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I guess they no longer grow pineapple in Hawaii... If they do I can't find it... Pick up any form of Dole Pineapple and check the label... They all say "Country of Origin: Thailand, Indonesia or some other part of the Philippines"... Ok now check out fresh Del Monte Pineapple... It comes from Costa Rica!
The Del Monte site says they're in San Francisco, CA and the Dole site implies it's in Thousand Oaks, CA... If they're both American companies WHY AREN'T THEY SELLING PRODUCTS GROWN IN AMERICA??? Sorry, didn't mean to yell... Yes I did, it totally ticks me off! They tell you to buy American but you can't find it anywhere... They tell you to eat healthy so you read the labels and what do you find... YOUR FOOD COMES FROM SOME OTHER COUNTRY! Sigh... That, still on going, rant got me to check out some other sites... Namely the USDA ( United States Department of Agriculture ) Sigh... Here's what I found on the Country of Origin Labeling (aka "COOL") Are places like fish markets and butcher shops required to provide COOL information?
Why are processed foods excluded from COOL requirements?
The definition of a processed food item developed for the rule has taken into account comments from affected entities and has resulted in excluding products that would be more costly and troublesome for retailers and suppliers to provide country of origin information.
Should turkey be labeled with the country of origin in the grocery store?
No For more info check out the link below. Rita |
Here is a link that might be useful: USDA
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Pineapples haven't been grown in Hawaii for export for a while. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Sugar either.
- Posted by publickman (My Page) on Sun, Dec 4, 11 at 1:27
When I was in Maui last August, one of the tour guides told us that Del Monte stopped growing pineapples there because it was too expensive to produce them and that there were better uses for the land. Dole still grows pineapples there, but it is cheaper to get pineapples from the Philippines, Thailand, and Costa Rica. Pineapples are native to South America, but the U.S. still grows many non-native fruits, especially citrus. I don't think Hawaii grows enough pineapples to satisfy the U.S. demand. The last pineapples I had were Mexican. One of my favorite fruits is mamey, and it is not grown here at all or even in Hawaii. Lars |
Well....you can eat Washington apples, Michigan cherries, California table grapes, and Texas citrus, as well as Iowa pork and beef, us cheeses and Kansas wheat. Its when we want things that are out of season exotic or cheap that we have to rely on imports. |
- Posted by cloudy_christine (My Page) on Sun, Dec 4, 11 at 10:48
Dole owns a whole Hawaiian island. If they don't grow pineapples there, I wonder what it's used for. |
They do still grow pineapples in Hawaii, you can order them online. They are expensive. But the overhead to grow enough for export in mass quantities made it more profitable to grow elsewhere. |
Rite, if you eat bananas they are probably not coming from Hawaii either. Here's a map of Chiquita's banana farms... Coffee, tea, chocolate, pepper, cinnamon, and many other common things Americans have developed a taste for are not grown here. Buy local when possible & think about what you consume that requires shipment from thousands of miles away. For instance, I refuse to purchase Italian canned tomatoes or olive oil but I do buy Italian imported Bionaturae whole wheat pasta. Not every thing imported is bad & we do need global commerce. /tricia |
Here is a link that might be useful: Chiquita's Banana Farms
Tricia, I was at the Chiquita Banana Farm in Costa Rica. Amazing the quantity of bananas they grow there. Like an ocean of bananas. Nothing but bananas all the way to the horizon, as far as your eyes can see, nothing else, no weeds, no other vegetation! Interesting process in the factory/farm. Without going thru the whole thing, I will just tell you about the end of the production line. There were two specialized team of workers to put those adhesive stickers on each banana, one team to put "Chiquita" stickers on higher quality bananas, the other to put "Bananza" stickers on lesser quality bananas. dcarch |
- Posted by publickman (My Page) on Sun, Dec 4, 11 at 14:47
Tricia, coffee is still grown in Hawaii, and I had local coffee when I was there (which I loved), but I have not been able to find Kona coffee beans here in California (but I haven't looked that hard). You can get Hawaiian coffee beans on line, however, and I might do that at some point. It's definitely true that many things we consume are not grown here or cannot be grown here. I planted a banana tree thinking I would get bananas because the worker at the nursery said I would, but it turned out to be an ornamental tree. I had a fruiting banana tree in Houston, but of course the bananas were seasonal. In Cordoba, Mexico (west of Vera Cruz), coffee and bananas are grown together so that the banana trees will partially shade the coffee plants. The same method is used in Guatemala around Antigua, and so one field will have two different crops at the same time. The coffee in Antigua was the best I had ever had until I had Kona coffee in Hawaii. But it still upsets my stomach! I saw a lot of sugar cane fields on Maui but was also told that Texas produces much more sugar cane than Hawaii. The sugar refining plants closed in Hawaii, and the sugar cane grown in Hawaii is now processed mainly in Crockett, California. You can visit a closed sugar refinery on Maui, which we drove by countless times but never visited, since I've seen those in Texas. There is a sugar museum on Maui as well, and we also skipped that. Lars |
Peet's coffee carries pure Kona beans but at 50/pound they are too costly for me. Daniel gave me a gift of a half pound which he gets at an employee price. It is very good, very strong. I find myself using about a third less than I would normally use of the beans I usually buy. When I was on the Big Island I spent time at wifi cafe that sold coffees grown on the Hilo side of the island. They were excellent. I brought some home. I wish I'd thought to buy more. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Coffee from the other side of the Big Island.
