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I have a dwarf banana tree that I need to get rid of. It is not hardy, but is supposed to have edible bananas (mine has not had any yet). If you live in the Concord/Davidson area and would be interested in the tree let me know. I have been putting the trees in my unheated garage over the winter and they have done fine. I just have too many to store right now.
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From the beginning, UC has conducted serious research to benefit the State of California and expand human knowledge. The appointment of distinguished natural scientists Joseph and John Le Conte to the original faculty signaled an early commitment to research at the fledgling institution. In 1874 Eugene Hilgard arrived as professor of agriculture to build that program on a solid scientific basis. Faculty botanists, zoologists, biologists, paleontologists, and anthropologists fanned out to document and study the American West, while engineers and chemists pursued important research.
The 1888 opening of Lick Observatory, on the summit of Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose, gave UC the largest telescope in the world at the time and a prominent place in astronomical sciences, while private donors funded research expeditions to study the ancient civilizations of Peru and Egypt. By the early 20th century, the Berkeley campus was a rising star in research circles, despite uncertainty about funding.
Pioneering botanist Willis Linn Jepson, collecting plant specimens in the Sierra Nevada, 1911
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During the 20-year presidency of Benjamin Ide Wheeler, which began in 1899, UC's finances stabilized, ushering in the "golden years" of growth and distinction. A classical scholar and able administrator, Wheeler attracted library and scholarship funds, research grants, and a distinguished faculty to the University. Its reputation grew — particularly in the fields of agriculture, the humanities, and engineering; campus museums were established in anthropology, vertebrate zoology, paleontology, as well as the Bancroft Library, specializing in western U.S. history.
Existing departments expanded and many new departments were added. Among them were a College of Commerce (now the Haas School of Business), the first of its kind in the country, to funnel graduates into the export trade with Asia and into industries and businesses throughout the state. Summer sessions were begun in 1899 to train physics and chemistry teachers, and before long the summer program broadened its scope.
Early 1900s: New talent for 'big science'
During the 1920s and '30s, Berkeley faculty moved to the forefront of civil engineering research, advising on construction projects — bridges, dams, and buildings — of unprecedented size and complexity and conducting pioneering research in materials science. In fall of 1930, Robert Gordon Sproul — a Berkeley civil engineering alum who had gone on to become a high-level UC administrator — was inaugurated UC president, beginning a tenure that was to last three decades. Concerned first and foremost with academic excellence, Sproul succeeded in attracting brilliant faculty, particularly in the physical and biological sciences, and in completing the transformation of California's university to an internationally known center of research and education.
Ernest Lawrence, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics
With the infusion of new talent — and the establishment just up the hill of a national laboratory, whose scientists maintain close collaborations with the campus — "big science" research projects burgeoned at Berkeley in the 1930s and '40s. Work in nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology led, respectively, to the development of the first atom-smashing cyclotron, the isolation of the human polio virus, and the discovery of 16 chemical elements heavier than uranium.
In 1939, Ernest Lawrence received a Nobel Prize for his work on the cyclotron — becoming the first of 20 Berkeley faculty members, to date, to garner a Nobel and the first Nobelist at a public university. In 1942, the American Council on Education ranked UC Berkeley second in the nation, after Harvard University, in its number of distinguished departments.
Although the Great Depression brought drastic reductions to UC programs and salaries, the Berkeley campus rebounded within a decade. Government research money related to World War II, was largely responsible for its speedy recovery; the campus completed, by the end of the war, $57 million worth of government-sponsored work. Building on earlier campus research, Berkeley chemists and physicists, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, played a key role in the wartime effort to build the world's first atomic bomb. Once the war was over, Ernest Lawrence turned his corps of brilliant researchers loose on "peacetime" problems — leading to groundbreaking research in photosynthesis, nuclear medicine, and other fields, and laying the groundwork for work today to develop alternative fuels.
Mid-20th-century research across the disciplines
Campus researchers, meanwhile, were expanding the limits of knowledge in a broad array of fields. The University of California Southern African Expedition of 1947-48, led by Berkeley paleontologist Charles Camp, included experts in archeology, paleontology, anthropology, botany, linguistics, and musicology. There, researchers discovered a chain of prehistoric sites on the land bridge between Africa and Asia, collected and identified tens of thousands of plant and insect specimens, and discovered Mesozoic fossils that helped to demonstrate the course of evolution of reptiles into mammals.
The linguistics department at Berkeley— originally founded in 1901 (the first in the Western Hemisphere) and reconstituted in 1952 — was entrusted to survey and describe California's many native languages and initiate comparative linguistic work to help with the reconstruction of the human prehistory of California and the continent. And psychologists with the campus's Institute of Child Welfare conducted some of the earliest research in the western U.S. in the field of child study. In 1966, the campus's broad excellence — in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities — earned it recognition by the American Council on Education as "the best balanced distinguished university in the county."
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Molecular biologist Gerald Rubin led the project to sequence the fruit fly genome
During the latter half of the 20th century, scientists' understanding of genetics and the development of computers revolutionized the possibilities of research. In biochemistry, Berkeley's Allan Wilson founded the field of molecular evolution, using genetic material, rather than fossils, to investigate the origins of humanity. A reorganization of the campus's biological sciences in the 1980s — merging fields like anatomy, zoology, botany, physiology, and microbiology into several "integrative" departments — set the stage for later research breakthroughs. In genomic science, for instance, molecular biologist Gerald Rubin led the project to sequence the fruit fly genome (developing techniques later used to successfully sequence the human genome), while geneticist Mary-Claire King in 1990 identified the gene responsible for hereditary breast cancer.
