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CB Speakers & PA Horns
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Compact 5-Watt Speaker
$12.95This 5-watt CB speaker is loud enough to increase the clarity of incoming transmissions, yet small enough to conveniently mount anywhere in the cab. Ideal for vehicles and environments where a CB's standard bottom-mounted speaker may not be easily heard, or for in-dash installations where the primary speaker is blocked.
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White Weatherproof CB PA Horn - 10 Watt
$19.95This white weatherproof PA horn is an excellent choice if you're looking for an affordable PA speaker. Ideal for mounting on cars, SUVs or light trucks. If you have a large or loud truck, we recommend the Speco PA horns, as they're much louder and can be heard over the engine noise. Learn More
Cobra Extension CB Speaker
$19.95Cobra's HighGear external speakers are designed to offer an exceptional combination of unsurpassed power handling, great sound, rugged construction and stunning looks. This extension speaker is ideal for CB users who need an additional speaker to hear CB communication clearly.
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Black Weatherproof CB PA Horn - 10 Watt
$19.95Looking for an affordable PA horn that will outlast the elements? This weatherproof horn has 10 watts of power and is perfect for your car, SUV or light truck. If you're planning on mounting the PA inside your engine cab, we recommend the louder Speco series of PA horns. Learn More -
Amplified 20-Watt PA Horn
$87.95Most PA horns are limited to the 8 watts of power a CB provides, but this amplified PA horn generates a genuine 20 watts of output volume, making it 2.5 times as loud as non-amplified PAs! The horn is also weatherproof and designed to hold up to the elements. In order to draw additional power for amplification, the horn must be connected to the vehicle's battery or electrical system using the included power leads. Learn More -
CB PA Speaker - 25 Watt
$54.95Speco's heavy-duty 5" x 8" aluminum PA horn is built tough to withstand the elements. Unlike plastic horns, this speaker is made with heavy-duty aluminum to ensure a long life. And with 25 watts of power, your horn will be heard loud and clear!
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CB PA Speaker - 40 Watt
$49.95Speco's 40-watt PA speaker is 6.5" x 11" and completely weatherproof. A pivoting mount allows the speaker to rotate 90 degrees, and the ABS plastic construction ensures that this horn will last a lifetime. Your voice will echo off the canyon walls with 40 watts of power! Learn More
CB PA Speaker - 15 Watt
$38.95Speco's 6" aluminum PA horn is ideal for off-roaders needing a heavy-duty PA horn that will withstand rugged use. And with 15 watts of power, this horn ensures you'll be heard loud and clear!
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Cobra CB Extension Speaker with Talkback
$32.95Cobra's HighGear external speakers are designed to offer an exceptional combination of unsurpassed power handling, great sound, rugged construction and stunning looks. The talkback feature on this model lets you monitor your voice as you transmit. It's an indispensable tool if you're using an echo mic or signal processor, so that you can make audio adjustments.
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Cobra CB Extension Speaker with Noise Filter
$27.95Cobra's HighGear external speakers are designed to offer an exceptional combination of unsurpassed power handling, great sound, rugged construction and stunning looks. The HG S300 is a noise-canceling extension speaker that helps block out distracting noise and improves audio quality.
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CB PA Speaker - 15 Watt with Plastic Base
$27.95Speco's 5" ABS plastic PA speaker is perfect for CB users needing a small, affordable PA speaker that will withstand the elements. With a base that pivots 90 degrees, this speaker will fit almost any engine compartment. And its 15 watts of power will be easily heard over engine noise. Learn More -
Weatherproof External Speaker
$12.95This small, weatherproof external speaker is ideal for off-roaders or other CB users whose equipment is exposed to the elements. Mount this external CB speaker in your Jeep, truck or ATV. Learn More -
10-Watt Heavy-Duty Speaker
$14.95If you need a louder CB speaker in your vehicle, this 10-watt external speaker from Workman is ideal. Learn More -
Heavy-Duty External Speaker
$14.95This heavy-duty, 20-watt external speaker from ProTrucker is perfect for hearing CB transmissions in loud truck cabs. Learn More -
20-Watt External Speaker
$17.95This powerful 20-watt external speaker is ideal for use loud semi truck cabs or in heavy equipment. A 3.5mm power cord is include with the speaker and installation is very easy!
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Heavy-Duty 10-Watt Noise-Canceling Speaker
$16.95This heavy-duty noise-canceling speaker from Vanco is rated 10 watts and includes a special foam insert to eliminate "tinny" sounds when set at high volume.
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Pinot Noir is one of the planet's most widely grown and enjoyed grape varietals, and thanks to the popularity of the key wines it is associated with Burgundy and Champagne it has successfully spread from its native home in France to much of the wine producing world. Pinot Noir means 'black pine' in French, and this refers to the extremely dark, inky color of the fruit, and the fact that it grows in conical bunches, resembling a large pine cone. It has long been revered for its wide range of refreshing, summery flavors, and the fact that it produces red wines of a beautiful garnet color and light body. More recently, sparkling wines made exclusively with Pinot Noir have been extremely popular, and the orchard notes found in the fizzy 'blanc des noirs' wines mark out just how versatile this grape varietal really is. Despite being notoriously difficult to grow, it isn't hard to see why this grape is now found in vineyards all over the world, as it is synonymous with romance and decadence, quality and fantastic flavor
There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' the land of wines so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.

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"Lonelygirl15 presents… KateModern" will premiere in July 2007 and air exclusively to Bebo members in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The shows will later be released on www.LG15.com and other web sites.
"KateModern" will follow a university student in London as she tries to manage her complicated social life against a backdrop of sinister plot twists. Following the popularity of "Lonelygirl15" last summer, whose success was credited to its interactive features, has been viewed over 50 million times.
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Hello All,
I have been posting here for quite some time but NEVER on this part of the forum. I have decided that after 'thinking' of doing it for years, this last year has caused me to finally bite the bullet and get into reloading.
I just ordered a Lee single stage kit, the regular one, not the anniversary kit, seemed like a better deal. I also ordered a bullet puller, dial caliper and 38/357 dies (starting with revolver stuff first to get the hang of it).
