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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Towns across Norfolk and Suffolk are celebrating after they were each awarded £10,000 to improve their high streets to help boost trade.
Great Yarmouth, Diss, Thetford, Aylsham, North Walsham, Hunstanton, Brandon, Southwold, and Halesworth have been named as Portas town team partners by the government and received the cash boost as part of high profile campaign inspired by retail guru Mary Portas.
Some of the towns had been left disappointed in May when they missed out on the chance to get £100,000 to help revitalise their high streets by becoming Portas town pilot towns.
After May's announcement towns were then encouraged to bid for the chance of getting the £10,000 funding from the department of communities and local government.
Diss town team leader Oliver Chapman said: "On behalf of the Diss Town Team I am delighted that we have been selected by the government to be a town team partner.
"The £10,000 that we have been granted will be used to promote our Disscover: Diss marketing campaign. This is just one of many strategies in our business plan, all of which share the single aim of increasing footfall in the town centre.
"We're extremely grateful to Richard Bacon MP for putting us forward, and welcome his and many others' continuing support for the behind-the-scenes work we are doing".James Wagner, chairman of Halesworth Town Council, said it was a great boost to the town after some tireless work by the Town Team.
He said they were knocked back by not getting selected but that the town had been united by it.
Mr Wagner said: "It has been amazing. It really has brought the town together, and united different people from different areas."
The MP for Suffolk Coastal Dr Therese Coffey said: "I was pleased to support bids from Halesworth and Southwold.
"I am delighted their applications were all successful."
"Each bid will shortly be receiving £10,000 to spend on improvements to the town, to increase the vitality and to boost footfall."
Nationally there were 370 bids for the Portas town pilot scheme with only 12 being selected in May - but in a second tranche of the project Lowestoft was one of 15 communities in July nationally to be awarded £100,000.
The government launched the pilot town scheme to help high streets fight fierce competition from internet shopping and out-of-town shopping centres after Ms Portas had compiled a report on the problem.
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LOL...£10k not rally a life changer for the town is it? This is just a cheap publicity stunt which won't fool anyone.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Why are three Suffolk towns named in the Headline and Thetford only as an afterthought? I thought the EDP was a Norfolk newspaper and that the sister paper the EADT covered SuffolkEssex news. Poor old Thetford it seems that only bad news about the town is worth headlining
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Kingy: Exactly!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
It's a bit late for Southwold, where Gentian, property speculators and developers are, with the assistance of a "local" (really a Londoner) architect, busy buying up the retail premises in the High Street to do PRECISELY THE OPPOSITE to what Ms. Portas envisages.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
£10,000. How much does a giant tv screen cost for a town centre. Now there's an idea . No perhaps not. LOL
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
@Spooky. I was in Yarmouth the other day; the first visit for a few months. Every other shop was shut or empty, a couple of pubs closed down, about 50% of the Arcade premises unoccupied, and the air of doom and gloom was palpable. £10k is derisory, and wouldn't put a dash of lipstick on the place. It all needs a completely different approach, very much what you suggest, but I doubt it'll get it. No council will help, the various governments, especially the current one, seem dead set on wrecking the country and its institutions from end to end (apart from anything their pals can make a few bob out of, that is).
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Thetford will only waste the money anyway. Perhaps another clock tower
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
I wonder how much of each town's £10,000 will be spent on a team of planners deciding how it should be spent? There'll probably be enough left over for a hanging basket!
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
It's not the council that could use the money unwisely, it's the department that it's given to. Grants from the government go to certain departments within councils and it's a team from that department who decide where the money will be more useful. You will always find stupid ideas put on the table, such as using the money to bring in an outsider to look at ways to enhance the town centre to encourage businesses when that department could very easily do it themselves. They could use the money to upgrade the lighting, repair paving slabs (seafront probably), clean up the chewing gum or waste it somewhere else. It will take months for them to decide what to do with it and if they bring the Town Centre Manager in on it, it will definately be wasted. £10,000 is not going to bring big businesses to Yarmouth because Yarmouth has no business, it's seasonal, the locals aren't going to shop every day for clothes, shoes, furniture, bedding, cookers, washing machines etc, etc, so why on earth would big businesses want to set up shop here, what Yarmouth needs is to get rid of half the second hand shops, most of the silly little mini-markets that keep turning up (especially on King Street) and get back to having a decent butcher's, a decent baker's, there is now a decent fishmongers down King Street, a decent stationary shop like Rymans was and other shop's like it, an ironmongers as well would be good for people that can't get to the likes of B&Q. Would they consider these things, probably not, after all there has not been any update yet on what's happening with the old Co-op store or the empty shops in Market Gates.
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Washington Monument closed by East Coast earthquake. What else?
The iconic Washington Monument, on the National Mall, cracked at the top during Tuesday's East Coast earthquake and is closed 'for an indefinite period.' Other D.C. tourist spots, as well as some schools and government offices, are closed, too.
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Tourists, government workers, and public school students in the Washington, D.C., area are feeling lingering effects of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled the East Coast Tuesday afternoon.
For tourists enjoying a sunny, late-summer Wednesday in the nation's capital, the most visible aftereffect of the quake is the iconic Washington Monument on the National Mall. The National Park Service closed the 555-foot-high stone spire, which is 127 years old, after discovering a crack at its very top. The park service said the monument, the world's largest obelisk, will remain closed for "an indefinite period of time."
The Smithsonian Institution Building on the Mall, which resembles a castle, also is closed, although various popular Smithsonian museums are open to tourists taking in the sights. The castle's closure came about as a result of cracks and broken glass at the popular tourist destination, which was built in 1857.

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God walks among the pots and pans
Written by: Michelle Francl-Donnay
I made the Spiritual Exercises at Eastern Point, outside Gloucester in Massachusetts. It's a beautiful spot, with views of the rough-hewn Atlantic coast from almost every window. Its spare chapel is an exquisite setting for prayer and meditation. The white walls are set aglow each morning by the sunrise, and shimmer in the light from the Presence lamp in the depths of the night. The black marble floor radiates a gentle warmth to offset winter's chill. The air is thick with stillness. And for the first week of the Exercises, I couldn't pray there.
I was a peripatetic exercitant. I tried the upstairs chapel. My room. The alcove outside my room. Spaces with a view. Spaces without one. All to no avail. Until I happened into the basement laundry room. Crammed with the cast-offs of decades, warm light streamed through dusty windows, picking out the spider webs and dust motes with utter clarity. Two faded wingback chairs sat facing the lines of washers. There, enfolded in a chair, surrounded by the sounds of rinse cycles and tumbling dryers, mostly oblivious to the coming and goings of retreatants doing less metaphorical laundry, I found what I desired in those first days of prayer — a understanding of the ways in which the world, and I, failed. And taking Ignatius' sage advice, having found what I desire, I didn't move. I returned again and again over the week.
