text:
Supervisors to hear eye gnat control plan
Farmers would be responsible; pesticides wouldn't be required
The Be Wise Ranch organic farm in the San Pasqual Valley has averted the possibility of forced closure.
The county has abandoned plans to enact a program that would include a worst-case scenario option of the spraying of pesticides to control the eye gnat problem that has plagued the farm for several years.
The program includes measures such as traps and alternative methods of farming. It will go before the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 31, but it will not include the dire provision of pesticide spraying, which would conceivably be the end of the farm because pesticides would destroy the "organic" component of the business.
Be Wise owner Bill Brammer has been fighting the pesticide provision of the program for more than a year and had threatened legal action if the county proceeded. Negotiations have been ongoing for much of 2012.
Brammer said last week that he is pleased pesticides are no longer part of the ordinance the county is considering, however, he still does not agree with the plan that he says places the onus of gnat eradication on his shoulders.
"It's a good thing, but there are still things that can destroy my business," he said. "They can still tell me what I can plant and when I can plant it."
Jack Miller, the director of the county's Department of Environmental Health, said the threat of litigation played a part in the decision. He said it was clear that if the use of pesticides was included in the proposed ordinance it would require further, expensive and lengthy study.
Still, he said, the ordinance accomplishes what the county set out to do: establishing rules that would require farmers to take measures to control gnats.
The program began as a way to control a once-serious insect problem in the East County town of Jacumba, where gnats were attracted to a large organic farm and would swarm the community.
The tiny gnats are attracted to mucus and would, by the thousands, attack the nose and mouths of residents. But earlier this year, the Jacumba farm announced it was giving up and moving out of the county. With the farm's departure, the eye gnat problem in Jacumba ceased.
But residents in southern Escondido have also been complaining about gnats attracted to Be Wise's operation.
Be Wise is a 162-acre farm that stretches about 2.5 miles on a narrow strip of land along the western edge of the San Pasqual Valley. Brammer leases the agricultural preserve from the city of San Diego and grows heirloom tomatoes, strawberries, chard and other vegetables. His produce is sold to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods and to about 3,000 loyal local customers.
This year Brammer has installed hundreds of gnat traps and changed the way he tills the land so as to reduce the gnat problem. Some residents of southern Escondido say the measures have reduced the insect problem significantly, others say it has done no good whatsoever.
Miller said county studies show that the measures Brammer has voluntarily taken have reduced the gnat problem by 85 to 95 percent.
"He's been standing up and it's been working," he said of Brammer.
More than 1,000 comments were received after an initial study was released for public review of the contemplated program.
"Based on the comments received, (the department) has decided to modify the program and ordinance it will present to the Board of Supervisors for consideration," supervising vector ecologist Chris Conlan wrote on the department's website. "Specifically, changes will be made to ... the proposal to prohibit the director of DEH from issuing orders requiring the use of pesticides on commercial organic farms."
The ordinance will have its first reading on Oct. 31 and if approved should go into effect at the beginning of next year.


text:
Sunday, 04/30/1989
Night Stage, Cambridge, MA
Set 1: IDKI Didn't Know, YEMYou Enjoy Myself, McGruppMcGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters, LizardsThe Lizards, DividedDivided Sky, Wilson, PeachesPeaches en Regalia, AntelopeRun Like an Antelope, Terrapin[1]
Encore: Possum
[1] Fish on trombone.
Average Song Gap: 10.5
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show was preceded by an introduction from Dionysian co-founder Ben Hunter. After YEM, Trey acknowledged his grandparents who were in attendance. Prior to McGrupp, Trey said that the band were traveling minstrels from Gamehendge and proceeded to provide a brief Gamehendge narration about each of the four songs they were going to play: McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters, The Lizards, "Divided Sky and the Wind Blows High," and "Wilson, Can You Still Have Fun?" Terrapin featured Fish on trombone.
Song Distribution:
3 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
3 The White Tape
2 Junta
1 Stash
1 Lawn Boy
Songs by Debut Year:
This show was part of the "1989 Tour."

subset: commoncrawl


text:
- Sep 21:
- Dublin 39, Ygnacio Valley 0
- Serra-San Mateo 49, Encinal 13
- Pittsburg 24, Berkeley 0
- McClymonds 44, Valley Christian-Dublin 22
- Foothill 52, Vintage-Napa 6
- Freedom 27, San Leandro 21
- Hercules 21, Piner-Santa Rosa 12
- James Logan 21, Heritage 7
- Miramonte 44, Alameda 14
- Acalanes 45, Tennyson 15
- Northgate 31, Las Lomas 17
- Sep 20:
- East Bay football roundup: San Ramon Valley loses 67-36 to Folsom
- East Bay high school/community college scoreboard for Friday, Sept. 20 events
- Regional football roundup: Big win for Foothill High over Vintage
- Campolindo beats El Cerrito in battle of football powers
- De La Salle routs Del Oro 41-3
- American 28, San Lorenzo 21, OT
- Friday's East Bay high school/community college football scores
- Sep 19:
- Mission San Jose 14, Richmond 9
NEWARK -- Tyler Offill threw two touchdown passes in the first half and the visiting Matadors (3-1) completely stifled the Cougars offense, limiting the host team to just 47 yards.
Offill threw scoring passes of 15 yards to Casey Soltis and 54 yards to Javonn Williams as Granada opened up a 35-0 halftime lead against Newark Memorial (2-2).
After Offill threw the TD pass to Soltis with 9:21 left in the first quarter, Colton Paynter blocked a punt, scooped it up and ran 47 yards to put the Matadors up 14-0 with 6:02 left in the first period.
Granada stretched the lead to 21-0 when Jason Silva ran 22 yards for a score with 1:16 left in the quarter.
The Cougars went three-and-out on their next possession, but Williams returned the punt 51 yards for another score on the second play of the second quarter. Williams scored again with 3:26 left in the half, this time on a 54-yarder from Offill.
Granada took the second-half kickoff and drove 63 yards on eight plays. Soltis scored on a 5-yard run with 8:14 remaining in the third quarter. The fourth quarter was played with a running clock.
Newark Memorial's best drive came in the fourth quarter when it got to the Grenada 29 with 10:42 left in the game, but a fourth-down pass attempt fell incomplete.


text:
Tel: (34) 91 5418200Fax: (34) 91 5411988
N +40º 25' 38.63" / W -3º 42' 51.48"
Elegant, spacious rooms measuring 33 m2, all of them outward facing and recently refurbished.
The rooms are decorated in a contemporary style with artisan headboards adorned with gold leaf. They are equipped with a king size Dreamax bed or twin beds (on request on arrival at the hotel), a comfortable desk (home office) with a plug for laptop and WiFi Internet access, an armchair and modern bathroom finished in marble and ceramic tiles in which you will find a complete set of MELIÁ amenities, hairdryer and TV loudspeakers.
This room offers an extensive pillow menu and LCD 32 inch TV, mini Hi-Fi, CD / DVD player and media hub. The Premium Room also offers 24 hour room service to make you feel completely at home.
Maximum capacity: 3 adults or 2 adults + 1 child
The possibility of an extra bed or cot (*) (on request) (subject to availability)
(*) with extra charge


