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I read in another post that Italians tend to "shutdown" in midsummer. I thought it was just due to a nectar dearth here. My hives look healthy but are no longer boiling over with bees as they were a few weeks ago. There are tight clusters of eggs and brood, but not throughout the brood boxes like a few weeks ago. They've been booting out drones for the last day or so. They appear to be hunkering down for winter already.
I put on another shallow super of foundation about 10 days ago, but they've only drawn out about 1/4" on about 80% the frames. I was hoping the population wouldn't go down until after the fall flows which are usually pretty good here.
Questions -- Have others seen this same behavior in Italians?
Can you feed extracted honey on the inner cover (to prevent robbing) to simulate a flow to keep wax production up (and still extract without syrup in the supers)? I've read where this can help with comb honey production in areas where flows aren't especially concentrated.
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More than a year after he left office, Álvaro Uribe Vélez confessed that "it was not in him" to live as a former president. And in fact, having dominated Colombian politics for eight years, it has been impossible for Uribe to fade from the public eye since leaving office in August 2010. Instead of retiring to his ranch in Antioquia, he has lived in a heavily protected compound in the capital, Bogotá, with his wife and two sons. He spends his time traveling abroad for speaking engagements, has been a scholar at Georgetown University, and more recently announced the creation of a new political platform to oppose current President Juan Manuel Santos.


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What can I do about little white bugs on my cactus?
Sounds like mealy bug. Looking like tiny white slaters, these insects sometimes cover themselves with a waxy wool within which they lay their eggs - and they breed fast. If the infestation is not too bad you can pick the pests off with tweezers or a large needle, or dab on a drop of methylated spirits to kill both bug and eggs. Otherwise try puffing on a powdered insecticide, or use either a contact or systemic spray.
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" Brand: Oust / Type: Air Fresheners / Category: Home Fragrance "
With owning 2 lovely hamsters, a beautiful cat and being a smoker, my home at times can smell less than fresh and that's without all the spicy food I eat and cook and so on!
Of course I open windows and I am cleaning mad but sometimes I just want something to quickly freshen up a room scent wise so recently I bought this from a local discount store for just £1.00 which I thought was great value for money.
The Packaging:
The can is white and light blue in colour with a push in aerosol spray action to it to the top of if then on the front of the can we are told tat it is Oust Odour Eliminator 'Eliminates odours without masking', Clean Scent and that it is a Johnson product and there is a picture of some washing hanging out on a line shown then on the back of the can other information listed includes being told a bit about the product and how to use it, the size is stated which is 300ml and there is lots of imformation listed on the can in Foreign languages as well as contact details for the manufacturer being clearly given. This is nice looking, high quality packaging and its very simple to use indeed.
Using It:
Using this really couldn't be easier. You simply press down the button to release the spray which comes out of the top of a can via a small hole and it shoots upwards. The spray is a clear liquid and you can't see it as wet in the air as you spray it really but put your hand under where you have just sprayed you can feel a damp fall of it however I don't spray very much at all of this one as I don't feel the need to as the scent is so strong and fresh however I do always be careful where I am spraying it E.G no where near my glass coffee table and so on.
The scent is as I have just mentioned quite strong and I really like it. The only way of describing it is sort of like a cotton fresh smell, it does remind me of my washing when I've washed it and although strong it isn't a harsh or breath-taking fragrance and once sprayed this really does get rid of load of nasty niffs and really does refresh a room. I find the scent of this once sprayed lingers for a good hour and then when the scent does eventually disappear whatever whiff I was trying to get rid by spraying it in the first place is gone!
I feel that this is a brilliant air freshener that really does smell wonderful and beats nasty odours! I don't need very much of it, I do need to be a little careful where I spray it but then to be fair I have used a lot wetter air fresheners in the past than this and at least if I spray this in a room with lino or carpet it doesn't overly soak them and create a sticky, nasty mess but do go easy with it!
A brilliant buy and this scent I will purchase time and time again in the future as it is just such a fresh, clean scent!
Available in all good supermarkets etc.
This review is also posted on Ciao under this same username.
In my house I use rather a lot of air freshener, I have a husband who works in an egg factory so you can imagine the smell when he comes home add to this the 2 children and every expanding number of pets so I am sure you can see why I feel it's needed.
I generally buy Tesco's own air freshener which I find works brilliantly but if there is a special offer on one of the branded ones I do tend to give it a try. I bought this one when it was on offer at £1 which makes it 8p more expensive than he Tesco one which I feel I can stretch to!
You can buy the product from supermarkets, convenience stores and most discount stores, at full price it costs £2.25 which I would never pay. The product comes in a couple of different fragrances which you can tell apart in the shop by the colour of the lid on the tin.
The product comes in a cylindrical tin with a pale blue lid on it which houses the pump button for dispensing, it is claimed that oust will eliminate odours rather than just covering them up by neutralising bad odour molecules in the air which to my mind is what you need from an air freshener.
The air freshener sprays out really well and as it's pretty powerful a few squirts does the job, I love the smell of this spray and find it really smell clean and fresh and has a outdoors type smell to it. The product really does seem to neutralise odours and even though the smell of it lasts about an hour once the smell has gone there are no nasty smells left behind.
I rate this 4 stars from 5 as it does the job brilliantly and you don't need to use much of the product however the price puts me off especially as the Tesco one I use is just as good as this one.
Oust air freshener is not only a fantastic air freshener it is also in my opinion one of the nicest smells in the world. If I could get my house to smell like this all the time then I would be happy but unfortunately I have to make do with using the air freshener but luckily for me it is quite a long lasting fragrance which does wonders to rid the house from smells.
Oust is an odour eliminator which basically means it doesn't just mask bad smells with an overpowering smell of artificial air freshener but instead it actually helps to dissipate them leaving your house smelling clean and fresh.
The fragrance works wonders at eliminating bad smells around the home. I am a smoker (yes I know it's a very bad habit) and although I try to limit my smoking to one room in the house it does manage to invade the rest of the house and clings to fabrics such as the couch and the curtains. Even when I haven't been smoking I can still smell it. Out works to completely freshen the house up and get rid of the smell of smoke.
It also works on pet and cooking smells. My cat is a clean boy but his litter tray obviously doesn't help to keep the house smelling good. Cooking smells can also linger for days depending on what it is I am cooking. If I make sure and spray oust after cooking it helps make sure that the smells don't linger as long. I also make sure that I spray the room with the litter tray on a daily basis to keep it smelling fresh.
There are a few different fragrances of Oust available but my favourite is the Clean Scent one as it actually lives up to its name and really does smell fresh and clean. I would liken it to how the house smells when I have done a laundry load so a sort of soapy clean smell. It is really nice and really does smell fresh and clean and doesn't have a horrible artificial smell to it. It also doesn't smell flowery or as if it is heavily perfumed and really does just leave the house smelling clean and fresh.
The fragrance from this also lasts quite a long time and spraying the bottle for a couple of seconds in the middle of the room is enough for it to smell great for at least a couple of hours at a time. Even when the majority of the fragrance has gone I can still smell hints of it the next day and it really does smell to freshen the whole room right down to the fabrics which don't smell as bad afterwards.
Oust is not as cheap as some of the cheaper own brands but the level of difference between this and the cheaper ones is incomparable. It also isn't that expensive as I usually get mine in my local discount store for a £1. Even in the supermarkets it is only about £1.69 and in my opinion is well worth the money.
Everyone likes things to smell clean and I think a clean scent is a nice one for an aerosol to have. I think some aerosols that claim to make your room and home smell better often make it smell worse and mask the bad smells in your house with this fake flowery heavy scent that smells awful and doesn't really eliminate the odours in your house that you were trying to get rid of in the first place. Oust is different and I have been using it for quite a while in my home now. Its not something I use everyday as part of my cleaning routine but it comes in very handy when we have a lot of visitors.
