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Our hardwood floors have not settled down yet. We cannot wait forever and I'm starting to think the only solution is that they are replaced. How on earth will pulling out floors that are nailed and glued down not ruin the subfloor? My husband said the subfloor cannot be replaced because it is screwed and glued into our supportive beams and we do not want to rip the subfloor off the beams and compromise the integrity of them. I'm kind of nervous. Does anyone have experience with this? And, please no remarks about my builder--I'm dealing with that on my own, right now I just want to learn about what damage putting new floors in will cause. thanks. |
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- Posted by threeapples (My Page) on Tue, Nov 27, 12 at 21:47
my husband just said they were not glued, just nailed down. |
I don't think you have a choice... FWIW, I thought anything wider than 4.25" needed glue. |
I'm hoping you'll hear from someone even more knowledgeable, but I am thinking if it does "ruin" the subfloor, you won't need to tear out the subfloor, but rather just put another (thin) layer of sheating on top. But, I don't think it should wreck it too bad, if taken out in the right direction. Normally hard woods are nailed in at an angle. If you pull them up at the correct angle, it should not tear things up too badly. |
Not a big deal at all if the subfloors are plywood. |
" I thought anything wider than 4.25" needed glue." For what? Nails wit tongue and groove flooring work fine in any width. Not even with glue. As long as the removal crew uses reasonable care it should not damage sub-floor significantly. |
If your choices are a dinged up subfloor (that'll never be seen again) vs living with improperly installed cupped 5" floorboards, the answer seems clear. This is the flooring company and your GC's worry, not yours. What are they telling you? |
"My husband said the subfloor cannot be replaced because it is screwed and glued into our supportive beams and we do not want to rip the subfloor off the beams and compromise the integrity of them." If your builder needs to rip up three layers of construction to fix a problem caused by his subs, then that is what has to happen. Why is your husband taking the side of the builder (who, of course, wants the easy/cheap/quick fix)?? Houses get taken apart and put back together, for many reason, all the time. Get the floors you paid for. Don't settle for less. |
Also it seems unlikely that replacing the subfloor is impossible. People do this as part of renovations all the time. I replaced/repaired part of the subfloor in my last house, a ~50 year old ranch. I didn't have to tear out any framing to do it. Sure the wall framing ran over the subfloor in many places, but the subfloor was just cut close to the walls and replaced. The contractor did a good job making it all level. You couldn't tell the difference once hardwood had been laid over the top of it. |
"I replaced/repaired part of the subfloor in my last house, a ~50 year old ranch." That many years go sub-floors did not get attached to engineered joists. Most only had nails holding them to 2x lumber. |
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And Apple fans continue to find ways to prove that Macs are cooler than Windows-based PC's. In all actuality, you have to give it to whoever came up with this. Modding an old Mac G3 into a beer dispensing, futuristic looking tower? That is certainly thinking different.
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In this week's edition of "The Final Cut", Devin takes a look at some of the upcoming films hitting theaters in the next few weeks. Last week she gave us a look at the background of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The summer movie season it at the helm, y'all:
The month of May is here, and with it comes the beginning of the summer movie season. We've got many great films to look forward to this summer, and May is no exception, giving us something to look forward to each Friday. From Mindhunters, a movie that finished filming in May 2002 and has had many release dates in the past years(I actually first saw the trailer to this when I saw Bad Santa at the theater), to the highly anticipated Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith on May 19th, May certainly has more then enough to draw anyone to the theater. Here is a run down of what first two Fridays of what May has to offer:
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JVC XA-A50 128 MB Headphones
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JVC has jumped head first into the "low storage space MP3 'phones" arena. The XA-A50 headphones provide a whopping 128 MB of storage, supporting both the MP3 and DRM-protected WMA formats. At least it's power conscious, providing 20 hours of play time via one AAA battery. Looks like this thing will cost about $150 USD - or you can just take that and buy an iPod shuffle which holds ten-times the content.
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It was also said that Apple may try to advertise more on television. Surely their competitors need to do more of that too.
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With all the rumors about next-gen consoles we went searching for some games that are set to be released for them. We're still searching, but we came across one game which looks pretty neat, called Possession. Now, zombies are very popular whether they are in games or movies, but this game has a twist. No more saving yourself and others from the dreaded zombies of "City X" because in Possession you are the enslaver and your goal is to start a zombie apocalypse. The main character was once human, but through the game's story you start to see why he's after everyone. Right now the plan for this game is to be released on the Xbox 360, PS3, and eventually PC.
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Sony DRU-800A write:
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Sony DRU-800A read:
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Hi everyone, I wanted to like a small backyard nursery like Mike McGroarty freeplants.com except I already know all the information about propagation and that kind of stuff I just need to figure out what plants to grow? What are some good money making plants tree, shrubs, and flowers? I want only like a couple types of tree, flowers, and shrubs. I'm 16 so I'm just looking to make a little extra money for my other hobbies and things. I live in central South Carolina and everyone garden around here. I absolutely love fruit plants and I was also wondering is there a customer basis for fruit tree and bushes? I would like to do peaches, blackberries, and blueberries on top of ornamental plants. I have noticed people around here just love fruit plants every time at Lowes there always sold out. Would it be worth the work of grafting or just by wholesale and resale them? Vegetable plants also I think would be a good seller here because Lowes is outrageous sell this for like $3.00 a plant when you can get a pack of seeds for a dollar. Thanks for your help! |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 27, 11 at 10:17
The most successful backyard nurseries identify and target a niche market....something that is not being widely grown or sold elsewhere in the area or something you can provide at a better price. IOW, specialize rather than trying to sell some of everything. And that 'better price' is key. Sure, Lowe's and similar places may be selling individual veggie plants for several bucks each when one can purchase a pack of seeds for the same price (I'm not sure about your location, but seeds don't sell for a dollar a pack anymore around here!!). But one also has to factor in the time and materials necessary to bring that pack of seeds to a sellable product. Plus you need to add on a profit margin. You may find once you add it all up that the couple bucks per individual plant is not far off the mark. Fruits and berries are alway popular but they are not quick turnover products if you are propagating and growing your own. You'll have several seasons invested in them before you can sell and time is money. You can always look into wholesale (if you qualify) but purchasing wholesale often has minimums associated with it that may be more than you want/need or can care for realistically. This is an ambitious project for someone who is only 16 and I want to encourage you as much as possible, but have you read thru the other threads on this forum on this topic? And pick up a copy of Tony Avent's So You Want to Start a Nursery, which is a must-read for anyone entering this business. There's alot more to establishing and running a backyard nursery than you may think. |
- Posted by beekeeper961 (My Page) on Thu, Mar 3, 11 at 22:11
I got a so you want to start a nursery and growing profits which are fantastic books. I'm think about getting some plants from Lawyer nursery some Japanese maples and fruit tree and minimum is only $250. |
- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 4, 11 at 11:54
Lawyer Nursery is wholesale only. You will have to have a business license with tax ID number and a state nursery license to purchase from them. But these are very important items to have anyway if you are establishing a backyard nursery......or any kind of nursery business :-)) |
Don't hurry, don't rush, just grow what you like, and quantity and 10-15-20 years from now you will be ready to sell like a charm. Don't get any licenses now as you may not want to start selling until 2025 or later. Invest money and time as quick turn arounds are not the best business income. If you want to make money now, right away, then I'm not the right person to advice. Perhaps grow blueberries? |
Tony Avent's 'So You Want to Start a Nursery' perhaps is a must-read, but it also discourages a lot. Who wants a competitor anyway. Think about it and then act accordingly by filling out a niche that's not been explored yet. How about growing rare kind of Eucalyptus such as Eucalyptus deglupta and then sell its seedlings. |
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I think 8/7 will be fine. You are already starting by planning early. When are the trip dates?
