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Fri, May 10, 13 at 0:33
I pruned a branch off of my small Jolly Tiger fig that had reverted back to all solid green. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Jolly Tiger fig tree video
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- Posted by ottawan_z5a (Canada) (My Page) on Tue, May 21, 13 at 23:09
Thanks tmc. Your post and comments helped me decide to have or not to have a Jolly Tiger fig plant. |
- Posted by fignewbies 5 (My Page) on Thu, May 23, 13 at 8:39
Hi, Cute little Panachee fig fruit looks like a mini air balloon. |
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Rush Limbaugh has had it with Obama!
To the Obama administration's mind this embasy's statement was supposed to be an olive branch extended to these Muslim sickos showing them how much we understand them and how much they should respect and love us for being so magnaminous. They saw it as pure weakness (which it is) and decided they could exploit it, and do whatever they wanted without fearing reprisals. If embassies are considered to be the sovereign territory of the nation occupying that embassy, then these attacks are acts of war. The administration is not in touch with reality; the Muslim fascists are, to the extent that they could judge the situation accurately and make their decisions from these acurate perceptions of Obama's weaknesses. I ask Obama-zombies to give me one good reason to vote for him and I will; so far they have failed to do so. Oh, how have the mighty fallen.

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Unfortunately this caused me to break out on my T-zones ( I have combo skin with oily t zones). It is tinted and makes me look ashen. It is a great base though under foundation but I can't wear it without foundation - makes me look sick. I really want to wear sunscreen but has yet to find one that doesn't break me out. Will definitely not repurchase.
OOuuffff this sunscreen is spose to be fragrance free, but i hate that sunscreen smell. It leaves my face looking all white and pasty. I regret getting this product. Will not use it anymore. Thank god they refund my money for it!
This is a great sunscreen. Oil free with great antioxidents. Chemical free and Clinique does no animal testing.
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i really liked this product. it was perfect for me. it blended into my skin pefectly, it didnt make my skin oily of break out. and i used it everyday and it lasted my over a year. very satisfied
I learned even though this is a good light sunblock, its uva/uvb isn't stable. i don't know if any of you had this problem but i apply a 2nd layer of this, if flakes off for me. I'm not sure if i'll buy this again. I'll go back to Cetaphil as that is stable
I've been using this sunscreen for years! It's oil-free, and offers good protection. It does leave a slight white cast on your skin, but actually I like that - it acts like a make-up base! This is one of those products I apply every day, no matter what.
I've used this for years and I will continue. I use it when I am going to be in direct sunlight but, I find that it does not moisturize enough for me and I need to use a separate moisturizer underneath. This product contains silica which is absorbant. AT times, I actually feel that it dries my skin out, but, then again, this product is not my daily sunscreen, it is only for occasional direct sunlight times. The package is great. There are several antioxidants included. The only thing I would change about the product, is to add a little zinc oxide for better UVA protection because the 8.8% titanium provides UVB and partial UVA. I would also like a bit more moisture in the product. Overall, I will continue to buy it though.
This is an Oil-free sunblock, with Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide as its active ingredients, which are supposed to provide full spectrum protection against UVA-UVB radiation. However that is NOT true for this sunblock. I have olive toned skin which tans immediately if exposed to sunlight. Despite having used Clinique's Super City Block-25 religiously, for over 4 months now... i noticed that my skin continued to tan and did not seem protected at all. Then I read that though this product offers decent UVB protection(SPF),it may provide little or no protection against UVA radiation...hence the continous browning of my face. Though it lives up to its claim of being Oil-Free and is good for oily, breakout prone skin like mine; it does not provide the sun protection which is the first thing that one looks for in a sun block...will not repurchase.
It's a good sunscreen but too heavy for my skin. I never use foundation and the feeling of having something on my skin bothers me a bit.
It also broke me out a little, nothing horrible just zits in places I never get them. Decided to try Murad and I like it so much better - goodbye Clinique!


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And what's up with the allen screws? And what's up with what looks like a second nut? What's up with that?
Allen bolts on the keys: maybe the thumscrews got lost?
Looks like they replaced the original nut with a thinner, Fender style nut, leaving a gap between the nut and truss rod cover.
I'll take it off his hands for $50.
Thanks Shawn, but next time it's your turn to do all the work and I'm gonna be the one to be watching!
I already have an old worn in guitar, a cheap(er-ish) sparkled guitar, and that white CE to experiment on, I'm pretty sure the next one has to be something really opulent. (although still a CE)
I hate to be a copy-cat, but this is the coolest thing I have ever seen the PTC (I presume) do.
Different color of course.
Gawd, that nut is terrible. Is that the naked wood behind it or something else?
Modified SE Bernie Marsden, Fender Strat
Laney Lionheart L5T-112, Fender Mustang 1
Wishing for a Blue Bernie!
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HELLO GREAT PEOPLE!!! I am happy to share the newest vid of my current acoustic series (KFeenix Acoustix). This vid is slightly different with it being my first ever mini film. I had a lot of fun creating and shooting this! I covered Justin Timberlakes "Suit & Tie" w/ Ushers "Bad Girl" mashup. The video was shot and edited by Camera N'A Dream productions. Look forward to many colloborations to come!! Please let me know your feed back! Please Please Please like, subscribe, share, post. I need your support!!!
Also, I have many upcoming show dates in April ! Stay tuned!! I hope to see you in the Atlanta, GA area. Thank THANK YOU for your continuous support! I really appreciate you all.
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Abstract: | Phylogeographic studies of Holarctic birds are challenging because they involve vast geographic scale, complex glacial history, extensive phenotypic variation, and heterogeneous taxonomic treatment across countries, all of which require large sample sizes. Knowledge about the quality of phylogeographic information provided by different loci is crucial for study design. We use sequences of one mtDNA gene, one sex-linked intron, and one autosomal intron to elucidate large scale phylogeographic patterns in the Holarctic lark genus Eremophila. The mtDNA ND2 gene identified six geographically, ecologically, and phenotypically concordant clades in the Palearctic that diverged in the Early - Middle Pleistocene and suggested paraphyly of the horned lark (E. alpestris) with respect to the Temminck's lark (E. bilopha). In the Nearctic, ND2 identified five subclades which diverged in the Late Pleistocene. They overlapped geographically and were not concordant phenotypically or ecologically. Nuclear alleles provided little information on geographic structuring of genetic variation in horned larks beyond supporting the monophyly of Eremophila and paraphyly of the horned lark. Multilocus species trees based on two nuclear or all three loci provided poor support for haplogroups identified by mtDNA. The node ages calculated using mtDNA were consistent with the available paleontological data, whereas individual nuclear loci and multilocus species trees appeared to underestimate node ages. We argue that mtDNA is capable of discovering independent evolutionary units within avian taxa and can provide a reasonable phylogeographic hypothesis when geographic scale, geologic history, and phenotypic variation in the study system are too complex for proposing reasonable a priori hypotheses required for multilocus methods. Finally, we suggest splitting the currently recognized horned lark into five Palearctic and one Nearctic species. |
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Abstract: | Due to major shifts in the marine ecosystem, many seabirds in the NE Atlantic have experienced short- and long-term breeding failures and population changes. One such seabird is the Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica, the populations of which have declined in Norway at an annual rate of 2% over a ~30 yr period. Parallel to this decline, we found a significant decline in egg volume at 2 widely separated Norwegian colonies situated in different marine ecoregions, a decline that is unprecedented among auks. In birds, egg production is costly for the female and varies in response to the amount of energy available for reproduction. Whereas proximate factors determining egg size are largely unknown, food availability prior to egg-laying is considered important. Using generalised least-square models, we demonstrate that the declines in egg size were driven by interannual changes in abundances of capelin Mallotus villosus and early life stages of herring Clupea harengus and haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, all of which are important prey of Atlantic puffins in these colonies. Furthermore, changes in climatic variables, such as sea temperature and the North Atlantic Oscillation, suggest that other prey may also have played a role in determining puffin egg size. The decline in egg size may reduce the quality of future breeders and hence have negative effects on puffin populations. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/5034 |
Description: | Poster presented at Norsk Arkeologmøte, Stavanger, 06.11-07.11 2014. |
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Abstract: | In 1977 a monument in memory of the Finnish immigrants was erected in Vadsø, the capital town of the county of Finnmark. The unveiling ceremony of the monument was an exceptional event, where the Norwegian king Olav, the Swedish king Carl Gustav and the Finnish president Uhro Kekkonen attended. The purpose of the monument was to pay tribute to the Finnish immigrants and their contribution to the North Norwegian communities. These immigrants were also known as Kven, an old Scandinavian term for people with a Finnish cultural background who moved to North Norway in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. By going back to the memorial-making process, I have reinvested the monument with the memory of its acquired past. It is argued that the construction of the monument in Vadsø was not only a kind of reconstruction of the past and a kind of public mnemonic technique, but also a contribution to the discourse about the present and the future. This monument may be seen as a process where the immigrant's identity was tied to the place, both the geographical space and as an ethnic group in a multiethnic society. The monument may also be interpreted as a first "battle" to draw attention to the Kvens, and a first attempt to revitalize Kven culture and identity. |
Description: | This article is part of Lena Aarekol's doctoral thesis, which is available in Munin at http://hdl.handle.net/10037/2596 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4201 |
