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The Federal Bureau of Investigation announces its intention to create a stronger, better, faster database using biometric data
Biometrics is already something of a buzz word, with more and more of its applications in places like train stations, airports and even Walt Disney World. Governmental agencies borrowed the word as of late for more interesting projects: identifying people based on intrinsic physical or behavioral traits.
The FBI in particular is no exception, the agency plans to award a 10-year contract with a one billion dollar tab to expand the quantity and quality of its biometric data.
Biometric information can include many things such as fingerprints, palm prints, iris and corneal scans, facial structure, noticeable markings, stride and even innocuous personal behavior like typing rhythm and mouse gestures. The project, dubbed Next Generation Identification (NGI), is set to gather all types of bio-data and store in one location for identification and forensics purposes.
The database would be accessible by many law enforcement and government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, which already uses iris scans at airports to allow people who have passed background checks to move through
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The database could be used to identify known or suspected criminals or terrorists by matching facial structure, iris scans or the gait of walk via cameras in places of interest like bus stations or airports. The eventual goal will be to identify threats in real-time without human intervention.
Detractors to the FBI's plans claim that such a database has many pitfalls. Gathered data, if incorrect or stolen, could prove a serious problem for ordinary citizens that become victims of the system's imperfections.
The new database differs from the TALON database
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"It's going to be an essential component of tracking. It's enabling the Always On Surveillance Society," said Barry Steinhardt, director of the Technology and Liberty Project of the American Civil Liberties Union in a
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While the idea does ring of an Orwellian society, agencies like the Department of Homeland Security would benefit from such an overt system, should it work as planned. The FBI is working with the West Virginia University Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR) to make live scanning a reality. CITeR is working on scanning processes that would be able to identify a person by iris scan at up to 15 feet and face-shape by 200 yards. The Center will begin to work with the FBI on biometric research in the near future.
Voicing in on access and privacy concerns, Thomas E. Bush III, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division stated "we have very stringent laws that control who can go in there and to secure the data." Presently over 900,000 federal, state, and local law enforcement officers have access to the FBI's fingerprint database. The number could increase as more agencies and officials gain access to the growing biometrics database.
More than just privacy advocates have shown disdain for the database. A recent study in Germany using facial recognition technology garnered a 60 percent matches success rate during optimal lighting conditions. The accuracy plummeted as low as 10 percent in low-light situations. The German law-enforcement agency tolerated a false positive rate of 0.1 percent, or 23 people of the roughly 23,000 that passed through the train station where the study was done.
Homeland security and false identification of criminals aside, the system could have other merits if used by other federal and state institutions like hospitals and missing persons units. Various biometric data could be used to identify victims of crimes, along with possible evidence towards their culprits, or to find missing or runaway children who might happen to pass through an area with an active scanning system.
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What about THAT GUY?
So what kind of data will they gather on the guy that's always in the park across the street from the Radio Shack at the end of Jamaica Ave. in Queens? You know the guy that lost his legs and testicles to a bus accident, had his arms severed fixing a power gate when he worked for the power company, went blind when some hoodlems hit him while he was dragging himself across the street, can't hear after that explosion that he has no clue of since he couldn't see what exactly happened...
I bet if he could talk (hence he has no tongue, the dog ate it) he'd say 'How's my gait, tard'.
I'd say the DMV or the soon to be real local I'm Not a Terrorist center is where we sign up.
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S.Res. 207 (112th): A resolution supporting National Men's Health Week.
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R. L. HUBER HYPODERMIC SYRINGE Filed Feb. 8, 1951 Sept. 14, 1954 n M M MR m a. M W W H 1B. 5 W 0 .W W H, LAM P 8 v 3 r 3 Patented Sept. 14, 1954 HYPODERMIC SYRIN GE Ralph Lee Huber, Seattle, Wash. Jennie Huber, .administratrix of said Ralph Lee Huber, de-
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'This invention relates to hypodermic syringes and it has reference more particularly to improvements in syringes that are operable to elect a liquid medicament directly from an ampoule through a hypodermic needle; the present device being a syringe of that type designated as a one shot syringe, in that it is the intent that it shall be used only once and thrown away or discarded after use. Furthermore, the present invention relates to syringes of that type employed for the hypodermic injection of a medicament from a containing ampoule of cylindrical form and closed at its ends by means of rubber stopples, one of which is caused to be pierced by the inner end of the needle and the other is operable as a piston whereby the medicine is then forcibly discharged through the needle.