This weekend I am putting a coat of white paint on the walls of our tiny upstairs bathroom. Which means that I also had to patch and prime the walls. I would think a wall was smooth, then as I rolled the primer on, notice another place where the drywall was nicked, or a patch of spackle I had neglected to sand. How could I have missed it? Again and again, what I saw as perfect was not. As sunlight moved across the room, it revealed yet more imperfections. In the end I had to surrender; despite my determination, I wasn't going to get perfect walls.
What I did get was a place to pray. As I spackled and sanded yesterday afternoon, my mind wandered back to the First Week of the Exercises, meditating on the ways in which my life is dinged and damaged, and the world likewise. Much like the laundry room of my First Week, this 5 foot square space encouraged meditations on failure and redemption. I'm starting a nine-month sabbatical from teaching, an apt time to look at what has grown rusty, overgrown and messy in my life. Where are the nicks that need repairing? What needs sanding? The process of patching and peering, and repatching reminded me, too, that the process of renewal is not in my hands alone. My determination needs to be matched by my willingness to surrender to God's hands at work in the real stuff of my life as well.
My impromptu orationis angulus has vanished. The walls are done, the drop cloth folded up, the paint brushes are drying by the basement sink. What remains, though, is a potent composition of place, a modern riff on Isaiah's image of clay and potter: Yet, LORD, you are our father; we are the clay and you our potter: we are all the work of your hand. I can smell the paint, hear the scritch of the sandpaper, see the flecks of paint on the window, feel the smoothness of the sanded patch. I imagine God at work, perched precariously on a ladder, working cheerfully even in this cramped and awkward space.
I eventually did take up prayer in Eastern Point's chapel, but my week of meditation in the dim and dusty basement taught me to pay attention to the places my prayer wanders, in reality and in contemplation. To grow less attached to the places set aside as holy — chapels and churches — and see as holy the spaces of my everyday life. As St. Teresa of Avila reminded her sisters, "Entre los pucheros anda el Señor." God walks among the pots and pans. As well as through my laundry room….


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Mary Ellen Schmidt, 78, Hays, died Sunday, May 19, 2013, at Hays Medical Center.
She was born Aug. 20, 1934, in Hays to Frank and Bernadine (Leiker) Mermis.
She married Melvin A. Schmidt on Nov. 5, 1955, in Hays. She was a former bookkeeper for Hays Land and Cattle Co.
Survivors include her husband, of their home in Hays; three sons, Steve, Hays, Neal, Center Valley, Pa., and Jeff, Hays; three brothers, Frank Mermis and Gerald Mermis, both of Olathe, and Bill Mermis, Overland Park; two sisters, Delores Hoffman, Hays, and Alice Munsch Herrman, Schoenchen; three grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Hays; cremation will follow the funeral services with inurnment at a later date in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 20th and Pine.
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In order to know how much fertilizer you're going to need to purchase and what the cost per square foot will be, you have to have some idea of what the application rate and frequency schedule would be for your application. So, here is some basic information to help you out.
Development Based Application Rates by Plant Type
Applying AGGRAND products is very easy and can be done in a number of ways. First, you can purchase a hose end sprayer from AGGRAND (Altrum). These only cost about a buck, and work fairly well in most cases. However, understand that, because they only cost a buck, they're nothing all that special. It's not all that difficult to break them, so care should be taken. To use the hose end sprayer from AGGRAND, you will attach it to the end of your hose, and then screw on a QUART bottle of AGGRAND fertilizer. Any bottle other than an AGGRAND QUART SIZE bottle will NOT work. If you'd like to use a different application method, the following will also work. USING AN ORTHO OR MIRACLE GROW SPRAYER First, filter the fertilizer through something like cheese-cloth. This will remove the larger particles which aren't going to pass through an Ortho or Miracle Grow sprayer. Then, mix the filtered fertilizer, half water to half fertilizer in the Ortho / Miracle Grow sprayer "tank". On my Ortho Sprayer I then set the output rate to the 5 or 6 ounce per gallon setting. This will apply the fertilizer at 2.5 to 3 ounces per gallon (because it is mixed with half water) which is the universal rate for AGGRAND fertilizer application. Just don't stand in one spot for very long. You only need a light application at this rate. It comes through pretty quick. This is especially true on flowers and such which are a little more delicate and respond more drastically to minor changes in fertilization. A little too much on the lawn won't hurt anything, but too much on flowers can burn them. Just give them a light application. Better to be a light application that has to be done a little more frequently on flowers than too heavy an application which might stunt them. This method should work just fine. When filtering the fertilizer, just work it through the cheesecloth until basically all the liquid has passed through and all that is left is the larger, solid particles. USING OTHER SPRAYERS Other types of sprayers can be used for AGGRAND products as well. As long as the sprayer has good agitation and pressure, just about any sprayer will do. Backpack sprayers, sprayers on pull behind trailers and on truck beds, etc. Any of these are fine for applying AGGRAND. Just make sure to clean any filter screens fairly often as organic fertilizers can begin to clog these over time if not cared for properly. Whether you're an experienced gardener or a beginner, a nurseryman, landscaper, or farmer, AGGRAND products produce high yields and quality growth by stimulating the biological activity in the soil which provides a continuous release of nutrients as the plants need them. AGGRAND products are useful during soil preparation, planting, transplanting, and plant growth. In addition to the macronutrients, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (N-P- K), AGGRAND products contain micronutrients, growth hormones, chelating agents, vitamins and humus which provide a balanced nutritional program for plants and the creatures in the soil. AGGRAND products are different from many other products. They are formulated to give excellent results when used for foliar feeding and root feeding. In addition, they build the soil which results in prolific growth. The highest quality ingredients are used in AGGRAND products in order to give the best results, because people who use them want the best possible performance. We also understand that people who use our products need technical advice. That's why we have an agronomist/horticulturist on our AGGRAND staff who works with our clients to develop and fine tune their farming and gardening practices according to their specific needs. This guide shows first time AGGRAND users and AGGRAND veterans alike how to get the most out of the products. Use this guide in developing your gardening or farming plan around the use of AGGRAND. We're sure you will be impressed and enjoy the rewards that our system will provide you!
