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Iraq: Even If We Win We LoseNews Abroad
Has George W. Bush surged to victory in Iraq? If so, he can thank Iraqi tribalism, the success of ethnic cleansing, the loss of legitimacy by Al Qaida in Iraq, the "standing down" of the Sunni militias and Iran's willingness to let its friends in Baghdad make their own peace with Washington. The anti-U.S. Shia militia of Muktada al Sadr also left the field. Only one factor behind victory was made-in-USA: the success, finally, of the counterinsurgency wing of the U.S. military in shifting tactics from policing a civil war to dividing the insurgency. Why it took five years to figure this out is worth pondering. Nevertheless, the shift in tactics would not have made much difference had not the other developments also occurred. By that time the damage to Iraq, to our military and economy had already occurred.
While the Bush administration may have been surging to victory, most Americans came to realize that the war, sold as a way to eliminate Saddam's WMDs and his secret alliance with Osama Bin Laden and to spread the blessings of liberty throughout the Middle East, had very different aims. One didn't need to be a conspiracy theorist to conclude that the war was mainly geostrategic in its goals. Saddam was evil but less because he "gassed his own people" (he also gassed Iranians but they don't count) than because he had the will (and might at some point have had the ability) to use his military forces and Iraqi oil reserves to upset the strategic balance in the Middle East. He might have evaded sanctions, sold Iraqi oil for Euros rather than dollars, threatened Israel, intimidated the emirates, invaded Saudi Arabia, etc. Then again, conscious of his own weakness, he might not have done any of these things. The war came when the Bush administration decided to eliminate these geostrategic risks by preemptive war.
For the administration, the evil dictator theme worked long enough and well enough to defy opposition to the war. Many Americans and much of the media had heard the vague references to the roles of strategic position and oil wealth. But they were satisfied that the "real" motives were things that they (or someone else) could properly die for.
There were very large anti-war demonstrations well before the leaks and exposes of the post-2003 period. Many Americans refused to accept the lies and the imperial motives that hid behind them. Still, the Bush administration was able to move toward war because many Americans, fooled or not, wanted to "liberate" Iraq; wanted to secure access to oil; wanted to "stand tall." Even when they could peek behind the curtain, they did not look too closely. A similar orientation explains the reaction of much of the media and of the opposition in Congress.
Of course there were news organizations and political forces that found the lies easy to believe or that accepted the need for them. More significant was that most of the media was not willing to challenge a "wartime" president. Once George Bush − with the aid of the events of 9/11 − declared war on terror, his power was immense. In newsrooms and minority caucuses people were susceptible to the fear that powerful political voices and many millions of Americans would easily label dissent at that point as treason. To be effective, opposition forces had to face that fear directly. It would have to challenge the lies of the administration at a time when evidence of them was not great and when even saying that the president was "lying" made one's own motives suspect. It would have to challenge the coziness with power of some media and the fear of that power by others. Most difficult perhaps, it would have to challenge the fear of the American people, their trust in their leaders, and, in some, the desire to hear the eagle scream again. Finally, war with Afghanistan had gone unchallenged and had already been "won." In the coming months we will again face the difficulty of challenging one war while accepting another, especially when much of the justification for one has been applied to the other.
Some Americans want to live in the seat of an empire. For them pre-emptive war is not so difficult to justify. When America invades other nations because they might threaten its interests and when it consciously chooses war because it possesses huge military forces, then citizens of the empire can be proud − even while others are ashamed.
The main danger of geostrategic wars (aside from their "collateral damage") is that our republic can be grievously wounded by them. A war fought by a republic is lawful and in defense of values that serve the republic. This is why lies become necessary and not only to hide the true motives but to allow us to look away when the sausage of empire is being made. Demonizing the enemy and questioning the loyalty of any who challenge the policy help us to believe that our empire somehow serves our republic when the opposite is the case.
Reasonable citizens of a republic may understand that conducting high-tech war abroad does little to prevent small groups of terrorists from flying planes into office towers; that an aggressive, militaristic foreign policy assures that a "war on terror" of some kind will never end. Still, we should not assume that such points are obvious or persuasive. The irony implicit in an "empire of liberty" is one that has haunted us from the start. Now it offers us a war to assure our economic interests in the Middle East. It declares victory in that war just as the structure of the U.S. economy begins to topple. The rent fabric of the rule of law may now catch on the broken windows of abandoned homes.
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Raul A Garcia - 8/30/2008
I would like to see when there has ever been a legal war. It barely caused a ripple when India and Pakistan almost went to war a couple of seasons ago- no oil involved. I believe Gaddafi admitted Libya had WMD's and they finally accepted international "carrots" and he dismantled them. It may be, like the WWII Coventry bombing disclosure by the British government, years after the fact, that WMD's were in Iraq and are now in Syria or Iran or etc. Not much said about the recent wiping out of an alleged nuclear installation in Syria by Israel. Thank you Israel for taking action against Iraq and wiping out that nuclear installation before Saddam had a chance to use them. Inaction and cynicism supports your local dictator. Hey, we're voting out the "Emperor" in November!
Raul A Garcia - 8/23/2008
Thank you Mr. Hughes! It would be great if we could retreat to scholarship funded seminars, "down with the empire" chat rooms,conspiracy conferences, or put our heads in the sand and sip latte through dialectical straws as some others imply. I would rather take action and know I took a stand rather than lapse into cynical indifference and let the dictators move with impunity. Who misses Hussein, Milosevic? I will not miss Castro or Mugabe either. Once our elected "emperor" is deposed/voted out, who will be the object of hate for the simplifiers of history?
Lawrence Brooks Hughes - 8/22/2008
I have trouble putting any confidence in "international law," and also in calling the overthrow of Saddam "illegal." It might more readily be called a humanitarian act to stop mass murder, which, parenthetically, it was. I can't see any difference between "preemptive" and "preventive," either.
There is a case to be made that the weapons of mass destruction today are far worse than ever before in history, which might justify a preventive war today which in an earlier time was not justifiable.