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The iconic geographical formation of Shiprock is steeped in local legend. (Justin Foulkes)
The badlands of New Mexico epitomise the raw, stark beauty of the Wild West. Vast mountain ranges and plateaued mesas stand impassive in the desert haze. Ragged gorges, carved out by the Rio Grande River, rip into the land like an open wound. Rows of aspen trees turn to a chemical yellow in the relentless southwestern sun, spotlighting the rolling ranches that are home to cattle and horses. And above it all, the infinite New Mexico sky, an almost physical presence pressing down upon the horizon like a paperweight.
The state of New Mexico has so much beauty that you can't help but feel sorry for poor old Roswell, a small town in the south. The country round here is lacking almost all of the above. In fact, the only thing that Roswell country has got going for it aesthetically is… flatness. Nowhere does flatness like Roswell. The desert here is a ruler-edge sheet of mute brown dirt, studded with the occasional spiky yucca tree, and goes on and on and on, much in the same interminable way as a pub bore.
But while Roswell might not have much, what it does have is out of this world. This town is the UFO capital of the USA – perhaps the only place on Earth where aliens have actually landed. The story goes that, in 1947, a Roswell rancher named Mac Brazel came across a field of metallic debris. The metal was unlike any he had seen before; he could pick it up, scrunch it in his hand and watch it spring back to its original shape. That same day, a local undertaker received a call from a military base asking for a supply of child-sized caskets. Arriving at the hospital, he was met by a nurse who told him in a panic that she'd seen military doctors examining the bodies of a number of child-sized grey aliens with huge saucer-like eyes.
Immediately after the incident, the military released a press release confirming that there had been a UFO crash in the area. But a week later this was retracted, and another release was written, saying that the debris was simply that of a military weather balloon. It was too late. The legend of an alien landing in Roswell spread across the country, and then the world. In 1991, a museum dedicated to the incident was opened and subsequently sparked an entire alien economy in the town. Roswell has dozens of alien souvenir shops and bars selling alien beer, all capitalising on the extraterrestrial economic stimulus. Even the streetlamps have alien eyes painted on.
Mark Briscoe is the library director of the UFO Museum and, unsurprisingly, has no doubt that aliens landed here. He believes that the military covered up evidence of the landing in to order to prevent mass hysteria, but used information from the captured aliens to develop new technology. 'In the 20 years after Roswell, humans invented more new technology than we had done in the previous 200,' he says. 'The iPhone 5 is more powerful than the computer we used to land on the moon! Humans are smart, but we're not that smart. We've definitely had help. Probably through reverse engineering from alien technology.'
Despite Mark's adamant stance, the museum is careful to leave all options on the table, which is a relief given the somewhat flaky nature of the evidence. One section even lists common ways by which fake photos of UFO s are made – by photographing a lit lampshade reflected through a window, hanging a hat on a string, and throwing a hub cap in the air.
Whatever the truth of the 1947 incident, there is undoubtedly something otherworldly about New Mexico. The vast space – it's the fifth biggest state in the US, with a population of only two million – lets the imagination run free. And the infinite emptiness of the brilliant sky above means that on the rare occasions when an object, such as a plane or a hot-air balloon, does pass through, the bright contrast lends it such a fierce intensity that it confuses the eye. After spending time here, you can easily understand why virtually everyone you speak to has a story about seeing a light or unidentified shape in the sky.

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PORTLAND may have to take on Port Fairy without one of its trio of tall defenders in tomorrow's Hampden Football League round two clash at Port Fairy, with Tigers vice captain Charlie Woodford a chance of missing the match.
Woodford is still trying to overcome a quad injury he carried through last weekend's opening match, with the young key defender saying he may miss the match to give him two weeks' break ahead of the Tigers' Anzac Day clash with Hamilton.
"At this stage I might be the one missing out," Woodford said.
"I went into last week with a slight quad strain and I got a bit of a corky in it late in the game.
"Because we have got next week off I'm going to talk to Mylsey (coach Jake Myles) about it and try and make sure I am right for the Anzac Day game."
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BRUNSWICK, Maine - The top-ranked Bowdoin College field hockey team has swept the New England Small College Athletic Conference postseason honors announced Wednesday by the conference office. Bowdoin junior Lindsay McNamara (Milton, Mass.) was recognized as the NESCAC Player of the Year while first-year Ingrid Oelschlager (Roanoke, Va.) claimed Rookie of the Year honors. Head Coach Nicky Pearson collected Coach of the Year honors for the sixth time after leading Bowdoin to their third consecutive NESCAC Championship.
In addition, McNamara, senior tri-captain Valerie Young (Concord, N.H.) and junior Julia King (Yarmouth, Maine) netted First-Team All-Conference selections, while Oelschlager and defender Kristen Veiga (Concord, N.H.) earned Second-Team honors.
McNamara currently paces the NESCAC in scoring with 18 goals and 42 points (18-6-42) while starting all 16 games up front for Bowdoin, averaging 1.12 goals and 2.62 points per contest. McNamara has led the Polar Bears in offensive production over the past three seasons, as her 18 tallies during the 2007 campaign are a personal best and her 42 points are just two shy of a career-high 44 she collected last year. During McNamara's tenure in Brunswick, she has accumulated a school-record 51 goals - 20 of which have served as game-winners - and 17 assists for 119 points through 54 starts. She is the third Polar Bear in the last five years to earn the conference's top honor, after Marissa O'Neil received Player of the Year recognition in 2003 and Taryn King came away with the honor in 2005.
