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Warning: Global warming is a fact, and the results are already visible. Hurricanes are getting stronger; droughts and floods are more frequent. In South Florida, waters rose roughly six inches between 1930 and 1981. That might not sound like much, but it's just the tip of a rapidly melting iceberg. "We are the most vulnerable metropolitan area in the world when it comes to sea-level rise," University of Miami professor Harold Wanless says. And, the avuncular geologist adds, that's nothing.
"Another eight inches, and 65 percent of the county's water control structures will fail," he says. Salt water will seep across South Florida, destroying crops, corroding cars, and costing billions in damages. But eight inches is a drop in the bucket. Wanless expects South Florida seas to rise by at least four, probably six, feet by 2100. Still contemplating that beachfront condo so the grandchildren have a pad when your kids kick the bucket?
Consider: A two-foot rise would plunge 28 percent of Miami-Dade below water. Miami Beach would be reduced to Ocean Drive (shudder) as celebrities scramble to save their Star Island mansions. Same thing across the bay. Sayonara, city hall. Most worrisome of all, Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant would be an island in the newly created Sea of Homestead.
Although two new reactors at Turkey Point are being built at a higher elevation, Florida Power & Light has requested to keep the two current nukes running until 2035. Given that Hurricane Andrew almost inundated them in 1992, what will happen as oceans continue to rise?
"The standards will be 85 years old by then, and that's a problem," says Arnie Gundersen, a Vermont-based nuclear engineer and consultant. "If tidal waves knock out the water pumps" — as they did at the Fukushima reactor in Japan earlier this year — "you can have a meltdown."
FPL spokesman Michael Waldron says Turkey Point is safe and that the reactors are intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but "no one knows for sure what the climate change impact on sea levels will be 100 years from now."
A six-foot rise in ocean waters would be less dramatic than a meltdown, but almost as damaging, Wanless warns. Less than half of Miami-Dade would remain, and of the land still above water, 73 percent would constantly flood. "That's uninhabitable," he says. Eight feet higher, and Miami-Dade is an archipelago. At ten, it's Atlantis. But that's not even Wanless's worst-case scenario. If China and India continue to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and Tea Party activists block environmental action, the seas could rise by an astounding 20 feet by 2100.
"It's not unforeseeable at all," Wanless says. "It's happened before."
Yeah, 130,000 years ago.
If you honestly believe that global warming is not happening, you are sadly mistaken. Not only is it still happening, but it will continually get worse as the years go on, since our leaders are obviously not courageous enough to stop putting this gas into the atmosphere and stop deforestation. For goodness sake, just use hemp for fuel and paper, problem solved. We wouldn't be in this hopeless situation if that were the case, period. They would rather destroy civilization as we know it than to make hemp legal, which doesn't even have any drug content to get high off of in the first place. Completely ridiculous
While this article proves several effect what global warming could do to Miami the second the rising waters inundate Turkey Point, the author failed to mention that global warming no longer exists! This was proven around Thanksgiving 2009 when the leaked UN emails revealed that many university professors from East Anglia University in England as well as from other universities around the world fudged the numbers regarding global warming. In fact, the author probably forgot to mention that we had one of the coldest winters this year & last year in South Florida. First, one should look at just how Al Gore & all of his believers have changed the tune from "global warming" to "global cooling" to simply "climate change." In fact, Gore has to constantly run away from the cameras & many of his detractors who are now calling him out on the whole global warming fraud. Further, Gore is so embarrassed by this scam that he himself cussed out the public on a symposium in climate change last month in Aspen. Speaking of which, if Gore is such a great character & hero for the global warming movement, why is he labeling global warming skeptics as "racists." It just seems to me that if anyone disagrees with the US president's policies or a fascistic trend such as global warming they are immediately labeled a racist. The author & a university professor mentioned that melting polar ice caps will cause a rise in sea levels which would then hinder the global ecosystem. Again, due to global cooling that we have had in the past 15 years (as shown in the leaked emails), the polar ice caps have expanded. And before you call me a fraud, please notice that it is quite a natural phenomenon for the polar ice caps to expand more in the winter & contract in the summer. Don't believe me? Put a block of ice, add some water to it, & then put in it in the freezer as opposed to putting that same block of ice under that sun. One will notice a major difference there. Another trend to spot in this global warming fraud is the increase is the five-fold increase in the polar bear populaton within the last 50 years. Gore & his eco-fascists police tell us that global warming will drown the polar bears when in fact polar bears can swim! They only based this argument on the case of two polar bears who drowned in the Arctic. In fact, the polar bear population havs exponentially grown so much that they are now a nuissance in the Arctic. On a related matters of animals located in the Poles, Gore & a few of his followers argues that global warming will drown penguins. This is an absurd statement as penguins are the fastest aquatic birds there is on Earth (some have labeled them "torpedoes in water"). I am not a scientist, but my resources are from reading lectures & listening to individuals who know a lot of about the subject. I recommend that you listen to Lord Christopher Monkton, a former member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet & a lead scientist against Gore's global warming fraud. And if you wish to know the real motives behind the global warming scheme then I suggest that you watch the documentary "Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement" either on Youtube or on DVD. The entire point of the global warming debate is to frame us thinking individuals as idiots. This why the ecofascists & Gore think that we are stupid by making such absurd statements. Please educate yourselves a little more before following such global warming lies or any other hoax propelled by government or a former government servant (yes, government serves us the the people, they are not officials).
A good summary of risks to nuclear power plants from sea level rise is here, on Climate Central: http://www.climatecentral.org/...
There is a new clean energy technology that is 1/10th the cost of any other energy technology. Don't believe me? Watch this video by a Nobel prize winner in physics: http://pesn.com/2011/06/23/950...
Still don't believe me? It convinced the Swedish Skeptics Society: http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter...
LENR using nickel. Incredibly: Ni+H+K2CO3(heated under pressure)=Cu+lots of heat. Here is a detailed description of the device and formula from a US government contract: www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/Gern...
