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TOM: Coast to coast and floorboards to shingles, this is The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. I'm Tom Kraeutler.
LESLIE: And I'm Leslie Segrete.
TOM: And we are here for you in the new year to help you with your home improvement projects, to help solve the do-it-yourself dilemmas, to help you take that first, all-important step on a project that is on your to-do list. Let's move it to the done pile. And start by picking up the phone and calling us. Let's talk about it at 1-888-MONEY-PIT, 888-666-3974.
Coming up this hour, we're going to talk about a new hue and that's h-u-e. We're talking about paint colors and which ones are right for you. We have some colorful, room-by-room advice on the latest trends in paint color, coming up in just a bit.
LESLIE: And also ahead, it's Fire Prevention Month and residential fires really do peak in the winter. Smoke detectors? They can help. But a recent report is showing that the type of smoke detector can mean the difference between alerting your family in time so that you all escape safely and being too late, which is not a good thing at all. We'll tell you which type is better.
TOM: Plus, your roof takes a beating year after year as it does its job of protecting your home and its structure and those that live under it. But sometime during its life span, a roof will need replacement. We're going to talk about those options a little later and we're going to tell you about a new technology that can actually take a picture of your roof from the sky – it's satellite-based – and calculate its exact size, which will help you get the most accurate estimate possible.
LESLIE: And one caller this hour is going to win a prize pack from DAP, including Presto Patch, a fast-acting, drywall-repair material.
TOM: So, let's get to it. That prize package is worth 45 bucks worth of DAP products. Give us a call right now to get on the phone, ask us your home improvement question. We will toss your name in The Money Pit hard hat and if we choose you, you'll get that package from our friends at DAP. Let's get to it, 888-666-3974.
LESLIE: Ken in South Dakota, you've got The Money Pit. How can we help you today?
KEN: Hooking up a gas stove.
KEN: And I've got a gas hot-water heater and a furnace. And I was just wondering if I can use the same regulator.
TOM: I wouldn't. I would get a brand-new regulator for that brand-new gas stove because the pressures could be different.
KEN: OK. How do I plumb that then in the house? Just put a splitter on the high end there?
TOM: Well, I'm uncomfortable giving you specific gas piping/plumbing advice because I don't know your skill set. It's really not a beginner do-it-yourself sort of project, Ken. And so, if you're unfamiliar with it, then I really think you should get some professional help because I don't want you to do it wrong and end up causing an unsafe situation.
Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
LESLIE: Laurie, you've got The Money Pit. How can we help you today?
LAURIE: We have a Chamberlain ¼-horsepower garage-door opener and it has no remote.
LAURIE: We bought the house as-is, so we have no remote for it. Also, it has a keypad on the outside, which I'm unable to use. So, my question was: if I go to Home Depot or Lowe's, would a universal remote work or do I have to call a garage-door company out to sell us a Chamberlain remote and program it?
TOM: Why don't you do this? Why don't you get the model number of the Chamberlain garage-door opener, which is probably printed on the back of the unit, go to the Chamberlain website and get the owner's manual for the door opener? With that owner's manual, you should be able to program the keypad. It'll tell you the right sequence to do that. And also, you most likely can find out from Chamberlain exactly which remote is designed to work with that unit.
Now, Chamberlain is a very good company and in fact, they have a new technology that's called MyQ. And the cool thing about the MyQ technology is you can actually put this MyQ unit in your garage and then you'll be able to open and close your garage door with your smartphone. So, they're way ahead of the game on this stuff.
LAURIE: Yeah. That's what I was going to ask you, too. Is this one too old to do that?
TOM: I think it actually works on every garage-door opener that was built after 1996, so it may not be. It might be fine.
LESLIE: Can't remember if it's '96 or '94.
TOM: Yeah, it goes back over 10 years.
LAURIE: Good. OK. Because this one is about six years old.
TOM: I think that's how I would proceed. I would not just go buy something and hope it works. I would do the research and you'll figure it out. OK, Laurie?
LAURIE: OK. I'll go on their web page. Thank you for the advice.
TOM: You're welcome. Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
LESLIE: You are tuned to The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show on air and online at MoneyPit.com.
Happy New Year, everybody. What are you working on? We want to give you a hand to get your money pit in tip-top shape for 2014. Let us give you a hand with whatever projects you are tackling this new year. Give us a call, 888-MONEY-PIT.
Still ahead, the difference a smoke detector can make. Learn which type can alert you faster and help you get out quicker, next.
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TOM: Making good homes better, welcome back to The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. I'm Tom Kraeutler.
LESLIE: And I'm Leslie Segrete.
TOM: Here to help you with your home improvement projects. Let's solve the do-it-yourself dilemmas. Let's take that first, all-important step towards getting your home fixed up, getting your home improved, getting your decoration done, getting on with the process of creating the space that's going to make you comfortable and happy. We can help you if you take that first step and pick up the phone and call us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
Plus, one caller we talk to on the air this hour is going to win a prize pack from DAP. Now, this includes three of their terrific home improvement products, including DAP FASTPATCH 30, which is a high-performance, powder patching compound that sets fast and dries hard.
LESLIE: Yeah. You know, it allows you to finish interior repair projects in less time than a traditional patching compound would. It's easy to mix, apply and then you sand it. There's no need to prime it. And then, once it's sanded, you just paint it.
TOM: That prize pack is worth $45. You can visit DAP.com for more information on their products or give us a call right now for the answer to your home improvement question at 1-888-MONEY-PIT.
LESLIE: Now we've got Steve in North Carolina on the line who's having a roofing issue. Tell us what's going on.
STEVE: It's probably been 15 years ago I built an addition onto a cabin that I have in the woods on my property and built a bathroom. But I built a flat roof and used an asphalt roofing material to do it. It was more of a tar than an asphalt. Not shingles. But it is – the problem is it's a flat roof and I've got a lot of pines – a lot of tall pines – that leave a lot of debris. And I try to get them off and obviously, the roof is 15 years old.
We've got a serious leak, which I assume is somewhere in the seam because the actual interior – let's say, the main body – seems to be all intact. I guess my question is: is a flat roof a good idea at all? Should I go ahead and – is it cost-effective to just go ahead and build up a pitch and …?
TOM: So you're telling me that that flat roof is 15 years old?
STEVE: And has lasted that long, yeah.
TOM: And congratulations, first, on your flat roof lasting 15 years.
STEVE: Yeah.
TOM: And may we be the first to tell you that it's at the end – well past the end of a normal life for a flat roof. You're lucky if you get five to seven out of there. So, you must have done a really good job putting that roof together, Steve.
What happens is over time, it loses – the asphalt dries out and the material can become more porous. You can develop very small cracks in it where water can leak through. So, I would just replace that roof and I would do it exactly the same way you did it the first time or you can use an upgraded material. But I think the roof is just worn. At 15 years old, you're lucky it lasted that long.
STEVE: OK. Well, thank you so much, yeah.
TOM: Alright, Steve. Good luck with that project. Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
Well, it's a fact: smoke detectors do save lives. But it's very important that you know which type of detector you have, because not all smoke detectors are created equal. And in fact, in a recent study, they found that some detectors may not alert you in time to get out if you did have a fire in your house.
Now, one-quarter of all home fires start during sleeping hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. And more than half of fire-related deaths occur during the same period. But the problem is that a Texas A&M study found that traditional smoke detectors – and we're talking about the kind that are using ionization sensors – take much too long to detect slow, smoldering fires. And if you can't detect it, you can't hear the detector because it'll just never go off.
LESLIE: Well, the good news is that the technology does exist to better detect those types of fires. And smoke-detector models that include photoelectric sensors, those are more sensitive to the slow, smoldering fires.
