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PrimaLoft® Deluxe Classic Blanket
$149.00 - $249.00
Overview & Details
- Hypoallergenic blanket.
- Down-proof, 300-thread-count combed cotton sateen shell.
- PrimaLoft® Deluxe hypoallergenic fill.
- Double-diamond stitching prevents down from shifting.
- Cotton shell is Oeko-Tex® certified to be free from all harmful substances and chemicals.
- Lifetime guarantee.
- Also available, our TCS® Classic Down Blanket (sold separately).
- Machine wash.
- Exclusively ours.
Falling somewhere between a blanket and a comforter, our PrimaLoft® Deluxe Blanket is the best of both worlds, providing a layer of lightweight warmth that's suitable for year-round use. Enveloped in a silky, 300-thread-count cotton sateen shell, it's filled with PrimaLoft® Deluxe, that mimics the loftiness and warmth of down while providing relief for those with allergies to down. Double-diamond stitching ensures the fill stays in place. Available exclusively at The Company Store®.
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Q:What are the measurements of the queen size primaloft deluxe classic blanket?Asked on 3/29/2017 by Sam from NJ
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Q:Does this have a satin edge?Asked on 2/9/2017 by Yvette from United States
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Q:Can you tell me how much the kingsize Primaloft Deluxe Classic Blanket actually weighs. (not the fill weight)Asked on 2/4/2017 by ROLAND from Huntington, NY
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Q:Can you tell me how much the Full size Primaloft Deluxe Classic Blanket actually weighs. (not the fill weight)Asked on 12/26/2016 by Lori from United States
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Q:Does this blanket have loops on each of the corners for tying into my duvet covers?Asked on 11/20/2016 by Houston from Houston, TX
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Q:What is the "down weight" of the king size blanket? We live in North Florida where it does get cold but not freezing....don't want to sweat at night just be toasty. Thank you!Asked on 11/17/2016 by Lo from Florida
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A:The Primaloft Deluxe blanket would be a super light warmth. If you like to be warm when you sleep and you keep your bedroom cool, this may not be enough warmth even for a Florida winter. If you like, you can check out our comforter guide by using the link at the bottom of any of our webpages. It will help you decide what warmth level you need.
Q:Where is the Primaloft Deluxe Classic Blanket made?Asked on 11/14/2016 by Ellen from Denver, CO
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Q:I have a PrimaLoft Deluxe Comforter, I would like to wash it because similar to another question posted here, the filling seems to have redistributed around the comforter. Your previous advice to this customer was to wash and dry the comforter. The tag on my comforter states 'Dry Clean Only'. The style number is MCS94 Q. What do you recommend? I am not really excited about getting it dry cleaned, but I will await your advice.Asked on 6/25/2016 by Lisa from Franklin, WI
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A:Hi Lisa. Your item number indicates that it is a Legends® Luxury Geneva PrimaLoft® Comforter in the light weight. The overview is basically the same on our current page though no longer offered in the light warmth. Dry clean only is recommended due to the 400 Thread Count Fabric used on the outer shell. If it is washed, then it would no longer be down proofed. Thank you.Answered on 6/25/2016 by Anonymous
Q:The stuffing in my Primaloft comforter feels flat and non-existent in some areas and fuller in others. Is there a good way to adjust it? We love the comforter, but it is limp in some areas and not comfortable. Thanks for any help or ideas.Asked on 5/1/2016 by Amy from United States
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A:Hi Amy - Thank you for your question! Have you washed the comforter recently? If not, you may want to wash the comforter and add a few tennis balls when drying it. The tennis balls will help to fluff up and redistribute the fill. If this doesn't help, please contact our customer service department.Answered on 5/2/2016 by Anonymous
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Maybe it is a forecast of a mild Winter.
Maybe it is a forecast of a mild Winter.
Mark Berninghausen
mine are smaller too, but i didn't feed them this fall. we had lots of forage though, and i'm hoping they have their cluster just the way they want it. time will tell.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
My theory is that something changed in the plants the last decade. Just for grins we fed one yard that was failing 4 weeks early. It looked better than most when we put it to bed for the year(winter wrapped).
Crazy Roland
fed protein or syrup
2 gallons of thymolated HFCS, slightly thinned, in an inverted 2 gallon pail. This yard was 6 miles from a yard that had gotten rain and had just filled two deeps each. The fed yard had 1/4 inch brown stripes up the outer edges of the corn leafs, and had not gotten rain.
Crazy Roland
why do you think the plants have changed? Perhaps its that the bees are just starving, without the rain
I keep a mixture of genetics in each yard. I had one area that didn't get much rain, one apiary managed okay, not much surplus but hives are heavy enough to make it. Another yard several miles away which also didn't see the rain but had crops surounding the farm change from hay fields to corn- ALL the hives in that yard had very small clusters with no surplus honey to speak of
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Ian - we have records back to the 1930's. Mostly when queens where clipped, supers put on, extracted, fed, and wrapped. Timing is WAY off now. The "Bull of the Woods" agrees that the fall flow to build bees for winter is gone. The other clue is that some of the best flows in the past 4 years have been plants that never produced a surplus before, Red Maple, Wild Cherry, Something in early June, Chicory?. The "Normal" plants, alfalfa, Sweet clover and Goldenrod have been failures lately. In years past, if you saw a field of anything in bloom, there would be a honey flow. Now it is safer to assume they are all empty.
Crazy Roland
I don't find that up here at all.
Clovers, canola, alfalfa, they are all producing, weather depending of course.
alot of our flows depend on the farming function it self. If seeding get weather delayed, we will have long honey flows, big honey crops, but other years the entire crop will be sewed in a couple of weeks. Same with alfalfa, I can have a good flow going, but there are times when all the farmers cut it ALL down in a week, flow ended.
I chuckle sometimes, I make my living off of farmers who dont get their work done in a timely fashion
that farmer is my farms sometimes lol
I agree with Roland 100%, when I first started with bees in Mass. during the golden rod flow i got the smelly sock smell. We had 3 years of drought and I noticed that the 4th year with normal rain, the sock didn't smell. I watched one specific field of golden rod over the years go from being totally yellow to now when I drive by it, it has very little golden rod, yet hasn't been overgrown with trees etc.
When I moved to n.y. was amazed the first year, I was back in golden rod heaven. I help another beek pull his honey, his best yard over the last 10 years has become his worst. We were discussing it after pulling honey and driving away from the yard, I said look at the fields, 10 years ago they were all goldenrod when I moved here, now the napp weed has taken over all the fields around here(not the same problem in Mass. as the areas I watch still don't have napp weed). Now napp weed makes a fine honey, but from what I can see golden rod makes alot more honey per acre and the napp weed slows down blooming so you pull most of it and with little or no golden rod the hives end up lighter. I have adjusted my pulling of honey(even though my buddy says I'm crazy) to the 1st of sept when the golden rod is just really starting to produce and my hives go into winter heavy, costs me honey production. Now when I first moved up here, none of the beeks I know had feeders, now more of them are making and using them.
