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Thursday, July 5, 2018
Apricot and Apple Tree Growing Poorly
Q. My apple and apricot trees have small leaves and not much new growth. The few dark green leaves are almost dead. I fertilized the plant in the prescribed periods and watered the plant as in previous years. The apple tree made flowers but few fruits. The apricot had lots of apricots and dropped some earlier but few green leaves.
|Apricot tree sparse and not filling in properly. Having a tree with the canopy this open can lead to borer problems if it doesn't already have them.
|Apple tree is sparse. The same thing applies to Apple trees. They need enough water and a big enough basin to water the roots, nutrients which we supply through rich compost or fertilizers, and a surface mulch which decomposes to enrich the soil.
A. Thanks for the pictures. I think the problems are a combination of water, fertilizer and soil. As you know, the trees should be thick and dense this time of year. They are not because, I think, they lack these three ingredients.
Your trees are about 8 to 10 feet tall and would need about 20 to 30 gallons of water every other day during the hot summer months. As trees get older and larger, they need more water. That works out to about 75 to 100 gallons each week.
There is a basin at the bottom of the tree that is maybe 3 feet in diameter. Increase the size of that basin to about 6 feet in diameter or 3 feet from the trunk in all directions. That will accommodate more water and spread it about a foot beyond the basin.
Compost or fertilizer
Spread about 1 cubic foot of good quality compost in the basin away from the trunk before you water it again. This compost should have a high nutrient content such as Viragrow's. Many do not.
After rebuilding the basin in a six-foot diameter around the tree and applying compost, fill the basin with a hose or sprinkler on the end of a hose. Fill the basin twice.
Cover the soil in the basin with woodchips from local trees if you can find them. If you can't find any, use straw 4 to 6 inches deep until you can find some woodchips.
Increase the amount of water to the tree by covering that soil with about one – two inches of water flooding the basin. Water the tree three – four times per week using this basin and flooding technique. You should see new growth starting in about 7 to 10 days.
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Design and Installing Lawn Irrigation Not As Easy As It Looks
Q. We installed a lawn 18 months ago, but it has a difficult time during summer months. I aerate it, fertilize it and I know the drainage is good because the landscaper installed the system to our HOA requirements. I water twice daily, six days a week around 5 AM and 9 PM. There is a decent amount of shade and the yard faces south. Even the heavily shaded areas have problems. What can I do differently?
|Brown patches in lawns during hot summers will quickly show irrigation weaknesses. Notice these patches are also close to the patio where people walk. This area should probably be core aerified annually due to traffic.
A. I looked at your pictures and the lawn looks good in most places except for a few small brown areas. Brown spots during summer months frequently point out weaknesses in the irrigation system. In your case the brown spots are also in front of the patio where there is alot of human traffic. Areas like this should be core aerified annually.
Hollow tine aerifier
Hollow tine aerifier
My first suspicion is the irrigation system and was not installed or maintained properly. Let's cover the basic "must dos" when installing and maintaining an irrigation system.
Water pressureThe operating water pressure MUST be within the operating range of the sprinkler nozzles. Frequently this is 15– 30 psi. Some expensive sprinkler heads have built in pressure regulators, but lesser expensive ones may not. If the water pressure is too high, fogging or misting will occur out of the nozzle. If the sprinkler head is "fogging", then brown spots will occur in weak areas. If pressure is too high, reduce it with a pressure regulator. If water pressure is too low, remove any pressure regulator, change it for the proper one or install a booster pump to increase the water pressure.
Head to head coverageWater must be thrown from the nozzle far enough to reach neighboring sprinkler heads. Sprinkler heads must be installed at distances specified by the nozzles. These distances are meaningless if you don't have the right water pressure.
Sprinkler nozzlesSprinkler nozzles specify the operating pressure range, allowable spacing between sprinkler heads and precipitation rate in inches per hour among other things. These nozzles must be matched to each other. If someone maintains the irrigation system and replaces a nozzle with the wrong kind, it will produce brown spots in underwatered, weak areas.
Curved areas and re-curved areas of the lawn are the most difficult to water. There are adjustable nozzles that can be used but it will always be a weak irrigation area subject to brown spots.
- Never water early at night like at 9 PM. If your lawn is healthy and it has a good irrigation system, one irrigation per day during summer is all that most lawns need IF the sprinkler system was designed and installed correctly. Irrigation should finish just before dawn. If you must water late in the day, apply water so that the grass leaf blades dry before it gets dark.
- Don't rake or catch the grass clippings when mowing. Most mowers now are "mulching mowers" with a special blade and deck design. Returning the clippings to the lawn substitutes for one fertilizer application each season.
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Sap Is Oozing from My Kumquat Limbs
Q. Unfortunately it appears our kumquat trees may have bacterial blast fungus. Our tree appears very healthy and has given us a lot of fruit, but we recently noticed sap coming from the bottom of main branches. What treatment would you recommend?
|Sam is oozing from the limbs of this kumquat.It sounds crazy but disease stress from management issues can cause sap oozing like this to appear. The KISS rule tells me to look at the soil and watering issues first.
A. I usually follow the KISS rules for diagnosing plant problems. Unless we are in a citrus production area, or there is a history of disease on these trees, I first conclude it's a man-made problem. Regardless, we must rule out the simplest reasons first before we jump to more exotic disease problems.
Root death because soils are kept too wet cause these symptoms on citrus. For this reason, I assume the trees watered too often or there is a water drainage problem in the soil surrounding the roots.
Simple test if watering too often issues
After the first year of growth, all fruit trees, including citrus, should be rooted firmly in the soil. A simple diagnostic tool helps judge whether wet soils should be a concern or not. Move the tree by its trunk, back and forth, while looking at where the tree enters the soil. The tree should be firmly anchored in the soil and not move it. If tree roots move the soil easily, then the soil has probably been kept too wet and the roots began "drowning" or rotting.
There is a tendency during hot weather to water fruit trees more often, even daily. Most fruit trees, including citrus, prefer at least one day of no watering between watering days. Unless the tree is newly planted, or planted in sand, never water trees daily. Instead, increase the minutes on the clock when you do water.
Mulch can add one extra day between irrigations
Anything that shades the surface of the soil during summer helps tree roots function better. Their primary functions regarding tree health are the uptake of minerals and water. They do this better, however, if the surface of the soil is mulched. Woodchips (or even shredded cardboard, shredded newspaper or straw) lying on the soil surface gives fruit trees one extra day between waterings during the summer.
If the soil is not mulched or covered, soils dry quickly and get hot in our summer sun and heat. When soils are wet, tree roots grow where there is a good mix of air and water. Unless the soil has been amended quite a distance from the tree at the time of planting, most of the tiny roots that feed on water and nutrients grow in the top 6 inches of soil.