Now, if you have ionization detectors, you may want to consider backing them up with a photoelectric detector. Or better yet, you can invest in detectors that are labeled "dual-technology," so they're going to incorporate both types of detection technology in one unit. I mean really, this is a life-and-death situation here, people. God forbid you have a fire in your home, you want to know about it. So make sure you're doing everything that you can to protect your family.
And test them. For goodness' sake, make sure you test them and stay on top of it. We want you guys to be safe this winter season.
TOM: Just remember, you're looking for dual-technology detectors. Two types of technology: photoelectric and ionization in the same unit.
888-666-3974. Give us a call right now. Let's talk about your home improvement projects.
LESLIE: Alright. Now we've got Cheryl in Texas on the line who's looking to redo a bathroom and make it more modern with just a shower. How can we help you?
CHERYL: Well, I am the mother of four sons and as they get bigger, they no longer like to get in the bathtub.
LESLIE: Right.
CHERYL: And we find that they are always in my room, in my shower. So, we're wanting to take out the tub that's in their bathroom and turn it into a shower. My issue is I don't have a lot of space. It's a Hollywood bath and then the tub and toilet are in a separate little room that you can close off. And the door facing – of that little room sits right next to the tub itself.
So, my question is – when I pull that tub out, the plan was to put a shower pan down and tile the area and then put a glass door – either a sliding door on there. Will that be a wide enough space if it's only the width of a standard tub?
TOM: Cheryl, I think you definitely can find a shower pan that can fit the width of that tub, sort of elbow to elbow if you're standing in it. Think about it: if you're in the tub, you're taking a shower, right? You've got room on – to the right and to the left of you. So we want a shower pan, essentially, that's the same size.
Now, when it comes to residential, prefabricated shower pans, they start at around 24×24, so that's 2-foot-square. You know, that would be probably the smallest that you would need but you might be able to go up even bigger.
But a little trick of the trade: if you were to find, for example, that for whatever reason – the way this room is configured – a 24×24 would not work, then you should shop for a smaller shower pan, which you will find, sold for RVs – recreational vehicles. Because they have tiny showers in them, right? And there's a whole host of RV shower pans that are smaller than 24×24. I don't think you're going to need it. I think you're going to be fine starting there, maybe even going up.
But the size of the shower pan is what you want to figure out first. Then you can basically build around that, OK? Does that make sense?
CHERYL: Sure, sure. That's what I want to do. OK.
TOM: Alright, Cheryl. Good luck with that project. Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
LESLIE: Alright. Now we've got Mike in Iowa on the line who needs some help insulating a garage. Tell us about it.
MIKE: Hi. I have a three-and-a-half or four – basically, a four-car garage underneath a house that's a ranch. The trusses – the floor, it has trusses in it and it's cold in there. And it gets cold here in Iowa and it stays, I don't know, 35, 45 degrees during the winter, even in the coldest day.
And it has batting insulation in it but it's still cold. And our bedroom is above it, so I was thinking about putting some insulation in it, either in the – blowing some – drilling the holes and blowing it in or just doing it around the outside, the outer walls. Or am I just wasting my time trying to do any better?
TOM: Alright. So, the garage ceiling – the walls between the garage and the house – should already be insulated. So what you're asking is: can you add additional insulation to the exterior garage walls? Is that correct? Because that would be, theoretically, the only part of this garage that was not insulated.
MIKE: Correct. Well, the outer walls are concrete.
TOM: Oh, OK.
MIKE: So it's basically the ceiling I'm after. Would it be – because the cold air goes up the rooms above the garage.
TOM: So, do you have any – the way the ceiling is configured, it's drywall right now?
MIKE: Correct.
TOM: So there may not be any additional room above that to add additional insulation. You mentioned blown-in. If that ceiling was built correctly, there's already insulation there, so you may not be able to add more to that.
This might be a situation where you need to improve the heat more than add to the ceiling insulation. Because short of building it downward so that you have more depth, I don't see how you're going to add additional insulation if it's already insulated.
MIKE: Well, there's batting up there. I didn't know if it would do any good to have them blow it in and pack it as tight as they can get it with that blown-in insulation.
TOM: No, because insulation doesn't work on being packed as tight as possible. Insulation works on the principle of trapped air. And so if you overpack the insulation, it becomes less effective, not more effective.
MIKE: Right. Alright. Well, that tells me I would've wasted my money if I'd have – went and had somebody come out and blow it in.
TOM: I know it might not be the answer you want but at least we didn't have you spending money on something that wasn't going to work, Mike. I hope that does help.
Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
LESLIE: Now we've got Joe in Illinois on the line with a plumbing question. How can we help you today?
JOE: We just got through renovating the kitchen or – well, we're almost through with renovating the kitchen. And the brass fitting inside the wall, when they put everything together, the galvanized nipple was cross-threaded into it.
JOE: And so when I went down – and I mean I cleaned out an unbelievable amount of corrosion. Had to use naval jelly to get all the rust out and finally got the threads cleaned up real good. And got the galvanized pipe and doped it up and went to screw it in and it would only go so far. When I backed it out, cleaned it back up again and took a look, it's cross-threaded, because that brass is softer.
TOM: Huh. Right.
JOE: And what I wanted to find out, is there any kind of a thread repair tool that I can get? I'm fairly adept with construction stuff. My dad was a general contractor and he didn't like giving kids money but he'd let you earn all you wanted to. So, as a consequence, I got a little bit of working knowledge.
TOM: Well, look, if you were a plumber, you would probably have a tap that was big enough to clean that up, but that's a pretty expensive piece of equipment. Now, you're trying to connect a piece of galvanized to a piece of brass and you can't thread them together, so the other option that comes to mind is a Fernco, which is like a rubber boot with two radiator clamps on either side. And a lot of times, when you're using – when you're trying to attach dissimilar drain pipes like that, you can use a Fernco. You get them together as best you can using a Fernco around the outside and strap them up and that keeps it nice and tight and it's really easy to do.
JOE: Is that a readily available – and how permanent is that?
TOM: It's very permanent. I would go not to a home center for that but I would go to a plumbing supply center and explain the situation. And make sure you measure the pipes because they come different sizes based on what you're trying to connect.
JOE: I do appreciate the advice, sir.
TOM: Good luck with that project. Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
LESLIE: Jeff in Missouri is on the line and needs some help with a patio project. What are you working on?
JEFF: I really already got it done but I failed to put a sealer on my patio. And I was wondering what I can do about that at this late date. It's been poured about six months.
TOM: So why do you want to put a sealer on it?
JEFF: Because the leaves and the grass stain it.
TOM: You could clean it. You could use a trisodium-phosphate solution to scrub it and clean it and brighten it up again. But then you have to wait until it's really dry, so doing this in the chilly weather is not a good idea. You want to make sure it's super-dry and then you could add a concrete sealer on top of that.
The concrete sealers that you want to make sure you get are ones that are vapor-permeable and that means that the moisture moves in and out. You don't want to completely seal the brick, because then what'll happen is the moisture will still get in it but it'll freeze and start to break apart or spall, as the technical term goes.
So if you get a good-quality concrete sealer and get it clean to start with, certainly you can reduce some of that staining going forward.
JEFF: Good. And what do you call it so it breathes in and out?
TOM: Vapor-permeable.
JEFF: I appreciate that. Thank you, you guys, for what you do.
TOM: Oh, you're very welcome. Thanks so much for calling us at 888-MONEY-PIT.
LESLIE: Well, your roof weathers every storm, it protects the rest of your home's structure and it keeps you and your family warm and dry. But a roof? Bad news, guys: it's not going to last forever. So still to come, we're going to give you some roof-replacement tips from This Old House's general contractor, Tom Silva.