I am seriously considering going to my travel agent and lengthening my trip to WDW next year. after reading many of the discussions here, I think it may be necessary to do this in order to fit everything in that we want to do. right now my plans are for 8days/7nights, a full week of Disney. my fiance will go along with whatever I decide. I also know that the obvious answer is, "of course! the longer the better at WDW!!!" and believe me, I'd stay there 6 months a year if I could, the only problem with this plan is the money situation.
I would seriously have to scrape and make some sacrifices (financially) to add 2 days or so onto the end of my trip plans (making it a 10 day/9 night trip). here's a list of the things we definitely want to do:
1. I want at least 2 full days at the Magic Kingdom and a full day at each of the other 3 parks
2. we want a full day to split between the two water parks
-so, up to now we have a total of only 6 days, BUT! we will also be doing a LOT of sit-down dining (including long dining affairs such as V&A's, the Luau at the Polynesian, etc.). we also will be doing Cirque du Soleil and some serious partying at Pleasure Island. my fiance wants to go fishing and have time for other "relaxing" activities like that (which includes some "us" time, heh heh).
so, can I cram all of this into an 8day/7nite trip? or should I try my darnedest to extend our stay? also, we already have our plane tickets for 8days/7nites, how hard do yall think it might be to change this stuff up?
thanks a bunch for all the help!
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I think 8/7 will be fine. You are already starting by planning early. When are the trip dates?
My immediate advice was to tell you to add on the extra couple of days, however it does depend on when you'll be traveling, according to your countdown it looks like a summer vacation which is usually pretty crowded. You can probably do Animal Kingdom in a half day and then hit one of the water parks the same day to save a day there. I personally like to have time to relax, use the resort pools, and not feel so rushed. So I try to plan days for sleeping late and staying up late. Another factor is if your staying on or off-site and which resort your staying at. You can also take advantage of Magic Hours if your staying on site. My final advice even though it sounds a little crazy is to sit down and make up a full detailed schedule including your relaxing time and then see if you need to add on extra days. Also check and see with your travel agent if you can add on the extra 2 days now, and then cancel them if needed. Just like you, I can never spend enough time in WDW!!! Good Luck and Happy Travelin'
i would say if money is an issue, you should be fine with the length you plan to stay..we would usually go for about that long, have sit down dinners and lunches, a day at a waterpark, and plenty of times for the parks...and since you are planning way in advance you'll be able to map out a good plan of attack for your visit...but if you are going to extend your stay i'd get right on those plane reservations bc most of the time there's a fee...i've had to pay the difference every time i have switched a flight...what a pain but if it needs to be done then it's worth it...i hope you have a great trip! as we all know, you and your fiance will have an amazing time.
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LOL@ self.....what April said reminds me of me....I have such a detailed itinerary that I even have our bedtimes listed along with when to get dressed and every snack time for my 2 yr old included. I either overplan things or have WAAAAAAYYYYYY too much time on my hands.
You should have loads of time to do almost all you want...just plan your days at the parks around your dining plans...EXP---day you are going to V&A's go to MK in the morn and afternoon hop the Monorail over to GF then head back to MK for the nite time stuff
And you can do a water park in late morn and afternoon of day you head to PI at night
It's a Disney thing. If you understood, your only question would be "can I go?"
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WDW has so much to do - you just can't do it all. Just think, this will give you an excuse to plan another trip. If you get an annual pass, you plan a trip before the end of the next year - even a quick trip will allow you to do some extra things?
Question - is this your honeymoon trip, since you mention your fiance? Just curious?
first off, thanks a bunch for all the responses!
yes, this is our honeymoon. and I think what I'm going to do is finish paying off our vacation as it is now (8days/7nites), then see how much longer it is till we leave, and if I feel like I can afford it fairly easily (despite normal wedding expenses), then I'll tack on the two extra days.
we're planning on going May 28th thru June 4th, which I'm sure is a busy time of year, although hopefully not quite as busy as late June through August. I suggested to my fiance that we could push it back till Christmas (I went with my family at Christmas once and it was amazing! the best time I've ever had down there), but I forgot that we're already going with my family during Christmas of '07, and she said she didn't want Christmastime Disney two years in a row. also, she is more into the fun-in-the-sun type stuff than I am.
we'll be staying at the Wilderness Lodge, which I've read is a quick boat trip to MK, but a long bus ride to everything else.
anywho, thanks again for all the hints and stuff! what a friendly buncha folks!
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Your welcome....don't forget to tell them EVERYWHERE you go that it is your honeymoon...from what I hear you get some great perks(not that I will ever know because I am the ultimate spinster...lol) Is your fiancee a member too?...I might have an idea who if so...hehehehe
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no, she isn't a member here, but I've talked about this site so much, she might as well be! I've tried to enlist her, but she isn't too into computers.
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You shouldn't have too many crowds that time of year since all the kiddies are still in school!!!
If you really plan to do IT ALL, I would try to add another day or two. But I think in the 8 days you have planned, you can get a lot done, with some good planning!
I am in need of some Disney magic!!
Maybe they'll upgrade you to the Honeymoon Suite!!!
Went on my Honeymoon this past June... We stayed 11 days... it was a wedding gift from my parents... Sweet!! We got teh 7 day hopper w/ the 4 options.. We used all 7 days and 2 out of the 4 options.. we also spent a day at Universal and a day at Sea World.. I found going on numerous family trips it much easier to get things done when it's only 2 of you.. I think that 8 days are plenty if you are just doing Disney.. (no outside parks)... Maybe you will get lucky and someone will get you a few extra nights as a gift.. Drop hints!!
If you can forego the travel agent (assuming it is not AAA) you can plan your own trip for much less. If you have AAA though you can get discount on rooms, tickets, etc. If you are an AP then you can get discounts on meals, tickets, gifts, etc. and do your own planning and still get discounted room with AAA membership. It seems AP room discounts are going to be gone soon.
As far as number of days, I would say for what you are planning you could do it all comfortably in about 10 days/9 nights.