Here are my questions:
- Is there a way to tumble by hand, such as put in a basket of some sort and stick in the dishwasher (man do I hope my wife ain't reading this)?
- Where is a good place to buy bullets (cast I guess but also FMJ for when I get there with auto loaders)?
- Where if different from #2 above, should I get powder and primers?
- Is there anything else I need to start out, seems like no, except for maybe a loading manual but I thought my die set comes with a recipe sheet for the caliber?
- Going forward, I noticed my PPS in 40 puts a dent in the middle of the case wall.....does this preclude using these shells for reloading?
I want to get teh right amount of stuff to get started without going overboard so I am not between getting frustrated by doing it like a caveman yet not overwhelmed with too much stuff to learn.
Thanks a bunch in advance, I am really excited about this.


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Dan Peterson, R.I.P.: Remembering hit-and-run victim who elevated bike-safety concerns
Sandi Peterson sometimes worried about how her son Dan, who moved to Denver in 2010, was getting by in a new city. And when she flew here in July from Wisconsin, it was meaningful to meet so many of his friends at once, even if it was under the worst of circumstances. Her son had been badly injured in a bike crash and didn't have much longer to live. But inside the crowded hospital room, it was a comfort in the final moments of her son's life to see firsthand just how many lives Dan had touched during his short time in Denver. Big photos below.
"So many of his friends were there and we had never really met any of them," Peterson recalls. "They were just such rocks for us.... They were there through the end."
Dan Peterson, thirty, died on July 22 after he was hit while riding his bike at the intersection of Lincoln and Speer in the early hours of Sunday morning. It's a collision that prompted a group of anonymous cyclists to chain a white "Ghost Bike" memorial there in honor of a fallen cyclist they didn't even know. His death also elevated concerns of city officials, who were already in the process of discussing bike safety and the rise of cycling in Denver -- the topic of this week's feature, "On a Roll."
Here, we take a closer look at the life of Peterson, a well-liked, athletic transplant from Wisconsin who was killed in a crash that remains unsolved. As we note in our feature, there don't seem to be any promising leads from the Denver Police Department, and months later, his family and friends aren't holding their breath for a resolution. Dan Peterson.
And arresting the suspects -- who allegedly hit Peterson and then drove off with his mangled bike -- won't bring their loved one back.
"Accidents happen. That's why they are tragic accidents," says Sandi. "But to leave him there, that was hard to think about.... I don't know where their mind was. I have no idea who they are or if they regret it.... But if they would've just stopped, it would've just helped a lot."
When Sandi arrived at the intensive-care unit of Denver Health, where Dan was taken after the accident, she found around twenty of his friends and family members there to say their goodbyes. And the following day, his friends organized an impromptu memorial at Cheesman Park that drew out more than fifty people to talk about Dan.
"Dan had told me, 'Don't worry Mom...there's so many awesome people here that I feel like I have a second home here, a family away from home,'" she recalls. "I could see that."
At the hospital, she adds, "I told them, 'It's kind of you to be here,' and they all said, 'Dan would have been here with us until the end. He would've been the first one here and the last one to leave. That's just the kind of person he was.'"
And that's how many will remember him, says Sarah Goff, another close friend.
"He always put everyone before himself.... I think that's how everyone thinks of him," she says. "Really just a warm, genuine person."
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Revista da Faculdade de Letras : Línguas e Literaturas
Um Édipo medieval : o tempo das origens no prólogo do Tristan en Prose (Séc. XIII)
Ana Sofia Laranjinha
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AbstractIn the Prologue to the Tristan en Prose, which tells ofthe misfortunes of Chelinde and Sador and of their son Apollo (ancestors ofthe hero ofthe romance), the use ofthe narrative outline ofthe Oedipus myth and the reinvention of the monster of Thebes reveals the medieval vision of pre-Christian times: cyclical character and regression, homicide and incest represent paganism. However, Apollo, although guilty of incest, will be the first Christian monarch of Léonois: the age of history, of punishment and redemption follows the cyclical and criminal.
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Avenge the Original 'Red Dawn' With This Drinking Game
Drinking Games By Kevin Carr on November 20, 2012 | Be the First To CommentForget the North Koreans. It was the Soviets with their Cuban and Nicaraguan allies that once posed a real threat to this nation. After all, it doesn't take much to establish a beachhead in Washington State, as depicted in the Red Dawn remake due out in theaters this week. Real hardcore Communist armies invade from the center of the country, as seen with the occupation of Calumet, Colorado in John "Madman" Milius's original 1984 film. The new film's explosions may be bigger, and the actors may be more recognizable to today's audience (though possibly not, considering the original starred Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Gray, Harry Dean Stanton, and Powers Booth), but Milius's Red Dawn is perfectly primed for a stiff line of drinks. Re-live the action of this right-wing 80s war film, recently released on Blu-ray.
'The Last Stand' Gets a New Trailer Filled with Big Stunts, Small Laughs and Midsized Concerns
Movie News By Rob Hunter on November 8, 2012 | Comments (2)When The Last Stand hits theaters in a few months it will finally put an answer to two congruent question marks. One, can Arnold Schwarzenegger still carry an action film? And B, can Kim Ji-woon manage the same level of quality with his American debut that he's enjoyed with his Korean films? The first teaser for the film gave us little to judge (aside from too much of co-star Johnny Knoxville), but now a true trailer has debuted. It fleshes out the supporting cast to include Forest Whitaker, Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman and Jaimie Alexander (who was kind enough to bring along the tiny town from Thor), but the story remains similarly simplistic. A high-profile prisoner escapes federal custody and makes for the Mexican border in a souped-up sports car and protected by a small army of thugs. The only thing standing between him and freedom? A small-town sheriff, his ill-equipped deputies and the guy who pretended to be mentally handicapped from The Ringer. Check out the full trailer below.