I keep a can in our downstairs guest bathroom. The can has quite a nice, fresh white design on it so it looks ok in a bathroom, unlike a can of bleach does and it can be hidden behind the toilet quite well as I don't like to keep it in plain sight. Toilet smells, no one likes them but admit it, everybody makes them from time to time. This is exactly whyy I keep a can of spray here. Like I've said above, I do not make Oust part of my everyday bathroom cleaning regime because I do not particularly like the smell but for times when you have guests and a lot of people using the toilet at any one time I like to have a spray that either they or I can use in between visits.
Oust is an odour eliminator and so it is meant to eliminate odours and not just cover them up with a strong perfume smell which is great as I find this really does work and it doesn't just mask the smells. According to their packaging it has a special formula which neutralises bad odour molecules in the air such as pet, bathroom, smoke and musty/mildew odours and it leaves your home smelling clean and fresh. There are a number of different fragrances that you can purchase but I like the clean scent better than the others. This scent is not as flowery or perfumey as the others. It just has more of a clean scent, like a powdery fresh scent and in my opinion in the closest scent you can get to normal smell than the other varieties. THe scent does last for a while but then what I like is that it fades to just leave a nice, fresh clean smelling toilet room again.
The can comes with a spray at the top so all you do is press on the top of the can and the scent will spray out. This makes it really easy to use in my opinion and I like that the scent comes out the top so you can spray it upwards and it will go in the air and covers the whole area you are attempting to smell. I find you really only need one or two little sprays, any more and it is overpowering. I do however, find this air freshener a bit overpowering by just using a little bit. As it is an aerosol I find the spray is the type that can really get into your lungs and as I have asthma this is not the best thing so if I do spray this I do it as soon as I am leaving the bathroom and then close the door behind me to give it time to work but also time to disipate throughout the air.
Upon returning to the scene of the crime I generally find that this spray has worked well and usually taken away the nasty niffs without being too obvious that you sprayed something to cover up your bathroom visit.
Oust is made by SC Johnson and a 300ml can costs £2.25. All in all a nice odour eliminator!
With three young children in the house, scented candles aren't a particularly practical or safe option so I generally rely on products such as plug ins, sprays and diffusers to freshen up my home. In the bathroom, my options are a little more limited so I tend to use sprays to deal with any unpleasant bathroom odours.
I'm not usually very brand loyal and will try new products and brands depending on whatever offers and promotions are available. One product that I do find myself returning to time and time again is Oust, particularly this 'Clean Scent' variety which is my favourite from a fairly limited range of fragrances available.
Oust is manufactured by the SC Johnson company and claims to be an 'Odour Eliminator' rather than just being an Air Freshener (which simply mask unpleasant smells rather than removing or reducing them.) I do think the claims are accurate, particularly in the bathroom, as a single spray from the easy to handle simple aerosol can covers any strong scents and replaces them with a much more pleasant aroma. Once the initial blast of spray has died away, the original unpleasant smell has pretty much evaporated away. There are some mornings when I can't even bear walking into the bathroom when other family members have been in there, but I can venture in just seconds after blasting it with Oust! It is certainly much quicker and more effective than simply opening a window and waiting for the smells to disperse.
The 'Clean Scent' variety, as the name suggests, offers a genuinely fresh, clean fragrance which is ideally suited to bathrooms and toilets. It is quite a feminine and floral smell but fairly nondescript and inoffensive. Unlike some other aerosol air fresheners, this is not too overpowering, even immediately after spraying, and doesn't get up my nose or down the back of my throat like some other brands can.
I wouldn't personally use this elsewhere around the home, despite the claims that this can tackle other sources of bad odour, such as kitchen bins and pets, simply because I think this fragrance is best suited to bathrooms. It is, after all, quite a synthetic kind of smell and not one that I'd want to use in the living room or bedrooms, where something a little more subtle is required.
Oust is generally very good value for money with a 300ml spray can costing under £2 from Wilkinson and most major supermarkets, not accounting for any additional offers or price promotions. I find that a single can lasts for months in our bathroom, as each individual spray is so concentrated and effective. I don't tend to use this elsewhere in the home though, which does mean that the spray has a single specific use and lasts longer.
This might not be the most exciting method of fragrancing a specific area but it is an inexpensive and effective option, which makes Oust Clean Scent a product that I return to on a regular basis and one I'm happy to recommend to others.
Oust Aerosol Clean Scent - 300 ml £1 at Tesco
So Oust claims like many other branded and non branded air fresheners that it will eliminate the causes of nasty niffs rather than just mask them. I figured at the cost of £1 it was wortht trying it out to see if this was really the case.
The tin has a pale blue lid, and claims to be fragranced as 'clean scent'... So on first spraying I have to admit I just went a bit mad. I like my house to smell nice and fresh and would normally open the windows and sit shivering under a blanket with the heating on. However not long ago - disaster I broke the handle off one of my windows. Not wanting to pay for an emergency call out I had to wait a full 10 days to get someone round. Being just a bit paranoid about rats I can't bear to leave my back door open for long periods of time unless I am right by it making noise so I really couldn't bring myself to do that (the broken window was never a fire hazard as I'd never fit through it)...
Now the scent when first sprayed is not unpleasant, it kind of smells reminiscent of fabric softener - nice fresh with a nameless kind of scent. And after a while it did seems to act to neutralise the kind of musty smell in the kitchen. I have to say though it wasn't as good as opening a window would have been - and fresh air is free...
Also I would be more concerned long term about what was causing the nasty niff in the first place. I mean yes I had burned toast and cooked tea in the room, but if it were a long term smell I would highly recommend tracing and removing what ever might be causing it.
I have to say as a temporary fix I would recommend it as it did neutralise the air in the house, but it was a kind of chemical overload and I would say that it was important to make sure it didn't get on any food or onto dishes that would be eaten off. I would recommend it but not long term and I still prefer good old fashioned fresh air...
Air freshener is always a useful product to have around the home and when I moved into my new flat I bought a can of Oust. I got this one as I know it's a good brand and it was on offer in Tesco so I paid only £1 for the large 300 ml can.
The Oust air freshener comes in a typical aerosol canister where the spray is activated by pressing down the button. I have had no difficulties in using it and it gives an ample amount of spray to do the job, but doesn't waste loads at a time or spray out so much that you are gagging from the scent. I find the scent subtle but quite nice. It is not overly chemically and it doesn't catch in the back of my throat and make me feel sick when I spray it, which is a problem I had from some aerosol products including some air fresheners and some deodorants. The scent I have is outdoor scent and it is just a clean, fresh, natural, green type smell which is not too floral and sweet, and it is completely gender neutral in my opinion. It does not leave the sprayed areas feeling fragranced and perfumed as such, just clean and fresh. This is good as I don't want any overpowering chemical scent, I just want to remove bad smells.
So does it work to remove bad smells, as the can promises? They say it will neutralise bad odours, not just mask them. I have found that yes it does. The scent is not strong enough to mask anything, and it genuinely seems to just get rid of the smells. I use this in the bathroom and in the kitchen if there are strong cooking smells from things like garlic and onions. It stops any smells lingering. My bathroom is en suite to my bedroom and I often leave the door open between the two, so I definitely would not want my bathroom to smell bad. I often sit with a book or my iPad relaxing on my bed only a few feet from the bathroom and have never experienced any bad smells from there at all. I did wonder if it might smell a bit musty and damp as I don't have a window that can be opened in the bathroom and I just have an extractor fan, but Oust does manage to eliminate any damp smells e.g. from wet towels.
