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These are 2, I forgot to photograph the other one. I got these last spring from Steve Lau They are small but doing good Thanks Steve! |
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What species? |
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Mon, Oct 29, 12 at 21:58
Are those bananas in the background? Zone 6? Kt |
- Posted by stevelau1911 6a (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 19:32
Looks like it could be fargesia rufa. |
- Posted by butterfly4u 8 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 30, 12 at 21:55
KT, yes they are Musa Basjoo. Hardy to zone 6 when mulched good. |
They are Fargesia Rufa, I have 1 other Fargesia that I forgot to photo, it's slightly taller than these 2. That is Musa Basjoo. I tried it for the first time this past season. There is also a Eleph. ear plant to the right of the Banana. There are 3 palms that are supposed to be hardy here with protection, but they are very small. |
- Posted by miketropic none (My Page) on Thu, Nov 8, 12 at 16:20
what type of palms are they? |
Miketropic, the palms are needlepalm and 2 others that I forget the name of. They are those of the few that are zone 6-7 hardy. I left the tags on I believe. It looks as though they are going to shed thier leaves or whatever they are called and replace with new leaves. I will look for tags tommorrow when it is daylight. I bought 2 of them in North Carolina at a WAL_MART and one mail order, can't remember what nursery. |
- Posted by miketropic none (My Page) on Wed, Nov 21, 12 at 5:15
the needle palm should be alright mine is wrapped up in its winter hut right now. as long as the others got established there are 5 or 6 that are zone 6 hardy with some protection. |
- Posted by stevelau1911 6a (My Page) on Wed, Nov 21, 12 at 17:39
For all my palms, I simply stick a filled leaf bag over it, and they are protected for the whole winter. |
Just wanted to add that I have added Fargesia Robusta " Woolong". I took the chance because we are haveing zone 7 winters as far as the minumum temps go. I got them cheap because they are tiny divisions. |
Sorry I never replied about the palms, I forgot all about it. One was Saw Palmetto, Needle palm and the other may have been another Needle palm. I've recently got Fargesia Robusta Campbells form. I know nobody was really holding their breath for my reply. I saw the post tonight so I'm adding to it, yes things are boring in Pa tonight :) |
You must be patient with Fargesia Rufa it takes a long time to mature. Here is mine after 5 years. And this past year it's still only about 4 to 5 ft tall but I love the look of it. check out the link it may help you. |
Here is a link that might be useful: My Bamboo Grove Info
Gardener1, Thanks for the pic and info. I don't mind slow bamboo. I have Phylostachys Nigra on order. I will be glad for my Fargesias being slow to spread. I also have Fargesia Robusta " Campbells form" on order. I am searching for some sort of "Encloseure" for the Black bamboo. I have an area that may be okay. I will have to remove the plants already growiing there though. It is surrounded by swampy ground. I think it may be the best place to avoid spreading past the swampy area. |
I just thought of another variety of hardy palm in the background in my picture was Sabal Causiarum, I hope I spelled it right. |
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 20:30
How do you fill them? |
- Posted by MsMorningSong 9 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 19, 13 at 8:17
Those are beautiful! Yes, how do you fill them? How'd you do it? |
Thank you. To fill them, you drill a large hole in the bottom and cork it with a smaller bamboo piece. I drilled the hole a little smaller that the bamboo cork, so it fit and shaped real snug. I'm going to start this week making them from Wamin. I'm going to leave them untreated or look for a food grade sealer. I have so much bamboo that I probably won't get around to finishing them on the outside. If they split, i'll just make new ones. On a different subject related to Wamin; I just started air layering branches of Wamin that are thick and have that classic Wamin v-shaped sub branch formation. The best way to propagate Wamin by far. Have you guys tried this? |
I just bought another Musa Basjoo from Lowes. I am waiting on my Elephant ears to show themselves this spring. My bamboos are doing great, those from SteveLau and my other Ebay orders. My black Bamboo has croaked because I bought it when winter was still pretty bad. I should have heeled it in the ground. I let it die, it's my fault, so I can't blame anyone but me. Stupid as it sounds I was afraid to plant it in the ground. I will not buy another runner until I am prepared for it's area to be in. I will be planting more clumpers, I have all my clumpers still alive. I have a bare area for clumpers. |
I (after reading my last post) am adding that my last order of Fargesia bamboo was purchased from EBAY not Lowes. The kind I've ordered is an upright type. |
I err, got Musa Basjoo mixed up with Bamboo, sorry. I got a banana plant Musa Basjoo at Lowes. I'm sure nobody cares, but I am correcting my mess up. Only because someone may want one and they can get them at Lowes now. |
I err, got Musa Basjoo mixed up with Bamboo, sorry. I got a banana plant Musa Basjoo at Lowes. I'm sure nobody cares, but I am correcting my mess up. Only because someone may want one and they can get them at Lowes now. |
- Posted by newbamboonut none (My Page) on Thu, Oct 24, 13 at 23:08
For 2013 I've planted about 16 running bamboos around the front acreage of my place. This year was golden vivax, green vivax, megurochiku, madake, black bamboo, purple bamboo, and rufa. I made a video showing all of my new plantings at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRxgibrtQeo Anyone else have video of their plantings or groves? Thanks so much! Love hearing from other bamboo addicts :) |
Here is a link that might be useful: My 2013 bamboo plantings!
