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Marvi Memon Program
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Uncle E's "Evil Quad" Stopping Pakistan Spring
Houston TX–"We need a Naya Pakistan, a New Pakistan". This was the theme of the presentation of former Member of Pakistani Parliament Marvi Memon, as she spoke in front of a large gathering of guests invited at the Junior League by the World Affairs Council and Shehzad Bashir. Ms. Memon talked about the relations between USA and Pakistan at an all-time low.
Marvi Memon served in the National Assembly of Pakistan from March 2008 to June 2011. She resigned from her party and parliament sighting the corruption and incompetence in those around her and frustration with the system. She has recently launched a movement for rights and is galvanizing Pakistani's to reject old politics and embrace clean politics.
She aspired: "Pakistan Spring may not reach the 90% of the population living under Uncle E's "Evil Quad" (feudal, bureaucrats, army, and religious extremists), but if each one of young people with access to social networks reaches out to at least 10 countrymen with no access, the message can become widespread."
In a recent article, Ms. Memon has written that we dream of a Pakistan where all provinces will be woven together, as one country by just equitable power and resource sharing, and respect for each others' diversity. Where the principles of federation are practiced versus just stated. Where the provinces will come together because of the ethos of Pakistaniyat that is non-existent today; this ethos was built on 'unity, faith, discipline' and humanitarian values.
Where each district's natural and human resources are recorded, projected, increased, harnessed for the district, for the province and then for Pakistan. Where development occurs as a result of the need for standardized services versus political influence. Where development works together with climate change challenges.
A Pakistan which will cater for the backwardness of certain geographical areas by intelligent use of quota systems bringing all of Pakistan at par within a stipulated timeframe.
Where there will be food security, energy security, and water security for all. Where the local government delivers clean water, sewerage lines, electricity, gas, schools, healthcare centers and all civic amenities at standardized quality and rates across Pakistan.
A Pakistan which will give the poor safety nets on merit, instead of making them beggars. Which will promote higher education, vocational training and provide a link between education and employment.
A Pakistan which will reduce external interference, protect its sovereignty and move out of the aid trappings into self-sufficiency. Which will identify the enemies of Pakistan and either neutralize them through negotiation or eliminate them through force. Which will enforce the writ of State, disallow private militia, extend crackdown on criminal gangs inside political parties, and be tough on separatist forces. Which will not allow its territory to be used for launching attacks on other countries, nor will it allow them to launch strikes inside its own territory by having better writ of State. Which will rid Pakistan of the foreign occupying neo-colonial forces fast.
A Pakistan which will make headway in resolving all outstanding neighboring disputes (including Kashmir) and spread peace within and without, with zero tolerance for double games. Which will promote the economic network of dependencies and encourage healthy bilateral economic ties with all strategic partners. Which will concentrate on resolving all disputes with its neighbours, so that economic efficiencies are eliminated, and more education, more health, and more trade become regional buzz words.
A Pakistan which will ensure that the military will be under Parliament. A military which will maintain nuclear deterrence and a respectable versus overbearing conventional force after the government has made progress towards resolving its outstanding disputes. Where the military will have all provinces equally represented, where its professionalism ensures a steel defense for Pakistan's borders, and where its cuts ensure contribution to social indicators.
Israel-Iran War Game Scenario Predicts Disaster:
March 18, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Translated by Didi Remez
Israel's leading columnist, Nahum Barnea, published a column this week about an academic war game exercise conducted at Bar Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center Strategic Studies. In a paper published last September, Prof. Moshe Vered considered under what conditions the two nations might enter a war, how long it might last and how it might end. The results were alarming even to the Israeli intelligence community. Here is how Barnea summarizes the research (thanks to Didi Remez for translating the article):
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"The war could be long," Vered warns, "its length could be measured in years." The cost that the war will exact from Israel raises a question mark as to the decision to go to war.
The relatively light scenario speaks about an Israeli bombing, after which Iran will fire several volleys of surface-to-surface missiles at Israel. Due to the limited number of missiles and their high cost, the war will end within a short time. The missiles may run out, the study states, but the war will only be getting started.
"The means that may be most effective for the Iranians is war by proxies—Syria, Hizbullah and Hamas," Vered writes. "(There will be) ongoing and massive rocket fire (and in the Syrian case, also various types of Scud missiles), which will cover most of the area of the country, disrupt the course of everyday life and cause casualties and property damage. The effect of such fire will greatly increase if the enemy fires chemical, biological or radiological ordnance… massive Iranian support, by money and weapons, will help the organizations continue the fire over a period of indeterminate length… due to the long-range of the rockets held by Hizbullah, Israel will have to occupy most of the territory of Lebanon, and hold the territory for a long time. But then the IDF will enter a guerrilla war, a war the end of which is hard to predict, unless we evacuate the territory, and then the rocket fire will return…"
This is not all. "Another possibility," Vered writes, "is the activation of Iranian expeditionary forces that will be located in Syria as part of a defense pact between the two countries, or sending large amounts of infantry forces to participate in the war alongside Hizbullah or Syria. Iran's ability to do so will increase after the United States evacuates its troops from Iraq. If the current tension between Turkey and Israel rises, Turkey may also permit, or turn a blind eye to, arms shipments and Iranian volunteers that will pass to Syria through its territory and airspace. Israel will find it very difficult, politically and militarily, to intercept the passage of forces through Iraq or Turkey. The participation of Iranian forces will make it very difficult for the IDF to occupy areas from which rockets are being fired.
"Along with these steps, Iran may launch a massive terror campaign against Israeli targets within Israel and abroad (diplomatic missions, El Al planes and more) and against Jewish targets."
Iran will not attack immediately, Vered's scenario states. First it will launch intensive diplomatic activity, which could lead to an American embargo on spare parts to Israel. Along with this, the Iranians will secretly move troops to Syria. Israel will not attack the troops, for fear of international pressure. The IDF will have to mobilize a large reserve force to defend the Golan Heights. After the Iranians complete the buildup of their force, Hizbullah and Hamas will launch massive rocket fire against all population centers. The IDF will try to occupy Lebanon and will engage in a guerrilla war with multiple casualties. Hamas will renew the suicide bombings and Iran will target Israel's sea and air routes by terrorism. The Iranians will fire missiles at population centers in Israel, and will rebuild the nuclear facilities that were bombed, in such a way that will make it very difficult to bomb them again.
