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Week of April 29, 2013
Kingsmill Championship
Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg, Va.
Top Storylines
A Finish Not Forgotten
The LPGA Tour makes its first appearance of the season on the East Coast this week when it returns to Williamsburg, Va. for the Kingsmill Championship. The River Course at Kingsmill Resort will welcome back 144 of the world's best female golfers and is the track that staged one of the most epic finishes in LPGA Tour history a year ago. Rolex Rankings No. 7 Jiyai Shin will try to defend her title this week after she outlasted American Paula Creamer in a nine-hole sudden death playoff in 2012.
The duo replayed the 18th hole nine times over a two-day span, with play being suspended on Sunday night due to darkness. The ninth and final try came on Monday morning when Shin converted on a two-foot par putt to claim her ninth LPGA title. It was the second longest playoff in Tour history and longest that included just two players.
Park Pushing for Dominance
If there was any doubt Inbee Park was deserving of the No. 1 ranking in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings, the 24-year old South Korean erased any reservations last week in Texas that she is currently the best female golfer in the world. Park clinched her sixth-career victory at the North Texas LPGA Shootout and has been spectacular so far in 2013. She has already won three events in the Tour's first eight tournaments of the schedule and her standout start has been a surprise to few. Dating back to last July at the Evian Masters Presented by Societe Generale, Park has won over a quarter of the events she played in, earning five victories in her last 18 starts.
With her win last week in Texas, Park reached several milestones including crossing the $6 million mark in career earnings, claiming three wins in one season for the first time in her career and extending her term as No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings to four consecutive weeks. It's no shock that Park is also dominating the Tour's statistical ranks, currently ranked first in putts per GIR (1.707), scoring average (69.50), rounds under par (23) and rounds in the 60's (15). The seven-year Tour member currently sits atop the Tour's Money List as well as Rolex Player of the Year points standings and doesn't seem to be slowing down any time soon.
Tighter Grip on No. 1
With her win in Texas, Park took a tighter grip on the top spot in the Rolex Rankings, but her pursuers seem to be playing consistently solid golf and make a case that she's not completely safe. Current No. 2 and former No. 1 Stacy Lewis trails Park by .99 average points and has yet to finish outside the top-10 in 2013. She has said that losing the title may give her the spark she needs to get back into the winner's circle where she's found herself twice already this season.
No. 3 Na Yeon Choi has hit a consistent stride in 2013, posting four top-10 finishes already including a runner-up in Singapore and is coming off a T7 in Texas. Former No. 1 Yani Tseng has had struggles of late but could be a win away from returning to her dominant ways. No. 5 Suzann Pettersen rounds out the top five and could climb even higher if she continues her respectable play. Pettersen has two wins worldwide in 2013, one at the LPGA's stop in Hawaii and the other on the LET in China, and is coming off a third place finish last week in North Texas.
Quick facts
May 2 – May 5
Kingsmill Championship
Kingsmill Resort, River Course
Williamsburg, Va.
Field: 144 (all professionals)
Par: 36-35, 71
Yardage: 6,379
Purse: $1,300,000
Winner: $195,000
Format: 72-hole stroke play
Defending champion: Jiyai Shin
TV Times
Golf Channel
May 2 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
May 3 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
May 4 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
May 5 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
All times Eastern
This week's field information: Kingsmill Championship
2013 LPGA Tour rookies (18)
Chie Arimura
Julia Boland
Katie Burnett*
Esther Choe
Lauren Doughtie
Victoria Elizabeth
Austin Ernst
Daniela Iacobelli
Felicity Johnson
Sara-Maude Juneau
Moriya Jutanugarn
Taylor Karle
Caroline Masson
Lisa McCloskey
Kayla Mortellaro
Brooke Pancake
Nicole Smith
Marina Stuetz
*sponsor invite
Rolex Rankings
Top 10/10
Top 22/25
2013 LPGA Official Money List
Top 10: 10/10
Top 20: 18/20
Top 50: 47/50
Past Champions | |||
2012 | Jiyai Shin | 2006 | Karrie Webb |
2009 | Cristie Kerr | 2005 | Cristie Kerr |
2008 | Annika Sorenstam | 2004 | Se Ri Pak |
2007 | Suzann Pettersen | 2003 | Grace Park |
Press conference schedule
Tuesday, April 30
1:00 p.m. Jiyai Shin – defending champion, Rolex Rankings No. 7
2:00 p.m. Inbee Park – Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings No. 1 player & winner of last week's North Texas LPGA Shootout
Wednesday, May 1
2:00 p.m. Stacy Lewis – top-ranked American, currently No. 2 in Rolex Rankings
2:30 p.m. Paula Creamer – 2012 Kingsmill Championship runner-up, Rolex Rankings No. 11
*Times are approximate and subject to change (all times are local in Williamsburg)
Symetra Tour current player and alum factoids
Park take headlines; Song claims third win
The LPGA Tour makes its return to Virginia this week for the Kingsmill Championship and Symetra Tour alumna Inbee Park is stealing all of the headlines. The Road to the LPGA product got her big break after recording 11 top-10 finishes in 2006 and ended the season as No. 3 in the Volvik Race for the Card standings.
A number of Symetra Tour alumnae are making appearances in the Old Dominion this week including No. 12 Cristie Kerr who is the event's only two-time winner, claiming victories in 2005 and 2009. Fellow alum No. 10 Karrie Webb will return to Kingsmill with a win under her belt, having won back in 2006.
The Symetra Tour will enjoy an off week after closing out its third event of the season in Sarasota, Fla. last week at the Guardian Retirement Championship at Sara Bay. Christine Song (Fullerton, Calif.) outlasted Isabelle Boineau of France in a two-hole playoff. It was Song's third-career victory and marks the third different winner on Tour this season. She joins Jaclyn Sweeney (Bradenton, Fla.) and Melissa Eaton (Port Shepstone, S. Africa) as champs in 2013. The next stop for the Road to the LPGA will be next week in Charlotte, NC for the Symetra Classic.