The principal objects of the present invention are to provide a syringe of the character or type above mentioned, having improved details of construction that make possible, upon .the insertion of the needle, an easy and satisfactory aspiration to determine the correctness of the insertion before causing its inner end to pierce the stopple of the ampoule; to provide a construction whereby an external pressure will be built up about the ampoule during the forced ejection of medicament therefrom to counteract increased internal pressure as an insurance against cracking or exploding the ampoule; to provide means for the accurate centering and aligning of the ampoule in the barrel of the syringe; to provide for the use of an ampoule that can be completely sterilized and then sealed in and maintained in a sterile condition in the syringe barrel until after use of the medicament; to provide a syringe that can be sterilized and then sealed and maintained in sterile condition until time of use.
It is also an object of this invention to provide a one shot syringe that can be manufactured at a lesser cost than present day devices used for a like purpose and which has various advantages in use.
Still further objects of my invention reside in the details of construction of the various parts embodied therein; in their combination and mode of use as will hereinafter be fully described.
In accomplishing these and other objects of my invention, I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Fig. 1 is a side View of a hypodermic syringe embodying the features of thepresent invention therein.
Fig. 2 is a somewhat enlarged, longitudinal section of the syringe, showing the ampoule as sealed therein, and before the needle has been caused to pierce the outer end stopple of the ampoule.
Fig. 3 is a central, longitudinal sectional view of the syringe showing the relationship of parts near the end of an injection operation.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the main parts of the syringe and the ampoule, shown in a separated relationship.
Fig. 5 is an enlarged, cross-sectional View taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a sectional detail showing the encasing of the needle in a removable sleeve.
Fig. 7 is a sectional detail showing the slight flaring of the end of the plunger sleeve.
Referring more in detail to the drawings- The present syringe comprises two principal parts, one of which is referred to as the barrel and is designated in its entirety by reference numeral l9, and the other being referred to as the plunger and is designated in its entirety by reference character l2.
The barrel Ill comprises a uniformly cylindrical body portion [0, closed at that end which will be herein designated as its outer end, by an integrally cast wall II. The opposite end of the barrel is open, and is there formed with an integral, encircling finger flange I3.
The needle employed with this syringe comprises the usual tubular cannula If that is mounted in the end wall ll of the barrel, and extends therefrom coaxial of the barrel. The mounting end portion of the needle is sealed within a hub 16, cast on the end wall. To insure against possible endwise slippage of the needle under inserting pressure, it is slightly bent, as at H, in that portion contained within the hub 16. The inner end of the needle extends a suitable distance, for example about onefourth inch within the barrel and is beveled to a sharpened point as designated at .18. The'outer end of the needle also is sharpened or pointed as designated at I9, for easy insertion .in the I flesh of the patient.
The plunger i2 comprises a uniformly cylindrical body I2 having an outside diameter that is substantially equal to the inside diameter of the barrel body in, so that it can be telescopically fitted therein for reciprocal action. At its outer end the cylindrical body l2 isintegral- 1y cast with a thumb piece 25 :that closes that end of the body and whereby :the plunger may be manipulated. Contained coaxially within the cylindrical body I 2 is a stem or push rod -26.
. equal to that of the barrel l0.
3 This has its outer end integrally cast with the thumb piece 25 as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and
f extends therefrom substantially the full length of the body I2, preferably terminating slightly within it, as shown, but not necessarily so. Also,
as shown best in Fig. 2 there is substantial clearance between the push rod and tubular body l2, providing the annular clearance space designated at 28 in Fig. 2.
A special feature of the construction of the body I2 resides in the beveling and slight flaring of the inner end portion of the body, as at 29, from the outer periphery inwardly to reduce this end to a thin, flexible edge, that will press 35. It comprises a uniformly cylindrical glass tube 3500, having a length that is approximately It is closed at its outer end by a rubber stopple 3B, and at its other end it is fitted with a stopple 31 set somewhat within the end portion. The medicament is indicated in Fig. 2, at 38. It is observed that the stopple 36 has an encircling, outer end flange 1 f abutted against the end of the tube to limit 1 its inward disposition thereinto, and the stopple has an inner end recess extended to near. the
closed outer end of the stopple.
The stopple 31 is of plug form and is fitted as a piston for movement in the tube toward the closed, opposite end under pressure as applied by the push rod 26 of the plunger as presently explained.
and the plunger asembled with the barrel for packaging, the parts assume the relationship shown in Fig. 2. The push rod 26 enters the outer end of the ampoule with slight clearance and engages the stopple 31. The beveled end of sleeve [2 enters the open end of the barrel in a close air tight fit. It is to be noted that the inside diameter of the barrel I0 is decreased for a short distance next to the closed end, to provide a cylindrical portion 40. The inner end portion of the ampoule, is received within this portion 40 of reduced diameter to center the ampoule andstopple 36 relative to the inner end portion of the needle. The portion of reduced diameter, merges into the part of larger diameter in an inclined or beveled annular surface 4l in order that the ampoule will be easily received in the part 40.