Vered bases his assessment mainly on the regime's ideology and on the lessons of the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 to 1988. He writes: "Half a million dead, a million wounded, two million refugees and displaced persons, economic damage estimated by the Iranian government at about $1-trillion—more than twice the value of all Iranian oil production in 70 years of pumping oil—none of this was sufficient to persuade Iran to stop the war. Only the fear of the regime's fall led the leadership to accept the cease-fire.
"The ramifications are clear and harsh—like the war against Iraq, the war against Israel will also be perceived by the Iranians as a war intended to right a wrong and bring justice to the world by destroying the State of Israel. Only a threat to the regime will be able to make the Iranian leadership stop. It is difficult to see how Israel could create such a threat."
The United States would be able to shorten the war if it were to join it alongside Israel. Vered does not observe American willingness to do so. He predicts the possibility of pressure in the opposite direction, by the US on Israel….
The military card
…The game is now approaching the critical stage, the "money time." Netanyahu and Barak are waving the military card. "All the options are on the table," they say, accompanying the sentence with a meaningful look. There are Israelis, in uniform and civilian clothes, who take them seriously…
The following is perhaps the most important portion of this column since Barnea posits a startling theory to explain Bibi's posturing and bellicosity concerning Iran. If he is right then I would feel a whole lot more confident that war is not in the offing. But if he is wrong…
I find it difficult to believe that Netanyahu will undertake such a weighty and dangerous decision. It is more reasonable to assume that he and Barak are playing "hold me back." On the day they will be called upon to explain why Iran attained nuclear weapons, they will say, each on his own, what do you want from me, I prepared a daring, deadly, amazing operation, but they—the US administration, the top IDF brass, the forum of three, the forum of seven, the forum of ten—tripped me up. They are to blame.
Netanyahu and Barak know: there is no military operation more successful, more perfect, than an operation that did not take place.
Netanyahu has upgraded Ahmadinejad to the dimensions of a Hitler. Against Hitler, one fights to the last bunker. This is what Churchill did, and Netanyahu wants so badly to be like Churchill. His credibility—a sensitive issue—is on the table. If he retreats, the voters will turn their back on him. Where will he go? In his distress, he may run forward.
Below, Barnea continues with his entirely reasonable, pragmatic and even cynical theories that the Israeli public neither believes, nor wants Bibi to go to war. While he may be right, I'm afraid that many polls of Israeli opinion show a population resigned to confrontation and possible war. So who do you believe?
The fascinating side of this story is that very few Israelis would appear to believe their prime minister. If they believed him, they would not run in a frenzy to buy apartments in the towers sprouting like mushrooms around the Kirya. In the event that Iran should be bombed, the residents of the towers would be the first to get it. If they believed [Netanyahu], the real estate prices in Tel Aviv would drop to a quarter of their current value, and long lines of people applying for passports would extend outside the foreign embassies. What do the Israelis know about Netanyahu that Ahmadinejad does not know, what is it that they know.
Of course, this eminently reasonable interpretation omits the fact that many other pragmatic Israeli leaders, equally cynical in their way, have been sucked into disastrous wars for far less reason. Most recently Ehud Olmert in Lebanon and Gaza. Menachem Begin in Lebanon. Do we really believe that even if he doesn't mean to go to war that something could not suck him into it against his better judgment? History is full of examples of precisely such things, World War I being perhaps the foremost example.
Returning to Vered's war game, there will be Iran haters in Israel who read this who pooh-pooh this scenario claiming it overstates the negatives and overlooks Israel's prowess and past success in similar ventures like Osirak and the alleged Syrian nuclear reactor. But I say if even 1/10 of the complications Vered outlines happen, that disaster may be in the offing for Israel. Israelis tend to have a "can do" attitude towards wars with their Arab neighbors. As such, they often overestimate themselves and underestimate their adversary. Iran, once provoked, will make a much more formidable adversary than most Israelis imagine. Israelis should remember, but won't, that the IDF is no longer the vaunted invincible force it was after the 1967 War. It cannot work miracles. Think Lebanon, 2006. Think Gaza, 2008. To delude yourself that bombing Iranian nuclear plants will be a surgical operation with short-term consequences alone is beyond foolish. That is why Vered's exercise, no matter how accurate it turns out to be, is salient.


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Foreground and Background
In some cases, a program you launch in the shell might run for an extended period of time. Graphical programs that you launch in a terminal window block the shell, preventing any command input. In cases like this, you can run out and grab a coffee or open a second console and carry on working. As an alternative, you can move the process into the background when you start it, or at a later time.
To move the process into the background when you launch it, just add the ampersand character (&) to the command line (Listing 2, line 1). The Xpdf window launches, the shell tells you the process ID (5622), and bash can then accept more commands.
Listing 2
01 $ xpdf article.pdf & 02 [1] 5622 03 $ audacity & 04 [2] 6559 05 [...] 06 $ jobs 07 [1] Running xpdf article.pdf & 08 [2]- Running audacity & 09 [3]+ Running sleep 3600 &
Besides the process ID, you can also see the job ID in square brackets. The job ID is allocated as a consecutive number by the shell. If you launch another program in the same session, you will see that bash assigns job ID 2 (Listing 2, line 3). The jobs command tells you which jobs are running in the current shell (Listing 2, line 6).
After a program has completed its task, the shell displays the job ID along with a status message (Done) and the program name:
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The job ID is also useful if you need to move a background process into the foreground, or vice versa.
If you launch a program without appending an ampersand, you can press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Z to send it to sleep. The shell confirms this action as follows:
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If you now type bg (background), the process will continue to run in the background. The job ID is useful if you have stopped several processes in a shell. The bg %3 command tells the process with the job ID 3 that it should start working again. In a similar way, the fg (foreground) program moves jobs into the foreground. Again, this program might need more details in the form of a job ID following a percent character.
The commands I just looked at move processes to the background and optionally let them go on running. If you close the shell in which you launched the program, this also terminates all the active processes.
The nohup program gives you a workaround by protecting the process against the shell's HUP signal (see the next section), thus allowing it to continue running after you close the terminal session. In other words, this cuts the ties between the child process and its parent. Simply call nohup with the program (and its options):
nohup find /scratch3/mp3 -name "*.ogg" > ogg_liste.txt
This approach does not automatically move the process to the background, but the methods I just described will take care of this.
