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Poll: Most Fashionable Finalist
by Sara Levine in Food Network Star, June 7, 2012Food Network Star isn't usually much of a fashion show — in fact, finalists often sport chef's jackets or aprons over their own attire. But this season, we've got three stylish mentors, two sharp-dressed judges and many finalists with unique fashion POVs. During the Fashion Week episode, the styles of Star were even more evident.
Of the remaining 11 finalists, who's the most fashionable?
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Honestly, I haven't really paid much attention to what the contestants are wearing, so I think I will pick Ippy simply because my husband likes Hawaiian shirts and bloggers have commented on Ippy's shirts. Now can we get back to discussing the food?
Perhaps the blog administrator is going to block this entry as entries on the previous thread were blocked, but I'll try one more time. I don't care about the fashions of the judges, the coaches or the contestants. If I did I'd watch Project Runway which I don't. I want a FN star to be able to cook well and share their knowledge in an engaging way without gimmicks, and certainly without shouting.
Now if this opinion is considered too offensive by the administarator to post, then this network has more problems than how their contestants look.
Yeah!!! We both managed to get a post in!
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I havent paid much attention either. I watch to see a cooking competition, not a fashion show.
I don't really pay much attention to fashion, and the cooking is the real reason I watch the show. I've never noticed what the contestants are wearing. That said, however, I must admit that I think Martita has a very pretty smile.
I agree. I watch for the cooking.
A nice smile is always a good thing, but I dont watch for the fashion.
For me, fashion-wise or looks-wise, its much more about *not* being a turn-OFF. A sweatshirt and tattoos doesnt do it for me. Neither does a voice that sounds like you smoke 2 packs a day.-
Oh my Food Fan, don't come to my house in winter!!! I smile but I also wear sweats (top and bottom) because it cold!!! Glad I have that elephant tattoo where only my husband can see it! As for smoking?? Yes I do, but not 2 packs a day, only 1/2 pack. If I were on TV, however, I would be sure my sweats were "presentable". Seriously, I think the net execs would provide appropriate attire for their new star. As for the hair someone mentioned...when I cook mine is always pulled back. Nothing worse than serving a guest food with hair in it, to me it's just gross! I have sent food back at restaurants that had a hair in it.
Sweats are OK. Yer not cooking on TV in them.
You have every right to smoke if ya want. Im trusting that if you had yer own show you wouldn't *sound* like you smoke 2 packs a day.
As for the exec's providing attire, nothing wrong with that, its good. I wasnt aware they did...for example, early-on when I saw Michelle in Jeans how she was dressed, i figured it was her own stuff she brought with her. Quite a few posted about it earlier and wouldnt have thought that an exec did it. But I dont know.
I think most of us are likely more casual at home than we might be on TV in front of an audience of thousands. (That doesnt mean guys should wear a Tux to cook, either (grin). Im not the fashion police. I dont pay that much attention to it and its not a main reason I watch. Not wild about any "street" or tough look. Casual but clean is fine. Melissa dresses nice on TV. (that doesnt mean no one else does, but she's a nice example) IMO.-
I think I should clarify: the stars that have their own show, you'll notice in the credits-wardrobe provided by....yes Melissa does dress nicely. I think, not sure, this competition is bring your own clothes (Michele and Justin are examples). I also don't mind casual, but please make it tasteful. I am a product of the 50s. We had a huge protest in high school to allow girls to wear pants and shorts to school!!! One day our class got together and ALL the girsl wore pants...what a hoot we had when the dean of students couldn't sent the entire female student body home for violating the dress code!!!! Times have changed. Casual is more in. I think that's why I like Enily, she reminds me of "the good old days". Enough said.
This is relevant how???
Anyone picking Emily for most fashionable is a borderline retârd. That "style" is way played out here in the west coast AND in New York. It was cool like 5 years ago when all the thrift store hipsters were doing it.
I don't like Malcolm's chances in the competition but he was the best dressed and the one that looked like he belonged in that setting more than the rest. Followed by Yvan and Martita.
It's not necessarily about what's "IN".....it's about being unique and comfortable. Your opinion is also worthless because of the juvenile terminology and name calling you use. Grow up!!
Maybe you should check out what really is in fashion. Emily is right on track. This is coming from someone in the fashion biz.
Is Giada 12 years old? Staring down contestants, pulling faces on the sidelines?
I am not sure I like this new format.
And what the heck does fashion have to do with this contest?
Ippy all the way. Maybe it is time for a laid back person for FN. Not everyone is in your face (and getting really old too) like Guy F or Rachael R. Ippy is the real deal.
I think what is going to happen to him is what happened to Kelsey. "You are too up" "You aren't up enough" "You are gone".
I don't get this at all.
I can relate to what you have said. I have been disappointed in Giada.....
I don't know that I have a favorite at this point....
Martita may be very pretty but she is going to be another giada and show her boobs insted of being down to earth and cook for us. michele is down to earth as is martie. We need another Paula or Guy type cook to watch. Not fancy clothes and skin. Malcom I think could give us some good down home soul food also. kathy
yeah, don't put anyone on with boobs. put only ugly people on food network, that way it makes the food look better. that's why denny's hires ugly waitresses...they make the food actually LOOK good!
NO. We don't need another Paula, They're trying that with The Pioneer Woman and Trisha Yearwood. I KNOW how to cook down home. That's where I live. We don't need Martita, because we have Mexican Made Easy. before that we had Ingrid Hoffman. Before that we had some chick named Daisy. Give us something new and exciting! Where is the new "East meets West". No more Down Home shows and NO MORE Hispanic cooking shows!
So...who would you like to see?
If you already know how to cook down home, then yer ahead of some others.
Personally, I like the Pioneer Woman's show even better than Paula's.
One thing I wonder about is: If Giada does all the Italian Cooking, and if we already have a Mexican food show, then why does FN keep having down mexican, and down-home contestants if its all locked up by someone else and they have no chance of winning...or do they?
I like food and fashion. And, this is about "entertainment" (ratings). So really how can they be divided? In the End we will see what gets Voted In!
The best dressed in no particular order were: Yvan, Malcolm, Martita, Linkie, Martie....the most ridiculously dressed were Emily, Justin, Eric & Michele. Michele also wore men's clothing which was odd.
