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Himalayan Glacier Disappearance Overstated
A pair of researchers has published a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in which two out of three glaciers studied were disappearing. In a report that was edited by James Hansen, of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, it would appear that the glaciers of the Himalaya are melting rapidly, but that is not how the report ends. The authors state that poor selection of study sites have led to the widespread use of non-representative data. Moreover, the IPCC report and others overstate the disappearance of Himalayan glaciers.
Appearing in PNAS online, the report "Spatially heterogeneous wastage of Himalayan glaciers," sounds like yet another claim of rapid glacial melting. Written by Koji Fujita and Takayuki Nuimura, both of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies at Nagoya University, its abstract stresses terms like "rapid wastage" and "accelerated wastage," giving an impression that the Himalayan glaciers are quickly disappearing. Here is the full abstract:
We describe volumetric changes in three benchmark glaciers in the Nepal Himalayas on which observations have been made since the 1970s. Compared with the global mean of glacier mass balance, the Himalayan glaciers showed rapid wastage in the 1970s–1990s, but similar wastage in the last decade. In the last decade, a glacier in an arid climate showed negative but suppressed mass balance compared with the period 1970s–1990s, whereas two glaciers in a humid climate showed accelerated wastage. A mass balance model with downscaled gridded datasets depicts the fate of the observed glaciers. We also show a spatially heterogeneous distribution of glacier wastage in the Asian highlands, even under the present-day climate warming.
That seems a fairly grim report but note that the study included only three glaciers—two under humid conditions and one under arid conditions. Fujita & Nuimura describe volumetric changes in these three glaciers, located in the Nepal Himalayas, from which measurements have been taken since the 1970s. Based on changes in the elevations of the glacier surfaces, the researchers calculated mass balance and the equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) for the glaciers under study. Compared with the global mean glacier mass balance, the Himalayan glaciers showed rapid wastage in the 1970s–1990s, but similar wastage in the last decade. The results are shown below.
Study glacier locations and mass balances.
The ELA divides the glacier into areas of ablation (loss) and accumulation, while the mass balance weighs overall loss and gain. Over the last decade, the arid climate glacier showed negative but suppressed mass balance compared with the period 1970s–1990s, whereas the two humid climate glaciers showed accelerated wastage. A mass balance model was used to predict the fate of the observed glaciers. According to the authors, mass balance calculations indicate the arid environment glacier will survive under current climate conditions, while the other two glaciers, located in humid environments, are doomed to disappear over time.
What is not stated in the abstract is that the two humid environment glaciers are at lower altitudes than the arid environment glacier. The warmer temperatures at lower altitudes would naturally lead to more melting on the two humid environment glaciers. Moreover, the authors state that other humid environment glaciers with accumulation areas located at higher altitudes will not disappear. In fact, they conclude that there isn't enough data, spread across enough glaciers, to make any generalized predictions at all.
The disappearance of Himalayan glaciers was not only overstated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, but also asserted in a study based on analyses of a Himalayan ice core. Disappearance may be the fate of some glaciers located at lower altitudes, as indicated by the present results; however, the heterogeneous distribution of the ELA trend suggests that it is unwarranted to draw conclusions regarding the fate of all Himalayan glaciers based on a small number of examples, especially when the benchmark glaciers are chosen in part for their small size, small elevation range, and simple geometry.
Why have the previous reports gotten it so wrong? The fact that Fujita & Nuimura included only three glaciers in their study is a hint. "Available in situ data have generally been obtained for glaciers that afford relatively easy access," the authors state. "Because such glaciers are located at lower altitudes and therefore tend to have higher melt rates, ground-based observational data are probably biased toward a negative mass balance compared with the regional mean under the present-day warming climate."
Fujita & Nuimura's conclusions reinforce earlier work by Vijay Kumar Raina, formerly of the Geological Survey of India. That report, examined in "Himalayan Glaciers Not Melting," attempted to correct widely spread claims that India's 10,000 or so Himalayan glaciers are shrinking rapidly in response to climate change. According to Raina, the rumors may have originated in the Asia chapter of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC's) 2007 Working Group II report. Evidently, the bogus claim was based on measurements from only a handful of glaciers—the same biased methodology denounced in the PNAS paper.
Basically, lazy scientists picked the low hanging fruit in terms of gathering field data and, by doing so, have biased the results. Further more, that bias is toward glacial melting, the result desired by climate change alarmists. Naturally, if researchers gets the result they want, they look no further. So despite a non-representative, too small sample set, the IPCC and its fellow warmists ran with the melting Himalayan glacier story anyway.
This should surprise no one, for it is the modus operandi of the entire climate change cabal: take biased, inconclusive, or even contradictory results and spin them into calamitous predictions to frighten the public. In just the last few months we have found that shrinking arctic ice coverage is not anywhere near record low levels for the Holocene, attempts to estimate climate sensitivity from paleodata and models cannot be reconciled and the measured amount of radiant energy leaving the Earth is higher than that used in climate models, meaning the models have been wrong for decades,.
Fujita & Nuimura are to be commend for telling it as it is—reports of the Himalayan glaciers' demise are unwarranted. As are all the other tales of eco-terror told by the global warming charlatans. When will the climate alarmists learn? Inconclusive science, presented as settled science, is actually bad science.
Be safe, enjoy the interglacial and stay skeptical.
NASA Satellite Debunks Melting Glacier Myth
For the latest update on the Himalayan glacier melting fiasco see "NASA Satellite Debunks Melting Glacier Myth". I'll give you a hint, the title tells the story.
Huffman (similar name !) blog
A couple of physicists who had earlier claimed that, on planet earth (as opposed to a real greenhouse), the greenhouse effect was not valid. These folks were treated as "kooks" because their claim flew in the face of the "consensus", which was readily accepted by both the proponents of AGW and the skeptics. Unfortunately these physicists presented their case using sophisticated mathematics and physics , not likely to be understood by many climatologists, and even those who could would most likely conclude that it wasn't worth the trouble since there was already a consensus (sound familiar?) on that issue.
But physicist Huffman's theory is very clean.. and SIMPLE. I think that even I can explain it, (and attempt to do so below) but if, after reading my interpretation you believe that you have a rebuttal, first review what Huffman himself has written on his blog and direct your rebuttal to him at that site.
The proponents of greenhouse warming are very concerned that even a doubling of Co2 in our atmosphere will have significant consequences, so it doesn't take much imagination to picture what should now be going on at Venus. (Earth atmosphere has a Co2 level of .04% whereas Venus' level is 96.5%).
Venus is closer to the sun and gets proportionally more power from it than does Earth. On average, Earth is 93 million miles from the sun, and Venus 67.25 miles. The sun's intensity varies as 1 over the square of the distance from it, so Venus receives (93/67.25)^2 = 1.91 times the power per unit that Earth receives.