The other thing that is changing up here is what was normally the white clover time for a honey flow seems to be drying up. I have three yards that 3 years ago started producing a brownish honey after bass wood honey was pulled but b/4 chineese bambo comes in, my buddy is 76 and had never seen it b/4, gave some to our resident tast tester and he can't identify it, now there hasn't been any obvious changes in the crops in the area, so we assume that they are working something that was always there but not what they prefered to work, so what is it? where did the prefered weed go? this area also is deficient in golden rod bloom and these three yards need to be fed each year.
Another beek on another forum that normally is very observant has stated over many times, the state he is in 30 years ago got a golden rod flow every year, now he is lucky to get one once in 10 years. What is causing it?? good question. things they are always changing, new weeds, lots of my golden rod has turned into corn when the price of milk went up, all the WHIPS land I spent time finding and getting locations on is now being farmed, my buddy has started to shrink his yards down to smaller yards like I have because of the changes, I watch alot of the commercial yards around and they aren't cutting down the # of hives per location so I would expect there lb's per hive is going down while they are in N.Y.
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mike syracuse ny
Whatever you subsidize you get more of. Ronald Reagan
I wonder how much GMO and other chemicals both sprayed on crops, generally all over (I even read in Pa of the state game lands being sprayed with something a year or two ago to curb gypsi moth infestations) along with planes. There's now apparantly aluminum and berillium in the ground which would change what can grow readilly in our soil. Would this all explain why 20+ years ago the forrage was different and better?
Clovers, canola, alfalfa, they are all producing, weather depending of course.
I agree 100%. If the alfalfa and clover gets cut when it should the flow comes to an end about the time it starts. If it is a late cut we get a real good flow. Wind and rain when the canola is flowering will cut down flowering time. I do not think it is the flowers that are changing, more it is the farming practice. A few years ago in our part of the country we would have 20 farmers seeding canola over a period of several days and this would spread out the flow. Now we have a couple of farmers seeding the same farms in a day or two and this sure changes the amount of days the bees get to harvest. In our part of the world the types of crops being seeded has changed as well. We went from a sea of wheat to a world of yellow. Now we are seeing more beans and corn entering the picture. A lot of farmers here are getting up in years so we see herds of cattle now gone and with that so goes the alfalfa and clovers.
I agree also Ian, those farmers that cannot get their work done in a timely fashion are a beekeepers best friend.
Last edited by JohnK and Sheri; 12-16-2012 at 01:34 PM. Reason: excessive quote
I noticed this year because of the lack of moisture/dry fields that pretty much all the alfalfa was cut shortly after the blooming started as well. High winds were hard on the canola as well. We seem to have been hit with a fall dearth instead of a flow. I have some mixed bush around here and the bees used the wildflowers to keep going. It seems that the bees run out of forage long before the no fly weather starts. Big advantage to overwintering indoors is being able to feed during the winter if necessary.
Our entire area made a better than average honey crop ( 1st one in over 15 years )
We sit in with corn, beans & a little alfalfa. What CRP didn't get cut & rolled up for hay this summer is now getting broke up to be planted into row crop next year.
The entire outfit sat on ground that had less than 3 inches of rain from April to October, so yes very dry conditions.
As I said before one yard will have a 80% loss & 5 miles down the road the loss is less than 10%.
Cluster size is all over the map in the yards that are left, but remember every yard made a good crop with honey being made untill frost.
We even did a very intresting testing this year with genitics in a yard of singles. Very amazed as to what breeders queens did & what they made for a honey crop & that includes our own queens.
Never the less at this point in time none are looking any to great for the few that are left alive.
Then ya have the comb honey bees here near the city. They are in with corn, beans, & alfalfa as the rest of the outfit way west of here. They look great. with huge clusters & no losses.
Our USDA testing on dead bees, honey, pollen & wax showed only that a comment from the lab that our tests were very clean, some of the cleanest tests the lab has done in quite some time for lack of chemicals in any of the testing they did.
Ok so last item to think about is a thought I might as well start a yard of Russians out in one of our locations that is way off in the sticks. So in calling one of the listed breeders of the Russian program I explained what I had for a plan that I spoke of above. He was very intrested & liked what I had in mind & then told me that he was not so sure the Russians would be a cure all for my bee loss problems. His story was that this past season he pollinated blueberries. The bees that were used on blueberries for the most part were all gone, dead & what was left living were probably not going to make it untill spring.
He explained that the bees had been fine for quite some time after removed for the blueberries but they never really looked right from pollination time on. And now there is nothing but empty boxes to look at!
It was a very challenging late summer fall this year. To figure out which yard to feed and which yard to super up,.! I called it the thunder storm lottery. I had yard that I was a week too late on feeding, hurt the cluster size by the time October rolled around. Other yards 10 miles away I was trying to figure if they needed supers on, and they did! I thought a plugged brood nest was going to hurt me, but by the time Nov came, those were the largest wintering hives.
I like years were they are bringing in nectar straight into September, so much easier on the nerves
Hi, this is a very interesting thread!
I have read with great interest how nectar seems to be less plentiful then in decades past and I've noticed that too.
My daughter sent me a link to a site that shows a daily hodge-podge of links and movies from around the 'net. I was glancing at one link and this caught my eye:
I then dug around and found this link:
There's certainly less dark then there used to be and plants are photoperiodic.
We certainly have much less darkness then we did even ten years ago.
Might be baloney too. I thought the photos and description of the changes interesting and post-worthy.
Adam Finkelstein
Doubt it, when there are no bees left in the box & some were still over half full of honey.

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Hi, everyone!
My name is Jen and I havent been here since CIII and have missed this board! Busy in the reserves and real life.
Now I can dedicate some time to building my Zam, and look forward to meeting some of the other Zams out there. I just have one question; where can I find someone that makes the "ovary" bits? Thats the only greeblie that is escaping me!
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CHICAGO — Though a 2% increase in payroll tax may seem insignificant for middle- and upper-income families, it can cause a major change in shopping behavior for lower-income families, a new study has found.
According to Symphony Consulting, a division of SymphonyIRI Group, for a consumer with household income of $40,000, the 2% increase in the payroll tax represents $800 in reduced spending power per year. This can be the difference between shopping at a lower-cost dollar store versus a mass merchandiser, increasing purchases of a store brand versus a national brand, or suppressing an impulse to pick up a snack on the spur of the moment while shopping in the store.
"To date, shifts in shopper behavior are subtle, but patterns are emerging that deserve close and ongoing scrutiny," said managing director of Symphony Consulting, Dr. Krishnakumar Davey. "Our initial analysis offers highly-current data on shopper behavior that will form the basis for ongoing research into the impact of the payroll tax increase."
