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Hi, My apologies if this is not the right forum but I hope someone can help me!, I recently got my hands on a 210 ltr blue plastic barrel that I was hoping to use as a water butt. However I've since found out that it contained pyrene.
Can anybody tell me is it possible to clean it out and use it for rain water, or is there a risk of conatmination?.. Thank you. |
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It doesn't appear that pyrene is incredibly dangerous. I would assume that it would be soluable in any organic solvent and that would include acetone which would be particularly useful since the left over mix would probably be soluable in water and be completely washed away. I am not suggesting that pyrene is benign, but neither is acetone or gasoline or methyl ethyl ketone or other paint thinners. My approach would be to slosh some acetone in there; dump it out in an unused area and slosh some water in there and repeat. |
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Hmm... A coal tar derivative... made of 4 benzene rings... Toxic to the kidneys and liver.... Potentially carcinogenic... I think I would try to find another barrel.... Whatever you do - Don't use it for Potable (Drinking) water, water for animals or for irrigating crops.. If you are going to use it in a boiler to heat your house or something like that - it would probably be OK.... If you want a barrel for storing Potable (drinking) water - you need to buy a barrel specifically rated for potable water. Thanks |
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I contacted my lender regarding a refinance and was offered a rate of 4.375 with one point on a 30 year fixed mortgage. Can anyone give me advice on the best ways to research to see if someone can beat that offer?
Internet research is a wonderful thing, but there are downsides, such as not knowing the reputation of the potential lender and exposing yourself to spam and unwanted telephone calls. Lending Tree, for example, gets its share of complaints on sites like epinions.com. |
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Hi Graywings, Unless you have a really tiny mortgage balance, that 4 3/8 at a 1% cost is WAYYY out of competitive range right now. Shopping retail is a tough way to get the best deal. If you retain a trustworthy* broker, you're far more likely to end up with a better result. (*by "Trustworthy" I mean much more than you like them & think they're competent & honest. I mean that they'll agree to a specified absolute & non-changing total compensation package for their services, and pass through to you the naked "wholesale" rate & fee pricing from their best wholesale resources.) Good luck! My longtime tagline rant; Choose according to character quality, competitiveness, |
New laws make most of the liars into criminals. Lenders are required to provide a good faith estimate of all costs and they are prohibited by law from changing that estimate significantly. Of course, there are still scammers out there, but that is the exception, not the rule. Of course, if you have a wonderful, trusted adviser, great. I suspect that isn't the case since you are asking online. If you want a low tech starting point, grab an old fashion Sunday paper and start calling around. Just like a broker would have access to a lot of different loan options, you'll need to find out what your option are and it is going to take a fair amount of legwork. BTW-LendingTree is a 100% legit site. You sign up and lenders will call you. That is the point. If you don't want calls, do not sign up there. Of course, there is no reason to expect the 5 lenders who call to have the best options for you though. |
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Hi billl, New laws make most of the liars into criminals. Lenders are required to provide a good faith estimate of all costs and they are prohibited by law from changing that estimate significantly. If only that were true... unfortunately, the legislators completely failed to listen to the legitimate voices from inside the industry, and promulgated a process that is now *WORSE* for the rate-shopping consumer than before. A) total costs are *NOT* disclosed on the new 4-page GFE anywhere, B) old-style good Faith Estimates (which *did* disclose all costs) are prohibited from being issued (not merely not-counted... legally PROHIBITED!) C) there is a 6-piece trigger list of information that a lender *MUST* have received before they are required to issue a binding GFE (which, as above explained, is worthless anyway.) Its very very easy for a lender to refuse (or simply not request) one of the 6 pieces (i.e. a Social Sec'y number, for one) and thereby be legally free to provide some alternative "estimate quote" that is not held to the GFE accuracy standards, D) it is now standard practice, especially by retail banking lenders, to refuse to issue a GFE until after the applicant has leapt through the majority of the administrative hoops (which, psychologically, tends to dissuade that applicant from going through the same gauntlet again, let alone many times, in an attempt to "comparison shop" (which is futile when not done on the same day anyway.)) E) the legislation *STILL* allows retail banking lenders to HIDE their rebate revenue fees (which brokers have always disclosed.) Believe it or not, the old 1-page GFE, disclosing all borrower costs, was far more complete and useful to a borrowing applicant (and as accurate as the character of the professional providing it.... which is the same as the realities now.) Of course, there are still scammers out there, but that is the exception, not the rule. I'd say it depends on your definition of "scammer." The standard of the industry today is systematic confuscation (even worse than ever before.) Its really unfortunate... and what's worse, the remaining quality players are migrating to less abusive, less complicated, more profitable service businesses. What's left is mostly very unsophisticated, young & inexperienced clerical "product pushers." Cheers, |
Until there are penalties for not meeting the good Faith Estimate the laws are all a lot of feel good hot air. HUD lost a case trying to impose actual penalties a while ago. Banks give more campaign contributions than borrowers I guess. |
