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Cheers to all our friends who did so well at OKC. I can't say that I missed the show but I certainly did miss being on the rail with my friends.
Our dispersal continues successfully and we extend our thanks to all those who have taken home one of our horses. I heard of a number of CBMF winners in OKC including our own, much-loved Prince who finally added the open park harness Crown to his many accomplishments. Big thanks to the team that loves and cares for him and to his many fans and supporters.
We are down to about 35 or so horses and you will find them all on the site with the exception of 7 yearlings for whom we don't have pictures. I am going to be adding their information even though I don't have pictures so everyone will have a full view of what is avaible.
While we do not plan to be involved in showing or breeding, we will, of course, keep our retirees (Savage Arms, CEN Can't Touch This and a few others) and will be on hand whenever we can to cheer our friends and our CBMF horses as they compete.
Ann and Patrick
October 2012
About Copper Beech
Copper Beech LLC is owned by Ann Hailey and Patrick Duggan. We began our venture in 1987 when we bought our first Morgan from Harry and Carolyn Sebring.
Our breeding program had an objective of producing show horses primarily for the pleasure and park divisions. We strive for Morgans that have it all--athletic ability, beautiful heads, long legs and necks, laid-back shoulders and that important Morgan intangible known as heart.
We believe we constantly improved our results by investing in bloodstock, trying different crosses and watching and learning from other programs. Our "owned" breeding stallions are DBA Street Talk, GLB Bell Pepper, Ben's Rhapsody, War and Peace, CBMF Crown Prince and CBMF Restless. We used "outside" stallions in our program to add diversity and to ensure that we are considering all possibilities when selecting the best cross for each of our mares. And we are extremely proud of the broodmares which were the foundation of our program.
As with all endeavors, our success was enabled by the partnership and support of a variety of trainers whose contact information is included on our site. We express our sincere gratitude to these partners and the grooms, vets and farriers who are integral to providing world class care to our horses.


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Since the beginning of the digital imaging revolution, a new generation of photographers has come of age using point and shoot cameras. Amateur shutterbugs have grown progressively more sophisticated over those twenty odd years, but they still want easy to use cameras that produce excellent images with very little effort on the part of the shooter. Those legions of demanding P&S camera buyers have been the driving force behind the development of a completely new class of digital cameras -- the mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera, which combines P&S convenience, compact size, and ease of use with DSLR-like performance, creative flexibility, and lens interchangeability. Entry level camera in this class are primarily marketed at P&S users who want to move up to a camera that provides more user control, better image quality, and the ability to use interchangeable lenses, but without accepting any significant increase in operational complexity or giving up any of the popular P&S features of the P&S digicams they've been using. Samsung's NX20 Smart Camera looks a lot like an entry-level digital SLR, but it is actually a mirrorless interchangeable lens digital camera with wi-fi image and video sharing capability.
But the Samsung NX20 enters a market that is jam-packed with fierce competition. Does this camera have what it takes to swim with the big fish?
The NX20 will appeal to entry-level ILC consumers because it offers the enhanced creative capabilities and expanded len versatility of a DSLR yet retains all the familiar convenience, popular features, and ease of use of a P&S. Samsung took that simple equation one step further by building the NX20 a bit larger than its competition to create a more professional looking and handling camera. The vast majority of mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras go for the compact P&S digicam on steroids look while the NX20's larger footprint actually makes it easier to use. While the NX20 may look like an entry-level DSLR it actually shares more technologically with the tiny Pentax Q than it does with entry-level DSLR's from Canon and Nikon.
The Samsung NX20 requires a bit more investment than your point and shoot cameras. In fact, its price tag is higher than most entry-level ILC cameras, too. The current street price for the NX20 with the 18-55mm lens is $850.
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The NX20 replaces the popular NX10 in Samsung's NX series. The most obvious difference between the NX20 and its predecessor is a new 3.0" AMOLED 614K tilt-swivel LCD monitor whereas the NX10 had a fixed LCD screen. Add a new electronic level, a APS-C sized 20.3 megapixel TX CMOS sensor that Samsung claims, "produces images that rival those of any premium DSLR.", Full HD (1080p @ 30 fps) video output, a 1/8000th of a second top shutter speed, an 8 fps burst mode, and Image/Video Sharing via Wi-Fi.
The NX20's construction/build quality is excellent (polycarbonate body shell over a metal alloy frame) and fit/finish and dust/moisture seals are both impressive for a camera at this price point. The NX20's new larger and more rounded body makes it look a bit more capable than its predecessor. Eagle-eyed users may also notice that the NX20's handgrip is bigger than the handgrip on its predecessor, which is nice -- since a larger handgrip contributes to better stability and balance when using the camera. Still images can be captured in either JPEG or RAW formats.
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The NX20's user interface is logical and uncomplicated - all buttons and controls are clearly marked, sensibly placed, and easily accessed (by right-handed shooters). On the NX20's back deck, above the compass switch, are the AEL (Auto Exposure Lock), exposure compensation, and one touch video buttons. The NX20's compass switch (4-way controller) is surrounded by a rotary jog dial which I used primarily in review mode to compare saved images, other users might employ it to easily and quickly scroll through menu options. Next are the Menu and Fn (functions) buttons - the NX20's expanded "Fn" short-cut menu is the most comprehensive/graphic function(s) menu that I've seen to date.
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Menus are comprehensive and necessarily a bit complex, but the layout is logical, navigation is easy, and the fonts are easy to read. Shooting modes encompass the entire range of automatic options loved by casual shooters along with the manual exposure settings preferred by more advanced shooters.
The most obvious difference between the NX20 and its predecessor is the new articulated LCD screen. The 3.0" AMOLED display provides resolution of 614k. Screen articulation makes the monitor a bit more useful, especially when it comes to shooting video or stills from a high angle or when using the screen to compose macro shots at lower angles, or as a waist-level finder. Samsung claims the new Clear AMOLED display offers a 20% improvement in contrast ratio over the NX10 and, although I wasn't able to confirm this claim, the NX20's LCD monitor does deliver contrasty sharp LCD images with good detail rendition and accurate color. The NX20's LCD monitor also features a wide viewing angle and is easy to use for framing and composition - even in bright outdoor lighting. The new LCD couples very nicely with the NX20's (800x600 pixels SVGA) eye-level electronic viewfinder (EVF) which automatically turns off the LCD screen when the camera detects the user's eye at the EVF. The LCD monitor is the default viewfinder and cannot be disabled, except when utilizing the EVF - as soon as the user removes his eye from the EVF the camera reverts to the LCD monitor. There is a diopter adjustment for those who wear eyeglasses and coverage is almost 100%.