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Yellow Bird of Paradise Growing Poorly
Q. I've planted a Mexican Bird of Paradise about three years ago. It has never flowered and has only grown a small amount in that period. Any ideas why? Could it be its location? It doesn't get morning sun, only afternoon sun.
|Bird of paradise lack of growth probably because of water, soil amendments and fertilizer.
A. Thanks for sending pictures. I must be a little careful because watering too often and not giving the plant enough water can create similar results. Afternoon sun should be enough for this plant. Make sure it's not near a "hot" wall from the afternoon sun.
Notice how the plant has more foliage, or "leafy growth" because of the suckers, at the bottom? The stems growing above the suckers are nearly void of leaves. That is usually a sign the plant is not getting enough water at each irrigation. It can also indicate the plant doesn't have much nitrogen fertilizer for growth.
I must be careful because we are considering two things; how much water the plant is getting and how often it gets it. I would recommend watering this plant with about five gallons or more at each watering. Water it three times a week during the summer. Use two drip emitters within six to 12 inches of the base on either side of the plant.These are "desert plants" but they also can grow in wet landscapes if there is drainage. They grow best in improved and amended soils. If this was planted directly in your landscape soil without soil amendments like compost, or an inferior amendment was used at planting, then it could struggle as well. Apply a good compost within about 12 inches of the plant in a circle and water it in. Use about ¼ bag each plant.
Pull rock away from the base of the plant until it gets firmly established and you see plenty of new growth.
Heavy Metal Content in Tomatoes Grown in Soils with Biosolids
|W.J. Melo, A.A.D. Cintra, M.D. Revoredo, L.T. Braz
|Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., Cu, Mn, Zn, composting process, waste
The use of biosolids in horticulture could contribute to recycle residues produced by men. This study analyzed concentrations of Cu, Mn and Zn in the compost during fermentation, in the soil amended with the composts and in the tomato plant materials. Five composts were produced using sugar-cane bagasse, biosolid and cattle manure in the proportions: 75-0-25; 75-12.5-12.5; 75-25-0; 50-50-0 and 0-100-0 (composts with 0; 12.5; 25; 50 and 100% biosolid), respectively. These composts were used in an experiment with 6 treatments (the 5 composts and a control with mineral fertilization) in a design of randomized blocks with a split plot design. The control and the treatment of 0% biosolid received inorganic nitrogen. All the treatments received the same amount of N, P and K. Two tomato plants were cultivated in each 24 L pot, in a greenhouse at the Technology Department of the Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias of the Universidade Estadual Paulista in Jaboticabal County, São Paulo State, Brazil. The concentrations of Cu, Mn and Zn were evaluated in the compost 7, 27, 57, 97 and 127 days after composting began, in the soil 0 and 164 days after the compost applied, and in the plants. Compost, soil and plant samples were subjected to digestion with HNO3, H2O2 and HCl and the metals were determined by AAS. There were positive and significant correlations between Mn in the compost and Mn uptake by the plant (0.46 p>0.05), and between Zn in the compost and Zn concentration in the plant (0.78 p>0.05). Cu, Mn and Zn concentrations increased during composting. The biosolid in the compost supplied Cu and Zn to tomato plants, and the cattle manure supplied Mn to the plants.
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Use of Tree Spikes to Climb Palms or Not?
Q. I have Mexican fan palm trees that were skinned a few years ago. I just had them trimmed. The trimmer climbed the trees with spikes. The spikes left holes in the trees. Will this harm them?
A. Most likely not but using tree spikes or "gaffs" is not a good idea. The holes created by climbing gaffs create places for diseases to enter the tree. One disease, a lethal disease for Canary island and Mexican fan palms called Fusarium Wilt, can enter the tree through these wounds. This can be particularly true if the gaffs were used first to climb a tree that was infected.
This disease and others can also be transmitted from tree to tree on pruning equipment if this equipment is not cleaned and sanitized properly between trees. Several methods can be used to sanitize pruning equipment including alcohol, Pine-Sol, TSP or trisodium phosphate, and even 30 seconds of direct heat from a butane lighter.
There isn't a good reason to NOT clean and sanitize pruning equipment. It's laziness. Would you go into surgery and let the doctor use a dirty scalpel? If climbing gaffs must be used, at least sharpen, clean and sanitize them before climbing.
I can understand why you might be upset having holes punched into "skinned" palms. Avoid putting holes in the trunk whether it's pounding nails, pruning with a chainsaw or climbing with gaffs. Climbing gear that create holes are no longer recommended for pruning palms. Taking a gentler approach is preferred. Ladders, "cherry pickers" or scissor lifts are recommended.
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Favorable Growth of Trees in Soils Amended with Compost
Effect of organic amendment for the construction of favourable urban soils for tree growth
L. Vidal-Beaudet1,4, G. Galopin2 and C. Grosbellet3
1 Agrocampus Ouest, Centre d'Angers, Unité de Recherche EPHor, Angers, France
2 Agrocampus Ouest, Centre d'Angers, UMR IRHS, Angers, France
3 Florentaise, Le Grand Pâtis, Saint Mars du Désert, France
4 IRSTV-FR CNRS 2488, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France
1 Agrocampus Ouest, Centre d'Angers, Unité de Recherche EPHor, Angers, France
2 Agrocampus Ouest, Centre d'Angers, UMR IRHS, Angers, France
3 Florentaise, Le Grand Pâtis, Saint Mars du Désert, France
4 IRSTV-FR CNRS 2488, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France
Ornamental tree planting and establishment in cities is a great challenge because urban soil physical properties are unfavourable to the development of root systems. Our objectives were to measure (i) the effects of organic matter on soil physical properties and tree development, and (ii) the effects of ensuing root development on soil physical properties. Using twenty-four 600-L planted or bare soil containers, we monitored physical properties such as dry bulk density, aggregate stability and near-saturated hydraulic conductivity of our reconstituted soils over a 5.5-year period. A 28-cm thick top layer of sandy loam amended with 40% (v/v) sphagnumpeat or organic composts was laid on top of a 28-cm thick layer of sandy loam. Bare-root Ostrya carpinifolia trees were planted in half of the 24 containers, and we monitored shoot development and root biomass and distribution. After 5.5 years, trunk diameter had increased from 59 mm for the control soil to 66 mm for soil mixed with green waste compost, and 74 mm for soil mixed with co-compost of sewage sludge and wood chips. After 4.5 years, trunk diameter was strongly correlated with the total number of axes (r=0.94) and fine root length density (r=0.98), and was confirmed as a good indicator of tree development. Fine root development increased stable aggregate formation in all treatments as compared to bare soil. After 4.5 years after planting, the tree root system induced by a high organic matter input had significantly improved near-saturated hydraulic conductivity and was fit to support fertile urban soils.