Still don't believe me? A major US corporation has bought the rights to sell the 1 megawatt Rossi E-Cat, and it will be announced late October in the US, with the unit hitting the market in November. How can any fossil fuel compete with such cheap energy (and clean to boot!).
By the way, here is a current survey of all the companies that are bringing LENR to commercialization: http://www.cleantechblog.com/2...
thank you for the great comment, I was hoping to see someone else that knows what is really going on reply to this article. I feel bad for the others that are completely in the system. The techniques used to alter the way someone can view a subject is incredible, they take somewhat smart people and turn them into regurgitating zombies. I am very happy that more and more people know the truth. The truth will set you free.
For pity's sake, don't regurgitate every bit of antiscience propaganda you can find. Grow a brain, go to college, and get some education.
Don't expect anyone else to waste time responding to your delirious babblings, you idiot! Yes, you are an idiot, an appropriately defensive idiot, and you shouldn't blame others for seeing you as such,.
I read your comment again, and I have to say, oh yes you sound very educated, probably educated by the finest criminals money can buy. So as you flaunt your arrogance in everyone's face I want you to know that I dont view you as very smart. I think smart people have open minds and seek the truth. Smart people dont just accept what is taught to them as the truth, they search the truth them selves. Please read or research The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America and you might discover why you think the way you do.
Please try to be humble and nice to others as when you dont it really shows your bad side.
fellfeline, really, why do you insult the man for telling the truth, it is a fact not a fantasy that the global warming that is going on is happening all over our universe, our worlds are changing and it is not because of things that we are doing. No it is not ok to pollute and those corporations should be held accountable for what they are doing all over the world, but lets be very honest here, Al Gore is a man that made a good movie and that is what it is a movie, with all the drama and special effects, he could have made a movie about french fry eating zombies and he still would have made a great movie, please remember that you cannot believe everything you see on TV. His track record has proven that he is a criminal taking money from the big bad guys. If you do your homework you will see that all that norbis sanchez listed is true, but if you want to just call people names, well that will not change the fact that he is right. I am sorry that you believed a commercial but that is what it was Al Gore is a commercial. We have serious issues going on and you should not waste your time defending the man that does not give a crap about you. I was one a believer in Global warming, I thought that it was our fault our world was falling apart with all our pollution, but then I started to do my homework and found out that it was all a big lie, it was hard for me to accept as I was shown over and over the pollution and that it was causing the global warming, and if I did not believe in global warming it was because I wanted to let the corporations pollute and that is just not true. I and no one that I know wants pollution, but we know that it is not causing global warming, how would you be able to explain the other planets having the same problems with their climates changing, this is not possible we cannot be causing problems in space. The entire thing is a sham. We are going to be taxed and the rich will not be. GE pays no taxes and their competition does, why is that? because they are buddies with they system.
So please dont just go around calling people names, facts are facts and they wont change just because you insult someone. I think that if you do some research with an open mind you will find the same information that we are typing about, then you will ask yourself, how is it possible you ever believed that other crap.
I understand how you would believe it, they are masters of deception.
I want to be a free American with out pollution and with out Al Gore selling me his poison contaminating crap products or without him taxing me to death,, the carbon taxes are real and only for us not the rich.
I hope you be nice to yourself and to others, really we all should be focused on whats happening in Japan rather than insulting each other. Japan is nuked to death and it is spreading everywhere.
Open your mind and free yourself!!!
Nice comment Norbis Sanchez!!!
Thank you very much for your kind comment, Mr. Gonzalez. Apparently some people are still zombies (or if you want to call them sheeples) & believe the mainstream propaganda "hook, line, sinker." They just get offended when they hear an opinion that is different & not mainstream & immediately want to shut it down rudely. If they cannot counter with an argument, then the name-calling & insults will come into play. By the way, when you previously "The Deliberate Dumbing Down" of America by Charlotte Iserbyt something told me you're very aware about infowars.com Pleasure to meet a fellow patriot. :)
Hit you where it hurts, Omar, you mastiff of duplicity. Thanks for barking at me.
Here's something from the "librul" media, The Washington Post for your education:
"The idea that we would put Americans' economy in jeopardy based on scientific theory that's not settled yet to me is just — is nonsense. I mean, it — I mean, and I told somebody, I said, just because you have a group of scientists that have stood up and said, here is the fact — Galileo got outvoted for a spell."— Perry
We previously awarded Perry Four Pinocchios for his comments suggesting scientists were increasingly saying climate change was a fiction. We will note he repeatedly did not answer the question at the debate about whether he could name a scientist he thought was credible on the issue.
For your response could you please make up another fake Spanish name for me, so it looks like the Spanish community supports your arrogant, polluter-paid stupidity?


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Hey, I work for Apptopia, an online marketplace for iPhone and Android App acquisitions and sales. As part of our services, we set up deals between sellers and potential buyers, guarantee secure payments, and provide legal protection for both sides of the deal.
