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I planted a dwarf Fuji apple tree and it is loaded with apples. It could be because of the Golden delicious a also planted which is suppose to be a good pollinator. I bought a juicer too, to help me put all the apples to use. |
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Wow, that tree is indeed loaded with apples! Nice looking apples too! How old is the tree? Do you spray? I had to laugh when you started peeling the apple. My grandmother used to peel apples for me when I was little, and to this day I have to peel mine. It's not that I dislike the peel, and I know it has lots of good stuff in it, but old habits die hard! I'd love a bit more info on what you do to maintain the apple trees. Thanks! |
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My coffee plant is starting too shed some leaves, is this normal. Some of the leaves are turning a light green color, instead of their usual glossy dark green. They look like they are drying out in patches that eventually take over the leaf? I'm not sure what is causing this, the coffee cherries are starting to turn red for the first time, could this be affecting it? Thanks for any advice.
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- Posted by masterofcoffee 4 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 25, 09 at 17:40
mine is doing this also, I would suggest misting the leaves and watering longer on a regular basis. How old is your plant? If it is producing cherries, I would think that the rooting system should help the leaf issue if watered more often. Also try using a slightly acid fertilizer. If you have any other questions please feel free to email me with any questions. I am also starting to grow coffee, so it is a new experience, but that is some advice that I got from a horticulturist. |
Where did you get your coffee plant? I have had no luck in finding coffee to grow. |
- Posted by masterofcoffee (My Page) on Tue, Feb 10, 09 at 21:10
My first coffee plants came from Gurney's. After I started growing those, Believe it or not my next plants came from my wal mart. They were mis-lableld as another plant, and they claimed to have pink leaves, but I knew better. In fact, they were coffee plants. They are cheaper there, and they were cultivated by Exotic Angel Plants, or http://www.exoticangel.com/Varieties/ShowProductDetails.aspx?productid=28 I hope this helps! |
- Posted by motown_gardener 8-9 mesa AZ (My Page) on Thu, Feb 12, 09 at 16:54
i have 3 kona plants i bought through ebay from a nursery in hawaii. i got all 3 for like 12-15 bucks. i have the same problems on and off with the leaves but mine are much younger 1-2 yrs. no whwere near production. maybe the fruiting season reqires more water and a light fert like masterofcoffee said. thats what i do when i get nervous. do you roast your own coffee? i bought a "poppery 2" popcarn popper by west bend at the goodwill in tempe for 4 dollars. i read thay are the best model for roasting coffee and they're on ebay for about 25 bucks. but you sould check goodwill first if your interested, i found it on my 1st try, couldn't believe it. but until i get some berries i buy green beans from lost dutchman roastery in tempe. anyway, best of luck! |
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Well flyleft, I did find one series highly recommended, although I'd be curious what other more recent teachers have to say about it: it's called the Music Tree Series by Frances Clark. |
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John Thompson is classic. It was terrific years ago, and my sister (who's a music teacher in the Branford, Ct. Middleschool) has just started her two sons on it, so I don't think it's missed a beat after all these years! :-) |
I remember that one myself, along with ____Fletcher, which I was brung up on :) I'll look at it again today...along with the Music Tree series. I was just thinking that the beginner series from my childhood might very well look like my mother's Czerny exercises did to me, ykwim? Should be interesting to compare. |
My 6-yo son is doing his lessons with a teacher using Alfred's Premiere Piano Lessons series of books. I really like the approach and he's picking it up quickly. |
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John Schaumm was another good series. |
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Czerny exercises I remember them, and not favorably, either!! :-) (not that they weren't good-- just that I hated having to play them!!) |
spacific & Bill, thanks for more of them. Alfred's has a rec, then; I'll look at those too :) And Bill, you know I still have my mother's ancient piano books, I tote them around and just can't bear to get rid of them. The idea of her learning, back in the 20s and 30s as a little girl, from those books, long before her legs could touch the pedals...even if we never use them at all, they're staying with us! :) |
- Posted by cupofkindness (My Page) on Thu, Jun 15, 06 at 11:44
I don't know how old your daughter is, but I would suggest the following: 1. Wait until she's old enough to read at grade level or above. Music notation is a language in itself, one that she will learn to read. Our piano teacher insists that the child be at least through with second grade. 2. Is she willing to practice for at least 20 minutes a day? 3. I would contact your local organization of music/piano teachers for recommendations. If you child learns one method, say Suzuki, eventually they must move to a more classic approach to learning. By classic I mean that she'll need to be able to read music, count, etc. 4. Several music teachers I know swear by the Farber series. It's the one we use. Our teacher supplements with pieces of music that are appropriate for my daughters level. These pieces are then performed at formal performances (see next item). 5. Look for a teacher that will enter your child in various competitions, recitals and festivals. Although it might sound like undue pressure, these schedule performances really help focus the student by making them prepare a couple of pieces per event. My daughter has a Fall festival, a Jazz festival, a Sonatina festival, a Christmas concert, a Sacred music festival and finally a end-of-year recital scheduled for the 2006-2007 school year. Festivals are just groups of piano students (in our case, the piano students of all the teachers who belong to a certain professional group). My daughter is already working on pieces for the Jazz and Sacred festivals that will take place next year, 2007. 6. See if your prospective teacher has any upcoming student performances. My daughter's teacher made a DVD of her spring recital, so we can watch her performance whenever we want to. One of our teacher's students is brilliant. He played, by memory (no sheet music) a 12 minute Rachmaninoff piece (Hungarian Rhapsody?) that brought tears to my eyes. Incredible! His matchless performance really confirmed that we were heading in the right direction with our teacher. And he was one of 25 fabulous students. All of them were excellent for their levels. 7. Ask what your prosepctive teacher's students are doing as they graduate from high school. Many of my teachers students at least minor in music in college. 8. You get what you pay for as a general rule. We pay about $95 a month for weekly 45 minute sessions plus an additional 15 minutes of theory. We also take national music theory tests each year. Flyleft, I think whatever methods worked for you are probably what is still working. It's dedication that matters the most. Be careful about methods that don't teach music theory and reading music from the beginning. Playing by ear or with other non-traditional notations can be hard to "un-learn" later on, especially for different learning styles. Good luck! |
