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Of course, Google is undoubtedly the most important player in the search engine landscape, and they represent the lion's share of where people go to conduct their searches. As such, it would make sense to social media marketers to focus almost exclusively on Google and figuring out how to optimize for its respective algorithms. Although Google will certainly not go away in the near future, there are other outlets where millions of people go to share and browse.
According to a Search Engine Land article, "Beyond Google" there is some value to looking at some other sites other than the search engine juggernaut. The SEL article focuses on a search engine strategy that incorporates "social media engines", which include Reddit, StumbleUpon, and Digg. The advantage of having a presence on engines like these is that they are user-driven, not algorithm driven. As such, if you have high quality content, then it's possible for your content to "go viral", to use the now-popular phrase used to describe any web content that has achieved a cult-like following.
In a more recent article published on Reve News, writer Eric Bratner notes that there is even value in moving beyond the more popular social media engines like Digg, and instead trying to sustain a presence on niche social media sites. Bratner explains:
"Sure, going hot on Digg could get you about 20,000 visitors to your page, but the quality of the traffic leaves something to be desired. The quality of traffic from niche social media sites is usually higher than from a mainstream one. In fact, Tamar Weinberg did an interesting case study to find which generates better traffic: niche or generic social media sites. According to Weinberg the trend indicates that niche traffic is better."
Bratner goes on to explain that getting involved with niche sites will build greater authority within your industry. Considering the incredible plurality of industries out there, it's best to shoot for something more specialized if you want to remain competitive. Other benefits that Bratner includes are generating more relevant inbound links, becoming part of a community that is traditionally more supportive, and not taking the risk of putting all your efforts into one or two hugely competitive sites.
Along with looking at other venues besides Google in which to establish a presence as an internet marketer, it is also a good idea to venture beyond Google's PageRank metric. A Six Revisions article explains the weaknesses of only using PageRank. What's more, the article also gives a thorough rundown of different SEO metrics, as well as an explanation of what each offers that PR doesn't. Some of the metrics included are Domain Trust, MozRank, and
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This Sweet Baby Shower was originally hosted by HipMamaB at La La La
This Sweet Baby Girl definitely got a Sweet Baby Shower! That diaper cake is so cute and I love how she even added the cupcake toppers on it! Fun idea. The other thing I noticed that really added pops of color to this party was FRUIT! She used fruit in the flower vases and they just really add to the bursts of color that are all throughout this party!
Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to HipMamaB's Blog to see what else she's got going on!
Enjoy HipMamaB's party…..
Yesterday I had the pleasure of hosting a lovely baby shower for mommies-to-be Carin and Hillary as they get ready to welcome their baby girl into the world in July.
As most of you may know, Carin and Hillary are some of our best friends (and the "Fairy Godmommies" to the kids.. well, officially Lucas, Zoe by default.. poor 2nd children..) and after years of a loving relationship were able to legally marry last summer during the short amount of time (backwards) CA allowed it.
They are amazing women and I can't express how excited I am for them. Very obviously, they are having a girl.. which means a PINKPINKPINK explosion.
the "garden table"
Please note the 1st of 2 diaper cakes I obsessed over. The cupcake toppers (on the diaper cake) and banner is from my girl Jess at Polkadots and Pirates I kinda don't do a child related party without her these days..
"Vintage" plate set and sugar cubes with "sugar charms" – are those not the cutest things ever??
and the dessert table..
the mommies-to-be!
Hillary sipping on a "Hilly's Silly Fizz" (Ker Royal) while Carin drinks her virgin "CC's babe-a-lini" (Martinelli's and Peach Juice)
Then Zoe came in, to litterally "take the cake" ….
Me and the mommies-to-be:
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I have recently moved from Holland to Thaialnd. I've shipped some nice tulip bulbs from Holland to Phuket, and they will be arriving around december. I hear different story's about planting and growing tulips in Thailand. Some say that I have to stick them in the fridge for a bit. Some say plant them in shade other say in the sun!
What to do? Does anyone know?I would love to have some tulips around. Thanxs |
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- Posted by pbandj_grow 6a (My Page) on Fri, Sep 21, 07 at 9:03
muckpuk, There is absolutely no reason why you can not have Tulips in Thailand. However, with that said, there are a couple of issues I think you should be aware of: 1) Bulbs arriving in December will not have a long enough chilling period to bloom at the normal time unless you can find "pre-chilled" bulbs. 2) From my understanding of Thailands climate, you will have difficulty getting spring-flowering bulbs to bloom outside using conventional methods. It just does not get cold enough for a long enough period of time. With all of that said, I would recommend that you use a practice of "forcing" spring-flowering bulbs and treat them as an annual. This will allow you to enjoy bulbs but not in the conventional way. There is some really good articles on this website at the link below and they have a pretty good newsletter you might be interested in to. |
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Hello. I currently have a Lisbon Lemon tree growing outside. I'll be bringing it in soon. To make the question to the point, what other fruits can I grow indoors that will produce edible fruit?
Varieties and tips are welcome. I already know about other citrus trees obviously and I have an avocado tree growing but I know it won't produce anything. Thank you! |
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I think you will be lucky just to keep them alive inside. We brought in a sweet pepper and a tomato. They stayed alive but didn't produce any veggies. |
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- Posted by TheMasterGardener1 5B (My Page) on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 23:05
How about Dwarf Meyer Lemon? I seen one doing good in a sunny room in the winter. |
- Posted by brkieffner 5B (My Page) on Mon, Sep 10, 12 at 10:14
Well what I'm specifically asking is more about fruit. Am I able to grow peaches indoors? These plants would go out during the summmer but I have a grow light to help them through the winter. I'm just wondering what is doable. I love peaches but I can't keep up with a peach tree outside once I decide to move and such. |
IIRC, figs can be container grown. I had one in a large box for a few years although I didn't have to bring it inside(we were in a more temperate climate). Of course, once I put it in the ground, we had to move. I'm sure someone has been enjoying the figs ever since. |
You are limited to those very few fruit producing trees that come from the tropical/semi-tropical areas of the world that will thrive in the very poor conditions found inside the typical home. Temperate zone fruits absolutely require a chilling period, usually determined by the number of hours below temperatures between 32 and 45 F. This chilling requirement is met when the trees are in dormancy and a temperate zone fruit tree species will not flower nor fruit without it. Then there is the separate issue of trying to overwinter anything but warm climate plants inside. Temperate plants just won't survive. So, a big NO to peaches and suggest that you purchase additional citrus and increase the number of good grow lights. You can learn a lot from the good people in the Citrus Forum. The good thing about many citrus varieties is that they are nicely adapable to the typical indoor environment with very little effort. Can't say the same for other tropical fruits. |
- Posted by greentiger87 none (My Page) on Tue, Sep 11, 12 at 14:19
Are we counting tomatoes as fruits? In which case micro-tom, silvery fir tree, sophie ann, and some other cool super-mini dwarf varieties will actually fruit indoors, especially with supplemental lighting. |
The OP specifically stated that he is interested in fruit...peaches in particular. Someone has already suggested tomatoes. |
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- Posted by greentiger87 none (My Page) on Tue, Sep 11, 12 at 22:08
Rhizo_1, your comment came across to me as unnecessarily rude. I was responding to the initial post, and didn't read the whole thread. The other person didn't suggest tomatoes, they suggested that they wouldn't work. I wanted to make the OP aware of some varieties that do well indoors. |
Rude? Not so, tiger, though I'm sorry that you think so. I was fishing, on behalf of the OP, for suggestions about the chances of fruit (peaches) being produced inside the typical home. Suggestions about assorted other veggies would be distracting, in my humble opinion. C'mon, the guy wants PEACHES not tomatoes, lol! Nothing personal towards you at all. Mike, thank you so much....clearly not everyone shares your high opinion of me. |
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Everyone has their calendars marked for December 21st, right? No, that's not the last day you should get your Christmas shopping done – it's the day the Mayan calendar stops – the purported Doomsday.
