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Council public appeal to catch fly-tipping rogues
|March 23, 2015
|Filled under Campaigns, Community, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment, Environment Agency, Holderness, Sproatley
ENFORCEMENT officers at East Riding of Yorkshire Council are asking for the public's help to find people responsible for two recent incidents of fly-tipping in the Holderness countryside. read more
Reducing your waste this Christmas
|December 23, 2014
|Filled under East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment
CHRISTMAS – "the time of giving and receiving, and also for producing a great deal of waste!" says the East Riding of Yorkshire Council! The council is reminding residents that more waste is thrown out during the festive season than any other, but that this year, recycling in the East Riding will be easier than […] read more
New waste contracts deliver HOTI victory over Waste Incinerator
|June 18, 2014
|Filled under Campaigns, Community, Debate, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Holderness, Hull
EAST RIDING of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council have awarded new contracts to jointly manage their waste. Of significance to the local area, is that the 240,000 tonne mass burn waste incinerator originally earmarked for Saltend will now definitely not be built! read more
Fortnightly bin collections: Holderness recycling rates soaring, says council
|July 30, 2013
|Filled under Campaigns, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment, Holderness
AREAS of the East Riding that are now on the fortnightly collections of the blue recycling bins and green landfill bins are seeing recycling rates soaring, says East Riding Council. East Riding of Yorkshire Council have issued the figures for the amount of waste collected in June 2013 from the blue, brown and green bins. […] read more
Bins Information Service for new Tenants
|May 30, 2013
|Filled under East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Public Notice
NEW TENANTS moving into the area should have no problem finding out about bin collections, which bins to use for which waste and recycling. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is highlighting the help it gives to residents moving into new rented accommodation to know more about their bin collections. The service, for tenants, letting agents […] read more
"Don't send your rubbish to us!" plea from Cheshire anti-incineration group to local councillors
|May 29, 2013
|Filled under Campaigns, Community, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull
CHAIN – a community anti-incineration group in Cheshire (Cheshire Anti-Incineration Network), has contacted councillors in Hull and the East Riding to make an appeal that the waste from this area is never shipped to Northwich for incineration. CHAIN is opposing the building and operation of waste-burning incinerators in Cheshire. Hull City and East Riding Councils' […] read more
New waste contracts being advertised by council – is incineration off the agenda?
|February 27, 2013
|Filled under Campaigns, Debate, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment, Politics
FOLLOWING consultation last year on the East Riding and Hull City Council's Joint Waste Development Plan, during which anti-incinerator campaigners HOTI restated their case that 'no new incinerator plants should be built in East Yorkshire', it seems, according to the Hull Mail, that new waste contracts currently being procured do not include requirements to build an incinerator. […] read more
Council takes waste prevention message out to community groups
|July 31, 2012
|Filled under Campaigns, Community, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment, Events, Thorngumbald
EAST RIDING COUNCIL is taking the waste prevention message out to local community groups. The Council will be attending community events in Beverley, Bishop Burton, Bridlington, Cottingham, Goole and are willing to visit community groups in other parts of the East Riding to discuss recycling and waste prevention. Amongst the groups to benefit will be […] read more
East Riding Residents among best Recylers
|July 19, 2012
|Filled under East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment, Holderness
HOUSEHOLDS in the East Riding recycled 60 per cent of their waste last month (June 2012). That 60 per cent recycling rate is based on the collections from the blue recycling bins, the brown bins for composting and the waste taken to the 10 household waste recycling sites. 1,872 tonnes of recyclables, ie glass, paper, […] read more
Council sets new recycling targets
|July 4, 2012
|Filled under East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment
NEW RECYCLING and waste prevention targets have been agreed following consultation with East Riding's residents. This will see East Riding Council attempting to recycle 65 per cent of household waste by 2021. Hull City Council's target in the same period is 60 per cent. The cabinet of East Riding of Yorkshire Council yesterday approved the […] read more
"Brilliant" Bin Trials to be extended to Burstwick
|June 23, 2012
|Filled under Burstwick, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment
STREETS IN BURSTWICK will join other Holderness areas in taking part with trials of fortnightly green bin collections. Streets in Keyingham and Thorngumbald are already taking part in the trials which see the green landfill bin collections changing from weekly to fortnightly, and the blue recycling bin collections changing from monthly to fortnightly. Haley Singleton […] read more
Holderness: Recycling reduces waste sent to landfill by 10%
|May 23, 2012
|Filled under East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Environment, Holderness
EAST RIDING RESIDENTS hit a top recycling rate of 56 per cent in April by putting more in their blue and brown bins, according to figures published by the East Riding Council. There was also good news about the green landfill bins with a 20 per cent drop in April, which means the amount of […] read more
Planning for Waste Facilities – Consultation Event in Hedon
|March 22, 2012
|Filled under Consultation, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Events, Hedon, Holderness, Hull
AS PART of their consultation into Waste Management East Riding and Hull City Councils will produce a complementary Joint Waste Development Plan Document. Once adopted it will guide decision-making regarding how waste should be managed, where waste facilities will be built and what policies are put in place to ensure this happens. As well as including waste policy, […] read more
'Green' Bears take recycling message into nursery school
|March 21, 2012
|Filled under Community, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Events, Preston
SONGBIRDS NURSERY in Station Road, Preston will be getting two furry visitors on Thursday 29th March 2012, when the East Riding Council's 'green' bears come to visit. ERYC and ERYCA are the council's Recycling and Composting messengers who can visit and bring advice and information on how to reduce waste. Residents across the East Riding […] read more
Waste Recycling Site Permits – Reminder!