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ok, so I bit the bullet and went to my travel agent and booked the two extra days (making it May 28th thru June 6th, 10 days/9 nights). I'm really excited but nervous about getting it paid off! wish me luck in scraping up money!!!!
thanks again for all the replies!
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Senate plans midnight vote on budget, Assembly back in Albany Thursday
ALBANY – The leadership of the New York State Senate is planning an early, just after midnight, vote Wednesday to pass the remainder of the bills associated with the 2013-2014 state budget.
The Senate held a rare Sunday session to pass the first three printed bills of the budget. Because of the mandatory 72 hour aging period another budget bill that deals with health will not be ready for vote until Tuesday. All the rest will be ready Wednesday.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Long Island, says the Senate plans to vote Tuesday evening on the health bill, gavel out of session, and then back in just after midnight Wednesday to pass the remaining bills.
"I think it is important to move forward, people want to see an on time budget," said Skelos Monday. "We have done it two years past, now this will be the third early budget."
If all goes as planned the Senate will pass the non controversial budget early Wednesday morning and be out of Albany and home for the Easter weekend.
" I don't think it is typical Albany the bills are aging for three days," said Senator Tom Libous, R-Binghamton. "It used to be we would do the bills at two in the morning and they just came out, they were just hot off the press. These bills have been out three days. Three early budgets, that is not typical Albany."
The Assembly will be back in session Thursday to take up the budget. They will have four days to pass the bills to have an on time budget.


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Apache Helicopter UNLOADING Its 30 Mm Gun On Insurgents!!!
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Richard Graham: Waaaaaaaaaa you wanna bottle to feed on kitty.. pussies like you are reason this country is soft wouter jema: next time edit names: saeed-------) dieing hard namir ---------) pwnd bye 30 mill Osram Laser Diode Echo Jammer £120 Posted: @flemmong A very sad Crime--case I agree Saeed had 4 kids & had a great job reporting for Rueters Al Jazeera , To finish off that poor Innocent Reporter when badly wounded in the Gutter & Saeed as they got him into the black minivan, Jesus that sort of behaviour is enough to make any Civilised person hate USAF Aircrew, I wonder if they can sleep at night? don't think I could.. Rif Alhoceima: fuking USA kild childern GetsumJ: @TheRifmaroc No we didn't. We only friggin wounded the kids. Then we cooked them, and ate them. FlawsicHD: @opiateofthemasses Well I have no respect for them, they're black xD. And i couldn't stick it up my ass. Its impossible, unless I have surgery to make the ass hole bigger....LYourFacts nickthastick: Awesome!!! Love how the bodies just vaporize in a split second!! If your old enough to start crap, your old enough to get freaked up!!! nickthastick: @vsboy25 Thats why you shouldn't comment on peoples posts if you dont know figuers of speech little boy!! Call me little boy one more time, and I'm gonna stick my little boy pickle up your fat old boy ass!! FAIL!! Thorpe741: Victory!!! unsloppyjoe: @flemmong yea lets put everyone who kills terrorist's in prison go watch cnn you commie ladyrag zane brown: @avivthebest because thats what reporters do. it's quite plain to me that there is no weapon in this video. uhriventis: And... Why do we Americans constantly try to defend this? The thinking behind it is utter madness. AntifaUSA: @canegang fag reporters MonteLSV6: 0:55 eric cartman "God damnit kyle" nickthastick: @vsboy25 Go freak yourself, if I'm a kid, then your mom is a pedifile!! Sam Lee: this video is disgusting and some of these comments are literally insane, who enjoys watching fathers and children getting gunned down over weak intel?! Boom LOL Pwned! ...um, actually, how about no. Grow up and show some empathy for christ sake. MrBRITBRIGHT: Damn fine shooting! Sorry reporter dance with the enemy ya get what ya got! As for the kids well look at who put them in this situation mom and dad!!! So again ya get what ya got! Nobody wants to see kids die but if you hide behind them in order to take out our soldiers then you have given permission for whatever happens! But of course that is the muslim way sacrifice all for allah the pig freaker! No pitty here! Obamacankissmyass: Thats right bitches, hows that 30mm taste. 1996kostas1996: I would love to have seen the look on the aphache pilot's face when he realised he killed children. It doesn't matter if they became insurgents or even hitler clones but they were just children. It would suck if the roles were reversed and these were american children wouldn't it? War makes me sick. ltlocus: @TheRealTareghian lol shut up you diaper head loveing piece of crap. hope to see you soon at the end of my muzzle. Eager McBeaver: I prefer this method vs letting them blow themselves up. Yep, I like this method a lot better.... Grunt922: @TrentSprad because he called them a name hes intellectually inferior? thats called exercising your rights, if you dont like it then dont come onto the internet or go into a public place. FlawsicHD: Lol, owned. Haha yeah, freaking die nubs. Don't mess with America. Who cares if we owned kids. They probably were ugly as freak anyways. And we helped them out of their misery they were poor freakers. GrigorijRasputin: yea go usrael, kill everyone so your jewish masters & military companies can earn more money, you freaked up iraq, now it's time to start a war with iran, who'll be after, where's more oil? opiateofthemasses: @sharkyrivethead Don't be so freaking naive. It did make the news just google search Namir Noor-Eldeen, who was one of the Routers cameramen who were just obliterated in that video. As they were apparently the ones who were holding the "weapons", which are obviously cameras even to the most untrained eye, and everyone else was killed for being "in cahoots" its pretty obvious how freaked up this break in the rules of engagement was. ps: the "war zone" was the children's' neighborhood. kevineken: everything in that video was fine until......they shot at the van that obviously had children in it and they were zoomed in on previous to the shooting, that gun was accurate enough to have shot around it, that was unnecessary in my opinion. TheRealTareghian: i wonder how well that pilot sleeps at night knowing that he has single handedly killed 10 men and 2 children in cold blood. I sometimes wonder what the military does to these people in order for them to be so callous. Then I remember, they are ameriladys, bred from a nation of inbreds and corruption, a nation whose government initiate programmes like MKULTRA and COINTELPRO, a nation that was born on the back of freedom but then converted into something far far different. GOD BLESS AMERIladyS!!! 