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 8:38
Nice! Do you have Henon or Moso? I really like these two. Kt |
- Posted by newbamboonut none (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 10:25
Hi, thanks! Nope I don't have any Henon or Moso. I love both but the gentleman I buy my bamboo from down the street said that where we live Moso doesn't size up as much as other places like the South of the US for example. I will have to watch it for breakage (I will climb my pines and cedars to tether my vivax when it gets tall) but vivax sizes up really fast where we live so I wanted that because I am rather impatient :) As for the Henon, I was told (or I researched it and forgot where) that Megurochiku has pretty much the same growth patterns as Henon and is almost indistinguishable except for the alternating black stripe on every other internode. So it made me feel like I didn't need Henon. You or someone else on this thread who have more bamboo experience than me can tell me if that's the case or not but it is what I understand to be true about Henon and Megurochiku. Thanks! |
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 11:28
You are probably right about the Henon and Megurochiku. I do not grow Megurochiku, so I don't know for sure, but sounds like you don't need Henon. My Henon gets almost white, or 'ghost' white, really pretty. Vivax grows really fast here also but mine stays small since I keep it confined. Moso is the slowest runner that I know of to mature. It can take up to 20 years to get really full sized culms, but it is another really pretty bamboo. Kt |
- Posted by newbamboonut none (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 15:59
Kentuck where is the best place to see pics of your bamboos? Would love to check them out. Sorry if i missed them above. Thanks! |
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 17:10
There are older pics in the gallery. Not the best pics, but something to look at. Look for posts started by me. Kt |
- Posted by newbamboonut none (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 21:52
Sorry I couldn't find any Kentuck. I'm new to this forum so it's probably user error. Well, anyhow I'll keep an eye out, would love to see your plantings at some point. Thanks. |
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Fri, Oct 25, 13 at 22:34
Click below where it says "Click Here" and the first 25 or so posts, are posted by me, with pics attached to each post. Click on any post and at the bottom of the original post, click on "Image Link." Kt |
Here is a link that might be useful: Click Here.
- Posted by newbamboonut none (My Page) on Sun, Oct 27, 13 at 0:48
cool thanks Kentuck. how old and large is your stand of henon from the wild turkey photo? since your stuff is all quite a bit more mature than mine i'd love to get an idea of what i can potentially expect in the way of growth from my 15 gallon plantings this summer. thanks! |
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Sun, Oct 27, 13 at 11:30
That would have been it's 4th or 5th year in the ground. I keep it in a 9' X 27' contained area so the culms never get larger than 2 inches thick. I planted all of mine from 1 gallon pots though, so yours may mature a year of two sooner. Also remember, in different areas of the country, bamboo(and all plants) grow at different rates, even if they are in the same zones. Temperatures may reach the same 'lows' in certain zones, but the length of the lows have a lot to do with growth, along with soil types, amount of sun, soil fertility and ph levels, etc. It will be interesting to see how well your bamboo grows for you so be sure and keep us updated on it's growth. Kt |
- Posted by newbamboonut none (My Page) on Sun, Oct 27, 13 at 12:45
Wow that seems like a lot of growth for 4 or 5 years. Very cool. Good point about zone variance. Although we get in the 20's here our growing season (rhizome growing season) is fairly long with hot sunny days from May through October. Also all of my planting have a lot of sun exposure and i am feeding them a lot (composted horse manure everywhere and other organice amendments.) The interesting growth limiting factors to watch will be competition with huge establihed conifers (pines, cedars and furs) as well as pockets of red clay alkaline soul that compacts hard as a rock in summer months. It will be fun to see how the rhizomes compete with these factors. I have no idea at this point. I will do a detailed video every summer so it can be easily tracked. I will be thrilled if my 3-5 culm plantings look like your henon stand after 4-5 years though! |
- Posted by kentuck_8b __ (My Page) on Sun, Oct 27, 13 at 13:32
We have very sandy soil here and also have long growing seasons, which can extend from March to November. Giving the bamboo what it needs to grow(plenty of water and fertilizer) will help speed its growth. Good Luck Kt |
This is Fargesia rufa (mixed with some Borinda). They were planted in 2007, and now form a thick wall about 7 feet tall. Each year, I divided the clumps--started with about 3 very small plants. I don't feed it or water it. (My other clumper is golden Bambusa multiplex.) Interested in experimenting now with other clumpers. |
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I have all big decisions made for the kitchen reno which will start in Feb. Now I am on to all of the fun little details! I have been browsing like crazy for the hardware and was looking at lights. So far I have found 2 fixtures that I love but are completely different. I also think depending on which I choose will dictate the finish of the hardware as well. I would love your opinions. I will post photos of the cabinetry and granite and backsplash. There are banks of cabinets flanking the picture window above the sink. The left and right cabinets nearest the sink will have divided light glass doors. Window size is 40x40. Thank you! |
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- Posted by craftlady07 (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 9:00
#1 is not my style and way more formal, so I like #2. With that said you certianly do not need to match the finish of the hardware to the lights if you don't want. I'm going to have a mix of ORB and black and a dark pewter. |
- Posted by inspiredisabel (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 9:18
Thanks craftlady - I like the first just wasn't sure if it was too much bling for a kitchen! |
I really like both fixtures but as craftlady said they are two totally different fixtures.- one very formal and the other not so formal. IMO it really depends on which way you want to go. I think both will great with your choices but the 2nd doesn't has as much umph as the first. I am a very plane jane kind of girl (or at least I used to be my tastes have been changing as I get older) but I really do like the first one. And as craftlady also mentioned, the fixtures don't have to match the hardware. My hardware is brushed nickel, my light fixtures are black.. Sorry not much help but I don't think you can go wrong with either! |
- Posted by palimpsest (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 9:43
I thought of this company right away because of your range.They have Many styles available, which can be ordered in various shade colors. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Barn Light Electric
- Posted by inspiredisabel (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 10:46
