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You've already read about the website that allows college students to wager on their grades. A new online tool allows students to calculate not whether they should risk some cash on their academic performance, but whether sleeping in and skipping class is worth their while.
The "Should I Skip Class Today?" calculator asks users 10 questions that glean information about how many times that user has that class in question, when the next major test/quiz will be held, and whether that class has an attendance policy, among other criteria. Once they hit submit, users are told whether they'd be safe or sorry if they stayed in bed and skipped class. For example, I was told it was OK to skip class but that I wasn't completely safe when I gave the calculator a whirl. I used a hypothetical class that met twice a week, included regular handouts in class, and had an attendance policy where my instructor did not take attendance, but where participation mattered in my final grade. The results also told me that I had already skipped 7 percent of my classes this semester (I had informed the web tool that this would be my third absence), and when my next test or quiz was (I offered that information up as well).
The calculator is the brainchild of Jim Filbert, who thought of the idea "one cold morning" in February of this year. Filbert, a telecommunications management student at the time, didn't want to go to class that day, and found himself wondering what the risks were to stay in his warm bed. Following a quick search online, he was unable to find a similar tool, so he took it upon himself to create an online risk calculator himself. He did end up skipping class that day, according to his bio on the site, but he spent his free time working on the calculator, instead.
While you should probably go to class as often as you can, barring an unfortunate illness, flat tire, or other incident that would stop you from doing so, it'd be interesting to see how "accurate" this calculator is in a real situation. How you'd measure its accuracy, though, I'm not exactly sure. Have you tried out this new online tool? How do you go about determining how risky it is to skip class? What's an appropriate excuse? If you're feeling swamped, check out our College Classes and Study Smart sections before deciding whether you're really too overwhelmed to go to class; we have tips on everything from preparing for exams to choosing which courses you should sign up for.
August 26, 2010
A college freshman goes through a wide range of emotions when it's time to leave home. Many are a little nervous, but mostly excited, with a laundry list of things to do before they're able to relax about their first round of courses. It's probably for the best then for parents to get back on the road and leave new freshmen to their orientations and campus exploring, right? For some parents, seeing their first son or daughter go to away to college has been harder than most.
A recent article in The New York Times took a look programs at colleges across the country that aim to make the transition easier for both incoming freshmen and their parents. According to the article, a formal "Parting Ceremony" at Morehouse College involves literally shutting the gate to the campus as the newly enrolled are left on one side, their parents on the other. At Colgate and Princeton universities, school officials are quick to remind parents that student-only activities start the afternoon or early evening of move-in day. At Grinnell College, a formal welcoming from the school's president keeps parents on one side of the college gym, students on the other.
The article is one of several lately on "helicopter parents," or moms and dads who can't help but involve themselves in every aspect of their children's lives. While moving day may be an important milestone for college students to share with their parents, especially if they're the only child, it's also important for parents to realize that this is their freshman's first taste of independence. And they won't learn how to be self-sufficient if mom and dad are hovering.
A recent article in The Chicago Tribune looked at how technology has made helicopter parenting even easier, leading with the story of a 19-year-old college sophomore who has a frequent texting relationship with her mother back home. Administrators say constant communication becomes a problem when parents start taking the lead on their children's schedules and social lives. According to the Tribune article, some call to remind their sons and daughters about upcoming exams or other deadlines, and are the first point of contact when laundry issues or conflicts with other students and professors arise.
Having a close relationship with your parents is great, but it's also important to use college as a period of self-discovery. Set up boundaries (do you really need to be Facebook friends with mom and dad?) and make sure that you're taking advantage of your first stab at independence. And worse comes to worse, you can always study abroad.
August 31, 2010
Kevin Ladd
Looks like there's a new facebook in town. Sort of. Apparently trying to recapture what the aforementioned site once offered, namely exclusivity to college students, is the new site CollegeOnly.com. It's really not a bad idea, either, if you think about it. Sure, facebook really took off and their numbers skyrocketed as a result of their opening-up their site and services to the general public, but at what price? Or, at what price to students, I should say. It worked out pretty well for facebook. I mean, does it really make sense to jettison users of your site once they reach a particular age or social status? With regard to site traffic, less is never more.
Several years ago, students could go online and post photos from frat parties and, basically, be college students without fear of their parents, employers, etc. seeing them, for example. Sure, facebook allows you to adjust your privacy settings and sure, you don't have to accept every friend request you get, but it could be a bit awkward to get an invite from an employer, parent, aunt, etc. with whom you really don't want to be facebook "friends" for the above-mentioned reasons.
Having only glanced at the site (don't currently have a ".edu" email address), I can't go into much more detail, other than to say the clipart on the home page is certainly an interesting choice. Regardless of your gender or preference there's a plunging neckline there for you. Enjoy.
September 9, 2010
Alexis Mattera
Since its debut in early April, the iPad has had quite the effect on consumers – even the most PC-loyal ones – around the world. The student population is no exception and just as they use the iPad and other Apple products every day on and around campus – this year, all Seton Hall undergrads received an iPad, while Stanford is bestowing the device on its incoming medical students – many colleges are even integrating the device beyond their curricula.
Eric Stoller of Inside Higher Ed's Blog U. posted a piece last night where he followed up on a recent tweet from UNCP's Assistant Director in the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership Becca Fick. In 140 characters or less, Fick said her office was getting – her words – a fleet of iPads…and while that particular fleet turned out to be just four (cuatro, quatre, vier, etc.), the department is making good use of its new quartet in conferences, student voice assessment and social media management, among other fields.
Have you noticed iPads popping up more around your school and, if so, how and by whom are they being used? If not, do you think wider usage would be a benefit or a burden?
September 10, 2010
Ah, the emergencies only credit card. Sounds great in theory but when a student's cash flow is low, the term "emergency" can take on an entirely new meaning (some sweet new sneakers or a floor dinner at Chez Fancypants, perhaps?). If Mom and Dad aren't too keen on the idea – maybe they've been there, done that and have the credit score to prove it – there hasn't been much they could do to prevent their child from stopping by the student union during the first week of classes and signing up for myriad cards and repercussions…until Andrew Cuomo stepped into their corner.