|March 14, 2012
|Filled under East Riding of Yorkshire Council
EAST RIDING COUNCIL is reminding those who need permits to use local household waste recycling sites, that they are due for renewal. The permits enable residents to use their commercial-type vehicles to take personal household waste to the sites. Commercial waste is not accepted at any of the sites. The annual permits can be renewed […] read more


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"The best one!"
How much the love between Jin and Logan has grown since book one. Their love very gets tested in this one.
The part when Jin is getting whipped and Logan is in so much pain seeing is mate get hurt and not being able to help him...it made me cry D:
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The ending when Jin decided to take Logan's last name, and when Logan pulled him in and said " I love you Jin Chuch" eeeeek it made me very giddy and happy
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The Love that Logan has for Jin
When Jin took Logan's place in the pit
I like how he had different voices for each character
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Slope full of weeds, need fast growing ground cover/weed control
Hi everyone, I've enjoyed reading the forums. So much useful information.
We moved to this house a few years ago. The former owners allowed all the weeds to go to seed for years. We have a lot of beautiful plants, shrubs and trees and we've slowly been taking care of small areas and trying to get the weeds under control. We have two little ones so we don't have a lot of time to devote to this.
It's time to take care of the slope in our back yard. We have every weed you can think of and most are 3-4 feet high by the end of summer. You may be able to tell from the picture that last year we got as far as laying weed control fabric down but never covered it and the weeds grew through and took over again.
We need a cheap groundcover that will hopefully take care of weeds at the same time.
We have a lot of other ivy in another area of the yard and I was wondering if it would be feasible to transplant a bunch of that to the slope?
Or should I tackle the weeds first? I don't like using things like Round-up so I was going to use agricultural vinegar.
If I do use another weed control fabric, will the ivy grow over it or no? I'm guessing no since I'm not sure where they'd root.
The key is that we need a cheap solution. We don't plan to be here that much longer.
Also, I included a picture of some sort of vine or bush that we have a lot of, I was wondering if anyone can tell me what it is?
Also, we are in PA and the slope is mostly clay covered by a few inches of nicer dirt.
Liriope (monkey grass) of any kind is great to hold a slope. It is a "renewable resource" - it spreads and forms clumps, grows by underground runner. I would also suggest hemerocalis (daylilies) and any other spreading perennials, and shrubs such as spirea, viburnums, forsythia shrubs.
I have also used annual flowering Lantana on a slope. It grows fast, has terrific foliage on strong sturdy stems, and lots of sweet-smelling flowers - gold or multi-colored. Pretty but tough. It will die back at frost time. You can mass the same color on the whole bank. Because the plants mature quickly, I think they're a good value.
Euonymous is a good low shrub that spreads and will help hold a slope. It can be pruned and contained, and other plalnts can be put amongst it. But this might take longer than you feel you have.
I tend to not like ivy too much -- it gets invasive, and is "snaky" in that you can't see what is lurking in it... just my experience with kids in the summertime yard, loosing balls, frisbees, etc. in the ivy. Plus it will take over your trees.
Good luck - it doesn't look too terribly bad! Could be really great with just a little effort!
Daylillies and blue rug junipers!