According to the Stefan-Boltzmann law, the radiating temperature of an isolated body in space varies as the fourth root of the power incident upon it. In this case the radiating temperature from Venus in comparison to the Earth's radiation level should be the fourth root of 1.91 which = 1.176. (This derivation is based on bsolute temperature, degrees - Kelvin.)
The temperature at any given pressure level in the Venusian atmosphere, should therefore be 1.176 times the temp at the same pressure level in Earth's atmosphere, independent of the different levels of infrared absorption on the two planets.
The actual temperature / pressure profile for both Venus and Earth between 1000 millibars (Earth sea level pressure) and 200 mb (top of earth's atmosphere) is available, and it turns out that at every pressure level in that range the actual difference in the factor between the two planets' temperatures is 1.176. (temp readings and estimated average distances will introduce an error of 1 to 2%)
In other words, the data agrees with the very simple assumptions used in the analysis. The assumptions give no consideration to either the greenhouse effect or albedo, but only to the relative amount of power received by the two planets from the sun. Visible light may be scattered,(we see a blue sky) but infrared (across the range) is evidently absorbed by the atmosphere.
There is therefore no greenhouse effect. A revision of that "consensus" theory will have to take into consideration this available data and thus will require introduction of various actions, all of which must somehow cancel out in the 200 to 1000mb pressure level range.
Gentlemen: start your engines !
Simplicity is only a virtue when combined with correctness. This stuff is pure dreck. Its fools like this that give honest skeptics a bad name.
The post above
It would appear that Mr. Dale Huffman (in no way related to Dr. Hoffman) has published a number of books claiming to explain the "ancient mysteries" and set science straight. His central claim is that Earth was remade to follow the design of a creator. In other words, he is a creationist. I am letting this post stand because it is useful for those of us who are real scientists to familiarize our selves with this type of pseudo-scientific nonsense.
I am letting this post stand because it is useful for those of us who are real scientists to familiarize our selves with this type of pseudo-scientific nonsense.
and i thank you for this.
i actually enjoy reading such things, they make for great "what if" mental games to really hone what you think you know.
i really liked the part of the solar system "redoing" itself specifically for man around 15,000bc. like modern man didnt exist before then. always those little details that get in the way.. haha
Why do the numbers match? Is he using a trick? Do the other planets match? As an electrical engineer I know that light, electro-magnetic, and radiation energy decrease as the square of the distance. I do not have any of my physics or thermodynamics books any more but his statement about radiation sounds correct. (Took graduate level courses in Thermodynamics and one in Physics.) Several years ago I read that NASA had scrapped any use of GHE on the Moon as none of the readings from the surface of the Moon matched the numbers generated by the GHE equations. They only matched the equations used when there was no "fudge factor" for the so called GHE. What gives?
Black Body Radiation
First, remember that coincidence means little in the big wide Universe. The thing to note here is that the Stefan–Boltzmann law applies only to black bodies, and Venus and Earth are not black bodies by any stretch of the imagination. Here is the blurb from Wikipedia:
The law was deduced by Jožef Stefan (1835–1893) in 1879 on the basis of experimental measurements made by John Tyndall and was derived from theoretical considerations, using thermodynamics, by Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) in 1884. Boltzmann considered a certain ideal heat engine with light as a working matter instead of gas. The law is valid only for ideal black objects, the perfect radiators, called black bodies. Stefan published this law in the article Über die Beziehung zwischen der Wärmestrahlung und der Temperatur (On the relationship between thermal radiation and temperature) in the Bulletins from the sessions of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.
Using Stefan–Boltzmannan, Earth has an effective temperature of 255 K (−18 °C), which can be found by adjusting for the Earth's albedo of around 0.3, meaning that 30 % of the solar radiation that hits the planet gets scattered back into space without absorption. But this result is for a perfect black body. In reality, a large fraction of long-wave radiation from the surface of the earth is absorbed or reflected in the atmosphere instead of being radiated away, by greenhouse gases (yes, the ill-named greenhouse effect is real). As a result, Earth's equilibrium temperature is higher than the simple black-body calculation estimates, about 288 K (14 °C). Good thing too, or we would not be here.
As for the mysteriously matching Earth/Venus temperatures at various atmospheric pressures, there have been some interesting and unexpected results found when measuring the Venusian atmosphere. Things do not match exactly as the author above claims, he probably got his information from this site, which also quotes Velikovsky (if you do not understand the reference, Goggle is your friend). For more accurate data regarding the anomalous temperatures in Venus' upper atmosphere see the ESA website.
This is always the way this crap works: they take some simple, scientifically based numbers and calculations and spin a semi-plausible explanation from them by misinterpretation and ignorance. The sad thing about much of this fringe science balderdash is that the people who publish it, almost always people untrained in real science, believe what they are saying is true and mainstream science is some kind of complex hoax. Well science is complex and it is hard to tell brilliance from bullshit at a glance.
If you follow the link provided above you will find that Mr. Huffman claims no advanced degrees and calls himself an "independent research physical scientist, author [of] "The End of the Mystery", and discoverer of the astounding world design behind all the ancient mysteries." At the heart of every good lie is a faint trace of plausibility, do not fall for Huffman's bait.


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Oct 19, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"Made this quiche again, doubling the recipe and baking in 9 x 13 glass dish. The baking time is accurate, but I do use my convection oven setting. EVERYONE LOVES THIS QUICHE! If there are any leftovers, it freezes beautifully. Cut into individual servings, wrap in plastic wrap & freeze. My husband loves this quiche and it is great to have a s..."
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Aug 3, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"Fabulous, fabulous recipe. Absolutely delicious. My husband loved it --who says men don't eat quiche!
After reading other reviews, I did add garlic & onion powder & extra black pepper. I used Sargento extra sharp shredded cheddar cheese & it did taste a bit salty; next time, I'll use less salt in the recipe.
Reviewed Turkey Robinson
May 25, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"Great, easy recipe; very delicious!
However, after reading reviews, I made a few simple changes.
Added 4 cloves of garlic to ground turkey while browning (I made sure the turkey was brown to add flavor). Add the red pepper flakes, plenty of black pepper & some onion powder. Also added some of the juice from the beans..."

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We are in the midst of building a house, and had anderson woodright windows installed a few months ago. Just a few days ago I opened and shut them for the first time. When I shut the window there was a long, reverberating twang coming from the window. Then I went around to all the windows and they all made the noise. The builder said The Anderson salesman said this is normal. Does anyone know anything about this?