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Charles was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1940 to Lois Bevan Jones and John Donald Jones. He was the youngest of three siblings, preceded in death by sister Elizabeth Jones and brother John Donald Jones.
Charles spent most of his youth growing up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Meyers High School in 1958. After graduation Charles enrolled in the Air Force. He served four years of active duty. It was towards the end of his service, while stationed in Oregon, that he met his future bride, Mary Ann Vanek in 1960 at Rooster Rock Park. In 1962 they wed and travelled the U.S., before returning to Oregon to settle and raise a family. Charles professional career was spent in retail grocery management. He retired from Zupan's Markets in 2002.
Charles is survived by his wife Mary Ann; son Charles Scott; son Christopher Mark; grandchildren Sara, Samantha, Shauna, Carson and Claire.
Charles final resting place will be Willamette National Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Prostate Cancer Research Institute or the charity of your choice.
Through all that he touched may his spirit live on.
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Whether you are baking a batch of muffins or making a batch of oatmeal, there are many different dishes that can benefit from a finishing sprinkle of sugar. Sugar – especially coarse sugar with large crystals – can add nice sweetness and texture when used to finish a dish, but sugar alone doesn't add any extra flavor to take a dish over the top. One ... Read More »
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Double Vanilla Sugar Cookies
Sugar cookies are very simple cookies and I like to think of them as a blank canvas. Because the ingredients in the cookies are very simple – and the finished cookies typically have a mild flavor of just vanilla, sugar and butter – they're a great canvas for other flavors. Cardamom, for instance, can make a plain sugar cookie a little more exotic. For these ... Read More »
Rodelle Vanilla Sugar, reviewed
I keep a container full of vanilla sugar in the back of my pantry that I refresh every time I have an extra vanilla bean around. Making your own vanilla sugar is a great way to repurpose vanilla beans that you have already use to infuse a custard or other sauce with vanilla, giving them a second life (and getting your money's worth!) in the ... Read More »
How to make Lemon Sugar
Homemade vanilla sugar is one ingredient that I always like to keep in the kitchen. Specked with vanilla beans, the sugar can be used in place of regular sugar in most recipes and can really boost the flavor in a cake or a batch of cookies. It's easy to make, but it's not the only flavored sugar option out there. Another type of sugar I ... Read More »
How to make your own colored sugars
While I enjoy icing cookies by hand, drawing little designs and other decorations (especially for gingerbread cookies), I always use a fair amount of colored sanding sugar around the holidays. Colored sugars are perfect for finishing off sugar cookies and butter cookies, giving them a fun and festive look for the holidays. In fact, it has always been a bit of a tradition for my ... Read More »
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One of the tastiest things you can keep in your kitchen is vanilla sugar. With the sweetness of sugar and the flavor of vanilla, it is good on oatmeal, on fruit and is delicious in tea. It is even better when substituted for plain sugar in baked goods, because almost every single one – with the possible exception of some savory items – can benefit ... Read More »


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Hatch is a planter made of real egg shells, giving the nutrition of the shell to the plants that grow within. It places the plant in a new context, giving the user an image of a seedling sprouting from an egg. When the plants are grown, you can return them to the wilderness – because Hatch is biodegradable. Some day, that tiny seedling could be part of a forest. (This project will be a part of 'Open Source Products' produced by NOSIGNER.)
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I code an app that add a new event using PIM API and set an alarm for this event.
The result on S60 device, the event can be commited and it alarm with tone.
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Victor doesn't want to stop. He wants to go fast. With his parents' blessing, he moves to Arizona. His grandparents are plodders who shop at thrift stores. Victor makes up stories to impress his schoolmates about his rich parents back in Chicago. He picks up a movie camera on the cheap, then gets busted shoplifting film for it. His mom tells him he's headed for "juvie" and a life of thugdom, just like his old man.
His grades improve in Tucson, but there are battles in his new home, too, and he ends up bouncing back and forth between Arizona, Illinois and an uncle in St. Louis. He never finishes high school. He has a notion of joining the Marines, but that dream recedes as he starts piling up charges for theft. At first it's small stuff, mostly, that he cadges from his dead-end convenience-store jobs. One summer he works at an Illinois lakefront marina and steals gas that he delivers gratis to grateful relatives, friends and other boaters.
"It's been my history that I stole to become the hero, to buy love," Gabler says now. "Sometimes I did it to survive. But more often than not, what I steal is given away."
In 1991 Gabler and a friend are arrested in Arizona for helping themselves to some nice things from another friend's parents' house. Now twenty, Gabler gets the burglary whittled down to a simple theft-by-receiving case and receives probation. He blows off the probation and gets jail. Then he blows off a more tightly supervised probation and gets 67 days in prison.
The day he's released, he steals a car for a friend, then heads to Denver, where Rae and Tom now live. There are construction jobs aplenty at the new airport, and Victor lands a sweet but temporary spot on a maintenance crew taking care of runway pavers. He turns 21 and discovers, more or less simultaneously, booze, blackout drinking and strip clubs, a combination that drains his pockets as fast as he can fill them.
"I'm such an attention hound that I'll go to a bar and be the Super Bowl quarterback of drinking," he explains. "I'll drink so much so fast that people will be amazed, and I'll be the life of the party. And then I'll get in some kind of wreck. I didn't commit crimes on alcohol, but I'd usually get caught because of alcohol."
He also discovers seventeen-year-old Lori Clayton, and the two soon start a stormy, off-and-on relationship that lasts three years. Gabler doesn't drink much around Lori, but they argue frequently, and the arguments often get physical. "We started out with problems right away," Lori says. "It became very abusive, and I didn't know how to handle it at the time."
"All of our arguments were about me trying to find some shortcut in life," Gabler says.
The airport job ends. Gabler goes to work at Broadway Southwest in the Westminster Mall, writing up bogus deliveries of televisions and camcorders and stealing the place blind. He picks up his first DUI in Westminster, then a domestic-violence charge for assaulting Lori. While sitting in jail, he arranges to buy a stolen checkbook off another con. He uses it to buy stuff advertised by private parties in the classifieds, then hocks the stuff. Some wiseacre catches his license plate, and he winds up doing time in Jefferson County for forgery.
Lori visits him at the jail every day.
