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So I'm planning my front yard landscaping. I have a 1929 reddish brick tudor revival house with a low and narrow row of clipped yews spanning the front of the house. Many of my neighbors also have those same ubiquitous yews. Some neighbors have left them in place and planted shrubs and perennials in front of the yews to give their landscaping more depth and update the look. To me this look seems fine and I am thinking of going this route. I mean why remove them if in summer they are almost not there and in winter they provide warmth and greenery. Any thoughts? |
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Well-growing and maintained Yews are great foundation plants, in my opinion. They're dependable, green year-round, and take well to shaping. They're not always the most interesting shrubs, but it sounds like you've got a plant to jazz things up a bit (in front). I'm with you on your reasons for keeping the Yews. |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Mon, Feb 7, 11 at 19:34
As long as they're trimmed to stay below the windowsills, I say keep them! |
Yes, they are far below the windowsills. I'm glad you all agree that it would be OK. Thanks for your input. |
What is making you think that you should maybe remove them? My only caution would be to ensure you can still get to the yews to clip them - put paving stones in your deeper bed to get to them, for instance. KarinL |
I'm worried that it might look as if I was too lazy to remove the ultra formal yew foundation hedge from another era before installing the new updated, less coifed, mixed foundation plants. If I'm going to spend the money and time, I want to do the right thing. Pulling them out later might be possible, but may be hard on the new plants, not to mention the design. Keep in mine I plan to plant a mixture of taller and lower growing shrubs and perennials in front of the yews. My neighbor has a mixed foundation planting in front of her yews. Her house is also a tudor. She has sumac, boxwood and other shrubs and perennials. It's exceedingly attractive, but the front of her house is not as long as mine, so the horizontal effect of her yews is minimal if that makes sense. I'll look at it all again come spring. I just wanted to see what others thought about it. KarinL, for sure I'll make room for proper maintenance. |
Leaving the formal background has an added bonus.It is a hugely unifying element in the planting which allows you to add a great deal of variety in front of it withouth the total composition falling apart visually. |
Thank you laag, that's something that I hadn't considered. The idea that the yews will pull the composition together is by far the best reason for keeping them. |
- Posted by zgardennut zone5 (My Page) on Thu, Feb 10, 11 at 12:58
I was hoping you all might ring in to a question I have been mulling over since we are on the subject of yews. I have an old red brick house on a city corner lot. I have to shovel the snow the whole way round. In the front of the house the snow has to be piled in the foundation planting area. Will a yew hold up to snow falling and the being thrown around the base area?? |
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I have wanted to have bees for years, just never got around to it. A mouth ago I found a hive on my property in an old wooden fruit bin made of wood and wire, I check on the hive today hoping it was still there and to get a better closer look. The bee hive is in an old wooden ammo box (about 24"x10"x10") that was left in the bin 10+ years ago, I though this was awesome the bees are package up for me very easy to get to (no trees to climb or cut, no building to take apart...) "BEES IN A BOX"
I need a plan to get move the hive in a new hive. I have beekeeping stuff on order, ordered mann lake pf100 and pf120 read good thing about them. So if they are ferro maybe they like the smaller cells and stay. I was trying to think of a way I can do it with little disturbance. Could I cut a hole in the bottom board of the new hive, then take the ammo lid off and put the hive to the bottom of the new hive forcing them through the new hive. The ammo can currently sits with the top up and a slightly opened where the bees enter and exit through the top. I am not sure what I can expect when I open the lid, are the combs going to be stuck on the lid or are they going to be stuck everywhere locking the lid on. Should I just open the hive and cut the combs off and relocated them in the new hive removing some frames to get them to fit? Do I need to find the queen and cage her? Should I lock the new hive up to force them to build in their new home? I was going to leave the new hive in the same spot as the old one, is that a good idea? I am not sure if they are ferro or not, does it matter? I really don�t want them to pickup and leave. Can I use a queen excluder on the bottom of the new hive to keep her in? Thanks for any ideas you have |
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Good for you! I wouldn't cut out comb...risk of killing queen. Open one side of box, top or bottom which ever works best, then set it on top of brood box. If it happens you have to turn upside down the box even better, they move out more quickly but nurse bees would stay for a while tending brood. If the box doesn't cover brood box, you could cover the rest with cardboard. Put a frame feeder into the brood box and feed & feed until they drawn at least one deep super,...if that's what your intentions are? Here we go with two deep. Setting the box over the frames, you can't use the inner cover, |
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Oh...sure let them stay at the old place for a while, no need for queen excluder. Check with your local bee club on how many brood boxes they operate and cell size, goo with the flow, no need go special....sometimes it works against you and cost more. good luck! |
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(DES MOINES, Iowa) A Polk County Judge has ordered Connecticut-based Vertrue, Inc. to pay more than $30 million dollars in restitution, penalties and costs after ruling the corporation violated Iowa's buying club law and used deceptive and unfair practices to market so-called buying club memberships to nearly a half-million Iowans over the last twenty years.
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"Strip clubs don't belong next to convents and single-family homes," said Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel of the Thomas More Society.