Review: 'This Must Be The Place' Offers Yet Another Brilliant Performance By Sean Penn
Cannes Film Festival By Simon Gallagher on November 3, 2012 | Comments (4)Editor's note: With This Must Be the Place now officially released in theaters, here is a re-run of our Cannes review, originally published on May 20, 2011. Sean Penn's second appearance at this year's fest – though in truth his first main once, since he was relegated to a side player in The Tree of Life – sees him don his finest goth garb and make-up to take an impressive shot at a Robert Smith type character. He plays Cheyenne, an aging former rock star, who seems happy to live off his royalties in a grand country house in Ireland with his wife (Frances McDormand), though really he is stagnating: depressed or bored, he can't work out which. He gets an opportunity for respite when his father dies and he travels home to America for the funeral, subsequently learning that his father had been obsessed with tracking down a former Nazi Auschwitz guard who tormented him, and using the information he had already compiled to take on the task himself. In essence Paolo Sorrentino's This Must Be The Place is a one-man road movie, and in traditional fashion it presents both a metaphorical and a physical journey through undiscovered or at least unfamiliar lands. And it all hangs on yet another stellar performance by Mr. Penn, who now must be getting close to being sick of the praise.
Review: Everyone Involved Is Aces But 'Seven Psychopaths' Is the Sam Rockwell Show
Movie Reviews By Rob Hunter on October 12, 2012 | Comments (7)Marty (Colin Farrell) is a screenwriter with a serious case of writer's block. "Seven Psychopaths" is his latest script, but there's one big problem with it. The title is all he's written so far. He needs some inspiration to make his characters and his story come alive, but where is an Irishman with a drinking problem and relationship issues going to find that spark of originality? As with most of life's questions, the answer here is Sam Rockwell. More precisely, it's with his good friend Billy (Rockwell). Where Billy goes trouble follows, and that trouble is currently in the form of a pissed-off gangster named Charlie (Woody Harrelson) who's violently distraught over the loss of his pooch Bonny (Bonny the ShihTzu). It seems Billy's primary source of income is a scam he runs with his friend Hans (Christopher Walken) involving the dog-napping and subsequent return for reward of wealthy peoples' pups. Snatching Bonny has opened up a can of murderous worms as Charlie hunts down those responsible and Marty finds himself caught in the blood-spattered middle of it all. On the bright side he's getting inspiration for all seven of his fictional psychopaths, but none of that will matter if he doesn't live to finish the screenplay. Seven Psychopaths is exactly the film we should expect from the man who created the wickedly great In Bruges. It's whip-smart funny, deliriously violent and deceptively heartfelt. And good god does it have the most aggressively awesome ensemble cast of all time.
32 Things We Learned From the 'Alien' Commentary
Commentary Commentary By Jeremy Kirk on June 7, 2012 | Comments (3)Prometheus is Ridley Scott's latest magnum opus, a groundbreaking cinematic achievement beyond our wildest imaginations. At least that's what we're all hoping for with the film. At the very least we'll take a return to the sci-fi terror Scott unleashed on audiences earlier in his career, but Prometheus is a film moviegoers all over will be talking about. We'd love to hear Scott talk about it, probably along with screenwriter Damen Lindelof. We'll take Jon Spaihts just because he comes with the package deal, but it'll be a commentary that delves into the depths each man had to go to craft yet another legendary, sci-fi tale. That will be amazing. Anyway, here's the commentary for Alien. Seriously, though. How can you introduce Alien?
Over/Under: 'The Maltese Falcon' vs. 'Repo Man'
Features By Nathan Adams on February 28, 2012 | Comments (3)John Huston's 1941 detective tale The Maltese Falcon gets credit for a lot of things. Not the least of which is the launching of both Huston's career and the career of its star, Humphrey Bogart. It also gets credit for beginning the longstanding and successful onscreen pairing of Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet, and heck, more often than not it's pointed to as the beginning of the entire film noir movement of the 40s. That's a lot of acclaim for a pretty simple mystery story about a salty detective named Sam Spade trying to find the whereabouts of a statue shaped like a bird. The late 70s and early 80s were a time when genre films were king. Not only were the titans of the industry, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, tearing up the box office with huge event franchises like Star Wars and Indiana Jones, but lots of other directors were getting in on the act as well. Joe Dante hit it big with horror/comedy Gremlins, Robert Zemeckis struck gold with sci-fi/comedy Back to the Future, and even directors like Walter Hill made their names doing exploitation stuff like The Warriors. But, despite having the schlocky grit of something like The Warriors and the goofy humor of something like Gremlins, Alex Cox's 1984 film Repo Man remains a movie remembered only by those plugged into the pulse of cult film. It's a trivia question, an obscure pick, and not a cherished childhood memory like all the others.
Forest Whitaker and Johnny Knoxville Among the Friendly Faces Joining Schwarzenegger in 'Last Stand'
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on October 17, 2011 | Be the First To CommentJee-Woon Kim's Arnold Schwarzenegger-starring story about a western sheriff running afoul of a Mexican drug cartel leader seems to be getting closer to shooting, because a bunch of names have been added to the cast list. We already found out that Friday Night Lights star Zach Gilford would be joining the cast as Schwarzenegger's young deputy, but now a whole host of pretty diverse, kind of interesting actors have been added to support that duo. The biggest of the new names on the Lionsgate cast list are probably Forest Whitaker and Johnny Knoxville; one man who is famous for acting in a bunch of movies over the last three decades and another for getting hit in his balls a lot. Okay, that's not fair, Knoxville has been fine in the few films I've seen him in, and I'm sure he'll be fine with whatever they give him here. And Whitaker is always at least interesting to watch, even when he goes super hammy. But that's a weird couple of actors to pair with Schwarzenegger if you ask me. I'd probably feel more comfortable with the choices if I knew what kind of characters they were playing. Whitaker and Knoxville aren't the only new names though, a handful of less famous but still notable actors have been added as well. Let's run through them: there's Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzman, Harry Dean Stanton, and Eduardo Noriega. Jaimie Alexander I've only seen in her small role in Thor, but she was playing a […]
Rango is the first animated genre movie I've seen that, with no exaggeration, works as well as its live-action counterparts possibly could. Gore Verbinski's latest is a damn fine western, an entertaining throwback to classic B-pictures that pays clever tribute to its predecessors. Sure, it's populated by walking/talking lizards, rattlesnakes, and Gila monsters. So what? A lizard suffering from some serious existential torment, Rango (Johnny Depp) knows not who he is or of the world beyond the tank he's called home and the pseudo-tropical knickknacks he's made his friends. That changes forever when a karmic car accident finds the good-humored, tropical shirt-baring reptile abandoned in the Mojave Desert, his domicile destroyed forever. Making his way through the treacherous terrain, our hero dodges an enormous falcon, befriends roadkill named Roadkill (Alfred Molina) and is eventually escorted by fiery fellow lizard Beans (Isla Fisher) to the long-forgotten, crumbling town of Dirt.