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Yes, it's normal. If you look along the outer part of the sash, you see a fine, lets call it rope. You'll see it go up into a hole in the frame. There is a spring loaded pully in there that when you raise the window, recoils the rope onto the pully. This keeps the window up. When you lower the window, the spring gets tighter and makes the twang noise. With the window down, if you look at the sash and pull on the rope, you'll see it is taut and recoils back up in there when you let go. This takes the place of the old time sash weights that used to do the same job. You'll see this on each side of the window where the window tracks up along the frame. |
Look at the window sticker to make sure the windows are the 400 "Woodwright" model made by the Andersen Corporation for new construction and not a replacement window or a knock-off. |
My Andersen windows have the "twang" also. |
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Kaveh Khoshnood, Ph.D. (Professor, Yale School of Public Health)
Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. Khoshnood is an infectious disease epidemiologist and his primary research interests are the epidemiology, prevention and control of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis among drug users, prisoners and other at risk populations in United States and in resource-poor countries. Dr. Khoshnood's other interests are the examination of the links between violent conflict and health and the ethical dilemmas in research involving vulnerable populations. Dr. Khoshnood conducts research and mentors researchers from China and countries in the Middle East and teaches courses on HIV/AIDS, global health and research methods and ethics.
Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr., B.A., J.D.
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Elizabeth T. Gray, a consultant, poet, translator, and independent scholar, is a graduate of Radcliffe College and Harvard Law School. With Professor Roger Fisher, Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project and co-author of Getting to YES, she co-founded Conflict Management, Inc. and Conflict Management Group, small consulting firms that focused on the process by which individuals and organizations manage complex negotiations. Her global practice specialty was the formation and management of complex inter-corporate alliances. She also served as CEO and Managing Partner of Alliance Management Partners from 1999 until 2004. She has lived and traveled widely in the Middle East and South Asia, studied Urdu and Persian at Harvard, and was a research associate at the University of Isfahan, Iran, in 1975-1976. Her translations of Iran's major mystic lyric poet, Hafiz-i Shirazi (d. 1389) were published by White Cloud Press in 1995, and have been performed at the Sackler Museum in Washington, D. C. and other venues.
Adriana Odice, B.S., CPA
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Adriana Odice is the Chief Operating Officer of Business Management Resource Group, LLC in Danbury, Connecticut, a company that provides outsourced CFO, controller and bookkeeping services for small to mid-sized firms both on-site and remotely. She is a CPA, registered in the state of Connecticut and has more than 15 years experience in financial planning and budget work process analysis and financial accounting software applications training and development.
Ramin Ahmadi, MD, MPH (Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine)
Dr. Ahmadi is associate clinical professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, and the founder of Griffin Center for Health and Human Rights. He represented Physicians for Human Rights in Chechnya where he investigated and documented human rights violations. He has also participated in human rights and public health projects in East Timor, Nicaragua, Uganda, Sri Lanka and Guyana. Dr. Ahmadi is the author of two books of poetry, numerous articles and short stories in Persian and English. He has also published a book on Abbas Amir-Entezam, Iran's longest-held prisoner of conscience.
Payam Akhavan, LL.B., LL.M, S.J.D. (Professor, McGill University Faculty of Law)
Payam Akhavan is Professor of International Law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He earned his Doctorate from Harvard Law School and was previously Senior Fellow at Yale Law School and Distinguished Visiting Professor at University of Toronto. He is the author of numerous publications and his 2001 article "Beyond Impunity" in the American Journal of International Law has been recognized as one of "the most significant published journal essays in contemporary legal studies."
Professor Akhavan was the first United Nations war crimes prosecutor at The Hague, and played a key role in the trial of Yugoslav leaders such as President Milosevic. He also served with the UN in Bosnia, Cambodia, Guatemala, East Timor, and Rwanda, and has been appointed as legal counsel in leading cases before the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the European Court of Human Rights.
Sareta Ashraph, B.A., LL.M.
Sareta Ashraph is a lawyer specializing in international humanitarian and human rights law. A graduate of Oxford University and Harvard Law School, Sareta has worked as part of the legal teams on the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on Libya (2012) and on the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (2009), also known as the Goldstone Report. From 2003 to 2009, she was Defence Counsel before the Special Court for Sierra Leone and more recently worked as a Legal Adviser in the Office of the Public Counsel for the Defence at the International Criminal Court. A barrister with Garden Court Chambers in London, Sareta is called to the Bar of England and Wales and the Bar of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
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Farnoosh Hashemian is a lawyer specialized on the nexus of human rights and constitutional law. In the last decade, she has worked for entities such as the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (Kabul, Afghanistan), International Commission of Jurists (Bangkok, Thailand), Physicians for Human Rights (Boston, USA), the Constitutional Court of South Africa (Johannesburg, South Africa), World Learning (Yangon, Myanmar and Khartum, Sudan), and International IDEA (the Hague, Netherlands). She has published widely and her publications include a two volume book published in Iran in 2001 entitled, "The Trial and Diary of Abbass Amir Entezam, the longest-held prisoner of conscience in the Middle East". In addition to her Juris Doctorate from UCLA School of Law, Farnoosh has completed a Masters of Public Health at Yale University, where her thesis on the impact of chemical weapons on mental health of Iranian Kurdish civilians won the Yale Dean's Award in 2005.
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Mr. Sanjabi completed his undergraduate studies at Yale University, with a focus on economic history and the modern Middle East, and received his law degree from the Washington University School of Law. Prior to his time with IHRDC, Mr. Sanjabi worked on rule of law issues during postings in India and Cambodia, and taught university courses on international relations and international trade in Russia. He is a recipient of the Robina Foundation Human Rights Fellowship at Yale Law School and a former legal analyst for IHRDC.


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I can't remember who I promised (Jared?) but I remember someone asking me to post photos. This is the Green Dragon Amaryllis I ordered from edensblooms a few weeks ago. I thought the scape was drying up or dying off but it persisted and revealed four buds.
I took pictures of the bloom in various lightings.
What makes me nervous is that the bulb is still soft. The plant arrived with three leaves and two of them curled up pretty fast, leaving just one leaf left. |
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I'm glad it still bloomed for you Dragonstone! And thanks for the pictures too! The Joker bulb I ordered came with two scapes showing but the second one has aborted I think. It too came with no brown outer layers and was wrinkled and soft. It's been potted for about a week now and is still soft but I'm going to get it a heating mat and some K-L-N soon. The other scape is doing great though. I'll have to put up pics once I can get on a computer. Jared |
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Nice to see your Green Dragon in bloom! I have one that is just putting out roots... no flowers or leaves to be seen! I look forward to when it "wakes up" from its slumber. |
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LEED Certification
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Energy Efficiency
From the beginning of the project, the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center project team aimed to reduce the energy intensity of the computing center. The following energy conservation measures were vetted during the design process and implemented as part of the MGHPCC.