text:
- Sep 3:
- Los Gatos football: New coach, veteran talent this fall
- Sep 2:
- Mitty football: Defense is the key for Monarchs in the tough WCAL race
- Valley Christian football: Led by its star tailback, the sky is the limit
- Prospect football: Last year's Plan B becomes this year's Plan A
- Bellarmine football: New group of Bells ready to make a run at another WCAL title
- Westmont football: Goal is the same as always for Warriors--compete for league title
- Santa Clara Valley is--and has always been--a hotbed for QBs
- St. Francis football: Familiar name back as Calcagno steps in as head coach
- Harker football: Veteran receivers, a young QB keys to the season
- Saratoga football: Division's 'big 4'? Lugo thinks it's the 'big 5'
- Monta Vista football: Matadors may be small in numbers and size, but big on talent
- Cattolico leaves a legacy on the football field, and on report cards
- High school football preview: Players to watch
The beauty of football can't really be crammed into a sentence or two, but sometimes a simple reset can work wonders.
The King's Academy football team went 2-8 overall in 2012, capturing its second victory during the last week of the season.
A turn of the calendar has given head coach William Gittens two important things. First, it zeroed out the win-loss column, and secondly. it added a year of seasoning to a handful of promising sophomores that saw a glut of playing time last fall.
The end result the coach is hoping for is straightforward: more production and more wins.
"We're 100 percent better right now than we were at this time last summer," Gittens said. "The meat of our team is the junior class, and that group is actually getting deeper now that we have eight more juniors coming out to play for the first time this year."
It was a slow transition to a new offensive system change last year, forcing the coaching staff to hold back some offensive packages. One principle that didn't get up to speed was the traditional option set, which will be featured this fall.
"We're going to be an option team," Gittens said. "It's going to need to work for us this time around because right now we only have eight linemen total on the roster. The option pulls us out of the trenches, which is going to help us run the football."
Junior quarterback Dominic Sable (6-foot, 160 pounds) returns as the trigger man for the option attack.
Cole Hansen (6-foot-3, 235) will start at offensive tackle and on the defensive line, while senior Jeffrey Myers (5-foot-10, 220) will hold down the fort at center and defensive tackle. A newcomer to the starting offensive line, Fidel Nunez (6-foot-1, 185), will start at guard and will also play linebacker for the Knights.
"Nunez is going to be a stud for us on defense," Gittens said. "He's actually been a force in the passing leagues this summer, reading the opposing quarterbacks. He has intercepted a handful of passes."
Two new running backs will get a shot for TKA. Juniors Alex Day (5-foot-8, 145) and Jamie Wilson (5-foot-9, 145) both will see lots of time in the backfield and in the defensive secondary. Gittens is hoping both new additions can "find some daylight and take off," reigniting a running game that has been the staple of the program over the past decade.
While the offense will have some new faces on the offensive line and in the backfield, arguably the strongest part of the TKA roster going into 2013 can be found on the other side of the ball in the defensive secondary.
Derek Friske (6-foot-3, 175), Mark Miclean (5-foot-10, 175) and Knights basketball star Jordan Duncan (6-foot, 165), who suits up as a varsity football player for the first time this fall, all will start in the secondary.
Only juniors, the trio forms one of the most dangerous defensive backfields in the league.
"Jordan is going to be our lockdown corner," Gittens said. "He brings a lot of speed to our team. In general, we're just a faster group now than we were a year ago. Friske and Mark are both outstanding safeties that we will be counting on to make a lot of plays for our defense."
Duncan and Friske, a 6-foot-3 target who gave defensive coordinators headaches as a sophomore, will both play wide receiver as well.
TKA opens with back-to-back road tests against San Jose Academy, a team that defeated them a year ago, and Scotts Valley.
The home opener on Sept. 27 pits the Knights against longtime rival and defending CCS Division IV champion, Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton.
Key Players
Derek Friske (6-3, 175), Jr., WR/S
Dominic Sable (6-0, 160), Jr., QB
Cole Hansen (6-3, 235), Jr., OT/DT
Jeffrey Myers (5-10, 220), Sr., C/DT
Mark Miclean (5-10, 175), Jr., RB/SS
Fidel Nunez (6-1, 185), Jr., G/LB
Alex Day (5-8, 145), Jr., RB/DB
Jamie Wilson (5-9, 145), Jr., RB/DB
Jordan Duncan (6-0, 165), Jr., WR/CB
King's Academy
Sept. 13, at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Sept. 21, at Scotts Valley, 2 p.m.
Sept. 27, Sacred Heart Prep, 7 p.m.*
Oct.4, Calvary Murrieta, 7 p.m.
Oct. 11 at Burlingame, 7 p.m.*
Oct. 19, Mills, 2 p.m.*
Oct. 25, El Camino 7 p.m.*
Nov. 1, Carlmont, 7 p.m.*
Nov. 8, at Hillsdale, 3 p.m.*
Nov. 15, at Jefferson, 7 p.m.*
* Denotes Peninsula Athletic League game


text:
twob wrote: I suggest pretty much all of them:
The Elephant Man
Lost Highway
Blue Velvet
MeAndHim wrote: How is Lost Highway, anyway? I cant find t in any videostore, and I was wondering if its worth buying. I liked Fire Walk With Me, and the show, but Mulholland Drive was fucking weak. Let me know how it is
SneebDotCom wrote: Wild At Heart is my favorite Lynch film.
Quote: Also, Dune sucked....
Quote: Mullholland was my favorite film of that year and The Lost Highway is interesting, but for me, the metaphors are so personal to Lynch that I can't decipher them in the least, and to me, that is a flawed film.... way too personal for something put into every movie theatre in the country... but thats just me.


text:
George W. Bush Plans Immigration Event
The drive to overhaul U.S. immigration law may get a high-profile boost next week, just as House Republicans begin to consider their legislative options, when former President George W. Bush addresses the matter at an immigration event at his presidential library. Mr. Bush, whose own effort as president to pass an immigration bill failed, rarely addresses current policy debates, but he has made clear that he supports the renewed effort this year.
On Wednesday, he will address 20 new citizens as they are sworn in at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Three panel discussions will follow on the topic of "What Immigrants Contribute," including conversations on how they drive growth in the Texas economy, why naturalization matters to the economy and "how immigrants serve America."
The event comes on Wednesday, the same day House Republicans will meet to debate their next legislative steps.
Last month the Senate passed a sweeping immigration bill, including tougher border security measures, a guest worker program for low-skilled foreigners and a path to citizenship for those already in the U.S. illegally. But its prospects are uncertain the GOP-controlled House, where many Republicans remain deeply opposed to the citizenship provision.
Mr. Bush said in a May interview with the Huffington Post that he still supports a path to citizenship and said the chances for an immigration bill may be better this time than when he attempted it in 2006. But he also cautioned Republicans against supporting the bill only for political reasons, a reference to the argument that Republicans must pass the bill in order to attract more support from the growing bloc of Latino voters.
"The atmosphere, unlike when I tried it, is better, maybe for the wrong reason," he said. "The right reason is it's important to reform a broken system. I'm not sure a right reason is that in so doing we win votes. I mean when you do the right thing, I think you win votes, as opposed to doing something that's the right thing to win votes. Maybe there's no difference there. It seems like there is to me, though."


text:
Skip to Content
Search All Programs & Services
Search by Name, Specialty, Program, or Research
Make a Donation
Make an Appointment
Ask a Question
Refer a Patient
Health Information > Condition Information > Symptoms of TB
Reviewed on 2/13
By Dr. Iseman
Although tuberculosis (TB) is most frequently associated with symptoms involving the lungs—because the disease most often affects the lungs—it can affect any organ of the body. The disease can cause a variety of symptoms. If you have symptoms, your doctor will want to know when they began.
People with latent TB infection (an infection without active disease) have no symptoms.
The usual symptoms of TB include:
The symptoms may be mild and may not seem particularly worrisome to the patient. In other people, the symptoms become chronic and severe.
Other symptoms of active TB disease depend on where in the body the bacteria are growing. If active TB disease is in the lungs (pulmonary TB), the symptoms may include a bad cough, pain in the chest, and coughing up blood. If active TB is outside the lungs (for example, the kidney, spine, brain, or lymph nodes), it is called extrapulmonary TB and has other symptoms, depending on which organs are affected. For example, tuberculosis in the spine may cause back pain or stiffness.
Enter your email address to receive health tips, recent research findings and news about National Jewish Health.
1400 Jackson St Denver, CO 80206 1.877.225.5654 Network of Locations Contact Us
© 2016 National Jewish Health Policies & Guidelines | My National Jewish Health


text:
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Augusta, GA -- It's never easy to rebuild a program, but it's even harder to build one in the first place.
That's what Augusta Prep Coach Harry Bacheller has been doing the last couple years, and this is an important season for the Cavaliers.
Prep is in the process of completing two seasons without an affiliation to any state athletic association, all in an effort to be competitive once they join the GISA.
That day is only a year away, so this season is a big one for the Cavs to prepare and get ready to make a run once they finally get their chance.
Bacheller said, "They kind of know what to expect now. We still have a long way to go. We're doing baby steps. I think we're doing it the right way, one step at a time. We don't have any big goals of winning state championships or anything. We're just trying to take care of one thing at a time and do the program the right way."
Senior Quarterback Jack Owen added, "You know we have more depth than we've ever had before, and people are starting to kind of figure it out. We get better everyday I feel like."
The Cavaliers have a lot more local competition on the schedule this year.
Highlighted on that is the grudge match with rival Westminster. The Cavaliers host that game September 28th.