Oh and Ippy didn't even bother to dress nice. Looked like he wore whatever was at the bottom of his hamper lol.
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Posted by Algebra Parent on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 7:20pm.
the first one is wrong
25x^2+25x+6=0 factors to
(5x+2)(5x+3) = 0
so x = -2/5 or x = -3/5
in the second one
V=1/3Bh multiply both sides by 3
3V = Bh now divide both sides by h
3V/h = B
no for the third one, sorry 3 strikes!
most students appear to be taught the
y = mx + b method
so slope = m = 9/9 = 1
so y = x + b
sub in one of the points, say (5,6)
6 = 5 + b
b = 1
so the equation is y = x + 1 or
x - y = -1
(test the two given points, they both work. They don't work in your equation)
#3 He has the m=9/9 slope
the 6 and 5 are written m=6-(-3)/5-(-4), so he has a - sign where there should be a plus sign? He must be using the wrong formula, because at the beginning he has m=y2-y1/x2-x1. The numbers 2&1 are below the y and x. Hehas used the formula y=mx+b before.
the slope is indeed 9/9 which is 1
so m=1
the calculations for slope are correct, I don't like the way you typed them.
You have to use brackets to control the proper order of operation, so your
m=6-(-3)/5-(-4) should be written as
m=(6-(-3)) / (5-(-4))
m = (6+3) / (5+4) because 6 - (-3) = 6 + (3)
m = 9/9
m =1
m=y2-y1/x2-x1 is simply the formula used to find slope if you are given two points.
it means take (the y of the second point - the y of the first point), then divide it by (the x of the second point - the x of the first point)
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US policymakers must act against China
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PUBLISHED: 26 May 2012 00:02:25 | UPDATED: 27 Jul 2012 12:05:30PUBLISHED: 26 May 2012 PRINT EDITION: 26 May 2012Jacquie Hayes
Private entrée to events such as the NSW Art Gallery's Archibald Exhibition. these have long been among the relationship-building "perks" private banks offer wealthy clients. Photo: Domino Postiglione
Exclusivity is something I unashamedly enjoy. Having the opportunity to mix with smart people, visit extraordinary places or have rarefied experiences is something I have always been grateful for.
My highlight to date has been a private tour, after closing time, of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel.
I still find it hard to believe my family and I were allowed to wander those rooms, witness those wonders and spend time in silence with Michelangelo's vast work with no one but our guide and a Vatican guard.
Sydney's a far cry from Rome, but I'm still looking forward to flying there on Friday to join private banking clients for a private, after-hours tour of the NSW Art Gallery's Archibald Exhibition.
Over drinks and canapés, those present will also meet this year's winner of Australia's most famous art prize for portraiture, Tim Storrier.
Entrée to events such as these has long been among the relationship-building "perks" that private banks have offered their high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients.
The Vatican is unlikely to ever come into the mix. Still, Credit Suisse hosts a bunch of clients in its homeland each February to drink "champagne on ice with the rich and beautiful" at a horse race run on a frozen lake in the snow-capped mountains of St Moritz.
UBS, meanwhile, opens doors at global Formula One events, and this year offered locals a lift to the track in a helicopter, or the chance to ride around it on a bike.
Egos aside, the sole purpose of a private bank must be to make you permanently wealthy. Some private bank clients, however, may be feeling less than rich these days given the way financial markets have behaved.
In the past, they may have enjoyed their bankers' international reach, their access to products and markets not otherwise available, and their ability to transact quickly and efficiently on their behalf.
But with markets teetering on the brink of an extreme event in Europe, and trust in our financial service professionals at a low because of how they so spectacularly missed the last rout, one wonders how they can help us this time. Everyone wants to be in cash, anyway.
There are 237,000 people for whom private banking is a relevant service. What can their bankers do for them now? Not enough, if the latest research is anything to go by. I found this out while speaking to Andrew Inwood, whose company, CoreData, has tracked private bank offerings and client satisfaction for more than a decade.
He draws his intelligence from a database of 17,400 wealthy individuals, each of whom has assets worth more than $1 million outside of superannuation and the family home. From time to time, those people take part in a "mystery shopping" exercise to "try on" various private banks' offerings for fit and relevance. They then report back on how the process went in terms of satisfaction at how the bank "acquired" the customer then got them to stay.
A real change in the post-GFC world, says Inwood, is that the number of satisfied private bank customers is falling dramatically.
"In a market like this, in the fifth year of recession, the utility offering of the private bank diminishes," he says. "Until the GFC it was, 'Just get me into the opportunity.' Now it's, 'How much does the service cost and what does it do?'."
The main value-add from a private bank today should be faster access to better products and services and more attention, but the reality is that that's not always being delivered.
Most people who become rich do so because they work hard, are well educated and tend to make decisions based on data. They don't easily pass on control and, if they're making decisions, they're really thinking about what's going on.
"It's really critical banks can offer utility in that way," Inwood says. The fact they're not means no one private bank among the 22 in Australia is owning the space. "This whole market's really open at the moment. There is no dominant player."
The lines of difference are more obvious in retail banking. NAB, for example, is known to be the cheapest, Commonwealth and Westpac are fighting it out as the safest, and ANZ's trying really hard to say, "We live in your world," but no one really believes them. Ask private banks what they stand for and they can't answer, Inwood says.
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"Once they join us, they never leave," said the head of one ultra-high-net-worth division over lunch the other week. The reality is, though, that their clients' new money may be going elsewhere. Really smart customers have multiple private banks and will cherry-pick the facilities they need from the best offering.
A relationship with any banker must be based on trust formed in the concept of competence. The next test should look at how much his or her interest is aligned with yours. This has been difficult, given the churn among senior leadership teams in many private banks in recent years. The most persistent complaint from top mass affluent clients is that their private banker changes so frequently.
In weighing up whether your banker is showing you enough love, ask yourself how interested they are in you and what they have shown you lately to actually help you. Most telling, of course, will be how you've done over the past couple of years.
Perhaps those who attend Friday's Archibald function can draw inspiration from Storrier's depiction of himself in his winning work. The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch), he says, represents the idea of a dilemma for a figure "making a decision between right and wrong". Good luck with that.