Reuters recently posted an article detailing the State University of New York's agreement with the New York Attorney General to adopt practices to protect students from unnecessary debt. SUNY, with 465,000 students on 64 campuses throughout the state, is the first university in the country to adopt this sort of reform, which calls for mandatory financial literacy programs to educate students on loans, credit cards and finances in general to minimize the nearly $4,100 in credit card debt and $20,000 in loans that most four-year college students graduate with. Letters have also been sent to the state's approximately 300 higher educational facilities insisting that they evaluate any existing contracts with credit and debit card companies, prohibit the sharing of students' personal information with card companies without authorization, limit on-campus marketing and never accept percentages of charges imposed on students.
When I began my freshman year at UConn in 2001, I made the decision not to sign up for a credit card for one simple reason: I knew that when I tired of my wardrobe or dining hall food, it would have been all too easy to bust out the plastic. That being said, I knew plenty of people who were tempted by the free t-shirts and bottle openers and they would have surely benefited from Cuomo's reform and tips like these. Now to our readers: Have any financial wins or woes from your college days you'd care to share? Would you have made different choices if more information was available? Were the sneakers worth it?
September 16, 2010
When I first heard that Harrisburg University of Science and Technology planned to block Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and AOL Instant Messenger from its campus wireless network this week, I wondered how it would play out. Today, I got my answer (thanks, Inside Higher Ed!).
Fact: The sites are blocked on campus. Another fact: Students are resourceful. It seems like every student carries a smartphone or iPad equipped with access to their carriers' respective 3G networks and Harrisburg U. students who don't have left campus to get their social media fixes via the Wi-Fi in a nearby hotel's lobby or attempted to hack into the campus network to bypass the block. Eric Darr, the provost behind the plan, said the university never expected full abstinence but bus personal observations reveal the proportion of students participating is between 10 and 15 percent – notable because students are required to have laptops and have their computers open in class. In Darr's eyes, the initiative has been a success because people have become more aware of the role social media plays in their lives. "This extreme media coverage in and of itself is forcing more focus on social media," he said. "That was the whole point of this in the first place."
The slight percentage Darr noted could have been far different if the social media ban was implemented on a residential campus (Harrisburg is nonresidential, meaning that many students live nearby instead of living in dormitories and on-campus apartments), where students were more dependent on campus networks. Plain and simple, students can log on all they want when they get home…and they have been: Gio Acosta, a junior, said that while the ban has helped him focus in class, he still gives in to the digital urge at home. "They didn't make any rules about that," he said.
Do we have any readers currently at Harrisburg U. out there? If so, tell us how you've been dealing with the ban. Are you participating? Ignoring it? Hacking your way around it?
October 11, 2010
Suada Kolovic
You can't go anywhere today without hearing the words social networking. But unlike Facebook, where students go to poke at friends and post pictures of their latest shenanigans, college campuses are attempting to harness the popularity of social networking and create online learning communities attempting to mix serious academic work, and connections among working scholars, with Facebook-style fun.
At the City University of New York, a new project called Academic Commons is connecting faculty, staff, and graduate students across the system's 23 institutions. The CUNY-only network allows its more than 1,300 users to write, share blogs, join subject groups, and participate in academic discussions.
At CUNY, registered members of Academic Commons get their own profile, where they can post information about themselves and link up with friends in groups online. The subject groups focus on topics that include open-source publishing, graduate admissions, and—on the nonacademic side—the top New York City pizza joints.
As Matthew Gold, Academic Commons' director put it, "You may not want to friend your dean on Facebook, but you still want to be connected to your dean."
October 25, 2010
The start of every new semester calls for a new set of textbooks- very expensive textbooks. Students can't really think about the cost of college today without factoring in the skyrocketing cost of textbooks. For years students have improvised on ways to dodge buying a new copy- purchasing a used one, borrowing a copy from the library, sharing with a friend, renting one, downloading an illegal version, or simply going without. We recently posted about how e-textbooks and textbook rental services are saving students money but it may not be too long before they'll be a students' only option. The plan is to have colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommend, just as in the old model).
And why not? Electronic copies are far cheaper to produce than printed text, making a bulk purchase more feasible and with colleges ordering books by the hundreds of thousands, they can negotiate a much better rate than students were able to get on their own, even for used books. The hope is to thwart the possibility of students dropping out because they could not afford textbooks, whose average price rose 186 percent between 1986 and 2005, and continue to shoot up each year faster than inflation.
"When students pay more for new textbooks than tuition in a year, then something's wrong," says Rand S. Spiwak, executive vice president at Daytona State, who is leading the experiment there. "Our game plan is to bring the cost of textbooks down by 75 to 80 percent."
But not everyone is buying into the hype of the e-textbook. Issues of ethics have aroused, for instance, what if a professor wrote the textbook assigned for his or her class? Is it ethical to force students to buy it, even at a reduced rate? And what if students feel they are better off on their own, where they have the option of sharing or borrowing a book at no cost?
October 26, 2010
As state funding for higher education across the country continues to shrink, more community colleges are considering charging higher tuition rates for costly career and technology programs. This notion of charging differential tuition is definitely a new concept for community colleges and Pima Community College, in Tucson, Ariz., is exploring the idea after having its state appropriation cut by 30 percent in two years. Some of the college's most popular programs, like nursing and avionics, would be among those charging a premium.
"It looks like we'll have budget cuts for the foreseeable future," said Roy Flores, the college's chancellor. "I'm mindful of price elasticity and that some students might be shut out if the price goes too high.… But it's a balancing act, and we're a long way from shutting people out." In 2009, the college's enrollment grew by nearly 14 percent, with a high demand for occupational programs, such as those in the health sciences and engineering. And the reality is, these programs are more expensive due to low student-teacher ratios they must maintain and the expensive training equipment required.
