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I read the FAQ's about what to do with a AV with a long neck, but I have a question, WHY? I have an AV that has a long curved neck, not sure why, but it still blooms and is perfectly healthy. I don't quite understand why you would want to burry the neck, like the FAQ says. Whats wrong with it having a neck? If there is a good reason, or it helps it I am definately willing to repot and fix my AV but I am not sure what I am doing or why I would be doing it. I think mine got its neck that way because it was trying to curve toward the light of the window , not sure, but that's the direction its facing. It started to do that when I brought it home from my mom's house.
Its neck is maybe 6 inches long if you were to straighten it out. But it goes up and then curves so the leaves all face out toward the window instead of facing up toward the ceiling like most violets. I can try and post a picture if anyone is curious. |
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Hi Natalie, There are really two reasons to get rid of a long neck on an African Violet. The first one is aesthetics. Most people like that nice rosette look that an African violet has when there is no exposed stem. The second reason is for the health of the plant. Your violet might be blooming right now, but you are not getting the most blooms from the plant with a 6 inch neck on it. Soon the neck will get so long that the blooming will stop. So, you can do what you want but if you want a nice looking healthy African violet it is best to bury the neck. I am curious, do you ever repot your violet or is it in the original soil it has been for all this time that the neck has been forming? If it has been a while since it has been repotted it is probably time for some fresh soil anyway. When or if you are going to bury the neck this is what you do. Take off the bottom row of leaves and as the FAQ says scrape the neck with your fingernails or a knife like you would a carrot. Then measure 3 in. from the bottom row of leaves and cut straight across the stem and sever what is below including the root ball. This sounds drastic, but it is the best way for the health of your plant. Plant the scraped neck in the soil and put it in a plastic bag for a month. During that time it will grow a completely new root system. After the month is up gradually wean the plant from the bag over a two day period. You will have a nice and healthy looking African violet. If you have any questions or concerns about doing this you can ask me on this forum or feel free to e-mail me personally. I would be happy to go into more detail if that is what you would like. Good luck with your decision and happy growing. Larry |
Natalie, PS - I am not suggesting that you do anything with your violet that I haven't done dozens of times. I have been growing African violets since 1979 and many times I have neglected a violet and had the exposed stem more than 3 in. long and had to cut the entire root system off. I have never lost a violet doing that. So, don't let this procedure scare you off. It is what we all do with our violets. Larry |
- Posted by NatalieRanae z5 IN (My Page) on Thu, Feb 10, 05 at 17:00
OK, thanks so much :) I will try it. Frankly it does sound kinda scary, chopping the whole root system off. Oh, should I use any rooting hormone on the neck when I replant it?? I have some that I have used for leave cuttings. |
Natalie, Personally I never used rooting hormone, but I know that others here swear by it. I think that if you are comfortable using it then by all means do so. Larry of the |
Ignore the "of the" it was my voice activated word processor burbing. lol |
- Posted by Fred_Hill (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, Feb 10, 05 at 23:00
Hi Natalie, You might want to look at a few pics of what to do with a long neck. Click on the link below. You'll find info near the bottom of the opening page. Click on long neck problems. Fred in NJ |
Here is a link that might be useful: Rachels Reflections
- Posted by NatalieRanae z5 IN (My Page) on Sat, Feb 12, 05 at 0:17
Ok, I did it, scary though it was. I scraped its neck, repotted it and used some rooting hormone. Also took off some of the bottom row of leaves and the blooms. I sure hope I did it right. My mom told me that its a really old violet, probably 8 years or so at least. I couldn't find a ziplock bag big enough for my violet though so I had to use a white garbage bag. (its not THAT big just too big for a quart ziplock bag) Now I am worried it won't get any sunlight in the white bag. Does it need to be in a bag? Also do I need to mist or spray the inside of the bag to make it humid? What about sunlight? I have never done this with a violet before so don't really know what I am doing when it comes to keeping it in the bag for a month or so. How should I take care of it now? How long before it gets new roots and how will I tell if its doing ok or if I have damaged it? |
- Posted by StonesRiver 6B Tennessee (My Page) on Sat, Feb 12, 05 at 0:49
Go buy or find a one or two gallon sized zippable bag. You are right: White plastic won't work. Make sure the soil is damp but not soggy wet. I don't mist. Also, zip the bag almost closed, insert a straw and blow up the bag. Finish zipping as you remove the straw. Good Luck, |
Yes, it does need to be a clear bag. When I have a plant that won't fit inside a 1 gal. ziplock bag I use 1 gal. non-ziplock bags. I take two of them slice the side on each and tape them together so that I have a double wide bag. Put it over the violet and Pot and tape it underneath. This works pretty well for me. Larry |
- Posted by flowergirl70ks 5/6KS (My Page) on Sat, Feb 12, 05 at 9:16
For bags I use the really thin ones that come from the produce section of the grocery store.They also come in different sizes. |
You can also use an a terrarium for rooting in. An empty aquarium works fine, but you need to make a cover. I just use some plastic wrap for the cover. Cuttings and leaves need light to root and sprout new plants. Rooting without light will always fail. So many times I read on GW about someone rooting something and then complaining that it didn't work only to find out that they didn't give the cuttings light. The very best place to root AV's or other gesneriads is on a fluorescent light stand. The next best place is a bright window that does not receive direct sun. Personally I have never scraped the neck on AV's I don't really understand the reasoning though I suppose that this is a method developed from much trial and error. I tend to cut the crown off entirely and then reroot in an enclosure. Jon |
PS - You should have a root system in about a month. After about two weeks (or sooner) if you check the plant the leaves should start to become crisp. If it is too soggy as Linda said it may start to rot and you won't have those crisp leaves. Have fun and good luck, Larry |
- Posted by NatalieRanae z5 IN (My Page) on Sun, Feb 13, 05 at 13:00
The terrarium is a great idea Jon, thanks! I have a spare 20gal tank with a fluorescent light that goes with it. I will try putting it along with my other leave cuttings in there! I have it right now in clear plastic box that I had a christmas Angel in. But I don't know if its humid enough in there becuase it doesn't seal as well as a bag would. Thanks Larry for the info on how to re-root my violet . I hope it does well and that I did re-root it right. How humid does the violet need to be in its enclosure? I have a hydrometer that I can put in the terrarium to keep it consistent. I have some hermit crabs in another aquarium that need it to stay around 70% humidity. I don't whats the proper humidity for a violet. |
Natalie, 70% should be fine. Don't forget the roots and neck you just cut off! I kept mine in a baggie and it's sprouted a new crown! Yours may or may not, but heck, what do you have to lose? I love my Tiny Moon Goddess. She's awesome. Korina |
- Posted by scoutsadie z7, northern VA (My Page) on Sun, Feb 27, 05 at 19:10
I actually had luck using one of those light brownish colored plastic grocery bags when I "tented" one of my violets; I guess it still got enough light. It's very healthy and happy and growing these days. beck |
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Before we get into the individual conclusions on each brand of RAM, here is a pricing graph to give you an idea on the cost of all the different memory as it is one of the most important aspects of your overall buying decision.
Prices were sourced from NewEgg and Price Watch - it is important to remember memory prices fluctuate daily and are only valid at time of writing.
- Crucial PC3200 Final Thoughts
Crucial have placed together this excellent module that was capable of not only pulling ahead at stock speeds but again when it came to overclocked results. Considering the memory was rated at CAS 3 DDR-400, it was interesting to find how high it was able to go with the more aggressive timings used throughout all our benchmarks.
Overall: Thanks to the fantastic speeds and great pricing Crucial have earned our TweakTown Editors Choice award and a rating of 9.5 out of 10.