I am in the process of revitalizing our side yard slope which is basically weeds and grass and was/still is a bear to mow.
You have the grass removed already, so you are ahead of the game. I would remove the fabric, add some good soil to build it to a nice angle, plant and mulch thoroughly. Also, get some large rocks / mini boulders and place them strategically to add some texture and foundation to it.
Plus, get some hostas! they will do well in that area as well!
Also, I do not know where you live, but if you are close to New Hope, PA, Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve still has their native plant sale going on this weekend. A lot of real nice native PA plants that thrive in this soil and climate. That means less work for you and hubby once established as they are native. Just a thought.
Good luck.
If you take a look at photos I have posted on Cottage Garden-gallery (see "Things are starting to fill in") you will understand that I know from what I speak (my whole garden is a slope).
When we bought this property many years ago, it was covered with maple trees which provided slightly less than total darkness under which nothing would grow (except weeds).
I tackled this mess one area at a time. As my knowlege grew--so did the number and size of the beds. Try to do only what you can reasonably do well at the moment. You will have the time, however limited , to monitor your beds and watch for problems, happy accidents (like a volunteer seedling having planted itself). You will also learn if the plant choices you have made like the home you have provided them. This alone could save you a lot of frustration, time and financial investment.
Having tried landscape fabric-difficult to keep in place,mulch tends to slide off (particularly in a hard rain).
I prefer to use the 'lasagna method'. Lay down 8 layers of wet newspaper overlapping edges so weeds can't find a way through and cover with several inches of mulch (I find shredded bark works best because it will knit together and prevent sliding. Many local landfills provide this to the community at little to no cost.).
Leave to overwinter. This method will not only help to control the weed problem, but will also add beneficial elements to the quality of the clay soil.
Ask your friends and relatives if they would help you by saving their old newspapers for you (you will need quite a bit).
I don't know the ages of your little ones, but if they are anything like my two kids were at toddler stage and up, there is nothing they would like more than helping mom and dad. Especially if it involves the opportunity to "play" in the water and get soaking wet outside. You could try this project on a hot summer day
In the spring you can plant. What plants will depend on your light conditions.
I hope this is helpful.


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When I queried a range of Washington attorneys about Holder's record for a June 2013 column, I found considerable criticism. Some questioned his supervision of major cases. Others faulted what they said was a failure to shape legal policy. Holder's supporters countered at the time that the criticism was unfair, and that the attorney general was setting an agenda internally that would become clearer to the outside world.
A year later, a sharper focus at Justice has indeed been noted by many outside observers, including some who were critical of Holder before. "Being attorney general is about setting priorities, and Holder has done that during the second term," says one prominent Washington lawyer who was earlier a skeptic.
"Holder deserves more credit than his critics give him," says John Bellinger, who served as State Department legal adviser during the George W. Bush administration. "He's launched some important domestic justice initiatives and has directed a series of successful terrorism prosecutions."
One Holder priority has been a "Smart on Crime" initiative to adjust the government's approach to drug offenses and other nonviolent crimes. A U.S. attorney in Washington in the 1980s during the "War on Drugs," with its harsh mandatory sentences, Holder saw that "the future was being thrown away" by imprisoning minorities and low-income people disproportionately, says a colleague.
Holder decided it was time to reverse this injustice. He sent a memo to the White House in 2012 that noted: "The War on Drugs ... is not without certain successes. We have, however, expended substantial resources, incarcerated huge numbers of Americans and caused unexpected negative collateral impacts." He told the White House he planned to examine Justice's strategies and, where appropriate, "make necessary adjustments."
The crime initiatives were rolled out last August, in some cases tracking a parallel effort by the U.S. Sentencing Commission. To prepare the way, Holder spoke last fall with DEA agents and in March with U.S. attorneys. In addition to changing sentencing recommendations, Justice pushed for new probation, clemency and re-entry programs to help ex-convicts rejoin their communities.
"This administration has made it a priority to promote effective policies to aid former prisoners in re-entering society," Holder wrote in August. He's held monthly meetings to follow up. Holder has been similarly focused in trying to enforce parts of the Voting Rights Act, despite a Supreme Court ruling last year that voided a key section.