Oelschlager has proven to be a valuable asset off the bench for the Polar Bears this season. She is second only to McNamara on the Bowdoin stat sheet with 15 goals and two assists for 32 points through 16 appearances and is the top first year player in the league in both goals and points, ranking fourth in the NESCAC in points and third in goals. She is one goal and one point shy of tying McNamara's program marks for goals and points by a first-year.
Val Young collects her second-straight First-Team selection after another solid season on the Bowdoin backline. A versatile defender, Young collected three assists this season as stick-stopper on Bowdoin's penalty corners and anchored a unit that allowed just three goals all season. Julia King joins Young and McNamara as a First-Team choice after earning Second-Team All-Conference honors in 2006. A key to the Polar Bears offense, King plays the point on Bowdoin's penalty corners and served up a school-record 19 assists this season, including two in the NESCAC Final against Middlebury.
Kristen Veiga joins Oelschlager as a Second-Team All-NESCAC selection. She earns her first postseason honor after starting all 16 games at defense, scoring four goals and three assists off Polar Bear penalty corners this year. In addition, she is part of Bowdoin's stifling defense that permitted just 5.3 shots per game in 2006.
Pearson earns her sixth NESCAC Coach of the Year honor after posting just the third perfect regular season in program history and second in the past three seasons. In her 11th year at the helm of the Polar Bears, she has posted a career mark of 160-37 (.812) including an incredible 51-3 record in the last three years, reaching the NCAA Semifinals in 2005 and '06.
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Rebuilding Radio Stations Despite the Rubble - Post 9/11
With tremendous height and clear coverage of Manhattan, the World Trade Center towers were home to four FM radio transmitters. On Sept. 11, 2001, WKCR, WKTU, WNYC and WPAT were not only faced with the difficulties inherent in covering news from a city under attack, but also they lost their transmission capabilities and equipment, just when they were most needed. Twelve months after the World Trade Center collapse, none of the stations have fully recovered.
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The terrorist attacks have forced New York stations to re-examine their emergency plans. There is now more variety in the mix of New York City backup locations and fully redundant transmission systems. For the four World Trade Center FM stations, emergency plans no longer mean simply a low-power transmitter for equipment failures. Backup systems were not considered of high importance before September, but "now you're criminally negligent if you don't have backup systems in place," said WPAT Chief Engineer Mike Toko.
When WNYC constructed its original transmission systems, the cost of a full-power backup system was considered excessive for its needs. "Who thought that the World Trade Center was going to collapse? That tells you anything can happen and you have to weigh the 'what if' scenarios against real world costs," WNYC Chief Engineer Steve Shultis said. For some stations, the cost of an extended outage may weigh more than the initial outlay on a backup location. "You spend a million dollars to build a backup system but what's the ROI? For us the site has more than paid for itself," said Josh Hadden, Clear Channel's New York director of engineering.
The full economic consequences of the damage from Sept. 11 may never be known, but New York broadcasters lost significant revenue while they were off the air, in addition to transmission equipment. Long-term solutions may be years in the making, but a review of station emergency preparedness plans should be something every station undertakes regularly.
The site at 4 Times Square was built as Clear Channel's backup facility. It is now the main site for WKTU. Photo by John Lyons. |
Clear Channel's WKTU was the first of the affected stations to return to the air. It also was the only one of the four stations with a backup system located elsewhere. The World Trade Center was the site of numerous television transmissions. Between 1999 and 2001, construction and testing of the DTV antenna system on the towers meant regular disruptions for radio broadcasters. To cope with the ongoing outages, Clear Channel built a backup transmission system in Times Square. "When the TV stations at the World Trade Center were upgrading their DTV projects, we used Times Square every night," said Josh Hadden, director of engineering, Clear Channel, New York. "That meant we were best positioned of all the FMs, of the stations on the World Trade Center, in that we already had a backup site in Manhattan." Within minutes of the collapse, WKTU was able to switch to the backup site, covering 80 percent of ERP at 8kW.
Within the week, WKTU requested and received an STA from the FCC for upgraded power from its backup site. The station now operates at 17kW at Times Square. While WKTU plans to keep the Times Square site as a backup, it has filed an application with the FCC for a master antenna license at the Empire State Building. Hadden hopes to receive the license this year but spacing issues with a class A station on Long Island could delay the approval. The FCC is requiring all the stations from the World Trade Center to follow normal application procedures.
Harris supplied the temporary transmitter that WKCR used from the roof of a campus dorm. Photo by Wayne Gignac. |
Next to return to the air was Columbia University's WKCR. When the towers collapsed, WKCR lost its primary and backup systems. Shortly after the disaster, Station Engineer Rich Koziol ordered an emergency package from Harris for WKCR and arranged similar orders for WPAT and WNYC. The 1kW Quest transmitter was installed on the roof of a campus dorm by Sept. 13. Unfortunately, the station now reaches only 9 percent of its original audience.
For five years, WKCR had operated out of nearby Riverside Church. In September 2001, the station planned to move back to the Columbia University campus into a brand new digital studio. "We spent a half million dollars [on the studios] and had planned fund raising for Sept. 28 but with 9 percent power couldn't do it, so now we owe the university," said Koziol.
WKCR received insurance funding and a government grant to build a new transmitter site, but it is still trying to negotiate an alternative location for the station. "The best site right now is Empire, but everyone is trying to get there," said Koziol, "there is no electrical, no room and the mast is full, so we chose not to do Empire, as we were such a small player."