text:
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Supper in Zurich, Underground
Eating was definitely in mind when I signed up for a dinner last Saturday with One Night Stand - Zurich's first underground supper club. Supper clubs began appearing a few years ago in cities like San Francisco and New York, and have since spread around the world. One Night Stand was started by Mike Goguen, a good friend of mine and the owner and chef at Melt Catering, with the help of his wife Nicolette. "I wanted to start something spontaneous and creative in Zurich where people could have a chance to meet new people and try different and creative food in an interesting location," Mike explains.
Supper clubs are often run by cooks who work out of their home kitchens and don't have official licenses to sell food to the public - thus the necessity of remaining "underground." As a trained chef, Mike has all the necessary credentials, but keeping the element of surprise and secrecy is part of the appeal. The only way to find out about upcoming One Night Stand dinners is to join the Facebook group or by word-of-mouth. The menu is not revealed ahead of time (though you can mention dietary requirements when you reserve), and the location and directions only emailed out a few hours before the dinner begins.
Mike has made good on the promise of interesting locations and creative food. Previous events have included an "eclectic Californian" night and a cocktail evening with a professional mixologist, and there is often more to dinner than just dinner. In April, when One Night Stand was held at artist Michelle Bird's studio, we ate surrounded by easels, brushes, and half-finished paintings. After dessert, Michelle gave a painting demonstration accompanied by her husband Stefan on the hang - a type of steel hand drum invented here in Switzerland.
At a restaurant, you usually already know who will be at your table, but supper clubs are different - getting to know your 20 or so fellow diners is another part of what makes the evening so much fun. When Matt and I arrived at Blumen am Stauffacher, a tiny flower store in the heart of Zurich, everyone was already chatting over crab cakes and champagne and exclaiming over the beautiful tables that Petra Faller, the owner, had created for us.
In addition to colorful flowers and candles in the center of the tables, place settings were adorned with their own miniature arrangements, each one unique and special. The many vases of blooms and greenery, and a riotously colorful wall of orchids and butterflies, only added to the elegant atmosphere. Petra explained to us that she loves color and does not sell white flowers, except for one special all-white week in January to "cleanse" the store for the new year. I love to linger in flower shops - small oases of beauty that leave me feeling refreshed - so it was a real treat to be allowed to spend a whole evening in one.
Swiss/Canadian sommelier Christian poured the first wine of the evening as we took our places - a Laurenz V Singing Grüner Veltliner from Austria that went beautifully with the chilled melon soup starter. By day, Christian is a teacher at Marathon Sprachen, a language school geared towards professionals in Zurich. Off the clock, he puts his great passion for wine into practice by partnering with Mike and organizing other gourmet events in Zurich.
After the melon soup came a spinach salad with fresh figs and crispy pancetta, followed by delicately seared tuna slices with a macadamia-nut crust. The tuna just melted in my mouth and was accompanied by a papaya salsa that was the perfect acidic counterpoint to the silky fish.
In keeping with our surroundings, Mike carried the flower theme through to his menu, decorating each dish with edible flowers or even incorporating them into the food itself. The main course of ricotta and beetroot ravioli was accompanied by stuffed fresh zucchini flowers, while dessert proved to be a heavenly duo of white chocolate-lavender crème brûlée and orange-orange blossom sorbet, with a sweet white port to drink. Mike's cooking style and tastes are right up my alley - there wasn't a single dish the whole evening that I didn't love!
Great food often leads to great conversation, and I had the pleasure of getting to know a number of interesting people at my table. I quickly discovered that Leeanne, a 28-year old Californian who moved to Switzerland a year ago for work, was just as excited to rattle on about cooking and chefs and restaurants as I was. Down the table, Matt chatted with a woman who turned out to be on the board of trustees at our school, and Petra told us all about what it's like to own a flower shop in downtown Zurich.
As the evening wound down and we finished our last glasses of wine, Petra urged us to take our little table decorations home with us and invited us to come back anytime we needed an especially colorful bouquet or flower arrangement. On Monday morning, our special dinner location would be back to being the corner flower store, and the next One Night Stand would already be in the works...
8 comments:
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
Welcome back! I am so happy to be able to read you again.
What a lovely event. The food and atmosphere look wonderful.
- September 3, 2011 at 3:47 PM
- Carla said...
After such a long time away you decided to come back to torture us! Because that's what it felt like reading this post and seeing your mouth-watering pictures :-)
- September 3, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Melanie said...
Wow. What a wonderfully special evening, Romy! And your photos are sooooooooo beautiful!
- September 4, 2011 at 3:33 AM
- Kerrin @ MyKugelhopf.ch said...
fabulous post, romy ! a pleasure to read about your delicious adventures once again, and with beautiful photos too. "one night stand" sounds amazing, really original ideas - for the name itself, the themes and menus. bravo to mike for zürich's first supper club ! i certainly hope to attend one day...
- September 4, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Amy said...
Cool! What's the general price range for these dinners?
- September 6, 2011 at 7:05 AM
- Romy said...
Amy - Price is about CHF 150 per person, which includes champagne and hors d'oeuvres and then a 5- or 6-course meal with matching wines for each course.
- September 6, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- Mary said...
This sounds like such a lovely event. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This is my first visit to your blog, so I spent some time browsing through your earlier posts. I'm so glad I did that. Have a great day.Blessings...Mary
- September 6, 2011 at 2:07 PM
- Jenn said...
An underground supper club wow that sounds like so much fun!!! Glad to see you back :)
- October 13, 2011 at 10:11 AM