The Justice Department is one of those huge federal bureaucracies that sometimes defy supervision, so Holder was challenged by implementation of the Supreme Court's 2013 decision in the Windsor case, striking down portions of the Defense of Marriage Act. Holder created a task force in the civil division to work with other federal agencies. He reported to President Obama on June 20 that after retooling over 1,000 laws and rules, "agencies across the federal government have implemented the Windsor decision to treat married same-sex couples the same as married opposite-sex couples for the benefits and obligations for which marriage is relevant." This was the kind of policy coordination some observers had earlier found lacking.
Holder has steered a steadier course in prosecuting terrorism cases. Critics complained about a 2011 reversal under pressure of an initial decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian court in New York. But Holder stuck to his guns. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, was convicted by a federal jury last March. Ahmed Abu Khattala was indicted in Washington for the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi.
Justice has won some astronomical settlements in financial crime cases. BNP Paribas agreed Monday to pay $8.9 billion after pleading guilty to money laundering charges. Credit Suisse in May paid $2.6 billion to settle a criminal case. JPMorgan agreed to an eye-popping $13 billion settlement. But some critics complain these cases are more impressive as PR victories than as systematic prosecutions of fraud.
Some observers expected that Holder would leave Justice after the 2012 election. By staying longer, he has put his stamp more firmly on an unwieldy agency and established clear policies in areas that mattered to him. Attorneys who ask what the Holder era accomplished now have a better answer.
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Cures for bitter lettuce
This is my first time growing lettuce. I am growing "Salad Bowl" leaf lettuce from Gurney's. From research, I find out that heat and not keeping the lettuce consistently moist are factors for making the lettuce bitter, both of which are likely causes here.
However, I have also read that harvesting the lettuce and keeping it in the fridge for a few days before eating it will lessen the bitter taste. Is this true?
I'm also having a hard time determining when to harvest. My lettuce seems rather small, but I can only compare it to lettuce I see in the grocery stores.
Should I yank all the current lettuce out and replant? Give up on lettuce for this season and try again in the fall?
Well, as far as I know, once its bitter, its bitter. If it's mildly bitter, you can always use it as a substitute for greens that are meant to be somewhat bitter, such as frisee or escarole. But, at some point, its just inedible for humans, and you can compost it, feed it to poultry or rabbits, etc.
Really, in the heat of summer, its hard to grow non-bitter lettuce. Personally, I find it better to just grow lettuce in the cooler periods, and stick with things like chard, orach, malabar, and amaranth for the hot weather periods. But, if you want to try, try growing it in afternoon shade in really rich, moist soil, and harvest it as "baby" lettuce.


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Martin v. LiftMaster v. Hormann v. ?
I'm looking for a quality garage door opener -- it should be quiet, sturdy (e.g, 1-piece rail), and reliable. My impression, from looking around the web, is that the Martin DC3700, LiftMaster 8550 (or 3585), and Hormann SilentDrive 7500 might fit the bill. Does anyone have experience with any (or all) of these? Am I missing something? Any thoughts and/or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Martin appears to be a company that has Chamberlain and Genie build openers and apply Martin's name to them. Hormann is built in Germany and apparently is pushing hard here in the states. I never heard of them until about 2 weeks ago. I would worry about price and availability of repair parts. Liftmaster is made by Chamberlain who also makes Craftsman for Sears and many other companies. Liftmaster is their commercially installed opener and Chamberlain is more of a do it yourself model. There is not an opener I like more than Liftmaster and Chamberlain is a first class organization. There you go with my opinion.
Thanks for the reply ... from my perspective, all information/opinion is worth hearing.
BTW, where did you come across the info about Martin? From speaking with one of their customer service reps, I gathered that they didn't manufacture the openers. He also said (if I remember correctly) that Martin openers were designed by a German company (not Hormann or Sommer) to Martin's specifications ... however, he did seem reluctant to tell me the name of the company.
It does, doesn't it. But the thing that interests me most about the Martin is their Soft Touch feature, which eliminates the need for the photo eye; and neither of those manufacturers (or any other, from what I've found) have that feature.
Yes that is a feature but is only available if you purchase a new garage door. It's a good selling point in that it eliminates those pesky sensors but I wonder why the 2 largest manufacturers don't have it if it is so great.
I don't think so. That type of safety was used years ago by some manufacturer but it and they went by the wayside and so did my memory. I actually never saw one but heard of them. It was a rubber piece that ran along the bottom of the door. If the door ran into something it compressed the rubber and closed a switch causing the motor to reverse. This must be the same thing because it is part of the door rather than something that comes with the opener.