Abstract: | The Streaked Horned Lark (SHL: Eremophila alpestris strigata) is the Northwest subspecies of the Horned Lark listed as endangered in Washington State, critical in Oregon, and is now being considered for listing as threatened by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Some of the important breeding areas of SHL are associated with airports in western Washington and Oregon which raises concern over possible collisions between SHLs and aircraft. Here, we report a successful use of mtDNA ND2 gene sequence for identification of SHL feather and tissue remains from a bird collision with a US Air Force F-15-C on 4 October 2012 at Portland International Airport. Due to the conservation status of SHL, documentation of this event and a simple mtDNA-based molecular identification protocol may have management and conservation implications at airfields within the range of this rare subspecies. |
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Abstract: | Indigenous peoples, like the Sami of Fenno-Scandinavia, continue to be the object of museum display in ethnographic museums. Most of these exhibits focus predominantly on culture history via objects that reveal the quality and richness of indigenous cultures, with less emphasis on the political struggles that indigenous peoples are involved in. This paper is a reflection on the experiences in making a museum representation of a modern indigenous movement – the struggle of Sami in Norway for recognition and rights as an indigenous people. The project was meant not just to present a new way to represent indigenous peoples, but also to be designed as an argument in the ongoing ethnopolitical discourse on equity and difference in Sami- Norwegian relations |
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Abstract: | The objective of this chapter is to give an overview and analysis of the current trends and developments in biotechnology in aquaculture research and management. The technological developments along with structural changes in the aquaculture sector may affect access and intellectual property rights (IPR) regimes. These issues will be discussed in a wide perspective involving both short and long-term biological effects, ethical and other social aspects (economic, legal and political issues), including their partly inherent contradictions needing compromising for sustainable development. The chapter will focus on current biological challenges within aquaculture as a growing food production sector, with less emphasis on external effects such as environmental effects. Cases from farmed salmon and cod in Norway in addition to shrimp and tilapia in Asia will be highlighted. |
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Abstract: | The regime of navigation on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) is still largely based on legislation adopted by the Soviet Union, and features certain deviations in the way Russia's international legal rights and obligations are implemented. In recent years the Russian Federation has demonstrated interest in revising NSR legislation with the preparation of one single comprehensive Federal Act on the NSR, and also a Federal Act to introduce amendments to pre-existing legislation. The latter option has gained the support of legislators, as the newly promulgated Federal Law on the NSR, dated July 28th 2012, No. 132 FZ, established grounds for further specific regulatory acts to have effect on commercial navigation on the waters of the route. The primary purpose of this article is to discuss the processes leading up to this long-awaited decision, as well as the implications of the new legislation for navigation on the NSR. The creative legal ambiguity of the Russian domestic legislation has historically allowed for divergent arguments, voiced by Russian scholars, in respect to the assumed legal basis for the Russian extended authority to regulate navigation on the NSR and the limitations thereof. Alternative views have provided grounds for different legislative proposals and for heated discussions leading to the adoption of the most recent law. This article will trace the development of the legal thinking in Russia with respect to the allocation of jurisdiction on the NSR. |
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Abstract: | Nordlysobservatoriet i Tromsø ble høytidelig innviet 6. august 1930. Et 25-års jubileum ble markert med en tilstelning 30. juli 1955. Ved 25-års jubileet i 1955 ble det utarbeidet et festskrift - men det var ikke penger til å få det trykt. Desto gledeligere er det at vi til 50-års jubileet får anledning til et spesialhefte av OTTAR for å beskrive Nordlysobservatoriets historie og virksomhet, et hefte som er ustyrt med fargebilder. |
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Abstract: | The Norwegian population of the Common Guillemot Uria aalge has declined by > 95% since the 1960s, and is classified as critically endangered in the Norwegian Red List. Much of the recent decline has been attributed to reduced food availability, but without extensive documentation of adult diet. Instead, chick diet has been considered a proxy of adult diet during the breeding season in many Norwegian studies. Central place foraging theory, especially for single-prey loaders, however, predicts that this may not be so and this study compares directly the diet of adult and chick Common Guillemots during the breeding season at a colony in NE Norway. Whereas chicks were fed mainly capelin (Mallotus villosus) and sandeels (Ammodytes sp.), most of the adult diet consisted of the two youngest year classes of Gadidae, probably cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus). A successful ecosystem management of seabirds is dependent on a full understanding of how prey quality, abundance and availability influence seabird populations and their viability such that knowing the true diet of adult Common Guillemots has important implications in the modelling and management of the Norwegian populations. |
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Abstract: | Cowpox virus, which has been used to protect humans against smallpox but may cause severe disease in immunocompromised persons, has reemerged in humans, domestic cats, and other animal species in Europe. Orthopoxvirus (OPV) DNA was detected in tissues (lung, kidney, spleen) in 24 (9%) of 263 free-ranging Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from Sweden. Thymidine kinase gene amplicon sequences (339 bp) from 21 lynx were all identical to those from cowpox virus isolated from a person in Norway and phylogenetically closer to monkeypox virus than to vaccinia virus and isolates from 2 persons with cowpox virus in Sweden. Prevalence was higher among animals from regions with dense, rather than rural, human populations. Lynx are probably exposed to OPV through predation on small mammal reservoir species. We conclude that OPV is widely distributed in Sweden and may represent a threat to humans. Further studies are needed to verify whether this lynx OPV is cowpox virus. |
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Abstract: | Drawings and descriptions of otloiths from 29 common marine fish species fron North Norway is presented. For 12 species the relationship between fish standard lenhgt and otolith lenghts is described by linear regression. |
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Abstract: | Inför utvidgelsen av E8 i Lavangsdalen identifierades två fredade samiska kulturminneslokaliteter (Sametinget 2011) vilka delvis eller helt skulle förstöras i samband med utbyggningen och krävde vidare undersökningar. Det rörde sig om kulturspår från samisk renskötsel vilket i första hand gav sig uttryck som förändringar i dagens vegetation. För att få en förståelse av hur långt tillbaka i tiden den samiska renskötselaktivitet gått och hur den påverkat vegetation utfördes palaeoekologiska analyser vi dessa lokaliteter. |
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Abstract: | In this paper my aim is to read and understand the journal of Gerrit de Veer from the last journey of William Barents to the Arctic Regions in 1596 and the journal of captain Junge on his hunting trip from Tromsø to Svalbard in 1834.It is nearly 240 years between this to voyages. The first journal is known as the earliest report from the arctic era. Gerrit de Veer adds instructive copper engravings to his text and give us insight in the crews meeting with this new land. Captain Junges journal is found together with his dead crew in a house in a fjord nearby Ny-Ålesund and has no drawings, but word. Both of these journals may be read as sources of the knowledge and understanding of the polar region. They might also unveil the ideas of how to deal with and survive under the challenges that is given. In addition one can ask if the sources can tell us more about how men describe their challenges. Can the way they expressed themselves in the journals give us an understanding of masculinity? And not least help us to create good questions of the change in the ideas of masculinities which is said to follow the change in understanding of the wilderness. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4874 |
Abstract: | In migratory birds, environmental conditions in both breeding and non-breeding areas may affect adult survival rates and hence be significant drivers of demographic processes. In seabirds, poor knowledge of their true distribution outside the breeding season, however, has severely limited such studies. This study explored how annual adult survival rates of black-legged kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla on Hornøya in the southern Barents Sea were related to temporal variation in prey densities and climatic parameters in their breeding and non-breeding areas. We used information on the kittiwakes' spatiotemporal distribution in the non-breeding season gained from year-round light-based tracking devices (geolocators) and satellite transmitters, and kittiwake annual adult survival rates gained from a multistate capture-mark-recapture analysis of a 22 yr time series of colour-ringed kittiwakes. In the post-breeding period, kittiwakes concentrated in an area east of Svalbard, in the winter they stayed in the Grand Banks/Labrador Sea area, and in the pre-breeding period they returned to the Barents Sea. We identified 2 possible prey categories of importance for the survival of kittiwakes in these areas (sea butterflies Thecosomata in the Grand Banks/Labrador Sea area in winter and capelin Mallotus villosus in the Barents Sea in the pre-breeding season) that together explained 52% of the variation in adult survival rates. Our results may have important implications for the conservation of kittiwakes, which are declining globally, because other populations use the same areas. Since they are under the influence of major anthropogenic activities including fisheries, international shipping and the offshore oil and gas industry, both areas should be targeted for future management plans. Black-legged kittiwake · Pteropods · Capelin · Capture-mark-recapture analyses · Non-breeding distribution |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/6653 |
Abstract: | Som et ledd i undertegnedes PhD-prosjekt "The consolidation of farming in northern Norway" ble det den 26.07.2012 gjort befaringer og mindre prøvegravninger på Flakstad Prestegård i Flakstad kommune. Stedet ligger helt nord på Flakstadøya på en sandstrandflate mellom fjellet og havet og rett nord for Flakstad kirke fra 1700-tallet. Jordsmonnet består av fin flygesand og preges der hvor det ikke har vært gjort utplanering av sandvoller |