- Mushkin PC3200 Final Thoughts
Mushkin have produced two excellent modules that are capable of doing some very high speeds at DDR-400. While it couldn't overclock as well, thanks to the excellent design of the modules they were still capable of holding up against the Crucial that had quite a large lead on it when it came to overclocked FSB. Unfortunately after all this they are let down with quite a high price tag which for people wanting DDR-400 memory is going to be out of reach.
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Kingmax are the cheapest module available, is very quick and look very nice thanks to their new style of colored chips to help prevent chip piracy. Like the Crucial stick, this is going to be excellent for people wanting memory that will simply do DDR-400 speeds and being slightly cheaper then Crucial, it will be the perfect module for anyone interested in buying bulk.
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TwinMOS have recently released some higher rated memory modules and it will be quite interesting to see how they perform.
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- Buffalo PC3500 Final Thoughts
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Hi there,
As Richard wrote earlier, today we're going back to Zimbabwe on today's programme. Then to Pakistan, where there has been an angry reaction from lawyers following the country's top judge appearing before a closed hearing following allegations that he abused his power.
Post your comment now.
Starting with Zimbabwe.
ANON writes:
I think the action taken against the opposition of Zimbabwe was illegal and unconstitutional therefore it should be condemned by every peace loving
Jason from Portland says:
Why should the USA have any responsibility to step in and help the MDC? It's not our problem.
Paul an Australian in Latvia writes:
Zimbabwe is now officially a Military State. No question.
Michal Poberfrom Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, says:
Cuts and bruises! That's a VERY mild description compared to his lawyer's description!
Weaver Mumba from Zambia writes:
The international community should quickly intervene in Zimbabwe before all hell breaks loose.That great country is at a brink collapse.
Charl says:
Mugabe was supposes to be a great leader of Africa but his arogance dictatorial rule will end his rule a very unpopular & hated president of Zimbabwe.
Daisy from Uganda writes:
The only solution to Zimbabwe's problem is to stage a coup d'etat or to assassinate him.
Dan Msowoya from Malawi says:
The Zimbabwean Government has turned Zimbabwe into a police state. The 35th summit of the then OAU contextually condemns that, and implicitly suggests excluding Zimbabwe from the AU, SADC, Commonwealth. The AU is actually courting disaster by hesitating to address conclusively issues like that of Zimbabwe, Somalia and Sudan.
Chief Jon writes:
We who lived under Nkrumah see the imperialists doing the same diabolical things to Mugabe. Africa will remember Mugabe for long
Dan Msowoya from Malawi writes (again):
The Mugabe regime is repugnant, undemocratic and a sham to say the least. South Africa and the AU are culprits in all this. How awful of that government to deny people the right to pray, how devilish! "Rally" shall not be restricted in meaning and context to a "political" gathering.
Yrs Suran says:
I fear that your Zimbabwe correspondence won't give a picture of the vast peasant population.
Monday in Nigeria writes:
The behaviour of police in Zimbabwe is highly babaric, the UN should come to the aid of the helpless Zimbabweans.
Fidelis in Lagos says:
A convention against Political prosecution of opponents in Africa is the only way out of this mess. Even the opposition connot be trusted.
Marmetus in Nigeria writes:
If Rober Mugabe has nothing to hide why is he so afraid of organized opposition?
P. Chinthuli in Malawi writes:
The harsh realities of pushing Mugabe out of power on a western ticket are rudely and steadily staring Shangirai into the eyes.
Bubakar Sillah, Banjul, in The Gambia writes:
Why is the international community reluctant and delay in intervening situations like ZIMBABWE where weak, oppressed and helpless people are trying to effect change on their own? See Darfur, Guinea, etc.
Sule Musa in Freetown, Sierra Leone, says:
I recall the irony of Mugabe leading a Commonwealth group against Sani Abacha's despotism in 1995.
Chief John says:
No doubt you are only interviewing a right wing DAILY TELEGRAPH correspondent who will see NOTHING good about Africa.SHAME.
Abubakar B. Hussaini from Yobe State, Nigeria, writes:
Torturing, beating and abuse are elements of African police, UN wake-up and put end to these bad acts.
Dr Fom Dakwa writes:
As a young university student during the liberation years, Mugabe was my number one hero. Today he is doing worst things than Ian Smith did.
Deen Rogers writes:
Mugabe, you've done a lot for your country but please don't be an unforgivable demagogue. History always has pages on the rise and fall of great men.
ANON writes:
Most of the African presidents treated their opposition badly. My little advice to president Mugabe is that, this is not the end of the world, the stick used to beat a goat the same stick is used to beat a sheep.
Mustafa Raji in Nigeria says:
There's no better illustration of man's inhumanity to man than what is happening in Zimbabwe. Mugabe, you are a disgrace to human beings.
Conrad in Prague writes:
I applaud the detainees in Harare. They are so clearly in the right and their treatment has been appalling. A further indictment of a criminal regime. I salute their courage.
Soldier on Zambia says:
Mugabe has failed miserably. The only things he is succeeding in is in outdoing the colonial masters brutality and having the worlds highest inflation rate of no less 1,700. The civilised world must cage Mugabe and bring him to book. I wish I was in Zimbabwe to join in the freedom fight.
Jonathan from Zambia says:
Justice does not exist in this world.
Shehu Hanafi in Toro, Nigeria, writes:
Zimbabwe is Africa's most 'AFRICAN' nation; it should be allowed to exercise its sovereign right over its citizens.
ANON writes:
What is going on in pakistan is that the government is autocratic and hence will try to suppress any dissenting voice.
Lubna in Iraq writes:
In a democractic country like Pakistan,where President Musharaf came to power by general elections,no one can be arrested illegally!!?
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I don't know the variety that I have, but it is loaded with pears. Someone told me that pears will never ripen on the tree..that you have to pick them, then they ripen. Is that right? I have been waiting for them to ripen on the tree. They are as hard as rocks, but mildly sweet if you eat one.