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Built a 4ft long x 2ft wide x ~1.5ft deep wooden planter today for my concrete backyard because I was tired of never having enough containers. Added basil, rosemary, red lettuce and sowed a variety of other lettuce seeds today. Total project cost little less than $20 using cedar wood. I just started gardening about a month ago and this is my first time working with a drill too haha. Very satisfying, and pretty easy. Question: I live in Los Angeles, it's quite warm here. What other plants should I add in? Any that I should avoid with my current mix?? ALSO, potting mix to fill it cost much more than the container itself. Just found out that the city of LA gives compost and mulch away for free... Do you think I can fill a container with compost alone for tomatoes and such? |
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Well done. Some thoughts: I would recommend you read the long educational threads created by Al Tapla on this forum. Good luck! |
Yes, I think the concrete will definitely stain... oh well, what can I do? I wish there were no concrete to begin with! water should definitely be able to seep through, I put the bottom pieces of wood slightly far apart, but I should have thought about swelling of the wood once it gets wet. I will probably put it slightly further apart for future containers. I will be moving within a year and so, should I decide to take this with me, I will have to transfer the plants, dig out the dirt into garbage bags, then lift the container. The container itself is not that heavy. I should've put some wheels on it :) Cedar wood, from what I read, should last me for 10-20 years but the color will fade unless I stain it. |
As I mentioned in the other forum, your box (and choice wood) looks pretty good. I put 2' by 2" in each inside corners and screw the board to them. That will make the box more sturdy than just nailing the boards to gether. The other thing, IMO, is that your box is too deep. If you have used 8" wide boards 2 of them stacked up would have been enough. For most garden annuals 10 -12" soil will be enough. So 2 pieces of 8" wide will have about 15" depth that you can leave the top 2-3" empty for mulching. I don;t know about staining the concrete . I think it can always be cleaned by high pressure hose and metal brush. I would not worry about swelling of the wood at all, b,c every piece will get wet and swell/expand at the same rate. |
seysonn: I wanted to reply to you on the other forum but wasn't sure if you would actually go back and check it hehe. I did support the corners with 2x2", you just can't see them clearly because I did not make them as tall as the container itself.. I didn't want it to show much :) My container is aproximately 18 inches tall, fill with about 16 inches of soil.. unfortunately Home Depot only had one type of cedar in stock and it was these long, 6" wide boards so it was either 18" or 12" :) Question about mulching... do people usually use live green cuttings, or can I used dried out brown leaves? |
Neither. Find some bark nuggets if you want to mulch containers. You want good size chunks - quarter to half dollar. Lay an inch or two on top. |
Very good Winstella. Your box is perfect. That is exactly that I envisioned. About mulch , I agree with Oxboy555. The advantage of pine bark is the will keep the tope clean, no splash off of it , no mold growth and it will allow aeration as well. Make sure you get BARK mulch , not some of those colored mulches that are made of sap wood. |
Oh ok. Where can I buy it? Haven't seen mulch @ the nursery but the place is huge |
Nvm found it at the very back corner of Home Depot. Thanks! |
I hope your cedar lasts longer than my pine boxes. It rotted away on the inside within 2 seasons... |
Cedar is supposed to tolerate the constant wetness... You can also stain to make it even better, I think. |
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I found the perfect spot for my Pee Gee Hydrangea Tree. Well, almost perfect I should say. It is on a swale and the few times it rains heavily up here in PA, water settles in the swale and it becomes like a river. Otherwise, year-round it is just as dry/moist as the rest of my yard. Will it do any (much) harm for my tree if on average it spends a total of 1-2 weeks sitting in a river of rain water? I really don't have any other place for it. The tree is about 7' tall, and it has some good roots, if that helps at all. Thanks so much! Michelle |
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It does not sound like a good idea to me to plant anything under such conditions. There are some trees that can survive under those types of conditions, even in the sea, but I have never heard of hydrangeas being one of them. The roots need to supply oxygen and when this flooding happens, the water prevents air from reaching the roots. It is ok for this to happen for a few hours when the plant is being watered -say- but, for several weeks? Sounds a harsh environment. Has anything else grown in there before? |
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) whole powder reduces accumulation of visceral fat mass and increases hepatic oxidative stress in rats fed a high-fat diet
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Turmeric powder (TP) containing approximately 5.15% curcumin was evaluated for reduction of development of high-fat diet-induced obesity. Rats were fed a 30% fat diet containing 5, 10, and 20 g of TP/100 g of diet (TP-5, TP-10, and TP-20 groups) for 30 days. Body weight gain, energy intake, and the visceral fat mass for the TP-10 and TP-20 groups were lower than for the control group. Serum triglyceride and hepatic total lipid levels for the TP-10 and TP-20 groups were lower than for the control group. The hepatic glutathione concentration and the glutathione-S-transferase activity for all TP groups, and the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances level for the TP-20 group, were higher than for the control group. A high dose of turmeric powder apparently reduces development of high-fat diet-induced obesity, but also causes the adverse effect of increasing oxidative stress in rats.