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Abstract: | Global change is expected to lead to range shifts of plant species. The ecological mechanisms underpinning these shifts are currently not well understood. Here, we compared ecological responses possibly underlying southern range contraction and northern range expansion of Empetrum nigrum, a key species in northern heathlands, which may be related to global change. We hypothesized a negative response to warming in the 'south' (i.e. the Netherlands) and a positive response at the northern range margin (the tundra on Svalbard). Open top chambers (OTCs) were used to simulate global warming. In the 'south', OTC warming caused enhanced shoot growth and growth rate, biomass increment, advanced phenology, larger and heavier berries of Empetrum, while its growing season was extended by 75 days. Under OTC warming co-occurring Calluna vulgaris also showed an increased growing season length (by 98 days) as well as increased shoot growth rate and biomass growth, plant cover and height. Still, we found no evidence for increased competitiveness relative to Empetrum. In the 'north', Empetrum responded with increased shoot and biomass growth, enhanced berry development and ripening to warming. These responses exceeded those of co-occurring Cassiope tetragona with the exception of its biomass response. The direct and indirect ecological responses found do not readily explain the observed northward retreat of Empetrum at the southern range margin. The direct ecological responses found at its northern range margin are, on the other hand, in line with the increased occurrences of this species on Svalbard. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/5052 |
Abstract: | Since 1980, there has been large variation and a recent decline in the mass and body condition of Common Guillemot Uria aalge chicks departing from the nest site in NE Norway. This may be related to deterioration in the feeding conditions off the colony and is alarming considering the critically endangered status of the species in Norway. To measure body condition, earlier studies have caught, weighed and measured guillemot chicks either while still on the breeding site or as they leave the colony. This study emphasises the importance of choosing and defining which method to use as they give different results. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/3881 |
Abstract: | Fisheries-dependent Sami communities in the Norwegian Arctic face major challenges adapting and responding to socialecological changes. On a local scale, communities and households continually adapt and respond to interacting changes in natural conditions and governance frameworks. Degradation of the marine environment and decline in coastal settlements can move socialecological systems beyond critical thresholds or tipping points, where the system irreversibly enters a different state. We examined the recent social-ecological history of 2 fjords in Finnmark, North Norway, which have coped, over the past 30 years, with the collapse of local fish stocks, harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) and red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) invasions, and increasingly restrictive resource management regimes. Further, we explored similarities and differences in their social-ecological histories and discuss how the concepts of resilience and tipping points can be applied as analytical tools in empirical studies of community response to socialecological change. We show that although the ecological changes in the 2 communities have consisted of similar developments, they have been temporally different in ways that may have affected coping strategies and influenced the available options at different times. The apparent resilience of Sami fishing communities can be understood as the result of response strategies employed by communities and households, and the economic opportunities that have opened up as a result of a combination of ecological change and institutional and political reforms. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/6523 |
Abstract: | 2011 is the Nansen-Amundsen Year in Norway. This year celebrate two anniversaries with great significance for Norway. It is 150 years since the birth of Fritdjof Nansen and 100 years since Roald Amundsen, accompanied by four of his men, arrived as the first at the South Pole. During this year several new exhibitions has been made and displayed in different museums in Norway. The article surveys the role of today's museums has in forming the narratives about the Norwegian polar history, the polar heroes and Roald Amundsen especially. An examination of a so called traditional Polar exhibition shows that their main focus on artifacts and their lack of contextualization, gives the exhibition an aura of authenticity. While new exhibitions are characterized by emphasis on contextualization, critical questions and giving different groups a voice. It is argued that the museums both contributes to conserve the prevailing concepts and representations, but also contributes to give new understandings and perspectives of Roald Amundsen and the Norwegian Polar history. It is important to understand how the museums exhibitions are contributing to the collective memory. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10037/4482 |
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I'm always trying to figure out how to make it easier for families to observe the Christian Year because we felt so overwhelmed when we first started that journey (which is why we wrote the book we wish we had then). I thought it might be helpful for our family to have resources compiled for the month ahead so that we can plan in advance which special saints days we want to observe and I hope … [Read more...]
Preparing for Lent
Lent is almost upon us! It's very early this year beginning a week from today, Ash Wednesday. This season of the liturgical year is represented by the color purple: the color of the bruised heart. This is the uncomfortable time preceding Easter when we remove distractions, focus on spiritual formation, and take an honest look at ourselves in order that we might prepare our hearts. Here's a few … [Read more...]
This Week's Miscellany: Vol. 6
(Don't forget to enter my giveaway: A Beautiful Clothbound Penguin Edition of Pride and Prejudice!) Coming up in the Liturgical Year: Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, Lent! I didn't realize that THIS WEDNESDAY will be Ash Wednesday until yesterday! We're having some friends over to celebrate Fat Tuesday (King Cake, and Cajun food!) and I need to decide what I'm giving up for Lent. In the past I've … [Read more...]


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DAPHNE GUINNESS – French writer Bernard-Henri Lévi once described the famed couture collector as "no longer a person but a concept". She has a bevy of designer friends, is muse to make-up supremo François Nars, loves fine jewellery (especially Shaun Lean's), has created her own fragrance and won serious fashion kudos for being the first person to wear Alexander McQueen's Armadillo shoes.
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Built for Skiers. The Atomic Skiwear Lookbook 14/15.
It comes with a wide Powder basket, plus a Freeski grip with a wide leather strap that sits firmly in your hand, providing great comfort to go with this strong, reliable ski pole. With its lightweight, super-tough aluminum alloy construction, the new Atomic AMT³ is a great match for our All Mountain skis.


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I feel cheap after bedding seven fellas in just two days
I'VE had sex with seven men in the last 48 hours and I feel like a whore.
I'm 33 and divorced. My husband was a cheat and a bully and we were never happy. He used me for sex but it was never satisfying.


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Abstract: | Developing countries are leisurely adopter of new technologies, particularly with regards to the health services of these countries. This study explores the current health information infrastructure and future prospects of information and communication technology in health system of Bangladesh using an interpretative case study approach and proposes apply Telemedicine system to ensure health for all. This study almost certainly the first of its variety in Bangladesh; there have been some inadequate studies of Telemedicine early trials in some developing countries assessing the challenges of implementation. This study briefly mentions one of such; the Indian Telemedicine system. Some confronts that would obstruct the implementation of Telemedicine in Bangladesh are the initial huge start up costs, poor ICT culture of healthcare professionals and people embedding political meanings into the system. The weak state of information infrastructure at the hospital would be another challenge in implementation Telemedicine. Here Telemedicine could potentially reduce waiting times for patients, reduce the cost of the health system's operations, improve interdepartmental, inter-hospital communication and collaboration, provide opportunity for sharing best practices among physicians within Bangladesh and international hospitals, and enhance better resource allocation. |
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Layout is not a dirty word!
by Joe Gillespie
Windows browsers fill the screen (maximise) by default.
Mac users generally surf with narrower browser windows that more closely follow printed page sizes.
There is something very reassuring about a page. A printed page that is. Whether it is a page from a book or magazine or a single sheet of paper with a menu of pizzas, it has a definite, fixed size. If you want to say 'Deliveries free within a three mile radius' in five point type and half an inch from the bottom of the page, you can - no problem.
The only part of a Web page that you can be absolutely certain about is the top left-hand corner - well, give or take a few pixels for the 'browser offset'. There is no fixed top right corner or bottom edge because these depend on the size of the browser window. The size of the browser window, in turn, is restricted by the visible monitor size, and the whim of the user. PC owners tend to maximise their browsers regardless of screen size, Mac users are more likely to have a smaller, floating window.
There are quite a few different monitor sizes these days, you can't even depend on them being the same shape because some screens have a wider aspect ratio than usual, especially on laptops.
Current Web usage statistics on sites like TheCounter show that the majority of users have screens that are 800 x 600 pixels or bigger. Instances of the old 640 x 480 standard are now reduced to about 6%.
Unless you suspect that your particular audience is likely to have old machines with small monitors, 800 x 600 is a good size to aim for, bearing in mind that the visible browser area is considerably less. See this month's Top Tip for some typical dimensions.
Then, there are all those people who have larger screens, (1024 x 768 is the next most common size after 800 x 600), with their browsers maximised, what is your Web page design going to look like on those?
When Web pages started to appear in the early '90s, they were little better than word processor pages. For the type of content at that time, academic and scientific papers, this was acceptable. HTML allows a Web page to be structured so that the information is presented in a logical way. It was never intended that it be used for typographic mark-up or 'design'.
Of course, there are those of us who care what a page looks like. Despite what the diehard HTML coders would have us believe, layout does have a place. If the World was run by engineers, it would be a very boring place! Over the years, designers have developed numerous hacks to try to cram some aesthetic into the chaos - some more successfully than others.
Probably the most significant of these bodges was the single pixel, or spacer GIF. Some people went to ridiculous lengths to try to inflict typographic control on a not-too-willing medium by inserting tall, transparent, single pixel GIFs every few words to simulate line-spacing. It seldom worked on anything but the designer's own screen!
There were page editing programs that inserted such GIFs all over the page and claimed 'complete layout control for designers' but at the high costs of poor editability, large download size and screen refresh. Thankfully, such practices are now dead and buried - except for the odd zombie that haunts the nether regions of the Web!
Modern Web page design principles try to keep content and style separate. If the 'structure' is sound, then the content will be presented in a logical manner regardless of the browser or platform. The more 'tricks' introduced into a page, the higher the likelihood that it will fall over in somebody's browser.