If I need to pick them now, how will I know when the time is right? Thank you...Donna |
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Cradle a pear in your hand, then gently lift it upward. It's ready if it easily breaks free. |
- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Sep 20, 08 at 12:56
we let those bombs.. fall to the ground ... on grass ... then put them on a picnic table in the shade.. and in a month or two.. they were ready to eat ... unless you have good teeth.. and like your pear to have the mouth feel of an apple ... the minimally damaged ones.. actually ripen faster ....and it sounds like you will have enough, regardless of damage ... clean and cut into 1/2 inch squares.. and throw them in a pan.. a little butter .... and cook until mushy .. and put over pancakes .. also throw in some apples... and near the end.. some banana ..... YOU REALLY SHOULDNT NEED SUGAR .... you can do it in the microwave.. for mush.. but the little caramelization from the pan is better ... good eating.. ken |
- Posted by donnaz5 z5 NY (email@example.com) on Sat, Sep 20, 08 at 18:02
Thank you both. Love the recipe..I will try it. Will frost or a freeze hurt them? We're getting near that time..should I pick them all if we have a freeze coming? Donna |
donna, It depends upon your pear - if they're Asian varieties, then jean's method is good - if you lift and the stem detaches from the branch, they're ready. But, if it's a European pear variety, they're best picked from the tree while still firm - at most, barely yielding to firm finger pressure at the stem end - then, refrigerated for 20-60 days(varies, depending upon variety) before pulling them out, a few at a time, to allow them to ripen for a few days at room temperature. With most European pears, if you leave them to 'ripen on the tree', what you get is pears 'rotting on the tree'. |
It was said: "...if they're Asian varieties, then jean's method is good ...But, if it's a European pear variety, they're best picked from the tree while still firm" Well, we picked a friend's Bartlett's with the lift-and-release method just 2 weeks ago. Worked fine. But after you harvest them, and before you eat the Europeans, they should sit on the counter until they color up. In other words, even though they're very firm and green when picked, they are mature. Thus, they will ripen within weeks. |
Proper picking & ripening times will vary considerably for each individual Euro pear variety - and one's own preference for taste/consistency will also come into play. I've got close to 30 different varieties and every one is different. Bartlett may work well for jean in Portland - but it's a non-starter here in the hot, humid Southeast; fireblight will eat its shorts in no time - and the lift-and-release method may work well for her there, but if I waited for my Europeans to lift & separate, they'd be way too mushy for my taste, and in fact, would probably be brown and gooey inside. |
donna, Here's an archived note I've saved for years on ripening pears from one of my mentors who operated one of the premier fruit tree nurseries & orchards in the eastern US for nearly 30 years: "Most all European pears (exception is the new Green Jade), require post picking chill to properly mature. Or, when fruit exhibit slight color changes, begin to test pressure (using your thumb) near the stem. When there is a slight "give", pick all the fruit, store at or near 35 degrees for 7 or more days. Then you can remove them as needed, allow them to sit at room temps for 2-4 days which allows them to ripen to peak flavor. Years ago, I got a letter from an older NAFEX fellow who told me that European types were very difficult to ripen due to varietal quirks or requirements in post harvest handling. He said "E*, if you live long enough to learn how to properly ripen 10 varieties, you'll be lucky". I'm still working on it!!! Additionally, here's a couple of posts from an ongoing current discussion on pear ripening on the NAFEX e-list: KM(in MI) replied: Your mileage may vary - as mine here in the hot humid South is at least partially different from jean's in the PNW - but, what the heck, try some both ways! |
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Standard Register's Results Hampered by Financial Services Client
February 22, 2013Fourth Quarter Results
Total revenue declined 11 percent to $143.6 million in the fourth quarter compared to $161.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Approximately half of the decline was attributable to reduced volumes with the large financial services customer. Core solutions, the Company's priority growth products and services, declined 4 percent. Legacy products, generally transactional documents and printed materials, decreased 14 percent.
Healthcare revenue declined 11 percent for the quarter, to $52.5 million compared to $59.3 million in the prior year quarter. Declines in volumes, particularly in printed forms related to the mandated migration to Electronic Healthcare Records, offset increases in Core solutions sales. Operating income for the fourth quarter was $4.1 million compared to $2.1 million for the same period in 2011.
Business Solutions revenue for the fourth quarter was $91.0 million, a decrease of 11 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2011 revenue of $102.1 million. Core solutions and Legacy products declined, primarily related to the reduction in volume from the large financial services customer. Operating income for the fourth quarter was $2.4 million compared to an operating loss of $1.3 million in the fourth quarter last year.
Consolidated gross margin as a percent of revenue was 30 percent, the same as for the fourth quarter of 2011. Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses declined 18 percent in the quarter.
Full Year Results
Total revenue declined 7 percent to $602.0 million compared to $648.1 million for the full year 2011. Over half of this decline was attributable to reduced volume with the large financial services customer and the remainder was primarily the result of Legacy product unit volumes declining more rapidly than growth in Core solutions sales. For 2012, Core solutions declined 0.3 percent. Legacy products declined 12 percent. At the end of 2012, Core solutions comprised 43 percent of revenue, compared to 40 percent at the end of 2011. Legacy products correspondingly declined to 57 percent from 60 percent for the same periods.
Healthcare revenue declined 9 percent to $215.9 million from $236.8 million in 2011. Operating income for 2012 decreased 12 percent, to $12.7 million from $14.5 million for the prior year.
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J.J. Abrams has been speaking about
Star Wars: Episode VII
, and without revealing anything specific, has elaborated on his vision of the galaxy far, far away.
"I loved how
Star Wars
had that sense of a world far beyond the borders of what you can see and have been told," says Abrams in an interview with
The Times
. "It's one of the things it did so brilliantly.
"If you watch the first movie, you don't actually know exactly what the Empire is trying to do. They're going to rule by fear – but you don't know what their end game is.
"The beauty of that movie was that it was an unfamiliar world, and yet you wanted to see it expand and to see where it went."
That same interview piece also makes a passing reference to the presence of Chiwetel Ejiofor at Abrams' production company, a nugget that has lead rumour-merchants to speculate over his casting in the new film.
Whether or not that proves accurate remains to be seen, but he is an exciting name to throw into the mix.
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It's darn late for tomatoes to be planted out. Most folks are already harvesting, even up north. You may not see enough growth to get large maters until fall, as blooming and fruit set is retarded by the high heat of summer. Basically, if you want really big maters, disbud all but a couple of fruit on each plant. Water like heck, but evenly, and make sure you control pests and diseases that affect the foliage, because all of that foliage making energy that just goes into a couple of tomatoes is how you get big record breakers. Space them out far enough so that you can keep the suckers well pinched off and the other tomatoes disbudded. The wire trellis system like grapes are grown is a good method of doing this. This is how a lot of commercial tomato growers grow them. You train two suckers up and out, supported by horizontal wires between a couple of posts. |
Yes, I'm putting up tomatos like crazy, but the first big tomato seeds I received didn't come up and the company sent me more. I don't really care about record breaking tomatos, just want to see if these are really 2 to 4 lb. tomatos like they say. Felder Rushing advised me that I could go ahead and try these this year, so I did. I've been putting them out and hardening them off the past week.How tall do the plants get? |
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Do you know where I can get the bottom grill for 9803S Baker & Chef Grill - Mine has just disintegrated... |
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You should be able to contact Grand Hall for any replacement parts you need. Double check the plate on you grill, but I am reasonably sure that is who manufactured it. If that is the case go to http://www.grandhall.com and you will find info there on service for your grill. |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.grandhall.com
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Claude Wallace arrived in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, on Dec. 15, 1942, more than a year after Japan attacked the U.S. Navy fleet and other military installations on Dec. 7, 1941.
"It was still a mess," he said.
His speech will be based on personal notes and other research.
Wallace, of Cleveland, was raised on a farm in McMinn County until he was 16 years old when his parents consented for him to join the Navy on Aug. 11, 1942. He went through four weeks of boot camp in Great Lakes, Ill., before the Navy transferred him to Norfolk, Va., to join his ship on which he served as a cook.
"I was assigned to an LST, a ship that has the big front doors and a ramp going down," he said. "Our duty was to put the men and equipment on the beach."
The tank landing ship proceeded from Pearl Harbor to war in the South Pacific.
"I was in the South Pacific 35 months and 18 days," he said. "I was in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. That's when we set (Gen. Douglas) MacArthur back in the Philippines."
The Battle of Leyte Gulf raged over a period of three days from Oct. 23-26, 1944. Four months later, Wallace found himself in the Battle of Iwo Jima which officially began Feb. 19 and ended March 26, 1945.
"We secured Iwo the 16th of March and 14 days later on April 1, we went into Okinawa," he said.
The Battle of Okinawa began on a Sunday, which was both Easter and April Fool's Day.
"We secured it June 23. We formed a flotilla and were going to invade Japan Aug. 20, but they dropped the bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki on Aug. 9. The Japs surrendered the 15th," Wallace said.
After a period of hospitalization in Japan for a gunshot wound to his right leg, Wallace transferred to Memphis where he was discharged April 16, 1946. He re-enlisted Jan. 28, 1950, for four more years and served aboard the light cruiser U.S.S. Roanoke (CL-145) throughout the Korean War until his enlistment ended in July 1954.
Wallace, who served as a cook during both enlistments, suffered a wound to his right leg during a landing at a time when the Marines were having difficulty disembarking.