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15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) | 15 "Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in that month you came out of Egypt. "No one is to appear before me empty-handed. |
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The long awaited iPlayer version for Virgin Media has finally launched and it looks pretty good and paves the way for the future of television.
First we had iPlayer for the PC but it was download only, then we had iPlayer for most computers through streaming but you have to sit at a computer.
Then we had iPlayer through the iPod Touch and iPhone to make it portable which then led to DRM free H.264 downloads but they were stopped.
We then had iPlayer on the Wii which was the first, user friendly-ish way of getting iPlayer on your television but full screen didn't work because it used Flash 7.
Now we have the first custom build, purposefully designed iPlayer on the Television solution but only if you're a Virgin Media customer – there are about 3.5 million of them but with 35 million households in the UK that's not a great percentage.
Also – I just phoned Virgin Media to see what it would cost to get the bare minimum package – the same channels as Freeview but with iPlayer built in and you can't.
Well you can – but you have to have a phone-line with them first – otherwise you have to take our their premium package which is £25 per month.
So, unless you want a Virgin Phone line (if you do want a Virgin Phone Line it will cost you £11 per month but you'll get basic TV thrown in for free) you'll have to buy the main package.
You can't just spend £5 a month and get their basic package, or even buy a Virgin Media box for £150 and get all the free to air channels for no monthly cost (like Sky).
So we still need a more open solution to the iPlayer on the TV problem.
The Wii solution requires the purchase of a games console and is horribly clunky and the Virgin option requires either for you to hand your telecommunications over to Richard Branson or spend £25 a month on television you don't want (if you want it then go for it but it's cheaper with Sky).
An eventual XBox 360 and PS3 solution would probably be similar to the Wii solution in that they would probably use the built in web browsers and offer the same interface as the web version.
So something better is needed and I think Freeview is the answer. Not Freeview as in the over the air television platform but the boxes its delivered to.
What we need is an iPlayer set-top-box – this could take the form of a specific box made by a BBC Worldwide partner for viewing iPlayer content on your TV or a specification that manufacturers can sign up to in order to offer iPlayer on their devices.
It could be a normal Freeview box but but with WiFi or at least network capabilities that can hook into your home Wireless network.
They could be built to a spec so that they all work with the iPlayer streaming service – it could even use the much better h.264 streaming instead of Flash.
Although it might be better to wait until Kangaroo is off the ground as they could then launch a spec that would allow manufacturers to build a box that could play shows from BBC, ITV and Channel 4.
I'd buy a box like that in a flash. Even though we don't get Freeview here in Jersey (or Virgin TV for that matter) it would be a great device for watching TV and shouldn't cost more than your average WiFi modem/router (about £80).
I know you can already get on demand stuff on your TV through the plus services offered by the big media providers but the problem with the 'plus' services from Virgin, Sky and on Freeview devices is that you still need to remember to set something to record and for that you need to know it's on.
The iPlayer, 4Od and ITV.com in contrast are discovery services – they let you watch great content you might not otherwise of known about – something essential in a media environment packed with so many channels and so much content.
I think this is the future of television and it's coming about a LOT quicker than first thought.
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- Posted by gardeniarose z10FLA (My Page) on Thu, Sep 28, 06 at 12:52
It could be Jane Cowel, which is a commonly available "garden variety" hibiscus. I have one but mine is a little less red and more orangey than yours. |
Thank you so much for your reply, Jane Cowel does seem to be a likely candidate, though as you've said, this one is a rather pinky-orange. In the right bottom corner of the photo, you can just see the back of a flower from another shrub, that one is truly and clearly orange, by comparison. I suppose this one could be a variant that the bees had a "hand" in, I was curious about 'Peachblow', |
- Posted by gardeniarose z10FLA (My Page) on Thu, Sep 28, 06 at 19:06
Here's a link to a photo of Peach Blow. Hope it works. http://188.8.131.52/search?q=cache:lnJyba4qL7IJ:maui-mike.smugmug.com/gallery/144743/2/43898804+peachblow+hibiscus&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4 |
That link didn't work for me. How about this one? You might google it and see what you find. randy |
Here is a link that might be useful: peachblow
Thank you both for your help. I was not very successful in my original search efforts, so these two examples are very much appreciated. I did find Maui Mike's image from the link in gardeniarose's post, click here. The difference in color between these two examples of 'Peachblow' is notable, I feel that I can see that in Maui Mike's photo as well, They do both resemble my flower in the "tossled" appearance of the petal arrangement. Ultimately, I'm still not certain whether I have 'Jane Cowel' or 'Peachblow', ~~~ p.s. special thanks for that link rjj1, I will salivate for hours. ;^) |
- Posted by gardeniarose z10FLA (My Page) on Sat, Sep 30, 06 at 10:09
decom...I wonder if nutrients in the soil can affect the depth of color of blooms. Or even differences in watering frequency. I notice that sometimes after too much rain or the opposite, my Jane Cowel will put out blooms that are very pale and small. Kind of like it force-bloomed due to stress. So maybe maybe different levels of nutrients can affect color too. Another thing you can try is count the number of petals on your flowers. Then see if you can find info on the web to ID it. There are single flowers which have 5 petals, then semi-doubles, full doubles and everything inbetween. |
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Everyone else thought it was some bizarroworld abbreviation for "Gigabyte gypsy."