Keywords aggregation, artificial soil, compost, Ostrya carpinifolia, tree development, urban horticulture
Significance of this study
What is already known on this subject?
- The quality of the constructed soil used for backfilling the tree pit plays a major role in tree performance. Soil organic matter content also plays a key role in agronomic fertility, so the use of organic amendments and especially composts appears as an ideal solution to boost urban tree growth.
What are the new findings?
- The addition of high levels of organic composts immediately improved the soil physical properties (e.g., dry bulk density, aggregate stability and hydraulic conductivity) and in return fine tree roots modified soil structure and decreased dry bulk density in the top layer. Correlation coefficients confirmed trunk diameter as a very good indicator of tree above and belowground architecture.
What is the expected impact on horticulture?
- Sustainable tree planting and establishment in cities is a great challenge for managers of urban tree resources. In these cases of urban horticulture, to decrease tree replacement frequency and ensuing costs, it is necessary to improve the establishment and maintenance of trees in cities. To develop urban horticulture, it is essential to educate all the city makers (landscape architects, civil engineers, urban planners, municipal officials and urban farmers) about optimal soil specifications expected for fertile urban soils: choice of organic matter nature, sources of organic matter or mineral material, proportions of organic matter in term of soil structuring and soil profile design.
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Monday, July 2, 2018
Part of My New Ocotillo is Dying
Q. My Ocotillo appears to be dying. It was planted this year and the left side has lost all its green leaves but the right side looks perfectly okay. Do you have any ideas what happened?
roots begin rotting on one side of a plant, it can lead to dieback in the tops.
If leaves first came out and then died, it means water stopped getting to the
leaves because roots died. If roots are dead when it is planted, leaves may come
out and then die back or the entire plant can die.
can die after it has been planted or they can be dead at the time of planting. Partial
root death can be caused by poor storage and handling conditions at the
nursery. But the usual reason is because it is watered too often after planting.
A. Yes, I have seen it before. It is probably because it is watered too often, the soil didn't drain water fast enough and consequently some roots rotted. Common problem with some desert adapted plants. They don't like soils that are kept wet.
|A healthy ocotillo survives.
|Why is it sometimes ocotillo lives and sometimes dies? It is usually because of water. In some way, the problem is nearly always associated with water.
Let's cover the basics of planting an ocotillo.
Dig the hole three times the size of its roots. Amend the soil with compost, about 50/50, and use this soil for planting. As you are planting, add water to the soil in the hole to settle it and remove air pockets.
Dig the hole three times the size of its roots. Amend the soil with compost, about 50/50, and use this soil for planting. As you are planting, add water to the soil in the hole to settle it and remove air pockets.
Cut it loose. Ocotillo stems are tied together so they don't get damaged when they are in storage and transported. After planting, cut the stems loose and let them spring outward.
Stake it. Ocotillo has very small roots compared to its top. Grow enough roots so it can support top growth. Frequently the plant will not stay upright after planting because it is top heavy. Use rebar to stake the plant in three locations to immobilize roots. Tie rebar tostems so that the roots can't move. You might have to leave it staked for over a year.
Water it. Water it no more than once a week. At first, water near the base of plant to supply the roots water. Use a 2 – foot diameter basin to hold the water near the roots. As the plant shows signs of growth, apply water further from its base. This encourages roots to grow outward, away from the base, and support the top.
Don't plant it in a low spot. This is where water collects and will kill it. The soil must have good drainage and become dry after it is wet.
Don't plant it in a low spot. This is where water collects and will kill it. The soil must have good drainage and become dry after it is wet.
Some people will spray the stems with water daily after planting. They claim it helps establish the plant. There is no solid evidence to support this idea but it may help.
Once established, ocotillo should be watered more often than cacti but less often than nondesert plants. Remember, they don't like wet soils! They are a desert plant. Watering daily would be a big mistake.
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Bug Problem Confusion on Pomegranate
Q. I have a pomegranate tree that bears fruit with dark red seeds. I have been fighting a bug that turns the inside pale white, almost gray. I also have a big, slow flying bug that sits on the fruit and puts its tail in it, splitting it for the birds. We also have the Katydids which I didn't know were harmful until recently. I tried to be as organic as possible.
|leaffooted plant bug shot from reader. Not sure where it is.....?
A. Thanks for the follow-up pictures to help me identify problems. The katydid is a problem on pomegranates in California but I had never heard of it reported as a problem here. The picture you sent to me is not a katydid but a green lacewing which is a "good guy". Their young are probably after aphids or immature whiteflies.
|Confusion of green lacewing with katydid by reader
Katydid on pomegramate
I did not get a picture of the second insect and I do not know what it is. But be careful in identifying insects so you don't confuse the "good guys" with the "bad guys".
The leaf footed plant bug is a perennial problem on pomegranates, other fruit and nut trees and vegetables. Organic sprays such as soap and water are effective when they are very young but not so when they are older such as now. Control of these critters should start in about April.
Conventional pesticides like synthetic pyrethrins are the only way I know of getting some control this time of year.
Whats Causing Leaf Damage on Creosote Bush
Q. Two creosote bushes in my landscape have distorted leaves and very thin foliage. Both bushes receive light, supplemental water and have for the past ten years. I noticed a Midge's gall on each bush. Can you give me recommendations on bringing them back to health?
A. It may be impossible to tell you exactly what caused these distorted leaves on your creosote bush but I put these types of problems into two categories; insects and environmental. I would rule out diseases.
Judging from the pictures, most of the leaf distortion seems to be "cupping". I see a few leaves with brown tips. I also saw in one picture some very light "webbing" and leaf tip dieback which makes me suspicious of spider mites.
|Online reference to this article
It's a common misconception that native plants like creosote bush don't have pest problems. They do. Many of our native plants have insects and other animals that coexist together. Some of them cause damage and others feed on these bad guys. That, and limited new growth, keep them in check. But, seldom does it get out of control.
When leaves cup, some part of the leaf becomes damaged as it was growing. As the leaf continues to grow, the undamaged part of the leaf continues to grow normally while the damaged part doesn't. This causes the leaf to "cup".
There are several native insects that already have a relationship with creosote bush and have the potential to cause this kind of damage; the Creosote Bush Stink Bug and the Creosote Bush Plant Bug. Both insects have piercing sucking mouthparts and can cause this type of damage which gets hard to find as leaves get bigger. Diseases can cause this type of damage, but probably less likely.