Whether life as we know it will end in nuclear war, a zombie pandemic, or a galactic alignment that causes severe solar flares and earthquakes (as the official 12/21/12 website suggests), people are preparing for it. I for one don't believe anything significant will happen that day, but as the apocalypse has always been one of my favorite themes, I'm willing to play along.
The apocalypse and disaster survival have gained more popularity recently due to the upcoming date. There are shows like Doomsday Preppers and Doomsday Bunkers showcasing fanatical survivalists and $80,000 and up bomb shelters. The CDC even has a zombie preparedness blog with emergency kits and tips on how to react in case those brain-eating corpses invade your home.
My own love of post-apocalyptia began long ago and was heavily influenced by the Fallout series, particularly Fallout 2. My allure of the apocalypse I think is best summed up in this quote from "The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged)" by John Varley: "There's something attractive about all those people being gone, about wandering in a depopulated world, scrounging cans of Campbell's pork and beans, defending one's family from marauders. Sure it's horrible, sure we weep for all those dead people. But some secret part of us thinks it would be good to survive, to start over."
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"Very easy to make! Chicken and Monterey Jack Cheese filled flour tortillas topped with green enchilada sauce. I make Mexican Rice to serve on the side."
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1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
12 (10 inch) flour tortillas
1 (8 ounce) package shredded Monterey Jack cheese
1 (19 ounce) can green enchilada sauce
The basis of this recipe is really good but you can go through a few more steps to jazz it up. First, instead of boiling your chicken cook it in a little lemon juice with onion, green onion and a few extra spices-chili powder, garlic, salt, pepper, and paprike. Then, when your filling your tortillas use about a spoonfull of suace to each one. The las palmas sauce is just about the best thing, next to making your own suace. Serve with sour cream on top and your set to go!
You need to shred the chicken after you cook it, then recook in oil, garlic, hot sauce. You can make it the day before. You're going to neeed some onions and black olives. Don't make gringo food.
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Las Palmas green sauce, in the can, makes these taste great. I find other sauces to runny. When I am in a hurry, I cheat and use Rotissere Chicken and it is super quick to put together. I like to stir about 1/4 cup of the sauce into the chicken and cheese mixture. If you want it hotter add pepper-jack cheese.
Simple to make and very good tasting. My husband wished they were more zippy - we added half a can of chopped green chilies to the sauce, but next time I'll add sauteed onion and garlic too.
I wanted to find a verde enchilada dish without using soup or sour cream. This one was just what I was looking for. I did cook 3 medium chicken breast, and I'm sure it was more than one pound, in a pressure cooker with cumin, garlic, pepper, and paprika and diced some onions. Hint: used the broth for Mexican rice. Then I shredded the chicken and added a large can of diced green chilies to it. I filled 10 flour tortillas with the chicken and cheese, which fit into a 9X13 pan perfectly. Used the Las Palmas canned green sauce over the top, also added more shredded cheese, slices of pickled jalapeños and black olives to the top. They cooked for 30 min. and I let them sit for about ten before cutting them. These enchiladas were so tasty, you just kept wanting to eat them even though you were stuffed. And they didn't even need any sour cream. So much healthier. Thanks Shackl
Instead of Monterey jack cheese, I subbed cream cheese, mixing it with the chicken until it was melted and pouring a little bit of the sauce into the mixture. Topped with a colby/Monterey jack cheese shredded mixture. This was delicious and easy to prepare. I cannot wait to make again. Served with sour cream and refried beans.
This was great and easy and I took the mixing the shredded chicken with cream of chicken soup idea from Jeri Reed's ''Chicken Enchiladas V'' recipe...yummy ! :-) My boyfriend loves my cooking ! And yes he means it ! :-) LOL Thank goodness for this site for all sorts of great recipe ideas ! :-)
Very easy to make and tasty. Only "modification" was adding a spoonful of sauce in the enchilada. Thanks
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Green Chicken Enchilada
Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe Servings Per Recipe: 6 Amount Per Serving Calories: 724 Calories from Fat: 263
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German specialist DERTOUR recently hosted seven travel agents on a three day educational to Berlin as part of its Berlin city break campaign which aims to drive summer weekend sales.
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Peter Rabbit now produces up to 55% of its own energy.
For the first time, the advantages of going solar brought the payback number down to a reasonable amount of years, Burton said.
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Warcraft film set for 2016
Articles, Gaming, News July 05, 2013 by Winslow Co
Warcraft is a franchise of novels,comics and various video games. Originally created by Blizzard Entertainment, Warcraft has grown into a multi-billion title that started with Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994.
In 2006, (2006,E3) Legendary Pictures acquired the rights to create a film adaptation of Warcraft, and will be based on the World of Warcraft MMORPG game. On 2007, BlizCon, the film was set to be released in 2009, but instead was moved to 2013 according to IMDB. It was also said that the theme of the movie was to be set on the Alliance perspective one of the factions (not race) base on the Warcraft lore.
Fast forward to today, Legendary Pictures CEO has admitted that they are challenged in adapting Blizzard's Warcraft franchise for the big screen. He admitted there was a lack of experience when it came to approaching the subject of adapting the franchise for the big screen. They have a hard time in makig a movie about Warcraft with its vast story, war and the races.
The film is expected to begin shooting early next year with the announcement earlier this year that Duncan Jones will be the director, replacing the original director Sam Raimi. Jones is the director for both Moon and Source code movies while the former, Sam Raimi is the director of Oz, Spiderman, and the producer of several TV series like Hercules, Xena and Spartacus.
