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How does the combination of salt and sun eat away car paint, and does the heat from the sun act as a catalyst? Thank you!
The combined degradation caused by SALT, SUN (along with WATER, TEMPERATURE, and OXYGEN) is called "weathering". The collective action of these four components is very complicated, and is a topic of ongoing research and development in every industry that puts "some--thing" outside. Each of these factors affect the interfaces: atmosphere/coating(s), atmosphere/substrate, coating(s)/substrate. Oxygen, light (especially ultraviolet), and water cause chemical reactions in the paint that destroy the chemical bonds holding the protective coating together. Oxygen, water, and salt cause oxidation of the steel components of an automobile. Temperature cycling causes a differential expansion and contraction of the substrate and the coating, behaving like a thermal "chisel" delaminating the substrate and coating. The general strategy of corrosion prevention is to minimize one or more of these five factors (and/or) their combined interactions. Inhibiting even one of these factors can have a dramatic effect. The whole problem is far too complicated to go into much detail but one example is: In the desert southwest you find many more "vintage" autos than in the northeast and upper midwest because the factors of salt, and to some extent water, have been removed. Oxygen and high temperature, in the absence of the other factors, are not so important.
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You have addressed a popular myth. "the combination of salt and sun (does not) eat away (intact) car paint."
Modern automobile paints are very resistant to such effects and they are certainly not damaged by salt. Automotive paints are a kind of very tough plastic. You can demonstrate their resistance to salt by piling some dampened salt on a piece of plastic and then observing it over a period of months. You will see that the salt did not damage the plastic.
Have you ever seen the TV infomercial for a "miracle car polish" wherein hydrochloric acid is poured on the hood of the car and then wiped off showing no damage to the paint? The commercial is a con-job inasmuch as the acid would not have harmed the paint even in the absence of the "miracle polish." Car paints are themselves are not attacked by hydrochloric acid.
Car paints are, however, very sensitive to damage by the sun. The energy of sunlight is sufficient to fade the pigments and degrade the polymer structure of the paint. In time, if the car's finish is not protected, it is surface will become roughened. If the roughening is allowed to penetrate all they way through to the underlying metal, a rusting disaster is the result. Thus rock chips, scratches, and minor dings that penetrate the paint are the start of rusting catastrophes.
Then, the effects of salt become apparent. Salt dissolved in water is an excellent conductor of electricity. In order for the underlying steel (iron) to rust, electrons must flow from the iron atoms in the steel to oxygen from the air. Iron plus oxygen makes iron oxide (rust). When this process is facilitated by an electrically conductive salt solution, rusting occurs rapidly.
And so it is, that one must keep the car's finish clean and covered with an overcoating of a good quality car wax (preserver) that is non-abrasive. Remember, we do not want to allow the surface to be come roughened.
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I grow a few (1 sq.ft.). It's a lovely vegetable raw, but we just don't need all that many of them. If we get 4 to 6 good ones a season, we're happy. |
I love kohlrabi! Here in Tucson it's a winter crop so I won't have any for a while. It's quite yummy in stir fries or sauteed onions, broccoli and other veggies then tossed with pasta and cream sauce. MMMMMMMMM |
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I just bought a packet of 'Early White Vienna' seed for 10 cents so I thought I would give them a try this fall. I have never grown them before. Can you give me some advise? Do you eat the greens too, or just the bulb? The greens look very tasty. Your post and pictures make me look forward to them all the more. Good gardening, Mary |
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I grow kohlrabi every year. I like them raw with a little salt. They taste like a sweet cabbage core and are crunchy (which I like). They like moist, rich soil. They are better if grown quickly so keep them well fed and watered. |
Mary, This is the first time we've grown them, so I can't give much advice on that part, except to suggest that you harvest them early. Just how early, I don't know, but when they get too big they start getting "woody" in consistency. As for eating them, it seems that a lot of people like to eat them raw, which I don't really care for. When you cook them, they seem to take on a different mild flavor. The way we prepare them is to dice them into little cubes (1/4" to 1/2", it's not critical) and boil them in water until they are soft and no longer crunchy (check with a fork). They'll turn a bit translucent. Then just drain, add a bit of pepper and salt, and serve as a side dish. We normally have them alongside meat, such as a nice sauerbraten. Cover them with some of the gravy and enjoy. If you've never tried them cooked, give it a shot, it takes almost zero effort to prepare. They're absolutely heavenly. |
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Thanks for all the info. I'm looking forward to trying them. Mary |
I grew one of the "giant" kohlrabis this year. Kossack I think was the variety. They grew to 6 inches in diameter before I started harvesting. I just cut them into snack sized slices and take them to work. Very crisp and tasty. Lots of fun to crunch on. |
I grow it every year, at least 3 squares. Generally have very good success. I also like it raw with a little salt. The leaves can also be boiled as greens. |
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The Road to Armageddon
March 4, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Paul Craig Roberts
The Washington Times is a newspaper that looks with favor upon the Bush/Cheney/Obama/neocon wars of aggression in the Middle East and favors making terrorists pay for 9/11. Therefore, I was surprised to learn on February 24 that the most popular story on the paper's website for the past three days was the "Inside the Beltway" report, "Explosive News," about the 31 press conferences in cities in the US and abroad on February 19 held by Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, an organization of professionals which now has 1,000 members.
I was even more surprised that the news report treated the press conference seriously. How did three World Trade Center skyscrapers suddenly disintegrate into fine dust? How did massive steel beams in three skyscrapers suddenly fail as a result of short-lived, isolated, and low temperature fires? "A thousand architects and engineers want to know, and are calling on Congress to order a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7," reports the Washington Times.
The paper reports that the architects and engineers have concluded that the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Institute of Standards and Technology provided "insufficient, contradictory and fraudulent accounts of the circumstances of the towers' destruction" and are "calling for a grand jury investigation of NIST officials."
The newspaper reports that Richard Gage, the spokesperson for the architects and engineers said: "Government officials will be notified that "Misprision of Treason,' U.S. Code 18 (Sec. 2382) is a serious federal offense, which requires those with evidence of treason to act. The implications are enormous and may have profound impact on the forthcoming Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial."
There is now an organization, Firefighters for 9/11 Truth. At the main press conference in San Francisco, Eric Lawyer,the head of that organization, announced the firefighters' support for the architects and engineers' demands. He reported that no forensic investigation was made of the fires that are alleged to have destroyed the three buildings and that this failure constitutes a crime.
Mandated procedures were not followed, and instead of being preserved and investigated, the crime scene was destroyed. He also reported that there are more than one hundred first responders who heard and experienced explosions and that there is radio, audio and video evidence of explosions.
Also at the press conference, physicist Steven Jones presented the evidence of nano-thermite in the residue of the WTC buildings found by an international panel of scientists led by University of Copenhagen nano-chemist Professor Niels Harrit. Nano-thermite is a high-tech explosive/pyrotechnic capable of instantly melting steel girders.
Before we yell "conspiracy theory," we should be aware that the architects, engineers, firefighters, and scientists offer no theory. They provide evidence that challenges the official theory. This evidence is not going to go away.
