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Glosso will grow just fine in a sealed terrarium. Just expect to trim, a LOT! Lol
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Originally Posted by Fishies_in_Philly View Post
there are many plants you can use that will stay small. peperomia, dwarf philodendron, artillery fern, the list goes on and on. find a local garden center who carries terrarium plants. most are dwarf varieties that stay small. you can even use some aquatics if you like. glosso, staurogyne repens, some crypts, will work in a bog type set up. you won't need your soil below the water line to keep it wet, it will absorb water naturally if it is just touching the water surface. as far as substrate goes, i use an organic soil mix designed for hydroponics, covered in a layer of cocofiber. all my plants are nice and healthy.
|Springtails and dwarf white isopods are in the top and RCS in the bottom. The begonia died but I knew it was a gamble when I put it in. Still not sure what to replace it with. The soil in that corner is wet but not soggy and the humidity is around 80%. Rhaphidophora is doing well. Bacopa is doing so well I'm afraid it might grow up out of the tank and strangle me as I sleep. The water portion had to be used as a temporary home for a very lively burrowing fish so the wisteria is gone, but the myrio and rotala are still growing.
And now we wait!
I'm not thrilled with my aquascaping but I should probably stop uprooting and moving things. It'll look better when it grows in. Right?
The moneywort is really taking off already.
I ordered a sinningia as well but it broke in half in the mail. I put the root in here and the leaves in the millipede tank, I hope at least one of them grows.
The water wisteria is still adjusting to being submerged I think.
In a couple weeks I'll start seeding the tank with springtails etc. There's already a fair amount of animal life in the water. I had fun with my microscope. Besides the humongous pond snail pictured, I found round worms, flat worms, segmented worms, copepods, and chironomid larvae.
Thank you very much, everyone who was helpful.
|I've heard fire bellied toads and newts are destructive, and either will almost certainly kill any fish I put in either by eating them or secreting poison. My house gets far too hot for newts anyway. The floating frogs are very cute, I'll look into those more.
The corner is a 'bowl' with a net bottom touching the water. It is right now filled with orchid bark covered in coco fiber. I'm going to be adding another layer of substrate and dried leaves after my plants come in the mail.
Ruler and bottle cap for scale.
Just my 2¢ for this project, I'd say that this is definitely not suitable for dart frogs. While they can certainly be kept in a 10 gallon with plenty of space (variables depending) and should have no trouble in a paludarium-style setup, I feel that your individual tank layout could not support any dart frog healthily. it looks like 1/2 of the volume is taken up by water, so that leaves you with a five gallon tank, and of that five gallons (species depending) less than half would be usable by terrestrial frogs. Darts need large amounts of leaf litter to keep them happy, and I can't see that working in this setup, as most of the leaves would probably just fall in the water and there's hardly a space wider than an inch or two's width (I'm not sure what's going on in the back corner). I can't be sure, but it appears that your soil is sodden with water, and therefore would not be able to support the necessary microfauna (springtails, dwarf isopods, nematodes etc) that are needed to stabilize the ecosystem and provide additional foraging items for the frogs. There's simply not enough solid land here to be able to support them. Any of the arboreal species would not work in the setup either; assuming you filled up the entire empty space with broad-leaved plants and such to provide the maximum amount of living space, they would still have about six inches of height at most to move around in; in a 10 gallon, what I consider the smallest acceptable tank for any dart frog, arboreals need a vertically oriented tank so they get the most out of the 18 inches height possible for climbing. most darts also do better in groups, which you would not be able to provide here.
as for alternate stocking ideas, this setup looks perfect for a fire-bellied toad. You can still plant it up as you had planned and it will love you for that, but it will actually utilize the water section as much as the land section. No fruit fly culturing to worry about here; they eat the standard crickets, mealworms, anythingthatmoves etc. that's the best species I can suggest that will go on land and use the water as it is; if that's not an issue, you could go for spotted floating frogs, which will stay almost exclusively floating on the top of the water (I have a couple of these guys just in my tank- they're awesome! or some smaller species of newt, say paddle-tailed, fire-bellied etc, though for those you'll want to watch the water temperature and at least place a layer of sand over your substrate to avoid impaction of the gravel.
Aside from that, this looks like a promising start. As for plants, many of the aquatic plants we know and love grow quite well emersed; ludwigia, hygrophila, bacopa, anubias, etc and won't have a problem with wet soil. The vast majority of stem plants take to emersed setup quite well, as long as they are transitioned properly and kept humid. You should really consider Microsorum species (java fern)- they take a bit longer to acclimate and need higher humidity to do so, but they work quite magnificently once they've been transitioned. HC makes a great carpeting plant and takes low light well enough emersed; riccia is also another good option, as well as most aquarium mosses (all but java and willow moss aren't fully aquatic). you should definitely get some Selaginella and creeping fig for the background (variety 'fig leaf' looks better imo); good sources for vivarium plants can be found here http://www.blackjungleterrariumsuppl...lants_c_1.html and here http://www.joshsfrogs.com/live-terrarium-plants-1.html, although many of these plants will have issues growing in your setup if the soil stays as wet as it appears to be.
good luck, hope this helps.
|Most likely, 1 frog and a trio of sparkling gouramis.
|looks very cool so what animal did you decide to keep in there?
