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I must say that pink bra looks lovely.Where's that bra for sale?
Posted by RichPort on February 14, 2007 9:23 AM
"( mindless shit deleted ), but I'll take more mat anyday."
"More mat? Clearly I mean more meat ( more mindless shit deleted )."
I feel a bit guilty for observing the obvious, … RPLTC, thick, veined, meaty cock!
who gives a crap if she saw a doctor or not.
She's absolutely lovely. And I don't care if smart or not.
Tonight's the night baby!
A daily haiku :
Wind rustles dry leaves,
Pine trees dance in the moonlight.
RichPort the meat loves.
personally, I dont really think shes that hot… i mean not worth getting this worked up over…
Ye Who Trolleth Rich thePort, (aka Wally)
just a little FYI, Haiku doesn't have to be spoken in Yoda since rhyme it doesn't.
I thought this site was about ripping on celebrities, not drooling all over ourselves like sex-deprived, prepubescent pimple factories. (wipes drool off chin)
She's cute but it gets really tiresome to read the gallant defenses calling anyone who has a different opinion a fat chick or a "hater". And by tiresome I mean I'd like to punch the buck teeth right down the throat of the next person who says "quit yer hatin duuuuh".
Ok jealous fatties enough of your ridiculous comments. We all know she's beautiful, hot, sexy, adorable, etc, except some of us will not admit it, and find some odd things like her knee position to call her ugly and make ourselves feel oh so much better about ourselves. But I can't help it sorry I'm not blind, the woman is 1000 times hotter than any American woman.
113 Michael, you're cute.
I will refrain from extreme mocking since she appears mentally challenged…. Too bad someone could not help her figure out that the bra goes underneath the dress, she appears to be struggling with that concept. Go easy on the girl she can't help that dopey gaze and excessive body hair. Kudos to her trainer for bathing and grooming her.
She's Brazilian, of course she's sexy.
minor typo, i'll fix it:
"She's Brazilian, of course she's hairy."
She's not only sexy but she also knows how to present parfum.
#119 – Today the guy I'm seeing said the same thing about me! But I'm a little worried that "present parfum" actually referred to my farting. I can't help it – when I'm drunk, I can't hold the farts in, no matter who I'm with. So I guess when I get drunk he gets hot farty sex. Maybe I've misinterpreted things when his eyes tear up during intimate moments…
That torso next to her will one day seek revenge!!
Thank you alaskanchicsickle! I also come with four different coordinated outfits and my own malibu convertible (batteries not included).
Alessandra Ambrosio is gorgeous but i still prefer Gisele Bundchen.If you wanna see Gisele Bundchen naked on German Vanity fair go to my site.Thanks
i perfer kate moss.
i perfer kate moss.
112. Correct, you are. Write in Yoda verse, I need not. Enjoy concluding haiku with a verb, I do. And so, fuck off, you may ;^)
RPLTC almost as much as ponk, he does.
Oh, and I'm not "Wally", cock whore ;^o
Wally is the Port's pet name for my Johnson, 'cause thats the sound he makes while I plow his ass. True story.
Still, calling every anonymous poster who thinks I'm poor, stupid, lazy, no account white trash "Wally" gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
#107~i was thinking the same thing! super cute.
ok, so alessandra is really pretty, but i guess that's what happens when you start having plastic surgery at age 11.
Yeah, I fucked her. So what? You wanna throw?
she is soooooo gorgeous
by the way, she is 48204832948239045721905 times better than over-rated jessica alba.
I'm a chick and I think this girl is hot! True her knees are a little knobby and she could stand to gain fifteen pounds easily but she is still gorgeous. To me she has a sweet look to her and doesn't look bitchy. She seems like the type you could bring home to your mother. I think she 1000x's better looking than Adriana Lima (who looks like a she's a bitch) or Gisele Bundchen!
#120 PrettyBaby – "hot farty sex"!!! lol!
#134 Yes, my Beloved Troll likes to come up with this "Funny stuff" Very stoooopid.
#135 PrettyBaby – sorry, I didn't realize you were being trolled! Usually other people jump in and attack the troll in the real person's defense, so I assumed it was really you. No offense intended!
This babe is smoking hot. I bet she'd smoke a fat Cuban until it spews baby batter. Jizz-tastic!
#136 – No problem, don't worry about it. In fact, now I'm a little curious about what it'd be like to have multiple orgasms in a dutch oven…
A classic Aryan beauty.
@139….with the last name Ambrossio? Aryan, really? or she could Mediterranean or southern italian or god forbid? northern african, Herr Jackass.