"An officer told us to go by the armory and get some machine guns and go up to the bow (front) of the ship and return enemy fire so the Marines could get off of the ship," he said. "We were standing on the bow of the ship and I saw 18 Marines lying on the beach. One of them was kicking but the medics couldn't get to him because of enemy fire. I saw that boy kick his last kick and about that time, something hit me in my right leg like a sledgehammer and knocked me about four feet. I looked over at the four guys who were with me to help me and they were dead."
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Richard Belzer, Law & Order SVU star, on why he sees medical marijuana is "a moral issue"
Richard Belzer, a TV mainstay thanks to the Law & Order franchise (he's currently a regular on Special Victims Unit), got his start as a standup comic.Richard Belzer.
But don't expect lotsa chuckles at the debate he'll moderate at this weekend's Plant Medicine Expo & Healthcare Provider Conference. Because he's very serious about the subject of medical marijuana.
Belzer learned about the medical efficacy of marijuana back in 1984, when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
"When I had cancer and was radiated, my doctor recommended marijuana," he says. "He couldn't prescribe it -- this was 25 years ago. But it just makes so much sense. The science is there, and many doctors are on board -- and because I'm a celebrity, hopefully it will call more attention to it, particularly in the medical community.
"People need to get educated, whether they're suffering or if they know someone is suffering. To me, it's all about relieving suffering and nausea. The thing that disturbs me most is the idea of people getting high -- because if you're radiated or in pain or starving, it's not about getting high. It's about restoring balance to your body and replenishing yourself. For God's sake, it's a plant. It's been around for thousands of years and been used in many forms. And I think this demonization of it has got to end."Richard Belzer and Mariska Hargitay on "Law & Order Special Victims Unit."
He's hopeful for progress in this area in part because "they just keep adding to the list of conditions that can be helped or treated by marijuana." But that's not the case in Colorado. When told that the state health department recently rejected a petition to add Tourette Syndrome to the roster of ailments approved for MMJ treatment following a hearing, and also nixed approval of medical marijuana for post-traumatic-stress disorder patients without even holding such an assembly, he reacts with dismay.
"That's beyond common sense," he maintains. "It's heartbreaking that anyone would deny someone the use of such a harmless substance."
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Virtue of Secularism for Oromiyaa | Oromiyaaf Gaarummaa Amantalaa
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Oromoon saba tokkicha. Dubbee demokraatumma yeroo hin yaadatamne kaasanii qabu. Akka seenaatt Oromiyaan amantee tokkicha qabdi turte. Amantichi dhimma finnaa keessa hin seenu. Akkasumas finnaan addatt dhimma amantee waan ta'e keessa seenuun safuu ture. Sana jechuun bakki itt waldeggeran hin turre jechuu miti. Dhaaboti Lubaa fi Qaallu aadaa fi hoodaan bakka walitt dhufan qabu. Haata'u malee yeroo nagaa haa ta'u lolaa amantalummaan (ilaalchi amantee alaa) masaka waliigalaa sabichaaf kennaa ture. Oromoon dhugaa, amantee ulfina kennuu fi adda addumaa yaadaaf wal danda'uun beekama. Dhaalmaa ofi irratt mari'achuun haala amma keessa jirru qayyabachuuf nama gargaara. Kanaaf kanneen hamaa nuu hawwanii fi gargar nu qooduu fedhaniif gurra qeensuu hin qabnu. Deemsa yeroo keessa kan nuu tolutt akka baanu mamii hin qabnu. Yoo iyyaafataa deemnuu fi naannaa keenya qeeqaan laallutt kaanu, caalaatt of baruu fi addunyaa keessa jirruu hubachuu eegaluun, nafii fi jaalala lammii keenya Oromoo, waliin biyya waloo fi kaayyoo bilisummaa tokko qabnuuf waan baafnuuf akka ofirraa qabnu qayyabachuu eegalla. Achumaan annisaan Oromummaa gadifageenyaan nuugalutt ka'a. Ammaaf, Oromiyaan biyya amantee hedduutii. Tokkummaa see eeggattee jiraachuuf amantalummaa guddifachuu malee filmaata biraa kan qabdu hin fakkaatu. Kanatt haansinee sun mal jechuu akka ta'ee fi anjaa Oromiyaaf qabaachuu danda'u ilaaluu haa yaallu.
Amantalummaa yeroo jennu hala amanteen dhimma gara bulchaa, barumsa ambaa yk dhimma malbulchaa biraa ilaalu keessa hin galle jechuufi. Akkasuma finnaanis dhimma amantee ilaalu keessa galuu hin qabu jechuu dha. Gabaabaatt amanteen kan abbaa, finnaan kan walii tahuu fudhachuu jechuu dha. Sun akeeka, garagarummaa amanteen jiru utuu hin laalin, biyyattiin kan namoota finnicha jala jiranii hundaati jedhu irrati bu'uurfama. Tokko tokkoon namaa, mirga bilisummaa yaadaa, kan seexaa saa qofaan masagamu qaba jechuu dha. Yoo amanteen tokko fo'amee akka amantee finnaa ta'u godhamee, finnichi jara hafan hunda irratt dhiibbaa tolaa hin taane gochuu danda'a. Sunimmoo mirgoota nambiyyaan qabu hunda tuqa.
Bara nugusa nugusoota Itiyoophiyaa, finnaa fi amanteen Tawaahidoo gargar hin jiran turan. Finnaan hirree yeroo gumaachu amanteen ilaalcha masagaa kenna ture. Kanaaf amantooti hafan baras hangam akka gadi ilaalamaniif itt cobamaa ture ni yaadatamaa. Olaantummaa amantee tokkoon amantoota biraa irratt lamuu akka roorrifamu kan barbaadu jira hin fakkaatu. Tajaajila saafi amanteen Tawaahidoon mootota waliin angoo fi qabeenya hirmataa jiraate. Nugusicha duuba amantee fi galmastaanni (church) seeraan gargar bahan jedhame. Qabeenyi saas akkuma qabeenya dhaabota biraa kan finnaa ta'e. Keessaayyuu finnaan dhimma galmastaanaa keessa galuu hin dhiisne. Muudammii fi ari'amuun matoota amantichaa sanaaf ragaa dha. Sun mirga bilisummaa yaadaa tuquu jechuu dha. mirga sana irra ejjennaan amantalummaan gar tokkoon haalame jechuu dha. Dursee Waldaa Waaqeffannaa cufee. Amma amantee Islaamaa keessa harka galfachuun mormii kanaa dura argamee hin beekne kaasee jira. Abbaan hirree eenyuunu kophaatt hin dhiisu.
Itophistooti qasaawota ofiin jedhan hedduun jecha "Laaqii Kiristinaa garba awaamaa fi Islaamaa keessaa" jedhu qaabachuutt kan ka'an fakkaata. Rakkinni saanii seenaa fi demokrasii wal fudhachiisuu dadhabuu dha. Kaan ammayyuu amantee Tawaahidoo , faajjii halluu sadanii fi finnaa Habashaa ulfoo ta'uutt fudhatu. Kanaaf abboolii saanii irra ilaalcha addaa guddifachuu hin dandeenye. Habashamitii hundi wanti habashaaf "ulfoon" isaaniif mallattoo kufaatii saanii kan Habashaaan qabachuuf fudhatee itt duule ta'uu hin irraanfatani. Yeroo amma yaada dulloomaa fulduratt dhiibuun kaarra gidduu saanii jiru dhiphisuu irra kan baldhisuu ta'a. Moototi fi galmistanni qoteebulaa firoota saanii ta'an hacuucaa fi qorqaa jiraatani. Booda biyyoota kibba saanii jiran koloneeffatanii gara laafina tokko malee waliin saamaa turani. Warraaqsa 1974 duuba finnaa amantalaan uumamuun hedduu abdachiisee ture. Galmistannis miiltoo finnaa tahuun hafee gumaacha amantoota saan jiraachuutt ka'uutu himama. Duratt gumaacha amantoota biraan jiraata akka ture kan irraanfatamu miti.