Geneticist Mary-Claire King in 1990 identified the gene responsible for hereditary breast cancer.
Berkeley scientists and engineers played a crucial role in the computer revolution and the growth of Silicon Valley. Building upon the original code from Bell Labs, campus experts created the Berkeley UNIX operating system in the 1970s (which soon became an immensely popular tool in science), and pushed forward the frontiers of computer-aided circuit design and micro-electro-mechanical systems. Graduate student Bill Joy, who helped develop Berkeley UNIX, released the operating system under the Berkeley Software Distribution moniker and encouraged a world of hackers to improve it. Upgrades were then incorporated by his team into future releases, thus launching a new software-distribution paradigm, now known as "Open Source," that would have a formative influence on the development of the Internet.
Growing computing power — first using giant mainframe computers in the 1970s and '80s, and then increasingly powerful desktop machines — opened new doors for research and teaching in engineering and science, the social sciences, and even the humanities. UC Berkeley computer scientists joined bioengineers in work supporting the Human Genome Project, while other scholars began to use information technology to digitize texts, train students in languages, and analyze social-science data. To address the complex legal and social questions surrounding the technology, the campus's law school opened the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic, the first law-school clinic in the country representing consumer interests in intellectual property, communications regulation, and privacy issues.
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A number of new research programs at Berkeley transcend traditional disciplines. Among them are the Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative, focusing on social issues in multicultural societies; a health-sciences initiative seeking to make biomedical advances; and a multi-campus public-private effort to apply information technology to practical social challenges — from energy conservation to education and health care.
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Hmm. I hope there aren't any noisy neighbors around in my grandmother's nursing home, when she complains about her latest doctor's visit. I wouldn't want her to get sued by said doctor.
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I meant nosy
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Although I am not a California attorney, it seems that CA's SLAPP statute is applicable here.
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Young stroke survivor Cory Weissman inspires others, on and off the court
All his life Cory Weissman dreamed of making the highlight reel on ESPN. A star basketball player at Jackson Memorial High School in N.J., where he scored more than 1,000 points, Cory was expected to be a standout player when he arrived at Gettysburg College. But at the young age of 19, Cory had a catastrophic stroke at the end of his freshman year. Against all odds, he came back from this life-threatening event to start the final game of his senior year. More dramatically, he scored the first and only point of his college career, with the help of a rare act of sportsmanship from the opposing team.
The inspirational story of Cory's return to the basketball court three years after experiencing a stroke, along with the actions of the coaches and student athletes who made it possible, turned him into a national sensation. His courageous recovery with a storybook ending is told in the just-released movie, 1,000 to 1: The Cory Weissman Story, starring David Henrie from How I Met Your Mother as Cory and co-starring award-winning actor Beau Bridges (visit 1000to1movie.com for more information).
"We all have obstacles," Cory says. "Overcoming them always starts with the first step, by pushing fear and doubt aside. When I started to recover, I made up my mind to get back out on the basketball court."
Cory's ordeal began on March 26, 2009, when he was lifting weights in an offseason workout. "I got a piercing headache, like I was stabbed in the head with a knife," he says. "Later I found out it was a blood vessel bursting in my brain." Cory's left arm and leg went numb, and his fellow freshman teammate Brendan Trelease helped steer him toward the athletic trainer's room. "I looked at my left leg, which felt dead," he recalls. "My toes were dragging on the ground. That was the most emotional moment of my experience."
Emergency medical technicians rushed Cory to Gettysburg Hospital, where he was stabilized. "On the way to the hospital, they had to cut off my T-shirt, which had my nickname on it, 'Mr. 1,000,'" he says. "I took this as a symbol to leave the old Cory behind. I had no choice but to start over."
He was transported to Hershey Medical Center by ambulance, and a brain scan showed he had bleeding into his brain in the frontal lobe on the right side. What caused the bleeding turned out to be a congenital blood vessel malformation called an arteriovenous malformation, or AVM (see What is an arteriovenous malformation? on page 6). This abnormal tangle of blood vessels, where the arteries directly feed into the veins, looks like a can of worms or bowl of spaghetti. This creates weak points in the vessels, which can lead to bleeding and, in Cory's case, a stroke.
Doctors performed a procedure to reduce the risk of further bleeding of his AVM. They snaked a catheter the size of a small piece of spaghetti into Cory's brain and injected a liquid, glue-like substance through it, causing the vessels to seal up. Ten days later, he went to Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, N.J., for physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy.
"Even though I had physical deficits and my left side was paralyzed, I had the goal of being back on the basketball court," Cory says. "I never doubted that." His mother, Tina, who is a physical therapist, knew that playing basketball would help his recovery, so she and his father Marc propped Cory up to shoot hoops in an outdoor patio at the rehab center.
After five weeks at Kessler, Cory continued to do outpatient physical therapy. He was still having trouble walking and struggling with short-term memory loss when he returned to Hershey for a seven-hour operation on June 1 to remove the AVM and to prevent further hemorrhages.