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CBOE Futures Exchange plans to expand CBOE Volatility Index futures trading hours (currently 7:00 to 15:15) in two phases, beginning in May 2013. The first phase of expanded trading hours is designed to meet demand from US customers for a post-settlement trading period. The second phase will allow European-based customers to trade VIX futures during their local trading hours. The changes are subject to regulatory review.
ICE establish ICE Trade Vault Europe
IntercontinentalExchange has applied to ESMA to establish ICE Trade Vault Europe as a trade repository for the reporting of swaps and futures trade data to meet requirements of EMIR. ICE Trade Vault Europe plans to serve the commodities, credit, interest rate and foreign exchange asset classes. The launch of ICE Trade Vault Europe is subject to approval by ESMA.
ISE introduces ISE Gemini
In the second quarter of 2013, the International Securities Exchange will launch ISE Gemini, the brand name of its new options exchange. It will represent a complementary options platform that will stand "side-by-side" with ISE's existing options exchange. ISE Gemini will also use the exchange's existing technology backbone and established member connectivity.
Korea Exchange to allow US treasuries as margin instruments for derivatives market
Beginning from 18 March 2013, KRX will add US treasury bills, notes and bonds to its margin instruments in the derivatives market. Currently, KRX only allows cash, substitute securities and certain foreign currencies for margin deposits. Considering future market demands, KRX plans to diversify the scope to other government bonds.
NASDAQ OMX to launch Market Quality Program for ETFs
The NASDAQ OMX Group will launch a Market Quality Program (MQP) for ETFs in the second quarter of 2013. Recognizing a need for liquidity in ETFs, NASDAQ OMX designed the MQP to broaden the pool of ETF liquidity providers, encourage competitive trading and enhance the quality of the markets in ETFs by tightening quote spreads, increasing depth of liquidity and reducing execution costs for investors. This program has been approved by US SEC on a pilot basis.
NASDAQ OMX enhances UltraFeed
The NASDAQ OMX Group has enhanced UltraFeed to include US equity market depth data from NASDAQ, NYSE Euronext, Direct Edge and BATS exchanges. UltraFeed is a data feed that aggregates all North American equity, options, futures, mutual funds, index and bond data in a normalized message format.
NASDAQ OMX Commodities introduces block trade facility
On 29 April 2013, NASDAQ OMX Commodities introduced a new facility for entering into block trades, the Block Trade Facility. It permits NASDAQ to designate any of the contracts listed for trading as eligible for block trading. Provided certain conditions relating to size, aggregation and price are met, trading members may transact in Block Trade Contracts away from the ETS. Block trades nevertheless remain subject to the Trading Rules and must be reported within a set time limit.
NYSE Euronext to team upon governance, risk and compliance services
NYSE Euronext, Corpedia, Corporate Board Member and Marsh have entered into a strategic alliance to provide directors and officers with enhanced governance, risk and compliance resources. The alliance combines Corpedia's expertise in governance, risk and compliance education and advisory services, and Corporate Board Member's expertise in providing senior officers and directors with governance and compliance resources. Together, they will provide directors and officers with advisory services and resources they need to make informed decisions on compliance-related trends and issues.
NYSE Euronext Lisbon to attract SMEs to Alternext
NYSE Euronext Lisbon, the Portuguese Stock Exchange, has recently signed a protocol of cooperation and partnership with NERLEI-Associação Empresarial da Região de Leiria (Entrepreneurial Association of the Leiria Region) aiming to draw new companies to the Exchange, and especially to Alternext, the market dedicated to small- and medium-sized companies. This protocol will enable NYSE Euronext Lisbon to identify the NERLEI members interested in the capital markets, while the Association will present the Exchange as an alternative financing source.
Nigerian Bourse introduces designated advisers for SME companies
The Nigerian Stock Exchange, to promote SME companies listed on the Alternative Securities Market (the ASeM Board), introduced designated advisers. They will ensure that each company comply with all the listing and post-listing requirements of the ASeM Board.
Shanghai Stock Exchange boosts assets securitization
The Shanghai Stock Exchange has decided to provide transfer service for asset-backed securities, which would be temporarily exempted from the fee related to their listing, in a bid to regulate the transfer of asset-backed securities and propel the growth of the assets securitization business.
Stock Exchange of Thailand encourages firms to produce CSR reports
The Corporate Social Responsibility Institute, under the Stock Exchange of Thailand Group, is committed to encourage Thai listed companies to develop and operate businesses with social responsibility. To this end, a program called "Enhancing Thai listed firms' CSR report development," has been created and organized by CSRI.
TAIFEX announces new fee schedule
On 1 April 2013, TAIFEX cut the transaction tax for index futures by half from 0.004% to 0.002%. In addition, to further reduce transaction cost for participants, TAIFEX lowered trading and clearing fees of seven stock index futures, as well as access/connection fees for trading participants.
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange revises price monitoring mechanism parameters
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange has revised the parameters governing activation of the price monitoring system on individual securities, as well as the shortening of the extensions for opening or closing auctions triggered by TASE mechanisms to check market-wide volatility or extraordinary price movements of individual securities.


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Dog of the week for June 9th
Chunks(A22778302) is an 8-month-old, neutered, Pit Bull who is a roly-poly butterball. He enjoys squeaky toys, will sit for treats, is a cuddle-bug and walks nicely on a leash (for his age).
To meet Chunks or any of the other wonderful pets at the LA/SPCA, come to 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. (Algiers), 10-4, Mon.-Sat. & 12-4 Sun., visit la-spca.org or call 368-5191.


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slowly but surely, i add little by little to give Hax Nuit a run down look
Hax Nuit has become my stress reliever project – there's no deadline and no one to impress, it's just an easy creative outlet (3D doodling)
i haven't done much in OpenSim for the last several months so it was nice to spend almost two hours messing with ideas
the first idea was a ground level fog but that looked really dumpy. i made a "fog" texture and placed it in an animated prim and duped it a few times with varying speeds but
it was ick =(
i actually tested it out first with Sim-on-a-Stick on that alien world space base workstage freebie dealio (the free OAR | the OAR in Kitely). it didn't look too bad there (especially with glow, then it was a little out-of-this-worldly) but when i tried it in Hax Nuit, it was pretty craptacular! (plus it could mess up the underground labyrinth when you try to cam)
so i then settled for a three old Chinese newspapers and scattered them around Hax Nuit (free to visit in Kitely)
sometimes it's really therapeutic to unplug and veg out on something you can't mess up (or mean to intentionally mess up!) =)


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Costa Rica is a nation on the isthmus of Central America; it is about 19,730 square miles in size, roughly as large as West Virginia or Denmark. Located in the tropics between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, it shares a border with Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south.