TOM: Making good homes better, welcome back to The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. I'm Tom Kraeutler.
LESLIE: And I'm Leslie Segrete.
TOM: And on the home page right now, you can check out our gallery on winter safety. You can learn everything you need to know to weather every single storm and prepare for every emergency, right now, on MoneyPit.com.
LESLIE: Mark in Wisconsin is having a gutter issue. Tell us what's going on.
MARK: Oh, yes. We have lots of trees around our house. And so, in the fall, they fill up with leaves and also, we have pine needles and lots of acorns. So I was wondering what product you would recommend for curtailing that issue.
TOM: Well, there are many, many, many different types of gutter guards, as I'm sure you know. The basic screening that we kind of all grew up with, as the very first gutter guard, is somewhat effective but it's high-maintenance because all of those – especially those pine needles get right through that. You end up having to pull the screens off to clean it.
So, one product you might want to think about is this type of gutter guard that, essentially, let the leaves wash off the gutter but takes the water into the gutter. They lay on top of the gutter, they go up under the first roof shingle and they work on the principle of surface tension. As the water runs down the roof, it comes across this gutter guard and it goes over sort of a curved edge into the gutter. But the leaves wash off the type – off the top.
There's many different manufacturers that make this but I've seen them work and work very well, in most situations. If you happen to have a roof that has a high pitch with a lot of – forcing that water coming down in a heavy rainstorm, I can see it also bounce right off of that and go over the side of the house, which you don't want it to do.
The other thing that you might want to think about is if you do choose to use one of the screen systems, make sure it's a hinged system. And these screen systems today have hinges so that you can lift up – lift them up every 4 feet or so, get your hand in there and clean out the junk in the gutter.
MARK: Oh, OK. I've never seen a hinged system before.
TOM: On the MoneyPit.com website at MoneyPit.com, we have an article called "Cost of Gutter Guards: Are They Worth It? Tips to Select the Best Way to Prevent Clogged Gutters," which describes about a dozen different types of gutter guards that are on the market right now. So take a look at that and hopefully, that will help you out.
MARK: OK. Sounds real good. Thank you so much.
LESLIE: Well, one of the most important structural components of your home might not just be the foundation. We're actually talking about your roof. It's going to weather every storm, it protects the rest of your home's structure and of course, it keeps you warm and dry if it's in good shape.
TOM: That's right. But with all the beating your roof takes, a roof replacement is usually in every homeowner's future at one time or another. Here with tips to help us through that project is Tom Silva, the general contractor on TV's This Old House.
Welcome, Tommy.
TOM SILVA: Thanks, guys. Nice to be here.
TOM: Nice to have you back again. And Tom, just because you have a leak in a roof might not mean that you need a new roof. But what are some of the key signs we should be looking for to know if our roof really has reached the end of its life?
TOM SILVA: If you don't like to be up on a roof, I'd say a nice pair of binoculars to look from the ground, to look at the condition of the shingles.
TOM: Good advice.
TOM SILVA: Usually, the granules will start to wear off. If you clean your gutters and there's a lot of granules in your gutters, usually at the end of the season, that means that they're starting to wear down. If the roof is cupped or if the corners are peeled up, that's a sign that the roof is getting ready to be replaced.
They wear out. The rainwater comes down, hits them and they get abuse from the wind, the rain.
TOM: And the sun, the UV.
TOM SILVA: The sun, yes. Yep.
TOM: Yep. Mm-hmm.
LESLIE: Now, here's something that we talk about a lot on the show. We talk about when you're replacing your roof, do you put the new roof on top of the existing roof shingle? Do you take everything off? I know we looked into replacing our roof and in our village, you needed to sort of jump through the hoops to remove the existing layers of shingles there. But if you wanted to just go right on top, you didn't need any paperwork at all. And I feel like you should take it off.
TOM SILVA: Yeah. Well, I don't ever put a roof on a roof. I do not like it. I think it's absolutely stupid. That roof is going to end up in a landfill, eventually, anyways.
TOM: Right.
TOM SILVA: So, for someone to say, "Oh, no, leave it on and go over it," that's wrong. It's absolutely wrong. You're adding problems because, number one, you're adding more weight – constant weight – to your roof. And you're shortening the lifetime of that shingle anyways because it's sitting on top of an insulation bed, so it can get hotter. And if it gets hotter, it's going to wear out faster.
TOM: Now, if you are going to strip your roof off, you have an opportunity to reconstruct it, really take advantage of some of the more modern materials that are available today. What would you recommend in terms of, you know, underlayments and ice-and-water shields and that sort of thing, to kind of make sure the base is good to go? And would that change based on what part of the country you're in? So, for example, if you're down in Florida – an area that's prone to hurricanes – might you build it different than you were up in Vermont?
TOM SILVA: Mm-hmm. Well, yeah, absolutely. There are a lot of products out there that will basically keep your house dry and the roof shingle, in this case, becomes basically aesthetic. And their materials are really great.
But one of the things that I look at, when I strip a roof, is I now am able to look at the existing sheathing. What's the condition of it? Does it need to be replaced? Are there boards that have to be fixed? Then I can look at that, fix what I have to fix and then I automatically re-nail off the whole sheathing, tighten it back up to the roof structure. That's important.
Now, if I live in a climate that has a lot of snow and ice, I want to think about ice protection from ice dams. And I'd want to put on a self-sealing membrane. There's a few of them out there. For example, Grace Ice & Water Shield is probably the one that's most known for.
But a lot of people put that on incorrectly and even roofers put it on incorrectly. The first layer – the first row – should overhang the roof edge by at least 3 or 4 inches. That should then wrap down around the leading edge of the sheathing, down under and onto the fascia board. Then that has to get protected by another piece of wood because the sun will break it down. Then you put your first course of drip edge on that. It's a self-sealing membrane. So when you nail through it, the water won't leak.
TOM: And that's a great reason, right there, to strip the roof off down to the sheathing every single time. Because you couldn't do that if you were putting a second layer on.
TOM SILVA: No, you cannot do that. Yeah, absolutely.
TOM: And another point that you made, which I think is great, is about that sheathing. What I used to see in all the years I spent as a home inspector was that the older homes – especially the homes that were built, say, in the 60s or 70s which, of course, to a guy from This Old House is not that old. But that said, those homes, I find, in that era, the ventilation was very poorly done and you see a lot of damaged sheathing.
TOM SILVA: Oh, yeah. A lot of damaged sheathing and lots of times, the sheathing is too thin.
TOM: Right.
TOM SILVA: Because they started using plywood back then. It was a new deal and the plywood – "Oh, this is really strong. We can put in ½-inch when you shouldn't put ½-inch on a roof." You should have a minimum of 5/8. And if you're replacing a board when older - in older houses, you want to make sure that the board you use is the same thickness that the board's existing. Because with the shingles that they have today, if you use a standard three-tab, fiberglass shingle, that shingle will actually fall into that little valley and you'll see a dip in the roof shingles.
So, it's not – structurally, it's fine. It's just appearance-wise. And those are the little things that bug me. If it's not perfect, it's not right.
TOM: That's right. And that's our motto: do it once, do it right, you won't have to do it again for a very long time.
Tom Silva, General Contractor from TV's This Old House, great advice. Thanks so much for stopping by The Money Pit.
TOM SILVA: My pleasure. Nice to be here.
LESLIE: Alright. You can catch the current season of This Old House and Ask This Old House on PBS. For your local listings and some step-by-step videos on many common home improvement projects, visit ThisOldHouse.com.
TOM: And This Old House is brought to you by State Farm. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.