Thanks so much for the comments. I like the crystal one because it was kind of unexpected. My kitchen or home is not formal in the least but I thought the bronze finish brought it down a cpl notches. limpsest - that is so funny! I was on their site this morning! The reason I picked the 2nd fixture was exactly because it goes more with the big blue elephant. This is actually the fixture that is in there now. There used to be an island under it but no longer. While I still love the look of it, and variations of the barn lights, I don't like the way the light is diffused. Straight down basically. The metal doesn't let it get very far. |
- Posted by writersblock (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 10:52
You like the crystal one, so do it. I love seeing something a little unexpected, a little fun. |
The crystal one is fun in a funky sort of way, but I would think it would take a lot more time to clean and could look dingy if you don't do it often enough. The second one is cute, but not working as a focal point. If your focal points are elsewhere, then it would be perfect. If you are wanting the light fixture in that spot to be a "star", it is too understated. |
- Posted by lavender_lass (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 11:00
I like the first one! I think the darker metal picks up the darker tones in the granite...but the crystal will bounce around the light and keep it feeling bright and airy. Perfect combination :) The metal would look good on hardware, with the cabinets, too! |
- Posted by abundantblessings (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 11:27
Here's a slightly less blingy but similar version of your 1st option that I was considering for our master bath before deciding on an antique crystal. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Lucia chandelier
- Posted by honorbiltkit (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 12:13
Thinking that a light over the sink is task lighting as well as something nice looking, I was going to complicate things further by noting that your ceiling seems pretty high and you might want to consider a fixture less close to the ceiling. Then I saw that you even have your nautical fixture at ceiling level, so that might what you are most comfortable with. I am going with something very like your current fixture, but with a Hanging Garden of Babylon look. The only thing that is missing from the complicated ceilingscape of my small unfinished kitchen is great festoons of flexible ducts, like in the movie Brazil. Still, I have nine foot ceilings; the kitchen sink is going in below the back window, and I will need the light at this height to see what I am doing. By the way, I think that light fixtures are the easiest thing to change when you want a different look for your kitchen. If you have a scale, an installation point, and however idiosyncratic a fixture you really like, go for it. |
That second fixture comes in ORB too.... (Maybe not from the site you got it from, but I've looked at it before. Try Schoolhouse Electric: http://schoolhouseelectric.com/fixtures-type.asp?type=SurfaceMount ...they have that look, but you can customize it) With that said, you shouldn't let the finish lead you to which fixture you want.... :) You can get both in ORB. What overall look are you going for in your home? You said it wasn't very formal. If that is the case, I would not go with the crystal one. However, if you have eccentric/whimsical taste/decorations at all, perhaps it could match. My second thought is... what type of light do you want/need in that space? Is this light purely an accessory or is it functional also? You mentioned not liking the light cast from down-lighting. (Then, the second light isn't your type! It will cast shadows...) Final comment... I am the type (apparently in the minority here) that likes the "matchy-matchy" finishes. I understand that design doesn't necessitate it and there are really well done kitchens with different finishes. However, it bothers ME when they don't match.... If it bothers you, then match them. If it doesn't, do whatever makes you happiest when you see that fixture! :) |
I like the crystal one because it's funky, but this is for over the sink, right? Two things to consider: A light with crystals and wires is going to make patterned light, especially close to it. A single light over a sink casts a lot of shadows. Two plain light sources, spaced between shoulders and armspans apart, will make for a much more even wash of light, and eliminate a lot of shadowing. |
I love the first one. It's different and elegant and fun at the same time. Go for it! |
Q for Plllog or anyone else who got it: Can you paraphrase this for me -- I'm wondering what this means: Two plain light sources, "spaced between shoulders and armspans apart," I have two lights but am not sure how this spacing (between and apart) should work. |
Sorry, Mary, sleep deprivation. I meant that the best distance to separate the two lights over the sink was between the measure of shoulders (15"-18"?) and armspan (72"). 72" is probably too much unless you're using big fixtures like Inspired's chandeliers. It also depends on the size of the sink. Unless you're widening the spacing to accomodate fixtures, it's best to have the lights directly over the sink. If you have a 20" wide sink, that might not work. If you have a 30" sink, it shouldn't be a problem. Mine are halogens mounted inside a cabinet with flush glass diffusers, approx. 24" center to center. IOW, all light and no (visible) fixture. |
- Posted by inspiredisabel (My Page) on Tue, Jan 11, 11 at 21:40
Thanks for the additional comments! My ceilings are actually very low - only 8 ft so I think that a flush mount/semi flush mount would be best this way I am not looking into my light. : P I am not necessarily a matchy matchy person. If I go with the ORB that is a big jump from my nickel trimmed range. But it would bring out the glazing of the cabs. hmmm. decisions decisions! |
- Posted by inspiredisabel (My Page) on Sat, Jan 15, 11 at 5:13
ok... so I am back again and hoping to get some opinions. I found 2 more light fixtures that I am obsessing over. The mercury glass hobnail one in the middle or the cage pendant that looks like an upside down flower... Again, these would be placed over the sink which has a 40x40 picture window and there would be recessed lighting throughout. These would provide additional light but I really just want something great to look at. Thanks! |
- Posted by breezygirl (My Page) on Sat, Jan 15, 11 at 5:26
Oouuuuuuuhhhh...I like the mercury glass! |
- Posted by inspiredisabel (My Page) on Sat, Jan 15, 11 at 5:31
breezygirl - isn't it?!? I think the mercury glass would be like jewelry all sparkly and pretty. My issue is that it a plug in though... Wonder what I would do with that? |
Change the plug to directly wired. Easy to do. |
- Posted by pattimikekatie (My Page) on Mon, Feb 7, 11 at 22:30
Have you seen the HGTV show Sarah's House? She renovated an old farmhouse & used a couple of antique brass pendants over the kitchen sink that remind me of what you're looking at. Sorry I don't know how to paste the link. Just go to Sarah's house, season three, Get Ready for the Farm. Good luck with your light choice! |
- Posted by CuteNSweetAsSugar (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 12:57
Hello, Can anyone tell me the brand and colour name of the paint of the cupboards of the aqua kitchen? Thank you, |
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Manitoba PC Leader Brian Pallister defended his $2-million Wellington Crescent home at a press conference Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.