Application rates and timing vary according to the grass species, soil type and lawn condition. Normally, 4 to 6 applications of AGGRAND 4-3-3 per year are sufficient. The first application is made as soon as the grass shows signs of growth (green color) in early spring. The second application follows in three to four weeks (shorter interval for sandy soil). On lawns in good condition (mostly turf grass, with few weeds and a small amount of thatch) a third application can be made before the grass goes into summer dormancy. Resume fertilization in late summer when the grass starts to grow again. Fertilize two or three more times before the end of the season at the same intervals as the spring fertilizations. The addition of one pint/5,000 square feet of AGGRAND 0-0- 8 (Kelp and Sulfate of Potash) to the spray mix once in early spring, before summer heat and/or drought, and in early fall provides increased beneficial effects to plant health. Addition of 1 quart/2,000 square feet of AGGRAND 0-12-0 once in early spring or later fall provides further enhancement of root development. AGGRAND 4-3-3 rates for specific grass species:
For commercial applications, AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer 4- 3-3 is applied to the soil at a 200:1 (water to fertilizer) ratio through a standard injection system when plants reach 2 to 3 true leaves. The ratio can be decreased to 100:1 for more demanding plant types as the growth rate increases. AGGRAND 4-3-3 may also be diluted in a watering can to 1 to 3 ounces per gallon of water (higher rates as growth increases related to crop demands). Soil Applications: AGGRAND 4-3-3 should be applied at 10 to 14 day intervals (apply more frequently when non-soil mixes are used). Every four weeks the salts should be leached from the media by flushing the containers with fresh water. After leaching, fertilize with 4-3-3. Additional calcium, phosphorus and potassium are needed at planting. Mix in 2 to 3 ounces of AGGRAND Natural Liquid Bonemeal 0-12-0 (NBM) and 1 to 2 ounces of AGGRAND Natural Kelp and Sulfate of Potash 0-0-8 (NKP) with the 4-3-3 to provide more nutrients. Foliar Applications: A fine mist is applied to bedding plants for additional uptake of nutrients. Apply one to two ounces of AGGRAND 4-3-3 per gallon of water at 14 to 21 day intervals after the plants reach 3 to 4 true leaves. Return to Index
Transplanting is a stressful period for your bedding plants. Minimizing transplant shock keeps plants growing vigorously, avoiding unnecessary setbacks which can delay flowering and reduce yields. AGGRAND Natural Fertilizer should be used for watering in small transplants. Shrubs and trees can be soaked overnight in a bucket of AGGRAND 4-3-3 or 0-0-8 before transplanting. Use a mixture of one ounce per gallon for soaking and 2 to 3 ounces per gallon of water for watering transplants. the addition of 1 to 2 ounces of AGGRAND 0-12- 0 to the solution to increase phosphorus and potassium availability when watering the transplants will aid the fertilizer in long term root development.
While plants do take up nutrients through their roots, they can't always meet all of their nutrient demands that way. For example, if soil pH is higher (more alkaline) or lower (more acidic) than the optimum range needed for plant growth, then essential nutrients become unavailable. Foliar feeding is a very efficient way of providing nutrients during periods of peak nutrient demands and in situations where the soil pH level is creating a nutrient deficiency without sacrificing performance. AGGRAND 4-3-3 and AGGRAND 0-0-8 contain concentrated kelp extract. Kelp provides a wide array of plant nutrients, chelating agents and plant hormones. Kelp promotes drought, heat and cold tolerance of vegetables and flowers. They are particularly effective when applied as foliar sprays. With foliar applications growers adopt one of two application methods: a calender based approach where feeding begins on a certain date and continues at set intervals throughout the growing season, or an approach based on the plant's developmental stages in which reaching a critical stage (i.e. bud formation, first bloom, fruit set, etc.) is the cue for application. When feeding foliarly, apply enough fertilizer solution to wet the foliage. Effectiveness of foliar applications is increased by raising the fertilizer pH to 7.0 to promote vegetative growth and 6.0 to promote flowering and fruit formation. After mixing the fertilizer with water, test the pH with litmus paper. Add baking soda or hydrated lime one-half teaspoon at a time to raise the pH to the specified level or add apple cider vinegar 1 teaspoon at a time to lower the pH to the specified level. The addition of a surfactant (spreader sticker) to the spray mix also increases effectiveness of foliar applications. Add 2 to 4 tablespoons to each gallon of spray mix and keep well agitated. Return to Index
For trees and shrubs, a surface application of fertilizer may be used up by the lawn before it can penetrate down into the root zone of these woody perennials. Deep root feeding below the root zone of the grass effectively provides nutrients to trees and shrubs. The ideal fertilizer for deep root feeding is a liquid, low salt product containing chelated macro and micronutrients that releases slowly into the root zone. Several application methods are used for deep root feeding. All of these methods involve penetrating the root zone around the drip line of the tree or shrub (the feeder roots form a circle 2 to 4 ft. wide around the drip line). One method is to drill a number of holes in the ground 6" to 12" deep and pour the fertilizer into them. A second method is to rototill around the drip line just deep enough (2" to 3") to break up the sod but not disturb many of the tree's or shrub's roots. Then use a soaker hose to apply the fertilizer. A third method is to apply the fertilizer without any previous tillage. A longer time must be allowed to effectively penetrate the root zone. The final method uses a hollow tree spike which is pushed down into the root zone. The fertilizer is injected through the spike. It may be impractical to use this method in highly compacted soils; in this situation it is better to drill holes or use tillage. Tree and shrub fertilizers are applied in the early spring or in the fall. When performing deep root feeding by injection or through bored holes on trees and shrubs, use a grid pattern, with points every 2 or 3 feet, starting at least a foot away from the base of the tree and extending one or two feet outside the drip line. AGGRAND 4-3-3 should be applied at 4 to 32 ounces per tree. The ratio of water to fertilizer is 4 oz. fertilizer to one gallon of water for hand watering down to one half ounce per gallon for injection and soaker hoses. Younger trees and shrubs and those in sandy soils need half the above rate applied both spring and fall. AGGRAND 0-12-0 and 0-0-8 may be mixed with the 4-3-3 to provide additional calcium, phosphorus and potassium. Apply 2 to 16 ounces of 0-12-0 and 1 to 8 ounces of 0-0-8 along with the 4-3-3 to supply additional nutrients. Return to Index
Gardens need to be tilled in the spring and fall. Fall tillage combined with a fertilizer application aids in the breakdown of crop residue and provides readily available nutrients from the fertilizer and decomposed organic matter by the next year. Spring tillage with a fertilizer application provides some readily available nutrients, but more of the nitrogen is locked up through the decomposition of plant residue. Either way, fertilizer should be applied at planting time for optimum results. AGGRAND 4-3-3, 0-12-0 and 0-0-8 can be applied either time. A soil test of your garden area is beneficial in determining the most useful fertilizer combination to use. For most gardens one quart each of AGGRAND 4-3-3, 0-12-0 and 0-0-8 tilled into 1,000 to 2,000 square feet of garden is sufficient. Using AGGRAND products during spring soil preparation and fall tillage is straightforward. In spring the applications are made by spray broadcasting the AGGRAND products before the final trip over the garden and allowing them to dry before finally tilling the fertilizer into the garden. In the fall the soil should not be tilled finely or deeply, but the fertilizer application is still made before the final pass with the tiller. Another way AGGRAND products are used for garden crops is banding the fertilizer in a trench near the seed. The best way to band fertilizer is to dig a trench slightly to one side and beneath where the seed will be planted (1" to 2" below and 2" to 4" to the side of the seeds). The fertilizer, mixed with water, is then dribbled into the trench, after which the trench is covered and a furrow is formed next to it for the seed. Finally, fertilizer can also be applied to some crops by broadcasting it before or after planting to the seedbed.