Geography and Climate
Costa Rica is marked by considerable geographic diversity, due in part to its mountainous terrain and its location between two large bodies of water. A series of mountain ranges or "cordilleras" running northwest to southeast divide the two coastal plains. The Pacific coast tends to be narrow and rocky, while the Caribbean coast is flatter and wider with more coastal wetlands.
Because Costa Rica is part of the Ring of Fire – a region of intense seismic activity that encircles the Pacific Ocean – earthquakes are not uncommon, and the country has several active volcanoes. A number of large rivers flow from the mountains; some drain into the ocean while others cross the northern border and drain into Lake Nicaragua.
Like most tropical countries, Costa Rica has two seasons: wet and dry. The dry season begins in December and lasts until April; May through November are, in most areas, the rainiest months. In general, the Caribbean coast is warmer and more humid than the Pacific. Throughout most of the country, temperatures are mild and very stable, varying little from month to month.
The country is known for its rich ecological variety, and about one-quarter of Costa Rica – including rain forests, marine parks and wetlands – has been set aside as protected lands. By some estimates, about five percent of the planet's biodiversity is found here. This progressive program of environmental protection has made Costa Rica a magnet for wildlife researchers and eco-tourists.
Costa Rica's first inhabitants were Mesoamericans; their population is estimated to have been roughly 400,000 at the time Christopher Columbus visited Costa Rica in 1502. In later years, the indigenous population shrunk to less than 10,000 due to disease, poverty and slavery. Though it was administered by Spain through the regional capital in Guatemala City, the colony had little wealth to export and few natives to work as laborers. Costa Rica never gained the prosperity that colonies like Mexico and Guatemala enjoyed.
In 1821, Costa Rica joined other Central American colonies in declaring independence from Spanish rule, and it became a state in the Federal Republic of Central America. In 1838, Costa Rica declared its sovereignty and withdrew; the Federated Republic disbanded soon thereafter. Unlike other Central American nations, Costa Rica never experienced significant periods of revolt or civil unrest – in fact, the Nicoya-Guanacaste region seceded from Nicaragua to join its less-turbulent neighbor in 1824.
William Walker, an American soldier of fortune, landed in Nicaragua in 1856 attempting to conquer Central America and take advantage of its agricultural wealth, including the region's now-famous coffee crop. Walker marched into Costa Rica but was repelled by a hastily-organized militia. Coffee continued to define much of Costa Rica's early history; coffee barons wielded considerable control over the government, but there were many reforms to check their influence and the nation entered the 20th century with a stable government.
In 1948, a brief 44-day civil war broke out between conservative forces and the working class, who were joined by the Catholic Church. When peace was restored, José Figueres Ferrer emerged as leader; he quickly instituted many reforms, including voting rights for women and minorities, taxes on the wealthy, and – perhaps most remarkably – eliminating the military, labeling it a threat to true democracy. The nation has, as a democratic republic, enjoyed an unusual degree of prosperity and stability ever since.
Costa Rica Today
San Jose is Costa Rica's capital and largest city; located in the central highlands, its population is about 2 million. The country's agricultural wealth, its well-educated population, and its central location to North and South America trade markets are its chief economic resources. In 2009, CAFTA-DR (the U.S.-Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement) entered into force in Costa Rica. International corporations like Intel, Proctor and Gamble and Bayer have established major manufacturing and administrative centers there. It is a major tourist destination, and a growing community of retirees now call Costa Rica home.
Despite these economic investments, there are some concerns that crime is rising in Costa Rica, and the nation's infrastructure of roads, dams and wastewater treatment facilities is in need of some updating. Electrical blackouts affected much of the country in 2007 as a result of unusually low rainfall, which limited hydroelectric power.
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About.com Central America: Costa Rica Manuel Antonio [5]
About.com Central America: Costa Rica Tamarindo Beach [6]
About.com Central America: Costa Rica Jaco Beach [7]
About.com Central America: Costa Rica Santa Elena and Monteverde [8]
About.com Central America: Costa Rica Pictures [9]
About.com Central America: Costa Rica Safety [10]
About.com Central America: San Jose [11]
About.com Central America: Costa Rica National Parks [12]
About.com Central America: Costa Rica Backpacking [13]
About.com Central America: Top Backpacking Destinations [14]
About.com Central America: Central America Surfing [15]
About.com Geography: Costa Rica Geography and Maps [16]
About.com Geography: Ring of Fire [17]
U.S. Department of State: Background Note: Costa Rica [18]
U.S. Department of State: Map of Costa Rica [19]
Central Intelligence Agency: Costa Rica Factbook [20]
Geographia: Costa Rica History and Culture [21]
Geographia: Costa Rica [22]
Infoplease: Costa Rica [23]
Lonely Planet: Costa Rica [24]
Lonely Planet: Costa Rica: History [25]
Lonely Planet: Costa Rica: Weather [26]
Lonely Planet: Costa Rica: Animals [27]
Lonely Planet: Costa Rica: Wildlife [28]
Lonely Planet: Costa Rica: Endangered Species [29]
Info Costa Rica [30]
Info Costa Rica: Costa Rica Today [31]
Info Costa Rica: Independence [32]
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Info Costa Rica: Retirement [35]
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Central America: Costa Rica [44]
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The North Shore's 10 Most Expensive Properties
Zillow just published its annual "10 Most Expensive Homes for Sale" list so I thought it would be fun to do my own list of the 10 most expensive homes for sale on Chicago's North Shore. While we can't compete with the Spelling mansion, which, at a jaw-dropping $150,000,000, holds the top honors on Zillow's list, we do have some pretty impressive properties right here in our own backyard.