And still to come, we've got some ideas for a green makeover of your kids' room so it is healthy and safe.
TOM: This is The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. I'm Tom Kraeutler.
LESLIE: And I'm Leslie Segrete. Pick up the phone and give us a call. The number here is 888-MONEY-PIT.
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LESLIE: Well, nothing says "fresh start" like a new coat of paint. And with the new year upon us, a new hue is just what you need.
Now, if you don't know where to start when it comes to selecting a color, a paint wheel is a great place. Now, the paint wheel is – you know, it's called a "paint wheel," it's called a "fan deck." It's that big stack of every color that a painting manufacturer is going to make.
Some manufacturers have more than one fan deck and some of them seem to have a ton of colors that kind of look similar but maybe they're not. It's really exciting. I really enjoy looking at a paint fan deck. I think it's exciting and inspiring. So, you really want to look at colors closely and you want to look at them on their color wheel and see what's going to create a calm palette.
Now, while you're on the opposite ends of the spectrum, you could add some drama. For example, if you're looking at hues of orange or rust or gold, you might want to put those with shades of blue if you're looking for something dramatic.
TOM: Now, if you're nervous about color, you really can't go wrong when you choose shades that are found in nature. But don't be afraid of it, either. I mean even something like a robin's egg, that has an unmistakable sort of pop of blue, can look fantastic. And remember, when you are choosing your colors, there's more to a room than just the walls. A white ceiling can be boring. If you add a little paint color over your head, that can add some warmth to the room.
And door-and-window trim also doesn't have to be white, either. You can use shades of your wall color in a high-gloss paint and that will really contrast with the flat walls and look really cool.
LESLIE: Mm-hmm. Finally, my one piece of advice is to always sample your paint colors. You want to use a board that you can move around the room. You want to make sure that you look at paint in different light, both natural and artificial, because paint colors truly do change throughout the day. And that's going to give you a sense of what that room is really going to look like. And then once you sort of feel comfortable, just go for it.
TOM: 888-666-3974. You should go for it. Give us a call right now for the answer to your home improvement question.
LESLIE: Jo in California is on the line and needs some help with some bar-stool restoration. Tell us what they look like.
JO: Well, they have wooden arms and they're padded, they're cloth. And then down at the bottom, where the feet are at, they've got little wooden rails on them. And I need to redo them. I've got them cleaned and brushed down and everything. And somebody said I should use spar varnish on them and I need to know what to get to put on them – on the wood.
LESLIE: Is there any metal at all? It's all wood?
JO: No. Everything else is padded.
LESLIE: So everything else is fabric.
JO: The arms are wood. It's got one, two, three, four little metal legs on it, at the bottom, and halfway up. And bare wood. And I've got them ready to paint but I don't know what to put on it.
TOM: So you want to refinish the wood in a clear – the clear finish or a painted finish? A clear finish?
JO: Clear finish.
TOM: OK. So, yeah, you can use spar varnish on it; that's a fine product. What you're going to have to do, though, is lightly sand all those wood surfaces.
JO: They're ready. They have already done that.
TOM: You've done that. OK. Well, then, you've done the hard part if you've done all the sanding. But what I would tell you to do is to be very careful to get the varnish only on the wood and not on any of the padded areas or the metal areas.
LESLIE: Yeah. This is going to be about creative masking and taping things off and covering things with plastic and tape and …
TOM: Yeah. Because if you get it on there, you're going to have a problem. So you want to mask it very carefully to keep it away from the areas where you don't want the spar varnish to get.
JO: Yeah, OK. And you think that's the best to get? Because somebody else said, "No, you don't want to use that. You want to use clear acrylic."
TOM: Well, look, it's a personal preference. The varnish is – I believe spar varnish is oil-based, which is fine. And it's actually – you'll find that the oil-based finishes are a little more durable in terms of abrasion resistance.
LESLIE: And I think they give a better sheen, as well.
TOM: Yeah, it's a good point. Mm-hmm. They take a little longer to dry but they are a tougher finish.
LESLIE: Mm-hmm. With the acrylic – "clear coats," as they call it – it's even available in a spray I've seen. I guess that really kind of depends on how raw the wood is, how much coverage you want. Again, masking is going to be the key here. And you really need to consider how much of a sheen you want. Think about that, as well, when you're making your selection. Because if you want something that's super-shiny and almost has that wet look, really, that oil-based varnish is the way to go.
TOM: This is The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. Still to come, if your heating system is chugging along but your house still stays cold, the problem might not be the furnace. We'll explain, next.
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TOM: Making good homes better, welcome back to The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show. I'm Tom Kraeutler.
LESLIE: And I'm Leslie Segrete.
TOM: Here to help you with your home improvement projects. Give us a call, right now, at 888-MONEY-PIT. Or post your question on our Facebook page or in the Community section of MoneyPit.com. That's what Jake did and he's having an issue with his heating system.
LESLIE: That's right. Jake writes: "I have a 1942 Cape Cod-style home with forced air. My cold-air return vents all run on the exterior walls of my house. Since the weather has gotten cold, I've noticed that I'm getting a lot of cold air and drafts coming from the returns when my heat is not on. I've taken the return covers off and I can see the old wood siding on the exterior of my house. Is there a way that I can insulate the vents or seal them up so that I don't get these drafts?"
TOM: So, Jake, it sounds to me like you really don't have return vents. You're missing the duct itself. You should not be looking through what you think is your return and seeing the siding; you should be seeing the inside of a duct. And if you don't see that, then you've got a bigger problem than perhaps you think. And certainly, the reason you're feeling all those drafts is because the air is blowing right through the walls and then through that return, which now is becoming a supply of cold air. Bad idea.
So, what I would do is I would seriously investigate where those so-called returns are running. It could be that at some point in the history of this home, since 1942, somebody tried to construct a return into the frame – sort of building one, essentially, out of wood – to get that return air back to the furnace. I don't know but you've got to figure that out and trace the flow of air from the return all the way to the furnace.
And then, you've got to basically either line that wood frame – which you can do with some insulated foam board, like a THERMAX type of board or something like that – or better yet, you could install a new duct right inside that space and pull that air back. And then, once you do that, you seal all the gaps around the duct and that will eliminate the drafts.
So, unfortunately, a slightly bigger project than I'm sure you were counting on but one that will have to be done. When your heating system does not heat the house, it may not be the system. Assuming it is sized properly, it more likely is the ducting or, in the case of hot water, the radiators and the way that they are installed that can make all the difference.
LESLIE: Yeah. I mean it definitely sounds like something is missing. And Jake didn't tell us but I wonder, almost, if this is his first winter in the house. Because it seems like this would be something you would notice.
Alright. Next up, we've got a post from Keloboe who writes: "We own a house with an old oil furnace that works. The house was built in the 60s and has industrial blowers that are obsolete. They continuously break and parts are impossible to find. We had the A/C unit replaced in 2010 and our contractor said he could replace the oil furnace with a heat pump and use the existing ducts. Would we be better served to replace the furnace or the blowers?"
TOM: Well, you would be best served to replace the furnace but I would absolutely, positively not replace it with a heat pump because you have oil. So if you've got an oil system, you want to replace it with a new oil furnace. Get the one that's the most efficient that you can afford but do not replace it with a heat pump.
You will be very sad because heat pumps run at a temperature of around 100, 110 degrees. An oil furnace is going to blow air out at around 140 degrees. And the number-one complaint with a heat pump is that you feel cold air when it comes on. It's not really cold but it's a lot cooler than what you're accustomed to. So, I would consider replacing it with an oil-fired furnace.