Rimsammi amantalummaa ammayyaa tarii biyyoota Kiristinnaa Dhihaatiin eegalame ta'a. Akka fakaatutt sana kan maddisiisee serri ayyaanaa gaaffilee guddina beekumsaa fi teknoloojiin ka'an deebisuuf hanqina qabaachuu dha. Yeroo waa'ee amantalummaa dubbannu kan nammuu beekuu qabu amantalummaan amantee dhabuu yk waqanqabnee jechuu akka hin taane. Nambiyyooti hundii fi bulchooti saanii bilisummaa yaadaa fi mirga akka fedhaniti uumaa saaniif hoo qubaa galchu qabu. Seerri finnaa faanfana malee sana kabachiisa. Sun kan danda'amu yoo finnaan addati amantee tokko hin mararfanne. Finnaa demokraatawaan amantee kamuu galmeessuu malee hayyama kennuu tahitaa hin qabu. Sana jechuun amantee finnaa kan jedhamu hin jiru, finnaanis amantee qabachuu hin danda'uu jechuu dha. Biyya amante hedduu qabu keessatt amanteen malbulchaa keessa seenuu hin qabu; garuu abba tokkootaaf amanteen kabachiifamuu qaba. Bilisummaan waldaan qixaawuun, mirga murnoota hundaa kan murnoota amantees dabalatuu.
Ilmoon namaa jireenya addunyaa kanaa irratt rakkina hedduutu isaan mudata. Rakkinoota akkasiifi laguu malee waliin furmaata soquutu irra eegama. Teknoolojiin guddachuu, misa naannaa, dhibee, beela fi qilleensa hamaa irra of eeguun, oguma addunyaa kana irraa, kan akka qormaata mirkanbeekawaa gaafata. Meesharkaan amantee ayyaanawummaa jireenya abba tokkootaa gabbisuu qofaaf dhimma baasa. Jiraattota biyyichaa hundaaf kan waloo miti. Kanaaf rakkina waatattaa namootaa furuuf mala waloo hunda haammatu barbaachisa. "Dansummaan, akka amantalaatt kan madaalamu anjaa inni garagarummaa malee miseensota hawaasaa hundaf kennuuni. Amanteef garuu "dansummaan" kan madaalamu tolaa inni jireenya du'a duubaaf argamsiisuuni. Finnooti amantee akkamitt murnoota bucuu gantummaa fi adda ta'uun fixaa akka turan seenaan galmeesseera. Ogeeyyii, beekotaa fi raagoti meeqa fannoo ibidaa irratt akka gubatanii fi akka mormi irra qela'ma tures dhageenyeerra. Finnaa demokratawaa jalati garuu mirgi abba tokkootaa fi murnoota bucuu seeraan eegama. Guddinni mirkanbeekii fi dirree beekumsaa hundi ni jajjabeeffama. Amantee, saala, sanyii fi bifaan faanfanamuun hin jiratu. Hundi walqixxummaan ilaalamuu, akkasumas hojii, amantee fi barumsa barbaade hordofuuf mirga qaba.
Waaqeffannaa malee amantooti Oromiyaa keessa jiran hundi kanneen walfakkaatan alaa qabu. Murnooti waldhabdee keessaaf, alaa tumsa galmeeffachuu ni yaalu ta'a. Sun taanaan balaa jireenya sabichaa dorsisu kan sabgidduu garasii fi garanatt walharkisiisuu dhuma hin qabne fiduun ni mala. Kanaaf tokko tokkoon sabboonota tokkummaa fi mo'ummaa sabichaa waan ilaalu irratt kan hojjetaniif abbawumaa fi itt gaafatama akka qaban hubachuutu irra eegama. Wanti isaan qulqullumaan afaanii baafatan akka hamaatt furamee qaawwaa hankaaksitooti keessa luuxan uumuu dandaha. Utuu yaada dheedhiin gad hin bahin waan amanteen saanii barsiisu sirritt hubatanii bilcheessuun dansa. Waa'ee seera jireenya lafaa irrat wanti raagoti jedhan jira ta'a. Qooqota Macaafa qulqulluu irra ergifachuuf (Matewos 22:15-22) "Egaa mootichaaf kan fudhachuun ta'u kennaa; Waaqayyoofis kan fudhachuu isaaf ta'u kennaa! " jedha. Haddis irraas barruu walfakaataan dhahameera (en Wikipedia.org, Islam and secularism). Yoo gaaffin tokko hariiroo kee biyya lafatt ejja ta'e ati waa'ee saa caalaatt beekta, garuu you hariiroo amanteett ejja ta'e kan kiyya ta'a." Sun qooqta Raajicha Qulqulluuti jedhama. Namooti sana lachuu akka amantalummaa hayyamanitt fudhatan jiru.
Yaadaanmaliin, amantee Baha Gidduu maddanitt kan bulan hedduun nuti obbolaa dangaan gargar nu hin baafne jechuu yaalu. Dhungaan saa garuu amantee tokko qabna jedhee kan walii hilee hin jiru. Seenaan Awuropaa fi biyyoota Arabaa kanaaf ragaadha. Arabooti Kirstinnota irra goranii biyyoota Arabaa hin rukutan turani. Awuropotis akkasuma. Hundaaf fedha saba saaniitu dura dhufaa. Sabboonummaan, hanga yoonaa sabgiddummaa buubaa koministotaa kan jireenya gaarii hojjetaa addunyaa hundaa wareegu irrayyuu haanee jira. Akeeki waloon qabnu inni bu'uuraa fedha sabummaa keenya kan naannaa tasgabii fi nagaa qabu keessa jiraachuun, madda qabeenya keenya too'annee mo'ummaa keenya irraa hamaa ittisuu dha. Sana bakkaan gahachuuf Oromummaa qofatu masagaa waloo nuu kenna.
Oromiyaan biyya amantoota hedduuti jenneerra. Amanteen tokko kan biraa hin caalu. Oromoon erga qabamanii mirga saanii dhalootaaf qabsaawaa jiru. Mirgoota saanii kan mirga abba tokkee, noolaa fi malbulchaa dabalatu haalamaa jiraatani. Amanttoti saanii sadarkaa lammaffatt yk hamma hin jirreeti gadi buufamani. Qabsoo walirraa hin citneen, mootummaan Itiyoophiyaa amantee finnaati kan jedhu addati akka hin qabaanee fi finnichis amantee akka hin qabne fudhachuu dirqisiisani. Amantee kan qabu nama qofa. Sabi tokkoo nagaa qabeessaa fi tasgabbaawaa ta'uuf sun barbachisaa dha. Oromiyaa keessatt walabummaa fi bilisummaaf, akka waliin dhaabbatan kan godhu Oromummaa dha. Oromummaan ilaalcha addunyaa Oromoon bilisummaaf qabu kan Ilmoon namaa hudndi walqixxee fi eenyuu, eenyuu ol akka hin taane fudhatu. Jaalbiyyummaan qabsaawotaa Oromummaa keessaa madda. Hawaasi Oromoo akka hawasa hallee hawaasoma haa tahu, amantee, gosa yk lammoomaan murnoota adda addaa qaba. Hunda qajeeltuu, walqixxummaa fi faanfana malee bulchuuf, seerri yadcichaa amantee fi hooda murnootaa ala tahe, jiraachuu feesisa. Sanaaf falli saa amantalummaa dha.