Closing the shell means that you can't communicate with the process – or does it? Even if you do not have a direct terminal connection, you can still control the program using the signals discussed next.
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HB 5285 was introduced and called for designated state agencies to monitor the frequency of incidents reported as well as the outcomes of any subsequent investigations and if the budget permits after one year, policies and procedures for resolving complaints about abusive conduct (bullying) shall be developed. 5285 is not the HWB.
The Healthy Workplace Bill was not introduced in 2009. Instead, HB 6188 was introduced. It simply calls and directs the Commissioner of Administrative Services to establish policies and procedures for preventing, reporting, evaluating and investigating complaints of abusive conduct occurring in the workplace between state employees by Jan. 2010.
A Public Hearing was held on Feb. 10 by the Labor Committee. On 2/26/09, committee vote was 11-0 to pass, the bill was amended and sent to Government Administration and Elections. HB 6188 was amended as Substitute HB 6188 and passed GAE 10-5 on 3/30/09. The bill was placed on the House Calendar on 4/15/09.
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A beautiful Oak tree that Is at least 50 years old seems to be drying up and dying.
All the leaves are turning brown and look dead. This tree is at least 100 ft tall and located on the front of my lawn. I just noticed it yesterday. No leaves have fallen, that is why it was such a shock to see this. I have other trees, 2 maples, beech, tulip and numerous dogwood that look perfectly fine. I have a tree man coming in hopefully today to look at it. Any ideas what the problem could be? How upsetting! Any feed back would be greatly appreciated. We live outside Philadelphia in Chester County. I have another huge oak in the backyard that looks perfectly healthy. |
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I too have a lovely old oak in Delaware County. We lost 2 tulip polars several years ago because carpenter ants infested them. I hope you can save it. I would be heartbroken to lose my oak. Have you checked with an arborist ? |
We took down a huge red oak last year, both my wife I cried the day they came with the chainsaws. The tree had a fungal infection, which was confirmed by sending the fruiting bodies, those "mushrooms" that were growing around the base of the tree, to a lab for analysis. Usually, a fungal attack kills a tree from the inside out and can take years and years to occur. What you have to remember is that trees distribute water and food through their outermost layers of trunk, the phloem and xylum. What that means is that a tree can look perfectly fine on the outside, while the inside is all but gone. And this makes for a dangerous situation. It's what arborists call a "hazard tree." A word of caution - be careful about whatever "tree man" you use. Some are very knowledgable, while others are just guys with a chainsaw and a truck. We had several certified arborists examine our tree, and what we found was that fixing it was very expensive, and came with no guarantee. We were told that if this tree fell on our house, it would destroy the attic and pretty much all of the second floor. Not a very comforting thought. They all seemed to favor taking it down to be 100% safe, and so we did. Sorry to lay out what might be too much info here, but we went through the process over the last couple years, this was after what was deemed a healthy white ash blew down in a thunderstorm and destroyed a brand new vehicle. Please understand that we are big tree lovers. However, we have also come to realize that some trees, meaning big trees with problems, are very, very dangerous. The link attached might be of help. One final thought. It's often said that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and I've come to believe that. I took an arborculture course a few years ago, and that's when I started looking at trees, all trees, with an element of respect and fear. Good luck, please let us hear what happens. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Hazard Trees
Sween, That was a great article ...Thanks |
- Posted by garden_grammie SE Pa. (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 05 at 17:48
Thanks so much Sween for the info. The tree man is one in the neighborhood that we have used in the past. I will let you know what happens. |
You're all more than welcome. Sorry for repeating myself here, but I have to again stress that we are very much pro-tree. It's just that we've learned the hard way that you cannot peacefully (and safely) co-exist with all trees. I guess we also need to remember that no tree lives forever. Despite that, you might find it interesting that we have several silver maples in our neighborhood that arborists claim date back to Revolutionary times. These trees are so enormous that, should one of them come down in a storm, it's frightening to think the damage they'd do. |
- Posted by garden_grammie SE Pa. (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 05 at 20:50
The tree man was just here and he said bores have gotten into the tree as well as carpenter ants. Before he cuts down the tree he has to kill the bugs so they don't go to my other trees. He said if he doesn't kill the queen the insects would just move on to my dogwoods and poplars. What a mess!!! I am sure this is going to cost a pretty penny but I have to make sure I don't lose any other trees. He also looked at my grass and told me I have grubs! I put down Grubex in April, but he said I should now make an application of Scotts Step Three. It seems to be a bumper ear for bugs!!!!!!! Ugh!!! |
- Posted by shadylady_pa Z6 PA (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 05 at 22:41
Oh, that's too bad. I'm glad you posted this because I just realized yesterday that one of our dogwoods is dead except for one limb. I am really upset. And my father was here a few weeks ago and told me he thought one of our Oaks looked like it was dying. I kind of brushed it off, but now I think maybe we need to get a tree person out here. I wish I had the money to do so! |
- Posted by bulldinkie pa (My Page) on Tue, Jun 14, 05 at 22:51
Ours is also old ,big.Lightening struck ours about 10 years ago its dying slowly.We had tree expert out he said it will die now. |
- Posted by garden_grammie SE Pa. (My Page) on Wed, Jun 15, 05 at 10:02
Thanks so much for the link to SOD. I will carefully read the articles posted. I had at first thought of Sudden Oak Death but the articles made me think it was just on the west coast. I hope it is not that disease. It would be horrific to have all are beautiful oak trees in danger. |
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It was always thought that hermit crabs would not breed in captivity. Now, it seems, some have successfully bred with suitable conditions. While we are still working out what they are, it is obvious to all that if the hermit crabs are given enough room to move about in; both a fresh water bowl and a salt water pond; a balanced diet including carrion-type foods high in protein and calcium; humidity and temperature in the ideal range; and enough shells for growing and fussy bodies. While we are not sure what makes some hermit crabs breed and others not, it is important that their home meets all their needs, and yields a better chance of survival.
While hermit crabs have successfully bred, it is much harder to successfully hatch and raise the land hermit crabs. Since the first stage of development of land hermit crabs is an aquatic one, the eggs will need to be released into, or placed in, an aquatic environment to simulate the time spent in intertidal pools as part of plankton. Read about their lifecycle for more details.