LESLIE: And you know what? Make sure that when you're searching for one, you go with one that is Energy Star-rated. And if you can, try to find out if you can get any federal tax credits, because this is an energy-efficient home improvement and you're entitled to some.
TOM: You've been listening to The Money Pit Home Improvement Radio Show on air and online at MoneyPit.com where the show continues 24-7. Remember, you can also post your questions to our Community section or our Facebook page, both accessible from MoneyPit.com.
Thanks so much for spending this hour with us. Now, get out there and get to work, will you?
I'm Tom Kraeutler.
LESLIE: And I'm Leslie Segrete.
TOM: Remember, you can do it yourself …
LESLIE: But you don't have to do it alone.
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October 09, 2004
Debate Deux: The view from Saturday
Last night in the hotel bar, the consensus among the media types (at least the ones who weren't stuck up arrogant pricks) was that "Kerry didn't hurt himself, Bush is back in it."
I admit I was in a bit of a lather over the political futures markets: however, the view from Saturday is looking a bit different.
Then this came in: clearly things are looking up today, even though I didn't have the king of the pomo deconstruction weenies in my dead pool (extra bonus points for the Hatemongers Quarterly to deconstruct Derrida's obituary). Then the news comes of the blowout by John Howard in Australia, whose defeat would have created a "Bush is next" meme in the press. What's even better is that the race was portrayed as close and in the end it wasn't. Heh.
Slate is declaring it a "strikeout" for Kerry:
Posted by Steve at October 9, 2004 03:59 PM | TrackBackIt was a long at-bat, with lots of hanging sliders thrown by President Bush. Kerry fouled off a few, whiffed a couple, and struck out looking.Bush did well. He botched a few answersat one point, he said our military should be "more facile"but he was well-prepared, energetic, and frequently incisive. Democrats thought he'd have trouble fielding hostile questions. They were wrong. Five minutes in, a questioner asked him why Saddam Hussein's theoretical ability to produce weapons of mass destruction was grounds for invasion, given that many other countries meet this standard. Bush tacked the question without hesitation. He said that 9/11 had changed the rules and that a new report from U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer showed Saddam "was gaming the oil-for-food program to get rid of sanctions" and "restart his weapons programs." Later, a questioner told Bush that the Patriot Act "weakens American citizens' rights." Bush respectfully disagreed and explained why.
Kerry, too, was well-prepared, energetic, and incisive. But he failed to do two things that Edwards did against Vice President Cheney. Edwards, like Bush, has message discipline. From the beginning to the end of Tuesday's debate, Edwards hammered one theme: "Mr. Vice President, you are still not being straight with the American people." At the same time, Edwards adapted to the flow of the debate, using Cheney's answers to reinforce the theme. Each time Cheney said something far-fetched, Edwards took that statement and beat it against the cement of reality.
Kerry did neither of those things tonight. The first questioner of the evening raised the charge that he was "wishy-washy." Kerry responded with a canned line about Bush turning his campaign into a "weapon of mass deception." The next questioner asked about Bush's response to the Duelfer report. Bush said the report showed Saddam had connived to restart his WMD programs. This was the first hanging slider of the night: It begged for Kerry to ask, "Is that what the president thinks this report showed? Did he not read it? Did he not see its overriding conclusion that Iraq didn't have the weapons he said it had when he misled this nation into war? His own chief weapons inspector says the rationale for the war was falseand the president still won't admit it?"
Kerry said none of this. He didn't even mention the report. In fact, he changed the subject to jobs, health care, and education. Incredibly, Bush set him up again, saying, "Saddam Hussein was a threat because he could have given weapons of mass destruction to terrorist enemies." Instead of repeating that quote and highlighting the gaffe"What weapons of mass destruction?"Kerry began talking about the sanctions.
Two questions later, Bush tossed another fat one over the plate. While arguing that it's better to be right than popular, he allowed, "I've made some decisions that have caused people to not understand the great values of our country." A politician who understood the language of valuesEdwards, for examplewould have pounced on that quote, saying something like this: "There is no excuse for failing to make clear to the world the values of our country. The way to make others understand our values is to live out those values. And that starts with telling the truth, so that other nations will believe us." But Kerry doesn't understand values. So, instead he called Bush's answer "more of the same" and repeated that Bush had screwed up Iraq.
At this point, Bush uttered an amazing reply:
I remember sitting in the White House looking at those generals, saying, "Do you have what you need in this war? Do you have what it takes?" I remember going down to the basement of the White House the day we committed our troops as a last resort, looking at Tommy Franks and the generals on the ground, asking them, "Do we have the right plan with the right troop level?" And they looked me in the eye and said, "Yes, sir, Mr. President." Of course, I listen to our generals. That's what a president does. A president sets the strategy and relies upon good military people to execute that strategy.
The president of the United States had just blamed the military for screwing up the war. Surely Kerry would seize this chance, before tens of millions of people, to point out that Bush was refusing to reciprocate the loyalty of his troops. But no. Here's what Kerry said: "You rely on good military people to execute the military component of the strategy, but winning the peace is larger than just the military component."
Component? Who runs Kerry's debate prep? Michael Dukakis?
The next question was about the looming nuclear threat from Iran. Bush ended his answer by recalling, "In my speech to the Congress, I said there's an axis of evilIraq, Iran, and North Koreaand we're paying attention to it." A shrewd debater would have brought up that quote at the next opportunity, scolding Bush for having squandered our credibility and firepower on the least dangerous member of the axis. Kerry, of course, did not.
Halfway through the debate, a questioner asked Kerry why he had picked a running mate who "has made millions of dollars successfully suing medical professionals." Here's how Edwards began his answer to a similar question Tuesday: "I'm proud of the work I did on behalf of kids and families against big insurance companies, big drug companies, and big HMOs." Here's how Kerry answered tonight: "John Edwards is the author of the Patients' Bill of Rights. He wanted to give people rights. John Edwards and I support tort reform." See the difference? Edwards reframes the question right away, goes on the offensive, and talks about people. Kerry accepts the way the question is framed, plays defense, and talks about legislation.
The next question was about spending. Moderator Charlie Gibson followed up by asking the candidates, "I have heard you both say during the campaignI just heard you say itthat you're going to cut the deficit by a half in four years. But I didn't hear one thing in the last three and a half minutes that would indicate how either one of you do that." Bush evaded Gibson's question. Here was Kerry's opportunity to score points for candor and specificity by listing the campaign proposals he had already scaled back in view of the growing deficit. But Kerry didn't think of this until the debate had moved on.
Ten minutes from the end, a woman asked about "tax dollars" being used "to support abortion." Kerry said he was Catholic and respected her beliefs but couldn't "take what is an article of faith for me and legislate it for someone who doesn't" agree. He said he could "counsel people" about "life" and "making other choices," but "you don't deny a poor person the right to be able to have whatever the Constitution affords them."
I know something about abortion politics, so I can tell you how effective Kerry's answer was. It was awful. He defended public funding of abortion, which most Americans oppose, while at the same time he managed to convey ambivalence about the legal right to abortion, which most Americans support. Bush immediately punished him"I'm trying to decipher that," the president jokedand blasted Kerry for opposing the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, and laws requiring parents to be notified when their minor daughters seek abortions. Kerry proceeded to defend his positions on these issues, each of which Bush had brought up precisely because it's a loser for Kerry. Not once did Kerry point out that Bush favors a wildly unpopular constitutional amendment to ban abortions.
Just when it looked as though Kerry would end the debate on a bad note, he got his biggest gift of the night. The final questioner asked Bush, "Please give three instances in which you came to realize you had made a wrong decision, and what you did to correct it." Amazing, incorrigibly, Bush refused yet again to concede any significant error. On "the big question about whether we should have removed somebody in Iraq, I'll stand by those decisions, because I think they're right," he said. "On the tax cut, it's a big decision. I did the right decision."