Cory's surgery entailed removing a piece of bone in his skull to get to the AVM in his brain. "We didn't have to go through the brain because the AVM was on the surface between the right and left hemispheres," says Robert Harbaugh, M.D., director at the Penn State Institute of the Neurosciences. "We worked around the AVM to normalize blood vessels without disturbing the surrounding brain. The surgery went well. It was easy to localize the AVM, which was fairly small and came out nicely. Cory went home in a few days."
There was nothing Cory did or didn't do to cause his stroke, Harbaugh says. This was a congenital problem—blood vessels in his brain failed to develop normally. Often, doctors don't know an AVM exists until the patient has seizures or headaches. In fact, the most common presenting symptom is bleeding in the brain.
Strokes can happen at any age, including in young people. About half of all strokes among those ages 15 to 44 are called ischemic strokes, where blood flow to the brain is stopped due to a blockage or clot in a blood vessel. Another 20 percent are due to an intracerebral hemorrhage, or bleeding in the brain. About 30 percent are caused by subarachnoid hemorrhage, which occurs when a weakened blood vessel deep within the brain expands out like a balloon then ruptures, causing bleeding into the space around the brain.
Recent studies indicate that more strokes are occurring at younger ages. (For more information, visit heartinsight.com to read our online-only bonus article, "Risk of Stroke on the Rise in the Young.") Among African-Americans, Hispanics and Haitians, strokes occur at younger ages due to uncontrolled blood pressure and diabetes, says Ralph Sacco, M.D., M.S., F.A.H.A., F.A.A.N., chairman of neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, and past president of the American Heart Association. Overuse of cocaine and other substance abuse can also increase the risk of stroke. In addition, active young people, for example, football players or weightlifters whose necks may twist violently, are at risk for dissection of an artery, in which a blood clot forms, breaks off and blocks an artery in the brain.
"Stroke is largely preventable, beatable and treatable," Sacco says. Some strokes are preventable by making lifestyle changes, for example, stopping smoking, getting moderate-to-vigorous physical activity regularly and eating a heart-healthy diet. High blood pressure and high blood sugar levels can be treated with diet, exercise and medication. Other strokes are hereditary and largely unpredictable. "Then you have to focus on doing everything you can to recover and prevent a second one," he says.
It's important to know the typical symptoms of a stroke. The primary neurological symptoms of stroke are described by using the acronym FAST: Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty and Time, indicating the need for urgency in dealing with those symptoms. "Other major neurologic symptoms are sudden weakness or numbness and tingling on one side of the body, sudden loss of speech or slurred speech, sudden loss of vision, difficulty walking and severe headache, although headache comes mostly during hemorrhagic strokes," Sacco says.
If symptoms develop, call 9-1-1 immediately, because time is of the essence, or as the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association says, "Time lost is brain lost." The symptoms of stroke need to be recognized quickly and immediate action needs to be taken.
Normally, arteries carry blood containing oxygen from the heart to the brain, and veins then carry the blood from the brain back to the heart. When an arteriovenous malformation, or AVM, occurs, a tangle of blood vessels in or on the surface of the brain bypasses normal brain tissue and diverts blood from the arteries to the veins. It can happen anywhere in the brain.
AVMs are usually congenital, as in Cory's case, and it's unknown why they occur. Although AVMs aren't common, affecting less than 1 percent of the general population, they are "potentially lethal, dangerous lesions," says Robert Harbaugh, M.D., director at the Penn State Institute of the Neurosciences. "Cory had the option of microsurgery to take the AVM out or radiosurgery to treat it with a gamma knife. I felt his best option was microsurgery, and Cory agreed."
The gamma knife uses high-dose radiation to obliterate an AVM in an outpatient procedure. However, it takes a few years for the AVM to disappear. During that time there is still a risk of hemorrhage, and after therapy there is a 25 to 30 percent chance further treatment is needed, Harbaugh says. Microsurgery has risks from the general anesthesia and a very low risk of serious neurological problems, but it eliminates any chance of further hemorrhage.
Stroke rehabilitation can be intense and requires focus. "The right attitude and being goal-oriented can make a difference in recovery," Sacco says. "That's why Cory's story is so uplifting. He shows that young people who have a stroke can fulfill some of their dreams."
Cory returned to Gettysburg College in the fall for his sophomore year. Head Coach George Petrie invited Cory to work the clock during basketball practice. "Coach knew how much being around the team meant to me," Cory says. "I wasn't capable of practicing. That drove me to work out even harder."
Then the seizures started. Even though he was taking anticonvulsants and muscle relaxants, Cory suffered about two dozen seizures. It took two years to adjust his medications to get the seizures under control. "Anyone who has an AVM, hemorrhage and surgery has an increased risk of seizures," Harbaugh says.
In his senior year, Cory went to basketball practice to run the score clock, cheer on his teammates and participate in individual drills. "I understood I was not ready to play at full speed," he says. His teammates, who were inspired by his effort and encouragement, voted him one of three team co-captains.
The night before Senior Day, the last home game of the season on February 11, 2012, Petrie decided to put Cory in the starting lineup. He reached out to the opposing coach at Washington College, who agreed to let Cory start the game and then sub out immediately. The crowd went wild when Cory's name was announced. After tipoff he got the ball, rolled it out of bounds and checked out of the game. He had made it back onto the basketball court. But that was not the end of his game day.