But we have been engaged in foreign military interventions for as long as we have been a nation, well before WMD, beginning with Jefferson's excursion into Tripoli. In the 20th century we sent troops to China, Haiti, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Murmansk in 1920, Grenada, Panama, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, and probably elsewhere, in addition to all the major wars. You can call those smaller events "illegal" all you wish. The truth is they were intended to be peace keeping activities, they mostly helped to improve the world, and often the United States was motivated heavily by altruism. (And Iraq was no exception).
jay sumu - 8/19/2008
-Dr. Benjamin is incorrect when he uses the word preemptive invasion. The illegal war of aggression against Iraq was hardly defensive in nature in need of imminent action. Therefore it was a preventive war, an important distinction in terms of international law.
-I don't think anyone is doubting the patriotism of George Bush or his love of country. Many despots around the world and history have acted in the best interest of their nation or so they thought, damn the consequences.
-The no-fly-zone was an illegal creation of the Americans. Iraq like Georgia is a member-state of the United Nations with internationally recognized boundaries which need to respected. There shouldn't be any question about the territorial integrity of Georgia/Iraq. The no-fly-zone was an obvious violation of Iraqi territory and sovereignty.
-The preventive war against Yugoslavia was also illegal under international law.
-As for the prosperity of Iraq, I don't think it matters much whether they are democratic or not. Saudi Arabia is hardly democratic or a liberal society and yet they are very propserous. China is hardly democratic or has stellar human rights records yet they will become the most powerful economy.
It probably would have been easier and cheaper to have dealt with Iraq diplomatically rather than attempt illegal regime change.
jay sumu - 8/19/2008
Yes that's correct. Human rights violations committed by a sovereign state does not give an automatic green light for invasion.
Otherwise it would give any country on the planet the right to bomb the USA.
jay sumu - 8/19/2008
The illegal war of aggression against Iraq was not defensive in nature.
Therefore it is a preventive war, not preemptive.
Lawrence Brooks Hughes - 8/19/2008
Dr. Benjamin is on thin ice if he denies that the pre-emptive invasion of Iraq looked like the best option to President Bush at the time. Remember that Democrat CIA Director George Tenet told Bush it was a "slamdunk" to assume Saddam had WMD and was likely to use them. It may have been a mistake--I think not--but if so, it was an honest one.
Bush is a man who always tells the truth, and to look at him is to appreciate he is the quintessential Middle American Christian who likes ballgames and back-yard barbeques. It is impossible to doubt his patriotism or devotion to his country, or to impute to him imperialistic desires. That is just not part of his nature. He does what he considers to be in the best interests of the United States--as he is supposed to do.
We had been paying heavy bribes to Israel and Egypt and Jordan and others for several decades to keep peace in the Middle East, and all it got us was worse carnage than ever in the form of child suicide bombers. Our friends in Europe were letting us do the heavy lifting of the No-Fly-Zone, which was costing us billions as well as airmen. The UN was worthless, as always. To his credit, Bush recognized we had to do something different, and acted. His pre-emptive strike into Iraq was just as reasonable as our pre-emptive strike into Yugoslavia a few years earlier.
We have now created an independent, democratic state in the heart of Mesopotamia. It will become very prosperous, sitting on so much oil. The realistic hope is it will remain democratic, become envied by its neighbors, and then copied by them. Over the long pull, especially if other states around Iraq also become democratic, the entire region will be transformed for the better. The swamp will have been drained. It now looks like this policy was at least worth a try.
Tim Matthewson - 8/19/2008
When asked about the improved security situation in Iraq, al-Malaki listed only domestic consideration as leading to the reduction in violence. Pointedly he specifically avoided giving any credit to George Bush and the Surge. The same is true of other Iraqi politicians.
omar ibrahim baker - 8/19/2008
Professor Benjamin should be slightly lauded for his, though very brief, reference to " the geostrategic goals" of the Iraqi conquest....amazingly seldom noted and usually flagrantly absent hitherto from any discussion of the question.
However his failure to high light the decisive role played therein by the Israel/AIPAC factor detracts from the value of his timid contribution by equating it, en passant, with such factors as "sell Iraqi oil for Euros..." etc.
According to a very well informed man of the administration,a man well versed in the inner goings on and extremely knowledgeable about the inner forces formulating US policy , particularly under president Bush, according to Philip Zelikow.,as reported in the noted below article Zelikow HAD ABSOLUTELY no doubt about what was the real motive behind the USA/BUSH decision to conquer and destroy Iraq.
Latter denials never touched on the actual words Zelikow used at the University of Virginia.:
His words:"Why would Iraq attack America or use nuclear weapons against us? I'll tell you what I think the real threat [is] and actually has been since 1990 - it's the threat against Israel,"
Zelikow told a crowd at the University of Virginia on September 10, 2002, speaking on a panel of foreign policy experts assessing the impact of September 11 and the future of the war on al-Qaeda. "
Two points re Zelikow:
1-He had the highest degree of access, and security clearance, to the inner most circles of the decision making centers at the White house
2-He said whatever he had to say about the real motives behind the conquest of Iraq while still serving at the White house .
Is it fear or self delusion or a combination of both that consistently down plays the decisive importance of the AIPAC/Israel factor in what is turning out to be a catastrophically ill advised and hugely expensive demarche by the USA to the USA both as a nation and as a state??
(The complete article is at:
Michael Davis - 8/18/2008
So what you're saying is the US should no longer go into any region where there are human rights violations, correct?
This would preclude us from going into Bosnia, Haiti, Panama, Lebanon, Darfur, Afghanistan, and anywhere else our executive would like to put us, am I correct?
I mean, it's fine with me, and most other Americans. The simple fact is the money to do these things has run out, and our influence on the world is slowly going to wane from here on out.
Might be for the better.
Lisa Kazmier - 8/18/2008
Is the loss only in terms of "empire of liberty" as a hollow phrase? Seems to me there are plenty of tangible issues here, too -- including the fact that Russia can act by provocation and still be told, though will zero moral authority, that it acted inappropriately vs. Georgia.
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gregkavarnos wrote:First of all you are posting in the Mahayana section so you must respect the fact that those asking questions in this section want Mahayana answers. This means Sutra.