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While I agree that darts rarely do drown, I stick with the old opinion: that darts do not like water (which they don't, imo).
Most people say that they are poor swimmers, which is not especially true, unless you are dealing with froglets. I have seen with my own eyes a dart (a vent) that was perfectly healthy, but crashed into the newly cleaned glass by the water until he no longer could keep himself above the water's surface. Attempts to save him were vain, as about 15 minutes in, he died (probably from head trama more so then drowning). And though these types of things can work well, the space can be used so much more practically! Hell, when does a dart ever get a meal from a water feature?
Also, about very few drowned fruit flies, what is your setup? When I was working with geckos a few years back close to 60% of the ff drowned. IS there a way to avoid this?
Not trying to offend, just don't see a whole lot of logic being applied in that story, so I'm curious.
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i would LOVE to know the source of this info (dendroboard i presume?) in fact, before i built my first paludarium for frogs many years ago, i could not find 1 case of a dart drowning. to this day, i still have yet to read one FACTUAL account of a frog drowning. oh, everyone has "heard" of it happening, but there's no proof. i have actually seen, with my own two eyes, Tincs not only jump in the water, but swim under water the length of their tank. i have seen my Mantellas do this as well. in my opinion, it's statements and thought processes like this that actually hold the dart hobby back, not allow it to progress.
my apologies if i offended anyone, i will climb down from my soap box now.
Most people say that they are poor swimmers, which is not especially true, unless you are dealing with froglets. I have seen with my own eyes a dart (a vent) that was perfectly healthy, but crashed into the newly cleaned glass by the water until he no longer could keep himself above the water's surface. Attempts to save him were vain, as about 15 minutes in, he died (probably from head trama more so then drowning). And though these types of things can work well, the space can be used so much more practically! Hell, when does a dart ever get a meal from a water feature?
Also, about very few drowned fruit flies, what is your setup? When I was working with geckos a few years back close to 60% of the ff drowned. IS there a way to avoid this?
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They can drown because they do not understand that they cannot swim through glass.
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Crystal Maze is a mission in Grand Theft Auto V given by Tao Cheng to Trevor Philips.
Trevor goes to the Yellow Jack Inn to meet with Tao and his translator. Tao's translator tells Trevor that the Cheng Triads are not going to associate with him, citing that they want to go in a different direction. Trevor does not take the news well and demands who they are working with. Tao's translator states that they are not at liberty to say; however, after Trevor threatens Tao, his translator reveals that they are working with the O'Neil Brothers.
In a rage, Trevor drives towards Grapeseed to the O'Neil Ranch. On the way, Elwood O'Neil calls Trevor, saying that the Triads wanting to work with the O'Neils is just business, and if he wants to discuss it, the family's at the farm. Trevor then states that Elwood and his brothers are dead men for stealing his contract. Elwood warns his kin that Trevor is coming and that they need to protect the meth lab at all costs. Elwood, Walton and Wynn then drive off to meet with the Triads.
After Elwood leaves, Trevor starts attacking the farm, wiping out most of the O'Neil clan in the process. After entering the ranch house, Trevor finds the O'Neils' meth lab in the basement. Finding a Jerry Can in the lab, Trevor pours a gasoline trail from the lab to the outside, where he ignites it. When the fire reaches the lab, the house explodes in a violent fireball.
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text: My apologies if there is a thread out there about this already, but has anyone been watching? From what I've seen, I only have two words... SAM BAILEY! I have no idea in the world how she wasn't known before, but she should be now. She has been flawless every single week in finals. Is she favourite to win? If she does, I can't wait to buy her CD, she's so amazing!


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text: I hope it's OK if I repost this analysis from the "Genesis of bad technique" thread in the Trash Can (http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=77496&page=3), because the topic seems appropriate for GSD and I put a lot of work into the analysis and at least want to hear other poster's thoughts. It was said that one would have to be "choosing to ignore" the "clearly wrong" edges of Wagner and Lam's lutzes and anyone who couldn't see them in real time is "on the cuckoo bird train." I disagree, and I'm not choosing to ignore anything, but trying my best to analyze it closely and objectively. I'm open to hearing others' dissenting opinions, even if you think I'm "cuckoo." Please try to provide evidence to support your opinions (the fact that such-and-such a skater has the reputation for being a flutzer doesn't count as evidence. ) All of the videos for these screen caps were easily found on Youtube and mostly from the NBC coverage (I think Gao's SP video was from Japanese TV coverage). EDITED the last big quoted section because I forgot to list Czisny's lutz in the "clear" category and that made it more like 50/50 as to how many were "clearly correct" in real time.