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East Memorial Christian Academy (EMCA) has been behind on the scoreboard early in every game this season. Most of the time, they have not been able to overcome the deficit. But things were different Thursday night as the Wildcats overcame an early 16-0 deficit to win 35-16 over Crenshaw Academy. "I think our conditioning played a role in the outcome and we also made the correct adjustments on defense soon enough to prevent them from scoring again," said Brad Porter, head coach at EMCA.
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Linda Gibbs Chartier, author of "Roby School: Silly School Poems," will be speaking about childhood in Saugus and reading from her book at the Saugus Historical Society on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Now a resident of Laconia, N.H., she is a descendant of longtime Saugus residents and fondly recalls her childhood here. Linda's book, published last year, has had overwhelmingly positive reviews. It is a fun book for all ages, full of witty and amusing reminiscences.
Linda attended Roby School from 1956 to 1960 (hers was the class that burned all the schools down) On a better note, she belonged to the Blue Belle Highlanders and went with them when they represented Saugus at the New York World's Fair. She also belonged to Saugus Assembly of Rainbow for Girls. Several members of the Appleton Street neighborhood where she grew up will also be attending the meeting, and reminiscing about life in Saugus in those days.
Linda's 92-year-old mother, the inspiration of the poem named "The Cheerleader," will also be coming to the meeting. She was a cheerleader at Saugus High School. Her mother, Pearl Smith, lived 105 of her 108 years in Saugus and has a plaque at Laurel Gardens in her memory.
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The camp is home to more than 16 thousand residents, and in December 2013, 20 thousand other refugees arrived in Kakuma. All these difficulties are compounded by the fact that every day about 150 people arrive, and to provide sufficient water in such an overcrowded area is really difficult for humanitarian agencies. This involves a significant risk of spread of diseases like malaria and cholera.
Before the current crisis in South Sudan, the new arrivals in Kakuma generally remained in tents for a little less than a month waiting for permanent structures to be made. Unfortunately those who arrived in December are still living in tents. The overcrowding of different ethnic groups in Kakuma has also led to growing concerns about safety. The Nuer and Dinka refugees are housed in the same places, in an effort to promote the integration between the two communities, but for many of the newcomers, living together and overcrowding are cause for concern, particularly for the Nuer, who are a minority in the camp. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 20/05/2014)
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In a report on utilities' responses to widespread power outages on Fourth of July weekend, state regulators last week ordered GPU Inc. and Conectiv Power Delivery to increase equipment inspections and not reduce their work forces. The Board of Public Utilities also ordered the companies to submit their own reports evaluating their power delivery systems, including whether inspection records are up to date. The board began an investigation into the utilities after more than 170,000 New Jersey customers lost power during a heat wave between July 4 and July 8, 1999. Several residents and businesses have sued GPU, which serves about two million customers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Conectiv, based in Delaware, serves 473,000 customers in South Jersey. The board attributed outages at Long Beach Island to weaknesses in Conectiv's transmission wires.


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Quartzite polished or honed?
Hi all! I've chosen Mont Blanc quartzite slabs for my kitchen countertops and island. I had a sample where one side was honed, one side polished. The polished side etched horribly, while the honed side was bulletproof. The fabricator (who is not who I got my sample from) says polished is better for quartzite, and that perhaps my polished sample was unsealed? I don't know what to believe. I fell in love with the creamy look of the honed but most of all the infallibility of it. I don't like the shiny polished look as much but I can live with if it is maintenance-free. My fabricator is going to charge me $600+ per slab to hone the slabs. What are your experiences with quartzite- honed, polished, sealed, etc? Thank you!
That's strange that one side etched and the other side didn't. I'd wonder what sort of coating was on the polished side, or if perhaps the etching was just much less noticeable on the honed side? Hard to say. Basically this doesn't make much sense so there is something else going on here. Did you try the scratch test?
Given the same type of marble, honed will show etching less but it will still etch. If it's true quartzite, then neither honed nor polished will etch. They key is figuring out what kind of rock you really have. That is much more important than the surface treatment.
Is Mont Blanc a real quartzite or a marble mislabeled as quartzite?
That's a good point about it possibly not being a quartzite. I saw a sample of a stone the yard called a quartzite but it was definitely granite. It had the relatively large crystal flakes that catch the light, that is characteristic of granite and that quartzite never has. The price was a granite level price too, which should have been my first warning. How is the price on your slab?
