for those who understand science... help me out here please - alfalfa
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Hey Anntn6b, could you please help me to understand?
Comments (8)Time to get past the colors. In my garden, I first see potential RRD from a distance. Remember how I said in your other post that roses are predictable? They are. If you see a mass of leaves within a huge rose, often it's just a birds nest. But occassionally it's witches broom, which happens when the back up leaf axil buds break, break again, and may break as many as 21 times. So that there's a cluster of new stems emerging from where there should be just one. Colors also draw us, especially when they are unexpected. And this is the hardest thing, because I wasn't used to seeing colors on the bushes...only on the blooms. That very deep reddish purple color comes with some roses.....it's always been there, we just haven't noticed it. But when it comes to Rose Rosette, we HAVE to look past the distant view. In my garden I have come to demand that there are three different symptoms before I say RRD (followed by expletives). Color is just one. And for color, I have asked on here (and will continue to ask) is anyone seeing that color on the same cultivar in my part of the country. Then I look at leaf symmetry, at leaflet symmetry, at the edges of the leaves, at the stipules (I place a lot of emphasis on stipules), on the spaces between leaves (internodal distances), on the buds themselves...some lack the hip part, some have too many rows of sepals and no stigmas...all sorts of things basic to the rose that go wrong. Aggierose, what you're going to have a real problem with is that your leaves are hitting serious summer heat too early. Those roses are putting out what are potentially good leaves (check the leaf edges), but the afternoon heat (I saw Dallas' temps yesterday and that was hot) is going to crisp up some leaves and stunt others. So you're going to get bushes with big healthy leaves from last month and early this month followed by skimpy leaves. (In my garden, the early spring leaves were small, followed by great honking big leaves from April when we had one great slow rainfall with 2" of rain and lots of N thanks to thunder storms, and now we are back to dry.) So we both are going to have to ignore leaf size and get to the up close look for the basics tield to the genetics of the rose. RRD messes up the rose morphology in ways that we can see, but we have to look closely. Sadly, this looking will continue as long as we grow roses. But knowledge means we can continue. We just learn more and share it....See MoreHelp me understand/pick out shower fixtures
Comments (3)Do a google search on "design a shower system" and words like that. I was really intimidated when we started designing our system, too! I found two or three sites that had great little descriptions and even "wizards" that helped you pick all the right components. Basically you will need one valve that controls the water temperature (that can be a thermostatic or pressure balanced. if you're doing a luxurious shower definitely get thermostatic!) and then you will want a volume control valve (on/off/how much water comes out) for each of the seperate things you have: showerhead, hadnshower, jets. With that configuration you could theoretically have all three on at once, and as studio460 noted, you better be sure you have enough water pressure and volume to handle that, and likely oversized supply lines as well. Another way to handle it is to decide what's likely to be on at the same time. For instance, if you thought you'd have the showerhead on and EITHER the jets or the handshower, you could have a volume control for the shower, and a volume control for the other two, plus a diverter to choose between those two. Keep in mind that MOST companies sell the valves and the "trim" (the actual handle you see) seperately. So for instance you will need the $250+ valve PLUS the ~$175 trim for EACH combination. It can add up really, really fast!...See MorePlease help me understand 'Separate Accounts'
Comments (14)Here is the problem with understanding "who does what." People often assume one professional can or cannot advise them properly in a particular area - but they are wrong. For example, Christine posted "I want a financial planner to tell me how and where to invest now, and how to adjust it over the years to meet my financial goals and have my money last thru retirement and thensome. I don't think they are as qualified to tell me if I need a will vs a trust, how to protect my children from estate tax issues, etc" I've posted on other threads the difference between dealing with a broker or planner that is NOT a CFP, so I'm reluctant to repeat myself. However, a licensed CFP is in fact qualified to advise you on whether a will or a trust is appropriate, as well as how to plan for estate tax issues. Now whether you can find someone who will work with you, on an hourly basis, is another matter. Such work is not particularly lucrative for CFPs, and not all of them have the experience/knowledge/interest. A good CFP should be able to refer you to competent tax and legal professionals who can help you set up your estate the best and most tax-efficient way possible. They will do this as a courtesy, not because they get any kickbacks on it. A CFP has the fiduciary responsibility to give you the best advice possible for your financial and estate situation; a broker does not. In fact, a broker will be breaking the law if he tries to give you estate planning advice! He can give you investing advice - but any good CFP understands that finances are only a part of what goes into a truly successful planning effort. A true financial advisor is one-third of your "Financial Triad". Taxes and legal are the other "legs". Now, you may do some or all of this yourself, or hire people to do some or all of your personal Triad. It's your choice. I don't disdain people who like to do their own investing. I could hardly do so, since I'm one of them! And very successful at it, I can honestly say. But I take issue, now and always, with people who insist that doing it yourself is the "best" way. Most amateur investors suck at it, frankly. They panic, they get stampeded by friends/media/brokers into "hot" or "safe" investments. They buy high and sell low, instead of the opposite. They have lousy investing instincts and no knowledge or interest in the subject. For those people, learning at least a little about the subject - you are talking about money, so you should ALWAYS know what your legal rights are and aren't in a financial contract - and dealing with a competent professional can help balance overly emotional investment decision-making....See MoreA dog attack, please help me understand
Comments (49)I think that this post may help so many people, and the fact that the boy was almost 12 is also meaningful. Had he been 5 or so, he would have been down with the dog. Since he is 11, he must have reached down to the dog for the dog to have gotten his face. (Just guessing here) Isn't it true that fingers look like claws to dogs? In our dog training school we are taught to go up to one another's dogs using the back of our hands or even our fists. We go under the chin, not to the top of the head. After so many years, I had never been taught that most dogs don't want their heads petted (by strangers). Frankly I like the content of what so many people here say, but I wish they would be more respectful. When someone tells me that the Forum has spoken, and why don't I listen, I think I am communicating with a child. Truth does not come from the loudest screamer. When someone is so arrogant as to tell me that if I don't listen to him, I should take my dog to the pound, he negates all of the words that he wrote that could have been very informative. When we ask for advice, we get it. I am very interested in this forum, but we don't know each other, and to presume that we could be in another's shoes is not helpful. To me my dogs are almost human. I know that is a ridiculous thing to say, but it is true. I was shocked when my almost perfect puppy grabbed a bird, and wouldn't let it go. Yuck!! But he is a dog, and it is helpful for us to never forget that dogs are dogs. That is why experts who train Goldens (the only dog I am really familiar with) recommend that they not be left alone with young children. They are dogs and cannot be trusted. Also even though they can be trained perhaps better and faster than any other breed, we cannot trust them off lead - outside. It is helpful for us to hear about what has happened to others. We can spread this information, and help so many people. Don't we all think that dog information and education is lagging behind the year 2008? We don't have good publicity. We are concerned with backyard breeders and stray dogs, but we really have no type of education for the normal family that would like to have a puppy around. We have so much to learn from each other, but nice is a way to go on the forum if we want to learn from each other. I know that this is just my opinion, but I am accustomed to a forum where we do meet with each other from time to time, and we know each other's names. This forum is pretty anonymous, but we can pretend that we are friends. Sammy...See More
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