The fact that you are reading an article on 'Web Page Design for Designers' means that you are probably not the kind of person prepared to put up with that 'lowest common denominator' kind of Web page, that you want to present a page that has some style and visual appeal. Some will even go totally down the extreme 'eye candy' route at the expense of content and communication but that is self-indulgence, not design.
That is the single word that separates the purist HTML coding geek from the soo-cool, arty-farty designer. Between the two extremes, there is a lot of fertile ground.
Let's look at layout.
Some Web pages are designed 'hard' and some 'soft'. A hard design is based on tables whose widths have been specified in absolute pixels. My page here, for instance, has a fixed table width of 650 pixels containing a three column 'grid'. My server logs tell me that virtually nobody with a 640 x 480 monitor visits this site.
The narrow leftmost column contains the vertical section headers, the middle column the pictures and captions and the right column, the main body of the text. I don't like grid structures that are too rigid so I break out the grid often by joining columns or inserting contradictory elements. A grid is a foundation for holding a page together visually, it gives it strength. Breaking the grid a little makes it more dynamic.
If line lengths are left uncontrolled, they can become too long to read.
The other popular method is the 'liquid' design where table widths are specified as percentages of the browser window width. The page then adjusts itself to fill the window whatever the screen width. This works reasonably well where there is a lot of text. The text just reflows to any new line length but, on large monitors, can lead to line lengths that exceed the 'ideal' 30 to 40 characters required for optimal readability.
As line lengths increase, and especially when there is little or no line spacing, text becomes more difficult to read. This is partly due the way we scan phrases and not words and partly because of the distance the eye has to cover to find the beginning of the next line.
While text can reflow to fill any table width, graphics usually can't - unless they are used as background images for cells or tables. The navbar below is in a table set to a width of 100%, so it will automatically fit the width of the browser - well, approximately.
The scripts for these 'latching' buttons are explained in the Advanced section.
The table has a small, tiled background image. This is more reliable than a cell background image. The table also has a background colour - black - to cater for browsers that don't support table background images. Note that Netscape has problems with table background images if there are multiple rows and columns, that's why I've kept to a single cell here.
Sticking everything in the top left doesn't work on larger monitors.
Whether you use a hard or soft Web page layout is up to you, and the type of design that you want to achieve but a word of caution. Because of this 'top-left' cornerstone that Web pages are built upon, a lot of sites look silly on larger monitors with everything crammed up into the corner and huge blank spaces down the right side. You need to consider what happens on wider screens, not just design for 800 x 600 and leave it at that.
You can use the 'liquid' approach and let the page flow to fit the window width, or you can use deliberate 'white space'. This editorial page has the table centred so that there is an equal amount of white space on the left and right side. Regardless of the screen width, the page looks reasonably balanced, not lopsided as it would be had I stuck everything in the top left corner.
Here, the line lengths are controlled to a fixed-width and the 'dead' space either side acts as a picture frame.
You can also use a combination of 'hard' and 'soft' designs so that, say, a topmost navigational element stretches to fill the available screen width whilst fixed-width tables of content beneath are centred on the browser width. If you use a combination of percentage-width and fixed-width tables, you get the best of both worlds, and a balanced-looking page.
On some occasions, when there is little on a page, you might also want to visually centre the content on the browser height. This is not always as predictable as you might like. Although 'Table Height' can be set in most editors and works in the majority of browsers at the minute, it is not officially a part of HTML specifications and you can't expect it to work in the future.
Next month, we will look at some other aspects of Web page layout including grids, tables and style sheets and examine the pros and cons of using tables and 'absolute positioning' with style sheets.


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Hello, all
There are too many forums in GW. I have posted many projects in " Garden Junk" forum. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/junk/ If you do a search in that forum "dcarch" You will see all my projects posted there. Hope you will like them. dcarch |
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- Posted by purplemoon (My Page) on Thu, Sep 11, 08 at 1:05
LOL, know what you mean about so many Forums. I try to limit myself since I spend too much time on the computer as it is. Holidays and Garden Junk are musts for me, but I do like this Forum too. I glance at some others on my sleepless nights but don't get into posting much on them. I just love pictures and seeing what folks are creating tho, never get enough of that. I am a fan of your projects from GJ. hugs, K |
- Posted by huggybear_2008 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 18, 08 at 11:27
I would like to post some pics of my Christmas Swags that I made last year. |
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Eiffel Tower evacuated after bomb threat (AP)
March 23, 2011 by admin
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PARIS – A bomb threat and the discovery of a suspicious package spurred French authorities to briefly evacuate nearly 4,000 tourists from the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday, tower officials and police said.
No explosives were found, and the site in the French capital was reopened to visitors more than two hours after the original warning, said a Paris police official.
Police officers cordoned off the sandy plaza beneath the tower and soldiers in camouflage gear patrolled the site after the evacuation. Onlooking crowds were kept at bay by red-and-white police tape which surrounded the Paris landmark.
While officers checked for explosives, schoolchildren and tourists brandishing tickets also gathered on the banks of the Seine River. The 324-meter (1,063-foot) tower is one of the world's top tourist attractions, with millions of visitors a year.
The police official said nearly 4,000 people were evacuated from the monument after an anonymous caller said it would be blown up at 1700 GMT.
An official at SETE, the company that manages the tower, said a suspicious package was found on the plaza beneath the tower on Wednesday afternoon.
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying the situation is still being investigated.
The link between the package and the call was not immediately clear, nor was the reason for the threat. The tower is occasionally evacuated because of such warnings — twice last September after French officials said they were on alert for possible terror attacks by al-Qaida's North African affiliate on crowded targets. No explosives were found.
France is currently at the forefront of an international military operation against Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya. It has received general, unspecified threats from extremists in the past related to its troops in Afghanistan and a law banning Islamic face veils in public.
France's terror alert has been on level red, the second-highest level on its alert system, since 2005.
Angela Charlton in Paris contributed to this report.
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Watchdog: FAA improves for-hire aircraft oversight (AP)
March 23, 2011 by admin
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WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration has significantly improved its safety oversight of for-hire aircraft companies but hasn't followed through on recommendations regarding air tours and illegal operators, a government watchdog said Wednesday.
The FAA is doing a better job of targeting inspections to more risky for-hire operations, Transportation Department Inspector General Calvin Scovel said in a progress report. The agency has also given inspectors better procedures for evaluating safety concerns.
For-hire companies include a wide variety of aircraft and operations, including emergency medical helicopters, aerial sightseeing tours and air taxis. They often fly in more risky circumstances than scheduled airlines, but operate under less stringent safety regulations. Medical helicopters, for example, pick up patients at accident scenes and land at hospital helipads without the guidance of air traffic controllers. Some air tour helicopters land on glaciers or fly close to volcanoes.
The FAA also proposed new safety rules in October for medical helicopter operations, Scovel noted. Those rules, which are not yet final, would require operators to evaluate the risk of a flight before sending out a helicopter. Operators with 10 or more helicopters would have to establish a control center to communicate with pilots, advise them on weather conditions and monitor the progress of each flight. Operators would also have to equip their fleets with cockpit warning systems that alert pilots flying at night or in poor weather when a helicopter is in danger of colliding with a mountainside, the ground, a building or some other object.
The National Transportation Safety Board has long expressed concern about the high number of accidents involving medical flights.
FAA has also issued new pilot and flight attendant training rules for for-hire operators.
There were 47 for-hire accidents and 17 people killed in 2009, the latest year for which data was available from the National Transportation Safety Board. The number of fatalities involving for-hire operations has gone up and down over the last two decades. For example, there were 69 fatalities in 2008, but only 16 two years earlier.
Scovel also criticized FAA for not implementing NTSB recommendations for better identifying illegal for-hire operators.
"Finding and taking action against illegal operators is a significant challenge for FAA," the report said. The agency generally finds out about an illegal operator when it investigates a fatal accident or through hotline complaints.
For example, FAA discovered an unlicensed air charter operator at Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City, Okla., in 2008 only after a chartered plane crashed, killing all five people on board. The cause of the accident — a collision with birds — was not related to the illegal charter. An NTSB investigation found that because the charter operator wasn't licensed by FAA to carry passengers for hire, it wasn't following safety rules that apply to for-hire operations. The board also found that the local FAA office was too short-staffed and didn't have enough money to catch illegal for-hire operators.
FAA also hasn't followed through on NTSB recommendations that air tours be required to follow the same safety rules as other for-hire operations, including implementing pilot training programs, more stringent maintenance policies, rest requirements for flight crews, and an annual FAA surveillance program, the report said.
The report was contained in a letter to Rep. Jerry Costello of Illinois, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's aviation subcommittee. FAA officials didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Filthy new exhibition explores importance of dirt (AP)
March 23, 2011 by admin
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LONDON – Dirt has a bad image. Muck, we think: yuck.
But getting your hands dirty can also be irresistible, as every child knows.
A major new museum exhibition in London asks visitors to think again about the filthy and the fetid, exploring the role of dirt as humanity's enemy and ally in history, art, science and medicine.
"Dirt is something we make and encounter every day," said James Peto, senior curator at the Wellcome Collection, where the exhibition opens Thursday.
Peto said the exhibition — "Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday Life" — explores both the good and bad sides of dirt.
"Some of it, in the right quantities and the right place, is good for us," he said. "Soil in the sense of 'soiled sheets' is bad, but soil where vegetables grow feeds us.