Creosote Bush Stink Bug
Creosote Bush Plant Bug
Creosote Bush Stink Bug
Creosote Bush Plant Bug
If I follow the KISS principle when diagnosing problems. My best guess is probably insects because of their abundance with this plant. Check this plant for spider mites. Although they are not technically insects, they fall into a general "insect" category of damage.
Spider mites are very tiny and hard to see. Take the stem of a plant still attached and slap it hard against white paper. Look for crawling dots the size of a period at the end of a sentence. If these tiny dots are moving, then you've nailed it.
Brush your fingers across these dots and they will smear on the paper. Because I'm curious, I also look, with a hand lens, for tiny translucent balls on the leaves. These are their eggs. Plants oftentimes appear extra dusty when they have spider mites because of all the dead spider mite carcasses on the leaves.
I think the succulence of this plant growing in a landscape was probably a huge magnet to plant feeders like a spider mites and other "bugs" looking for food. Plants like this with extra succulence are like a smorgasbord to plant feeders.
What to use? Washing the plant with a stream of water helps to keep spider mites from getting established but once established they are a continuous problem during hot weather. There is a lot of anecdotal recommendations out there but most of them are untested in the field.
Soap and water sprays, if you do it two or three times a week, will oftentimes get them under control. Make sure you spray the top side and bottom side of leaves. But it doesn't do much about the insects with piercing mouthparts. You've got to spray them directly with soap and water to kill them. And it will kill them but it must be a direct hit. Some organic sprays might work for you such as neem oil.
Traditional pesticides used for insects oftentimes make a spider mite problems worse. Bad spider mites are usually kept under control by good mites. Spraying a traditional pesticides to control mites will wipe them both out. However, if it's really bad then go ahead and apply a miticide from your local nursery or garden center. But first try to wash them off with a stream of water and soap and water.Try irrigating your creosote bushes less often and creating less succulence. Water them like cacti after they get established. Watering them every three weeks once they are established should be enough.
Link to some predatory mites
Link to some predatory mites
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Brown Spots in Lawn Probably "Frogeye" Disease
Q. I have some large dead areas in my lawn. I don't think it's an insect problem. Watering is at 2 AM and 7 AM. This was my first lawn problem in 16 years!
|Unusual pattern for dead grass. Too random for irrigation I think.
|This picture you start to see the "frogeye" disease pattern. Looks like it could be a chemical spill.
|Here is where "frogeye" starts to make an impression. But its over.
A. I looked at the pictures you sent, but the last picture was the most "telling" to me. I think your lawn had a disease problem that is now finished. Don't do anything now! Let me tell you why I came to that conclusion.
Insect problems here are not like those "rolling back like a carpet" problems described in books and online. Those descriptions apply to Kentucky bluegrass damaged by white grubs. We have grubs, but we don't have much bluegrass anymore. Our lawns are 95% tall fescue and tall fescue reacts differently to insect damage. It pulls out like loose hair from an old animal skin. Plus, the pattern of dying grass does not resemble insect damage.
I first thought the brown spots were an irrigation problem, but the pattern doesn't fit an irrigation problem. With irrigation problems, dead or damaged areas are in a pattern that relates to the location of sprinkler heads. I didn't know where the sprinkler heads were, but the damage was irregular, so I ruled out irrigation.
|Irrigation problems are nearly always easy to see how they connect to the sprinklers.
The pattern does, however, resemble a chemical spill flowing downhill and damaging the grass in its path. It was a possibility, but the last picture looked like advanced stages of a disease problem. We used to call this disease Fusarium blight or "frogeye". This disease has since been renamed Necrotic Ring Spot. I thought "frogeye" was much more descriptive.
|Seldom will you see it this obvious but this is frogeye. See how it got its name? In advanced stages these dead areas can become one but you still look for little patches of green grass that would still be there. Sometimes its hard to see them.
What led me in the direction toward disease were the small patches of green grass still alive but surrounded by dead grass. These small green patches of grass are how "frogeye", now Necrotic Ring Spot, got its name.
From the pictures, it looks like the disease has run its course and the grass that's alive is healthy. I say this because the grass surrounding the dead areas appears healthy. This is the way lawn diseases usually work. They have a window of opportunity, when the weather is right for the disease to spread, and it takes off. The weather changes and the disease stops.
You would be wasting your money to apply a fungicide now that it's over. But, don't disturb the brown, dead grass and leave it alone until fall. If you remove it now, it opens the soil to invasion by Bermudagrass. Bermudagrass loves sunshine, bare soil and water. It hates shade. Wait until the weather cools in late September or October, remove the dead grass and either seed or sod these areas.
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Former Kentucky Derby Favorite McCraken Ready for Met Mile
While a majority of the media coverage and discussion is on Saturday's $1.5 million Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown hopeful Justify, there are plenty of other top-tier races at Belmont Park on one of the biggest racing days of the year. A total of 10 stakes races including 6 grade 1 events are carded June 9 at Belmont, and tons of wagering strategies and opportunities available with massive money on the line. A guaranteed $1.5 million pick 4 starts in Race 8 and includes the $1.2 Metropolitan Handicap (Met Mile) in Race 9 and the Belmont Stakes in Race 11. The 2018 Met Mile is one of the deepest fields on the Belmont Stakes Day card.
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Just over a year ago, McCraken was one of the favorites in the Kentucky Derby pools as he started his career 4-for-4 before finishing 3rd in the Blue Grass and a troubled-trip 8th in the Kentucky Derby at 6-1 0dds. McCraken has 2 wins and 2 placings in five starts since his Derby run, and is 1-for-1 this year as a 4-year-old. He'll now cut back in distance in the Met Mile and has found his win zone going these one-turn miles. At 12-1 odds on the morning line, McCraken is one to consider and wager on to win, finish in the money, use underneath in your vertical wagers and add to your wagering portfolio in the $1.5 million Pick 4 starting in Race 8 and Pick 3 which starts with the Met Mile in Race 9.
Handicapping insight from ECHR suggests than McCraken could run huge here with his mid-pack style and now Grade 1 placed at a better distance after three strong works following his recent win. The price offers value at 12-1 odds, and in horse racing that's a big part of the game when you're trying to turn a profit. We're riding McCraken to the money.

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- Reference and quote from NASA originally appeared at http://icesat.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ICESat_Brochure.pdf, now deleted or moved.
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are an average of 2.4 km (7900 ft) thick, cover 10 percent of the Earth's land area, and contain 77 percent of the Earth's fresh water (33 million km3 or 8 million mi3). The Antarctic ice sheet has 10 times more ice than Greenland because of its greater area and average ice thickness. If their collective stored water volume were released into the ocean, global sea level would rise by about 80 m (260 ft).