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The Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment
Observed the impact of bonus offers on duration of unemployment, cost of UI compensation, earnings, and job quality
Data Summary
The Washington Reemployment Bonus public use data (1985-89) were compiled to study the optimal size for cash bonuses offered to unemployment insurance recipients to encourage more rapid return to work.
UI claimants were enrolled in the experiment from March 1988 through November 1988 at 21 Job Service Centers in the state of Washington. Eligible participants were randomly assigned to one of six treatment groups or the control group. Treatment groups differed in the amount of the bonus available and the length of time the claimant had to become reemployed. A specified bonus amount based on the claimant's unemployment insurance entitlement was available to the participant if all employment conditions were met.
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At thirteen original tracks, Time taps elements of both Oxnard and Nershi's styles to create a full and free-spirited record that mates Zuba's groove with the Incident's earthiness: There are plucky, down-home numbers that skirt the boundaries of bluegrass, elongated tunes that feature plenty of spindly Garcia-type guitars and instrumental numbers that just beg listeners to start spinning. Oxnard's vocals on minimally instrumented songs like "Happiness" provide a spare, soulful counterpart to the recording's busier moments; as a singer, Nershi sounds a teensy bit like a Nashville Skyline-era Dylan. (He sang really well on that one -- I swear.)
It's About Time, which saw release on String Cheese's SciFidelity label a couple of weeks ago, will be officially launched with a performance on Wednesday, October 3, at the Fox Theatre. Some local bigtimers who pitch in on the CD (Hazel Miller, Ryan Tracy, guitarist Ross Martin, drummer Christian Teel and bassist Chris Engleman of the E-Town band, Nershi's wife Jillian and assorted String Cheesers are among those who make appearances on the disc) will perform with Nershi and Oxnard, as well. Sometimes it pays to have friends in high places.
Local sound and multimedia artist j.frede was among the performers and sound architects who performed during this year's Denver Atonal Festival, a two-day affair that beeped, hummed and buzzed for two consecutive nights at the Gothic Theatre earlier this week. Judging by the number of artists who participated and audience members who showed up, Denver's sonic subculture is booming -- largely because of frede's effort as the annual festival's organizer and founder. Rallying the troops for this kind of exhibition is no small feat, considering the heft of the content. This is not music you saddle up and sing along to; rather, it's concerned with dissertation-type material like postmodern sound and performance theory and the simultaneous appropriation and deconstruction of the tools of technology (loops, samples, white noise, ambience, film, computers, crimping irons, etc.). Yet frede will soon leave the city to its own atonal devices: In October, he's splitting for Prague, where he'll enjoy a strong dollar, the company of collegiate Kundera readers and, no doubt, a heightened appreciation for the Internet. Frede plans to continue working as a sound producer/developer for the Sonic Foundry studio project. He will also serve as a liaison between regionally based experimental artists looking to tour overseas. Okay, j., but how will local sound spelunkers relegated to domestic domains carry on without you?
"Over the past five years, the support has grown immensely," he says. "When I started organizing the final Atonal Festival, I was contacted by several different active people in the Denver metro area that I hadn't had a chance to work with in the past. This has created a much wider network, and I hope it will help the experimental music/media community grow after my departure."
While Europe may seem an attractive destination for many of us right now, it seems an especially fitting choice for a modern-minded artist like frede, who's always been more Ingmar Bergman than Stephen Spielberg anyway. When asked whether he'd be returning to his home country anytime soon, frede had this to say: "I'm not setting any time frames. I think we've all learned from [recent] events that everything can change in the blink of an eye."
Ah, j., we'll always have Paris.
The calendar of local performances spills over this week: A local girl made good, Rebecca Folsom releases Across the Sky, a rootsy, largely acoustic offering that features cameos by bluegrass luminary Sam Bush as well as Jerry Douglas, in a special CD-release party at Tulagi on Sunday, September 30...Traditional Irish-roots band Siúcra offers its last Colorado show for the foreseeable future: Bandmembers Shannon and Matthew Heaton are moving to Boston, putting the three-year-old fiddling affair on hiatus. Say farewell (or whatever the Gaelic equivalent might be) on Monday, October 1, at EnVie in Boulder. The band's debut CD, A Place I Know, will remain available in local music outlets while singer/bodhran player Beth Leachman will carry on as a solo artist: Her first gig? Come October, she'll be leading singing sessions at Denver's Celtic Tavern. Parting is such sweet sorrow...The Milkmen, a Lafayette-based septet led by multi-instrumentalist and bovine enthusiast Lory Kohn and Steven Solomon, have recently returned to local stages after a break of, oh, fifteen years or so. The Milkmen, who became a sort of theatrical, pop-music anomaly in Boulder in the '80s by sporting matching new-wave outfits on stage and carting around a large papier-mâché cow named Bessy, further their farming fixation with the just-released CD Dairy Aire. The band performs at the Boulder Public Library Auditorium on Saturday, September 29, and in an acoustic set at Swallow Hill on Sunday, September 30. These shows are not recommended for the lactose intolerant.