The study found that while total dollar sales in food and beverages were nearly the same from the end of 2012 to the start of 2013, discretionary spending was down, private label spending was up and dollar stores were gaining a greater share of consumer spend, all possible outcomes of the higher tax.
Changes in behavior by income group indicate a slow down for a subset of the population. The growth rate among middle-income shoppers decreased slightly (40 basis points). As expected, there was no significant change among high-income shoppers. Contradicting expectations, dollar sales growth among low-income shoppers increased, albeit by a small percentage (50 basis points). This could perhaps be attributed to increased in-home consumption versus eating out.
When examined by category, shopper behavior reveals interesting patterns. Dollar sales growth of several categories exhibited declines, including in snacks (down 230 basis points) and beverages, such as coffee and tea (2-110 basis points). Cooking ingredients and beverages, such as juices and drinks, on the other hand, showed growth. Despite across-the-board over-performance in the first four weeks of 2013, discretionary categories lagged total food and beverage in the last week of January 2013, with dollar sales growth of 1.9 percent compared to 2.5 percent for the category as a whole in the same period. This could be due to the end of month effect when households optimized their grocery spending as a result of shrinking wallets.
"We expect payroll tax increases will impact non-CPG spending (such as gas, clothes, entertainment) potentially more than CPG spending. However, out-of-home consumption will likely drop, and specifically out-of-home breakfast categories will be negatively impacted," said Davey. "Consumers usually eliminate the out-of-home breakfast meal first when they cut spending. Economic growth is expected to be stagnant due to tax increases and continued high unemployment. Moreover, the recent significant spike in gas prices is going to further squeeze the consumer's wallet. Some stores, convenience stores in particular, are very sensitive to gas price increases."
"Our data focuses on the $35 billion food and beverage segment of CPG," Davey continued. "It is clear it will take time for shopper behavior to more comprehensively reflect the impact of the payroll tax increase. After all, most consumers have received only one paycheck during the time of this analysis. It is possible that the dollar sales declines we observed toward the end of January will continue, and Symphony Consulting will update its analysis continuously to provide quantitative, statistically-significant information on shoppers' reaction to this tax increase."


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Dean Whare's tale will warm Tony Kemp's heart, that's for sure.
The man charged with retaining Kiwi league prodigies' hearts and minds, Kemp spends a good chunk of his time locking horns with what he describes as Queensland and New South Wales league whitebaiters - officials determined to shepherd the best players into their state's net, no matter what their heritage or current affiliation. Much of the time it's a losing battle, as the defection of Kiwis train-on squad member James Tamou and former Junior Kiwi Josh Papali'i demonstrates.
Given that he has lived over half his life in Australia - the now 22-year-old moved from Rotorua to Sydney when he was 10 - there could be few gripes if Whare now regarded Australia as home.
But he doesn't. Never has, never will.
"Definitely not," he says in a still noticeably Kiwi accent ahead of his test debut on Saturday.
"My family at home are all New Zealand. I never had a second thought of playing for Australia. It never crossed my mind. I never wanted to play Origin, I'd rather play for the Kiwis."
Whare's stance illustrates the problem with attempting to legislate international eligibility. One option on the table is a 50-50 rule, where players would represent the country in which they had spent over 50 per cent of their lives. Such a rule would preclude Whare from representing the country of his birth, the country to which he and all his family still believe he belongs.
"Wearing that black jersey is every young Kiwi fulla's dream," he says.
"It's the way I was brought up. I always go back to New Zealand and visit my family and it still feels like I'm back home."
Whare's story may be typical in many respects (his family crossed the Tasman to pursue better work opportunities and a better lifestyle than Rotorua could offer) but in others it is quite different.
Born to a teenage mother, he was mainly raised by his uncle and aunty. When they decided to emigrate, it was decided the best thing for Whare was to go with them.
It's a story with parallels to that of Kiwis captain Benji Marshall, who was also raised by extended family.
The Whares' emigration is a success story. Dean's uncle Preston runs a thriving personal training business, while his mother and younger sister have now joined him in Australia.
Whare regards his cousins as brothers and sisters, and "loved every moment" of the eight years he spent living with them in Sydney.
"The pathway I took, coming to Australia, definitely made it easier to make the top grade and further my career. If I had been back in New Zealand it could have been totally different.
"I'm glad I took that pathway."
After playing his junior football with St George and then breaking into the NRL with Manly just last year, Whare admits his quick elevation to the test squad came as a shock.
Mentored by Steve Matai at Manly, the Panthers-bound Whare found himself in the slightly awkward position of having usurped his veteran fellow Sea Eagle's test spot.
"We had a joke about that on Friday. Steve was 100 per cent with me. He has always been happy for me. He was pretty devastated when I signed with Penrith. He's had my back since day one so I thank him for that."
With the classy Jamie Lyon also contributing to his development, it is hardly surprising Whare has come on so quickly.
"In my eyes they were the best centres over the last couple of years, so I've tried to learn as much as I can off them. I think it's worked out good. I try to pick their brains and get a little bit off each of them every time I play."
Selected at centre for Saturday's match, he can also play fullback and has been used on the wing, although that increasingly specialist position remains a bit of a mystery.
"We had Jamie Lyon come on to the wing at times this year and he had no idea what he was doing. He'd be telling us in games 'never put me on the wing again'. He's one of the best centres in the world and he can't play on the wing."
The "neither can I" is implicit.
Whare has great memories of Townsville. On his NRL debut there last year he scored with his first touch in the fifth minute, and had a hat-trick inside half an hour, becoming the first Manly player to ever notch a treble on NRL debut.
"It was a dream debut. We hadn't won up there in seven years."
A reminder that the NRL isn't easy soon followed as he went 10 matches before scoring again.
Kiwis fans will be hoping history repeats when Whare makes a second debut at Dairy Farmers Stadium on Saturday night.
"Yeah that would be awesome," he says of maybe scoring another hat-trick, "but a win would be better."


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The Real Estate Round Table
Killeen Real Estate Listings – Your Ultimate Guide
If you're looking for Killeen real estate listings, then you've come to the right place. In this guide, you're about to discover what the market is currently like for real estate in Killeen, as well as pick up a few useful tips for making the process smooth and easy – regardless of whether you're of buying or selling real estate in this area – so let's get started.
Firstly, there's never been a better time to enter the real estate market in Killeen. There's currently a wide range of homes for sale here, especially if you're looking for a family home in the 2 to 4 bedroom range.
One of the best places to find more details about these homes is online. Thanks to popular real estate websites you can browse a wide variety of homes in Killeen – and there's new real estate coming up for sale every single day. In fact, a quick search on Zillow reveals hundreds of homes in this area – all of which cover a variety of price points.
Additionally, another popular website known as Realtor will show you that there's over 1,300 homes for sale in Killeen right now, so there's never been a better time to buy a new home in this area. Websites such as these are a great resource when you're shopping around for a new home to live in.