The Thomas More Society is representing the convent in the lawsuit against the neighboring strip club which, according to the suit, violates Illinois zoning laws. The Village of Melrose Park has joined the sisters in their lawsuit against the Village of Stone Park, the adjacent village where the club is built.
The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo have made their home in their Melrose Park convent for over 70 years. The convent is made up of a home for elderly sisters, a school for novices and living space for the sisters, as well as three chapels. The back of the strip club is visible from one of the chapels and stands just a few feet away from the convent's backyard fence.
The suit asserts that "Club Allure" – which was originally intended to be named "Get It" – has brought drunken violence, blaring lights and loud music until 5 a.m., litter such as liquor bottles, used condoms, used syringes, and "unruly late night pedestrian traffic" to the neighborhoods surrounding the club.
"The Sisters have every right to pray and work peacefully without disruption from a strip club in their backyard," said Peter Breen, vice president and senior counsel of the Thomas More Society. "We are fighting for the rights of the Sisters, neighboring families, and people of Melrose Park. The Illinois state zoning law provides for their protection, and they deserve to have the law enforced."
In April 2010, the Village of Stone Park – the bordering village where the strip club stands – was sued by the club's developer who accused officials of "shaking him down for cash and part ownership of the (c)lub in exchange for permission to build the facility," according to one report from the Thomas More Society.
Although the lawsuit had little to do with zoning ordinances, the village agreed to repeal several of them as part of the settlement, including one similar to the state's statute which prohibits adult entertainment facilities from being built within 1,000 feet of places of worship.
The sisters and residents from Stone Park and Melrose Park protested the strip club when it was discovered what kind of facility it would be.
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PROVIDENCE — In an era that prizes fast and simple over slow and complicated, organizing an art exhibit dedicated to the theme of complexity might seem like a strange thing to do. After all, if you can't tweet it or text it in 10 words or less, what good is it?
Still, in a development that should have fans of brain-teasing disciplines such as contemporary game theory and complex systems analysis giddy with anticipation, the city will be hosting no less than four exhibits devoted to complexity over the next few weeks.
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"Once you get into it, it's really a fascinating subject," says Steven Pestana, a RISD graduate student who is the driving force behind the exhibits. "When scientists talk about complexity, they don't just mean things that are complicated or hard to understand. They're talking about complex systems — things like the weather or the stock market — that can be very important."
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Fittingly, given the topic, each of the four shows will have a slightly different focus. At RISD, many of the artworks will explore the theme of modularity — how complex systems are often composed of smaller, often uniform parts. Pestana says examples will include architects working with modular structures and jewelry designers who use repetitive shapes and patterns.
The RISD show, which will be held in the Gelman Student Gallery on the Chace Center's second floor, will also be the biggest of the shows, with 26 artists.
The exhibit at Brown's Granoff Center, meanwhile, will explore links between art and science. "That should be pretty cool," Pestana says. "We have a couple of computer scientists who are collaborating on a piece involving computer screens and iPods. There's also a group of students and teachers who are working on a piece that will explore how complex systems develop."
At AS220, the focus will be on the social side of complexity, including the interactions between social networks and current events. (As an example, Pestana points to the recent series of "Arab Spring" uprisings, where organizers have taken advantage of social networking platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to rally followers and get their messages out.)
Finally, the GRIN gallery show will explore the intellectual roots of complexity in contemporary mathematics and philosophy. Titled "Prolegomenon," the GRIN show will also feature Pestana's own work, which reflects his interest in both the philosophical and spiritual sides of complexity.
"Basically, the idea is to get people thinking about the role of complexity in the modern world," Pestana says. "I mean, almost everywhere you look, from urban planning to computer design to social networking and communication, things are getting more complex."
Then again, there are times when simpler might be better. A case in point: Looking back, Pestana says his decision to open three of the four shows on the same day might not have been the best idea. For one thing, the galleries are in different parts of the city, with two (Granoff and Chace) on the East Side and one on the West Side (GRIN). To make matters even more complicated, Petana's parents are planning to attend Thursday's openings.
"It's definitely going to be a busy night," Pestana says.
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Medical marijuana dispensary review: Berkeley MMC in Mountain View (North Denver)
I had some pretty cool neighbors growing up. They lived in this adobe-style house filled with Native American artwork, unironic airbrushed wolf posters and turquoise -- lots of turquoise. This stood out in the cookie-cutter suburbia surroundings. But my folks liked them because they were genuinely nice people and would look out for my sister and me now and then -- and we'd watch their dog when they went out of town.Carver Glass
Looking back, I'm pretty sure they were tokers.
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Raw marijuana prices for members: $9 a gram with tax. Discounts with bulk purchases and all "eighths" weighed to 4 grams.
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Like my old neighbors' place, the adobe-plastered walls of Berkeley MMC's two-story former house stand out in the otherwise single-story working-class neighborhood. The shop is just down the way from Lakeside Amusement Park, which, incidentally, is a pretty fun place to go after a good toke session (recreationally, of course). Parking was easy enough to find on the side of the shop.