If expressing doubts or reservations about the official story in the 9/11 Commission Report makes a person a conspiracy theory kook, then we have to include both co-chairmen of the 9/11 Commission and the Commission's legal counsel, all of whom have written books in which they clearly state that they were lied to by government officials when they conducted their investigation, or, rather, when they presided over the investigation conducted by executive director Philip Zelikow, a member of President George W. Bush's transition team and Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and a co-author of Bush Secretary of State Condi "Mushroom Cloud" Rice.
There will always be Americans who will believe whatever the government tells them no matter how many times they know the government has lied to them. Despite expensive wars that threaten Social Security and Medicare, wars based on non-existent Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, non-existent Saddam Hussein connections to al Qaida, non-existent Afghan participation in the 9/11 attacks, and the non-existent Iranian nukes that are being hyped as the reason for the next American war of aggression in the Middle East, more than half of the U.S. population still believes the fantastic story that the government has told them about 9/11, a Muslim conspiracy that outwitted the entire Western world.
Moreover, it doesn't matter to these Americans how often the government changes its story. For example, Americans first heard of Osama bin Laden because the Bush regime pinned the 9/11 attacks on him. Over the years video after video was served up to the gullible American public of bin Laden's pronouncements. Experts dismissed the videos as fakes, but Americans remained their gullible selves. Then suddenly last year a new 9/11 "mastermind" emerged to take bin Laden's place, the captive Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the detainee waterboarded 183 times until he confessed to masterminding the 9/11 attack.
In the Middle Ages confessions extracted by torture constituted evidence, but self-incrimination has been a no-no in the U.S. legal system since our founding. But with the Bush regime and the Republican federal judges, whom we were assured would defend the U.S. Constitution, the self-incrimination of Sheik Mohammed stands today as the only evidence the U.S. government has that Muslim terrorists pulled off 9/11.
If a person considers the feats attributed to Khalid Sheik Mohammed, they are simply unbelievable. Sheik Mohammed is a more brilliant, capable superhero than V in the fantasy movie, "V for Vendetta." Sheik Mohammed outwitted all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies along with those of all U.S. allies or puppets, including Israel's Mossad. No intelligence service on earth, or all of them combined, was a match for Sheik Mohammed.
Sheik Mohammed outwitted the U.S. National Security Council, Dick Cheney, the Pentagon, the State Department, NORAD, the U.S. Air Force, and Air Traffic Control. He caused Airport Security to fail four times in one morning. He caused the state-of-the-art air defenses of the Pentagon to fail, allowing a hijacked airliner, which was off course all morning while the U.S. Air Force, for the first time in history, was unable to get aloft intercepter aircraft, to crash into the Pentagon.
Sheik Mohammed was able to perform these feats with unqualified pilots.
Sheik Mohammed, even as a waterboarded detainee, has managed to prevent the FBI from releasing the many confiscated videos that would show, according to the official story, the hijacked airliner hitting the Penagon.
How naive do you have to be to believe that any human, or for that matter Hollywood fantasy character, is this powerful and capable?
If Sheik Mohammed has these superhuman capabilities, how did the incompetent Americans catch him? This guy is a patsy tortured into confession in order to keep the American naifs believing the government's conspiracy theory.
What is going on here is that the U.S. government has to bring the 9/11 mystery to an end. The government must put on trial and convict a culprit so that it can close the case before it explodes. Anyone waterboarded 183 times would confess to anything.
The U.S. government has responded to the evidence being arrayed against its outlandish 9/11 conspiracy theory by redefining the war on terror from external to internal enemies. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on February 21 that American extremists are now as big a concern as international terrorists. Extremists, of course, are people who get in the way of the government's agenda, such as the 1,000 Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. The group used to be 100, now it is 1,000. What if it becomes 10,000?
Cass Sunstein, an Obama regime official, has a solution for the 9/11 skeptics: Infiltrate them and provoke them into statements and actions that can be used to discredit or to arrest them. But get rid of them at all cost.
Why employ such extreme measures against alleged kooks if they only provide entertainment and laughs? Is the government worried that they are on to something?
Instead, why doesn't the U.S. government simply confront the evidence that is presented and answer it?
If the architects, engineers, firefighters, and scientists are merely kooks, it would be a simple matter to acknowledge their evidence and refute it. Why is it necessary to infiltrate them with police agents and to set them up?
Many Americans would reply that "their" government would never even dream of killing Americans by hijacking airliners and destroying buildings in order to advance a government agenda. But on February 3, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair told the House Intelligence Committee that the U.S. government can assassinate its own citizens when they are overseas. No arrest, trial, or conviction of a capital crime is necessary. Just straight out murder.
Obviously, if the U.S. government can murder its citizens abroad it can murder them at home, and has done so. For example, 100 Branch Davidians were murdered in Waco, Texas, by the Clinton administration for no legitimate reason. The government just decided to use its power knowing that it could get away with it, which it did.
Americans who think "their" government is some kind of morally pure operation would do well to familiarize themselves with Operation Northwoods. Operation Northwoods was a plot drawn up by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff for the CIA to commit acts of terrorism in American cities and fabricate evidence blaming Castro so that the U.S. could gain domestic and international support for regime change in Cuba. The secret plan was nixed by President John F. Kennedy and was declassified by the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board. It is available online in the National Security Archive. There are numerous online accounts available, including Wikipedia. James Bamford's book, Body of Secrets, also summarizes the plot:
"Operation Northwoods, which had the written approval of the Chairman [Gen. Lemnitzer] and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for innocent people to be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing Cuba to be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer and his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing, they needed to launch their war."
Prior to 9/11 the American neoconservatives were explicit that the wars of aggression that they intended to launch in the Middle East required "a new Pearl Harbor."
For their own good and that of the wider world, Americans need to pay attention to the growing body of experts who are telling them that the government's account of 9/11 fails their investigation. 9/11 launched the neoconservative plan for U.S. world hegemony.
As I write, the U.S. government is purchasing the agreement of foreign governments that border Russia to accept U.S. missile interceptor bases. The U.S. intends to ring Russia with U.S. missile bases from Poland through central Europe and Kosovo to Georgia, Azerbaijan and central Asia. U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke declared on February 20 that al Qaida is moving into former central Asian constituent parts of the Soviet Union, such as Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan. Holbrooke is soliciting U.S. bases in these former Soviet republics under the guise of the ever-expanding "war on terror."
The U.S. has already encircled Iran with military bases. The U.S. government intends to neutralize China by seizing control over the Middle East and cutting China off from oil.
This plan assumes that Russia and China, nuclear armed states, will be intimidated by U.S. anti-missile defenses and acquiesce to U.S. hegemony and that China will lack oil for its industries and military.
The U.S. government is delusional. Russian military and political leaders have responded to the obvious threat by declaring NATO a direct threat to the security of Russia and by announcing a change in Russian war doctrine to the pre-emptive launch of nuclear weapons. The Chinese are too confident to be bullied by a washed-up American "superpower."
The morons in Washington are pushing the envelope of nuclear war. The insane drive for American hegemony threatens life on earth. The American people, by accepting the lies and deceptions of "their" government, are facilitating this outcome.
[Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal, has been reporting shocking cases of prosecutorial abuse for two decades. A new edition of his book, The Tyranny of Good Intentions, co-authored with Lawrence Stratton, a documented account of how Americans lost the protection of law, was published by Random House in March, 2008. His latest book, How The Economy Was Lost, has just been published by CounterPunch/AK Press.]
White House to Accept Applications
December 3, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Rashid
Founded in 1964, the White House Fellows program is one of America's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government.
Selected individuals typically spend a year working as a full-time, paid Fellow to senior White House Staff, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking government officials. Fellows also participate in an education program consisting of roundtable discussions with renowned leaders from the private and public sectors, and trips to study U.S. policy in action both domestically and internationally. Fellowships are awarded on a strictly non-partisan basis.
The purpose of the White House Fellows program is to provide gifted and highly motivated young Americans with some first-hand experience in the process of governing the Nation and a sense of personal involvement in the leadership of society.
Starting January 1, 2010 you can go to www.whitehouse.gov/fellows to access the final application and full instructions on how to submit your documents, including recommendation letters. The deadline to submit your application is February 1, 2010 at 11:59 PM It is estimated that the application may take at least 25 hours so we encourage you to start this process as soon as possible.
Please do not confuse the White House Fellowships with the Presidential Fellowship, White House Internships or the Presidential Management Interns and other such programs. It is the program of the interns of which the Time Magazine called the most powerful Networking Group in the World who hold their annual meeting in the White House. Its alums include Collin Powell and Dick Cheney. In its 45 years of existence not a single Muslim has made to this Fellowship.
As 2009 has been the year that a non-white was elected to the Whit House let 2010 be the year that a Muslim is selected to the White House Fellowship Program.
Obama's AfPak War: "It's the Mission, Creep"
November 1, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Steve Weissman, Truthout
Dick Cheney and his neoconservative fringe are showing true gall and no grit in accusing President Obama of "dithering" and "waffling" on Afghanistan. They are, after all, the deep thinkers who rushed the Bush administration into Iraq, which diverted troops and other resources from their earlier mission to defeat the Afghan Taliban and catch or kill Osama bin Laden. Still, the shameless critics raise an intriguing question. Why has the president taken so much time to announce how many more troops he will send?
No doubt, Obama wanted to get his Afghanistan policy right, as White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told Mr. Cheney, who had gotten it so very wrong. Time also let the president hear from all sides on the issue, making everyone more inclined to fall in line behind whatever decision he finally made.
When Gen. Stanley McChrystal went public with his troop demands for as many as 80,000 more soldiers, Obama used the delay to make clear to the brass that he would not let them sandbag him. Keeping the American military under civilian control or field testing the Pentagon's latest counterinsurgency doctrine against the Afghan Taliban – which do you think makes more difference to our country's future?
After election observers revealed the extent of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's vote fraud, Obama used further delay to help force Karzai to accept a run-off and possibly a coalition government with his runner-up and former foreign minister, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.
But, as we shall soon see, Obama's deliberations did not do the one thing that many of us who supported him most wanted him to do. He did not find a way to justify his Nobel Peace Prize by bringing American troops home from "the graveyard of empires."
How can we know before Obama announces his decision? The tea leaves are all too clear – and all too terrifying.
If Obama intended to pare down his commitment to military force in Afghanistan, trial balloons would have flown by now and presidential surrogates would have filled air waves and newsprint with arguments for putting our limited military resources where America's vital interests were more at stake.
Instead, the White House stressed early in the deliberations that "leaving Afghanistan isn't an option" while Defense Secretary Robert Gates has pointedly redefined the U.S. mission in a greatly expanded AfPak War.
"We're not leaving Afghanistan," he told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. "There should be no uncertainty in terms of our determination to remain in Afghanistan and to continue to build a relationship of partnership and trust with the Pakistanis. That's long term. That's a strategic objective of the United States."
"The clear path forward is for us to underscore to the Pakistanis that we're not going to turn our back on them as we did before."
As for our previous mission against al-Qaeda, Gates added a new twist. A Taliban victory in Afghanistan would give Islamist radicals "added space." But more important, it would give them their second victory against a superpower, which would greatly boost their morale and ability to recruit.
Gates is no fool and his arguments make superficial sense, which is why the neocons have rushed to embrace them. But, on closer scrutiny, the new mission looks far more dangerous than the old one that Dick Cheney botched so badly.
While the Pakistanis need reassuring, Washington cannot stop them from supporting Taliban and other Islamist groups in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. They use the militants against their primary rival, India, especially in disputed Kashmir. Team Obama can help cool down the rivalry, but they cannot make it go away.
Worse, an American escalation in Afghanistan will almost certainly send Pashtun insurgents flooding into Pakistan, as Senator Russ Feingold has warned. This would move the Pakistanis even further into a destabilizing civil war.
And worse still, an escalation will turn a local Pashtun insurgency into an ideological conflict that will attract Islamist fighters from all over the world, just as did the American-backed jihad against the Soviet Union.
So, for President Obama, it comes down to balancing relative horrors. Which will prove a stronger recruiting tool for al-Qaeda – claiming a victory over the United States or offering the chance to fight in a real war against the Western Crusaders?
As I'm afraid we're about to learn, Obama will move us closer to an AfPak War, which could well rejuvenate an otherwise declining Islamist radicalism.
Assassinations Anyone?
July 23, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
CIA claims of cancelled campaign are hogwash
By Eric Margolis
CIA director Leon Panetta just told Congress he cancelled a secret operation to assassinate al-Qaida leaders. The CIA campaign, authorized in 2001, had not yet become operational, claimed Panetta.
I respect Panetta, but his claim is humbug. The U.S. has been trying to kill al-Qaida personnel (real and imagined) since the Clinton administration. These efforts continue under President Barack Obama. Claims by Congress it was never informed are hogwash.
The CIA and Pentagon have been in the assassination business since the early 1950s, using American hit teams or third parties. For example, a CIA-organized attempt to assassinate Lebanon's leading Shia cleric, Muhammad Fadlallah, using a truck bomb, failed, but killed 83 civilians and wounded 240.
In 1975, I was approached to join the Church Committee of the U.S. Congress investigating CIA's attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro, Congo's Patrice Lumumba, Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem, and Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Add to America's hit list Saddam Hussein, Afghanistan's Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Indonesia's Sukarno, Chile's Marxist leaders and, very likely, Yasser Arafat.
Libya's Moammar Khadaffy led me by the hand through the ruins of his private quarters, showing me where a 2,000-pound U.S. bomb hit his bedroom, killing his infant daughter. Most Pakistanis believe, rightly or wrongly, the U.S. played a role in the assassination of President Zia ul-Haq.
To quote Josef Stalin's favourite saying, "No man. No problem."
Assassination was outlawed in the U.S. in 1976, but that did not stop attempts by its last three administrations to emulate Israel's Mossad in the "targeted killing" of enemies. The George W. Bush administration, and now the Obama White House, sidestepped American law by saying the U.S. was at war, and thus legally killing "enemy combatants." But Congress never declared war.