It is also to be observed, more particularly by reference to Fig. 5, that the cylindrical sleeve 12' of the plunger is formed interiorly with three or more equally angularly spaced longitudinal ribs designed to receive the outer end portion of the ampoule therein and to lightly grip the outer surface of the ampoule when the parts are assembled together as in Fig. 2.
It is the intent that prior to the assembling of the parts as in Fig. 2, all shall be properly sterilized. Then the filled ampoule is placed in the barrel, and the plunger applied thereoveras 4 shown in Fig. 2.- A suitable sealing jelly may be applied about the plunger to seal the joint where it enters the barrel, and then the unit can be placed within a sterile container of plastic, or other suitable material and the bag or container sealed, or alternatively, a sterile cap as at 48 can be applied over the needle, as in Fig. 6, and sealed over the hub l6.
To use the syringe, the enclosing bag, container or cap is removed and the needle preparedfor insertion; this being effected by gripping the barrel only. After insertion of the needle, the plunger can be moved slightly'outwardly in the barrel thus to effect a slight vacuum efiect, produce aspiration whereby the correctness of insertion can be determined. If blood appears at the inner end of the needle, the insertion should be corrected until no blood appears incident to such operation. Then injection of the medicament is effected by applying pressure against the head 25 at the outer end of the plunger to move it inwardly. The pressure of the plunger stem 26 directly against thestopple 31 forces the ampoule inwardly and causes the needle point I8 to pierce the stopple 38 as shown in Fig. 3. Then continued inward movement of the plunger forces the stopple 3T inwardly and causes forced ejection of the medicament through the needle in the usual Way. After injection has been completed, the needle is withdrawn and the unit may be discarded.
It is anticipated that the barrel and plunger shall be cast of plastic or of any other suitable materials. Dimensions might be varied to meet requirements for any particular use.
The advantages of this particular constructio over present day syringes of a like character are numerous and inherent in the details of construction. It is manufactured from a relatively inexpensive plastic material and may be produced mechanically by mass-productionmethods. The medication containing ampoule is asceptically packed into the syringe at the factory thereby eliminating the possibility of unnecessary contamination or error by the administrator.
A further advantage resides in the double Wall protection of the medicament whereby. a dead air space is provided. This is best illustrated in Figure 2. The air space between the Walls will give reasonable protection to the contents of the ampoule against temperature changes during needle is piercing a blood vessel. This may be accomplished without removing the needle from the patient, thus making additional punctures of the flesh unnecessary. The details of construction which makes this function. possible have been previously described.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: I
l. A hypodermic syringe for the injection of a liquid from a cylindrical ampoule having a sealing stopple of a pierceable material fixed therein at one end and a stopple of piston form inovably fitted in its opposite end portion; said syringe comprising a tubular barrel, open at one end to receive the ampoule thereinto and closed at its other end mounting a hypodermic needle within that end; said needle having a sharpened inner end portion extended into the barrel to an extent sufiicient to be projected through the sealing stopple of the ampoule when it is forced thereagainst, and a plunger comprising a tubular body telescopically fitted within the said barrel in an air tight joint and freely about an ampoule contained therein, and having a closing wall at its outer end and a stem extending from said closing wall, within the body to engage with the movable stopple of the contained ampoule as a means for moving the ampoule to cause its sealing stopple to be pierced by the sharpened inner end of the needle and then to advance the movable stopple within the ampoule to effect the ejection of the liquid therefrom through the needle.
2. A hypodermic syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein the inner end portion of the tubular body of the plunger has a flared flexible end portion that engages the barrel wall in a pressure retain-- ing joint, thus to provide for the building up of air pressure about the contained ampoule by the inward movement of the plunger.
3. A hypodermic syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein the tubular body of the plunger fits at its open end within the said tubular barrel in an air tight joint, and provides clearance between its walls and the ampoule, thus to make possible the building up of air pressure about the ampoule incident to the advancement of the plunger into the barrel.
4. A hypodermic syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein the tubular body of the plunger fits within the said tubular barrel in an air tight joint, and provides clearance between its walls and the ampoule, thus to make possible the building up of air pressure about the ampoule incident to the ad vancement of the plunger into the barrel, and wherein the tubular body of the plunger has internal protuberances to frictionally engage the side walls of the ampoule when the plunger is applied to the barrel, to provide a holding contact whereby an outward movement of the arm poule with an outward aspirating movement of the plunger may be effected.
5. A hypodermic syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein the inner end portion of the tubular body of the plunger is flexible and slightly flared, and is beveled to a thin edge that engages closely and in air sealing contact with the barrel walls.
6. A hypodermic syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein the tubular body of the plunger fits telescopically in the barrel in an air tight joint, and wherein the said tubular body is formed longitudinally on its inner surface with inwardly projecting ribs to engage with and axially center the ampoule therein as the plunger receives the ampoule therein, and which ribs frictionally grip the ampoule for effecting its movement with an aspirating movement of the plunger.