Inside, the walls of the home's former living room are painted a royal purple, blue, green and turquoise, which would give it a funhouse feel if the look wasn't pulled together with Native American rugs, paintings and photographs hung on nearly every inch of space. The place had the feel of a Southwestern art gallery in Santa Fe, minus the pretentious art snobs and New Yorkers dressed in Navajo prints. Owner Stan Johnson says the accents come from a family member who deals in Indian art.
The receptionist is located in what was probably the old dining room. The day I was in, owner and grower Stan was behind the counter and greeted me with a friendly hello and a handshake. No paperwork to fill out, so I didn't get a chance to sink into the blue-velvet chairs in the lounge. Stan just copied my red card and ID and sent me back to my waiting budtender just beyond a set of French doors in the bud room.
The budtender was a gal about my mom's age with a smoky voice and the slight accent of someone from one of the Dakotas. She joked around with me about my being too young to remember the good old days, and we spent about five minutes talking about everything from the changing of the aspen leaves to life in a small town. I enjoy a good budtender chat now and then, much like a happy-hour hero enjoys a conversation with an affable bartender.Promotion
We eventually got down to the herb, which was kept in large jars below the glass counter of the bud bar. The shop had smaller sample jars for patients to browse through on top of the counter, and the budtender went through the strains with me one by one. The opening and closing of the sample jars over the week had depleted any of the smell reserves left in them, but otherwise the buds looked to be good representations of the overall stock.
On the lower end was an early-cut Sugar Bowl with a strange mossy smell and a blended jar of Hapa Haze, SSR and some other mystery buds. Nothing would take home any awards at a cannabis contest, but Berkeley did have some decent White Rhino with short, stubby buds and a subtle hashy smell, healthy-looking chunks of Headband and a frosted example of Strawberry Cough. After the visit, Stan and co-owner Tim Mullen told me everything is done in-house using a modified coco fiber/hdyroponic setup; they keep a small strain stock going and tend to shelve only a few strains at a time. "We're really a boutique shop," Tim said. "We aren't going to be able to keep up with the 1,000-plant grows that way."
As I was saying before, the owners are all older tokers who have been around since back in the day, when a dime bag cost a dime. Not to say they don't know their herb, by any means. But my budtender advised me to wipe out the bowl of my pipe before taking a hit of the Strawberry Cough just to be sure I got the taste. It was a sweet gesture, and the way she said it sounded like she had recently learned the joy of fruity strains and a clean glass bowl. Maybe years of toking doobies and having wood pipes will do that to you? Still, while I clean out my pipes almost daily at this stage in my life, I made it a point to find a clear glass piece the first time I tried it out, just to respect the instructions that came with my medicine.
Aside from the bud, the shop also had a unique collection of vintage mechanized wooden cigarette dispensers from the 1930s and 1940s on display. Instead of simply showing off the kitschy oddities, the staff put them to use, packing them up with house joints to hand out to patients. I'm now on the lookout for such a contraption for my office.
The budtender offered to break up my four-gram bag any way I wanted, so I picked three strains and had her bag them up. First visit gets member prices of right around $40 with tax. A second visit will cost about $5 more on a bag if you don't sign them up. Also, the owners recently stopped taking credit cards because they can't find a company to process them -- a growing problem among dispensaries in general. There is an ATM on site, but pull cash out from your bank ahead of time to spare yourself the service fees.
Overall, the quality won't bring my pot-snobby ass back any time soon, but there were some decent meds, and I can see how the friendly vibe and overall quality would be an attraction for an older crowd...maybe even my old neighbors.
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Meet the Makers: Jeff Driggers
How is shooting a film like climbing a mountain or playing a school-yard game of leap frog? Find out in this interview with Happy Hour director, Jeff Driggers.
How did you hear about the Expecting Goodness Film Festival?
Palmetto Pictures participated in it last year with the film Pretty Pitiful God. We had such a great time that we decided to take another crack at it.
What is your background? Where are you from? What do you do for a living?
I am born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina. I went to University of Texas at Austin for film and came back to Columbia after graduating. I do freelance videography for a living and make movies with Drew Baron, O'Neal Peterson, and Brooke Ensign as Palmetto Pictures.
How did you become interested in filmmaking?
I was heavily involved in theatre in highschool. During rehearsals for a show, a friend and I started shooting our own mockumentary with the rest of the cast for fun. This silly little movie, shot to pass the time offstage, awakened a passion for film that has burned stronger ever since. Throughout the rest of highschool, I continued making movies and hosting premieres of the films created. I still enjoy performing in plays, but filmmaking has become the thing that drives me.
What is it about your assigned story that really grabbed you?
Happy Hour is one long monologue given by a woman at a bar. The story is simple, but the character presented is incredibly complex. There are alot of truths, contradictions, and sadness all welled up inside her. I related to her and I think alot of other people will as well… Plus, Palmetto Pictures enjoys shooting at bars.
What was the biggest creative challenge in adaptation?
