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The network says TV watchers will be able to connect to its NBC live-stream once they prove they have a pay-TV subscription.
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The streaming-music service turns video platform too, in a small way, hosting the first episode of NBC comedy series "A to Z" nearly two months before it's set to air.
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How deep is your box at the top? Any help is appreciated. I need to be able to go 7-1/2" for my box design to work. Do y'all think that would fit at about 15" off the floor? I have searched and found alot of good advice but nothing with specific dimensions.
15, in a regular cab? What 15 are you looking at? Just by seeing a regular cab's space vs. my 2011 DC, I'm going to go with No it won't fit but I'm not 100% sure.
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Travel Troubleshooter: Prepaid reservations useless at closed hotel
I'm scheduled to stay at a Ramada Inn next weekend, which I booked through Priceline earlier this year. I called today to confirm my reservation, and I found out that the hotel closed a few weeks ago.
Priceline never contacted me about this. When I contacted the company today, the best answer I got was that I might know something by the end of this week. I have to check in the day after that.
I called the Ramada call center, and I was told that it didn't have an answer for what was going to happen with the prepaid reservations for this hotel. What should I do?
Angela Newby, Fort Worth, Texas
Priceline should have informed you about the hotel's closure at least a week before your stay and offered comparable accommodations. But before I get to Priceline and Ramada, may I just say how impressed I am that you called the hotel more than a week before your arrival to confirm your stay? Nice work.
I always recommend that you call at least 24 hours before you're scheduled to check in. A week is even better, and it allowed you to fix this before it turned into the kind of problem that would have left you homeless.
When a hotel closes, it typically notifies customers either by phone or email. It also tells travel agents about the shuttered property. In this particular case, Ramada closed the hotel without telling Priceline, according to Priceline.
"Had we known, we would have reached out to Ms. Newby," a Priceline spokesman told me.
It's not entirely clear to me whether your type of reservation created the problem. You prepaid for your room via Priceline's opaque option, which means you don't find out the name of the hotel you'll be staying at until you've paid for it (Priceline promises steep discounts in exchange).
When Ramada and Priceline found out about your reservation, they should have acted immediately to find you a replacement room. I'm not sure if waiting a week was a reasonable request. I list executive contacts for Ramada (http://elliott.org/contacts/ramada-worldwide/) and for Priceline (http://elliott.org/contacts/priceline/) on my site.
But time was short, so I decided to get involved. I contacted Priceline on your behalf.
"We have found her another hotel in the area and upgraded her to a three-star property vs. the 2.5-star property she had booked, at no extra charge," a company spokesman told me.
Have a great stay and enjoy the extra amenities!
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can u guys reduce the ip of 6300 champions
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Excellent, was seriously thinking about trying out Cass.
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Report for the Tyne and Wear Trading Standards Joint Committee 30 August 2007 Report and Statistical Return for the Quarter Ending June 2007 Derek Quinn, Group Director, Development and Enterprise, Gateshead Council. Purpose of the Report 1. To inform the Committee of the work of the Joint Metrology Laboratory for the quarter ending June 2007. Metrology Laboratory Operational 2. During this period, meter measuring systems used to deliver liquid fuels from road tankers continued to be submitted for test. One meter measuring system was tested and passed for trade use. Aid and Advice to Industry 3. Local weighing machine repairers continued to submit their test weights for calibration, including individually identified weights used to calibrate weighing machines to satisfy the requirements of ISO 9000 - The British Standard for Quality Systems. Weights were also calibrated on behalf of: 5. 