7. A syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein the barrel receives the ampoule therein with substantial clearance, and where-in the barrel is formed within its needle containing end, with a diametrically constricted position to receive the end portion of the ampoule therein as a means of axially centering it relative to the barrel.
8. A syringe as recited in claim 1 wherein the barrel receives the ampoule therein with substan tial clearance, and wherein the barrel is formed within its needle containing end, with a diametrically constricted position to receive the end portion of the ampoule therein as a means of axially centering it relative to the barrel, and wherein the tubular plunger body receives the ampoule telescopically thereinto with clearance between them as the plunger is advanced into the barrel, and said body is formed internally with longitudinal ribs to axially center the ampoule in the tubular body.
9. A hypodermic syringe for the injection of liquid medication from a cylindrical ampoule that has a sealing stopple of soft rubber, or the like, fixed therein at one end, and a stopple of piston form movably fitted in its other end portion; said syringe comprising a tubular barrel, open at one end and having an internal diameter sufficient to contain the ampoule therein with substantial clearance between them, and closed at its other end and mounting a needle coaxially thereof, formed with a sharpened inner end portion extended into the barrel, and a plunger comprising a tubular body, closed at its outer end and open at its inner end and telescopically received within the barrel in an air tight joint and to receive the ampoule therein with clearance, said barrel and plunger when assembled providing a sealed air chamber about the ampoule in which pressure of the air is increased as the parts are telescoped together; said plunger having a stem fixed to its outer end wall and coaxially contained in the body, to engage with the movable stopple of the contained ampoule to advance the ampoule to cause its sealing stopple to be pierced by the needle and then to move the piston stopple to eject the liquid through the needle; said barrel having a diametrically constricted part adjacent the needle to receive and center the ampoule relative to the needle, and said body of the plunger having ribs on its inside walls to engage the ampoule as means for centering the ampoule and to frictionally grip the ampoule for movement thereof with aspirating movement of the plunger.
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Section 311 action against FBME Bank protects the U.S. financial system from a foreign bank facilitating illicit activity
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today named FBME Bank Ltd., formerly known as the Federal Bank of the Middle East, as a foreign financial institution of primary money laundering concern pursuant to Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Section 311). Today's action reflects FinCEN's continuing commitment to take strong action against financial institutions willing to facilitate the laundering of funds for weapons proliferators, terrorists, and transnational organized criminals.
"FBME promotes itself on the basis of its weak Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls in order to attract illicit finance business from the darkest corners of the criminal underworld." said FinCEN Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery. "Unfortunately, this business plan has been far too successful. But today's action, effectively shutting FBME off from the U.S. financial system, is a necessary step to disrupt the bank's efforts and send the message that the United States will not stand by while financial institutions help those who intend to harm or threaten Americans."
FBME's business model is based on its weak AML controls. FBME changed its country of incorporation numerous times, partly due to its inability to adhere to regulatory requirements. It has established itself with a nominal headquarters in Tanzania. However, FBME transacts over 90 percent of its global banking business through branches in Cyprus. Finally, FBME has taken active steps to evade oversight by the Cypriot regulatory authorities in the recent past.
FBME openly advertises the bank to its potential customer base as willing to facilitate the evasion of AML regulations. In addition, FBME solicits and is widely recognized by its high-risk customers for ease of use. These facts, taken in concert with FBME's extensive efforts over the years to evade regulatory oversight, illustrate FBME's willingness to service the global criminal element.
FinCEN has delivered to the Federal Register a regulatory finding explaining the basis for the action as well as a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that, if adopted as a final rule, would prohibit covered U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through accounts for FBME itself, and for other foreign banks being used to process transactions involving FBME. The NPRM also proposes to require covered financial institutions to apply special due diligence to their correspondent accounts maintained on behalf of foreign banks to guard against processing any transactions involving FBME. These measures are subject to a 60-day comment period, beginning the day the NPRM is published in the Federal Register. The Notice of Finding is effective immediately. U.S. financial institutions should take this information into account as part of their overall risk management programs.
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We must never tire of quoting the classics, and my wife's book Bringing Up Bebe has a vignette of an overachieving father in the park, stimulating his child's mind. The dad is using the device of "narrated play": giving a blow-by-blow commentary on the kid's every move. As my wife describes it:
The boy looks about 6. The father - in expensive jeans and a stylish weekend stubble - has followed him to the top of the jungle gym. In a bilingual twist, he's giving the boy a running commentary in both English and what sounds like American-accented German. The son seems used to his father heading down the slide behind him. When they move to the swings, the father continues his bilingual soliloquy, while pushing. This is all still within the bounds of what I've seen elsewhere. But then the mother arrives.