Current Volvik Race for the Card standings are as follows: 1. Melissa Eaton of Port Shepstone, S. Africa, $19,753; 2. Jaclyn Sweeney of Bradenton, Fla., $17,990; 3. Christine Song of Fullerton, Calif., $17,160; 4. Sue Kim of Langley, British Columbia, $15,265; 5. Amelia Lewis of Jacksonville, Fla., $12,090; 6. Isabelle Boineau of Marseille, France, $11,432; 7. Courtney Massey of Gold Coast, Australia, $10,236; 8. Alena Sharp of Hamilton, Ontario, $9,367; 9. Jaye Marie Green of Boca Raton, Fla., $9,237; 10. Marina Alex of Wayne N.J., $6,977.
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I retured from running errands to discover Dr. Forbes had raised the TorCon Index for two locations in our state.
For North Central Oklahoma through South Central Kansas: TorCon raised from 8 to 9. For comparison's sake, the only other '9's I personally remember (and there may be some I don't remember) were for Tuscaloosa last month, and for Yazoo, MS, last year. Both had major tornadoes. For South Central Oklahoma: Torcon raised from 6 to 7. For comparison's sake, I believe Joplin had a 6 on Sunday. For North East Oklahoma: raised from a 6 to a 7 For South East Oklahoma: assigned a 6 TorCon index numbes for other areas are available at the link below. Now, a couple of other tidbits: DS says the OU Sooner Facebook page is providing weather updates today. That's another great source for everyone. DS just drove up from Dallas. On I-35 with him he saw quite a few storm chasers. There were some vehicles he suspected were chasers but couldn't be sure, and others he knew from their appearance absolutely were storm chasers. So, if y'all are near any major highways, keep your eyes peeled because we don't know where they will stop and spend the day. If you see them hanging around your area, that's a clue! Please take today's severe weather threat as seriously as you possibly can. With large, strong, long-track tornadoes in the forecast, remember the safest place by far is in a below-ground tornado shelter or in a safe room. Above all else, don't wait until it is 'too late' to seek shelter. Watch your local media, the NWS webpage, radar, etc. for updates. Expect storms to start firing up at mid-afternoon. Be aware. Stay informed. Stay safe. I am not trying to scare anybody. I just want everyone to be aware, prepared and safe. Tomorrow or late tonight when we have a 'storm check-in thread' set up on this forum, we want for each and every member of this forum to be able to check in and say "We're safe. We made it." Later today, I'll link our back up radar. Remember too you can see radar at the NWS webpages and at the OK Mesonet webpage. Most of them have phone Apps for smart phones too. The best radar is the one closest to you, I believe, but if that one gets knocked out of service, always have a back-up plan for the radar you'll consult. Dawn |
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Every second Sunday of the month you are invited to Queen of Peace Church in Salem for an afternoon of prayer and fellowship.
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This is my first attempt at growing roses. I've always heard they are difficult and I have a brown thumb. This year I decided to add 3 new rose plants to my garden and really have no clue as to what I'm doing.
They look healthy, leaves shinny and green but the new buds coming in are brown around the outsides on one of the plants. The plant on the other end does not seem to have this but they are different varieties. We built a bed for the roses and planted clematris behind them on a trellis. The soil is light mixture of Miracle Grow potting soil and purchased top soil. With this "rich" of a soil I am not sure if to add coffee grounds etc this year or to wait for a couple of years to start adding nutrients? I'm so clueless. Should I spray with something? I've read about vinegar, baking soda, milk and its pretty confusing as to what to do for this. Maybe some rose buds just look brown (rust like) on the outsides before the open up??? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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It is either an insect called thrips or a fungal disease called botrytis. I would bet on the thrips. you can search from the main "Organic Rose Growing" page on "Thrips" to see what comes up. I'm not aware of any organic controls, although there is a recent thread on using nematodes for thrip control. |
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Thank you Diane, I'll go get some spray from one of the local greenhouses. I looked all over the three plants for bugs and didn't see any but it could be that they are so small that I can't see them? I don't know????? what I don't know???? Hope this rose growing thing will get easier. Maybe I'll cut one of the buds off and take it with me to the greenhouse. Thank you again for your help with this. Polly |
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Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore
welcomes William Katz to discuss and sign the new edition of his book,
Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 6:30 to 8:00 PM. The first 15 classroom teachers to arrive will receive a free copy of the featured book, thanks to the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
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In our last house we had can lighting and I went with what the electrician suggested. I ended up having him come back and make separate switches. Otherwise the whole area was to bright and I found in 5 years I never turned on 4 of the lights. |
My under cabinet lights are on one switch, the lights over the sink on another. and the lights on the rear perimeter on another. Also over the table has it's own switch with dimmer I love light so I usually have over the sink, under the cabs, and rear perimeter on all the time when I am in the kitchen. I am going to put a pendant over the sink as well and want that on the switch with the other lights (recessed) are over the sink area, and hopefully another small pendant over my small island. If you like a lot of light all the time they can go on one but I would recommend being on their own switches so you can light as little or as much as you want. |
My kitchen currently has 3 light sources: UCL, can lights all the way around above the work zones, and 3 decorative pendants over the island in the middle of the room. When I am working, I like everything on. When I'm not, I like to leave on the pendants because they are so pretty. Finally, sometimes in the evenings I like to have on just the UCL because its warm and soft and feels cozy. Because this is how I *use* my lights, 3 switches work well for me--1 for the pendants, 1 for the UCL, 1 for all of the cans. This is what I'm planning for my new home as well. Hope that's helpful! |
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Reston United '98 Girls: Team News
Reston United 98 Accepted to SAC United Columbus Day Tournament
Reston United 98 was accepted to the SAC United Columbus Day tournament being held over the Columbus Day weekend October 6-7. Good luck girls.
Thursday, September 6
2012 U14 OBGC Capital Cup Tournament Champions (Championship Division)
The team played 4 very good games over the weekend and looked ready to start the season. Congratulations Reston United 98 on the tournament victory.
Saturday, April 7
Accepted into Arlinghton Invitational (March, 10-11) & PWSI Icebreaker (March 24-25, 2012)
The Team Will Play Indoor Soccer at Dullessportplex, Session 1 & 2 (Nov 27- March 19, 2012)
Accepted into the prestigious 2011 WAGS tournament, Columbus weekend (Oct 8-11, 2011)
The team will participate into two pre-season tournaments in August and Labor Day Weekend
Tryouts for the new season starts June 1, 2011.