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Hello, I do not have specific piano experience to share (other than drawing on my own lessons as a kid) but I have a son who started out on trumpet and a daughter that plays oboe and another who is a book 1 Suzuki violin student. My experience as a Suzuki parent verses the earlier two budding musicians has been like night and day. With the trumpet and oboe, I would shuffle the kids to a quiet room for practice and make sure I heard some tootling for 20 to 30 minutes. That was my part in their practice routine. With Suzuki however, parents sit through the lessons, take notes, and then practice with the child making sure correct techniques are used. I don't think that the Suzuki philosphy works with every instrument. It is especially well suited of course for strings but I believe piano is the other instrument for which it is well suited. The Suzuki philosphy is that you didn't learn how to read or write at the same time you learned how to speak and you don't need to learn how to read or write music to begin learning how to play an instrument. What I have found with my little violinist is that she is learning musical notation naturally as she progresses due to her natural curiosity. She is also learning counting as she goes along. I can not speak highly enough of my Susuki experience. I think it would be a shame for my kindergartner to have to wait another two years--and could read well--before she was able to benefit from the obvious enjoyment she gets from music. |
EEEK!! I don't get followups sent to me, and I spaced checking on this thread for some reason... cup, THANKS for your great help. DD's a completely fluent word reader, but I think the sticking point is @2. That's why I'm going to start with her myself and see if she's interested before I drop some more serious $$ (we spent $500 on cello rental and lessons this spring...) on more lessons. ctremodler, glad to hear about your experience with Suzuki. Hope your daughter continues to get pleasure out of it. There's something so heartwarming about all those little Suzuki kids meeting, putting their violins under their chins, and starting to play the same song together--I've seen it a few times and it's like they say "hey" in words, then continue the conversation in music :). Very bonding. |
Cup, don't know if you'll pick this up, but you seem to have lots of knowledge in this department. What can one do if they don't want to wait until 2nd grade and are not too keen on Suzuki? Email me privately if you wish, thanks. Lisa |
Sprout, In addition to my class of undergraduate and graduate piano students at the university where I am a piano professor, I also have a large class of pre-college students, and these days, a little crop of 5 and 6 year olds. If a child wants lessons, can sit still for 45 minutes, then start them, assuming (shall I put that in caps?) the parent sits through the lesson and works daily (also in caps) with the child. The gold standard these days for beginning methods books is The Russian School of Piano Playing published by Boosey and Hawkes. Faber isn't bad, but Alfred or Bastien are extremely slow--even a non-pianist can look through these books and know that the left hand does nothing but play a few chords. The goal of your piano teacher should be to get the child to early intermediate literature in 9 to 12 months. That means things lilke Anna Magdalena Bach and simple sonatinas. |
This is very helpful, vedazu, thanks. |
Thank you so much for that, Alfred and Bastien seem to prevail around here, I'm so glad to know what to look for now. A little daunted by those caps of course! there's just so much to do between school and dinner and bedtime these days. Lisa |
You're welcome! It's my favorite topic--feel free to keep asking questions! Veda |
A little levity here, but have you considered a blind Stride or Barrelhouse piano player as a tudor? Someone who knows Ma Rainy, Betsy Smith, Scot Joplin,Eubie Blake, Prof. Longhair,Duke, Gershwin? Ah, you get my point. |
I hardly see any of those as Tudors. ;) And you left out Teddy Wilson, who definitely deserves consideration as royalty... Anyway, I definitely take your point, and our listening ranges across the spectrum. It's not that I haven't looked. There's one jazz pianist I know with whom I could possibly get my daughter situated, but I'm not in love with her hand positions when she plays (very idiosyncratic) and I'd prefer that if my DD comes to such a hand position, which actually looks painful sometimes, that she comes to it herself rather than trying to copy her teacher. I don't know anyone else who would introduce jazz/blues/etc. to her in a structured way. |
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Connie Kemm went to the Plaza Hotel to have lunch with a co-worker last week. When they left, she found an orange marking on her tire.
That marking signaled the city's new effort to check whether motorists are parking for more than 90 minutes in downtown areas.
Kemm didn't get a ticket because she stayed there for less than the time limit. But she wasn't happy with the marking.
"I was annoyed that anyone would mark my tire while it was parked in a legal parking area," she said.
Alta Vista Regional Hospital has yet to recognize a union that represents its employees, more than two years after it was voted in.
This week, the two sides met in the county courthouse before a federal hearing officer to hash out differences surrounding the firing of an employee. The attorneys for Alta Vista's parent company, Community Health Systems Inc., conceded to some of the union's contentions.
Jay Quintana, who was fired as a Robertson High School teacher this week, has a prominent backer in the school district — his wife, Associate Superintendent LeeEtte Quintana, who is second in command.
Recently, LeeEtte Quintana has reportedly been circulating a petition in support of her husband, who has also served as golf coach.
The city attorney on Wednesday accused two City Council members of breaking the rules during recent meetings. And he urged passage of a resolution to firm up the regulations for the council.
City Attorney Carlos Quiñones was referring to council members Andrew Feldman and Diane Moore, both of whom have been critical of Mayor Tony Marquez's administration.
The East school district fired Robertson High School teacher Jay Quintana this week, six months after he was placed on paid leave as the result of allegations of having sex with a student, the district's leader confirmed.