With less than one minute left and Gettysburg ahead by 18 points, Petrie put Cory back in. "An assistant coach on [the Washington team] told one of our coaches they had a plan," Cory says. "They passed me the ball and then fouled me gently. They were over the foul limit, so that gave me two foul shots."
He missed the first shot and sank the second one. "I was so confident about that second shot," he says. "I saw three years of hard work flash before my eyes. All I had to do was let it go. I knew it would go in." After the game, "Coach gave me the game ball," Cory says, which was signed by Petrie and all of Cory's teammates.
Cory's dream of making it onto ESPN did come true. His one, final foul shot was included on the "Top Plays" of the day, and he later became the subject of a lengthy feature on the ESPN website and during ESPN's College GameDay.
Throughout his recovery, Cory remained positive and upbeat as he worked with doctors and rehabilitation experts. "He has made a remarkably good recovery," Harbaugh says. "He still has left-sided motor deficits. But Cory is a real athlete and has good strength in all muscle groups. He may have lost a step, but he's already demonstrated the drive and energy to overcome any minor deficit. If you saw him walking down the street, you would never know he had anything wrong with him. With his AVM completely gone, there is no chance of further risk from that problem. I'm optimistic that Cory's long-term outlook is good."
Now 24, Cory graduated from Gettysburg College in December 2012 with a health science degree. Taking to heart the information he learned through his degree, he makes sure to eat a heart-healthy diet. "I'm a whole-wheat pasta fan," he says. "I eat lots of fish, peanuts and olive oil and keep my fat intake down. I love salad and broccoli, and eat greens every day."
Five years after his stroke, Cory continues to work out on his own six days a week. "I lift weights, run on a treadmill, box, do agility drills and play golf, tennis and basketball," he says. He gets together with friends and shoots baskets to "relieve any stress that I may have."
This spring, Cory began pursuing a career as a motivational speaker. "I look at my stroke as a great gift," he says. "I have an opportunity to inspire others, to turn a negative into a positive. I don't compare my situation to anyone else's. You can't control what life brings, only how to play the cards you've been dealt. It takes hard work and dedication."
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The name of this tour doesn't accurately reflect the tour itself - it suggests a relaxing time spent sipping champagne whilst seeing the sights. In reality the craft has very little in the way of seating and was a very uncomfortable way to spend a couple of hours. Just a small area has seating with cushions, the rest of the passengers have to perch on wooden boxes or sit on the floor (which then means you don't get a view of the surroundings). In fact it was so uncomfortable that for several days afterwards, the backs of my legs were bruised and painful from the edge of the wooden box I sat on the whole time. We sailed as far as the Statue of Liberty and then just going round and round the same area killing time until the 2 hours were up. Also, there was no form of commentary as to the surrounding sights and areas.
Sadly, the nearest you get to 'champagne' is a plastic cup of cheap Prosecco. I can't comment on the food for two reasons. Firstly, the sheer logistics of trying to balance whilst clambering over other passengers and holding onto a plastic plate on a rocking boat, proved impossible. Secondly, after seeing other passengers pick up food with their bare hands, examine it and then put it back again completely put us off eating! It would have been far better to have pre-packaged picnic boxes to avoid both problems.
There were quite a mixture of ages on the trip but I would only recommend it for groups of younger people, not anyone (who like us) was expecting a relaxing trip.


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The word "chmod" should be entered all in lowercase letters. Options can be:
Permissions could be one of the following:
File[s] can be either
What text permissions values mean:
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Here are the examples of the chmod command. All commands do the same thing, except that the first four set SUID & SGID and sticky bits to zero and the last two don't touch SUID & SGID and sticky bits:
prompt> chmod 0755 script.sh prompt> chmod 755 script.sh prompt> chmod u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx script.sh prompt> chmod u=rwx,go=rx script.sh prompt> chmod u+rwx,g+rx,g-w,o+rx,o-w script.sh prompt> chmod u+rwx,go+rx,go-w script.sh
This example performs recursive chmod for the directory:
prompt> chmod -R 755 mydirectory
When you set permissions in a GUI FTP client, you are usually presented with a more intuitive and clear interface than in a telnet program. You can easily see what permissions are set for owner/group/others. Here is the example of the chmod in Webmaster FTP client:
In this example you see both table of the permission assignments, octal numeric value ("644" in the example) and the text value ("-rw-r-r" in the example). To set permissions in the FTP client, you usually select a group of files, and then either click a button, or a menu item. No need to type file names by hand or brainstorm an octal value to supply to chmod command.
At the same time, FTP servers usually supports limited chmod implementations, they do not allow to set the SUID, SGID or sticky bits.
As you can see above, using a GUI FTP client you have more clear and simple interface which is easier to use. But chmod command executed from the shell gives you an ability to set also setuid, setgid and sticky bits.
You can not change the permissions of the symbolic link (which always look like lrwxrwxrwx), and if you put a name of the symbolic link into chmod command, it will change the permissions of the file that the link points to.
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Islamic dreams about Wall find dream interpretations. Meanings & explanations for Wall dictionary!
Wall dream interpretations
Dream Explanation
reflects the status and position of a person if he is seen standing on top of it. But if he sees himself falling from the
, it means he is heading for destruction.