I don't know why, but I had always said it, in my head, as "Gynobag superspy."
The other guildies still haven't forgotten.
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Nov 6th 2008 8:58PM Time to disappoint me again, universe! I know you can do it.
Ever surprise yourself? {WoW}
Apr 30th 2008 4:44PM I surprised myself this weekend--my 63 enhancement shaman and my girlfriend's 61 druid were jumped in Cenarion Post (the one in Hellfire) by five horde. Three paladins, one druid... not sure what the other one was...
Anyhow they take out my girlfriend's druid, I kill one paladin, I kill the other paladin (thank god for windfury + stormstrike crits), so I go after the druid. He kills me, but right as that happens, what timer counts down?
Fire nova totem.
So yeah, I died, but I had the pleasure of watching his corpse fall right on top of mine.


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biggest communal celebration of the Indian Spring festival in the Bay Area!
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Hi guys! We are finally having a nice summer here in Germany. Winter was just too long! And what's better than some cool ice cream…well homemade ice cream is even better! You know what you get when you just make it yourself and it's not that difficult. I have ben using my ice gadet but you can also make tasty ice cream or so called parfait without using a machine.
I have an attachment for my kitchaid that you pop in the freezer for at least 15 hours and then you are set up for making your own flavors in 10 min flat!
Yesterday it was time for some banana ice cream. I decided to go for a "skinnier" version of a traditional recipe using less cream and more yogurt and milk. If you are using a maschine you still need some fat to make the recipe work. But I can honestly say that this ice cream is good for you! You get extra calcium, magnesium, protein, healthy milk fats and banana power and most importantly no added sugars! Here we go!
1 cup heavy cream
1.5 cups low fat yogurt
1.5 cups low fat milk
3 ripe bananas (2 purreed and 1 as garnish)
use stevia or a sweetener of your choice
you can also add a little chocolate syrup
I combined all ingredients in a mixing bowl (except the one banana) and mixed them together. You need to chill the mix for a good hour before pouring it into the ice cream maker.
Cut the last banana in small slices using them to garnish your ice cream creation. It takes about 10 minutes in the Kitchenaid Ice Cream Maker to freeze the mix. YUM!


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what was your dream about..
Islamic dreams about Liver Disease find dream interpretations. Meanings & explanations for Liver Disease dictionary!
Liver Disease dream interpretations
Liver Dream Explanation
— The
symbolizes money. It is also the center of anger and mercy. It also alludes to children and decency. And there is no distinction, in the interpretation of dreams, between human and animal
• The
coming out of the body: The reappearance of hoarded money.
• Hurting or eating the
of a human being: The dreamer will discover some hidden money and eat it up.
• Plenty of livers raw, grilled, or cooked: Treasures will be opened to the dreamer, and he will help himself at will.
• Seeing one's face reflected in the
like in a mirror: Will die.
pain: Harm to one's children, who are as dear as our
, to borrow the expression of the Muslims Holy Prophet.
• The
being cut off: Death of a son or daughter.
• An ulcer in the liver: The predominance of whims and love passion.
Disease Dream Explanation
always applies to weak or erroneous religious faith. It means that the dreamer is not discharging his religious duties regularly or trying to show his obedience to God. A
coupled with fever—a warm or hot disease—means worries to be brought about by the ruler. A dry
means that the dreamer is overspending in a way inconsistent with the injunctions of the Almighty or that he is contracting debts left and right, or misusing funds entrusted to him and that he will fail to restore—which will draw him a punishment. Wet diseases (like rheumatism or a running nose, perhaps) are an allusion to financial difficulties and the inability to work.
• A man at war dreaming that he is ill: Will be injured.
• Dreaming that one is on his deathbed, then dies, and his wife gets married again: The subject will die as an atheist.
• Paradoxically, dreaming that one's wife is sick, says Ibn Siren, means that she is religious.
Liver Dream Explanation
— (See Body)
Dream Explanation
— Witnessing an epidemic
causing a high rate of mortality in a dream represents a tyrant, government, imprisonment or evil happenings.
Dream Explanation
— If one is presented in his dream with red unripened dates, then they represent some type of blood
where the red cells exceed the white cells in number. (Also see Dates)
Dream Explanation
— (See Colitis)
Liver pain Dream Explanation
— (Also see Body; Pain)
Dream Explanation
— (Piper)
, Fat, Spleen Etc of a Goat Dream Explanation
— The
, fat, spleen hear and kidneys of a goat symbolise a perbond movable properties which he will remove or transfer from one place to an other.