Unless you have the time and ability to raise the zoea to juvenile (air-breathing) stages, there is little chance they will survive. At each stage of development within the aquatic stage, the zoea (free swimming larvae) need to be fed by hand and kept in conditions which may be difficult for most. However, if you are able to raise land hermit crabs to juvenile stage, there is a good chance that the health of these offspring will be optimal, depending on feeding and conditions.
Article on The Crab Street Journal by Stu Wools-Cobb who has successfully bred and raised land hermit crab within his home.
A hermit crab that is gravid (carrying eggs) will look like the drawing by Alcock, below. "A female crab attaches her eggs to the fine setae on her pleopods using a gluelike substance." (Fox, S. 2000)
Helfman (1997a) described the copulatory behaviour of B. latro from observation of a single event. Both male and female crabs were in intermolt phase during copulation. The male approaches the female slowly, clasps the dorsal meri of the chelipeds, and quickly moves forward to turn the female onto her back. Abdomens are extended, the male deposits the spermataphore, and the pair disengages.
The copulatory behaviour of other coenobitids apparently lasts much longer than for Birgus. Hazlett(1966) and De Wilde (1973) depicted the migration and reproductive behaviours of Coenobita clypeatus, but no copulatory activity was recorded. Observations of mating of C. clypeatus in the field, confirmed by the presence of a spermataphore on the female, have been made (S. Gilchrist, unpub). Initiation begins by the male grasping the aperture of the female's shell and moving her shell from side to side. A series of rocking and tapping motions either stimulates the female to extend from the shell, in which case mating proceeds ventral to ventral, or the female retracts father into the shell and the male releases the shell. Page and Willason (1982) noted copulatory behaviour in C. perlatus. Mating occurs during migration to the sea proceeding larval release. Mating is ventral to ventral with both crabs about three-quarters out of their shells. Males pass the spermataphore to the females using the modified pereiopods. Mating may occur before release of the developed egg mass."
(Dunham, D. W., and S. L. Gilchrist. 1988. p. 119)
Here is a video compilation from a hermit crab owner whose crabs mated:
You can find more of her hermit crab videos on [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/farfinmosker#p/u/7/bk8IbaSwr4g]Youtube[/url]
Brodie, R.J. 1998. Movements of the terrestrial hermit crab, Coenobita clypeatus (Crustacea, Coenobitidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical 46 (Suppl. 4): 181–185.
DeWilde, P. A. W. J. 1973. On the ecology of Coenobita clypeatus in Curaçao. Stud. Fauna Curaçao Other Caribb. Isl.144:1–138.
Dunham, D. W., and S. L. Gilchrist. 1988. Behavior. Pp. 97-138 in Biology of the Land Crabs, W. W. Burggren and B. R. McMahon, eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fletcher, W.J., Brown, I.W., Fielder, D.R., and Obed, A. 1991a.
Structure and dynamics of populations. Pp. 61–85 in: Brown, I.W.,
and Fielder, D.R. (eds), The coconut crab: aspects of Birgus latro
biology and ecology in Vanuatu. Canberra. Aciar Monographs 8.
Fletcher, W.J., Brown, I.W., Fielder, D.R., and Obed, A. 1991b. Moulting and growth characteristics. Pp. 35–60 in: Brown, I.W., and Fielder, D.R. (eds), The coconut crab: aspects of Birgus latro biology and ecology in Vanuatu. Canberra, Aciar Monographs 8.
Fox, S. Hermit Crabs: A Complete Owners Pet. Barron Books Pub.
Hazlett, B.A., 1966. Social behavior of the Paguridae and Diogenidae of Curaçao. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 23: pp.1-143
Hazlett, B.A. 1981. The behavioral ecology of hermit crabs. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 12: 1–22.
Helfman, G. S. 1973. Ecology and Behaviour of the Coconut Crab, Birgus latro (L). Masters thesis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Hicks, J., H. Rumpff, and H. Yorkston. 1990. Christmas Crabs., Golden Earth Design and Printing, Singapore.
Gray, H. S. 1995. Christmas Island Naturally., Scott Four Colour Print, Perth, Western Australia. Pp. 11–145.
Harvey, A. Text from a personal email to Vanessa Pike-Russell from Alan Harvey regarding determining the gender of a land hermit crab. Shared with permission. For more information about Alan Harvey and his research, please visit the link below
Jones, S. and Morgan, G.J. (1994) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters. Western Australian Museum. Chatswood, N.S.W. (Australia) : Reed Books, 1994. ISBN 0 7301 0403 6
Lowry, J.K. (1999 onwards). 'Crustacea, the Higher Taxa: Description, Identification, and Information Retrieval.' Version: 2 October 1999. http://crustacea.net/
Morgan, S. G., and J. H. Christy. 1995. Adaptive significance of the timing of larval release by crabs. Am. Nat.145:457–479.
Page, H.M., and Willason, 1982. Distribution Patterns of terrestrial hermit crabs at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Pacific Sci. 36:107-117
Vannini, M., and G. Chelazzi. 1981. Orientation of Coenobita rugosus (Crustacea: Anomura): A field study on Aldabra. Mar. Biol.64:135–140.
Vannini, M., and S. Cannicci. 1995. Homing behaviour and possible congitive maps in crustacean decapods. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.193:67–91.
Wolcott, T. G. 1988. Ecology. Pp. 55-96 in: Biology of Land Crabs (W. Burggren and B. McMahon, Eds.), Cambridge University Press, New York.


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Construction Delays DIA Completion By One Year
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
The renovation and expansion project (Master Plan Project) at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will continue into 2007, an addition of about one year to the original construction schedule. The museum remains open with a full schedule of exhibitions and programs in the coming months, including a completely new installation featuring many of the masterworks from the DIA's extraordinary collection. Construction delays are attributable to an extensive asbestos abatement program and major reconstruction in the South and North wings.
"We were aware of significant infrastructure problems present in both wings, but it was impossible to know the full extent of some of those problems until recently," said Graham W.J. Beal, DIA director. "During preliminary demolition in the South wing we learned that the building contained extensive amounts of asbestos. We now know that the cost of undertaking complete abatement and reconstruction to resolve the issue permanently is approximately $40 million and have determined to proceed despite the substantial additional financial cost and unexpected delay."