@140 The term "Aryan" describes in the West Indo-European peoples. Italians, being European, qualify, idiot mongrel.
Mongrel? YES and proud, given that, you're still wrong Adolf:
In Nazism and neo-Nazism, a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially one of Nordic type, supposed to be part of a master race.
(emphasis on SUPPOSED and got their asses handed to them in WW2, what happened there master? can't blame the jew or the nigger you lost 'cause you sucked, on ice )
No WEST indo anything, apart from being made up bullshit by a bunch of homosexual degenerates. That's right honey, the Nazi party, in it's origins, and the SA, were a queer troupe. So, keep on enjoying your ideology, homo.
I'm not going to debate an illiterate, frothing "Google intellectual" on the meaning of words. It
I'm not going to debate an illiterate, frothing "Google intellectual" on the meaning of words. It
google intellectual? what, they teach that at master race school. You guys don't use computers, should I get a copy of Webster's on a nice egyptian parchment or maybe a scroll? Maybe that's the reason YOU LOST, couldn't adapt?
And how did it feel when the Russian Slavs or "sub-humans" went and raped all your women after they ass raped the german army. Ah? how does that make you feel? was your grandma raped too? You got slav blood in ya? Just how pure are ya anyway?
Oh, and that was no debate, honey, for a debate all parties must, at least have a minimum level of intelligence, and guess what? Chimpero beats west virginian inbred, oh, sorry, inbred "west indo/european" every time.
good luck with that coming race war thing
Wally-XOXOXO hope you have lots of surprises today. I want you to be my hero for Valentines and chop up the reprobate who calls himself WiseMan. Going after RichPort is funny, though. Thanks for the Haiku idea, I used it after I made WiseMan so frothing furious he couldn't spell for shit and that was the end of that thread. I was proud of being particularly obnoxious that day.
#48 then you hate jrzmommy cause she always flaunts nasty names then says "don't be a hater" to all who reply on her hating.
Mongrel, you should stick to discussing the sex life of celebrities and reading Donald Duck comic books…cuz you know fuck all about the Third Reich. Last post on this.
Whatever anybody might mean by the word "Aryan" today, under the Nuremberg Laws in the Third Reich it was explicitly and officially defined as describing the European type of man. The document
OMG, yay, it's a real life nazi! awesome.
This girl is very pretty. But that's all I have to say, so what is the freaking point.
<138~I can only figure out,to satisfy your curiosity,you could receive multiply orgasm by sticking your head inside the oven.One of my favorite positions…
<149~You're a little tough one,don't yay?Here's a very trustworthy link for you,
I'll discuss whatever I feel like discussing Fraulein, and there's fuck all you can do about it. And I know enough about the third reich to tell you they lost and their leader went out like a punk.
Next time you are at the compound playing grab ass with your wannabe SS buddies you can tell them how you got your ass handed to you on a gossip website.
#138 Troll- I know that you have this love/hate thing for me, but ya gotta think up better shit, k? Using my sexuality is just…. stupid. Stupid because if you met me, you'd fall in love…
Oh and of course I have a great self-esteem so good luck trying to break it, Troll.
She's really attractive, but could definitely be more curvier. Also, she has a long head and sharp chin. Nevertheless, she's definitely up there.
As far as Brazilian supermodels, I'd say she's #3 behind Adriana Lima and Gisele.
The ugliest legs on a chicken ever seen! First grand prize.