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EN71 – 3 Specification for Migration of Certain Elements EN71 – 3 Specifies the requirements and methods of test for the migration of the elements antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium from toy materials. Toy material includes paint coatings, polymeric materials, paper and board, textiles, metallic materials and materials intended to leave a trace, e.g. Graphite in pencils, ink in pens, wax in crayons etc. The analysis of the toy material is carried out using the atomic absorption spectrometer at the laboratory. 159 samples of wax crayons, pencils, paint coatings, chalks and modelling clay were analysed. 4 samples were found to be incorrect. North Tyneside Abacus 1. Yellow Paint High Lead Content. Standard not more than 90mg/kg. Result 923 mg/kg. High Chromium Content. Standard not more than 60mg/kg. Result 102 mg/kg. Green Paint High Lead Content. Standard not more than 90mg/kg. Result 368 mg/kg. 2. Abacus (Re-sample) 1. Yellow Paint High Lead Content. Standard not more than 90mg/kg. Result 967 mg/kg. High Chromium Content. Standard not more than 60mg/kg. Result 137 mg/kg. Green Paint High Lead Content. Standard not more than 90mg/kg. Result 351 mg/kg. 2. -2- 10. Electrical Complaint Samples a) North Tyneside : Notebook power supply unit The power supply unit (P.S.U) failed the Plugs & Socket etc. (Safety) Regulations in that the 3-core flexible cord was fitted with a European style 2pin plug and not a 13A 3-pin plug. The P.S.U was supplied with a travel adaptor to convert the 2-pin plug for use with the UK style mains socketsoutlets. It was found that when used with the travel adapter the earth conductor from the P.S.U. would not be connected to the earth on the mains socket outlet. b) Newcastle : Electric heater - Partial melting of the plastic casing. Examination found that a metal heat-sink on which an electronic component was mounted had overheated and partially melted the plastic casing. 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It was also found that the opening where the fruit was inserted was larger than the specification in the relevant safety standard. It was possible to touch the cutting blades through the opening. Statistical Return 11. The statistical return for the quarter ended June 2007 is contained within Appendix 1. A break down of the Tyne & Wear Trading Standards Support Vehicle usage is contained in Appendix 2. Recommendation 12. The Committee is recommended to note the report and statistical information. -3- APPENDIX 1 STATISTICAL RETURN FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 2007 Hire of Weights 2 occasions Total: 1000kg Road Tankers Meter measuring systems passed for trade use Total: 1 Weights S.74 (4)(b) Total: 85 Length Measures S.74 (4)(b) Total: 1 UKAS Accredited Calibrations Weights Total: 506 Weighbridge Number of weighings 489 EC Verifications Weighing Instruments Total: 5 Total Income £15,195 (£12,966 Total exc. VAT) -4- Statistical Return – UKAS Tests Safety of Toys EN71- 3. Specification for migration of certain elements UKAS Newcastle Paints (Coatings) Modelling Clay Balloons Wax Crayons Pencils (Paints) Pencils (Cores) Chalks Paper & Board Varnish TOTAL North Tyneside Paints (Coatings) Varnish TOTAL South Tyneside Pencils (Paints) Pencils (Cores) Paints (Coatings) Varnish Paper & Board Foil TOTAL Gateshead Paints (Coatings) Varnish TOTAL Submitted 5 8 6 5 17 17 12 2 1 73 Submitted 19 5 24 Submitted 6 6 22 1 1 1 37 Submitted 21 4 25 Correct 5 8 6 5 17 17 12 2 1 73 Correct 15 5 20 Correct 6 6 22 1 1 1 37 Correct 21 4 25 Incorrect 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Incorrect 4 0 4 Incorrect 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Incorrect 0 0 0 -5- Statistical Return – Non UKAS Tests Sunderland Textiles Paints (Coatings) Rubber TOTAL Submitted 4 1 1 6 Correct 4 1 1 6 Incorrect 0 0 0 0 Safety of Toys EN71- 7. Finger paints – requirements and test methods Gateshead Finger paints TOTAL Submitted 6 6 Correct 6 6 Incorrect 0 0 -6- APPENDIX 2 Tyne & Wear Trading Standards Joint Committee Support Vehicle Usage - by number of occasions utilised KEY: H = Heavyweights P = Petrol Appt S = Seizures 2007 January February March April May June TOTAL H P S H P S H P S H P S H P S H P S 3 3 2 1 6 3 2 2 2 1 1 2 28 3 1 1 3 1 1 10 1 1 1 2 4 5 14 2 1 1 2 1 1 8 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 17 1 3 0 3 3 5 15 Gateshead Newcastle North Tyneside South Tyneside Sunderland Met Lab -7-
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Conflicts occur when people argue one worldview against another. They may be arguing Atheism versus Monotheism, then pull out science as a weapon saying, "science proves I'm right because of this or that..." In my view, science is rather more limited than this. Science has a lot of interesting resonances with the big questions, and can inform them, but I don't believe it can answer them.