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In the news today lots of people are talking about the Case-Control study of 1004 mothers that may point to obesity being a cause of autism. If you read the statistics and numbers it seems frightening and very conclusive but you must remember that these numbers have been pulled out of the study and used by journalists to make headlines. I would be interested to know if they study looked at all factors that can make a group similar aside from metabolic conditions.What about diet, hair color, socioeconomic region, prenatal care etc.
I don't think if you read the study further that it really says obesity in a mother is a cause of autism it simply says there seems to be a connection that we ought to look at further. But really I think our efforts and money would be better spent on treating Autism because when it comes down to it once you have that diagnosis you can't turn back time and change your weight or whatever while you were pregnant. Just love your child and yourself and give your family the best life you can.
For some further reading check out these articles:
Saying obesity in a mother causes autism is careless
Mother's obesity and links to autism
Obese moms more likely to have autistic child
Possible link between maternal obesity and autism highlights importance of healthy lifestyle
I agree with you – I think the focus should be more on the diagnosis – there has to be more than 1 factor to having a child with autism – I am quite sure that not all mothers of autistic children were obese while pregnant?
We need to focus on the support programs and what not for children and families that are living with the autism spectrum
I agree with the article that says it careless to report these so called causes.
the connection is probably worth mentioning to pregnant mothers but yes, the focus might be better spent in other areas.
We must be very careful with the media and "study results" I think. I'm not sure if they will ever find the true "cause" of autism, there are so many different theories out there. Crossing fingers that they one day will!


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Found a pair of wheel weights at Mom's.
They appear to be rear weights.
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They are about the same outside diameter as the Cub weights, and they have curved slots in them too. Sorry can't post a pic right now till puter at home gets fixed!!.......some MORON broke the stupid display!!!! ....3 guesses who the "moron" is !


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Bensley Elementary School's fifth-grade chorus officially launched the holiday season for Defense Logistics Agency employees performing four holiday songs during the annual tree lighting ceremony Dec. 7.
More than 500 employees, students and teachers attended the event in the Lotts Conference Center, which was followed by the annual talent competition.
DLA Aviation Commander, Brig. Gen. Scott Jansson, welcomed and thanked Bensley Elementary school students and staff for their participation.
"Mrs. Cooper is a passionate advocate for children," said Brig. Gen. Jansson. " She has been the principal at Bensley for 11 years, and one of her guiding values is to make all decisions in the best interest of the children."
"The Tree Lighting ceremony has been held here for many years, and Bensley Elementary has been here to help make it a success," Jansson continued. "I'm proud of the school partnership that we have with Bensley and our other three partnership schools—Bellwood and G.H. Reid Elementary Schools and Meadowbrook High School."


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Miners Close UNM Invite with Four Victories
The UTEP tennis team capped off the UNM Invitational and its fall season capturing four singles victories on Sunday at the Linda Estes Tennis Center in Albuquerque.
Marie LeBlond outlasted South Carolina's Adriana Pereira, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, to take third in the Tourquoise Singles bracket.
Rebeca Calvillo and Martina Trierweiler each won their respective consolation finals match of the Cherry Singles. Calvillo powered past UNM's Maria Sablina, 7-5, 6-4 and Trierweiler defeated Texas Tech's Sofya Malysheva in three sets, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
Dariya Abdrakhamanova won the consolation final of the Black Singles bracket after taking down Northern Arizona's Jordan Denesick in straight sets, 6-2-, 6-2.
Anastasiya Sylenko was tripped up by UNM's Sarah Kahn (6-1, 6-2) and Gabi Vazquez fell to South Carolina's Josefin Andersson (6-3, 7-5).
The Miners open their spring season on January 26 at San Jose State.
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Construction activity remains a key plank in the government's growth strategy according to the Chancellor, who outlined several initiatives in his Autumn Statement, which he hopes will help stimulate the recovery the economy desperately needs.
The Chancellor also recognised the need to divert current expenditure savings into capital investment and announced an additional £5 billion investment over three years; however there is little evidence that this will have much impact, as the industry is currently contracting by more than double that amount every year.
Responding to this announcement, the Association's Chief Executive, Diana Montgomery said:'The Chancellor clearly recognises the need to stimulate growth through construction activity and has made several announcements that are a step in the right direction. However if you put these announcements into context, the benefits to our sector are less clear. Throughout this year, construction has been contracting by £1 billion each month, so his announcement that there will be an additional £5 billion added to the capital budget over three years, will do very little to offset the losses we are already experiencing, especially as that £5 billion is not just for construction but includes IT, exports and skills.
'Although the Autumn Statement included a number of re-announcements we do welcome the emphasis on road maintenance and repair which will benefit from £725 million from April next year. This was something we called for in our letter to the Chancellor last month and we are pleased he has heeded our request.
'It is also very welcome that UKTI will have its budget increased by 25 per cent. Export activity to both existing and emerging markets must play an increasingly important role for the country over the coming years and this increase is an important recognition that the government is serious about supporting UK companies in their drive to succeed in new markets abroad.'


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Williams-Sonoma, the $3 billion company selling fancy cookware and gourmet foods, wants to come home. The very first of the 268 stores in the nationwide chain was right here in Sonoma, at 601 Broadway. Chuck Williams opened in 1956, incorporating the name of the town into that of his new business. Needless to say, it took off. (So did the store; it moved to San Francisco two years later.)
Now, the company wants to come back. It's looking at buying the building and opening a scaled-down Williams-Sonoma in the original location. But like a delicate soufflé in a French porcelain dish ($19), the deal may fall flat. The city is looking at an ordinance that would limit or ban "formula stores," and the Williams empire exceeds the proposed 250-outlet maximum.
The item is on the City Council agenda tonight, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m. in the Community Meeting Room, 177 First St. W. Watch it live on Sun TV Channel 27.
And no, Williams-Schellville is not an option.
European kitchenware? Professional cooking tools for the home chef? Small-batch gourmet foods that predated the marketing term 'artisanal' by 50 years? Williams, now 97, was a true pioneer. Right up there with Julia Child, Robert Mondavi and, like it or not, Martha Stewart in revolutionizing the American kitchen and dinner table.
That the idea to free downtown Sonoma from giant box stores and fast food joints could keep the prodigal son of culinary retail from returning — you could cut the irony with a Wusthof Classic Chefs Knife ($139.95).