text:
Reader Mark came up with a way to get at that last bit of laundry detergent, the stuff that intransigently clings to container walls, refusing to drip into your measuring cup. By punching a hole in the bottom corner of the container, Mark is able to extract enough detergent to clean a small or medium load of clothes. Do you have other ways of freeing residual detergent? Tell us in the comments.
Use Every Last Drop Of Laundry Detergent
Like everything else, gravity seems to do the trick for me. I saw on a science show once that if you swing a jar/bottle/whatever down toward the ground, lid down, then the fluid will be forced near the cap. Works great w/ dishsoap, shampoo, ketchup, etc.
I just fill it with a little water, slosh, and pour into the washer.
Yeah… just fill it with water! Isn't that much easier and more efficient than cutting holes in the bottle?
Plus, you should rinse out any bottles before you recycle them anyway.
You can always put the cap on and let the thing sit upside down for a couple of days. Then open it upside down and SNAP, you have you detergent in the cap.
Why don't you just swing the bottle in a circle? The centrifugal force will force the stuff to the lid.
Adding a little bit of water is most certainly easier than risking cutting your abdomen!
Ugh, my dad is one of those who insists on dicking around with the last 1/2 ounce of anything just to use it all up. Laundry detergent is one thing, but crusty old ketchup at the bottom of the bottle? I just make sure to buy a new bottle when I'm almost out so I can spend my time making Consumerist comments instead.
The "add water" technique reminds me of when I was a kid. If there wasn't enough chocolate syrup left in the Hersheys bottle to squeeze out, I'd just fill it with milk and shake it up then squirt it right into my mouth. Perfect chocolate milk every time!
My city tells us not to rinse out the bottles because it wastes water.
Since when did the Consumerist become "Hints from Heloise?"
i scoop it out with my fingers, like a jar of peanut butter. Then put it on my face, and video record myself dancing around my room with a black light on for later enjoyment.
This post has changed my life. I'm glad I keep the Consumerist in my RSS reader, so I never miss these important posts.
@therethinker: Thats what I was trying to say! You said it much better.
I also do the water sloshy thing.
Also it's worth noting that I've noticed the "suggested serving" of detergent they want me to use is increasing. I have two of those little cups, from the same company, same detergent, same size cup, but the line is higher on the newer cup.
@cageyjames: In the case of detergent, you're just going to pour the water into the wash, so you are not actually wasting it.
What about the freegans? What will they use? Won't somebody think of the freegans?
@JohnsRUs: srsly! well it IS a saturday i.e. slow news day (unless Lindsay Lohan is running over someone/getting an overdose). Oh dangit I'm not in ohnotheydidnt am I?
Even easier than water is a temporal solution.
Most detergent bottles and caps, like the one pictured, are easily stood on-end. This new, common design puts every drop into the cap and will not run out and malke a mess when the cap is removed.
In other words, just stand the damned jug on it's cap and wait overnight!
You can get an extra load of of a box of the powdered laundry detergent also. You just fill the empty box with water when your machine is first filling, swish the water around in the box a bit and pour it in.
The real solution is to stop doing laundry. This site is "consumerist.com" not "frugalist.com". Really, we should all throw out our dirty clothes when we're done with them and go shopping for new ones. :D
Or, just throw out the last half oz when you recycle the jug. My 80 fl oz Cheer detergent cost me $5.99 + tax for a total of $6.51 (full price). That translates to 8.1 cents an oz. The remaining half an oz might be worth 4 or 5 cents. Certainly not worth my time and the potential mess it would make. If I really wanted the remaining detergent I'd just stand it on end.
I turn it upside down, get a small load that way. They put water in the jug, slosh it around and get another small load that way. Then scrub all the soap residue off the outside of the bottle that dripped and get a third small load that way. This probably only works with the super concentrated liquid soap like method brand.
I'm with Dacker on this one, upturn it and leave it, make sure it is almost empty though or there will be be some overflow and you don't want that1
@snowferret: "Also it's worth noting that I've noticed the "suggested serving" of detergent they want me to use is increasing."
I've seen it suggested that you wash your clothes with the suggested amount, then REwash them immediately with NO detergent and open mid-cycle to see how many suds you have. Because the suggested size is just too much detergent to wash out efficiently. Apparently you can use half the suggested amount and STILL have leftover detergent in your clothes to make lots of suds!
Put the cap on.
Grab from the bottom of the bottle.
Spin arm in windmill fashion.
Put the bottle down, upside down (sitting on the cap)
Wait a minute…
Screw bottle off of cap.
Centrifugal force FTW!
Learned this trick for stubborn ketchup. Catsup?
That's what I always do. "Snap." LOL
That's idiotic. It's going into the washing machine anyway, which is going to fill with water. Also, it only takes a couple ounces of water to rinse a bottle out (actually filling it is LESS effective than putting 2 or 3 ounces in a couple of times.)
I hope you didn't vote for whomever is telling people this (or whomever hired them).
laundry is overrated. I simply buy clothes from goodwill (shirts are ~$2-3 ea, pants ~$3-5). when they don't pass the sniff test (somewhere between 3 and 7 wears) they get donated again. Rinse and repeat (but without the water, of course)
I think this is the laundry detergent manufacturer's version of "lather rinse repeat."
Well, first of all, I use less than half of the suggested amount of detergent, and my clothes are clean at the end of the cycle. They aren't filled with detergent residue after the wash, so they stay cleaner through the day and last longer because they don't have to be washed as much.
At the end of the bottle, I slosh water in it & pour the resulting glop in the wash with the clothes.
@mrmysterious: Excactly what I was going to say. What happened to the simplest way (no hole punching required) of just turning it upside down?
For a quick way to extract the final amounts of detergent, another simple method I use is to pour warm water into the laundry detergent bottle, swirl it a bit and give it some time for the laundry detergent to dissolve. Then pour the whole thing in with your laundry.
Mixing it with water makes it less viscous (or thick in layman terms), making it easier to pour out. Water's not going to do anything to it either since you're probably pouring detergent directly into the water anyway.
Instead of waiting for the drip method, I actually just put the almost empty container in the washing machine with the clothes. After the wash, the bottle is perfectly clean (ie. empty of detergent) along with my clothes. And *instant gratification* – no waiting for the bottle to empty via dripping or cutting!
Thank goodness that I am not the only one to do this. I also sometimes illuminate the room with strobe lights placed inside the bottles. I used to use candles in them but I started getting a weird odor and was seeing the color October.
This actually WAS a Heloise hint (from a vintage 60's paperback) but I also use just half the recommended amount of detergent. Detergent companies just want to sell more bottles and make you wear itchy clothes. And yeah, I'd rather put some water in and shake up the results than punch a hole — those bottles are so sturdy, diabetics are sometimes advised to use them for hypodermic needle storage. Fun fact!
Personally I'm in the rinse with water camp, but another option would be to put the nearly empty bottle CAPLESS upside down in the washer after your last load of the day, then when you return to do your next load, the detergent has all dripped out directly into the machine.
Instead of poking a hole in the bottom of the jug, I take the cap and tap the spout hard enough to fall into the jug, freeing the liquid to escape.
Uh, in all candor, who gives a hairy fig if we get the last drop of detergent? The stuff is not made of gold. Sheesh.
water. duh.
As everyone mentioned…water…everything has to be bells and whistles these days doesn't it?? cut a hole in the bottom and be proclaimed front page consumerist?? go figure…
my dad manufactures this detergents crap so we dont really have a prob with sucking the can dry
This tip has just edged out "finding ways to use the jelly that canned hams are packed in" on my list of things life is too short to worry about.
i also put in a little water, shake it around and dump it into the machine, this works well with shampoo and conditioner but not with food/condiment products :(
Come on people, Put a little water – hot if you can be bothered. Shake the bottle (wth the lid on!!)
Then crack on with talking about something a little more intresting
@itsjos: Especially not when you dump the last of your mustard into the washing machine. ;)
i use a similar technique to get the last little bit of weed out baggies…
knock all the shake into a corner and twist/rip the corner off = perfect shake bowl
Personally I find that when you're down to shake, it's also time for some scraping, because resin+shake is much more pleasant than either one alone.
@GinaLouise: I'm sure other needle users could use them, too ;-)
@confusedrabbit: @Eyebrows McGee: @snowferret: We had serious issues with our washing machine earlier this year because it was clogged up and smelled like a dead rat floating in a grease trap, largely due to "undigested" detergent. It is apparently a very common problem, especially in front-load washing machines because it sticks in the seals, then other dirt and stuff sticks to the detergent/goo. The repair man (we couldn't stomach the smell or substances removed) told us to use half what the bottle says, we do, no more issues or smelly machine and clothes.
@hrmann_2000: You sir, win this thread. Only downside, I suppose, is not being able to see exactly how much you're putting into the wash, so you run the risk of over/under detergenting.
I do what HRMANN does.
Well kinda, I use powder.
But when I had liquid I pour water in and slosh.
Same happens with the Spray-n-Wash refills. I pour water in it and add to wash loads figuring those loads get a extra boost.
Just bring an awl to the laundry room; that way you can punch a hole to drain the last bit of detergent from the bottle AND have a handy self defense against muggers. ;)
centrifugal != centripetal
in almost all manners in which one might use "centrifugal force" in casual conversation, the correct term is centripetal. just sayin'.


text:
News 12 at 11 o'clock / Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
BURKE COUNTY, Ga. -- Some parts of Burke County could become a little X-rated if one group gets its way. County leaders say there's a new interest in possibly opening an adult establishment in an unincorporated part of town.
Commissioners recently voted to put a 90-day hold on all new X-rated businesses. The unincorporated area of Burke County is mainly home to farmland, trees and open spaces for horses.
"They voted on a moratorium and are working on an ordinance," said Burke County Administrator Merv Waldrop.
Officials would not tell us who inquired about opening an X-rated establishment or what type of venue they wanted to open. All they would say is that the planning commission asked Burke County commissioners to temporarily put a hold on all adult entertainment permits.
The planning commission wants to adopt an ordinance to regulate any future adult establishments.
"It ain't right. They don't need it. The neighborhood would go down," said Burke County resident Jeff Haynes.
Roughly about 23,000 people live out in the county. Thousands of men and women also work at a nearby plant.
"I don't think it will hurt my business at all. I would not protest it myself," said business owner Greg Hawkins.
"My point of view is that it's not moral. Who would want to come in these woods to see someone strip?" said plant worker Michael Roberts.
"You put that many men together and a handful will go into a strip club," said truck driver Rickey Vaughn.
Officials are in the early stages of developing the ordinance. The public will also have a chance to voice their opinion to commissioners.


text:
CONWAY, Ark. – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Volleyball team saw its season come to a close on Friday afternoon in a 3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-18) loss to Oral Roberts in the quarterfinal round of the Southland Conference Tournament. The team finished with school records in overall wins (21) and Southland wins (12) while finishing the season in third place of the league standings, also another best in program history.
The Islanders (21-11) looked like they were going to take the first set, but Oral Roberts (16-14) stole the momentum on the way to the 3-0 win in the opening round of the league tourney. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi finishes the year with a 1-2 record against a team that started slow but came on strong late in the season, including handing the eventual Southland Champions, Central Arkansas, one of just three league losses.
Shannon Hullum finished her career on a high note, playing well in the final match of her Islanders career. She totaled six kills, one block solo and one service ace against ORU while Brooke Alverson led the team with eight kills in the match. Ivy Baresh finished with a team high of 11 digs in the contest, while Logen Bourque had 24 assists on the day.
The opening set saw the teams battle back-and-forth throughout, with Texas A&M – Corpus Christi getting the first lead of more than two points came when Brianna Brink put away a kill to make it 9-6 and force a ORU timeout. The biggest lead of the set for the Islanders came on a Baresh kill to make it 15-10 and looked to put the team in control. It was not meant to be, however, as the Islanders were leading 20-17 when the Golden Eagles reeled off eight straight points to take a 25-20 final and a 1-0 lead in the match.
"There was one point we were up 20-17 and it was a long rally where we really should've won the point and we just kind of messed it up," said head coach Tony Graystone. "You go to being up 20-18 instead of 21-17, and then from there they started that run and never looked back.
"They did a great job and did what they normally do. They are a great defense-to-offense transition team and they just kind of counterpunch you like crazy. We were kind of caught on our heels; they got better as the match went on and we just really struggled to keep up with them."
The second set continued the run from the end of the first and ORU took a 7-0 lead before the Islanders got on the board with a Hullum kill to make it 7-1. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi fell behind by too much, as they tried to rally late but came up short at 25-16.
In the third set, the two teams played close early on, with the score knotted at 12-12 before ORU went on a 10-1 run to make it a 22-13 lead to gain control of the final set. The team rallied to within six points, culminating in back-to-back block assists by Tyger Holt and Ashley Phelps to cut it to a 23-17 deficit and force an ORU timeout. The team fought hard all the way until the end, but the Golden Eagles finished out the match with a 25-18 final to clinch a berth into the second round.
Although not the result the Islanders hoped for at the start of the tournament, the fact that the team earned the No. 3 seed after being picked to finish seventh at the start of the season by both the coaches and sports information directors shows how much the team has improved from when Graystone took over the program before the 2009 campaign.
"This loss isn't going to take anything away from the season," said Graystone. "We had a great year. I'm proud of the team and everything that they've done this year.
"We sent Shannon out on a good note this year and she played well in her last match. We're going to use this as a springboard to next season and make sure we get even better."
For all the latest on Islanders Volleyball, like the team on Facebook (IslandersVolleyball), follow them on Twitter (@IslandersVB) and visit www.GoIslanders.com.