- Reference and quotes from Professors Andrew Shepherd Duncan Wingham originally appeared August 15, 2009, in an article by Valerie Elliot of the London Times at
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6797162.ece, titled "Giant glacier in Antarctic is melting four times faster than thought."
One of Antarctica's largest glaciers is thinning four times faster than thought ten years ago, it has been found.
Satellite records show that if the melting of the Pine Island Glacier in west Antarctica goes on accelerating at current rates, the main section will have disappeared in 100 years, 500 years sooner than previously thought.
The research showed that the ice surface is dropping at a rate of 16m a year.The faster melting affects 5,400sq km of the glacier, containing enough water to raise world sea levels by 3cm, said Professor Andrew Shepherd of the University of Leeds, a member of the research team. The glacier's melting could also expose stationary ice behind it to warm seawater, and if that ice were to melt, it could raise sea levels by another 25cm. The research, led by Professor Duncan Wingham at University College London and published in Geophysical Research Letters, is based on satellite observations of the glacier over 15 years. Professor Shepherd said: "Being able to assemble a continuous record of measurements over the past 15 years has provided us with the remarkable ability to identify both subtle and dramatic changes in ice that were previously hidden. "Because the Pine Island Glacier contains enough ice to almost double the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's best estimate of 21st-century sea level rise, the manner in which the glacier will respond to the accelerated thinning is a matter of great concern." Professor Shepherd said: "This is unprecedented in this area of Antarctica. We've known that it's been out of balance for some time, but nothing in the natural world is lost at an accelerating exponential rate like this."
- New Ice Island at Pine Island Glacier : Image of the Day. Published at EarthObservatory.NASA.gov.
The longest and fastest moving glacier in West Antarctica calved a new iceberg in July 2013. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument—built by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry for NASA's Terra satellite—acquired this image of two widening cracks along an edge of the Pine Island Glacier (PIG) in Antarctica. To the west of the cracks—in the image, north is to the upper right—a new 720-square-kilometer (280-square-mile) ice island was formed.
- Ocean currents speed melting of Antarctic ice: A major glacier is undermined from below. Reported at ScienceDaily.com.
June 27, 2011 — Stronger ocean currents beneath West Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf are eroding the ice from below, speeding the melting of the glacier as a whole, according to a new study in Nature Geoscience. A growing cavity beneath the ice shelf has allowed more warm water to melt the ice, the researchers say — a process that feeds back into the ongoing rise in global sea levels. The glacier is currently sliding into the sea at a clip of four kilometers (2.5 miles) a year, while its ice shelf is melting at about 80 cubic kilometers a year — 50 percent faster than it was in the early 1990s — the paper estimates."More warm water from the deep ocean is entering the cavity beneath the ice shelf, and it is warmest where the ice is thickest," said study's lead author, Stan Jacobs, an oceanographer at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
In 2009, Jacobs and an international team of scientists sailed to the Amundsen Sea aboard the icebreaking ship Nathaniel B. Palmer to study the region's thinning ice shelves — floating tongues of ice where landbound glaciers meet the sea. One goal was to study oceanic changes near the Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, which they had visited in an earlier expedition, in 1994. The researchers found that in 15 years, melting beneath the ice shelf had risen by about 50 percent. Although regional ocean temperatures had also warmed slightly, by 0.2 degrees C or so, that was not enough to account for the jump.
The local geology offered one explanation. On the same cruise, a group led by Adrian Jenkins, a researcher at British Antarctic Survey and study co-author, sent a robot submarine beneath the ice shelf, revealing an underwater ridge. The researchers surmised that the ridge had once slowed the glacier like a giant retaining wall. When the receding glacier detached from the ridge, sometime before the 1970s, the warm deep water gained access to deeper parts of the glacier. Over time, the inner cavity grew, more warm deep water flowed in, more melt water flowed out, and the ice thinned. With less friction between the ice shelf and seafloor, the landbound glacier behind it accelerated its slide into the sea. Other glaciers in the Amundsen region have also thinned or widened, including Thwaites Glacier and the much larger Getz Ice Shelf.
One day, near the southern edge of Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf, the researchers directly observed the strength of the melting process as they watched frigid, seawater appear to boil on the surface like a kettle on the stove. To Jacobs, it suggested that deep water, buoyed by added fresh glacial melt, was rising to the surface in a process called upwelling. Jacobs had never witnessed upwelling first hand, but colleagues had described something similar in the fjords of Greenland, where summer runoff and melting glacier fronts can also drive buoyant plumes to the sea surface.
In recent decades, researchers have found evidence that Antarctica is getting windier, and this may also help explain the changes in ocean circulation. Stronger circumpolar winds would tend to push sea ice and surface water north, says Jacobs. That in turn, would allow more warm water from the deep ocean to upwell onto the Amundsen Sea's continental shelf and into its ice shelf cavities.
Pine Island Glacier, among other ice streams in Antarctica, is being closely watched for its potential to redraw coastlines worldwide. Global sea levels are currently rising at about 3 millimeters (.12 inches) a year. By one estimate, the total collapse of Pine Island Glacier and its tributaries could raise sea level by 24 centimeters (9 inches).
The paper adds important and timely insights about oceanic changes in the region, says Eric Rignot, a professor at University of California at Irvine and a senior research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "The main reason the glaciers are thinning in this region, we think, is the presence of warm waters," he said. "Warm waters did not get there because the ocean warmed up, but because of subtle changes in ocean circulation. Ocean circulation is key. This study reinforces this concept."
The study received funding from the US National Science Foundation and the UK National Environment Research Council.
- Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise.
Online summary of the Cost of Holding Back the Sea following a more conventional web format with link to pdf of other Reports that Deal With the Implications of Rising Sea Level and What We Can Do About It. Titus, J.G., R.A. Park, S.P. Leatherman, J.R. Weggel, M.S. Greene, P.W. Mausel, S. Brown, C. Gaunt. M. Trehan, and G. Yohe. 1991. Greenhouse Effect and Sea Level Rise: The Cost of Holding Back the Sea." Coastal Management 19:171-210. This web page provides the final text as submitted to the journal in response to the peer review. Only minor editing changes were made in the published version.