The Master Plan Project will provide significant improvement in the museum's conservation environment by replacing infrastructure and outdated building systems in the original 1927 building and both wings, which were built in the late 1960s. The museum improvements will include better traffic patterns throughout the museum, increased gallery and program space and upgraded amenities for visitors. Construction costs were initially estimated at $91 million. Reinstallation of the museum's collection adds approximately $10 million. The changing scope of the project and the additional demolition, abatement and reconstruction attributable to the asbestos removal ($57 million) bring the total project cost to $158 million.
At its September 15 meeting, the DIA Board of Directors approved a recommendation from the museum's Building and Finance Committees to work to secure the additional funding and continue the Master Plan Project as planned. The board, staff and volunteers are focused on achieving that goal.
"Like other cultural organizations the DIA is challenged to provide services and raise funds, facing the reality of reduced government support and an uncertain economy," said Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr., Chairman of the DIA Board of Directors. "We intend to work with the City of Detroit, the State of Michigan and our many devoted supporters to find a way to meet this new challenge as we continue the museum's mission to enrich, enlighten and educate the public."
Major construction and renovation in the original Paul Cret building has been completed. Contractors are currently completing the abatement of the South wing, which is presently closed to the public. Within the next few months the North wing will be closed to the public and abatement will begin in that area. The asbestos abatement is confined to areas completely contained from the public, museum staff and volunteers. The DIA is strictly adhering to federal and state regulations regarding asbestos abatement. In addition, ongoing testing is conducted to ensure a safe environment. Special exhibitions and museum programs will continue to take place in the original building throughout the project.
"While some major museums have closed during construction, we decided to remain open through construction because we believe deeply in the importance of this institution to our community," Beal said. "That conviction remains with us as we welcome school groups, open new exhibitions and provide programs that engage and inform our visitors. We understand fully the challenge that we face, but we are prepared to work tirelessly to ensure that the DIA maintains its position as one of the leading fine arts museums in the country."
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Jun 4th 2010 6:28PM Karazan is one of those "back in the days" moments for me. I came into WoW midway through BC content so I never knew the "glory" of 40 man raids. But, as my first raid experience, Karazan is memorable and remarkable. Bosses were interesting, there was a storyline to the place and everything about the place fits. Even a boss like Nightbane had a reason to be there and even had a cool questline and animation to go with him.
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Apr 6th 2010 7:11PM Easy enough to fix mastery, tie the masteries to the various presences.
I.E. Blood tree mastery: If you are in Frost presence you heal x% more with each damage, if you are in blood presences you do x% more damage
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Hello all,
I have a couple of plants in my collection that are growing damaged and deformed leaves for no apparent reason. My Venus Flytrap grows new leaves that occasionally dry out, blacken, and die. Most of the time, the leaves grow out normally, however; grow out smaller then before. The Drosera capensis has begun to grow twisted leaves that eventually untwist and open normally. In my experience, that is usually due to fertilizer problems or mineral salts in soil. The problem is that none of the other sundews have shown any indication of a problem and get the same soil and water. No pests have been seen at all, I know what aphids, scale, and mealybugs look like. Soil was bought at a carnivorous plant site and is peat/perlite. Water is store bought steam distilled in jugs or from store situated dispensing machines that supposedly sell highly distilled, multiply filtered and deionized water. No fertilizers have been used and hardly any treatments have been used for fungus or pests, even then, sparingly, very sparingly. Salt, tap water, and other non-beneficial chemicals have been strictly prohibited from contact with them. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas about this odd occurrance? |
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- Posted by carnivorousplants (My Page) on Tue, Aug 7, 07 at 20:40
Have you recently bought it? Most carnivorous plants at hardware stores suffer from lack of light and produce large,pale leaves to catch as much sun as possible. However,when given more light,they don't need large leaves and will produce smaller leaves. |
- Posted by mutant_hybrid (My Page) on Wed, Aug 8, 07 at 0:37
No, these plants have been in my collection for an extended time, half a year or so. We can rule out shock and the D. capensis is showing plenty of dew, catching and digesting insects, and producing red tentacles. The Flytrap just caught a fly and is digesting it, but those deformed leaves trouble me. |
- Posted by carnivorousplants (My Page) on Wed, Aug 8, 07 at 12:00
Mayby their are pests in the soil. If it does'nt have any pests, it is probaly just going thru a phase and will likely get over it soon. |
- Posted by petiolaris Neutral (My Page) on Wed, Aug 8, 07 at 16:50
My first thought was aphids or something similar (Whitefly or spider mites...?) Do you have a magnifying glass? That may reveal what is going on. And of course I always recommend a drowning for pests. |
- Posted by mutant_hybrid (My Page) on Thu, Aug 9, 07 at 0:36
Same here, but I do not see any pests at all. They have been indoors since last year and my eyesight is superb at spotting insects. I used to spot insects hidden to others when I was a kid (entymology was one of my other hobbies) including aphids and even hatchling praying mantises (green on green, talk about camoflage) on 20 foot tall trees from ground level. In any case, I did give them a good looking over near the crown and ground level, no insects seem evident at all, except captured in the dew or in the leaves. If a female got in and started reproducing on the sundew and Flytrap, I can't find them. I might just repot them and see what happens. Maybe something got in their soil. |
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Still Paying Attention Ten Years Later:
A Bakhtinian Reading of the
National Information Infrastructure Initiative
Agenda for Action
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Booth, Wayne C. (1982). "Freedom of interpretation: Bakhtin and the challenge of feminist criticism." Critical Inquiry 9 (Sept): 45-76.
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Marvel vs Capcom 3 Review
The fighting genre at its best.
You'll have a pretty tough time playing the game single player even on simple mode. In traditional Marvel vs Capcom style the game will take you through several levels of mixed tag team battles ending ultimately with a showdown against the mighty planet gobbling Galactus, who can be a challenge and a half to beat.
While the single player arcade mode is fun and great for unlocking new characters, artworks and movies, it's really the versus mode that's the heart of this game. Expect some epic versus battles with your mates with glorious comobs and power moves causing explosions and fireworks in every corner of the screen. Expect sore thumbs after a few games though – this is button mashing fun at its very best.
The online mode is where things get really interesting. If you're a newbie, prepared to get your ass whopped as veteran players can finish you off with a string of comobs even before you have had a chance to attack. It's a good place to watch how others play though and polish up your combos. You're going to have to give up crazy button mashing and focus on using combos, hypermoves and assists to defeat online opponents with strategic moves. What I didn't like about the online mode is that in ladder matches, you'll have to wait till the other players have finished in order to proceed to the next round. The problem is that you're not allowed to watch their matches which means you have to sit around waiting and don't have a chance to check out their moves in preparation for the next match.