Accepted into the 2011 Virginian Tournament Gold Division (May 28-30, 2011)
Accepted into the prestigious Jefferson Cup Tourney (March 19-20, 2011)
Congratulations to the United '98 for being accepted at one of the top tourneys is US, Jefferson ...
Accepted into the high ranked Arlinghton Invitational Tourney (March 12-13, 2011)
Good luck ladies !
The Team Will Play Indoor and Futsal Soccer at Dullessportplex, Session 1 (Nov 27- Jan 15, 2011)
The team will play one age up at U13 Dullesportplex indoor (and Futsal) league in the 1st session ...
The Team Started its 2010-11 Winter Training Program by Attending a Foot Skills Clinic
To further improve the players foot skills, the team will attend a very intensive foot skills training program with ...
The team ended its 2010 Fall U12 WAGS Season with an impressive record 7-1-1
Accepted into Richmond Strikers Capital Fall Classic, Novemeber 13,14, 2010
The team will compete in Richmond Strikers Capital Fall Classic, November 13-14, 2010.
Accepted into WAGS Tournament, Columbus Weekend, October 9-11, 2010
The team will compete in WAGS tournament, Columbus Weekend, October 9-11, 201. The games will be played at ...
OBGC Capital Club Labor Day Tournament, September 4-6, 2010
The team will compete in the OBGC Capital Cup Labor Day Tournament - September 4-6, 2010.
BRYC Fall Kickoff Tournament, August 21-22, 2010
The team will compete in the BRYC (Braddock Rd Youth Club) Fall Kickoff Tournament - August 21-22, 2010.
Team Party: Kick off the season with a pool party, August 21, 2010
We will have a team pool party on Saturday, August 21 at 4pm at Lake Audubon in Reston. The address is Lake ...
Virginian Tournament, May 29-31, 2010
The team will compete in the Virginian Tournament over the Memorial Weekend, May 29-31, 2010.
SASA St. Patrick's Day Tournament, March 20-21, 2010
The team will compete in the SASA St. Patrick's Day Tournament - March 20-21, 2010. The games will ...
Arlington Invitational Tournament, March 12-14, 2010
The team will compete in the Arlinghton Invitational tournament the weekend of March 12-14, 2010. The team was ...
Holiday Party On December 13, 2009
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Tentative Parents Meeting at the end of January 2010
more infor to follow ....
Our Dulles SportsPlex Indoor Session 2 starts Jan 24, 2010
Good luck to the team ....
GIrls Completed the Brazilian Soccer Camp
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Submission Protocol for 2011 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria Certification Overlay for NYC HPD Projects
All new construction and rehabilitation projects (as defined below) that receive funding from HPD are required to comply with the 2011 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria Certification Overlay for NYC HPD Projects.
For rehabilitation projects, the requirement to certify with Green Communities is based on work scope. Projects engaged in the following work scope are required to comply:
All rehabilitation projects are also required to comply with the HPD Standard Specification to the extent of the project work scope.
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Begin the certification process by clicking here. This step will set up an online account with Enterprise which will facilitate entry of needed project information and document greening measures the project is pursuing. Projects will need to compile the following documents:
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Prior to officially submitting to Enterprise for the Green Communities certification, projects are required to submit to HPD and receive the HPD Pre-approval letter for Green Communities Certification. The HPD pre-approval letter is a required exhibit for the Enterprise Green Communities certification for all HPD funded projects.
Upon completion of the HPD review the project should have a finalized design strategy. The project team should complete the Enterprise online Certification Request Form and submit additional documentation as required by Enterprise.
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Project team completes online Final Certification Form within 60 days of construction completion. The following documents will need to be submitted:
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R&B star Mary J Blige was hit with a lawsuit today, alleging the Grammy-winning singer had defaulted on a US$500,000 (NZ$600,000) loan - the second such legal action against her in three months.
According to the lawsuit filed by Bank of America in New York State Supreme Court, Blige took out the loan in 2005 and stopped making re-payments in June 2012.
Bank of America said Blige, who has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, now owes US$511,324 in principal and interest on the loan, which it is seeking to recoup.
Blige's publicist did not respond to a request for comment on the latest lawsuit, which was follows legal action in November 2012 by Signature Bank over an alleged default on a US$2.2 million (NZ$2.6 million) bank loan by the singer and her husband.
The "Family Affair" singer's charity - The Mary J Blige and Steve Stoute Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now - was accused in 2012 of mishandling funds and cheating scholarship students.
Blige has attributed the problems at the charity to a former staffer at the foundation, and pledged to make sure that grants and scholarships are paid out to send young women to college.


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Patricia Sieber is interested in the canon formation surrounding Chinese vernacular genres from the Yuan period onward. She is the author of Theaters of Desire: Authors, Readers, and the Reproduction of Early Chinese Song-Drama, 1300-2000, a cross-cultural history of the construction and reception of "Yuan zaju." She currently is working on two book length studies, The Power of Imprints: Qing-Period Publishing and the Formation of European Sinology, 1720-1860 and The Lure of Songs: Genre, Locality, and Ethnicity in Yuan China. Other publications include an edited collection of short stories entitled Red Is Not the Only Color and articles on canon formation, visuality, performativity, and religion in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, CHINOPERL, Monumenta Serica, Journal of Chinese Religions, and Contemporary Buddhism among others. She teaches courses on different facets of traditional Chinese literature, including courses on traditional Chinese novels & drama, the intersection of traditional & modern Chinese literature, and comparative literary relations. She has been a fellow at the Center for Chinese Studies, National Central Library (Taipei), at the Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities (OSU), and at the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.). Her research has been awarded funding from the NEH, ACLS, DAAD and the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation among others. She has presented her research in the US, Europe, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. As a two time recipient of OSU's East Asian Studies Center FY National Resource Center (NRC) and Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) grants from the U.S. Department of Education, she currently serves as the director of OSU's East Asian Studies Center.
- World literature and print culture
- Chinese song, drama, and fiction, 13th-18th centuries
- European sinology, 17th-19th centuries
- M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Chinese literature)
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I have abandoned my plans to grow Peppers Hydroponically.. Due to lack of funds to buy a light HID Lighting system.