The Cost of Holding Back the Sea
James G. Titus, Richard A. Park, Stephen P. Leatherman,
J. Richard Weggel, Michael S. Greene, Paul W. Mausel,
Scott Brown, Cary Gaunt, Manjit Trehan, and Gary Yohe
Previous studies suggest that the expected global warming from the greenhouse effect could raise sea level 50 to 200 centimeters (2 to 7 feet) in the next century or two. This article presents the first nationwide assessment of the primary impacts of such a rise on the United States: (1) the cost of protecting ocean resort communities by pumping sand onto beaches and gradually raising barrier islands in place; (2) the cost of protecting developed areas along sheltered waters through the use of levees (dikes) and bulkheads; and (3) the loss of coastal wetlands and undeveloped lowlands. The total cost for a one meter rise would be $270-475 billion, ignoring future development.
We estimate that if no measures are taken to hold back the sea, a one meter rise in sea level would inundate 14,000 square miles, with wet and dry land each accounting for about half the loss. The 1500 square kilometers (600-700 square miles) of densely developed coastal lowlands could be protected for approximately one to two thousand dollars per year for a typical coastal lot. Given high coastal property values, holding back the sea would probably be cost-effective.
The environmental consequences of doing so, however, may not be acceptable. Although the most common engineering solution for protecting the ocean coast–pumping sand–would allow us to keep our beaches, levees and bulkheads along sheltered waters would gradually eliminate most of the nation's wetland shorelines. To ensure the long-term survival of coastal wetlands, federal and state environmental agencies should begin to lay the groundwork for a gradual abandonment of coastal lowlands as sea level rises.
We estimate that shoreline retreat from a one meter rise in sea level would cost the United States 270 to 475 billion dollars. Like all cost estimates involving unprecedented activities, our estimates ignore the impacts we could not readily quantify and those we can not foresee, and hence, are almost certainly too low. But policymakers are accustomed to "soft" estimates, and we see no reason to believe that our underestimates are any worse than the norm.
Table 9 summarizes our calculations. Thirty six thousand square kilometers (fourteen thousand square miles) of land could be lost from a one meter rise, with wet and dry land each accounting for about half the loss. For a few hundred billion dollars, fifteen hundred square kilometers (six to seven hundred square miles) of currently developed land could be protected, but the loss of coastal wetlands would be that much greater.
At the national level, protecting developed coastal areas appears to be cost-effective. The cumulative figure would be spread over one hundred years; even at the end of the century, the annual cost of protection on barrier islands would be about $2,000 for a quarter-acre lot–hardly a welcome prospect for coastal property owners but nevertheless one well worth bearing in order to maintain the property. The cost of protecting developed mainland areas would be only about one-tenth as great.
The fact that it may be cost effective to protect property does not necessarily imply that it would be in the interest of society to do so. We must also consider the loss of natural shorelines and coastal wetlands that would result. Our results suggest that up to a point, the objectives of protecting wetlands and coastal property may be compatible. Abandoning developed areas would increase the area of surviving wetlands by only 5 to 10 percent–but at great cost. By contrast, limiting coastal protection to areas that are already densely developed (and allowing currently-undeveloped areas to flood) would increase the area of surviving coastal wetlands by 40 to 100 percent, depending on how much the sea rises.
However, estimates in areal losses understate the differences in environmental impacts for the various policy options. Although a substantial loss would occur even if developed areas were abandoned, most of today's wetland shorelines would still have wetlands; the strip would simply be narrower. By contrast, protecting all mainland shorelines could result in wetlands being confined to a small number of isolated reserves, a situation that humanity has already imposed on many terrestrial species.
Our results are consistent with the hypothesis of a 1987 study by the National Academy of Engineering that shore protection will be cost-effective for most developed areas (Dean et al., 1987). From the perspective of civil engineers, that study concluded that little action is necessary today because shore protection structures can be erected rapidly compared with the rate of sea level rise. However, the speed with which communities could build these structures is small comfort to the birds and fish whose habitat would be destroyed by doing so.
Sea level rise is an urgent issue for coastal environmental planners for the very reason that it lacks urgency for directors of public works. If environmentalists do not lay the necessary groundwork today to institutionalize a gradual abandonment of the coastal plain as sea level rises, the public will almost certainly call upon engineers to protect their homes in the years to come.
- Quote from "NASA – Is Antarctica Melting?" by Erik Conway,
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, summarizes compelling evidence that ice in
Antarctica is melting.
… measurements from the Grace satellites confirm that Antarctica is losing mass 11. Isabella Velicogna of JPL and the University of California, Irvine, uses Grace data to weigh the Antarctic ice sheet from space. Her work shows that the ice sheet is not only losing mass, but it is losing mass at an accelerating rate. "The important message is that it is not a linear trend. A linear trend means you have the same mass loss every year. The fact that it's above linear, this is the important idea, that ice loss is increasing with time," she says. And she points out that it isn't just the Grace data that show accelerating loss; the radar data do, too. "It isn't just one type of measurement. It's a series of independent measurements that are giving the same results, which makes it more robust."


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The markets are trading at the all-time high and this is where many investors get scared to invest in the fear of fall. We do not invest looking at where the market is trading, but invest in the business where we feel that they are not trading at their potential values plus also has a bright prospects for their products.
The very first thing comes in our mind is, what stock should we avoid to invest to bring down our risk of losing our capital. If you are a commerce student or are involved in any business activity then you will understand when I say that the major risks any businesses can face is all about its liquidity. That means it's either or all the below points:
- They are heavily involved in debt (high leverage)
- When there is a threat of not making any profits (Low ROE)
- When they have cash problems to pay their bills (Cash flow issues).
Apart from the above points, we also need to be very comfortable and confident about the future demand of their respective products.
Today I will be sharing with you all my insight to invest in the automotive sector. This sector is ticking up its revenues by 10 – 12% every year in the market conditions where demand is low and also interest rates are very high. Indian companies who are involved in this business are also exporting overseas into other markets and exploring other markets for opportunities for their products.
There are 13 businesses that we have shortlisted from our universe of investments in this sector. They are as follows:
|Bajaj Auto
|Hind Motors
|Hero Motocorp
|Tata Motors
|TVS Motors
|Eicher Motors
|Mah Scooters
|Ashok Leyland
|Atul Auto
|SML Isuzu
|Maruti Suzuki
|Mahindra Motors
If you look at the list above, the list is made up of from two wheelers to four wheelers and heavy vehicle manufacturers, from small companies to big companies. We do not want to invest in any of the above business who are involved heavily in the debt. We are not against the debt. Businesses can borrow to grow their business, as long as they have a history or habit or a plan to get rid of those debts in 3 to 5 years without affecting negatively to their returns and they are not getting in habit of leveraging heavily with them.