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Numerous media outlets are reporting that the United States Supreme Court will not hear a legal challenge to EPA's approval of motor fuel containing 15% ethanol. The sale of motor fuel with 15% ethanol--E15--was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. While the EPA found E15 safe for vehicles, several industry groups saw significant problems resulting from the change. In January a court of Appeals in the United States said that certain trade groups did not have the legal ability to challenge the EPA. The Appeals Court decision was then appealed to the Supreme Court, which decided, without comment, to not hear the case. Among the groups protesting the change was the Outdoor Power Equipment industry (OPEI). OPEI said that the gasoline-fueled lawn mowers and other outdoor power appliances currently in use in the United States were designed, manufactured, and warranted to run on gasoline containing no more than 10% ethanol. That includes about two hundred million pieces of outdoor power equipment in use by consumers today. These products include chainsaws, lawnmowers, utility vehicles, generators, snow throwers, trimmers, edgers, pruners, chippers, shredders, and blowers. OPEI issued a consumer advisory in 2010, when the EPA took initial action to approve E15 for sale as a motor fuel. Kris Kiser of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute said at that time: "The Department of Energy's (DOE) own testing has shown that putting anything other than E10 in non-road, small engines can cause performance irregularities and equipment failure." Kiser said the possible results of putting E15 into a piece of outdoor power equipment not designed for the fuel could include: * performance irregularities * increased heat and exhaust temperatures * failure or unintentional clutch engagement * permanent damage to the equipment
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I live in Phoenix, and am fully replacing my 16 year old Trane 4 and 5 ton units. I have bids on both Trane and Rheem from very good contractors. Trane units are 16 seer 2 stage cooling/heating. Rheem units are 15.5 seer 2 stage cooling/heating. All other elements of the proposals seem to be the same, except Rheem has 2 years labor versus Trane at 10, and Rheem heat exchange warranty is 15 versus Trane at 20. Rheem has a 3 year PMA versus 1 year on Trane. Package pricing is 32% more for the Trane units versus Rheem. Neither the Rheem tech or Trane tech could tell me specifically what the difference is between the Rheem and Trane units. While I sense Trane may be a bit higher quality, I would like to know what the justification is to spend that much more. Any help on telling me what the difference is in quality would be greatly appreciated. |
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Are the contractors planning to install units with the same sizes? I know Phoemix gets very hot, but 9 tons is a lot of cooling. Did either contractor do a heat load calculation? You need to understand if each contractor is providing equivalent equipment and services. Can you provide a list of model numbers and what each contractor will be doing as part of the installation? This may help in justifying why the Trane quote is much higher than the Rheem. |
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FYI: Trane makes American Standard. AS is usually cheaper than T in all sizes. You might want to see if you can get a quote on them. |
- Posted by neohioheatpump (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 7:50
Trane is probably the most expensive brand out there. Rheem makes good stuff but doesn't carry that very large price-tag. Rheem uses scroll compressors and their units have plenty of features. They could be easier to work on as I've known some techs say that Trane's can be a pain to work on. I would consider the rheem if you want to save some money. |
- Posted by tigerdunes (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 8:48
I would want to see the model numbers on each quote. I will repeat though what I have posted in the past. Generally, Rheem and sister company Rudd might be the most underrated and overlooked brand in the residential HVAC market. You might want to take the Rheem quote and slap an Ext warranty on the equipment to ease your mind. Make no mistake. There are three parts to a successful install. Quality HVAC equipment IMO |
Units are comparable. Calcs show I have about 48,000 cubic feet (4,000 sq ft home with vaulted ceilings), so I believe the 4 ton for upstairs and 5 ton for downstairs are accurate. Model numbers are as follows: Rheem - RARL-JEZ (compressor) and RGPE (gas furnace). Trane - XL16i (compressor) and XV80 (gas furnace). Air handlers have separate model #s, but are hard to read on the estimates. Other than described above, the estimates match as far as work to be completed and parts provided. Great idea on getting an estimate on American Standard, as from what I can see, they are rated higher than Trane, although part of the same company. I assume pricing may be better, as you aren't paying for the higher advertising costs associated with Trane. Feedback I have heard is Tranes are more expensive to repair, and a bit of a pain as well. Good idea on the extended warranty option on Rheem. Still undecided, but feel I have a better understanding now. Thanks much for the input! |
Either unit will give good service if properly sized and installed. If the installers are of equal comptenece then warranty provisions should be the deciding factor. Is the warranty service totally free for a specified period or will you be charged trip fees? Not getting a clear understanding about things such as trip fees and such can provide some nasty finiancial surprises when warranty service is needed |
Look past hardware brand name and focus on specifics of extended warranty. Don't make the mistake of believing the more well-known brand will deliver superior reliability in service. |
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Arts and crafts, live music, pony rides and children's activities will be placed around the square with food vendors ... and don't forget the many apple desserts which will be available.
The Apple Blossom Pageants will be held Sunday at 5 p.m.
Girls from 8 to 12 can enter the respective age division of the Little Miss Apple Blossom, Miss Apple Blossom and Junior Miss Apple Blossom competition.
More than 40 arts and crafts vendors and 20 food venders will be there and will feed the hungry crowds.
Although the annual festival is not a MainStreet Cleveland function, Executive Director Sharon Marr said the festival promotes downtown Cleveland and has become a tradition, drawing more than 5,000 visitors annually.
Saturday is a busy day for the festival organizers as the Apple Dessert contest begins. Winners will be announced by 2 p.m.
According to officials, the winner of the best apple dessert will receive a cash prize.
Trailhead Bicycle Co. will be giving away two new bikes.
An entry ticket to the festival will enter you into the giveaway.
Individuals may only enter the contest one time.
Paid ticket holders to the festival must visit the Trailhead booth to enter the giveaway and must be present to win.
Drawings for the bikes will be at 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Gates open at 10 a.m. Saturday and festivities close down for the evening at 6.
The festival will reopen at 1 p.m. Sunday and close at 6 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased at the gate both days, and organizers request cash only at the gate. An adult two-day pass is $6, and it's $4 for a children's two-day pass.
Seniors will get a discounted admission and children under three 3 years old get in free.
The Cleveland Apple Festival is a 501(c)(3) public charity that donates all net proceeds to other nonprofit organizations in the Cleveland area.


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A constructed ski hill to encourage year-round use, bioswales to help manage runoff, and mulched borders to minimize maintenance are a few of the features incorporated into the new Santa Fe Park in Chillicothe, Ill. Located along the Illinois River in western Illinois, Chillicothe's historical connection to the Santa Fe Railroad that runs through the city of approximately 6,000 people is echoed in this newest park. Thanks to the efforts of an involved community and cooperative work among all project participants, the park has become a reality.
From bioswales planted in short native grasses to temporarily retain storm water to mulched borders that eliminate edging, Santa Fe Park fills the bill for low maintenance. Keeping maintenance to a minimum is important for the Park District. In addition to its director, it has just one part-time, year-round employee. The district adds six summer employees because it must mow 200 acres of parkland.
It's not often that everything comes together - planning, weather, deliveries, working relationships - to produce an almost-perfect project. The active participants in the new Santa Fe Park project agree that this project has been the exception. From planning to finished product, the project moved along smoothly with few challenges.
"Everybody worked together," says Keith Zappo, president of PDH Landscape Group, the landscape subcontractor to the general contractor, Aupperle Construction, Morton, Ill. "The general contractor helped us out with labor and equipment when we needed it, and we helped them out occasionally. The architect was great to work with as we made plant selections. We made some plant changes based on availability and cost, and we were actually able to get them larger plants giving the project a more mature setting."