The homes that are currently on the North Shore "top ten" list range in price from $7,900,000 to $28,000,000. One is in Evanston, two are in Winnetka, two are in Highland Park and five are in Lake Forest. Seven of them are lake front properties and all but three were built before 1930. And, assuming you can afford the price tag to buy one of these beauties, be prepared to cough up another $30,000-132,000 a year in property taxes.
1. Modern Chateau
Location: Winnetka
For Sale: $28,000,000
I watched this one go up and it took over two years to build. Designed by Richard Landry, this French chateau style mansion is situated on two acres inside a walled enclave. It's not on the lake but it has pretty much everything else you could want including 26 rooms, a 9-car garage, pool and exquisite finishes throughout. Architect Richard Landry is known as "Architect to the Stars" and also designed the homes of Rod Stewart, Wayne Gretzky, Tom Brady, and Eddie Murphy, among others.
2. The Schweppe Estate
Location: Lake Forest
For Sale: $15,000,000
This gorgeous 27 room manor was built in 1917 and completely restored in the 1980's by 70 craftsmen from around the U.S. and Europe. The estate's claim to fame is that it once hosted the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and the heirs to the crown of Sweden.
3."Little Orchard"
Location: Lake Forest
For Sale: $11,500,000
This 5.4 acre lakefront estate was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw and built in 1927. It has beautiful gardens and grounds and claims to have the best beach in Lake Forest.
4. Mediterranean Classic
Location: Lake Forest
For Sale: $9,990,000
This 20 room home was designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw for Donald McLennan, President of Marsh and McLennan. Originally built in 1908, it has been renovated and restored. Situated on 3 acres of lake front it has 11,000 square feet of living space and a $134,189 tax bill!
5. Private Resort
Location: Winnetka
For Sale: $9,000,000
Live in your own private resort with breathtaking lake views, tennis court, swimming pool, boat house and approximately 150 feet of sandy beach.
6. Lakeside Villa
Location: Highland Park
For Sale: $8,750,000
Built in 2006, this sophisticated villa is perched on 2.7 acres of lakefront property and has 272 feet of shoreline. The home has lake views from virtually every one of its 15 rooms. Other features include a 60 foot indoor pool, elevator, tram to beach and four car garage.
7. Traditional Elegance
Location: Highland Park
For Sale: $8,500,000
This 13 room private retreat has no waterfront but sits on 8 fabulous acres of land, complete with formal gardens, orchard, coach house.
8. English Manor House
Location: Lake Forest
For Sale: $8,499,000
This 2.4 acre estate was built in 1911 and has been completely restored and renovated by Lake Forest Landmark Development. It has 18 rooms, a Christopher Peacock kitchen, mahogany paneled library, 9 fireplaces and a 4-car heated garage.
9. Tuscan Villa
Location: Lake Forest
For Sale: $7,990,000
This lakefront home with spectacular gardens was designed by David Adler and built in 1917. With almost 3 acres, this home has 14,000 square feet of living space and 21 rooms.
10. Lake Front Paradise
Location: Evanston
For Sale: $7,900,000
This 22 room house was built in 2008 and has all the bells and whistles, including a 70 foot wide sandy beach and a guest casita.
If you'd like me to help you find your own little piece of paradise, please give me a call at 847-687-5957 or send me an email. I'd love to help you.
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What to Do If a Broker Calls to Pitch an IPO
Selling shares of stock to the public through an initial public offering (IPO) is a tried and true way for a company to raise money by expanding its ownership base. Purchasing any securities product, including an IPO, carries risk. Before you invest, FINRA Investor Education encourages you to:
Before conducting business with a brokerage firm or broker, take the time to check their professional background by using FINRA's online investor tool, FINRA BrokerCheck.
Don't forget: if an investment sounds too good to be true—it probably is.


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June Highlights
A University of Iowa professor and student journalists launched the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism, an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that publishes investigative and explanatory reports at www.IowaWatch.org. Stephen Berry, a faculty member of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, established IowaWatch with Robert Gutsche Jr., a doctoral student in mass communication.
Seven UI alumni from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Iowa Writers' Workshop made New Yorker magazine's "20 under 40" fiction writers list: Chris Adrian, Daniel Alarcon, Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Joshua Ferris, Yiyun Li, ZZ Packer, and Salvatore Scibona. All but Ferris, an English and philosophy alumnus of the UI, are alumni of the Writers' Workshop. Li also has a degree from the UI Nonfiction Writing Program.
Conservation efforts aimed at protecting endangered Caribbean corals may be overlooking regions where corals are best equipped to evolve in response to global warming and other climatic challenges. That was the central message of an article published in the journal Science by lead author Ann Budd, professor of geoscience in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy's celebration of 125 years kicked off at the Iowa Pharmacy Association Annual Meeting, where the college received a special Certificate of Recognition from the Governor's Office. The college continued its celebration by hosting a University reception on Sept. 1 at the Kinnick Stadium press box and a 125th Anniversary Homecoming Gala on Oct. 1 at the Sheraton Inn Hotel in downtown Iowa City. A 125th Anniversary seminar series will begin in fall 2011.
Our People
Recent Writers' Workshop graduate left behind the daily grind to travel the world for six years, telling stories of social and political activism that typically go untold.
Writers' Workshop graduate Marisa Handler counts herself blessed to have witnessed, a number of times in her life, "history in the making."
Handler lived in Cape Town, South Africa, until she was 11, when her family emigrated to Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a bachelor's degree in English and interdisciplinary studies, and with hazy dreams for life after college.
After a few years working nonprofit jobs that were not quite satisfying, she wanted to realign her daily life with her values. In the fall of 2001, she found herself boarding a plane for India and Nepal, though she couldn't exactly explain why.
This was just weeks after September 11, and Handler's friends and family urged her to cancel her trip. Among those objecting was her mother, who in 1960s Johannesburg had been beaten on the head with a baton and jailed for marching against apartheid.
"I had planned it," Handler says, "and I wasn't going to let anything stop me."
Her determination had something to do with the need for a journey, she recalls. But it also came from a growing awareness that although U.S. foreign policy affects millions of people around the world, very few of those people's stories make their way into the mainstream American press. She pitched herself and was hired as a freelance stringer for the foreign news service at the San Francisco Chronicle.
