking units.
Increased use of fixed lighting, including recessed and valance equipment.
Increased use of wall switch control and, particularly, multipoint switching and master switching.
Increased use of outdoor lighting/receptacle outlets.
Special outlets for fixed equipment and appliances.
- Phone, intercom, hi-fi, and TV outlets/raceways.


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Returning to the pond again a few days after taking the first photographs of this years Broad-bodied Chasers – we were met with the ongoing aerial display. It would appear that several more of the larva had gone through the metamorphosis into adult form – well not quite all of them as you will see from this picture. It looks like this female Chaser emerged to late in the day and dried out a little too quickly in the blistering heat of an early June morning. Unfortunately [fortunately] for the sole female on the pond she had to contend with more than a dozen rampant male Chasers – which meant she never actually got to rest for more than a few seconds and proved very difficult to photograph.
After several stops high up in the canopy of an Oak tree – the golden brown bodied dragonfly swooped down to the centre of the pond and started dipping her rear into the water as she laid a few fertilised eggs. It was time for me to get my feet wet! I had to keep my flip-flops on to avoid getting my feed shredded by all the broken glass strewn about by our local asbo contenders. So there I stood – shin deep in stinking, stagnant muddy water waiting for a visitation from the elusive female dragonfly…
Whilst I was doing an impression of a rod-less fly fisherman – the female Chaser decided to land on the bank a few yards away from where I had been sitting – typical, I thought. Patience paid off in the end though as she finally came down to dip her butt a few feet from where I was paddling.
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Make It Into a Game
Learning piano for the first time takes a lot of practice and can feel tedious at times. However, there are many ways to make it fun! Here are 3 games for the piano that will be sure to bring some smiles to your practice session!
The Pennies Game
Objective: Learn the notes on the keyboard and staff
Step 1: Place stickers on pennies with each of the note names (A through G)
Step 2: Put the pennies face down on the notes they belong to (don't put them in order)
Step 3: Say the note before you turn over the penny, do it until you get them all right!
Draw your own large staff paper with the spaces between the lines big enough for the pennies. Place the pennies on the staff to write your own song!
The Safari Game
Objective: Quickly recognize different keys on the piano (in preparation for sight-reading)
Step 1: Buy 2 plastic animals at your local toy store.
Step 2: Start with the two animals placed 5-8 white keys apart from each other.
Step 3: Tell your student which keys the animals need to run to not to get caught by the other one (in this case we will use a rabbit and jaguar) i.e "The rabbit is going to run up to the key Ab to get away, but now the jaguar is going to jump to the key B to try and get him."
This game can be quite fun and help with quick recognition of the piano keys!
The Tip-Toe Game
Objective: Recognize different tempos and learn to feel the beat in your body
Step 1: Either at the piano or on a CD player, play very fast music and have your student jump around the room at the beat of the music.
Step 2: Without warning, switch to slow music and have your student quietly tip-toe around the room to the tempo of the music.
Step 3: Vary the tempos and have your student recognize the changes. Fall down at the end!


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Joined: 21 Aug 2007
Posts: 552
Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:16 pm
Post subject: Growing Herbs
I just finished putting in a new herb garden, closer to the house. Got me to thinking (always a bad habit). How many here grow their own herbs, and, if you do, which ones do you grow?
My new bed is strictly for culinary herbs (which is why I wanted it closer to the front door). The medicinals will remain in their old home. Included in the kitchen-herb garden are: Marjoram, Tarragon, Rosemary, Thyme, Mint, Parsley, Basil, and Chives. There's a patch of Sorrel, as well, but that's more for greens then an herb.
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Location: Paris, France
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:24 pm
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Maxence is the gardener around here, and he's had good success growing basil, cilantro, mint, chives, thyme, and rosemary -- but not all at the same time because we have limited space on our window sills, sadly. (Having an actual herb garden, a vegetable patch and/or a fruit orchard is my main ambition in life.
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Location: South shore of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:12 pm
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KYHairloomer and Clotilde, that's my usual line up, with addition of oregano, as well. Haven't experimented with cilantro yet but plan on trying it this year having recently become addicted to Thai cooking. Its going to be a while though before I can get started on planting; while today is a balmy 6 degrees and sunny we are sure to get a lot more days of frost and possibly some more snow. I am, however, busy plotting out the garden layout and debating which seeds to order. Happy gardening!!
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:24 pm
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I have the same problem as Clotilde - that is limited window box space.
At present I have mint, rosemary and verveine. Am waiting to see if the verveine survived winter as I lost most of the plants in my window box when we had that bad cold front from Siberia come through.
My dream is to also have a huge garden with room for all my needs and wants. I grew up with one like that and it is a benchmark for all gardens that I see.
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:10 am
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I just planted my herbs for the summer - I use large pots to host the herbs now that our trees create too much shade for the in-ground beds.
This year's plantings include parsley, mint, oregano, thyme (2 kinds), basil, garlic chives, and onion chives. The rosemary & lavender made it through the winter, so those will be nice to have on hand later on. I've also put in one jalapeno plant - but not sure if it will grow. Even one pepper would be nice.
Fortunately my across the street neighbor is brilliant with gardening, so I've got a good resource when my plants start to suffer under my 'care'!
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Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:22 pm
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Carla, don't delay too long with the cilantro. It's a hardy plant, and, in fact, is not heat tolerant.
If you can, start it indoors, then transplant 2 weeks
last frost.
For all you apartment dwellers: The nice thing about herbs is that so many of them can grow happily in small spaces. A row of flower pots, or a window box is all it takes.