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WINNIPEG - If the Manitoba's fiscal record is any indication, the government's plan to balance the books by 2016-17 will be at least partly funded by another tax hike, the Opposition says.
"What the province came through with last time was the largest tax increase in the last quarter-century in this province," Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister said Tuesday.
In the spring, the province announced a $106.5-million expansion of the provincial sales tax, adding the levy to services such as hairstyling, beauty treatments and insurance.
Manitoba has now officially delayed its deadline to balance the budget by two years from the original 2014-15 fiscal year.
Pallister said the 2011 spring flood costs often blamed for washing away Manitoba revenues really account for just a quarter of the NDP's "spending problem."
"It was supposed to be the flood of the century, not the excuse of the century," said Pallister.
Last year's Manitoba deficit was the largest recorded in provincial history, at $999 million. This year's deficit is forecast to be about $500 million.
Colin Craig, the Manitoba director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said the fiscal trend is worrisome.
"In the past 12 years, they have spent more than they've budgeted," said Craig.
The premier did not rule out a possible tax increase following his annual State of the Province address to about 1,000 people at the Winnipeg Convention Centre on Tuesday.
"Every budget, we put a priority on affordability in Manitoba," said Premier Greg Selinger. "Nothing is being ruled out as we go forward but that focus on affordability is one of our key priorities."
Selinger said record flood prevention and repair costs of at least $1.2 billion did have a significant impact on the overall budget.
Selinger did not reveal the latest projection of this year's deficit, stating Finance Minister Stan Struthers would do so in about a week.
Dave Angus, president of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce, said he agrees flood 2011 eroded the government's bottom line. But he said the business community needs the government to combat that financial hit without worsening an already over-taxed business environment.
"We're not in a situation where we can afford to keep our taxation where it is right now. We need to get to a point where we can reduce the taxes to be comparable to other jurisdictions," said Angus.


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Play Time — The Next Iron Chef Caption It
by Maria Russo in Shows, November 16th, 2012
Though it's true that The Next Iron Chef rivals are known for their unbreakable focus and competitive mindset, they sure know how to let loose and have fun when the clock stops running and the cameras aren't rolling. Just watch what happened last week when Chefs Estes, Falkner and Freitag completed a 30-minute three-way Secret Ingredient Showdown. Given the stress of what Chef Freitag called a "pressure cooker situation," they channeled their nervous energy into a no-holds-barred food fight, whipping handfuls of ingredients across the kitchen.
In the above sneak-peek shot from this Sunday's episode, it looks as if Chefs Appleman and Greenspan aren't letting the stress of the competition get them down either. They're proving that it's not all work and no play on The Next Iron Chef as Chef Greenspan poses with a dish, making a funny face while lightheartedly teasing his fellow rival. Will the chefs let their lively personalities shine as they're photographed by a special guest on Sunday, or will they come across as subdued and serious?
Before you tune in this Sunday at 9pm/8c to watch what happens next, we're challenging you, Next Iron Chef fans, to write your best captions (tastefully appropriate, please) for this playful moment in the comments below.
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"They didn't say what size plates, right?"
Try it! Grasshoppers are good for you!
Lol on that! :-)
I'm afraid Greenspan will always be associated with those creatures.
"This looks so GRRREAT I want to eat it all by myself !" (Nate's thinking: Ehh, not a good idea to eat it Dude, not enough time to make another")
Open wide and let it slide.
Momma always said clean your plate!
(In a mommy type voice)
Open wide. Here comes the airplane in for a landing…
*airplane engine sound included for effect* :-P
Funny. Chef Greenspan appears to have a great sense of humor, it does look like he's doing a little airplane effect in the photo.
It's AAAAH-LIVE! Ooooohhhhaaaa!
Are you serious??? I'm not gonna taste that. Save it for the judges.
Greenspan was robbed. He is hands down one of Americas best chefs. Chef Mehta should have been eliminated. I would not eat anything that man cooks if you paid me. His food would be as spoiled as his personality.
Gonna miss Greenspan too. I would have watched a show just with him as the host. He's got talent!
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It is good for watering plants, is good for your hoyas because it lowers the PH of the alkaline substrate.
You can see "poso" |
Here is a link that might be useful: poso
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We were just discussing this subject (link below)! Thanks for weighing in. |
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greedyghost: good and very interesting link. I do every year Thanks |
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The Crisis of Big Science
Last year physicists commemorated the centennial of the discovery of the atomic nucleus. In experiments carried out in Ernest Rutherford's laboratory at Manchester in 1911, a beam of electrically charged particles from the radioactive decay of radium was directed at a thin gold foil. It was generally believed at the time that the mass of an atom was spread out evenly, like a pudding. In that case, the heavy charged particles from radium should have passed through the gold foil, with very little deflection. To Rutherford's surprise, some of these particles bounced nearly straight back from the foil, showing that they were being repelled by something small and heavy within gold atoms. Rutherford identified this as the nucleus of the atom, around which electrons revolve like planets around the sun.