Washington is buzzing about a secret death squad run by Dick Cheney when he was vice-president and his protege, the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal. This gung-ho general led the Pentagon's super secret Special Operations Command, which has become a major rival to the CIA in the business of "wet affairs" (as the KGB used to call assassinations) and covert raids.
Democrats are all over Cheney on the death squad issue, as are some Republicans — in order to shield Bush. But the orders likely came from Bush, who bears ultimate responsibility.
Americans are now being deluged by sordid scandals from the Bush years about torture, kidnapping, brutal secret prisons, brainwashing, mass surveillance of American's phones, e-mail, and banking.
In 2001, as this column previously reported, U.S. Special Forces oversaw the murder at Dasht-e-Leili, Afghanistan, of thousands of captured Taliban fighters by Uzbek forces of the Communist warlord, Rashid Dostum.
CIA was paying Dostum, a notorious war criminal from the 1980s, millions to fight Taliban. Dostum is poised to become vice-president of the U.S.-installed government of President Hamid Karzai. Bush hushed up this major war crime.
America is hardly alone in trying to rub out enemies or those who thwart its designs. Britain's MI-6 and France's SDECE were notorious for sending out assassins. The late chief of SDECE told me how he had been ordered by then-president Francois Mitterrand to kill Libya's Khadaffy. Israel's hit teams are feared around the globe.
History shows that state-directed murder is more often than not counterproductive and inevitably runs out of control, disgracing nations and organizations that practise it.
But U.S. assassins are still at work. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. drones are killing tribesmen almost daily. Over 90% are civilians. Americans have a curious notion that killing people from the air is not murder or even a crime, but somehow clean.
U.S. Predator attacks are illegal and violate U.S. and international law. Pakistan's government, against which no war has been declared, is not even asked permission or warned of the attacks.
Dropping 2,000-pound bombs on apartment buildings in Gaza or Predator raids on Pakistan's tribal territory are as much murder as exploding car bombs or suicide bombers.
The Big Hate
June 18, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By Paul Krugman
Back in April, there was a huge fuss over an internal report by the Department of Homeland Security warning that current conditions resemble those in the early 1990s — a time marked by an upsurge of right-wing extremism that culminated in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Conservatives were outraged. The chairman of the Republican National Committee denounced the report as an attempt to "segment out conservatives in this country who have a different philosophy or view from this administration" and label them as terrorists.
But with the murder of Dr. George Tiller by an anti-abortion fanatic, closely followed by a shooting by a white supremacist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the analysis looks prescient.
There is, however, one important thing that the D.H.S. report didn't say: Today, as in the early years of the Clinton administration but to an even greater extent, right-wing extremism is being systematically fed by the conservative media and political establishment.
Now, for the most part, the likes of Fox News and the R.N.C. haven't directly incited violence, despite Bill O'Reilly's declarations that "some" called Dr. Tiller "Tiller the Baby Killer," that he had "blood on his hands," and that he was a "guy operating a death mill." But they have gone out of their way to provide a platform for conspiracy theories and apocalyptic rhetoric, just as they did the last time a Democrat held the White House.
And at this point, whatever dividing line there was between mainstream conservatism and the black-helicopter crowd seems to have been virtually erased.
Exhibit A for the mainstreaming of right-wing extremism is Fox News's new star, Glenn Beck. Here we have a network where, like it or not, millions of Americans get their news — and it gives daily airtime to a commentator who, among other things, warned viewers that the Federal Emergency Management Agency might be building concentration camps as part of the Obama administration's "totalitarian" agenda (although he eventually conceded that nothing of the kind was happening).
But let's not neglect the print news media. In the Bush years, The Washington Times became an important media player because it was widely regarded as the Bush administration's house organ. Earlier this week, the newspaper saw fit to run an opinion piece declaring that President Obama "not only identifies with Muslims, but actually may still be one himself," and that in any case he has "aligned himself" with the radical Muslim Brotherhood.
And then there's Rush Limbaugh. His rants today aren't very different from his rants in 1993. But he occupies a different position in the scheme of things. Remember, during the Bush years Mr. Limbaugh became very much a political insider. Indeed, according to a recent Gallup survey, 10 percent of Republicans now consider him the "main person who speaks for the Republican Party today," putting him in a three-way tie with Dick Cheney and Newt Gingrich. So when Mr. Limbaugh peddles conspiracy theories — suggesting, for example, that fears over swine flu were being hyped "to get people to respond to government orders" — that's a case of the conservative media establishment joining hands with the lunatic fringe.
It s not surprising, then, that politicians are doing the same thing. The R.N.C. says that "the Democratic Party is dedicated to restructuring American society along socialist ideals." And when Jon Voight, the actor, told the audience at a Republican fund-raiser this week that the president is a "false prophet" and that "we and we alone are the right frame of mind to free this nation from this Obama oppression," Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, thanked him, saying that he "really enjoyed" the remarks.
Credit where credit is due. Some figures in the conservative media have refused to go along with the big hate — people like Fox's Shepard Smith and Catherine Herridge, who debunked the attacks on that Homeland Security report two months ago. But this doesn't change the broad picture, which is that supposedly respectable news organizations and political figures are giving aid and comfort to dangerous extremism.
What will the consequences be? Nobody knows, of course, although the analysts at Homeland Security fretted that things may turn out even worse than in the 1990s — that thanks, in part, to the election of an African-American president, "the threat posed by lone wolves and small terrorist cells is more pronounced than in past years."
And that's a threat to take seriously. Yes, the worst terrorist attack in our history was perpetrated by a foreign conspiracy. But the second worst, the Oklahoma City bombing, was perpetrated by an all-American lunatic. Politicians and media organizations wind up such people at their, and our, peril.


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A new coloring book is out for kids who may be gay, live in a gay family, or be gay-curious. The Being Gay Is Okay coloring book offers color-able same-sex domestic scenes, and includes a series of trading cards, featuring notable gay icons and gay supporters
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In Chiriqui, going in the direction of the town of Remedios by entering Boca Chica. There is a need to ask permission to Felipe Rodriguez who is the owner of the farm, where is the beach. LLeven repellent for mosquitoes ..... DistanceTake a car WalkLong walk (>30 mn) Easy to find?Hard to find Public access?Private access Special access4x4 |
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Barix Intros IP Audio System for Trains
Barix AG, which makes IP-based audio transmission, intercom, control, and monitoring systems, introduced the Annuncicom 155 IP intercom and announcement device, developed for use on trains and in rail stations and tunnels.?
Barix AG, which makes IP-based audio transmission, intercom, control, and monitoring systems, introduced the Annuncicom 155 IP intercom and announcement device, developed for use on trains and in rail stations and tunnels.
Barix Annuncicom 155
The basic principle of an Annuncicom 155 communication system is that at least two devices are connected to a standard TCP/IP LAN network to exchange live announcements as well as priority, monitoring, and control information for a standalone system. Barix SIP firmware can enable integration into conventional SIP-based telephone systems. Control signals and a serial port allow the connection of a selector switch, buttons, or display. This allows for destination selection and the control and display of connection status, according to the company.
The Annuncicom 155 system can operate as a standalone system or in conjunction with PCs and central IT management in a standard network, enabling low-cost and quick configuration of the communication system while guaranteeing future expansion.