But what if you're planning to sell your home in Killeen? Well, thanks to huge demand, you've picked a fantastic time to sell. If you want to make the process quick and easy (as well as secure a fast sale!) then it makes sense to prepare your home for some viewings.
With autumn in full swing, this is the season to unfurl the warm, comforting rugs and display some welcoming pumpkins at the door. Even the scent of warm baked apple pie drifting from the kitchen will help to make your property more inviting, and help potential buyers imagine themselves living in this home.
Overall, it has never been easier to find Killeen real estate listings – especially when you have the internet at your fingertips. Popular websites like Zillow and Realtor cover the entire market, so you'll be sure to see every top buy as it comes up for sale. What's more, this gives you a great idea of what the market is currently like if you're selling – so you know what sort of competition you're up against!
Things To Do Before Putting Up A Homes For Sale Ad
The real estate market is not a joke. There is an increase in demand for houses that are built with state-of-the-art technology and maintained so too. As such, it would be virtually impossible for one to put up a homes for sale sign alongside a piece of property that doesn't look the part. In this article, we highlight some of the things that as a realtor you should do before letting the word out that such and such a home is up for sale.
Ensure That Each Home Is In Great Condition
It can be very disappointing to invite potential buyers to a home that is riddled with damages here and there. The moment you put a homes for sale sign alongside the property or in a newspaper ad, it is expected that you have assessed the home for damages and taken the appropriate steps to remedy the situation. Ensure that each home is clean, attractive, and spacious enough if you are to dazzle the potential buyers.
Price The Home Right
The mistake that most realtors make is over-pricing homes. The best practice is to invite an independent auditor to evaluate the home and the piece of property on which the home is built. If you are not satisfied with the estimated value that you get, you can always renovate the property in order to attract better prices. You can always gamble and quote the price at 10% above the estimated value.
Work With A Real Estate Lawyer
A realtor working alone might not see to it that homes are sold at the right price. Home sellers want to get the most out of their homes while buyers want the best value for their money. An estate lawyer will come in handy when legal issues arise during the transaction. The lawyer will also aid in the drafting of contract papers as well as the papers to do with the transfer of ownership.
Ensure Home Inspections Are Conducted
Every homes for sale advert should be accompanied with the necessary documents. One essential document that you shouldn't miss is a certificate of inspection. After having the homes inspected, it is your duty as the realtor to acquire the certificates that prove this. It goes without saying that inspected homes that pass the test will cost more.
Market The Homes Right
The bit that is left after taking care of the steps above is marketing. Your homes for sale ads should be placed in strategic locations where they attract more viewers. Make use of online marketing platforms as well as mobile marketing tools.
From Finding The Perfect House For Sale – To Moving In – How To Stay Stress-Free
Moving home is known to be one of the most intensely stressful events in life for the majority of people. However, it doesn't need to be full of stress and challenges. There are ways in which to make the entire process, from looking for a new house to settling in with the final touches, a smooth and stress-free process. Preparation and research are key in making sure the entire process runs smoothly – starting from the first steps in finding a suitable house for sale.
The first step in creating a stress-free experience in moving house is to assign a notebook, or digital document to the project. It is important to make sure that throughout the process, from your first enquiries through the purchase of your new house and the sale of your current home, to your final move, you keep all of the information regarding your move in one place. This will significantly lower the stress levels and the chances of things going wrong along the way.
When you start looking for houses for sale in the area of your choice, make notes in your notebook or digital document of the top priorities. When we are in the middle of a task it is often easy to forget some of the most important points. Having a numbered list of the things that are most important to you in a new home will help you to keep organized, and will help you to make sure that you do end up with exactly what you want. Keep this list on a separate page, with plenty of space after it so that you can add to it as more factors occur to you.
Create a new page for each house you look at, and make notes about the houses themselves as well as your overall feelings about each property so that you can go back and compare them later. You can also make notes about the different neighborhoods and surrounding areas for each property. Add in any questions you need to remember to ask the realtor, and any points you will need to remember to check up on.
As the project continues from finding the perfect house for sale to the purchasing process, to selling your current home, to finding the right movers, dealing with utility services, and every other aspect of the move, be sure to keep adding information, questions, reminders and your thoughts to this notebook or digital document in order to stay organized, in control and stress free throughout the entire experience.


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Dogs vs Owners
June 28th, 2016
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Burp support for Firefox Plug-n-Hack
The plugin is currently beta and also requires the latest beta version of Firefox, but when it is stabilized it will be available on the Firefox Marketplace.
If you have installed the Plug-n-Hack plugin, configuring a clean installation of Firefox to work with Burp is pretty straightforward. First, in your browser, enter the URL to connect directly to your Burp Proxy listener (by default 127.0.0.1:8080):
On the Burp welcome page, follow the Plug-n-Hack link:
Click on the "Configure your browser" button, and accept the warning displayed by the plugin:
If everything worked, you will see a "Configuration succeeded" message:
The configuration will have carried out two tasks. Firstly, it will configure your browser to use Burp as its proxy server, via a proxy auto-configuration file created by Burp:
Secondly, it will install Burp's SSL CA certificate as a trusted root in your browser, to eliminate SSL warnings when intercepting traffic to SSL web sites:
Hopefully the new Plug-n-Hack support might make life a bit easier next time you are setting up Burp on a new machine.
12 comments:
- oxdef said...
Hope it will have switch on/off button on the panel.
- September 14, 2013 at 5:37 PM
- Geri said...
Should this work with the free v1.5 burp as well or only with the pro version?
- September 15, 2013 at 1:00 PM
- Reza Hossain said...
I have installed FireFox Beta 24.0, but can't find the extension.
Could anyone please post the link?
- September 16, 2013 at 5:17 AM
- PortSwigger said...
@oxdef That is surely desirable since if a user isn't sure how to configure their browser to use the tool, they also probably don't know how to undo the config. This would be a matter for the FF extension to implement.
@Geri This feature was added to Burp Pro very recently and isn't in the current free edition.
@Reza Hoassain This is the official Mozilla post:
which links to:
- September 16, 2013 at 4:22 PM
- Reza Hossain said...
Thanks PortSwigger, I have installed it now.
- September 17, 2013 at 12:40 AM
- Reza Hossain said...
My company uses proxy, How do I configure burp that redirect all request go to my company proxy after burp proxy?
- September 24, 2013 at 12:15 PM
- PortSwigger said...
@Reza Hoassain You can configure this at Options / Connections / Upstream proxy servers. The help button on the panel will explain how.
- September 25, 2013 at 8:49 AM
- Reza Hossain said...
@PortSwigger Thanks for your help. I was able to setup upstream proxy.
- September 25, 2013 at 11:11 PM
can anyone tell me please from where i can download and install plug-n-hack extension to config my firefox with burp suite
- July 10, 2014 at 6:09 AM
@Reza, oxdef
You can find the "ringleader" project here:
It contains an .xpi file in this project:
This is an add-on file for Mozilla FF & similar browsers. Just download this file and open it with your browser.