It is interesting to note that in states like Arizona, where there is no state community college board or coordinator board for all of public higher education, individual institutions and community college districts can set their own tuition polices. So, while currently in-state tuition at Pima is $53 per credit hour, it may not be too long before there is an increase for in-demand workforce programs. Flores insisted, "We would just want to close up that gap a little bit. We have yet to do an analysis on this, but my… estimate would be that there would be somewhere between a 10 and 30 percent premium charged for these courses. And it would be phased in, of course, and not brought on all at once."
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Plumbing and Radiator Questions
The house we bought is chock full of cast iron radiators and I LOVE THEM. We are trying to do much of our work on our own, and I am wondering if anyone has advice on the following things:
1. How I can determine whether they are hot water or steam?
2. is there a tool I can use to pressure test them for cracks? I have tried googling but keep coming up with ones for car radiators, will these work?
3. If they are cracked is that the end of them or can they be repaired? I am so worried because we got the water turned on and the basement copper piping was like a sprinkler system!
4. Is there some way I should be able to check individual piping runs for leaks without just turning on the water and taking note of puddles? I am very concerned about destroying plaster where pipes run inside the walls.
"1. How I can determine whether they are hot water or steam? "
Steam radiators will have a small silver 'bullet' shaped valve on one end (opposite the valve and pipe entry) to allow air out and steam to enter in one pipe steam systems.
A small knob on the bottom of the vent allows some adjustment of the closing time of the valve and how long steam is allowed to flow before the valve closes off (based on temperature) and stops the flow of steam through the radiator.
There are a few two pipe steam systems in residential use, but they are rare ad often use commercial style convectors (with an electric fan in many cases) instead of simple radiators.
When the system is operating you can check for cracks.
Was the house allowed to freeze with water in the lines?
A one-pipe steam system typically does not have much water in the lines, they are designed to drain the water back to the boiler (though with age and settling there may be water pockets that d\form and interfere with correct operation.
The boiler is what needs to be checked for freeze damage since they DO contain standing water.
A hydronic (water) system would be filled with water and subject to serious damage from freezing (even steel pipes split, let alone radiators).
A compressor and adapters to use air to pressurize the system would be in order.
There are not usly any good ways to repair radiators damaged by freezinf.
The parts for any particlur design are very hard to find in most places, and welding cast orin cracks is itsown special nightmare.
The thin cast iron of radiators often creates other cracks from expansion and cooling when you try to weld.
There are few shops set up to heat an entire radiator hot enough for welding, and radiators often use lead seals between segments that would melt out long before the iron was hot enough for safe welding.
Either new radiators or search around for old ones in good condition.
Don't forget--if you're new to having radiators--they need to be bled each season before you start using them in the fall. That involves turning a little valve (we need to use a screw driver) to let the old, yucky water drain out. We just put a paper cup under the cock to catch it--it's maybe a half cup for each radiator.
Enjoy! The heat is SO much better than any other, IMO. With radiators, we're comfortable with the house between 55 and 60--in the old house with the drafty hot air system, we had to keep it between 68 and 70 to feel comfy in winter
"if you're new to having radiators--they need to be bled each season before you start using them in the fall."
Not required for steam, they bled themselves every time they are used in the typical one pipe steam system.
A well sealed hydronic system should also not require bleeding.
They are sealed systems.
The only way for air to get in is if water gets out and is replaced with new water with dissolved air.
The only time I needed to bleed any of my multiple hydronic systems was after working on them and having to add a lot of fresh water with its dissolved air.
If you find that you have a steam system:
Here is a link that might be useful: We Got Steam Heat! - A Homeowner's Guide to Peaceful Coexistence
Thanks so much for all the help. So I was at the house this weekend and took some pics of the radiators to see if someone can help me id them as h/w or steam. I ask because they seem to have the top valve to release pressure like steam but also have two giant pipes like h/w.
Also, I did some minor plumbing repair (got one the cellar under the servants quarters completely leak free, thank you PEX!) but didn't see any pipes big enough to explain these huge pipes running to every radiator in the house. Am I stupid or something? Are these just big metal tubes with the pipes running inside?
Hot water based on the typical bleeder in the picture.
It takes a small key with a square recess to open the valve to let air out.
An actual hardware store should have the key.
buy more than one or you will be forever looking for the thing.
Every radiator has to be bled when the system is first filed with water.
You need something to catch a small amount of water.
The water will often have a definite odor from circulating pump oil and be black.
Start with the lowest one and wait for water to come out.
Close the valve and go to the next highest radiator.
If the system is not leaking you should only have to do this once every few years.
You WANT the old water to stay there as long as possble.
This helps to limit corrosion in the system (once the oxygen dissolved in the water is 'used' in corrosion the corrosion stops).


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I love the martingdale collar. However, we use these collars for goats so I wished it had a break away latch.
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We ordered this for our special needs bulldog. He is deaf, so we had "DEAF DOG" put on the collar so that if he were to get loose anybody who came across him would understand. Works and looks great!!
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The collars are nice. The martingale loop on the small collars that I got for my standard wire dachshunds are mostly too big. I wish they were shorter. As a result the collars do not fit as well as I would like them to fit. Also the material of the loop is not flat as it goes on the dog. I am considering taking them to the local shoemaker and having them shortened.
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Its a great collar ,nice variety of colors to choose , its very light and its washable . Great purchase and fast shipping.
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For those with a 30'' OTR microwave but a larger cooktop:
Did you buy filler side pieces for your microwave, or did you do something different? Is there even an alternative that can be done to maintain the width of the cooktop all the way up to the microwave, or is my only choice to buy a stainless steel filler piece to match the micro?