text:
A new report from The Trust for Public Land shows that although city parks in America only increased by 3% in the past five years, dog parks in American cities increased by 34% during that same period.
"Portland, Ore., has the highest per capita: 5.7 dog parks for every 100,000 residents."
In unrelated news, American cities are increasingly home to affluent white people.
Season two of Portlandia debuts Friday, January 6.
[Photo: Liesbeth den Toom/ Flickr]


text:
Blood of Dragons is the only author-approved MUSH based on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. Play the Game of Thrones and become a part of the history of the Seven Kingdoms:
Want to learn more first? Start with the FAQ. Or check out the web forums.
Read our Privacy Policy.
Probably not. We may add additional areas if the player base grows large enough to be able to easily support more than two areas, but this seems unlikely.
If it were to happen, we would probably look at suitable locations in the areas bordering on the King's Landing region, such as Storm's End. We may also consider another city, in that case Oldtown.
The North (including the Wall) and the Iron Isles will never be featured on the game.
The Westeros network consists of several different sites, including a forum and a wiki, for all your A Song of Ice and Fire needs.


text:
Definition of to in English:
1Expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location): walking down to the shops my first visit to Africa we're going to a party
More example sentences
- He actually dropped to the ground just as a giant pickup rolled over him.
- They commissioned GAD Architecture, a firm founded in Turkey that has since moved to New York.
- Emlyn loudly exited the hotel and went to the station for the Bristol train.
1.1Expressing location, typically in relation to a specified point of reference: forty miles to the south of the site place the cursor to the left of the first word
More example sentences
- The family room to the right of the entrance hall has an unusual colour scheme.
- The landlocked country is dominated by the rugged Hindu Kush mountains that sweep from the west to the east.
- It was 850 miles to Singapore Harbor.
1.2Expressing a point reached at the end of a range or after a period of time: a drop in profits from £105 m to around £75 m from 1938 to 1945
More example sentences
- The two books covers the dance band era from the 1930s to the 1960s.
- Prospectors arrived by land or sea and usually operated in groups of six to forty, working claims jointly.
- Another eight to ten million square feet of exhibition space is scheduled to come on line within five years.
1.3chiefly British (In telling the time) before (the hour specified): it's five to ten
More example sentences
- I was awake at ten to six, at the gym by 6:30.
- It's twenty to one in the morning, and I'm beat.
- Apologies followed, and at five to three the belated ceremony commenced to the relief of all concerned.
2Approaching or reaching (a particular condition): Christopher's expression changed from amazement to joy she was close to tears
More example sentences
- The children cry themselves to sleep from hunger.
- Shackleton's southern party passed the previous 'furthest south' record set by Scott, but by January 2 Shackleton was near to breaking point.
- Can we ever know if an image moved large numbers of people to action, or changed the ways they think about things?
2.1Expressing the result of a process or action: smashed to smithereens
More example sentences
- If you buy a pair of trainers and they fall to bits, you won't buy them again.
- One had taken a camcorder from someone and proceeded to smash it to pieces.
2.2Governing a phrase expressing someone's reaction to something: to her astonishment, he smiled
More example sentences
- Much to his surprise, this small film has turned out to have wide appeal.
- To our dismay, unknown to us there was a motel only three kilometres down the road.
- I got 98% in the test but to my annoyance, Janet got 100%.
3Identifying the person or thing affected by or receiving something: you were terribly unkind to her they donated £400 to the hospice I am deeply grateful to my parents
More example sentences
- I am thankful to Anna and her program for my rehabilitation.
- When I got out of prison a couple of years ago he actually was very kind to me.
- I wish you hadn't drawn attention to it.
4Identifying a particular relationship between one person and another: he is married to his cousin Emma he's economic adviser to the president
More example sentences
- She's now very happily engaged to a famous actor.
- Alberto is single, while Ernesto is committed to his pretty, aristocratic girlfriend.
- She was also special assistant to the cultural affairs commissioner in 1987.
4.1Used in various phrases to indicate how something is related to something else (often followed by a noun without a determiner): made to order a prelude to disaster
More example sentences
- You can even have your ideal leather coat made to measure by a leather specialist.
- Letting anyone into a country without proper identification and background checks is an invitation to chaos.
- There's a buffet at lunchtime, with plenty of good salads and dips, or the chef will cook a stir-fry to order.
4.2Indicating a rate of return on something, for example the distance travelled in exchange for fuel used: my car only does ten miles to the gallon
More example sentences
- The peso breached 50 to the dollar, plunging the country further into crisis.
- The petrol version will do 16.2 miles to the gallon around town.
- If you fly into wind you will get much less mileage to the litre.
4.3 (to the) Mathematics Indicating the power (exponent) to which a number is raised: ten to the minus thirty-three
More example sentences
- The smallest scale postulated is the Planck scale of 10 to the minus 33rd power for length and 10 to the minus 43rd of a second for time.
- This is a septillion (10 to the power of 24) times longer than the current age of the universe (about 10 billion years).
5Indicating that two things are attached or linked: he had left his dog tied to a drainpipe they are inextricably linked to this island
More example sentences
- This dead-end dirt road follows a peaceful stretch of the Housatonic River and connects to the Appalachian Trail.
- It is in the phone company's interest to get more homes linked to the Internet at very high rates of speed.
- On the other corner, a dozen or so balloons are tied to a pole.
6Concerning or likely to concern (something): a threat to world peace a reference to Psalm 22:18
More example sentences
- They raise the specter of technology as a danger to humanity.
- Louis was required to renounce all claim to the English throne and to restore the charters of liberties granted by King John.
- Although the film contains no direct references to the war, it surely is an allegory on World War II.
7Used to introduce the second element in a comparison: the club's nothing to what it once was
More example sentences
- Tom told him a story about a parolee who stole a car to get back into jail because he preferred it to home.
- It is simply that I think women are superior to men.
- This kid is an angel compared to me though and has never been any trouble.
1.1Expressing purpose or intention: I set out to buy food I am going to tell you a story
More example sentences
- I went to get help and by the time I got back he had stopped breathing.
- Next time I am going to box differently with regard to speed and power.
- Thieves attempted to gain entry into the cafe on Saturday morning.
1.2Expressing an outcome or result: she was left to die I managed to escape
More example sentences
- I decided to stay away from the crowd but close enough to hear the speakers.
- It's too cold to get out of bed.
- I have always dreamt about earning a living playing polo, and I think I am managing to achieve it.
1.3Expressing a cause: I'm sorry to hear that
More example sentences
- I'm really pleased to be here.
- He was shocked to discover the alleged activities at the university.
- I was so sorry to read her column slandering the film industry.
1.4Indicating a desired or advisable action: I'd love to go to France this summer the leaflet explains how to start a course
More example sentences
- There is also information on where to find help with insulation and central heating.
- She's asked him to seek counseling.
- I want to show everybody I am stronger than he is.
1.5Indicating a proposition that is known, believed, or reported about a specified person or thing: a house that people believed to be haunted
More example sentences
- Up to seven million people are thought to have been affected.
- To many, she was considered to be a modern Audrey Hepburn with her impeccable style, grace and elegance.
- It's a plant whose leaves are said to have many medicinal qualities.
1.6 (about to) Forming a future tense with reference to the immediate future: he was about to sing
More example sentences
- This news arrived just as a ceasefire was about to come into effect.
- Allan's about to get married - he's in Venice organising his pre-nuptial agreement!
1.7After a noun, indicating its function or purpose: a chair to sit on something to eat
More example sentences
- We don't have any water to drink.
- He's going to a cabaret, and he has absolutely nothing to wear.
- They see no sun in their limited lives, with no hay to lie on, no mud to roll in.
1.8After a phrase containing an ordinal number: the first person to arrive
More example sentences
- Paula Wolfert was the last to speak and her slides were of various clay pots and dishes.
- Young male adults were the first to leave, out of fear of being forced to serve in the military.
- She is the second African-American to hold the post.
2Used without a verb following when the missing verb is clearly understood: he asked her to come but she said she didn't want to
More example sentences
- As much as I didn't want to go, I had to.
- It is your choice if you smoke or not but I think everyone would benefit if we made an effort not to.
- I don't want this moment to end, but it's got to.
So as to be closed or nearly closed: he pulled the door to behind him
More example sentences
- I went in and pulled the door to.
Old English tō (adverb and preposition), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch toe and German zu.
Words that rhyme with toaccrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo
For editors and proofreaders
Line breaks: to
Definition of to in:
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
Comments that don't adhere to our Community Guidelines may be moderated or removed.
= trending