- September 20, 2014 at 3:47 PM
- martin wirts said...
Here: https://github.com/mozmark/ringleader/blob/master/fx_pnh.xpi?raw=true
- November 16, 2014 at 5:49 AM
- Unknown said...
i am unable to install it..i am using firefox 34 and burp 1.6 pro.although i tested on firefox 24 but didnt get success..it is showing configuration is in process but not getting success
- December 8, 2014 at 6:52 AM


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|via este, 30034 Oriago di Mira Venezia, Italy
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The living room is equipped with all the amenities you will need during your stay, including a very nice environment. It is very trendy and cozy. The view is very pretty. The kitchen is fully equipped so you can prepare delicious meals during your stay.
The bus stop to the city is located at 5/8 minutes walk and buses are frequent.
For a minute walk from the apartment there is a bakery, a newspaper stand and a tobacco shop where you can buy bus tickets. Just 3 minutes walk from the apartment there is a large supermarket. The area is quiet and residential.
Enjoy your stay.
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We were very happy with the apartment. All in top condition :) You could reach all easily accessible by bus or on foot. (Also worth) What we lacked were the bikes to borrow, as even here could see many things. This means that the feet do not wehtuen so fast. :)
Wir waren mit dem Apartment sehr zu frieden.
Alles im Top Zustand :)
Man konnte alles bequem mit dem Bus oder zu Fuß erreichen. (Sehenswürdige)
Was uns noch fehlte waren die Fahrräder zum leihen, da man selbst hier viele Dinge sehen konnte. Damit auch die Füße nicht so schnell wehtuen. :)
Wir haben uns in der kleinen , aber gepflegten Wohnung sehr wohl gefühlt. Venedig ist mit dem Auto in 20 Minuten erreichbar.Die Gastgeber sind sehr nett und aufmerksam.
L'alloggio è pulito e ordinato, cucina ben fornita e grande come il bagno e la camera matrimoniale. Samuel è molto gentile e disponibile. L'appartamento è facilmente raggiungibile da Piazzale Roma con la linea 53, anche se ci vuole all'incirca una mezz'oretta. Sono stata ospite insieme ad una mia amica per visitare la città e siamo rimaste molto soddisfatte.
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The apartment was very clean and provides all the essentials- clean linens and towels, plenty of blankets and sheets, a coffee make and a blow dryer. The location is approx 20 minutes from the airport and has plenty of safe parking.
Elena, out hostess, was very helpful and friendly. The wifi worked well. There is a small grocery store a few steps from the apartment, and also the bus station that will take you to Venice.
Samuel and Elena was very friendly and helpful. Bus was in the near (10 min.) and it drive directly in the Heart of Venezia: 2,60 Euro on way. To Supermarket is 5 min. The Appartment was good and modern, but it is not really perfect for 2 couples, because is only one big double bed. The rest is one sofa bed (little small for two persons) and one little, extra bed and in another room. So, for 1 couple and 2 persons perfect, but not for 2 couple.
The apartment was clean and well presented. There was also enough equipment for us to prepare meals in the kitchen.
Samuel was a pleasant and friendly host, explaining where all of the local amenities were and how to get to them. The private parking was very useful for us as we came with a car.
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The house was excellent, more than we would expected!!!
Samuel and his sister were always available and very helpful.
We (4 adults + 2 children) had a very pleasant stay and would recommend Villa Aurora any time.
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Wet and Wild Fun in Northern Ohio
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Escape Kit
- A One-Night Stay for Up to Six Guests in a Two-Bedroom, Two-Bathroom Suite, Sundays through Thursdays ($159) or Fridays ($199)
- Waterpark Admission for All Guests from Noon on Day of Arrival to 3 p.m. on Day of Departure
- Madagascar Mini Golf Passes for Up to Six Guests
- Combine Vouchers to Stay for Up to Three Nights
The Digs
With kid-friendly thrills and plenty of space for adults to chill, Kalahari Resort offers something for everyone. In addition to the indoor waterpark's selection of surf and slides, the resort boasts a full-service spa, an animal park, and a variety of restaurants. Accommodations at this all-ages retreat feature one king-size bed, a separate room with two queen-size beds, a sleeper sofa, two full bathrooms, flat-screen TVs, and Wi-Fi.
The Destination
With Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east, Sandusky rests in between two of the Buckeye State's biggest cities. Home to a world-class amusement park and a variety of other family-centric attractions, the city is a popular spot for thrill-seekers of all ages. Plus, its location on the shores of Lake Erie makes it a choice destination for waterfront festivals, as well as boating and fishing events.
The Diversions
Fuel up for H2O adventures with a hearty breakfast before heading to the waterpark, where the FlowRider awaits. Shoot the curl on the wet 'n' wild ride, which pumps out 50,000 gallons of water each minute to create a five-foot wave. Then, grab the whole family and pile into a raft at Victoria Falls, take a chill trip down the Lazy River, or experience a nearly 30-second free fall on the Zip Coaster.
After hanging ten in the park, dry off and check out the resort's Madagascar Mini Golf. Get amped for a round on the rainbow-hued course, and be sure and wear white to catch the full effect of the attraction's black lights. After a game or two, you can keep riding the entertainment wave by swinging through the Tree Top Play Area.
"We have visited Kalahari many times, and each time, it keeps getting better and better! The inside and outside waterpark are both wonderful. A new add is the outdoor small safari park and the rope and zipline course—a great way to to try ziplining."-- TripAdvisor
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Work on these costumes started in 2008 (I think?) and they kept getting put off for future cons since we couldn't find one that all three of us were attending. We finally finished the costumes in 2010 for Katsucon – and we re-made everything on them in the time in between. Our original armor was too heavy, the original fur we thought was too long, so we got new fur, which was too shiny, then we went back to the first fur, made new armor, blah blah etc etc. In the end the only things that stayed the same were our wigs (yes, I know the Yuna wig isn't all flippy like it ought to be…) and the claws on the paws and feet. Everything else was re-made. There is so much on these costumes! It didn't seem like so much until we started running out of time to complete them.
I feel like I should also mention that all of this fur started out white, and I dyed and added spots to it – it really doesn't look like that much fur, but after dying, brushing, and adding spots to all of it – I feel like maybe I never want to look at fur again.
The first time we made our armor out of an air dry clay (I don't recall the name) and it weighed sort of a lot… so when we re made it all (yeah, because that was fun) we made it out of paperclay. Paperclay is such an amazing invention, I love it. I did not really love gearing up in full winter gear to sit outside and sand it in the middle of winter, but we all do crazy things for cosplay, right?
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Study of Adrenalectomy Versus Observation for Subclinical Hypercortisolism
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- Adrenal tumors are a common kind of tumor. Some of these secrete extra cortisol into the body, which can lead to diabetes, obesity, and other diseases. Some people with extra cortisol will show symptoms like bruising and muscle weakness. Others will show no signs. This is called subclinical hypercortisolism. Some of these adrenal tumors become malignant. Researchers want to know the best way to treat people with subclinical hypercortisolism. They want to know if removing the tumor by surgery reduces the long-term effects of the disease.