"As with all Barix products, the Annuncicom 155 is based on standard TCP/IP and works with Audio-over-IP. This means it can be integrated very easily and conveniently into existing networks, and allows for wide-range networking and deployment--even in multicast mode--to simultaneously address any number of subscribers," said Johannes G. Rietschel, CEO and founder of Barix AG, in a statement. "Its stable design is perfectly suitable for harsh everyday operation in trains, buses and ships, as well as for deployment in general applications under harsh environments, including transport and industrial."
The Annuncicom 155 conforms to the usual transportation standards including EN50121 and EN50155. Devices without EN50155 conformity are typically not used in trains, carriages, and other rolling stock for railways.
"The requirements for such devices are quite demanding, and we are happy to offer the first Barix product to the rail transportation industry that meets requirements for on-board use," said Rietschel.


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Casa Dorada Los Cabos Resort and Spa
Los Cabos, Mexico
New to the scene (it opened in 2008) and discernibly hip, Casa Dorada faces onto Medano Beach, and is walking distance to the shops and restaurants of Cabo San Lucas. The 150 capacious suites were appointed by designer Adriana Hoyos in cool desert tones with red, orange, and mahogany splashes, and come with equipped kitchenettes, 220-square-foot porches or balconies, and an impossible-to-utilize number of closets (up to five per suite). Free-flowing bathroom areas contain two marble sinks, a soaking tub off the living room, and vanity-style mirrors that, when not in use, reflect the sea and mountain views. A waterfall connects the hotel's two pools and lulls sun-drenched guests into restful siestas on curtained daybeds with its constant murmur. The Saltwater Spa specializes in unusual treatments, including the Harmony Balls massage, which uses silver Chinese baoding balls to stimulate pressure points with 48 tonal vibrations. Traveling with a furry friend? The hotel recently became pet friendly (not to mention added butler service).
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The Cambridge Board of Election Commissioners will begin the Recount of City Council Ballots from the Nov. 5, 2013 Municipal Election on Monday, Dec. 2, at 8:30 a.m., at the Moore Youth Center, 12 Gilmore St., Cambridge.
The City of Cambridge is currently seeking letters of interest from Cambridgeport, Riverside, Area IV, Mid-Cambridge residents and the Central Square business community who would like to serve on the Central Square Advisory Committee.
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Get The Skills That Pay The Bills. The Cambridge Employment Program is hosting an information session for the Building Pathways Pre-Apprenticeship Program on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m., at the Cambridge Senior Center, 806 Mass. Ave., Cambridge.
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Longfellow Bridge will be closed to all motor vehicle travel, except MBTA buses, Saturday, Nov. 23 through Sunday, Nov. 24 for construction work. Buses will replace Red Line trains for service between Kendall/MIT Station and Park Street Station, with a stop at Charles/MGH Station.
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Jaden Rose Guitars.
Frustrated as a player by the limitations of production guitars that just missed the mark, Jaden designed his own ideal guitar. Instead of making just one, Jaden set up his own mini factory complete with brand new tooling and CNC machinery to ensure perfect replication and precision every time. Working only with the finest raw materials, every guitar is made entirely by Jaden. Nothing is commissioned or sub-contracted to guitar factories abroad and all hardware is of highest quality. Jaden Rose Guitars produces no more than 200 guitars a year and every one is set up and checked by Jaden personally.


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Okay, for the past week I have been battling ants. I never even saw them until I went and purchased some landscape wood to put around my brugs. Now these tiny little ants are traveling the wood. Right now I am using terro, which from what I read will attract more in the beginning. But where the hell did they come from? lol
I haven't seen one ant all summer near my brugs. Get the wood and suddenly they're all over it. There's six pieces of the wood and they are only traveling on two of the 8 ft pieces. I've checked the mulch around the brugs, no ants, underneath the wood, no ants, searched and searched for an ant hill, none to be found. Where in the heck are these B**t***S? I've looked on the net and have no clue what type of ant they are. Could they be carpenter ants? I read they love thrips, but i see no thrip damage to my brugs, maybe they are helping more than I think. lol, but I want them gone, as least I think I do. Could they really be a huge concern for my plants? Being OCD I'm going nuts trying to find out where the heck they're coming from. Questions: I see no ant hills anywhere, my yard or the neighbors. My worry is that they are feeding on my brugs roots underneath the ground? Is that possible? Wouldn't I see some type of hill near by? They're not even crawling on my plants. Advice please if you have any. Whats my best course of action? |
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If it's cooling down I'm not surprised that you are seeing more ants. I see a huge increase in the numbers of the tiny black ants when the seasons change. Carpenter ants are quite large so I seriously doubt you have to worry about them. They can be terribly destructive. |
Unless the ants are destructive (carpenter ants) or dangerous (fire ants) you probably shouldn't do anything about them. Ants usually do not do permanent or life threatening harm to plants. Although all ants will sting when provoked only Fire Ants they are very aggressive, the venom is extrememly unpleasant and can be dangerous. Chances are if you have tampered with their environment you would know immediately if they were Fire Ants, you will not always see mounds when they are present. Good luck! Frances |
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A 29-year-old man is set to be arraigned this afternoon on three felony charges after allegedly attacking an elderly woman in the emergency room at San Francisco General Hospital last Friday, hospital officials said.
The suspect, identified by the sheriff's department as Orin Zebest, assaulted Mary Perez, an elderly woman who was also an emergency room patient, at about 10:05 p.m. Friday, according to a statement from the hospital.
At the time of the attack, Zebest was on a psychiatric hold and was being transferred from the main emergency room to the psychiatric emergency room by nursing staff, hospital officials said.
Perez is still in the hospital and is in good condition despite the attack, hospital spokeswoman Rachael Kagan said.
Zebest has been charged with two counts of assault and one count of elder abuse, district attorney's office spokesman Alex Bastian said. He will be in court at 1:30 p.m. at the Hall of Justice for arraignment.
Zebest had also initially been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder but was later rebooked into jail on the assault and elder abuse allegations, sheriff's spokeswoman Susan Fahey said.
The hospital's statement said, "San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center is profoundly sorry that Ms. Perez was injured while in our care. We take patient safety very seriously and are reviewing our procedures."
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Will contractors be furloughed? – defense news, Will government contractors face furlough? while contractors are not a part of sequestration-related agency furloughs, some face company implemented leaves of.
Ellsworth: nearly 600 civilian employees will be furloughed, Following federal budget cuts in march, ellsworth air force base officially announced thursday that it would furlough an estimated 566 civilian employees..
How furloughs will affect pay and benefits – pay & benefits watch, Well, the deadline is here at last: sequestration lands in less than two days. despite all the rhetoric from both sides of the aisle, there are few serious efforts.
Panetta warns furloughs will be coming under sequestration – las, Las cruces — white sands missile range sheds light on what those furloughs could look like at the installation..
Many furloughs will be rolled back | federal times | federaltimes.com, The defense department and at least a handful of other agencies are rolling back or rethinking plans for civilian employee furloughs in the wake of a newly passed.