In terms of graphics, the game looks great, improving on Marvel vs Capcom 2 but keeping the same comic book style to it. Based on MT framework, the graphics aren't quite as good as Street Fighter 4 but definitely looks very well polished. In terms of sound, you have the option to swtich between English or Japanese for voice.
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Button mashing, combo busting manic fighting action. This is what fighting games are all about. |
Comic book style art that remains true to the series. | ||||
Pleasantly atmospheric with English and Japanese voices. |
Unlockable characters, competitive online play and an infinite number of combos to master. Enough to keep you hooked for ages. | ||||
Two player games don't get better than this. |
A brilliant sequel to Marvel vs Capcom 2. Fighting game purists are going to love this one. |
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Ouch! Kristen's co-star Sam Riley reveals in a new interview that he rushed sex scenes with K-Stew because it was so uncomfortable!
There's nothing worse than hearing someone tried to get sex done as quickly as possible. Such is the case for Sam Riley, who revealed that he felt very uncomfortable during his sex scenes with On The Road co-star Kristen Stewart.
"You achieve a comfort level by pretending. We both have partners, and we were friendly. I'm not actually comfortable doing that sort of thing because I was feeling guilty because she was like, 19, and I was 30. I'm actually more comfortable doing psychotic things than sex scenes. Really, you just hope you get it done as quickly as possible," Sam tells ELLE.
In a previous interview, Sam expressed similar feelings when he said seeing Kristen topless was "strange."
"It's a strange thing… I was pretty uncomfortable," Sam told SheKnows at a screening for the film in NYC.
On the other hand, we bet there's one person who isn't complaining when Kristen decides to go topless —Robert Pattinson! Rob and Kristen have weathered a cheating scandal and heavy media scrutiny over the last four years as a couple. Rob must REALLY love Kristen — breasts and all!
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Where's the topless scene, where the three actors are naked in the front seat? I rented the movie, and at that part Kristen's nipples are out of view, below the dash board. (I've seen the photo – same scene.) Someone please e-mail me the TIMESTAMP – (first)_(last) at rocketmail (dot) com. Thanks. Maybe there's a flashback later to that point in the movie? I don't know how I missed it. I also watched the deleted scenes.
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Ridiculous sensationalism!!! Really, the first paragraph says it all. They both have partners, it would be uncomfortable for anyone (maybe except those who make adult movies) to fake intimacy whilst surrounded by production crew. HL, I really feel like you're overly keen to publish anti- Kristen and Rob articles based on bogus info from 'sources'. Really?!!! Its ridiculous.
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The eccentric fashion designer Gareth Pugh likes pushing the proverbial envelope with his outlandish creations.
Indeed, this innovative designer's catwalks are always rife with weird and theatrical collections such as the monochromatic Elizabethan and Shakespearean piece he created for one of his shows or the nondescript, skintight and dark black outfit with the two upright "ears."
We could go on and on about Pugh's eccentric designs, but doing so would probably take us a week or two.
The whimsical haute couture designer has also collaborated with other designers and photographers on a number of projects including 'Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art earlier this year, the Retro Paper Fashion collection which is currently on tour in Europe and the futuristic fashion Spread for V Magazine.
Although Pugh's over-the-top designs are unconventional and bizarre, I find them attractive in a freakish sort of way.


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A man has been formally charged with sexually assaulting his step-daughter. Police have located the girl's mother and she is in custody.
Colorado Democrats Seek To Tie Akin To Opponents
Democrats in Colorado already are using the incendiary comments about rape made by the Missouri congressman and Republican Senate candidate as a political bludgeon.
Opinion: Akin's Position On Rape And Abortion Is The GOP Platform
The basic fact is that Romney, Ryan and Republican's are uncomfortable with a few of the words Congressman Akin used. They are not, however, uncomfortable with the policy position he was expressing. The record shows that they march in lockstep with Congressman Akin.
Opinion: Despite Denials Akin's Comments Are Part GOP War On Women
Congressman Akin's comments are unconscionable and while Congressman Akin owns the words that came from his mouth, the sentiment and his policy goals are shared by both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, despite their statements today.
Rep. Akin Showing Science and Politics Don't Mix
Rep. Todd Akin's comments about "what doctors told him" about the science of rape and abortion shows why politicians should stay away as far from science as possible.
Woman Sues, Accuses Denver Officer Of Rape And Kidnapping
She says a police officer forced her to have sex with him and now she's suing the officer. The Denver police officer involved also faces criminal charges of rape and kidnapping.
Rape Charges Dropped Against Former Olympian
Rape charges against a former Olympic wrestler have been dropped after the victim said she didn't want to testify again.
Man Sentenced Over Alleged Rape On Ute Reservation
A man convicted of committing sexual abuse on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation has been sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release.
A 17-year-old is in custody and under investigation for the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl.


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For Domico Phillips, it's almost like he was born with the ability to move – and to do it fast.
From the age of 4, Domico practiced and played football and ran competitively, and now he displays his skills on Friday nights for the Meadowbrook Monarchs, who improved to 3-1 in the Central District last Friday with a win over Colonial Heights, 29-7. In that game, Phillips posted a 242-yard night with three touchdowns.
Phillips could make his own highlight reel with his uncanny ability to come to a dead stop while running and reacclerate to make defenders miss. And, in his father's opinion, you're not going to find a kid with more determination and heart.
"Not just saying this because he's my son, but he's got so much heart in what he does," said Jimmy Phillips. "And his level of determination is very high, we've told him his whole life that one man can't bring him down and he embodies that."
Phillips is ranked second in the Central Region and first in the Central District in rushing. Phillips has totalled 1,297 yards and 12 touchdowns on an even nine yards per carry. His closest competitor among Central District running backs is approximately 500 yards away. Translation: No one is going to catch him.
"He's the best running back I've been around," said Meadowbrook head coach Troy Taylor. "Everyone at Meadowbrook loves Domico, his teammates, teachers, the principal, everyone."
While Central District defenses are paying attention to Phillips, a few colleges are looking to show love for the senior running back. He has offers from I-AA Kent State and Shepard College, and has also recieved interest from Coastal Carolina, another I-AA school, and West Virginia Wesleyan, a Division II school.