Her early pieces for the Chronicle covered longstanding tensions between India and Pakistan, exacerbated by U.S. alliances with Pakistan prior to the war in Afghanistan.
"I don't think many Americans made the connection between the war in Afghanistan and 2,000 people getting killed in Ahmedabad [India] a few months later," she says. "I was grateful to be able to write a part of the story that wasn't being told."
Handler extended her trip. What began as three months in South Asia became a six-year journey following activist communities across the United States and the globe.
Her travels continued to be guided by stories that otherwise might not have been told. In late 2001 Handler reported from Nepal on the massacre of the royal family—challenging official government reports of the killings. In early 2005, she wrote about a small indigenous community in Ecuador's remote southern Amazon that has succeeded in protecting ancestral lands from petroleum development. In 2007 she reported from Guatemala on Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international nongovernmental agency that provides human shields for human rights workers in volatile regions.
Handler chronicled her experiences—as both reporter and participant in the global justice movement—in her memoir, Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist, which received a 2008 Nautilus Award for world-changing books. (Other Nautilus winners range from Barbara Kingsolver to the Dalai Lama.)


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Siegen Village has spacious apartment homes, professionally decorated, energy efficient gas appliances, monitored alarm systems, microwaves, icemakers, ceiling fans, miniblinds, walk-in closets, private porches/balconies, and full-size washer and dryer connections. Conveniently located between I-10 and I-12. Easy access to great shopping, entertainment, professional medical services, a variety of schools and churches. Enjoy our luxurious community at affordable prices.
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Lease Terms: 6-12 months. Security Deposit: $200-$400
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Bank scam targets 100,000 people in the UK
A network of thousands of compromised computers that is being used to harvest online banking details has been uncovered in the UK.
The so-called botnet is made up of around 100,000 machines, according to researchers in Israel.
Cyber criminals in Eastern Europe, who have control of the machines, are collecting personal data from the PCs.
This includes login details for online banks, credit and debit card numbers and other passwords.
"The fraudsters are very familiar with UK banking systems," said Amit Klein, chief technology officer at Trusteer, the firm which uncovered the network.
Mr Klein said that he had contacted the Metropolitan Police central e-crime unit to alert it to the scam, as well as affected banks.
"We're aware of an allegation," said a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police.
"We are working with UK Payments and Trusteer and inquiries are under way."
A spokesperson for UK Payments, which tackles financial fraud, said attacks like this had "become the norm".
"100,000 computers being targeted by a trojan does not necessarily mean that 100,000 UK customers will have had their details successfully used by the fraudster.
"In the highly unlikely event that any one of the 23 million UK customers who bank online is an innocent victim as a result of this attack they can expect to get their money back."
Money grabberThe 100,000 Windows machines have been infected with a trojan known as Zeus, said Mr Klein.
Trojans are a type of program or message that looks benign but conceals a malicious payload.
Zeus Trojan
- Zeus, also known as Zbot, is what is known as a banking trojan
- Trojans are a type of program or message that looks benign but conceals a malicious payload.
- Often distributed as attachments in e-mail messages, and as software downloads masquerading as legitimate programs
- Primarily targeted banking details but was also used to skim login information from social networking sites
- Used a variety of different methods to steal details, including logging key stokes as a user entered password
- Total number of machines infected unknown, but thought to run to several million
- The Trojan often changes to avoid detection by anti-virus software
There are currently hundreds of networks of computers infected with Zeus.
However, Mr Klein said this one was unusual because it used a new variant of the malware and also predominantly targeted people in the UK.
Researchers at Trusteer were able to identify the geographical location of victims, he said, after they gained access to the command and control centre of the network.
"One of the nice features of that is that it provides you with stats regarding operating systems and the geographical information of the bots.
"We actually used the fraudsters' own data to assess the botnet and determine that it actually targets the UK."
The dashboard also allowed the firm to identify which banks had been targeted, but Mr Klein declined to name them.
He said victims' computers had probably become infected by clicking on a link in a spam message or by visiting an infected website.
"It was probably a UK-specific website or a message sent out on a UK-specific spam mailing list," he said.
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Once infected, the machines are effectively under the control of the cyber criminals.
This allows them to monitor and collect all kinds of information, including bank details, he said.
"This later allows the [criminals] to sign on to the account and wire money out," he said.
It also allowed other more sophisticated crimes.
"When you initiate a transaction, they may change the destination and the amount of money that you wire," he said.
"Rather than sending £100 to your aunt, you may find that your account balance is sent to Ukraine."
Mr Klein said that the scam was difficult to spot, but that people should be suspicious if there was any change in their bank's login procedures or they were prompted to resubmit password and other details.
Spam machineMr Klein said it was likely that the criminals had targeted the UK because it had a developed banking sector.
"You've got half a dozen major banks and a dozen or so additional banks which cover the vast majority of financial transactions in the UK," he said.
"If you can write malware to cover six to 12 banks in the UK, you're covering almost all the market."
The Zeus Trojan is a common piece of malware that potentially infects millions of Windows machines globally.
Networks of infected machines under the control of cyber gangs are known as botnets.
These are commonly used to pump out spam. But Zeus specifically targets financial information.
"Zeus is a major headache," said Mikko Hypponen of security firm F-secure.
Botnets such as these are commonly hired out to criminals for their own use.
There have been several arrests of people who have hired Zeus networks, including a couple in the UK in 2009.
"These are always customers of Zeus gangs or individuals behind Zeus," said Mr Hypponen.
"The main brains behind Zeus are not breaking the law.
"Developing the trojan is not illegal, selling the trojan is not illegal, but using the trojan is."