Mechanical Systems
Water Side Economization:
The MGHPCC uses a "free cooling" system with water side economization. For more than 70% of the year, the water in the close-coupled cooling system for the MGHPCC computer room will be cooled by heat exchangers that are supplied with cooling tower water. The facility will only need to use its chillers 30% of the time.
Hot aisle containment:
Hot aisle containment increases cooling efficiency by reducing the distance between the computers and the cooling units to less than 2 feet. It also prevents hot air generated by the computers from mixing with cold air from the in-row cooling units, which further improves the efficiency of the cooling system.
Controllability of Systems:
The in-row cooling units use internal sensors to control their operation.
Controllability of Systems:
Occupants in the office areas are able to adjust airflow to meet their needs with individualized controls at their workstations.
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Occupancy Sensors:
Occupancy sensors are installed in all spaces to turn the lights on or off based on actual occupancy. The occupancy sensor time delay is set at 15 minutes to shut-off lights.
Daylight-Harvesting Dimming Controls:
Daylight sensors are installed in the administration windowed area. These sensors dim the lighting up or down in response to the amount of supplemental sunlight entering the space.
High Voltage Power Distribution:
The MGHPCC uses a high voltage power distribution system, which increases efficiency while operating within voltage ranges that are supported by all modern computing equipment. Higher distribution voltages mean lower current for the same amount of power, which reduces energy loss and heat generation in the wiring. Higher distribution voltages also make it possible to eliminate an entire tier of transformers from the facility, which reduces energy losses, saves space, and reduces capital cost.
Landscape and Site
The site is part of downtown Holyoke's former industrial district and was first used for manufacturing textiles in the 1880s. The site has also endured other operations, such as tool, cutlery, steam pump, and trolley track manufacturing. These uses have led to a contamination of the site, which was remediated as part of this project.
Additional site improvements included adding native and adapted vegetation as part of the planned landscape — i.e. Inkberry, Sweetgale, and Meadowsweet. This planting, as well as other native plants, were particularly useful in the creation of several bioretention areas. Bioretention systems are used to remove contaminants and sedimentation from stormwater runoff. In addition, these systems are instrumental preventing erosion and slowing stormwater runoff to allow enough time for water to infiltrate into the soli.
The project also benefits from a number of other strategies associated with decreasing the building users' dependency on personal motor vehicles. For examples, the site is located near several public bus stations, which provide an alternative mode of transportation for building users. Bicycle racks and preferred parking spaces were added for occupants who drive a low-emitting or fuel-efficient vehicle to work. These types of vehicles are defined as vehicles that have at least a minimum green score of 40 according to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.
Plumbing Systems and Potable Water Use Reduction
Plantings were selected so that the site does not require a permanent irrigation system. This saves both resources and finances that would normally be need to maintain the landscape. Additionally, this measure helps save the cost associated with installing and maintaining the irrigation system itself.
The project installed a number of water fixtures that contribute to an estimated water savings of 33% in indoor potable water use as compared to EPAct 1992. THat's an estimated water savings of 26,680 gallons of water. Water efficient water closets with a flush rate of 1.28 gpf were used (saving approximately 6,000 gallons of water per year). Also, waterless urinals were put in place. These fixtures use a sealing liquid that is less dense than urine. Therefore, the urine sinks through the oil, trapping the odor below the oil layer and preventing it from escaping out into the rest of the bathroom. Without the need for water, these fixtures help save 11,320 gallons of water per year.
Community Outreach
The MGHPCC serves the community by providing meeting, workshop and classroom space with state-of-the-art audio-visual and internet capabilities. Partnerships with the Holyoke Public Schools, Holyoke Community College, and other local organizations are fostering science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education at the facility and throughout the community. Programs will included teaching, training, certifications and professional development, resulting in more knowledgeable students and skilled workers. THe MGHPCC is a key member of the Holyoke Innovation Task Force., and city-led group whose charge is to stimulate development in Holyoke by promoting innovation and the creative economy.
Innovative CFD Modeling
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling was used to ensure that its servers, and other equipment were using the cooling energy as efficiently as possible. First, a sample layout of the equipment of top of each other minimized the amount of recirculation of hot air and minimized the by-pass of cold air within the data center. In addition, partitions are utilized in the cold aisles as a way to create a physical separation between the "cold" and "hot" aisles. THese measures helped provide a significant energy savings in the computing areas alone.


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- Home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, who won the World Series in 2010, AT&T Park is considered one of the most beautiful ballparks in the country. Located on San Francisco Bay's McCovey Cove, the ballpark, which opened in 2000, is a testament to one of the MLB's oldest teams and the great players who have been a part of its history including legendary Willie Mays, the Say Hey Kid. Visit http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/ballpark/Cable Cars
- Just steps away from the front doors of the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway hotel, San Francisco cable cars are unique historic landmarks, ones that get around, so to speak. Three cable car routes are in operation today , the Powel-Mason line, the Powell-Hyde line, and the California Street line, near the hotel, which goes from the Financial District, Chinatown, Nob Hill, to Van Ness, where the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway is located. Visit http://www.sfcablecar.com/Candlestick Park
Candlestick Park is the home of the National Football League San Francisco 49ers, winners of five Super Bowl championships. Located on San Francisco's Candlestick Point, the stadium opened in 1960 as the ballpark of the San Francisco Giants baseball team. Candlestick is known for its gusty days, so be sure to bring a warm coat if you head out for a game.Go to http://www.49ers.com/stadium/index.html
- One of San Francisco's top tourist attractions, Chinatown is also the oldest Chinatown in the United States, and the largest one outside of Asia. There are plenty of delicious Chinese restaurants to try, from dim sum to bubble tea cafes. Be sure to leave room in your suitcase for a Chinatown souvenir such as silk embroidered pajamas, chopsticks, and fortune cookies. For more, go to http://www.sanfranciscochinatown.com/Coit Tower
- Located at the top of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill in Pioneer Park, Coit Tower stand sentinel, an art deco column rising into the sky. Built by the bequest of patroness Lillie Hitchcock Coit, the tower honors San Francisco firefighters. Visitors can reach the entrance to the tower, by car, public bus, or stairs. Even if you don't go up into Coit Tower, enjoy the amazing views of the city and the Bay from Pioneer Park. Be sure to listen and watch for the flock of parrots that live in the trees on Telegraph Hill. Visithttp://wwwsfrecpark.org/CoitTower.aspx


text: Chan plays Kuo Cheng-Wah, a kindhearted country boy who is quickly cheated out of all his money when he arrives in Hong Kong. Depressed and destitute, he encounters Madame Kao (Rose Gua Ah Lei), a poor woman selling flowers on the street; she urges him to buy a red rose, saying it will bring him luck. He demurs at first, shaking his head sadly, then finally agrees. His fortunes immediately take a dramatic turn when he stumbles into a gang war, and renders assistance to a dying gang leader. The leader makes Kuo his successor due to a pun, then dies. Kuo, awed, attributes his luck to Madame Kao's rose, and takes to buying one from her every day thereafter. Kuo starts a nightclub, where he falls in love with singer Yang Luming (Anita Mui); they vow to do good deeds rather than committing crimes. Before a meeting with a rival boss, Kuo goes to buy his usual rose from Madame Kao, but she is not at her post. He searches for her, and finds her terribly upset over a letter she has just received. The letter is from her daughter, Belle (Gloria Yip), a student in Shanghai whom Madame Kao has been supporting, all the while concealing her sufferings and leading her to believe that she is a rich society woman in Hong Kong. Now, she is coming to visit, bringing her wealthy fiance and his parents, and Madame Kao is afraid that her poverty will bring disgrace on her daughter. Kuo offers to help, buying Madame Kao expensive new clothes and arranging a lavish party for her, to which he invites some of his disreputable friends on the condition that they impersonate the local dignitaries. Meanwhile, a gang war is in full swing, putting Kuo's life in danger and providing ample opportunity for Jackie Chan's trademark stunts. The climactic stunt sequence consists of a lengthy scene of hand-to-hand combat set in a rope factory.