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Cleome, Bachelor's Buttons, Alyssum, Melampodium |
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- Posted by susanzone5 z5NY (My Page) on Sun, May 21, 06 at 23:49
Many of the annuals listed above never reseed in my NY zone5 garden. I think it depends on where you live in zone 5. It also depends on the weather and winter. Keep trying different varieties. I get nigella, feverfew, cleome, nicotiana, rudbeckia, dill, sweet william, silene, johnny jump-ups (viola), morning glory, tall ageratum. |
Dredging up an old thread for fun... Susan has a valid point. While I'm 'close' to Z6, I have never had a marigold nor a morning glory reseed in my yard, but have had several of those already listed come back without fail. While not an annual, Lunaria does just fine on its own in my yard. Glad I found out it was 'bi' this year- I almost hoed out all the new seedlings around it this year! Saved them, and hopefully will have a show forever-more now that I'm more edumacated ;) |
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Chapter 1: Upon A Beach... The sea waves rippled with tensed ease, lightly crashing against the sandy beach of an island a good distance from the Island of Bunga. A lone figure was sprawled halfway in the water and the shore. Beneath the figure was a piece of driftwood, once a part of a small rowboat that was ultimately destroyed by a blast as shown by the faint remnants of scorch marks upon the piece of debris. The figure was not awake, half cradling the driftwood as it acted as an anchor as the tide of water eased off from the beach. Half bobbing in water, the figure was of a thirteen year old boy, knocked unconscious from the blast that had also destroyed the rowboat. His tanned face beheld a touch of innocence but his attire and body told his story oh so well. Half naked from the waist up, the boy had on only tattered and wet from the ocean shorts that were held up by a coarse but tight rope. His only other clothing was that of a red bandana headband tied around his forehead, his wet brown hair glistening in the sun overhead. His tanned body was covered in faint marks of scars and cuts, a few bruises near his shoulders and deep yet faint impressions of whip marks across his back that were so faint they almost seemed to fade with his tanned skin. A crab scuttled past the prone figure that laid upon the beach. It was not interested in what was apparently fodder from the sea. After a few minutes, the figure of Johnathan Retched Smith stirred. A twitch was in his left forefinger as he slowly started to regain consciousness. Fluttering his eyelids open a fraction of a second, Johnathan arched his back to rise up. But the pain in his shoulders made him wince and his arms buckled under him as he fell down face first into the water that had come with the tide. Sputtering, Johnathan was wide awake now. He began clambering with outstretched hands as he found the piece of timber he had floated to this island with and used it to support himself once more onto firm ground. Lifting his head abruptly from the salt-tasting sea water, Johnathan breathed in a lungful of air as he tried to ignore the pain in his shoulders. He knew he had felt worse pain then this in his life as a Cabin Boy upon a pirate vessel. Johnathan wondered if any of the others also survived the blast that had been caused by the girl known as Hatti Tanaki. Johnathan Retched Smith loathed that native friendly girl now with a passion. He vowed silently to himself that once he was able, he would find her and kill her. It was very unlikely that Johnathans adopted father, Captain Lock-Jaw, and his crew survived. Johnathan just could not accept it. His stubborn hope that the fearsome crew of pirates were still alive was a false one that he knew hed have to accept sooner or later. But Johnathan hoped it would be later. After all, he had already once assumed the worst and that changed when he knew it was not so. Shaking his head lightly, Johnathan knew he had to think straight. Alive or dead, he knew he was alone once more. But that was not true. For as Johnathan had started to slip back into the depths of unconsciousness, a tall figure seemed to huddle over him before blackness once more consumed his already racing mind. (to be continued...)
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Lots of sensory realism in your scene-setting. Note that where you say: "...a small rowboat that was ultimately destroyed by a blast due to the faint remnants of scorch marks..."
-- grammatically, this is saying that the boat's destruction was literally CAUSED BY the scorch marks. What you want to say should be worded something like: "...a small rowboat that had ultimately been destroyed by a blast, AS INDICATED BY the faint remnants of scorch marks..." |
I like it so far Simon. Let's read some more. I wonder where this story is going. I like the names of your characters, including of course the main one.
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Johnathan felt weary. He slowly opened his eyes and noticed he was staring up at a thatched roof. A split second later he realized he was no longer in the water. He was dry and laying upon his back. A tightly woven weave of straw and bamboo seemed to support him upon the hard ground. But despite this mild discomfort, Johnathan knew it could be worse. Ignoring the pain from his back and shoulders as he slowly eased himself up into a sitting position, Johnathan surveyed his surroundings. The circular hut was of a simple form, the deeply hollow and high thatched roof seemed to overshadow the sides of the structure itself. There were no windows but save for a hole on one side of the wall, crudely carved into the bamboo thicket that held grass and clay-like moulding together to make the hut stable. There was no decorative items aside from the quick makeshift bed that Johnathan was sitting upon and a coarse cover of sorts save for the doorway that had a piece of old fabric pinned up to have some privacy from the outside world. Johnathan felt nervous and cautious. He knew he was in a Native Dwelling. The only peace of mind to him was that he was pretty sure it was not a part of Hatti Tanakis tribe. Otherwise hed be dead by now. But despite this solace Johnathan still had a bad feeling about being in a Native place. Suddenly, the piece of fabric was brushed aside as a Native came into the hut via the doorway. She looked older and had decorative beads hanging from her neck. The native woman was wrapped in tunic fabric, her modesty not being noticed as she was bare-chested from the lower ribcage up to her forehead save for the beads. Johnathan felt uneasy at this, but let his eyes wander from the woman as he observed her kneel down and place a simple wooden bowl of various fruits in front of Johnathan. Without saying anything, the native woman stood upright again and left the hut via the doorway she entered. Feeling his flushed face, Johnathan tried to get this encounter out of his mind. These people obviously were more simple than Hatti Tanakis tribe. They had no need for proper clothing. Johnathan brushed away these thoughts as he delicately reached out and took a hold of the wooden bowl with his fingers. He could clearly see some forms of fruit he has tasted before from the Bunga Island but there were more strange fruits he could not recognize. Dipping the fingers of his other hand into the wooden bowl, Johnathan felt uneasy. There was liquid in this bowl too, underneath the fruit. Every instinct made Johnathan feel unwell with this offering. But still, he had not eaten or drank anything for a good while, not since the night he was hit on the head by Hatti Tanaki. (to be continued...)