Recently we had a buyer on Apptopia who nearly 1 month after their app acquisition, filed a charge back with VISA stating their card was used fraudulently (the most generic/common checkbox). Keep in mind this user: -Has logged into Apptopia on 41 separate occasions. -Signed a Purchase & Sale agreement. -Made 2 payments (the first $150 deposit, and then after receiving our invoice made the 2nd payment voluntarily for the remainder of the balance). -Had a lengthy conversation with both my Transfer Team & Googles Support team, all in regards to transferring the application into his developer account. I provided all of this information very diligently, organized, and on time to the credit card company and disputed the chargeback. They recently got back to me and explained that they have blindly awarded the case to the buyer as he found a very small, very specific loophole with using a foreign credit card. *Please note we have since taken extra measures to protect against this in the future. So for anyone who thinks this is a blueprint on how to get apps for free think again =) The Logic I have 2 major issues here. First, to do a chargeback when you are buying software and or intellectual property rights is repugnant. Its something you can never give back. No matter what. It can never be deleted. And you know this when you are making the acquisition. Second, its straight up disrespectful to knowingly steal money from a small business helping your community. Now just to be clear Apptopia is growing as fast as it ever has before, but we still do not have 10s of millions of dollars in the bank and we have ongoing expenses. So, money being stolen from us like this does have an impact. My logic is simple; now that Apptopia owns this app I want to share it with the community. There is little value we could get from this app ourselves, but I figured that sharing this code, and all of its assets would be extremely valuable to the community. And frankly that is what Apptopia is all about. Its why my co-founder Eli and I quit out jobs to build this platform to begin with. I highly recommend that you download the code below, and share it with all of your friends. Perhaps there is a valuable element in there you can use, learn from, or test with. Who knows? But this one is on us. Enjoy! Source Code: The App Hard Rock Player What It Does Links to rock and roll videos and clips from around the world. It allows you to watch the top rated, most viewed, and newest hard rock videos around. Using the random video function can even surprise you. With the My Clips function you can also easily create a personal playlist. Simple, but useful. In order to download the code, go to Apptopia.com, click on our blog, and go to the first post titled Free Source Code where you can download the code FOR FREE. (Because I'm a new user I'm not allowed to post external links. Fair enough) Comment if you have any questions?? |
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This guest post is by Dave Pollard from the New River Birding and Nature Festival, held annually here in the New River Gorge.
Bird Nerds, Botanists, Nature Lovers, and those just seeking serenity will be pleased to hear the New River Birding and Nature Festival will return April 26 — May 1 this year.
Applicants will share their days with some of the greatest experts in the birding and nature world, taking in the flora, fauna and scenery so unique to the New River Gorge region — getting geeked over great looks at great birds, plants with weird names and perhaps even discussions about salamander feces.
If you can find it here, you can count on the fact that field leaders will leave no stone (or bush) unturned in the quest to find what you are looking for — all within reason, of course.
Nine years ago, I was pushing for the development of a birding and nature festival for the New River Gorge. It made perfect sense. Cornell Lab of Ornithology had designated southern West Virginia as a critical area for neo-tropical migrants. Spectacular species such as golden-winged warblers, cerulean warblers, scarlet tanager and Swainson's warbler (well, this one is hard to find, but not really spectacular looking) reside here in abundance. None other than the famous botanist, Thomas Nuttall, spent years here identifying new species of plants.
Seven years ago, we pulled it off and now the New River Birding and Nature Festival is recognized as one of the "Top Ten Fun Birding Events in North America" by Bird Watcher's Digest.
How much more fun can a genuine bird nerd have than "Birding by Butt," where you literally can spend hours in an easy chair sipping hot coffee, having hot food brought to you, and having bird experts call birds in with their Bird Pods and I Phones until they are nearly perched on your lap?
And if you really do want them perched on your lap (well actually in your hand) expert banders do that for you, sometimes even letting you release a just-banded ruby-throated hummingbird.
From Harvard-educated naturalist and artist Julie Zickefoose (you may have heard her on National Public Radio as well; to Bird Watcher's Digest Editor (and personal birding guide to President Jimmy Carter) Bill Thompson, III; to Bill Hilton, Jr. who was proclaimed one of the "50 Best Brains in Science" by Discover Magazine, the Festival brings in the best of the best.
And lest you think it is a snooty gathering, take in the final night when the Swingin' Orangutans rock the joint with a mixture of nature songs and plain old hard rock. Be forewarned though that the Jeff Gordon who accompanies them is certainly not THAT Jeff Gordon, but in the nature world is THE Jeff Gordon.
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Chicken on Croutons with Olives and Onions
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Roasted seasoned chicken on sourdough bread topped with olives and onions makes for a simple and delicious main dish.
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Calories | 495 |
Total Fat | 16g |
Saturated Fat | 3g |
Cholesterol | 127mg |
Sodium | 855mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 40g |
Dietary Fiber | 3g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 46g |
Calcium | -- |
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Serves: 4
Yields: 4 main-dish servings
Total Time: 50 min
Prep Time: 15 min
Oven Temp: 425
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- 1 loaf(s) (9- to 12-ounce) French or sourdough bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoon(s) olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1 whole(s) (3 1/2-pound) chicken, cut into 8 pieces, skin removed from all but wings
- 1 small (6- to 8-ounce) red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 clove(s) garlic, crushed with press
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon(s) dried oregano
- 1/4 cup(s) pitted Kalamata olives, halved
- 1/4 cup(s) packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In 18" by 12" jelly-roll pan, arrange bread cubes in single layer, without spaces between cubes. Drizzle 1 tablespoon oil over bread and sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.
- In large bowl, combine chicken, onion, garlic, thyme, oregano, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, and remaining 1 tablespoon oil. Toss until well mixed. Arrange chicken pieces in single layer on top of bread, spacing 1/2 inch apart; scatter onion mixture over chicken and bread.
- Roast 30 minutes. Scatter olives over chicken and bread. Roast 5 minutes longer or until juices run clear when chicken is pierced with tip of knife. With spatula, transfer chicken mixture on croutons to large platter. Garnish with parsley.
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Our Nikon Coolpix S230, a subtle shade of eggplant purple, fits easily into a coat pocket. It's got a snappy, 3.0 inch touch screen on the rear panel and sports a 10 megapixel sensor. A 3x Nikkor zoom lens rounds out the package.
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NEW HANOVER COUNTY -- It's October 1 and that means some local beach towns are changing their policies for the fall and winter.
Monday is a big day for dog owners in Wrightsville Beach. Dogs are now allowed on the beach as long as they're on a leash. This is just one of a few changes starting today in local towns.
Brad Henson, his girlfriend and his dog Cody have been waiting for this day for a while
Henson said, "Taking my dog out on the beach. It's the first day we can take him and he's been looking forward to it all year."
As long as owners have their pet on a leash -- and bring something with them to clean up after them -- dogs are now welcome on Wrightsville Beach.