Number two, I'll take it that you consider yourself within the 1% of Buddhists that know everything. So making statements like the above means that you have done nothing all this time to deal with your Ego-centred pride. This means that you too are merely parroting. Back to the 99% with you young lad!
Number three, sticking "student of Namkhai Norbu" in your signature means nothing at all. You may be a hideously bad student of Namkhai Norbu and in no position whatsoever to be a representative of his teachings (ie you may be doing him a mis-service with your statements here).
And finally, if you have nothing valid to add to this discussion, then maybe you should just not be taking part in it.
The Sutta and Sutra have just a liitle bit more to say than an explanation of emptiness. Just a little.
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Braddock District Supervisor Sharon Bulova will be hosting a community meeting to discuss neighborhood concerns about the third phase of construction at the Little River Glen Senior Campus located at the intersection of Olley Lane and Little River Turnpike. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Little River Glen Senior Center, 4001 Barker Court, Fairfax.
During the past several years, the county has been working on preliminary design plans and identifying funding for the campus, known as Olley Glen. "Planning is at a stage where we are ready to provide information to the community, and we invite county residents to participate in a community briefing and discussion of the project," said Bulova.
Staff from the county's Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Department of Community and Recreation Services and Little River Glen will attend the meeting to present the current plans, answer questions and respond to concerns.
Olley Glen will consist of 90 units of independent-living residences in three two-story buildings with elevators.
The existing Little River Glen campus consists of Little River Glen, a 120-unit low-to-moderate income independent senior residence. This original facility includes a senior center that was completed in 1990. In 2006, the second phase of the campus, Braddock Glen, was completed. This added a 60-unit assisted-living residence and an adult day care center.
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Video highlights the extraordinary nighttime sky shows we're missing
"I think it is important to educate people about the existence and scope of light pollution," Jensen wrote on his video's Vimeo page.
"Beyond that, hopefully this video will inspire people to get out there, and experience first hand what a sky full of stars looks like."
Jensen says people have no idea what they're missing.
"I've spent many sunsets in the mountains with moderate crowds, and I am always amazed how quick people are to leave before it gets dark," he said. "I understand there is a primordial fear of the dark that is built into us. I get that. However, I also know that there is a different kind of beauty that the night sky brings to the landscape. And, when you wait a little, and let your eyes adjusted to the lack of light, it is a far less frightening place than most would imagine. It's actually quite spectacular."
He has a challenge for all of us.
"Everyone should make it a point to spend at least two nights under the stars," he said. "First, spend a night under the full moon or nearly full moon. When you look down, and see your own shadow on the ground, and realize that is being cast by the light reflecting off of the moon, it is an amazing sensation. It doesn't even seem real.
"Next spend a night under a moonless sky. The sheer number of stars is overwhelming. The Sagittarius arm of the of the Milky Way can be seen extending across the sky. The level of wonderment created by this view is off the charts."
He says the daytime beauty of the Pacific Northwest is obvious. His video aims to highlight the nighttime beauty.
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BOSTON—Jarome Iginla and the Bruins are in the Eastern Conference finals, just like Peter Chiarelli hoped on the evening of March 27, only not quite the way the Boston general manager envisioned.
Instead of playing for the Bruins, who thought they had a trade for the future Hall of Famer, Iginla will be suiting up against them for the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team that he waived his no-trade clause to join rather than accept a trade to Boston. Iginla has faced the Bruins once since the deal that fell through and the deal that went through, scoring the tiebreaking goal in Pittsburgh's 3-2 home win over Boston on April 20.
"I've always thought we'd have to go through them to get to where we want to go, at some point," Chiarelli said on Sunday, a day after the Bruins booked their berth in the NHL's final four with a five-game series victory over the New York Rangers. "It's been well chronicled, the Iginla stuff and the (Jaromir) Jagr stuff, and we're happy with who we got. ... I think we would have been fine with either, but we're very happy with Jags, and the price to pay, a first-round pick, you've got to pay to get a quality player. We've shown that we've been able to replace those types of players—Torey (Krug, the rookie who stole the show in the second round with four goals) wasn't even drafted—through drafts, trades, and free agents. There's different ways to skin a cat."
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After the Bruins were jilted by Iginla, the Bruins filled their need for a living legend by getting Jagr from the Dallas Stars for forwards Lane MacDermid and Cody Payne, and a conditional draft pick that has become a first-rounder with the Bruins advancing to the conference finals. Had the Bruins gotten Iginla from the Calgary Flames, it would have cost them the first-round pick plus defenseman Matt Bartkowski and forward Alex Khokhlachev.
Jagr has gone without a goal in the playoffs, skunked on 36 shots, and his four assists look shabby in comparison to Iginla's eight helpers to go with four goals in the postseason for Pittsburgh. But as is often the case with small sample sizes, point outputs do not tell the whole story. Jagr was the Bruins' second-best possession forward against the Rangers, behind linemate Brad Marchand and just ahead of his center, Patrice Bergeron.
Adding Jagr also has given the Bruins a more dangerous power play, as the threat he provides helps to open the ice. Jagr is tied for Boston's team lead with 33:03 of power play ice time in the playoffs, and a Bruins team that had the NHL's fifth-worst conversion rate with the man advantage during the regular season—14.8 percent—has clicked at a 21.9 percent rate in the postseason, fifth-best in the league.
"I think Jags makes that switch that Claude (Julien, the Bruins' coach) made, that Jags is really compatible with (Bergeron's) line with the strong cycle, the wearing down of the opposition," Chiarelli said. "I know he's been snakebitten a little bit, but he's had a lot of chances and created a lot of chances. More important is the look he gives the PP—he wears down D and there's always two guys on him."
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There is no doubt that Iginla also would have been a good fit for the Bruins, not only because his style of play is a match for Boston's system, but because a player of his caliber is a good fit wherever he goes. But there is one other reason for Boston to be pleased with the way things worked out—in addition to winding up with a player in Jagr who brings a different dimension to the Bruins' game, Chiarelli was able to keep Bartkowski, who has turned out to be a valuable part of the defense corps in the wake of injuries that kept Andrew Ference and Wade Redden entirely out of the Eastern semifinals, and Dennis Seidenberg sidelined for the first four games.