I recently purchased a used Ebb and Flow system. It has 4 trays in a 2'by 2' flood tray, with a 10 gallon resevoir. It came with Nutrients ( BC Grow/bloom/boost)
the lighting is 3 - 4' dual fluorescent (plillips grow lights) I have been making green smoothies a lot and I use a lot of Leafy Greens ( Kale, Collards, Swiss Chard, Spinach) Does anyone know if I can grow any of these without using an HID system and just using my Fluorescents? Any help/advice/tips would be great Sam-Weis-Err |
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I have been happily growing lettuce and spinach under florescents. (not as much luck with the spinace as it is more difficult to get to germinate.) Anyway, I actually have not had much luck growing salad crops outdoors since this is central FL and it is too hot here most of the year for such. Florescents are also good for getting seedlings started. Do keep in mind that you want to be growing plants of roughly the same size under a florescent fixture since you need the light to be only a few inches from the plants to be effective. Make sure you have an easy way to raise and lower the light as the plants grow and to do maintinance. |
Thanks for the response. Yeah I'm not going to try leafy greens outdoors until the Arizona Blast Furnace turns off 9 months from now. What do you think about collards or Kale? as I use those a lot more than lettuce and spinach. |
You can grow peppers just fine with only fluorescents. What kind of peppers do you want to grow? You need to choose a pepper plant that is bushy. No more then 12-16 inches tall. You need to prune it to keep it small and have all the leaves exposed to the light. Also make sure the pot for ebb & flow is small. Small pot equals small root sysstem equals small plants. Ornamental plants will work best(pretty purple is very cool). If you want hot peppers the peach habanero is a good choice. http://www.chileseeds.co.uk/peachhabanerochilliseeds.htm To grow peppers 40 watts/feet or more is good. You should also add mylar to reflect all the lights on the plants. This is a Chilaca plant grown in Ebb & Flow with 2 X 80 watts CFL Good luck! |
Habman, you have no idea how much this helps. I really don't care what kind of peppers I grow, I just want peppers. I love the hot stuff. We started 24 seeds in quickgro cubes (composted bark). They are full sized Jalapenos-we had 23/24 sprout =], we are going to transplant them into the garden in a few weeks. But I bought this hydro set and Its been sitting in the closet for a month! I never thought about smaller plants, I was going to maybe try rigging the fluorescent tubes to hang vertically over the system, with one plant... that would have all 6 lights covering 3 sides of the plant.. wasn't sure if it would work but I like your idea! Thanks, |
Have you concidered setting up the hydro system outside? I have started chineese kale inside but it is kinda like brocklee so I put it outside where it would get more sun. Good luck |
- Posted by intellectual_menace 8 (My Page) on Wed, Apr 18, 07 at 17:22
I personally prefer fluorescents to HIDs for non-flowering vegetative growth of all plants. it allows you to move the lights closer (2inches) from the tops and does not produce as much waste heat (wasted money in generated heat and wasted money in heat dissipation). i would stick to t5's and not t12 bulbs and stick toward the blue side of the spectrum (cool spectrum lights not warm). No need to buy from a hydro store either, the fixtures at a hardware store work fine. Also the compact fluorescent 150 watt bulbs that fit in normal fixtures are cheap and nice. Just my 2cents. GL IM |
If you have trouble finding inexpensive T5 fixtures you can use T8 which are less $$ and almost as good as T5. Both definitely better than T12 the really big fat tubes. I ordered some really nice T5 fixtures from a hydro store and they are nice but some basic utility fixtures from the hardware store would probably work just as well even if they don't look as sleak |
Fluorescents actually make more waste heat than HID lamps, it's just not so concentrated. HID is a more efficient light source than fluorescent. |
- Posted by txclosetgrower 8 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 24, 07 at 15:25
40 watt compact fluorescent lights go for about 10 dollars & they put out about 2600 lumens. You can pick up clamping shop-light fixtures already wired with extension cords & a round metal reflector for another 5-7 bucks a piece. Both of these can be found at lowes or home depot. The shop lights are on the same isle as the extension cords. They are cheap, come in both blue & red spectrums, & work great. Since they are small, they are easy to re-position wherever you need them. Remember, the key to using fluorescent lights is keeping the lights within a couple inches of the plant, like 1-3" max. The light intensity decreases exponentially as you move the lights farther away. Still, nothing beats an HID lamp. If you want a LOT of good info about growing plants indoors under lights, don't be scared to check out some of the other "herbal" growing boards. Those guys really know what they're doing. |
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Excel is the spreadsheet application included with Microsoft Corp.'s Office productivity software suite. More information is available at the following website:
Remote exploitation of a type confusion vulnerability in Microsoft Corp.'s Excel could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user.
This vulnerability is a type confusion vulnerability that occurs when parsing several related Excel record types. In this case, the type confusion is due to multiple records containing fields that identify the type of an object shared between them.
By controlling memory outside of the bounds of the allocated heap chunk, an attacker can control a C++ object pointer used in a virtual function call. This can result in an area of memory being treated as a different type of object than it actually is, resulting in access outside of the bounds of the allocated object.
Exploitation of this vulnerability results in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the file. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker needs to convince a user to open a malicious file. This is typically accomplished by emailing the targeted user a malicious file, or providing a link to one on a webpage.
iDefense testing has demonstrated that this vulnerability is highly exploitable, which is consistent with most type confusion vulnerabilities.
As with most memory corruption vulnerabilities, exploitation mitigation technologies like DEP and ASLR substantially increase the difficulty of exploiting this vulnerability.
iDefense has confirmed the existence of this vulnerability in all currently supported versions of Excel (2007 SP1/SP2, 2003 SP3, XP SP3), and also the currently unsupported Excel 2000 SP3. A full list of vulnerable Microsoft products can be found in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-017.
iDefense is currently unaware of any workarounds for this issue. Since the vulnerability occurs in the core parsing code it is impossible to disable the affected module.
Microsoft Corp. has released a patch which addresses this issue. Information about downloadable vendor updates can be found by clicking on the URLs shown. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-017.mspx
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SKILLSHARE EVERYWHERE. Skillshare had two big announcements yesterday: 1) the democratized education platform is available in "every major city" in the U.S. now, and 2) CEO Mike Karnjanaprakhorn has been named one of 12 TED fellows in 2012.
FORRST RANGERS. The developer community Forrst has started posting jobs. Bring it on, Stack Overflow.