Eating One's Intestines,
and Kidney Dream Explanation
— If a person sees himself eating his own intestines,
or kidneys or any other organ situated in or around the stomach it means he will have access to all his wealth which was not available to him hitherto. The same is the interpretation if – instead of eating them-he sees himself or another picking them up or carrying them.
Pluck Dream Explanation
— (Animal's heart,
, lung and windpipe.) In a dream, animal's pluck represent savings from solid gold bullions, or they could represent woman's jewelry.
Mangy Dream Explanation
— (Skin
of domestic animals; A bacterial disease) In a dream, mangy represents pestilence or a plague. If one sees himself struck by such a
causing him to itch though no puss or malignant festering runs from his sores in the dream, it means that his troubles and adversities are caused by his own progeny or relatives. If one's body is afflicted with mangy in a dream, it means that his troubles will come from his friends or from his working environment. If it strikes at his right hand or his cheek in a dream, then his adversities will come from his clan. If it strikes at his left hand, then his troubles will come from his business partner or brother. If his illness forms puss in the dream, it means hard earned money that will also cause headache. Such a
means money for a poor person and it could mean leadership for a rich person. Following this trail of thinking, mangy or any skin
in a dream signify less harm compared to other diseases. If an employees experiences such skin disorder in a dream, it means that he does not qualify to work in that company. If it is one's son in the dream, it means that he will disobey his father concerning an undesired friendship. If it is one's wife in the dream, it means that she is engaged in something awful that will bring shame to the entire family.
Eating the Innards of a Goat Dream Explanation
— If a person dreams that he is eating any portion of the innards (such as the
, fat, spleen, heart etc.) of a goat, it means acquiring wealth. The same is the case if the becomes the owner of any portion of the innards. There is no difference as to whether they are cooked, roasted or fried. There is also no difference as to whether they are of a goat or any other animal. But the innards of a human being is regarded as more excellent.
Pear Dream Explanation
— Pears or plums in the right season mean benefits or the return of an absent one. Out-of-season pears or plums, if yellow, mean a
. In general, most dream interpreters hate pears, which they regard as a reference to
. Some of them think that pears mean a fortune, in view of the Arab etymology of the word kum-athra, whose latter part means "becoming rich." They also believe that yellow pears mean money accompanied by a
. The pear tree symbolizes a foreigner who flatters his family or folk to obtain money.
• A sick person dreaming of eating pears: Will recover.
• A woman dreaming of having a basketful of pears: Will conceive and give birth to a boy.
• Finding pears: Will inherit hoarded money.
Syphilis Dream Explanation
— (Piper; Venereal disease)
Oil Dream Explanation
— Dreaming of drinking oil indicates sorcery or
Leprosy Dream Explanation
— (A blood disease; An infectious skin and nerve affecting disease; Albino) To see oneself as a leper in a dream means that one may receive an inheritance, money, or a garment without ornaments. Leprosy in a dream also means working in vain, or losing the benefits of one's deeds because of one's arrogance toward his Lord, and consequently, he will earn Allah's displeasure. It also means being innocent from false allegations, or being subject to people's slanders. If one's leprous condition spreads throughout his entire body in the dream, it means a lasting prosperity. If one sees himself praying under leprous condition in a dream, it means possessing unlawful and forbidden earnings, or forgetting whatever one has memorized from the Quran. (Also see Albino)
Damson Dream Explanation
— Damson means
. The damson tree symbolizes a man who has many ailments or who is often sick. It could also refer to a person who is niggardly with his family but generous with other people. The more fruit the tree has, the richer the man is.
• Eating immature or green damson: Will give alms or heal from a
• Eating yellow damson: Will obtain money but get ill.
• Eating damson from a tree: Will befriend a wealthy but irreligious person.
• Picking damson from a tree: Will marry an heiress.
• Breaking a branch of a damson tree: (1) Will be ungrateful to a source of living and lose it. (2) Will abandon prayers and abstain from fasting. (3) Will squander someone's money.
Madder Root Dream Explanation
— Madder root symbolizes money combined with a
Running Nose Dream Explanation
— Dreaming of having a running nose indicates a short
, which will be followed by a strong recovery and excellent health.


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Peppermint Candy Tarts
Tart Shells:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 egg
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Filling and Garnish:
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 drops red food coloring
3 tablespoons milk
1/2 cup crushed hard peppermint candies (approx. 16 to 18 candies)
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Grease bottoms only of 32 mini muffin
cups with non-stick spray. In large bowl, beat sugar and 1/2 cup
butter with mixer on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in peppermind
extract and egg until blended. On low speed, beat in flour, baking
soda and salt.
Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls. Press each ball in bottom and up
side of mini muffin cup.
Bake 9 to 12 minutes until set and edges are light golden brown. Cool
1 minute, remove from muffin cups to cooling rack. Cool completely,
at least 15 minutes.