This was great science, but not what one would call big science. Rutherford's experimental team consisted of one postdoc and one undergraduate. Their work was supported by a grant of just £70 from the Royal Society of London. The most expensive thing used in the experiment was the sample of radium, but Rutherford did not have to pay for it—the radium was on loan from the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Nuclear physics soon got bigger. The electrically charged particles from radium in Rutherford's experiment did not have enough energy to penetrate the electrical repulsion of the gold nucleus and get into the nucleus itself. To break into nuclei and learn what they are, physicists in the 1930s invented cyclotrons and other machines that would accelerate charged particles to higher energies. The late Maurice Goldhaber, former director of Brookhaven Laboratory, once reminisced:
The first to disintegrate a nucleus was Rutherford, and there is a picture of him holding the apparatus in his lap. I then always remember the later picture when one of the famous cyclotrons was built at Berkeley, and all of the people were sitting in the lap of the cyclotron.
After World War II, new accelerators were built, but now with a different purpose. In observations of cosmic rays, physicists had found a few varieties of elementary particles different from any that exist in ordinary atoms. To study this new kind of matter, it was necessary to create these particles artificially in large numbers. For this physicists had to accelerate beams of ordinary particles like protons—the nuclei of hydrogen atoms—to higher energy, so that when the protons hit atoms in a stationary target their energy could be transmuted into the masses of particles of new types. It was not a matter of setting records for the highest-energy accelerators, or even of collecting more and more exotic species of particles, like orchids. The point of building these accelerators was, by creating new kinds of matter, to learn the laws of nature that govern all forms of matter. Though many physicists preferred small-scale experiments in the style of Rutherford, the logic of discovery forced physics to become big.
In 1959 I joined the Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley as a postdoc. Berkeley then had the world's most powerful accelerator, the Bevatron, which occupied the whole of a large building in the hills above the campus. The Bevatron had been built specifically to accelerate protons to energies high enough to create antiprotons, and to no one's surprise antiprotons were created. What was surprising was that hundreds of types of new, highly unstable particles were also created. There were so many of these new types of particles that they could hardly all be elementary, and we began to doubt whether we even knew what was meant by a particle being elementary. It was all very confusing, and exciting.
After a decade of work at the Bevatron, it became clear that to make sense of what was being discovered, a new generation of higher-energy accelerators would be needed. These new accelerators would be too big to fit into a laboratory in the Berkeley hills. Many of them would also be too big as institutions to be run by any single university. But if this was a crisis for Berkeley, it wasn't a crisis for physics. New accelerators were built, at Fermilab outside Chicago, at CERN near Geneva, and at other laboratories in the US and Europe. They were too large to fit into buildings, but had now become features of the landscape. The new accelerator at Fermilab was four miles in circumference, and was accompanied by a herd of bison, grazing on the restored Illinois prairie.
By the mid-1970s the work of experimentalists at these laboratories, and of theorists using the data that were gathered, had led us to a comprehensive and now well-verified theory of particles and forces, called the Standard Model. In this theory, there are several kinds of elementary particles. There are strongly interacting quarks, which make up the protons and neutrons inside atomic nuclei as well as most of the new particles discovered in the 1950s and 1960s. There are more weakly interacting particles called leptons, of which the prototype is the electron.
There are also "force carrier" particles that move between quarks and leptons to produce various forces. These include (1) photons, the particles of light responsible for electromagnetic forces; (2) closely related particles called W and Z bosons that are responsible for the weak nuclear forces that allow quarks or leptons of one species to change into a different species—for instance, allowing negatively charged "down quarks" to turn into positively charged "up quarks" when carbon-14 decays into nitrogen-14 (it is this gradual decay that enables carbon dating); and (3) massless gluons that produce the strong nuclear forces that hold quarks together inside protons and neutrons.
Successful as the Standard Model has been, it is clearly not the end of the story. For one thing, the masses of the quarks and leptons in this theory have so far had to be derived from experiment, rather than deduced from some fundamental principle. We have been looking at the list of these masses for decades now, feeling that we ought to understand them, but without making any sense of them. It has been as if we were trying to read an inscription in a forgotten language, like Linear A. Also, some important things are not included in the Standard Model, such as gravitation and the dark matter that astronomers tell us makes up five sixths of the matter of the universe.
So now we are waiting for results from a new accelerator at CERN that we hope will let us make the next step beyond the Standard Model. This is the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC. It is an underground ring seventeen miles in circumference crossing the border between Switzerland and France. In it two beams of protons are accelerated in opposite directions to energies that will eventually reach 7 TeV in each beam, that is, about 7,500 times the energy in the mass of a proton. The beams are made to collide at several stations around the ring, where detectors with the mass of World War II cruisers sort out the various particles created in these collisions.
Some of the new things to be discovered at the LHC have long been expected. The part of the Standard Model that unites the weak and electromagnetic forces, presented in 1967–1968, is based on an exact symmetry between these forces. The W and Z particles that carry the weak nuclear forces and the photons that carry electromagnetic forces all appear in the equations of the theory as massless particles. But while photons really are massless, the W and Z are actually quite heavy. Therefore, it was necessary to suppose that this symmetry between the electromagnetic and weak interactions is "broken"—that is, though an exact property of the equations of the theory, it is not apparent in observed particles and forces.