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Nix of Sydney Posted at 3:57 PM October 22, 2012
I don't really remember my parents playing with me much as a child. My siblings and I would find our own source of amusement. I now have a good job that pays me $165K+ a year so no parsley induced bilingual park episodes for me.
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Beautiful! I must say I love all of the different colors on a purple barberry.
One the first photo that I posted it is not Magnolia grandifolia (evergreen magnolia) it is Magnolia macrophylla (macrophylla=big leaf). What can I say I am getting old thinking one thing and writtting another!
Yes those are the jacks I bought when I was at Blachettes with you, but I must confess while travelling this spring I zipped back and bought some more. The woman who was taking my money hesitated and asked if I knew that they will grow into a good size clump and I told her I saw them in your garden and it was love at first sight. Perhaps I was imagining it but after I dropped your name my credibility as a gardener with them seemed to bump up a few notches!
If you get a chance please post a photo of your jacks so folks can see how beautiful a full planting of them are.
While I was at Blanchettes I chose a few other jacks but it was earlier in the spring and they had yet to show any growth, I was willing to risk it but they didnt want to sell them to me as they had spring flooding and werent sure if it killed the jacks or not.
Nice idea to honor leaves, KT. Flowers come and go, but leaves are forever - or at least until the end of the growing season. Great photos both of you.
My favorite foliage today is on one of my Pieris japonica 'Little Heath's, which is happily reverting to something. I know I should cut the reversion off but it's really pretty and I'm curious to see if it flowers. I also like the contrast of the old and the new with a bit of groundcover sticking its head up in between.
Hi again, kt
I can't believe you went to Blanchette's without me! Well, I went without you two weeks ago. I had a patient in the very, very general vicinity and in less than 15 minutes grabbed two mukenia crimson fans, two more different var. solomon's seals, 3 cimigs (John someone, and two valerian (I thinkthose are the fragrant plants) and two gold bleeding hearts.
I went there for 4 plants. That was an expensive lunch break.
Neither Leo's wife, Pam, or he have seen my garden but they know Claire and me well. We are very very very loyal customers!
I had to move my jack last year and this year it is half the size. I put it below the walkway so the leaves could be seen from above. Don't know how that would work, but there was too much huge foliage where it was, and its gifts were lost.
Yes, finally I am becoming a more confirmed foliage shopper. But we had too big maples in front of the house removed and the entire garden is much brighter. It will be interesting to see how the shade plants do- will they suffer or take off like gangbusters? One of the very yellow hostas is getting sunburn.
All that during your lunch break, I am impressed with your skills. Joe wants to take down a few trees to benefit our solar and I am equally dreading and looking forward to more sun so I will be very interested to hear your report at the end of the season.
I like Jacks best when viewed as yours are from above or looking up into them. I have some just as you pull into my driveway it is the first thing you see and of course you are looking down on them.
Here is another Jack from Blanchettes on the top of my berm/garbage pile where I look up into them, I am truely smitten.
the above is Arisaema herterophyllam aka Jack in the Pulpit.
Nice photos, I am a big Pieris japonica fan and bought 'Little Heath' last fall. I can't tell you how impressed I was how well a young plant held up all winter. If it weren't for the dasteredly lace bug Pieris japonica would be the perfect shrub. How is yours reverting?
I finally remembered that the ???? photo is actually Leucosceptrum japonicum 'Gold Angel' (Gold Angel Japanese Shrub Mint)
Part Sun to Light Shade Zone: 4-8 36" tall Origin: Japan
We have been very pleased with the performance of this Japanese selection of their native shrub mint, which eventually forms a 3' tall x 3' wide mass of upright stems, clothed in 6" long golden yellow leaves. In areas with warm summer nights, the intensity of the leaf color may fade in summer, but cutting the plant back will cause the plant to reflush with brighter foliage. The clumps are topped in October and November (NC) with terminal spikes of yellow bottlebrush-like flowers.
I have it in a very shady location and it really brightens up what was once a dark hole.
Deutzia has been on my wish list for some time what other companions do you have it planted with?
Thanks for the link! It's a lovely plant that, at first glance, bears a strong resemblance to the Deutzia "Chardonnay Pearls" which I have planted next to a mystery Heuchera that was a tagless gift, but looks like 'Coral Bells Raspberry Ice', so there is a dramatic light/dark effect and the Deutzia helps cover a corner in the garden.
(ouch...another long r/o sentence)
KT: Two of my three Little Heaths show some reversion. In both cases it's a sprout from off of the trunk at or slightly below the ground level I see no signs of root formation, but I haven't dug too deeply.
I'd like to cut them off and propagate them but I'm not sure when to do it. I guess these would be classified as hardwood cuttings. Maybe somebody has some experience here?