In small bowl, beat filling ingredients except crushed candies with
electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Stir in 1/4
cup of the crushed candies. Spoon 1 rounded measuring teaspoon of
filling into center of each tart shell. Sprinkle with remaining
crushed candies.


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Although there are many treatment options for acne, like laser. But they can have side effects. One can however many home remedies. Some natural things, like lavender oil, apple cider vinegar help a lot with acne. Omega 3 fatty acids in diet reduce inflammation.
Check out this page on how to use natural remedies to treat acne at home.
i agree, cider vinegar will help a lot! nice info! thanks!


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Best Day of the Week to Send Mass Email Eblasts
A common question that companies doing email marketing ask is: what is the best day of the week to send out our emails? Should our email marketing campaign be on a specific day to get better opens or click throughs?
We've already covered how often to send emails, so now let's address exactly when is the best time for those mass email eblasts.
Interestingly, while there has been a heck of a lot of research done into email marketing and days of the week, time of day, week of the months, etc. — despite all this research, there isn't a clear concrete answer. In fact, a lot of the data changes radically from year to year.
As in all things, it depends on your email list, your customers, and the content of your email marketing campaign.
Here's what we do know:
Email Opens by Day of the Week
The highest percentage of email opens generally happens at the beginning of the week. Monday – Wednesday is when people are most likely to go through all of their emails.
This is also when the majority of mass emails are sent out. Some speculate that part of the reason for more opens early in the week is because of the generally greater volume of emails sent, but more likely it's the opposite — email marketers are sending emails when they're most opened.
Email Click Throughs by Day of the Week
Despite the fact that the early week yields the largest open percentage, later in the week and specifically the weekend, generally has the largest percentage of click throughs from email campaigns. In fact, Monday is often one of the worst days for click throughs. The logic here is typically that users have more time to go through their emails and read them in depth.
While during the beginning of the week people are trying to clear out their email boxes and more likely to shuffle through and delete emails in an attempt to get on top of their workload, later in the week the pace slows down a bit and people are perhaps more eager for a distraction from their day-to-day routine.
Time of Day Factors
People have also done research into the best time of day to send emails. This research is a bit more murky, but in general it seems that emails sent in the middle of the day — around lunch time — have the highest open rate.
Again the logic is that at the beginning of the day users are clearing out their inbox and more likely to delete mass mails. At the end of the day and email is more likely to be saved for the next morning, at which point it's subjected to the early day purging.
Putting it Together
It's generally agreed that the statistically ideal times to send out mass email campaigns is Tuesday or Wednesday, in the middle of the day.
Optimal Email Time Depends on Your Users and Your Content
Ultimately, while we can speak to some statistical generalities — more email opens early in the week, more email click throughs later in the week, and more of both in the middle of the day — the right answer really depends on both the content of your email campaign and on your users.
If your email is about hot spots to visit over the weekend, the end of the week is going to be more relevant and probably yield more opens than early in the week. If you're targeting B2B emails, you probably want to target that Tuesday/Wednesday area, while if you're targeting consumers the end of the week is likely more attractive — when they have more time and when they're more likely to be making purchases.
Ideally you'll do internal testing with your own list. Experiment by sending your emails on different days of the week and measuring the click-through and open rates. Note that this only works if you're sending similar emails and sending to the exact same list with all tests — and even then you'll want to test each day several times to average out the odd email that is more attractive to users.
You may well discover that for your email campaign and your readers, a non-standard day works best. Only testing with your email campaign on your email list can tell you for certain what the best day and time of day to send emails is.
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Baby girl just can't catch a break. Reflux and now this…she woke up from her afternoon nap yesterday and had a bunch of green stuff in her eye which was weird so then I started looking at it closer and her eye was super watery and then it started to get a little red/bloodshot looking. I watched it for an hour while googling before calling the dr who said it sounded like an eye infection but unfortunately they didn't have any openings and to go to urgent care. Ug. I am so sick of drs offices.
Chris was in New York for work (yes, I managed to make it through my 1st night alone with her) but luckily my stepmom was on her way down from Seattle so I waited for her to get here, then we grabbed dinner and then we headed out.
Unfortunately Garrity was not happy at this point. She hadn't been nursing very well and she hadn't slept so you add that plus her eye and it was a recipe for a disaster. She screamed while we were there. Inconsolable screaming. I'd never seen her like that. The nurse was super concerned and kept checking for a fever which she didn't have thank goodness (a fever in a baby under 3 months old is an automatic trip to the ER for a spinal tap to rule out sepsis).
We tried sugar water to calm her down and nothing. I tried nursing and she wouldn't have it. It was then the dr said if she didn't calm down they were sending us to the ER for blood/lab work that I tried nursing again and finally she latched on and drank and after that she was mostly calmed down. They diagnosed her with conjunctivitis and sent us home with a prescription for erythromycin and told me to follow up with my dr.