Yeroo bilisummaa keenyaaf qabsaawaa jirru fi wanti halle nuun mormaa jiru kana waa'ee murneessaa afarsuun karaarraa nu maqsuu yk nu hankaaksuu abbalu gaditt hin laalamu. Mirga hiree saba ofii ofiin murteeffannaa hojiirra olfachuu qofa osoo hin ta'in, mirgi keenya amantee fi bilisummaan yaadaa ukkaanfamaa jira. Mirga abba abbaa haa tahani kan murnootaa Oromiyaa keessaa hunda waliin hamaa irraa ittisuun nu ilaala. Mirgi nambiyyaa tokko illee yoo haalame bilisummaan sabichaa guutuu hin ta'u. Kanaaf finnaan empayeraa mirga amantee nambiyyoota keenyaa keessa seenuu waliin balaleffachuutu nurraa gaafatama. Kana sababfachuun kan dhimma tokkummaa keenyaa keessa lixanii laaquu barbaadanis ni sokkaana. Jechii saba Oromoo akka gosaatt dhiheessuu aggaamu, jecha tuffii agarsiisu, kan firummaa barbaadu akka hin taanes hundaan beekamuu qaba. Walgahiin tumsaa ummata keenya muslimotaa qabsoo irra jiruuf, Meniyapolisitt dhiheenya ta' e kan dinqisiifamuu qabu. Haasaan dardara Oromoo Jawaar Mohammediin hasawamee akka barreessaan kun hubatutt kan hala jiru waliin deemu. Yabboo kam irratuu maalummaa Oromummaa akka dhagahamutt himuun sabboonaa carraa sana argate irra kan eegamu. Garuu nammi hundi waan hasawamee fi barreeffamu irratt furaa ofii kennuun hin hafu; yaadi abbaa hin dhorgamu. Haa ta'u malee qeeqi kamuu namichatt osoo hin ta'in qabate irratt xiyyeeffachuutu irra jiraa. Yoo sun ta'e dadhabinaa fi jabina keenya irraa wanti barruu fi walbarsiifnu ni jiraata. Qabateen kun itt baha fagoon gahan waan qabuuf wal ciiga'aa fi miira ofii alatt ilaalamuu qaba. Haasicha sararaa sararaan, tuqaa tuqaan kanatu bade, sanatu tole jennu malee dubbataa ciicachuu qofa irratt yoo darbatame nama dogoggorsa. Ol adeemaa keenya akki itt busheessinuu fi jajjabeessinu malamuu qaba. Hundi dhugummaa fi danda'ummaa waliif haa qabatu. Durfannoo fedha Oromiyaa jaallannuuf haa kenninuu. Qabsoon keenya biyya walabaa fi ummata bilisaa itt fufa. Hanga bilisummaatt harka walqabannee haa jogaanu.
* Source: Gubirmans Publishing
By Ibsaa Guutama*
Oromo are one nation. They had democratic past from time immemorial. Historically, Oromiyaa had one religion. That religion did not interfere in the affairs of the state. In the same manner, the state did not interfere in exclusively religious matters. That did not mean that there was no support for each other. Both political (Luba) and religious (Qaalluu) institutions had areas of cooperation in cultural and ritual matters. But, secularism had given the nation an overall guidance in times of peace and war. True, Oromo did not only respect religion, but was also known for its tolerance of difference in thoughts. Discussing our heritage helps us understand our present. So, we should not lend our ears to evil wishers who intend to divide us.
With time, we will certainly find the way that suits all of us. The more we inquire and look at our surrounding critically, the more we develop consciousness about ourselves and the world we live in, then we realize the value and love we owe to our fellow Oromo with whom we have common country and common kaayyoo of liberation. Then, we also come to understand in depth the essence of Oromummaa. Oromiyaa is a land of many religions. Therefore, it has no better alternative than adopting secularism, if the nation has to survive in unity. Following, we shall try to see what we mean by it, and the advantage it can have for Oromo society.
By secularism, we mean noninterference of religion in the affairs of the state – be it administration, public education or other political affairs. In the same token, the state has no business to interfere in individual activities of religious concern. In short, it means faith is one's own while the state belongs to all in common. That is based on the principle that the country belongs to all people under the state irrespective of what religion they prophesy. And, each individual has freedom of thought and is subject to his or her conscience alone. If one religion is entertained as a state religion, the state can have bias against all others. That, in turn, affects all rights of individual citizens.
During the days of emperors of Ethiopia, the Tawaahidoo religion and the state were inseparable. The state provides the arms, and the church the guiding ideology. For its service, the church was given a third of the land. That means, it was a shareholder in the stake of the country. After the emperor, the church and the state were separated, and more or less, the privileges of the church were stopped. But, the interference of the state in church affairs continued to this day. The influence the state had in firing and appointing heads of the church can be cited as an evidence. Though the state declared itself a secular state yet, it has extended its intrusion to other religions as well. First, it banned the association of Waaqeffataa. Now, interfering in the Muslim religion, it has provoked unforeseen protest ever.
Many Ethiopianist activists seem to bring to memory the old maxim, "Christian island in a heathen and Muslim sea." Their problem is inability to integrate history and democracy. Some still take the Orthodox Church, the tricolor banner, and the Habashaa state as their sacred institutions. For this reason, they failed to develop a different outlook from that of their fathers. For non-Habashaa, the Habashaa "sacred" are symbols of their downfall, carried by the colonizer when marching to subdue them. To push them forward at this time helps only to widen the gap between peoples rather than breaching it. The church and the state together oppressed and exploited farmers who were their kin. They later together colonized free people to their south and mercilessly robbed them. A formation of secular state after the revolution of 1974 was thought to give some hope. The church is now a private spiritual institution run by believers supposedly, not a partner of the state. The church, instead of remaining a partner to the state, started to depend on contributions of those who followed it on their own free will. Previously, it lived on forced contributions of other believers. That has to be remembered.
The concept of modern secularism was probably introduced in western Christian countries. It seems that it originated from shortcomings of divine laws in responding to demands of developments in knowledge and technology. When discussing secularism, one has to bear in mind that it does not mean atheism. All citizens, including rulers, have freedom of thought and the right to worship in any manner they like. State law protects that right without discrimination.
That will be possible only if the state does not entertain any religion in particular. The state sanctions no religion; that means, there is no state religion or the state does not become religious. Religion has to be kept out of governance in a multi-religious state, but should be protected for individuals. Freedom of association is the right of all groups, including religious groups.
Inhabitants of a country face several problems in their worldly life. They need to solve such problems together. Advancement in technology, environmental developments, protection against disease, hunger and the elements require worldly methods like scientific researches. Religious tools are different for different religions, and are for advancement of individual spiritual well-being. They are not common to all inhabitants of the land. Therefore, for people's material life difficulties, a common – all encompassing – method is required. Secularism advocates good for the advantage it gives to all members of society on this earth without any exclusion. In religion, good is advocated more for the benefit it has for the life after death. Therefore, to claim our country together, to develop common economic life, language and culture, we have to have laws common to all of us.
We can learn from history on how theocratic states persecuted the minority for heresy or apostasy. And, also how many scientists and philosophers ended on the stake or beheaded? We do not want that to be repeated. Under a secular democratic state, individual and minority rights are protected. Advancements in science and other fields of knowledge are encouraged. There will not be discrimination for creed, gender, race or color. Everyone has the right to be treated equally without discrimination and pursue any trade, religion or discipline of one's choice.
Coming to Oromiyaa, it is hoped that all nationalists will be on the same page in their struggle for independence and against tyrannical rule. Together, they will make sure that all individual and group rights, including those of religion of fellow nationals, are not interfered with by any external or internal force. The abuse of individual rights should be taken as an abuse against the written and unwritten constitution of the nation.