The Little Heaths have been terrific for me here; I've had them for probably about five years (my records are around here some place, but not close by).
Gorgeous pics! I love this post. I was just on a spectacular garden tour, and although there were pretty blooms, my main takeaway (AGAIN, but I never seem to truly learn) was foliage, foliage, foliage. But I know I'll forget again at the nursery and be seduced by blooms....
Anyway, I didn't take any pics specifically for this post, but here are a few on hand:
European Ginger edging a path:
Closeup of Ginger, with a little seedling on the right:
Maidenhair Fern backing Sedum Autumn Joy:
Unknown hosta (I think something/someone is bothering these....they used to be huge and fill the ground completely, this year they are weak):
The culprit???:
Sorry to go off topic, but I thought hosta was supposed to be fairly indestructible. So I'm wondering if the chipmunks that live near this bed could be tunneling and messing up the roots? Is there another reason why hosta would weaken? Thanks!
Anyway, yes, enjoy that foliage!
Tulipscarolan - unfortunately the photos aren't showing up. There's a set of directions for posting photos in the FAQ I'm pretty sure.
Well Katy inspired me to actually go out and take some photos of the garden (and I've actually downloaded them to the computer), but I'll have to post when I've actually uploaded them and the internet connection has been wonky over the last few days. (Overwhelmed by soccer fans?)
Here are 2lips beautiful photos.
European Ginger edging a path:
Closeup of Ginger, with a little seedling on the right:
Maidenhair Fern backing Sedum Autumn Joy:
Unknown hosta (I think something/someone is bothering these....they used to be huge and fill the ground completely, this year they are weak):
The culprit???:
Thanks, KT, for posting the photos. I'm not sure what went wrong...I think I did the same process I've done in the past. If you don't mind telling me how you fixed it?
Separately, I am loving seeing all the responses. Beautiful & inspirational!
tulips, it's wonderful to see such well placed examples of SWATHS; what a statement they make! the stone wall and bamboo fence(?)are so handsome. is the former a bldg. foundation or ...?
where are you in ma?
Thanks so much! The stone wall is the back of an old outdoor fireplace. It's a cute little "summerhouse" with a built-in fireplace and pretty slate roof covering the open-walled building. I fell in love with it when we saw it 11 years ago, and it's probably the reason we moved here. I had never heard of an outdoor fireplace. Little did I know that 5 years later, outdoor fireplaces and firepits would be all the rage everywhere :-)
Funny, I didn't realize i managed to get a few swaths going...I really do believe in them, but find many of my gardens more resemble "clown pants" because I keep succumbing to pretty blooms at the nursery, but am too cheap to buy 7 of a plant!!! So I think the results are little dots of color here and there. But I'm trying to divide and get some "drifts" going....
I live in a coastal town in Rhode Island.
I took these photos back in June, but am only now getting them up. (and maybe now is a good time to be thinking about this as I wander through catalogs, though so many only have flower photos.) I've been trying to consider foliage interest as I plant gardens for the past few years, and I can see the difference in the beds where that was part of my focus. What appealed to me as I wandered around was some combination of color, size, or texture contrasts. As always, taking photos made me look at gardens as a whole, not just the close-in views that I've posted, and I'll probably be reorganizing some of my gardens based on my impressions from some of the larger photos. (Plant lists start in lower left of each photo.)
Golden Hanoke grass, hosta, columbine
From June 2010
This combo create itself through seeding and scrambling. I planted just the daylily. Euphorbia, annual poppy, Geranium sanguineum, daylily.
From June 2010
Old rose, Sambucus (elderberry), Tsuga (hemlock)
From June 2010
Daphne 'Summer Ice', cranberry, hosta
From June 2010
Clematis 'Ville de Lyon', Rhododendron 'Checkmate', Iberis 'autumn snow' (candytuft), hosta, cranberry, hosta, hydrangea 'Endless Summer' (with apologies for tatty foliage due to a late frost)
From June 2010
Ribbon grass and a lavendar Thalictrum (meadow rue)
From June 2010
Blue spruce 'Fat Albert', Physocarpus 'Coppertina' (ninebark), Baptisia australis, Amsonia hubrichtii (Arkansas bluestar), rhododendron, with yellow hosta (also nailed by the late frost) and leftover narcissus foliage in the center.
From June 2010
Periwinkle, wild sedge, Cornus alternifolea (pagoda dogood) in background, Sambucus (elderberry), variegated shrub dogwood, siberian iris, rhubarb, lupine (plus one foxglove flower spike, though the foliage is hidden)
From June 2010
Sedum 'Dragon's Blood', Dicentra eximia (fringed bleeding heart)
From June 2010
And one long view down a bed where I planned foliage contrasts on the big woody plants: hardy clumping bamboo, Cornus alternifolia (pagoda dogwood), 'Fat Albert' blue spruce, and 2 types arborvitae, a gold foliaged and a dark green foliaged. All but the bamboo have several down the length of the bed. In the far background on the left is a shadblow (Amelanchier) and a 'Coppertina' ninebark.