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It sounded romantic the first few times I heard it. Then, as years passed and I got older and knew better, it became a trite cliché. I'm talking about the expression "My wines are like my children," which is still often uttered by winemakers when asked to pick which of their wines is their favorite.
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I have a couple of thoughts after a lunch and dinner last night. Modern wines are exciting, and Italy is making great wines. I guess I am stating the obvious to many, and I write about this all the time in articles and columns.
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On 14 March 2012 23:44, Greg KH <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Oh, and somehow "consensus" will work? No, sorry, it will not. No, logical analysis will, as I said in the rest of my post which you conveniently ignored - either we conclude with evidence that there are no issues, which should settle the matter for reasonable people, or we discover that there are, in which case they have to be dealt with one way or another. I really don't see how anyone can object to that, unless they're worried they won't like the result.... > How about the basic FACT that today, such systems do not work This is debatable at best. You can keep screaming "but bluetooth won't work!" until you're blue in the face, but that's not relevant at all to people who don't use bluetooth. > and are not supported by a wide range of packages we support today. Isn't such support being removed by the same people who keep arguing that it's already not supported? That's like cutting half your employees' pay, and then insisting that you have to choice but to cut the other half's pay as well, in order to be fair. > Yes, some people are "lucky" in that their systems don't have those > packages, but others are not. The simple "I use a bluetooth keyboard" > is one such example. People who only have a bluetooth keyboard can set their systems up in such a way that it works, just like how people who have / on lvm can set their systems up in such a way that that works. That's not in itself a reason to force it on everyone. > It is strange to watch people somehow think that if they complain > enough, or feel strongly enough, something is going to change here to > make this basic fact go away. If by "the basic fact" you mean that plenty of people are quite happy doing what's worked just fine for years, then yes.
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Image Formats
In order to maximize the speed and efficiency of the system, the source images must be in a multi-resolution format. This allows for rapid access to individual image tiles at any resolution with minimal server overhead. The is especially important for very high resolution images. The IIPImage server supports both TIFF and JPEG2000 formats. TIFF is supported natively by IIPImage and files must be saved in tiled pyramidal format. JPEG2000 requires inclusion of the Kakadu JPEG decoder at this time (which is not open source).
Images can be in either 8 bit, 16 bit or 32 bit format and in either a greyscale, sRGB or CIE L*a*b* colour space.
Tiled Multi-Resolution TIFF
Tiled Multi-Resolution (or Tiled Pyramidal) TIFF is simply a tiled multi-page TIFF image, with each resolution stored as a separate layer within the TIFF. This is a standard TIFF extension and is supported by most image processing applications including Photoshop, GIMP, VIPS and ImageMagick. The libtiff codec library is also perfectly capable of reading and writing such images.
Tiled Pyramidal TIFF images can also be optionally compressed using lossless Deflate or LZW. Or be compressed lossily with JPEG for smaller file sizes.
In order to test the server, you may use this example TIFF image.
Conversion using VIPS
These images can be created using the VIPS image processing suite (NOTE: version 0.9.5 of the IIPImage server and earlier require Tiled Pyramidal TIFF images produced with the VIPS stable 7.8 branch or earlier only. For users of iipsrv version 0.9.6 and later, use the latest stable or unstable VIPS releases). To generate a tiled pyramidal TIFF image use Nip2, the VIPS GUI or use the command line.