Behind bars, Gabler learns more scams. Another inmate explains a shoplifting deal that involves exchanging the stuff for gift cards, then selling the cards at a discount. When Gabler gets out, he tries the new con and eventually gets popped in Arapahoe County. More charges follow, including another domestic beef.
Lori leaves him.
Gabler bounces around. He's living in a Jeep and working at Pizza Hut. Then he's living with his parents again, until he throws a lawn decoration through a window during an argument with his mother. ("He's had some family issues, definitely," Rae says. "He beat the shit out of me once. I crawled to my neighbor's house." Gabler denies that he ever assaulted his mother.) In 1996 he heads back to Arizona, determined to drink himself to death. Instead, forced to deal with some of his probation violations, he wanders into a Tucson clinic in search of domestic-violence classes — and someone notices that he's talking 200 miles an hour and takes him to a shrink, who tells him he's having a manic episode.
"I think you're bipolar," the shrink says. "You need to be evaluated for medication."
Gabler doesn't know how to take the off-the-cuff diagnosis. It was, he would later explain, "like going through a Taco Bell drive-thru, and they say, 'Hey, you're bipolar!'"
He doesn't want to be labeled, doesn't want to be stuffed with drugs. He heads out of there, back to the gang of thieves he knew from the old days. The gang is now exploring new frontiers in the realm of credit fraud — stealing credit cards, creating new identities and credit lines, and riding the online shopping explosion.


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Portland troupe marries dance and oral fixation
With little traditional dancing and no narrative, tEEth's 'Make/Believe' leaves its audience with a viscerally compelling look at human communication.
There are many ways that humans communicate. We speak, or remain silent. We scream out loud and we scream silently. We touch or recoil from touch. We speak honestly or we almost gag on our lies. We laugh, we cry.
If there is anything that tEEth's Make/Believe is "about," it seems to be exploring the myriad forms of human communication. As befits the troupe's name, Portland-based choreographer Angelle Hebert and composer Philip Kraft are clearly interested in the mouth. In this latest work, they take that oral fixation to the extreme.
Though Make/Believe was commissioned by On the Boards and Portland's dance-presenting organization, White Bird, this isn't the first time Hebert and Kraft, tEEth's co-Artistic Directors, have taken on communication as their subject. An earlier work, Grub, which premiered at On the Boards in 2009, had its genesis when the husband and wife team realized they were emailing each other while sitting at the same table. And Home Made, a section of which won On the Boards' A.W.A.R.D. show in 2010, used mouth positions as one motif in its exploration of an intimate relationship.
In Make/Believe there is no narrative and almost no traditional dancing. Rather, it's a series of episodes, most of them involving twisting and turning pas de deux. The dancers' voices are as important as their rubbery bodies in conveying a gamut of emotions, from delight to anguish. The quartet of talented performers — Philip Elson, Noel Plemmons, Molly Sides, and Shannon Stewart — move across the stage in a series of contorted positions, talking unintelligibly, screeching, or opening their mouths in an eerie intimation of Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream. Hebert is an extremely skillful dance maker and the numerous sequences flow naturally from one to the other, despite radically changing moods, lighting, and soundscapes.
Notwithstanding the fact that there is no obvious through line, Hebert and Kraft are able to create a dramatic arc that carries us from Make/Believe's arresting opening section to its powerful conclusion. The work begins on a darkened stage with the dancers invisible in the background. Slowly, the sounds of laughter — everything from gentle giggles to hearty belly laughs — start to echo throughout the house. The lights gradually come up as we see the silhouettes of four kneeling performers held captive behind a glaring, thin line of light on the floor. In slow motion, they begin to crawl across the line and the dance begins in earnest.
From this point on Make/Believe's visually sparse but aurally complex style takes us through a series of sometimes highly sexualized interludes. Kraft's industrial-noise score and Alex Gagne-Hawes' dramatic lighting effects partner equally to create an intense environment from which it is impossible to escape, even if we wanted to.
In one of the most affecting sequences, Hebert reminds us that sometimes our words and our feelings are at odds. Sides, caught in a wide band of light, moves backward away from Plemmons, all the while telling him she wants to be closer to him, physically and emotionally. At the same time, he pulls her tighter and tighter to him as he barks at her to "get off me, leave me alone!" Hebert has captured an essential human behavior in which we sometimes say one thing while doing the opposite.
At another point, Stewart wraps her head in a long microphone cord with the mike stuck in such a way that she can barely speak. Her voice is electronically altered into a little-girl sound so that between her wrapped up mouth and squeaky voice, she is virtually unintelligible. The words want to get out, indeed they want to fill the theater, but Stewart can't manage to say what's inside her. Make/Believe's final tableau reinforces the point as the four dancers move to the front of the stage, mics stuffed in their mouths, and stare intently at the audience, unable to utter a word.
One of the things that is so satisfying about any tEEth work is Hebert and Kraft's attention to production details. Gagne-Hawes' lighting is shockingly bright when it needs to be, shadowy and mysterious when the scene calls for that effect. Whether Gagne-Hawes is creating huge intersecting circles of light or a remarkable diamond-shaped prison-box for the dancers projected partly on the floor and partly on the back black curtain, he conveys the emotional essence of the sequence at hand.
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Thomas shows he was no second-choice leader
They might have seemed unexpected leaders at the start but Geraint Thomas and Tom-Jelte Slagter proved the skeptics wrong in the decisive 201.5-kms 4th stage of Paris-Nice to Beleville on Wednesday.
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Located two hours south of Paris, Nevers is the prefecture city of the department of Nièvre and the third largest one in Burgundy. Each year, this charming city welcomes many tourists who come to discover its heritage and architecture. Besides Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte Cathedral and the Ducal Palace, considered to be one of the Loire Valley's finest châteaux, Nevers is home to a recently renovated museum dedicated to earthenware – a local speciality ever since the end of the 16th century. The distinguishing feature of their earthenware is the famous "Nevers Blue", which is obtained using a bath of enamel with cobalt blue. At the heart of a dynamic urban area with 72,000 inhabitants, Nevers attaches special importance to cultural development, holding events such as the D'Jazz Festival and Les Zaccros D'ma Rue Street Art Festival. The Loire, which flows through the city, is the site of various sporting and outdoor pursuits, while the city itself offers many facilities for tourism and leisure, the best example being the Canal du Nivernais cycling path, which runs through the countryside for 180 km.