11mrjarjar: that's freaked up! the pilots need to be punished for providing false information in order to shoot innocent those civilians! they need to be held accountable for this incident! nutmagnet63: This is the Wikileaks video. Reuters journalist who died that day was Namir Noor-Eldeen, a photographer. Saeed Chmagh, the Reuters assistant and driver, Blavits: SEE!? If people didnt kno this was that retarded journalist they can see how much these people looked like enemy! Anything looks bad in hindsight, but people are too stupid to see that this was an accident. YFZ450Kid09: freak YEAH!!! zane brown: @compguy531 you're an idiot...... Ivna45: @bigbob6556 Did no one catch that this is actually the footage of two news reporters getting killed? uhriventis: Why are we like this? Rachereinheit: @bigbob6556 That's the most arrogant thing I've ever heard. You're saying children deserve to die because of what their parents did wrong? People know that what is being done is wrong, regardless if the parents do it or not. You're the reason that everyone hates us Americans so much. vsboy25: @nickthastick This video is the embodiment of evil from those apache crews, and you are just that a little cum loader kid. vsboy25: @nickthastick You need to clam down little boy and ease up. I thought you meant it literally but your not far off as those rounds have huge heat blast effects. Abacap: @AntifaUSA Judging by your profile, sure that's not you? Honestly, shut the freak up, trying to start a fight over a Youtube video comments section? ...fat pig ! SatanPanda: This is the kind of incident that will continue to happen as long as our enemies are cowards who hide among civilians. roel pineda: anything and anyone in there are fine to me to be killed, there on a freaking line of fire with the enemy of the free world. however i feel sorry about the inoccent children on the vehicle, im pretty sure if the soldiers only knew that, they would have refrained from firing, freaking FOG OF WAR man. Rickey85: Don't bring children in the middle of a war zone Osram Laser Diode Echo Jammer £120 Posted: @bigbob6556 If they were wops african americans or Asians & Mexicans guess that would be even better hey? jalkhalifah: So am i the only person who saw no weapons being handled by anyone from the van? Apparently it's a crime punishable by death to be recovering dead bodies. "We have individuals going to the scene, looks like POSSIBLY picking up bodies and weapons." Really?? Yea that's proof enough to smoke the children, roger engage. keith davis: I love it that you terrorist lovers never once condemned the terrorist for using children as shields for their evil deeds. freak you!!!!! Colonel Veers: @AntifaUSA What's a muzzie...? DirkDigglerDan: Damn, that's a gruesome way to die, especially if you're innocent. ltlocus: I like how they dont show the aks they are carrying this is just biased crap. we had probable cause if you dont want to get killed dont hang around with sand african americans Schools: Learn how to get phlebotomy training in California! The job pays decent money for the amount of schools needed to graduate. |
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While Cape Cod and much of the eastern United States sweltered under the blanket of a heat wave, Islanders and visitors, though still uncomfortably hot, suffered more from the high humidity this week. Temperatures peaked at 90 degrees, not unusually high for July according to National Weather Service meteorologist Kimberly Buttrick, but the high humidity is unusual.
Tides will run higher and lower than normal this weekend and well into next week and it is tied mostly to two astronomical events. The moon is full on Monday, and it will be especially close, in perigee, on Sunday.
The gravitational pull of both the moon and sun create our tides. When the moon is particularly close, tidal pull is more extreme so tides run higher and lower than normal.
We had the same thing happen only a month ago, but slightly more extreme. Last month full moon and perigee were on the same day.
Hot and sunny. Strong southwest wind. Large and small sailboats handle the winds by reefing their sails. Competitive sailing in the outer waters of Edgartown Harbor. Spinnakers come out in afternoon. Pretty evening. Starry night.
A thin crescent moon next to the bright planet Venus will appear above the horizon right after sunset on Wednesday. If the weather is fair, one of the best spots on the Vineyard will likely be Menemsha after the sunset.
Menemsha is the ideal spot to watch as it offers an unencumbered view of the western horizon. There are other places around the Vineyard, such as West Chop, Cape Pogue lighthouse and even the Gay Head light.
While many people out on the Fourth of July will be waiting for the first rocket and loud boom that makes up the fireworks display, it might also be a time to look to the west for a brilliant planet, Venus, the brightest planet in our west northwest evening sky.
Venus will be hugging close to the western sky right after sunset, at about the same place as the sun has set. The planet is tough to spot for many. If the sky is clear, those with a view of the western sky will see it.


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Quote:I'm an engineer too, with lots of heat transfer experience. When you hot roll steel, 0.9 emissivity, its net radiative heat loss only exceeds natural convection at ~100 deg C. For aluminium, ~300 deg C. The Earth's surface emits net mean surface IR at ~63 W/m^2; 40 via the Atmospheric Window ( 8 – 14 microns ), 23 via non self-absorbed H2O bands, absorption depth a few kms, no real warming.]]>
The claim of 157.5 W/m^2 'Clear Sky Atmospheric Greenhouse Factor' being absorbed and thermalised in the lower atmosphere is based on the assertion from 1981_Hansen_etal.pdf that there is a discrete -18 deg C OLR emitting zone between 5 and 6 km, also radiating downwards. It doesn't exist.
This is part of a 'bait and switch' claiming 'back radiation' is a real energy flux instead of the atmospheric radiant Emittance, potential energy flux to Absolute Zero. They create the following energy balance: 238.5 total SW atmospheric warming + 333 'back radiation' – 238.5 Down |OLR| = 333, 40% increase over reality.
66% increase in lower atmosphere warming is partitioned between oceans and the atmosphere; upper atmosphere cooling is increased 36% compared with reality. Until 2010 we didn't know how they got the imaginary extra humidity; it's done on the GISS models by assuming ~35% more low level cloud albedo than reality. This heats the sunlit modelled ocean air by twice the rise above mean temperature compared with cooling under clouds; exponential evaporation kinetics purports imaginary future evaporation whilst keeping mean hind-cast temperatures at the correct level.
When Hansen warned US Congress in 1988 of more lower atmosphere warming, more upper atmosphere cooling, higher humidity as [CO2] increased, all these were modelling artefacts. I've left the best bit until last. In 1977, co-IPCC founder Sir John Houghton showed that lapse rate convection means no temperature difference between surface and local (~30 m ) atmosphere. 157.5 W/m^2 would need 15.47 K temperature drop (assumes 0.75 atmospheric Emissivity), cooler atmosphere than since the Ordovician Ice Age, 444 million years ago. There can be no Enhanced GHE!
Because the atmosphere self-controls via the water cycle warming for all well mixed GHGs, making it near zero, we explain the 'hiatus'. The previous warming was the positive ENSO plus the real AGW from Asian aerosols, now saturated. When Houghton co-founded the IPCC using the Hansen 'mistake', it seems he gave up Science.
PS The problem is that for &t;50 years, US Atmospheric Science has taught incorrect radiative physics so most people imagine emitters continuously spew out photons; incorrect – you must use wave mechanics plus Maxwell's Equations. Net surface IR flux is the vector sum of Irradiances at a plane just outside the surface. In time, Science will prevail and eject the fraudsters and incompetents.
Quote:Blooms of snow algae can reduce the surface albedo (light reflectance) of snow and ice, and largely affect their melting (Thomas and Duval, 1995; Hoham and Duval, 2001). For example, some glaciers in Himalayas are covered with a large amount of dark-colored biogenic material (cryoconite) derived from snow algae and bacteria (Kohshima et al., 1993; Takeuchi et al., 2001). The albedo of the intact surfaces bearing the cryoconite was substantially lower than that of the surface from which the cryoconite was artificially removed (5% versus 37%). The melting rates of the intact surfaces were reported to be 3 times larger than that of the surfaces without the cryoconite. Thus, snow algal activity possibly affects heat budget and mass balance of glaciers.