Wall Dream Explanation
in a dream represents knowledge, guidance, cognizance, knowing secrets, judgment, or separation between friend. Standing by a
or sitting on it, and depending on its conditions in a dream represents one's own state. A
in a dream also represents a strong, wealthy, powerful and religious person. If the
needed urgent repairs, and if a group of people come to rescue it in the dream, it represents a man of knowledge, or the Imam of a mosque who has lost his control or respect, then some friends will come to his rescue and to help him restore his rank. If a successful businessman sees the walls of his house collapsing in a dream, it means that he will recuperate a lost treasure. If one sees a
caving over his head, or falling over other people in a dream, it means that he has committed many sins and unless his repents, his punishment will be swift. The caving-in of a
toward the inside of a house in a dream means an illness, but if it falls toward the outside in the dream, it means death. Seeing a crack in the
in a dream means that someone in the family will brace against him. Grabbing to a
in a dream means the nearing of one's death, pending how firmly one is grabbing to it in the dream. Grabbing to a
in a dream is also interpreted as holding firmly to one's interest in a strong person. If one builds a
then tears it down in a dream, it means that he will attempt at destroying someone's livelihood, or perhaps kill him. If one sees and recognizes a
in his dream, it represents a close friend who may die from depression. A
in a dream is also interpreted as a mighty person who cannot be managed except through kindness. Jumping over a
in a dream means reverting from being a believer to a disbeliever, or accepting and following the advice of a disbeliever. Seeing one's picture reflected in a
in a dream means one's death, and that his name will be itched on his gravestone. If a traveller sees himself returning to his house, whereby its walls are renewed, it means that he will get married. Seeping water from a crack in a
in one's dream means adversities and stress. (Also see Walls of the city)
Wall Gecko Dream Explanation
— (Lizard) A
gecko in a dream represents an evil person who is proud of himself, who encourages mischief, and dampens people's spirit to do good. A gecko in a dream also represents a backbiter and a slanderer. Getting hold of a gecko in a dream means encountering such a person. Eating a gecko in a dream means backbiting people. If a gecko takes a bite from someone's flesh in a dream, it means that someone will speak ill of him in public. A gecko in a dream also represents an avowed enemy who incessantly belittles his opponent and who drives from one place to another. (Also see Lizard)
A Brick Falling from a
Dream Explanation
— A brick falling from a
means a male or female member of his family will either get lost or run away or pass away.
Gecko Dream Explanation
— (See
Separation Dream Explanation
— (See Pencil sharpener; Wall)
Lizard Dream Explanation
— (Bewitch; Free; Gecko; Independent;
gecko; Witch) Seeing a lizard in a dream means greed, gluttony, or difference in opinion and taste. A lizard in a dream also represents a person who swindles people's money. It also means a sickness, or it could represent a wicked, damned and abhorred person, or a lonesome person. Perhaps seeing a lizard in a dream may mean suspicious or tainted money, someone of an unknown lineage, a reincarnated or transformed person in the form of a lizard. Noting here that transformation of the human being into another creature in reality represents a divine punishment, though it may not last for more than three days. Allah knows best. (Also see
gecko; Monitor; Transformation)
Reflection Dream Explanation
— Seeing one's picture reflected in a
means his death, and connotes that his name will be itched on his gravestone.
Seeping Dream Explanation
— (Leaking) Seeping water from a crack in a
in a dream means adversities and distress caused by a brother or an in-law.
Picture Dream Explanation
— Seeing one's picture on a
in a dream means one's death and that his name will be itched on a gravestone. (Also see Paintings)
Fall Dream Explanation
— (Also see God.) Dreaming of falling from a mountain or a
means God is angry with the dreamer.
An Uncontrollable Horse Dream Explanation
— If a horse is seen as going out of control in a confined area such as the top of a
or roof or within the four walls of a masjid it means his honour and dignity will be tarnished. Perhaps he will commit a sin or crime of a serious nature.
Smashing Dream Explanation
— (Bang; Collide; Hit; Impact; Knocking) To bang one's head against a rock or a
in a dream means suffering from failing to perform one's night prayers, (arb. Isha)
Guidance Dream Explanation
— (Wall) Guidance in a dream means oppression. To receive guidance in one's dream through seeing a light, or hearing the admonition of the holy Quran means walking one the straight path and abstaining from falsehood, or it could mean mixing with its people.
Daniel Dream Explanation
— If you dream you see the prophet and wise man Daniel, you: (1) Will be gifted in the interpretation of dreams, especially if you had carried him and placed him on top of a
or if he had talked to you, given you good tidings, or covered you with honey. (2) Will become a knowledgeable person. (3) Will be extremely lucky. (4) Will triumph over a tyrant after suffering tremendously at his hands. (5) Will become a prince or a minister.
Grabbing Dream Explanation
— Grabbing to a
, a tree or a branch in a dream means the nearing end of one's life, depending on how firmly one is grabbing to it. Firmly grabbing to something in a dream is also means holding dearly to a strong man. (Also see Gripping; Hug)
Drill Dream Explanation
— • Drilling a hole and penetrating a house through the wall: The dreamer desires a woman and will get to her by ruse.
• Drilling a hole somewhere in a city (excavating): The dreamer is looking for a wise man or a scholar.
• Drilling a hole in a rock: The dreamer is seeking a harsh ruler.
Tower Dream Explanation
— • Standing on a tower or being in a tower: Bad dream in any case, most probably meaning death, in view of a verse in the Holy Quran: "Wheresoever ye may be, death will overtake you, even though ye were in lofty towers …" ("Al-Nisae" [Women], verse 78.)