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In between the Saône and the vineyards, served by major roads and around 50 km from Lyon, Belleville (8,000 inhabitants) belongs to the Beaujolais wine-producing region and is also the seat of the Beaujolais-Val de Saône Federation of Municipalities. Founded in the 12th century by Humbert III, Sire de Beaujeu, it soon became a hub for trade and commerce in the Middle Ages thanks to its merchants, its coopers and its river port. It was during the same period that the abbey-church of the Assumption, an edifice characteristic of Norman architecture, was built, while the Hôtel-Dieu bears witness to the 18th-century tradition of hospitality. Proud of its landscape, its values and its Beaujolais traditions, Belleville promotes respect for the environment and is also notable for its rich community life, which places emphasis on reinforcing social links between people of all ages through sports and culture. Moreover, in May the town will be organising the 15th edition of the Montgolfiades du Beaujolais, an international gathering of hot-air balloons that will delight visitors of all ages!
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Re: ANALYSIS FOR COMMENT - RUSSIA/US/NATO - NATO Summit Post-Mortem
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you may be going too extreme at the end.. would talk about NATO's growing
irrelevance but not cast it as irrelevant just yet. In what sense do you
mean that the Roman empire was not an empire?
On Nov 20, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Marko Papic wrote:
Leaders of NATO member states met in Lisbon on Nov. 19-20 to adopt a new
Strategic Concept for the military alliance, essentially NATO*s mission
statement. Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was also invited to the
Summit to take part in the NATO-Russia Council meeting that took place
following the meeting of NATO leaders.
The Lisbon Summit is the most important gathering of NATO leaders of the
young 21st Century. Aside from putting the final touches to
NATO*s raison d*etre document, the summit is taking place amidst two
ongoing geopolitical events: largest ever military operations by the
Alliance in Afghanistan and the Russian resurgence. The challenge for
NATO is to formulate its Strategic Concept in a way that is satisfactory
to all 28 of its members, while navigating the engagement in Afghanistan
and fears among some member states of Russia*s encroachment.
Judging from the Strategic Concept adopted at the Summit, it is unclear
to us that this challenge has been or can be met.
NATO*s Recent History
The end of the Cold War presented NATO with a challenge: it lost its
enemy. A military alliance without an enemy loses its structural
coherence. However, the immediate post-Cold War decade * the 1990s *
also lacked any real threats to the NATO member states. It was further
characterized by a preponderance of U.S. power. The civil wars in the
Balkans therefore provided NATO with sufficient impetus for an
evolution, since West European Alliance members were unable to deal with
the crisis in their own backyard without American intervention. NATO*s
first military operation -- ever -- was therefore the 1995 Operation
Deliberate Force air campaign against Bosnian Serb forces.
Equally significant for NATO*s immediate post-Cold War relevance was its
role as a seal of approval for former Communist and Soviet-bloc states
seeking to join the West. Enlargement provided an impetus of its own,
giving NATO a complex project that took nearly two decades to complete.
However, enlargement also alerted Moscow to the fact that the Alliance
it once saw as an existential threat was slowly encroaching on its
borders. Moscow could do nothing at the time, but it took notes. hah, i
like that
The first two Strategic Concepts of the post-Cold War era * penned in
1991 and 1999 * therefore attempted to handle the new threat environment
that in fact lacked any true threats, while accounting for enlargement.
The 1999 document, written during NATO*s air war against Yugoslavia, set
the precedent for the expansion of NATO operations beyond mere
self-defense, to account for humanitarian interventions and conflict
prevention. It therefore evolved the 1991 mission statement that, "The
Alliance is purely defensive in purpose: none of its weapons will ever
be used except in self-defense." Ultimately, the 1990s were years of
optimism and exuberance. Neither Strategic Concept prepared -- nor could
they have --the Alliance for the post-9/11 U.S. involvement in the
Middle East or Russian resurgence in Eurasia.
Last ten years have seen NATO launch the largest military engagement by
the Alliance in Afghanistan, engage in counter-piracy operations off the
Horn of Africa and training of security forces in Iraq. The 2010
Strategic Concept attempts to adjust the mission statements from the
1990s to account for these engagements and to deal with the disparate
threat environment calculation of the 28 member states.
Russian Resurgence
As NATO member states plan for the next decade in this disparate threat
environment Russia has awoken from its long post-Soviet slumber and is
now aggressively working on restoring its former power * at home and in
the region. In short, Russia today is starting to look similar to the
Russia NATO had as its top target during the Cold War. This return to
power could have only happened with NATO*s -- and particularly
Washington's -- pre-occupation and focus in other arenas. NATO*s change
in reconsidering Russia as a top threat, allowed the broken state time
to regroup after the fall of the Soviet Union and chaos of the 1990s
while NATO's aggressive enlargement in the same period gave Moscow the
impetus (as well as a legitimization) for resurgence.
But first Russia had to reconsolidate back home. This has meant that the
Kremlin * under then President Vladimir Putin * had to take back control
of the country politically, economically, socially and most of all its
domestic security. Once Putin took control, the Federal Security Service
(FSB, the successor to the KGB) was united and strengthened, the
strategic parts of the economy were pulled back under the state,
security concerns * like Chechnya * were clamped down on, and the idea
of a strong united Russia was re-instated under rule of one main
political party -- aptly named -- United Russia. This massive
consolidation took Putin roughly six years and gave Moscow a firm
platform in which to start looking beyond its borders.
But even if it is domestically consolidated, Russia is still threatened
on all sides, surrounded by other regional powers*such as China, Iran,
Turkey, Western powers (Germany, France, NATO). Throughout history, this
has forced Russia to push out from its core and create a buffer of space
between it and these other powers. This meant that Russia pushed its
influence, borders or control over its surrounding countries. A good
example of this is the Soviet Union, in which Russia unified itself with
thirteen other states (as well as controlled seven other states under
the Warsaw Pact).
Starting in 2005, Russia started to feel comfortable enough with its
domestic consolidation that it began to lay the groundwork for
resurgence back into its former Soviet states. But by that time, many of
the former Soviet states had been Westernized. The Baltic states were a
part of the European Union and NATO -- as were nearly all former Warsaw
Pact states -- while Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan had had pro-Western
color revolutions. Western investment and support had spread across
Central Asia, the Caucasus and into the European former Soviet states.