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I shut it down at night, because the slave server is in my bedroom, and I use the replication factor of 1, because that is what my CDH install did, so I accepted it. I will bump it up to 3. But the most important advice that you give is "put it into safe mode" - and that is what I am going to do all the time that I am not working on it, because it is purely my development cluster. I might even shut the daemons down completely. Thank you, Mark On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Eric Sammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Mark Kerzner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> in my small development cluster I have a master/slave node and a slave >> node, >> and I shut down the slave node at night. I often see that my HDFS is >> corrupted, and I have to reformat the name node and to delete the data >> directory. >> > > Why do you shut down the slave at night? HDFS should only be corrupted if > you're missing all copies of a block. With a replication factor of 3 > (default) you should have 100% of the data on both nodes (if you only have 2 > nodes). If you've dialed it down to 1, simply starting the slave back up > should "un-corrupt" HDFS. You definitely don't want to be doing this to HDFS > regularly (dropping nodes from the cluster and re-adding them unless you're > trying to test HDFS' failure semantics. > > It finally dawns on me that with such small cluster I better shut the >> daemons down, for otherwise they are trying too hard to compensate for the >> missing node and eventually it goes bad. Is my understanding correct? >> > > It doesn't "eventually go bad." If the NN sees a DN disappear it may start > re-replicating data to another node. In such a small cluster, maybe there's > no where else to get the blocks from, but I bet you dialed the replication > factor down to 1 (or have code that writes files with a rep factor of 1 like > teragen / terasort). > > In short, if you're going to shut down nodes like this put the NN into safe > mode so it doesn't freak out (which will also make the cluster unusable > during that time) but there's definitely no need to be reformatting HDFS. > Just re-introduce the DN you shut down to the cluster. > > >> >> Thank you, >> Mark >> > > -- > Eric Sammer > twitter: esammer > data: www.cloudera.com > |


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Does anybody know if the k03 oil and water feeds will fit the k04 on an audi a3 agu engine or will i have to buy all new ones??
ok cheers mate do you know if any of them will fit i have been told that the oil drain wont fit but do you know if any of the others will fit thanks
The issue is the turbo sits in the different place, meaning the length and position of the connections all change, and because most of the original lines are rigid pipe even if they were long enough you cant really bend them back into shape anyway.
yup, having recently done this myself, the k03 lines will not fit at all, oil, water, you need them all.
cheers prawn saved me some time messing about with all the old ones will get all new ones cheers again.
the nature of this topic begs the next question to be asked also I feel..... Do you have the right MAF and injectors for the ko4?
yeah i have a 3" vr6 maf housing on the way which ill put my AGU sensor in (thanks Prawn) and was gonna go for 440cc green top injectors. i have xs power manifold brand new k04-023 turbo a 3" relentless downpipe and decat fmic coldside intake waiting for badger 5 to get some more blue 3" TIP in looking to get about 300bhp do you think this will be poss?
Ah, sound news. So often people buy complete setups with an S3 mAF and injectors and want it to work on the AGU, when it just wont! If you've got a brand new turbo then you have a good chance of making good figures, the AGU has higher compression and a large port head which also helps loads. Niki has seen 300bhp from one car that was in good health, although 290ish is more realistic, but who knows! Who are you planning on getting to map it? and what FMIC do you have?
its just a ebay fmic mate with 2.5 inch pipes says it was capable of 600bhp but who knows with ebay would it be worth upgrading it or not? And not to sure about the mapping yet was thinking about r tech.
So long as the pipes are 2.5''. Sounds like it could be the toyosports kit with a reasonably small core? You'd be very well off keeping the pipes, but replacing the core with the larger toyosports type B known as the Wellycooler, it's easy to cut into your existing pipework, using the core and two 76-63mm reducers. The smaller core will not be up to the job of cooling a ko4 flat out. Westy can confirm this, as he gained 25lbft going from the small core to the large one!
ok will look into getting a new bigger core then thanks for the info prawn. Quick question have you ever had to rotate your housing on your turbo mine doesnt seem to sit right?
The ko4 outlet sits differently to the ko3, the ko4 outlet points backwards slightly compared to the ko3, like this: If you clock the housing round to get the outlet facing the wrong way, the actuator bracket won't fit any more! Best solved by working out what you need to change and getting a new bit of silicon to join up. Post a pic of your current setup and we can try and work out what's required
Cheers for your help prawn got there in the end lol thought i would post a pic of my k04 conversion still not finished but getting there.
K04 Conversion picture by Chester_Hancock - Photobucket here is a link mate having touble uploading photo lol.
there we go lol quick couple of questions prawn. When i bought my car (Audi a3 1998 1.8t AGU) it had a 195bhp oettinger chip in it on the k03 i have now done the k04 conversion and know that i will need a remap but will i do any damage running it how it is (before the remap) or will it be ok just not running 100%? And went for a little drive after i had done conversion everthing seemed fine the engine was running sweet i drove about 10-15 miles and my brake pedal just went rock soild and hardly works at all any ideas mate?
brake pedal going solid will be a servo line failled. Either something come off between the inlet and the servo, or potentially a bigger issue could be a melted hard line behind the turbo. Have you added any extra heat shielding in the engine bay for the new turbo? You need to add LOTS to the A3 engine bay to keep it safe from fire, there are some important lines running across the bulkhead, and bolting on a ko4 with relentless manifold is sure to cook several of them if unprotected. the standard heat shield isn't enough. Also, with regards to driving it, what injectors and MAF do you ahve in currently? The mAF tube in your pic above looks big, and if it's unmapped, that'll be running lean as hell on stock injectors. if you've already put bigger injectors in, then it'll all be to cock and who knows what it's doing! If you want to drive it at the moment before it's been mapped, what you need to do is sleeve and refit your stock 70mm MAF tube, and refit your stock AGU injectors. Then unplug the N75 electrical plug leaving the pipes plumbed in. That'll drop boost to actuator pressure, around 6psi, which shuld stop it from blowing up. With that MAF tube, and the N75 plugged in, if you floor it, it WILL blow up, maybe not instantly, but it won't take long at all to destroy it Who's mapping it? and when?
thanks again prawn your a legend it was the plastic pipe coming off the servo to the inlet had melted will replace with some rubber metal braided hose and more heat shielding where did you get your hest shield from cant find any as good as yours? And i currently have my standard injectors in but have put the bigger maf on so ill swap back for now then till i get it mapped. Was gonna go to r tech for the map but want to get clutch,flywheel and cambelt water pump done etc before.