"He was in that deal because of John Weisbrod, and John knows Bart really well," Chiarelli said, referring to the Bruins' former director of college scouting, who is now the Flames' assistant general manager. "I don't know if anyone else on other teams knows Bart as well as Weis does, because he was here. If you're asking me, am I happy to have kept him instead of getting Iginla—now, yes. He's helped us and you've seen him emerge. It also shows you that we're willing to give up good players to try to help the team. We've got a lot of good players now. We didn't want to give up Bart, but that was the case at the time. ... But I'm glad to have him right now."


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The Search for Macdonough's Shipyard: Phase IB Archaeological Investigations at a War of 1812 Shipyard
The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum recently received a grant of $23,985 from the National Park Service's American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) to undertake an archeological survey to determine the precise location and established boundaries for Macdonough's War of 1812 Shipyard in Vergennes, Vermont.
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Trekking Distance: 90 Km
Maximum Altitude: 16,200ft
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Difficulty Level: Difficult
Starting and Ending Point: The trek starts and ends at Sankri
Railway Station: New Jalpaiguri (NJP) is the nearest railway station, which is 150 km away from Yuksom
Airport: Bagdogra Airport which is 170 Kms from Yuksom
Base Camp: Yuksom (10 hrs drive from Dehradun)
ATM: Jorethong which is one the way Yuksom thas the last ATM point before your trek begins.
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Sandakphu, the highest point in the state of West Bengal, is an ideal destination for the trekking enthusiasts. Located at an astounding height of 3,636m, it is known for offering the best panoramic views of the enthralling Mt Everest and the Kanchenjunga Peak. Along with these two major summits, the trekkers can also catch scenic glimpses of Makalu and Lhotse peaks.
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Duration of the Tour: 4N/5D
Meal Types: Vegetarian
Activities: Trekking, Camping
Total Trekking Duration: 22-26km (approx.)
Highest Altitude: Phalut (3,600m)
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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Enjoy undertaking a Goecha La Trekking Expedition that is equally challenging and exhilarating. Located in Sikkim, Goecha La is a high mountain pass that is formed by a depression between Pandim and Kabru. Overlooking the Talung Valley, it offers the best view of the world famous Kanchenjunga, the third highest peak in the world.
Set your sights on other mountains too like Pandim, Kabru South, Kothang and Ratong. The activity takes you through Yuksom, Bakhim, Dzongri, Lamune and unfolds the area's rich amalgam of Nepalese and Tibetan cultures. The trail is a riot of sharp ascents, steep descents and splendid scenery. It boasts of everything from a great wall of peaks that rise sharply along the crest of the Sinalila Ridge, mountains that form the Prek Chhu Valley to numerous plantations, rivers and exploring villages and townships. Get to relish in hard climbs, great views and captivating scenery.
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Temperature Range: In the summer, the area records an average day temperature of about 15°C up to about 25°C, and a night temperature between 8°C to 15°C. September and October mark a temperature range of 13°C to 20°C, and night temperature between 2°C to 7°C. It snows up to early May, which clears by June. The best months of Goechala trek would be between June and July and September and October.
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04/01/2010Provided by Citysearch -
I went a few weeks ago with a party of 25 to celebrate a birthday. If it was not for friends and family I would have been irrate. I returned two signature drinks.....HORRIBLE, and picked at the food beacuse I felt as though it was not all that great cosidering the hype, a small break may be due because of the large party, however my biggest gripe is the owner trying to justify prices that you would see for entree at other restaurants with simply tapas here and calling it haute. Even more dissapointing is the fact that there menu is very much Italian based cuisine, I stand to be corrected but is it not true the idea of that type of food (Italy) is suppose to be BIG and to be shared! NO way was I gonna share my $18 bite size italian tapas steak...........Tapas is great but the combo of Italian and tapas is not and neither is the soaring high price for it and the cough medicine after taste of their drinks to wash it all down!
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I went here with two friends after Christmas shopping downtown intending to have dinner and drinks. We put our names in for a table and decided to have a couple of drinks while we waited. Among us we have about 40 years of waitressing and bartending experience in Boston and New York, so we're more than patient and understanding when servers and bartenders are swamped. We are less understanding when we're ignored and treated with attitude.
While every seat was taken at the bar, it was not overly busy, as the bartenders were hanging out chatting with a server. After 10 minutes, we manage to flag down one of the bartenders, who looks annoyed, because we interrupted his conversation. We asked for a drink menu and one of my friends attempted to order a beer. After being told that they were out of the four beers that she tried to order, she asked if he could list which ones they're not out of. He rolled his eyes and went to check the cooler. With a limited beer selection, we said we may order some wine. He walked away and when we tried to flag him down again, he ignored us. The other bartender, who seemed nice, brought my friend a martini that she ordered, but he had to go and help the wait staff, so we waited for Mr. Personality to come back. I missed the interchange, but he said something really obnoxious and snippy to one of my friends, who is the most laid-back and easy-going among the three of us, and she began to put her coat on to leave. We followed suit, and said something to the hostess about the horrific service on the way out, and that we wouldn't be having dinner.
The manager followed us out the door, all apologies, and invited us to the Stoddard's opening party, taking my friend's email. He followed up with an apologetic email and let us know that we were invited to the opening party and would let us know the date. Needless to say, we never got the invite and Stoddard's is now open. So, as witnessed by many reviews, this place gets a lot of service complaints and he couldn't keep track of all the pissed-of patrons who he invited, or it's just another stellar example of how they don't take customer service seriously.
04/28/2009Provided by Citysearch -
Ivy is a great place to grab dinner in an upbeat atmosphere. The waiter was top notch and really made the experience. The food was exceptional as well. I would absolutely go back here and would reccomend it to anyone looking for a great italian meal.
I went to The Ivy with girlfriends before going to see Dirty Dancing. We had wonderful and friendly service and the food was delicious. You can't beat the value either! They offer a theater menu with several food options as well as wine for only $30/person.
This was a wonderful start to a great evening.