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Four Views on the Historical Adam shows that evangelical Christians are far from agreeing on the particulars of Adam and Eve. But this book also makes clear that there is strong agreement among evangelical Christians on the fundamentals of the Christian faith. We agree that all Scripture is inspired by God and authoritative, even while disagreeing on the interpretation of some passages.
Last year I introduced readers to one of the leading voices about Christianity and science, John Polkinghorne. I also helped BioLogos bring in another leading voice, Robert Russell. This new series introduces a third prominent Christian thinker, Lutheran theologian Ted Peters, Research Professor Emeritus in Systematic Theology and Ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (http://www.ctns.org/), and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.


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dig dahlias or leave in ground?
Ok, you fellow northwesterners---How many leave your dahlias in the ground and how many dig them? I've heard pros and cons to this. Please elaborate on why you 'dig' or 'leave'. Thanks,
They are certainly winter hardy in zone 8, so digging is not a requirement. However unless drainage is very sharp, you do run the risk of the tubers rotting over winter in damp soil conditions. Most of the professional growers do dig and store their tubers over winter so as not to run the risk of losing valuable stock plants and to allow for dividing, etc. Personally, I prefer to grow dahlias in containers rather than in the ground for the following reasons:
1) Winter is not an issue. Containers can be easily stored out of the weather to avoid over saturation. FWIW, there doesn't seem to be any greater risk for cold damage to the tubers in containers than in the ground, at least in my rather mild area.
2) Soils in containers warm up faster than ground soil does. Growth begins earlier and you have a larger, more robust plant earlier in the season than one that has been left in the ground over winter or freshly planted in late spring.
3) Since dahlias in the ground are late to appear in spring, one runs the risk of damaging buried tubers with other gardening activities, specially if not clearly labeled. Not a problem with containerized plants.
4) I also find it easier to monitor for slugs with container grown plants and slugs can do considerable damage to emerging dahlia growth. I can also regulate fertilization better with the containers.
Duane - usually a 3G black nursery pot, sometimes a squat 5G. Depends on the ultimate size of the dahlia I'm growing.
And I should have added that another reason (and my biggie) for growing them in containers is that I can move them around easily. Some dahlias can get to be big, foliar monsters and not necessarily something I want on a long term basis in my pretty-crowded-already planting beds. Nothing like being able to grow these plants to size and bloom-readiness in another, less crowded location and then slip the pots into a vacancy created by the cutting back or dormancy of an earlier season plant.
gardengal--I like the way you think. I'm also overcrowded due to lack of enough sunshine in my back yard. I cram alot of sun loving plants in one small area. I think I may try the container method with a few of them this coming year. Thanks for everyones input!!
Can you dig them, divide them, and pot them up...and still have them overwinter well? I have bishop's children and two of the plants got to be almost three feet wide, but the tubers are in the ground right now...but they take up too much room in my tiny flower bed...can I pot them up now and have them make it, or should I dig, divide, and store...then pot them up in the spring?
I planted a few varieties of Dahlias back in 1988 when I first moved to my present house. Only one survived the first winter: Procyon. I had added a lot of sand to the soil, and Procyon was in a very sandy spot. Believe it or not, it is STILL alive, and grew over 6 feet tall this year. I fertilize it every year, and it gets watered once a week, along with everything else. It gets naturally mulched with leaves in the Fall.
I leave them but they don't bloom as early as ones in pots. One year I dug a tuber and forgot it sitting uncovered in a pot under my deck all winter. I found it in spring and planted it in the pot until it was a foot tall, then put it in the ground. It bloomed much earlier than tubers in the ground and made an enormous bushel basket sized clump of tubers by fall. That same dahlia, undug several years, was my earliest and biggest bloomer this year, planted at the edge of my driveway where maybe it gets some additional warmth. Several undug dahlias didn't make it to bloom. I think if they had been started in pots they would probably have bloomed. So I think it depends somewhat on the dahlia and how early it blooms.