Following are some guidelines for applying AGGRAND fertilizer during critical developmental stages on various crops. Of course, Soil Applications of AGGRAND products may also be applied on a calendar basis as with the foliar feeding (i.e. every week, bi-weekly, etc.). Rates given below for Soil Applications are for monthly fertilizations. When fertilizing more often, reduce the concentration of the mix accordingly.
1st Application: Broadcast 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3, 2 to 3 oz. 0- 12-0 and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 100 square feet after planting. 2nd Application: Foliar feed 4 to 6 weeks after emergence with 2 oz. 4-3-3 in 1 gallon of water. 3rd Application: Repeat foliar application above 3 to 4 weeks later. Soil Applications: Use 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3, 2 to 3 oz. Liquid Lime, and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 10 to 20 feet of row or 30 to 100 square feet. Return to Index
1st Application: Band 3 to 4 oz. 4-3-3, 2 to 3 oz. 0-12-0 and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 10 to 20 feet of row during planting. 2nd Application: Foliar feed 2 weeks after emergence with 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3 and 1 to 2 oz. Liquid Lime in 1 gallon of water. 3rd Application: Repeat 2nd Application 2 weeks later (for baby red potatoes use an additional application 4 weeks later) 4th Application: Repeat 3rd Application 6 weeks later. Soil Application: Use 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3, 2 to 3 oz. Liquid Lime and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 10 to 15 feet of row. Return to Index
1st Application: Band 3 to 4 oz. 4-3-3 and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0- 8 in 1 gallon of water on 10 to 20 feet of row or 30 to 60 square feet during planting. 2nd Application: Foliar feed 2 to 3 weeks after transplanting with 2 oz. 4-3-3 in one gallon of water. 3rd Application: Repeat 2nd Application every 3 to 4 weeks until harvest. Soil Applications: Use 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3 and 2 to 3 oz. Liquid Lime in 1 gallon of water on 15 to 20 feet of row or 45 to 60 square feet. Return to Index
1st Application: Broadcast 3 to 4 oz. 4-3-3 in one gallon of water on 100 square feet before final seedbed application. 2nd Application: Foliar feed 2 to 3 weeks after transplanting with 2 oz. 4-3-3 in one gallon of water. 3rd Application: Repeat 2nd Application when plants begin to head. Soil Applications: Use 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3, 2 to 3 oz. Liquid Lime per gallon of water on 5 to 10 square feet of row. Return to Index
1st Application: Band 3 to 4 oz. 4-3-3, 3 to 4 oz. 0-12-0 and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 10 to 20 feet of row before transplanting. 2nd Application: Foliar feed at 1st bloom with 2 oz. 4-3-3 and 1 to 2 oz. 0-12-0 in 1 gallon of water. 3rd Application: Repeat 2nd Application at full bloom. Substitute Liquid Lime for 0-12-0. 4th Application: Foliar feed during fruit fill with 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 10 to 15 feet of row. Soil Applications: Use 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3, 2 to 3 oz. Liquid Lime and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 10 to 15 feet of row. Return to Index
1st Application: Band 1 to 2 oz. 4-3-3, 2 to 3 oz. 0-12-0, and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 20 to 30 feet of row during planting. 2nd Application: Foliar feed 1 week before 1st bloom (when terminal leaves are shiny) with 1 to 2 oz. 4-3-3 and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water. 3rd Application: Repeat foliar feed before 2nd flush of blooms on string beans. Soil Application: Use 1 to 2 oz. 4-3-3, 1 to 2 oz. 0-12-0 and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 15 to 20 feet of row. Return to Index
1st Application: Band 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3, 1 to 2 oz. 0-12-0, and 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water on 15 to 20 feet of row or 4 hills at planting. 2nd Application: Foliar feed 2 to 3 weeks after emergence with 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3 in 1 gallon of water. 3rd Application: Repeat 2nd Application when plants begin to run. 4th Application: Repeat 2nd Application when the first bloom appears. 5th Application: Foliar feed during fruit fill up to 2 weeks before final harvest with 1 to 2 oz. 0-0-8 in 1 gallon of water. Soil Applications: Use 2 to 3 oz. 4-3-3 in 1 gallon of water on 10 to 20 feet of row or 50 to 100 square feet. Return to Index
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4 Another great by Ade!Suziblue73 | 12/04/2008 | See all Suziblue73's reviews (1)For any fan of Bottom & Young Ones; this is a must! Although Vernon is a new character; he is very similar to Eddy and Vivien! It's as if you're watching them several years on! It's great to see Ade, back where he belongs, in a TV comedy again!! Buyers will not be disappointed!!
1 very poor123fire | 31/05/2008 | See all 123fire's reviews (5)im a big fan of ade edmondson and was very dissapointed when i saw this rubbish. sorry but this kind of comedy is very dated. much like vicar of dibley
1 I rather cut of my Leg with a rusty Knife !!Everett | 17/07/2008 | See all Everett's reviews (87)This Show was really BadNot FunnyCanned LaughterTo much like My FamilyIf you laugh at this you don't have a brainThis is no way near as good The Young Ones or BottomDon't Buy !!!
1 AwfulJordan444 | 31/05/2008 | See all Jordan444's reviews (3)This by far one of the worst comedys I've ever seen. The jokes are predictable and not that funny, at times it makes me cringe. I wouldn't watch an episode if you paid me to.
5 Very funnyseedofchuckyboy | 03/06/2008 | See all seedofchuckyboy's reviews (3)this comedy was an unmissable for me i watched every episode religiosly loved it would absolotley recommend it to all bottom and ade fans


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That radio airplay has eluded the blues legend over several decades of an otherwise stellar career is nothing if not mysterious, especially to the man himself. That may all be changing, however. And the person who may bring about that change isn't some wizened radio station music director or influential disc jockey. It's Jonny Lang, a seventeen-year-old guitar-playing blues prodigy turned pop phenomenon. By the simple act of guest-starring on "Midnight Train" from Guy's brand new CD, Heavy Love, as well as by hooking up with him for a summer shed tour that should bring both players arenas full of new fans (though not in South Florida, the tour doesn't visit these parts), Lang may be able to pull off what no one else has: taking Buddy Guy beyond his loyal following and delivering him to the masses.