For example, we use to like Bharti Airtel business a lot before they came out with their plans to invest in Africa. We liked their investment ideas to invest in that part of the world. But the level of leverage they started investing in those countries was shaping very risky. We moved out of that business after looking at their numbers for three quarters after their investments as we were not comfortable with their debt levels. Bharti Airtel price has not gone anywhere in last 5 years. They have given a net return of 38% in last 5 years which averages out 7.6% per-anum. Investors who had invested in this business from last 5 years would have got better returns by investing in the fixed term during those period. Have a look at their income statements and compare their interest payments with operating profits. You will understand what I am trying to put my point.
After going through leverage test, we deleted 4 businesses which we thought are risky to invest with them today.
The businesses that passed successfully the leverage test are listed below.
|Bajaj Auto
|Atul Auto
|Hero Motocorp
|Maruti Suzuki
|TVS Motors
|Tata Motors
|Mah Scooters
|Eicher Motors
The next step is to invest in the business which are generating enormous profits (extraordinary profits as I say) on the investor's capital. We are looking for the businesses with high returns on equity. We believe that price of the stocks in the market appreciate or match to their returns on equity. Which means if you invest in the business which are consistently giving 20% return on equity, their stock price will pick up 20% every year in the market. So always look for the companies that are expected to give higher returns in the future.
For example, compare the price and returns on equity of the HDFC Bank and Andhra Bank. In the last year HDFC Bank have given a returns of 22% on its equity and its stock price had given a return of 30% in the last one year. For the same period Andhra Bank had given a return of 5% on its equity and its stock price has given 15% return from last year.
In the long run, prices do follow the values of those businesses which are derived from its returns on equity. When you analyse more years for the both companies then you will also start believing that prices do follow its intrinsic values.
Below is the list of remaining businesses that had passed out our test of at least 20% return on equity by average every year.
|Bajaj Auto
|Atul Auto
|Hero Motocorp
|Tata Motors
|Mah Scooters
|Eicher Motors
So now we are with only 6 companies remaining to do research with. If you ask us one of the most important characteristics of a good business then I would say that, "businesses that generate surplus cash flow to pay their all bills and have enough to pay dividends to its shareholders and have enough remaining to invest in the business to expand it if required."
Net profits reported by the businesses are not real profits. The real profits is the cash generated from its real operations. For example, Larsen and Toubro reported Net Profits of Rs 4,855 crore for the year end 2014 and they reported cash flow from its operations of negative Rs 4,000 crore and paid on top taxes of Rs 2,900 crore. They borrowed net Rs 12,950 crore and paid Rs 1,200 crore dividends. If you ask me what they did in short then, they borrowed from the market to pay dividends and pay their bills. On the other hand if you look at the Swaraj Engine, they reported net profits of Rs 67 crore and generated Rs 69 crore from its operations. They invested surplus money to upgrade their manufacturing unit and paid hefty dividends to shareholders. The stock price of Larsen had shouted up by 75% and Swaraj Engine by 107% last year.
There are many drivers involved in the fluctuation of the stock price in the market, but if you make sure that you are looking at the right drivers and understand your risk, your investment will do far better than the overall market returns.
After going through the cash flow test we ended up with the following businesses to look into the future prospects.
|Bajaj Auto
|Atul Auto
|Hero Motocorp
|Tata Motors
|Eicher Motors
Let's talk about these business looking at their estimates of future intrinsic values and performance.
Bajaj Auto:
Bajaj Auto is the manufacturer of two and three wheeler vehicles which also exports its products overseas. We calculated its intrinsic value for the year end 2014 to be in range of Rs 1,250 – 1,450 per share. We expect that to go up to in range of Rs 1,300 -1,525 for the year end 2015 and Rs 1,600 – 1,900 for the year end 2016 per share. Now these are calculated on what the market is expecting its future earnings.
Looking at their last two quarter results their revenues have risen by mere 2% and their operating profits have fallen down by almost 15%.
Hero Motocorp:
Another two wheeler manufacturer and exporter and one of the biggest competitor of Bajaj Auto. We valued this business intrinsic value for the year end 2014 to be in range of Rs 1,020 – 1,177. We expect its intrinsic value for 2015 in the range of Rs 1,502 – 1,800 and Rs 1,935 – 2,355 for the year end 2016.
Looking at their last two quarter results their net revenues have gone up by mere 2% and their operating profits have climbed up by 7%.
Atul Auto:
Atul auto is the micro company with market cap of Rs 800 crore and manufactures 3 wheeler and other passenger and cargo segment. They are located in Gujarat and we valued their intrinsic value for the year end 2014 to be in range of Rs 255 -305 per share. We do expect its intrinsic value for the year end 2015 to be in range of Rs 224 – 255 and Rs 291 – 328 for the year end 2016.
Looking at its last two quarter results, its revenues have dropped down by 20% and its operating profits by almost 15%.
Tata Motors:
One of the biggest company by market cap and exposure to European countries. This business manufacturers the 4 wheeler as well as buses and trucks. We calculated its intrinsic value in the range of Rs 610 -725 for the year end 2014. We do expect its intrinsic value for the year end 2015 in the range of Rs 700 – 825 and Rs 790 – 835 for the year end 2016.
Looking at the last two quarters of the business their net revenues have increased mere 2% and their operating profits by around 15%.
Eicher Motors:
Eicher Motors manufactures two wheelers and also trucks and buses. Royal Enfield is the very popular bike and a very powerful brand existence. We calculated its intrinsic value for the year end December 2013 in range of Rs 1,900 – 2,300. We expect its 2014 intrinsic value in the range of Rs 3,300 – 4,000 and for the year end 2015 in range of Rs 5,300 – 6,800.
Looking at the last two quarters of Eicher Motors revenues have grown by 25% and their operating profits by almost around 90%.
While talking about intrinsic values, we thought to share with you the enterprise values for all the 5 businesses.
Enterprise value
|Bajaj Auto
|16.28 times
|Hero Motocorp
|16.22 times
|Atul Auto
|9.06 times
|Tata Motors
|6.22 times
|Eicher Motors
|44.81 times
Finally, it is not the time to jump and buy these 5 stocks or any of the above. You have to understand their business and read their annual reports. Our advice is to read at least last 3 years management discussion and try to judge management whether they are in touch and are working towards the interest of shareholders.
Have a look at their products and study their bright prospects. Tata Motors is the only stock that is trading cheap today. But also it is the only in the basket of all the automobile sector which hardly gives any dividends.
You have to decide and pull the trigger yourself. I am ready for any discussion or more details to talk about any of the above stock.
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By Carlito Rovira
On May 9, 1800 one of the greatest representatives of oppressed and exploited people was born in Torrington, Connecticut. His name was John Brown.