SAVE AMIT. The campaign for Amit Gupta continues! Upcoming: bone marrow drive in Delhi and swabbing party in Somerville and much, much more.
DREAM TEAM. New Work City is joining forces with the hackers of NYC Resistor to cross-promote events. Synergy!
XX INNOVATION LUNCH. "I'm super psyched for my lunch this Friday," Charlie O'Donnell wrote in his newsletter this week. "Marissa Campise from Venrock and Sarah Tavel from Bessemer are co-hosting a lunch with me for up and coming women entrepreneurs to get a chance to meet venture investors." Read More


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Slow Cooker Monday: Apple Butter
Monday, 7 November 2011
On Saturday I asked my Facebook fans a simple question: pumpkin butter or apple butter? Both were popular choices and the votes ended up being pretty much split down the middle. Luckily, everyone wins: today is apple butter day and Wednesday is pumpkin butter day!
I like both kinds of fruit butter and I actually tried a combination apple-pumpkin butter when I visited Apple Hill last month. It was a great balance of the two flavors and I might try my hand at making that next.
If you're not familiar with fruit butters, they don't actually contain butter. A fruit butter is when fruit is cooked down then pureed into a thick, creamy spread. This is the third time I've made fruit butter in my slow cooker – I made some wonderful blueberry lavender butter with fresh berries and frozen berries last summer.
Apple butter tips:
There are 3 kitchen appliances that make this process so much easier:
- A slow cooker of course (although you can make this on the stove instead).
- One of those old-fashioned peeler/corer/slicers cuts prep time in more than half.
- An immersion blender (AKA hand blender, blender stick, etc.) to puree the apple butter right in the pot. I like to avoid pouring boiling hot stuff into my blender and back. I'm too clumsy to safely do stuff like that.
Speaking of slow cookers, Crock-Pot is unveiling a brand new design tomorrow night at 8pm EST. This is an exclusive for their Facebook fans – RSVP to the event and get the link to the tab on their Facebook page. In addition to seeing the new Crock-Pot, you'll also get to watch a live performance by country singer Sarah Darling and have a chance to win a trip to Nashville!
Do you have a favorite kind of fruit butter?
Slow Cooker Apple Sauce
Makes 3 1/2-4 pints
- 6 1/2 pounds apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced*
- 1 1/2-2 cups brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
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*I used 3 Granny Smith apples and equal parts McIntosh and Jonagold apples. You can use whatever apples you like, but some types are better than other for apple butter. McIntosh are very soft and tart Granny Smith counterbalance the sweet flavors, adding some depth.


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Islam's Challenge to Capitalism
January 21, 2010 by TMO · Leave a Comment
Turkey's "Passive Revolution"
By Geoffrey Cook, MMNS
Berkeley–Although Chihan Tugal is based here in Berkeley, he was asked to talk about his research entitled Passive Revolution: Absorbing the Islamic Challenge to Capitalism, published by Stanford University. It is written from his observations of a district in the above Asia Minor country which is amongst the poorest and most radical on the outskirts of Istanbul. What is so interesting about this quarter is that it is dominated politically by Islamists even though the Central administration's Constitution is that of a Secularist Republic.
Amid the Turkish population, the Islamists have scant support. These Muslims favor a relatively radical type of Islam for a democratic State, and are against the exacting Secularization that Ataturk set in motion during the 1920s. The majority of these people had supported the Fazilet (Virtue) Partisi (Party) and to a lesser extent other Islamist Parties such as Welfare. Their thinking had led them to reject contemporary Capitalism; therefore, the anti-American stance of social and economic-introverted gazing. Turkish Islamism is logical, but a short time ago, 2001, the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Partisi) was formed out of a schism between traditionalists – such as ruled this area — and reformers within the Virtue Party by the current Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Endrogan. On the other hand, the AKP (Justice and Development) program stresses not only democratic reforms but Islamic moral renewal) as well. (Incidentally many of these Muslims came from the radical marginal ethnic groups within Turkiye.) Ethnology is a competent device to comprehend this societal phenomenon.
These individuals became disenchanted when it became apparent that an Islamist State was beyond their reach. Many former adherents of the local Islamist groups, who had become disillusioned, defected to the Neo-Liberal (i.e., Neo-Ricardian) Justice and Development Party which is more broadly Islamic than Islamist, and, hence, more accepting of contemporaneous Capitalism — although they still held onto their antagonism to their former completive Islamist, as well, Welfare Party after they switched their positions outside their former religious ideological political stance.
Those remaining inside the Islamic political organizations are nevertheless not so much anti-capitalistic as anti- markets. (Your critic here considers, of all things, that many of these Islamist groups actually have affinities with European Christian Democrats! Both put their spiritual commitments and moral principles in the forefront of their politics.) Further, those who have stepped over to the Justice and Development Party have accepted some Keynesian theoretics, thus, they have resemblances to the Social Democrats in Europe.
The Islamists of Turkiye Cumhurieyeti are a virtual compilation of the Subaltern (a range of the lower and lower middle classes). Shopkeepers and students are against Capitalism in Istanbul, but the proletariat have sympathy for Corporate Capital, strangely enough, (for they see commerce a source for jobs).
Although the State has become more Islamic, their influence have diminished while that of the bourgeois has risen. This has guaranteed the position of Secularism within the State. The traditional patronage alliance between State actors within the Republic has been restored as has the alliance with the West — although the Secular elite can be Islamized, if a large scale Islamic revival is generated in the event the European Union denies Ankara's entrance into the EU. This (could) lead to a financial emergency that, may perhaps, lead to an economic meltdown in this NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ally.
Survey: Free Market Flawed
November 12, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
By James Robbins
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new BBC poll has found widespread dissatisfaction with free-market capitalism.
In the global poll for the BBC World Service, only 11% of those questioned across 27 countries said that it was working well.
Most thought regulation and reform of the capitalist system were necessary.
There were also sharp divisions around the world on whether the end of the Soviet Union was a good thing.
Economic regulation
In 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell, it was a victory for ordinary people across Eastern and Central Europe.
It also looked at the time like a crushing victory for free-market capitalism.
Twenty years on, this new global poll suggests confidence in free markets has taken heavy blows from the past 12 months of financial and economic crisis.