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I live in a very wooded neighborhood, and there's a fairly good size area in my yard I would love to put in veggies. (I have been doing container growing for several years, and feel my yield would be much greater if I could put them in the ground. Trouble is- we have all kinds of wildlife in our yard (no deer), but chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, and birds. I would not be able to see my garden if I plant it where I'd like to. Question is- is there anything at all I can do to keep the animals at bay so that we could have an in ground garden? Thanks so much. It's mostly tomatoes, peppers, herbs, etc, but would like to add some other veggies If I could control the situation. Thanks so much |
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- Posted by davidtater (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 08 at 13:01
I have been having problems with "critters" myself. For the life of me, I can not figure out what kind of critters are invading my garden. First I found several of the plants cut up, but they do not appear to be eaten. I also found a small hole, maybe 6 inches tall, cut into the screen around one of my bushes. But the bush was no harmed? I did not see any evidence of digging. What kind of critter could it be? |
I should clarify...I would not be able to see my garden constantly- like I can now where it is located on my back deck. It would be a level below the main area of our house (basement rancher). Thanks again. I hope someone can reply. |
- Posted by sylvana_grows 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 8, 08 at 0:57
"I have been having problems with "critters" myself. For the life of me, I can not figure out what kind of critters are invading my garden. First I found several of the plants cut up, but they do not appear to be eaten. I also found a small hole, maybe 6 inches tall, cut into the screen around one of my bushes. But the bush was no harmed? I did not see any evidence of digging. What kind of critter could it be?" I'm pretty good at figuring out what animal/insect/condition is affecting my garden. Were there any tracks around the affected area? Change in soil? What marks/bites are on the plants? And to Micrazy: Put mothballs down around your plants. Matter of fact we have some tool and garden sheds that are about 1 foot of the ground and every year I buy a trunk load of it (or so it seems). This discourages them from the git-go and even keeps out stray cats and other critters. Hang rags soaked in vinegar and stapled onto small wooden stakes or dowels near you plants. Most rodents hate the smell even when dry. Re-soak each rag in about a week. Should you be a coffee drinker who brews it up using coffee grounds then empty your coffee filter around the base of your tomato plants and that should help you. Should you be fortunate enough to live by a Starbucks go and ask for their used coffee grounds as they have been known to give away 5 and 10 pound bags to anyone who asks for it. You can also mix up some regular cheap liquid soap with some ground red hot chili pepper powder and pour that around the base of your tomato plants. I would do some out about 2 inches and then another ring out about the same distance as your widest leaves on your plant. You may want to keep your eye out for those big jars of chili powder that go on sale once or twice a year in discount markets and stock up to use at the base of your plants by just sprinkling it on the ground. It is supposed to work also. Then there is the old chicken wire with the smallest mesh. You can wire or staple it to stakes and drive them deep into the ground. You can use 36" or wider chicken wire and bend them over your tomato plants or they will use the wire as monkey bars to get in. Get some blood bone meal and sprinkle it around the base of your tomato plants. Got a dog? Then when you sweep up their dog hairs or you brush them, do not throw the dog hair in the garbage. Simply sprinkle it around your tomato plants and that will also work. |
- Posted by davidtater (My Page) on Thu, Jul 10, 08 at 21:50
Miss Sylvana Grows, I did not notice the tracks until I went back and checked. There seem to be prints in the soil. I do not know if they are related. They do not look like paw prints. There are no toes, just lots of shallow dots. There was no change in the soil. However, I have noticed that a swath of land bordering my garden is unusually green. I do not see how this could be related. The marks in the foliage are long and straight like cat scratches. Do cats like to use their claws on plants? Most of the damage seems to be on the leafy plants such as my lettuce. Thank you for your expertise, |
Dear Sylvana grows- Thanks SO much for all of the great tips!! I'll try them all. Do these additives (bone meal, etc.) not change the soil? Again- thanks so much!! micrazy |
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Something would cut the stems from my Tomatos and leave them on the ground.Now this year again the tomatos are being cut off, also other plants .They are cut at an ANGLE and left on the ground, not being eaten at all..Please help solve this mystery.. |
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keeping critters out of my tomatoes |
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I have read that laying out chicken wire flat on the ground around your garden will keep deer away, as they don't like stepping on the wire mesh. I am trying it this year. So far, no deer damage. |
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I recently found a garden center with impatiens at give away prices, which started me thinking of next year... I would like to try to propigate them by cuttings ,and I'm wondering how many I should buy. How many plants could I get from each plant over the course of the winter? I've never over wintered plants before but thanks to all the great postings from you all I'ld like to try. Any differences between New Guinee and regular? Any tips would be appreciated!!! Thank You |
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Lots and lots and lots, depends on how many times you pinch back and how much time you have. Maybe we should have a contest and see how many plants can come from one "mother plant" |
New Guineas are more difficult to propagate for me, using the same things I do for the others, but that's just me. I can usually get 100 percent rooted, but with New Guinea that number is down by a third at least. In Fall, I only take mostly top cuttings for best results overall. Last year in mid-October I started my serious cuttings for this season, and out of the below plants I started about 250 new babies. Could have done much more, but I seriously started getting sick of the chore! Originally, the multi-colored planting consisted of 12 total small plants, and the whites consisted of five FYI. This year I'll do about 500 plus for a wedding to be staged in my yard, mostly white cuttings. I keep them in an indoor greenhouse set up-lights, heating and water only when the soil feels dry. Good luck with your adventure! It's so much fun! |
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Thank you so much, for the info and pictures!!! I bought three New Guineas, and was hoping to get 10 flats by spring. Maybe I should get a few more... I was thinking of setting up a place in my basement with lights and humidifier enclosed in plastic. I hope to get so many I get sick of it too. I wonder if rooting hormone would help the success rate? I'll let you know in spring. Thanks again. |
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You did not mention what kind of "soil" you were using. I would suggest that you NOT use garden soil all by itself. I would mix perlite, vermiculite, and sand with the soil. Furthermore, I would sterilize the mixture in maybe 3 quart lots, bring to 185 degrees, and let cool before using. You should prevent any damping off by doing so. Even if you are using some commercial mixture you should sterilize the mixture. It's worth the time it takes. If you have any questions you may write me direct. Good Luck! |
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@indemnifyme - You're right. A lot of people automatically think of nursing homes as a prison where children send their parents to get rid of them. I don't think that's normally the case at all.