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Measles virus antibodies - serum or CSF
Last updated: Friday, 07, September, 2007
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Specimen | 5-10 mL blood in plain tube. 2 mL CSF in plain tube. |
Method | HAI, EIA. |
Application | Serum: Investigation of suspected measles when diagnosis is uncertain. CSF: Investigation of suspected SSPE. |
Interpretation | Raised IgG titre is consistent with previous infection or vaccination. A four-fold rise in titre between acute and convalescent sera is diagnostic of recent infection with measles virus, as is positive IgM. IgM may be negative during the first 3 days of the rash. It remains positive for 4-6 weeks. An increasing IgG titre is not usually apparent until 14 days. In SSPE, measles virus antibodies (IgG) are detected in the CSF. |
Reference | Bellini WJ and Icenogle JP. In: Murray PR et al eds. Manual of Clinical Microbiology. 8th ed. ASM Press 2003. |


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How to Get the New Facebook Newsfeed Early
News Feed to add more personal touches
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a new look for the social network's News Feed, the place where its 1 billion users congregate to see what's happening with their friends, family and favorite businesses.
The makeover will carve out more space to show the billions of photos and videos that are being posted on Facebook each month. The redesign, which began rolling out Thursday, also ushers in more ways for users to control the types of posts that appear in their feeds.
Zuckerberg says he wants the News Feed to become more like a digital newspaper filled with compelling information tailored for each user.
The changes are Facebook's attempt to learn more about its users and keep people coming back so the company can sell more advertising.
Facebook staff said the company will start rolling out the update to people today.
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@turkay1, @anamur-- I don't think it's a good idea to generalize someone's experience for all. A pelviscopy is definitely less invasive than open surgery. It doesn't cause as much pain and it doesn't take as long to recover. But still, the side effects and recovery time cannot be generalized. It depends on what is done during the pelviscopy and it also depends on the individual.
I had an endometriosis laparoscopy three years ago. It's definitely one of the more difficult laparoscopies. Unfortunately, my pain didn't resolve in a few days, it lasted months. And I still have to be careful with some movements, especially lifting or I have pain. If nothing else, scar tissue is bound to cause some discomfort after a pelvic laparoscopy.
@anamur-- By the way, the shoulder pain you had has to do with the carbon dioxide used during the procedure. It affects the nerves, but it doesn't last long.


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Elena Dementieva is the first to qualify for the quarterfinals after her victory over qualifier Chanelle Scheepers 6-1 6-3. Her next opponent: the winner of the match Nadia Petrova-Venus Williams.
Other player qualified for the quarterfinals: Francesca Schiavone, winner over Maria Kirilenko 6-4 6-4.
14.45: break for Venus in the second set 2-0. First set: 6-4 Petrova
14.48: big battle on the Suzannne Lenglen court between Caroline Wozniacki and Flavia Pennetta 7-6 1-0 for the Dane.
Some big names crashed out today at Roland Garros:
- Number 6 seed Andy Roddick was ousted in straight sets by qualifier Teimuraz Gabashvili. I 've seen Gabashvili play twice: once in a Futures tournament in Lille a couple years ago and last Saturday in Roland Garros, when he was playing an exhibition set against Gianni Mina during Benny Berthet Day. I must say he is a solid player but I wasn't really impressed by his game.
Third round: Rafael Nadal vs Lleyton Hewitt
Head to head: 5-4
2009 Roland Garros Clay Nadal 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
2008 Beijing Olympics, Hard Nadal 6-1, 6-2
2007 Roland Garros Clay Nadal 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(5)
2007 ATP Masters Series Hamburg Clay Nadal 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
2006 Queen's Club Grass Hewitt 3-6, 6-3 RET
2006 Roland Garros Clay Nadal 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
2005 Australian Open Hard Hewitt 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6(3), 6-2
2004 ATP Masters Series Toronto, Hard Hewitt 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
2004 Australian Open Hard Hewitt 7-6(2), 7-6(5), 6-2
Rafa and Lleyton met at the same stage of the tournament last year. Rafa is once again the big favorite, as he became the first player in history to win all 3 clay court Masters titles in a single year and the first player to win 3 consecutive Masters events.
But as always, Nadal won't overlook his opponent: "We know Hewitt. He's a very dangerous guy and he plays at a very high level. He's going to do his best to win, of course."
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt will give everything on the court: "He cleaned me up last few times. He's obviously very dominant, especially on this surface. I'm gonna have to go out there and execute what I want to do, and do it bloody well."
You can follow here live this match between two former number ones.
A rainy day at Roland Garros.
Venus Williams, Caroline Wozniacki and Flavia Pennetta are all through to third round with straight sets win. Defending champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Madrid winner Aravane Rezaï suffer but qualify in 3 sets against respectively Andrea Petkovic and Angélique Kerber.
On the men's side, no problem for last year's finalist Robin Soderling who dismantled Taylor Dent 6-0 6-1 6-1.
A good day at the office too for Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Maric Cilic who ease through third round as well.
Frenchman of the day: Gael Monfils
Monfils lead two sets to love in his match against Fabio Fognini but the italian player came back from the brink to level the match at 2 sets all.
Monfils saved 3 match points at 4-5 in the fifth but the match was suspended by night at 5-5.
Stat of the day: 4
The number of singles matches suspended by night: Fognini-Monfils, Murray-Chela, Granollers-Baghdatis and Isner-Chiudinelli.
Back in the days when Agassi was wearing pink lycra bike pants and a wig.