A friend who digs hers, and plants them in very good soil in raised beds with a lot of fertilizer has plants that get to 6' tall and are loaded with flowers.
I'm normally lazy and have taken a darwinist approach to my dahlias (survival of the fittest). The cheap-o ones I bought at costco have survived without digging much better than the fancy ones I bought at the garden show.
This year I *may* dig some because I want to move them next year -- we'll see if that happens or not.
I'm considering digging my favorites just to get the effect of starting them early in pots next year. I'm also looking at Park's and Thompson & Morgan's dahlias to grow from seeds. On the dahlia forum people rave about Park's Stargazer, a dwarf cactus-flowered one, and T & M carries some species ones that may be better at overwintering, but they are single. I also want to try some with dark foliage and dwarves- Bishop's Children and Harlequin (collette). I have a large new area to landscape and I'm thinking of filling it with dahlias from seed, nasturtiums, 4 o'clocks, and maybe some grasses.
Is it the cold or the moisture that keeps Dahlias from overwintering? I have some in pots that I'd like to move into an uninsulated garage for the winter. Will the cold kill them? Should I water them during that time? I have limited room to bring them all inside.
I live in a rental, and the landlady told me to leave the dahlias in the ground. They're in a raised bed and get good drainage. They didn't bloom well this year though and probably need dividing. I have my own little bedding dahlias in that same raised bed and they don't get dug either.
They are late to come up and late to bloom because it takes time for the soil to warm up in spring. But, dahlias are supposed to be late bloomers. I have plenty of spring blooming stuff already and the dahlias are for late summer when everything else has quit.


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Tiny black bugs on raspberry
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I had an explosion of these tiny black bugs on my rasps and blackberries over the last week. Not sure if it is the heat after a ton of rain or just coincidence. The leaves are very witty but that is likely from heat stress for missing a day or two of watering while it was 90+. These plants are in containers. I have also foUnd holes in some of the rasps that are ripe. They are too small to take pictures of but I will try.
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Douglas Maxwell
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Douglas Maxwell (born 1974 in Girvan) is an award-winning Scottish playwright, whose work has been performed throughout Scotland, the UK and abroad.
Life & work[edit]
He was born to two teachers in Girvan on the Ayrshire south-west coast of Scotland. He has one sister. He came to fame when Decky Does a Bronco was performed in 2000 by the Gridiron Theatre Company. The play won numerous awards including a Fringe First, the Stage Award for Ensemble Acting and was nominated for The Barclaycard Stage Award for Best Touring Production. Variety, a comic drama about the impact of cinema on Scotland's variety entertainers, was staged as at The Edinburgh International Festival in 2002 and was subsequently broadcast on BBC Four.[1] Maxwell was also the subject of a BBC Two Scotland Artworks documentary in 2002. In 2009 Maxwell was awarded Theatre Centre's Brian Way Award for Best New Play for The Mothership.[2]
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- Decky Does a Bronco (2000) Pub. Oberon (2001)
- Our Bad Magnet (2000) Pub. Oberon (2001)
- Variety (2002) Pub. Oberon (2002)
- Helmet (2002) Pub. Oberon (2002)
- Mancub (2005) Pub. Oberon (2005)
- If Destroyed True (2005)[3] Pub. Oberon (2005)
- The Backpacker Blues (2005)
- Melody (2006) Pub. Oberon (2006)
- The Mother Ship (2008) Pub. Oberon (2008)
- The Miracle Man (2010) [4]
- A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity (2013)
- ^ Farquhar, Simon (December 2009). "Film and Drama: Variety". BBC. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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- ^ Ellis, Samantha (6 April 2005). "Public Inquiry: Douglas Maxwell". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "The Miracle Man". National Theatre of Scotland. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
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Ecotourism (N. America) with native habitat restoration theme?