Prior to the project, the city-owned property had only one piece of play equipment and a sandlot baseball diamond. "A limited budget prevented the city from upgrading the property," says Kevin Yates, park district executive director. "The city agreed to deed the property to the park district if we would add a water feature."
The Farnsworth Group, Peoria, Ill., presented a plan that included a splash pad. "We really didn't give them any directives," says Yates. "We wanted to see what they could develop for us. We were really pleased when we saw their plan. Our board decided we could do this."
Bruce Brown, Farnsworth landscape architect, adds, "We were excited about doing the project that would give families a place to go with their kids. We saw some opportunities to develop the park with more than the water feature, the splash pad that was part of the agreement."
Brown designed a 15-foot elevation into the plan for the formerly flat, 4-acre site. "It was an opportunity to get the kids up in the air where they could see the park around them," he says. "We cut a hole through the berm and put in a footbridge."
As an incentive to encourage year-round use of the park, Brown designed the berm to serve as a winter sledding hill. Hills are in short supply across the Illinois prairie, and while the height is minimal, it is an exciting feature for young children who have had few chances to experience the popular winter activity.
The $950,000 project was funded in part by a grant from the Chillicothe Building Foundation, and supplemented by a significant contribution from the BNSF Railway that now owns the Santa Fe Railroad. The train-themed park highlights the connection of the railroad to the community. A Santa Fe Railroad retiree donated historical railroad signs, and additional funding came through the issuance of bonds and a commemorative brick paver purchase program.
Brown compliments the work of the park district board. "Once they made a decision, they didn't waver. They were great to work with. A lot of kudos goes to the city of Chillicothe on this project, too. The city very actively supported the project and the now-retired major visited the site regularly," he says.
"We were fortunate in that the park is situated on top of very sandy soil that's common to areas near the Illinois River," adds Brown. "Water percolates well, producing a very well-drained soil for turfgrass and plantings."
The park is located in a low area that collects storm water. "We included bioswales along the property edge to retain the water temporarily, but with the sandy soil it percolates well and dries out quickly," says Brown. The bioswales are planted in short native grasses that require mowing only two or three times a year.
About 20 trees including serviceberry, oaks and maples were designated for the park. "We wanted some variety in shape and color," says Brown. "One of the first things we did was transplant four large oak trees," Zappo says. "We used Elwin Tree Farm, Elwin, Ill., with their 90-inch tree spade." Ornamental Karl Forester grasses planted near the building add winter interest. Daylilies and groundcover grace the park entrance. Stoneleaf Nursery, Eureka, Ill., provided the trees and ornamentals. Turfgrass covers the undeveloped portion of the park. Youngsters use it as an open play area. Another section of the park will be planted in wildflowers this spring.
Structures in the park include a pre-fab building with restrooms and storage. In addition to a gazebo located near age-specific playground equipment, 21 stone benches carved from boulders from a southern Missouri quarry offer lots of seating opportunities.
"I'm very selective about what I bid on," says Zappo of PDH Landscape Group. "I want to work on projects I can be proud of." Zappo, a Pennsylvania native, noted that his work as an employee at Moon Nursery, Yardley, Pa., gave him a strong background in plant selection and in performing high-quality commercial landscape work. Zappo uses subcontracted labor usually from local union halls in his projects. He says he had five or six people working on the Santa Fe Park project.
The general contractor, Aupperle Construction, completed extensive grading and shaping that included building the berm. A local resident donated the topsoil, which came from pond construction on his property. PDH completed finish grading of the soil with its incorporated topsoil and mixed in a starter 19-19-19 fertilizer.
"We initially planted, mulched and staked the trees," says Zappo. PDH broadcast seeded the turfgrass in late September with a mixture of species and cultivars from Jacklin Seed - 40 percent ryegrass, 30 percent Kentucky bluegrass and 30 percent creeping red fescue. Slopes were protected from erosion by American Green straw mats. Their use aided germination of the turfgrass seed.
"The areas with the mats were about a week ahead of other areas in germination," says Zappo. "We were lucky and caught several weeks with a few rainy days followed by a few dry days," says Zappo, who purchased the seed, fertilizer and straw mats from FS Custom Turf, Bloomington, Ill.
The area lies north of the transition zone and snow cover is the norm. While icing occasionally occurs which is detrimental to new turf, it's hoped that this year's winter brings snow cover to insulate the new turf. Zappo expects some areas to need reseeding in the spring. Even so, he's confident of a strong turf cover will develop with s spring rains.
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Here's a list of resources working to keep our streets, and our drivers safe.
Families in Action – "Families in Action" is a non-profit organization which aims at parents and teens searching for support and help in their relationships. Host Cary Quashen has a long history of working in the field of behavioral, alcohol and drug treatment for teens since 1978, and is a nationally recognized expert. Every Monday from noon1 p.m., join Cary Quashen and his co-host Stephanie Weiss, for discussion on issues impacting the relationships between parents and their teens today. Tune into KHTS AM 1220 every Monday at 12 p.m. for advice, tips, and discussions on parenting a teen. For more information, click here. http://www.hometownstation.com/families-in-action-monday-noon-1pm-18.html
STTOP – The STTOP program, implemented in April 2004, asks residents who observe reckless teen driving to call a toll-free number (877-310-STOP) and report the incident and provide a license plate number to the Sheriff's Department. Since its inception, the program has resulted in well over 400 reports of careless driving. For more information, click here. http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/cmo/press/release.asp?ID=424
M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) – Santa Clarita's Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) set up educational exhibits at many local events such as the Emergency Expo, for more information, click here. http://www.maddaboutcars.org/
Safe Rides – This program is both free and confidential, offering teens who have had too much to drink a ride home. For more information, click here. http://www.scvsaferides.com/
Every 15 Minutes – National studies have shown that every 15 Minutes someone dies in a traffic accident. In an effort to educate teens of the costs of drunk driving, the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Department launched an bi-annual 2 day "Every 15 Minutes" program at local high schools. This graphic dramatization of drunk driving involves students role playing both the victims and the drunk driver. Teens are pulled out of class and act out a drunk driving accident scene. The "injured" are then taken to the hospital, while the "dead" are taken to the morgue, and the "drunk driver" is booked at the Sheriff's Station. The parents of the "victims" are even notified of their child's death.
Concluding the event, is a trip to the Central Park Youth Grove, dedicated to the 67 local youth who have died in traffic accidents. After 10 years, the program is believed to have reached about 10,000 teens, and
Click here to read the complete story on Canyon High School's "Every 15 Minutes" program.