Agassi was then just a "forehand and a haircut" as Ivan Lendl once said. Coached by Florida tennis guru Nick Bolletieri, Agassi was tennis' enfant terrible, known as much for his look as his explosive game.
Seeded number 3, Agassi had reached the semifinals of both French and US Open in 1988 and US Open again in 1989. In 1990, he defeated Jim Courier and defending champion Michael Chang en route to his first Grand Slam final.
Gomez was the total opposite of Agassi: a 30 year old left handed from Ecuador, he was known for his nice volley touch and science of play on clay. Before 90 French Open, he had never been past the quarterfinals of a major. Beaten three times at this stage of the tournament by Ivan Lendl, Gomez was somewhat relieved by the Czech' decision to skip Roland Garros to focus on Wimbledon.
Before the final, Agassi said: "Like any good player, the more that's expected of them, the more they rise to the occasion. I didn't stay in Paris for two weeks to come in second place". Unfortunately for him, he did. Agassi was favored and expected to overpower the veteran from Ecuador, but he was overconfident, nervous and probably thinking too much about his wig.
Gomez moved to a career high ranking of 4th following his victory in Paris. He retired in 1993. During his career, he amassed 21 singles titles (mostly on clay) and 33 doubles trophies.
Gomez and Nastase at the Trophée des Légendes, June 2007:
And Agassi? He was runner up again in 1991 (lost to Jim Courier). He finally captured the Roland Garros trophy in 1999 after a five set battle against Andrei Medvedev to complete a career Grand Slam.
During his roller coaster career he collected 60 singles titles including 8 Grand Slam titles and one Olympic gold medal.
FWOTD #4: ENFANTS (Kids)
The first Wednesday of the French Open is tradionnally Kid's Day. The stands and grounds of Roland Garros are full of kids running in the allées, cheering for their favorite players and chasing for autographs.
During the tournament there are plenty of activities for kids like mini-tennis and autograph signing sessions.


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City of Vancouver cracks down on Olympic Village tenants' marijuana use
Pam Burge smokes pot, but she says it's not about getting stoned. "I smoke it for pain," the 67-year-old Vancouver resident told the Georgia Straight, saying marijuana provides her relief from a host of ailments, including chronic body aches, arthritis, and depression.
For her, it's an absolute bummer that precisely because of this she may lose her home. Burge lives in one of two rental buildings owned by the city at the Olympic Village.
On September 14, tenants saw notices declaring: Cannabis Is Not Cool. The signs were posted by COHO Property Management, a company owned by the Co-operative Housing Federation of B.C., which runs the properties on contract with the city. The material warns that "verifiable complaints about marijuana smoke disturbing other tenants" will lead to termination of rental agreements with buildings at both 80 and 122 Walter Hardwick Street.
"It's not as if I'm a pothead," a stunned Burge said. She recalled that just last spring, Vancouver's Gregor Robertson joined seven other B.C. mayors to support the regulation and taxation of marijuana. "The fact is the mayor has come out in favour of legalizing it," Burge said. She also pointed out that the B.C. Compassion Club, of which she is a member, has been operating with a city licence for 15 years and it has never had any problems with the police.
Robertson did not agree to an interview. Thom Armstrong, executive director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of B.C., noted that the anticannabis signs were posted "after discussions with the city".
"It simply responds to complaints that we've received from tenants who are calling the office and saying they're being bothered by smoke—tobacco and marijuana—that is getting into their units," Armstrong told the Straight in a phone interview.
The housing federation boss also said that the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal and the Residential Tenancy Branch have issued rulings that landlords and property managers have a duty to protect people from secondhand smoke. Armstrong also pointed out that no tenant in the two city-owned properties on Walter Hardwick Street has presented a Health Canada permit to smoke marijuana for medical reasons.
Although the federal government allowed marijuana use for medical use starting in 2001, it does not license organizations like compassion clubs or cannabis dispensaries. Only Health Canada can legally supply both cannabis seeds and dried marijuana.
As of January 8, 2010, 4,884 persons in Canada were authorized to possess dried marijuana under the medical-access regulations. But even possession of a federal permit to smoke marijuana isn't a guarantee against eviction.
In 2003, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that the Capital Region Housing Corporation in Victoria could kick out Eric Young from the two-bedroom rental home he and his wife occupied. The court decided that although he could legally use pot for his multiple sclerosis, his smoking deprived other tenants of the enjoyment of their suites.
Tom Durning of the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre explained that the 2003 ruling laid down the law on marijuana use. "The judge said you can smoke marijuana, but if you're bothering people, you're gone," Durning told the Straight by phone.
Jeet-Kei Leung, a spokesperson with the B.C. Compassion Club Society, explained that cannabis dispensaries have been filling the need for medical marijuana. Although compassion clubs operate without authority from the federal government, members like Burge have verified referrals from their health-care practitioner, Leung noted.
"What the property-management company needs to understand is that a clear distinction has been made between recreational and medical use of cannabis," Leung told the Straight in a phone interview about the situation at the Olympic Village.
Between June and July, Burge received two letters from COHO advising her that the building owner—the City of Vancouver—is aware of complaints about marijuana and tobacco smoke emanating from her suite.
"We tried more informal methods; we spoke to people and sent notices around and, finally, in conversations with the city, we just decided that we have to be a little more direct," Armstrong related.
Burge countered that when she was interviewed by a COHO staff member in April 2011 regarding her tenancy application, she was asked if she smoked. "I wasn't smoking cigarettes when I moved in here," she recalled. "I said, however, that I do use marijuana as a pain reliever, that I belong to the compassion club, and I have doctors' notices. And he said, 'Oh, that's fine. There's no problem with that.' "
BTW putting up a picture of someone who does it for medical reasons doesnt accurately represent the problem there now does it. Call it like it is.
Whats funny is that this is EXACTLY what i said would happen when the whole idea tabled.
I wish I could ban cooking fish in my building, but I cannot.
Just as an aside, is anyone else noticing the Friendly Giant resemblance?
Thanks for the input.
What type of picture, then, do you think would "accurately represent the problem there"?
A resident of one of the buildings, a person who legally obtains and self-administers marijuana for verifiable medical conditions, contacted the Straight to complain about the property-management company's notice.
So whose picture should be used to conform to your idea of the rampant, chronic drug abuse that's going on in the buildings?
Some Downtown Eastside stock image from the Global TV news archives, maybe?
If a waft of smell passes by once in a blue moon it won't kill them, but actual smoke is obnoxious and can be upsetting if you don't appreciate the smell. If this was happening every day, I could see why the other tenants would be upset. I'd be livid!
I love the smell personally, but I wouldn't want smoke seeping into my home all the time. I smoke outside my house, on my property, and I'm cautious to make sure the smoke is carried away away from my other neighbours.
unfortunately, he was a school teacher so there was no way i was going to say anything lest i get a failing grade.
ps: what do vaporizors run, cost-wise?