"The district has served Jay Quintana with a notice of discharge," said Rick Romero, superintendent of the Las Vegas City Schools district. "Obviously, there was considerable conversation with our attorneys and with the gentleman who performed the investigation for our district."
Like many women (and often, these days, men), I carry a shoulder bag almost everywhere I go. Back in the '60s it was a handbag, but through the years it has gained in volume and capacity. In an earlier column, I referred to the convenience or perhaps vanity of "being prepared" for any eventuality with the contents of my purse. There's been a slight change of perspective recently.
I am the sister of Richard Osgood, who my husband wrote to you about earlier. I am so upset over missing my brother that I don't know what to do. I am grateful to my husband for contacting you because I never would have thought of that. We have had to come up with some creative ideas, since we have had little luck getting the police to react to our situation. Pray that a loved one of yours is never a "missing person."
Councilwoman Diane Moore said the city's utilities department is becoming top heavy, asking the city to do more for its lower-level employees.
The city recently added the position of customer service manager for the utilities department, and Utilities Director Ken Garcia on Wednesday asked for another new position, water resources manager, who would seek new water sources.
"It would be nice if some of the efforts would be for the field staff," Moore said during a council meeting.
Councilman Andrew Feldman agreed.


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Noteworthy is a feature blatantly ripped off from Trey Kerby and The Basketball Jones crew that catches you up on everything you need to know from the night before in the NHL.
Flyers/Devils, Devils won 3-1
Series: It's ovah. Devils won series 4-1
Been awhile: The Devils moved past the Philadelphia Flyers, who could never get their give-a-damn meters back to where they were in round one against the Penguins. This is the first time New Jersey has been back to the Conference Final since 2003. I'm pretty sure I picked them to finish 12th in the East in pre-season, so feel free to go read blogs by someone who has a clue what they're talking about. Although…
A rare "I told you so": A wise man once made mention of the fact that the Flyers were going to need Ilya Bryzgalov to earn his paycheck and steal them a game. They weren't scoring a ton, were without Claude Giroux, and pay the dude a lot for just such a thing. But, Bryzaster struck:
I want one: Apparently herniated disc's make you really good at hockey? Maybe there's no causation there, but Ilya Kovalchuk was a monster (™ Pierre McGuire, royalties pending) last night, getting the first star nod with a goal, an assist, four shots (with four misses) and a block in just about 20 minutes.
No blame here: Max Talbot had a solid game for the Flyers: he scored their only goal, was a plus, had four shots, two blocks, a hit and four takeaways. Those four takeaways were more than the rest of Philly had combined (three).
Revenge is best served cold: Early in the game, Anton Volchenkov absolutely flattened Braden Schenn (it's in the highlight package at the bottom). I have no idea if that put the target on his chest, or if Zack Rinaldo just has a target on the chest of everyone within hitting range, but regardless, this happened:
Black ace watch: The Devils had 20 scratches last night – those guys don't get "paid," but according to a friend of mine who should know, they get $92 a day per diem. That's $1840 a day that the Devils dole out to just those guys in food money. I guess it's not much, but times it by a long playoff run and it is.
Oh right, them: A few people like myself were originally scratching their head over the Devils success, but when you watch guys like Adam Henrique (two assists last night), it isn't too hard to figure out. Throw Travis Zajac back in the mix (who won 68.4% of his faceoffs last night), and you can't help but feel like they're legit.
Moving pictures: If those tidbits weren't enough, let's step it up. Here's exactly what it looked like:


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U.S. military power: When is enough enough?
– Bernd Debusmann is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. —
The numbers tell the story of a superpower addicted to overwhelming military might: the United States accounts for five percent of the world's population, around 23 percent of its economic output and more than 40 percent of its military spending. America spends as much on its soldiers and weapons as the next 18 countries put together.
Why such a huge margin? The question is rarely asked although there is spirited debate over specific big-ticket weapons systems whose conception dates back to the days when the United States was not the only superpower and large-scale conventional war against the other superpower, the Soviet Union, was an ever-present possibility. Those days are over.
Now, the U.S., deep in deficit and grappling with the aftermath of the worst recession since the 1930s, is reaching a point where the only way the country can maintain its role as the world's towering military giant is to borrow money from the country many military planners see as a potential future adversary – China. "Obviously, this is not a tenable arrangement over the long run," says Loren Thompson, CEO of the Lexington Institute, a think tank with close ties to defense contractors.
The Pentagon, he says, must wean itself from the idea that the American military can go anywhere and do anything equally well.
Whether that weaning process will ever happen is open to doubt. "America's interests and role in the world require Armed Forces with unmatched capabilities," according to the just-published Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a report required by Congress on the future of U.S. national security strategy.
"Unmatched" is one thing, dwarfing the rest of the world is another. The U.S., for example, has 11 aircraft carriers in service; the rest of the world has eight. China is building one but analysts say it won't be completed before 2015. "The United States," notes the QDR, "remains the only nation to project and sustain large-scale operations over extended distances."
That it can do so is largely thanks to weapons systems developed during and for the Cold War, from aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines to long-range bombers. During his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama frequently pledged to reform the defence budget "so that we are not paying for Cold War era weapons systems that we don't use." He repeated that pledge in his first State of the Union message.
But his defence budget, released in the same week as the QDR, shows no distinct departure from the spending habits perpetuated in the budgets of his predecessor, George W. Bush. It allotted more funds for special forces, helicopters, missile-launching drones and other equipment for the "asymmetric wars" in Afghanistan and Iraq but it also provided for a new aircraft carrier and attack submarines.
If they are not Cold War era weapons meant for conventional conflict, what is?