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The Club last week signed a new sponsorship deal with Emirates and Arsenal have been linked with a number of potential signings in the New Year.
Wenger insists he is happy with his current squad, but is not ruling out strengthening his team if the right player becomes available.
"We have a good squad, I believe that these players have a fantastic attitude," he said. "They deserve success and they will have success.
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Texas AK Designs AR Magazine adapter. Didn't really do enough research before I bought this thinking it would work in my SLR106 and found out after that fact that milling work would be needed on the rifle and adapter. Depending on specific rifles, more or less fitting would be required.
Since I don't have access to proper metal working tools and would have to fit this with a dremel, and the fact that i'm not really to keen on attacking a $1200 rifle with said dremel here it is for sale.
There are a few scratches from testing various magazines for fit and but otherwise is new and un-used. I tried to get decent pictures of the scratches but hard to get good lighting. I can provide additional pictures if requested.
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If this is the right hand version I will take it.
Looks like the unused tang on the right side could be used to make it a right side mag release, instead of left as it is now. I've never seen theirs before. Looks like a well machined piece, but to me they should all be right hand release, so that you don't get confused if you run AR's as well. Nice looking piece though.
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"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller
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Hi there. I was wondering if anyone had used venom therapy for asthma and if so where did you apply the stings and what was your outcome?
Hi there. I was wondering if anyone had used venom therapy for asthma and if so where did you apply the stings and what was your outcome?
I have done BVT for almost 8 months for what I believe to have been asthma (and other issues). I had gradually gone from occasional wheezing and squeaking to doing it constantly 24/7. My lungs were bad at times. I went to an apitherapist and stung according to the sting spots in the book "How Well are You Willing to Bee?" by Pat Wagner. We were stinging 3x a week, but only stung those spots on Mondays and Fridays. The chart showed 2 spots on the chest and 2 spots on the back. Find the sunken spot in your throat and go down 2 inches approx. and sting about 2 or 3 inches apart horizontally. Sting the same area on the back. Picture where your lungs start as that is about where you want to sting.
It took a little while, but the results were excellent. I felt really good. I stopped stinging in May of 2010 and the benefits lasted for 3/4 of a year. If I had done maintenance stings, I believe the now slight wheeze and squeaking would not have come back. I will probably have to go back to stinging for it.
BTW, I quit with the doctor just shy of being officially diagnosed with asthma. I didn't agree with the drug therapy.
First ice the areas you plan to sting. Take Vitamin C, honey, propolis, bee pollen, royal jelly, bee bread (man made kind). Make sure you are not allergic, get an epi pen and benedryll and have it with you when stinging.
Is it summer yet?
Thank you for your post. This is very encouraging for me. I have had life long asthma and have tried numerous alternative therapies with little success. I am a very new beekeeper and stumbled upon reading about bee venom therapy and remembered hearing about it sometime ago. There is no one local to me who practices but apitherapy but I figured it would be pretty wonderful if this helped me being it is in my own backyard! Our local expert beekeeper mentioned that after you've been getting stung (accidentally) for awhile, you begin to miss is because you realize how much better you feel on a regular basis. Never thought I'd hear myself say I was looking forward to getting stung!
So I just discovered this book is out of print. Any other book suggestions?
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call them and see if they have it.
Make sure you are getting the updated version...... at least July 1998 or newer. Must have the charts in it.
Thanks! I was looking on amazon...


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text: Join NEA's online forum on school safety NEA members in Massachusetts and eight other states are invited to participate in an online peer discussion about school and college safety. The discussion is sponsored by the NEA in partnership with VIVA Educators. To participate in the forum, go to: http://vivanea.mysocialsphere.com/. The MTA recently worked with New Voice Strategies, which runs VIVA, on an MTA VIVA Idea Exchange seeking input from teachers about how to reduce achievement gaps in the state's Gateway Cities. The teachers' recommendations are contained in a report, "Addressing Educational Inequities: Proposals for Narrowing the Achievement Gaps in Massachusetts Gateway Cities." For the NEA project, teachers will exchange ideas about how to improve safety in our public schools and on our college campuses. A small group of the participants will draft recommendations based on the leading ideas shared in the forum, and these will be presented to the NEA and to public officials in Washington, D.C. Please join the discussion.


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UM employee remains hospitalized after falling through skylight
MISSOULA, Mont. - A University of Montana employee remains hospitalized after falling through a a skylight Tuesday morning.