In short, Russia had a lot of work to do. But there would have been
little opportunity for Russia to have had a successful resurgence back
into the former Soviet states had NATO * especially its main backer, the
U.S. * been focused beyond the Eurasian theater. As the leaders of NATO
were more focused on the Islamic world, Russia has intervened in Georgia
(resulting in a de-facto occupation of a quarter of the country), moved
military bases into southern Central Asia and Armenia, united Belarus
and Kazakhstan into an economic union and facilitated pro-Russian forces
to be elected in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.
NATO Fractures
Russian resurgence would not have been so effective had its rise been
perceived as a threat by the Alliance as a whole. However, Berlin and
Paris are far less worried about a strong Moscow than are Warsaw,
Bucharest and other Central European capitals. Therefore, when it came
to extending NATO membership to Ukraine and Georgia in order to lock
those countries in the Alliance structure, NATO became fractured.
Germany in particular did not want to sacrifice its developing economic
and energy relation with Russia for the sake of guarantees to countries
on Europe's borderland thousands of kilometers from Berlin.
This is therefore at the heart of the divergence of priorities amongst
NATO members. Those Alliance members on the borderlands with Russia --
Central Europe -- see how powerful the country has become and how it has
started successfully rebuilding its former empire. Though this has been
evident for quite a few years, it has come to a point now that Russia is
on the tail end of consolidating its former Soviet states, meaning it
could then potentially focus beyond. "Beyond" meaning many new NATO
member states abutting its borders such as the Baltic States.
The most serious fracture within NATO is therefore how to deal with
Russia. The Alliance breaks down along the three main lines on this
issue, but also other issues: the U.S. and its "Atlanticist" Allies
within NATO (such as the Netherlands, Denmark and the U.K.), Core Europe
(led by France and Germany) and Central Europeans. The U.S. and its
strongest NATO allies are wary of Russia and are suspicious of its
intentions, but they also want emphasis of the Alliance to be on more
than just defense against Russia, on issues such as post-conflict
resolution and terrorism. Core Europe wants to keep good relations with
Russia and not provoke it with an Alliance that concentrates on rolling
back Moscow's control of its sphere of influence.
Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski summed Central European
position best when he said before the Lisbon Summit that Warsaw is happy
to see improved NATO-Russia relations, but not at the cost of Central
Europe's security. Central Europe wants to be reassured, but Berlin and
Paris don't want to give them anything but token reassurances due to
their relationship with Moscow.
This is where the issue of the ballistic missile defense (BMD) comes in.
The U.S. wants a NATO-wide BMD to spread costs of the system and to make
it less controversial to Moscow. Germany wants a NATO-wide BMD if it
involves Russia. Central Europeans are skeptical of a BMD system that
involves Russia. They will pursue bilateral air defense deals with the
U.S. on the side -- as Romania has recently indicated and Poland is
already doing with the deployment of U.S. Patriot missiles. This is why
it is unclear what Russian participation in NATO-wide BMD system -- as
was announced at the summit -- really means. It certainly means
different things to different people. Czech President Vaclav Klaus
already said it certainly does not mean that it is a joint system,
foreshadowing that interpretation of the depth of Russian participation
will break along the Oder River (German-Polish border).
Beyond Russia, the U.S. wants the Alliance to concentrate on the
terrorist threat, increase its military spending and help in
post-conflict missions. In other words, the U.S. wants its NATO allies
to help in its various engagements around the world. NATO doesn't have
to cook the dinner, but it should help the U.S. cleanup the dishes. Core
Europeans are particularly wary of any further engagements and want NATO
to both reaffirm the UN Security Council primacy in international
affairs -- so as to limit U.S. unilateralism that takes the Alliance on
various "adventures" -- and to look more to conflict prevention. Central
Europeans are also skeptical of further U.S. distractions. They joined
America in Iraq and Afghanistan because they thought they would get
security guarantees from Washington at home in return. Now that those
guarantees are unclear, Central Europeans want NATO to reaffirm its
commitment to self-defense of the European continent from conventional
threats (as in: Russia).
Ultimately, both Core and Central Europeans take their cues on Russia
from the developing Washington-Moscow relationship on which a lot of
things hang in balance.
U.S. - Russia Relations
As Russia resurged, there were pockets of time during NATO*s
pre-occupation in the Islamic theater that the U.S. itself had the
capability to attempt to counter Russia*s resurgence. It was not a
unified NATO response to Russia, but a U.S.-led response. The U.S.
pushed back on the Russians in a few ways. First by shoring up its
bilateral alliances in Central Europe * via military supplies, new
military bases and proposed installations of ballistic missile defense
(BMD). Also in attempting to solidify support for Georgia * which proved
to be untenable when the Russians went to war with Georgia without a
U.S. response. Relations between Russia and the U.S. seriously worsened
until a new administration came into Washington.
But both Washington and Moscow stepped back from their aggressive
stances when current U.S. President Barack Obama came into office.
Shifting tactics, both countries brokered an understanding that each had
larger issues to focus on at the time, so the growing hostilities would
be put on hold * at least temporarily. For the U.S., it needed Russia to
cut support for Tehran, sign onto sanctions against Iran, and
logistically support military operations in Afghanistan. On the Russian
side, it needed the U.S. to step back from its support of Georgia,
freeze plans for BMD in Central Europe and sign onto Russia*s
modernization and privatization programs.
Such an understanding is naturally shaky, but both Washington and Moscow
know this going in. They used the START nuclear reduction treaty *
agreed to in April * as the icebreaker into such an understanding, and
then as a bellwether to how successful the warming of relations was.
Such an agreement also did not include Russia slowing down its
resurgence. Having the U.S. pull back on aggressively countering Russia
made those countries the U.S. was protecting * the Central Europeans and
Georgia* feel abandoned and defenseless. At this time there was also an
inability for these states to turn to the traditional powers in Europe.
Germany and France had both already decided it was better to balance
their relations with Russia than stand up against the resurging state *
especially to protect the Central Europeans.
Lost for options, some of the Central Europeans*like Poland * shifted
their own stance and attempt to strike an understanding with
Russia. Other Central Europeans have still held out hope that the U.S.
will soon have the bandwidth to return to the Eurasian theater and
support them once again.
But STRATFOR has started to see brief signs that the temporary warming
of relations between Russia and the U.S. could be breaking down..
Russian media has reported that Russia is striking new contracts on
military-technical support for Iran. The U.S. has pulled back from
allowing a NATO BMD deal to cover any bilateral agreements Washington
makes with the Central European states. STRATFOR sources in Moscow have
said that the U.S. could be supporting third party groups in supplying
Georgia with arms*though this is unconfirmed.