By this time it was 9, she was mostly calmed down so we drove over to the 24 hr rite aid to fill it but it was going to take an hour so we drove home, I fed her again and got her to sleep and my stepmom watched her while I drove back out and picked up her prescription.
We've now done two rounds of the ointment and I just tried some breastmilk in her eyes (heard that from a few friends) and now I'm chilling at the DMV to renew my license while my step mom watches her. She's sleeping now but hopefully isn't too fussy when she wakes up. The ointment is suppose to work within 3 days so I'm crossing my fingers.
This whole mom thing is so hard. It's hard to watch my baby be in pain. It's hard to know what's the right course of treatment to take (I hate that she's 7 weeks old and using antibiotics). It's hard because I'm blaming myself for exposing Garrity to germs…I feel like I didn't do a good enough job of protecting her..it's just hard to know that I can't fix her. .I know this is just one of many things like this I'll have to endure and I keep hoping that all of this is making both of us stronger but man, it sucks to go through it.
Think good thoughts for my baby girl and let me know if you've ever tried the breast milk trick.


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Found this on Facebook page. Not sure who to credit and have yet to try it. I'll post more when I try it.
Just made this by trial and error. Any comments are welcome, especially improvements on the recipe. I am low carbing it so this works great for me at 0.5 g carbs per 2 TBSP.
A tasty low calorie, low fat, low sugar snack that is easy to prepare and the whole family will love.
Simplest & best recipe for fat free french vanilla coffee creamer around. 1/4 the calories of store bought and virtually fat free.
Simplest & best recipe for fat free french vanilla coffee creamer around. 1/4 the calories of store bought and virtually fat free.
I was experimenting to find new ways of cutting calories & fat out of my diet. I love my coffee and I love my creamer. This is about 1/4 the calories & fat of store bought flavored creamers and tastes just as good.
my version of an old classic. Simplified and made healthier with a little bit of spice.
Simple breakfast burrito recipe. Healthier than fast food and just as tasty.
Another simple recipe. A little spicy but good. I have tried to make it as healthy as possible.
An old favorite my wife and I thoroughly enjoy. A little sweet and just enough spice....delicious! Simple prep, easy to make, not a lot of crazy ingredients.


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Most modern problems shared by our global societies must be solved by a consortium of our communities, and solutions to critical environmental issues are no different. One of the most pressing needs is reducing the pollutants released into our air, soil and water, so CSULB's College of Engineering (COE) is taking a leadership role in developing environmentally responsible technologies.
The impact of ships and vehicles on air quality is particularly significant in port cities like Long Beach and Los Angeles as well as coastlines adjacent to shipping corridors, and has been linked to a variety of health issues.
According to the California Air Resources Board (ARB), in 2010, heavy-duty diesel trucks are estimated to account for up to 28 percent or 559 tons per day of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and up to 12 percent of particulate matter emissions statewide. In response, ARB has proposed regulations limiting emissions that would have a direct impact on the nearly 6,000 existing trucks serving the mega-ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Through funding provided by METRANS, a center jointly operated by CSULB and USC which funds research on transportation issues within large metropolitan areas, Professor Hamid Rahai of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) is researching the development of components of a high-efficiency selective catalytic reduction filter.
Additionally, with funding from METRANS, Rahai is working with Bei Lu in the college's Center for Energy and Environmental Research and Services (CEERS) to develop a new remote sensing system to verify emissions reduction compliance of Los Angeles/Long Beach port truckers.
Of course, some research is looking into alternative means of moving goods from the ports to inner transportation zones. Ken James' work as technical coordinator with the Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies (CCDoTT) is on the cutting edge. Among issues on CCDoTT's "to-do" list is developing an Agile Port Concept, which involves moving freight containers from the port to inland ports or intermodal container transfer facilities, where containers can be redirected to local shippers or organized into transcontinental trains.
James, a professor of electrical engineering and chair of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, has created an innovative solution—the Electric Cargo Conveyor, or ECCO system, which applies magnetic levitation technology developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, then licensed and prototyped by General Atomics of San Diego, Calif.
Utilizing magnetic fields, the technology allows containers to "float" along a guideway without moving parts and to travel at increased speeds. Advantages include accommodation of port container growth with on-dock service, reduced stress on the existing highway system and negligible noise and air pollution. The Office of Naval Research granted CCDoTT and James $376,154 to define and implement a plan for the ECCO system.
In 2006, CSULB, in conjunction with General Atomics, demonstrated the reality of the ECCO system through a full-scale, 20-foot-container-carrying prototype on a maglev test track. According to projections based on moving 200,000 containers per year on a 20-mile round trip, ECCO will reduce diesel particulate emissions (DPE) to zero tons per year and NOx to 2.8 tons per year. A typical truck fleet emits nearly seven tons of DPE and more than 124 tons of NOx.
The project has caught the attention of government officials, prompting U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) to sponsor an amendment to H.R. 2095, the Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 that "authorizes funds to the Secretary of Transportation to design and develop a pilot program to test ECCO as an alternate cargo container transportation method to and from America's ports."