The original and still the simplest theory of how the electroweak symmetry is broken, the one proposed in 1967–1968, involves four new fields that pervade the universe. A bundle of the energy of one of these fields would show up in nature as a massive, unstable, electrically neutral particle that came to be called the Higgs boson.1 All the properties of the Higgs boson except its mass are predicted by the 1967–1968 electroweak theory, but so far the particle has not been observed. This is why the LHC is looking for the Higgs—if found, it would confirm the simplest version of the electroweak theory. In December 2011 two groups reported hints that the Higgs boson has been created at the LHC, with a mass 133 times the mass of the proton, and signs of a Higgs boson with this mass have since then turned up in an analysis of older data from Fermilab. We will know by the end of 2012 whether the Higgs boson has really been seen.
The discovery of the Higgs boson would be a gratifying verification of present theory, but it will not point the way to a more comprehensive future theory. We can hope, as was the case with the Bevatron, that the most exciting thing to be discovered at the LHC will be something quite unexpected. Whatever it is, it's hard to see how it could take us all the way to a final theory, including gravitation. So in the next decade, physicists are probably going to ask their governments for support for whatever new and more powerful accelerator we then think will be needed.
That is going to be a very hard sell. My pessimism comes partly from my experience in the 1980s and 1990s in trying to get funding for another large accelerator.
In the early 1980s the US began plans for the Superconducting Super Collider, or SSC, which would accelerate protons to 20 TeV, three times the maximum energy that will be available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. After a decade of work, the design was completed, a site was selected in Texas, land bought, and construction begun on a tunnel and on magnets to steer the protons.
Then in 1992 the House of Representatives canceled funding for the SSC. Funding was restored by a House–Senate conference committee, but the next year the same happened again, and this time the House would not go along with the recommendation of the conference committee. After the expenditure of almost two billion dollars and thousands of man-years, the SSC was dead.
One thing that killed the SSC was an undeserved reputation for over-spending. There was even nonsense in the press about spending on potted plants for the corridors of the administration building. Projected costs did increase, but the main reason was that, year by year, Congress never supplied sufficient funds to keep to the planned rate of spending. This stretched out the time and hence the cost to complete the project. Even so, the SSC met all technical challenges, and could have been completed for about what has been spent on the LHC, and completed a decade earlier.
Spending for the SSC had become a target for a new class of congressmen elected in 1992. They were eager to show that they could cut what they saw as Texas pork, and they didn't feel that much was at stake. The cold war was over, and discoveries at the SSC were not going to produce anything of immediate practical importance. Physicists can point to technological spin-offs from high-energy physics, ranging from synchotron radiation to the World Wide Web. For promoting invention, big science in this sense is the technological equivalent of war, and it doesn't kill anyone. But spin-offs can't be promised in advance.
In his recent book, The Infinity Puzzle (Basic Books, 2011), Frank Close points out that a mistake of mine was in part responsible for the term "Higgs boson." In my 1967 paper on the unification of weak and electromagnetic forces, I cited 1964 work by Peter Higgs and two other sets of theorists. This was because they had all explored the mathematics of symmetry-breaking in general theories with force-carrying particles, though they did not apply it to weak and electromagnetic forces. As known since 1961, a typical consequence of theories of symmetry-breaking is the appearance of new particles, as a sort of debris. A specific particle of this general class was predicted in my 1967 paper; this is the Higgs boson now being sought at the LHC.
As to my responsibility for the name "Higgs boson," because of a mistake in reading the dates on these three earlier papers, I thought that the earliest was the one by Higgs, so in my 1967 paper I cited Higgs first, and have done so since then. Other physicists apparently have followed my lead. But as Close points out, the earliest paper of the three I cited was actually the one by Robert Brout and François Englert. In extenuation of my mistake, I should note that Higgs and Brout and Englert did their work independently and at about the same time, as also did the third group (Gerald Guralnik, C.R. Hagen, and Tom Kibble). But the name "Higgs boson" seems to have stuck. ↩ -
I have written more about this in " The Missions of Astronomy," The New York Review, October 22, 2009. ↩
This article is based on the inaugural lecture in the series "On the Shoulders of Giants" of the World Science Festival in New York on June 4, 2011, and on a plenary lecture at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin on January 9, 2012. ↩


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Acer chairman J.T Wang applauded Microsoft for taking partner input on-board, but aimed a subtle dig at the firm for going in the wrong direction in the past.
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[Editor's note: The headline of this story was changed to replace "deletes" with "suspends" to better reflect the action DomainTools has taken. Accounts can still be restored.]
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Just to be clear, we did not 'delete' any accounts. We blocked what appear to be clear cases of abuse, but we can easily re-instate anyone who was wrongly affected. I believe all the accounts were free Novice accounts, not paying members. I should have made that clear in the blog post.
DT has controls in place requiring a human response after so many checks.
DT is complaining about a few people pounding away at DT's database?
It is amazing that registrars and registries are not complaining about DT pounding their databases and capturing the data for free which they are reselling. Which I believe is a violation of TOS with all registrars and registries.