Furloughs begin for defense department civilians | fox news, Roughly 85 percent of the department's nearly 900,000 civilians around the world will be furloughed, according to the latest statistics provided by the.
Palmdale school board ok's furloughs, pay cuts for teachers, staff, At a time that schools statewide are starting to restore cuts made during the five-year recession, the palmdale school district board has authorized unpaid furloughs.
The huntsville times – al.com – furlough calculator helps, Few civilian department of justice employees will be spared furloughs if sequestration is triggered friday, according to an internal army report released last week..
Mspb braces for possible flood of furlough appeals – pay, The small federal agency that handles appeals from government workers who have been furloughed could be inundated with complaints if sequestration happens. if.


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Read a rundown on the top public policy issues facing state lawmakers in 2015, state-private sector partnerships for infrastructure, e-cigarettes and taxes and dealing with cuts to mental health programs.
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The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) is pleased to announce a year-long Early Learning Fellows program for state legislators and staff. States have been leading efforts to improve the quality of child care, implementing preschool and innovative ways to support families with young children across the age spectrum from birth to kindergarten and into the early grades. They are also addressing challenges with governance, financing, data systems and teacher training/professional development. Scientific and evaluation research provide new insights into both child development and programs that are showing results. Federal initiatives, such as the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge and the federal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting, will boost early childhood and home visiting funds in the coming years. We are pleased to offer a legislative fellows program to legislators and legislative staff at no cost. Expenses for the program are being paid through a grant from the Alliance for Early Success.
This new endeavor is designed to support legislators and legislative staff who are experienced or emerging leaders on early childhood and early learning issues. The program is geared toward those chairing or serving on human services or education committees who want to expand their knowledge and learn from other legislators and experts across the country. Legislatures have been addressing program and policy issues such as child care, pre-k, and home visiting and system elements such as teacher training, assessment and accountability, data systems and governance and we expect to address a number of these topics as well as others identified by the class of fellows. Fellows will have the opportunity to be part of a peer learning community with other legislators and to engage with research and policy experts who are leaders in the field. Fellows will participate in a kick off and final meeting as well as two virtual seminars throughout the year. In addition, NCSL will be available to provide background research, testimony, bill drafting ideas or other research to support your efforts.
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Since the Fellows program began in 2011 NCSL has tried to capture quotes, ideas and plans that Fellows have related to the field of early care and education. This section is to highlight the great work that Fellows have done and are currently doing.
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A quote from Representative Mary Gile (D) New Hampshire participant in the first class The NCSL Early Learning Fellows Program provided opportunities to learn about cutting edge research and best practices in Early Childhood Education from experts in Academia and public school districts. Meetings and webinars offered stimulating, inspiring and affirming information from both theoretical and practical perspectives. I especially appreciated meeting and working with legislative colleagues from across the nation.
A quote from Senator Deb Soholt (R) South Dakota participant in the second class I have enjoyed the opportunity of being part of this group and working with political friends from around the country. The rich information learned at the May 2013 meeting was immediately put to use…and I truly appreciated the contact to NCSL and experts to deepen my knowledge of early care issues.
A quote from Representative Vernon Sykes (D) Ohio participant in the second class It was truly wonderful to meet in person, people from around the country that have the same agenda…. supporting access to early childhood education.
A quote from Senator Kate Sullivan (NP) Nebraska participant in the third class The Fellows program has been a unique and rewarding experience in so many ways: learning from and networking with colleagues from other states, hearing about research and cutting-edge information on early learning, and (most of all) applying all of this to actual steps to take in our respective states. Great action-oriented program.
A quote from Representative Terri Collins (R) Alabama participant in the third class It has been an honor to be part of the Fellows group. At our first face-to-face meeting in May 2014 in Denver I found the information presented and site visit to the Educare program interesting and even inspiring. One of the most interactive webinars that I have ever participated in was the June 2014 Fellows webinar where Steve Barnett talked about pre-K. Being from Alabama I have a lot to add to a conversation about pre-K and felt as though I was able to do so on this webinar. I look forward to the remaining face-to-face meeting and final webinar as a Fellow.
Step 1: Annually at the start of the New Year, NCSL sends out an Early Learning Fellows program description and nomination form to the legislative leadership office in your state. Leaders nominate up to three legislators that they believe would benefit from and add to the Early Learning Fellows program. Sample nomination form
Step 2: All nominees are then sent an Early Learning Fellows application which includes an explanation of the Fellows Program and a section with questions about the applicant. Applications are due by a specific date, which is always noted on the application itself. Sample application
Step 3: NCSL staff carefully read through all submitted applications. Fellows are selected based on their application responses with attention given to regional and party participation. (NCSL typically receives many more applications than we are able to accept into the program).
Step 4: Selected Fellows receive a confirmation letter inviting them to participate in the program. Selected Fellows are asked to respond to the invitation in a specific time frame and either accept or decline the invitation to participate as an Early Learning Fellow. Selected Fellows are asked to commit to attending the two in-person meetings and the two webinar presentations. It is important that selected Fellows that accept the invitation to participate are able to attend both in-person meetings and webinars.
Step 5: Attend meetings and participate as an Early Learning Fellow.
Step 6: At the close of each year Early Learning Fellows become alumni of the program and join a large network with other such colleagues. As an alumnus you receive invitations to participate in content specific webinars and other timely pieces of information from NCSL staff.
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Ward's Rescue Ranch
We are situated on a 160 acre ranch in Centrahoma, Oklahoma. We raise puppies as well as rescue those who need to be nursed back to health. We then try to find loving homes for them.
We care deeply for each puppy! We get to know the families that we send our puppies to so we can ensure the right fit.
Meet "Patches," a dog that came to the Ranch to be rescued.
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Apple Update Means Palm Pre Can No Longer Sync With iTunes
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841endikos writes "Apple updated iTunes to version 8.2.1. According to the changelog, it offers bug fixes and 'addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices.' In other words, 'Buzz off, Palm Pre. You ain't no iPhone.'"


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The Dust Bowl - Courtesy PBS
Washington, D.C. Premiere The Arctic plains are an eminent example of nature's untouched beauty: an endless nothing in which only a few know how to survive. But a silent assassin is destroying the Inuit community in Greenland. Chemical residues from all over the world accumulate here invisibly, poisoning both humans and animals. By ocean currents and attached to snow, pesticides are carried northbound into Inuit land, causing illness and premature death. Silent Snow follows a young Greenlandic woman on her journey all around the world to find the causes of the contamination that is quietly poisoning her people. Directed by Jan van den Berg and Pipaluk Knudsen-Ostermann.
Introduced by Her Excellency Renée Jones-Bos, Ambassador of the Royal Netherlands and Janneke de Vries, Counselor for the Environment and Spatial Planning, Embassy of the Royal Netherlands. Discussion with filmmaker Jan van den Berg follows the screening.
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Human rights complaint over Earls' "Albino Rhino" brand moves forward
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has decided to hear a complaint against Earls Restaurants over the "albino" branding of some of its menu items.