Except Waaqeffannaa, all Oromo religions have people of the same faith outside Oromiyaa. Groups may try to enroll the external help for internal discordance. If that happens, it could lead to unending international tag of war that can be catastrophic for the survival of the nation. Therefore, it is incumbent with each national to act responsibly in matters of national integrity and sovereignty. Their innocent utterances could be misinterpreted and open a loophole, through which saboteurs could sneak in. They may even require to study in depth what their faith teaches. To borrow from the words of the Bible (Mathew 22:15-22) "Give back to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." A similar version is cited from Hadith (en Wikipedia.org, Islam and secularism) "If a question relates to your worldly matters, you would know better about it, but if it relates to religion, then to me it belongs." Those are said to be words of the Holy Prophet. Some analysts smell sanctioning of secularism in both quotes.
Theoretically, all those that prophesy religions that originated in the Middle East are said to be brothers, and no boundary line should separate them. In reality, no country has spared another because they had similar religions. Evidences are the history of European and Arab countries. The Arabs would not have attacked another Arab country in coalition with Christians. The same with Europeans. For all, national interests came first. Nationalism has so far overcome even the most aggressive internationalism of the communists that promised good life for all working peoples of the world. Our national interests to live in a stable peaceful environment, and maintain control over our resources and defending our sovereignty should be our common primary objective. Only Oromummaa will be our guide to achieve that.
Present Oromiyaa, we said, is the land where there are different faiths. No faith is superior to the other. The Oromo have struggled for their birth rights since they were colonized. They were denied their human rights, which include individual, civil and political rights. Their religions were relegated to second-class or to nonexistent. Their relentless struggle has forced the Ethiopian state to accept secularism in which there is no state religion or a religious state. For a nation, to live in peace is indispensable to be stable. In Oromiyaa, their rallying cry for freedom and independence is Oromummaa. Oromummaa is the Oromo world outlook of liberation that takes all human beings as equals, and takes no any group as superior to any other. The Oromo society, like many others, has different groups – be them social, religious, tribal or ethnic. To administer all these with justice, equality and without discrimination, there must be a body of laws that governs them separate from their religious dogmas and group ethos. For that, the secular method is a panacea.
Now, at a time when we are struggling for our independence and when all odds are against us, to raise a sectarian debate is no less than a distraction, for that matter, a sabotage. It is not only being denied our legitimate rights to implement our right to national self-determination, but our rights of worship and expression are being muffled by the enemy. Be them rights of individuals or groups, all belong to our people, and to protect them is our common concern. No right denied to a citizen makes freedom of the nation complete. Therefore, we have to condemn together the interference of the empire state in citizens' right of worship. We also oppose any suggestion that takes this as a pretext and try to mess up with our national integrity. Let it be also known that any utterance that refers to the Oromo nation as a "gosa" is taken as contemptuous and so unfriendly. The recent solidarity meeting in Minneapolis for our compatriots struggling back home has to be appreciated. For this writer, the speech made by the young Oromo Jawar Mohammed is appropriate for the occasion. But, different people may give different interpretation to any speech or writing; all are entitled to their opinion. But, any comment should have addressed the issues, not the person. In that way, we can learn from each other's strong and weak points. These issues have far-reaching consequences and must be handled without any bias or idiosyncrasy. Unless the speech is evaluated line by line, point by point, and is based solely on an unbiased stance against the speaker, it could lead one to a mistaken conclusion. Let all have genuineness and tolerance towards each other. Let us give priority to our beloved Oromiyaa's interest. Our struggle for an independent homeland and free people shall continue. Hand in hand, till victory, with Oromummaa!
* Source: Gubirmans Publishing
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Dear chief,
your timely concern about the future of OROMIA and its people is highly appreciated.But one thing that was out of Oromian nationalist ambition is that when peoples movement expects well seasoned organizational leadership our leaders are in confusion or they are knowingly in confusion;unless well planned organizational work is not done, our ambition to to have secular state is in danger.
J.IBSAA , haasaan kee hundi kan dhiiraatii. kan lundhaa miti. Afaan Oromoo ati katabdu kun , dhaloota har'aa bira kan jiru natti hin fakkaatu. garuu nuu gala. dansaa. jabaadhu. sochii amma itti jirtan kana ariifachiisuu yaalaa. waan isin gadi dhaabuuf deemtan furmaata oromoo akka ta'u hin shakku. garuu shira diinaa waliin arfachuu qaba. waan Oromiyaa dubbannaa, Wayyaaneen garuu Oromiyaa bakka afuritti qooduuf hojjachaa jirti fardeessaa.


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I've got my eye on a little house that has slanted walls in the bedrooms...not sure what they are called, but halfway up the wall they slant in because of the roofline. I am worried about how/where to put furniture. Do you have these types of walls - can you show me a picture please? Thanks! |
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We have two rooms with slanted walls. One is a little cubby at the top of our stairs which my boys use as a reading nook. The other is our TV room. We took advantage of dormers in both rooms to incorporate built ins into the space. Here is the boys "office". One of the two desks is built in. And this is the TV room. It has two window seats to stash "stuff" and another built in desk in the third dormer. I actually really like the slanted walls in both rooms because they make it feel nice and cozy. It is my intention to paint the slanted portion of the ceiling to match the walls, per suggestions I got on this forum, but I haven't had time to do that yet. HTH! Jaymie |
Our old house had slanted walls in the upstairs room. Do you know *how* slanted the walls are? They are very charming, but we had extremely deep slants, and it was very hard to put furniture against them without the worry of bumping your head. We actually had to add to the changing table in the back so it would stick out far enough that we wouldn't bump our heads on the slant when changing the baby. We have a lovely playroom with slanted ceilings above the garage, but I made sure the slants were high enough that we were able to put furniture against the walls. |
Our upstairs bedrooms have slanted walls. Two of them have built-in twin beds: We have dressers, desks, and/or low bookshelves along the walls. This room above the garage also has slanted walls: |
These before and after shots from Making it Lovely (blog) are really nice. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Making it Lovely's slanted guest room
- Posted by sarschlos_remodeler (My Page) on Mon, Sep 22, 08 at 13:23
They're called knee walls. Here's a very clever use of a knee wall: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Knee Wall cabinet
uxorial, I love your home! We used to have a house with knotty pine in the den. I really miss that room. |
- Posted by trailrunner (My Page) on Mon, Sep 22, 08 at 13:56
Most of our attic conversion is knee walls. We have45" ones. Here are pics of the bedrooms and the office area. We have enough flat walls that it makes it pretty easy to have furniture. We do not have closets in the bedrooms though since they are used as guest rooms only. Some day I may have to reconfigure to get them but for now it works fine. c Bedroom 1: Bedroom 2- bed and dresser are gone at present: Office area: |
Wow - thanks for all of the pictures! Every one of these rooms look soooo cozy and I love the way the slanted walls look...nice character. I got excited enough by the pictures (and I love the built-in bed idea) that I went to the house to measure the rooms to see how my furniture would fit. I smacked my head against the ceiling/wall at one point when I stood straight up - LOL! But I was definitely more able to imagine how the rooms could look. Thanks for the visual aids! |
Love the pics---makes me want a room with angled walls! Caminnc---your pics are so inviting! |
- Posted by threedgrad (My Page) on Tue, Sep 23, 08 at 0:46
- Posted by house_vixen (My Page) on Tue, Sep 23, 08 at 1:13
Love all the rooms above, but then I love my slanted walls, so. |
We have a high hip roof .. it's 16 feet in the center upstairs, with four large gable dormers coming off each side, also 2 gabled roof lines coming off the back of the house. So the roof line is very cut up upstairs in the girls room and their bathroom. We built the girls drawers and toy storage in under the knee walls to save space. The shower is built in one of the dormers, their art table is in another, the other two domer areas will eventually have window seats built into them. The long area I'm standing in to take a picture of the art table, is their TV area, the TV is built in to a storage area at the end. You can see the full pics of that room here, there's a lot of pics with slanted roof lines. http://www.flickr.com/photos/27077463@N00/sets/72157602315568789/ Bathroom in dormer : Bathroom shelves recessed into Knee walls : We also have a much higher slant roof line down stairs. |
- Posted by acountryfarm (My Page) on Wed, Sep 24, 08 at 4:04
We have slanted walls in all upstairs rooms ( bedrooms & bathrooms). The knee walls are about 6 ft. high. |
acountryfarm, what a beautiful home you are building. Can't wait to see it all finished. |
acountryfarm, I really liked your upstair rooms and the colors. can you please tell me the names of these colors and which brands and sheens? I liked all your blue, yellow and white colors. you can email me @email@example.com please tell me the colors. these are perfect colors for my slanted rooms |
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Click here to view more work from my Through The Viewfinder Collection
Photographed through the viewfinder of my vintage Argoflex Seventy-five.