"And it's where we all end up in the end."
Filth's intimacy and omnipresence may explain some of the terror and fascination that dirt — defined by the exhibition as "dust, excrement, rubbish, bacteria and soil" — holds for us.
We abhor it, but it's also a mark of progress — the more cities, industry and civilization there are, the more dirt, and finding ways to dispose of it has taxed societies for centuries.
Dirt has also created commercial opportunities.
The exhibition, which ranges from 17th-century Holland to 21st century New York, looks at those who have made money from dirt, from river-combing mudlarks and the "toshers" who hunted for treasures in 19th-century sewers, to the manual scavengers of India, who clean latrines by hand — a practice that persists despite official attempts to ban it.
"The relationship between dirt and commerce is a long-standing one," said another curator, Kate Forde. "In medieval times, London's waste was sold to farmers outside the city to fertilize crops." Today, electricity is generated from incinerating some of the city's waste.
Dirt is also strongly linked to disease, and the exhibition charts several historic triumphs for hygiene. They include Joseph Bazalgette's network of sewers, which cured Victorian London of its "great stink" and are still in use today, and physician John Snow's discovery that cholera was spread through contaminated water, not foul air. He closed a public water pump and an outbreak that had killed hundreds in the Soho area of the city was stopped in its tracks.
One room is devoted to a 19th-century Glasgow infirmary so filthy that patients arriving with a broken limb had a 90 percent chance of amputation. It was transformed when Joseph Lister discovered that washing with carbolic acid before surgery sharply reduced the infection rate.
Despite such advances, the exhibition notes that "we live in unmistakably filthy times," and dealing with dust is still a huge undertaking.
The exhibition looks at plans to deal with the Fresh Kills dump on New York's Staten Island — once the world's largest municipal landfill, towering higher than the Statue of Liberty. It shut after becoming the main site for debris from the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and is now scheduled to become part of a vast new green space , almost three times the size of Central Park.
The park project, due to last until 2030, is beset by challenges. Recently the site was discovered to be sinking.
Lest we think cleanliness is all good, the show includes a section devoted to the German Hygiene Museum, which in the 1930s embraced the Nazi ideology of "racial hygiene" and advocated the sterilization of Jews and others seen as posing a threat to "racial health."
The exhibition contains several pleasingly icky exhibits, including "intestinal excreta" from a 19th-century cholera victim.
Scattered throughout are artworks, including sculptures made from human feces — thankfully, they're odorless — and a pile of bricks containing dust donated by London households. One contains a pinch of carpet dust from Benjamin Franklin's house, another a dash of dust from writer J.G. Ballard's bookshelves.
London's King's Cross, now famous for its railway station, was previously home to the "Great Dustheap," an ugly mountain of cinder dust, bones and garbage, surrounded by slums. It is long gone, but Londoners still live with it, and in it — dust from the mound was used in bricks that built the city's Victorian houses.
The exhibition, which runs to Aug. 31, is curated by the Wellcome Collection, which seeks to bring together science, medicine and art.
"Dirt," Forde said, "is a very important and profound element in the way we shape our cities."
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Deals on Travel, Skiing, Vera Bradley
March 23, 2011 by admin
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Welcome to Frugal Family. This column will be dedicated to giving you five great deals each week for Farmington and surrounding towns.
Our goal is to help your family's bottom line, and because we do the scouting for you, you can save time as well as money. You are a big part of this column. Let us hear about the deals you've seen. Just add them to our comment box or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Then come back each week and see what we've uncovered together.
BLUE MOON at Westfarms
Deal: 50 percent off the original price of any Vera Bradley item. Take an additional 25 percent off already reduced prices on retired patterns and styles.
Good: through March 31, 2011
APRICOTS, Farmington
Deal: $9.95 "recession-buster" dinners, entrees vary by day of the week
Good: daily through March 31, 2011
BOB'S STORES, Simsbury
Deal: 20 percent off any single item purchased, with coupon
Good through: March 26, 2011
MOHAWK MOUNTAIN, Cornwall
Deal: Free lift ticket for last day of the ski season
Good on: March 27, 2011, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Deal: Bradley International to Reagan National in Washington, $130 round trip, including all taxes and fees. Tickets must be purchased at least 21 days in advance.
Good: on selected flights through Feb. 17, 2012. Sale may end at any time.
Article source: http://farmington.patch.com/articles/deals-on-travel-skiing-vera-bradley
Plane Tickets: Buy Early or Wait?
March 23, 2011 by admin
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So far this year airlines have raised rates six times, compared with just three increases last year, partly to keep pace with rising oil prices, according to Farecompare.com, which tracks ticket prices. Overall, fares are up about 18 percent for travel in late May through early June, compared with the same period last year, according to Bing Travel, which offers predictions on whether fares will go up, down or hold steady on a given route.
On certain routes, prices are particularly volatile. From Seattle, a round-trip United Airlines flight to London in mid-March that cost $718 on Feb. 15 jumped 35 percent to $966, just four days later, according to Yapta.com. Later that month it dropped to $772, and by March 13 it was back up to $976.
"It's always a quagmire," said Joel Frey, a spokesman for Travelocity.com. "There will be fare sales, but it's hard to predict those."
So what's a traveler to do? I put that question to some avid fare-watchers for their take on the best strategy for travelers looking to nab the best fare at the right time. Here is what they had to say:
Book now if traveling in the near future. The professional crystal-ball gazers all agree you should not wait to book your flight if traveling in April or May. Rick Seaney, chief executive of Farecompare.com, points out that despite recent fluctuations, rising oil prices have been on a trajectory very similar to that of 2008, when airlines raised rates five times by early March and tried to increase rates by about $10 each week in April. Four of those increases stuck.
But the advice is mixed for summer flights. "I would suggest buying your airfares for summer as soon as you can," said Krista Pappas, global travel industry director for Bing, citing high fuel prices, tight seating capacity and strong consumer demand as a recipe for rising rates.
Mr. Seaney of Farecompare, however, recommends waiting just a bit. "Right now, airlines aren't releasing the cheapest seats and I don't expect them to start doing that until later on this month," he said in mid-March. An attempt to raise prices earlier this month by American Airlines, which increased domestic round-trip fares by $10 on many routes, was not matched by competitors, he pointed out on his blog, RickSeaney.com, forcing the carrier to roll back the increase to remain competitive.
It's also possible that if fares get too high, travelers will say enough is enough and pull back on travel spending as they did in late 2008, forcing airlines to cut prices as the holidays neared and many seats were unsold. "People who locked in fares during the summertime for Thanksgiving and Christmas 2008 were very unhappy," Mr. Seaney said.
Book now for business class to Europe. Several airlines, including Aer Lingus, Continental and Delta, have introduced business class sales to Europe for spring and summer travel. One of the best deals: $1,198 (not including taxes or fees) to London on Delta from Boston, Miami or Tampa, if purchased by March 31. "I think they've overestimated the business traveler's appetite for business class and have had to put more seats on sale than they would have thought," said Joe Brancatelli, publisher of the travel Web site JoeSentMe.com, who regularly alerts members to such sales. Business class fares to Scandinavia on SAS are particularly attractive, he said, with rates from Newark, Chicago and Washington to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo or Helsinki from $1,998 round trip — as much as 40 percent off. The airline has also cut rates on its Economy Extra class, which offers meal service and more legroom than coach, with rates from $1,398 round trip for the same routes.
Hedge your bets. Another option is to book early and watch for price drops in an attempt to get a refund. Most airlines have long offered to refund the difference in their fares (minus a rebooking fee) in the form of a voucher to customers who ask. Using your confirmation number, Yapta.com will track the price of your ticket, taking the airline's rebooking fees into consideration, which generally range from $75 to $150. (Two airlines that don't charge rebooking fees are Alaska and JetBlue.) If the difference in price exceeds the fee, Yapta will send you, without charge, an e-mail or Twitter alert notifying you of the lower fare. You can then claim the credit, as long as you booked directly with the carrier rather than through a travel agent or online agency.
While refund opportunities have declined as fares have risen, the savings remain considerable when refunds do apply. In the first quarter of last year, 14.7 percent of flights tracked by Yapta qualified for a refund, compared with 13.1 percent so far this year. The average refund during that time (after factoring in fees) was $179 last year versus $125 this year.
Orbitz.com also offers a refund service called Orbitz Price Assurance for airline tickets, with refunds of $5 to $250 a traveler, if another Orbitz customer books the same ticket on the site for less.
Still not ready to commit? At least one carrier — Continental — now offers travelers the ability to lock in a fare for 72 hours for a fee of $5 or for seven days from $9, depending on the itinerary, with no obligation to buy. Travelers can purchase the ticket at any time before the so-called FareLock expires.
Look for sales at the last minute. Airlines sometimes slash rates at the 11th hour, so it pays to keep checking. Look for sales at sites like Airfarewatchdog.com and Farecompare.com, which track fares, but be prepared to act fast. On March 15, for example, Farecompare posted that Southwest Airlines was offering "3 Days of Deals," including $151 one-way fares from Chicago to West Palm Beach, Fla., and $168 from Los Angeles to New Orleans for travel through June 8. The catch: Travelers couldn't fly on a Friday or Saturday and had to book by March 17. JetBlue offers "JetBlue Cheeps," which go on sale on Tuesdays via Twitter. In recent weeks it offered $29 weekend fares between Long Beach, Calif., and Las Vegas, and $79 fares between Long Beach and Portland, Ore., but the deals usually sell out quickly.