Ikponwosa Ero, who has albinism, filed a human-rights complaint over the restaurant chain's marketing of its exclusive "Albino Rhino" beer brand and promotion of "Albino Wing Wednesdays".
Ero alleges the use of the term "albino" by the restaurant is demeaning and humiliating. She argues people with albinism have a distinct physical appearance that has often made them the subject of ridicule.
Earls has denied it discriminated, arguing the branding was intended to be whimsical and only a reference to albinism in rhinoceroses, not human beings. The restaurant chain also says the word "albino" was picked because it rhymes with "rhino".
Earls sought to have the compliant dismissed. However, in a ruling issued today (December 14), tribunal member Marlene Tyshynski determined the case deserves to go to hearing.
"In my view, one could reasonably conclude that there is a relationship between discriminatory product marketing due to the use of the term 'Albino' and differential and demeaning treatment of persons with albinism, if, of course, this is proven," Tyshynski said in the written decision. "On its face, the complainants make an allegation that, if proven, could amount to a contravention of the [Human Rights] Code."
Albinism is a genetic condition in which a person's body has difficulty producing melanin, resulting in a lack of skin and hair pigment. The condition is also associated with vision problems.


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The Disposable Film Festival is on the road! And in support of their global events, I offer you these profiles - bike wardrobe remix style - of two of their proponents! Enjoy!
Outfit: t-shirt from Nooworks, a local designer/store that sells internationally.
Belt courtesy of Ross
Commune Jeans
Pony sneakers
Bike built myself from:
Austro-Daimler frame found on CL. Rare frame made for only a few years in the early 70s by Puch.
Wheelset from an old Bianchi - racing hubs and Ambrosio rims
Sugino Cranks
Brooks B17 saddle (nicely worn in!)
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That shirt and the bike are both awesome! I'm going to check out Nooworks now.
- August 27, 2010 at 8:11 AM
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Things are kind of quiet here, I thought I'd share a picture. A third flower is opening up tonight, with 7 sides instead of 5. The first ones still look great after 5 days. I'd say it's a keeper. |
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Definitely "a keeper", jeromej13. Seven instead of five. Neat. Thanks for sharing. |
- Posted by marthalouis z6 Lou,KY (My Page) on Wed, Jul 26, 06 at 2:13
What a Superb Plant. I love the color. My peach one called Jean Pasco is forming the buds and are just setting there waiting for the right time I guess. Thanks for allowing me into your garden. Martha in Louisville, KY |
Very nice, did they darken as they aged? |
Hello Ruth Ann, The flowers stay white for almost 24 hours, then the peach colour appears in patches. After a couple of days, they look more orange than peach to my eye. And the perfume is only intense the first couple of nights. There, I've said it all. I had to take off many leaves because of the darned white flies, but it shows off the flowers, so it's almost a good thing... |
I counted 18 flowers open tonight. I find it more generous than the other Brugs I've had. Thanks for looking! |
Realizing that camera's, lighting and monitors affect how colours show up to folks, this one really looks similar to mine posted at the link below.... Did you get it from Dominion Seed House per chance? Very pretty indeed and wish you luck with disposing of your whiteflies. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Exotica
Hello Ruth Ann, Mine was a gift, a cutting from an unnamed Peach. I think it looks a lot like a Versicolor Peach, less pink than your Exotica. I also see less flies these days, and I'll take off all the leaves before I bring it outside. Cheers. |
- Posted by tommysmommy Colorado (My Page) on Sat, Aug 19, 06 at 23:51
Yes your tree looks just like my peach versicolor which is also blooming it's head off. Very nice! |
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Beautiful, rich dark raspberry creme that applies smoothly with no streaks. Perfectly opaque in two coats. OPI's pro-wide brush is wonderful; I can easily coat my whole nail in two "swipes." I also find OPI polishes to dry quickly.
This is great! Neutral to cool medium/dark purplish berry magenta. Easy to apply, no streaks, dries fast, cream finish. Wears like a champion, the formula is flawless. There is no visible difference between two and three coats, perfectly opaque. The color is a deep and rich, more grown up than typical magenta - would look good on anyone!
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This color looks smashing on my skin tone!!! I got this for my birthday and I absolutely love it!!! I can wear it all year long!!! It's a must-have!!! It's easy to apply, the polish itself isn't too thick which would make your nails look goopy trying to apply a second coat!
I like this dark beet burgandy color; there's nothing grand about this color it's just okay. I don't think I'll ever need to buy this again because I don't reach for it often but I will keep it in my collection.
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Seriously, one of my favorite colors.
OPI is the reason for everything. I love OPI, I could marry it if I could >:)
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It's a deep rasberry colour but seems to look quite red and a bit vampy in some lights.
It definitely lives up to the quality I expect of OPI, opaque and streak free after 2 coats. It seems to last particularly long, for an extra 2 days longer than OPI polishes usually last on me. After 7 days it only had tip wear and a few minor chips and that's with major abuse (I was wearing OPI natural nails as a base coat and out the door which I prefer to SV).
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I love this color, it looks exactly like its name, a beautiful beetroot color. It's a perfect alternative to a classic red, it looks classy and feminine just like red but edgy at the same time. It's bright and hot in the sunlight, but in artificial lighting you will be able to see the true beet color. This color is a cream, it applies super well, no streaks, just smoothness, it's also opaque enough to achieve the look in just 2 coats.
I tried this at a friends house.(Actually,I put it on my sister.)the application was SUPERB.absolutely perfect.no streaking or cuticle pooling WHATSOEVER.you honestly need about one to two coats,and that's all!it turns out to be a really pretty medium berry color,that I think would look good on with any skin tone.it looks really nice with my sisters (and mine) tan,warm toned skin.I love how berry colors look with medium/tan/olive skins!this would be a good,chic color for any time of thr year!highly,highly recommended!I was really impressed.
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I really love this color, but it just does't last on my nails. Chips really easily, and it's not glossy enough for me. Since it isn't a unique shade (most other brands have similar colors) I guess when I finish my bottle, I will be purchasing this color again, but not from OPI.


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I need to get creative about how to store one bale of hay (for rabbits) and keep it clean and dry over the winter. I do not have a barn or shed or any type of enclosure (or the money to buy one). I know I can get a shipping pallet and I have room for it in the yard. Should I put the bale directly on the pallet or put a plastic tarp down on the pallet and then put the bale on the tarp? I just need to figure out how to prevent water from getting under the bale...Any and all ideas are appreciated! |
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Buy one of these http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?Prod_ID=RP091418 |
Mice will be your bigget problem just covering the bale up with a tarp. They will build nest and have babies in the hay with just a tarp on it. |
- Posted by treasurificgal z8A CA (My Page) on Sat, Feb 2, 13 at 18:53
We have the same problem. I have used a pallet, and then plywood, then bermuda, then tarp, with water bottles to tie down the edges. We don't get a lot of snow here, but mice are always a problem. We use the hay for bedding for our chickens. I have been trying to buy less than a bale from our feed store, but the shake is all spoken for. We will have to get a bale soon, and that is probably how it will be stored. We don't have a barn. |
- Posted by modern_miss 10 (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 14:26
Treasurificgal, Thanks for your suggestion. I think I will try that. But what's bermuda? |
- Posted by pamghatten wny5 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 21, 13 at 12:43
What size bale are you trying to store? 40 - 50 lb.? Buy a large garbage tote with a lid and put it in there. |
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We are in the process of finishing the garage with drywall and organizing it so we don't have to put the bikes in the laundry room and stack everything up when a hail storm comes. There are a couple of things that we'd like to keep but need some help. We have a 2 car garage that has 12 foot ceilings.