UM's Chief Engineer and Heating Plant Supervisor, 61-year-old Mike Burke, was working on the roof of the plant when he fell through a skylight and onto a boiler.
UM officials estimate he fell 15 to 20 feet. The boiler wasn't hot but he was stuck there for over an hour while emergency crews worked to get him down.
Late Tuesday afternoon UM's Vice President for Integrated Communications Peggy Kuhr said Burke was out of surgery and in the ICU.
Kuhr said UM recently replaced gas heat exchangers on the roof and crews had shut down one boiler so Burke could look at the damper position -- it's work he has done several times in the decades he's spent on the job.
It's still unclear why or how Burke fell. UM's Environmental Health and Risk Management department is already reviewing the incident. Investigators will compile a report and decide if any changes need to be made to policy.
Kuhr said a workers' compensation claim has been opened for Burke. It's one of five workers comp claims for the heating plant in the last 10 years. Kuhr said this is the most serious accident that's ever happened at the plant.


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The fifth annual "Final Gift" workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in the Friendship Hall at Union UCC Church in Hackensack, co-sponsored by St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Participants will assemble a notebook with their written instructions and wishes regarding their own death, which will be available to their families at a time when decision-making can be a burden in a time of grief.
The death of a loved one plunges family immediately into making decisions and it is often a time of confusion and frustration. There are more than 50 decisions that must be made in the first 24 hours following a death.
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Craig Dennis and Jay Kline, local funeral directors, will cover topics like pre-planning your funeral, options for burials, dying away from home and ways to save money by making the proper notifications and other related topics.
Pastors Judy Gustafson and Michael Small will present information and lead discussions of church services, memorial services, putting together a service, graveside services and other options. They will answer questions about why we have services, scripture, music and other concerns.
Marty Mann, parish nurse, will discuss and assist in completing an Advanced Directive. She will lead participants in assembling the notebook, reviewing information for writing an obituary, letters to family and other specific information.
Pre-registration is required, along with a $20 fee to reserve a place. Class size is limited and lunch and all supplies are included. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. with coffee and treats.
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Of all the dyed-in-the-wool conservatives one finds on Capitol Hill, Sen. John McCain of Arizona is certainly the least boring. Though he's predictably Republican in many ways -- he's an ardent free-marketeer and pro-lifer, and he gets low marks from environmental groups -- McCain has, in the past year, stridently stood up to the GOP leadership and worked with his erstwhile political opponents in the Senate for campaign finance reform and the tobacco settlement. Both efforts failed (largely due to lack of Republican support), but they helped increase McCain's public standing; his image as a courageous reformer has even led to speculation about a dark horse presidential candidacy in 2000. But critics say that image is carefully cultivated, and many accuse the press of going soft on McCain, who heads the powerful Senate Commerce Committee.
When Mother Jones dropped in on McCain at his Washington, D.C., office in mid-September, Lewinsky-mania was in full swing. Despite his well-known temper -- he once reportedly got into a scuffle with his nonagenarian colleague Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) -- McCain was relaxed and smiling, displaying the forthright charm that has made him the darling of political reporters while trenchantly defending his right to accept campaign contributions from the likes of Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch.
In September, the day after campaign finance reform was killed in the Senate for the third time, the news was buried on Page A16 of the New York Times under an avalanche of Clinton-Lewinsky reporting. What did you think when you saw the Times that day?
It's an affirmation that this firestorm has sucked all the oxygen out of the political debate in America. I had some confidence that we would at least pick up some more votes. Well, the president gave his speech -- the apology/nonapology speech -- and we took up the bill. It was two days of desultory discussion. It wasn't even a debate. Nothing in the media, no phone calls, no interest. We got the same 52 votes, and it was like dropping a stone in a well.
Did you expect it to end this way?
You can understand people who want power and want to corrupt or destroy the constitutional balance. You can understand that, because that's why our Founding Fathers set up this system of checks and balances: There are always going to be people who want more power than is appropriate or healthy for the republic. But certainly, never in my life did I contemplate such a tawdry thing. Such an embarrassment.
Doesn't the current situation strike you as going a little too far?
I don't blame Mr. Starr as much as I blame the law. The responsibility has to come back to Congress for formulating such a law, perhaps even the president for signing it.
How many of your colleagues could have withstood a Kenneth Starr?
I don't know, because I don't know their personal lives. I don't socialize with many senators, much less House members, but let me tell you, I'm one who has undergone a special counsel. The special counsel's name was Mr. Robert Bennett in the Keating Five matter. [But] your point is legitimate, because Bennett was not given a charter to look at whether I had an affair 30 years ago with Cherie Snodgrass. [Laughs.]
Give me an example of why you think we need campaign finance reform.