This is a question about an idea that occurred to me. I am starting with the thought that there are many volunteer opportunities in my local area for half-day-length native habitat restoration work trips, necessarily focused on invasives pulling. Has anyone heard of a vacation-length "tour" that includes volunteering to help with a large-scale prairie (or other native habitat) restoration project, anywhere in North America?
There is such a thing as "ecotourism" that includes volunteeer work by the traveller, usually to help with with a scientific research project. I checked an organization that runs this kind of trip, Earthwatch.org, and didn't find any trips specifically aimed at habitat restoration, although they do have trips with related missions, e.g. "Mountain Meadows of the North Cascades [Washington state] Research Mission: Collecting baseline data on butterfly and plant populations to support conservation of montane meadows" (http://www.earthwatch.org/expeditions/mclaughlin.html).
Thank you for any help with this question!
I do professional prairie restorations in Ohio. The problems are these.
1)Amateur volunteers cannot distinquish weeds from native plants,especially in non-flowering periods.
2) Pulling weeds out of a prairie means that the restoration was poor to begin with -- never should have been any to start with (if site prep and planting was done properly).
3) Planting of prairie restorations requires complex prairie seed drills and other mechanical devices amateurs can't use.
4) Planting cannot be scheduled ahead of time. One must usually plant when weather and soil conditions are perfect, and that can change after one rain period.
5) Seed collection is often done by hand, but again, amateurs often collect the wrong seeds and aren't available for the varying 4-6 day period when seeds are available. And this varies (and seldom coincides) for each species.
6) These activities are usually spring and fall events, not the summer vacation period when most want to participate.
And need I mention the training needed to conduct prescribed prairie fires?
Wish it were easier, but it isn't.
The Ontario Federation of Naturalists has vacation length trips and some are done in prairies. See the link below, although a lot of the trips are full now.
Here is a link that might be useful: Nature Volunteer Trips
We have a large volunteer stewardship network here in northern IL and the people who lend their time do an excellent job. Obviously most have some background or interest in nature, so it is not difficult for them to learn to identify an undesirable species. The presence of exotic species doesn't necessarily mean a restoration is bad since we spend some time during the year targeting a few weeds that show up in prairie remnents. White sweet clover is particularly bad because it thrives under a normal fire schedule.
Volunteers are out working in the forests preserves every weekend throughout the year. We have seed collection days and there is a place where volunteers can go to help with the cleaning of the seed. At many locations the seeds are collected individually. At others sites seed is collected randomly simply to replant areas that have been reclaimed like old building sites or parking lots.
Many volunteers undertake midwest ecological prescription burn training so that they can work on burn crews. I have done this myself. Maybe our situation is unique here but the thousands of free hours that people dedicate to the nature preserves in invaluable. Don't know how well it would work as "ecotourism" though. People are dedicated to their preserves because they are part of the community. I participated in a workday at a naval base one time where a good portion of the volunteers didn't do a bit of work. The particular location is closed to the public and they only used the workday as an opportunity to do some birdwatching there. Personally, I think if we could get the average tourtist to our national parks and local natural areas to simply respect the resource a little more, that would go a long way towards preserving them.
Thank you for interesting comments on this topic. John Blakeman, I had not thought about the particular features that would make it especiallly difficult for "amateur" volunteers to contribute to a prairie restoration project. Invasives removal in an Eastern woodland setting, in contrast, is usually very easy to teach to amateurs (for example, in late winter, instruct volunteers to "pull out the tangles of vines with little green leaves" (Japanese honeysuckle) when few other plants have any leaves, and even the most naive amateur is unlikely to start digging up a Holly tree by mistake!).
Judy, I looked at the Ontario Federation of Naturalists web site, and they do have many trips with a native plant restoration component (from 1 to 10 day duration), so it seems like other organizations could learn from them.
Finally, Froggy, to cheer you up, isn't it true that the more volunteers there are for a given type of project, the more **paid, professional** volunteer coordinators are required to instruct and supervise the volunteers?