If you havn't already, take a look in my build thread around Mid Jan of this year and I put up detailed pics of all the heat shielding I added. I have the double layer stuff from merlin Motorsport, not cheap, but very effetive. If it's been melting things at the back of the bay already I'd get it done ASAP. As for your MAF, change back to stock ASAP. If you're new tube is 80mm, you'll be underfuelling by around 38%! scary ****. As for the clutch and flywheel, what you want is an ABF flywheel, and a VR6 clutch. Use the flywheel bolts from an ABF as well, and the whole lot will drop straight on without any messing around. It's ligther than standard, gives a lighter pedal feel, and will hold over 300lbft.
Right got some braided pipe and heat shielding on the way have changed my maf back to standard with sleeve on will be looking out for vr6 clutch and abf flywheel then having cambelt and water pump done then off to r tech for the map. Prawn what did you do about the turbo bracket that sits on the bottom of the turbo and bolts to the engine my new turbo did not come with one and the one off my k03 will not fit??
Find one from a ko4 car mate. Just message someone breaking a car on ebay and see if they will sell you the bracket only
just got some off ebay mate heres the link HEAT SHIELD / HEAT BARRIER G2 DOUBLE MATERIAL 5.25mm | eBay thought i would give it ago if its no good then a trip over to merlin motorsports it is lol.
cheers mate my engine bay is getting there but not finished yet lol you want to make sure you shield the brake servo the turbo outlet pipe and all the pipes at the back of the engine ive already melted the brake pipe coming off the brake servo to the inlet manifold so make sure you shield it all good.
everything needs a heat shield man! otherwise it'll BURN!!!! Take a look at my build thread. I put one large heat shield right across the back protecting all the hard lines, and another coming round to the side to protect the servo
Alright prawn i have managed to get hold of a VR6 clutch and ABF flywheel off of someone on here called slowcoach3 for an amazing price of £50 including postage cheers mate have not recieved yet but should be here soon only problem is no ABF flywheel bolts do you know where i can get some from ???
and going to order the wellycooler aswell is it worth upgrading all the intercooler pipes to 3" dont think mine are even 2.5" ???
ok cheers mate does anyone know the part number for ABF flywheel bolts and will be getting 2.5" intercooler pipes with the wellycooler then.
When i fitted my solid flywheel i used N 90206103, thats on an A4, but i believe they all use the same bolts for solid flywheels, 19.5mm long.
As kev said above, flywheel bolts: vw part no: N90206103 x 6, and clutch pressure plate bolts. vw part no: N10101001 x 6. 2.5'' IC pipes are fine for twice the BHP you'll be pushing, and far easier to fit than 3''. take a look on the FMIC thread page 9 or 10 for my write up and list of parts you'll need.
Right got some flywheel bolts and clutch pressure plate bolts on the way cheers lads prawn whats the fmic thread called cant seem to find the right one mate???


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need help comparing two soil test results
I just got my 2nd soil test results back from Rutgers. This was the first followup test since my original test two years ago when my soil was first delivered. I've made several ammendments in the past two years so variations were anticipated.
The first item of interest was that my pH went from a 6.5 to 7.23 making it slightly alkaline.
In the area of macronutrients the items that increased (parts per acre) were Phosporous (from 672 to 730), Calcium (from 4051 to 6445) and Magnesium (from 747 to 968). The only item that decreased was Potassium (from 2010 to 1613). All macronutrients are still at ABOVE OPTIMUM LEVELS.
In the area of micronutrients the items of interest that increased (parts per million - rounded) were Zinc (from 22 to 31) and Copper (from 3 to 13). Those that decreased were Manganese (from 74 to 70) and Iron (from 334 to 295).
I also had the soluble salt test done this time to get an idea of how good (or bad) the addition of composted manure to my beds was this spring. Even though I have no baseline to compare it against, I don't know how to interpret the results. Any advice would be appreciated.
The thing that really stuck out in the pH results section was that they recommended to NOT ADD ANY COMPOST to the soil. Why??? How can any amount of vegetative compost (leaves, kitchen scraps, coffee grinds) make my soil any more alkaline? Please advise because my plan was to top dress more vegetative compost monthly.
Do any of the large changes in measurements (like Calcium and Copper) sound alarming to anyone? If so, why?
Below are pics of the report as well as a view of what my garden looks like today. It certainly "seems" to be well balanced as everything is growing nicely in the beds (with the exception of some cukes I recently pulled due to Angular Leaf).
I will give you my opinion about what i can. You may have overdone the Lime. Lime if you did use some besides adding calcium increases PH, making it alkaline. Peat moss is supposed to make it more acidic. It is controversial to use peat moss, it is supposed to be a non-renewable resource. But you see stacks of the stuff at home and garden centers, and the stuff from Canada is mentioned to be plentiful. So I would add a bit of Peat moss, mix in a bit in the soil. If it isn't mixed in it will make a crust on the top of soil and repel rain or hose water. Sulfer will help lower PH also. That is what i would do. I am no expert, though. But I know my info to be true, from what I have read.
I never directly added any lime. The only things I have added in the past two years are varying quantities of self-made vegetative compost, Valfei's Garden Compost (made of composted sea-weed residue, shrimps and lobsters residue), worm castings, and composted cow manure. I also added a little vermiculite this year just to help a little bit with compaction.
A soil pH of 7.23, while a bit above the 6.2 to 6.8, is not much of a concern and I have seen my soil go from 5.7 pH to 7.2 just by getting the amount of organic matter up to the optimum of 6 to 8 percent. Yours, at 15, is a bit high. Your macro nutrients, while above optimum, appear to be in balance and that need not be a concern.
I'd not add more compost, or other organic matter, for a while.
The pH of that soil is fine for what you are growing so adding anything to change that pH is not necessary. You can use these simple soil tests,
1) Soil test for organic matter. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. For example, a good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top.
2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drainsâ too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up.
3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart.
4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer your soil will smell.
5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy.
with the Rutgers to look at the soil in depth and they can help guide you in making decisions about what to do with the soil.
I have grown vegetables in the soil I have here with the soil pH in the 7.2 range for many years now with few problems, a few insect pests but no plant disease.
From the looks of your pics your garden is growing just fine, so if it ain't broke, no need to fix it. :-]
I had trouble reading your initial post because for some reason my browser extended all your text to the right underneath the ads and past them all the way out to the parking lot. ?!? But as far as micronutrients, as long as things like Cu and Fe are within reasonable limits, occasional maintenance additions of compost will keep them there.
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