It is a REALLY bad idea to have an OTR MW over a 36" cooktop. Don't do it! You really should get a proper 36" hood. There are some OTR MW's made in a 36" size, but (A) they are really 30" MW's with stuck-on "wings" to get them to be 36" wide, (B) consequently, they look ugly AND strange, and (C) also consequently, you won't get any kind of exhaust function at all. Even a 30" MW over a 30" cooktop doesn't do much because there is very little capture area other than a couple of squares toward the back. And with the 36" OTR MW setup you are envisioning, you will get no exhaust over the front burners AND no exhaust over the sides. Your idea about stainless filler pieces doesn't make much sense. This OTR MW setup would not be a good use of your money, throwing it away actually. You may as well spend that money elsewhere and just open a window to vent for all the help an OTR MW over your 36" cooktop is going to give you.
Please, just get a 36" hood for your 36" cooktop. It'll look so much better too. An OTR MW isn't very nice to look at, especially with weird filler pieces, that are possibly against Building Code by the way. But there are some very pretty hoods out there.
I already bought the appliances, and while I appreciate hoods for their aesthetic quality, I rarely use the vent that I currently have. If I had an extra two thousand to throw away, I would have purchased a hood. But honestly, I never understood the point of spending soooo much on something that does so little.
The extensions on the 30" microwave hood to make them 36" can't be against code, or they couldn't be produced. In the international building code there are requirements for distances to non flammable surfaces, to my knowlege, and these may vary from the recommendations that come from your cooktop manufacturer and those from the manufacturer may be greater distance than the code minimums.
I've only seen Kitchen Aid, and GE OTRs configured to 36" and the KA is symmetrical while the GE is not.
What 36" cooktop are you using? Is it gas or electric?
One thing to look at is the configuration. My 30" cooktop had the controls all along one side and the burners were really set within a smaller width than 30". The only ones who appear to have this now are a couple Whirlpool and Maytag models.
Code requires a 30" minimum between a cooking surface and a combustable material. You'd have to purchase one of the 36" OTR MWs made to go in a 36" spot in order to comply with code. Cladding a combusible surface with a non combustible material doesn't comply. It still creates a fire hazard by the conduction of the heat to the combusible surface.
The easiest solution would be to return the OTR and purchase a 36" vent hood or to return your 36" cooktop and get a 30" one.
Palimpsest - I was referring to the OP's idea of using filler pieces above the cooktop as potentially being against Code. I was not referring to the 30" OTR MWs that are made into 36" size by the manufacturers by the addition of "wings".
Adrienne - You do not need to spend that much on a hood. But it looks like your mind is made up. I was offering advice about what is best to install above a 36" cooktop for exhaust and for appearance, but I understand that is not exactly what you asked.
A = 30 inches minimum clearance between the top of the cooking surface and the bottom of an unprotected wood
or metal cabinet or A = 24 inches minimum when the bottom of wood or metal cabinet is protected by not less than
1/4 inch thick flame retardant material covered with not less than #28 gage sheet steel, .015 inch thick stainless
steel, .024 inch thick aluminum, or .020 inch thick copper
Is your kitchen very, very small? If not...
"...I rarely use the vent that I currently have..."
Could that be because it's not effective, too noisy, or both? We didn't use our rangehood much in our old kitchen b/c of both reasons. However, I could often smell what I cooked for dinner all the way upstairs and into my bedroom that night as well as in the rest of the house the next morning (even when I did use it!) Additionally, there was usually a thin layer of grease on the back of the range, the wall above it, and on the sides of the surrounding cabinets...which I wiped down at least once a week. My parents' kitchen, which has no hood at all, has a film of "gunk" (grease+dust) on the cabinet above the range, the wall next to it (it's against the wall on one side), on the cabinet on the other side, and on the ceiling above.
I knew that I needed to get some decent venting in my new kitchen if I didn't want the film to start developing on my new cabinets & if I didn't want to have to constantly wipe everything down. So I did...much more effective and much quieter. Now, I use my hood every time I cook...no more grease even on the back wall!
You do not have to pay $2K for a decent hood.
Here are some:
$307: Broan Deluxe Series 893600
$483: Broan Elite Series E64E36SS
$499: Vent-A-Hood Emerald Series SLH6K36SS
This is just to help you think about the reasons you don't use it now and to consider the possibility that you might use it if you had a decent one. It's your kitchen, so the decision is yours...please, just think about it.
Then, there are the negatives of a MW over a range...safety, height, location.
If someone is cooking and someone else wants to use the MW, the Cook has to step aside at least twice, then the MW user has to place/remove food while reaching over a hot pot/pan (with steam, grease, etc.) at a height that's really too high for handling hot foods.
Again, it's your decision, these are just things to think about.
The space of my kitchen is hard to define with square footage. Currently it is 10 by 12 feet, but will become approximately 14 by 15, I guess. It will be a double L shape: an L shaped counter run with another detached L shape counter run mimicking it.
Anyway, a hood makes it so cabinets cannot go above the cooktop, but with an OTR microwave, I could at least have a short cabinet there. I don't care for the regular smallish vent hoods, though. Unlike to smell the food that I cooked - that is one reason that I cooked it. I almost never fry anything at all. You're right - my current vent is a noisy piece of junk.
Returning the appliances would be interesting because I bought them at a kick-butt price from someplace in California, and I live in Michigan (I bought them online). So, I will definitely keep them. Anyway, what about tile? Could I use my backsplash tile and tile next to the microwave?
I have to agree about the microwave positioned over the range. If you are remodeling a kitchen even if you have bought it, I would consider mounting it as an over the counter microwave at a lower height...it sounds as if you haven't finalized the cabinet layout? Or, you could sell it and probably get a decent range hood and countertop microwave for about the same price combined.
Maybe you rarely used the old hood because it was ineffective.
I had the OTR microwave in my old kitchen and it worked better than the (lowest quality available, thirty year old) conventional hood that was there. I did this because my kitchen was 35 square feet.
In the new kitchen which is only a bit larger, I passed on the OTR and went with a countertop model, and a conventional hood. If I *really need the extra counterspace, I can move it.
An otr for me, too. I could use a good vent for the broiler part of the double oven as often that would smoke and even flame. To my knowledge, a vent is not available in the U.S for wall ovens. But I don't need a vent over the cooktop.