We don't have any smokers or pets in our household so I cant confirm how good Oust is with these issues but I think Oust would also be effective for these smells.
I have found it effective and would recommend, especially if you can pick it up for £1.
I am always using air freshener, especially in the colder months when I can't have my windows open due to the cold weather. I love my home smelling nice and fresh so always use air freshener after cleaning a room just to spruce it up.
This Oust clean scent air freshener looks the same as Ousts other scented air fresheners with a white can and the normal Oust branding. The only difference being the colour of the cap, this one is a pale blue colour. Each different scent has a corresponding different coloured cap. This Oust is widely available in supermarkets and pound shops, be prepared to pay slightly more if you are buying from a supermarket.
I like the cap on this can as the trigger button is integrated into it, meaning you don't have to remove the cap and then spend 20 minutes trying to get it back on again. It's just a simple, get out of the cupboard, point and spray, put back in the cupboard!
I aim my can into the centre of a room and press the trigger, a white misty substance will come from the can and disappear quite quickly. This leaves a gentle, delicate scent which is very hard to describe, it's a just a clean scent as the packaging suggests, there isn't much else to it.
Oust claims to eliminate odours instead of just masking them, I can vouch for them and say Oust really does get rid of horrible odours. The clean scent from the air freshener lingers around the room for around an hour, before disappearing and leaving you with a normal smelling room. Even when I've used the air freshener after cleaning the bathroom or kitchen with strong smelling cleaning products, Oust even gets rid of those horrible smells.
For the price, I'd definitely recommend this Oust clean scent air freshener if you are looking for an air freshener without a bold fragrance. It is subtle and eliminates those bad odours and the can is easy to use.
Originally written April 2012
I'm hoping that there will be some honest fellow dooyooers with enough moral courage to agree in the comments box, but is it just me or is it a "man thing" to do poos that smell so horrible that wallpaper starts to unpeel and that no insurance company in the world will provide a quote for the family pet canary's life expectancy? Come on, please not let it just be me.
I'm not really into candles so I tend to rely on good old fashioned aerosol air fresheners to cover my scent (if not the marks in the toilet pan - but that's the subject for a review about toilet duck - watch this space!) and reduce the chances of my children wanting to leave home to escape my foul fumes. We tend to buy whatever is either on offer or just easily available, and for the last few months we've been using the Oust Clean Scent air freshener. Here's how my family's sense of smell has taken to it.
The product
In a predominantly white spray tin, the 300 ml "clean scent" version costs anything from £1 in Asda to just over £2 elsewhere. It claims not to mask bad smells (in the way that old spice used to hide my teenaged insecurities) but effectively batter them out of the air and throw them to your carpet in a sleeper hold that Big Daddy would have been proud of. It involves some quite clever science, but the particles of the air freshener "lock on" to bad smell particles and if these bad smells are bacterial, then there is a substance in the spray that kills them, thus killing the smell also. Being a bit unsure about this chemical warfare taking place over and onto my carpet and the potential for staining, I tested it on a Man Utd shirt on a back alley washing line. It is with both regret and relief that I can report that the shirt didn't stain, so my carpet must be safe too.
The acid test for me is whether or not the air freshener covers up the scent of my man poo. It certainly does, and I think it does a better job at masking my man poo miasma than the Airwick apple and honeysuckle fresh n up that this air freshener was bought to replace does. My only drawback with spray type air fresheners is that I hate walking through a room that's just been sprayed - it chokes me and I don't like it landing on my clothes in case people catch a whiff and think that I've been using air freshener as a deodorant.
I'm happy to overlook being suffocated by walking through the mist with this air freshener though - it does such a good job at getting rid of bad smells that I can put up with that. As I said above, it doesn't just mask smells with a heavy cloying sickly sweet nuclear strength perfume, it goes all planet Zanussi and uses a clever bit of chemistry to kill the smells off for good. Don't get me wrong, it is scented, but it's a natural smell and doesn't smell out of place in the house.
Five stars from me, thanks for reading.
I've mentioned lots of times in past reviews about my dislike for generic air fresheners finding them to either be far too artifical-smelling and cloying or just ineffective at eliminating any bad odours that may be lingering in the home. I don't like heady, floral scents as it is so there's nothing more offputting for me than the stench of something overly flowery and so I avoid buying anything scented that is supposed to sprayed into the air and tend to stick to scented candles and fragranced wax tarts when I want my home to smell fresh and clean.
There are times though when it's just not practical or enough to have a candle burning as even they can't eliminate some bad odours particuarly cigarrette smoke and strong cooking smells so I do like to have a can of 'odour eliminator' amongst the sprays and wipes that make up my stash of cleaning products at home and specifically I buy Oust as I find it to be the most effective at removing bad smells without leaving behind anything too nasty.
I buy the "Clean Scent" variety of Oust although there are other options to choose from if you so desire, the can is as shown in my picture and I use this one as it has a natural smell that doesn't have a floral or flowery aroma. It's made by Johnson's, a familiar and respected manufacturer and claims to eliminates and neutralise odours without just masking them and is formulated for use around the home to get rid of cooking, bathroom and other erroneous smells. It's simply administered into the air by pressing on the nozzle that is on top of the can and sprays into the air as a fine mist. It's probably best described as a 'clean' smell and rather reminiscent of washing powder in that it's fresh and light and I find that it is very effective at getting rid of any nasty smells that might be lingering in the air.
I find it particularly useful at eliminating tobacco odour and as much as I don't like the smell of cigarette smoke myself and realise that it's a nasty habit to have in the first place I do like my home to smell as fresh as I can and whilst opening windows is undoubtedly the best way of getting clean air circulating around my home sometimes the cold weather doesn't allow me to do this so I have to resort to other methods if I want my home to be a nice place to live.
I find that Oust lives up to the claims of being a neutraliser as it does quickly eliminate any dodgy smells but it's obviously not as good as clean, fresh air but nothing can replace that anyway I don't think. I like the freshness of Oust and find that a quick spray around on a morning and just before going to bed manages to clear the air of any hanging cigarette smells and that it comes in useful in the kitchen if I've been cooking anything too strong; curries for example. It's effective at eliminating 'bathroom' odours and all in all I don't really have anything too negative to say about it as it does the job it was designed to do and for me is a good thing to use in conjunction with my Yankee Candle products.
Its smell shouldn't be off-putting for anyone and I don't find that it hangs around too long to become cloying or too heavy, it seems to evaporate quickly and leaves behind a fresh smell that is pleasant to the nose. The mist is fine enough that it doesn't leave spots on any furniture or glass but obviously you shouldn't spray this too close to anything that it could mark, it's not recommend for use on fabrics so shouldn't be sprayed on curtains or material lounge furniture and at around £1.50 per can I think it's reasonably priced for what it is.
Nothing can replace fresh air when it comes to freshening up a home but for the times of the year when it's impractical to have your windows open for too long I think this is a handy substitute to use and for me it's a must-have product in my home. Four stars as a rating from me, thanks for reading my review.
Oust is quickly becoming one of the biggest air fresheners available to leave your household feeling and smelling lovely and fresh. I had previously been using the 'Garden Fresh' scented Oust aerosol and after having a good experience with this, I was happy to pick up another one. This is when I noticed they had a range of scents including a citrus as well as this clean scented one. I opted to buy the 'clean scent' style of Oust and this is because I absolutely adore the smell of clean laundry and fresh fabrics and the general clean smell is one of my favourites, especially for using in the home, so I went ahead and picked up this one.