And then there is START*the bellwether. Over the summer, it looked as if
START was going to easily be passed in both countries* legislatures. But
then the U.S. held elections, which gave a larger say to Republicans*who
are traditionally firmer against Russia * in Washington. Two key camps
in the Republicans are now holding out on START being ratified in its
current form or even being brought to the floor at this time for
discussion. Moscow has taken this as a sign that Obama cannot deliver on
his promises, for if he cannot get START ratified, then how will be
deliver on the other issues agreed to.
It is not that the U.S. and Russia were not aware that their recent
friendliness was not going to eventually break down * this is why both
countries have kept open their ability to resume activity in their
former disagreements. For example, Russia has kept in its back pocket
the Iran card, while the U.S. has done the same with Georgia.
But going into the NATO Summit, many of the West Europeans were counting
on the U.S.-Russian detente to still be in effect, allowing them to be
more comfortable in negotiations with both NATO members and with Russia.
However, the Central European states are most likely relieved that the
cracks in the detente are starting to show, as it will allow them to be
more aggressive towards Russia. So in essence, the breaking of the
U.S.-Russia detente will further divide the already fractioning NATO.
Future of NATO
The Lisbon Summit came to two main conclusions. First, it adopted the
2010 Strategic Concept. (EXTERNAL
LINK:http://www.nato.int/lisbon2010/strategic-concept-2010-eng.pdf) Second,
it decided to build a NATO-wide BMD and invite Russia to participate.
The details of Russian participation will have to wait until June 2011
to be hashed out, but it seems that whatever Moscow's participation it
will not be given joint control over the BMD.
We could here spend many words going over the nearly 4,000 word
Strategic Concept. Suffice it to say that if one needs that many words
for a mission statement, it is probably indication that the mission is
not so easily stated. The concept covers everything from energy security
to cyber-security to climate change. Central European requirement that
they be reassured that self-defense is still central is fulfilled
because it is mentioned first in every section. But it is going to take
more than starting each paragraph by hinting at NATO's mutual
self-defense to assure Central Europeans that NATO means it.
And what is most troubling for Central Europeans is that the Russian
envoy to NATO, the colorful Dmitriy Rogozin, called the Strategic
Concept "balanced". Central Europeans will find this concerning, since
a happy Rogozin means a happy Kremlin and that means Central Europeans
did not receive guarantees from the U.S. and Core Europeans that in any
way concern Russia. They may not say so publicly, but they are certainly
beginning to think it, both through op-eds in Central European capitals
written immediately following the Summit and in statements minimizing
Russian participation -- or their own -- in the NATO wide BMD system.
Rogozin further added that despite the Strategic Concept leaving the
possibility of further enlargement on the table via its Open Door
policy, "this is furnished with the quite correct wording that these
countries should meet the membership criteria." One of which
incidentally is not having any territorial disputes, which Moscow can
certainly make sure is never fulfilled by Georgia.
NATO isn't going to disappear. It is here to stay if for no other reason
than inertia. It will still have a useful role to play in anti-piracy
missions, post-conflict cleanups and as a seal of approval for the few
West Balkan states remaining to join Club West. But Europeans are
already developing alternatives. First, sensing that Russia is no longer
worried about NATO, Central Europeans are going to start looking at
bilateral agreements with the U.S. This is already happening with
bilateral deals on missile defense. Scandinavian countries -- which are
divided between NATO and non-NATO states -- are already making military
agreements with the Baltic States, which Sweden and Finland see as their
own sphere of influence. The French are developing amphibious
capabilities with the U.K. and Mediterranean countries on their own and
have signed a defensive agreement with the U.K. to balance their
political/economic relationship with Germany.
In other words, NATO is beginning to remind us of the old Holy Roman
Empire, which was neither Holy, Roman or an Empire. This did not mean
that it was irrelevant or that it ceased to exist. But just because it
exists does not mean it is any longer relevant.


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In talking with the leaders, all were very pleased with the outcome of their round and the conditions of the course. Cooper stated, "The course is in phenomenal condition for this week." He also commented on his round for today by saying, "I missed only two greens, so I had a lot of solid ball striking which helped me today. I have been playing well this summer, so I am confident about my game." Milner stated that he had not played much golf all summer, with this being his first tournament to compete. He finished his interview by saying, "It takes all four days to win, so I am just trying to take it one day at a time."
Weathers, the last golfer tied for the lead, commented that he has played several tournaments all summer without much success. He said, "I am very satisfied with today. I have been playing well all summer, just haven't shot very low, so I was due a good round."
Cleveland's Hunter Vest and Clark Melton are knotted with a large group at 2-over par 72. Connor Capara carded a 76 while Charleston's Cody Godfrey came in with a first round 78.
Steven Fox, the 2012 U.S. Amateur Champion, shot a 68 (-2 under par). He is currently tied for 4th place, after the three leaders at 66. When asked how he felt about this week he said, "I am very comfortable here. I have probably played here about 75-100 times, so I am comfortable playing this course and I know what I am capable of shooting while here." Defending champion, Tim Jackson, fired a 69 (-1 under par) today. While talking with him, Jackson said, "The course is a great fit for my game. I haven't played much this year, but I have really tried to focus and work on my driver to keep it straight and just play fairways and greens. He continued by saying, "I was shocked about winning last year. I definitely did not expect my 53 year old self to win this event. But it just shows that anything can happen. I am satisfied with my position after Round 1, and I am looking forward to seeing what the rest of the week has in store."
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An effort called College!Now is working to make a two-year education more affordable, more accessible and better understood throughout the state.
That's the message that about 25 faculty, staff and community members heard Wednesday during an early-morning gathering at the Montana State University Billings College of Technology.
The "listening session" was one of three in Billings on Wednesday set up by the commissioner of higher education's office to discuss the future of two-year education.
Billings was the second city visited by two-year higher education officials to discuss College!Now. Meetings will continue in Butte, Missoula and Great Falls later this month.
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A comprehensive community college offers degrees that transfer to four-year schools, job training, adult education, life-long learning and community development programs.
Some COTs already have many, if not all, of those elements.
Nearly a decade ago, for example, the Billings COT had no degrees that could be transferred to four-year campuses. Now it has several associate degrees that do.
Two-year education plays a critical role in preparing students for jobs, Cech said.
By 2018, 63 percent of all jobs across the country will require some college education.
Montana falls short in attracting students to two-year education.