vips im_vips2tiff <source_image> <output_image.tif>:<compression>,tile:<size>,pyramid
- source_image: can be any kind of image supported by VIPS
- output_image.tif: your TIFF output image
- compression: either none, deflate, LZW or JPEG
- size: pixel dimensions of tiles, eg: 256×256
For example, to generate a TIFF with deflate compression and a tile size of 256×256, use:
vips im_vips2tiff source_image output_image.tif:deflate,tile:256x256,pyramid
It is also possible to generate tiled pyramidal TIFF images with JPEG compression at quality 75:
vips im_vips2tiff source_image output_image.tif:jpeg:75,tile:256x256,pyramid
The latest version of libtiff (version 4+) includes BigTIFF support, allowing images to go beyond the standard TIFF size limit of 4GB. To use this, make sure that both VIPS and IIPImage have been compiled and are linked to the correct version of libtiff. The conversion syntax for creating an image with VIPS is slightly different:
vips im_vips2tiff source_image output_image.tif:jpeg:75,tile:256x256,pyramid,,,,8
where the 8 indicates that the TIFF should be BigTIFF enabled. (The 3 blank commas before the 8 are for the optional parameters format,resolution and ICC profile. See the VIPS documentation for more details).
From VIPS version 7.28 onwards, a new sequential mode is available within VIPS which is both faster and more efficient in terms of disk access. To enable this, use the following syntax (type vips tiffsave on the command line to see a full list of options):
vips tiffsave source_image output_image.tif --tile --pyramid --compression deflate --tile-width 256 --tile-height 256
Conversion using ImageMagick
You can also use ImageMagick to create Tiled Pyramid TIFF. This only works with version 6.4.7-10 and upwards. In this case use the convert command. For example, to generate a 256×256 pyramidal tiled tiff:
convert s -define tiff:tile-geometry=256x256 -compress jpeg 'ptif:o.tif'
- s: source image – can be any kind of image supported by ImageMagick (almost all)
- ptif: specify your image format as pyramidal tiff
- o.tif: output image – *MUST* have tif or ptif extension;
- 256×256: the tile size
Conversion using STIFF
It is also possible to create a Tiled Pyramidal TIFF from scientific FITS data using STIFF. STIFF is a FITS to TIFF conversion package for astronomy data that allows control of gamma, contrast, brightness and color saturation and is fully compatible with IIPImage. See the STIFF documentation for more details on how to use it and the options available.
JPEG2000 is an advanced wavelet-based image compression and coding format that gives improved compression over standard JPEG and much greater flexibility with support for multi-resolution coding, multiple bit-depths, region-of-interest, quality layers and lossless compression. IIPImage (version 0.9.9 onwards) can now decode JPEG2000 images via the Kakadu library. If you wish to use this feature, you will need to compile the IIPImage server with Kakadu enabled or download one of the binaries from our download page.
Any JPEG2000 image can be used, but in order to get the best performance, you should encode your images with multi-resolution and precincts enabled. Several quality layers can also be included if you wish to keep a lossless archive image, but allow users to have fast access to only a lower quality lossy version of the image.
For example, this command, using the Kakadu kdu_compress tool will create a JPEG2000 image with 1 quality layer via the Clayers parameter, 7 resolutions via the Clevels parameter, precincts (wavelet domain tiling) via the Cprecincts parameter, and a multi-resolution bitstream via the Corder=RPCL paramter. The rate parameter sets the level of compression:
kdu_compress -i input.tif -o output.jp2 -rate 1.5 Clayers=1 Clevels=7 "Cprecincts={256,256},{256,256},{128,128}" "Corder=RPCL" "ORGgen_plt=yes" "ORGtparts=R" "Cblk={64,64}" Cuse_sop=yes
For more information on JPEG2000 and IIPImage see the JPEG2000 page on the OldMapsOnline site.
Image Security and Storage
IIPImage allows you to protect your original images as they do not need to be directly accessible by the client via the web server (Apache, Lightttpd etc). They, therefore, do not need to be in the web server document root or in any subdirectory. The user, therefore, does not need to have download access to the full resolution image file – only the IIPImage server needs to. The images can be stored in any directory (or mounted directory via NFS, for example) on the machine on which the IIPImage server iipsrv
executable runs. This machine can also be a machine separate to the web server front-end.
The image paths given to the IIPImage server via the FIF variable must be absolute system paths on the server machine (eg. FIF=/images/test.tif) and not paths relative to the web server document root location. Don't forget to make sure the IIPImage server process owner has read access on the images! On Windows, you should still use forward slashes "/" for the image path, not "\" and there is no need for the "c:" prefix.
You can also use the operating system's access control to grant read access permission to the iipsrv process for specific directories or images only.