Check package deals, which I wrote about last month. When travelers obsess over the right time to pull the trigger on air fares, they can miss out on other opportunities to save. For example, when booking airfare and hotel separately, the best price available for a seven-night trip to the Excellence Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic with flights on American Airlines from New York was $4,375 for two people. The same trip, booked as a package, was available for $3,208 on Travelocity.com, or $1,167 less.
Article source: http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/travel/27prac-fares.html
$25 for $50 of Exceptional Travel Goods from Skooba Design
March 23, 2011 by admin
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Deal Details
•Diverse offering of exceptional bags and accessories
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•Harmony™ collection includes laptop totes, sleeves and iPad messenger bags
•See the entire collection at www.skoobadesign.com
$25 for $50 of travel goods at www.skoobadesign.com!
For more than 10 years, Skooba has been answering the call from business-tech travelers for functional, comfortable and stylish ways to carry on with their career. From full-featured, mega-pocketed laptop bags to lightweight backpacks, iPad skins, TSA checkpoint-friendly bags, messenger bags and totes, Skooba has created a wide array of exquisite cases and accessories for tech travel. This Metromix Deal offers $25 savings so you can find the carrying solution that's right for you.
Skooba has been featured in national and international media including The New York Times, BusinessWeek, USA Today and even The Today Show and CNN. Winner of a Consumer's Digest Best Buy Award. Skooba has been called "the Ultimate Choice," "Hot Stuff" and simply "The Best". These experts—and serious tech-travelers around the world—know that they can count on Skooba for innovation, obsessive attention to detail, quality, and style.
So quit obsessing over somebody else's bag, take advantage of this special Metromix Deal and enjoy the great protection, unique features and stunning look of your new Skooba. Carry on, business travelers.
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Voodoo lily brings the stink to Minnesota Zoo (AP)
March 23, 2011 by admin
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APPLE VALLEY, Minn. – A strange plant known as the voodoo lily is expected to bloom at the Minnesota Zoo in the next few days, filling the air with a rotting smell similar to the better known corpse flower.
The four-foot-tall lily was planted at the zoo on Tuesday morning on the Tropics Trail section of the zoo.
The plant is native to Japan, China and Indonesia. It's also known as devil's tongue and is a member of the same plant family as the native Minnesota species Jack-in-the-pulpit and the familiar Calla-lily.
The bad smell is said to attract bugs, mainly flies.
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United plane allowed to fly without repairs (AP)
March 23, 2011 by admin
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WASHINGTON – A United Airlines plane with 112 people aboard was allowed to take off last May without repairs despite indications during two previous flights that the cockpit window was overheating, a condition long known to cause fires, according to evidence gathered by federal investigators.
The Boeing 757 was about 30 minutes into a flight from New York to San Francisco, and had just leveled off at 36,000 feet, when pilots said they heard a hissing noise followed seconds later by 14- to 16-inch flames shooting from the cockpit window near the captain, documents recently released by the National Transportation Safety Board show.
Capt. Boyd Hammack, who had been flying the plane, told investigators he got out of his seat, grabbed a Halon fire extinguisher and put out the flames. But he said they quickly reignited. A flight attendant brought him a second fire extinguisher, which he emptied on the flames, putting them out again.
Shortly before making an emergency landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the inner pane of the window in front of Hammack shattered, the documents show. He turned over control of the plane to the first officer, who safely landed the aircraft.
Another United captain who had flown the same plane earlier that day told investigators he reported fumes and an overheated electrical connection when he landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, according a summary of his interview with investigators.
Capt. Robert Caponetti told investigators he showed a mechanic an electrical connection at the window on the captain's side of the cockpit that appeared blackened or charred and was hot. He also said the plane had made an unscheduled landing in Las Vegas the previous day because of smoke and fumes in the cockpit.
The mechanic, also interviewed by investigators, said he OK'd the plane to fly without repairs because United's maintenance manual says planes can be flown another 50 hours after a blackened or burned window heater electrical connector had been found. A blackened, burned or hot electrical connection is a sign of uncontained electricity, which can cause fires.
"We did a full inspection and believed the plane was flight worthy," United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said.
Federal aviation officials have known for years that cockpit window heaters in some Boeing planes catch fire. But prior to the United incident they hadn't required airlines to fix the problem, even after dozens of incidents that unnerved pilots and, in many cases, forced emergency landings.
Accident investigators had traced the problem to a simple loose screw. NTSB has urged the Federal Aviation Administration since 2004 to require airlines to replace the windows with a new design.
Nearly two months after the United incident, FAA ordered airlines to inspect the cockpit window heaters on 1,212 Boeing airliners. But the order doesn't require airlines to replace the windows unless evidence of damage is found.
The order also gives airlines a choice of installing windows of the same design or the new design. Carriers that choose old design replacements must continue to inspect windows at regular intervals.
McCarthy said United has complied with FAA's order for inspections and is replacing windows with the new design "when they are up for replacement." She said she didn't know what would trigger a replacement.
United has also made "enhancements to our maintenance program," she said.
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Travel deals! Escape to the great outdoors – ABC15.com (KNXV
March 23, 2011 by admin
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PHOENIX – As things heat up in the Valley, you may consider ways to escape the warm temperatures.
Every Wednesday, ABC15.com features travel deals for Arizonans.
This week, we're heading outdoors in these great adventure deals through AAA Arizona:
Colorado from $139* per night
Right near the popular ski destination of Vail sits this Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort, a AAA four-diamond property!
It's right at the base of the 11,000-foot peaks of the Gore Range Mountains. Talk about extravagant views.
In the spring months, it will be ideal to escape to the mountains and not break a sweat doing it.
If you spend three nights at this resort, the fourth night is FREE. Pretty nice deal!
Montana from $109* per night
Right by the Whitefish Lake, the AAA four-diamond property known as the Lodge at Whitefish Lake offers breathtaking mountain views and plenty of ways to relax in northwest Montana.
From spa treatments to fine dining, this place can really make a lasting impression.
Natural materials were used throughout the property to really bring out the beauty of nature.
All guest suits come with fireplaces and balconies to admire everything stunning nature has to offer.
Whistler, BC from $197* per night
This was the home of many events of the 2010 Olympic Games.
But top-notch golf courses, mountain views worth noting, and high class living make this destination something to look forward to year-round.
The AAA four-diamond property known as The Fairmont Chateau Whistler is located at the bottom of Blackcomb Mountain.
Here's your chance to truly take in the smell of the evergreen trees and fresh air as you get a lot of exercise in walking from one sightseeing activity to the next.
For more information or to book, visit AAA.com/Travel .
*Room rates are per night and allow one or two people per room. Hotel taxes and fees are additional. For three or more people, extra person charges may apply. Offers vary by hotel, are for select arrival dates, subject to availability, and may be discontinued without notice. Additional restrictions and blackout dates may apply.
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Hertz deal: $5 a day for one-way car rentals starting in Arizona
March 23, 2011 by admin
Filed under Travel Deals
Here's an idea for a cheap point-to-point road trip: Rent a car in Arizona, go exploring and drop it off in one of nine other states –including California — for just $5 a day. That's the offer Hertz is making for one-way trips out of the Grand Canyon State.
The deal: The Arizona Drive for $5 offer applies for rentals that begin in Arizona and then are dropped off at selected locations in California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. The $5 daily rate is good for up to 14 days for economy and compact cars. Rentals come with unlimited mileage and no drop-off fees. Use the rate code "DRV5″ when making a reservation.
When: The offer is good for rentals March 27 through May 31, with some blackout dates.
Tested: I found availability for this deal even for the Memorial Day holiday period. I selected a rental starting May 24 that would be picked up at Tucson International Airport (TUS) and dropped off May 31 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Total cost: $48, which includes surcharges and fees (but not an optional loss-damage waiver). The car offered was described as a Chevy Aveo or equivalent economy car.
Note too: Hertz also has a Florida Drive for $5 from April 24 through June 12.