text:
News 12 at 6 o'clock / Friday, Nov. 2, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- What do Lee Anderson and Honey Boo Boo have in common? A lot, according to one former first lady.
Early and advance voting is now in the history books for Georgia. Like many families this election year, Augusta's former first family is divided.
"We don't always agree politically," said former Augusta first lady Gwen Fulcher Young. "We don't even agree on what to have for dinner."
Mrs. Young and former Mayor Bob Young are at odds over the race for the 12th Congressional District.
"Mrs. Young has gone rogue," Mr. Young said.
"Rogue because my husband is such a staunch Republican," she said.
Mrs. Young is supporting Democrat John Barrow for Congress.
"You can see here I have Christian values. I have conservative values," said Young, pointing to car stickers on her car. "I am supporting Mitt Romney 100 percent. I was supporting Mitt Romney before Bob Young did. Hello! I am a big Republican."
She is a big Republican with Barrow for Congress signs in the front yard?
"I just feel like, in this case, that he is the best candidate," said Young, who has hosted Barrow events at her home. "Listen, if your wife wants to host an event in your house ... you don't have much choice."
So what about the Republican challenger Lee Anderson?
"I stand by assessment that sending Lee Anderson to Washington would be like sending Honey Boo Boo up there," Mrs. Young said.
Honey Boo Boo is the TLC reality star who has made national headlines with unforgettable sayings and gestures.
We caught up with Anderson to get his thoughts on the comparison.
"Everybody has free speech," Anderson said. "I'm beyond that type of attitude. I'm beyond having childish thoughts. Let's get America growing again and let's repeal Obama Care and let's get government out of the way."
They are all conservative talking points. But Mrs. Young suggests it's not just about what you say but how you say it.
"I don't think he would represent us the way we want to be represented here," she said. "We are a smart, sophisticated part of the country. I want us to look that way."
Barrow declined to comment for this story. Anderson says this race is not about him; he says it's about getting back to the basics.


text:
Albert Renold Prize 2012 of the EASD
29.08.2012 - Dr Decio L. Eizirik, Director at the University libre de Brussels (ULB), has been awarded the 2012 Albert Renold Prize of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).
The prize is the most important international award in the field of pancreatic islets, and recognises "an individual's outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field of research in the islets of Langerhans". Professor Eizirik and his colleagues at the Laboratory of Experimental Medicine at ULB have been investigating the molecular pathways involved in immune-induced beta cell impairment and apoptosis in type 1 diabetes (T1D). His research led to fundamental concepts such as the dialogue between the immune system and beta cells that trigger and amplify islet inflammation (insulitis) and progressive beta cell death by apoptosis. By using functional genomics and bioinformatics tools he and his group have clarified the cytokine-regulated gene networks that define beta cell outcome, including the recent discoveries of the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress and alternative splicing in this process, and the identification of the mitochondrial pathways that ultimately trigger beta cellapoptosis.By proposing that the beta cell is an active player in processes leading to its survival or death in T1D, Dr Eizirik changed the prevailing view in the field and identified several potential targets for therapy aiming at protecting beta cells in early diabetes.http://www.european-biotechnology-news.com/people/bio-people/2012-2/dezio-l-eizirik.html


text:
There's a discussion going on on my LUG mailing list today which seems to have diverged from its original topic to the question of the inclusion of officially supported non-free repositories in distributions: is this merely facilitating freedom or does it have more sinister implications for free software?
As I see it people argue for the inclusion of non-free repositories in two ways: firstly they say that these repositories provide freedom of choice for the end user, without risking destabilisation of their systems; secondly, and not unrelated to the first, they help to make GNU/Linux more accessible thus increasing the number of users. The question isn't whether freedom of choice is an admirable goal—it is; the question is whether enabling easy access to proprietary applications increases a users freedom of choice.
In the first of these arguments there's a contradiction in the claim that non-free repositories enables freedom of choice: proprietary applications restrict a user's freedom to choose. Whether this is in the context of a user's freedom to choose to modify the software, or a user's freedom to choose to share that software with friends, or any of the other freedoms talked about by the GNU project, doesn't matter—these are all freedoms of choice which are restricted by proprietary software. Providing easy access to non-free repositories, on the other hand, only provides one additional freedom—that to choose between free and non-free solutions.
In the second argument, one must presume that users who have come to free software after realising that non-free repositories (and the abilities these enable) are available have chosen on the basis of a superior technical platform and/or a lack of understanding about the ideological questions surrounding free software. If we fail to provide another reason to stay with free software—such as educating them about the ideological questions—what happens if a proprietary platform becomes the technically more attractive solution? Obviously they will decide to use the proprietary platform and in the process they will lose all the aforementioned freedoms.
Promoting proprietary solutions also has an effect on the sustainability of free software; during the discussion on the list this was said:
Proprietary code that is promoted over and above a free software alternative takes freedom away from those who want to use the free alternative in the future because the free alternative might not develop fully.
After thinking about all of this I don't believe that non-free repositories genuinely help increase freedom of choice for users. Proprietary software as supplied by non-free repositories is a convenience for us now, and perhaps some people who are aware of the issues believe it is an acceptable convenience, but it is also a threat to the freedoms of people in the future and this is something we must take responsibility for. Does this mean that non-free repositories are unacceptable? Possibly. Does this mean that this is a question that should be debated and maintained at the forefront of our consciousness? Definitely.
There's more than one definition of 'Free Software'
I use Debian, and I have no moral issues with using the non-free repositories. This is because what Debian considers Free is not the same as what I consider Free.
The most glaring difference is in the GNU documentation, which use the GFDL which was designed specifically for use with free manuals. Because this license allows for invariant sections, bits that can't be altered, the Debian crew have branded it non-free. The consequence is that a good deal of important free documentation, in the GNU/FSF sense, is in the Debian non-free repository. This includes such important information as the docs for Bash, Emacs, gcc, make etc.
I respect the Debian stance on this issue, but I do not agree with it. It has the unfortunate consequence of lumping good free documentation in with truly proprietary, closed-source programs, muddying the waters around the issue.
Other programs are in the non-free repository because they explicitly forbid redistribution as part of a product that is sold for a profit. Again, this doesn't satisfy any definition of 'Free Software', but I don't considered this to be damaging to the Free Software movement in the same way as proprietary, closed-source code. I can still read the code, modify it as needed, and run it for any purpose. I can accept the authors wish to restrict me from profiting financially from their work in exchange for providing a tool that is otherwise unavailable in the 'Free Software' world.
So, in short, I think the branding of software as either free or non-free has become somewhat subjective, and it's up to each user to decide what is and is not acceptable to them.
Would you rather have people with systems that are 95% free and 5% proprietary, or the other way around? That's the difference between, say, an Ubuntu user who installs proprietary drivers, firmware, and apps like the Opera browser and Google Earth, and a Windows user who installs Firefox, OpenOffice and Gaim.
Proprietary software isn't inherently evil. I favor the free alternative whenever possible, but I know that I'm never going to exercise most of those freedoms. I'm not an engineer. I study law, and happen to like computers. I'm fighting an old K5 someone discarded to get it to run Linux, just because I don't want to install Windows 95. But I understand people who prefer proprietary alternatives sometimes. For example, I don't really mind my proprietary drivers - I bought my video card a few years ago when I used XP, I'm NOT going to stop using it or buy a new one.
Also, we should keep in mind that some advocates of freedom aren't 100% honest. The GPL and the GFDL are both copyrighted by the FSF. You can't make a derived license without infringing their copyright. That's a serious contradiction, in my view. I'd prefer a Mozilla-style clause that prevents me from using the names of the licenses if I want to make my own derived version.
branding and free software licenses
Also, we should keep in mind that some advocates of freedom aren't 100% honest. The GPL and the GFDL are both copyrighted by the FSF. You can't make a derived license without infringing their copyright. That's a serious contradiction, in my view.
That's more than a little harsh. The GPL and GFDL would be meaningless if you could alter them. The whole point of the licenses is to enshrine certain rights, and communicate them in a consistent way. And besides, in practice, you could make a 'derivative' license if you wanted to - you'd just have to start from scratch and select the bits you like and the bits you don't, rewritten and renamed. That would be onerous for a project like OpenOffice or Firefox, but for a license that is only a few pages long it is almost trivial.
I think the GPL concept of Free Software is a great idea *for software*. I don't think we need to apply the same concept to licenses and trademarks - the role they play requires limiting modifications.
What about the GFDL, then? It doesn't apply to software. What if I want to write documentation under a free license similar to the GFDL, by some other name.
And there are uses for licenses derived from the GPL, LGPL and GFDL. The Affero GPL is good example. However, I don't understand why the FSF has to permit those uses: It would be more logical to permit modification, as long as you use some other name to avoid confusion.
The GNU licences shouldn't be proprietary
I completely agree. I think it would be much better to allow derivative licences as long as the name is changed to show its not endorsed by the FSF or the GNU project, and maybe requiring a notice that it's based on the particular licence. The FSF say themselves that they think all functional works should be free as in freedom (or at least I've heard Richard Stallman say that in speeches), and a copyright licence is a functional work, which is used to allow certain freedoms with a particular creative work. I suppose they could argue that restricting derivatives of licences might be more effective at allowing computer users more freedom in general, as it reduces the problems caused by licence profileration, and it makes it more likely that people using free software will learn about the ideals of free software, as more people are likely to use licences which include the preambles written by the FSF.
I don't agree with Tyler that "The GPL and GFDL would be meaningless if you could alter them". We're not saying that people should be allowed to modify the licences and give them the same names, or to remove the copyleft provisions of the licences by licencing their derivative works under a different licence. The existence of other licences based on the GNU ones also doesn't stop anyone using the original GNU licences to allow other people freedom.
GNU - free as in freedom
Twisted minds
As an open source proponent I sometimes have difficulties following the twisted mind of the free software followers; especially when they start to argue that excluding access to certain software improves the choice of the users.
If free or open source software can only survive by forbidding other software then let it die. I believe in the strength of open source software so that it doesn't need such rules.
they start to argue that
they start to argue that excluding access to certain software improves the choice of the users.
It's not about increasing the number of choices available to the user, it's about letting the user know about the freedom that they have with free software and the user-subjugating nature of non-free software. With free software, the users are free to empower themselves; the user is allowed to share the software with other interested people and the user is allowed to tinker with software without being subject to a particular vendor. This does not happen with non-free software; the user is not allowed to share software and/or is not allowed to tinker their software for their own requirements. Dependence upon non-free software can be avoided or minimised by funding the development of free software.
A little non-free can increase overall freedom
I think Ubuntu's position on non-free drivers makes a lot of sense, they have a policy "of including proprietary drivers where these are required to enable essential hardware functionality." And define essential hardware as "functionality which exists widely and for which there are free software applications that are broadly useful, that we wish to include in Ubuntu's default install, and which require full use of that hardware". And at the same time they are actively supporting efforts to create free software drivers so that the non-free ones may be soon replaced.
Spot on, in my opinion.
Re:Non-free repositories!?
The use of non-free repositories undermines the ideology of Free Software(as defined by the GPL). Comprimising our freedom, by using non-free repositories does not increase our overall Freedom, nor does a higher percentage of Free Software in a system that contains non-free repositories make it free for the people who are using it.
For users migrating to GNU/Linux, they have the right to know what it means to have the Freedoms defined under the GPL by having those repositories excluded to learn about Free Software. Most new users to GNU/Linux or many who have been using it, do not understand that they are using Free and non-free software and by not including the repositiories it eliminates the possibility of them using it.
Ubuntu, Gentoo, Fedora! Distributions, widely known, do not support the Freedoms fully by including the non-free repositories, which subjugate those Freedoms that we should have. Though they have contributed in adoption of Linux, it is GNU/Linux which we are promoting which includes, "the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software", regardless of their skill level. It is important for people to have the capability to change and improve the software, even if they only are able to run because they may contribute their own knowledge in the future. That is in the spirit of who we are as a people, within the Free Software community and should try to be in our own.
There are alternatives to those distributions at http://www.gnu.org/links/links.html#FreeGNULinuxDistributions. We can promote: gNewSense, Ututo, BLAG and press upon larger distros to preserve the those values they are trying to uphold. Their ability not to include non-free repositories, is a conscious choice that assist us in staying firm with what we should inherently want to promote.
For advanced users that feel that the inclusion of non-free repositiories assist with the configuration of essential hardware, demand that vendors provide free software drivers (with source code)or provide hardware without restrictions and free software (with source code). The community has the potential to improve on it and make it better. That is what Freedom has allowed us to do all along and it only has a greater benefit by sharing between each other.
Whats the word on the totally free repositories
Whats the current take on distros like Blag, Ututo, gnewsense etc? How are these doing in terms of usability etc? (that is, has the problem of proprietary drivers become so onerous that it effectively means no totally-free distro is really a serious, usable system?)
gNewSense works fine
I'm using gNewSense 1.1 at the moment, and it works really well. I definitely recommend downloading the live CD and trying it out. There's nothing I can't do with it that I couldn't with Ubuntu (unless I really wanted to download the proprietary ATI driver in Ubuntu Dapper, which let me have 3D acceleration but caused various other problems). I did buy a new wireless card (the Linkysys WUSB54G v4) so it would work well with gNewSense using 100% free software, without any proprietary firmware. To get my old one working with Ubuntu I had to download and compile the driver anyway (which contained proprietary firmware), and it worked terribly. This one works fine out of the box in gNewSense and Ubuntu.
I haven't tried the other fully free distros such as Ututo, but I've heard they don't work as well. Judging by gNewSense though, I expect that's because of factors other than a lack of proprietary drivers.
GNU - free as in freedom