The so-called Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996, where every major telecommunications company was protected. Only one group was not represented while we formulated that particular piece of legislation, and that was -- guess who? -- the average American citizen, who has seen the cable rates go up 20 percent [in some cities], who has seen mergers and consolidations within the industry that have been found to be anticompetitive. You know how many people voted against that bill? Five.
As for the businesses [that lobbied for the bill], I respect those people, because they're trying to do the best they can for their stockholders, and they have fiduciary responsibilities. I don't blame them for trying, for enhancing their profits and protecting their turf. I blame us for falling prey to the influence of somebody like AT&T, which in 1996 gave $780,000 to Republicans and $456,000 to Democrats -- which is not political schizophrenia, it's good business. If I were a CEO of a major corporation, I would do the same thing. I would say, Look guys, they're passing legislation. Get down there to Washington and make sure that we aren't harmed by it. So I don't hold animosity toward them. I hold animosity toward the system, which is completely broken. Where, in the words of [Sen.] Fred Thompson [R-Tenn.], there is no limit to the amount that you can contribute to any campaign in America.
How much difference did Thompson's investigation into fundraising practices in the '96 election really make?
Two things happened with Thompson's committee. One was that we were unable to act in a bipartisan fashion. But there was also the factor that Republicans made sure that there was only one year under which Thompson's committee could operate, thereby allowing the administration to just walk it. And they were selling seats on trade missions. Not to mention everything else in government.
Your own party wasn't missing any dirt under the fingernails, either --
Go no further. If this independent counsel is appointed, and I believe it will [be], either to investigate [former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold] Ickes or the vice president, you will see this scandal touch Republicans as well. Your point is very well made. Why do you think the Republicans made sure that the committee stayed in business for only a year?
It's the system. The system makes good people do bad things, and bad people do worse things. And we are dramatically diminished in the eyes of the people we represent when we are a product of a system that has become fundamentally corrupt.
The conventional wisdom is that money doesn't buy votes, it buys access.
But access buys influence. You forget there's a corollary to that.
So how do you handle it?
Because I'm chairman of the Commerce Committee, I see the CEOs of major corporations. Which has nothing to do with campaign donations -- I have oversight of their businesses and I'll see the CEOs. I don't see the lobbyists, OK? If somebody calls -- say if the CEO of PrimeStar wants to see me -- I say, "Fine, tell him to come in." But if a lobbyist with PrimeStar calls and says he wants to come in, I say, "No, talk to my staff." But when Gene Kimmelman of the Consumers Union or Joan Claybrook of Public Citizen wants to talk to me, I say, "Come on in." What I try to do is listen to a balanced set of viewpoints, not dictated by campaign contributions or anything else, whether they're Republicans or Democrats or Libertarians or vegetarians. But there's nothing wrong with talking to people who are the experts on the issues.
Certainly. But it was reported earlier this year that when Microsoft's COO Bob Herbold came to visit you, he asked what Microsoft could be doing better in Washington and you told him to fire up a lobbying campaign.
No, no. I said, "The way the game's played in Washington, you're gonna have to have a greater presence here in Washington," is basically what I said. In a perfect world I would say, "Stay out and don't have anything to do with [lobbying]," but you have to have a presence here in Washington.
Bill Gates has given you money, and so has Rupert Murdoch. Both have business before your committee. This is exactly the thing that most people would raise an eyebrow at. Why do you take their money?
It would be nearly impossible for me to raise money without them. But the important point here is that the evil is soft money. There's nothing wrong, in my view, with taking a $1,000 contribution from anybody who wants to give it. And if it comes from Mr. Gates, or if it comes from my next-door neighbor in Phoenix, I think it's OK. I don't think the system was corrupted until soft money exploded, and I won't have anything to do with soft money.
A number of observers have noted that if Microsoft's antitrust issues were heard in your committee instead of the Judiciary Committee, Microsoft would get a much friendlier reception.
They'd get a friendly reception in my committee because a lot of us have grave concerns about what the government's doing here. Our focus is not antitrust considerations -- it's the health of the telecommunications industry in America. Our interest and our charter are directed toward the future of the industry.
So you're not worried about Microsoft warping the industry?
I worried about IBM warping everyone. I worried about Apple warping everyone until they screwed up their marketing techniques. But I don't think Mr. Gates, or anyone, knows where this industry is going, as smart as he is. Of course I'm concerned about it. My question is, What is the role of the federal government? I remember when the federal government brought a suit against IBM. And then 13 years later, it went before some judge and said it's irrelevant because of the rapid changes in the computer industry.
You not only have had combat experience in Vietnam, but you were also a prisoner of war. When you look at terrorism right now, with people like Osama bin Laden, do you have any reservations about watching strikes like that?