Gibson turned to Kerry. The pitch was hanging there, waiting to be smacked into the upper deck. All Kerry had to do was walk up to the questioner and say, "You just asked the president to name three mistakes. He couldn't name one. He can't correct his mistakes, because he can't see them, even when his own weapons inspector puts it on the front page of the newspaper. You can't change this president. You can only replace him."
Here's what Kerry said instead: "I believe the president made a huge mistake, a catastrophic mistake, not to live up to his own standard, which was [to] build a true global coalition, give the inspectors time to finish their job, and go through the U.N. process to its end and go to war as a last resort." Blah, blah, elaboration, prepositional phrase, caveat, whimper, end.
What's the point of taking notes if you don't use what the other guy says? Is Kerry really listening? Or is he just trying to look like a man who takes notes?
Slate is full of it. Even as a fauxball argument it's got more wishful thinking and gibberish tham John K. Fairy. You should have had him wave his magic wand and disperse his "plan". Pathetic.
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It's well known that David Lynch's "Mulholland Dr." was assembled from the remains of a cancelled TV series, with the addition of some additional footage filmed later. That may be taken by some viewers as a way to explain the film's fractured structure and lack of continuity. I think it's a delusion to imagine a "complete" film lurking somewhere in Lynch's mind — a ghostly Director's Cut that exists only in his original intentions. The film is openly dreamlike, and like most dreams it moves uncertainly down a path with many turnings.
It seems to be the dream of Betty (Naomi Watts), seen in the first shots sprawled on a bed. It continues with the story of how Betty came to Hollywood and how she ended up staying in the apartment of her aunt, but if we are within a dream there is no reason to believe that on a literal level. It's as likely she only dreams of getting off a flight from Ontario to Los Angeles, being wished good luck by the cackling old couple who met her on the plane, and arriving by taxi at the apartment. Dreams cobble their contents from the materials at hand, and although the old folks turn up again at the end of the film their actual existence may be problematic.
The movie seems seductively realistic in several opening scenes however, as an ominous film noir sequence shows a beautiful woman in the back seat of a limousine on Mulholland Drive — that serpentine road that coils along the spine of the hills separating the city from the San Fernando Valley. The limo pulls over, the driver pulls a gun and orders his passenger out of the car, and just then two drag-racing hot rods hurtle into view and one of them strikes the limo, killing the driver and his partner. The stunned woman (Laura Elena Herring) staggers into some shrubbery and starts to climb down the hill — first crossing Franklin Dr., finally arriving at Sunset. Still hiding in shrubbery, she sees a woman leaving an apartment to get into a taxi, and she sneaks into the apartment and hides under a table.
Who is she? Let's not get ahead of her. The very first moments of the film seemed like a bizarre montage from a jitterbug contest on a1950s TV show, and the hotrods and their passengers visually link with that. But people don't dress like jitterbuggers and drag race on Mulholland at the time of the film (the 1990s), not in now-priceless antique hot rods, and the crash seems to have elements imported from an audition, perhaps, that will later be made much of.
I won't further try your patience with more of this mix-and-match. Dreams need not make sense, I am not Freud, and at this point in the film it's working perfectly well as a film noir. They need not make sense, either. Conventional movie cops turn up, investigate, and disappear for the rest of the film. Betty discovers the woman from Mulholland taking a shower in her aunt's apartment and demands to know who she is. The woman sees a poster of Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" on the wall and replies, "Rita." She claims to have amnesia. Betty now responds with almost startling generosity, deciding to help "Rita" discover her identity, and in a smooth segue the two women bond. Indeed, before long they're helping each other sneak into apartment #17. Lynch has shifted gears from a film noir to a much more innocent kind of crime story, a Nancy Drew mystery. When they find the decomposing corpse in #17, however, that's a little more detailed than Nancy Drew's typical discoveries.
What I've been doing is demonstrating the way "Mulholland Dr." affects a lot of viewers. They start rehearsing the plot to themselves, hoping that if they retrace their steps they can determine where they are and how they got there. This movie doesn't work that way. Each step has a way of being like an open elevator door with no elevator inside.
Unsatisfied by my understanding of the film, I took it to an audience that hadn't failed me for 30 years. At the Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder, I did my annual routine: Showing a title on Monday afternoon, and then sifting through it a scene at a time, sometimes a shot at a time, for the next four afternoons. It drew a full house, and predictably a lot of readings and interpretations. Yet even my old friend who was forever finding everything to be a version of Homer's Odyssey was uncertain this time.
I gave my usual speech about how you can't take an interpretation to a movie. You have to find it there already. No consensus emerged about what we had found. It was a tribute to Lynch that the movie remained compulsively watchable while refusing to yield to interpretation. The most promising direction we tried was to delineate the boundaries of the dreams(s) and the identities of the dreamer(s).
That was an absorbing exercise, but then consider the series of shots in which the film loses focus and then the women's faces begin to merge. I was reminded of Bergman's "Persona," also a film about two women. At a point when one deliberately causes an injury to the other, the film seems to catch on fire in the projector. The screen goes black, and then the film starts again with images from the earliest days of silent film. What is Bergman telling us? Best to start over again? What is Lynch telling us? Best to abandon the illusion that all of this happens to two women, or within two heads?
What about the much-cited lesbian scenes? Dreams? We all have erotic dreams, but they are more likely inspired by desires than experiences, and the people in them may be making unpaid guest appearances. What about the film's material involving auditions? Those could be stock footage in any dream by an actor. The command about which actress to cast? That leads us around to the strange little man in the wheelchair, issuing commands. Would anyone in the film's mainstream have a way of knowing such a figure existed?
And what about the whatever-he-is who lurks behind the diner? He fulfills the underlying purpose of Lynch's most consistent visual strategy in the film. He loves to use slow, sinister sideways tracking shots to gradually peek around corners. There are a lot of those shots in the aunt's apartment. That's also the way we sneak up to peek around the back corner of the diner. When that figure pops into view, the timing is such that you'd swear he knew someone — or the camera — was coming. It's a classic BOO! moment and need not have the slightest relationship to anything else in the film.
David Lynch loves movies, genres, archetypes and obligatory shots. "Mulholland Drive" employs the conventions of film noir in a pure form. One useful definition of noirs is that they're about characters who have committed a crime or a sin, are immersed with guilt, and fear they're getting what they eserve. Another is that they've done nothing wrong, but it nevertheless certainly appears as if they have.
The second describes Hitchcock's favorite plot, the Innocent Man Wrongly Accused. The first describes the central dilemma of "Mulholland Dr." Yet it floats in an uneasy psychic space, never defining who sinned. The film evokes the feeling of noir guilt while never attaching to anything specific. A neat trick. Pure cinema.
This film is streaming on Netflix Instant. Also in my Great Movies Collection: "Persona."
You can comment under my related blog post on the film, here.
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Negative Mitzvah 237: It is forbidden to participate in a loan in which interest is charged
Exodus 22:24 "Neither shall you take interest from him"This Negative Mitzvah cautions us not to take part in any deal or loan that involves interest.
For example: We may not serve as guarantor (person responsible if the borrower doesn't pay) or a witness in such a deal.
Nor may we provide our services to write up the contract between the borrower and lender.
I don't believe in philosophy. I believe in ideas that change people.
* The Rebbe initiated a campaign to turn Jewish people back to traditional Jewish practice. The entire campaign was focussed on getting people to do things, such as lighting a candle on Friday before sunset, putting a few pennies in a charity box every day, wearing tefillin every morning, etc.. The Rebbe emphasized again and again: Don't get into debate, don't get lost in philosophy. Just get people to do, and talk about it later.