Quote:When will the democrats realize there is no upcoming climate trouble?
Quote:Do you believe the Republicans should shutdown the government over Obama's climate policy?
Quote: How do you not see that the world is changing and it's not natural!? Open your eyes and your MIND!!!!
Quote:A - Do you agree that according to the global temperature record used by the IPCC, the rates of global warming from 1860-1880, 1910-1940 and 1975-1998 were identical?
An initial point to make is that in the responses to these questions I've assumed that when you talk about the global temperature record, you mean the record that combines the estimates from land regions with those from the marine regions of the world. CRU produces the land component, with the Met Office Hadley Centre producing the marine component.
Temperature data for the period 1860-1880 are more uncertain, because of sparser coverage, than for later periods in the 20th Century. The 1860-1880 period is also only 21 years in length. As for the two periods 1910-40 and 1975-1998 the warming rates are not statistically significantly different (see numbers below).
I have also included the trend over the period 1975 to 2009, which has a very similar trend to the period 1975-1998.
So, in answer to the question, the warming rates for all 4 periods are similar and not statistically significantly different from each other.
Quote: I have been on this since 1988,and read many reports from the IPCC to the Senate Sub Committee.Also discussed and debated many warmists and learned that 99% of them are profoundly ignorant of the actual dispute between warmists and skeptics.
Quote:You don't have to listen to others speak on it though. Look outside. Science is prevalent. Ice is melting at alarming rates? But why? Because we aren't drilling enough in our oceans?!?
Quote:It has been cooling slightly for at least 10 years now based on ALL temperature data centers. Longest time period of no category 3+ hurricanes making landfall on America (9 years),record low Tornadoes numbers of the last two years,and decline in total number of tornadoes over the last 50 years.
Quote: Come on Amanda! Antarctica is at record levels and Arctic is slowly recovering as the multi-year ice pack has been growing in size and area for the last 5 years.
Quote:I am in favor of slowly transiting from Coal to Nuclear energy production (Thorium) and Aneutronic Fusion energy production.
Quote: I don't know what media sources you're getting this from... Record levels? Record levels of MELTING ICE. How is it growing? Why though even IF IT is growing why wouldn't you want to help protect it? It doesn't mean sacrificing any lives, just being smarter about the way we produce energy. Thinking about our future relatives. If that's all we can do, why wouldn't you want to play some part in keeping them safe? Why fight it???
Quote:Here is the information on the ice pack in the Arctic based on OFFICIAL data: The Dirty Little Secret About Arctic Ice http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/.../t...little.../
The Dirty Little Secret About Arctic Ice
The vast majority of multi-year ice is lost during the winter, not the summer. Winter winds blow the thick ice out into the North Atlantic where it melts when it contacts warmer water. Between 1988...
Quote:How is that a reputable source though? . But back to my point. Why wouldn't you want to protect something that could potentially (if you don't agree.. One day!) hurt your children or their children. Why wouldn't you want to do something about it NOW. Rather than later when it's too late?
Quote: He he,it appears I will have to make a post showing the actual data that make clear you are being mislead since we all know the arctic ice cap shrinks to a summer low every year.
Quote:Inside the Goddard link is the links supporting the charts and they are from the NSIDC for all the charts.Do something new that your dad never does is go look at the link I post and you will learn what I learned years ago.
Quote:I'm not mislead. Honestly you are the only person I know in real life who doesn't acknowledge climate change. It's unfortunate, you're so smart.
Quote:Antarctica ice sea ice and landmass is at record high and has been for years now,That is why you hardly hear about the Southern cap at all since it does not fit the warmist narrative.
Quote: Amanda you are doing what so many does,ignore the official data.I just gave you access and you ignore it.
Quote:Here it is: antarctic sea ice record high https://www.google.com/#q=antarctic+sea+ice+record+high
Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for.
Quote: How is that official? Because some guy in his basement posted it online? I'm apart of a generation that can cypher through bullshit when I see it. That was not a legitimate source. I believe you are the one ignoring the official data that has been out there for the world to see for decades now...
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Quote:The google "sources" that you provide do not meet my standards of legitimacy.
Quote:Ha ha ha ha ha!!! Here is the link to one that shows ALL of the reporting websites that tracks the polar ice: Sea Ice Page http://wattsupwiththat.com/reference-pag...-ice-page/
Sea Ice Page
Global Sea Ice Reference Page: Arctic and Antarctic current graphs and imagery (page last updated 6-10-14) Given the intense interest in Arctic Sea Ice extent this year, I've decided to put all the...
Quote:Google page was showing MANY news sources reporting the record sea ice level around Antarctica. Please stop embarrassing yourself and read at least one of the links.
Quote:All you do is post links to random web pages. Can you not think for yourself? It's also pretty insulting when you tell me I'm the one embarrassing myself, when obviously you haven't a clue. You are my uncle so I won't go further into debate with you/
Quote:And I have looked at every web page you have me. None sponsored by any museum, national collegiate, or really any one with a well known name. So unless your authors are just super unknown for the sake of the cause, or your belief maybe isn't supported by the majority of the world... Hmm I'm not sure....
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July 25, 2012 at 7:09 am
Chris Wright says: @ July 24, 2012 at 4:05 am
" it's almost as if the greenhouse effect simply isn't working in the climate system. I assume it can be demonstrated in a laboratory, but it appears to be impossible to demonstrate in the real world."
I can think of good reasons for that. I have not seen them discussed here although Sleepalot did bring them up.
First one of the bits of information the Warmists always seem to leave out is that the wavelengths from the sun are higher in energy then the infrared energy from the earth.
The second bit of information is the spread of the wavelengths from the sun vs earthshine: graph
And the third bit is both water, carbon dioxide, methane as well as oxygen and ozone absorb in the solar energy band as well as the earthshine band. This means what ever physics the Warmist claim for Carbon Dioxide's interaction with the earthshine energy band must also hold true for the solar energy band. graph
Trenbeth in his cartoon shows that solar band atmosphere physics to equate to 67 Wm2 he shows the earthshine as 390 Wm2 and the 'Back radiation' physics as 324 Wm2. (note that convection is only 24 Wm2 and latent heat from water change state is only 78Wm2)
Sleepalot looked at temperature and humidity data for a rain forest and a desert. The data indicates that water vapor increases the low temperatures and decreases the high temperatures, effectively smoothing out the daily temperature swings. The diurnal variation is 10C for the high humidity area and 30C for the desert. I looked at sunny days only in the rain forest and found the same. Also when altitude is taken into account the net temperature effect of humidity (and other variables) is to drop the temperature by 8C in the rain forest compared to the desert. link and link So it would seem the water vapor might be blocking a bit more than the 67 Wm2 trenberth is showing.