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ok here is my problem with this.
why is a doctor and lawyer not need 'eco doctorism or volunteers lawyersism'?
why is the ecology put in the relm of 'only worth it if ppl do it for free'? what...im not a pro? what...the earth isnt worth anything but free? u can pay ppl 25-30$ hr to put in roads but to take them out = free?
the more i hear about these kinds of projects, the more i think that the earth's ecology isnt worth squat to anyone.
im sorry but in my very honest opinion...this is a recipy for disaster. the road to hell is paved with good intentions. and i think with 40 years of real grass roots conservation, it doesnt seem to be moving in the right direction.
by the way...how are conservationists gonna attract the best and brightest into the fields with out proper pay? why would anyone in their right minds decide to go into restoration givin the fact they cannot make a living at it much less pay off student loans? how on earth are ppl gonna get into the habbit of realizing that the cost to live on the earth is more than u pay at the gas pumps?
i know how not to put value on something...make it valueless.
froggy, why not take the "glass is half full" view of this?
An ecotourism approach would serve to make more people aware of the importance of ecological restoration projects. Participants would learn how restoration is done and where it is done; they would learn some interesting facts about the plants and animals involved, and they could come away with a better understanding of the importance of this work and the need for funding. As a result, the professionals would have more opportunites and therefore be better paid.
Back in 1988, my husband and I went to an outing sponsored by the local Nature Conservancy chapter. At that time, I was unaware of ecological restoration. As a result of that simple half-day walk in the woods, the following has evolved:
1. I became a volunteer at the site.
2. I took several classes, including a series of restoration classes taught by Steve Packard.
3. My husband and I eventually bought property with some natural areas worthy of restoration.
4. The payoff to froggy - we have hired some professionals to assist us!
5. I have become a board member of a local environmental group.
While restoration work does need to be overseen by someone who understands what they are doing, I think there are a lot of opportunities to train volunteers on specific tasks and then use them. Consider this: start the day with breakfast and a lecture on buckthorn - why it is a problem, what it looks like, how to control it. Then out to a wooded area for a few hours of buckthorn removal. After a lunch break, the group moves on to another wooded area that has been cleared of buckthorn, and they see the end results of their morning's work. That evening, a lecture by a rep of a non-profit group that supports such restoration efforts. This would be along the lines of educating the participants as to the group's mission, not a blatant pitch for dollars, but of course the appropriate info would be in their packets. Substitute your local ecosystem and restoration problem accordingly.
Some of those people will leave and become supporters of the cause, and eventually more professionals will be hired. Some of the people will go home and find similar projects in their own back yard, and still increase the opportunities for professionals. The more the word is spread, the better.
Yes, there is a seasonality factor. But remember, tulip time in Holland is big, as is cherry blossom time in Washington. No one makes those trips in August. Seasonality does not mean it can't work; it just has to be scheduled.
4. The payoff to froggy - we have hired some professionals to assist us!
a living wage?
a wage that will pay for the prof. results that u will be getting?
a wage that will pay off student loans and let ur raise a family?
or a wage of 8$/hr and no insurance?
the glass isnt half full, the glass is pretty much empty.
An ecotourism approach would serve to make more people aware of the importance of ecological restoration projects. Participants would learn how restoration is done and where it is done; they would learn some interesting facts about the plants and animals involved, and they could come away with a better understanding of the importance of this work and the need for funding. As a result, the professionals would have more opportunites and therefore be better paid.
that is an assumption that i dont see playing out in the end.
the fact is...if ppl in an capitalist society puts 0 value on something...it goes away. period. and that truth is happening slowly but obviously as we speak. my greatest fear is that in 100 years...u will be volunteering at the last 4 acres of prairie left in the world, but oh u are so proud of urself.
one more comment...why dont u do ur job as a volunteer?
or maybe u could call ur local landscaper and ask if they would like to volunteer to redo ur lawn?
yet something as important as ecology is almost nuthing but volunteering...
Okay, obviously your glass is empty. We did pay in excess of $20.00 per hour to the professionals that we hired. I don't have the specific $$ here in front of me, but yes, we paid professional level wages to these folks. And they didn't even whine when they billed us.
"the fact is...if ppl in an capitalist society puts 0 value on something...it goes away" So we won't bother to educate them on why the value should be other than zero?