- To see if removing an adrenal tumor by surgery improves blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, or cholesterol, and cancer detection.
- Adults 18 and older with an adrenal tumor and high cortisol levels.
- Participants will be screened with medical history, blood tests, and a CT scan.
- Participants will have a baseline visit. They will have blood and urine tests and 7 scans. For most scans, a substance is injected through a tube in the arm. Participants will lie still on a table in a machine that takes images.
- Participants will have surgery to remove their tumor. Some will have surgery right away. Some will have surgery 6 months later, after 2 follow-up appointments.
- Participants will have 4 follow-up visits in the first year after surgery. They will have 2 visits the second year, then yearly visits for 3 years. At each follow-up visit, they will have scans and blood tests.
Cushing Syndrome
Procedure: Adrenalectomy
Other: Observation
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: No masking
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Randomized Control Trial of Adrenalectomy Versus Observation for Subclinical Hypercortisolism
- To determine whether unilateral adrenalectomy in patients diagnosed with subclinical hypercortisolism and an adrenal neoplasm results in normalization and/or improvement of metabolic complications. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- To determine the risk of primary adrenal malignancy in patients with subclinical hypercortisolism and adrenal mass less than 5 cm. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- To determine whether FDG PET/CT scan is diagnostic of subclinical hypercortisolism. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- To determine the optimal diagnostic test for subclinical hypercortisolism. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- To determine whether patients show an improvement in quality of life after adrenalectomy compared to medical therapy. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- To determine whether patients have an increased risk of deep venous thrombosis with subclinical hypercortisolism, regardless of treatment. [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
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|Study Start Date:
|November 19, 2013
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|July 1, 2019
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|July 1, 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
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Procedure: Adrenalectomy
Surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands
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Procedure: Adrenalectomy
Surgical removal of one or both adrenal glandsOther: Observation
Observation for 6 months prior to surgery
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|18 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Senior)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- An individual with an adrenal neoplasm less than 5 cm in size with biochemically confirmed evidence of hypercortisolism (2 out of 3: DST >3 mcgl/dL, elevated urine free cortisol, and/or morning ACTH <2.2 pmol/l) without overt clinical signs and symptoms.
- Age greater than or equal to 18 years.
- Adults must be able to understand and sign the informed consent document.
- Patients must have laboratory and physical examination parameters within acceptable limits by standard of practice.
- Biochemically and/or radiologically confirmed pheochromocytoma, hyperaldosteronoma, or adrenocortical carcinoma.
- Nonfunctioning adrenal neoplasm.
- Pre-existing cancers and/or metastatic disease to the adrenal glands.
- Pregnancy and/or lactation.
- Lack of metabolic complications.
- Imaging features worrisome for malignancy (heterogeneous tumor, presence of calcifications, necrosis, >10 Hounsfield units on an unenhanced CT scan, and delayed washout of contrast).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02001051
|Contact: Roxanne E Merkel
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|Contact: Dhaval T Patel, M.D.
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
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|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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|Study First Received:
|November 27, 2013
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|May 12, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Cancer Institute (NCI) ):
Unilateral Adrenal Neoplasm
Cushing Syndrome
Adrenal Incidentalomas
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cushing Syndrome
Adrenocortical Hyperfunction
Adrenal Gland Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
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So like the Professor said...worry about your own team. That pasting your G-men took yesterday ought to have all of you too embarrassed to even be here.


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the digits in the new number. What is their sum? Now try some other
possibilities for yourself!
Choose two digits and arrange them to make two double-digit
numbers. Now add your double-digit numbers. Now add your single
digit numbers. Divide your double-digit answer by your single-digit
answer. Try lots of examples. What happens? Can you explain it?
Take any four digit number. Move the first digit to the 'back of
the queue' and move the rest along. Now add your two numbers. What
properties do your answers always have?
A quiz has twenty questions with seven points awarded for each correct answer, two points deducted for each wrong answer and zero for each question omitted. Jack scores 87 points. How many questions did he omit?
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Despite going the entire season unbeaten and winning the quadruple in 2007, Jayne Ludlow says that Arsenal's desire is greater than ever to achieve more success.
With Faye White injured for the majority of last season, Ludlow captained Arsenal on their way to European glory and a domestic clean sweep, and is keen to keep on winning.
"I'm still as competitive as ever, and the rest of the girls will say the same," Ludlow told the FA's official website.
"The reason our squad has been so successful in recent years is because we have so many competitive individuals who want to go out there and achieve, and I don't think that having more trophies on the shelf will change that.
"In a way it has been harder for us this season and perhaps some of the girls could do with a rest. It was a big year for us last term, both physically and emotionally, and with most of the England girls going straight into the World Cup in China, and then straight back into the season here in October - it's difficult. But we're determined to keep going."
Ludlow is also quick to praise Arsenal's opponents in the final, who like the Gunners have been playing catch-up with fixtures since the World Cup. Ludlow explained: "All the teams in our league are getting stronger, especially Everton. They are getting fitter and have better technical ability.
"At the start of the season we envisaged that Everton would be hot on our heels and it has panned out that way. If you look at our results we're probably the best two sides in the country so it should be a great final."
Looking back on some of the finals she has played in, Ludlow highlights the FA Women's Cup Final last year at Nottingham Forest as a special highlight. Scoring twice in front of a record crowd of 24,529, Ludlow led the Gunners to the final part of their four trophy haul.
"It was one of the best days of my career. Playing well in a Cup Final is fantastic because you will sometimes get there and for whatever reason you don't perform. On a personal note I enjoyed the game immensely, and from a team perspective it was a great game.
"From minute one we started playing the ball around and although we let them in for the first goal, everything else went perfectly and it summed up the season for us."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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a special place with special views
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면적33 m²
Floor No.(with elevator)
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Accommodation summary
|Plaza Comendadoras, 28015 Madrid, 스페인
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
Bright and sunny, the apartment has a balcony offering open views of the square, as well as of Madrid's famous blue skies and sunsets. Perfect for couples, single travelers or good friends.
Cleverly designed to make the most of the space, the apartment has a living room, a sleeping alcove with a comfortable double bed, a spacious bathroom with shower and a well-equipped kitchenette. Beautiful details include old marble floors, a vaulted ceiling, exposed beams and authentic Spanish terracotta kitchen tiles. Note: an extra single mattress (also very comfortable) can accommodate a third person, and a fold-up cot is available for babies.
Other amenities include elevator, bed and bath linens, kitchen essentials, washing machine, iron and ironing board, hairdryer, ample closet space, comfortable beds, TV, phone and internet. A selection of guides and maps of Madrid, Spanish phrasebooks and dictionaries, and an eclectic library of English and Spanish books is also available for the visitor to use.