People in nursing homes are usually there because they can no longer take care of themselves. My grandfather just went to a nursing home last year, because he broke his hip, and the family could no longer give him all the attention he needed.
He loves where he is at now, though. Nursing homes do a good job of setting up activities and keeping the residents stimulated so they don't get bored living there.


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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Quick Takes Friday: ...Yes
You know when people say "God doesn't give you more than you can handle"?
I don't know about you, but they usually say this to me when I'm hanging on by the skin of my teeth and don't know if I can take much more. In fact, when I started working on this week's Quick Takes (a whole two weeks ago), I wasn't sure how much more I could handle.
A situation has come up at home that could possibly fall through, but given that I'm supposed to be hunting for a cheap travel arrangements (instead of what I'm really doing: listening to Crash Course: US History while typing a blog post) we're treating as if it's a given. Something that could be as simple as saying what it is and what I'm doing about it, but it's much more complex and beautiful than just that.
A stack of books sit on my bedside table...a bit of light reading that is anything but. At first glance, the books seem to vary in topic: Spiritual direction, dating, evangelizing, finding/following your passion, answering God's call in our life...our workplace, and living the Christian faith in a radical way. Swirling around in the stew of interesting tidbits was something I couldn't put my finger on until I happened to stop by the Catholic bookstore one day after confession: Stewardship. I coordinate things, acquire supplies, fill needs... as I use to say once upon a time, "I go where I'm needed".
I've taken stock of my gifts and talents too many times to name. The last time was a few years back when (as part of a class at the non-denominational church I use to attend) a group of us took a few days to really discuss what our gifts were. Each of us were given a packet of questions and when we came together on that last day, mine was covered in multi-hued notes. There were days when I wrote in pink and made notes on the things I use to do that seemed to come easy. There were notes in blue and purple that were a bit more analytical in nature...'clinical' may be a more appropriate word. And on the last two pages, in neon green that no one seemed to be able to read, were the things I feared sharing as I wasn't sure where these deep callings came from. Things like wanting to dig deeper in my faith and "find a place to really give my all", hints at my growing desire to become a Catholic, and a note written in small print... "I want to go where He needs me... I want to serve."
Others tell me I'm wasting my education, my time and my talent when I do things that are not intellectual or prestigious... things others have said are 'beneath me' (practical works such as nursing or housework), yet I feel wasted when I'm not giving some sort of practical help. In fact, when discussing the gravity of what we're about to step into, I had to try and explain that I feel utterly useless if I have no practical help to give.
Several years ago (can I say several? I think it's been about 7 years ago...) I came home from college where I had finished my Junior year in a major I didn't like. I felt this pull...this intense yank on my soul towards something. So that summer, I took a course, passed a test, started work as a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) and enrolled in any and all classes relating to nursing at my local community college. My grandmother ridiculed me, called me a failure (among other things) but by the year's end, my seemingly healthy Grandmother ended up in a wheelchair as a mysterious illness devastated her central nervous system. Her care came down to me and my newly acquired skills.
I've cared for her at her worst, when we would go to the hospital three times a week for doctor's appointments, emergency room visits, transfusions, and watching Grandma's form reduced to skin and bones.
I've cared for her when things improved, but her attitude about getting better was as horrible as her temper had been before she got sick.
I cared for her when her lifestyle improved, she reached a normal/healthy weight, and her quality of life was once again ...good.
Even though it was difficult beyond words... It was worth it to fight for her. To refuse to give up or abandon her. The value of these years is more than what can be stored in a bank.
Have you looked back at things in your life and had this moment of seeing how they connect in this wonderful narration?
One thing my spiritual director had me work on was a narrative of my life and there are a few points that keep jumping out. I don't want to go into detail (a training earlier this week made it clear that there were some points that weren't in my best interest that still effect me) but when I reread the events, it felt like I was groomed for something. Sister T put it into words: "To love heroically". I love the people who abandon me, the people who neglect me, abuse me, hurt me. I love when it doesn't make sense to love a person. I love because I'm too stubborn to give up, and most importantly, I continue to love because I cannot stop loving. This love is not from me, or about me, but about letting someone know that they are loved.
It was from love that I returned to the environment I was trying to escape, to a woman who had pushed and berated me so often that I thought about suicide... It was from love (God's, not mine) that I returned and cared for a woman I couldn't love just yet, but in allowing God to work in the situation, I found a sort of calling: to love.
This brings us back to the other week, as I tried so hard to put this all into words. (Even now, I'm not sure if this is making sense, but hopefully, it soon will)
Soon, in the next 2-5 weeks, we'll be expecting someone new in our household: Grandpa's mother.
I came home to the sound of Grandpa, chatting over the phone with his mother. She was recently moved (yet again) to another nursing facility. Lonely, agitated, she wanted to leave. As I sat my purse on the table, I caught my name and heard my qualifications listed. By the end of the chat, Grandpa had offered the spare room to his mom, and volunteered me to be her nurse in the afternoon.
A few days passed filled with misunderstandings, childish antics, callous remarks and what could only be described as a war over who would get their way... Usually, I cower when they lash out, but somehow I found the guts to do something brave.
"I accept."
It caught their attention. I told them I'd be honored to care for his mother, (within reason) and that I look forward to her arriving at the house.
And wouldn't you know it? Saying yes to this task that is huge, terrifying, and ultimately a privilege, has ended the arguments on the whole subject. As if a rubber band, stretched to it's limits, suddenly snaps back into shape...the three of us suddenly were on the same page about things and communicating like adults!
Saying yes and taking on the task of being a caregiver isn't new to me. I know that it means my social life (if it even existed before) would be limited, if not non-existent, and for the first month, I'll be exhausted as we get to know each other and adjust to the hard reality of new routines and new environments (not to mention, the time spent getting the house ready before she gets here).
But it feels right.
Between assignments from Sister T, my spiritual reading of late, and a few others nudges (thank you, Holy Spirit) it's like I know I'll be stepping into a divine appointment of my own; a mission to be an embodiment of love, compassion and mercy. It just clicks, that being single allows for such a wonderful gift to be given to these two women... that by remaining single, I can be used as an instrument of God in a way that I couldn't if I was married (I know me, and know that I couldn't divide my attention like that) or actively running toward a religious vocation (I wouldn't want to step into any new indefinite plans). I know I'll want to talk to Sister T about this, and maybe she can help me find the right words to say it... but this seems so right.