This is a good spot for pre theater dinner/drinks or for an after work get together with friends. There's more of a bar atmosphere on the lower level.
Ivy is a great Italian place that serves large quantities of food at a very reasonable price. The food and the service were phenomenal!! They have a great wine list for around $25/bottle. I was unsure about a couple of things on the menu and the wait staff was more than helpful in explaining everything. Great atmoshphere anytime of the day. Highly recommend!
I've been to Ivy at least 10 times. Its a great place to meet up for a drink with friends as well as dinner. I highly recommend the Gnocchi with pull braised duck.
My friend and I were planning on having a nice lunch here during restaurant week thinking that the food would be exceptional - especially during restaurant week. The food that we were served was not only tasteless and stale, but the service left much to be desired, as well.
1) When we were seated, we had to wait 15 minutes before anyone came to take our order (odd, considering there is a note at the bottom of your menu explaining that you try to be considerate of people that have to return to work and make every attempt to serve the meal in a relatively short amount of time).
2) My friend and I had both ordered the same 3 courses. The first course was the house salad with a goat cheese crostini. The lettuce that we received was soaked in salad dressing and appeared to have been soaking in the salad dressing all morning. Additionally, the goat cheese crostini was tough, stale, and cold.
3) Our second course was supposed to be gnocchi in a tomato sauce. When we received the second course, we also received the third course at the same time. Regarding the gnocchi, it was cold and I'm sure it had also been sitting out for quite a while.
4) Our supposedly third course (which came out with the second course), was a vegetable panini. Again, this was cold, hardly had any vegetables or goat cheese on it, the bread was barely toasted (and since it was cold, it had obviously been toasted a few hours earlier only causing it to be chewy).
This is one of the worst meals I have ever eaten considering the amount of money I spent on it. I would have much preferred spending $5 to get a burrito from the stand outside of the restaurant had I known how bad the food was going to be. I can only hope that the food is better when it is not restaurant week (although if anyone were using restaurant week as an opportunity to see whether or not they would like to go back during the rest of the year, I guarantee you they will not).
03/03/2009Provided by Citysearch -
I have to say that is was one of the worst restaurants my husband and I have ever been to in Boston and I will never go back and would not send anyone I know to go there either. We had a dinner reservation that we arrived on time for and had to wait for our table for two for nearly 45 minutes. We checked in three times at the hostess stand to see when our table would be ready and each time she seemed more annoyed. When we finally sat down and began to eat we realized that this loud and over crowded (with young club goers) restaurant served small over priced portions. Our ""server"" checked in once and brought us bread with our meal. DO NOT WAIST YOUR TIME OR MONEY.
01/04/2009Provided by Citysearch -
I went to Ivy for New years...first of all it was $150 for free drinks all night (which was good) and what was supposed to be food from 10-3...so for food there was bruschetta which was the size of my pinky and what i think was shrimp they left on spoons (so imagine how small that is) and gross who knows how many people were near it and touched it, and that was it...so all in all i wish i can call someone to get my money back..thank god the DJ was good and made it somewhat fun..i will never go here again..


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Once you have chosen a new friend, you will need to complete and sign an adoption application. A volunteer will visit your home to discuss the care of your new family member and your responsibilities as an adopter. In addition, a volunteer will contact your veterinarian to ensure your current pet is up to date on its shots and is on heartworm preventative.
The Adoption Contract:
Once your adoption is approved, you must complete and sign an adoption contract. A tax-deductible donation is required when you pick up your new companion. The donation is $325 for 1 dog with a $50 discount for a second dog, $100 for one cat and $150 for two, $150 for one kitten and $250 for two. If at any time you need assistance or have questions about your new friend, call the adoption line at (703) 385–0224 and a volunteer will be happy to help you.
FOHA Disclaimers:
We care about these animals very much and reserve the right to refuse the adoption of any animal to a home that we feel does not meet our standards. If you decide you cannot keep or care for your adopted friend, you MUST return the animal to Friends of Homeless Animals in a way that will not cause it harm.
FOHA requires a pre-screening interview, application, vet check, and home visit of all potential adopters. The volunteers at FOHA take the adoption of our wonderful dogs and cats seriously - we hope you do, too. Remember that we are an all-volunteer organization, and we want to provide the best service to our prospective adopters. Please have seriously considered whether you are ready to adopt BEFORE coming out to meet the animals for adoption. Placing an adoption application on one of our wonderful dogs or cats indicates that you are ready and eager to adopt that animal as soon as possible and make him/her a member of your family.
The adoption process – from application, vet check, and home visit to contract and taking home your new family member – usually takes approximately one week. On rare occasion, due to volume of applications versus volunteer availability, the process will take longer than one week. But because we always have a waiting list of dogs and cats needing the safety of our shelter, many of them at risk of immediate euthanasia, FOHA cannot hold dogs and/or cats much longer than the usually one-week application process. If you are moving or going on vacation in the near future, please present your application for adoption AFTER you are settled in your new situation or returned to your home.
The Adoption Contract:
Once your adoption is approved, you must complete and sign an adoption contract. A tax-deductible donation is required when you pick up your new companion. The donation is $325 for 1 dog with a $50 discount for a second dog, $100 for one cat and $150 for two, $150 for one kitten and $250 for two. If at any time you need assistance or have questions about your new friend, call the adoption line at (703) 385–0224 and a volunteer will be happy to help you.
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'"We had our opportunities even late in this game. We had two point-blank opportunities. If Van get his rebound opportunity up, we've got a tie game. And Staff's alone, where the puck goes off the end of his stick, we've been able to capitalize on a lot of those great opportunities. We didn't capitalize on a lot of good ones and when you don't, you keep yourself in a tight game."'
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Favorable weather forecasts apparently depressed grain futures Wednesday. Although this week's rains are clearly delaying corn plantings, the latest forecasts imply another big planting window next week. Wire service reports suggested most farmers could complete their corn seedings as a result, which would probably improve fall harvest prospects. July corn sank 7.25 cents to $4.955/bushel in closing Wednesday action, while December slumped 6.0 cents to $4.89.