Centrally located in a lovely neighborhood with cobblestoned streets in the heart of Madrid, the apartment is a stone's throw from Gran Vía and Plaza de España, close to Tribunal and Chueca, and within easy walking distance of historic points of interest, such as the Royal Palace, Plaza Mayor and Puerta del Sol. Excellent public transport connections. Near metro stations Noviciado (line 2), Plaza de España (lines 3 and 10) and San Bernardo (line 4). Also within easy walking distance of Tribunal and Bilbao (both line 1).
P.S. For anyone with open-ended plans that wants to explore Spain, please see my listing in Cáceres (world heritage city in lovely, off-the-beaten-track Extremadura). Great for anyone who wants to visit a beautifully-conserved medieval city, be close to nature (great bird watching too!) and get an insider's glimpse of the "real" Spain.
숙소규정This apartment was formerly owned and designed by Isabel García Tapia (a well-known Spanish interior designer) and has been maintained with care, attention and love. Please treat it the same way!
Important: please contact me through the Wimdu platform, before booking
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Very nice and clean little appartement with everything you need. The communication with Nuria worked out very well. She is a very friendly and helpful host. The district is not too far from Madrid`s center and not to close; so it`s not crowded at all, luckily. I would stay here again.
Nice small apartment. Not far from metro station. few supermarkets around. Nuria is very helpful. She left the key in a bar, so we could come at the middle of the night.
The apartment was really nice and we always felt like home. Nuria is a very caring and excellent host.
Thank you for having us!
cosy place to stay for a week in the winter.
Convenient for all aspects of sightseeing,by walking , or by using buses or the Metro system.Met by Nuria who gave us a friendly welcome and communication with her was excellent
Nuria and Marcel are warm and carefull hosts that make you feel welcome
we had a pleasant stay in a nice quartier of Madrid near by the centre.
Everthing you need in the neighbourhood and comfortabel appartment.
My husband and I loved our stay at this apartment. Nuria was welcoming and gave us some great advice and recommendations. The apartment is in a quieter, less touristy area of the city but very much within walking distance to all of Madrid's attractions. Highly recommended!
We would like to thank Nuria once more for such an amazing place to stay!
The flat is so cosy, bright, beautiful and nice that you really feel like being AT HOME! The studio itself has everything you need.
The area is beautiful and perfect for those who want to feel the atmosphere of Madrid. There are loads of cosy restaurants, bars, shops and cafes around. We walked all the way to central and everywhere around.
Nuria is unbelievable host, so helpful, friendly and nice! We hope we'll see you again!
We wish you all the best!
Anna and Eanna
What a lovely flat! We absolutely loved our stay in Madrid. The flat was really cozy and we couldn't have asked for better. The area is really nice and close to metro stations but we walked almost everywhere during our stay. But we now know why people thought we were crazy to go in the middle of the summer to Madrid, very very hot! Next time we visit Madrid will be in spring or autumn. Thank you Nuria!
Nuria's apartment is the perfect place to stay in Madrid if you want a few days stay feeling like a local and not a tourist! It is in a lovely little plaza without a tourist in sight yet still in easy walking distance from all that Madrid has to offer. There is no traffic allowed in the little plaza and we enjoyed the hum of noise from conversation in the 3 cafes on the plaza as well as music from street musicians into the early hours. If you want the vibe of inner city life this apartment is for you. Plus the bed is comfortable and the shower has a strong whoosh not a trickle.
We loved everything about this place - the location is brilliant, in a delightful square close to transport links but for us (a pair of seasoned walkers) within walking distance of almost everything. The view over the square was great and we could feel part of life going on below and join in by having a drink there when we wanted to. The apartment was well equipped, comfortable and clean, the information provided wonderful and the ambience very welcoming. Our hostess was particularly kind and helpful when we had problems as we were about to leave. Thank you Nuria for your help and support.
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A NUCLEAR WINTER'S TALE: Science and Politics in the 1980s. Lawrence Badash. xvi + 403 pp. The MIT Press, 2009. $40.
A Nuclear Winter's Tale, by Lawrence Badash, is an intricately detailed history of a subject that, by the author's own admission, never managed to capture the sustained attention of the media, the public or policy makers—even at the height of its visibility in the early to mid-1980s. Thus it is not the sort of book the average educated reader, even one interested in nuclear weapons or the history of science, is likely to pick up. Scientists and historians of science, meanwhile, will likely be wary of the amount of space that Badash devotes to the bureaucratic and organizational wrangling over the subject of nuclear winter. Any book that contains chapters titled "Report after Report" and "Bureaucracy and Bickering" is going to be a tough sell to most potential readers.
That's a shame, because A Nuclear Winter's Tale deserves a large audience, both for what it has to say about the specific subject of nuclear winter and for the larger questions it raises with respect to science, policy and society. The book would have benefited from greater concision—it sometimes feels as though Badash is attempting an almost 1:1 scale recreation of the debate over nuclear winter that took place in the 1980s. Nevertheless, the volume is a valuable contribution to the history of nuclear weapons and the history of science more generally.
Atmospheric scientist Richard Turco coined the term nuclear winter in 1983 to refer to the dramatic decrease in world temperatures (perhaps by as much as 30 to 40 degrees Celsius on continents in the Northern Hemisphere) that he believed would result from sunlight being blocked by smoke lofted into the atmosphere following a nuclear war. In such a scenario, mass human extinction would result worldwide—in belligerent and noncombatant nations alike.
Turco was one of a five-member team of pioneering researchers who investigated nuclear winter in the 1980s; the others were atmospheric scientist Thomas Ackerman, planetary scientist Carl Sagan and two of Sagan's former students—James Pollack and Owen Brian Toon. Although Sagan would become the public face of the ensuing debate over nuclear winter, the science was the joint product of this team, collectively referred to as TTAPS (an amalgam of the initials of their last names). Somewhat unusually, the first public announcement of their findings (in October 1983) came not in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, but rather in the pages of Parade magazine, a popular Sunday newspaper supplement for which Sagan was a contributing science editor. The Parade article was quickly followed by a conference in Washington, D.C., and then a December 1983 article in Science in which TTAPS laid out the scientific case for nuclear winter. In A Nuclear Winter's Tale, Badash examines both the scientific history of nuclear winter as a concept and the debate over its relevance to nuclear policy and the Cold War arms race.
By far the most stimulating parts of this book are the early chapters in which Badash recounts the scientific origins of the concept, which he traces to developments in a cluster of seemingly unrelated scientific disciplines. "No credible scientist in the 1970s," Badash writes, "would have linked the effects of nuclear weapons, particle microphysics, atmospheric chemistry, fire and smoke research, volcanic eruptions, ozone depletion, planetary studies, and dinosaur extinction." After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the effects of nuclear weapons were studied extensively by scientists at the major nuclear-weapons laboratories in the United States. But the outsiders who made up the TTAPS team were the first to seriously investigate the potentially dramatic climatic effects of smoke produced by nuclear explosions. It took seemingly serendipitous developments in fields not normally associated with nuclear weapons—most notably, studies of fire and climate—combined with the advent of digital computers to lay the groundwork for their research. "In an area well plowed with federal funding and with a near monopoly by the federal government," Badash notes, "a few competent civilian scientists were able to make a major discovery."