Only 27 percent of Montana undergraduates in the public University System are enrolled in two-year schools. That compares with nearly 53 percent of undergraduates across the country.
Two-year colleges have many advantages as a place to start an education, including lower cost and good locations. Many Montanans live closer to one of the five COTs or three community colleges than four-year campuses.
Transforming the state's rapidly growing colleges of technology into community colleges began 10 years ago, Cech said.
College!Now, funded through a Lumina Foundation grant, is helping the state accelerate the process.
One goal of the program is to rename the five COTs to more accurately reflect their new role.
Starting as vocational-education schools, the COTs have expanded far beyond that purpose.
"The name 'college of technology' no longer fits," Cech said.
Cech asked participants to gather in smaller groups to offer their thoughts on changes College!Now might bring.
Their comments included:
The need for more classroom space, faculty and student services to handle larger enrollments if colleges expand.
Concern over what directing more students to COTs might do to enrollment at other campuses. Divisions between faculties also might rise.
Increasing online and hybrid classes, including those to smaller towns around Billings.
Moving all associate degree programs in COTs.
Hiring a more diverse faculty to encourage more Native American students to attend.
Getting students more involved in the College!Now progress.


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Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather must happen says WBA heavyweight champ David Haye
David Haye has revealed to The Telegraph that he had been intending to go to the defunct March fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, and was desperately disappointed when the superfight failed to materialise.
Haye, holder of the World Boxing Association heavyweight crown, believes that the contest between Pacquiao, currently running for election in the May 10 Congressional Seat elections in the province of Sarangani, and Mayweather must go ahead later this year – for the good of boxing worldwide.
Mayweather must first defeat Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas on Saturday week, for that to become a reality. The landscape may also change if Pacquiao is successful in the election, 19 days away.
"It is definitely a fight which needs to happen, for the state of boxing. It is one that has to be made. I was itching to see that fight, and was ready to go over for it at one point," Haye told me. " When they made the fight so quickly, over a week of news in December [last year], I couldn't help feeling that someone would find a way for it not to happen."
"With fights as big as that, there is always some drama. What has happened could hype the whole situation just to make it even bigger later this year or next year. I'm desperate to watch that fight. The skill levels of the two fighters make it unmissable. I truly enjoy watching Pacquiao fight whenever he steps into a ring. I admire boxers who come to fight, and he is thrilling when he steps inside the ropes. He is an ambassador for the sport. That fight has to be made. It is a massive fight that has to happen soon or later. Clottey was a tough fight, but the hype and build up around a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight could create the fight of a generation."
It is also the type of hype which could surround a Haye-Klitschko contest, but Adam Booth, Haye's trainer, revealed to me yesterday that no negotiations are set to take place for at least a month.
Meanwhile, Craig McEwan, the Scottish middleweight who trains under Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, has revealed it was he who taught Pacquiao his convincing Scottish accent.
I was fortunate enough to gain exclusive access to travel from London to Manchester on the train last year in the build-up to Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton, with the Filipino fighter's entourage (which included Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer that day), and filmed/interviewed Pacman on the train.
In the first minute of the interview, he emerged, surprisingly, with a convincingly strong Scottish accent. In conversation with McEwan (record 18-0, and four years with Roach at the Wild Card), the Edinburgh man revealed to me recently that he had been coaching Pacman on his Scots burr.
"We were in the gym one day, and I taught him the stuff about William Wallace. Then we were away talking about the Scots fighting for their freedom against the English. He's a fast learner, and aye, it was a wee bit of fun. I saw the video last year, and thought…oh yes, that's Manny, down to a tee. He's so funny. I even got him a 'See You Jimmy' hat after that and I have a photo of him with it on."
McEwan also explained that he is gaining invaluable experience rubbing shoulders with Pacquiao in the gym. "He has great footwork…just look at how he knocked Ricky Hatton out, by switching his feet, and throwing those devastating punches. I like seeing how he lets his combinations go, and I try to follow that. I'm tall and rangy and he is short and explosive with a lot of power, but it never hurts to pick things up from the best. It's all about adapting things, really. I go running with him, too. The Wild Card is a great place to be any time, but when Manny is there in camp, it is always a lift."
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Dec 31st 2008 9:58AM L2Reading Comprehend.
BRK state this at the beginning
"What defines Significance? For our purpose, we're going to define it as: How much the gear affected our -- i.e, all hunters' -- lives. For example, very few hunters obtained the legendary bow from Sunwell, but that thing affected us all, didn't it."
he never stated this is a list of the best hunter gear of 2008. Just the gear that has affected a hunters life, and to some extent that affected him personally.
you whined that the axe was number one compared to a spear with better stats which was lower ranked. if you read what BRK said The drop rate for the spear was high to the point is was getting DE'd all the time, and it also dropped in a regular 5 man. So an axe that with a bad drop rate, from a 10 man raid would rate higher to me that a spear that drops from a regular 5man with a high drop rate.
that's just my opinion. BRK rules!
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On a family visit to Kenya long before he became president of the United States, Barack Obama declared that he wanted to go on safari. His Kenyan half sister, Auma, chided him for being a neocolonialist.
"Why should all that land be set aside for tourists," she asked, "when it could be used for farming? These wazungu care more about one dead elephant than they do for a hundred black children." Obama had no answer to her question, he would later write in Dreams from My Father. Why are rich countries more concerned about poor nations' nature reserves than about farms that would ward off starvation?
The safari story calls to mind the current preoccupation with global warming in the Western world. The financial crisis notwithstanding, many people including President Obama believe that global warming is among the most urgent issues of our time, and that cutting CO2 emissions is the most virtuous thing we can do about it. In fact, many say that doing so is perhaps the greatest moral obligation of the current inhabitants of planet earth. And they frame any discussion on warming by telling us that if we don't radically alter the way we live, the worst problems of humanity chiefly disease and hunger will become devastatingly worse. Before long, they say perhaps a decade if we do not act immediately it will be too late for us.
These apocalyptic visions are not at all supported by the available evidence. And to me, the solutions prescribed by those leading the charge are akin to building more safari parks instead of farms to feed the hungry. Campaigners in rich countries are pushing politicians to spend a great fortune on an ineffective solution to climate change instead of tackling the real problems of today or looking for better responses to warming.
President Obama and other world leaders face a clear choice. They can continue on their current path what we might call the "Gore solution" to climate change, given that the former vice-president is the fiercest advocate of cutting CO2 emissions, whether through a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade scheme.