Youth Grove – In an effort to both "know more" about the consequences of drinking and driving and say "no more" victims, the Blue Ribbon Task Force along with the City of Santa Clarita created a memorial to all the youth who have died in traffic related incidents; for more information, click here. http://www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/parks/blueribbon/grove.asp


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There were 60 households in Xiongpu, and the local crop was tobacco. Thirty-foot-tall earthen towers rose beside most of the houses, the sides streaked with black smoke from curing the tobacco. This year's crop had been good. Far below, the valley dropped away to the upper Yangtze. Across the river, the big mountains reached more than 20,000 feet; beyond those peaks were the highlands of Tibet. Even though we were in one of the places that claims to be Xiang Ge Li La, something about the landscape made us want to move onward.
And so we continued to Shigu, 44 miles from Lijiang, where the Yangtze makes its famous 90-degree bend. The river comes from the north, but at Shigu, where mountains rise behind the town like a defensive wall, it suddenly turns and heads eastward, into the heartland of China: Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi, the crowded green provinces where 350 million people live in the muddy Yangt- ze's watershed.
But in Shigu the crowds seem far away. Here the river runs green with the glacial melt of the Himalayan headwaters. There are several hundred houses in Shigu, and almost all of them are made of simple mud bricks and gray tiles--quiet streets, mottled rooftops, traditional eaves curving gracefully against the backdrop of snow-topped mountains.
We took a long walk in the hills, and on our return we stumbled on a small art gallery. It seemed to be the extent of the Shigu tourism industry. It was set at the end of the ancient Lianzi Bridge, built during the Ch'ing dynasty, with pagoda-style gates, thick iron links, and a simple inscription, CONTROL THE RIVERS, that stood like a punctuation mark at the point of the curved Yangtze.
The art shop was run by a Naxi woman named He Zhixiu, whose husband and brother-in-law painted the works that she sold. They used traditional Naxi motifs: dancing shamans, smoky mountains, strange animals emblazoned with strange colors. She told us that her husband's family were peasants who had always loved to paint, and they lived nearby, in Zhuyuan Cun. He Zhixiu smiled and talked enthusiastically about Zhuyuan Cun, which translates as "Bamboo Garden Village."
"You should visit," she told us. "The government has designated us a Civilized Village for five years now."
I asked her what exactly it meant to be a Civilized Village.
"It means there's no gambling, no drugs, and no fighting."
"Do they have these problems in other villages?" I asked.
"Other villages play mah-jongg all the time," she said.
I asked her what they did in Bamboo Garden Village instead.
"We make hats out of bamboo--that's the local specialty," she said. "And some people paint and do other arts." It sounded very Civilized, but I wasn't convinced this was the whole story. I thought for a moment and then asked another question: "Do you drink in the village?"
"Well, yeah, we do that," she said sheepishly. Then she brightened. "It's fine to have drinking in a Civilized Village," she said.
"It's allowed. You should come anyway."
I told her that I just might. But for the moment I was perfectly happy to be right there in Shigu, on the banks of the Yangtze, somewhere in the shadowy world between Civilization and Shangri-La.


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NC officer charged
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[Charlotte, NC]
From Staff and Wire Reports
December 20, 2000 Wednesday, Final Edition
Copyright 2000 The News and Observer
The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC)
December 20, 2000 Wednesday, Final Edition
(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) -- A police officer involved in a fatal wreck while on duty in October has been charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle.
Officer Scott Darby, 25, was arrested Monday and released on a $2,500 unsecured bond, according to court records.
Darby was traveling Oct. 13 without his blue lights on at 68 mph - nearly twice the speed limit - when his cruiser struck a 1997 Honda, a police investigator said.
Sara Gaffney, 23, a passenger in the Honda, died at the scene.
The Honda's driver was treated for minor injuries.
Darby was on his way to help another officer with a traffic stop, police said.
The maximum punishment for misdemeanor death by vehicle is 120 days imprisonment. Drivers are guilty if the court finds they unintentionally cause the death of another person by breaking state or local motor-vehicle laws. The officer also was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid a collision, which could result in driver's license suspension.
"Although it is very difficult for the department to see a member charged, officers must be accountable for their actions," Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Darrel Stephens said in a written statement.
Darby, who remains on administrative duty, also faces a chain-of-command review next month to determine whether he violated department policies and procedures. Department policy requires officers to use emergency equipment if they exceed the speed limit.
A death-by-vehicle conviction would not automatically cost Darby his job, according to Joyce Brooks, a Charlotte attorney for the International Brotherhood of Police Officers. The N.C.
Criminal Justice Standards Commission also could revoke his policing license, Brooks said.
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Meaning of life
From Wikiquote
The meaning of life is a philosophical question concerning the significance of life or existence in general. It can also be expressed in different forms, such as "Why are we here?", "What is life all about?", and "What is the purpose of existence?" It has been the subject of much philosophical, scientific, and theological speculation throughout history.
- listed alphabetically by author
- Everything is done with a goal, and that goal is "good".
- Aristotle (c. 325 BC), Nicomachean Ethics 1.1
- What is the highest good in all matters of action? To the name, there is almost complete agreement; for uneducated and educated alike call it happiness, and make happiness identical with the good life and successful living. They disagree, however, about the meaning of happiness.
- Aristotle (c. 325 BC) Nicomachean Ethics 1.4
- Science leads to great achievements, which, quite rightly, fill of joy those who seek the truth, but if pursued, teaches us that we must seek other sources of ultimate truth and find answers to existential questions about the meaning of life and the mystery of death.
- Franco Bassani Knowing the universe. For whom? at the XXVII edition of the "Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples", Rimini meeting 2006, August 23, 2006.
- People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive. That's what it's all finally about.
- Joseph Campbell, from The Power of Myth Episode 2, Chapter 4
- You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
- Albert Camus, in "Intuitions" (October 1932), published in Youthful Writings (1976)
- In our lives there is a simple colour, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the colour of love.
- Marc Chagall in: C. Robertson (1998) Dictionary of quotations. p. 78 - Pagina 78
- To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.
- Paulo Coelho (2011) Aleph
- [T]he only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.
- What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion. Is there any sense then, you ask, in putting it? I answer, the man who regards his own life and that of his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.
- Albert Einstein (1949) The World As I See It
- Frank: You want to know the meaning of life? You're born, you go to school, you go to work, you die. Marie... Canole
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 – 2005), Season 1, Why Are We Here? [1.22]
- No more harmful nonsense exists than [the] common supposition that deepest insight into great questions about the meaning of life or the structure of reality emerges most readily when a free, undisciplined, and uncluttered (read, rather, ignorant and uneducated) mind soars above mere earthly knowledge and concern.
- Stephen Jay Gould (2002) I Have Landed, "No Science Without Fancy, No Art Without Facts", p. 48
- Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.
- Václav Havel (1986) Disturbing the Peace. Ch. 5
- "What is the meaning of life?" This question has no answer except in the history of how it came to be asked. There is no answer because words have meaning, not life or persons or the universe itself. Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only awe.