"He's a really focused kid," his mother, Tonya Phillips, said. "He's always prepared for school and football and he thinks before he acts."
Phillips has made college visits, but nothing is close to being official yet.
"He's got a stack of letters at home a mile thick for both track and football," said Jimmy Phillips.
In track, Phillips has been an All-Stateperformer two years in a row. His long jump of 23 feet, three and a half inches was ranked 30th in the nation and fourth in the state last year, and he was the Central District champion in the 55 meters as a junior. Additionally, Phillips has been clocked at 10.9 seconds in the 100-yard dash.
In addition to shining in the classroom and on the field, Phillips is also highly involved with music. He is one of the best in the state at "jerk" dancing, and has also appeared in a music video by rapper MadSkillz that aired on MTV2.
"It's just something I picked up," said Phillips. "Wanted to be a little different. I do think that it's helped with my footwork so it's something I might take a class on in college."
Meadowbrook is looking forward to the end of its schedule, as the Monarchs will face two of the top four teams in the district in Matoaca and Petersburg, as well as rival Thomas Dale, who has struggled at times this year, but picked up the win against Prince George last week 30-7. The Monarchs will have home field advantage for all three games. Out of those three, Matoaca will be up first Friday with a 7 p.m. kickoff.
"We work hard in practice every week," said Phillips. "We've got to do what we can to get the job done. Since it's my senior year, I definitely want to go out big."
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No presidential candidate has run a campaign as aggressively supportive of abortion as the one Barack Obama did this year. The fact that he won — and by a bigger margin than any Republican has managed in more than 20 years — suggests that the politics surrounding the issue has changed, to the disadvantage of pro-lifers.
Abortion has never been a top voting issue for most people. Among those people who do vote on abortion, however, pro-lifers have outnumbered pro-choicers. In 1988, ABC's exit poll found that 33 percent of voters had considered abortion a "very important" issue in making their decision, and they favored George H. W. Bush over Michael Dukakis by a margin of 54 percent to 45 percent. The CBS exit poll that year found 7 percent of the voters saying that it was one of the issues that mattered most, and they had broken 65 percent to 33 percent for the pro-life Republican.
Among the majority of voters not firmly committed to one side of the abortion debate, polls found, not surprisingly, ambivalence. Thus results depended heavily on the wording of questions. Asked whether the decision to abort should be between a woman and her doctor, a majority said yes; asked whether abortion should be illegal with exceptions for pregnancies that threaten the woman's life or resulted from rape or incest, a majority also said yes. Even in the early 1990s, the period of strongest public support for the pro-choice position, Bill Clinton felt it necessary to pay respect to this ambivalence by saying that abortion should be "safe, legal, and rare."
The majority seemed to be not only ambivalent about, but hostile to, the subject, unhappy when politicians brought it up. That sentiment imposed limits on both sides. It worked in favor of a status quo in which abortion is legal and common but not, usually, funded by taxpayers. It worked against rhetorical aggressiveness coming from either pro-life or pro-choice politicians.
In recent years many polls have suggested that the public is moving in a pro-life direction. Between 1994 and 2012, the percentage of Americans who told Gallup that abortion should be legal under "any" or "most" circumstances fell from 46 to 38 percent, while the percentage who said it should be legal in few or no circumstances rose from 51 to 59. Americans also became much more willing to describe themselves as "pro-life," and less willing to describe themselves as "pro-choice." (A poll out this week found movement in the pro-choice direction, but it may be an outlier.)
This year, Obama campaigned more or less as he would have in a country much more strongly and unequivocally pro-choice than these polls suggest. The Democratic platform no longer expresses the wish that abortion be "rare," and the president and first lady have repeatedly said it should be an option for their daughters when they are older. The party's convention in Charlotte at times resembled a NARAL conference.


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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University is highly ranked on a national list, but it has nothing to do with the football team. Nope, we're talking fashion.
The school's 104-year-old apparel, design, and merchandising program is ranked 16th on the top 20 list for fashion schools in the country.
The placement by Fashionista.com noted the school's graduates often end up working for Northwest-based apparel companies like Nike, Pendleton, Adidas, Columbia and Eddie Bauer.


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By Trisha Gedon
An Oklahoma delegation of 54, including 4-H club members, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension county educators, volunteer leaders and state staff traveled recently to Colorado to take part in the 93rd Denver Western Roundup.
More than 1,000 youth from more than 30 states, along with Alberta, Canada, attended this year's event Jan. 9-13. The conference takes place annually in January and coincides with the National Western Stock Show. The theme for this year's Denver Western Roundup was "A Whole New World."
This event provides 4-H'ers an opportunity to establish new friendships, participate in social and educational programs by being a participant, not a spectator, experience and develop greater personal growth and continue to develop their leadership and citizenship skills, said Tracy Beck, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension 4-H events coordinator.
"This conference also provides our youth with an opportunity to learn about new careers, as well as cultural developments in business, agriculture, science, industry, education and the arts," Beck said. "Denver Western Roundup also serves as a platform for youth to attend workshops and compete nationally while encouraging teamwork and self-confidence, all while focusing on the 4-H mission mandates of science, engineering, technology, math, healthy living and citizenship. In addition to these wonderful learning opportunities, this trip gives them a chance to see a place with a completely different landscape than Oklahoma."
Attending from Canadian County was Kylee Turner, who is a member of the Canadian County Teen Leaders and Extreme Green. Turner is the daughter of James and Lora Turner of El Reno.
"One of the great things about traveling to events such as Denver Western Roundup is that our youth get an opportunity to do some sightseeing and experience the local culture," Beck said. "Some of the side trips included skiing at Loveland Ski Resort, visiting Rocky Mountain National Park, Garden of the Gods, the Air Force Academy and Pikes Peak and taking a tour of the U.S. Olympic Training Center."
"Oklahoma 4-H'ers are extremely fortunate to be able to participate in such quality experiences as Denver Western Roundup," Beck said.
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Lavender + chocolate have to be my favorite ingredients ever. Why not combine them and make lavender chocolate milk?
This is what I thought one evening while on the computer. And so I did it, and it came out……
And, it's healthy. Scroll down for the lavender chocolate milk recipe.