In the eyes of Miriam Pemberton of the Institute for Policy Analysis, a liberal Washington think tank, Obama's budget provides for add-ons rather than hard choices and actually widens the huge imbalance between military spending and spending on non-military foreign engagement.
Also known as soft power, the term embraces concepts from diplomacy to foreign aid and some of the most eloquent warnings about the perils of the imbalance have come from the Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, the only Bush cabinet member kept on by Obama.
In 2007, Gates startled the military establishment by calling for increased funding for the State Department and pointing out that the entire American diplomatic corps numbered fewer people than the staffing of an aircraft carrier group. Diplomatic posts have been added since then but according to the Institute for Policy Analysis, the military to non-military imbalance has grown from 11:1 to 12:1.
"U.S. militarism has long been a core part of the American Way," writes Steven Hill in a just-published book, Europe's Promise, that compares the United States and Europe. Militarism does "triple duty as a formidable foreign policy tool, a powerful stimulus to the economy, and a usurper of tax dollars that could be spent on other budget priorities."
Health care, say, or education, or the nation's crumbling infrastructure. As it is, according to a study by a peace lobby, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, military spending and the cost of past wars have been swallowing up more than 40 percent of federal tax dollars, health care 20 percent, science, energy and environment 2.5 percent and education just over 2.
There is little grumbling over such lop-sided allocations largely because most Americans equate military spending with security. But having the world's strongest Armed Forces, by far, did not guard America against the September 11, 2001, attacks, nor does it guarantee victory against enemies using such primitive weapons as roadside bombs and suicide vests.
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[...] U.S. military power: When is enough enough? – Legacy spending [...]
It will never be enough. Americans will continue to refuse being the "sleeping giant" that we were when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. We'll never forget the feeling we had of being powerless against an enemy. Sooner than later, we may lose our superpower status in the world, but I promise it won't be because some country decided to invade us. Our only enemy is ourselves, and as Americans I believe we're fine with that. There isn't a nation on Earth which would dare challenge our sovereignty. That's a good thing, and I don't see any reason why we should change it. The United States will remain free for our grandchildren and so on, thanks to the strength and size of our advanced military. If we ever tried to change this, China would have boots on the ground in California the second we lost our military advantage. Make no mistake, America will defend it's citizens until the end. I support our military, and pray we stay on course for the sake of future generations.
Does anyone remember what defeated the Soviet Union??? Did tanks roll onto their sovereign territory? Did F-16′s thunder through their skies? NO… It was simple.. Too much spending on the military, and not enough spending on it's people and crumbling infrastructure.. Now we are doing the same thing, and I am afraid that we will meet the same end…. and soon….
General Dwight Eisenhower once warned us of the Military-Industrial Complex. We have to have a military – YES. We have to have a proper defense – YES. But we could cut our defense budget by 25% and still have enough nukes to protect us from everyone else (let me repeat that – EVERYONE else) on the planet.
From a retired US Army Officer and combat veteran….
No one is suggesting the United States weakens itself so as to put its citizens in danger. This is not a black and white thing. Reducing spending may lessen our military prowess by some small fraction, but it could also better other parts of our society to a greater degree. Imagine how much better our schools could be with 50% more funding! A 4% reduction on military spending doesn't seem so impossible, and I highly doubt it would diminish the significant advantage the United States has militarily.
"danielsanchez06″ you are complete wrong. Read what "edgyinchina" is saying!!! If we will not decrease military spending we will end up very bad! Nobody will attack us as long we have the nukes and willing to use them in case of need!!! Hopefully the American people will be enough intelligent to change that – to elect smarter presidents and smarter politicians…
As a member of the US Navy at a joint command, I both agree and disagree. I have seen the US military become the prime example of human corruption. It has been filled with pet projects of politicians on Capital Hill, mainly to get investment to their constituency, becoming a huge, deranged, political pet force. I am a senior enlisted member, and day in and day out, I have to play political games so much, I can barely train my junior members to the level they need to be at. The main cause of the problem, is too many civilians have been emplaced, I wouldn't doubt that there are more civilians in the Department of Defense than active military members. I believe the only civilian members in the DoD should be the service Secretaries and the Secretary of Defense with his Undersecretaries (you will see a positive difference, trust me). As for the size military-wise, our size is right, but the organization of it is not, that's where you see the problem. The Air Force has lost its relevence, most missions it used to have during the Cold War were never updated even though they needed to be, and were taken over be the Navy, Army, and Marines. The Air Force has the largest amount of pork barrel spending in the DoD, why? As for the point of aircraft carriers (I was stationed on one in Japan), it's all about power projection. America is an island, a big one, but it's an island. Our ability to influence world events is our ability to project the full force of our fleets, anywhere, anytime. Having less than 11 carriers will push the mental and emotional abilities of our crewmembers and their families. The USS Carl Vinson deployment to post-quake Haiti for MEDEVACS and medical care is a prime example of peacetime uses of a floating airfield. As for our smaller ships, do I need to bring up the issue of the Somali pirates attacking ships almost halfway across the Indian Ocean? Even we are struggling with that.
The other reason we have an enourmous military, even though we are an all volunteer force, is what it transforms those of us who join into. You see someone like me who is from the mountains of western Pennsylvania, to a kid who was in a gang in south central Los Angeles. We have a lot of people in the military because our country has a lot of people. Most of us don't join for the pay (not much), or to spread democracy around the world (such a cheesy line), but for our neighbor, our kids, or someone from the other side of the country we may not even know if we didn't.
We are big because we have become the only military superpower (inadvertently). The world has always had at least one. It is not the easiest job in the world.
'I have found the enemy and the enemy is us'
It breaks my hart to witness the greatest world power ever to exist, destroying it's self from within! Headlong eyes blinded by greed and pride; There princes have acted ruinously by sheer foolishness!
As Aristotle wrote; Men reach and fall reach and fall!