Contact: Hertz, (800) 654-3131
Article source: http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-hertz-arizona-20110322,0,2618080.story


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Danger: Formaldehyde Exposure in the Home The most common volatile organic chemical (VOC) pollutant in indoor air is airborne formaldehyde. When most people think of formaldehyde, the first thing that comes to mind is animal dissection, from biology class. I fondly recall my 1961 Junior High School biology dissection lab. I visualize slick black lab table tops, with frogs pinned to boards, and 13 year-olds suppressing nausea while clutching scalpels, scissors, and forceps. I named my frog "Freddy," (Kermit The anthropomorphic Frog was years in the future). But Freddy T. Frog was a big disappointment, all his parts were a pale white, making it difficult to distinguish organs. Freddy was also leather tough, making him hard to cut. Worse yet, I got a "B-" for incorrectly identifying the pancreas as a gall bladder. Ah, those halcyon days of youth, can't you just smell the formaldehyde? Yep, back then nobody even questioned the risks of having kids exposed to every dangerous chemical known. Today schools are phasing out dissection, substituting less hazardous computerized exercises using virtual models of animals. Formaldehyde is used to preserve tissue for histology labs because it is extremely toxic to decomposer microorganisms. Formaldehyde destroys viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Formaldehyde penetrates tissues and cells and crosslinks proteins. This "fixation" is what made my Freddy's body so stiff. Crosslinking is a biomarker for aging. It's what causes wrinkles to form, a component of emphysema, and is one aspect of hardening of the arteries - heart disease. Crosslinking is present to some extent with any exposure, not just at levels high enough to provoke unpleasant sensations or create cancer concerns. There is no safe level of human exposure. Some environmental groups call formaldehyde one of the most dangerous compounds to ecosystems and human health. So why is this hazardous stuff our top indoor air pollutant? Ubiquitous Toxin Formaldehyde is everywhere, its low cost means use in many building materials and thousands of household products produce millions of exposures. As with any toxin, the potential for abuse exists. Marijuana has long been spiked with additives to spruce up lame batches. Today, dipping joints in formaldehyde is the toxic addiction fad, with a music group calling themselves the "Formaldehyde Junkies." Commercially manufactured for over 100 years, formaldehyde is a big business, with American production of 11.3 billion pounds in 1998. International formaldehyde production was over 46 billion pounds in 2004 and growing fast. Of course that kind of money means a deeply entrenched lobby. There is even a public relations group, The Formaldehyde Council, Inc., to sing the product's praises and counter any bad news which might accidentally slip out. While several government agencies have made attempts at regulation, "voluntary" industry adjustments have reduced levels to the point that the US authorities have mostly backed off. European regulators have been active and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has taken its own initiatives. But even CARB has only made recommendations - "...highly desirable that residential levels remain well below 27 ppb." Meanwhile, there is no real US standard for residential formaldehyde emissions, and no product labeling requirements. Sources of Formaldehyde The outdoor air in rural regions has much lower concentrations than urban areas. Formaldehydes have a short half-life in air, about 8 to 12 hours, where sunlight accelerates decomposition by photolitic oxidation. So proximity to sources is the main determinant of outdoor air levels. A major outdoor source of formaldehyde exposure is smog, especially in heavy traffic corridors. But continuous off-gassing indoors, where photolitic oxidation is absent, can result in long term elevated levels. The good news is, although most water is not safe to drink due to added Fluoride, formaldehyde has a short half life in water, making water a negligible contributing source. Formaldehyde emissions are highest when products are new, and decline over time. Heat and humidity increase release rates of formaldehyde from household products. Indoor exposures come from a bewildering variety of sources; building materials, indoor burning, home furnishings, household products, medicines and vaccinations, personal products and cosmetics, clothing, and food. Building Materials Wood products consume around one third of formaldehyde output, with particle board/fiberboard (sawdust and chips glued together with resins) and plywood the main users. acid-cured or catalyzed wood floor finish, - huge emissions while wet, sheet vinyl flooring, fiberglass insulation, foam insulation, latex paint, glues, lacquers. Formaldehyde is heavy in many mobile homes and recreational vehicles, as demonstrated by the Hurricane Katrina FEMA relief trailer formaldehyde debacle. Indoor Burning DangersMuch airborne formaldehyde enters the environment as a result of burning. Air-purifier-power.com recommends immediate cessation of all indoor burning; frying, incense, candles, fireplaces, and unvented gas stoves and water heaters should be reconsidered. Fumes from near-house burning - leaves, idling cars, and barbecue charcoal lighter fluid - often find their way indoors. Kerosene space heaters are hazardous for both formaldehyde and carbon monoxide emissions. Home Furnishingscarpet pads/backings,
Household Productshousehold antiseptics, germicides, and fungicides,
Personal Productscosmetics,
Fabric and Clothingpermanent press fabrics,
In Medicine Formaldehyde is widely used as a fumigant in hospitals and laboratories. Formaldehyde is a component of many medicines, including; many vaccinations,
In Food and Agriculture Many slow-release fertilizers are based on urea-formaldehyde. Formaldehyde is heavily and widely employed in agriculture for seed treatment, stored crop fumigation, and soil disinfection. It is added to animal feed as a preservative, and to improve handling characteristics of animal fat and oilseed cattle food mixtures. Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde Formaldehyde-exposed workers include; doctors,
Reduce Formaldehyde Exposure The problem of avoiding formaldehyde is exacerbated by the many decay reaction partial products and product names it hides under. Here is a partial list of tell-tales; methanal, If you have respiratory symptoms which abate when you are away from home, the following ideas may be useful in reducing formaldehyde risks. 1.) Remove source materials from your breathing space. Start in the bedroom, moving everything toxic to another part of the house. No exposed particleboard should be in the sleeping space, look under and behind furniture veiner for evidence of pressed wood. I recently inherited a leather recliner chair, it made my living room stink of formaldehyde (no wonder he died). It went on the back porch. 2.) Increase ventilation by opening doors and windows and installing exhaust fans. This is especially important in mobile homes and prefabricated housing. 3.) For built in cabinets, seal the surfaces and edges of formaldehyde-emitting products with a non-toxic vapor barrier. 4.) Install a formaldehyde-capable air purifier, especially in the bedroom. Recommended Air Purifiers for Removing Formaldehyde SYLVANE.COM Air-purifier-power is proud to be sponsored by online allergy store Sylvane.com. Sylvane carries a Formaldehyde Test Kit In a world of mass merchandising and impersonal internet dealers, www.Sylvane.com stands out. The president of Sylvane is a fellow allergy sufferer and, while this a compensated endorsement, Sylvane makes no attempt to comprise air-purifier-power's objectivity. Sylvane's in-house (not outsourced) customer service is happy to work with customers to find the right product to solve their problem. Sylvane carries a wide range of home-cleaning appliances, and looks beyond each sale, since repeat customers are the core of their business. In researching Sylvane, here is what I found; standard manufacturer's pricing adhered to, no shipping charges for the lower 48 states, except on returns. ships high percentage of orders with amazing speed. 30 day liberal return policy, no restocking fees, user pays return shipping. promptly responds to e-mail. has e-Bay store with over 1,000 feedback responses has Amazon store with about 500 ratings over the past 12 months yield 4.8 stars, at epinions.com there several sylvane.com buyer reviews, averaging 4.5 stars, in the Online-Stores-and-Services section. secured hacker-proof connection accepts virtually all forms of payment. no internet store is perfect, but Sylvane.com is among the best. I routinely order filters from Sylvane.com, they arrive in 4 to 7 days with no discrepancies. Users of other browsers please bookmark site manually. End Dangers of Household Formaldehyde Exposure, Home Page - Air Purifier Reviews |


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Date Night with Joe Bill & Dave Razowsky
Dating is hard, but practice makes perfect. In the 2-person show Date Night, Alison Royer onenight-
stands some of the best improvisors in the city. Armed with nothing more than a single
audience suggestion, Alison and her date navigate the twists and turns of 2 people seeking love
in all the wrong – and sometimes right – places. Each show offers a new special guest and the
resulting mayhem provides a candid glimpse into some of the weirdest, funniest and sometimes
downright adorable dates of all time.
Alison Royer, Joe Bill and Dave Razowsky
Sunday Top Story! Weekly
Monday Cherry Cherry Crush The Cherry Pick The Deltones
Tuesday Dasariski Improv Jam
Harold Teams Birdland Bush League Dinner Jacket Excitebike Granddaughter Hooligan Tub Step
House Harold Teams Boy Heyday King Ten Wheelhouse
Thursday Cage Match Cook County Social Club Joel Murray and Friends Quartet The Reckoning
Friday Opening Night: The Improvised Musical!® Orpheus Roy and Friends
Saturday Doctor Who Live! Dr. God Dr. God Revival The Armando Show The Lampshades
Mainstage Rotating Shows Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore Odd Man Razowsky & Clifford The Blank Experience Wall of Comedy
House Sketch Teams Brute Squad DJ Faucet Duke It Doesn't Have To Be This Way It's The Cops! Jet Jaguar Redford The Mutiny
Featured Sketch Teams Feeny Hot Lunch Raffle Redlight Sidekick Turtleneck War Room
DCT Harold Teams Critical Darling
Happy Hour Shows Happy Hour Open Mic


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Recent Comments:
Ask a Lore Nerd: Hail to the king {WoW}
Jan 18th 2009 11:22PM There is a quest for the alliance on Fjord that you get into the spirit world and if you get close to Arthas in the Vykrul camp he says "I was a shaman once". To add to this I once heard "Horde has no true reason to atack Arthas other than vengace for the forzaken and Belves, but if they Know about Ner'Zul wouldnt orcs like to get a pice of the man who sold their race to the demons and made their hole planet explode?.
Any way, I have a question (Probably answered allready), Why does blood elves have green eyes and hi elves have blue eyes? If the change was the destruction of the Sun well wouldnt they be both afected the same? or is it that the blood elves are reliying on fel energy (the green crystals on their zones)?
The wishing fountain {WoW}
Jan 8th 2009 11:29PM Funny my Dwarf warrior involves Orcs butchering HIS ENTIRE NATION on the second war... but I'm sure those dwarves in that particular excavation site had no family on Azeroth....oh wait....