- 3 tablespoons of lavender
- 1/4 cup of raw cacao
- 2 drops of vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup of coconut sugar, molasses or raw honey (You can lessen the amount, but when I'm usually craving this. I want it SWEET BRO)
- 1/2 cup of water
- 1/2 cup of organic half + half or almond milk
How to:
- Start boiling 1/2 cup of water
- Get a tea bag and steep your lavender in boiling water for 3-5 minutes
- Add cacao, sweetener of your choice, and vanilla extract
- Stir until all dissolved and take off heat
- Add your choice of milk + ice cubes
- WALLA, you're done. You have quick and easy lavender chocolate milk.
Enjoy your treat my sweet love cat and let me know how it tasted, what worked… what didn't. I love suggestions!


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yajogo Is Now Multi-site
About four years ago I moved this site to yajogo from ExpressionEngine. Today I've moved it to the latest version of yajogo. The new yajogo is not only multi-lingual, as it has been from the start, but it is also multi-site. Meaning you log in to yajogo once to manage and get an overview of all your sites. Still early days, but I am quite happy with it.
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Smile (Slow and Quiet)
This is the slow and quiet version of a song called Smile. Listen on headphones.
So I watched you move from far away
Resolved to make my move some time today
Your smile, your eyes, I hold them inside
But I can't forget all the words that you said
It hurt me so
When I close my eyes it's your face I see
Can't sleep or dream if you're not here with me
Can't watch you go away from me this time
If it's all the same to you, I'll…


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Hi - We redid our 1978 kitchen last year (late 2012) - a few things that we "cheated" on: 1. Used basic black handles with 96mm width - I figured that width would give us good choices to put what we wanted in - and I needed to stop using the "Commando" hooks/curling ribbing that I had done in desperation. Where is a good place to get handles/pulls online? 2. Backsplash - we did IKEA Medium Brown/Colonial Cream countertop - oak flooring that was already here (want to lighten it to natural though) 3. Flooring fill-in/repair - we did a temporary fix for an adoption home study - with vinyl tiles - it looks awful but passed the home study. 4. Sinks - we got Blanco Silgranit Performa 1.75 Medium Bowl Sink and square singranit single bowl island sink - both in biscotti - I cannot keep this color clean, it drives me NUTS. Is it possible to change it out with a different color sink? I know how to clean it, I just don't want to see every mark until I get to clean it. Thanks for any suggestions! Roberta |
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- Posted by jellytoast (My Page) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 17:09
Regarding your sink, some countertop installers like to "sandwich" the sink in between the plywood underlayment and the countertop material. If your sink was installed like that, removing it won't be without issues ... it will need to be cut out from underneath. I'm not sure what you're asking with questions 2 and 3 ... ? If you are asking for help choosing a backsplash, pictures of your existing materials would likely help. |
- Posted by Trebruchet (email@example.com) on Mon, Feb 10, 14 at 18:27
Roberta: As jellytoast indicated, the ease or lack thereof of changing your sink depends on how it was installed and the configuration of your tops/splashes. The plywood would be the worst. Expect to pay $300.00 - $900.00 for labor. |
Thanks for posting this--I have been considering one of the light colored granite sinks. I understand exactly what you mean about it looking bad until you get around to cleaning it..that was my problem with stainless and cast iron. I guess I will stick with the darker silgranite color as I love my anthracite one now. I purchased my pulls from Overstock and I am happy with them. |
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Here are some useful tips from Four Seasons Heating and Air Conditioning for maintaining your water heater. Though often neglected draining the water heater is an important part of water heater maintenance and extending the life of your hot water tank. Most people fall into the trap of out of sight- out of mind. Most homeowners do not regularly check the temperature of their water heaters or remember to drain the sediment from the tank.
By draining the hot water tank you can help eliminate the build up of sediment in the tank. What sometimes happens is after a few years the build up of sediment may limit the amount of water available to be heated but also the sediment may cover the heating element and lead to it burning out.
How to Drain Your Water Heater
Your first step is to set the temperature control to the OFF position and let the water inside the tank cool down. Make sure to close the shutoff valve on the water supply, afterward attach a hose to the bottom drain valve that leads to an open drain. Turn on the hot water in the house to release air from the tank. At this point you can open the drain valve on the water tank. When the water has completely drained from the tank you should open and close the cold water supply valve a few times to assist in flushing out the tank. At the point that the water that is released from the valve is clear and free of sediment you can remove the hose, open the inlet valve on the cold water pipe and proceed to refill your hot water tank. You can then reset the temperature to it's normal setting.
Remember to shut off the hot water faucets that you turned on earlier when your were relieving the air from the tank. Now you have successfully removed the sediment from your hot water heater. Need more help with other household projects see our home services website for more information.
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Mon, Dec 27, 04 at 19:52
Anybody know where we can buy the pasta drainer insert used at the California Pizza Kitchen? |
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- Posted by yorkiemom_chicago (My Page) on Wed, Jan 5, 05 at 9:01
Could you describe it? I have never paid attention to that. |
It's a fine mesh stainless cylinder, perhaps 6 inches in diameter, with an angled,rubber-coated handle. Perfect in size for 1 or 2 servings. It works well for all types of pasta. |
Here's one with the handle you describe: Stainless Pasta/Blanching Basket I've seen a larger diameter one on a restaurant supply website, but IIRC it was close to $100. |
Melic and Homepro01, both of these are close to what I saw. Thank you. I think the Stainless Pasta/Blanching Basket might fit the bill. Melic, could you possibly identify the restaurant web site for the larger one? Thanks both. I appreciate your time and help. |
The larger pasta basket (and it isn't much larger) is here . It's $100.12 and is 6-1/2'' OD x7'' H for that amount I'd just get 2 of the smaller ones :-) |
Ikea has these, for just a few bucks! I have two of them, one large and one small, both stainless steel. |
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Monday, February 15th, 2010Hello fellow Pleasurists! Valentine's Day has come and gone and by now you're probably either basking in the post V-Day glow or re-tracing the steps of your walk of shame.
One year I went home with someone I was involved in a casual (dramatic) sexual relationship with and ended up paying a $40 cab fare home after I woke up the next morning to them having left for work without offering me a ride. Well, that was more like a ride of shame, but the point is, I would have had a way more romantic time had I made someone else my Valentine, even my vibrator, in which case I could have spent that taxi money on a sweet accessory for said vibe.
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