Film is a visual art built around rhythm so it can be tough to pull off monologues effectively as they tend to be static in nature. Since Happy Hour is one long monologue at a bar, the challenge was to figure out how to deliver it in a way that appealed to cinema's strength and not it's weakness. A visual story arc was developed to embellish the monologue and give the character more dimensions.
What was the hardest logistical challenge you faced making your film?
Time, Time, and more Time. There was never enough of it. We wanted every shot to look great and to not make any compromises. I'm proud to say that whenever time ran out, an alternative was always found that ended up being better than the original plan.
What's the most gratifying part of being a filmmaker?
Making a movie is a lot like climbing a mountain. It's one long, arduous journey you spend months preparing for and even less time making. Still, you get to go on this adventure with a bunch of friends and it's exhilarating to reach the top of the mountain with them. You come down with a bunch of memories and a movie forged from blood,sweat, & tears to show people.
What was the biggest lesson you learned from this process?
You should always come onto set with a visual plan, but it's also important to not blind yourself with it. The location often offers a better alternative than what you see in your head. The improvisations made on the set of Happy Hour actually ended up being some of the best shots in the film.
Any fun anecdotes from the production you would like to share?
We were running out of time to pull off all the shots before the bars closed. So at one point, we had three different scenes being set up, at two different bars, at the same time. There was people running ninny nanny everywhere between the bars with all different sorts of equipment/props/e.t.c. going every which way. It was a gigantic game of leapfrog that I'm sure was an enjoyable watch for all the bar patrons.
Any advice for young filmmakers looking to get started?
Make movies of course, but save yourself alot of time, and develop an understanding of cinematic language. Hitchcock is a great place to start. He was very generous with his knowledge of film theory. Pick up the grandpappy of film books, Hitchcock/Truffaut and watch the films that these two masters discuss. After you get the basics from Hitchcock, immerse yourself in another well regarded director. Watch the director's films and read interviews where they discuss how they constructs their films. With each master director you study, your understanding of cinematic language will grow and you'll soon have a large vocabulary to use for your own film.
What does it mean to be a South Carolina filmmaker?
I love being a South Carolina filmmaker. Moviemaking is so rare a thing here, that people are always very supportive and wish to lend a helping hand. Locations are relatively easy to come by, so Columbia, in itself, has become this giant sandbox to make movies. I've met plenty of other awesome Filmmakers who are also creating great work as well. There isn't this fierce competition that you find in the big movie production cities where hundreds of filmmakers fight for a shred of screen. Instead, you have these unique festivals like Expecting Goodness, 2nd Act, and Indiegrits, that welcome SC filmmakers with open arms and treat them like rock stars. So ironically, South Carolina's greatest strength is that it isn't known for filmmaking. It's fostering a set of filmmakers dedicated to their craft out of love not fame, untainted by outside influence, and that's where innovation comes from. Since the cost of living is so low and locations range from mountains to the beach, South Carolina is this very fertile ground for filmmaking and I see it flourishing.


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I notice that there are some strange foam on my plant as if someone has been spitting on it. Is this spittlebug or are there other beneficial bugs that generates foam?
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Spittlebugs are the only creatures that I know of. Unless you have a serious number of them, I'd not worry about it. If just one plant is affected, you can spray the globs with water from a hose to knock the nymphs off. Insecticidal soap can help with these guys, too. |
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Hey all!! Lots of names that seem new out there. Nothing going on here... House hunting here now. So this is exciting. Miss talking with my posseeee... Purple, Toni, Deadhead, Mike, Surfer and all the others That welcomed me so warmly... Planted 3 more funeral planters this past weekend. Crazy ness... Friends sister, cancer last jan... That same friends mom last month... And that same friends sister (who i just mentioned) her husband passed after a fast agressive took over him. So im here for a plant id... Thanks!! |
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Oh wow, sorry to hear about your friend's family! Dracaena deremensis, maybe Janet Craig. Hope the house hunting is going well, exciting!! |
Yeah Tiff, its been crazy with her going through that. Awful. Her BIL, it came on as colon cancer . He was fine for several months and then all the sudden it spread like wildfire. Stupid cancer. House Hunting is going good. Lots out there we like. Good thing is we have the ability to be very picky!! Although, leaving that evil witch sooner than later is key!!! I should have known janet craig. Stupid Dracs... I do not need another one of those. I did get another parlor palm like the last one I had that didnt make it. Guess we will see how it does. That real big one that was sent to me is still doing super!!!! |
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Yes, I hope y'all find a house you LOVE! I think I told you before the Dracs are addicting, like Begonias. Once you let one in the house, they start texting their friends to come on over to the party. Be careful!! Janet is especially friendly. Good to hear about the big palm. What do you think of this new format? |
Oh wow. I didnt see it till today!! Looks nice. Havent messed around alot but seems nice. Where the heck is everyone at??? |
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TACOMA, Wash. - Want to experience the joie de vivre of Paris and help students in need? Bates Technical College's Foundation will bring the City of Light to the City of Destiny at the annual Bates Sizzles fundraiser on Thursday, April 18, 5:30-9 p.m., at the Pantages Theater, 901 Broadway Street, in Tacoma.
