1 9 5 5 - 1 9 8 4 (UK) 400 x 30 minute episodes "It's Friday, it's five to five . . . It's Crackerjack - CRACK - ER - JACK!!" BBC children's programme Crackerjack first appeared on Wednesday 14 September 1955. It was filmed live with an audience mainly consisting of cubs, scouts, girl
What could be cooler than carpooling to school every morning on a bicycle? If you've got the guts, these bikes have room fro the whole family.
JonBenét Ramsey was six years old when she was murdered in her Boulder home in 1996 and Pamela Griffin tells how she introduced the Ramseys to the man she believes is a prime suspect.
I bet you didn't see this one coming. Neither did I. Blacks with naturally blonde hair? That's strange for those of us who have never heard of such a thing. We often wonder why some black women or colored women choose blonde dyes, extensions, etc to 'compliment' their skin. Some people say some blondes are a bit extreme for certain skin tones, but you can no longer say that blonde hair does not belong to blacks as well. In Melanesia, about a quarter of the population has dark skin and blonde hair. This has baffled experts for years. It is said that outsiders might
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This is the first yarn spun from wool carded on my new Ashford drum carder. I didn't realize till I'd finished spinning it, that all the colors reminded me of things from my childhood like: The Dick and Jane reading books from my little country grade school, glass marbles in the playground, the plaid taffeta bows on my pigtails, the red and green wooden kiddy kar my dad made for me, and the handpainted "MADE IN JAPAN" knicknacks I've always loved.
Researchers show that plants can communicate the need to protect themselves from attack by aphids by making use of an underground network of fungi. Instances of plant communication through the air have been documented, in which chemicals emitted by a damaged plant can be picked up by a neighbour. But below ground, most land plants are connected by fungi called mycorrhizae. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen, the James Hutton Institute and Rothamsted Research, all in the UK, devised a clever experiment to isolate the effects of these thread-like networks of mycorrhizae. The team concerned themselves with aphids, tiny insects that feed on and damage plants. Many plants have a chemical armoury that they deploy when aphids attack, with chemicals that both repel the aphids and attract parasitic wasps that are aphids' natural predators. The team grew sets of five broad bean plants, allowing three in each group to develop mycorrhizal networks, and preventing the networks' growth in the other two. To prevent any through-the-air chemical communication, the plants were covered with bags. As the researchers allowed single plants in the sets to be infested with aphids, they found that if the infested plant was connected to another by the mycorrhizae, the un-infested plant began to mount its chemical defence. Those unconnected by the networks appeared not to receive the signal of attack, and showed no chemical response. "Mycorrhizal fungi need to get [products of photosynthesis] from the plant, and they have to do something for the plant," explained John Pickett of Rothamsted Research. "In the past, we thought of them making nutrients available from the [roots and soil], but now we see another evolutionary role for them in which they pay the plant back by transmitting the signal efficiently," he told BBC News. Prof Pickett expressed his "abject surprise that it was just so powerful - just such a fantastic signalling system". The finding could be put to use in many crops that suffer aphid damage, by arranging for a particular, "sacrificial" plant to be more susceptible to aphid infestation, so that when aphids threaten, the network can provide advance notice for the rest of the crop. "Now we've got a chance in a really robust manner of switching on the defence when it is needed - not straining the plant to do it all the time - and to reduce the development of resistance (of the aphids to the plants' defences)," Prof Pickett said.
Step into another century whenever you wear this stunning, retro shawl. The Bluebell Shawl is a vintage knitting pattern that's been reprinted online just for you. Use these knitting instructions from that past to create a timeless piece that you'll love wearing over and over again. Throwing this shawl over an outfit is an easy way to accessorize and stay warm on a chilly day.
And you thought Bingo was big in Denmark.
I have wanted to try making a St. Brigid's cross for years, but never got around to it until now. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, and we had a lot
This is called the “StoryTime Rocking Chair” made by Hal Taylor. It's his solution to not having a lap large enough for three children during story time.
"The richest children were more possessive."