The exemplary acts of courage as well as the humanity of John Brown has secured him an eternal place of honor in the archives of the class struggle in this country. He was instrumental in the political defeat of slavery by setting the stage that embolden many to resort to armed conflict. It was precisely his willingness to use force that defined the direction history would take.
Despite the fact that John Brown did not perceive himself as a revolutionary, but was instead according to him "doing the work of God," his stance against the widely accepted, centuries-long slave system was in every objective sense revolutionary.
His militant disposition towards the practices of this system differed tremendously from other abolitionists who tended to be non-threatening with their passive approach towards the slave owning class.
John Brown understood quite well that because slavery was upheld with violent force it was necessary to overthrow it with the use of violent force. He led a number of attacks like the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie, in which slave owners and supporters of that vile system received the justice they deserved by death.
On October 16, 1859 John Brown and a group of men that included two of his sons launched a raid at the Harpers Ferry armory. The plan was to capture the stockpile of weapons there and distribute them to African American slaves in order to engage in battle for liberation.
Despite the failed attempt at Harpers Ferry and John Brown's eventual execution by hanging the effort ultimately proved to be the beginning of the end for chattel slavery in the United States. This daring act was quite similar to Cuba's 1953 Attack on the Moncada Barracks. Although it was a failed attempt with many revolutionaries losing their lives through torture the event is what sparked the Cuban Revolution.
To this day John Brown's persona continues to be the target of vilification and ridicule by bourgeois historians. The usual depiction is that he was a "madman." The distortions of the facts of John Brown's life are clearly intended to discredit and make him seem irrelevant to the political reality of today. The rulers fear mass rebellion and any references in the past that may contain lessons for the struggle against capitalist oppression.
It makes sense why those with power and wealth today would continue to dread the memory of John Brown just as much as the oppressors dread the memory of Che Guevara, Lolita Lebron, Malcolm X or V.I. Lenin.
The lessons of John Brown's experience are many that point to the added obligation that people of white origin have, especially those who consider themselves revolutionaries or socialists.
John Brown was never critical nor was he defensive about the emancipation aspirations and self-identity of Black people. These sentiments which later on developed to become the ideological pillars of Black nationalism were deeply rooted in the horrific experiences of slavery. By all historical accounts, John Brown did his part to defend and enhance these sentiments.
Unlike many in predominantly white entities today who shamefully associate their existence with socialism and revolution, tend to equate the nationalism of the oppressed with the nationalism of the oppressor.
White privilege and white entitlement also existed during John Brown's lifetime in the form of slavery. Although historical circumstances have changed since the moral duty of white progressives to fight white supremacy has not.
Claiming to be anti-racist in words only is not enough. To be anti-racist means engaging in an uncompromising struggle against police terror and the encroachment of Black and Latino communities by a social prop of privileged white "yuppies" or "hipsters" who are objectively partaking in a campaign of racist gentrification.
Because of historical circumstances it should never be assumed that equilibrium exist in the social obligation of whites and non-whites. For us to take the first steps against racism in the U.S. and begin the process for multi-racial /multi-national unity, the white populace must eventually raise the anti-racist banner and the liberation struggles of oppressed people as their very own.
The disposition and standards required for white progressives in the struggle for fundamental social change do not have to be re-created, that was well established long ago by John Brown.
(Above is my portrait rendition of John Brown. Dimensions: 24″ X 30″, acrylic on canvas.)


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Emicizumab Prophylaxis Provides Flexible and Effective Bleed Control in Children with Hemophilia Α with Inhibitors
In this MEDtalk Guy Young present data from HAVEN 2 – the largest prospective study in pediatric PwHA with inhibitors to date. HAVEN 2 demonstrates that emicizumab prophylaxis is well tolerated and can prevent or substantially reduce bleeds in this population. Meaningful efficacy and PK were maintained with less frequent dosing, with no new safety signals, suggesting the potential for reduced treatment burden in the pediatric population. Additionally, the large number of CVAD removals suggests that prophylactic emicizumab may offer a new and effective standard of care for hemophilia that is also more convenient and less invasive, and may offer the potential for flexible treatment regimens based on patient needs.


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Hello, there! This is a lovely meme hosted at Book Journey. You simply say what you read last week, and you what you plan on reading next this week. It's a good way to get ideas about new books.
Last week was a bad reading week for me.;) I was busy babysitting my cousin's 3-year-old, and then I had my own chores to do, so reading, I'm afraid, came last. Yikes!
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (re-read)
Lord Arthur Seville's Crime by Oscar Wilde (short story, re-read)
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (short story, re-read)
Footsteps by Katharine McMahon
The Flame and the Flower (Kathleen E. Woodiwiss)
Two novels at a time? Against my rules, but there you go.;)
Hopefully, one of the novels I'm currently reading.
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (also, hopefully; I want more time for books!)
What are you reading this week?
Monday, 31 May 2010
It's Monday! What are you reading? (2)
Posted by Irena @ This Miss Loves to Read at 5/31/2010
3 comments:
- Julie P said...
The Thirteenth Tale is on my TBR shelf, but I haven't read it yet. Question: Why would you take the time to reread when there are so many wonderful books out there?
- 31 May 2010 at 20:16
- Becky said...
Hi! I found your blog through the blog-hop.
I love reading many of the same genres you do, especially historical fiction, so I definitely look forward to reading your reviews! :)
Feel free to stop by my new blog: EscapismThroughBooks.blogspot.com.
Thanks! :)
- 31 May 2010 at 20:44
- Irena @ This Miss Loves to Read said...
@Julie: I don't often re-read books. That's a rare thing for me, but sometimes I have this incredible urge to re-read something that left a lasting impression on me.
- 1 June 2010 at 08:59
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The nationwide bandh called by the Opposition NDA and the Left against the fuel price hike evoked a lukewarm response in Tamil Nadu on Monday.india Updated: Jul 05, 2010 10:51 IST
The nationwide bandh called by the Opposition NDA and the Left against the fuel price hike evoked a lukewarm response in Tamil Nadu on Monday.
Public transport, educational institutions, the banking sector and other business establishments functioned normally as the bandh, supported by the state's main opposition party AIADMK and its allies, did not affect normal life, police said.
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Nor will it offer an opinion on Lord Scarman's observation, in the Scarman report of 1981, that rioting "though wrong, is a very effective means of protest".
This book is about Brixton and the people that live here. It's about what happened next and how Brixton evolved.
On Monday April 13 1981, Lambeth council Leader Ted Knight wrote to..
"There is no question of anyone being able to build bridges in a short period of time. This is a long-term problem. There are different interests in the area. There are people who have parties late at night that conflict with normal residents and there are drugs in the area. Ordinary people don't want others selling drugs in their area. So there are conflicting interests."
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