The Paris-themed fundraiser features a silent auction, a take-home dessert auction, and raffle items that include a 50" flat-screen TV, an iPad Mini, and an overnight stay and spa package at Marriott's Courtyard Tacoma Downtown.
Acclaimed restaurant Pacific Grill will cater the soiree, which will showcase scintillating hors d'oeuvres, including chicken sliders, "meat candy," charcuterie and crudité displays, and mouthwatering desserts such as coconut macaroons, carrot cake whoopie pies, brownies and more.
Scholarships play a key role in our students' higher education endeavors, and the annual Bates Sizzles helps raise funds for scholarships, mini-grants for programs and initiatives, and more. Students are eligible to apply for the foundation's general scholarships, and others who fit certain criteria can apply for a variety of program-specific scholarships.
Scholarship recipients in various career education programs may use their awards, which range from $150-$1,250 per student, to help pay for tuition, books, supplies and child care expenses at the college.
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Chapter 4. Mirror Grinding It is assumed that a cellar or other room in which the temperature is fairly constant is available. Grinding, even polishing, might be done almost anywhere, but testing and figuring can be carried on only under conditions of uniform temperature. Strokes There are three motions that the optician must employ in order to preserve a surface of revolution on his mirror. First, the back-and-forth grinding stroke produces the curve. Second, the mirror must be rotated in order to produce this curve on all diameters. Third, the worker must walk around the barrel (or the tool must be rotated) in order to employ all diameters of the tool. While the directions of these last two motions are not important, they must not occur in unison, and for this reason it is perhaps safest if they are counter to each other. It is not necessary that any of the motions be performed with machine-like regularity, nor is it necessary to run oneself dizzy in their execution. Take six or eight strokes, rotate the mirror a trifle and shift to a new position where another six or eight strokes are taken, and so on.
The lengths of the strokes at the disposal of the mirror maker are described with reference to the diameter of the mirror or tool. A full-diameter stroke is one in which the mirror travels a length of 6"; its center passes completely across the tool (Fig. 22). A one-half diameter stroke carries the mirror's edges halfway in to the center of the tool, resulting in a travel of 3". A one-third stroke carries the mirror's edges 1" past the edges of the tool. In using these strokes, the center of the mirror need not necessarily pass over diameters of the tool; much of the time, especially in the early grinding, and finally, in polishing to figure, chordal strokes are taken. But the length of the stroke — one-third or one-half, or some other length — is constant, whether performed diametrically, or over chords of the tool. If a grain of carborundum is placed between two disks of glass and one disk is slid over the other, a rolling action is imparted to the" grain. As its sharp corners impact the glass surfaces, fragments are chipped out, leaving pits. The carbo grain is itself broken down in size until effective grinding ceases. Increasing the rolling speed beyond a certain point merely increases the rate at which the grain is broken down; in fact, the chipping action on the glass is reduced. By increasing the pressure, however, the force of impact is increased, and larger chips are broken out of the glass. When grinding a telescope mirror, if the carbo is too thickly applied, the separate grains are crowded together and are not free to roll. Instead, they are dragged en masse around the work, scratching and scoring as they go, until most of them have been pushed over the sides of the tool, and the rest worn down to a size where much of their efficiency is destroyed. It is a needless waste to apply the abrasive thickly, and the amount of grinding obtained will be small in proportion to the effort expended. Apply it thinly, and use plenty of pressure, with emphasis on pressure. Speed of stroke is also an important factor. Too rapid a stroke retards the hollowing-out process, and will flatten the edge zones of the mirror. Not more than 60 to 80 strokes per minute should be taken, calling a stroke, in this instance, the combined back-and-forth motion. Working in this manner, glass can be removed rapidly, and with a minimum expenditure of elbow grease and carborundum. Just enough water should be used to keep the work wet. It may be necessary to add water from time to time as the abrasive breaks down, or as evaporation takes place. In rough grinding to curve, it is a waste of time to break each charge down fine. The purpose here is to remove glass, and when the sound of the coarse grinding ceases, a fresh charge should be added. The accumulation of "mud," consisting of crushed abrasive, glass, and water, should be flushed from the surfaces occasionally; otherwise it may cushion the action of the carbo and slow up the grinding. This is important when working with the finer abrasives. How the Curve Is Obtained In order to produce a concave curve on the mirror blank, it is ground face down on top of another glass disk of the same diameter, called the tool. By using diametric strokes of a length that will bring the edge of the mirror almost to the center of the tool (approximately the full-diameter stroke), then, at the end of the stroke (Fig. 22, top), the pressure per unit area of surface, and hence the abrasion, is greatly increased at the edge of the tool and the center of the mirror. Thus, a greater amount of grinding takes place in these regions, with the result that the upper disk becomes concave, and the lower one convex. It is interesting to note that gravity alone would bring about this condition without the application of pressure, but at a much slower rate. On account of the long stroke used (a shorter one would also work, but the action would be slower) the surfaces are not in contact, and are not spherical. The reason for this is that the edge zones of the tool comprise an area that is approximately three times greater than that of the center zones of the mirror, so there is a proportionately greater removal of glass from the center of the mirror.They "fit" together somewhat as shown in Fig. 23, which is exaggerated to show the hyperboloidal figure of the mirror, and the oblate spheroidal figure of the tool. After the curve has reached the proper depth, the surfaces are then brought into contact and made spherical by wearing back the edges of the mirror. This is accomplished by means of a short stroke, in the early use of which the radius lengthens slightly. The reason for this is apparent from a study of the diagram.