There is a mast on the tower of Riverside Church, where WKCR formerly had its studios. Originally used by WRVR, the church antenna was abandoned many years ago and Koziol is hopeful the FCC will grant temporary authority for WKCR to transmit from the site. "With 26 stations we could interfere with in the educational band, any move requires a major review of short spacing," said Koziol. A study of the impact of the move to Riverside has been sent to the FCC and WKCR is waiting on the results. After FCC approvals are received, the station expects to be running from the church mast within 40 days.
The WPAT installation at Times Square is also used by sister station WSKQ. Photo by John Lyons. |
Spanish-language broadcaster WPAT erected a 1kW transmitter at the Empire State Building after losing its primary and backup equipment at the World Trade Center. "We were down for 59 hours and 48 minutes, not that I was counting," said Chief Engineer Mike Toko. Though lower in height, and with less power at the Empire State Building, WPAT was still able to reach 75 percent of its audience.
Once emergency transmissions had been established at the Empire State Building, WPAT began constructing an alternate site in Times Square. "At Times Square we have 90 percent coverage, we've only been on a couple of months but it's looking good and sounding good," said Toko. During the next six months, the station plans to construct a full-power main site at the Empire State Building and use Times Square as a backup.
WNYC installed a full-power facility at Times Square. Photo courtesy of WNYC. |
The last of the four FMs to return to the air was WNYC. Immediately after the collapse of the World Trade Center, WNYC worked to maintain transmission on its AM facility in New Jersey. Once the AM signal was stabilized, WNYC began restoring its FM signal, placing a 1kW signal at the Empire State Building. "Empire was a shock," said Chief Engineer Steve Shultis. "With low power at Empire we got the whole east side back, which we had lost 15 years ago when we moved to the World Trade Center. We had so much shadow [from the World Trade Center site] that even the 1kW [on the Empire State Building] was an improvement."
WNYC spent the next six months building a full-power facility in Times Square. "Times Square was quicker for full power because the combiner system was plug and play, it just took a couple overnights to install," Shultis said. Now in the process of building a full-power facility at the Empire State Building, the station soon expects to have a full-power main facility at the Empire State Building and a full-power backup at Times Square. Shultis said, "my goal is 9/11 this year, as that would be a fitting ending to that calendar cycle."
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Anyone have an idea where PayPal Express Checkout option has gone on 188.8.131.52? There only seems to be one for the "Payments Pro" version under Payment Methods. However, I don't have Payments Pro version of Paypal.
Any ideas please?
I am having the same issue, anyone shed any light on this?
It looks like it is a change in PayPal's system. From what I understand on their website, PayPal Express Checkout is only available through using PayPal Pro Edition.
it appears this is only for Pro now then…
asif_hop - 26 February 2010 04:52 AMIt looks like it is a change in PayPal's system. From what I understand on their website, PayPal Express Checkout is only available through using PayPal Pro Edition.
Actually just called, and the original version is still available too. Magento must not be supporting the free version of this anymore, must want you to use their improved paypal standard instead.
is this related to the error that I am getting after the final review step: "This payment cannot be processed using your PayPal account at this time."?
Could be, only you would know. Were you using Paypal Express prior to 1.4? If so it doesn't appear to be supported by Magento anymore. They've supposedly made improvements to Paypal Standard, so I'd implement that if you need a free Paypal method.
Yeah, it is working on 22.214.171.124 for me, but not 220.127.116.11 - and I have a paypal pro account as well. During my tests, I am seeing is that the order goes through on the store in the payment is processed by paypal, but the customer sees âThis payment cannot be processed using your PayPal account at this time.â
Does anyone have Paypal Express working with Magento 126.96.36.199?
Sorry I can't be of more help, we have not done any order testing on 1.4 yet, only having it installed at a staging site.
I have paypal express working on my staging site now. I have it working with a USD Paypal account and a CAD Paypal Pro account.
this is what i did for now (not recommended for a live site!)
Comment out the code that redirects back to paypal after the express checkout is complete: app/code/core/Mage/Paypal/Controller/Express/Abstract.php
public function placeOrderAction(){ try { .... // if ($url = $this->_checkout->getRedirectUrl()) {// $this->getResponse()->setRedirect($url);// return;// } ... }}
Seems like the response object from paypal is returning this on the final placeOrder step.
[SUCCESSPAGEREDIRECTREQUESTED] => true
This means that the store should redirect back to paypal to finalize the order, but from my tests, it doesn't need to be there.
Anyways, I'll continue to poke around in the code and try to figure out a more permanent solution.
Couldn't you do an override in the local folder instead of manipulating the code?
Yeah I could do a local override of that file. I am still looking through my paypal and magento settings to see if I missed something since it seems like no one else has complained of a similar problem to what I have encountered.
Maybe your code for your paypal button needs to be updated to a different url?
I can confirm that Paypal Express stopped working after upgrading to 126.96.36.199.
When you say stopped working, what did you see?
Raman G - 25 March 2010 11:01 AMWhen you say stopped working, what did you see?
customers emailed about "PayPal geteway rejected request. The totals of the cart item amounts do not match order amounts (#10413: Transaction refused because of an invalid argument. See additional error messages for details)."
i didnt get that. i see either a blank page (if I choose paypal after proceed to checkout) or a 404 if I choose paypal from /checkout/cart


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Over 150 years of artistic interpretations of the historic port city of Geelong and its surrounding districts. Includes rare historical works by artists including John Skinner Prout, ST Gill, William Duke, Eugene von Guérard, Walter Withers and Arthur Streeton. Selected modern and contemporary works by Lina Bryans, Marion Manifold, Mahgo Smith-Armstrong and Jan Senbergs extend this portrayal of the regional landscape into the present.