More than 29,000 people in 27 countries were questioned. In only two countries, the United States and Pakistan, did more than one in five people feel that capitalism works well as it stands.
Almost a quarter – 23% of those who responded – feel it is fatally flawed. That is the view of 43% in France, 38% in Mexico and 35% in Brazil.
And there is very strong support around the world for governments to distribute wealth more evenly. That is backed by majorities in 22 of the 27 countries.
If there is one issue where a global consensus seems to emerge from the survey it is this: there are majorities almost everywhere wanting government to be more active in regulating business.
It is only in Turkey that a majority want less government regulation.
Opinion about the disintegration of the Soviet Union is sharply divided.
Europeans overwhelmingly say it was a good thing: 79% in Germany, 76% in Britain and 74% in France feel that way.
But outside the developed West it is a different picture. Almost seven in 10 Egyptians say the end of the Soviet Union was a bad thing and views are sharply divided in India, Kenya and Indonesia.
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Death of 'Soul of Capitalism': Bogle, Faber, Moore
November 1, 2009 by TMO · Leave a Comment
20 reasons America has lost its soul and collapse is inevitable
By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) — Jack Bogle published "The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism" four years ago. The battle's over. The sequel should be titled: "Capitalism Died a Lost Soul." Worse, we've lost "America's Soul." And, worldwide, the consequences will be catastrophic.
That's why a man like Hong Kong contrarian economist Marc Faber warns in his Doom, Boom & Gloom Report: "The future will be a total disaster, with a collapse of our capitalistic system as we know it today."
Insuring against economic calamity
Gold ETFs are so popular they now hold more of the shiny stuff than most central banks. What will it take to sustain the funds' big gains? Barron's Clare McKeen reports.
No, not just another meltdown, another bear-market recession like the one recently triggered by Wall Street's too-greedy-to-fail banks. Faber is warning that the entire system of capitalism will collapse. Get it? The engine driving the great "American Economic Empire" for 233 years will collapse, a total disaster, a destiny we created.
OK, deny it. But I'll bet you have a nagging feeling that maybe he's right, that the end may be near. I have for a long time: I wrote a column back in 1997: "Battling for the Soul of Wall Street." My interest in "The Soul" — what Jung called the "collective unconscious" — dates back to my Ph.D. dissertation, "Modern Man in Search of His Soul," a title borrowed from Jung's 1933 book, "Modern Man in Search of a Soul." This battle has been on my mind since my days at Morgan Stanley 30 years ago, witnessing the decline.
Has capitalism lost its soul? Guys like Bogle and Faber sense it. Read more about the soul in physicist Gary Zukav's "The Seat of the Soul," Thomas Moore's "Care of the Soul" and sacred texts.
But for Wall Street and American capitalism, use your gut. You know something's very wrong: A year ago, too-greedy-to-fail banks were insolvent, in a near-death experience. Now, magically, they're back to business as usual, arrogant, pocketing outrageous bonuses while Main Street sacrifices, and unemployment and foreclosures continue rising as tight credit, inflation and skyrocketing federal debt are killing taxpayers.
Yes, Wall Street has lost its moral compass. It created the mess, but now, like vultures, Wall Streeters are capitalizing on the carcass. They have lost all sense of fiduciary duty, ethical responsibility and public obligation.
Here are the Top 20 reasons American capitalism has lost its soul:
1. Collapse is now inevitable
Capitalism has been the engine driving America and the global economies for over two centuries. Faber predicts its collapse will trigger global "wars, massive government-debt defaults, and the impoverishment of large segments of Western society." Faber knows that capitalism is not working, capitalism has peaked, and the collapse of capitalism is "inevitable."
When? He hesitates: "But what I don't know is whether this final collapse, which is inevitable, will occur tomorrow, or in five or 10 years, and whether it will occur with the Dow at 100,000 and gold at $50,000 per ounce or even confiscated, or with the Dow at 3,000 and gold at $1,000." But the end is inevitable, a historical imperative.
2. Nobody's planning for a 'Black Swan'
While the timing may be uncertain, the trigger is certain. Societies collapse because they fail to plan ahead, cannot act fast enough when a catastrophic crisis hits. Think "Black Swan" and read evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond's "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."
A crisis hits. We act surprised. Shouldn't. But it's too late: "Civilizations share a sharp curve of decline. Indeed, a society's demise may begin only a decade or two after it reaches its peak population, wealth and power."
Warnings are everywhere. Why not prepare? Why sabotage our power, our future? Why set up an entire nation to fail? Diamond says: Unfortunately "one of the choices has depended on the courage to practice long-term thinking, and to make bold, courageous, anticipatory decisions at a time when problems have become perceptible but before they reach crisis proportions."
Sound familiar? "This type of decision-making is the opposite of the short-term reactive decision-making that too often characterizes our elected politicians," thus setting up the "inevitable" collapse. Remember, Greenspan, Bernanke, Bush, Paulson all missed the 2007-8 meltdown: It will happen again, in a bigger crisis.
3. Wall Street sacked Washington
Bogle warned of a growing three-part threat — a "happy conspiracy" — in "The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism:" "The business and ethical standards of corporate America, of investment America, and of mutual fund America have been gravely compromised."
But since his book, "Wall Street America" went over to the dark side, got mega-greedy and took control of "Washington America." Their spoils of war included bailouts, bankruptcies, stimulus, nationalizations and $23.7 trillion new debt off-loaded to the Treasury, Fed and American people.
Who's in power? Irrelevant. The "happy conspiracy" controls both parties, writes the laws to suit its needs, with absolute control of America's fiscal and monetary policies. Sorry Jack, but the "Battle for the Soul of Capitalism" really was lost.
4. When greed was legalized
Go see Michael Moore's documentary, "Capitalism: A Love Story." "Disaster Capitalism" author Naomi Klein recently interviewed Moore in The Nation magazine: "Capitalism is the legalization of this greed. Greed has been with human beings forever. We have a number of things in our species that you would call the dark side, and greed is one of them. If you don't put certain structures in place or restrictions on those parts of our being that come from that dark place, then it gets out of control."
Greed's OK, within limits, like the 10 Commandments. Yes, the soul can thrive around greed, if there are structures and restrictions to keep it from going out of control. But Moore warns: "Capitalism does the opposite of that. It not only doesn't really put any structure or restrictions on it. It encourages it, it rewards" greed, creating bigger, more frequent bubble/bust cycles.