Lang isn't the first one to attempt this. Guy owes the resurrection of his once-sputtering career to the efforts of people such as Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Jeff Beck, all of whom have emphatically and repeatedly championed him over the years. In fact, Guy's successful deal with Silvertone Records -- so successful that he won Grammys for his last three studio albums and earned a fourth nomination for his 1996 live album, The Real Deal -- can be traced almost directly to Clapton's campaigning on his behalf.
None of that help should have been necessary. For 40 years Guy, now age 62, has been not only a consummate musician, but one hell of an exciting performer; his lengthy concert solos are inventive and full of energy. Virtually nuclear, in fact, such as when he melts down with a blistering four- or five-minute instrumental rampage on Vaughan's "Cold Shot" or on his own classic "Damn Right, I've Got the Blues."
Unfortunately, despite his and his disciples' best efforts and the short-lived (especially for those who don't score an appearance during the annual television extravaganza) attention bestowed on Grammy winners, a whole lot of people outside the ranks of devoted blues fans still don't know Buddy Guy, or his mentors and former recording partners. The very people who laid the groundwork for all that's happened in popular music -- everything from the Beatles to Bush -- linger in the shadows, so to speak. Guy would like to turn on the lights.
"I've dedicated my life to this music, following Muddy Waters and those guys who dedicated their lives to the music," Guy said during a phone interview from his suburban Chicago home. "My main goal now is that hopefully we'll be recognized as a part of this thing. I'm not going to sit here and tell you I want to be as rich as some of these people. I'd feel just as happy if the music gets known. Keep the money -- just recognize us as a part of this industry that has something to do with all these billions and billions of dollars of music that everybody loves so well."
And that's where Lang comes in. It's not that Heavy Love needed beautifying by any fresh-faced kid. Hardly. Guy has simply churned out another winner. The funky, slippery title track, brought to the table by producer David Z (former Prince protege and mastermind of both Lang's and blues wunderkind Kenny Wayne Shepherd's debut albums), is all but guaranteed to have 'em dancin' in the aisles. Likewise for Guy's up-tempo cover of Waters's "I Just Want to Make Love to You." His rendition of Tony Joe White's "Did Someone Make a Fool Outta You," meanwhile, is achingly emotional. He even throws in covers of ZZ Top ("Need You Tonight") and Forties swing-jazz star Louis Jordan ("Saturday Night Fish Fry"), the man Guy and fellow blues luminary Robert Jr. Lockwood decided some years back, on the eve of a Cleveland, Ohio, performance, is the true inventor of rock and roll. But it's the duet with Lang, lively and modern, with its gritty vocals and overdriven bass riffs, that might just land Guy his first Top 40 hit, a feat that has thus far escaped him. That some hotshot kid might turn a spotlight on the under-appreciated guitar hero's career is actually quite ironic: Guy was once the hotshot kid.
Born in 1936 to sharecropper parents, he grew up working farms in Louisiana. He didn't know electricity until the age of fourteen; he rode horses for transportation, long before ever slipping behind the wheel of an automobile. Guy picked up the guitar at a young age after hearing regional recording stars such as Roscoe Gardner and Smiley Lewis; he decided that picking the blues beat picking cotton hands down. By his teens he was playing roadhouses from Lettsworth, his hometown, to Baton Rouge, the nearest big city.
With an eye on grander accomplishments, the ambitious young man moved to Chicago in September 1957 and immediately set out to make a name for himself. That didn't take long. Weekly guitar battles against established Chicago players such as Otis Rush and Magic Sam, with a bottle of whiskey at stake, introduced everyone to the new kid in town. Using showmanship tricks he learned watching Guitar Slim, like plugging in a 150-foot cord and beginning his solo in a car outside the club, Guy energized an otherwise sedate scene. "When I first came to Chicago, most of 'em would sit down," he recalls. "They were playing blues kind of quiet and had chairs on the stage. And when I saw that I said, 'I'll win this bottle of whiskey.' And I won it every Sunday for quite a while."


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Atom-Bomb Scientist Tells His Story
Chemist Don Hornig kept his hand on the switch to stop the test
IN the spring of 1944, my life became a mystery novel. I was working at the High Explosives Research Laboratory at the Woods Hole (Mass.) Oceanographic Institute when I got a call from Harvard Prof. George Kistiakowsky, a scientist whom I greatly admired. He was working at a new laboratory, he said, and needed me badly.
That was all I needed to say yes. I was advised to leave as soon as possible, without telling anyone, and report to 109 East Palace Ave., Santa Fe, N.M., where I would be given further instructions.
At Santa Fe, I was directed to Los Alamos, a former boys' school on a mesa at the base of the Jemez Mountains. I found that I was to join Kistiakowsky and others under J. Robert Oppenheimer working on the Manhattan Project, the crash program to build an atomic bomb. I was 23 years old, a physical chemist of limited experience with a newly acquired PhD who had done research on shock waves produced by large explosions.
To maintain secrecy, the project's overall director, Maj. Gen. Leslie Groves, insisted on strict compartmentalization: Scientists would have access to information only on a need-to-know basis.
Oppenheimer persuaded Groves that the only hope of resolving the enormous scientific and technical problems facing his group was to let scientists discuss these challenges with one another.
When I arrived in May 1944, two ways to create a critical mass were being considered. The first used a high velocity gun to shoot two sub-critical chunks of enriched uranium (U-235) together. This would not work with plutonium, though, which requires much faster assembly to avoid a premature explosion. The solution proposed was ''implosion'': Surround a subcritical shell of plutonium with explosive charges (called ''lenses'') shaped to focus the detonation waves toward the center of the plutonium shell and drive all segments together.


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Abrupt Terminations
Kilgour said the prime minister needs capable China advisers able to understand the situation unfolding in that country now. Otherwise, Canada will look absurd as events play out and its closest China connections continue to be cadres with careers marked by brutality and abrupt termination.
Those terminations are climbing ranks, and Epoch Times analysts are expecting Bo's former protector and one of the regime's most powerful figures, Zhou Yongkang, will be next to fall. Zhou heads China's all-powerful internal security apparatus, which controls a massive surveillance network as well as China's police and courts.
For several weeks, The Epoch Times has been pointing to evidence that Zhou is on the ropes, and recently many large media organizations have also reported that the sharks appear to be circling the communist security chief. It's all bad news for Li, a close ally of both Bo and Zhou.
Li may have left China for a trip to four nations to escape the fallout of those struggles, said Sheng Xue, a prominent Chinese democracy activist in Toronto.
"He wants to keep his power after the struggle, so he chose to leave," said Xue, adding that Li may actually have connections on both sides of the struggle and so left the country to avoid having to position himself.
Li has already been forced to oust his past ally Bo after his fellow eight members on the regime's ruling Standing Committee supported purging Bo.
While Li may now wish to avoid stating allegiances, he has traditionally been associated with Jiang's clique. According to one news report from Hong Kong's Apple Daily, Li has already come under censure amid the fallout surrounding Bo.