You could say, Look, is this guy, Laden, really the bad guy that's depicted? Most of us have never heard of him before. And where there is a parallel with Vietnam is: What's plan B? What do we do next? We sent our troops into Vietnam to protect the bases. Lyndon Johnson said, Only to protect the bases. Next thing you know.... Well, we've declared to the terrorists that we're going to strike them wherever they live. That's fine. But what's next? That's where there might be some comparison.
Now, about tobacco
Ah, part of my string of successes: campaign finance reform, tobacco bill, pork-barrel spending. I have a number of notches in my gun.
When you were handed that task, what was your first thought?
I thought, "This is going to be a huge undertaking." But I thought that we could do it. I underestimated several challenges, but primarily I underestimated the willingness of the tobacco companies to spend as much money as they did, in such a concentrated fashion. Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center did a study that showed that more money was spent on this than any other [single-issue campaign], and they really saturated, including my state, by the way. One of the ones they saturated with was, "What's happened to John McCain? He's become a big-spending, big-government liberal -- what's happened to John McCain?" After X million [dollars], people started stopping in the street and saying, "What's happened to you?" Like I had an automobile accident or a lobotomy. So it had great effect.
Did you see that as the beginning of something more ominous?
I first saw that they would do anything, because they are bad people. They are really bad people. And I thought they would probably attack me personally, because if they could take me down, they could take anybody down. And they were running full-page ads in Roll Call with my picture. Why do you think they were doing that? Because they were influencing voters? No. They were influencing members.
In terms of influence, it seems that the religious right has succeeded in making sexual morality the pre-eminent national issue.
My party is a majority, which means there are more elements to it, and which argues for a bigger tent. If we're going to get the center and hold the center, then we're going to have to be able to tolerate and even embrace, on occasion, disparate views. And I could make you a case, if you look at elections, that the so-called Christian right has been losing as many elections as they've been winning.
Yes or no: Are you going to run for president in 2000?
I'm going to run for re-election in the Senate, and then I'm going to start the decision-making process. I have no PAC; I have no campaign team. I have been to New Hampshire, I think, twice this year. I've been to Iowa once or twice. I'm not one of those frequent visitors. And I just decided [that] after the election I would start talking to people to see if it's a viable undertaking.
Finally, speaking of presidential politics and ethics: What is character?
Human foibles, whether they be a predilection, or immorality, or gambling, or mistreating your wife, or kicking dogs -- that's a different kind, in my view, of morality. Whereas character -- I'm trying to think who it was who said, "Character is who you are in the dark."
One of my greatest criticisms of this administration is that every time I talk to one of their people on an issue, you know what their opening phrase is? Three words: "We polled this." We polled this, so you should vote for school uniforms, you should be in favor of putting deadbeat dads' pictures in the post office, you should be in favor of whatever it is, the issue du jour. How many Americans do you think favored the United States, under the aegis of the United Nations, sending 480,000 Americans to fight and 54,000 of them dying in Korea? What if Harry Truman had said, Let's take a poll here as to whether the American people want us to send troops to Korea. See what I mean? That's my point. That's what character is, OK?


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I don't have an account to view the information above and don't have time to deal with it this morning. I did read the description an the idea of splitting and recombining hives.
I did find it interested that it said. "This usually results in a new queen (adding to the gene pool from whatever source the drone came from) but if not you are usually better off.
Taken at it's face value this is saying if you add to the gene pool you are taking a step backwards. You whee better off with what you had in the first place. If the queen from the split does not survive you have added nothing. If she does you have replaced half of your original genes with who knows what. I would have to see how he goes about fertilization of the new queen.
Genetics are complicated in that you have confusing factors influencing confusing factors. and then throw in a healthy does of exceptions.
There are the basics of how genes work. and then there are the specifics to any species.
For example almost every known animal in the world has it's sex determined by only 2 genes. an X and a Y two X's means a female an X and a Y mean a male and only males can carry a Y. This creates a 50-50 chance of any offspring being a male or a female. But in bees this is not true. they have multiple genes and only a combination of two of the same or even one of the same results in a male. All others result in a female. this is the cause of the female dominated production of offspring. now for the exception. the queen can alter the chance of an egg receiving the same gene from the sperm by simply laying an egg with no contribution from the drone. she controls how many males will even be produced in a hive.
If there are 19 genes in each drone that determine sex. and the queen mates with 10 drones. this means there is a pool of 190 possible genes that determine the sex of every fertile egg in the hive. The chance that a drone will result from a fertile egg is almost impossible.
It it possible that with no selection process desirable traits will result? certainly. It is more likely you will get struck by lightening but it happens.
Over 10,000 genes most of which are undesirable and by chance you will draw only a combination that is desirable.
What if out of all of those 19 genes only one produces a top quality productive queen that passes that tendency toward top rate productivity to her daughters? You have less than 5% chance of drawing that gene. and even if you do you still have 169 additional draws to be just as lucky. You have to be lucky and get the right hygienic genes. and the right aggression genes. and a better set of smelling and taste genes. etc. etc. etc.