• Standing against the
of a tower: Will triumph and fulfil one's objectives.
• Building a tower: The dreamer is doing something good.
Tower Dream Explanation
— Standing inside a tower in a dream means that one should not feel safe from the blows of his enemy, or expect to be secured and safe in his own environment when someone calls upon him for something. If he is sick, it means that he may die from his illness. Standing on top of a tower or a
in a dream means that one will conquer or capture a dangerous person. If one stands over or inside a tower that is no longer in use in a dream, then it represents his grave. (Also see Grave)
Walls of the city Dream Explanation
— In a dream, the walls of a city represent strong men, a strong ruler, or a treasurer who is concerned about guarding the interests of his people. The walls of a city in a dream also represent the most pious and devout worshiper in that city, its most renowned men of knowledge, its supreme justice, or its just ruler. Seeing the walls of a city in a dream also means joy, festivities and celebrations. (Also see Balcony; Castle; Citadel; Wall)


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We're thinking of a major remodel to our townhouse, which would include removing the wall between the kitchen and dining room to make a large eat-in kitchen. Ideally, we'd like to run cabinets all the way along the long wall that would result from removing the divider, but the problem is that the electrical panel is at one end of the dining room on the perpendicular wall, so we would have to stop the cabinets in a stupid looking place to leave enough room to comply with the access requirements.
Now, we're upgrading the wiring, so theoretically the new box could go elsewhere, but the building is poured concrete, so it wouldn't be worth the effort (wiring is all in conduit, 1979 vintage). So my questions are these: On the other side of the interior wall where the box is now is the washing machine cubby. Could the box turn around to face into there, given that it's quite high above the actual machine? (I suspect the answer is no.) Or, would it be within code to run a low cabinet over to end on the wall beneath the box in its current location? There would be full access, nothing directly in front, and the low cabinet far below the level of the access panel. Cabinet would only be 12" deep, so no problem reaching anything, but I'm not sure about the total clearance code requires. The panel is out a few inches from the corner, so there would only be about 8" of the cabinet depth directly below the panel. |
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It can not be behind the washing machine. It must have clear space in front of it to stand and work on the panel. |
- Posted by writersblock (My Page) on Tue, Oct 7, 08 at 11:47
Thanks, joed. |
We are going a remodel to our kitchen, and our panel box is currently located over a countertop. The contractor says N.E.C.110.26 code requires us to have full walk up access to the panel with nothing underneath and clearance on either side. In 2004 we replaced and upgraded the panel box and considered doing a kitchen renovation at the time but decided to wait. So, if we want to leave it where it is, we will have to forego cabinetry there. I had in mind putting a pantry closet there and the electrical panel box would be contained therein. I'm having trouble making sense of what I'm being told. Is this a local or national code issue? |
- Posted by bocephus2112 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 12, 09 at 21:39
There must be an open space floor to ceiling 36" deep and 30" wide.This is a national code.You will have to configure your new cabinetry with these dimensions in mind. |
- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Sat, Jun 13, 09 at 8:27
One option with regard to the gap is to get a rolling work surface that nicely fits the gap in the cabinets. Just keep it rolled away when the inspector is around :-) |
Can this open space be contained in a pantry? We could put a pantry in this space that would be 36 inches deep and over 30 inches wide. You can actually access the box very well now with the cabinets in front of it. Gives you someplace to put your tools since there is a countertop there. The codes seems silly to me. But code is code. |
There is a LOT of code that I find silly, but this is one part that I fully agree with. There is nothing worse than trying to work in a panel when you could barely reach it or are in an uncomfortable position. There are plenty of places around a house where you could put a panel and have 30"X36" in front of it, even if it's in the middle of a hallway with a picture over it. As for putting it in a pantry, that's a good question. If it were a walk-in pantry (built into the structure) and not a clothes closet I would say yes. But a cabinet built in front of the panel, even if it were 30"X36", I'm not sure. One of the code experts will be along shortly I'm sure. |
My problem is that our house was built in 1941, and based on the way the cabinets are layed out, apparently at one time the refrigerator was in the space in front of the panel box. Then there was a base cabinet with counter built under the panel box. Five years ago we upgraded the panel box, and it passed inspection fine because we weren't ripping out the cabinets to renovate the kitchen. Now we are considering replacing cabinetry. We have a small galley kitchen, and if we have to remove the cabinet it will be a big loss of storage space. There is room to make a pantry there, but I don't think there is quite enough room to accommodate the clearances required by code. Moving the box will be prohibitively expensive. An electrician is coming next week to give us some estimates, but I'm told we're talking in the thousands of dollars. The only place we would have the kind of access required would be quite a distance and would involve pulling wire a long way. A few people (including contractors) have suggested doing the renovation, getting the CO, and then replacing the cabinetry in that particular area once the CO is obtained. Others, including realtors, have said that can sometimes cause issues at resale when a buyer's inspector comes in to check out the house. I would love to have advice from as many of you as possible on this. It's a real conundrum for us. |
OK, I may have found a place that is about 10 feet from the existing panel box. It is on a wall in the adjacent sun room, which was formerly a porch. The wall in this area is 40 inches wide, and there is nothing there except a book case that can be moved. We can make it so there is full walk up access. It is a brook wall with sheet rock on top, but it is slightly recessed by an an inch. Maybe we could install the panel there and build the wall out. So new question-how much wall depth do you need for an electric panel box? |