It happens because capitalism is now in "the hands of people whose only concern is their fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders or to their own pockets." Yes, greed was legalized in America, with Wall Street running Washington.
5. Triggering the end of our 'life cycle'
Like Diamond, Faber also sees the historical imperative: "Every successful society" grows "out of some kind of challenge." Today, the "life cycle" of capitalism is on the decline.
He asks himself: "How are you so sure about this final collapse?" The answer: "Of all the questions I have about the future, this is the easiest one to answer. Once a society becomes successful it becomes arrogant, righteous, overconfident, corrupt, and decadent … overspends … costly wars … wealth inequity and social tensions increase; and society enters a secular decline." Success makes us our own worst enemy.
Quoting 18th century Scottish historian Alexander Fraser Tytler: "The average life span of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years" progressing from "bondage to spiritual faith … to great courage … to liberty … to abundance … to selfishness … to complacency … to apathy … to dependence and … back into bondage!"
Where is America in the cycle? "It is most unlikely that Western societies, and especially the U.S., will be an exception to this typical 'society cycle.' … The U.S. is somewhere between the phase where it moves 'from complacency to apathy' and 'from apathy to dependence.'"
In short, America is a grumpy old man with hardening of the arteries. Our capitalism is near the tipping point, unprepared for a catastrophe, set up for collapse and rapid decline.
15 more clues capitalism lost its soul … is a disaster waiting to happen
Much more evidence litters the battlefield:
1. Wall Street wealth now calls the shots in Congress, the White House
2. America's top 1% own more than 90% of America's wealth
3. The average worker's income has declined in three decades while CEO compensation exploded over ten times
4. The Fed is now the 'fourth branch of government' operating autonomously, secretly printing money at will
5. Since Goldman and Morgan became bank holding companies, all banks are back gambling with taxpayer bailout money plus retail customer deposits
6. Bill Gross warns of a "new normal" with slow growth, low earnings and stock prices
7. While the White House's chief economist retorts with hype of a recovery unimpeded by the "new normal"
8. Wall Street's high-frequency junkies make billions trading zombie stocks like AIG, FNMA, FMAC that have no fundamental value beyond a Treasury guarantee
9. 401(k)s have lost 26.7% of their value in the past decade
10. Oil and energy costs will skyrocket
11. Foreign nations and sovereign funds have started dumping dollars, signaling the end of the dollar as the world's reserve currency
12. In two years federal debt exploded from $11.2 to $23.7 trillion
13. New financial reforms will do little to prevent the next meltdown
14. The "forever war" between Western and Islamic fundamentalists will widen
15. As will environmental threats and unfunded entitlements
"America Capitalism" is a "Lost Soul" … we've lost our moral compass … the coming collapse is the end of an "inevitable" historical cycle stalking all great empires to their graves. Downsize your lifestyle expectations, trust no one, not even media.
Faber is uncertain about timing, we are not. There is a high probability of a crisis and collapse by 2012. The "Great Depression 2" is dead ahead. Unfortunately, there's absolutely nothing you can do to hide from this unfolding reality or prevent the rush of the historical imperative.


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by Monique Volz in Uncategorized, May 25, 2012We're hosting a Healthy Every Week Challenge for the month of May; a month-long initiative to develop healthy eating habits. The plan is to develop a manageable healthy habit each week that will carry through the new year. Join us here and share what you're eating on Facebook and Twitter .
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This last week of the May challenge was about eating more fruits and vegetables, but let's face it, sometimes eating them can seem more like a chore then doing something good for our bodies. However, did you know that incorporating these good-for-you foods into meals can actually be easy and delicious? Rather then eating fruits and veggies on their own, why not try to consume them in a way that compliments your main dish? It's a great way to get creative and eat healthier! This past week I tossed more berries in my oatmeal and yogurt, ate turkey burgers with peach bbq sauce (pictured above), and munched on healthy snacks like avocado on toast. For me, it was actually a pretty easy week food-wise.
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I heard somewhere that you shouldn't put rice or bread in the compost heap. Why not? Should you not put any grain type substance in a compost bin? |
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I see no reason to keep rice and bread out of the compost. Depending on which rice and bread you have (the white stuff is much less nutritious and tastes terrible) would be of much less value in the compost than would brown rice and whole wheat bread but as a general rule of thumb if you eat it you can compost it. |
It's definitely compostible stuff - the danger is that grain products are very attractive to rodents and you could end up with rats in the compost. If you put that stuff in, I recommend you mix it in very well accompanied by a lot of coffee grounds. If you have anything approaching a rodent problem on your property, you might not want to risk it. -O |
Grain products would be no more attractive to these rodents than any other food we eat, so if there are rodents around and you would not want to take a chance on attracting them you should not add any food products to your compost which kind of is one of the reasons to compost. |
- Posted by lilacs_of_may 5/6 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 12, 07 at 21:45
I have a squirrel problem, but I've never seen any evidence of rats or mice. Great. I'll compost it. I just hate to throw away anything that can serve as compost. |
I find the best way to mix breads, cereals, and chips into the pile is to stick them in a bucket of water for a day. It all breaks down into a mushy paste and then I pour the sludge into the pile. and it keeps the critters from running away with the breadcrust |
- Posted by joepyeweed 5b IL (My Page) on Mon, Aug 13, 07 at 15:10
I've heard that putting bread into your compost pile attracts planarians. I've also heard that people who have soggy-bread-phobia strongly object to composting bread. However, I have no such phobia and I'm not concerned about planarians, but out of respect for a dear friend with such a phobia, I refrain from composting bread. (Well at least I tell her that...) |
Hey, me too! |
Well, I don't compost "bread" - per se. I have added cooked, discarded, finely ground grass seed mildly chemically leavened by yeast and even some times baking soda, but never just plain old "bread". |
In some people, bread in the compost pile induces aesthetic dyspepsia. |
Composting, it aint pretty! |
- Posted by tsugajunkie 5a SE_WI (My Page) on Tue, Aug 14, 07 at 19:22
If your compost has planarians it is a bit too moist. tj |
- Posted by lilacs_of_may 5/6 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 2:02