text:
Hi All.
Let me say first..... THIS SOFTWARE ROCKS!!!!! (Donation on the way!!)
Straight from the download install, no issues, no tweeks, latest version.
I'm creating DVD ISO's from my movie collection, but some movies play with closed captioning and I can't figure out where to turn it off. Does this need to be done during the DVD ripping process ?


text:
Local students' letters win them a trip to Washington
Published: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 12:09 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 12:09 p.m.
Two high school students from Houma won a free trip to Washington after taking top honors in a local electric utility's writing contest.
James Rodrigue II, son of Kelly and Kelley Rodrigue of Houma, is a sophomore at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts in Natchitoches.
Brittany Dupre, daughter of Lillian Dupre also from Houma, is a sophomore at Terrebonne High.
They won top honors in the South Louisiana Electric Cooperative Association's 31st annual Washington, D.C., Youth Tour Writing Competition.
They will return Friday from a weeklong visit to the nation's capital.
Students were asked to write a letter to a local, state or national elected official addressing an issue important to them.
In Washington, Rodrigue and Dupre joined more than 1,600 other students from 37 states visting historical sites and meeting government officials. Before that, they participated in the Cooperative Youth Leadership Conference in Baton Rouge, which included a visit to the Governor's Mansion.
"The purpose of the contest is to give local students a chance to develop leadership skills, learn how electric cooperatives work, see our government in action and tour Washington, D.C.," said Joe Ticheli, SLECA general manager.
SLECA serves more than 16,000 consumers in Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, Assumption and St. Martin parishes.
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.


text:
I'm going to try to get out to Sugar and take care of as much string trimming as I can early this week.
Got a new trimmer, and already busted the head on it working at the Pen this morning. FYI, if you do decide to go to the Pen to check out the backside....don't miss the fairways or you will pay dearly, and the gnats are the thickest I have ever seen in my life down there.


text:
This is the Devlethan mosque, built in the name of Devlet Han, brother of Kiliç Arslan II. It underwent several restorations. Its architect is unknown. The façade of the mosque has characteristics of the Period of the Principalities and is divided into four naves with three column rows. The original earthen roof is replaced with a hipped roof. The walls of the building, which measures 20,75 x 24,8 m, are quite thick. It is illuminated by a double row of windows. The arches above the lower windows are blind arches. In the walls are materials from Antioch in Pisidia. The minaret of the mosque is in the northeast corner and its upper parts are restored. The mosque has three entrances, the main is in the north and opens to the garden. The peribolos has four naves (intercolumnar area). The mid-parts of two interior naves are covered with four elliptical domes. The domes are supported by the walls and columns. The mihrab and minbar are plain and simple. The mihrab is slightly deviated from and to the right of the central axis. The decoration of the mosque us formed by stylized geometrical designs. A domed fountain with six pedestals, which are connected to each other with arches added later, is in the courtyard.
Turkey Pictures: Copyright Dick Osseman. For any use: see my Profile.


text:
Etude in C minor (Medtner, Nikolay)
It is very unlikely that this work is public domain in the EU, or in any country where the copyright term is life-plus-70 years. However, it is in the public domain in Canada (where IMSLP is hosted) and other countries where the term is life-plus-50 years (such as China, Japan, Korea and many others worldwide). As this work was first published before 1923 or failed to meet notice or renewal requirements to secure statutory copyright with no "restoration" under the GATT amendments, it is very likely to be public domain in the USA as well.
No files submitted.
Sheet Music
Complete score
*#06968 - 0.22MB, 4 pp. - (4) - V/V*/22* - 2605x⇩
PDF scanned by Goldberg988
Goldberg988 (2007/6/4)
Aleksandr Gedike (1877-1957)
Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom II: Sochineniia dlia fortepiano
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1959. Plate M. 27734 Г.
Public Domain - Non-PD EU [tag/del]
This "urtext" or "scholarly" (scientific) edition was published at least 25 years ago in the EU (or 20 years ago in Italy, before 1992 in the former USSR). Hence, the edition is public domain in its country of origin or a government publication. Such editions are also public domain in Canada because they fail to meet the minimum 'threshold of originality' to qualify for copyright as an 'adaptation'. They may not be public domain elsewhere. More information about this can be found here.
Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country.
General Information
|Work Title
|Alternative Title
|Medtner, Nikolay
|Year/Date of Composition
|First Publication
|Composer Time Period
|Early 20th century
|Piece Style
|Piano solo


text:
While shooting Celeste this photo shoot...the Song by Nickelback came on the radio. "I want to be a Rock Star"... All of a sudden Celeste started singing her version of the song. It went something like "Oh Oh, I want to be Celeste Star".. Celeste is one of my personal favorite models of 07.. She will certainly be back in 08~
As always with the Aziani girls, Celeste Star brought her own set of favorite clothes today. Celeste, as classy as she can be, sometimes just prefers to slip in (and out of!) a nice jeans skirt to flaunt her assets. Regardless if she goes for the girl-next-door or the seductive look, the girl knows how to dress, that's for sure.