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I have been collecting photos I found on the web, for the purpose of re-aquainting myself with the smaller home, especially in cottage colors, which I tend to love! At the present time I am a renter. I have a cute (but way too small), 1 room cottage. It sits on 1 acre. I don't think I will ever do this again. The weeds, too much yard, not enough privacy, etc. I am also lacking the picket fence, which is something I would love to have. I am in CA. Does anyone know of any remaining small CA towns, still close enough to shopping areas, that perhaps, have small homes like these?
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Here is a link that might be useful: Old style cottage homes in pretty colors!
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- Posted by teresa_nc7 (My Page) on Tue, Sep 26, 06 at 19:33
Looks like your preference is for green cottages! For myself, I like yellow: |
I liked the green one with the garden. |
- Posted by celestialsdoxies (My Page) on Wed, Sep 27, 06 at 12:18
Yes, I love the green house with the garden, as Alexr pointed out. That one is my favorite! While I wouldn't turn down a pink one, (but my interior decor is shabby chic, country cottage, blended in, rustic here and there), I would opt for a green house. I DO love yellow ones like your picture Teresa. I have fond memories of my one Aunt living twice in homes that were that style, and yellow! Now where in CA do I find a home like that, is my next question? |
- Posted by rachelzuck (My Page) on Thu, Sep 28, 06 at 19:59
What cute homes. If you are serious about buying what worked for me was getting a real estate agent. I had wanted to buy for awhile but didn't know how to pull it together. I had a roommate move out on me with no notice. I was so mad at the situation I drove to the grocery store the second after I read the note. I picked up one of those free "Why Rent When You Can Buy" magazines and began calling. I hooked up with a great realtor who got me through the process. Before that, I would get packets from Fannie Mae and begin filling them out, until I would quit in frustration. A realtor pulls together all the paperwork, and the banking and insurance issues for you. That roommate was a blessing in disguise 8 years ago. If you contacted a realtor with your pictures, they could set you on your path. If it ends up that your area doesn't have the type of housing you are looking for, they will refer you to a colleague. They are the experts in geography and housing. Find a realtor in a nationwide company, not a local small agent. Good Luck. |
doxies: That's a good question that deserves an answer, but in California such a big State, so much depends on two things, what general area, and how much money are you willing to spend. In general, older out of the way communities are more likely to have resonablely priced small homes with quaint surroundings. But if you can't make a living in an out of the way area, it gets harder to find and expensive. A friend of mine bought a small home near Clearlake, as an example, but he had such a long commute to San Francisco, he rented a small apartment during the week. |
- Posted by mrsmuggleton (My Page) on Fri, Oct 6, 06 at 6:19
My idea of a small, quaint cottage....mine...well it used to be, but we have sold it and are renting it from the new owners until our new house is built..:) |
- Posted by celestialsdoxies (My Page) on Fri, Oct 6, 06 at 12:49
Mrsmuggleton, that is definately one gorgeous cottage dream home. Hi all, I haven't had a chance to post my reply to I have read in Business Week, where a fortune 500 business Ok, I have been searching and found some neat A couple of the neighboring towns that intrigue me, are |
If you simply want to take a tour of a place with a lot (and I mean probably a few thousand dating from the 1880's to mid-century modern)-cute little cottages, then you must visit Eureka CA. I also recommend Arcata, about six miles north on 101. I live in this area, I don't intend to retire here, the cost of living is like San Francisco, there's few choices when it comes to a job, property is outrageeous; your basic tourist town. A lot of people recommend Ferndale, about 15 miles south of Eureka on 101, it is a small dairy community with a fraction of what you would see just driving around Eureka neighborhoods, it's also at sea-level on confluence of earthquake faults. I'm planning on retiring in the upper central valley of CA myself, although meanwhile I plan to sell my current cottage and build a small alternative home somewhere locally for the rest of my job career. |
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CUTTACK: The Orissa high court on Wednesday rejected the plea of KVK Nilachal Power Company to vacate the interim stay on the construction of its power plant near Athagarh in Cuttack district. "The division bench of Chief Justice V Gopala Gowda and Justice S K Mishra further directed the company to approach the central government for forest and wildlife clearance," said petitioner's counsel, Aditya Das. The bench has also asked the state government to identify eco-sensitive zones in the area.
The court had imposed an interim stay on the construction of the power project in May on grounds of violation of wildlife and forest protection norms. An organization, Charidesha Krushak Surakhya Sangh represented by its president, Narayan Sahoo had filed petition against the company.
The petitioner had alleged that company had started the construction of the power plant without getting forest clearance. He further alleged that the power plant site is just four km from the Kapilash elephant sanctuary. Though, law prohibits construction of any power plant within 10 km radius of the sanctuary, the company had started the construction work.
KVK Nilachal Power plans to set up 1400MW coal-based power project at Kandarai near Athagarh in two phases. The power plant will come up on an area of more than 900 acres.
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How to transfer money from property sale in India to overseas bank account
Repatriation of the sale proceeds is allowed if:
The property is sold at least three years after acquisition.
The property was acquired in accordance with the provisions of
foreign exchange laws in force when the property was
The amount that can be repatriated will be up to the amount
submitted in foreign exchange through normal banking channels
when the property was purchased.
In case the properties that are sold are residential properties.
Then repatriation is allowed only twice.
In case a property was received by way of inheritance then
permission of the reserve bank may be required.
In case a property was paid for in Rupees then ownership must
have been for at least ten years.
In the event the ten year period has not been reached. The
money from the sale proceeds can be deposited by Non Residents
in their NRO bank accounts and once the ten period is reached
they can transfer the sale proceeds subject to payment of all
due taxes.
A certificate in the prescribed format may be required from a
CA to confirm that the money indeed deposited in the NRO
account is from the sale proceeds of legally owned property.
It is therefore of utmost importance that NRI's when they sell
property in India to accept payment only via legal banking
channels. Accepting cash payments is certainly not
recommended in India.
NRI's/ PIO's are allowed to repatriate an amount up to USD one million, per
financial year (April-March), out of the balances held in the Non-Resident
(Ordinary) Rupee (NRO) account, subject to compliance with applicable tax
Transferring Money from India from sale of inherited property
NRI's or PIO's who inherit property from a person resident in India and sell it, can transfer the sale proceeds abroad.