I actually know what a planarian is. But the only time I've seen them has been in biology class. I dumped yard debris on the rice and bread. Last I looked it hadn't been foraged. The squirrels did make off with what was left of an avocado once. |
I get 20 - 30 loaves of week old bread from a distributor here. I let them out of their plastic bags to dry out a day or two then grind them. Mixed with everything else they compost just fine. There is a local animal that likes the blueberry scones. He will not take anything else just the blueberry scones and only one a night. |
- Posted by grayentropy 5b (My Page) on Wed, Aug 15, 07 at 22:36
Rice/Bread/paper= Carbohydrates=browns veggie/fruit/grass/green=protein=greens. Balancing kitchen wastes with browns such as breads, pastas, noodles, rice, napkins, tissues, etc. is a good thing and helps bring the C:N to optimal. I have 2 hunting cats, live in MA and have never had a rodent problem in my compost. If I did have a rodent problem I would add mammalian urine to the compst bin. If I still had rodent problems I would compost some rodents. |
I always thought that things like bread, rice, pasta and so forth are browns (because they're carbohydrates/starches), but I've been told that they're greens, just like other grains. I think the key is that for our diets, they're considered carbs, but that's in comparison with things like meat. Since people use grains as fertilizer for the nitrogen content, I think they do count as greens (maybe weak greens, though). |
Whether bread or rice is just Carbon or is a source of some Nitrogen depends on whether you use a whole grain product or the typical nutrient free white products. White breads and white rice have so few nutrients that they are not something people or animals shyould be eating. |
My vote is that they are browns. They do not heat up the compost heap. |
Bread is definitely a green. Even white bread is a green. Lumps of bread in the compost get hot. (Not, of course, that I ever compost bread. Oh no. Never. I don't want planarians in my compost!) |
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Hello there, I'm a 95%-happy Bluestar gas range top owner... My only frustration is in adjusting the grates to be level - and to stay that way! I've got the 36" 6-burner model, and under each of the 6 grates there are 4 adjustment screws to get them all level. All the adjustment screws are so loosely-threaded that they inevitably turn from the normal vibrations of use... So, I'm looking for a pliable, non-toxic ("food-safe"?) form of lock-tight (or something). I've thought about scoring the threads on the screws so they don't turn so easily, but that seems extreme. Any of you Bluestar-owner enthusiasts share my pain in this respect? Any suggestions? Thanks! |
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Medium strength Loctite will do fine. It's designed to allow adjustment/disassembly. |
Hi-temp silicone caulking. Probably more "food safe" than Lok-Tite. |
Neither loc-tite nor ho-temp silicon is food safe. No worry, because food you eat won't be touching the feet, let alone the undersides of the grates. Either will work, but I'd be inclined to go with Loctite because (a) it was made to go in engines which get really hot and (b) is easier to find that high temp silicon. |
I've had a Bluestar 36" 6 burner range for the last 2+ years. The adjustment screws on my range also seem to be loose but I haven't had any problems with them moving after I adjusted them. I'd try the medium strength LocTite or I might call Bluestar to see if they have a solution. |
Thanks for the suggestions - I read the material safety datasheet for the loctite, and given this use case, I'm not particularly worried about food safety - it even states: "Not expected to be harmful by ingestion" (and there's no chance of ingestion). So I went in to my local Home Depot and they were out of the "Threadlocker Blue" (medium strength), then I went online and ordered a tube of the "Threadlocker Purple" which is "low strength" and well regarded. @willtv - glad to hear you're not experiencing this issue. it seems I've adjusted these screws several times now... Perhaps it's happening when we pull the grates to clean, a damp towel rubbing the side of one of these screws will spin it, but it seems to go out of adjustment in normal use (we don't actually clean under the grates all that often :-). I did call the folks at bluestar, and the fellow I spoke to said he hadn't heard of this issue before and had no suggestions. He said they typically screw all of the adjustment screws down all the way, then adjust some upward as necessary. However, this leaves the surface of the grates about a quarter-inch below the stainless side rails, and I prefer that grate surfaces be level with the rails, so perhaps this adds to my problem... Anyway, I expect to get things set perfectly (literally) with the purple loctite :-). Thanks again for all the suggestions! |
I've noticed this too. I get them exactly level (both true level and relative to each other) and then, inevitably, a few days later they're out of whack again. It's like there's a grate ghost messing witht the level at night. Or just general use. I need a solution too - getting tired of adjusting them and I think level really matters. Nothing worse than all the oil in a pan gathering in one spot. |
@keitel - exactly!!! I love this range, but I'll love it more when I get it all dialed in perfectly level (once and for all). I'll try to come back and share how it worked out with the purple loctite (Amazon permalink below). |
Here is a link that might be useful: Loctite Purple Low Strength Thread Locker Tube
Success! The project took a few hours since I took the opportunity to thoroughly clean things along the way. The one small tube I link to below had plenty of loctite for all 24 screws, I found that the following sequence worked best: - unscrew all adjustment screws nearly all the way. One day later, and everything remains exactly right. Yes :good: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Loctite Purple Low Strength Thread Locker Tube
Glad to hear the Loctite worked out. BTW, nice backsplash. |
Well I don't set my grate bowls up that high. but it does look kinda cool. I have used J.B. Weld on the top grates (not the bowl) when they start to rattle from heat warp. I just flip the grate over and spread a thin layer on the outside end that seems high. |
@alexr - I guess my preference for having the grates level with the side rails (which in-turn are level with the counter tops) wasn't formed through much thought. It just seemed the way things should be when I installed the range... After talking with Bluestar and hearing that they start with the adjusting screws all the way down, I tried this as I awaited the Loctite. Could be my imagination, but it seemed that my burners were hotter than usual on simmer... Then I realized the pans were about a centimeter lower to the flame. Seemed to make a difference (and there's no problem on higher heat settings, of course). It also feels like the cleaning is easier while they're flush with the counters. |
- Posted by Caliente63 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 15, 13 at 0:10
Another advantage of cranking the grates up a bit is that you get better clearance at the back for large skillets. I suspect that that height is also better when using a wok with the grate center removed. |
- Posted by FarmerMcLarry (My Page) on Mon, Sep 9, 13 at 11:38
Late to the game here, but could you put washers under the screws to raise them to the desired height? That would eliminate the need to use any chemical solution. Just a thought. |
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