Propaganda Czar Zealous in Persecutions
A spokesperson from the Prime Minister's Office said Thursday's sit-down with Li was a courtesy meeting, a casual chitchat with Li to exchange niceties with no formal business agenda.
Li is due to be retired from the Politburo's Standing Committee, the nine-member organ that rules China, due on an age limit put in place by Jiang. Though Li has no official government role, his position within the Party—and the Party's control of the government—makes him one of the most powerful people in China.
In his role as head of the Orwellian-titled Central Guidance Commission for Building Spiritual Civilization and Central Leading Group for Propaganda and Ideological Work, Li controls what 1.3 billion Chinese people see, hear, and speak.
Like Bo and Zhou, who Jiang raised from lesser positions, Li climbed through the ranks by making zealous efforts in Jiang's campaign to crush Falun Gong. Before being banned in 1999, the spiritual group had attracted 100 million adherents pursuing spiritual enlightenment via its tenets of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.
As the regime's propaganda czar, it has fallen to Li to maintain the demonization of Falun Gong necessary to justify the crackdown. Meanwhile, he must also ensure all media in China follow the Party line, regulate censorship, and carry out propaganda campaigns as needed.
In March 2008, it fell on Li to formulate propaganda to justify a violent crackdown on protests in Tibet on the eve of the 2008 Olympics.
Fear of Protests, Lawsuits Abroad
Li's propaganda responsibilities include enhancing China's soft power abroad.
During his trip, Li opened another Confucius Institute in Canada at Carleton University in Ottawa.
The schools have come under criticism from experts in the intelligence community for possible espionage work while others criticize the institutes for giving students a distinctly communist perspective on contemporary issues.
The institutes are a central plank in the regime's efforts to extend its soft power.
But even that ribbon cutting ceremony was not announced. A spokesperson from the university said it was because it was a private ceremony and the public was not invited.
Lucy Zhou with the Falun Dafa Association of Canada said she suspects Li is afraid of attracting critics if his agenda is known in advance.
"I can certainly understand when officials heavily involved in persecution come overseas, they want to keep their itinerary secretive because they are afraid of protests and lawsuits," said Zhou.
Efforts to sue Li for persecuting Falun Gong adherents were made when Li went to Ireland in 2010 and France in 2004.
Such lawsuits against Bo Xilai caused his downfall in 2007, according to U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks.
Premier Wen Jiabao argued at the 17th National Congress that Bo, then the minister of commerce, should not be promoted to the Standing Committee because of the bevy of lawsuits against him. Bo was instead demoted to Party chief of Chongqing.
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(CNN) — The Russian ambassador to the U.S. said Sunday he's "absolutely certain" the Olympic Games in Sochi next month will be safe from terrorist attacks. He pushed back against reports of a "black widow" threat.
"There was a report of some notice that (was) circulated as a kind of lookout information. It doesn't necessarily mean that there is an immediate threat," Sergey Kislyak said in an exclusive interview on CNN's "State of the Union."
Police in Sochi handed out fliers at area hotels warning of a woman they believe could be a terrorist and who may currently be in the city.
One flier, obtained by CNN, asks workers to be on the lookout for Ruzanna "Salima" Ibragimova, described as the widow of a member of a militant group from the Caucasus region, in southern Russia, which has seen repeated terrorist attacks in the past month.
The woman, according to the flier, may be involved in organizing "a terrorist act within the 2014 Olympic region."
Pressed on whether there should be concerns about the suspected "black widow," Kislyak said Sunday he doesn't have the same information as law enforcement, but he argued security is in place to "ensure that there will be joyful, peaceful, and successful Olympic games."
"We have good planning. We have excellent specialists who are working on it. We have put up pretty strong team that is working to deny terrorists any chance of success," he told CNN's chief political correspondent Candy Crowley. "And I am absolutely sure that we are going to succeed."
With less than two weeks before the opening ceremony on February 6, the United States has been issuing warnings and creating backup plans.
State Department officials on Friday cautioned American athletes against wearing their Olympic uniforms outside of sporting events in Sochi. The U.S. military says it will have up to two warships and several transport aircraft on standby help evacuate American officials and athletes from the games, if ordered, a U.S. official said last week.
According to a recent Quinnipiac Poll, 50% of Americans say it's very or somewhat likely that the Winter Olympics in Sochi will see a terrorist attack, while 45% say it's very or somewhat unlikely.
U.S. officials have said they've offered Russia assistance with its security plans, but the country has not fully taken up the offer. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Russia has not asked the United States for "any specific assistance or technology."
Rep. Peter King, chair of the House counterterrorism and intelligence subcommittee, said Sunday "the Russians have not been cooperating with us or with other countries anywhere near the extent that, for instance, the Greeks or the Chinese or the Brits did."
"The Russians don't want to share what they have, because they're afraid that that will enable us to learn how they obtain their intelligence and we'll use it against them in the future," the Republican from New York said on ABC's "This Week."
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country has stepped up its security efforts, and Kislyak said the U.S.-Russia cooperation is "good enough."
"We have pretty solid capabilities to deal with it on our own," he said. "We certainly rely on a lot of cooperation with the others, including the United States, and I'm rather comfortable about the quality of this cooperation."
The ambassador argued that a vast majority of spectators at the Olympics will be Russians, indicating that the people who know the area best consider it safe.
"I'm absolutely certain ... we are doing everything that is needed in order to make sure it's going to be safe, and it will be as safe as any other Olympics that can be held currently in the world," he said.


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So we're having record level cold temperatures here, in GEORGIA. So it's really friggin COLD. And I'm not opposed to cold. But GA generally doesn't get this kind of weather, so I don't really have the warm wardrobe for it. And we never get snow, which I love, but apparently we might have snow flurries/showers on Thursday, so keeping my fingers crossed.
I'm bored and lonely. I'm thinking about my new year's resolutions and wondering how much I'll actually be able to do. I need to have fun, real fun. Make more friends, hopefully gay friends. Learn to be myself despite other people, to just be without having to consider consequences and other people's opinions. Learn to cook and dance. :) Learn everything I can about photography. And just live, truly live my life on my own terms, and be happy.
It's spring semester of Senior year, it's coming down to now or never. I want to have more high school memories, especially since I kinda hate high school, need some good to go along with it.
Well good luck to everybody I guess. I know some people have midterms and stuff with school starting back. Night.


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Big Ang Meets Snooki
What happens when these two big personalities meet?
Mob Wives' Big Ang is a hell of a character. She's loud, she's proud and she's had more than her fair share of plastic surgery. I am oddly fascinated with her but I find her extremely likable because she comes across as genuine. She may not be your cup of tea, but I'd love to hang out and do a few shots with her sometime. Imagine the stories…
Big Ang has a brand new reality show premiering July 8, aptly titled, Big Ang. A spin-off of Mob Wives, this reality show will focus solely on the woman we are so intrigued by. So what happens when Big Ang meets another big reality personality, Jersey Shore's Snooki? Hilarity ensues, that's what.
