Collards and Other Crucifers Worth Growing This Winter
A reader describes a first collard cooking, explains crucifer plants in detail, compares collards kale and turnip greens, and notes how cool weather suits their growth. Riverbanks Botanical Garden curator Jenks Farmer promotes multiple crucifers for landscaping and winter gardens.
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Jenks Farmer
Riverbanks Botanical Garden
Columbia
Cereus Gardeners Host December Events and Officer Nominations
Cereus Gardeners held December activities including Arbor Day tree planting at a Habitat for Humanity home with soil samples added to the planting site and a Christmas luncheon hosted by Mrs. Glen Burney. Mrs. Charles R. Sherman led a brief meeting as nominations proposed co presidents Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Neil Brosee, second vice president Mrs. Joe Bumpus, secretary Mrs. C.B. Goodiett, and treasurer Ann Pohle for 2000.
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Cereus
Habitat For Humanity
Glen Burney
Charles R. Sherman
Sherman
Neil Brosee
Joe Bumpus
C.B. Goodiett
Ann Pohle
Reporter saves baby from sinking car in flood
Evansville Courier & Press general assignment reporter Kevin Kinnaird saved a 13 month old boy from a car sinking in a rain flooded ditch during a storm on Monday. He raced to the passenger door after the driver cried for help and carried the infant to safety as water swirled around. The mother, 24-year-old Mitzi Bolin, was helped to safety by another rescuer.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansville Courier & Press
Kevin Kinnaird
Indiana
Kinnaird
Isaiah
Mitzi Bolin
Sea Lion Deaths Linked to Toxic Algae Bloom
More than 400 California sea lions died in 1998 from domoic acid poisoning after feeding on anchovies that fed on toxic algae in Monterey Bay. The brain toxin caused seizures and brain damage, with about 70 initially affected survivors later dying. The event mirrored past wildlife outbreaks in Canada and California.
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California
Monterey Bay
Christopher
Scholin
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Nature
Steven Bates
Gulf Fisheries Centre At Fisheries and
Oceans Canada
Moncton
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Ancient Andean Farmers May Have Predicted El Nino by Star Brightness
Researchers report that high Andes farmers used Pleiades star brightness in June to forecast October to May rainfall affecting potatoes. The study links cirrus cloud patterns during El Nino to this tradition, noting the method’s roots in Inca astronomy and long local practice.
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High Andes
Peru
Bolivia
Benjamin Orlove
University of California At Davis
Nature
Pacific Ocean
Orlove
Peruvian Andes
Alan Kolata
University of Chicago
Ben
Kolata
Chimp Ai recalls five random numbers in order
Kyoto University researchers report Ai the chimp can memorize and order sequences of numbers from zero to nine with 65 percent accuracy for five items and over 90 percent for four items, outperforming chance and showing advanced numerical skill.
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Kyoto University
Japan
Kyoto
Nobuyuki Kawai
Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Nature
Kawai
Matsuzawa
Herbert Terrace
Elizabeth Brannon
Columbia University
New York
Brannon
Frans de Waal
Yerkes
Emory University
Atlanta
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