The price of these air fresheners is fantastic, and you can usually find them for £1.00 or just around that in many places. I often see these in Poundland, but my local store did not have the clean scented spray so I picked it up for the same price in Asda instead. £1.00 is a very reasonable value for something like this, and considering that Oust claims to eliminate the smell as well as mask it, it really is worth the price so I was happy with this. Although Oust is easy to come across, I had not seen this blue one before previously, so maybe this particular one is stocked less in certain places.
After seeing advertisements about this, hearing about it from friends and putting it to the test myself, I have really become a fan of Oust products, and you can certainly expect high quality as they are part of the SC Johnson range of household goods. As you can see from the image, it is how you would expect your bog standard air freshener to appear, nothing special in that department. This product is so simple to use, and it starts spraying immediately when you press down, meaning that you don't have to put loads of force just to get some out like other sprays. When you hold down, a good amount sprays out leaving the room almost instantly smelling fresh. Depending on the size of the room will depend on how much you need to spray. I personally use this for my university room and bathroom, which as you can imagine is quite a small space, and probably explains why this lasts me so long. I hold down for around five or so seconds to clean the whole space.
From the instant you spray it, you get this lovely smell delivered. It is not too strong so won't get you sneezing, however it is just distinguishable enough to smell like a laundry room or something of that nature. The smell really is fantastic and I love it. Although not to everyone's taste, it is definitely worth a go, and particularly handy if you are buying the product to spray in rooms with lots of fabrics, as it is a much more appropriate scent. As far as the scent goes, I am extremely happy with it and feel it is just lovely. The spray sets quickly, and does linger around for a good hour or two after you've sprayed it. I think it makes not only fabrics in my bedroom smell much nicer, but it gives a lovely, clean smell to the bathroom which I find is great when I have guests over. This is because bleach and various other bathroom goods often have that clinical, anti-bacterial sort of scent, and this really helps to compliment the bathroom making it smell welcoming.
A can of this normally lasts me a good few weeks which is excellent, however it is understandable that those who will be spraying their whole house with it might well last much longer. I am extremely impressed with this product, along with all other Oust air fresheners which I have used. These sprays offer consistently high quality, leaving the room smelling delightful and helping to remove those bad odours as well as covering them. The only thing I can not comment on is how well the smell gets rid of stronger scents such as cigarette smoke as I am not personally a smoker, but I would definitely recommend those who want to hide smells to take a look at Oust, as this removes the scent as well as leaving your home smelling delicious. I will be awarding this five stars as it really deserves it, thanks for reading.


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Fabulous Flat With Jacuzzi and WiFi
Size74 m²
Floor No.
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Towels
- Hot tub
Accommodation summary
|30th Street, 07087 Union City, United States
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It is located on the 2nd floor of a building (without elevator) with 3 floors and 4 apartments. The bedroom has a very comfortable king-size bed with memory foam mattress (for two). The living room has a queen sofa bed and a second queen-sin pull-out sleeper. The bathroom has a shower with jacuzzi tub. The kitchen is fully equipped so you can prepare delicious meals during your stay.
In the apartment you'll find fresh towels and linen, wireless internet, cable TV, hairdryer, iron and ironing board, shampoo, conditioner and body wash. No washer/dryer, but a laundromat is 1.5 blocks away. There is no parking, but we provide you with a visitor's pass to park on the streets without getting ticketed.
Within walking distance to restaurants, supermarkets, banks, shops, groceries, bakeries, etc.. It is 10 minutes away from the Port Authority Bus Terminal / Times Square area. The bus stop is almost at your door step. With easy accessibility to pretty much every bus going into Manhattan. The easiest and fastest way to go New York is by shuttle buses as they run 24h ($3.00). Going into to Manhattan, you can take any shuttle bus. To come back, you should take only the ones outside the port authority bus terminal ( in front of the New York Times building) with the sign that says "Paterson", they'll drop you off one block away from the apartment. Just ask the driver to let you off at 31st Street at Summit Avenue in Union City.
This fabulous one bedroom apartment is located in Union City, New Jersey. It is approximately 10 minutes away from midtown Manhattan. It is right across the Lincoln tunnel and the Hudson river. 3.26 miles away from port authority bus terminal and the Times Square area. It is easier and faster to commute to midtown Manhattan from our location than some places in New York like the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens.
Airport Transportation Services in a Private Limousine, SUV or Sedan are available. In addition, local transportation will be provided.
House rulesAbsolutely NO smoking is allowed in the premises.
No food in the bedroom.
Garbage should be taken out to the right alleyway of the building.
No other guests are allowed to stay overnight unless authorized by us. If any additional guest stays overnight, there will be a charge of $100 per person.
No wild parties. No loud noises after 11:00pm and before 10:00am.
Please help us save the planet by shutting all the lights when they are not needed. Please turn off all the air conditioners when you leave in the morning.
The thermostat (heat) should be brought down to 62 degrees when not at home.
Please make sure all coffee makers are off before you leave every morning.
No pets allowed.
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 16 US per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
Very nice little apartment. It all started with a reliable, friendly and fast Mali contact. We were picked up from the airport. Although the apartment is located outside but is extremely well connected. The bus stop is right outside the door. The owner we met. Very sympathic. For our stay was everything available, even in the refrigerator, everything was for breakfast.
We can absolutely recommend the landlords and housing.
Sehr schöne kleine Wohnung. Alles fing mit einem zuverlässigen, freundlichen und schnellen Malikontakt an. Wir wurden vom Flughafen abgeholt. Die Wohnung liegt zwar außerhalb ist aber extrem gut angebunden. Die Bushaltestelle ist direkt vor der Tür. Den Vermieter haben wir kennengelernt. Sehr sympathisch. Für unseren Aufenthalt war alles vorhanden, sogar im Kühlschrank war alles fürs Frühstück.
Wir können die Vermieter und die Wohnung absolut weiterempfehlen.
A week NY, to the apartment of Ruth and Henry was just right. It was mainly the proximity to Manhattan, the minutes per Chickenbus in 15. was reached. And then the well-appointed apartment with a great king size bed. Granted, the living room was something very exposed to Sraßenlärm, but we got used to it soon, Manhattan's even louder.
Henry picked us up and drove back to Newark. We were able to check out late. At the beginning he gave us a filled Fridge. Just because. There were great days and Chickenbus drove us well and every few minutes from the house in the City. Thank you Ruth and Henry. We got along very well.
Eine Woche NY, dazu war das Apartment von Ruth und Henry genau richtig. Es war vor Allem die Nähe zu Manhattan, das per Chickenbus in 15 min. erreichbar war. Und dann die gut ausgestattete Wohnung mit einem tollen King Size Bett. Zugegeben, das Wohnzimmer war etwas sehr dem Sraßenlärm ausgesetzt, aber wir gewöhnten uns bald daran, Manhattan ist ja noch lauter.
Henry hat uns abgeholt und auch wieder nach Newark gefahren. Wir konnten spät auschecken. Zu Beginn übergab er uns einen gefüllten Fridge. Einfach so. Es waren tolle Tage und der Chickenbus fuhr uns gut und alle paar Minuten direkt vom Haus in die City. Danke Ruth und Henry. Wir kamen prima miteinander aus.
Fantastic flat. Was in town for business and this was the perfect combination of home-like privacy and proximity to mid-town Manhattan. Longest I had to wait for a chicken-bus in to town was a full 30 seconds - 10 minutes later I'm in the middle of Manhattan. Ruth is superb and is entirely accommodating whilst utterly respecting my privacy. Key really is the flat - feels just like home, everything works, minutes away from town and it didn't cost me an arm and a leg. Highly recommended.