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Very nice! Will brighten up a spot in your outdoor area(seems like you live in mobile home)Can add some birdseed & watch the birds enjoy a treat for the holidays! Jan |
- Posted by luna_llena_feliz 5B (My Page) on Mon, Oct 25, 10 at 0:59
You found some cool pieces for it! It would look very pretty in the snow. Gosh, I can't believe I said that 4 letter word! Ha-ha! Too bad you couldn't rig the angel to light up at night. It would be stunning at night too then! |
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Looks like you're ready for Christmas! Great job! |
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1 When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus makes and baptises more disciples than John | 1 The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, |
2 (however, Jesus himself did not baptise, but his disciples), | 2 although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. |
3 he left Judaea and went away again unto Galilee. | 3 When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. |
4 And he must needs pass through Samaria. | 4 Now he had to go through Samaria. |
5 He comes therefore to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near to the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. | 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. |
6 Now a fountain of Jacob's was there; Jesus therefore, being wearied with the way he had come, sat just as he was at the fountain. It was about the sixth hour. | 6 Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. |
7 A woman comes out of Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink | 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, "Will you give me a drink?" |
8 (for his disciples had gone away into the city that they might buy provisions). | 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) |
9 The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How dost thou, being a Jew, ask to drink of me who am a Samaritan woman? for Jews have no intercourse with Samaritans. | 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, "You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?" (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans. ) |
10 Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. | 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." |
11 The woman says to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water? | 11 "Sir," the woman said, "you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? |
12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his sons, and his cattle? | 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?" |
13 Jesus answered and said to her, Every one who drinks of this water shall thirst again; | 13 Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, |
14 but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life. | 14 but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." |
15 The woman says to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst nor come here to draw. | 15 The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water so that I won't get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water." |
16 Jesus says to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here. | 16 He told her, "Go, call your husband and come back." |
17 The woman answered and said, I have not a husband. Jesus says to her, Thou hast well said, I have not a husband; | 17 "I have no husband," she replied. Jesus said to her, "You are right when you say you have no husband. |
18 for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom now thou hast is not thy husband: this thou hast spoken truly. | 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true." |
19 The woman says to him, Sir, I see that thou art a prophet. | 19 "Sir," the woman said, "I can see that you are a prophet. |
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where one must worship. | 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem." |
21 Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, [the] hour is coming when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father. | 21 Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. |
22 Ye worship ye know not what; we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews. | 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. |
23 But [the] hour is coming and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for also the Father seeks such as his worshippers. | 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. |
24 God [is] a spirit; and they who worship him must worship [him] in spirit and truth. | 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." |
25 The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when *he* comes he will tell us all things. | 25 The woman said, "I know that Messiah" (called Christ) "is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us." |
26 Jesus says to her, I who speak to thee am [he]. | 26 Then Jesus declared, "I who speak to you am he." |
27 And upon this came his disciples, and wondered that he spoke with a woman; yet no one said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her? | 27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, "What do you want?" or "Why are you talking with her?" |
28 The woman then left her waterpot and went away into the city, and says to the men, | 28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, |
29 Come, see a man who told me all things I had ever done: is not he the Christ? | 29 "Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ ?" |
30 They went out of the city and came to him. | 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him. |
31 But meanwhile the disciples asked him saying, Rabbi, eat. | 31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat something." |
32 But he said to them, I have food to eat which ye do not know. | 32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about." |
33 The disciples therefore said to one another, Has any one brought him [anything] to eat? | 33 Then his disciples said to each other, "Could someone have brought him food?" |
34 Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work. | 34 "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. |
35 Do not ye say, that there are yet four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes and behold the fields, for they are already white to harvest. | 35 Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest. |
36 He that reaps receives wages and gathers fruit unto life eternal, that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. | 36 Even now the reaper draws his wages, even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. |
37 For in this is [verified] the true saying, It is one who sows and another who reaps. | 37 Thus the saying 'One sows and another reaps' is true. |
38 I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours. | 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor." |
39 But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done. | 39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony, "He told me everything I ever did." |
40 When therefore the Samaritans came to him they asked him to abide with them, and he abode there two days. | 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. |
41 And more a great deal believed on account of his word; | 41 And because of his words many more became believers. |
42 and they said to the woman, [It is] no longer on account of thy saying that we believe, for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world. | 42 They said to the woman, "We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world." |
43 But after the two days he went forth thence and went away into Galilee, | 43 After the two days he left for Galilee. |
44 for Jesus himself bore witness that a prophet has no honour in his own country. | 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) |
45 When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem during the feast, for they also went to the feast. | 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there. |
46 He came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain courtier in Capernaum whose son was sick. | 46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. |
47 He, having heard that Jesus had come out of Judaea into Galilee, went to him and asked [him] that he would come down and heal his son, for he was about to die. | 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death. |
48 Jesus therefore said to him, Unless ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe. | 48 "Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders," Jesus told him, "you will never believe." |
49 The courtier says to him, Sir, come down ere my child die. | 49 The royal official said, "Sir, come down before my child dies." |
50 Jesus says to him, Go, thy son lives. And the man believed the word which Jesus said to him, and went his way. | 50 Jesus replied, "You may go. Your son will live." The man took Jesus at his word and departed. |