Hi TamaraTomNC, we ended up polishing our counters. Quartzite is NOT marble!!! You may want to find a different fabricator if he thinks that. It is a different stone than marble. Our fabricator gave me a sample of polished and it did great in my tests. I think the polished sample I had before was unsealed, which made a big difference. We haven't moved in yet, but the countertops are in, and I was at the house over the weekend and put a fast food cup (the kind that really sweats and leaves water everywhere) on the counter and it wiped right off. Came back the next day and it was fine.
Thanks, VADawg. You must be so excited to see your kitchen coming together! I will check back with our fabricator- when we asked what the slab was, he said it was "Mont Blanc marble" Maybe I misunderstood. Either way, we love it and it will be in our kitchen! :)
Hello all, I just wanted to give an update on how my quartzite counters are holding up. I will post pics eventually.... Anyway, for those of you wondering, they are bullet-proof. They haven't stained, etched, or chipped. I put hot things on them. I've had wine, oil, etc spilled on them. We have the Mont Blanc quartzite that is polished. Everyone on this forum was so helpful when we were renovating our house that I wanted to return the favor. Our countertops caused me some of the most sleepless nights during our renovation because of the expense, so I hope this helps someone out there!
VADawg, Thank you for sharing that your Quartzite polished gorgeous counters did not etch and are bulletproof. They are also gorgeous! I just love your kitchen! I will have to get a sample of the Mont Blanc Quartzite! Congratulations on such a gorgeous kitchen with such beautiful counters!
For anyone considering this stone, don't assume that all Mont Blanc slabs are quartzite. The slabs at my local stone yard are labeled as falling somewhere between granite and marble in terms of staining and durability. IOW, it will etch and stain, just not as much as other marbles, but it certainly isn't as durable as quartzite. You need to get a sample and test it yourself.
I was bummed when I learned this because I would have loved to have counters as lovely as VADawg's.
I am getting my superwhite quartzite slabs honed, $7/square foot. In case anyone is looking around at pricing.
There is no process to mitigate etching, unfortunately. The concern is that stones are sold under all kinds of names and some are quartzite and some are marble.
VADawg's slabs are quartzite, and thus won't etch. But some slabs sold as "quartzite" are actually marble. Honing doesn't effect this either way.
VADawg, nice work! Totally gorgeous. I hope you are sleeping well after a job well done. :)
Another idea floating around out there is that a honed surface doesn't show the etching to the same extent as a polished surface. There is an interesting post about etching and a marble countertop, linked below.
I like the less reflective look of the honed rock, it enhances the rock's natural vibe for me.
Here is a link that might be useful: etching on a marble countertop.
Hi sgriffen, that's funny, I purchased polished and was thinking I wanted it honed originally and my fabricator said ti would be several hundred dollars. I don't know too much about honed, but I had a honed sample and a polished sample, and the polished held up like a champ. I think I remember the honed had a slight discoloration or mark from the oil that I had tested, but I really can't remember too much about the honed sample. I would ask for a sample of each (and make sure they put a sealant or whatever they will do once they're installed on each side of the sample so you get a true test!!!). I've had my polished countertops since June, and they are bulletproof and gorgeous. I put hot pots on them, cooking oil, cherry juice, etc. Of course I clean spills up right away, but so far no scratching or etching or staining. I absolutely love them. Hope that helps!
"My fabricator told me it would be $1000/slab to polish it! "
I recently refinished an engineered marble which only needed the last two steps of a 4 step system followed by polishing powder, so three steps in all. I could do about 7SF an hour. To go from honed to polished you may get 2SF per hour. That's about 20 hours per slab, so you're getting quite a deal.


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⬅ Return to Glenn Greenwald: Growing Responsibility for the Bush Torture Regime
May 20th, 2008 at 3:00pm
Well put! I often wonder why Democrats and Republicans alike consider it inexpedient or impossible to put the administration to task for what seem to be (all innocent before proven guilty) its crimes against the American people and humanity. I think that as long as we allow these crimes to stand uninvestigated and unpunished, we have lost our identity as "Americans" due to such a far deviation from the spirit and the letter of The Constitution, and have become something else entirely... "Amerikkkans", perhaps.
May 20th, 2008 at 4:47pm
@GG - maybe not torture per se, but did you see this?