Für einen Städtetrip ist diese Wohnung ideal. Direkt vor der Haustür ist eine Bushaltestelle, wo die Busse alle 10 min Richtung New York fahren. Am günstigsten ist der patterson Bus für 3$.
Da die Wohnung allerdings an einer Hauptstraße liegt und für Fenster nur einfach Verglasung haben, ist es sehr laut. Das Schlafzimmer ist zum Hof, hier ist der Lärm nicht ganz so stark. Im Wohnzimmer gibt es zwei Ausziehsofas und einen Ausziehsessel. Hier ist der Straßenlärm allerdings sehr laut und auch durchgehend die ganze Nacht. Die Schlafsofas sind nur für Personen geeignet, die keine rückenprobleme haben oder kein Problem haben auch mal etwas uncomfortabel zu schlafen. Ansonsten ist die Wohnung sehr sauber und ausreichend für mind. 4 Personen. Mit mehr als 6 Personen würde ich diese Wohnung allerdings nicht belegen. Die Gastgeber sind sehr sehr freundlich. Es würde uns sogar frisches Brot, Eier, Marmelade und Frischkäsefür das erste Frühstück in den Kühlschrank gestellt. Die Heizung, Strom und WLAN funktioniert auch einwandfrei.
Alles in allem einseht gute Wohnung. Und wer Geräuschunempfindlich ist hat hier eine sehr schöne Unterkunft.
Special thanks to Henry (Host) for his Insider Information and Airport Transfer.
Ruth en haar man Henry zijn zeer gastvrije mensen. Het contact direct na de boeking verliep super: elke mail met een vraag werd supersnel door Ruth beantwoord, het gaf echt het gevoel dat we zeer welkom waren. Volgens afspraak haalde Henry ons op op JFK, ook dat verliep vlekkeloos. Een korte rondleiding door Manhatten in zijn luxe wagen was een heerlijk extraatje. Het appartement is super, prima ruimte, van alle gemakken voorzien en met de chickenbus ben je in no-time in midtown Manhatten. Houd er wel rekening mee dat vervoer per keer $3 pp is, maar je bent er dan ook direct en zonder wachttijd!
Ik zou dit appartement, zeker vanwege de gastvrijheid van Ruth en haar man en de volledigheid van alles op en in het appartement aan iedereen kunnen aanbevelen!
Ruth and her husband Henry are very hospitable people. The contact directly after the booking was super: any mail was responded by Ruth super fast, it really gave the feeling that we were very welcome. The pick-up from JFK by Henry went very smoothly. A quick tour of Manhattan in his luxury car was a very nice extra. The apartment is super, great space, fully equipped and with the chickenbus in no time in midtown Manhattan. Please note that transport at a time is $ 3 pp , but then you are midtown directly and without waiting time! I would recommend this apartment, especially because of the hospitality of Ruth and her husband and the completeness of everything to anyone! This was an example of the art of hospitality!
Reviews for this host's other properties
Fabulous. Spacious. Friendly.
Loved the house. The fantastic beds. The warm welcome. Thank you so much!
Try to fly to Newark, as JFK will almost certainly guarantee huge traffic jams.
That's an experience in itself. :)
If you are looking for a place that´s home away from home, you found it with Ruth and Henry, as well as with Manny who was our driver from JFK to our apartment, if possible, we would have given at least a 10 star rating!
We´ve got a hearty welcome at the airport, in conjunction with a free sightseeing thru Manhattan. Our apartment was in one word gorgeous! The fridge was stocked with food which served us (party of 5) for at least 2 days, that was just awesome!
Within 15 minutes you will be downtown NYC, the instructions from our hosts were extremely helpful, a supermarket (Extra Supermarket) is just 5-10 minutes away.
We highly recommend this apartment and Ruth, Henry and Manny to everyone!
Hope to see you all soon,
Tanja and family
Very well located apartment! The Patterson bus in 15 minutes at Port Authority for $ / ride and stop 3 around the corner, what more could you want?
The bed is a dream! The kitchen fully equipped with everything you need and for the first hunger Ruth gave us a loaf of bread, butter, milk, eggs and coffee provided. In the living room the couch and two armchairs can be pulled out to a bed. All very comfortable! We were completely satisfied and would definitely come back! Thanks again to Ruth!
Sehr gut gelegene Wohnung! Mit dem Patterson-Bus in 15 Minuten am Port Authority für 3$/Fahrt und Haltestelle um die Ecke, was will man mehr?
Das Bett ist ein Traum! Die Küche komplett ausgestattet mit allem was man braucht und für den ersten Hunger hat uns Ruth ein Brot, Butter, Milch, Eier und Kaffee bereit gestellt. Im Wohnzimmer kann die Couch und der Zweiersessel zu einem Bett ausgezogen werden. Alles sehr komfortabel! Wir waren rundum zufrieden und kommen gerne wieder! Lieben Dank nochmal an Ruth!
Very nice place to stay for holidays. Very good public transports nearby. Very good kitchen. Problem with the noise from a machine inside a locked room, maybe for the hot water (all night long which was a little difficult to fall asleep).
Nice property, very easy to get into NYC from here on the 'Chicken Bus' which is more frequent than a taxi, costs $3 each way and seem to run all night long. The property is in a quiet neighborhood with some shops nearby which have general stores, a liquor shop and a pizza place (if you haven't eaten a load already in NYC).
Henry picked us up when we arrived on the boat and was a charming host showing us the lower Manhattan area as we drove to the apartment.
Property was a good size with all of the amenities you need, the property had received some water damage which was pointed out to us on arrival. My only criticism would be that the damage was rather unsightly as well as the loose electricity sockets in every room and the ducting for the cables not being fixed properly which exposed cables and pipes.(would not pass as a rent able property in the UK!!).
Saying that the property was charming and full of character and as I say in terms of location it is probably quicker to get into the City than actually being in the City and certainly much closer than staying in Brooklyn which was our other option!
Would have been nice to have met Ruth, but Henry picked us up on our last day after collecting our bags from the apartment and met us by Chelsea Market then drove us to JFK which was a lovely way to round of or time in NYC with yet more great service.
We would certainly stay again!!
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Darlis Wilfer of Phelps, Wisconsin contributes a sensational salad to our menu. Her sweet-and-sour carrot dressing perfectly complements a combination of lettuce, tomatoes and peppers.
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- 1/3 cup chopped carrot
- 1/3 cup chopped celery
- 2 tablespoons chopped onion
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 6 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 8 cups torn salad greens
- 1 medium sweet yellow pepper, chopped
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 3/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 3/4 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- For dressing, combine the first seven ingredients in a blender. Cover and process until smooth. In a salad bowl, combine the greens, peppers, Parmesan cheese and tomatoes. Drizzle with dressing and toss to coat. Serve immediately. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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Last week's 'Inaccurate Reception' has led the return of the referees to the National Football League. But what have we learned? Plus this week's Week Four betting lines.
They say referees should be neither seen nor heard, that they should live silently like lichen in the shadows of the sidelines, omniscient and omnipotent entities, controlling the game like invisible Gods but not commanding the attention of the crowds or the cannibals carnivorating in the press box. At least that's what they say.
Hours after the Golden Tate incident in Seattle, phones starting ringing around the league, collect calls made by people concerned about losing a few measly dollars and maybe some cents, some nickels and dimes into a 401(k). After the final catch had been caught or not caught or whatever it was that happened on Monday night, owners began owning up to their derisive decision, combing their couch cushions for all kinds of loose coins and change they might otherwise call chump. Roger Goodell, the football czar in charge of train wrecks and treaties alike, was now obliged, like a mean, beaten badger backed into a corner, to accept unconditionally any kind of proposal from his pinstriped opponents, and owners knew full well what it would mean: money, however little, not lining their pockets but instead, in their opinion, lying in rot as a rainy day fund for a bunch of roughshod referees.