"The Bible foretold these days"
Brian your absolutely right. If you look at the Chinese expandtion in to South America Africa and the building of oil pipelines in Iran, Irag and Central Asia you see a pattern of Oil dominance in the Central Stan north of Afganistan. This will be the American choke hold along with the 2.5 trillion loan to us. The Chinese are buying our backyard and will control these puppet nations. America WAKE UP for I think it's already in the end bible days.
Again you have the democrats and republicans commenting, while the republican feel that the US never has enough weapons and be as big as it can be in order to "protect" their sovereignty then you have the democrats with a moderate more cerebral comments that while the US had the biggest weapon arsenal in the world they still got hit with 9/11. That is refreshing to hear that there are still Americans which are re questioning the value of being big when you are as vulnerable as any country in the world. Remember a twisted mind would hit the US with biologic and chemical weapons from inside the country, having 11 carriers won't help……
Smoke another joint Brian, it'll all be ok.
Jerri, go get high with Brian and make up a new conspiracy story
Hi Randy
If ignorance is bliss, then you must be very happy!
Check out the debt clock, and then tell me how long America can keep up its erection.
"edgyinchina"…so you think the Soviet Union fell because of it's military spending? Think again, pal. The Soviet Union fell because it was communist. Get your facts straight.
And let me add…I love it when people bring up 9/11 like it was a nuclear strike on our soil. 3,000 people were killed on 9/11. No disrespect to those who lost their lives, for they'll always be remembered. However, 9/11 isn't proof our military couldn't protect us. There's almost 400 million in the United States, and I'm feeling pretty safe right now. A couple of suicide bombers are nothing compared to what China or North Korea could do to us if our military is weakened. Americans don't like terrorists, but we're hardly scared of what they'll do to us. It's like a flea on a dog…bothersome, but not enough to make us run for the hills.
I'm an Australian, and we are a very large continent with a relatively small population. The USA is a very close friend of Australia and it has always been that way. Personally, I am very pleased that America has such a strong and powerful military, particularly when I look at the way China is currently strutting about on the international stage. I would infinitely prefer to be a close friend of the USA, than a vassal state of China if they would ever (heaven forbid) become the world's dominate player. Peking doesn't understand that human rights, freedom of speech and democracy, are very important to Westerners.
danielsanchez06 is obviously someone who knows nothing of the world outside the US other than what he sees on TV.
The US has every right to have the military it wants but conjuring up random, sometimes non-existent threats to justify the spend isn't really fair to the rest of the world.
1) since the collapse of the USSR it has been clear the USSR never had any intention to invade the US. It wanted to protect its interests and if had invaded anywhere it would have been Europe for regional reasons.
2) China's 2000 yrs of history has shown China has not tried to invade countries outside its immediate sphere of influence. note Mongols are not Chinese. Invading the USA is a preposterous as it comes.
The fact of the matter is, no country in the world would be bothered with invading the USA. They got much bigger problems at home and if they wanted to invade anywhere it would be their neighbours not the USA.
Also note:
1) Al Qaeda attacked New York because they believed USA has been attacking them in their countries for decades. This fact seems to continuously escape Americans even.
2) North Korea is only interested in attacking America when it sees America as threatening their regime or interfering in their region with South Korea
3) In the unlikely even China did do anything, it would be because it sees America as interfering in its Taiwan issue or similar.
The only appropriate argument for the current military spend is it allows America to do what it wants elsewhere in the world because it has the biggest stick. And America has every right to want to do that. If thats what u want, then Enough is relative to what others can spend.
This article is really about how sustainable the current spending is given the given "others" are wanting to catch up.
So the question to the danielsanchezs of the world is, should the US spend itself into the poor house or try other ways to achieve security which don't cost so much. If you are one of the 10% unemployed and don't want to join the military, are you going to care about that new attack sub?
Cut the waste and you would save enough to put more money into infrastructure. As long as the Pentagon and the rest of the Gov't continue to waste our tax dollars we will continue to bleed money we can not afford to waste.
I don't understand why you think a reduction in the spending will mean a smaller military, or for that matter, a less powerful one.
The military budged is huge, and not all of it is spent on things that actually benefit the military what so ever. There are airfields with hundreds upon hundreds of planes, which we bought and never used, and will never use.
There are plenty of projects that the military can go without. Also, a good military is one that adopts. In today's world, it's not about how big you are, but how tactical and flexible you are. More money can be spent on training soldiers, and recruiting soldiers. Or spent on thing that are used day-to-day by our soldiers in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and will be used in future conflicts.
Also, 9/11 was brought in this conversation because it was an attack at America, on American soil. The prevention of such events is the soul justification used by the US Military about its spending. And the fact that it didn't register in your book as a legitimate attack, is somewhat shameful. Yet, you bring Pearl Harbor as a reason why America should not stop spending the amount it does on its military. The only reason Pearl Harbor ever occurred was because the US military was so cocky of itself, that they denied the fact that any nation would dare to attack them, something that resonates with your first post.
Lets not forget, throughout history superpower has come and gone. Some held power for centuries and others not so long. We should do whatever it takes to continue our dominance. Complacency can lead one's down fall as it did for many others in the past. We as Americans should not let history repeat itself, rather make history. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
As the saying goes, to gain peace you must prepare for war.
An enemy will only attack you when they feel that:
-They can win,
-They can avoid punishment, or
-They can lose and survive.
Remove these outcomes and the enemy will not attack you.
That is what America needs to ensure safety in for the west. An army that is:
1. Powerful enough to destroy an enemy.
2. Mobile enough to retaliate against any enemy, no matter the distance and
3. Never allows an enemy to attack without retaliation.
As Dr. Strangelove said:
"Deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy a fear of attacking you."