Henson said, "I come down to the beach a lot and Cody loves to come down. I'll come down to check the surf and he just gets to ride with me. I can't bring him out on the beach. Now he'll be able to come out on the beach and check the surf out with me."
Wrightsville Beach Town Manager Bob Simpson said, "We try to be responsive to the local residents, too, and they have pets.
Simpson says he plans to take his dogs out on the beach.
Another noticeable change around town: fewer lifeguards on duty. There are four guarded beaches in Wrightsville Beach until October 15. Then there will be roving patrols throughout the year.
Simpson said, "We try to be a kind and friendly community and accommodate everybody. Sometime you can't do that and that's a reality."
Simpson says since the tourist season lasts through October you must pay for parking until the end of the month.
In Carolina Beach, though, paying to park ends Monday. Dogs aren't allowed on the beach there for another month. The lifeguards have been off-duty since Labor Day.
In Wrightsville Beach the area off Stone Street is one of the four guarded beaches for the next two weeks. The others are directly north and south of Johnny Mercer's Pier, and south of Crystal Pier.
Dog owners and their pets in other local beach towns can enjoy the beaches, as well.
In Holden Beach dogs are allowed on the beach after Labor Day as long as they're on a leash. Surf City allows leashed dogs on the beach all year round.
Dogs are allowed on the beach in Topsail Beach all year round and must be on a leash during the summer months. And in North Topsail Beach dogs have to be on a leashed all year round.


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Jared said nothing while they both filled their plate with refreshments, restricted to some fresh fruit and a glass of water in the Doctor's case, he hadn't been that hungry to start with and performing even the most minor of surgeries in practice didn't really boost his appetite. But when they advanced toward their next objective he couldn't keep his opinions to himself anymore, "I think you must have misunderstand me back there, or perhaps the substance of it all was lost behind all the words. You have been to medical school, you know the impact the mind has on one's health and more precisely the importance of existing in the future as well as the present but not in the past. If your only state in life is war or pre-war, you will soon stop living in the future and then what? Of course you can find pleasure in the small things in present life, perhaps even enough of those to have you carry on. But you will never find true peace on the inside if you don't except any moment of peace on the outside."


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Given Name: Hideki Matsui
Nickname: Godzilla
Born: Kanazawa, , Japan, in 1974
School: Did not attend college.
Primary Position: Left Field
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Major League Games: 1236
Primary Team: New York Yankees
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Operating my microwave which is near my TV in my kitchen (about 10 feet apart) causes significant noise/picture distortion on the TV. My TV is receiving satellite pictures remotely from my bedroom TV/satellite receiver. Is there a way to shield the TV?
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This kind of link is often done by means of "radio at 2.45GHz". 2.45 GHz is the frequency of microwave ovens, too. Microwave ovens are _allowed_ to leak many milliwatts of microwave power into the air around them. So this is a bad frequency to use for radios nearby, trying to listen carefully to faint signals.
What needs shielding from your microwave is not the TV, but the receiving antenna of the wireless link next to the TV. Try putting a metal sheet at least 1 foot x 1 foot adjacent to the wireless receiver, blocking its view in the direction of the microwave oven, but not blocking it's view in the direction of the wireless transmitter in your bedroom. Aluminum foil works fine and is quick to test with; perhaps later you'll wish to replace it with something that looks better.
Likewise, at the microwave, try putting a 3-foot x 3-foot sheet near it, blocking its view of the TV wireless receiver.
Together these two places of shielding are more likely to work than either one alone. If I'm right, trying both together should produce a noticeable improvement. Actually, a human body or three between receiver and microwave might make a noticeable change, and by blocking the leakage wave where one stands, show you the path the leakage travels from microwave to TV.
(If these do not help, there is some other channel of interference. In that case, try making sure your TV is not plugged into the same socket or electrical fuse-circuit as your microwave. I.E., just for a test, run the TV on an extension cord from the living room.)
However, it is possible that enough shielding to completely fix your problem is impractical. The receiver is looking all the way through the house to the transmitter, and microwave signals from the oven can bounce faintly off walls and strongly off wires and pipes. They are all partial mirrors and shiny scattering points. Metal boxes like refrigerators are strong mirrors.
What would work best is to run a coax cable from the TV to the bedroom, eliminating the radio link. A partial step to this might be to run cables part-way towards each other, so the wireless link has a much shorter air-travel distance. Be sure to carefully point the wireless receiver antenna towards the transmitter and away from the microwave, and perhaps give the antenna metal shielding across its back as well.
For homes these days, good electronic connectivity tends to be at odds with good cosmetic appearance. Any cosmetic compromising coax cable you're willing to accept might make your TV work better. Or perhaps hiring an electrician or a savvy friend might help get one cable installed well.
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I don't know why I started thinking about my short time with an old cat more than a decade ago, but I simply must share this story. It definitely falls into the "not funny then, pretty hysterical now" camp.
When I was just getting by in New York City (working in education while living in Manhattan isn't the easiest needle to thread) back in the early aughts, a friend of a friend asked if I'd house- and cat-sit while she went abroad. The idea of moving from a dingy, crusty, five-floor walk-up into a luxurious Union Square apartment for two weeks was beyond appealing, and I love cats so jumped at the opportunity.
The cat, a sweet old biddy who was seriously advanced in years and in real physical decline, was the last vestige of a marriage that just didn't work. Cat needed several medications each day but otherwise just slept in various spots around the apartment. My first evening there, Cat just didn't seem to be doing well. I mean, I didn't know this cat well, but I think a baby would have realized something wasn't right. I worriedly left for work the next morning and spent most of the day telling my coworkers how concerned I was about Cat. Sweetly accusing me of being too soft and overly concerned about an aging feline, they laughingly asked, "What? You think you'll get home tonight and the cat will have died? Puh-lease."