Many criticized the campaign for this emphasis on action. "People need to understand what they are doing, or else it is empty ritual," they argued.
The Rebbe replied: People are not changed by arguments, nor by philosophy. People are changed by doing. Introduce a new habit into your life, and your entire perspective of the world changes.
First do, then learn about what you are already doing.
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My daughter, Kirsten, and her mother-in-law, Leslie, have an annual tradition of attending the One of a Kind Show in Chicago, held at the Merchandise Mart. Artists from all over North America show their wares and let shoppers find a truly, one of a kind gift. I was the recipient of one of the artists, David Price, work, 'A Michigan Christmas' cotton towel. I love it. It is beautiful enough to frame.
Here are the 12 Days of A Michigan Christmas and their meaning:
- A Partridge in a White Pine Tree: The White Pine is Michigan's State Tree
- Two Bowls of Kellogg's: Kellogg's is located in the Cereal City of Battle Creek, my hometown.
- Three Feet of Snow: Yes, we do get a lot of snow.
- Four Great Lakes: Lakes Michigan, Huron, Superior, and Erie touch the shores of Michigan. The fifth Great Lake, Ontario, does not.
- Five Gold Motown Records: Motown Records was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr in Detroit, Michigan. It was the record company of The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, The Four Tops and many more.
- Six Cars a-Building: Detroit is known as the Motor City and car manufacturing is an important part of Michigan's history.
- Seven Vernor's Ginger Ales a-Fizzing: Vernor's Ginger Ale was invented in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist.
- Eight Yoopers Dancing: A Yooper is a nickname for someone living in the U.P. or Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
- Nine Tigers Batting: The Detroit Tigers are Michigan's American League Baseball Team.
- Ten Cold Days in Hell: Yes, there really is a Hell. Hell, Michigan that is.
- Eleven Spartans and Wolverines Blocking: This refers to the Michigan State Spartans and University of Michigan Wolverines Football teams.
- Twelve Hockey Sticks a-slapping: Michigan's beloved hockey team is the Detroit Red Wings.


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Laser frequency combs—extraordinarily precise tools for measuring frequencies (or colors) of light—have helped propel advances in timekeeping, trace gas detection and related physics research to new heights in the past decade. While typical lasers operate at only a single or handful of frequencies, laser frequency combs operate simultaneously at many frequencies, approaching a million for some combs. These combs have very fine, evenly spaced "teeth," each a specific frequency, which can be used like hash marks on a ruler to measure the light emitted by lasers, atoms, stars or other objects. But frequency combs are usually bulky, delicate lab instruments—about the size of a typical suitcase—and challenging to operate, which limits their use.
Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a compact laser frequency comb, a step toward user-friendly and ultimately chip-based combs that could enable new applications in astronomical searches for Earth-like planets, high-capacity telecommunications, and—if other components are miniaturized as well—portable versions of the most advanced atomic clocks. Large frequency combs are best known as the "gears" in today's room-sized versions of these clocks.
NIST's prototype micro-comb consists of a low-power semiconductor laser about the size of a shoebox and a high-quality optical cavity just 2 millimeters wide. A miniature laser like those in DVD players might be substituted in the future to squeeze the whole comb apparatus onto a microchip.
Compact frequency combs have been developed recently by a number of other research groups, but NIST's is the first to use a cavity made of fused silica, or quartz, the most common optical material. This means it could be integrated easily with other optical and photonic components, lead author Scott Papp says.
A full-size frequency comb uses a high-power, ultrafast laser. (Learn more about optical frequency combs.) By contrast, the new compact version relies on a low-power laser and the cavity's unusual properties. The cavity is designed to limit light dispersion and confine the light in a small space to enhance intensity and optical interactions. The infrared laser light travels in a loop inside the cavity, generating a train of very short pulses and a spectrum of additional shades of infrared light. The small cavity, with no moving parts, offers insight into basic processes of frequency combs, which are difficult to observe in large versions.
Among its desirable features, NIST's compact comb has wide spacing between the teeth—10 to 100 times wider than that found in typical larger combs. This spacing allows scientists to more easily measure and manipulate the teeth. Of particular interest to project leader Scott Diddams, the widely spaced teeth can be individually read by astronomical instruments. Portable frequency combs can thus be used as ultrastable frequency references in the search for Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars. (See "NIST, CU to Build Instrument to Help Search for Earth-like Planets.") Portable frequency combs can also have many other important applications. For example, because a frequency comb can simultaneously generate hundreds of telecommunication channels from a single low-power source, a micro-comb might eventually replace individual lasers now used for each channel in fiber-optic telecommunications.
"We hope this is just the beginning and look forward to bigger and better developments," Diddams says. "In the short term we want to learn if this new type of comb can one day replace ultrafast laser-based combs used with NIST's best atomic clocks. And if not, its small size will likely lead to other opportunities."
The research was supported in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
* S.B. Papp and S.A. Diddams. Spectral and temporal characterization of a fused-quartz microresonator optical frequency comb. Physical Review A. Forthcoming.


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sometimes bothers people.
Now, everyone can relax--
I'm not going to advocate anyone having power over others.
Because that's not what Paul is advocating.
You can't understand what Paul is saying,
without remembering that for him,
it's all about the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And, in fact, when Paul addresses husbands and wives elsewhere,
he says, point blank, submit to one another "out of reverence for Christ."
Paul understood as well as anyone that our sinfulness
leads us to put our ego out there, to lack trust, and so to grasp for power.
So when Paul talks about putting Christ in control,
and being crucified with Christ,
he's driving a stake through the heart of that grasping power-trip.
When he became a man, and when people wanted Jesus to take control--
and he, of course, is the Creator!--what did he say?
"The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve--
and to give his life as a ransom for many."
OK, I think we can agree, no one is supposed to be a dictator--
but that doesn't mean we don't need parents,
especially fathers, to be leaders.
Especially spiritual leaders.
Fathers, your spiritual leadership--at Mass on Sunday,
and in the home during the week--is so important.
Not only by setting an example:
your children will learn how to pray mostly from their parents.
But even more, by being a leader who is, himself, "under authority."
Now, last night someone noticed
I mostly talked about spiritual leadership from men--
and he asked why.
And my answer is, our mothers have been
providing that leadership.
But what's needed is more men to do so. (Added after the Saturday evening Mass.)
Do you know why it is so critical that we're here every Sunday?
Why we desperately need to learn about Jesus, and to learn from him?
There is no stronger man I can point to.
He knew what he came to do. He never flinched.
Even when his friends lost their nerve, not him.
He endured hours of torture. And he chose that.
He refused every escape.
A man of peace who was no weakling.
Now here's the thing.
Show me anywhere else our society gives us anything like this?
Every other example of manhood in our society falls short!
Everywhere else, we're told to seek comfort, to seek pleasure,
to seek power, to seek adventure;
yes, to seek challenge, but above all, to keep control.
Our culture tells men either to be thugs or con-men or wimps.
Only in Jesus Christ do we have someone really worth following.
And only then will we--as men or women, children or adults--
deserve to have anyone follow us.


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Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
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The original Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was a magical fraternity founded in London in 1888 by Dr. William Wynn Westcott and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, which ceased to exist under that name in 1903 but which continued under at least two spin-off organizations, the Stella Matutina and the Alpha et Omega, as well as a renamed faction headed by Arthur Edward Waite that underwent further splits. According to Liber LXI, the A.'.A.'. system of Aleister Crowley and George Cecil Jones was also a reformed perpetuation of the Golden Dawn order.