I hardly ever fry. If I make fish, I use the gas grill outside. Lots of chicken breasts and no bacon. Deli stuff. Well trimmed meat. We just don't have cooktop generated smoke, smells, grease, etc. No greasy cabs. We have a 10 x9 foot cooking area with very small counter space(5feet and adding 4 feet). Why wouldn't I have an otr? Some styles of cooking may scream for a counter/builtin mw, but some don't.
If I or other otr fans had a 20 x22 foot kitchen, you can bet we'd have a very nice place for a microwave. But we don't.
P.S. I have an otr in our beach house kitchen and it's perfectly fine. Just hip bump a co-cook. - Works well with lots of cooks cooking!
Good question Adrienne. No fillers.
The comment about our parents' kitchens makes me think about something. How often do you wash down a range area walls and ceiling with ammonia or TSP? Or repaint a kitchen because it's changed color? In my childhood, that was essential--the entire range area in those early 1950s hoodless years was yellow and greasy-sticky. I've been cooking for two in my kitchen 8 months with a modest Broan hood and there's no stickiness on the adjacent walls or cabs.
By the way, we've got storage of seldom-used stuff in cabs above the range over the vent--including a cut-out on shelves to accommodate the exhaust system. Works for us.


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Blue Bottles
Finally took some photos of the yard, a work in progress with a long way to go.
These bottles come from a lot of places, including a couple of recycling places that will trade straight across for same size bottle. Linda
These bottles are waiting for a home.
In the manzanita bushes.
In the arbor.
In the redbud tree.
In a wine rack.
On old wrought iron fence pieces.
On pieces of old daybed frames.
And anything else that will hold a bottle!!
I love all that you have done! Wish I had more trees/places to hang things. Makes me want to run right out and cut up some of the day beds that I have so I will have 'spikes' to put bottles on. Can't tho--we are have thunder storms today. I do have one small wine rack that has some bottles on it but would love a large one like you have.
Thinking the same thing as jlily here ...humming, 'My Blue Heaven...' One thing I am wondering...doesn't it ever rain in CA! LOL! Those bottles must be doing alot of 'talking' in the wind after a rain.
That wood fence you created is still looking GRAND! & I love the blue bottles in the iron fence along it! Wine racks, too ...oh everything is just singing, "My blue heaven." TFS, sewandsew! Jeanne S.
Thank you for the nice comments.
There are only a few trees in the yard, the western redbud which is in 3 of the photos, a medium size Australian bottle brush and a large pencil tree on the slope. The bottle brush can hold a few wine racks, but the pencil tree is useless for hanging because it has caustic sap and breaks easily. The lower shrubs with the twisted branches are manzanita shrubs. We cut the bottom leaves and small branches out a few years ago to make them look better. The bottles on them are very close to the ground. The bottles get hung on whatever will support them. The brown branches with the canister lids hanging is an old hunk of manzanita bush that my nephew brought over and installed. I guess any sturdy old tree would last awhile to hang stuff on.
I started adding wire to hang them in the redbud tree and a couple other places, but still like to put them upside down on rebar or anything else that will support them, partly because when it rains, all the right side up ones will have to be tipped to empty the water. Otherwise the water will get stagnant and look awful, not to mention those pesky mosquitos who find me very attractive, lol.
Linda, just what I need I took down my bottle trees, trying to figure out where to put them again, unfortunately, they are not all blue bottles, probably need some from my friend again; Maybe you and June can come and visit again, hee hee! Like the wine rack idea!
Linda, If you spray paint the bottle caps cobalt blue and glue (GE II)them on the upright hanging bottles you won't have to empty them...The couple of bottles that I hung, have a small hole in the cap, and wire for hanging through the cap. One of those 'hanging' wires has beads on it, wire wrapped aroung the bottle and more beads at the bottom. For some reason, copper wire and pipe here does not 'patina' and just turns brown. The bottles were much prettier when the wire was copper colored-Grin.
Nice to see you posting Nana. Maybe a couple of us can visit again in the near future. Going to your house was a real treat. Check around your recycling places to see if they'll give or trade straight across for blue bottles. The ones here aren't allowed to take any money, but a soda is a good no money gift. You could also start drinking heavily, lol. Ask local restaurants to save them for you. Bottles seem to look nice whether you use single or multiple colors. Just hang them on anything that will hold them, or line them up in a row, or even not in a row.
Nona, Thanks for the great suggestions. I thought about corks, but don't have many. There must be some copper wire, and at least a few thousand bottle caps laying around in this pile of stuff/aka cr@p, lol.
I took the grandkids out to Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch in Oro Grande, California yesterday. There's so much to see and he's still building them. The kids were happy to meet him and see all the 'stuff' on the trees. It's a great place to see, like walking through a bottle tree forest. Follow the link below the photo to see more of his place. Also, search Google Images for more great photos of it.
Here is a link that might be useful: Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch
Your "Blue Heaven" is Heavenly!! Love all those blue bottles. You mentioned corks, I "found" my 2 blue bottles, they are square bottomed & very heavy, not for hanging so I did put corks in them. Well, they were under the dirt where gophers had a ball & full of muddy water, so I will have to put Saran wrap over the openings & then put the corks in so they don't get such a mess. Think I will set them up on the brick BBQ so they don't get buried again. That Elmer has quite a collection! Wonder about the rifles, guess if he wants to let off steam he can always shoot up some bottles!!LOL Jan
I went to the bottle tree ranch link, ( I had seen pictures of his ranch before)and was pleasantly surprised to see pictures of JT there too. That made me want to 're-live' those escapades, so I went to the conversations side, typed in 'JT' in the search box at the bottom of the page, and re-read some of those interesting places she went. Thanks for the reminder.


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Frank Bogna is a father of two and lives in Queensland, Australia. He has been coaching soccer for six years and loves nothing more than coaching and playing the game, following his favourite clubs and of course writing books about kids soccer teams.