A few months back, I prayed a novena to St. Therese, asking for a sign of my vocation. A little girl walked up to me on the last day and gave me a rose. I was confused by the multi-colored bud, and by the unknown girl that wordlessly gave me this gift before disappearing again.
This past week, after I made the decision that I'd care for this woman if she decided to move in with us after all, another little girl wordlessly walked up to me, gave me a rosebud, and walked away. When I got home, I sat down the one person who opposed the idea, explained that I welcomed the opportunity to be a caregiver, and went about my day. That evening, I walked out back an noticed that the rose bush (whose blooms are sporadic and unimpressive) was covered in bright flowers. Never had I seen so many at one time!
I smiled, nodded my head, looked at the statue of Mary that stands across from the roses and whispered "...yes."
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[OS] PNA/US/UN/ISRAEL - Palestinians trying to dodge pre-UN vote face-off with Obama
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Palestinians trying to dodge pre-UN vote face-off with Obama
Published 03:14 14.09.11
Latest update 03:14 14.09.11
Palestinian Authority officials understand that a Security Council
petition for statehood would prompt a U.S. veto and are tying to wrest
last-minute promises from the Obama administration.
By Avi Issacharoff
Statements made Tuesday by Mohammad Shtayyeh, a member of Fatah's Central
Committee, regarding the Palestinian Authority's intention to address the
UN Security Council, in addition to its General Assembly, were not
Just three days ago Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas himself
said that the Palestinians will turn to the Security Council, and will not
be content to deal with the General Assembly.
Similar statements were made a few weeks ago by Arab League General
Secretary Nabil Elaraby. Despite their dramatic character, and the
potential they have for creating a diplomatic tussle between the PA and
the United States, such declarations can be changed.
Next week, intense negotiations will be undertaken between the European
Union, the PA and the American government regarding the specific formula
of the request for Palestinian statehood recognition. Only at the end of
that week (and perhaps a few days later) will it be clear whether the PA
will ask for full recognition from the General Assembly, or whether it
will ask for a change of its status in the UN, or whether it will perhaps
turn to the Security Council with a request that it be considered a full
UN member (a request which will receive a resolute U.S. veto).
Palestinian Authority officials understand that such a Security Council
petition would prompt a U.S. veto and would embarrass Washington, and
particularly President Barack Obama. For this reason, senior PA officials
are trying to wrest last minute promises from the U.S. government, ones
which would forestall going "eyeball to eyeball" with Obama.
For the time being, Mohammad Shtayyeh and his associates will apparently
continue with their adamant declarations about a request from the Security
Council for statehood recognition.
The PA's status, impaired by a budgetary crisis which has made it
difficult to pay officials' salaries, is not what it was in the not so
distant past. PA officials therefore need to stabilize their regime's
image in the eyes of the Palestinian public, partly by taking tough steps
vis-a-vis Israel and the U.S. government. These PA officials in the West
Bank can at least draw some consolation when they consider Hamas' plight.
The Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip also faces a fiscal crisis, apparently
due to a reduction in the assistance proffered by Iran to Gaza. Hamas has
not paid wages to its bureaucrats for the past two months. Hamas, which
has announced that it does not support the PA's bid for statehood
recognition in the UN, is tightening its belt, and searching for new
sources of tax revenue.
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0Mar 28, '13 by wannabemurseHey fellow RNs. I just wanted to start a new topic on Swedish Medical Center's May 2013 Residency cohort. I've read through the Jan 2013 thread, and just wanted to see if anyone here wanted to share their experiences for this cohort.
As for me, I interviewed with the manager for the tele departments last friday. I was told to expect a call if i was chosen to come back in for a panel interview with the staff members, but unfortunately I did not get a call so I assumed that I wasn't chosen to move forward. I finally got a call back today to confirm that I was not chosen, but there might still be openings in other departments. So I asked what other units might have openings, and after being given a list, I let the recruiting coordinator know that Im interested in ortho. So I was told that my resume will be passed on to that manager and to possibly expect another call for another opportunity to interview.
This is my first time applying for this program, and unfortunately, I missed the most recent meet and greet event because i was unaware of it.
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0Mar 29, '13 by wannabemurseI was actually lucky with timing. I just so happened to send an email to a link I found on their website, and I asked about application/recruitment dates. The very next day, I received an email saying that the opening was now (at that time) online, and will be open for a week. I think the next cohort will be in September, with a meet and greet event on May 3rd. Not sure about application dates though.
0Apr 3, '13 by db2xsThe website says application process starts in May, but no specific dates.
Information for the meet and greet is as follows:
Please join us at this event on Friday, May 3rd at 1:30 - 4:00 pm. at Swedish Medical Center, Cherry Hill campus in the Auditorium below the cafeteria, 500 17th Ave., Seattle, WA 98124 (please google below for map). Parking is available on the street or in the SMC parking garage on 16th Ave. at standard rate.
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0Apr 3, '13 by Andrews_RNGo to the meet and greet! It's the best way to meet the recruiter who will be the first to look at your application and recommend you to managers. Also you meet many managers from different floors, which is a great way to make connections. Most people who get hired at Swedish have an "in" by either doing an externship or previously meeting with a manager. Good luck!
0Apr 11, '13 by kittybombI am currently finishing up my nursing program in another state, but have all intentions of moving back to Seattle as soon as possible. I have finals the week of the meet and greet this coming May, and physically cannot make it. How much do you think it will impact my chances? I know people have said the meet and greet is very important for making initial connections with Swedish. Does anyone have nurse recruiters or managers emails they think I should get in contact with? Or think that would even be useful?