It does not matter that the pyrex mirror blank and the plate-glass tool are of unequal hardness, and of different expansion coefficients. A more-or-less uniform "fit" of surface is maintained, depending on the stroke used, the plate glass merely being worn away at a more rapid rate. And for all practical purposes, the expansion difference is insignificant. The foregoing is an old and reliable method of obtaining the curve, but requires that an unnecessary amount of glass be removed. The worker should grind his mirror by the quicker, more conventional method about to be described. We Go to Work The upper edges of the tool must first be beveled all around for about 1/16", with the coarse carborundum stone. The stone can be applied vigorously to the tool, and if a few small chips are knocked off, which is unlikely, it does not matter. Later, as the surface is ground down, causing the edge to become sharp again, the beveling should be repeated. This is important, so that during grinding chips will not break off and get between the disks, causing scratches. Have the pail of water placed conveniently near. Shake a few drops of water on the barrel top, and place on it several sheets of newspaper, with sprinkles of water applied between them, and lay the tool in the center. The wet paper will provide enough adhesion to prevent the tool from sliding about during grinding.
Apply some No. 80 carborundum around the edge zones of the tool, as that is where the grinding will begin. Add water, and place the mirror on the tool so that its center is about ½" inside the edge. The one-third stroke is to be used, and grinding is to take place on chords of the tool, so that the center of the mirror is carried around the edge somewhat as in Fig. 24a. After taking six or eight chordal strokes (counting as one stroke the combined back-and-forth motion), rotate the mirror, shift to a new position, and work on another chord. The pressure should be applied over the center of the mirror (as shown in Fig. 24b), which should be sufficiently far in from the edge of the tool so that it will not teeter on the edge at the end of the stroke. If pressure were applied over the center of the tool, hollowing out would be slowed down considerably, although gravity would eventually do it for us. After two or three trips around the barrel, wash and dry the mirror and try the template. When the curve in the small central area of the mirror seems right, take the next series of strokes on chords farther in on the tool. Spread the abrasive now over a wider zone, move the mirror in so that its center is about 1" inside the edge of the tool, and grind as before. Apply plenty of pressure for quickest results.
Frequent renewal of abrasive is necessary in the early stages. as much of it is pushed over the edge without being used. This residue can be scooped up later, placed in a jar of water and stirred, and the muddied water poured off. The unused abrasive at the bottom of the jar can then be reclaimed. When the widened curve on the mirror fits the template, the mirror is moved inward another ½" or so, and ground until the extending curve again conforms to the template. If at any time the curve becomes too deep, move the mirror in considerably, and continue with the one-third strokes. The curve should extend to within 1/16" of the edges of the mirror when it is grinding center over center on the tool; the curve will have been achieved by the steps shown in Fig. 25. Of course, we can hardly expect the mirror to be spherical. The concave surface will probably consist of a series of waves, with its general curve almost inevitably slightly hyperbolic, somewhat like the condition shown in Fig. 23. This must be corrected by continuing with the one-third stroke, working center over center until contact has been established. Flush off the disks in the pail of water, and wash your hands as well. Deposit about 1/8 teaspoon of No. 400 carbo at the center of the tool, and puddle and spread it around the surface with the finger. Grind this down for about five minutes, stopping now and then to respread it. Then flush the mirror thoroughly and stand it, wet, on the testing rack. Using the window of the Foucault lamp, or any light source held alongside the eye, locate its reflection on the wet surface of the mirror. Move the light from side to side. If the reflection is seen to move in the same direction, you are inside the center of curvature of the mirror; if it moves in an opposite direction, you are beyond the center of curvature. When a position is found where the reflection just seems to appear, and from no determinate direction, as the light is moved from side to side, that is the center of curvature of the mirror's surface, and the distance from mirror to eye is to be measured exactly. One half of this distance is the focal length, which it should be possible to determine within ½" at this stage. The charge of No. 400 enables the surface to hold the water for a longer period. Even then you may have to interrupt the test to splash more water on the mirror. If the focal length is found to be about 49", you are ready for No. 120, but if it is too long, continue with No. 80 until you bring it right. It is preferable to use the one-third stroke for this shortening, but if the radius is too long by several inches, a longer stroke will speed up the process, afterwhich some lime must be spent in again restoring contact. If the focal length is less than 49", invert the positions of the disks, and grind with the tool on lop, using the one-third stroke. This stroke will lengthen the radius gradually, without deforming the figure. Use of a longer stroke, in any upside-down grinding, might flatten the mirror's edge to an extent that it might refuse to polish later on, unless contact were thoroughly restored by means of a short stroke, used with the mirror on top. If through prolonged grinding the edge of the mirror has become sharp, it should be carefully beveled with the fine carbo stone. In doing this, rest the mirror on the edge of the water pail, and bevel at a 45° angle, using the stone as though it were a file. Rotate the mirror slowly, and continue the filing stroke until the edge is smooth