What do you know, Snooki has a new, upcoming reality show as well, Snooki & JWoww, which premieres June 21 on MTV. I think a reality show with these two ladies together would be hilarious, because these videos that VH1 posted on YouTube are a freaking riot.
In this one, Snooki tells Big Ang she wants a boob job as she chows down on some french fries in the back of a Town Car. Ang tells her about her first boob job, three months after her first child was born. She tells Snooki her boobs were awful saying, "I was not walking around at 25 with tits I could stick in my waist(band). . . they were HERE, look! And they were dark looking, they were gross." Snooki looks disgusted, but not disgusted enough to stop eating her fries.
In this clip Big Ang tells Snooki marriage is overrated. That there should be a law where marriage is only three days a week. "Why?" inquires Snooki. And in true Big Ang form, she responds with, "Because after three days I hate looking atcha."
Can't wait for her new show, how about you? I say, bring it on, sister!


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I am looking to buy my wife some lace underwear as a gift but I am really confused when it comes to all the different cuts of fashion underwear. I really want her to be comfortable and am not sure if it matters or not if I get something like a high-cut or briefs or bikini bottom et cetera. To be honest I am not even sure what half of the labels mean.
The fashion underwear is for my wife's birthday so they aren't really for me. I just know she likes lace stuff and has a bunch of it. I want to make sure I get something for her collection of underthings that she'll actually wear and like.
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Sorry for the long silence. I was very deep in development for my next project and also doing commission work for much of the summer. Anyway, new stuff is imminent. Here's what's coming soon.
Two new Everything is a Remix videos will be coming out this year. These will be shorter, more streamlined videos that cover a particular topic. The first one will be about the iPhone. These videos were made possible by my friends at iStock. I've also done a three-part series for them about getting the most out of stock in video work.
If you wanted an Everything is a Remix t-shirt, you will soon have the chance. It only took a year-and-a-half!
My next video series, This is Not a Conspiracy Theory, will be launching on November 24. I premiered a rough cut of an excerpt at XOXO in Portland and the reception was very encouraging. After being in development so long, it was gratifying -- and relieving -- to see that I hadn't gone off the rails.
Unlike Remix, you will need to purchase This is Not a Conspiracy Theory. If you already know you want to subscribe and you missed the KickStarter campaign, you can even pre-order right now. For $12 you'll get the full series via digital download. It will have no DRM, no regional limitations, and will be subtitled in multiple languages. DVDs and BluRays will be available later.
I'll be doing my first talk for This is Not a Conspiracy Theory at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney, Nov. 2 - 4, and I'll also be at the Pop-up FODI in Melbourne right after that.
Movin', pardon the mess
Hey folks, I'm currently transferring my site to a new host. Pardon the mess while everything gets sorted.
Recent work I've done
The video above was commissioned by Fight for the Future and Access.
Find out more and get involved at WhatistheITU.org.
This one was commissioned for The Future of Storytelling Conference.
I was provided with audio of a story by author and neuroeconomist Paul Zak and
produced the video in collaboration with animator Henrique Barone.


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Cycling in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a great to place cycle. There are many miles of off-street cycle paths (see them on the Innertube map) crossing the city, networks of quiet roads and increasing numbers of cycle facilities gradually being developed. Don't be fooled by the hills - most of the city is fairly flat - or the weather, it's a lot drier than you think. But watch out for the tramtracks - Download this leaflet for some tips and more information about cycling and trams (best print it out as the most useful page comes out upside down).
Here are some resources about cycling in Edinburgh, and there is plenty more out there.
The Bike Station's Innertube map is the best map of the off-street routes in Edinburgh, and Innertubemap.com is a good place for information about where to go, and other news about cycling in Edinburgh (and you can add to it).
Spokes is the Edinburgh and Lothians cycle campaign group, their website contains a lot of information about routes etc. Their award-winning Polite Cycling campaign is a good source of information about safe and polite cycling in Edinburgh - many of the city's cycle paths are shared use, so sensible sharing is vital.
SUSTRANS is a national cycle organisation who manage the National Cycle Routes, of which there are many in and near Edinburgh and the Lothians.
The City of Edinburgh Council have a section on cycling in Edinburgh on their website.
If you are an Edinburgh University student or staff, click here for information about cycling at the university.
If you are at Heriot-Watt University, this page contains information about local cycle routes and other cycle-related resources.


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This started out as a picture of Slender Man picking up chicks. Don't know what happened along the way.
I like to think my quicker, more lazily made, GMod images are similar to when people post sketches. Not really trying to impress anyone, just getting the idea down so it doesn't bug the fuck out of you later.
Garry's Mod and Photoshop


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CNN — From triumph to tragedy
On April 15, two homemade bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon where three people were killed and more than 260 were injured.
26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and his 19-year-old brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were named as suspects. After a wild chase in the early hours of April 19, the older Tsarnaev was killed by police. The younger was found after a day-long manhunt. In July, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev plead not guilty to 30 federal charges related to the terror attacks.
A scary sight at San Francisco international airport
On July 6, Asiana flight 214 was in the final moments of a flight from Seoul, South Korea, when investigators say the pilot approached too low and too slow and crashed into a seawall. Three people were killed and 182 were injured. The Asiana pilot was in training to fly the Boeing 777. It was the first time he'd landed that kind of aircraft at the San Francisco Airport.
One week later in a Florida courtroom
On July 13, former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was acquitted of murder charges in the February 202 shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman's attorneys called the shooting self-defense while Martin's family called it racial profiling. The state of Florida called it murder, but after 16 hours of deliberation, the all-female jury would not agree.
A rampage at a United States Navy facility
On September 16, military contractor Aaron Alexis entered building 197 at Washington's Navy Yard, as seen in the surveillance video. After ducking into a bathroom and emerging with a shotgun, Alexis shot for 30 minutes before police found and killed him. 12 others were killed in the attack. The investigation uncovered a number of red flags about Alexis. In the weeks prior to the attacks, he'd complained of hearing voices, and of trouble sleeping. The FBI described his state at the time of the shooting, as "delusional."
Kickoff of enrollment in health insurance exchanges under the president's affordable care act did not go as planned
The enrollment website, plagued with problems, brought the Obama administration under fire. Republican lawmakers demanded answers about who knew what, and when. The administration set a deadline of November 30 to resolve the website issues.