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I freaked out and called the vet who in typical NY fashion was still open and said to bring Cat in post haste. I fetched the cat carrier but quickly realized that because of Cat's elongated and utterly unbending posture, she would not fully fit in said carrier. I zipped it shut as best as possible, her paws sticking out like determined sticks, and opened the apartment door. The guy across the hall who just the night before had asked me out for drinks (NY men move fast) happened to open his door at the same time and was like "WTF?!?!?" I just said, "Help me!! Help me get a cab."
We took the elevator down to the lobby where the doorman was also fully "WTF?!?!" when he saw my macabre parcel, and he opened the front door with swift desperation. Across the Hall Guy hailed a cab for me, and when I opened the door to get in, the driver was like, "WTF?!?! Is that cat dead?!?!?" "Yes," I yelled back, "Step on it" and gave him the vet's address.
Not surprisingly, there was nothing that could be done for Cat. I had not yet reached her owner so the only option was to put Cat in the vet's freezer until I could. I returned to the apartment and immediately started phoning Hungary whose countryside Cat's owner was biking-touring through. When I finally reached her, she was, obviously, distraught and asked if I could request that Cat be cremated. The vet said "No" because I was not Cat's owner and so Cat had to stay in the freezer until Owner returned.
The next morning, I got myself to work, and all my colleagues smiled and said, "So Nervous Nelly, how's the cat you were so worried about?"
"Cat is dead you a-holes," I replied.
Y'all, you should have seen the stunned looks on all faces before me. It was priceless. When I told my family and other friends this tale, they laughed hysterically (in the way that shocking stories of horror can also be so wild as to be laughter-inducing). At that point I did not have enough distance from the sitch to be anything but mortified, but as the years have passed, I have definitely come to appreciate the story in the story. Like that in the tale of my kids being brought home by the FBI last September.
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Best seed starting method?
Soil blocks? Plastic cells in trays? Old Sonic cups? Peat pots? Rain gutters? I would like to learn from others' experiences, rather than make all the mistakes myself. :)
I can start seeds under a grow light indoors or in a greenhouse. I would appreciate learning more about what has worked for others.
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Donna, All the listed methods work. It is more about the skill of the gardener than the method used.
As long as you use a sterile, soil-less, seed-starting mix, provide appropriate lighting and warmth or cooling as needed, and provide adequate moisture (but not too much because it contributes to damping-off), then you will have success starting from seed.
Have you ever started seeds indoors before? And, have you started seeds in a greenhouse? If the greenhouse doesn't have some method of shade during the day and adequate venting to prevent an excess build-up of heat, I wouldn't start seeds in it. If the greenhouse isn't heated at night, I wouldn't start seeds in it yet, except maybe for the most cold-hardy plants, because the nights are still pretty cold.
If you could list whichever kinds of seeds you're starting, whether they are for veggies, herbs, flowers or whatever (trees? shrubs? etc.), then people can tell your their favorite seed-starting methods for whatever is on your list.
Thanks, Dawn. I am primarily interested in starting vegetable seeds. I have started seeds indoors but I've never been happy with the plants. I have been reading, and I think I see some things I can change. I have grow lights and heat mats so I think I'm okay there. The greenhouse has ventilation during the day and heat at night. We grow other things in it and I know it will work for seed starting.
This year I am putting in a larger veg garden, and I am planting very standard stuff: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, lettuce, onions, kale, chard, watermelon, corn, cantaloupe, beans, peas, etc. I am pretty sure which ones to start indoors and which ones to direct seed, I am just procrastinating about starting the indoor plants because I have done so unsuccessfully in the past. I think I had the light too far from the seeds (they got leggy), wasn't as diligent about watering as I should have been, didn't germinate under plastic, and didn't have enough humidity for the plants in our furnace heated house. I know now how to correct all those things, so I think I'll get better results.
I am leaning toward the soil block maker. I have watched a few youtube videos and think it sounds like what would work for me. I found the soil block thread after my OP, and read through that, which was interesting.
Thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I want this garden to be a success so I'll have lots of veggies to can, dehydrate, and freeze -- I am turning into my Grandma. :)
PS What are you going to do with 500 tomato plants?!
This year I started my seeds in an unheated greenhouse on germination benches with soil heating cables providing bottom heat in sand. The benches are made so they can be covered with plastic at night. I did wait until after that very cold weekend of Feb 11&12. Started my seeds on the 14th. Our greenhouse has operable windows on all four sides so it vents very well, but obviously has to be monitered every morning and evening. One of my benches gets warmer than the other although the sizes are almost identical as are the tapes. But one of the tapes gets warmer than the other. Like Dawn said, the container isn't as important as the starting mix. I like Jiffy Mix but wasn't able to find it this year. I have used Miracle Gro potting mix in the past but it has too many chunks of bark in it to work well for seed starting. I bought another brand of seedstarting mix at Lowe's this year but I'm at the computer and it's in the greenhouse. I'll look and come back later.
Donna, Since you have the option of starting seeds both indoors and out in the greenhouse, why not start half inside the house under lights and the other half out in the greenhouse. Then you can compare notes and see which way works best for you or makes you happiest or whatever. I have used lots of experimentation like that over the years to find the methods that work best for me or that I like the most.
With lights, if you put the lights so close to the seed flats that they almost but not quite touch the plants, that alone will help eliminate most of the legginess. It also is important to grow on the seedlings at 60-65 degrees after they sprout because hotter temps will make them grow more quickly and get leggy. Running a fan so they have good air flow will thicken up their main stems and make them stronger too.
Of all the veggies you listed that you want to grow, only the tomatoes, peppers and eggplants "have to" be started inside under lights in order to get the maximum performance from your plants. With all the others, starting indoors is an option and you may or may not find it to be a worthwhile one. It already is warm enough to direct-sow lettuce, kale and onion seed into the ground if your soil is well-draining. Swiss chard can be direct-sown but I prefer to start it indoors. Each Swiss chard seed actually is a fruit containing several seeds, so I find it easier to let them sprout in flats and then separate them and pot them up in separate containers once they have a couple of leaves. If you choose to direct-sow Swiss chard, you can thin them by pulling up the excess ones or by cutting them off with scissors at the soil once the plants are up and growing.