text:
Attack on Titan in Kansai-dialect
Now, volume 1 of Kansai-ben (Japanese spoken in the dialect of the Kansai region) version of the Attack on Titan manga available for free at e-book stores.
Kansai-ben is fun, casual and sounds more friendly than the standard Japanese language. If you want to learn Kansai-ben, it will be cool to learn it from Attack on Titan.


text:
Ala. PSC candidates vow to fight for coal
Published: Friday, September 20, 2013 at 8:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 20, 2013 at 8:43 p.m.
Republican Public Service Commission candidates promised to fight for Tuscaloosa's coal industry during a political forum held Thursday night in Northport.
All three GOP candidates for the Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 seat agreed that, if elected, they would protect Alabama's coal and natural resource industries, fight for lower utilities rates, create jobs and stand against the federal Environmental Protection Agency
Phillip Brown, chairman of the Alabama Minority GOP, Jonathan Barbee, Alabama Republican Party interim press secretary, and Chris "Chip" Beeker, a former Greene County commissioner, debated Thursday night. The three are vying for the seat held by incumbent Terry Dunn, who did not attend the Thursday night forum.
The Alabama Public Service Commission, originally the Railroad Commission of Alabama, regulates utility franchise rates, transportation and telecommunication to ensure safety and to provide affordable services to consumers.
When speaking about utility companies Beeker said, "You have to make sure that they would be allowed to earn a reasonable return, but it also sees to it that the consumer would not pay any more than they would have to pay for that, so it's walking the tightrope. And I tell you that if I ever fell off the tightrope, I would fall on the side of the consumer and not on the side of the utilities."
The three challengers promise to stand up to the EPA, especially regarding the coal industry. Barbee said he wants to take the fight to the EPA and not wait for them to come to Alabama.
"I think we need to protect the coal industry and that we should be the shield for all Alabamians and we need to secure these jobs, that's the most important thing," Barbee said.
Coal has created thousands of jobs in Tuscaloosa County and Brown said that a stigma has been attached to the industry, which he said has been a blessing to the state for years.
"I believe we have a very responsible coal industry. If it's not broke, let's not fix it. If there are some problems then let's work with them. Let's not ignore our natural resources," Brown said. "We should use them to the benefit of our state."
The primary for the PSC seat will be held June 3, 2014. No Democrat candidate has entered the race.
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.


text:
2013: 3.351 million -7% change from last year
2012: 3.586 million
Gadwall remain +80% over the long-term average.
need help logging in?
My DU is your personal portal to the hunting, conservation and local DU information that you care about the most. Learn how it works.
Create your free My DU account today!
*Note: If you have a member login from the previous website, you may enter it here to access your My DU account. Visit our FAQ page for more details.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act into law.
First duck stamp, designed by Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, Jay N. "Ding" Darling, issued.
Prairie drought peaks.


text:
Men's Timberland Earthkeepers Newmarket 2.0 Cup 6-inch Boots
Buy Online & Pick Up In-Store
You want those heavy duty boot-like features but in a lightweight package? Give the Men's Timberland Earthkeepers Newmarket 2.0 Cup 6-inch Boots a try and you may never have to look again.
Timberland has always been a trusted brand for rugged durability and comfort; they deliver yet again with premium weatherproof nubuck leather that protects your feet while the cushioned footbed massages each individual foot, step by step.
Packed to the brim with style and earth-saving savvy, these boots feature recycled plastic PET laces and lining, as well as a Green Rubber outsole that is made with 42% recycled rubber, to grace those hardworkin' feet with a secure fit, mindful comfort and trusted durability. This might just be the greenest boot-shoe hybrid around (without actually being green, of course).
- UPPER: Premium waterproof nubuck leather
- MIDSOLE: Anti-fatigue midsole
- OUTSOLE: Rubber lug outsole for traction and durability


text:
Educating Ball Players: Pirates BelieveMarch 09, 2012
"Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't then you are wasting your time on Earth." – Roberto Clemente, Former Pirates Player, Current Hall of Famer
Nervous and a little lost for words, I went to my heart on what to say next. I looked out at the 160 young minor leaguers knowing they all dreamt of making it to the Show. I didn't want to be the one to tell them they might not make it. I believe in dreams.
Larry Broadway, the Pirates' Director of Minor League Operations, is a Duke graduate and former 3rd round draft choice. I met Larry at the Baseball Winter Meetings and was immediately struck by how much he cared for his players. He seemed to have a balanced interpretation of how players could give everything to their baseball dream and still have a connection to the realities of the outside world.
Going after one's baseball dream is not without sacrifice. Sociologist, Dr. Sudhir Venkatesh, examined the socioeconomic background and outcome of the 2001 baseball draft class. According to Dr. Venkatesh, the average draftee is probably making $20,000-$24,000 a year. He explained, a player is, "Probably working five to seven months playing baseball and then struggling to find part-time work in the off season. Might be coaching, might be doing some training, might be working on a construction site. Might be working in fast food" (Freakonomics.com).
The decision to stick through the minors to follow a dream, when it may be economically disadvantageous for a player to do so, makes total sense to me. Because I love baseball. And these minor leaguers love baseball too. And when you love something, you will do anything to be a part of it.
So as I stood in front of those young men, I gave them my heart, and I shared that I too believed in dreams. That I had made history twice even though I was told my whole life it could never be done. But even though their dream is possible, they must still prepare for the realities of life after baseball.
When our presentation was over, 30 players came up to us and asked for more details on how to earn their college degree.
-To read more about Justine's journey through spring training, visit http://justinebaseball.mlblogs.com.


text:
Jason Anderson">
ACAMPO - Detectives from the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office were called to investigate a homicide after a man's body was found in Acampo early Saturday morning, authorities said.
A passing motorist discovered the body at 4:53 a.m. along the frontage road on the west side of Highway 99, just north of the Peltier Road exit, deputies said.
The victim had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene, said Deputy Dave Konecny, a spokesman for the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office.
The victim was described as an Asian man approximately 25 to 30 years old. His name was not released pending notification of family, authorities said.
The man's body was found in a sparsely populated area along a bend in the frontage road, which is bordered by a large vineyard on one side and a grassy field on the other.
Deputies put up yellow crime scene tape to close a section of the road as detectives investigated Saturday morning, area residents said.
Konecny said the investigation is ongoing.
Authorities provided no further details.
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8283 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/crimeblog.
Location, ST | website.com


text:
As a Partners in Care medical facility, Lower Umpqua Hospital District believes that the principles of human caring, when integrated with contemporary scientific medicine, can enhance the process of healing within the health care system.
Every patient is an individual with a unique set of human, as well as medical needs. Key elements of Partners in Care include:
- Promoting choice and personal control
- Promoting access to information
- Providing a supportive, humanistic environment that fosters compassion and comfort: Home-like surroundings that nurture and heal
- Promoting healing of the body and mind
Mission Statement
Lower Umpqua Hospital and Health District working together to provide and promote a healthier community.
541-271-2172 or Ext 699 (internally)


text:
SUNNYVALE -- Twitter has established its first presence in the South Bay by leasing an office in downtown Sunnyvale, realty agents said Wednesday.
The San Francisco micro-blogging social network agreed to lease 8,000 square feet at Sunnyvale Business Park at 400 W. California Ave. near the Caltrain station in downtown Sunnyvale, according to brokers with Colliers International and Jones Lang LaSalle, the commercial realty firms that arranged the lease.
"This is a big deal for this area, a tech company from San Francisco opening an office in Silicon Valley," said Kevin Moul, a broker with Colliers. "It's good to see some movement from San Francisco to Silicon Valley."
The new Twitter office would have about 40 to 50 employees, based on the size of the Twitter lease and the typical allowance for employees per square foot of space. Twitter couldn't be immediately reached for comment about the lease. The timing for Twitter to open the new office wasn't known. At present, property owner Principal Real Estate Investors is undertaking interior improvements to prepare the new offices for Twitter.
"This transaction represents just a part of the strong market momentum that exists in Silicon Valley," said Susan Gregory, a Colliers broker.
Several major companies have been expanding in Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Cupertino, Santa Clara and San Jose, including Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG).
Principal also is constructing a 107,000-square-foot office building next to the building where Twitter will have its new offices.
"We already are getting some interest from tenants on the new building," Moul said.
Contact George Avalos at 408-373-3556 or 925-977-8477. Follow him at twitter.com/george_avalos.