- Posted by glenster_jr (My Page) on Fri, Jun 19, 09 at 14:06
The recessed panels I've dealt with will fit in a 2x4 wall cavity. However, I've not installed any 1941-vintage panels. YMMV. |
In 2003 or 2004 we replaced and upgraded the panel box and considered doing a kitchen renovation at the time but decided to wait. So, the panel is actually vintage 2003. By 2x4 do you mean 2 inches deep? I have 40 inches width in the proposed new location, but it is sheetrock over brick because it an enclosed porch, so I am not sure how much depth is there. It is recessed 1 inch in from the adjacent walls, and I imagine there must be an inch between the sheetrock and brick. Not sure, but would be deep enough? |
By 2x4 do you mean 2 inches deep? 3 1/2 inches deep. A lot of boxes are designed for a flush mounting in a standard stud bay which is composed of a 2x4 that actually measures 1 1/2 x 3 1/2. |
Do you think there is a way to retrofit a box in this brick wall I'm talking about-perhaps by building out studs from the brick? I have a brick wall covered in sheetrock but no studs. Or would we have to buy a whole new panel box to use in the proposed new location? |
New question. Our handman who is also an electrician was here yesterday. He said it would be easy to move the panel to this proposed location, and he thinks there are studs in wall; if not he can build the wall out. But, he said we will need a junction box in attic to avoid running all new wires to back of house. Are junction boxes OK? Safe? |
- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Mon, Jun 22, 09 at 9:54
It's also possible if the brick isn't structural to knock the ones out where the box is going on up to where you intend to fish things down from the attic. Junction boxes are fine as long as they are accessible. |
Junction boxes when sized properly and not overfilled are just fine. |
Last week, the electrician who works for the general contractor came out and said we can move the panel to the location that is 10 feet away. We'll need junction boxes in the attic and in the basement crawl space. We have not signed a contract yet with the general contractor, and we also have a handy man who is a licensed electrician, does HVAC and plumbing etc. He is wonderful. He knows the code because he works for a large institution. He says there is nothing we would be doing in our kitchen that even needs a permit UNLESS we decide to move the electric panel. The ONLY reason we would move the electric panel would be to meet code and get the inspector's approval. Handyman says all the structural work is done, that installing cabinets, countertops, under cabinet lighting, there is nothing to inspect. That we would be throwing money away to pull permits to do this work. We are not going to even move any vents or anything. The electric in the kitchen is already up to code. Handyman has offered to do the installations for us. It would be so much more reasonably priced - OTOH, we'd be without a kitchen a lot longer because he works on the weekends. Has a regular job during the week. So I guess the general contractor wants to pull permits to cover himself? He is also going to ask us to sign a contract with allowances, which I think would be foolish on our part. Does anyone have advice about the advisability of pulling or not pulling permits, or should I post this on a different forum? |
- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Mon, Jun 29, 09 at 11:01
I don't know where you are, and there are certainly places so rural that nobody gives a hoot about permits, but in many places "MAJOR REMODEL" which includes as you describe ripping out walls is going to require a permit. Maybe your "handyman" is willing to fly under the radar and hope he doesn't get caught but you can be in real deep trouble if the unpermited work is caught. Around here, you couldn't even put in an electrical receptacle that wasn't there before without pulling a permit. Your other option than allowances is to set down know exactly what cabinets, appliances, etc.. you want so a contractor can do a proper bid. |
We are not going to rip out any walls. We are going to: 1. install new cabinets We are not going to add any new electrical outlets. We did all the structural work including plumbing, electrical, knocking out walls and replacing floors with a permit in a major renovation 5 years ago. Now we are going to do all the finish work. Is this considered a major renovation? What would the city be inspecting? My understanding is that the city inspects things that can threaten health and safety- like wiring, plumbing - but I am not sure what they would inspect in the scenario I describe. We were only going to move the electrical panel because the bigger contractor said we needed to do so. But I am not convinced that is necessary. |
- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Mon, Jun 29, 09 at 13:56
Oops Lilleth, I got you confused with the first poster. You might be able to slide under the their. One would really have to know the jurisdiction. However, here, stretch a new circuit (or tie into an existing lighting circuit) to feed the under cabinet light would certainly require an electrical permit as would moving the panel. If the work six years ago was done to code, I'm not sure why you need a new panel either. |
Where I am at - you need a permit. If you are unsure just call the local inspection department, tell them what you are doing and see if they require a permit. As a side note I find it really ironic that those out there trying to do work properly, and legally (pulling permits, following code etc) get labeled as the guys trying to stick it to people... |
The general contractor is trying to sell us on moving stuff around - stove, vent hood, lighting etc. - that we don't need or want to move. He is also trying to talk us into moving the electrical panel. The panel was upgraded to a new panel 6 years ago and passed inspection. The general contractor is telling us that if we replace the cabinets where the panel currently resides that we will need to now move the panel box to meet code. We just want new cabinets and countertops and some under counter lights. We are not accusing the contractor of anything, but he IS trying to get us to add things that we don't want. We are just trying to sort out what is really accurate regarding the panel box and whether we really need to move it. |
- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Tue, Jun 30, 09 at 8:09