I can remember when I was a kid, and Mom always had a few pots out on the fire escape. Later, when I had my own apartment, I installed a largish window box to hold my herbs.
An interesting approach, for those with tight space, is to use a strawberry pot as an herb garden. Each of the small side-cups can hold a trailing herb plant (i.e., mint, thyme) while the mouth has the taller, more herbaceous types like rosemary.
Herbs also do very well indoors under lights. But that's a whole other discussion.
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Location: South shore of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:55 pm
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Thanks KYheirloomer, would I be better keeping it in a pot on the balcony where I can move it out of the glaring sunshine? My vegetable garden has no shade other than that created by bean pole rows and tall tomatoe plants, but that doesn't really count for most of the day.
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Location: England
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:37 am
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I have Basil and flat-leaf Parsley on the kitchen window... trouble is I always forget to take any for cooking!! Still, they look nice and the window does get lots of morning sunlight too. I'm going to get thyme soon and maybe another pot of Basil.
If you like Herbs, have a look at this:
A kid's programme I used to watch also had Dill the Dog, Lady Rosemary, Sage the wise old owl (very cute) and Basil who was into huntin', shootin' an' fishin'. Bayleaf the gardener was there too and there was Constable Knapweed the policeman.
It was written by Michael Bond who also wrote Paddington Bear.
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Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:23 pm
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Carla, if you have room on the balcony I would grow it there just for the convenience.
Cilantro isn't affected by sunshine, per se, but by higher temperatures. If you plant it on the shady side of the tomatoes, you'll extend its season by a few weeks. By the time the heat gets too bad, the tomatoes will be high enough to shade (and, thereby cool) the cilantro.
Container planting of herbs is never a bad idea, and has several advantages. For instance, I often plant my companion herbs in containers, so I can move them around in the garden as needed. By the same token, it makes it easier to take them inside to winter over (although there are better ways of doing that). And containers are the only way to control invasives, which would include anything in the mint family.
If you don't like the visual impact of pots etc. standing on the surface, bury them up to their top lip. Then dig up the whole pot, in the fall, to take inside.
I'm not big on cilantro, and a little goes a long long way for us. So I'd likely not put in more than an 8" pot. But, frankly, as little as we use it, it's easier to just buy what we need in the market.
Speaking of companion planting, I assume you know that basil and tomatoes love each other? You can plant oodles of basil all around your tomato plants, and double dip that space while improving both crops.
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Location: Haifa, Israel
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:52 pm
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It's been ages since I posted, but my herbs really need help. I'm growing them in window boxes and containers in a screened balcony with lots of sunshine. Over the last few months, quite a few of them seem to be affected by pests of some kind: they have little white dots on the leaves, and some I just had to throw away, including my lovely green basil (the purple's ok). My sage plant is also dead and gone
I really don't want to use in chemicals on my plants... does anyone have a good idea of some homemade stuff I could use to save the herbs?
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Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:31 am
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It's hard to diagnose long distance, Zoe, especially when it's anouther country involved. But it sounds like it might be a fungal thing. Or the white dots might be the result of insect bites of some sort. Do the spots grow in size? If so, it's fungal for sure.
If fungal, you'll probably have to start over, discarding the old soil, disinfecting the pots, and refilling with new soil. If insects are the culprit, an insecticidal soap will help. They are usually organic in nature.
One upside: Most herbs can be started from cuttings. So if you can rescue any uneffected stems, you can root them instead of starting all over from seed.
While I appreciate your concern, I do object to the use of the word "chemicals." You obviously mean synthetic chemicals, because everything you eat, drink, and breath is made up of chemicals---with the most dangerous one in the world being dioxyhydrate---better known as water.
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Location: South shore of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:42 am
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Thanks for the tips KYheirloomer, your sage advice is always welcome.
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Location: Haifa, Israel
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:49 pm
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KYheirloomer, thanks for the advice. I was thinking in Hebrew when I wrote chemicals; obviously everything has chemicals in it
The spots don't grow in size, and it's only on some of the plants. I'll try and see if I can get something that will solve the problem.
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Location: Central Kentucky
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:05 pm
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"...your sage advice is always welcome."
advice. That's pretty good, Carla.
Zoe, do you have anything there eqivilent to the USDA Agricultural Extension system?
In the US, any state with a land-grant college (and that's virtually all of them), has an extension service, with an office in every county. The agents and volunteers who man those offices are there to provide advice and guidance on all matters agricultural.
If you have anything similar, or any kind of agricultural station nearby, you can probably bring them a sample of the infected herbs and have them identify the problem and suggest remedies for it. Or maybe somebody at a nearby university?
As agriculturally oriented as Israel has always been, I'm sure there is somebody you can turn to for help.
BTW, do you grow your own za'atar? I mean the herb, not the mixture that uses it. Za'atar is the herb that, in English language bibles, is translated as "hyssop." But it's not the hyssop we know. Za'atar is the herb that the Israelites used to smear lambs blood on their lintels with, so the angel of death would pass over them. And, of course, it's wonderful in the herb mixture that shares its name.
For those unfamiliar with the mixture, it consists of za'atar, sumac, and ground sesame seeds, and is used widely throughout the Mideast---as far eastwards, in fact, as India. Which tells us that it dates back at least to Alexander, and probably originated in Persia.
Whatever it's origin, it's a great flavoring agent in many foods.
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:55 pm
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I am growing most of the usual herbs, but this year, am also trying lemon grass. I have some growing from seeds, but have also rooted some stalks, which are now in pots.
I am growing Thai Basil, too. Let's hope they're all successful.
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