Review by:
lorraine norris
on March 28, 2013 :
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A great read for any child who loves the game of soccer. Children will be captivated by the quirky characters and the humorous situations the team face. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story to my children.
(reviewed the day of purchase)
Review by:
Leonie Strang
on March 27, 2013 :
All three of my children thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. They were so eager to read each chapter and loved getting to know the characters. The illustrations were great too!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)
Review by:
Barbara Barnes
on March 25, 2013 :
This is a terrific childrens book. Any child that has played team sports will be able to relate to this book. From the friendships formed, the ups and downs of winning and losing and the support and encouragement given by the team players to each other and a caring coach who ultimately wants his team to enjoy the challenges of the game. An enjoyable read
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
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The Bottom Line: Foreign Pharmacies
Updated: Wednesday, March 20 2013, 01:55 PM EDT
ALBANY -- Pricy prescription medications can lead people to shop around, but sometimes trying to cut down on costs can also mean putting your health in jeopardy.
Nina Ossana tells the story of her sister.
"[She] was a police officer and she had a very stressful job and she was taking prescription drugs."
Nina found her sister was taking large quantities of the drugs, obtained online and over the phone. Her sister took her own life and Nina was determined to find out why.
"In the weeks after she died, I got 100,000 doses of these drugs. There is no reason for anyone to have that many doses of any drugs."
She went on to explain, "I had her cell phone and she would get 33 calls a day. The vendors would call and say 'I just sent your prescriptions, I just sent your drugs to you - can I send you more?'"
Nina discovered her sister was buying drugs from other countries.
"When you aren't buying it from a reputable source, I wondered, was there something else in the drugs? Was it really what it was supposed to be, were there impurities, did it cause her to commit suicide?"
Postal inspectors say buying drugs outside the United States is, in fact, dangerous.
US Postal inspector Quiana Valentine says, "Take the FDA approved drugs obtained from your doctor."
Telemarketers lure customers with cheaper prices and convenience. The elderly, poor or those with an addiction are often easy prey.
The Bottom Line - know what you're buying, and only buy prescription drugs from sources you know you can trust.
"Do not trust your health to these overseas vendors, we don't know the exactly what is in the pills, the potency, how they will interact with other drugs you're currently taking." Valentine warns.
Postal inspectors and agents from the U.S. Drug Enforement Administration are working together to trace the origin of the packages Nina's sister received.
"What I want is for no other family and friend to have to go through what I went through with my sister."
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Located in Flagstaff (Old Town Flagstaff), Drury Inn & Suites Flagstaff is a family-friendly hotel close to Flagstaff City Hall, Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, and Doris Harper White Community Playhouse. Also nearby are West of the Moon Gallery and Riordon Mansion.
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The 160 air-conditioned guestrooms at Drury Inn & Suites Flagstaff include coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Guests can use the in-room complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access. Rooms are equipped with LCD TVs with cable channels. All accommodations provide desks and phones; local and long-distance calls are free of charge (restrictions may apply). Bathrooms offer shower/tub combinations and complimentary toiletries. All units feature microwaves and refrigerators. Housekeeping is offered daily.
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This is a list of proposed and actual transport links between continents and to offshore islands.
In 1890 William Gilpin first proposed to connect the continents by land via the Cosmopolitan Railway. Significant elements of that proposal, such as the English Channel Tunnel, have been constructed since that era. However, the improvement of the global shipping industry and advent of international air travel has reduced the demand for many intercontinental land connections.
The Trans-Global Highway is a range of proposed highway systems that would link all six of the inhabited continents on Earth and was proposed by Frank X. Didik. If constructed, cars could drive from Australia to California via Russia and Alaska. People from New York would also be able to drive to London via Greenland. The highway would network new and existing bridges and tunnels, improving not only ground transportation but also potentially offering a conduit for utility pipelines.[1] However, in Discovery Channel's Extreme Engineering, it was noted the Chukotka area is mostly roadless and uninhabited, and infrastructure would need to be developed completely from scratch. Chukotka lies on the Eurasian side of the Bering Strait, where the highway would connect to North America via tunnels.
There is no highway connection between Great Britain and the European mainland; only a railway connection, the Channel tunnel.
A cross channel rail tunnel was first proposed in 1802 and construction actually started in 1881 before being abandoned. Roll-on Roll-off ferry services provided links across the channel for vehicles.
A road tunnel was proposed in 1979, but not considered viable. Construction of the Channel Tunnel started in 1988 and the tunnel opened in 1994. Automobiles and lorries/transport trucks are loaded onto the Eurotunnel Shuttle's enclosed railway cars (similar to auto rack/motorail railway cars) for the trip through the tunnel, however. A service tunnel runs the entire length of the crossing, but is closed to general use and used only during emergencies and for maintenance.
Various ferry services link Ireland to Britain and France. A number of options for an Irish Sea fixed crossing have been proposed over the years but none are currently under serious consideration.
The Øresund Bridge links southern Sweden to the Danish island of Zealand. Zealand is linked to the Danish mainland and the rest of Europe by the Great Belt Fixed Link. Most travellers between Sweden and Germany, both by road and train use the 160 km (100 mi) shorter route with a ferry over the Fehmarn Belt southwestwards towards Hamburg or southwards to Rostock. A Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link is planned to be opened in 2021. A Gedser-Rostock Bridge is also under consideration.
Ferry services link Sweden to Finland via the Åland Islands. There are proposals of fixed links between Sweden and Finland. A tunnel could be built between Sweden and Åland, around 50 km length, and 100-200 meters depth, with the lowest depth around Märket, a little detour. The area between Åland and Finland is shallow with many islands, able to be connected with bridges. Between Umeå and Vaasa further north, there is a proposal to build the Kvarken Bridge, a series of bridges, the longest 26 km, in total 40 km. None of these proposals have been seriously investigated.