Well get a different contractor or be firm in what you want as far as the other discretionary work you want done. However, despite what allowed your pass before, it's not code now and *ANY* changes are going to invalidate the free ride you got before on the access requirements. |
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You are going to love Westerland! Be sure to give it lots of room. Mine is just two years old and doesn't get full sun and it it huge, maybe 6x5. No telling what it will do for you down south. I love it. I have bought some seeds for next year and am ordering a few more today: zinnia, melampodium, red larkspur, flax, tithonia Torch, Rudbeckia Prairie Glow, Cosmos, four o'clocks, |
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gldno1, I you want. I have red and yellow 4 o'clocks seed if you want them. I harvested 2 baby food jars of them. I also have a lavender cosmos. I will have to fook at file for name it is not in my head. It sound like all of you are getting ready for spring or winter sowing. Bonnie |
Gldno-I have a 8x6 foot trellis to put Westerland next to. Did yours bloom all season? This one will barely get 6 or 7 hours of sun per day. You will love Heavenly Blue morning glories. I use to grow them. They were beautiful. They reseeded every year Bonnie-wish I had room for your four o'clocks. I grew them one year and really liked them:) |
gldno1- I have harvested more zinnias, tithonia Torch, and tall orange cosmos this fall than I'll ever be able to grow. Email me your address and I'll be more than happy to get some in the mail to you. All are hummingbird and butterfly magnets. Pam |
Message Preview Below is your message as submitted. If you wish to submit it, click on the submit button. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- RE: Purchases or trades for spring Hi Bunny....do you grow that Musa Basjoo in a pot and then winter over? I grew banana plants when I lived in Hawaii and some got about 15 feet tall. My favorite was the apple bananas as they were sweeter when eaten. I had one plant that completely wrapped around a sprinkler and hubby had to dig up the whole system to get the sprinkler head out of the center of the plant. We landscaped the place we rented and in three years we had banana plants, cannas, ferns and ginger everywhere. While it looked very tropical it became a chore to keep up with but I loved it. Before we moved we tried to remove and give away as much as we could as the banana plants would grow under the fence and lift it out of the ground. While the landlords loved us for taking such good care of the property I also wondered if their opinion changed after we left and they were left to deal with my landscaping trial and errors. Pam |
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Pam I haven't gotten my Musa Basjoo yet. A man is going to give me a little one in the spring (one of his pups). He lives in Little Rock. I plan to grow a tropical garden this year for the first time. I plan to use EE, Palms and some annuals to out line around it. It sounds like you had a very nice garden in Hawaii. I expect this garden will take up alot of my time water and fertilizing. If I ever get any pups, I will keep you in mind:) Ann |
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I've been trading vegetable seeds. But I got some bamboos last year, and was happy to see that they lived through the winter and seemed happy enough in their new environment. I hope to use them for trellis material for the vegetable garden when they get bigger. Of the two kinds I planted, one gets to be 2" diameter and about 20' tall, and the other should be 5" diameter and who knows how tall. I hope it doesn't take too many years to mature. My four o'clocks reseeded from the year before, and I expect they will again next year. I grow flowers around a small pond in the vegetable garden to attract beneficial insects. I bought and planted a Peace rose last June for my wife - I promised her a rose garden, and it's coming along nicely. I forget the names of the other roses, but they are red and long-stemmed, and I make her bouquets with them. When it's flowering, I also use the Bridal Wreath spirea for its small white flowers as a contrast to the roses. I hope to plant a few more roses next spring I used to live in Conway, which is near Little Rock, and was always amazed how much easier it was to grow tropicals outdoors in LR. I am convinced it is because all the concrete there acts as a heat sink. |
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My new house has a hornet nest built under an awning, attached to a window. Last week I checked to see if the cold had killed the hornets yet, and saw a large hole in the massive nest. I also saw little paw prints (raccoon?) on the siding leading up to the nest. Checked it out again today and a bird flew out of it. Do you think the bird was eating any frozen hornets or has he found a cozy winter home? I want to knock the nest down, but can wait until spring if necessary. Thanks! |
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I would sure wait to see what happens. maybe its an old hornets nest that has become a birdhouse. let us know what you find out- i think this is a first for the forum. Min |
The paw prints might belong to a night squirrel or something really small and also it may be sharing a "compartment" with a bird...I'm dying to know what you've found out so far...I'd keep the nest up until spring. |
So far I have observed the bird flying into the nest before dusk. He/she must sleep there over night. So I will wait until March to get rid of it. Thanks! |
Noticed today that there are now skinny little twigs in the hornet nest. I think the bird is reinforcing his/her winter home. |
LOL- It's really making itself comfortable! Good for him/her! |
Here is a pic. There are two sparrows currently using the nest. Very cute to watch them. The nest looks like it is starting to deteriorate, hope it lasts until spring for them.You can see the bird holes if you look close. |
- Posted by catherinet 5 (My Page) on Mon, Jan 20, 14 at 19:33
I know this message is older, but wow........what a fantastic nest! I found one this summer and it looked like yours. But it always had a larger hole in it. I'm assuming it was their main entrance. But after they were gone this fall, I went up to it and saw some fur in there. I'm thinking some mice were in there. haha Its looking quite ragged now, so I don't think they still live in there......but it was out in the open. So I don't think you'll have any left-over hornets......but you never know. I had a relative who brought one in the house in late Fall and a few hornets flew out of it. Those hornets' nests are a real work of art. |
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