- Julian Jaynes As quoted in LIFE magazine (December 1988)
- When you wonder about the mystery of yourself, look to Christ who gives you the meaning of life. When you wonder what it means to be a mature person, look to Christ who is the fullness of humanity. And when you wonder about your role in the future of the world and of the United States, look to Christ.
- John Paul II "Address to High School Students", Source: Libreria Editrice Vaticana
- Amy: One day, I'm going to find a man who thinks I'm the meaning of life.
- Judging Amy (1999–2005), Season 3, Off the grid, Darkness For Light
- The persona, the ideal picture of a man as he should be, is inwardly compensated by feminine weakness, and as the individual outwardly plays the strong man, so he becomes inwardly a woman, i.e., the anima, for it is the anima that reacts to the persona. But because the inner world is dark and invisible to the extraverted consciousness, and because a man is all the less capable of conceiving his weaknesses the more he is identified with the persona, the persona's counterpart, the anima, remains completely in the dark and is at once projected, so that our hero comes under the heel of his wife's slipper. If this results in a considerable increase of her power, she will acquit herself none too well. She becomes inferior, thus providing her husband with the welcome proof that it is not he, the hero, who is inferior in private, but his wife. In return the wife can cherish the illusion, so attractive to many, that at least she has married a hero, unperturbed by her own uselessness. This little game of illusion is often taken to be the whole meaning of life.
- Carl Jung (1957) Two Essays on Analytical Psychology, "The Relations between the Ego and the Unconscious". p. 309
- I get up very early in the morning. I enjoy the quietness, the stillness, the rawness in the winter and fall. It's a special time.
- Ted Kennedy Esquire: The Meaning of Life (2009), p. 81
- Wealth really is a never-ending process. So is running money. You can't just walk away and ask about the meaning of life.
- Andy Kessler (2004) Running Money. Part VIII, Epilogue, 747 Office, p. 296
- There are some ten thousand religious sects — each with its own cosmology, each with its own answer for the meaning of life and death. Most assert that the other 9,999 not only have it completely wrong but are instruments of evil, besides.
- Jon Krakauer (2003) Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
- To work for a living certainly cannot be the meaning of life, since it is indeed a contradiction that the continual production of the conditions is supposed to be the answer to the question of the meaning of that which is conditional upon their production.
- Søren Kierkegaard (1943) Either/Or, p. 31
- Every human being, no matter how slightly gifted he is, however subordinate his position in life may be, has a natural need to formulate a life-view, a conception of the meaning of life and of its purpose. The person who lives esthetically also does that, and the popular expression heard in all ages and from various stages is this: One must enjoy life. There are, of course, many variations of this, depending on differences in the conceptions of enjoyment, but all are agreed that we are to enjoy life.
- Søren Kierkegaard (1943) Either/Or, p. 179-180
- The meaning of life is that it is to be lived, and it is not to be traded and conceptualized and squeezed into a pattern of systems.
- Bruce Lee (2000) Striking Thoughts. edited by John Little. p. 3
- The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have impulse voices from within, and to be able to hear these impulse voices from within — and make the point: This can be done.
- Abraham Maslow As quoted in The Meaning of Life : According to the Great and the Good (2007) edited by Richard T. Kinnier
- Word-work is sublime... because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference — the way in which we are like no other life.
We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.- Toni Morrison (1993) Nobel Prize Lecture
- General:... when one considers the meaning of life, it is a struggle between alternative viewpoints of life itself. And without the ability to defend one's own viewpoint against other perhaps more aggressive ideologies, then reasonableness and moderation could, quite simply, disappear. That is why we'll always need an army, and may God strike me down were it to be otherwise.
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983). Part III: Fighting Each Other
- Chairman: Item six on the agenda, the Meaning of Life. Now Harry, you've had some thoughts on this.
- Harry: That's right, yeah. I've had a team working on this over the past few weeks, and what we've come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. One, people are not wearing enough hats. Two, matter is energy. In the Universe there are many energy fields which we cannot normally perceive. Some energies have a spiritual source which act upon a person's soul. However, this soul does not exist ab initio as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
- [Pause.]
- Max: What was that about hats?
- Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983). Part V: Live Organ Transplants
- "You're talking about a search for the meaning of life?" I asked. "No, no, no," he said. "For the experience of being alive."
- Bill Moyers (1988) The Power of Myth, in the Introduction
- In my strategy, the training for killing enemies is by way of many contests, fighting for survival, discovering the meaning of life and death, learning the Way of the sword, judging the strength of attacks and understanding the Way of the "edge and ridge" of the sword.
- Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584 – 1645) The Fire Book
- People search for the meaning of life, but this is the easy question: we are born into a world that presents us with many millenia of collected knowledge and information, and all our predecessors ask of us is that we not waste our brief life ignoring the past only to rediscover or reinvent its lessons badly.
- A Sanskrit Scholar, J.W. Hauer, speaking of the central message of the "Gita" says, "We are not called to solve the meaning of life, but to find out the deed demanded by us and to work, and so by action to master the riddle of life." Whilst Sanskara says that the essential purpose of the "Gita" is to teach us a way out of bondage and not merely enjoin action.
- Peter de Noronha (1964) The Pageant of Life. p. 63-64
- There's a reason for the world
you and I- John Ondrasik (2006) The Riddle
- The primary, radical meaning of life appears when it is employed in the sense not of biology, but of biography. For the very strong reason that the whole of biology is quite definitely only a chapter in certain biographies, it is what biologists do in the portion of their lives open to biography.
- José Ortega y Gasset (1929) The Revolt of the Masses
- Many solutions are offered as to how to gain the something more in life. ...Wealth, strength, and keenness of intellect, taken separately of together, do not constitute the essence of real life. ...At its best, life consists of these things, plus something more. ...In Jesus Christ we see perfection in life. ...From an imperfect understanding of Jesus Christ, it would appear that real life depends upon the fulfilling of three conditions—the dwelling on friendly and affectionate terms with God, with ourselves, and with our fellowmen. ...If we fulfill to any degree these three conditions of being in friendly relations with God, ourselves, and our fellows, we shall discover something more of the meaning of life.
- Kirby Page (1920) Something More, A Consideration of the Vast, Undeveloped Resources of Life. p. 63-67
- Many people ask, for example: What is the purpose of my life? Meaning: What am I meant to do? but the purpose of your life, and each life, is in its being. That being may include certain actions, but the acts themselves are only important in that they spring out of the essence of your life, which simply by being is bound to fulfill its purposes.