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13 wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever. | 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. |
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Many users complain that I/O Meter is too complicated of a benchmark to replicate results so my quest to find an alternative was started. Passmark has added several multi-user tests that measure a hard drives ability to operate in a multi-user environment.
The tests use different settings to mimic basic multi-user operations as they would play out on your server. Variances is read / write percentage as well as random / sequential reads are common in certain applications, Web Servers read nearly 100% of the time while Database Servers write a small amount of data.
The Workstation test is the only single user environment and will be similar to how you use your system at home.
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We had a massive tree cut down and the stump ground up. How do I use the finely ground wood in the garden? |
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put it around a plant(s) of your choice, to replenish nutrients to the soil, aid in soil temperature control, and help retain moisture. furthermore, if you have done any fall planting, then mulching these plants might be a good thing, the soil is looser in the planting area that in more established plants in your yard, which means the soil is more open to the weather which is getting colder, so the mulch will protect it from that, and it may help prevent heaving, if you have several freezing and thawing spells this winter. mulch has been one of the greatest tools at my disposal as a new gardener, it's great for weed suppression too! |
If it's really ground up, like saw dust or nearly so, you should compost it a bit first. Those small particles could rob nitrogen from the soil for quite some time. With a little bit of 'help' from you, the sawdust would probably be ready to use as mulch in a few months. |
If it's really ground up, like saw dust or nearly so, you should compost it a bit first. Those small particles could rob nitrogen from the soil for quite some time. With a little bit of 'help' from you, the sawdust would probably be ready to use as mulch in a few months. |
Wood chips, or the residue from a tree stump, can be used as a mulch. That kind of material when used as mulch, not worked into the soil as a soil amendment would be, will not "rob" the soil of Nitrogen, that is an old myth that just will not die and is not supported by research. You can put them on your soil as a mulch and it will do just what west stated. |
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- Posted by tsugajunkie 5a SE_WI (My Page) on Fri, Oct 24, 08 at 20:11
takadi were you addressing kimmsr or the OP? 8-o kimmsr- I took rhizo's statement to mean the small particles could work their way into the soil easily rather than staying on top. Actually, with too fine of sawdust I'd be careful of it becoming hydrophobic or suffocating plants if over-used around them. Great for paths and between rows, though. And if they are just shavings and not sawdust, use them everywhere. tj |
It would be applied to anyone. When in doubt, pee on it! |
In all the years that I have added sawdust to my sand, which should allow that sawdust to "sift" into the soil with greater ease than clay would allow, I have not seen any problem with soil or sawdust being anymore hydrophobic than other wise, nor have I seen that "suffocating" any plant. What I have seen is that the soil under that pile of sawdust is starting to become a bit better, and the number of earthworms found in that soil is increasing, indicating the Soil Food Web is growing. |
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I am looking for something to do with my family over some of our school breaks, but we have already done most of the main attractions in Michigan. We live near Grand Rapids, and were just looking for something interesting to do for a small family. What are some new things to do? |
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We have lived in our home for three years and have a lovely large apricot tree in the back yard (along with several apple trees and a peach tree). The tree has always produced fruit that is full of bugs but we are ok with that at the moment because we have been busy with the new house and don't need the fruit, the tree itself is really pretty. This spring it flowered as usual and seemed fine but when I went down to the bottom of the yard after a week of rain most of the leaves were gone. Looking close I saw several inch worms and lots of "threads". What do I put on it to get rid of the worms and most importantly make sure the tree does not die. Also should I worry about the other trees. I would rather not call someone in as we don't really have the money but would if it were life or death for the poor tree. (I prefer organic but for the tree will subject us to whatever horrible chemicals). Thanks!! |
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As you're in MA, sounds like Winter Moth, which has become a major pest in the last few years. The worst part of them as a pest is that they seem to prefer flower buds, so they can really decimate a crop. http://www.umassgreeninfo.org/fact_sheets/defoliators/wm_id_man.html This is the first time I've been fairly aggressive with them and it's been working pretty well. A couple sprays with BT early on helped keep the population down and as soon as petal fall occurred, a follow-up with Triazacide and another 7 days later seems to have done the trick. Dormant spray isn't very effective as you noticed the threads. When they hatch, if they don't find any food on their host trees, they spin a thread and ride the wind until they do. I had a lot of trouble getting some new cherry trees established last year because of this. They seem particularly fond of apples, plums, tart cherries, blueberries and pears. Sweet cherries they don't seem to like as much and they haven't bothered my peaches, hardy kiwi, figs, raspberries or paw paw. |
- Posted by Laura_Stamp MA (My Page) on Sun, May 22, 11 at 19:08
Thank you so much for the advice. I am new to the world of pesticides. Is it worth spraying the tree now or is the tree just shot for the year (there are not many leaves left) and I should start with the BT early next year? Do you spray all the trees (we have one apricot but also 10 apples, a peach, and something else that seems like a fruit tree but does not produce anything, this one has lost about 1/3 of its leaves). I assume they would all need to be done since the caterpillars can fly on their strings? As an aside, you can grow kiwis in MA, that is interesting. Thanks again!! |
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What a crisis in leadership the US has. What an awful job the media does in reporting on the topic of nuclear weapons.