Corn is more typically direct-sown when air temps and soil temps are in the right range. If you choose to start it inside or in the greenhouse, start it in plantable pots and transplant it while it is still very small--just an inch or two tall. It really isn't crazy about being transplanted, but usually will tolerate it as long as you plant before it gets too big.
Watermelon and cantaloupe can be either direct-sown or raised as seedlings and transplanted using plantable pots. They also are not crazy about being transplanted. Most people who start them inside start them too early and then the plants are getting too big to stay indoors and have to be put into the ground while it is still too early for them, so don't get in a big hurry for these two because they need warm soil. Peas and beans can be started inside, but also do just fine when direct-sown. With both of them, you can presprout them using the baggie/coffee filter method and put the sprouts right into the ground, or you can raise them in plantable pots. I start peas inside but put them into the ground while they still are very small.
As for all those tomato plants....I probably will put only 150 plants or so into the ground, and a lot of those will be paste tomatoes for salsa-making. I raise plenty of extra ones and have them for back-up in the early weeks in case of wicked weather. When it is time for the Spring Fling, I take my extras and back-ups to the fling and give them away. I also give plants to friends, neighbors, family members, etc. People generally do not turn down an offer of free tomato plants. We can a lot. I hope to make 100-120 jars of Annie's Salsa this year and that takes a lot of tomatoes. We eat a lot, preserve a lot and give away a lot.
Dorothy, I hope to have a heated germination bench by next year. This year I have started everything indoors so far, but now that the greenhouse is finished and operational, I'd likely start the next round of seeds out there. I hope to move the tomato plants from the light shelf to the greenhouse on Sunday after we get through the next two cold nights.
We are having fun with the greenhouse, which the cats happen to think is a cat resort/spa where they can curl up and sleep all nice and warm and protected from the wind. The only drawback so far is that once I'm in the nice, warm greenhouse, it is hard for me to force myself to go back outside into the cold wind.


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PGA Tour win No. 72 might be one of the sweetest for Tiger Woods in his career. After going 30 months without a PGA Tour win and 28 months without any official victory, the former world No. 1 jumped back into the top 10 in the world rankings.
The next time we'll see Woods on a golf course will be at the Masters. So what can we expect from him in the year's first major? Our experts analyze all that and more in our latest edition of Monday Four-Ball.
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Farrell Evans, ESPN.com senior golf writer: Tiger is solidly behind Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald.
Bob Harig, ESPN.com senior golf writer: Win or lose Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, he was going to be right there with Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald and anyone else you'd want to put up there. Even at less than his best, Woods was tied for fourth the past two years. And he hasn't been worse than sixth since his last victory in 2005.
Kevin Maguire, ESPN.com senior golf editor: Let's not get carried away here. He'll be listed as the betting favorite, but that's mainly because people bet more money on Tiger than on any other player. He's definitely on the short list of likely winners, but let's not forget the likes of Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald and the other top golfers in the world just because Tiger won this week. Ah, the short memories we have.
2. What part of Tiger's game excelled the most at the Arnold Palmer Invitational for him to get his first official win since November 2009?
Collins: He made the par putts coming down the stretch Sunday that he had been missing in the past. He said his biggest shot Sunday was the par save on 15. I say the way he turned a 75 into a 71 on Saturday was the telling sign.
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Evans: Tiger played well from tee to green. We've placed so much emphasis on his putting, but he drove the ball well and hit a lot of greens this week. We forgot that he's not supposed to be a very good putter.
Harig: His long game. Both his driving and long irons. He dominated the par-5s, going 12 under par on those holes. He finished 13 under par for the tournament and led the field in greens hit in regulation.
Maguire: His putting. Woods drained long, clutch putts all day long in the final round. Some were for birdie, but the more important ones were clutch par savers.
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Evans: He's struggling to fade the ball into right pins and still has the occasional wild shot off the tee. Also, his distance control is inconsistent, a point he makes often since he has added distance.
Harig: His wedges. For some reason, Woods is struggling to hit the ball close from inside 130 yards. Too many times, he hits it 40 feet from the pin when he has the scoring clubs in his hands. He is still having issues with distance control.
Maguire: His chipping. Woods made a few very pedestrian bump and runs Sunday that were saved only by that great putting. Those chips that rolled 10 feet by at Bay Hill might not even stay on the green at Augusta National.
4. True or false: Tiger's back. (And by back we mean he's going to be winning multiple tournaments and maybe a major this year.)
Collins: True. He'll win four to six times this year, including the Masters.
Evans: Tiger was never gone, really. His competitors are just better than they were in his best years. He'll win, but not in big chunks the way he once did.
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Harig: True. Woods has been close to winning for several months. There's no reason to think he can't win a couple of times this year, including a major championship. Is he going to dominate and win six or eight times? That is unlikely. But Woods is going to win tournaments.
Maguire: True, but he's not 2000/2001 back. That guy won't ever show up again. Could I foresee wins at courses that suit Tiger, such as Augusta, Quail Hollow and Memorial? Sure, but don't expect a nine-win season or anything like that.
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Bill Van Erp, who has managed Gensler's library at the firm's San Francisco headquarters for 25 years, agrees. "Catalogs used to have all the power, and we'd do all of our research in print magazines and newspapers. Now, catalogs are out, and it's all about the samples."
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So how does one store a growing collection of samples? Naturally, some firms have resources to support large, full-service libraries. Gensler, for instance, has eight full-time librarians in its company. "Arthur [Gensler] has always been very supportive of the libraries, so we have thousands upon thousands of samples," says Van Erp, who has a master's degree in library science. For firms who may not have the resources of the world's largest architecture office, he suggests streamlining to fit the design's focus. "Many firms have a certain vocabulary, which should eliminate a lot of products. Regional practices will obviously only use certain, local products."