But let's be clear: any one thing that has the potential to drive a multi-billion-dollar industry into the ground in under eight seconds is a certifiable disaster and damned serious thing. When the reputation of your league falls from minor disgrace into full-blown disrepute in about the same time it takes to snap a ball and lob it long downfield, you've got one hell-broth of a problem.
This was never really a matter of no money to go around; the $18 million the referees will make en masse this year accounts for about 0.2 % of the nine billion dollars in alleged operating revenue the league made last year. The benefits package, in place until 2016 before it's moved over to a 401(k), rings in at about $18,000 a head. Peanuts. Two thousand beers sold on any given Sunday. No; what this was was a matter of pushing the lines and hoping not to go too far, the actions of a league that in recent years has repeatedly been caught with its pants down and tried to tightrope out of danger. It is, in short, yet another failed act in an ill-defined play. What are we witnessing here: a comedy or a tragedy?
Whatever it is, it is reactionary; when fans and the media fiefdom cried caution over casual violence, a player safety policy emerged. When we no longer liked what we saw in the actions of our athletes, what we saw was a renewed player code of conduct. And when the replacement officials finally became too unruly for us in good conscience to gamble on, a deal got done to get the real refs back in the game.
And why would we expect anything less from a league that runs on an if it ain't broke mentality? It's abundantly clear that the NFL was committed to keeping their checkbooks closed so long as no one caused too big a stink. Why invest in a superior product when an inferior one sells just as well? This is the NFL, after all; talk is cheap and morals are only a matter of "in the red" circumstance.
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Atlanta (-7) over Carolina
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If you are college-age or younger, you might just live to see the day when hail disappears from the eastern flanks of Colorado's Rocky Mountains.
A new modeling study involving the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, indicates hail will likely cease to fall in those locales by the year 2070, a result of rising temperatures.
Less hail damage could be good news for gardeners and farmers, said lead author Kelly Mahoney, a CIRES research scientist, but a shift from hail to rain can also mean more runoff, which could raise the risk of flash floods. "In this region of elevated terrain, hail may lessen the risk of flooding because it takes awhile to melt," Mahoney said. "Decision makers may not want to count on that in the future."
For the study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, Mahoney and her colleagues used "downscaling" techniques to try to understand how climate change might affect hail-producing weather patterns across Colorado.
The research focused on storms involving pea-sized and smaller hailstones on Colorado's Front Range, a region that stretches from the foothill communities of Colorado Springs, Denver and Fort Collins up to the Continental Divide. Colorado's most damaging hailstorms tend to occur further east and involve larger hailstones not examined in this study.
In the summer on Colorado's Front Range above about 7,500 feet, precipitation commonly falls as hail. Decision makers concerned about the safety of mountain dams and flood risk have been interested in how climate change may affect the amount and nature of precipitation in the region.
Mahoney and her colleagues began exploring that question with results from two climate models, which assumed that levels of climate-warming greenhouse gases will continue to increase in the future, from about 390 parts per million in the atmosphere today to about 620 parts per million in 2070.
But the weather processes that form hail, like thunderstorms, occur on much smaller scales than can be reproduced by global climate models. So the team "downscaled" the global model results twice: first to regional-scale models that can take regional topography and other details into account, then again to weather-scale models that can resolve individual storms and even the cloud processes that create hail.
Finally, the team compared the hailstorms of the future, from 2041 to 2070, to those of the past, from 1971 to 2000, as captured by the same sets of downscaled models. Results were similar in experiments with both climate models. "We found a near elimination of hail at the surface," Mahoney said.
In the future, increasingly intense storms may actually produce more hail inside clouds, the team found. However, because those relatively small hailstones fall through a warmer atmosphere, they melt quickly, falling as rain at the surface or evaporating back into the atmosphere. In some regions, simulated hail fell through an additional 1,500 feet of above-freezing air in the future, compared to the past.
Co-authors of the study include James Scott and Joseph Barsugli of CIRES and NOAA, Michael Alexander of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory and Gregory Thompson of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.


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It's nice to have Julia back, but her SP was shaky and the difference between her and the top two should've bene bigger, IMO.
It's nice to have Julia back, but her SP was shaky and the difference between her and the top two should've bene bigger, IMO.
Yes, Julia's SS are nice but I wouldn't give her high scores for TR, PE, IN, and CH. She lacks in artistry. I don't know why Julia gets higher IN/TR scores than Elena's at international events-maybe it's because she has competed at more international events than Elena?
I think Julia could ave scored 69+, its obvious Julia is faster than Elena on ice, no way should they get the same in SS, maybe CH an IN, Elena wins
I think both Elena and Julia deserved PCS they receieved.
Both Julia and Serafima does better with their SP. Julia never skated clean with her FS this season(if I'm correct). It'll be fun to see if Julia will be able to skate clean/Serafima manages to get high FS score which would put her in a 2nd place, not 3rd.However, I still think Elena would be in a 1st place, Julia 2nd and Serafima 3rd. Elena has been consistent with her FS except she wasn't so lucky with her flip at JGPF.
But.. if Julia does a clean FS(she did a clean SP today-never mind her 2A or 3T, I don't think she got a -GOE.), she's probably going to win.
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But Julia isn't getting level 4's on her steps usually either. I think Elena already did (but I would have to look it up).Originally Posted by skyfly20
And for the speed: just because you repeat again and again how suppossedly fast Julia is, that doesn't make it true she's not slow, and maybe a little faster than most juniors, but it's really not as much as difference as you make it sound. Besides, so what if Julia is faster? Kanako Murakami and Miki Ando are both faster than Mao Asada. Do they have better SS? Definitly no. Speed is not the only thing that counts for SS.
So protocols aren't available?
Julia apparently recovered from her injury, started traing 2 weeks before New Year but wasn't able to do elements like jumps and spins, and 8 days after that she started doing jumps/spins. Sakhanovich seems like she won't be nervous at JGP next season. It's nice that Russians are usually consistent(with exception of Adelina). Elena seems to be satisfied with her results
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I'm glad Julia is taking it slow, her performance was commendable considering and it was her first competition since her injury
hope she continues to do well in the FS
I like how Valentina Chernyshova enters the 'I' spin at the end of her program - a bit like Elene Gedevanishvili however Chernyshova is more flexible.
Overall very impressed with this crop of skaters.
Zaseeva is very lovely to watch (nice outfit but her tights are too dark).
How old is Serafima? Great skating and program.
I figured out what I bother in Julia, it is her chin movements, she moves her head like a gymnast.
Radionova is on fire on this sp and her bielman is great too!
I dount if RF will let them beat Julia, she gets full seniors next year.


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When three of your top four batsmen are dismissed without scoring you're always going to find it tough to post enough runs and that was the case for the Wellington Firebirds in today's HRV Cup final.
After an impressive win over Auckland in Friday's preliminary final, Wellington travelled to Dunedin to meet Otago this afternoon with plenty of confidence.
But, after winning the toss and deciding to bat first they limped to a total of 143-9 that was never going to be easy to defend at the batsman-friendly University Oval as Otago battled to a four-wicket win and the HRV Cup title.
Wellington opener Jesse Ryder hammered his quota of runs as he made 30 from 15 balls but the problems came with the next three players below him on the scorecard.
Michael Pollard, Michael Papps and Cameron Borgas were all sent back to the pavilion without providing any work for the scorers and when Luke Ronchi (14) and Theo Doropoulos (5) also departed in quick succession, Wellington looked like they might not even make 100.