Dynamic Watermarking
The IIPImage server (as of version 0.9.9) is able to perform dynamic watermarking without the need to modify the source image. The watermark is dynamically added server-side to each tile that is streamed to the client with user-defined levels of transparency. It's also possible to set a level of probability that a particilar tile will have a watermark applied to it if you do not wish to have a watermark applied to every single tile. You can see a demo of dynamic watermarking in action on the demo page.
The server supports three watermarking related parameters:
WATERMARK TIFF image to use as watermark file.
WATERMARK_PROBABILITY The probability that a particilar tile will have a watermark applied to it. 0 means never, 1 means always.
WATERMARK_OPACITY The opacity (between 0 and 1) applied to the watermark image.
The watermark file must be a TIFF image which can be greyscale or color, either 8 or 16 bit and can optionally include an alpha channel. The watermark should be not bigger than the tile size used for the source TIFF or JPEG2000 tiling (typically 256 pixels for both width and height). If bigger, the watermark will simply be cropped to the image tile size. If the watermark is smaller, the watermark will be positioned randomly within the available space. This randomness adds an extra level of security, making any automated watermark removal far more difficult. The watermark is simply added pixel by pixel to the image data, taking into account the WATERMARK_OPACITY parameter and any alpha channel included in the watermark. Thus, the watermarked image for a given pixel i:
output image[i] = source image[i] + ( watermark image[i] * alpha channel[i] * watermark opacity parameter )
Thus, you should avoid using white backgrounds in your watermark, unless you have a suitable alpha channel. Furthermore, your watermark logo or text should not be black (pixel value = 0) as the pixel values are added to the output. If you have trouble creating your watermark, you can download an example watermark file here.


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Is there a system for smoke detection that does not require an elderly person to climb a ladder to struggle with a very difficult plastic container and well-lodged battery on the ceiling in the middle of the night? I wrestle to get the batteries in and out even in the daylight and I can't get the battery area to line up with my trifocals.
One plastic container is broken, one ripped off the wires due to losing balance. I finally disconnected the others until I can find something I don't have to climb to get to. Our city requires a detector behind each closed door and in the halls. The house is two-story so there are a lot of them and one goes off about every other month. As I understand it, even the hard wired ones have batteries that have to be replaced. Surely there is something easy to use out there. What do people in wheel chairs do? Thank you for your help,
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hard wired ones do not use the battery, unless the power is out. |
"hard wired ones do not use the battery, unless the power is out." The hard wired ones all come with a backup battery now, and it will need to be replaced just from age. |
What do people in wheel chairs do? Relatives, neighbors, the kids on the block. I've changed ceiling light bulbs for the in-laws, they were in their 80's. |
This is a problem and I don't have an answer. Wish I did. An older person I know got so annoyed with the hardwired smokes in her house griping about their dying backup batteries that she insisted that her grandson remove all the smokes. I've tried to convince her to have them put back, but she won't hear of it. :( |
I'm not sure there is any solution except to get some able help. To work properly, all smoke detectors need to be mounted on the ceiling or on a high point on a wall, regardless of what type they are. |
Thanks so much. I wonder, if I hard wired and just didn't put in the back up battery would the alarms still work? Assuming the wiring worked. I've seen some comment here about only really needing the alarms in bedrooms. Is that true most places? My house is a two story shoebox and one in the hall is less then 4 feet from the one in each of two bedrooms. The other end of the 15- 20 foot hall is the same way except the second room is a bath. Between the two ends are two rooms each with alarms. That's 8 just upstairs. I think there are 6 downstairs. Trying to find out which battery is beeping has become the central focus of my at home time. Is hard wiring very expensive? Do I need to find a contractor or can an electrician do it? Thanks for any and all info. Li |
- Posted by bus_driver (My Page) on Sat, Oct 30, 10 at 17:17
In many places, the fire department will send someone to help with battery replacement- at no charge. Placing smoke detectors low is not good practice. |
A hardwired unit without a battery is liable to beep incessantly. A missing battery looks like a dead battery. |
couldnt u just solder wires to the + and- to a transformer plug in the utility room? |
I would be disinclined to modify smoke detectors... |
- Posted by texasredhead (My Page) on Mon, Nov 1, 10 at 15:34
There is no good solution that you are not going to argue about. What about light bulbs in ceiling fans or in ceiling fixtures or in a closet,or,or,or? Now, unless these people are feeble or infirm or have 12 ft. ceilings, have they expressed this concern to you? If any of these issues exist, the only sure thing is for you or someone else to help! |