I am an Irish citizen which I think gives me a fairly objective point of view – we are a small neutral country, we have no history of colonisation, we are still a member of the EU and historically we have always enjoyed a special relationship with the US.
In terms of the argument of military versus diplomatic spending – 20 years ago the IRA would have been considered one of the most dangerous and ruthless terrorist groups in the world. This week their modern day diplomats (including previous members of the IRA) have sat down with their unionist opponents and hammered out the final details of a deal to assume control of the police forces of Northern Ireland continuing on from the Good Friday process begun in 1998. This is a concept that was unthinkable only 20 years ago and yet peace has been achieved here due in no small part to the diplomatic efforts and participation of the US. Certainly one can not apply a similar timeline to solutions in the most outstanding current conflicts of the world – Israel/Palestine, East Africa, Afghanistan etc. But the point is a diplomatic solution can be possible.
With regards to bugets overall, I suspect Obama is budgeting for another aircraft carrier and submarine to continue the US's ability to project power globally. Hardly something one could criticise him for. However, any informed and balanced review of military spending in the modern world must recognise that the days of huge rolling armies have now (thankfully) past and the successful modern armies of the future will need to adapt to the new realities. The US military will need to become more efficient and more effective at adapting to this new world order – the ability to deal with urban warfare and post conflict peacekeeping duties are good examples and the US military's inexperience in these areas has been exposed over the last decade.
I find it refreshing that some of the most informed and useful comments submitted on this thread are by those with active or previous experience in the military.
It's exactly this thinking that ultimately compels God to act.
As the prophet Jeremiah aptly stated:
I well know, O God, that to earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his own steps.
"America spends as much on its soldiers and weapons as the next 18 countries put together…the U.S., deep in deficit and grappling with the aftermath of the worst recession since the 1930s, is reaching a point where the only way the country can maintain its role as the world's towering military giant is to borrow money from the country many military planners see as a potential future adversary – China"
we are quite obviously a nation of idiots!
and as we fall, into something less than a 'super power', we will forget what promise we once had and what could have been accomplished (expansion outward to the moon and mars). before long our debt ridden lives under the boot heel of the corporate aristocracy will seem just normal. our children's children will have no more dream than just to survive. haiti serves us well as a model of things to come.
as for me, i lived well during our peak (late 50s to early 00s) and i'm glad i'm old enough not to have to see much of what's coming!
I don't really get it. Anyone that has been in combat should know that Deities are conspicuously absent when people kill each other. Drones have brought another dimension. When I did active service, my life was insured for $10 000, the proceeds would have gone to my mother, along with the dog-tags. I suppose a drone costs a bit more, so the economies of scale baffles me, maybe because life is worthless in occupied countries. I have also thought about his whole superpower thing and it makes no sense. Why would the US systematically implode on itself ? My only conclusion is that it is being bankrolled by its allies. The Arab World does it all the time, why can't Christians do it ?
I agree, I don' think anybody has the time and the inclination to occupy the US. As far as World Wars are concerned, don't provoke or be provoked, why go and sell weapons to Taiwan on the one hand, and visit the Dalai Lama on the other hand ? One thing is for sure, the US has an image of being a bully that fights at a distance with not much of a soul.
'Now I am the father of death, the destroyer of worlds' – Google it and see what pops out.
I wish all this money would go to cancer research and treatment. That is really the silent killer and causes immense suffering and it is going to get worse fast.
Flawed communism brought down the Soviet Union not military spending. The U.S.A. should not cut back on 1 cent of defense spending. We should reign in all of our troops in Iraq, Afganistan, and Pakistan and realocate the money being wasted there on rebuilding America's infrastructure. Why we are wasting resources overseas in worthless wars is beyond me. Push it all off onto the "brilliant minds" running the United Nations.
What really costs much is the personnel. Replace them with remotely controlled (better yet, fully automatic), relatively cheap drones – preferably so cheap they can be considered expendable; and the cost of fighting wars overseas will not be as prohibitive as it is now. As long as we don't intend to colonize the country (case in point – Afghanistan) we need no boots on the ground.
The drawback would be that the drone operator can't see things as clearly as an infantry man on the ground. So there inevitably will be more errors and more collateral damage. But cost cutting, and especially defense cost cutting, has its own costs, and the aforementioned collateral damage would be just some of these costs.
Can we live with the idea of causing collateral damage halfway across the globe? Probably yes. After all nobody complained 65 years ago when American bombers reduced Dresden and Hiroshima to rubble. Nor anyone complains now about today's drone strikes on Taliban in Pakistan, even though usually the families and neighbors of the militants are getting hit as well.
Somebody would have then to manufacture the drones. Hopefully this kind of manufacturing will not be outsourced to China, so there will be quality jobs here in the USA.
As for China, screw them. Whatever we do, they can only make angry face but not much more than that. If they move to destroy the dollar, they'll do it to their own detriment. It will be ugly here for a while, with prices for oil, its derivatives (chiefly fuel) and luxury items – things bought outside China – going through the roof. But it will be uglier for China, with their reserves losing much of the value, and their manufacturing losing the single most important market. If we stop buying Chinese, there will be a fair shot for manufacturing here in the USA to get back into relevance. The Chinese know that, and will never let it happen. So, as much as I don't generally like what BHO is doing, both decisions to sell weapons to ROC and to meet Dalai Lama are the right ones.
Yes Crude Media implant. Nobody complained because they were vaporised and radiated into submission, to avoid Russia occupying Japan, amongst others. Which bank financed The Enola Gay and its payload ? As the one mission pilot said, "it was necessary at the time, but should never happen again". Signed: Tsar Bomba.