From 54-6 Luke Woodcock and Harry Boam commissioned a rescue operation for the visitors as they added 72 for the seventh wicket before Boam was eventually out for 35.
Woodcock ended up with the highest score of the innings as he was unbeaten on 40, while Otago seamer James Fuller picked up 4-24 from four overs.
Needing a shade above seven an over for victory, Otago got off to a rocky start as left-arm spinner Mark Houghton dismissed Hamish Rutherford (0) and Aaron Redmond (6) inside the first two overs.
Veteran opener Neil Broom steadied the chaos as he played the anchor role, while Derek de Boorder (33) and import Ryan ten Doeschate (21) blazed away from the other end.
When ten Doeschate was caught by Ronchi from the bowling of Ryder the Firebirds caught a sniff of an unlikely victory and when they ran out Michael Bracewell without scoring they believed they could off something special.
Broom eventually succumbed for 60, leaving Otago needing 14 from the final 14 balls but Ian Butler struck a few useful blows to see the Volts home as he finished unbeaten on 23.
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Obama's Triple Lindy: Iran, Iraq, and League of Democracies flip-flops
posted at 9:25 am on July 2, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Barack Obama has returned to the no-preconditions policy for meeting with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to Obama foreign-policy adviser Anthony Lake. Financial Times also discovered in its interview with Lake that Obama has reversed himself on Iraq, now saying that the withdrawal is off. Obama also now embraces John McCain's call for a League of Democracies, despite his campaign's rejection of it earlier this week:
Mr Obama and his advisers stress the Democratic candidate's readiness to sit down with Iranian leaders without conditions.
"Unless you assume that [Iranian negotiators] have IQs less than those of eggplants, they are not likely to make major concessions for the privilege of speaking with us. So the question is: what is your strategy for the talks?" Mr Lake said. …
He stressed that Mr Obama, even after withdrawing troops from Iraq over 16 months as he has promised, would maintain "a residual presence for clearly defined missions". These would include military training, and "preparedness to go back in if there are specific acts of genocidal violence". …
Mr Lake was sympathetic to aspects of Mr McCain's idea of a League of Democracies, one of the centrepieces of the Republican's foreign policy plans.
So now we're going to meet with Iran with no preconditions again? Over the last three months, Obama and his team have tried to distance themselves in every way possible from his statements to this effect last year, by claiming that they would have "preparations" instead of preconditions — as if diplomats had never prepared for talks in the history of statehood. When that failed, Obama tried claiming that it might not be Ahmadinejad on the other side of the table, which matters little in the Iranian mullahcracy — a point that anyone who has studied Iran in any depth would know. Apparently, the campaign figures they're better off defending the indefensible than engaging in a futile effort to redefine it.
On Iraq, the shift is a little more subtle. Obama had sent the message early in the campaign that he would have a complete withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and at the earliest possible moment. In the last couple of months, that led to the 16-month timeframe, much longer than he implied while campaigning to the left of people like Chris Dodd and Hillary Clinton. Now he's acknowledging that it won't even be a complete withdrawal, making his policy sound very much like that of John McCain. Just how large will the "residual forces" be? And why would he pull out so many that he would risk the need to re-invade Iraq at a tremendous financial cost and a huge logistical effort?
The League of Democracies statement is an outright flip-flop from Monday. His national-security adviser Richard Danzig had this to say about the idea:
Advisers to Barack Obama have also been critical of the proposal, saying it is an outgrowth of what they call the Bush administration's "you're either with us or against us" approach to foreign policy. "I don't regard this idea as terribly attractive," says Richard Danzig, a former secretary of the Navy and an Obama national security adviser. "It tends to emphasize the we-they character of the world, when in fact the world is more complicated than that."
That's three flip-flops in a single interview, an impressive feat. In diving terms, it's the Triple Lindy:
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And in the process his new positions make front-page news everyday and McCain is, where?
I hate to quote Dick Morris, but he wrote recently that McCain appears to be sleepwalking through this campaign, and it's hard to argue with that.
Obama's making news with his policy positions (even if they are flip flops) and, on the Republican side we have Lindsay Graham attacking Wesley Clark. McCain and his people need to get a grip, get some momentum, get on offense.
BigD on July 2, 2008 at 9:35 AM
By the way, Back to School is a great movie, as funny today as it was back in 1986. It hasn't lost a thing.
BigD on July 2, 2008 at 9:38 AM
When you have the refs in your pocket, you don't even have to pretend to play by any rules, and more significantly, you don't have to be any good to win.
drunyan8315 on July 2, 2008 at 10:02 AM
rockmom…well said!
I'm all for Iraq moving into the sunshine, but the thought that after all the hard work is done it will be Obama snatching up the Corona Civica and placing it on his head. Makes me ill. The Dems claiming that victory only came on their terms…..and the American people will eat-it-up.
Limerick on July 2, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Sure, Trudy Rubin (Philly Inquirer "Worldview" and Middle East affairs columnist), who hasn't had a positive thing to say about Bush and Iraq for the past eight years, has a piece up today (it's on RCP) on there finally being a "ray of hope" in Baghdad. Just in time for Obama's visit.
BigD on July 2, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Personally I'm starting think McCain is really not into being President.
I personally don't think he, or his camp, are up to it. Maybe the office (still debatable), but certainly not the campaign. They are not quick enough on their feet, they are over-sensitive about details while being seemingly oblivious to strategy. And the candidate cannot embrace whole sections of the party he represents.
BigD on July 2, 2008 at 11:10 AM
BigD on July 2, 2008 at 10:15 AM
I literally spit out my coffee this morning when I saw that Trudy Rubin piece. Can't wait to see the letters that come in from all the BDS sufferers.
rockmom on July 2, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Don't hold your breath. Bush is not mentioned once. Petraeus is mentioned once. The U.S. military is mentioned once, referred to as "U.S. and British support." All of the credit goes to the Iraqis.
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PHOENIX -- The latest injection in Marco Scutaro's back, a platelet-rich plasma shot, "made no difference," the second baseman said Friday, but that hasn't stopped Scutaro from taking the next step in his bid to return to the Giants.
Scutaro showed up in the clubhouse before the series opener with the Arizona Diamondbacks and will take swings during batting practice. He said he hopes to play in a rookie ball game next week. He'll go from there.
"We'll take it day by day," Scutaro said. "My mind is on showing up and trying to play everyday, but I can't really tell if I can. You see me today and I feel great, and the next day I might show up looking like I'm 75. That's the way backs are."
Scutaro has shown no improvement since spring training, when he got three injections in the back. Asked what the specific problem is, Scutaro smiled.
"Twenty years playing baseball," he said.
The problem is actually a bulging disc, Scutaro said, but surgery is not recommended if you're getting it just so you can return to the field. The procedure would involve fusing discs together. Instead, Scutaro has continued to look for a solution via an injection. He had a similar back problem last year and said a cortisone shot in May solved everything. This year, the cortisone shots -- in different parts of his lower back -- haven't helped.
"It's hard to compete this way," Scutaro said. "We hoped to figure something out so I could be available day in and day out and compete every day. We were hoping for something. We tried a lot of stuff and it seems I can't get over the hump.
Scutaro had trouble even watching TV or sitting in place over the offseason, but said spring workouts took care of that issue. Still, when he swings a bat or returns to the field, his back flares up.
"Playing like this is no fun. It pretty much sucks," he said. "I never give up but sometimes the body can't understand. The human body is unbelievable. It lets you know when you do something (wrong). It tells you you can't do that anymore. It gets mad."