and rounded to the touch. A coarse stone can be used on the tool; because of the wider angle of its edge there is little danger of chipping. Beveling will in all likelihood have to be repeated during the fine grinding, or whenever the edges become sharp and there is danger of scratches from chipping. How to Determine Contact Numerous bubbles collect between the disks during the grinding, with the larger ones at the center. As the abrasive is broken down, the surfaces approach each other more and more closely, and the bubbles become smaller. If those at the center remain large, or if they are concentrated locally in that area, they indicate a gap between the disks there. In this event, when a charge of abrasive has been broken down very fine, so that at the edges the surfaces may be actually abrading each other, suction caused by the central gap will make the disks stick and cling. Upon separating the disks, it will be found that the abrasive around the edges is fine to the touch, while comparatively large grains still remain at the center. When the rough-ground surfaces fit at every point, that is, when they are spherical, they will pass back and forth over each other evenly during grinding and no clinging will occur. The means just described for determining contact are entirely satisfactory in the coarse-grinding stages, and in fact are all the criteria needed to carry one safely through fine grinding. But the mirror maker may feel more confident if he can have visible confirmation of what may be, in the case of the inexperienced, sheer guesswork. There are two ways of obtaining a visual check on the sphericity of the curve. The first is a simple application of the axiom that only flat or spherical surfaces can be rubbed against each other and make contact at every point. Wash and dry both tool and mirror and, with the palm of the hand or under side of the forearm, brush off any lint that may be left on the surfaces by the towel. Now short-stroke the mirror on the tool, going through the motions of grinding for about half a minute. On separating the disks, a fine dust, consisting of powdered glass, will be seen in those areas where the surface has been abraded. Or if not clearly visible, the dust can be found and picked up on the tip of the finger. The second method is a matter of variable reflection. We know that from a polished glass surfaceabout four per cent of light of normal (perpendicular) incidence is reflected. As the surface is tilted, increasing the angle of incidence (the angle made with the normal), the percentage of light reflected increases, slowly at first, and amounts to total reflection as the angle of incidence approaches 90°. On an incompletely polished surface the amount of reflected light is lessened, and on a ground surface it may be nil (barring diffusion) except for very oblique rays, depending on the fineness of the grinding. And this is where use of a charge of No. 400 at the termination of work with No. 80, and the subsequent less-fine grades also, is beneficial.
Hold the clean, dry mirror face up, somewhat below a line between the eye and an unfrosted light bulb, as in Fig. 26a. A reflection of the filament will be seen on its surface. Now slowly lower the mirror, centering the reflection, which will become reddish or copper colored and fainter as the reflection angle is decreased. When it is quite dim, stop, and slowly slide the mirror to the right or left, allowing the reflection to pass across a radius, and off the edge. If the mirror is spherical, there should be just a slight and gradual diminution of the reflection from center to edge. In the event of imperfect contact (lack of sphericity), high zones will be revealed by a brighter reflection, and low zones by a dimming of the reflection. Slight differences can be tolerated, but any abrupt change in the quality of the reflection should be remedied before proceeding to a finer grade. In making this analysis while working on No. 80, the mirror may have to be held as at a, and in the final stage of fine grinding, as at b, Fig. 26. Cleaning Up Before going to fine grinding, or before going from any grade to a finer one, a thorough cleaning up should take place, so that there will be no possibility for a coarser grade to get near the mirror again. Otherwise, a grain or two of a coarser grade may find its way between the disks and chip wide swaths in the surface of the mirror. And, when polishing, even the finest grain of carbo on the lap will cause unsightly scratches. The bench top, water bottle, spoon, template, flashlight, water pail, apron, and anything on which loose abrasive may lie should be dusted, wiped, or flushed. It is not necessary to remove every last carbo grain from the water pail each time it is flushed out. Well-behaved grains will remain at the bottom where they can do no harm. Flush the handle and rim, however, and keep clean water in the pail. A skilled worker, abrasive-conscious and familiar with the routine, can bring a mirror through to the polishing stage without leaving his bench, save for checking the curve, pausing only long enough to change papers and to flush his hands and the disks. If you have not contaminated anything with carbo, no time need later be lost in an elaborate cleaning up. Fine Grinding The mirror maker has his choice of three ways of performing the fine grinding. The mirror may be ground on top of the tool, accompanied by a shortening of the radius; or the mirror may be placed on bottom with the tool on top, in which case the radius will lengthen; or the positions of the disks may be alternated, either with each charge of abrasive, or for half of the charges of each grade, and a constant radius can be maintained. By these means the worker has control of the focal length, which should be about 481/4" when fine grinding is completed. Polishing will usually reduce this by 1/8" to 1/4". As to stroke length, the one-third stroke is the longest that can be used without deforming the surfaces. It will at the same time produce the greatest change in radius, amounting, if used continuously throughout fine grinding in the same positions, to 3" or 4" or more. A shorter stroke, say about ½"in length, will produce