Talk of vigorous demand reversed morning bean and meal losses. The likely opening of another wide planting window next week apparently depressed soybean and meal futures this morning. But growing talk of vigorous soy demand brought them back above unchanged levels by early afternoon. Asian palm strength supported soyoil values all day. July soybeans settled 3.0 cents higher at $14.8675/bushel Wednesday, while July soyoil rallied 0.17 to 41.38 cents/pound, and July soymeal gained $1.8 to $486.5/ton.
Weather news also weighed on wheat markets today. The southern Plains are reportedly getting some greatly needed rainfall this week, which apparently weighed heavily upon winter wheat futures today. Conversely, next week's anticipated dryness could allow farmers to accelerate spring wheat plantings in the Northern Plains. Thus, MWE prices also came under selling pressure. July CBOT wheat futures plunged 18.75 cents to $6.905/bushel in late Wednesday trading, while July KCBT wheat futures dove 18.5 cents to $8.0625, and July MWE futures dropped 16.5 to $7.7825.
Cattle futures seemingly posted a belated reaction to rising beef values. Big discounts built into nearby cattle futures show traders are anticipating sizeable seasonal losses during the coming weeks. That may also explain the muted Tuesday reaction to big wholesale beef gains. However, futures are climbed Wednesday despite midsession beef slippage. The CME discounts may also have encouraged buying. June cattle advanced 0.45 cents to 137.45 cents/pound at their Wednesday settlement, while December rallied 0.67 to 144.95. Meanwhile, August feeder cattle surged 0.77 cents to 192.45 cents/pound, and October jumped 1.15 cents to 193.62.
Wholesale gains may have sparked Wednesday's CME hog strength. Cash hog prices proved quite strong Tuesday, but the Chicago market reaction was probably limited by concurrent wholesale weakness. In contrast, pork prices rose strongly this morning, which apparently exaggerated bullish ideas about the short-term outlook. Smithfield commentary about the outlook probably encouraged bulls as well. June hogs leapt 0.97 cents to 120.57 cents/pound as Wednesday's pit session ended, but December suffered a surprising 1.00-cent drop to 93.30.


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Photo gallery: Serra High girls win state basketball title
SACRAMENTO -- Siera Thompson had 26 points and Deandrea Toler added 20 points for Serra, which captured its first CIF Division IV girls basketball state title Saturday with a 62-60 victory over Salesian of Richmond at Sleep Train Arena.
Mariya Moore led Salesian with 35 points, including a state-record 17 of 20 from the free-throw line, but it wasn't enough for the Pride.
Salesian cut Serra's lead to one on three occasions in the fourth, but could never pull even or take the lead.
Moore's two free throws with 1:33 left pulled Salesian to within 54-53, but Serra scored the next six points - four by Thompson and two from Toler - to seal the victory. Thompson also hit a clutch free throw with eight seconds left to increase the advantage to 62-58 before Salesian's Alana Horton scored just before the buzzer.


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retrofuturist wrote:Greetings Cittasanto,
The issue of "attainments" is a bit inverted because it infers an "I" who can "attain" something, and an "attainment" would be a result of updana (appropriating).
Conversely, the Dhamma is about setting aside appropriation, so it's actually about how much of the burden can be laid down, as compared to what can be picked up.
For many of the "claims of enlightenment" made online, it's clear that the "attainment" (whether they believe it to be true or are just pulling your leg) is yet another accumulation... something else that has been picked up. Simply reading what is said, it is apparent that those burdens which would need to be laid down, in order for the claimed "attainment" to be a reality, have not been laid down.
Cittasanto wrote:"why claim attainments to complete strangers on a forum you just joined?" or "what are they trying to prove, or get?"
Cittisanto wrote: "why claim attainments to complete strangers on a forum you just joined?" or "what are they trying to prove, or get?"
Alobha wrote:As for the right time and right intention: The Buddha talked about this and i can remember that there's a rule against it in the patimokkha, isn't it? Does the patimokkha specify a right time for such claims or explains any exceptions where talking about achievements would be of benefit? While laypeople are not bound to these rules, their wisdom and the reasons why these rules exist, still apply.
Khaggavisāṇa sutta: A Rhinoceros! - Sn1.3 says wrote:13. "Addhā pasaṃsāma sahāyasampadaṃ, Seṭṭhā samā sevitabbā sahāyā;
Ete aladdhā anavajjabhojī, Eko care khaggavisāṇakappo".
We praise the fortune of spending time in friendship, excellent is a year of association with friends;
this is enough time for friends to see each others faults, then it is suitable to travel like a solitary rhinoceros!
Would you mind saying that all again clearly and concisely.Volcommerce wrote: . . .
Volcommerce wrote:Regarding any claim of enlightenment,
The words and information of the individual claiming such a profound statement should be analyzed for depth and consistency with the information the teachings of other ''spiritual masters'' he has identified his or her supposed experience with.
If this individual has indeed followed such a path, his or her expression would not be spoke 'from the ''side of his mouth,'' his or her understanding should be able to display any and all direct wisdom, insight and confirmation of the enlightened experience and wisdom other ''masters'' have attained.
This individual will not have necessary considered the effect, ''concern,'' and certainly not the ''admonishment,'' of others, in fact, the medium of his explanation should not be considered to have any influence on his experience. The thought, ''how do an an enlightened person express this profound experience?'' cannot be a thought expected of a realized being, I believe it is more indicative of the personal desire of others to consider the information pertaining to the manifestation of this person, rather than the actual experience and condition that have motivated this person's experience, which should be the basis of all consideration, including the knowledge, wisdom and understanding of enlightenment .
jackson wrote:Greetings Volcommerce,
I believe Cittasanto is referring to the Ayacana Sutta, which can be found here: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn06/sn06.001.than.html
Best wishes,
Cittasanto wrote:"what are they trying to prove, or get?"
SDC wrote:Cittasanto wrote:"what are they trying to prove, or get?"
Dhp Chapter 5 wrote:"Let both laymen and monks think that it was done by me. In every work, great and small, let them follow me" — such is the ambition of the fool; thus his desire and pride increase.