Ocean-going vessels transport nearly 80 percent by weight of all goods shipped in and out of the United States, contributing substantially to emissions. ARB awarded CEERS a one-year, $98,837 grant to investigate technologies that have the potential for reducing emissions from ocean shipping, currently the dominant mode of transportation for international cargo. Hamid Hefazi, MAE professor and department chair, and Rahai head the study, which will rely on faculty members and students across all COE disciplines.
With $1.26 million in funding from the Port of Los Angeles, Rahai and Hefazi also will develop a pollution control system that combines innovative technologies for significant reductions in emissions from heavy fuel oil of OGVs. The system will be installed and tested on a SeaRiver Maritime Inc.
vessel that operates between Long Beach and Alaska. This two-year project is a collaborative effort between CSULB and industry partners Seaworthy Inc. and SeaRiver Maritime Inc., and is a technology spin-off initiated at CCDoTT.
While improving pollution control of current oil and gas usage is important, research into alternative fuels is key to a "greener" future. Cal Macy, a 1976 CSULB industrial education alumnus, is the grants and project director at Long Beach City College's Advanced Transportation Technology Center, which conducts training and research on alternative fuel vehicles including fleet trucks and buses. He also serves on several industry boards and is helping develop national training and certification standards for compressed natural gas-fueled vehicles.
"We're way too dependent on foreign oil," Macy commented. "We need to eliminate and reduce, at least, our use of fossil fuels as much as possible, and I've been touting that for about the last 30 years. We need to be thinking about fuel cells and other alternatives like compressed natural gas, which is what I teach a lot of, to be a better partner in the environmental world. Hydrogen, as far as I'm concerned, can also be made to be a very safe fuel."
The Chemical Engineering Department is working with the Long Beach office of the international firm Intelligent Energy (IE) on a number of "green" energy technologies. According to IE Vice President Hazen Burford, CSULB consistently provides "support through work programs and exceptionally gifted and well educated graduates." Department lecturer Greg Smith also consults with IE on their hydrogen generation pilot plant testing.
In 2007, IE was awarded $2.2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy over a three-year period as part of a $4.3 million project to demonstrate a high-efficiency fuel cell-based combined heat and power system that could provide the foundation for commercial, mass-produced units. Additionally, supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, IE secured an additional $2 million to advance green energy solutions.
The firm pioneered the evolution of two fuel desulfurization technologies, one of which is led by CSULB alumna Diane Aagesen, assisted by another alumnus, electrical engineer Dale White. Two CSULB interns, Eric Hernandez and Sterling Harris, participate in both programs.
Industry and wastewater plants provide plenty of opportunity for additional research projects. Three years ago, the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) contracted with Earth Tech Inc. to explore ways of improving mixing systems. Earth Tech then invited the Chemical Engineering Department to participate in this project.
The team, including Professors Larry Jang and Shirley Tsai and students Pea Chee Hong and John Lalich, examined the properties of the sludge taken in different stages of the treatment process, which helped OCSD devise a more efficient mixing system in its sewage treatment process.
Jang, assisted by graduate student An-Shun Lee, also developed a new method of analyzing and controlling emissions from chemical plant flues, particularly "sour gas" gas streams such as those containing hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide. Results from this project may lead to more understanding of how to tackle rising carbon dioxide (also a sour gas) in the atmosphere. Local industry leaders such as BP, BASF, ConocoPhillip, and Meissner Engineering contributed $10,000 toward equipment and software.
Moreover, Chemical Engineering offers a bachelor of science in engineering technology with an environmental technology option for students who are interested in working in California's environmental industry. Alternately, undergraduates who are interested in applying engineering approaches to environmental issues can earn an interdisciplinary minor in environmental engineering.
The college is reaching out to younger generations as well. The CEERS High School Summer Research Fellowship Program, which exposes area school students to engineering research and education, received support in 2007 from ASHRAE Southern California Chapter, Long Beach Transit, Long Beach Airport and P2S Engineering.
"The resolution to all of our problems is going to be coming from our youth," Macy concluded. "We need some fresh ideas, we need some people to study the current processes that are being used and work to develop a new process. That's going to take some pretty ingenious people, some people dedicated to the thought, and people with a good educational background."


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09 August 2014
The Mackay Beach Horse Racing Festival is a four day event based around the Beach Horse Races which are a series of 350 metre sprints along the sands of the scenic Mackay Harbour Beach.
The festival celebrates all things racing, food, wine and fashion. There are a number of events over the course of the festival not to be missed. This is certainly a festival that meets the criteria to top your bucket list. The festival boasts a VIP celebrity cocktail launch, a fun pro-am type golf challenge, a celebrity sports dinner and a unique race day with all of the trimmings of a major carnival event. There are a number of great package options available to ensure you have a memorable experience.
09 August 2014 |
Entry | Cost | Valid From | Inclusions |
Adult | $25.00 | 09 Aug 14 | Children aged two and under are free. |
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