There is no doubt that waste is significant in such a large bureaucracy. There is little doubt that great good has also been achieved (Bosnia, Haiti, Pakistan earthquake, Kurdish relief, liberation of Europe, liberation of Kuwait, etc.). The question is determining what the country can afford. I fear that we cannot afford what we could at one time. In particular, can we continue to be the policeman who keeps radical Islam from destroying the world? The Europeans who complain about U.S. military power now will need to step up and handle the destabilized countries that impact their energy supplies, immigration, security and economies. They may come to miss that superpower. Spain should start thinking about a new name for the city of "Matamores."
"America spends as much on its soldiers and weapons as the next 18 countries put together" = only half the story.
There's the fortune spent on outsourced paramilitary and so-called support presence. Then there's the unspecified amount spent on bribes and double-agent espionage in previously destabilized countries. Then there's the amount spent on destabilization of future theatres of war. Then there's the amount spent on American WMD that don't work, serious money practically given away to companies that by themselves couldn't stay in business if it weren't for the spectre of perpetual war. Then there's the amount spent hiding the pork from the Government Accounting Office, and the amount consumed by lobbyists and their media puppets who make war seem inevitable and palatable to the docile taxpaying public. Then there's legal fees and spin funds for keeping the war criminals conveniently, if only by a hair, out of reach of legitimate prosecution. Then there's the waste, destruction and starvation which are logical results of warfare, costs to be borne by the victims of America's illegal vanity wars everywhere.
Not to mention the American economy being leeched dry by so-called Defense spending, with little or nothing left to spend on peaceful and productive activities.
How much is too much? I'll tell you how much. The whole goddamn thing is too much. Militarism will be the downfall of America. And you know what else? The people who make it their business to make money by contrivance of warfare do not actually care what happens to the countries they ruin in the process, America included.
So it's either war, or America. In the long run, the two are mutually exclusive.
The trick is to avoid the 1.2 billion Muslims congregating in one dipole at any moment in time-/lines. There are too many factions and large sects and infighting. Once oil has run out, say by 2050, the Mid-East will implode on itself. The Crusaders will always maintain the balance and push back. Muslims are scared people, like us all. I prefer 'The-rest-of-religions' brainwashing, my personal favourite Hinduism, they have better pictures than the rest.
I think Americains should stop worrying about the the size of their military and start slowing down their rate of material consumption. Theres not enough fossil fuels on the globe to back up infinte growth that capitaliism requires.
Infinite growth v finite energy = Bye bye
USA and the collaspe of a 100 year old pridine into a new era. Money it seems has finally come up against somthing more powerful than it; Natrual resources
China will never be allowed to become a superpower. Mark my words,in less than ten years that nation wouldve been brokern into seperate confilicting states by western subdifuge, and western compaines will no doubt be falling over each other to access the free markets created there.
That will propbably bring a return to growth but it will only be a quick fix it all comes down to the end to simple physics.
Our future will poorer matrialisticly but i belive it will be a revolution in our hearts and minds that will get us through the transiton period into a more responsible world.
No need to be a genius to understand that this can't be continued for too long…
We have to acknowledge that prosperity in US is a result of millions of serious unjust and unethical actions made by companies and high level politics. Well, "lawyers & money" can prove that 2+2 isn't necessarily equals to 4.
Shareholders of biggest corporations have most US control buttons under their possession and Mr. Obama can't do much…
The main problem of power owners is the endless "greediness".
Thank you for this article, Mr. Debudsmann. I'd like to see more media attention to the global problems created by the weapons trade. How can the U.S. conscience its claim to any moral high ground when its prosperity is based on this?
Also, I'd like to see more attention paid to the ways that the U.S. (and global) economy is controlled by a financial oligarchy, rather than by politicians.
And also, why do commentators and analysts shy away from discussion of the non-sustainability of population growth?
These three factors could well spell the annihilation of life on the planet.
"NO… It was simple.. Too much spending on the military, and not enough spending on it's people and crumbling infrastructure.. Now we are doing the same thing, and I am afraid that we will meet the same end…. and soon…."
As another military veteran I've got to agree with Edgy. Without a strong economy you can not have a strong military or at least not for very long. Just take a look at the the economic data that is contantly coming out. Huge government budget deficits, high unemployment rates, government funded massive entitlement programs, along with a massive government funded military etc. The United States used to be the biggest creditor nation. Now, its the biggest debtor nation. All of this sounds very much like how the Soviet Union ran things.
War = profit.
The military-industrial nexus grows stronger by the decade.
The military is in effect an alternative form of social welfare, since soldiers are overwhelmingly non-college and come from have-not families. Without the draft, it is in the interest of the military of this nation to keep a large portion of our population poor, because that leads to easy recruitment.
Social inequality feeds both the military and the market.
A shy point; it hasn't even touched the word exploitation.
No such shyness at Left Blog.
War = profit.
War is a racket. The MIC is insatiable. It's ravenous nature must remain unfettered !
i see waste at the dod everyday,say something and you are gone.each post needs a strict GAO accounting, and i would venture to say that each post good produce the GDP of the state that they are in.i tried to ask to purchase a minimal exspensive item and i was told we are buying the most expensive one.In the minds of the military if you are fiscally responsible ,your budget will get cut, therefore the tax payer is getting hosed on a 24hr basis.you have people contracting that do not know what they are buying,throwing money over both shoulders, to appease someone who will retire and get a cush job with the contracted firm,just look at the boards of the contractors if you need proof, you'll see more stars than the taxpayer does.invest in ky-jelly more of this is to come
Dear Mr. Debusmann – why are you so consistently against Israel in all of your columns? I am yet to see a single one that is even neutral towards Israel. Would you like Israel to be erased off the map? Take a number.
There have been many arguments thus far that seem to promote an idea of one vs. the other…that too much military investment is taking away precious resources that could otherwise be used for other needs such as infrastructure. The biggest problem with this approach is that it fails to acknowledge that at the highest strategic levels, these issues are often interrelated.