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Hi all, this is my first year ever of having any kind of garden. I inherited a garden with my new home.
I have many many lovely basil plants, and I've been told to pick it all and make pesto - but I don't think I'll have the time for a week or two. I'm afraid the temperature will drop low enough that it will all die. When can I expect most of my garden plants to die? Do they all go at the first frost? I have one plant that is already dead - a cantaloupe vine. It died overnight! I assume because it got too chilly. What should I do with the dead vine? Should I pull it up and put it on the compost pile? Now that I type this out I realize that the questions seem kind of silly, but would love any perspective you guys can provide. |
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Hey newgirl: I don't know what part of the state you are in but down here in Snowflake, (Va.), we can usually coast until the tail end of October with Basil, Sage, etc. Unfortunately the Basil has probably started blooming on you and you have missed the peak time to make pesto. (before the bloom stage) but it will still taste better than store bought. Another thing to consider is to cut it coarse (less bruise) and freeze it in your ice trays and then put in storage bags (read ziplock) and freeze same until you wish to add it to soups stews whatever. If it has made seed.....save it for next season and use quicker. Welcome to the wonderful world of gardening....never enough time. |
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Hi newgirl and welcome to the forum! Yes, compost everything as it dies back except those things that are diseased. Those should go to the landfill unless you are seriously into composting and maintain a hot enough pile to kill off the diseases. There's no such thing as a silly question if you need an answer. I hope by now you've had a chance to harvest the basil. Like mmstiner said, it will be better than anything you buy in those little jars at the store! I sometimes let it go to seed so I can avoid having to buy seeds the following year and then harvest the leaves to dry for winter use. Yes, it's better when younger, but who cares when it's so good anyway! Good gardening! |
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I need help. New to orchids. Bought an oncidium twinkle for the wife while it was flowering. Now all of the stems and buds and leaves have yellowed and fallen off. Kinda figured it was part of the lifecycle, but now one of the pseudobulbs is shriveling and yellowed, and another is plump, but yellowed. Is this thing totally dying? Sorry if this is elsewhere in the forums ... i poked around google results for a bit and ended up here.
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It is ok for orchids to lose their flower spikes after they are done flowering. However, when all the leaves start falling off, then something's wrong. How are you growing the plant (like watering, temperature, light, etc)? Without your growing conditions, I cannot tell for sure, but I can make a guess and say that your orchid has root rot. Without roots, the plant cannot take in water, and thus becomes dehydrated (shriveled). If this goes too far, then the leaves start falling off. Can you check the roots? If they are firm, that's good, if they are mushy and hollow, then that's root rot. |
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We have an old farmhouse 1889. Every time you walk in the back door you a met by a musty smell. I am guessing it is coming from the basement. I have pulled up all the area rug and cleaned everything (house has all hardwood floors). I have smelled this odor before, but it is just stronger now. I am guessing it is coming from the basement. Yet I do not smell it when I walk downstairs.
Recently do to water problems in the basement we had a sump pump installed....believe it or not our house never had a sump pump prior to this. The basement walls are the original poured concrete. Half of the basement has a poured concrete floor the other half is dirt. Having the sump pump and outside french drains installed to keep water away from the house was super expensive, but cheaper than installing drainage tiles around the house so that is the option we chose. While it has helped and we no longer have standing water problems in the basement, the floor and walls still get moist from time to time. We looked into having a dehumidifier added to the furnace, but again, a huge expense. So I was just wondering if anyone has had similar experiences or expertise to help us in making a decision on what to do next...I really hate the smell!
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For less than $200 a portable dehumidifier emptied daily or attached to a floor drain is the best investment you can make to reduce mould and mildew growth. It's the "trick" I've used for decades to have people marveling that my basements "don't smell like basements." |
They've made such improvements over old portable dehumidifiers and they are very reasonably priced anymore. I bought one a few years back at a box home improvement store. It has a pump in it, so that even if you don't have a floor drain, it can pump up to a washer drain pipe or out a cellar window. |
We do run a dehumidifier, but it is an older one so maybe we need to invest in a new model. |
Yes, do get a dehumidifier. If one doesn't do the job, get two. You can run the drain hoses into the sump. But, PUT A CAP AROUND THE SUMP. Otherwise you're just pulling H2O into the air from it. Then COVER THE DIRT FLOOR as tightly as possible. Start with heavy duty plastic if budget is the issue. Finally, scrub down (probably with muriatic acid to prevent efflorescence) and paint the walls with a moisture preventing paint designed for basements. These are very good summer jobs for teenagers with time on their hands. They can't complain about the heat and you know where they are, LOL. |
Good points. I didn't notice that half the floor was soil. And the only sumps I've used/installed have been in separate "cold rooms." |
Thanks everyone for the replies, I really appreciate it tzmaryg: |
Actually heavy duty plastic sheet is SOP. I know of no alternative other than finishing the floor (dig out, gravel, cement). The object to cleaning and painting the walls is to keep out as much moisture as possible. If the walls are crumbling you need to know why and how serious the problem is. If its just efflorescence, wire brushing it off shouldn't hurt. Do get a pro to look at them. |
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Move over, Rin Tin Tin. Here comes Sgt. Stubby! That German shepherd star of the silver screen may have been born behind enemy lines during World War I, but Stubby, the stump-tailed terrier, worked behind enemy lines, and gained military rank and honors along the way. Private Robert Conroy casually adopted the orphan pup while attending basic training on the campus of Yale University in 1917. The young recruit never imagined that his stray dog would become a war hero. He just liked the little guy. When Conroy's unit shipped out for France, he smuggled his new friend aboard. By the time Stubby encountered Conroy's commanding officer, the dog had perfected his right-paw salute. Charmed, the CO awarded Stubby mascot status and sent him along with Conroy's unit to the Western Front. Sgt. Stubby's brave deeds earned him a place in history and in the Smithsonian Institution where his stuffed body decorated with war medals can still be seen. Even 100 years later, Sgt. Stubby's great deeds and brave heart make him an animal hero to remember and treasure. |
Irish Grandfather Shirt
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Category: Clothing/Men's Clothing/Shirts
For generations the grandfather shirt has been a traditional part of everyday life in rural Ireland. The extra-long, collarless style hasn't changed in more than a century, but it remains as popular as ever. Our version in 100% brushed cotton gets softer with every wash. Its long tail won't come untucked; it's even long enough to wear as a nightshirt.
Available sizes: Medium, Large, XLarge