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Last year I went to our local pond store and purchased potted plants to adorn my newly built pond. Although I have given it my best shot in overwintering them (only time will tell how successful I have been) I have on order from liveaquaria several different plants. I am assuming I will need to "plant" these in some sort of container when I recieve them in April. I have no experience doing this but have researched it online. No one really gives specifics on the benefits of different types of containers. I was leaning towards the baskets that look like big strawberry baskets (kinda woven looking) but wanted opinions before purchasing them. This is a list of the plants I will be getting:Red Night Blooming Hibiscus, Variegated Water Celery,Corkscrew Rush,Ribbon Grass Strawberries and Cream,White Rush,Spider Lily. Opinions will be appreciated...Thanks, Melissa |
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There are endless ways to plant. I have a corkscrew rush that has happilly lived in just a plain plastic pot for a few years. I put water lilies in an oil pan (you didn't mention water lilies but I just threw that in there). I have some plants in the plastic mesh containers. I also have floating islands that I have made (do a search on floating islands and you'll get all kinds of ideas). There was also a pattern for making planting containers from landscaping fabric but I can't find the thread. Maybe someone else can find it. Good luck and be sure to post pictures in the Gallery!!! We love pictures. |
- Posted by mbhoneybee63 5 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 20, 11 at 10:30
Thanks pashta for the info. Last fall I found "noodles" marked down to almost nothing and have intentions of making floating pots out of them for early season shade and cover for the fish. I have tried posting a few pics....keeping my fingers crossed I did it right :) |
Here is a link that might be useful: My pond in it's first year 2010
- Posted by pashta_2006 Z4 ADK NY (email@example.com) on Tue, Mar 22, 11 at 17:19
OH, that is so lovely. Thanks |
- Posted by calamity_j z7bc (My Page) on Wed, Mar 23, 11 at 12:52
BEAUTIFUL pond!!! Thanks for posting some pics! What kind of lilies are those? They are so pretty and perfect, they look fake!!ha!They must be tropicals? |
- Posted by mbhoneybee63 5 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 25, 11 at 18:46
Yes calamity j, they are tropicals. Unfortunately I cannot remember the name of the purple one, but the peachy/pink one is an Albert Greenberg. I am lucky enough to have quite a large pond store within several miles of me. After their yearly lily festival, they mark all of the tropicals way down. Fully grown, potted and blooming for $14. It bloomed quite nicely for the couple of months till the season ended. Now I have them both in my basement in a small "pond" w/ heater and light hoping to overwinter them. Thanks to both you and pashta for the nice compliments! |
I am new to water and bog gardening and am not clear on how/when to use the mesh or fabric pots. we have some hardy lilies just waking up and poking out and want to repot them in something bigger. I also have several bog lilies and a spider. I have heard the mesh and plastic are good but do you just put the garden soil in them, do I need to line them with something. Opinions? |
I use the plasticized woven bags that some feed comes in--chicken feed, catfish feed, rabbit feed...you get the idea. Either stand them on the bottom of the pond and roll down the top of the bag to appropriate height OR roll the top of the bag around 2/3 of a pool noodle for a floating pot. Fill with unscented clay kitty litter and fertilizer tabs or your favorite planting medium. If it floats too high in the water, add a rock or two at the bottom. The kitty litter is made of bentonite, also used for lining natural ponds and is safe for fish and plants--just make sure you get unscented. Special Kitty, the cheapest stuff from Walmart, works fine. |
- Posted by pondbucket (My Page) on Tue, Apr 2, 13 at 2:15
Your pond is quite beautiful just the way you have it set-up now. I've used many of the same aquatic plants you've mentioned. I suppose my strategy is very similar to Pashta's. Use mesh pots in the biological filtration basin if it's open air (open to sunlight). This way water flows through to the roots and gets the benefit of filtering. I use rocks as a media for these -- as small as you can go without causing erosion and having'em run off to cloud your water. Like Pashta I use low but wide (diameter) pans for water lilies... I've not used oil pans but similarly I found round feed pans you can find at country / farm stores, like Tractor Supply, work well -- the base color is almost always black so they're perfect for the bottom of the water garden. Any submerged aquatic plant I put in media that is part sand and part clay and use solid black pots or containers that I buy from the water garden store here locally. Since they are not mesh you'll get minimal cloudy-runoff. Most often I top these with medium sized decorative rock. and they're placed just below the water level. Of course I have plenty of floating plants like lettuce and water hyacinths. They really like the heat and sunshine. |
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Re: [CT] [OS] US/CHINA/CT/TECH - Congress Fears Chinese Telecom Gear May Phone Home
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Subject: [OS] US/CHINA/CT/TECH - Congress Fears Chinese Telecom Gear May
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Congress Fears Chinese Telecom Gear May Phone Home
By Adam Rawnsley Email Author
November 17, 2011 |
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Categories: China
Are telecommuniations deals with China good business a** or a trojan horse
for espionage? Some of Congressa** top intelligence officials are worried
ita**s the latter. And theya**re launching an investigation to find out.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), and the committeea**s top Democrat,
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, announced on Thursday that their committee will
look into the potential for Chinese telecommunications equipment a** like
commercial servers, routers and switches a** to help China spy on the
United States.
a**The investigation is to determine the extent to which these companies
provide the Chinese government an opportunity for greater foreign
espionage, threaten our critical infrastructure, and further the
opportunity for Chinese economic espionage,a** Rogers tells Danger Room.
a**Through this investigation we will come to a better understanding of
the threat so we are better prepared to mitigate.a**
The concern is that Chinese companies could tamper with equipment for use
in civilian communications infrastructure, allowing China to insert Trojan
horses that eavesdrop on targets in the United States. Chinese companies
already make a number of telecommunications products sold in the U.S., but
several have bowed out of deals to acquire large stakes in American
telecom companies after facing U.S. government pressure.
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companies, and will use all of the committeea**s resources to determine
the extent of the threat and what the government is doing about it.a**
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counterfeit electronics parts, often sourced from China, making their way
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Rogers says the spy agencies hea**s spoken with a**clearly appreciate the
importance of the issue,a** but hea**s hoping the Intelligence
Committeea**s investigation a**will contribute to a greater understanding
of that threat and help encourage a more rapid response to this emerging
national security concern. We cannot wait any longer.a**
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