For a couple centuries the US has benefited from a few thousand miles of ocean separating us from those we've had wars with. While still helpful that separation simply isn't enough to provide security in the 21st century. The Air Force has fewer planes than ever, the Navy fewer ships, and the military overall is far smaller than at any time in the last 100 years. Sure, they're more lethal per warrior, per plane, per ship than ever. But what if an enemy surprises us? History teaches us. Fortunately Sputnik was a well-understood kick in the behind that we learned from. China and Russia are now developing fifth generation fighters and will deploy them in great quantity. How about all the cyber-warfare coming out of Iran and China? What would happen if 40% of our personal computers and networks went dark overnight? There are many scenarios for the US to be attacked. The Chinese actually publicly state some of their tactics for war with the US. We must have a credible deterrent so that no matter what new sneak attack the other guy devises, he understands up front that it better be successful because he'll have no "home" to return to. That's the point of the US nuclear arsenal.
We have a president and now a secretary of defense who are committed to unilateral US nuclear disarmament. They don't always state it that way but look at the policies. Russia, China, the UK, France, Pakistan, India, North Korea, and probably Iran are all building new nuclear weapons. The US hasn't built one since 1991. Obama canceled the Reliable Replacement Warhead program that was designed not to increase our inventory of nukes but simply to replace our aging warheads and maintain the expertise necessary to build these devices. Think about that last part. Our last nuclear test was in 1992. If the very experienced and knowledgeable people in the nuclear weapons industry were 40 or older in 1991, when our last one was built, how old are they now? My math says they're 62 and up. If we don't implement a program to replace our warheads soon we won't have anyone around with the experience to train up new people and maintain this technical proficiency. Obama knew this when he canceled the RRW program. He also knew that a direct call for nuclear disarmament would not be tolerated. So why not just let our technical abilities in this area atrophy just like those old warheads? He's playing a dangerous game that many Americans aren't even aware of. But Putin is watching. As is China, North Korea, and Iran. Every year more US nukes are retired because they simply don't last forever. They are very complicated and some of the materials used are corrosive. Every device has a service life. I hope America wakes up before we learn the hard way.
Prior to WWII though US spending on the military was 1.5% of GDP in 1937 (Page 332, of Paul Kennedy's "The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers").
Although hard to compare, my suspicion is the US had a smaller peace time military establishment from 1913 to 1949 (excluding WWI, WWII and immediate aftermaths).
Probably inevitable the number of planes would drop since they are not mass produced like in WWII. More like very sophisticated batch processing jobs now.
Agree with you on the need for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program - needs to get kicked off. Also, given the noise about MARVs by Russia and China commentators, we should probably be looking into that too (last time was like the Pershing II program, no)?
Conversely, I think more should be done in limiting the number of upgrades and versions of ICBM missiles being put out - Seems the Russians and Chinese have been busy (although the Bulava seems to have had problems)...
the united states never maintained a large standing professional army in peace time until the cold war started. and frankly, we can no longer afford to. The surprise attack that the US faces won't be via conventional units, we can see anything coming a long way off. The surprise attack rather will be via the internet.
you are committing the common error of preparing for the next way by assuming it will be fought as the previous one.
A thoughtful commentary I would fully agree with except that it assumes that the power agents of tomorrow will be nation states and the way to deal with them is the threat of a genocidal Mexican stand-off.
It seems History is a bit more complex than that.
I don't understand your reply. In my comment I specifically mentioned "no matter what new sneak attack..." Asymmetric warfare is here to stay. However, it should be noted that all the bastards who are engaging in asymmetric warfare DO have state sponsors. Maybe an "asymmetric" response would help those nations who sponsor these activities decide it just isn't in their best interests.
I also specifically cited cyber-warfare. Consider your own argument. If the next attack is via the internet don't you think it might knock out our ability to "see anything coming a long way off"? How dependent has our military become on networks and computers? How many of these devices, or their internal parts are sourced from China? Think of things like network switches. Hardware back doors are very difficult to detect until something bad happens. What if we were surprised and didn't see it coming or found ourselves overrun in spite of seeing it coming? This is one of the many threats a hidden nuclear arsenal addresses.
Mr. Dunne, thank you for your reply. I agree that we need far fewer aircraft and ships compared with WWII or even the levels we had during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. But I think pretending that 182 F-22s replace the abilities of thousands of F-15 and F-16 fighters is naive. They simply can't be in as many places at once. Each time an F-22 is lost it represents a much larger loss of combat ability.
If the Cold War is over then why are North Korea, China, and Russia building new nuclear weapons and new missiles to deliver them? And why are they simultaneously opposing any very limited ballistic missile defense capability? Make no mistake; the Russians certainly have mastered the science of Multiple Re-entry Vehicle systems. They can and do put several warheads on every capable missile. Check out the new Topol-M missile. This one is designed to fly over the South Pole rather than traditional missiles that fly over the North Pole. Why? Oh, because so many nations south of the equator threaten Mother Russia. They promise it has NOTHING to do with the fact that the US early warning system is looking primarily at the North Pole. Most Americans don't even know what NORAD is. We worry more about the sex lives of movie stars than about boring things like history and national security.
Short answer - agree strongly: "that 182 F-22s replace the abilities of thousands of F-15 and F-16 fighters is naive"
I said it before and say it again, we should restart the F-22 production line and set up agreements with premier allies to acquire the plane (as in import it from us, none of this licensing bull) to gain some scale.