This graph of the air and ground temperature as recorded during a solar eclipse in the North Africa (desert) shows how fast the earth's air and surface react to changes in solar energy with no humidity mucking up the works. http://www.shadowchaser.demon.co.uk/ecli...ochron.gif
As E.M. Smith said
…there are large amounts of gases containing vast numbers of molecules in collision, thereby exhibiting a measurable Temperature, and therefore able to radiate and absorb EM radiation of ANY frequency or wavelength, including the the range from 0.7 microns to 100 microns, commonly referred to as Infra-red….
…. particle Physicists, along with Radio Astronomers; and other Radio Physicists (such as me), are mindful of the fact that accelerated electric charges; aka variable electric currents travelling any non zero distance must radiate EM waves as shown eons ago, by the likes of Heinrich Hertz, and James Clark Maxwell.
Spector brings up an interesting point as shown in this graph.
davidmhoffer? also brought up the point that even if the global temperature did increase by 1C it would not be a uniform increase across the earth. And then there is Willis' Thunderstorm Thermostat Hypothesis that makes a joke out of Trenberth's measly 24Wm2 for thermals (Think Hadley cell, Ferrel cell, and Polar cell as well as thunderstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes)
Quote:The Jim Crow laws were racial segregation laws enacted between 1876 and 1965 in the United States at the state and local level. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans. The separation in practice led to conditions for African Americans that tended to be inferior to those provided for white Americans, systematizing a number of economic, educational and social disadvantages. De jure segregation mainly applied to the Southern United States. While Northern segregation was generally de facto, there were patterns of segregation in housing enforced by covenants, bank lending practices, and job discrimination, including discriminatory union practices for decades.
Some examples of Jim Crow laws are the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for whites and blacks. The U.S. military was also segregated, as were federal workplaces, initiated in 1913 under President Woodrow Wilson, the first Southern president since 1856. His administration practiced overt racial discrimination in hiring, requiring candidates to submit photos.
These Jim Crow Laws followed the 1800–1866 Black Codes, which had previously restricted the civil rights and civil liberties of African Americans with no pretense of equality. State-sponsored school segregation was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education. Generally, the remaining Jim Crow laws were overruled by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Quote:On the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) completed a filibustering address that he had begun 14 hours and 13 minutes earlier opposing the legislation.
Quote:The most fervent opposition to the bill came from Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC): "This so-called Civil Rights Proposals, which the President has sent to Capitol Hill for enactment into law, are unconstitutional, unnecessary, unwise and extend beyond the realm of reason. This is the worst civil-rights package ever presented to the Congress and is reminiscent of the Reconstruction proposals and actions of the radical Republican Congress."
Quote:The bill was reported out of the Judiciary Committee in November 1963, and referred to the Rules Committee, whose chairman, Howard W. Smith, a Democrat and avid segregationist from Virginia, indicated his intention to keep the bill bottled up indefinitely.
Quote:Normally, the bill would have been referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Senator James O. Eastland, Democrat from Mississippi. Given Eastland's firm opposition, it seemed impossible that the bill would reach the Senate floor.
Quote:When the bill came before the full Senate for debate on March 30, 1964, the "Southern Bloc" of 18 southern Democratic Senators and one Republican Senator led by Richard Russell (D-GA) launched a filibuster to prevent its passage.[13] Said Russell: "We will resist to the bitter end any measure or any movement which would have a tendency to bring about social equality and intermingling and amalgamation of the races in our (Southern) states."
Quote:After the return of Congress from its winter recess, however, it was apparent that public opinion in the North favored the bill and that the petition would acquire the necessary signatures. To avert the humiliation of a successful discharge petition, Chairman Smith relented and allowed the bill to pass through the Rules Committee.
Quote:Eisenhower the NATO commander and war hero narrowly defeated Taft, then crusaded against the Truman policies he blasted as "Korea, Communism and Corruption." Ike, as they called him, did well in all major demographic and regional groups outside the Deep South.
Quote:Stevenson remained popular with a core of liberal Democrats, but held no office and had no real base. He (and Eisenhower) largely ignored the subject of civil rights.
Quote: Kennedy used his large, well-funded campaign organization to win the nomination, secure endorsements, and, with the aid of the last of the big-city bosses, get out the vote in the big cities. [5] He relied on running mate Lyndon B. Johnson to hold the South, and used television effectively
Quote:Connor's actions to enforce racial segregation and deny civil rights to Black citizens, especially during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Birmingham Campaign of 1963, made him an international symbol of racism. Connor directed the use of fire hoses and police attack dogs against peaceful demonstrators, including children.[1][2] These tactics backfired when the spectacle of the brutality broadcast on national television served as one of the catalysts for major social and legal change in the Southern United States and contributed to passage by the United States Congress of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Quote:Connor entered politics as a Democrat in 1934, winning a seat in the Alabama House of Representatives.
Quote:Before returning to office in 1956, Connor quickly resumed his heavy-handed approach to dealing with perceived threats. One prominent instance came when a meeting at the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth's house with three Montgomery ministers was raided, with Connor fearing that the Montgomery Bus Boycott would spread to Birmingham. The ministers were arrested for vagrancy, which did not allow a prisoner bail, nor any visitors during the first three days of their incarceration. A federal investigation followed, but Connor refused to cooperate.
Shuttlesworth had been frequently in danger in the previous two years, having seen his church bombed twice. He, his wife and a white minister were also attacked by a mob after attempting to use white restrooms at the local bus station.
In 1960, Connor was elected Democratic National Committeeman for Alabama, soon after filing a lawsuit against The New York Times for &36;1.5 million, for what he said was insinuating that he had promoted racial hatred. Later dropping the amount to &36;400,000, the case dragged on for six years until Connor lost a &36;40,000 judgment on appeal.
Quote:The Second Infantry Division from Ft. Benning, GA was ordered to be prepared to enforce the integration of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. In a vain attempt to halt the enrollment of black students Vivian Malone and James Hood, Governor Wallace stood in front of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. This became known as the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door".
In September 1963, Wallace again attempted to stop four black students from enrolling in four separate elementary schools in Huntsville. After intervention by a federal court in Birmingham, the four children were allowed to enter on September 9, becoming the first to integrate a primary or secondary school in Alabama.[19][20]
Wallace desperately wanted to preserve segregation. In his own words: "The President (John F. Kennedy) wants us to surrender this state to Martin Luther King and his group of pro-communists who have instituted these demonstrations."
Quote:In the 1962 Democratic primary, Wallace finished first in the primary ahead of State Senator Ryan DeGraffenried, Sr., taking 35 percent of the vote. In the runoff, Wallace won the nomination with 55 percent of the vote. As no Republican even filed to run (though Democratic dominance of state politics was so absolute that a Republican candidate would have stood almost no chance in any event), this all but assured Wallace of becoming the next governor. He won a crushing victory in the November general election, taking 96 percent of the vote.