Ferry Services link Finland to Estonia as well as overground rail and road routes via Saint Petersburg in Russia. Rail Baltica is a proposal for a rail link from Finland to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, bypassing Russia via a Helsinki to Tallinn Tunnel.
The Strait of Messina has a busy ferry traffic. The Strait of Messina Bridge is planned, but the construction date has been postponed several times.
The Gibraltar Tunnel is proposed to be a rail tunnel linking Africa and Europe. Due to the depth of the Strait of Gibraltar (300–900 metres / 1000–2950 feet), it would be a great challenge to remove automobile exhaust from this depth. Any tunnel would most likely be an electrified rail tunnel, similar to the Channel Tunnel linking the UK and France. There have also been proposals for a bridge over the Strait. There are car ferries across the strait.
The proposed Strait of Sicily Tunnel would link Sicily to Tunisia. Together with the proposed Strait of Messina Bridge from Sicily to Italy this would provide a fixed link between Italy and Tunisia.
The Turkish Straits are the channel between European Turkey and Asian Turkey and consist of the (from south to north) Dardanelles the Sea of Marmara and the Bosphorus
The waters of the strait are traversed by numerous ferries. Two suspension bridges cross the Bosphorus. The first of these, the Bosphorus Bridge, is 1,074 m (3,524 ft) long and was completed in 1973. The second, named Fatih Sultan Mehmet (Bosporus II) Bridge, is 1,090 m (3,576 ft) long, and was completed in 1988 about 5 km (3 mi) north of the first bridge. The Bosporus Bridge forms part of the O1 Motorway, while the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge forms part of the Trans-European Motorway.
Construction of a third suspension bridge, the Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, began on May 29, 2013; opening is planned for May 29, 2015.[2] The bridge will be built near the northern end of the Bosporus, between the villages of Garipçe on the European side and Poyrazköy on the Asian side.[3] It will be part of the "Northern Marmara Motorway", which will be further integrated with the existing Black Sea Coastal Highway, and will allow transit traffic to bypass city traffic,
The Marmaray project, featuring a 13.7 km (8.5 mi) long undersea railway tunnel, opened on 29 October 2013.[4] Approximately 1,400 m (4,593 ft) of the tunnel runs under the strait, at a depth of about 55 m (180 ft).
An undersea water supply tunnel with a length of 5,551 m (18,212 ft),[5] named the Bosporus Water Tunnel, was constructed in 2012 to transfer water from the Melen Creek in Düzce Province (to the east of the Bosporus strait, in northwestern Anatolia) to the European side of Istanbul, a distance of 185 km (115 mi).[5][6]
The Eurasia Tunnel is a road tunnel between Kazlicesme and Goztepe, which began construction in February 2011 and is expected to open in 2016.
The Saudi-Egypt Causeway is a proposal for a causeway and bridge between the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and the northern part of Saudi Arabia. This would provide a direct road route between Egypt and Saudi Arabia without going through Israel or Jordan.
The Bridge of the Horns is a proposed construction project to build a bridge between the coasts of Djibouti and Yemen across the Bab-el-Mandeb, the strait between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. [7]
The Boat Mail train and ferry service provided a train and ferry service from India to Sri Lanka until the First World war. An India–Sri Lanka HVDC Interconnection is under consideration to link the electricity networks of these countries.
Mainland Peninsular Malaysia is linked to Penang Island by two road bridges: the Penang Bridge and the Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge (Penang Second Bridge). To the south, it is linked to Singapore Island across the Straits of Johor by the Johor–Singapore Causeway and the Malaysia–Singapore Second Link; the former also carries Malaysia's West Coast Line to the island.
Passenger and vehicle ferries link the various islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
There are proposals to link Java, the most populated Island of Indonesia to Sumatra via a proposed Sunda Strait Bridge and from Sumatra to Singapore and/or Malaysia via a Malacca Strait Bridge.
A tunnel/bridge between the Australian mainland and the island of New Guinea, bridging the Torres Strait, is not considered economically feasible owing to the great distance. Cape York in northern Queensland is 140 km away from New Guinea. This is a very long distance compared to existing tunnels or bridges, and the demand for car travel is not so high; as of 2009[8] there are no car ferries between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Passenger travel is by air only.
The Guangdong–Hainan Ferry, or the Yuehai Ferry[9] is a vehicle and Train ferry connecting Hainan Island to Guangdong in mainland China. The ferries run across the Qiongzhou Strait, between Zhanjiang, Guangdong and Haikou, Hainan.
The Taiwan Strait Tunnel Project is a proposed undersea tunnel to connect Pingtan in China to Hsinchu in northern Taiwan as part of the G3 Beijing–Taipei Expressway. First proposed in 1996,[10] the project has since been subject to a number of academic discussions and feasibility studies, including by the China Railway Engineering Corporation.[11]
Since the Korean War travel overland from South Korea through North Korea to China and Russia has been blocked.
The "Korea Japan Friendship Tunnel System," is a proposal for a fixed link from the city of Fukuoka on Kyūshū, Japan, to the port city of Pusan in Korea via four islands. The maximum ocean depth in this area is 480 feet (146 m). Similar proposals have been discussed for decades by Korean and Japanese politicians. A road bridge links Kyūshū to the main Japanese island of Honshu.
The Seikan Tunnel has provided a rail link from the main Japanese Island of Honshu to the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido since 1988. The proposed Sakhalin-Hokkaido Tunnel would link Hokkaido to the Russian island of Sakhalin. When combined with the proposed Sakhalin Tunnel between Sakhalin and the Russian Mainland and an extension of the Baikal Amur Mainline this would give a rail link from Japan to Russia and the mainland of Asia.
There is a proposal is to span the Bering Sea with a bridge or tunnel called the Intercontinental Peace Bridge, the TKM-World Link or the AmerAsian Peace Tunnel. This would link the American Cape Prince of Wales, with the Russian Cape Dezhnev. The Bering Strait Tunnel would consist of 3 tunnels connecting Alaska and Russia by going through two islands (the Little Diomede (USA) and Big Diomede (Russia)). The longest single tunnel would be 24 miles (40 km). Since the Bering Sea at the proposed crossing has a maximum known depth of 170 feet (50 m), the tunnels might be dug with conventional tunnel boring machines of the type that was employed in the construction of the Channel Tunnel. The three tunnel proposal is considered to be preferable over a bridge due to severe environmental conditions, especially the inescapable winter ice damage.