Thinking Japan, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Especially if we may see three or more families of fifth gen figther aircraft emerge in the 2020s (Sukhois, and the Shenyang J-31, etc.)
I will check out the Topol M missile. May be a latest variation. The base Topol M family has been out since the 1990s, with a range of 7,000 or so miles. Regardless, I had the Topol M in mind.
Right, and what does that have to do with nuclear weapons? The unwritten rule is that nukes generally will not be used unless someone else fires first (or comes damn close). You really think that nukes are going to deter a cyber attack? The will only deter a nuclear attack and as long as we have at least 1 Ohio Class submarine out there we have plenty of deterrent. The US should do as the UK has down and limit our nuclear arsenal to sub based only.
And, as another commenter noted, you are assuming that the power brokers of tomorrow will be nation states.
Spectacularj1, we disagree that nukes deter only nuclear attacks. Is there any doubt in your mind that Russia, among others, would nuke an aggressor engaging in an invasion of their country? Do you have any military background? Let us consider your suggestion of possessing only one SLBM nuclear submarine. What happens if that ship develops a technical fault and must be taken out of service? What if an intelligent enemy decides to search out and destroy that sub? Do you really think that US nuclear submarines go undetected throughout every mission. Are you aware that China and Russia are both increasing their abilities to detect subs? Redundancy is necessary to maintain a credible deterrent.
Your suggestion of a cyber attack is more serious than many believe. An EMP attack could be part of that as well. How many Americans understand the ramifications of the US losing nearly everything electrically operated for six months or a year? Launching such an attack against the US is an action worthy of being nuked.


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Previous life: Reporter for daily newspapers
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This thing is a beast! I purchased the Alpine Explorer…
Height of Owner: 6'4''
Price Paid: around $100
This thing is a beast! I purchased the Alpine Explorer in June for a Half Dome trip and it was outstanding. I had been using the H.A.W.G. which is an awesome bag in its own right. There is a little added storage space, more functional pockets, an internal frame, and a cover for the mouthpiece of the hydration system. All off these make the Alpine my go-to bag for long excusions.
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- Organization in the front pocket
- Not made for long torsos
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- Hydration tube only designed for right hand side
I am not sure how people over 6' tall are giving this pack good reviews. They must be all legs and no torso.
I am about 6'4" — it IS NOT designed for someone with a longer torso in mind. If you never wanted to use the hip belt then you might be alright...but this pack is kinda big to be filling up and putting all that weight just on your shoulders...after about 4 hours of hiking this becomes painful to my back/neck. This pack is not what I would expect out of Camelbak.
Also, the hydration sleeve sucks. Instead of having a loop to hang the bladder from, there is this little "pocket" that the handle part of where you fill the bladder hooks into about 1/3 of the way down into the pack (not sure what that piece is called). This causes the bladder (and all its water weight) to 1. be lower in the pack than I'd like and 2. it's dropped down so far that the hydration tube doesn't have enough length. I had to turn my head to the side to sip water. It needs a loop at the top of the pack to hook the bladder on to.
Also, even though the port for the tube comes out in the middle (theoretically) you could run it down either side...there is only a clip to hold the tube on the right end of the chest strap. This wouldn't be a big deal if the strap were reversible.
Also, Camelbak's customer service is awful. I asked a few questions via email (since they won't give a phone # to call about product support) and it never took them less than 6 days to reply. It took 10 days on one question and my most recent question still hasn't been answered almost 2 weeks later.
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Wow. I just got this out of the shipping box and have fallen in love with it. I like it more than my North Face packs so that really says a lot.
My past Camelbaks have all been small in size so I didn't know what to expect. It is actually larger than the North Face pack I've been commuting with and it has more pockets. The backing is really great because it allows air flow. Also, I was afraid the straps were going to be skimpy but they're more than appropriate for a day pack.
For the $$ this is a really good pack.
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What she did not know at the time and won't until she reads this, is the reason I was motivated to take her.
A few days before, a very thoughtful reader, whose name is Janet Williams, had sent me something titled, "1000 Marbles: Something to Think About." This was an emailed article that has been forwarded thousands of times to people across the country and sadly, to me, was written by an unknown author.
This article contains a very profound message about the priorities we place on our time and the fact that someday all of our time will be gone. This reminds me of W. Clement Stone's favorite saying, "Do it now." The truth is, if we don't, it probably won't get done.
As I share this article, please think about your own life and what you have been doing with your precious time. In reality, have you just been busy or have you been doing things that really matter?
The emphasis here is on Saturday mornings and it begins, "A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the basement with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning, turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time."
It continues, "Turning the dial up on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap net, I came across an older sounding chap. He was telling whomever he was talking with something about a thousand marbles. I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say. 'Well Tom, it sure sounds like you have been busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well, but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work 60 or 70 hours a week just to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital.' He continued, 'Let me tell you something, Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities."
And that's when he began to explain his theory of a thousand marbles.
"You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about 75 years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on the average, folks live about 75 years. Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and came up with 3,900, which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in his or her entire lifetime. Now stick with me, Tom, I'm getting to the important part. It took me until I was 55 years old to think about all this in any detail, and by that time I had lived through over 2,800 Saturdays. I got to thinking that if I lived to be age 75, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy."
Continuing, he explained, "So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round up 1,000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside a large, clear plastic container right here in the shack next to my gear. Every Saturday since then, I've taken one marble out and thrown it away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on earth run out to help get your priorities straight."