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master bath has a huge glass block shower, his and her sinks,
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with queen-size bed, TV and semi-private bath. The den has
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Entertain on your lanai, BBQ, or just relax and watch
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Saltville Waste Disposal Ponds
Current Site Information
EPA Region 3 (Mid-Atlantic)
VirginiaSmyth and Eastern Washington Counties
Next to North Fork of the Holston River near Saltville
9th Congressional District
Last Update: January 2015
Other Names
Saltville Muck Pond #5
Olin Corp. Saltville Waste Disposal Pond #5
Olin Corp. Saltville Waste Disposal Pond #6
Current Site Status
EPA issued a Five-Year Review in September 2012 which found that remedies constructed to date are meeting their objectives. The next Five-Year Review is expected to be issued in September 2017. The Olin Corporation, the sole potentially responsible party, has completed the construction of an impermeable cap over the 75-acre waste disposal area known as Pond 5 and a soil cover over the 45-acre waste disposal area known as Pond 6. A wildlife habitat area has been created on both ponds. Olin is operating an on-site water treatment plant to treat water contaminated by leachate from Ponds 5 and 6. A Supplemental Remedial Investigation (RI) report summarizing the results of investigations conducted through 2009 was issued in February 2010. Additional investigations are currently underway to support the selection of remedies for the Former Chlorine Plant Site and the North Fork Holsten River and to further investigate Pond 5 and Pond 6.Site Description
The Saltville Waste Disposal Ponds site, located on the border of Smyth and Washington Counties, Virginia is a 125-acre site which was part of Olin Corporation's Saltville facility. The site consists of the Former Chlorine Plant Site, two large waste impoundments referred to as Pond 5 and Pond 6, and areas to which contamination has migrated, including the North Fork Holston River (NFHR).
The Saltville facility was in operation from 1895 to 1972. Several different waste streams were generated over that period of time. The primary contaminant of concern, mercury, was in a waste product generated by the chlorine gas plant which operated from the early 1950s to 1972. "Pond 5" is a 75-acre disposal area containing mercury-tainted wastes buried 80-feet thick. In addition, the waste material is pH 12 so that direct contact with the skin will cause chemical burns. "Pond 6" is a 45-acre disposal area containing high pH wastes buried 30-feet thick. Elevated mercury levels are also present in soil and groundwater in the area beneath the former chlorine plant. Mercury from the site has accumulated in fish in the NFHR and presents a risk to those who may eat the fish.
Site Responsibility
Cleanup for this site is the responsibility of the federal and state governments, and the potentially responsible parties.NPL Listing History
This site was proposed to the National Priorities List of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites requiring long term remedial action on December 30, 1982. The Site was formally added to the list September 8, 1983, making it eligible for Federal cleanup funds.Threats and Contaminants
Mercury from the former chlorine plant and Pond 5 has contaminated underlying ground water and the adjacent NFHR. Incidental ingestion of or direct contact with waste materials in Pond 5 and Pond 6 presents a health risk of concern. Cleanup actions completed to date have addressed this risk. Accidental ingestion of impacted ground water or eating contaminated fish from the NFHR may pose a health risk. There has been a ban on consumption of fish caught from the NFHR since the early 1970s due to high levels of mercury in fish tissue.Contaminant descriptions and risk factors are available from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, an arm of the CDC.
Cleanup Progress
In 1982, the Virginia State Water Control Board issued a Special Order requiring Olin to dredge mercury contaminated sediments from a 1000-foot section of the river adjacent the Former Chlorine Plant Site. In June 1987, EPA issued a Record of Decision ( ROD-1) which identified interim measures to be taken to reduce the migration of mercury to the river. In 1988, Olin entered into a Consent Decree wherein it agreed to implement the interim actions and to perform a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) encompassing the remaining portions of the site, including the River. Consistent with ROD-1, Olin constructed a water treatment plant to remove mercury from leachate generated at Pond 5, and constructed a network of surface water diversion ditches to intercept clean storm water flowing toward the waste impoundments and convey this water directly to the NFHR. The water treatment plant began operation in 1994; treatment of water contaminated by leachate from Pond 6 was added in late 2001.
In 1997, Olin entered into a second Consent Decree wherein it agreed to implement the actions selected in ROD-2. The estimated cost of this remedial action was $35,000,000. On-site construction of the remedy selected in ROD-2 began in April 2001 was completed in Fall 2002. This work included, but was not limited to, construction of a cap over Pond 5 and a soil cover over Pond 6.


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Winners Again! - India!
India has been the best team again, beating Sri Lanka in the tri nation finals, they continue their good from after winning the Champions trophy in England.
This was the final match of the tournament and India having lost the first two matches in the tri nation later fought hard to be the finalist.
MS Dhoni joined the team after he missed out some games due to Injury, mean time Virat Kohli had to lead the team and he did pretty well to take the team to the finals of the tri nation. Virat too scored the first century as a captain against the west Indies in a must win game, Rohit Sharma, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar( 4/8, against Sri Lanka) etc were the other crucial architects taking India to the finals knocking out West Indies.
Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl at :
Queen's Park Oval. That was a very good toss to win and Bhuvi showed his swinging qualities again, he removed the openers for a low score. Sangakkara and Thirimanne had to steady the ship and they did so, the pair put on a 100+ run partnership and that was the time when Sri Lanka thought they started getting runs, Ishant Sharma got the wicket of Thirimanne and soon Ashwin chipped in with the wicket of Sangakkara and India were right back into the game. Once the pair was back to the pavilion, Sri Lanka did not find a chance to return, Indian bowlers picked wickets at regular Intervals and the pressure was on Sri Lanka every time. Jadeja picked 4/23, Ashwin, Ishant and Bhuvi took 2 each and Sri Lanka were bundled for 201 in 48.5 overs
When Indian openers came into bat, the target looked much easy, but the opening partnership did not last for long and Shikhar Dhawan was back to the pavilion for 16 and soon followed by Virat for 2. India lost both the wickets in quick succession and That was the time when DK and Rohit put on a 50 run partnership and things looked easy. DK lost his wicket for 23, Mahela took a beauty at slip, Herath announced his arrival. In the mean time Rohit brought up his half century and that was a patient innings and he did not carry on and lost his wicket for 58, herath with his second wicket and Raina batted well for his quick fire 32 and a 62 run partnership with Rohit Sharma, both the batsmen out in quick succession and Pressure on India, the arrival of Dhoni showed his calmness at the crease, but the wickets kept falling at the other end and Herath picked up 4 wickets totally for 20 runs and India had lost 9 wickets for 182 and Ishant Sharma accompanied Dhoni till the end, the Indian captain ensured he scored 16, runs of the final over of Eranga's bowling, the Indian captain remained unbeaten on 45.
The winning shot was a flat six from Dhoni, over extra cover and Indians won the game with two balls to spare. Once again India had bet Sri Lanka in the final and the winning shot being a 6 from the same person as happened in the world cup finals.
Dhoni declared man of the match and Bhuneshwar Kumar declared Man of the series.
We are the Champions yet again! Keep cheering!