a minimum of change, perhaps of only an inch or two. An advantage in alternating the disks is that greater freedom of movement is had, and equal abrasion is accorded to the edge of the mirror, where the least action takes place in the usual grinding-on-top. At no time should a rapid stroke be used in an effort to speed up the work, as this will almost certainly result in flattening the edge of the mirror. In any upside-down grinding, not more than a one-third stroke should be used, for a similar reason, except in a deliberate attempt to lengthen the radius radically. As he knows his focal length to a very close approximation, the worker can now select the stroke and method to be used with No. 120. About six to 10 charges of each grade of carborundum, depending on the pressure used, should be thoroughly ground down, but for the beginner it is recommended that not less than eight charges be used. About five minutes is enough for each charge, but if one is unable to maintain heavy pressure a charge should be worked for a longer period. The purpose of each successively finer grade is to remove the pits left by the preceding grade, and to be assured of this not less than 40 minutes should be spent on each. Before leaving No. 120, work the last charge down well, then follow with a charge of No. 400 (worked with the mirror on top), and again test for focal length. This time we have a surface which, when wet, will be capable of producing a fairly sharp image of the window of the Foucault lamp. Use a piece of ground glass, held before the eye, to pick up the reflection from the mirror, and adjust the lamp until it and the sharply focused image of the window are equally distant from the mirror. Half this distance is the exact focal length, which should be about 49" at this stage. If it is found that a slight correction must be made, of an inch or two, it should be done on this grade. Any greater correction should be made with No. 80. It may be more convenient to use a piece of bright tin, rather than the ground glass, in picking up the reflection, as the worker may then stand closer to the mirror and can more quickly reach and adjust the rack. The eye has to be placed in back of the ground glass, but a more critical determination of sharpest focus can be made with it. When working with the mirror on top and using a short stroke, there may occur a slight lengthening, rather than the expected shortening of the radius. It would have been difficult and impractical to bring the surfaces into exact contact with No. 80 on account of the coarse grain size, and a thin gap may have persisted at the center. But as finer grades are used and broken down, the surfaces approach each other more closely, and a slight lengthening of the radius may thus take place through the wearing back of the edge zones of the mirror. After complete contact is established, however, the radius will begin to shorten. The focal length now being quite exactly known, the worker can proceed with confidence. The radius can again be checked upon the completion of each grade. As finer abrasives are used, the quantity for a single charge should be reduced; for example, just a pinch of emery No. 305 will suffice. In using carbo No. 400 and finer grades, the abrasive should be deposited at the center of the tool (or mirror, if it is on bottom), a few drops of water added, and the mixture puddled and spread over the surface with the finger tip. After each of these finer charges is thoroughly worked down, the surfaces should be flushed clean of mud before applying the next charge. Faster action is obtained in this way. With the last two grades, the tiny bubbles that have always been present between the surfaces should be eliminated before grinding starts. This is done by moving the mirror out over the tool, slowly rotating it the while; the bubbles will disappear over the edge, leaving nothing but a thin film of water and abrasive between the disks. Only five charges of No. 305 need be used, but the last one should be worked out for about 15 minutes, with the mirror on top, adding water when necessary. It should be possible to read 12-point type, held at a distance of several inches, through a mirror ready for polishing. Examining for Pits Hold the clean, dry mirror before a light, and with the magnifier examine the texture of the surface at the center. The pitted surface should appear uniform with no inter-mingling of large pits. Compare it with an area out near the edge. There should be the same uniformity of surface appearance, indicating that grinding is going on evenly. It may be helpful to cut up four small squares of plate glass and grind them together in this fashion: 1 and 2 with No. 400; 2 and 3 with No. 220; and 3 and 4 with No. 120. The worker is thus provided with comparison surfaces of these grades, but the same texture should not be looked for, as it should be remembered that there is a difference in the hardness of pyrex and plate glass. Prevention here is the best cure. 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What's Going on in Egypt?
Judith Miller, former Cairo reporter, discusses the key players
Reading my post on the events in Egypt late Friday afternoon, you may have perceived my deep ambivalence. On the one hand: Democracy for Egypt! On the other hand: What would democracy mean for Egypt? On the one hand: Down with Mubarak! On the other hand: Up with the Muslim Brotherhood?
Since then, things have only gotten more confusing. They also, as the reign of President Hosni Mubarak looks increasingly tenuous, have seemed only to gather import. Which is why I'm going to spend a good portion of The Scroll this week (especially today) trying to explain and figure out what is going on and how I, and maybe you, should feel about it. Among other things, I'm going to be interviewing a series of experts who are coming at this from various perspectives. There will be another interview later today; for now, go on and read what Judith Miller, who put in time as the New York Times Cairo bureau chief, has to say about Mubarak, Omar Suleiman, Mohammed ElBaradei, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
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