1) DH built a 4x8 train platform but son is too young for HO trains. I think hanging from the ceiling is best but not sure how. 2) We have table which is approximately 10 feet long but maybe 3 feet wide. This comes in handy for large functions but only once or twice a year. Also, if anyone could post links with pictures for garages. Sometimes pictures are worth a thousand words. |
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- Posted by brugloverz9 (My Page) on Wed, Jul 16, 08 at 19:09
I believe they sell shelves that are on pulleys that you can raise towards the ceiling. I don't know why you couldn't make something like that yourself and raise them up as high as you care to and just lower them when you want to get them down to use. Also, if you stand the table up on its short side on the floor against the wall, it will hardly take up any room and would be available quickly when you need it. |
- Posted by roseyp8255 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 21, 08 at 0:35
I am in the process of organizing my barn (my storage/workshop) - my DBF and I worked on it all weekend for that matter. we built shelves along the wall for stuff - and even hung a card table on the wall! Link is below....i am proud of it - i got home from getting a perm yesterday and it was in the process! I am loving this forum by the way! |
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Fantastic Fest: 'The Green Inferno' Goes Up In Huge, Gooey Flames
Fantastic Fest By Adam Charles on September 25, 2013 | Be the First To CommentIs it nostalgia or a psychological quirk that makes Eli Roth start all of his films in the same place? Either he's incapable of writing a picture without nineteen year-olds or just doesn't want to, but regardless his latest film picks up right where his prior films have; in college, with college students. Where The Green Inferno starts off on the wrong foot in comparison to his previous films is that there isn't a single soul here worthy of a bar conversation or a fun game of beer pong. The students in The Green Inferno aren't looking for time away from school to enjoy themselves. They're a group of campus activists taking a trip into the jungles of Peru on a mission to stop the expansion of civilization into the land of a native tribe, and they plan to stop this injustice with the use of masks, chains and camera phones. These characters aren't unlikable because they're college students; they're unlikable because they're the most unlikable kind(s) of college student. There's the obnoxiously ambitious leader Alejandro (Ariel Levy) and our protagonist, Justine (Lorenza Izzo as the only person written to expect, and want, to see alive by the end-credits). Also along for the trip are a gang of secondary horror and comic tropes including the cowardly pothead, the huggable chubs, the disposable girlfriend, and the lesbian lovers. I don't know if they're all tropes, but I'm pretty sure you can guess which of these characters will make the plane-ride home.
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Movie News By Scott Beggs on July 30, 2013 | Be the First To CommentPleated skirts and revenge! Jungle protests and secret societies! Whatever Rigor Mortis is! These are some of the brutal delights that programmer Colin Geddes has set up for the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness slate. The whole thing opens with Lucky McKee's (The Woman) latest film All Cheerleaders Die where he teams with writer/director Chris Sivertson to remake one of his early movies. This new version tells the supernatural story of a rebellious girl who joins the cheerleading squad in order to take down the captain of the football team. There's also new Eli Roth, Sion Sono, Hitoshi Matsumoto…The hits keep coming, and I still can't tell what's going on in Rigor Mortis. Here's the full lineup to drool over.
Casting Couch: Crowe Wants Cooper, Pfister Wants Bale, Selena Gomez and Ethan Hawke Might Team Up, More
Casting Couch By Nathan Adams on October 26, 2012 | Comments (2)What is Casting Couch? It's a daily movie news column that that wants to make you a star, baby. Filmmaker Cameron Crowe hasn't said much about his next project. We don't yet have a title or a plot synopsis for it. But what we do know is that it's said to be similar in tone to things like Almost Famous and Jerry Maguire, and it's got Emma Stone playing a lead role (and it might just be a rewrite of his Deep Tiki script from years ago). So basically, expect something that lines up with Crowe's best work and stars one of your favorite actresses. Sounds great. The new news regarding the project is that Crowe is reportedly close to finding his male lead. Deadline Hollywood says that he has his eye on Bradley Cooper, and he's close to making a deal happen. Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone in a Cameron Crowe movie? Yeah, that should be enough to get the attention of every person of every gender and sexuality ever. Remember how we reported that Christopher Nolan's regular DP, Wally Pfister, is going to be directing his first movie, it's going to be called Transcendence, and it's going to star Johnny Depp? Well, all of that stuff is still true, but the L.A. Times has dug up even more information. Turns out the film is actually going to have three leads, and Pfister is very game to get Christian Bale to sign on as number two of the three. Anyone out there want to see Johnny Depp […]
Eli Roth's 'The Green Inferno' Has Its 'Cannibal Holocaust' Connections Confirmed
Movie News By Nathan Adams on May 30, 2012 | Be the First To CommentAfter the recent announcement that Eli Roth would be making his return to directing horror movies with a project called The Green Inferno, all that we really knew about the new film was its title and the fact that Roth said he was inspired to make it during the time he spent in Chile. For fans of flesh-eating schlock (and due to some deft Googling, me), however, that was clue enough to suggest that Roth's new movie might be taking some inspiration from the cult classic 1980 film Cannibal Holocaust, which used the term to describe the jungle, and the 1988 film Natura contro, which also went under the name The Green Inferno, and was sometimes marketed as Cannibal Holocaust II. Sure enough, a recent report from Variety confirms that this is indeed the case. The focus of Variety's reporting is on the fact that Roth's movie has had its German distribution rights bought by Constantin Films, but the interesting part of the article is the confirmation that this new The Green Inferno is indeed connected to those Italian films of the '80s. The report says that Roth's script follows the doomed adventures of an "idealistic student" and a "group of naive do-gooders" as their plane crashes in the Peruvian jungle and they get captured by cannibalistic tribesmen. Sounds kind of like The Grey, only if you trade out liberals for oil workers and cannibals for wolves.
Eli Roth Will Return to Making Disgusting Horror Films With 'The Green Inferno'
In Development By Nathan Adams on May 17, 2012 | Comments (5)After Eli Roth brought us Cabin Fever in 2002 and then the first Hostel film in 2005, everyone just assumed that he was going to be one of the big horror directors going forward for the next decade. But then he just made a Hostel sequel in 2007 and kind of…stopped. In recent years he's been spending most of his time producing and taking various acting jobs, with little indication when or if he would ever return to directing. But today that has changed. A press release from Exclusive Media and Worldview Entertainment has announced that the two companies have teamed with Roth to bring us his next foray into the horror genre, The Green Inferno. Little is known about the project at this point, but quotes from both Worldview CEO Christopher Woodrow and Exclusive Media executive Alex Walton specifically tout Roth's past financial success, so one can assume that the director won't be straying too far from the slasher film formula that brought him big box office dollars with Cabin Fever and Hostel.
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