May 20th, 2008 at 4:58pm
The two things Congress should be grilled on the most regarding both torture and the Military Commissions Act are:
1) Specifically related to torture, the habeas corpus provision is not the most damaging. Far more damaging is the fact that the act eviscerates the War Crimes Act, and sharply narrows the Torture Act, the first of which implements Geneva, the second UNCAT, and makes these changes retroactive to 1997. That in itself is illegal under UNCAT, since it is a move by a government to protect people who it knows have tortured, and it is illegal under Geneva for the same reasons with respect to a grave breach.
2) Under UNCAT, the government is required to investigate, prosecute and punish on torture. Since the Congress is the body that does that with respect to the executive branch, they don't really have the liberty to move so slowly as to not prosecute at all, regardless of whether the Founders wanted significant hurdles or not. They are required to do so, and should obey the treaties, which are signed and ratified and thus the supreme law of the land.
May 20th, 2008 at 6:19pm
The increasingly frantic scramble to justify impunity, and to legislate away basic rights, are essentially connected.
Before the invasion of Afghanistan, the Bush administration demanded that the Afghan government turn over Osama bin Laden. The Afghans replied, "show us an indictment, and an extradition request". Bush & Company simply repeated the bald demand for an individual. There was a good deal of a "Bill of Attainder" going on here; but the Afghan government insisted on the forms of law, so the U.S. invaded (and replaced the Taliban with a narco-Mafia).
After the Bill of Attainder, this administration has gone on to commit almost all the acts listed as the abuses which impelled the American Revolution; till finally embracing torture, repeal of Habeas Corpus, with the claim that any act of the "Commander in Chief" is by definition legal. Even King George had not gone quite that far.
Treaties have full force and effect of U.S. federal law - try having your business violate NAFTA rules, and find out. The Nuremberg Charter and the U.N. Charter list conspiracy to initiate aggressive war a "Crime against Peace". The U.S. decided this was a capital felony, and a bunch of German and Japanese officials were executed - by the U.S. - for Crimes against Peace, Crimes of War, and Crimes against Humanity.
And those are all still capital felonies under U.S. federal law.
What this administration and it's supporters have forgotten is that there is a rule of law - even if it grinds slow.
Do the crime, do the time, Mr. Bush.
Got rope?
May 20th, 2008 at 6:31pm
Thanks, Glenn! I've been trying to make these points to my Congressman for more than a year. The best I can get out of him is that he signed Wexler's letter to start impeachment proceedings.
Speaker Pelosi must be replaced by someone with clean hands. Her otherwise progressive voting record is worthless besides her collusion with Bush & Cheney on torture.
Bob in HI
May 20th, 2008 at 6:35pm
The only consolation I have been taking in all this mess is that history (yeah, that stuff!) has shown us that perpetrators of war crimes and the like are almost always brought to justice AFTER they are out of office. That has held true recently (Slobodan Milosevic) as well as in the past (Nazis and others). So, much as we would all like to see the current administration impeached and convicted right now - the wheels of justice do grind slowly. Hopefully, they are now grinding away and eventually we WILL get to the desired outcome - punishment of those primarily responsible, a recognition that this kind of stuff is ALWAYS AND FOREVER WRONG, and a reversal of our policies, including but not limited to passage of laws specifically prohibiting ALL of these so-called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' so there is no ambiguity, and repeal of the Patriot Act, The Warner Defense Authorization Act, and any other shameful piece of legislation passed within the last 8 years that has the effect of reversing centuries of prohibitions against torture and established legal guarantees and precedents.
lokywoky bitter hussein
May 20th, 2008 at 7:00pm
It's been my opinion for some time that or national legislative body, on both sides of the isle, are far too indebted to corporate sponsorship. They seem more the gatekeepers and purveyors to public resources than serving in the interest of the public at large domestically and especially in regards to foreign policy. The looting of America as we are seeing now is far too lucrative to allow any law, even the most fundamental, to stand in the way. This cannot happen. We as citizens have to press hard to hold our Executive and Legislative officials culpable or we are less likely to hold this democracy together on anything other than a regional level. We have become a corporate state where profits are elevated above the health, welfare and freedom of our citizens as well as governments and people of other nations who stand in our way. We would do well also to hold corporate leadership under due process in regards to the war in Iraq. I for one would love to see Exxon-Mobil stand up for charges of crimes against humanity, as well Haliburton and the rest of the boys and girls who have made war for profit their game plan. Somehow a precedence has to be set after these miserable years of Mr. Bush, the man who stole the presidency, after all there should be no great mystery what ills the United States. Without prosecution the bar of justice will forever stay low for those who stand to profit by it.