Quote:Republican Party, the younger of the two major political parties in the United States. Organized in 1854 to oppose the extension of slavery into the territories, it first captured the presidency in 1860 under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln. His election was followed by the Civil War, during which the Republican Party became the majority party.
Quote:Until 1929 the success of the Republican Party was based on an alliance between eastern businesspeople and midwestern farmers. Most laborers and blacks also supported the party with regularity. In the wake of the Depression of the 1930s, the party lost most of its urban supporters with the exception of businesspeople. After World War II the party gained a following in the suburbs and in the South.
Quote:An informal deal was struck to resolve the dispute: the Compromise of 1877, which awarded all 20 electoral votes to Hayes. In return for the Democrats' acquiescence in Hayes's election, the Republicans agreed to withdraw federal troops from the South, ending Reconstruction. The Compromise effectively ceded power in the Southern states to the Democratic Redeemers.
Though often used in history books to refer to the seven states that originally formed the Confederacy, the term "Deep South" did not come into general usage until long after the Civil War ended. Up until that time, "Lower South" was the primary designation for those states. When "Deep South" first began to gain mainstream currency in print -- in the middle of the 20th century -- it applied to the states and areas of Mississippi, north Louisiana, southern Alabama and Georgia, and northern Florida. This was the part of the South many considered the "most Southern"
From 1880 to 1960 the Deep South overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party as a legacy of the rival Republican Party's record during Reconstruction. It was known as the "Solid South".


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Readers may recall that in my 13 November 2007 post, I Have Been Away On Assignment Today, I wrote
Well, if you had "checking out a pole dancing advertisement in Halifax, Nova Scotia" in the What is he talking about? pool, … you lose. Today's Heck of a Guy entry has nothing to do with my gig as cub reporter.
Instead, this post happens to be about the clever ad (pictured below) for a pole dancing class in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I do suspect that part of my fascination with this ad lies in its circumstances – that it's a smart ad about a pole dancing class at an exercise club called Studio In Essence located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.1
Anyway, I found this at Ads of the World, where most of the comments debated if the ad would be improved or weakened if the pole were in the picture. I confess to being a tad disappointed that no one has yet suggested the ad might be enhanced were the pole and a pole dancer added to the scene.
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According to Wikipedia,
And Halifax looks something like this,
Those of you interested in signing up for class at Studio In Essence should be aware that, as reported in The Coast, in January 2007 the club moved to larger, swanker quarters:
In further Studio In Essence news, Cabaret Serpentine points out that 'Monique teaches Tribal Fusion bellydance at Studio In Essence, as well as Hula Hooping and Bootylicious!" and that the following 4-week mini-sessions begin November 18th: "1:00 – Hula Hoop Basics, 2:30 – Tribal Bellydance Basics, and 3:30 – Tribal Level 2 choreography (only open to current level 2 students)."
Credit Due Department:
The ad was created by Extreme Group, Halifax, Canada.
This concludes the best – or at least, the most informative – post you're likely to read today that links Halifax, advertising, Studio In Essence, pole dancing, and schedules for Monique's Tribal Fusion Belly Dance class
- The common thread in this assemblage of ingredients is, I realize, my ignorance. I know little about advertising, even less about pole dancing, still less about places like Studio In Essence, and nothing about Halifax beyond its location in the Maritime provinces (and I don't know how that factoid came to lodge in my reservoir of useless information). Since nature is notoriously abhorrent of a vacuum, I have filled these information deficiencies with a mix of stereotypes, wild guesses, inferences, and similar nonsense. As it turns out, in the quirky, whimsical internal construct of the universe I've created, the notion of an ad for a pole dancing class in Halifax is apparently quite amusing, but maybe you had to be there. The quality of the ad, of course, is independent of my distorted perceptions of Halifax, pole dancing, or exercise clubs. [↩]


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Missing your posts – hope you're doing well and having a holiday not disappearing! :)
Hi Kit, thanks so much for posting this. I'm not disappearing, but it's been an eventful summer and my being away is not something I had planned. I do plan to be back starting in September–fingers crossed. I miss posting and have a lot of catching up to do.
Hi Dave! I was just thinking about asking where have you been and I'm so happy you will be back soon. Hope all is well and looking forward to seeing you back here. xo
Ditto – have missed your fabulous posts and happy to read you'll be returning to us all soon! :-)
Glad to hear you're coming back! I've checked your site every day since the 2nd July hoping to see more posts! Looking forward to seeing the thign syou come up with in september.
Ian, I appreciate your loyalty! I'll be returning very soon.
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At the root of the current political, economic, cultural, and ecological chaos is a national spiritual unrest, a fragmentation that has inhibited society's self-awareness and slowed theological progress to a glacial crawl
In a nation where three-fourths of the population identifies as Christian and religion salts the political discourse, unrest has manifested itself as the talking-head debate between atheists and believers. In All My Bones Shake, Robert Jensen reveals the multitiered complexity of the conflict and offers a progressive approach to its key theological questions. While fundamentalists on both sides have fought to an intellectual standstill and moderates seem content to ignore the battle, Jensen pushes for answers that make sense for anyone trying to exist in the modern scientific world, concluding, "There is no God, and more than ever we all need to serve the One True Gods."
Jensen tests the mettle of his conclusion by holding it up to the best of religious and secular teachings. More than a simple study of the religious debate in America, All My Bones Shake marks a new communion: a way to use theology to create a sustainable society and meet the uncertainty of our lives with confidence.


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NISG is now taking submissions for the 50 inch public monitors located in Maucker Union. Participation is limited to university-recognized student organizations and departments. Complete guidelines/bylaws are attached below. Please consult both the bylaws and the design guidelines (also attached below) when creating your slides.
To submit a graphic, make sure:
- Image is in .JPG or in Microsoft PowerPoint format
- Image has a 4:3 aspect ratio, and is 1024x768 pixels in size (It will be displayed in 16:9 mode, so it may appear stretched on-screen)
- As a note, NISG doesn't guarantee the appearance of slides once placed on monitors. See bylaws and regulations for full eligibility of slide placement.
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Usage of Monitors in Maucker Union
Updated as of October 28th, 2009
- Maucker Union provides space for the campus community to display advertising, announcements, and messages in the form of bulletin boards, electronic monitors, table tents, and display cases. University recognized groups/departments and approved non-profit community groups may also advertise.
- Each year, the by-laws for these monitors will be reevaluated by a sub-committee of the Student Affairs Committee. This is to ensure that the by-laws reflect positively on the mission of Maucker Union and university policies, along with student views and opinions on monitor usage.
- Use of the monitors for advertising and other pre-approved purposes is free to all recognized student organizations, university offices, departments, colleges, and divisions.
- NISG does not necessarily endorse messages or views expressed in advertisements.