From June 2010


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mountain ash berries and dogs eating them
I have a eauropean mountain ash that drops its orange berries in the spring. My dog has been munching on the berries that have fallen on the ground. She is not having any symptoms but I want to make sure that they are not harmful. Does anyone know? I hope not, cuz I'll have to fence off the area.
Any reply is appreciated.
Common names are just that......common names. There is no such thing as a "correct" common name, as they are all technically incorrect. And they vary widely with regionality and folklore. It's perfectly acceptable to call them whatever is common to your area or what you grew up with. So let's just get beyond that piece of nonsense :-)
I'm surprised there are any berries left at this time of year. Mt. Ash berries get devoured here by birds through the fall and what remains in winter are scavanged by any overwintering birds, usually robins. And it is pretty common to see 'drunk' birds trying to perch in trees after eating the frost fermented berries :-)
Watch out for seedlings popping up. These are now considered weedy pest trees in my area and are borderline invasive species.
"Common names are just that......common names. There is no such thing as a "correct" common name, as they are all technically incorrect"
That's your cultural point of view. Other cultures take a very different view of the matter, and very definitely do have concepts of right and wrong in naming.
It won't hurt - in the wild, wolves (the wild ancestors of dogs) eat a lot of fruit. So do foxes and other canines. It is perfectly natural. Probably better for the dog than eating dog biscuits, which are made from products (grain, etc) that canines don't normally eat naturally.
Au contraire.
We aren't talking about all fruit. We're talking about berries and many berries, grapes and things are poisonous.
We also aren't talking about wolves, we're talking about Canis domestica.


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Backflow preventer leaks-
I have a Watts backflow valve hooked up to our city water supply since we also have a well that delivers water into the house. (The two systems are not interconnected but the valve is required by law.)
The leak is from the underside of the valve. Apparently there is a nylon or plastic fitting that is inserted into the valve in the bottom. It leaks at least a drop per second.
It doesn't appear to be threaded. I think it's a pressure relief valve, but I don't know.
Is this something I can service or does the valve need to be removed and/or replaced?
It can be serviced but before you go off calling a plumber give something a try. Now I don't know what model you have so I am just giving a broad idea of what to do.
On the top of the valve there should be 3-4 bolts or screws that can be taken out. Shut the water off on both sides and take the top off of the valve. There should be a whole cartridge that comes out along with some seals. Just take that out and rinse it off real well. A lot of times you will get some dirt on the seals and it won't allow it to close all the way. Once you rinse it off you can put it all back together and turn the water back on.
We have our valves at work leak at least once a year and 90% of the time the above fixes it.
If that still doesn't do it you can search for a brand new cartridge or call the dreaded plumber.
Hope that helps. Feel free to ask any more questions.
Thanks for your help, Matt- you got me started on the right track.
It's a 900 M3, which, it turns out, is subtly different from the M2 and seriously different from the original M. (The original M had four screws, but the later versions have a "straddle" with two screws. M2 has a different internal part than M3 but is indistinguishable from the outside. Keep your ID plates clean!) But repair kits exist for all of them, and even though the kits ain't cheap they are a LOT cheaper than a whole new valve. Thanks to you, I can probably do without either, and my worse-case now is putting up with the drip until I can locate the parts, assuming the simple remove-clean-replace option doesn't take care of it.
I found a very helpful link which you might be interested in.
Thanks very much.
Here is a link that might be useful: backflow devices info
Glad I could help and I hope the cleaning it out does the trick for you. We just had two of our three fail inspection last month. One was able to have a rebuilt kit installed for about 350. The other needed a whole new install as it is obsolete. Only cost the company about 3 grand. And I don't even want to see the bill if our twin 8" backflow goes!
Good Luck!!!
zl700- You're right- boy, did my dyslexia kick in or what? Thanks for the catch.
Matt- we had to leave town yesterday and "solved" our problem with a 5 gallon bucket for the night. Now this morning it has quit leaking. So I guess it has a good chance of being an intermittent type thing even with a new repair kit. I'll keep that bucket where it is.
Thanks again,
I have a Watts 009M2 1 inch valve connected to my underground sprinkler system. It was leaking and I removed it and started looking at the inside. The pepair kits are expensive and the Watts dealer in the area will not sell me anything. They said they don't sell to the public. I decided to replace the whole valve instead. I was surprised to find the same model Watts 009 M2 one inch being sold by different web sites all the way from $172 to more than $900. Am I missing something here?