Macneal manages the library at KieranTimberlake, but, like most librarians at small- and medium-sized firms, he spends only a fraction of his time with the library itself. (As an associate architect, he also does technical review on design projects.) "Everyone is involved with different projects, so we need a system that is as simple to maintain as possible. We're starting to put barcodes on samples. This will bring up information, like who made it, where it comes from, its properties, and contact information." But, Macneal cautions, "We want to keep any labels to a minimum, so they don't get in the way of the material itself."
Maintaining a successful library is not for the organizationally faint of heart, and it usually takes someone who relishes the idea of opening a spreadsheet. Naree Phinyawatana, who developed an interest in materials while she was pursuing her doctorate at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, initiated a library project when she arrived in 2006 at Atelier Ten in New York. "I've made a spreadsheet with properties and contact information and information about sustainability. We keep track of recycled content and where things are sourced. I have also included LEED points, which helps a lot during the LEED certification process." Another useful tool, according to Macneal, is CES Selector software (grantadesign.com), which helps compare products.
Actual samples are replacing catalogs in product libraries as manufacturers put more product information online. At KierenTimberlake, Chris Macneal looks at new materials being used in other industries. "There's a lot of development with fibers, fabrics, and nanotechnology in the apparel industry, which has interesting promise in expanding the functional repertoire of materials in architecture."
Libraries support sustainability. For Van Erp, it comes down to a simple concept: "Keep the library free of the nasty stuff." At KieranTimberlake, Macneal says, "There are different ways of looking at materials and products, such as embodied energy and carbon footprints," he explains. "It's important to remember how the products are made, how they're used, and what becomes of them in their afterlife. For architectural firms," he says, "it comes down to setting some relative values and allowing that to guide the way we evaluate and choose materials."
Without a steady flow of new samples, libraries grow stagnant. Macneal recommends subscribing to the online materials database at Material Connexion (materialconnexion.com). He also watches innovations in other fields: "The automotive industry is doing a lot of work with composite materials. So as building moves away from heavier metal-based construction, these can be quite useful."
At Atelier Ten, Phinyawatana pays close attention to sustainable products. "We have about 1,200 products in our database and over 100 samples in the office, including tiles made with compressed recycled paper and recycled denim insulation." For new products, "one of the best resources is feedback from construction managers and suggestions from the manufacturers themselves," she says.
"We have to be involved with the producers of materials and products," says Macneal, pointing out that "by doing this, we can look at the design issue, define certain parameters, and then work with the producers and their material scientists in a productive, collaborative way." Gensler's Van Erp agrees that manufacturers can be allies. "These people have been around a lot, and they know their stuff. At Gensler, we maintain a big database to keep track of who's who at these other companies. Make sure you keep track of personal contacts at the manufacturers. You wind up getting much better attention that way."
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CRANBERRY TWP. – A brazen sandwich thief assists in his own arrest at a Venango County convenience store.
It happened on Saturday when Meadville resident Steven Whitlock announced to a fully uniformed officer that he was about to steal a sub from the Cranberry Sheetz.
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October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Cancer is one of the major causes of death in the world (particularly the developed world), with around 11 million people diagnosed and around 7 million people dying each year. The World Health Organisation predicts that current trends show around 9 million will die in 2015, with the number rising to 11.5 million in 2030. Cancer is the focus of much medical research, but perhaps surprisingly, mathematical research is also playing its part. Mathematician Mark Chaplain and an interdisciplinary team at the University of Dundee, have been awarded 1.7 million euros to develop a virtual model of cancer growth and spread. Labels: Health and medicine, Latest news posted by Plus @ 2:03 PM 0 Comments: |
October 22, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Maths student poster competition just launched!If you're a maths student and feel like enthusing the next generation with your favourite bit of maths, then why not take part in the Further Mathematics Support Programme (FMSP) and Rolls–Royce plc third national poster competition. Undergraduate or PGCE mathematics students are invited to design a poster, individually or as a group, which conveys the essence of a mathematical topic that has been covered at university by the designer(s). The poster should be targeted at school and college students studying AS or A level mathematics. Two winners will be chosen and receive £100 each, and their designs will be printed and sent out to over 2000 schools and colleges. The closing date is the 31st of March 2010. See the FMSP website for previous winners. If this sounds interesting, then here are the rules. The poster should be mathematically accurate, attractively laid out, capable of enriching a course in AS or A level mathematics, and likely to attract school/college students to take mathematics (or mathematics-related subjects) at university. You can design your poster in any readily available software. Ideally, the page layout should be set to 59.4cm × 42.0cm, using either landscape or portrait format. The university's logo should appear in the top left corner and there should be a space 7cm high x 5cm wide in the top right corner for the FMSP logo. The bottom 2cm of the poster should be left blank. All images should be at least 300dpi. Entries, as well as any questions about the competition, should be emailed to Richard Browne at email@example.com. The email must include the name(s) and full contact details of the designer(s). The poster design should be attached to the e-mail, in the form of an editable file. The FMSP reserves the right to edit the winning designs before printing. Happy designing! posted by Plus @ 9:45 AM 0 Comments: |
October 21, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The idea that economics is all about the markets has been challenged by this year's award of the Nobel Prize in Economics. One half of the prize has gone to the political scientist Elinor Ostrom for showing that natural resources, like fish stocks or woodlands, can be commonly owned and still managed successfully. The other half of the prize has been awarded to the economist Oliver E. Williamson for demonstrating that the internal structures of firms and companies can be better at resolving conflicts than the open market. The award of the prize shows that economic theory can shed light not just on hard business transactions, but also on other forms of social organisation. Labels: Latest news posted by Plus @ 1:26 PM 0 Comments: |