It doesn't have to be a "one vs the other" proposition. The military is only one of several instruments of national security, but for some reason we as Americans have a tendency to think that military exclusively equals national security. For those of you who want to win over the "hawks", you can't just make it a "military vs infrastructure/education/etc" issue, because with this simplistic dichotomy, the furthest you will ever get with the "hawks" is a stalemate. You have to bring it up to the strategic level. For instance, investing in civilian infrastructure can actually go a long way toward supporting the security of our nation and our allies.
There have been numerous historical precedents. Take for instance the Civil War; the railroad and telegram were two infrastructure projects that gave the Union the upper hand in re-supply and command/control against an enemy that was significantly more adept at tactical warfare. Another example is WWII; a significant factor in our success was our industrial might. Or the Cold War, which gave birth to our space program (with lots of spinoff benefits to society, like GPS) and even the Internet (which takes root from DARPA's ARPANET).
Yes, Eisenhower warned of a military-industrial complex…but this didn't mean he totally opposed investing in dual-use capabilities…capabilities that had significant civilian benefit as well as military application. His concern (correct me if I am wrong) was military arms development become the major impetus for decisions by policymakers. We need to present the case for prioritizing investments in infrastructure, etc, not only because of the domestic and economic benefits, but also in terms of how they ultimately actually support better security for our nation and our partners.


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My home has three phase wiring, and last year, when I had to replace a five ton AC condenser, the AC company told me I either had to use a three phase unit (commercial, and more expensive), or they would have to redo the wiring. I told them I would prefer not to jury rig the wiring, and wound up spending almost five thousand dollars for the unit. I had a smaller unit replaced this year, by another company, which turned out to be single phase. When I mentioned my relief, and told the guy the story about the larger unit, he looked at it, and said it was single phase. I went back to my contract, and checked out what was written, and it definitely said three phase, thirteen seer. I checked the model number online, and found it to be a single phase, eleven seer unit. Obviously the installer took me for a ride, but my main question is - what did they have to do to the wiring to use a single phase unit, and should I be concerned about the wiring, as wlel as about the fraud involved? |
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Probably only had to cap the unused third phase wire. |
- Posted by weedmeister (My Page) on Mon, Dec 20, 10 at 17:14
If you wire across two phases of a 3-phase circuit, won't the resulting waveform be a bit whacky? The two phases are 120* apart, not 180*, so won't the voltage be non-steady? |
- Posted by petey_racer (My Page) on Mon, Dec 20, 10 at 19:50
Using two legs of a three-phase system is simply single-phase. there is no problem with the voltage. Two legs of a 120/208V 3-phase system is 208V. |
If you wire across 2 phases, you'll typically have a "steady" 208V. Whether or not the AC will run on that is another question. Unless designed for that voltage, my guess is that the lifespan will be shortened considerably. |
A delta service was once quite popular for larger residential HVAC installs. If it is a 120/240 delta service, a wire nut cap on the "wild leg" makes it essentially the same as 120/240 single phase. Since the circuit capacity will be lower that way, my advice is to find a reputable HVAC company to look over the install. Then take that information and your contract to a good, mean lawyer. Fraud seems fairly common in the HVAC trade, when I had a unit installed, a 2 ton condenser was "accidentally" placed in the carton marked as 2.5 ton. |
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TAMPA, Fla. – The battle for places in the PDL Playoffs intensified this week as division crowns were claimed by the Thunder Bay Chill and Fresno Fuego. While those two teams lead the pack overall, the remaining seven divisions all have contests that will shape the upcoming postseason, which is now less than two weeks away.
The Ottawa Fury are on a remarkable run of form, and can clinch the division title this weekend as they host the Seacoast United Phantoms on Friday night. Behind them, though, the battle for second remains tight as the Western Mass Pioneers and GPS Portland Phoenix are tied at 18 points with four games remaining. Portland faces a pair of games this weekend as it hosts the Real Boston Rams on Saturday night and the CFC Azul on Sunday. The Pioneers, meanwhile, host the Azul on Friday night.
Reading United is at the center of this weekend's key action in the Mid Atlantic Division, with the third-place side hosting the second-place Long Island Rough Riders on Friday night, and then visiting the first-place Ocean City Nor'easters on Sunday. A pair of wins would move United, which remain undefeated, back on top of the division, but the Baltimore Bohemians could be ready to strike should Reading fall and the Bohs take victory against Long Island on Saturday.
While the Carolina Dynamo now lead the division by four points following their win against the West Virginia Chaos, the battle for second place continues, with the SC United Bantams meeting the Virginia Beach Piranhas on Saturday night. Should the Bantams take victory, they would move ahead of the Chaos into second place with another game in hand. A Virginia Beach win, however, would pull the Piranhas level with West Virginia with two games in hand against the Chaos.
The Panama City Beach Pirates hold a one-point lead for first place against the Ocala Stampede with three games to play, and both teams will aim to bolster their positions as the Pirates face Ft. Lauderdale Schulz Academy and the Stampede visit the SW Florida Adrenaline this weekend. Third-place Orlando City will try to keep pace as it hosts VSI Tampa Bay FC, hoping one of the two clubs in front slips up and opens up the opportunity to get back into the playoff positions.
After Oklahoma City and Laredo played to a 1-1 draw on Thursday night, keeping OKC two points ahead of the Heat, the two teams are back in action on Saturday night against opposition at opposite ends of the standings. Oklahoma City visits Austin at House Park, with the Aztex having the opportunity to clinch the division title, while Laredo hosts the El Paso Patriots at Texas A&M International. With Laredo still holding a game in hand against OKC, the Heat could be back in second place with a chance to add to their lead in the final week of the season.
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