I ordered one for $172 plus $12 shipping. When it arrives I will simply install it and hope it will last 12 years like the old one did. Any comments and advice will be appreciated.


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Cooktop cut out wiggle room
I am having granite installed and need to consider the cooktop cut out. My current cooktop is an electric but I want to add a gas cooktop.
This may be confusing but my current cooktop is installed in a cut out that wasnt cut specifically for it (I had to replace the original) so I am providing the recommended cut out specifications for both my current electric and the gas I want to get somewhere down the road.
The electric cooktop that I currently use (Kenmore) cut out is 28 1/2" - 29" long and 19 5/8"- 20 1/4" wide
The gas (Bosch) cut out would be 28 15/16" long and 19 1/8" wide.
So it seems to me that if I had the granite cut out to the electric cooktop specs I could slip in the gas cooktop down the road. The length of the electric cut out at 29" would exactly fit both the electric and the gas, but the electric cooktop cut out at 19 5/8" is a little larger than the recommended gas cut out of 19 1/8". But the lip of the gas cooktop that sits on the counter will allow a little wiggle room as the actual dimensions of the cooktop is 21 1/4".
Does this make sense?
Yes and no.
I have been through this exercise many-many times in the past few weeks and checked one too many installation instructions. :-)
If you have the exact model numbers, you can check what kind of allowance they have. Normally, it is ~1/16".
When a cooktop is said to be, say, 30", it can be anywhere between 28" to 31".
I was shocked when I saw that the cut out for Fagor's 28" cooktop is less than 24".
The lip itself may or may not provide enough support. If the appliance is not installed correctly, it voids the warranty.
You can do a preplanned cut out only if you know the exact specs for the existing and the future cooktop, IMO.
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We have a weekly publication in my area called "Free Times". It's considered an alternative publication as it caters more to the socially active college students and bohemian leaning adults. They have recently started adding an insert once very quarter called "Abode" which focuses on the home. The most recent Abode insert featured a story about a third-year law student living in a one-bedroom garage apartment behind a large, expensive home in an upscale neighborhood. The writer referred to this type of living as "transitional". I felt like the writer missed a wonderful opportuity and was compeled to send in a letter to the editor. I'm waiting now to see if it gets published. Here it is:
Small homes have been a life long passion of mine. Naturally, I was excited when I read the cover of the Abode insert and saw a headline for "Living It Up, Downsized". I was equally disappointed with the lack of substance in this article. Around Columbia there are a plethora of homes with living space well below 1000sf. Single family homes as well as condos, apartments and townhomes offer a smarter, more economical alternative. A quick search of the web utilizing oneÂs favorite search engine yields hundreds of sites, links and articles touting the benefits of small space living. HGTV has a show dedicated to this lifestyle, "Small Space, Big Style". Sarah Susanka is an architect and best selling author championing a more reasonable approach to living through her series of books beginning with "The Not So Big House". Yet you chose to focus solely on garage apartments and guest houses in Shandon insinuating that these homes are merely "transitional".
At a time when our country is facing one itÂs most precarious financial challenges, which some would argue was brought on by over-consumption, and at a time when many Americans seem to be captivated by a super-sized mentality, you missed a wonderful opportunity to extol the virtues of those individuals daring to take exactly the opposite approach.
Living in a smaller space is not only more economical, but in most cases, it also "greener". A smaller physical footprint typically equals a smaller carbon footprint. Less space to clean and care for typically equals less time and money spent maintaining a dwelling and more time spent living life.
Or how about noteworthy statistics such as comparing the average size of new homes being built in the US today, 2349sf, compared to the average size of new homes being built in other developed countries such as the United Kingdom at 815sf.
In most cases, less is more. From my personal observation, this is overwhelmingly true of smaller homes and the individuals brave enough to run headlong against conventional thinking who choose to live a smaller yet more fulfilling lifestyle.
I encourage you to revisit this topic and devote more time and energy developing the feature.
Hey Scott, thanks for posting this. I'd be really interested to see the original article. Is it online somewhere?
I think your last sentence sums up your thoughts quite well and gives the writer an opportunity to think about (and hopefully write about) another way living.
I gotta wonder if the 3rd year law student also thinks this type of living is transitional, or if the author just took the liberty to assume so. How did you interpret that?
Hi Scott ! Great piece. I really liked the following lines at the end.
** In most cases, less is more. From my personal observation, this is overwhelmingly true of smaller homes and the individuals brave enough to run headlong against conventional thinking who choose to live a smaller yet more fulfilling lifestyle. **
Have a great weekend ~ FlowerLady
Gayle - you can find the publication at www.free-times.com but they still have the "Abode" insert from May on the website, not the most recent one. Curious.
FlowerLady - Thank you for your kind words. Should I run for President next time around? Would anyone championing such ideas and condepts stand a chance? "Fraid not!