Then he closed, "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign off with you and take my lovely wife out to breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday, then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can all use is a little more time. It was nice to meet you Tom. I hope you spend more time with your family, and I hope to meet you again here on the band ... 75-Year-Old Man, this is K9NZQ, clear and going QRT, good morning."
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As I read and pondered this article, it made me realize that my priorities had been wrong for a good part of my life, especially in those first 55 years. I've decided that in the future, if I can't take my wife out to breakfast, at least I can do the dishes.
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Black Friday offers at shop.LEGO.com
Posted by Huw,Here it is then, the busiest shopping day of the year in the USA, apparently. In the UK it's just a normal working day...
Anyway, not be outdone by every other retailer having sales today, LEGO has a few special offers on over this weekend, for everyone this time, not just VIP members:
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In addition there is 25% off the following sets:
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They are now all listed on the Sales and Deals page. Happy shopping!
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Wonder if the 25% sale list is a clue as to sets to be discontinued ...
never ever in australia
10194 is sold out already, so fast!
the offers are a no-show in spain
I didn't realize that the 10% off would STACK on top of the 25% off, which it does. Really good deals here. The Emerald Night is out, Imperial Flagship and Republic Dropship are available, but backordered. My gut is that these are the sets we will see on sale for 50% off after Christmas. But for the sets I just mentioned, i don't think any of them will make it that long.
I just ordered the Dropship, and considering adding another Imperial Flagship to my fleet.
Also - Public Transport is a really neat set, I was surprised to see it included in the sale.
Only 8:00 AM and the only one I wanted (Emerald Night) is out...Let's hope that's not for good!!
@mathmatt88 I think this is likely the last hurrah for Emerald Night.
@mathmatt88 - I'd say it's probably done...that set has been out a long time! I was on the site at midnight and got one, and the Imperial Flagship.
Finally got the Winter toy shop :D and a battery box I need for a MOC.
I bet Cybermonday might have some great deals coming up.
Does the ARF trooper code stack?
Oh phooey, City Corner wasn't discounted... oh well, on the plus side, means a lesser chance of it getting sold out. :-)
@Thomson & Thomson: That's still going? I'm surprised!
^Sorry, it isn't.
Yeah, I immediately went to Amazon to pick it up...it was $10 off there...didn't get my VIP points though :(
Anybody know when the next double VIP points offer will be?
Got my Republic Gunship the second the deal went live last night. I could tell the system was getting slammed pretty hard because things were slow and the deals setup was glitchy because none of the bonuses were being calculated correctly (no free shipping, my extra 10% discount was being added to the total for some reason, and no sign of bonus Christmas set).
I went online again this morning though and looked at my Order History and everything is shown correctly there. Still haven't got my confirmation email yet, but I figure with other orders possibly having gone screwy like mine their having to do some manual adjusting in the system.
UPDATE: Just got my email confirmation and everything looks hunky-dory! Online Black Friday shopping rocks!
You now get set 853037 free! Why, though?
UPDATE: shop.LEGO.com has blacked out! At least for me.
Here is my math: If you want 2 of the Public Transports, you pay $149.98 - 10%=$134.99 - 32.5% off!
If anyone wants two of that set, use my math and do so.
Black Friday being the biggest shopping day of the year in the US is sort of a myth - it's usually the last saturday before Christmas, actually.
I wish these sets that are now 25% off were discounted for VIPs last Saturday when I made a big order, although I made another order today to get an Imperial Flagship and some other nicely discounted stuff. Alien Conquest Battle Pack - 5 minifigures for $7.48! And then another 10% off if you spend $149 (which is too easy).
i was on at midnight, with the Emerald Night in my bag, i ordered it & then got a later email that it was backordered. it's very dissapointing, but i'm thinking LEGO will make enough of them to make good on those of us who contracted with them. i was very shocked when the cost of the EN went 25% off, i didn't have previous knowledge of that, just dumb luck that was the set i was in love with at the time. that said, the battery box, etc that i ordered to motorize the kit will remain in the original packaging, to be returned if i don't get the EN
flagship is sold out
The ad said, offer starts Friday 12:00 EST.
I was on shop.lego.com around 9 am Europen Time (4:00 EST I guess), but at that time the offer was already running, and Emerald Night was sold out, so I could not buy one.
Shame on TLC! Why they stat the offer start time, if they start earlier? I will make a complaint on lego.com.
@Yellow, I don't know about the European sale, but the US sale did indeed start precisely at 12:00 AM EST Friday (Thursday at midnight). The Emerald Night was in stock in the US, but sold out within the hour.
Just placed an order. Went to my shop profile page and order history doesn't show this new one. And no confirmation email yet either. Concern growing....
1800peices: Yeah, I believe it. My parents say they will have a strict Christmas budget, then totally blow it the night before Christmas eve :P
@gruetzmacherd, In this case I was wrong. I thought 12:00 means noon, not midnight. I was looking things on Shop@Home USA, because I had my stuff shipped to Minnesota.
Here in Europe there is no Black Friday, and we have hardly ANY promotions (no ARF trooper, no christmas set givaways, nothing) even our prices are significantly higher than yours.
So I built up a US contact and have my things bought and shipped from SAH USA to Minnesota.
The list is changing all the time!
I assume, now that Emerald Night, Dropship With AT-OT and Imperial Flagship are sold out, to keep the sales alive, LEGO has put some other fine sets on the list, like:
8129 AT-AT for $82.48
7189 Mill Village Raid for $52.48
So keep watching the deals!
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