October 21, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Michael Green replaces Stephen Hawking in Lucasian chairCongratulations to Michael Green who has been elected the 18th holder of the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, one of the most prestigious academic positions in the mathematical sciences. Isaac Newton was the second person to hold it in the 17th century, and he has been succeeded by mathematical giants including Charles Babbage, father of computer science, the theoretical physicist Paul Dirac, and of course Stephen Hawking, who has been holding the chair since 1979. Hawking stepped down from the professorship in the year of his 67th birthday, as university statutes require. Michael Green is one of the founders of string theory, which he pioneered from the early seventies onwards. Apart from original research in the area, his contributions include the a textbook co-authored with Edward Witten and John Schwarz, which for many years remained the only string theory text book around. Peter Haynes, Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge, said: "Michael Green has played a leading role in theoretical physics research in the department since 1993. He is internationally known as a pioneer in string theory which over the last 20 years has become one of the most important and active areas of the field. In the department he continues to make important advances in this topic and at the same time to support and inspire young researchers. His appointment as Lucasian Professor continues the very distinguished tradition of that post." You can read more in the Plus articles:
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October 15, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Plus was brought to you by lightThis year's Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to three scientists for developing the technology that makes Plus possible. Charles K. Kao has received one half of the prize for developing the optical fibres that transmit information throughout the world. The other half of the prize is shared by Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for developing the digital camera's electronic eye, known as the CCD sensor. Information is transmitted over the internet using light. A flashing laser beam is directed through optical fibres, with the flashes encoding the 0s and 1s that make up digital information. This process works because when the light beam hits the glass walls of the fibre, it bounces off and is moved forward. Optical fibres had been used even before the invention of the laser, for example by doctors to look into people's stomachs, but they were only capable of transmitting information over very short distances, as the light quickly leaked away when travelling through the fibre. When Charles Kao started working in the field in the 1960s, his aim was to improve the technology so that all of 1% of light would arrive at the end of a 1km long cable. Today, due to Kao's work and the generation of scientists he inspired, this number has increased to 95%! As a result, the network of optical glass fibres that spans the Earth today is over 1 billion km long. If you wrapped that length around the Earth, you would span it more than 25 000 times. Light also plays an important role in the work of the other two prize recipients. Boyle and Smith were trying to develop larger memory capacity for computers, when they realised that Albert Einstein's photoelectric effect could be put to good use. According to this effect, electrons can be "knocked about" using light. Boyle and Smith realised that by knocking electrons out of light sensitive cells sitting in a silicone plate, they could transform an optical image into electric signals, which in turn could be turned into digital information. By 1975 Boyle and Smith had used their invention to construct a digital video camera which was good enough to manage TV broadcasts. In 1995, the first ever fully functioning digital camera was produced, and the rest is history. And although the CCD sensor has recently been challenged by another piece of technology, the complementary metal oxide semiconductor, bets are still on as to which of the two will rule the future. For more information, visit the Nobel Prize website. posted by Plus @ 9:00 AM 0 Comments: |
October 15, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Ice-free Arctic within 20 yearsA leading polar researcher has warned that the Arctic may be ice-free during the summer in 20 years' time, with most of the thinning of the ice taking place over the next 10 years. Professor Peter Wadhams of the Polar Ocean Physics Group at the University of Cambridge was speaking at a meeting which announced the results of the Catlin Arctic Survey, an expedition to the Arctic which took place earlier this year with the aim of measuring ice thickness. The polar explorers, led by Pen Hadow, found that ice floes were on average only 1.8m thick. Once the ridges between ice floes are included, the average thickness rises to 4.8m, but the results are still worrying. "The Catlin Arctic Survey data supports the new consensus view - based on seasonal variation of ice extent and thickness, changes in temperatures, winds and especially ice composition - that the Arctic will be ice-free in summer within about 20 years, and that much of the decrease will be happening within 10 years," Wadhams told the BBC. The exact impact of an ice-free Arctic on the global climate system is unknown, but scientists know that the lack of ice may accelerate global warming, as less sunlight is reflected back into space, slow down the gulf stream, which is responsible for the relatively mild climate in North-Western Europe, and dramatically change the marine eco-system. Earlier this year Plus collaborated with Arctic Survey Education to produce a set of teaching resources exploring the science behind the survey. The resources look at climate and sea ice models, GPS and cartography, how to predict future climate trends, and how to present statistical evidence. To find out more about maths and the Arctic, read the Plus article Maths and climate change: The melting Arctic, which is based on an interview with Peter Wadhams. You can find out more about Wadhams's latest announcement on the BBC website. posted by Plus @ 9:00 AM 0 Comments: |


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For more information, contact Jason Turner of the Jefferson City Fire Department, (573-634-6407).
Date Posted: October 27, 2008
Opening Burning Season is NOW CLOSED
With the nice fall weather here the Jefferson City Fire Department would like to remind residents of Jefferson City that open burning of leaves, grass clippings, vegetation grown on property is permitted from November 15 through March 15 during daylight hours only. Fire Department personnel have been working with neighborhoods educating residents of the new ordinance just adopted in June 2006. Violators of the ordinance are subject to citations for the violations.
During the open burning calendar time the Jefferson City Fire Dept. would like to remind citizens of some simple safety issues. All fires should be supervised by an adult who is present during the burning. A garden hose, fire extinguisher or other means of controlling the fire should be present at the fire in case a problem develops. Burning in a barrel is highly recommended. Avoid burning on windy days.
Do not burn in the street or cub lines of the street. It is recommended that all fires be in small piles to prevent large amounts of smoke, 10-15 feet from property lines, structures and power lines.
Smoke from fires may not be welcomed by your neighbors. A complaint on open burning fire can lead to the extinguishment of the fire by the Fire Department.
Violators of the ordinance are subject to citations for the violations.
The Jefferson City Fire Department would like for citizens of Jefferson City to utilize the compost facilities at 2606 W. Edgewood and 2229 Christy Drive. The waste that will be accepted is: limbs 8" diameter or less and in 4' or less lengths, grass clippings, leaves, wood chips, and flocked Christmas trees.