They do sell sealed lithium battery smoke alarms for a few extra dollars. The manufactures claim they last 10 years. You would still have to put them up once, but then you are done for quite a while. |
Bill, that's a good idea. I've also seen 9v lithium batteries intended for existing smokes. Not cheap at something like $10 each, but maybe worth it for the long term peace of mind. The battery in a hard wired smoke detector is there to make sure it can still warn of a fire in a power failure. Replacing that battery with a line-powered adapter defeats that purpose. No way would I ever suggest that. |
Guys, thanks so much for discussing this. I will try the fire department here and look into the long term lithium batteries first, then work on finding an electrician to see if the house can be hard wired. It sounds like hard wiring is the most sensible long term solution. I'm glad I brought this to you, I've learned a lot. Once the house is wired, I'll try Smithy's suggestion and let you all know if the alarm beeps without the battery or just if the battery is dead. Many thanks to you all, and |
Even hard wired smoke detectors have a battery that WILL need replacement. Even lithium batteries have a shelf life. |
It sounds like hard wiring is the most sensible long term solution. Even hard wired ones have a battery in them that will in time start to beep. I suggest you get new ones and place them hanging on a nail high up on a wall, where you can then get them down to access the battery more easily. To avoid having to do that sometime in the night, just replace the batteries 'regularly' before they wear down and start to beep...like once a year put in fresh batteries. |
I work with some non-profit organization who replace smoke detectors and batteries for the seniors at not cost to them. From time to time, the smoke detector companies provide the fire departments with FREE smoke detectors, which in turn get installed by one of the local charity groups! So start with your local fire department and see if they have such a program. Or, they may be able to tell you if there is a charity group that does provide that type of service to seniors. Also, check with some of the local church groups as some have a group of gentlemen who provide that service at no charge to the senior! Several yrs ago we received a pallet of smoke detectors that had the lithium batteries and was a sealed unit. When the unit stopped working i.e. 10 Yrs., you replaced the unit! Now we recently received some wireless smoke detectors for use in older homes that do not have hard wired detectors. When installed, if one unit goes off, they all will go off! And for the life of me I can't remember what type of batteries they used. Sorry! Hope this helps! AL |
do you live in higgins, higgins? just curious. |
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The California Department of Education has released the state's high school graduation and dropout rates for 2013.
High school graduation rates are on the rise across the state of California, Department of Education officials announced Monday. They went up by 1.3 percent between 2012 and 2013, and increased at a slightly steeper rate for specific ethnic groups like African-American and Hispanic students.
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But there was little difference between the two years for the William S. Hart Union High School District's already high numbers.
In 2012, the Hart District's graduation rate was 93 percent, dropping only to 92.9 percent in 2013.
The statewide graduation rate for the cohort graduating in 2013 was 80.2 percent, up from 78.9 percent in 2012.
A cohort refers to a particular group of students tracked over a given time period. Graduation and dropout rates were calculated based on four-year cohort information using the state's California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.
The statewide rate of African American graduates went up by 1.9 percent in a year, to 67.9 percent; and the rate of Hispanic graduates was 75.4 percent in 2013, an increase of 1.7 percent.
Of the 7.1 percent in the cohort who didn't graduate from the Hart District in 2013, 1.7 percent of students dropped out, 5.3 percent are still enrolled and the final 0.1 percent completed the special education program.
Among the different ethnic groups in the district, Asian and African American saw the most change in the graduation rate–a 2.4 percent increase among African American students and a 1.9 decrease among Asian students.
Among those who did not graduate were members of the cohort still enrolled in high school, special education completers or dropouts.
"For the first time in our state's history, more than 80 percent of our students are graduating—a clear sign of their hard work and the support they receive from their teachers, families, and communities," Tom Torlakson, state superintendent of public instruction. "We are continuing toward our goal of graduating 100 percent of our students with the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed."
For data and charts from the state Department of Education, organized by county, district or school, click here.
"Caution is urged when comparing graduation or dropout rates across individual schools and districts," according to a DOE press release. "For example, some county office schools, alternative schools, or dropout recovery high schools serve only those students who are already at the greatest risk of dropping out, compared with the broader population at traditional high schools. Therefore, these individual schools and districts cannot be directly compared."