At the outset, Badash disclaims any effort to judge "the validity of the [nuclear winter] prediction," declaring that "as a historian of science, it is not my task to solve scientific controversies but to report and analyze them." Nevertheless, he is clearly sympathetic to the work of the TTAPS team. He exonerates them of charges that they allowed politics to skew their findings and concludes that "based on the capabilities of the computer models and on the various quantitative data that went into [nuclear winter], the TTAPS conclusion was valid." He is somewhat less kind to the scientific critics of nuclear winter: He accuses them of engaging in "hand waving" and notes that "they condemned the concept, but they failed to provide models and data that could be used to generate alternative climatic results."
In general, however, Badash judges the scientific debate over nuclear winter in the 1980s to have been rigorous, healthy and productive. The same could be said of Badash's treatment of the underlying science. Although he is clearly persuaded by the main thrust of the TTAPS research on nuclear winter, he gives equal time to critics, following the scientific back-and-forth on the subject in great detail.
Badash weaves the public and policy debates over nuclear winter into his treatment of the science, declaring that by the second half of the 20th century, "science, popularization, and politics" had become closely tied together in the United States. The policy part of this story is less interesting than the science simply because it is more predictable. Ronald Reagan had come into office proclaiming the need for a massive nuclear-arms buildup to counter the perceived threat from the Soviet Union. Unsurprisingly, the Reagan administration did not rush to embrace scientific findings that threatened to turn nuclear weapons into, in Sagan's words, "an elaborate way of committing suicide." Badash is careful to note that the administration sought neither to censor research regarding nuclear winter nor to punish those who undertook it. Rather, the Department of Defense and other relevant agencies acknowledged the possibility of nuclear winter, stressed the uncertainties surrounding the phenomenon, and then claimed that if it did exist, it merely reinforced the administration's existing policy preferences (such as the Strategic Defense Initiative). "Suppressing [nuclear winter] in this fashion," concludes Badash, "was politically effective; it took the wind out of the sails that Sagan tried to inflate."
A somewhat more interesting question is why Sagan—a witty, telegenic master of making science interesting and accessible—was unable to rally more public interest in the topic. It was certainly not for lack of effort; Badash describes Sagan as "a one-man whirlwind of nuclear winter promotion." Nuclear winter made a big splash following its initial unveiling in October 1983, but after that it quickly faded from public view and failed to make any lasting impression on the popular consciousness.
In the introduction to the book Badash downplays the impact of structural forces on the nuclear-winter story, but such forces do appear to have played an important role. As he notes, four decades of living under the shadow of the bomb had led the public to become "blasé about nuclear destruction." Moreover, the two most powerful interest groups that might have mobilized public opinion on nuclear winter—the peace movement and the federal government—remained largely uninterested in the phenomenon. Antinuclear activists had long ago concluded that nuclear war was unthinkable and unwinnable; they thus found little that was new or interesting in the concept of nuclear winter. Politicians, military leaders and defense analysts in Washington, meanwhile, had long been wedded to ideas about nuclear war that had only the most tenuous of connections to reality. The irrational policy of nuclear overkill that characterized U.S. Cold War military policy was deeply rooted and bipartisan, having originated long before Reagan took office. Thus it is not surprising that, arrayed against this structural background, even Sagan's seemingly boundless powers of persuasion came up short.
Badash characterizes the debate over nuclear winter as "a muddled, chaotic, controversial, and very human story of a scientific idea moving through the scientific community and the government bureaucracy." At times, A Nuclear Winter's Tale reflects the muddled nature of the debate all too well. A more concise approach might have resulted in a more accessible (and thus more influential) book. Nevertheless, this is an important volume. Badash's work does justice to both the science and the history of a phenomenon that has implications for the very survival of the human species.
Sean L. Malloy is an assistant professor of history and member of the founding faculty at the University of California, Merced. He is the author of Atomic Tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to Use the Bomb Against Japan (Cornell University Press, 2008) and of articles dealing with nuclear targeting in World War II and American pre-Hiroshima knowledge of the radiation effects produced by nuclear weapons.
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1988 Chevy Truck - Busted Knuckles
Far-Out Fullsize-A Toast To The Old School
We met up with Stephen McComb and his ground punishing '88 Chevy at Texas Showdown. In fact, it was the first thing we saw while at the show, since we arrived a little earlier than most of the registered vehicles. At first glance, we just noticed a cool, old square lying on the ground, but once in closer proximity, we noticed it was a Crew Cab. You can imagine how much our level of enthusiasm skyrocketed after seeing the bigger picture.
Stephen has been fiddling with his new project for eight months now, and in that time, he's had Chaotic Rods and Customs, in Conroe, Texas, fab a 2x4-inch boxed frame from the firewall back. A purpose-built two-link setup has been devised for the use of wide rear tires when the time comes, so the links and Slam Specialties RE7 'bags have been tucked safely inside the confines of the frame. Stephen also plans on narrowing the rearend six inches to ensure the maximum amount of meats can be utilized. The front crossmember has been Z'd three inches by Chaotic, and then Stephen boxed and gusseted it for added strength. Belltech 2-inch spindles can also be found up front, and their shocks have been bolted onto each corner for optimum ride and handling.
As far as the engine and drivetrain are concerned, Stephen upgraded the stock 454ci V-8 with a Performance Products air intake, a Holley 750 carb, an MSD ignition, a Lunati cam, and a Flowmaster 2 1/2-inch exhaust system. The driveshaft has been shortened a bit and the truck's axles have been converted to a 1/2-ton from its previous 3/4-ton status.
So far, a stock-floor body drop with a 1-inch driveshaft tunnel has been completed, and the gas door, stake pockets, driprails, and taillights have been deleted from the equation. We're digging the addition of the '59 Caddy tails, which will tie in with the matching '59 dash and steering wheel that are also slated to make an appearance. Stephen plans on chopping the roof line three inches and shaving the door handles and the front bumper so he can stretch a '68 Camaro unit to fit.
As you may notice, the truck is slowly evolving into a nod to the '60s, which is actually being done to honor Stephen's dad who is a custom paint and body expert from the old days. We hope you've been as dazzled by Stephen's work in progress as we were when we spotted it first. It's sure to be a crowd favorite once it's wrapped up.


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Making a semi sweet mead using 71b, It's been a little more than a month. The air lock bubbles about every 10 sec. It seem it has slowed down quit a bit in the last few days. Dont want and bad taste from the lees.
Thought I heard I should wait until it bubbles once every 30 sec. But thought I should be there by now.