Criteria for Approval
- The name or logo of the organization must appear on each advertising monitor slide.
- There is a limit of one slide per event, but multiple organizations/departments sponsoring the same event may submit one slide per organization.
- The message of the advertising slide cannot promote consumption of alcoholic beverages or the use of tobacco products or drugs.
- Advertising slides cannot promote credit cards.
- All advertising slides must be in compliance with any and all applicable University of Northern Iowa Policies and Procedures.
- Advertising slides may advertise products or services of a commercial business if they are part of a fundraiser or program for a recognized student organization or campus department. All commercial sales or promotions advertised on the monitors must be sponsored by a recognized student organization or campus department.
- As the content of advertising slides should be primarily focused on the event or message of the sponsoring organization or department, no more than one-third of the message can contain information regarding a commercial sponsor, product, or service
- All advertising slide submissions must follow the Procedure for Approval, as detailed below.
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- To run an advertising slide on the Maucker Union monitors, organizations/departments must email the desired advertising slide to email@example.com at least three business days before they wish the advertising slide to run on the monitors.
- Included within this email, organizations/departments should include a contact person and their contact information, name of the organization or department, the name of the event, and the requested dates to run the advertising slide.
- All advertising slides should be in jpeg format, and should be titled under name of organization and event (e.g. NISGGreenWeek.jpeg)
- Upon receiving advertising slide requests, the NISG Office Manager will contact organizations/departments if there is an issue with the requested slide.
- The NISG Office Manager will manage the submission and posting process for all monitor slides, according to the criteria in these By-Laws. Any questions regarding the application of these criteria in specific cases will be addressed by the Student Affairs Committee of the NISG Senate.
- Advertising slides will only be allowed to run for a period of (up to) two weeks without resubmission and will be removed once the event has transpired.
- If an organization/department wishes to run an advertising slide for longer than two weeks, the slide must be resubmitted to firstname.lastname@example.com
- NISG does not and will not alter images. They are displayed as submitted.
- NISG does not and will not guarantee the appearance (readability, cut-offs, discoloration, etc.) of images. It is highly encouraged that organizations/departments wishing to advertise read through the Design Guidelines available on the NISG website (www.uni.edu/nisg')
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The Saale-Unstrut quality wine region is characterised by unspoilt countryside swathed in vineyards, steep terraces, centuries-old dry-stone walls and romantic vineyard huts. The beauty of the river valleys and the landscape of terraced vineyards evokes an enchanting mediterranean charm. With its pleasant climate, specific soil type and yield regulations, and the experienced hands of its winegrowers, the region produces distinctive wines of the highest quality.
The Saale-Unstrut wine region is spread across three federal states: Saxony-Anhalt (604 hectares), Thuringia (54 hectares) and Brandenburg (7 hectares). It is home to more than 30 grape varieties, most of which are vinified to produce dry wines. At the top of the white wine list is müller-thurgau, followed by pinot blanc and silvaner. You'll also find the crisp riesling or rare chasselas on offer here. The red wines (25 per cent) such as portugieser, blauer zweigelt and pinot noir are full-bodied and fruity. Connoisseurs also rave about some of the more exotic local varieties such as kernling or andré and the rare sweet wines.
The wines that are characteristic of the Saale-Unstrut region have an elegant, softly structured and fruity bouquet with mineral nuances. Along the Saale and Unstrut rivers, broad riverside meadows give way to steep river gorges. Residual soil of shell limestone, as well as Bunter sandstone, loess loam and copper slate can be found here. These Triassic traces give the Saale-Unstrut wine its inimitable mineral notes. The wine region currently includes the Schloss Neuenburg, Thüringen and Mansfelder Seen estates, as well as four collective sites and 38 single vineyard sites.
With its balanced mix of sunshine and cool weather, the most northerly wine region at a latitude of 51 degrees has a long growing season. Most of the vineyards are south-facing, and 'islands of heat' in the river valleys form a particularly mild microclimate. The vines lie protected in the river valleys and on the neighbouring gentle slopes and steeper hillsides. With an average annual temperature of just under 10°C, the region has around 1,600 hours of sunshine a year. And with around 500mm of rainfall per annum, the Saale-Unstrut wine region is also one of Germany's driest areas.
With more than 40 private wineries, the Freyburg wine cooperative, the Kloster Pforta state winery and Rotkäppchen-Mumm sekt producers, there's plenty of opportunity to relax and enjoy the wine along the Saale-Unstrut Wine Route. For around 500 of the growers in the Saale-Unstrut wine region, the vineyards are a sideline. The majority of these, along with the farming businesses, send their grapes to the Freyburg-Unstrut wine cooperative. Here, the grapes from around 350 hectares of vineyards are pressed, matured and bottled. The fruits of their labours can then be enjoyed at a number of wine taverns and strausswirtschaften (inns where home-produced wine is sold).
The Saale-Unstrut vineyards are what give the region and its people their identity. The region is renowned for its hospitality, cheer and conviviality. Its fine wines have a revitalising effect, inspiring ideas and bringing people together from far and wide. This is part of our approach to life, which allows us to relate to the world in a particularly intensive and enjoyable way, reflecting our culture and poetry.
The river Saale flows out of the Fichtelgebirge mountains towards the Elbe, lined with castles perched on hilltops, tranquil villages and bustling towns. The 427km Saale Cycle Route offers fabulous cycling with plenty to see.
In this land of castles and sparkling sekt, Germany's northernmost wine route wends its way for around 60 kilometres through the beautiful landscape of the Saale-Unstrut region, stopping off at delightful destinations where the local wines can be sampled.
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Letter OTTAWA, 10 May 1949
In the absence of the High Commissioner [1], I have the honour to inform you that, in a communication recently received, the Australian Government intimated its reactions to the Agreement [2] between The Netherlands and the Indonesian Republican Government recently reached at Batavia for terms of a preliminary settlement for restoration of the Republican Government in Djokjakarta.
The Australian Government regards the Agreement with satisfaction though it is not disposed to be unduly optimistic in view of present difficulties and possible delays before the proposed Hague Conference takes place. Nevertheless, in the view of the Government, the Agreement implies a firm commitment on the part of the Netherlands Government to carry through negotiations with a view to final settlement. Expedition of the implementation of this Agreement and of the subsequent negotiations at The Hague will rest with the United Nations Commission and, in the opinion of the Australian Government, it will be the duty of this body to ensure that public opinion throughout the world is kept fully informed of progress.
My Government inclines to the view that the General Assembly, when considering the Indonesian question as an Agenda item, should agree without comment to hold the question over until the next Session. This would avoid unprofitable discussion and ensure reconsideration of the item in September, when the implementation of the present Agreement and progress towards a final settlement can be fully reviewed.
Since receipt of the above communication, information has been received that a joint motion proposed by India and Australia at Lake Success embodies the above views. It is understood that this motion will be discussed today.