- Jane Roberts, in Dreams, Evolution and Value Fulfillment, Volume One, Session 899, Page 225
- When we try to be definite, as to what we mean when we say that this or that is "the Good," we find ourselves involved in very great difficulties. Bentham's creed, that pleasure is the Good, roused furious opposition, and was said to be a pig's philosophy. Neither he nor his opponents could advance any argument. In a scientific question, evidence can be adduced on both sides, and, in the end, one side is seen to have the better case — or, if this does not happen, the question is left undecided. But in a question, as to whether this, or that, is the ultimate Good, there is no evidence, either way; each disputant can only appeal to his own emotions, and employ such rhetorical devices as shall rouse similar emotions in others … Questions as to "values" — that is to say, as to what is good or bad on its own account, independently of its effects — lie outside the domain of science, as the defenders of religion emphatically assert. I think that, in this, they are right, but, I draw the further conclusion, which they do not draw, that questions as to "values" lie wholly outside the domain of knowledge. That is to say, when we assert that this, or that, has "value", we are giving expression to our own emotions, not to a fact, which would still be true if our personal feelings were different.
- Bertrand Russell (1961). Science and Ethics
- Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered; it is something molded.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (2012) Airman's Odyssey. p. 28
- Nothing threatens freedom of the personality and the meaning of life like war, poverty, terror. But there are also indirect and only slightly more remote dangers. One of these is the stupefaction of man (the "gray mass," to use the cynical term of bourgeois prognosticators) by mass culture with its intentional or commercially motivated lowering of intellectual level and content, with its stress on entertainment or utilitarianism, and with its carefully protective censorship.
- Andrei Sakharov (1968) Progress, Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom
- Speak to all men as you do to yourself, with no concern for the effect you make, so that you do not shut them out from your world; lest in isolation the meaning of life slips out of sight and you lose the belief in the perfection of creation.
- Leó Szilárd (1961) The Voice of the Dolphins : And Other Stories: Third of the "Ten Commandments"
- :Grim: If you know everything, then what's the meaning of life?
- Master Control: Life has no meaning; only machine intelligence is truly significant on a cosmic scale.
- Grim: Hmm, I didn't think he'd get that one right.
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy The Bad News Ghouls / The House of No Tomorrow [4.12]
- The radical tension between good and evil, as man sees it and feels it, does not have the last word about the meaning of life and the nature of existence. There is a spirit in man and in the world working always against the thing that destroys and lays waste. Always he must know that the contradictions of life are not final or ultimate; he must distinguish between failure and a many-sided awareness so that he will not mistake conformity for harmony, uniformity for synthesis. He will know that for all men to be alike is the death of life in man, and yet perceive harmony that transcends all diversities and in which diversity finds its richness and significance.
- Howard Thurman (1971) The Search For Common Ground : An Inquiry Into The Basis Of Man's Experience Of Community p. 6
- The appreciation of the merits of art (of the emotions it conveys) depends upon an understanding of the meaning of life, what is seen as good and evil. Good and evil are defined by religions.
- Leo Tolstoy (1896) What is Art?
- It seems that it is impossible to live without discovering the purpose of your life. And the first thing which a person should do is to understand the meaning of life. But the majority of people who consider themselves to be educated are proud that they have reached such great height that they cease to care about the meaning of existence.
- Leo Tolstoy (1903-10) A Calendar of Wisdom, April 30.
- If you do not know your place in the world and the meaning of your life, you should know there is something to blame; and it is not the social system, or your intellect, but the way in which you have directed your intellect.
- Leo Tolstoy (1903-10) A Calendar of Wisdom, April 30.
- Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1959) The Sirens of Titan
- INTERVIEWER: Tell us a joke.
WHEDON: Your life has meaning.
INTERVIEWER: Tell us a secret.
WHEDON: Your life has meaning.- Joss Whedon (April 27, 2012) in Rosanna Greenstreet, "Q&A: Joss Whedon", The Guardian
- One cannot ignore half of life for the purposes of science, and then claim that the results of science give a full and adequate picture of the meaning of life. All discussions of 'life' which begin with a description of man's place on a speck of matter in space, in an endless evolutionary scale, are bound to be half-measures, because they leave out most of the experiences which are important to use as human beings.
- Colin Wilson (1957) Religion and the Rebel p. 309
- To believe in a God means to understand the question about the meaning of life.
To believe in a God means to see that the facts of the world are not the end of the matter.
To believe in God means to see that life has a meaning.- Ludwig Wittgenstein Journal entry (8 July 1916), p. 74e
- What is the meaning of life? That was all — a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years. The great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one.
- Virginia Woolf (1927) To the Lighthouse
- Each new generation asks – What is the meaning of life? A more fertile way of putting the question would be – Why does man need a meaning to life?
- Peter Wessel Zapffe (1989-90) To Be a Human Being
- [to Dr. Eudora Fletcher, under hypnotism] I'm 12 years old. I run into the synagogue. I ask the rabbi the meaning of life. He tells me the meaning of life, but he tells it to me in Hebrew. I don't understand Hebrew. Then he wants to charge me $600 for Hebrew lessons.
- Zelig, a 1983 film. Leonard Zelig speaking


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BP's first relief well is less than 264ft from its target depth, and about 12ft away horizontally from the well, according to the latest administration briefing.
As the two relief wells get closer to their target, BP's ailing share price has improved somewhat.
But despite the positive reaction from investors, the prospect of the relief wells failing altogether is also being raised as the drilling nears its target.
As the FT's Ed Crooks writes, in the event of total failure of the wells, "the company may be doomed".
Killing a rogue well via a relief well can be rather challenging, as previous examples show. Those experienced with relief wells believe there is some cause for optimism, however.
From the FT again:
Relief wells have an excellent record. John Wright, a veteran in killing well blowouts who is working as a consultant for BP, has drilled 40 in his career, and every one has been effective.
Meanwhile the Wall Street Journal reports that the company is hoping to have some good news on the relief wells by the time it announces its second-quarter results on July 27 — or even earlier, on July 20, when UK prime minister David Cameron visits the White House.
It also reportedly has more back-up plans in place, aside from expanding the containment efforts:
These include connecting the rogue well to existing pipelines in two nearby underwater gas and oil fields, according to company and administration officials.
The company, it appears, is becoming more keen to under-promise and over-deliver since the disappointment of its 'top kill' attempt. Bob Dudley, who is overseeing BP's spill efforts, was happy to mention both those dates in an interview as being ideal — he added, however, that such a "perfect case" was "unlikely" due in part to hurricane season.
The administration is continuing to be cautious about mentioning dates.
The Coast Guard's Admiral Thad Allen, the incident commander, said yesterday, the status of the well at that depth will remain unclear. One question is whether there are hydrocarbons flowing up the outer annulus, or the inner pipe itself. Another is whether the casing is damaged.
As Allen explained:
The time it will take to do this—the reason it is unknown right now and I'm not willing to come off the mid-August deadline is, if they have to pump mud up through the annulus and then go into the pipe and pump mud there, too, that's a period of seven, 10 days to accomplish both of those things.
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