51 But already, as he was going down, his servants met him and brought [him] word saying, Thy child lives. | 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. |
52 He inquired therefore from them the hour at which he got better. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. | 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, "The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour." |
53 The father therefore knew that [it was] in that hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son lives; and he believed, himself and his whole house. | 53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." So he and all his household believed. |
54 This second sign again did Jesus, being come out of Judaea into Galilee. | 54 This was the second miraculous sign that Jesus performed, having come from Judea to Galilee. |
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Hi guys,
Remember a while back i told you about a cow i made for my friend for her collection! Well here it is.The picture isn't very good,she said her camera is an old one.But you can kinda get an idea.It's one of those whimsicle cows. Kathi |
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Kathi~ that's cute as can be! Now what is it made from? Is it material that you painted? How darling. Wish I had one for my kitchen. ha I think if I bring one more cow in my DH is going to divorce me. ha I can always admire and wish though. Tell your friend thanks for sending it so we could take a look. I bet she smiles every time she looks at it. :) ~Anj |
- Posted by craftylady-2006(gw:craftylady-2006) onMon, Sep 25, 06 at 20:42
That is really cute. Great job on the painting. Yes, what is it made out of?? Sal |
- Posted by kathi_mdgd (My Page) on Mon, Sep 25, 06 at 22:06
Just made from muslin that i painted.Saw the pattern in a book,but they wanted 15.00 for it.I looked at that and said no way,it's nothing but a triangle,and i have several books with cows,as i collect them also.So i just winged it.Just wish i had remembered to take a picture myself . Thanks for looking Kathi |
- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Mon, Sep 25, 06 at 23:14
Cute cow Kathi, glad your friend sent the pic so we could see it. That is good that you can look at a pic and figure out how to do it yourself. I sometimes do that too. Good job! Luvs |
Kathi~ I've never painted on fabric. Did you use acrylic or something else? How did it work on the fabric? Would you say it was about the same or a little harder to work with? I'm just full of questions I know, but that's the only way I know to learn. :) ~Anj |
- Posted by kathi_mdgd (My Page) on Thu, Sep 28, 06 at 16:49
Hi Anj, No it isn't hard to do,and this is how i do it.I use acrylic paints with a textile medium mixed in the paint.This gives it better coverage and helps it to go on easier.I make the cow or whatever,sew it up stuff it,then paint it.I painted the muslin first,let it dry then painted the facial features and the spots and whatever else needed painting.Let dry and you're done.This also helps keep it cleaner as the paint seals the fabric and dust doesn't get imbedded in it.Then when it does get dusty,you can just use a clean 2 or 3 " paint brus and dust it off.Maybe once or twice a year. You can also paint fabric flat with acrylic paint,wet it first then dip it into some paint that you've added either textile medium or water to to thin it out,let dry ,and wala,you've made your own fabric. I have also made something,pinned it to a hanger then taken it outside and spray painted it with the base coat. You're limited only by your imagination!!! |
Wow! I wouldn't have thought you could do all that. Now I'll have to find a simple enough project that even I can do. Maybe I'll start with something like a muslin pillow. I think I can sew a pillow. ha Haven't sewn anything since high school home economics class. ha Thanks for all the info! ~Anj |
- Posted by luvstocraft (My Page) on Fri, Sep 29, 06 at 0:21
Hey, Anj! You can just BUY a ready made pillow to paint! Ha ha Don't need to face too many challenges all at once. Just teasing you. LOL |
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The Challenge: Complex Regulations and Permitting Processes can be Improved
Intelligent regulations are essential to protect Americans and set a level playing field for competition. Yet sensible rules should never morph into bureaucratic nightmares of delay, duplication and complexity.
Jobs Council Recommendation: Streamline Regulations to Create Substantial Change and Targeted, Immediate Impact
To make the U.S. competitive and to speed the creation of jobs already in the pipeline, we need to adopt global best practices to streamline approval processes and use common sense metrics to measure progress. The Jobs Council has focused on several areas of substantial impact – broad areas of regulatory reform that could accelerate job creation – and has worked closely with the administration on a number of specifically targeted initiatives to create an immediate impact.
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Reform Permitting Processes to Accelerate Job Creation
The current system for permitting and approving job-creating projects, which involves federal, state and local agencies, can lead to delays, litigation, and inconsistent standards. This is true of transportation projects in particular. The Jobs Council has proposed and is working closely with the Administration to improve the federal permitting process. The thrust is to give stakeholders visibility into the process, deliver timely reviews, and avoid duplicative analysis and requirements. Highlights recommendations include:
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- Limiting duplication among local, state, and federal agency reviews.
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Conduct Regulatory Process Reform for Independent Regulatory Commissions (IRCs)
Since the Reagan Administration, every U.S. President has required that executive branch agencies submit significant proposed regulatory actions and related analyses to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review. Unfortunately, this does apply to IRCs, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The Jobs Council recommends that legislation be passed that requires IRCs conduct cost-benefit analysis for all new "economically significant" regulatory actions.
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Boost Tourism by Reforming the Visa Process
Between 2000 and 2010, the global long-haul travel market grew by 60 million travelers each year. Yet the U.S. share of this market fell from 17% to 12.4%. If we make it a national priority to increase our share, we could potentially add up to $390 billion in international visitor spending. The Jobs Council believes that improving the tourist visa process can help allow the U.S. to compete for the global tourist dollar while protecting national security.
Improve FDA Approval Process
The U.S. has long been the global leader in medical innovation, leading to improved quality of life for patients and the creation of millions of high quality American jobs. Today, however, investment in the life sciences area is declining because of the escalating cost, time, and risk of developing new drugs and devices. The Jobs Council recommends that the FDA undertake reforms to the approval process that protect patients from harm while also enabling the timely development and availability of new therapies and technologies.
Streamline Patent Application Processes
Congress recently passed the first major reform of our patent system in decades. But there's still a long way to go to streamline the process. The Jobs Council recommends that the US Patent and Trademark Office reduce the average delay in patent processing times, and use "lean" reform techniques to speed up the cumbersome patent process.
Speed Payments to Small Federal Suppliers
The federal government pays small businesses nearly $100 billion each year for goods and services, typically paying 30 days after being invoiced. For small firms in tough times, that wait can be costly. At the Council's urging, the President has directed the federal government to implement new terms so that small suppliers will be paid in 15 days, thus boosting their working capital.


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Inspired by all things Ganesh and Bollywood, I found myself creating this fun folk art icon last spring after teaching my 2012 Vibrant Visionary Collage workshop. It is a mixed-media assemblage constructed as a collage in three dimensions with re-purposed, recycled materials. Ganesh, the deity known as The Remover of Obstacles, became a very powerful figure for me after I participated in a wonderful KYTA Conference mantra chanting workshop.
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