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Australian Fine Art Photographer, Dip of Fine Arts (Photography), whose work is inspired by a love of nature and the abstract.
My photographs concentrate on the light, lines, colour, shape and form found in nature…… from bushland to beaches, even my own backyard.
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View Full Profileamazing ttv !
love the simple scene and framing of course
Hi Victor, I'm really in love with my Argoflex and the town I live in lends itself very nicely to the format and vintage quality. Appreciate your comment…………ps, I would love to see what you could do with a vintage TLR!!
– Kitsmumma
i bought one for experiments – Kodak duaflex, but i need some new gear for TTV
and another dream is Lensbaby – going to bought it !
Yay!!! That's excellent, can't wait to see what you come up with……… be sure to join the TTV Group.
Don't know much about Lensbaby but like what I have seen.
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i need some magnifying lens or filter for TTL, and really don't know how to start :-)
For my TTV shots I use my Canon S5IS which has a fantastic built in macro function. All my ttv's are shot using macro.
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yes, it what i thinking about… i hav't any macro , but thinking to buy :-)
Money well spent! macro opens up a whole new world.
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this is just fantastic … wonderfully vintage, romantic and kind of haunting too.
I thought exactly that Deb, romantic but haunting……….bit like me really, hehe!
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Great work again!
Thanks so much Kurt, always appreciated.
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Wonderful again! Looks like we have stepped into the past~could be as far back as the early days of photography from the look of it!
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This is a great product. Goes on easy and is very lightweight. Helps makeup last longer and stay on my face throughout the day. Has helped reduce shininess as well. At less than $10, it's well worth the money.
Smaller pores, more even skin tone, not greasy or slippery. I like the way that this reduces the amount of foundation I need. I have been wearing this with just powder and it gives a nice, natural, every day look. Progress in my search for the no foundation look, while at the same time evening it all out and reducing shiny redness and pores :) I'm happy 'cos its so cheap!
As many have mentioned, this comes out of a tube and is orangy- like a mix of apricot and dark orange. I have been in the search for a good primer that will hide the pores on my nose, which have appeared in a really expanded form the last few years. I have tried many brands just plainly alone as well as underneath foundations, even though I don't really need it to extend the life of my makeup, in the hopes that it would help my foundation cover up my pores. But I haven't been able to find anything. Sometimes, if I get lucky, I will run into a foundation that will help minimixe my pores, yet the nose pores are the most prominent. I tried this on and it covered up 95% of the pores on my nose - without foundation. Even though it is orange, it doesn't leave an orange stain, but it does leave a light "tone," which I am very fine with because I have found that with most primers, they get rubbed off when applying makeup So if you are trying to conceal pores, applying foundation or powder on top, whether by hand or brush just doesn't work. So I use only this on my nose and makeup on the rest of my face. Today, I walked out of my house with just this on my nose and some blush. I am so darn psyched.
The texture is not the slick silicone texture, but more of a light lotion. But when it dries down, I noticed my nose looked a bit dry(like in a cakey way) and the primer sunk into my pores. So I don't recommend this for dry skin types. Even though the result was not perfect, I am going to experiment with this, perhaps layering anothr primer underneath, of which I have too many, with this on top. This way, it won't settle into the pores, yet hide my pores better than any primer I have tried so far. No primer is perfect or will give you everything you want. I heard a MUArtist say that she mixes different primers to get the results she wants, so I am going to try that with this product.
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This primer is awesome! It works very well with my acne scarring and fine lines. It has a orange tint, but it does not matter since it blends into your skin very well!
I use this primer under my Maybelline Dream Smooth Mousse to make it last all day. I'm a NC15 and the primer gives me a little base color which is much needed. It makes the makeup last all during my workday and smoothes out fine lines. Just purchased my second tube today and I really love it. Don't understand all the hating on this product. Only downer on this is it doesn't work well in super hot weather. Since I live in Chicago, it's a mute point.:)
Works for me. I see a lot of negative reviews but this is the only face primer I can find that doesn't break me out and it's helps my foundation (usually Studio Fix Fluid) last. Maybe it just really works well with MAC Studio Fix Fluid and not other foundations, I don't know. I would repurchase again. Just for reference I have super oily skin and I put on about a dime amount.
While i like rimmel products, this i dont. Im used to a clear primer, this was tinted a beigey orange like color. I figured id still give it a try. Well it evened out my warm complexion and blended to where it was visible. However at the end of the day i developed pimples on my chin. Nothing in my skincare routine changed but this. This stuff is a pass and may have find another drugstore brand that works.


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I'd like to get my own Web site. A friend recommended 'Register.com' for a good starting place. I tried their free web site builder (try before you buy!) and it came out somewhat OK but the pictures that I uploaded to "my pretend site" were fuzzy looking. They were in the .jpeg format. The pictures were of candy bar wrappers that I design and would like to sell on the internet. Do you think I'm doing something wrong, as far as the pictures go or do you think they will be clearer on the actual site. The printed wrappers are very sharp and clear.
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Hi Steve. I like Frontpage but a long time ago I played with this program and found it very good and best of all it's free so you might want to check it out - webomatic. Does your ISP give you free web space? If so you can create your page with any program you like and them use ftp to upload it. A friend used her free space and then registered a domain name through Yahoo for $15 a year US. Try sharpening your pictures before you put them on your site - also if you resize once they are on the page they will lose quality so try to get the photos of the best quality but as small a size as you can before putting them on your page. Sue :) |
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First off jpeg is a lossy file format. What this means is every time you save the image you lose a few bytes. Over many saves and conversions you end up with an image that is not very good. Be sure to save original jpegs on a cd that can't be written onto and work on copies. If you are uploading originals that are clear on your computer but not the web site check to be sure the images are not being resized. When I put a picture on my website I can tell the browser to shrink or expand it to a different size. For example I might have a 640x480 jpeg and tell the webpage to show it as 320x240 or 1280x960 or anything else. That will make the picture not look as well. ( and most likely what your problem is ) shrink or expand the picture your self and upload an image that is the proper size rather than doing it in html. |
Steve, as Sue mentioned, maybe your isp offers webspace. Mine gives me 100mgs of space. I have used godaddy.com for several years for a domain name for only $8.95 a year. Works great and you can't beat the price! Feel free to e-mail me if I can help. |
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Well this is a week late I have tried to get a camera for the computer. but with the busy season here I have not got that job done yet. I can not hold it in any longer as I have waited since last fall when I built the beds for the trellis. I made two 2'x4'x6" Beds that saddle the trellis with a 4'x4' Mulch center. Plan to use it for a 4'x8' high tunnel next fall. I will get a camera and pictures I promise. I am so happy. I think I will put a small canvas sun cover on the peak for now and put a chair inside. Stop by for coffee anytime. Thanks all.
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