Only if you are not quite convinced yourself will you be anxious to convince others: you are seeking confirmation. Those who know don't speak.


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Wind Ensemble Students Earn State Honors
Published on Mon, December 17, 2012
Approximately 100 of the state's top collegiate musicians from more than 25 universities will perform together when the 66th Annual Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band convenes this spring. Included in this number are six members of the Marywood University Wind Ensemble who were chosen through a competitive application process.
Intercollegiate Band members will spend three days preparing a full program under the direction of Lt. Colonel Alan Bonner, United States Air Force (ret.). The performance will be held on Sunday, March 17, at Mansfield University. The Wind Ensemble is under the artistic direction of Dr. F. David Romines.


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DETROIT - A Highland Township man convicted of murdering his mother was sentenced Tuesday.
Jeffrey Pyne has been sentenced to 20 to 60 years in prison on a second-degree murder charge. His 476 days already spent in jail will go toward the prison time.
Uncut: Jeffrey Pyne found guilty of 2nd degree murder.
His mother, Ruth Pyne, was found beaten and stabbed to death May 27, 2011, in the garage of the family's home in Highland Township.
Pyne was initially charged with first-degree murder, but the judge agreed to allow for a lesser charge of second-degree to be considered if the jury could not agree on the first-degree conviction.
Pyne, 21, was valedictorian of Christian High School and was a biology student at the University of Michigan.
Pyne has maintained his innocence.
Mother was bi-polar, a schizophrenic
--Ruth Pyne
Nine months before Ruth was killed, she was jailed for attempting to strangle Jeffery. She had been committed to a mental hospital.
The prosecution argued that Jeffrey Pyne was upset with his mother and killed her in a fit of rage.
But the defense argued that there was no evidence linking Jeffrey to the crime.
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I don't know about you, but a long weekend means we are swamped on Tuesday morning. I'm just going to post a quick note about the winners of our giveaway and will be back with more recipes and information tomorrow. We received over 350 legitimate entries for this giveaway!! Here are our winners:
In the unlikely event that a winner does not come forward to claim their prize within 7 days, we will pick a new winner. Congrats to all of our winners and thank you to everyone who entered. For those of you who did not win, but still want to own this wonderful bread machine: Hamilton Beach HomeBaker 2 lb Breadmaker (model 29881).


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WCU Staff Member's Paper Published in Academic Journal
Hattiesburg, Miss., April 25, 2013 - William Carey University's Pam Shearer, administrative assistant to the office for advancement and curator of the Sarah Ellen Gillespie Museum of Art, recently had her paper titled, "Take the Key and Lock her Up: Symbols of Control in Gabriel Garcia Márquez's 'Big Mama's Funeral'" published in The Researcher: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1.
Shearer presented the paper during the annual Mississippi Philological Association (MPA) Conference hosted by the Department of Language and Literature at WCU February 8-9.


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Gangsters in Minnesota topic of Jan. 8 event in Crosby
Unlimited Learning will present the dark history of gangsters in central Minnesota from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at the Hallett Community Center in Crosby.
Hear about the booze connection between Breezy Point and Chicago and stories of visiting criminals like Alvin Karpis, Dillinger, the Barkers, Homer Vanmeter and others. Learn about the Great Brainerd Bank Robbery of the 1930.
Presenter Alan Bohme lived in Chicago and taught chemistry and physics in the Chicago Public Schools for 34 years. He moved to Minnesota in 1997 where he is a substitute teacher. He loves to study the history of people's motives and their actions rather than dates and places.
As a child, he came to Breezy Point where his father was the band leader in 1952 and 1953.
There is no fee for Unlimited Learning members; others must pay $5. The public is welcome.
Upcoming Unlimited Learning programs include:
Jan. 15: Dakota Homelands, 1-3 p.m., Heartwood Senior Living, Crosby.
Jan. 21: U.S. Foreign Policy Perspective by Tom Hansen, Great Decisions Kickoff, no charge to public, 1-3 p.m., Heartwood Senior Living in Crosby.
Feb. 12: Kensington Runestone: A Hoax of Evidence of Early European Explorers?, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Heartwood Senior Living.
Feb. 18: Great Decisions: Future of the Euro, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Heartwood Senior Living.
Feb. 19: How Alcohol Came to American Indian People: Dr. Cecil White Hat, 1-3 p.m., Heartwood Senior Living.
For more information, call Karen Wilson at 218-546-6781 or go to www.unlimitedlearning.net.


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Just a heads up for anyone looking for hard shells. Last few days Steep and Cheap has had some crazy deals on $300-400 shells for in between $100-200. Looks like they are closing out last year's colors on winter outerwear right now, so check it out if you need anything.
I'm still waiting for the patagonia micro puff hoodies to pop up on there.


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New EPA Rule May Change Plant Cleanup
EP Editorial Staff | November 2, 2003
Maintenance staff needs to know proper procedures to avoid liability.
A company can use tens of thousands of disposable industrial wipers and rental shop towels annually to maintain top performance in a wide variety of precision manufacturing equipment and other maintenance operations. Industry sales in the U. S. for industrial wipers alone are more than $1 billion per year.
With this widespread use, and with new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), proper laundering and disposal practices need to be an important component of the maintenance technology manager's toolbox, and knowledge of proper handling techniques is essential to avoiding environmental liabilities.
The EPA's new rule spells out the environmental responsibilities for waste generators (i.e., companies that use wipers and towels). This rule places both rental shop towels and disposable industrial wipers under the same federal authority. Previously, rental shop towels were under local and state regulations, but not federal. Only disposable industrial wipers were under federal control.
Knowing the details of this new rule will help engineers and managers successfully integrate industrial wipers and rental shop towels into their environmental strategies and avoid liability for violations.
Who is responsible for environmental problems?
Liability for environmental violations rests on the waste generator—the company using the industrial wiper or shop towel—not the industrial laundry or the waste hauler. The common misperception among many companies has been that as long as they used rental shop towels and sent them to an industrial laundry, they were free of liability. This is not the case; companies have responsibility even after the towels and wipers have left their property.