Scutaro hasn't given up on being an everyday player again, but he said he would return in a diminished role if that's what the Giants want. He couldn't give a timetable for any kind of return, though.
"I definitely want to get back and help the team somehow," he said. "I've just got to be available for whatever. If I can help them off the bench, or as a pinch-runner or something, I'm more than happy to contribute."
Scutaro is currently on the 60-day disabled list, but the Giants are 43-29 without him and have a four-game lead in the division. Did that start help make him feel a little better?
"Oh yeah," he said. "It made it a lot better. You're so excited to see your teammates do good. It was gratifying."
Scutaro was a key piece in the 2012 title run and was named MVP of the NLCS. That series started with a brutal collision on Matt Holliday's late slide at second, and Scutaro has never blamed the play for his current state. But he conceded for the first time Friday that he has started to wonder if the back problems started when the burly St. Louis Cardinals left fielder ran him over.
"Who knows? I wish I would know," he said. "When he hit me, it literally felt that day like he grabbed my leg and pulled it out of my hip like a chicken."
Scutaro said he's just not sure if the collision led to the back problems that popped up months later, pointing out that at 38, he's just "got too many miles." He hopes he has a few laps left in him.
"I want to come back Monday or today," he said. "But with a back, you have to listen. You never know what she's going to say tomorrow."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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Bob: Did you hear the girls last night? Eric: Yeah, they were boffin' off for hours! * cant believe how long we were boffing off for last night!
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Video: Serena Williams whacks mouth with racket, 'busted it wide open'
We say it all the time: The only person who can beat Serena Williams is Serena Williams. So far in Melbourne, she's taking that literally.
On Tuesday, she collapsed to the court after rolling her right ankle in her first-round match. She went on to win 6-0, 6-0. After a closed practice session to evaluate her ankle Wednesday, Williams was back on court Thursday in 100-degree weather for her second-round match against Spanish teen Garbine Muguruza. As if the ankle injury wasn't enough to worry about, Williams bashed herself in the mouth in the first set with her racket, after her follow through on a forehand went awry.
"I just busted it, busted it wide open," she said after the match, laughing.
"I think it happens to everyone, but I have never busted it wide open like that. So, yeah, I was like, Oh, no. I can't have a tooth fall out. That would be horrible.
"I don't know why my racket was even in my face. I mean, it's like I have been playing tennis far too long to hit myself.
"I'm like, come on. Like, Serena, pull yourself together here."
She did in fact pull herself together, winning 6-2, 6-0, firing a 128-mph ace on match point. She was pretty pleased about that one.
The good news is Williams' right ankle seems to be doing well. She did not require an MRI and says she was surprised by how good it felt Thursday. "I didn't feel anything today," she said. "Obviously, when you go out to play, you're heavy on adrenaline and you're really pumped up. Usually I feel injuries after the match, but so far, so good. I felt pretty much better than I ever dreamed of expecting to feel."


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Homeowners don't like it when their basements repeatedly flood after heavy rains, and they don't want to hear excuses about poor sewer conditions—they just want the problem to go away. The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) heard these complaints loud and clear, and by 1998, the agency had made the Northwest Side Relief Sewer (NWSRS) project the No. 1 capital improvement project in its 2010 Facilities Plan.
At the plan's inception, sewer flows from the northwest section of Milwaukee County were collected and transported by shallow sewer interceptors, which discharged to the county's Crosstown Tunnel. Rapidly accelerating development and population growth stressed the aging, inadequate infrastructure, causing basement flooding and sewer overflows during wet weather.
"We had two sewers that were like two-lane highways coming together," said Roger Maurer, MMSD section manager of conveyance. "It created terrible bottlenecks."
District leaders pinpointed hydraulic bottlenecks in the shallow interceptor system and proposed an intermediate-depth tunnel. The district submitted bids and picked Black & Veatch to steer the project.
Despite setbacks and challenges—regulatory changes, concerns about disrupting thousands of paupers' graves, and potential threats to a rare species of snake—the project worked out well overall. The end result: a 20-foot-diameter tunnel, 7.1 miles long, that has reduced overflows and flooding, and added 88 million gallons of storage to accommodate excess flow. The NWSRS came in on time, under budget, and has been well received by citizens in the seven communities served by the project.
One factor Maurer looks for in an AEC firm—one that can make the difference between success and shortcomings—is a knowledgeable, effective, and communicative project manager.
"They should interact often with the project owner," he said. Thorough documentation also is key. "When a project is seven years long, like this one, people will start questioning your decisions, and it's important to have the paperwork to back it up."
David Egger, Black & Veatch water global tunneling practice leader, said his team was mindful of the importance of keeping the MMSD up to speed every step of the way.
"Good communications were based on lots of person-to-person ideas, sharing lessons learned, and creatively forcing dialogue between parties that don't naturally always communicate," he said.
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Project completion date: November 2005
Total cost: $132 million
AEC firm: Black & Veatch
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Neat stat: A total of 525,000 cubic yards of rubble was excavated from the site; the debris was crushed and used in other area projects, including a park and an airport.


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After several years of talks, the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) scored a major victory this month, when they were finally able to convince the Disney Corporation to give up their destructive environmental printing practices.
Disney is one of America's top ten publishers of children's books, and an analysis by RAN showed that the bulk of the company's paper for their printing was coming from the endangered Indonesian rainforests. This was first discovered in 2010, and RAN was able to convince eight of the top U.S. publishers to change their practices and swear off the use of rainforest pulp for their paper. Nine of the top ten publishers were found to be using paper pulp that came directly from the Indonesian rainforests.
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text: I seen the same question posted on a Packers forum. It was a close tie between the Giants and Cowboys. The 49ers were also up there as well. I know we have headcases on our team like Finley that everyone dislikes. Rodgers doesn't even like him. That makes alot of people dislike GB. Honestly I hope Finley is gone after this year. We won a super bowl without him.


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Report of a burglary Sept. 17 on Half Moon Drive in Merrifield. Two firearms were reported stolen.
Report of a residential burglary Sept. 20 on Blue Lane East, Emily.
THEFTS: Report of a car theft Sept. 16 from County Road 127 in Nisswa.
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- Arizona-based company plans trip to the edge of space in a "luxury capsule"
- Lifted by a high altitude balloon, the capsule will travel to a height of about 30 kilometers
- The first flight is expected to take off in three years
Want space travel but don't have pockets deep enough for Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic or the courage levels to match Felix Baumgartner, the daredevil space-jumper? A balloon trip to (almost) space and back might just be the answer.
Arizona-based space travel company World View Enterprises says it plans to offer a trip to the edge of space in a luxurious eight-seat capsule for $75,000 per ticket.
It's somewhat more affordable considering Virgin Galactic charges $250,000, which also includes three days of training and two and a half hours in space.
The capsule will be lifted by a high altitude balloon that will rise up to about 30 kilometers (98,425 feet or almost 20 miles) and stay aloft for two hours before returning back to Earth, according to a company press statement.
That is not as high as Baumgartner's jumping point (128,100 feet or around 39 kilometers) last year but much higher than one can usually reach -- the average altitude for commercial flights is about nine or ten kilometers above ground, or 30,000 to 40,000 feet.
"Passengers will be among the few to have seen the curvature of the Earth with their own eyes," the statement touted.
"They will be able to gaze at the astounding views, the blackness of space, the brilliance of stars and the thin veil of atmosphere enveloping our planet."
The first flight is planned for 2016.
Component testing has already begun and sub-scale testing will soon be carried out as well, the company says.
The space capsule will be developed by Paragon Space Development Corporation, which is developing technology for Inspiration Mars, a 501-day mission around Mars.