Sounds like aphids, flea beetles, and blossom end rot. Or at least I've got these little white aphids... Try using the forum search feature to look up a remedy to blossom end rot and your pest problem. Green Light makes a product that can help with blossom end rot but there are other organic methods you'll find through the search feature. Good luck.

Do you need to reboot when the video card quits on you? Go to the Event viewer and look for error messages. Click Start/Control panel/System and Security and near the bottom of the page click 'View event logs' In the centre panel of the new window check out the Critical, Error and warning logs to see if they shed any light. You might consider going to the Dell site and see if they have any updated video drivers for your model. Use the Service Tag fixed to the rear or bottom of the computer to quickly reach the right page.

I dunno, I think if someone is too loud for you at a sports game, it's your responsibility to move, not theirs. I don't think it's at all like a movie theater where it's both common courtesy and within the rules to be quiet. I think it was generous of her to try to be quieter but ultimately I think it's your problem, not hers. She's cheering her child on at a kid's soccer game, not watching a chess tournament in a library. If it were loud heckling or something, that's entirely different. As for the goalie thing - I don't think anything should be said. Perhaps if they made her permanent goalie, but comparing her to other players is a little unfair as it sounds like no one likes to be goalie. And you can't expect a coach to put in a bad goalie just to be fair, because life isn't fair and sports are competitive. I used to play softball for years as a kid and I was AWFUL. I wanted nothing more than to be a pitcher but I was always stuck in right field because it took the least talent! But I respected that decision because I also wanted to win, and part of being a team is participating where you're needed, not necessarily what you want to do. That is a very important skill that will help your niece dearly when she has to enter the real world and work for a living. When you work, you often get assigned things you don't necessarily want to do but you still have to do them if you want to keep your job. It's pointless to compare yourself to someone else because there will always be other circumstances. Going to your boss and complaining that you have to do something that someone else doesn't have to do, or saying that you don't want to work as much as they ask you to, is a good way to be let go. I realize it's a kid's game but it's never too early to learn how to cope with situations like that because life seldom goes the way you want.

I forgot Rasberry Twirl!Here is a bloom shot of the red mystery in case someone recognizes it. Would love to know what it is darnit. Roses last 20 days until it shatters. Now for the two problems. Sharifa Asma in the ground. And both Blue Girl's in pots are doing this. None of my other roses in pots are having issues and all are in the same soil. I have fertilized these a while back at the beginning of the season but it's rained a lot and wondering if the nutes were leeched. I may just replace them with container appropriate roses. I have another Blue girl in the backyard and I love the fragrance but they tend to have blackspot and problems often here in rainy Oregon.