Each proposed tunnel would be shorter than some current tunnels. The Channel tunnel linking England with mainland Europe is approximately 31.34 miles (50.45 km) long; the ocean tunnel Seikan linking Hokkaidō with Honshū in Japan is 33.46 miles (55.86 km) long; and the Swiss Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Alps, currently under construction, will be 35.7 miles (59.60 km) long.[1]
To make a bridge or tunnel useful, a road must be built to connect it, despite very difficult climate and very sparse population that makes roads less economically motivated. In Alaska a 700 mile (1,100 km) road would be needed, and in Russia a road more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km) long must be constructed. Until around 2010 such road connections were suggested by enthusiasts only, but at that time both the Russian government and the Alaskan state government started considering such roads.
Ferry services link Vancouver Island to British Columbia on the Canadian Mainland and to the State of Washington in the US.
Proposals have been made for a fixed link to Vancouver Island for over a century. Because of the extreme depth and soft seabed of the Georgia Strait, and the potential for seismic activity, a bridge or tunnel would face monumental engineering, safety, and environmental challenges at a prohibitive cost.[12]
Prince Edward Island is linked to New Brunswick on the Canadian mainland by the Confederation Bridge which opened in 1997.
Various proposals have been considered for a fixed link consisting of bridges, tunnels, and/or causeways across the Strait of Belle Isle, connecting the province of Newfoundland and Labrador's mainland Labrador region with the island of Newfoundland. This strait has a minimum width of 17.4 km (10.8 mi).
Nine bridges and 13 tunnels (including railroad tunnels) connect Brooklyn and Queens, on Long Island, to Manhattan Island and Staten Island and, via these, to Newark in New Jersey and The Bronx on the mainland of New York state. Ferries connect Suffolk County northward across Long Island Sound to the mainland of New York state and westward to the state of Connecticut. There have been various proposals for a fixed link across Long Island Sound to replace these ferries.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge–Tunnel (CBBT) is a 23-mile-long (37 km) fixed link crossing the mouth of the United States' Chesapeake Bay, connecting the Delmarva Peninsula with Virginia Beach, Virginia. It opened in 1964.
Ferry services between the US and Cuba and between Cuba and Haiti have been suspended due to the ongoing United States embargo against Cuba.
There's only one regular ferry to Havana from a foreign port: Cancún, Mexico.[13]
There is a ferry that travels between Mayagüez in Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.[14]
A notable break in the Pan-American Highway is a section of land located in the Darién Province in Panama and the Colombian border called the Darién Gap. It is an 87-kilometre (54 mi) stretch of rainforest. The gap has been crossed by adventurers on bicycle, motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, and foot, dealing with jungle, swamp, insects, kidnapping and other hazards.
Some people, groups, indigenous populations, and governments are opposed to completing the Darién portion of the highway. Reasons for opposition include protecting the rain forest, containing the spread of tropical diseases, protecting the livelihood of indigenous peoples in the area, and reducing the spread of drug trafficking and its associated violence from Colombia.
A transatlantic tunnel is a theoretical tunnel that would span the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe possibly for such purposes as mass transit. Some proposals envision technologically advanced trains reaching speeds of 500 to 8,000 kilometres per hour (310 to 4,970 mph).[15] Most conceptions of the tunnel envision it between the United States and the United Kingdom ‒ or more specifically between New York City and London.
Advantages compared to air travel could be increased speed, and use of electricity instead of scarce oil based fuel, considering a future time long after peak oil.
The main barriers to constructing such a tunnel are cost with estimates of between $175 billion to $12 trillion as well as the limits of current materials science.[16] Existing major tunnels, such as the Channel Tunnel, Seikan Tunnel and the Gotthard Base Tunnel, despite using less expensive technology than any yet proposed for the transatlantic tunnel, struggle financially.


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Gophers in Sixth Through 36 at Tucker
Sept. 27, 2013
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Once again, freshman Jose Mendez is leading the way for the University of Minnesota men's golf team. The Golden Gophers are in sixth place through two rounds of the William H. Tucker Invitational in Albuquerque, N.M., with Mendez tied for 17th individually.
With a score of 596 (+20), Minnesota is three shots out of a tie for fourth. Arizona (-5) leads host New Mexico by 11 strokes.
Mendez had rounds of 75 (+3) and 73 (+1) and is eight strokes off the lead held by TCU's Julien Brun and Arizona State's Jon Rahm. Tyler Lowenstein carded the Gophers' only under-par round with a 1-under 71 in the first round, but dropped to 8-over on the day after a difficult second round.
The Gophers recorded two eagles on the day. Mendez eagled the 14th and Jon Trasamar eagled the 18th, both par-5 holes, during the Gophers' second round of the day. Minnesota made it as high as second place during the day, and hovered around the third and fourth slots, but struggled down the final stretch.
"We had a great day, but went 11-over on the last five holes," head coach John Carlson said. "It was tough to finish that way after battling all day."
The Gophers will look to bounce back Saturday morning in the final round. Play will begin in shotgun fashion starting at 8:45 CT.
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Shane Long came off the bench to rescue the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 qualification campaign with a priceless last-gasp
It was the moment many of us have been waiting for a long time.
Gareth Bale had barely made it back to the dressing room when he was posting his verdict on Wales' 3-0 win over Israel.
Harry Kane scored just 80 seconds into his England debut against Lithuania on Friday nights European Qualifier.
It took just 80 seconds and three touches for Tottenham striker Harry Kane to score his first England senior goal.
England did exactly what was expected of them tonight and beat Lithuania 4-0 in their European Championship qualifier.