But the good news is that compliance to the new rule will be relatively simple, as long as users follow a few procedures. See accompanying section "EPA Rule at a Glance."
Companies that generate less than 250 pounds of solvents per month are exempt from the rule. Companies with more than 250 pounds per month should note that wipers and rental towels follow different procedures depending on how the wipers are to be treated (i.e., municipal landfill, incineration, industrial laundry, etc.).
Under the new rule, pre-treatment practices are required when necessary to remove excess liquid on wipers and towels. Practices such as centrifuging, microwave extraction, gravity, or mechanical wringing are recommended. This allows maintenance crews to reduce the residue to EPA-approved limits before sending wipers and towels out the door.
Wipers and towels with grease and oil can be treated as regular solid waste if they meet the "no drip" rule. This literally means that if the item is wrung out, it does not drip. No special handling is needed before laundering or disposal.
Another key is storage and transportation. Traditionally, rental towels and wipers were often stored in open bins. They now must be stored and transported in closed containers. The EPA found that open bins of solvent-soiled wipers and towels, in particular, were one of the chief causes of indoor air pollution at plants. In addition, EPA notes that rental towels and industrial wipers stored in open containers also led to fires and other safety hazards. These issues of air quality and safety have now also become major concerns for Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulators.
The maintenance equation
Quality maintenance and performance reliability must always be given priority when selecting tools and supplies. In the past, managers responsible for plant equipment maintenance tended toward rental shop towels because shop towels represented a "no hassle" approach. The industrial laundry, managers assumed, would assume liability once the towels left the plant. In addition, since rental towels were laundered and reused, managers saw this as environmentally preferable to disposables, which raised questions about resource conservation.
However, as the EPA began to look more closely into environmental issues of rental towel laundering, it found that when rental shop towels from industrial plants were laundered, the solvent and oil-based wastewater put burdens on municipal water systems, requiring extra resources for clean up. According to the EPA, in some cases the polluted wastewater overflowed into drinking water.
Points to consider before selection
When plant maintenance and reliability engineers consider whether to use a shop towel or disposable wiper, the new regulations should be used as a guide for determining the benefits of each option.
Performance and cost are obviously key issues. Today when managers must do more with less, the cost of each option becomes very important. What is the cost to buy vs cost to rent? For rentals, are there environmental or disposal fees for laundry sludge? Are there lost or replacement fees? Are there fuel or energy surcharges? For disposable industrial wipers, are there cost/performance benefits to buying different task-specific sizes and textures, rather than renting one-size, one-texture shop towels?
With safety issues, if rental towels are used, what is the track record of the laundry? Has it delivered towels that have contained leftover residue of solvents or metal chards that did not wash out from a previous use? Since laundries contract to deliver a specified number of towels each week to each customer, but not the same towels back to the same customer, residue can be a problem. If disposable wipers are used, will the supplier guarantee consistent quality and competitive pricing?
Finally, which method, rental shop towels or disposable wipers, represents an acceptable environmental position for the company? Rental towels are reusable, but generate polluted wastewater. Disposable industrial wipers are sent to the landfill; but according to an EPA study prepared by Lockheed Martin Environmental Services, wipers contribute less solid waste by weight in the landfill than rental towels.
The new EPA rule is expected to appear in the Federal Register within the next 60 days, and should go into effect shortly thereafter.
With the new EPA regulations, this is an important time to re-examine maintenance policies. Doing so now will ensure that plant equipment can be maintained with the proper product that meets corporate environmental objectives. MT
Bernard D. Brill is executive vice president, SMART, 7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 1130, Bethesda, MD 20814; (310) 656-1077. Martha Parker is an environmental writer.
1. Disposal industrial wipers were covered under EPA regulations prior to this new rule, while rental (laundered) towels were not. Instead, rental towels were governed by a wide variety of state and local laws. Impact: Bringing both rental towels and disposal wipers under one rule replaces a hodgepodge of regulations, making it easier for companies with multi-state locations to comply with regulations.
2. End-users (the operating facilities, not laundries or third-party haulers) are responsible for pollution discharges. Impact: Operating facilities need to closely monitor laundering or disposal of wipers and towels.
3. Companies that dispose of less than 250 pounds of hazardous waste per month are exempt from the following regulations. Companies that generate more than 250 pounds per month must adhere to these regulations. Impact: Plant operations should now include pre-treatment technology.
a. If waste is sent for disposal through a licensed combustion waste facility or to a nonlandfill facility, then the wipers must have "no free liquids." In other words, although the wipers may have more than 5 grams of solvent on them, the wipers must be wrung to eliminate dripping liquids. Hand wringing is not permitted. Pre-treatment such as centrifuging, microwave extraction, or gravity draining are acceptable methods.
b. If waste is sent to a municipal or nonhazardous waste landfill, the wipers must be in "dry" condition, meaning that they contain less than 5 grams of solvent and are free of dripping liquids. Substances on the EPA list of "11 solvents of concern" may not be sent to these landfills under any conditions.
c. The EPA "11 solvents of concern" are: 2-nitropropane, nitrobenzene, MEK, methylene chloride, pyridine, benzene, cresols (o,m,p), carbon tetrachloride, chlorobenzene, tetrachloroethylene, and trichloroethylene. Nonhazardous substitutes are now available for some of these chemicals. Facility managers should contact their industry association for more information.
d. If a rental shop towel program is used, then free liquid must be removed before being sent to the laundry.
4. Wipers with solvents containing more than 5 grams of solvent must be stored in closed containers while at plant sites, rather than left in open bins where these pollutants can escape into the air. Impact: Indoor air quality at plants should improve.
5. Wipers with solvents must be transported in closed containers. Impact: To avoid environmental fines, managers must ensure that contractors comply.
6. Wipers and towels with grease and oil can be treated as regular solid waste if they meet the "no drip" rule. This literally means that if the item is wrung out, it does not drip. No special handling is needed before laundering or disposal. Impact: Treatment is simplified.
7. Recovery and recycling of spent solvents is encouraged, and most can be reused for industrial cleaning. Impact: Expect to save money on cleaning supplies.


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