May 21st, 2008 at 4:59am
Since the USA is still the biggest guy on the block, and we have no one in this country protecting us from these lawbreakers. It probably will be up to the international community to bring these criminals to justice some day. I hope that someone retains the list of voters who keep reelecting these war criminals. Because I believe, that not only the administration; the congress,the supreme court, the justice department,the media-especially the right wing media , should all be put on trial for war crimes.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:06am
Like many of you I've written letter after letter concerning America's torture policy. I've also made my views known to some of our Congressional leaders while visiting Washington. I even gave Senator McConnell a book that detailed the Bush administrations policy of torture in the hopes that he would be shamed into doing something.
Unfortunately, I think it's painfully obvious to all of us that so far each of our individual efforts have been far too easy to ignore. Perhaps it's time to develop a sustained, multi-pronged plan where all of us can band together to make it harder for our media, our leaders and our fellow citizens to ignore this issue. With that thought in mind I think this new blog is an excellent first step.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:48am
I do not want to detract from, or undermine, your message, because the need for practical action is paramount.
However, I do wonder whether you need to revisit and review one of your basic premises - namely, the question as to whether a lack of respect for the life and dignity of "others" is, and for some time has been, your country's "defining behavior" and one of your country's "basic national values".
To make my point in perhaps a less provocative way, what I'm trying to suggest is that the pre-eminent defining behavior of the USA over, say, the past 100 years, is to define, then pursue, its "national interest" in a manner that pays absolutely no respect for the lives, sovereignty or interests of others (i.e., non-Americans).
A country that, as a matter of policy, devalues the lives and fates of others, has to expect that such a policy will, from time to time, manifest more acutely, in the form of torture (e.g., the Philippines) and worse (e.g., acts of aggressive war, such as the invasion of Iraq).
The shorthand for what I'm describing is "exceptionalism", but this is too broad and vague a term, because it masks the core, defining principle in play, namely, a refusal to recognize the lives and interests of others as anything other than subordinate to the lives and interests of America and Americans.
For as long as this pertains, you can expect (indeed, guarantee) that your country will, in your name, commit atrocities. Unless and until America begins to respect human life regardless of ethnicity and citizenship, it is difficult to see how anything will change. After all, we've all seen America wring its collective hands over torture before...and we all know how that turned out. The reaction today is much the same as in 1902 --
"It sips its coffee and reads of its soldiers administering the "water cure" to rebels; of how water with handfuls of salt thrown in to make it more efficacious, is forced down the throats of the patients until their bodies become distended to the point of bursting; of how our soldiers then jump on the distended bodies to force the water out quickly so that the "treatment" can begin all over again. The American Public takes another sip of its coffee and remarks, "How very unpleasant!"
(April 16, 1902, edition of the New York World newspaper)
The world continues to watch and wonders: "Why will this time be any different?"
-- The Reality Kid
May 21st, 2008 at 12:01pm
I saw the last election as collective action of the Bush Administration, where thorough investigations of 911, torture, and articles of impeachment were promised. After sipping her champagne, the new Speaker of the House declared: "Impeachment is off the table". This set the tone for this congress.
You say we now bear a "collective responsibility" for the crimes of this administration, yet it seems to me voters sought redress by their actions at the voting booth. What do you now suggest we do?
May 21st, 2008 at 2:00pm
As with war advocacy, I believe that having advocated torture, or voted to enable it, such as for the Military Commissions Act, should be considered unforgiveable, regardless of the party affiliation of the politician. Sure, strategy matters, but over time, every single one of these people, Democrat and Republican alike, should be targeted for electoral challenge and eliminated from our government.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:19pm
and to Oldionus' excellent paragraph after "eliminated from our government" ...i would append .. "indicted .. tried .. convicted ..and jailed for their crimes ..."
May 25th, 2008 at 7:00pm
My basic concern has been that the lawlessness and torture affecting our country has not merely come to represent what we as Americans "stand for." There is a trickle down effect where the corruption of ideals communicates itself from the "ruling class" down to individuals in all social strata. When individual behavior begins to reflect enablement of lawlessness and torture it opens the door to human rights abuses by the entire society in the name of the "greater good" as defined by the administration and its operatives. This is basic sociology and to me represents the most frightening possibility fostered by the Bush era policies. The tide must be stopped.
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