Anyone ever tried to draw 140 straight winning hands at poker? Let me know when you have done it.


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MD = 1993-1994 BY = 1997-1998HU = 1994-1995 WT = 1998-1999NC = 1995-1996 EF = 1999-2000LK = 1996-1997 The next letter is also random and is used for version control. An .A. may not be the first version. .A.C. may not have been built before an .S.. An .S. in one engine's name may not mean the same thing as an .S. in another engine's name, especially if the engines have different displacements or production years. When needed this code is noted in the charts. There are instances where it is needed to find the right column for an engine.Some names have the letters .CE. at the end. This indicates the engine meets certain emission requirements. The only service part affected is the ECU. These part numbers are noted when needed in the catalogs.These engines went out of production in 2000.Examples:4.3GLPBYC = 4.3L, G=GM, L=limited output, carbureted (no i), P=power steering, BY=built 1997-1998, C=service code for version control.5.8FSiPNCACE = 5.8L, Ford, Superior output, injected, power steering, NC=built 1995-1996, A service code, certified emissions.7.4GLPHUS = 7.4L, GM, limited output, carbureted, power steering, HU=built 1994-1995, S service code.3.0GLMMDA = 3.0L, GM, LIMITED output, carbureted, manual steering, MD=built 1993 1994, A service code.Red Engines, currentBeginning in 2000 the gas engines are painted red again. The naming system was also changed. The first part of the name is the same as the charcoal engines, up to the letters for the fuel system.


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The first three sessions at The Start Conference featured founders of the top three blogging platforms discussing how they started their businesses.
Evan Williams, perhaps now better known as the founder of Twitter, started Blogger in 1999. His company was actually working on a different product when Blogger took over.
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Twitter's up-time troubles may be rooted in it beginning as a side project. At first they wanted to create something simple, a prototype of an idea. Williams explained it simply: "Then we never caught up."
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Mullenweg attributes WordPress' success to its "slow, organic growth." For several years, all the contributors had day jobs and coded away in the evenings. In 2006, he founded Automattic, a 25 person virtual company, distributed across the globe.
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Mena Trott discussed the early days of Six Apart, which she founded with her husband. The company makes Typepad and Movable Type blogging platforms. During the dot com nuclear winter, they hunkered in their apartment working on their product. They were intent on not taking venture capital, and even incorporated as an LLC to make it more difficult.
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- Tradition will continue as the most popular kitchen design style with contemporary following closely behind. The Shaker style is making a strong resurgence. Shades of white and off white will be the most common kitchen colors.
- Cherry will remain the most popular wood for kitchen cabinetry, followed closely by maple with alder increasing in use. Favorite cabinet finishes will be medium natural, dark natural, glazed, and white painted. Other colors of painted cabinetry and distressed finishes are declining.
- Ceramic and porcelain tile, as well as natural stone tile, remain popular kitchen flooring options but hardwood will become more popular than ever. For countertops, granite continues to be the most popular option, but quartz is catching up in popularity. For backsplashes, ceramic or porcelain tile and glass will be the primary material.
- French door and freezer-bottom are the two most popular styles of refrigerators, and side-by-side refrigerators remain a popular option. A surprising trend is the extent to which under counter refrigerator drawers are being used in the latest kitchen designs. Under counter wine refrigerators have been recently specified by many kitchen designers.
- The tried and true range continues to serve as the workhorse for cooking, although the combination of a cooktop and wall oven is beginning to overtake it. Gas will maintain its position as the most popular type of cooktop over electric, although induction cooking continues to gain in popularity due to its energy efficiency.
- Standard dishwashers, with the traditional door that pulls from the top down, will once again be the most common type in 2010. However, an increasing number of dishwasher drawers will be installed in kitchens this year for their convenience and their ability to wash small loads of dishes in each drawer, thereby saving water and electricity.
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Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:19 pm
St. Louis
Has anyone had any experiences good or bad with these grills? Specifically the ones from Lowe's. There appears to be a slight different between the Lowe's brand and the Home Depot brand.
Any thoughts??
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Re: Char-Broil Tru Infrared
Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:20 pm
well done
These actually cook very well for an inexpensive gasser,BUT are not made from the most durable materials.
If you use infrequently & is under cover I'd say ok, if its going to be your main cooker or store in elements might want to invest in a higher end grill.
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Re: Char-Broil Tru Infrared
Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:01 pm
BBQ Deputy
Central Alberta, Canada
Char-Broils are pretty decent gassers. I've helped assemble a few of these in the past few years for friends an neighbors and they're actually built fairly well. All I'd caution about is that you take you time and follow the directions exactly if you are assembling it yourself.
Every Char-Broil I've helped build has held up very well even in the harsh weather we get up here in Canada. A solid cover is a necessity but that's true of all grills.