Restoration ecology is in the realm of volunteerism because most of the large-scale projects underway are sponsored by government bodies or non-profit agencies, both of which are historically underfunded for these types of projects. But I said "most" not "all." In my neck of the woods over the last fifteen years I have seen an ever-increasing awareness of ecological restoration, and today individuals and a precious few corporations are beginning to do this work on their own lands with their own money.
So we can encourage this or we can give up.
If it's the latter, please remember that I don't like pickles on my whopper.
And they didn't even whine when they billed us.
that's because they have one of the very few precious jobs because of so many ppl doing the work for free. im curious. how many paid hours there was to the whole of the project? 20$/hr x 50 hrs a year isnt a living wage. i dont know ur situation, this is not a critique of ur situation. this is a problem of priorities. and my contention is that if pay for it, it becomes important and a priority.
In my neck of the woods over the last fifteen years I have seen an ever-increasing awareness of ecological restoration, and today individuals and a precious few corporations are beginning to do this work on their own lands with their own money.
i agree with that statement but what does volunteering have to do with that. obviously it is starting to become a priority. they hire someone. they buy seed. they pay for mowing and landscaping. or they do it themselves with their own employees. great! that is what im talkin about. ppl doing real work for real wages. stepping up to the plate of capitalism. giving value to their land.
infact. u heard it first here. i propose there should be a 'tax' for NOT having natives landscaping on ur city and corporation lands. :)
Okay, I guess I'm stubborn because I'll try this one more time. I'll address your second point first.
Encouraging volunteers for restoration projects is one way of increasing awareness of the need for and purpose of ecological restoration. "obviously it is starting to become a priority." This just doesn't happen in a void - it happens because the general public somehow, someway becomes aware of the need. John's scout troop puts in a service day at the local nature preserve, John comes home talking about what he learned and drags his parents back the next month, and several months later John's family begins restoration work on their own property. I have seen this very thing happen in my community.
On your first point - you're right, I didn't pay them a living wage for an entire year, but I paid them a living wage for the portion of time that they worked for me. Yeah, they had to go out and find other work for the rest of the year, but they seem to be actively engaged in the pursuit of more work. It is far easier to do one project for $100,000 than 10 projects for $10,000 each, but not all of us can afford to spend $100,000. I am speaking here as an individual land owner, not as a representative of a large corporation or government agency.
I guess being the eternal optimist, I think that every little bit counts.
And froggy, hold the fries, I'm doing that low carb thing.
I have a bit more information to add: someone on another discussion list suggested the Sierra Club national service trips. Sierra Club runs 70 (!) service trips per year, and many of these trips (probably increasing every year) feature invasive plant removal or related habitat restoration activities. The appropriate link is below.
Here is a link that might be useful: Sierra Club service trips for native habitat restoration


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Maytag dryer problem....
Today i threw the some clothes into the dryer, the drum was about half full being that the dryer was a 7.0Cubic feet, set it to medium heat and 50 minutes. About 10 minutes later i opened the door and i noticed the heating element in the back was on and i noticed it "glowing down" from the red. then just 15 minutes ago i opened the door again and it was still doing that. I'm starting to get the inattention that there is something wrong with the dryer. It is running while I'm writing this. it has come on the freshen up mark and i noticed once again it doing the same thing. Is this normal? if not whats wrong with it?
All electric dryers use heating elements that glow redish orange when making heat.
As long as it turns off when you open the dryer door and when you physically turn the dryer off it should be OK.
It will also cycle on and off the closer it gets to drying the clothes.
When you initially start drying, the heating elements come one full power and when the temperature of the air in the drum reaches its set heat setting (High, Medium, Low), it will cycle off until the air temp. drops enough to turn it back on.
(you may hear the thermostat click on and off.)
Newer model dryers may not totally turn all the way off but instead power down the wattage enough to let the air cool a bit but keeping a warm flow of air.
If the clothes get uncomfortably hot then the thermostat may not be working correctly and not cycling on and off.
Make sure your venting is free and clear of any lint build up and the lint filter is clean.
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