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Tue, Jun 17, 14 at 15:23
I love the taste of cukes, but can not handle the burps afterwards. It hurts my chest and lungs, so I have never attempted them. Who here has grown truly burpless cukes, what are their names? I have never even drank soda because I can't handle the CO2. Thanx |
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- Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 14 at 15:59
I don't have a problem digesting regular cukes so I can't tell you from experience that the "burpless" cukes are absolutely burpless for everyone. These oriental cukes are delicous however,with thin tender skins and no bitternes. Popular varieties are Diva, Sweet Slice. Sweet Success, Sweeter Yet. Summer Dance... |
- Posted by MsMorningSong SW FL 10A (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 14 at 19:03
Thanks Farmerdill. I love Oriental veggies, will give those a better look :) |
- Posted by susanzone5 z5NY (My Page) on Tue, Jun 17, 14 at 21:45
Scoop out the center. I believe that's what causes digestive problems. I eat only the fleshy part and only grow Diva cukes which claim to be burpless. |
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I don't like the cucumber burps either. Burpless varieties: Armenian (i like this best), Persian, English, most Japanese varieties. |
- Posted by Donna.in.Sask 2b (My Page) on Wed, Jun 18, 14 at 11:02
Hybrid Sweet Slice is one I grow every year, along with Diva and Cool Breeze. |
- Posted by MsMorningSong SW FL 10A (My Page) on Wed, Jun 18, 14 at 11:54
Thank you so much for all of the responses. It looks like Diva is getting everyone's vote, so will try that. Also, the Armenian is a relative of cuke, but sounds so tempting, I might try this one as well. Just for a chance of different flavor. ju_12234, what exactly does it taste like to you? It also says it's great for hot climates, which I have. |
On Seed Savers Exchange there is an organic cucumber variety called "Poona Kheera" which is not only an absolutely delicious cucumber variety but has less "burp effects" and the burps, if at all are actually less bothersome. Just make sure you harvest these cukes before the skin turns brown. I am growing this variety this year as well in my garden. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Poona Kheera
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I have been taking care of my friends huge 3 foot across Christmas cactus. I have taken many cuttings from it. It flowered for 5 months nonstop in a row, but my biggest accomplishment was when i managed to cross it with one of my thanksgiving cactus. I do have a few questions How long does it take for fruit to mature? Will it be a TC or CC catus from seeds? Are they hard to grow from seeds? How do i know when they are mature? Do i store them or plant Immediately? |
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Hi TG, If I may ask pls. how do you know you've managed to cross it? I've seen the fruit take up to A YEAR to ripen (redden) when I've been told one can safely remove it from the plant, if it didn't drop off on its own. (Having seen your comments about ZZs, not having patience to wait ONE MONTH in that ZZ thread, this MAY NOT be the activity for you. Then again, one can always learn.) I don't know the rest of the answers, but I know one doesn't plant the fruit, one has to open it up & remove the goop from the seeds, or place the whole goopy mess on some paper towels, let them dry off somewhat & then plant them (same way they separate tomato seed from the mucilaginous gook when saving heirloom tomato seeds). |
- Posted by teengardener1888 NY Albany 5a (My Page) on Mon, Jun 3, 13 at 22:51
Well pirate it is different from rooting cuttings. If they were cutting i would toss them out. But they are on the plant so basically i just wait and wait.they have been developing for two months now so i an willing to wait ten months if i do manage to make a succesful cross and grow the seeds. Here is how i crossed them, first i took a flower from a white TC and simply rrubbed the anthers on the stigma of a red christmas cactus, and to my amazement the fruit began to expand. I am still wondering if the seeds are fertile of sterile |
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I know it's going to come as no surprise to anyone that reads my blog that I love owls. I love the kitschy or cutesy owls most of all. I wanted to share with you these awesome "Owl Always Love You" owl printables! I think these would look amazing in a nursery or child's room. But really, they are… [Read More…]
Owl Always Love You Personalized Book from Flatten Me Giveaway
I received the product(s) in this post for free, in exchange for a review/giveaway. When I was a child, I remember having these Sesame Street books that had my name printed into the story. Obviously, this was before the internet so I'm guessing my Grandma or Mom ordered them through the mail. Nowadays it's MUCH… [Read More…]
Night Owl Paper Goods Giveaway Event #NightOwlGiveaway
Welcome to the Night Owl Giveaway Event Hosted by Budget Earth & A Spectacled Owl Sponsored by Night Owl Paper Goods Do you struggle to find the perfect stationary? How about fun and unique cards for just about any holiday? If so, we think you will love Night Owl Paper Goods. Unlike many other… [Read More…]
Refurbished Nightstand Makeover
There's nothing better than taking an ugly pieces of furniture or home decor & making it pretty again! When I saw this little nightstand at a rummage sale my daughter's school was putting on, I had to check it out. I made sure it was sturdy & it really was. I asked the woman in… [Read More…]