Up to one million US Dollars per calendar year subject to production of documentary evidence to support their inheritance of the
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I'm growing alliums for the first time this summer. About two months ago, the first alliums popped through the soil, and recently a few more have joined them, but they don't seem to be growing. They seem to have stalled after breaking through the soil surface. Is this common with alliums? If not, is there anything I can do to help 'em along? |
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I was about to ask the same question. The Allium species germinate but remain very small and don't seem to kick on. Should I be feeding them with a soluble fertiliser and treat them like edible onions? |
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I put in raised beds late last year and planted fall crops in 12" squares per the book. I planted several successions of cauliflower, broccoli, rapini and brussels sprouts. The outer rows did great, but the inner 2 rows had spotty performance. The last planting totally failed because by the time it went in the previous plants were large enough to shade it completely.
I re-read the book last night but it doesn't say anything about larger crops smothering their neighbors. So what are the best strategies to avoid this? Larger squares for larger plants? Logically this makes sense to me, but maybe it conflicts with the overall premise of SFG. Stagger spacing of large plants? My cole crops are so big, it seems like they would have been a problem for anything smaller nearby. I appreciate any thoughts on this. |
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Hello, All my cole crops are planted 18"-24" apart in staggered rows. As for broccoli, plant a variety that produces side shoots for a longer harvest. |
- Posted by dan_staley USDA 5/S 2b (My Page) on Thu, Jan 14, 10 at 9:22
I appreciate any thoughts on this. The lack of detail means we can only guess and make general statements. But this should suffice: Larger crops will smother their neighbors if they are planted too close to them. You can avoid this by planting them according to their mature size. Dan |
- Posted by ribbit32004 (My Page) on Thu, Jan 14, 10 at 11:33
I checkerboard my large crops as well. Then they can get all the space they need. Yes, technically you can do the one per sqft., but as you said, production is affected. Broccoli and cabage are two crops I've noticed that take much more room than is recomended, but, if you give them that room, the size of your heads will increase as well. |
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Hey all! So I have had my rosemary indoors for a few months now, and while it's not 'perfect' as it was over the summer (all nice green soft leaves), it's still doing overall quite well. Sure, there are some leaves (mainly towards the bottom) that have become dried out, and overall much of the plant and leaves have a sort of ashy whitish film. I had heard that besides heating elements (which I keep my plant away from AND my heating system is modern so the heat doesn't come out super hot or dry anyway, thank god!)...but anyway, besides warmer drier temps indoors I heard that maintaining a humid environment and some type of air circulation are crucial. I guess there's not much I can do about creating a humid enviromnent (I one time tried sitting the plant elevated over some water but the water developed all these stringy red worms!)...and as far as air circulation, I'm not about to run a fan 24/7. So what I was wondering is....do you think it would 'hurt' for me to cut back some of the stems...especially in the inside part of the bush, to help open it up a bit...so that the plant is more airy and can breathe better? Might that help at least while it's indoors over the winter? I know that part of air circulation for a plant includes ensuring there's not too thick a concentration of stems/leaves all brushing up against each other...this is why I'm thinking cutting some of the inner stems down might create some air space.... Yes? No? Thanks!! |
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I would not cut it back while it is inside, unless you need some for cooking. It is already under some stress and removing parts of it would not help it at all imo. Sounds as if it might have powdery mildew. If it's big enough to carry you could put it outside on mild days and hose it down with tepid water a couple of times. Rosemary can take occasional temps below freezing without harm but if it's been indoors it's probably best to not leave it out if it gets below about 40. |
- Posted by yippee1999 6/7 NYC (My Page) on Sat, Feb 9, 13 at 17:24
Thanks for the tip. Though...I thought I'd heard that you should never allow rosemary leaves to get wet? |
airing it also helps I got mine indoors by a draft let it dry completely out before watering it I let mine go two days bone dry and then let the soil get wet outside and bring it in |
yippee1999 - it rains in the Med and it certainly rains on my 20 year old rosemary in England. It's out there now enjoying our latest 24 hour dose in a temperature of 39f. I do not expect it to die overnight. Providing it has good air circulation and good drainage no amount of water will bother it. |
I din't know this about the rosemary I been going nuts putting holes in bottom pot now I be putting it out bring it in at night let it get soaked and a good airing |
- Posted by yippee1999 6/7 NYC (My Page) on Sun, Feb 10, 13 at 17:06
Yeah....see that's what I figured...don't all plants in the wild get wet? But then I know I've heard that before...that you shouldn't let certain plant leaves get wet...so are you saying that there really aren't any plants this would apply to? It would seem to make sense to me...that any plant should be able to get wet...and not just the soil part but the leaves as well. Unless maybe what it is is that...maybe depending on the environment in which you live, the air, humidity, temps etc. may not be such that any moisture on the leaves can easily and quickly dry out, much as it would for a particular plant's natural environment, and so maybe it's for this reason that if the plant is in a DIFFERENT environment, then getting the leaves wet could be detrimental because it will take longer for the moisture to dissipate from the leaves, which in turn could make them start to rot or something? |
"....so are you saying that there really aren't any plants this would apply to?" .... no I'm not. I don't have the knowledge to make such a statement. We grow plants in unnatural conditions, as you say, so it is quite possible that wet leaves will be a problem for some. But not for rosemary. At least not if it has good fresh air circulation. margowicz - are you saying you have been trying to grow your herbs up until now in pots with no holes in the bottom? That is a recipe for disaster with any plant in a container. When you water excess water must be able to drain out of the pot and it should not be left standing in water. Your rosemary could be left outside permanently in NI - but it must have drainage. I'm still looking forward to some pictures of your project. Any chance? If we could see them we could give much more accurate help. |
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Hi everyone, my name is Jackie and I love this site! I just found it about a week ago and spend all my extra time reading all the creative ideas, all of you have come up with. Does anyone have any ideas with what to do with those hard plastic duck decoys? Someone just gave my husband, who loves to duck hunt, many, many, many ...... decoys, to go along with the MANY he ALREADY has!!!! So, I was wondering if there would be some kind of "craft", I could use a FEW for, something for the garden, maybe? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Jackie |
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I read this forum because I'm so in awe of all the things everyone produces from 'junk'! I'm not nearly that clever with my 'trash' :-) About the decoys....the first think that popped into my head was to paint one to look like Santa Claus (Santa Duck?) Or a pilgrim? You mentioned using them in the garden...how about one with fresh paint 'swimming' in a pool of blue flowers in the spring? The pilgrim duck could go into a fall arrangement of mums &/or pumpkins. Just a couple of things that came to mind as I read....use or ignore at will :-0 |
I was thinking the same as Jayokie. If you aren't talented with a paint brush but can sew...how about seasonal outfits like they do for the white concrete geese? |
- Posted by gavinsmeme (My Page) on Wed, Oct 10, 07 at 23:59
Thanks Jayokie and Lydia, you both gave me something to think about. I was thinking of maybe trying to make some kind of wind chime, or maybe hanging some kind of sign from the ducks and hang them up from a tree. Also, maybe tying seasonal bows around their necks and let them float in our pond. It's a good thing there are lots of ducks! :-) |
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