(On a side note, before you grammar police start English is not my mother language, not all the people who plays speaks fluid English, oh en el caso un perfecto español. Even when im sure you are all masters of 5 different languages)
WoW Moviewatch: A very Northrend christmas: Out in the cold {WoW}
Jan 8th 2009 12:56PM Is it me or that kid just got kidnapped by a stranger woman with wings? He is probably in china making wow copies right now or worst :p
Ask a Lore Nerd: Demons rule, naga drool {WoW}
Jan 6th 2009 10:49PM Man I really love your colum.
This is the first time I make a question tho. I would like to know if there is any explanation of why Hi-elves ahve blue eyes and of why blood elves have green eyes. It was probably asked before, and if it was I apolgice.
-Kreen Stonehammer
Not at BlizzCon? Enter to win a Tabard of Flame anyway {WoW}
Oct 9th 2008 1:05PM I want!!!>.<
(Nice contest by the way :p )


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County Committee on School District Organization
Monterey County's school districts are organized to serve their local communities.
From time to time, the needs and interests of the community change and school districts may be reorganized at the request of the school districts' governing board or in response to a citizen petition. Certain local agencies such as city councils and LAFCO may also initiate the action to reorganize.
The reorganization of a school district is not taken lightly because the resulting impacts on students, parents and the entire community will last far into the future.
In brief, a request to reorganize is submitted to the County Board of Education (serving as the County Committee on School District Organization) who will conduct studies and receive public input to determine cost efficiency and financial impacts, effects on the educational programs, and citizen representation on the school district's board of trustees.The primary responsibilities of the County Committee as empowered by the California Education Code are:
- Territory transfers
- Unifications
- Create or abolish trustee areas
- Increase or decrease the number of governing board members
- Rearrange trustee areas
- Determine alternative methods of electing governing board members
- Establish or abolish common governing boards; and
- Rearrange trustee areas based on federal decennial census.
The County Committee on School District Organization will look at the various effects of a school district organization change on a school district and its employees, property, funds, obligations, bonded indebtedness, and revenue limit (how a school is funded).
California's laws on school funding are extremely complex, and while it may seem logical that combining two or more school districts would save money, the reality is that it could end up costing more than it saves.
We have posted a handbook on school district organization online at CDE
If you have questions on school district reorganization, please call Office of the County Superintendent of Schools at 831.755.0396.
For a map of the boundaries of Monterey County's school district click here.


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Recent comments
Re: Why do you work wood?
When I was a young boy of seven or eight, my family moved from an old rent house to our first home. As my mother and brothers unpacked at the new house, my father and I stayed at the old house where he could keep an eye on me while he repaired and refinished our old oak pedestal table & chairs. He had but few hand tools and he showed me how to get the most use out of each one. It was a special time for me and the beginning of a love for woodworking that he and I shared for the rest of his life. I do wood working because I want to leave a legacy for my sons and grandchildren.
Re: Caption Contest Winner!
"Psst...Wanna see my new tattoo? It's a rabbet plane!
Re: Caption Contest Winner!
"I'm Ready for my Fine Woodworking close-up, Mr. DeMille...."
Re: Climb Cutting, Routers, and Tool Safety
When you hold the router, your hands are located in a position away from the bit, so climb cutting is safer. when you use a router table the bit is sticking up and you are holding the piece to be cut in your hands which will have to pass near the plades. It is just poor safety to try this on a router table. Also, if you lose control of your work piece - even if you don't hamburger your fingers - you'll ruin your wood. Doesn't make sense...
Re: We're Giving Away Grooving Planes!
I love this grooving plane but, does this apron make me look - you know - fat?
Re: Help us design a workbench for power-tool lovers
I've seen a lot of comments about having an overhead power source. When I was a kid, my mom had a device attached to her ironing board that held the power cord about 18 inches above the board surface so the cord wouldn't get in her way. It was essentially a wire spring with long legs terminating in a loop at one end and a clamp at the other. The thing would clamp onto the board and the power cord was threaded through the loop at the top. I'd like to see something like this attached to a workbench, it would be low-tech but effective in keeping the cord out of the way and easily removeable.
Re: BOOK GIVEAWAY: 500 Tables (Updated with winner)
"It is important to read and understand the instructions BEFORE operating your equipment rather than AS you do so."
Re: Borrowing Tools
The best bit of advice I ever got was the one I adopted with good result: Any tool I lend out worth more than $20, I ask the borrower to leave me a check for the amount of the replacement cost of the tool. They always look at me funny at first but I explain that surely they planned to take good care of the tool and, just as surley, if they broke the thing they would want to replace it, yes? As a friend and neighbor? This is usually enough to deter most borrowers (when money is at stake they realize they don't know that much about how to use and care for such a tool) but a few have agreed and actually felt good about the whole arrangement. It encourages them to get it back within the 30 days I give them before I cash the check. The few tools borrowed this way have always been brought back promptly and in good condition.
Re: Man Wins Big Money in Tablesaw Lawsuit
The writing is on the wall: with such outrageous damages looming, table saw manufacturers will understandably feel obliged out of self interest to include this technology on all their nachines. Prices will skyrocket: woodworking will become a rich man's interest. I won't say the industry will collapse, but there are going to be serious adjustments to the market if half the consumers decide they cannot afford a tablesaw and give up on woodworking altogether. It is a sad day.
Re: UPDATE: Book Giveaway: Made By Hand by Tom Fidgen
While I am normally a power tool kinda guy, every now and then I seem to channel James Krenov and will indulge myself in a 'smallish' project done by hand tools only. This is less an excersize in craftsmanship than a spiritual journey into the soul, where true quality resides. When this urge hits, I've gotta answer the call.
Re: What are The Turning Points Along Your Woodworking Path?
My turning point came very unexpectedly, as I suppose most do. Since I was a teenager I've considered myself a novice woodworker; more of a wood butcher, really. A hack. I had taught myself to do everything with an old radial arm saw, a sander, a drill and some ratty old hand tools. A few years ago, at age 55, my wife bought me a really nice table saw. I decided to make some jewelry boxes with it. With a smooth table top, powerful motor, accurate miter guide and practically no blade runout; the first box seemed to make itself. What a revelation! A blinding flash of the obvious! A quality tool makes for quality results. I then sprang for a good router, a decent thickness planer, some quality hand tools and presto! The projects came as in a dream. I now enjoy the work way more than before and the finished pieces look more workmanlike. This experience has changed my entire outlook on woodworking.
Re: UPDATED: Giveaway and Poll: The Most Requested Woodworking Gifts of 2009
I used to do woodworking in my spare time years ago but I have no such luxury today. I'm in the last few, very busy, years of a long career before I can afford to retire. I've purchased tools, jigs and accessories here and there over the years and have them squirreled away against the day I can set up my shop and devote full time to it. My wish is to live long enough to see it happen.
Re: UPDATED: What Tools Are on Your Holiday Wish List?
Oh Santa, I've been very good,I don't want much:
a Jet JBM-5 Bench Mortising Machine
a Leigh 18" Dovetail Jig
a 3HP Delta Unisaw with 52" Biesmeyer Fence
a Delta 12" Variable speed Drill Press
a Delts 14" Band Saw
Re: Top 7 Woodworking Pet Peeves
Variety packs: Once in a while I'll buy a variety pack of sandpaper, jigsaw blades or whatever, on sale. Inevitably it will have only one or two sheets, bits, blades, etc. that I actually ever use. Makes me crazy to go back to the package for another whatever and find it full of grits, tooth sets or bit sizes I never need. You'd think I'd learn....
Re: Broken power tool: Junk it or fix it?
I am assuming we're talking about portable tools. Any decent stationary tool I own would have to be seriously torn up for me to junk it. These are expensive tools....you would pay more for an automatic mortiser than for an automatic dishwasher, yet you wouldn't junk your dishasher if the main spray arm broke...you'd buy a new part. A portable tool, a drill or a router, on the other hand, is like a blender or food processor: by the time the bushings in the motor wear out, the various seals, bearings, and blades have also worn to the point that it's almost as much trouble to use as to work by hand.These tools are junk...not worth repair.Toss it, spring for a new one and re-discover the joy of woodworking. It's also a good way to keep your shop updated
Re: A Bench That Fits Every Room by Daniel Chaffin
Great looking benches! But I've gotta say what drew my attention was the table in the photo. Is that yours as well? Can you post some pics and tell us a litle about it?
Re: How to Repair a Botched Hinge Installation
Just a precaution: When filling the original screw hole prior to redrilling, remember to use a dowel of the same or very similar wood to your piece. Otherwise when you try to redrill, the bit will drift in the direction of the softer wood and you'll be worse off than ever. Ash and oak are close, but oak and maple, for instance, are too dissimilar and a small bit will drift. Been there, done that.
Re: Future Period Furniture Articles
I am currently interested in the Arts and Crafts movement. I would love to see detailed plans for some Greene & Greene's more complicated pieces; sideboards, desks, dressers and the like. As well, I am fascinated by modern furniture design and would love to see detailed plans for some of the best of the woodbutchers' art.
Re: Inexpensive furniture woods
I am at that saturation point where no new furniture comes in the house until a piece goes out. As a result, if I decide to build a specific piece of furniture I will often re-condition and re-use the wood from the old piece. I had some old commercially made living room furniture that I disassembled, ran through the planer and constructed a new coffee table and two end tables from. The money I saved at the lumber yard far outweighed what I could have gotten for the old piecs in a yard sale. Even better, I discovered in taking apart an upholstered couch several pieces of nicely figured oak which went into a jewelry box.