I don't like all-infrared grills, though, as I've found that they're not as versatile as other gassers with combinations of infrared and other burners. Straight infrared is good for searing steaks but not not always controllable enough for lower-heat cooking. I've also found that the infrared burners don't always work well in cold weather either.
I looked at the Char-Broil grills when I bought my gasser last spring, and I picked another manufacturer instead. For $300 I picked up a Master Chef E-550 with 4 burners, rotisserie burner and an infrared sear/side burner instead.
Still, Char-Broils are good grills for the price, but I just wouldn't go all-infrared. If there is a combo out there with multiple burner types it might serve you better. If you keep it under a good cover, it should last you several years.
Unlike propane, you'll never wake up scorched and naked in another county because you mishandled a bag of briquettes.
Re: Char-Broil Tru Infrared
Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:44 am
St. Louis
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Right now it's just me, my wife and two kids under 7 so I didn't need a big 4 burner grill with the side burner. I picked up the infrared 2 burner Char-Broil gasser. I'll see how it works. If I don't like it I can always swap out the infrared grates for standard ones or grill grates and just have a normal gas grill.
I'll report back in a few months and let you know how it works.
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Re: Char-Broil Tru Infrared
Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:34 pm
Do not buy. I had one for 1 1/2 years. I kept it under a covered patio with a grill cover on it always. It is not built well or very durable. It completely rusted out. The burners were covered under a full warranty, but the problem was I could not attach them to anything because of the rust of the screws and firebox, so I had to buy a new firebox. Then I realized the valves completely rusted out and could not attach the new burners. It is definitely not worth the price. $550. I would either buy a cheaper grill that you can get 2 or 3 years out of or buy a reliable brand that will last 10-15 years.
Re: Char-Broil Tru Infrared
Thu May 16, 2013 2:29 pm
BBQ Deputy
Central Alberta, Canada
I just had a great look under the hood of one of these units and I'd agree with fballfan2. I took some pics to show why:
Here's the grill, badge and sales fluff on the grill outside the store:
I moved inside because it was getting windy and dusty and found the same grill in the showroom. I opened the hood on this thing and the first thing I did was look at the grates.
On the surface they look like solid stainless steel grates.
There's even a cute little grate-level thermometer on each grate. But flip the grate over and that's where things get disappointing.
The actual cooking grates aren't solid anything. They're hollow tubular grates and seem a bit flimsy. They may have been stainless steel but they felt like aluminum. Plus, since they're hollow they don't have the thermal mass to conduct heat as well as solid grates. But let's dig even deeper.
Here is the baffle beneath the grate. I was suspicious because I figured it might just be a flame spreader for a standard burner.
That suspicion was confirmed when I saw a basic V-shaped flame tamer....
... and a basic grill burner beneath it.
So call it what they like, this isn't a true infrared grill at all. It's a basic gas grill with a bunch of baffles on it. I also believe that those baffles will also catch grease like crazy and flare up. Also, since the holes are so small I can already tell that the baffles won't spread the heat evenly, especially since that v-shaped flame tamer is beneath it.
By contrast, here is a true infrared sear/side burner on my grill.
This grill uses a ceramic element instead of just a baffle. You can actually see the glow from the burner - that's true infrared cooking. (And that's Steven's grill scraper in the pic - a really nice tool for heavy grill cleaning.)
Finally, I want to thank the staff of the Lowe's store I went to for not bothering me when I took apart his grill - at all. I spent 25 minutes on their sales floor and didn't get approached by a single salesperson even once, although the store was almost empty of customers. (Maybe they all went on an extended coffee break at once?). Though it was nice not to hear "Can I help you?" every 3 minutes, I dread to think what a customer would think if they really wanted to buy a grill - or anything, for that matter.
Unlike propane, you'll never wake up scorched and naked in another county because you mishandled a bag of briquettes.
Re: Char-Broil Tru Infrared
Thu May 16, 2013 3:51 pm
BBQ Deputy
Stoughton, WI
Nice job of going into Consumer Reports mode!
I wonder if this model is what's left of the original design after the accountants got done with it.
Re: Char-Broil Tru Infrared
Thu May 16, 2013 5:33 pm
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Warrington, PA
Nice report Canada. I am going to have to get you to go to the car dealer, next time I am in the market..
18.5 Kettle Gold
Re: Char-Broil Tru Infrared
Fri May 17, 2013 10:17 am
BBQ Deputy
Central Alberta, Canada
sroach wrote:
Nice report Canada. I am going to have to get you to go to the car dealer, next time I am in the market..
Oh you don't want to go there. I've been known to bring car salespeople to tears because they can't BS me....
Unlike propane, you'll never wake up scorched and naked in another county because you mishandled a bag of briquettes.
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