One of the conditions of initiation in the original "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn" was that inductees were obligated to keep the actual name of the group secret. Advertisements called the group "Hermetic students of the G.D." While "Golden Dawn" is often used to describe the entire organization and magical system of the participants, it was properly only the name of the Outer Order, in which aspirants were initiated through a series of degrees using Freemasonic techniques amplified through Hermetic and occult symbolism and doctrines. Actual magical practices were reserved for the adepts of the Inner Order, which employed predominantly Rosicrucian symbolism, and was called Rosae Rubeae et Aureae Crucis.'
Influences on Golden Dawn concepts and work include freemasonry, theosophy, Eliphas Levi, Papus and medieval grimoire magic. The synthesis of these influences into a system of practical ritual magic was largely through the work of Mathers, who at times was teaching things he had discovered only days or hours before.
The "Golden Dawn," as it is commonly referred to, was probably the single greatest influence on twentieth-century western occultism. While it existed, it was the focal point of the (re-)development of magical thinking in Europe. In it, most concepts of magick and ritual that have since become core elements of Thelema, Wicca, western mystery schools and other forms of magical spirituality were synthesized. Even the supposedly de novo Chaos magick pursued by the magical order of the Illuminates of Thanateros is arguably indebted to Golden Dawn magic, and the latter remains the spiritual core of nearly all of the more ceremonial branches of western magic.
In its heyday, many cultural celebrities belonged to the Golden Dawn. Some well known members include:
- Algernon Blackwood
- Aleister Crowley
- Florence Farr
- Maude Gonne
- Arthur Machen
- Pamela Colman Smith
- A.E. Waite
- William Butler Yeats
- Charles Williams
- Allan Bennett
- Gerard Encausse
- Wikipedia (2005). Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Order_of_the_Golden_Dawn). Retrieved March 3, 2005.


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slapo-rwm - rewrite/remap overlay to slapdSYNOPSIS
The rwm overlay to slapd(8) performs basic DN/data rewrite and objectClass/attributeType mapping. Its usage is mostly intended to provide virtual views of existing data either remotely, in conjunction with the proxy backend described in slapd-ldap(5), or locally, in conjunction with the relay backend described in slapd-relay(5).This overlay is experimental.
An important feature of the rwm overlay is the capability to map objectClasses and attributeTypes from the local set (or a subset of it) to a foreign set, and vice versa. This is accomplished by means of the rwm-map directive.- rwm-map {attribute | objectclass} [<local name> | *] {<foreign name> | *}
- Map attributeTypes and objectClasses from the foreign server to different values on the local slapd. The reason is that some attributes might not be part of the local slapd's schema, some attribute names might be different but serve the same purpose, etc. If local or foreign name is `*', the name is preserved. If local name is omitted, the foreign name is removed. Unmapped names are preserved if both local and foreign name are `*', and removed if local name is omitted and foreign name is `*'.
The local objectClasses and attributeTypes must be defined in the local schema; the foreign ones do not have to, but users are encouraged to explicitly define the remote attributeTypes and the objectClasses they intend to map. All in all, when remapping a remote server via back-ldap (slapd-ldap(5)) or back-meta (slapd-meta(5)) their definition can be easily obtained by querying the subschemaSubentry of the remote server; the problem should not exist when remapping a local database. Note, however, that the decision whether to rewrite or not attributeTypes with distinguishedName syntax, requires the knowledge of the attributeType syntax. See the REWRITING section for details.
Note that when mapping DN-valued attributes from local to remote, first the DN is rewritten, and then the attributeType is mapped; while mapping from remote to local, first the attributeType is mapped, and then the DN is rewritten. As such, it is important that the local attributeType is appropriately defined as using the distinguishedName syntax. Also, note that there are DN-related syntaxes (i.e. compound types with a portion that is DN-valued), like nameAndOptionalUID, whose values are currently not rewritten.
If the foreign type of an attribute mapping is not defined on the local server, it might be desirable to have the attribute values normalized after the mapping process. Not normalizing the values can lead to wrong results, when the rwm overlay is used together with e.g. the pcache overlay. This normalization can be enabled by means of the rwm-normalize-mapped-attrs directive.
- rwm-normalize-mapped-attrs {yes|no}
- Set this to "yes", if the rwm overlay should try to normalize the values of attributes that are mapped from an attribute type that is unknown to the local server. The default value of this setting is "no".
A basic feature of the rwm overlay is the capability to perform suffix massaging between a virtual and a real naming context by means of the rwm-suffixmassage directive. This, in conjunction with proxy backends, slapd-ldap(5) and slapd-meta(5), or with the relay backend, slapd-relay(5), allows to create virtual views of databases. A distinguishing feature of this overlay is that, when instantiated before any database, it can modify the DN of requests before database selection. For this reason, rules that rewrite the empty DN ("") or the subschemaSubentry DN (usually "cn=subschema"), would prevent clients from reading the root DSE or the DSA's schema.- rwm-suffixmassage [<virtual naming context>] <real naming context>
- Shortcut to implement naming context rewriting; the trailing part of the DN is rewritten from the virtual to the real naming context in the bindDN, searchDN, searchFilterAttrDN, compareDN, compareAttrDN, addDN, addAttrDN, modifyDN, modifyAttrDN, modrDN, newSuperiorDN, deleteDN, exopPasswdDN, and from the real to the virtual naming context in the searchEntryDN, searchAttrDN and matchedDN rewrite contexts. By default no rewriting occurs for the searchFilter and for the referralAttrDN and referralDN rewrite contexts. If no <virtual naming context> is given, the first suffix of the database is used; this requires the rwm-suffixmassage directive be defined after the database suffix directive. The rwm-suffixmassage directive automatically sets the rwm-rewriteEngine to ON.
See the REWRITING section for details.
A string is rewritten according to a set of rules, called a `rewrite context'. The rules are based on POSIX (''extended'') regular expressions with substring matching; basic variable substitution and map resolution of substrings is allowed by specific mechanisms detailed in the following. The behavior of pattern matching/substitution can be altered by a set of flags.-
<rewrite context> ::= <rewrite rule> [...] <rewrite rule> ::= <pattern> <action> [<flags>]
The underlying concept is to build a lightweight rewrite module for the slapd server (initially dedicated to the LDAP backend):
An incoming string is matched against a set of rewriteRules. Rules are made of a regex match pattern, a substitution pattern and a set of actions, described by a set of optional flags. In case of match, string rewriting is performed according to the substitution pattern that allows to refer to substrings matched in the incoming string. The actions, if any, are finally performed. Each rule is executed recursively, unless altered by specific action flags; see "Action Flags" for details. A default limit on the recursion level is set, and can be altered by the rwm-rewriteMaxPasses directive, as detailed in the "Additional Configuration Syntax" section. The substitution pattern allows map resolution of substrings. A map is a generic object that maps a substitution pattern to a value. The flags are divided in "Pattern Matching Flags" and "Action Flags"; the former alter the regex match pattern behavior, while the latter alter the actions that are taken after substitution.Pattern Matching Flags
- honors case in matching (default is case insensitive)
- use POSIX ''basic'' regular expressions (default is ''extended'')
- `M{n}'
- allow no more than n recursive passes for a specific rule; does not alter the max total count of passes, so it can only enforce a stricter limit for a specific rule.
Action Flags
- `:'
- apply the rule once only (default is recursive)
- `@'
- stop applying rules in case of match; the current rule is still applied recursively; combine with `:' to apply the current rule only once and then stop.
- `#'
- stop current operation if the rule matches, and issue an `unwilling to perform' error.
- `G{n}'
- jump n rules back and forth (watch for loops!). Note that `G{1}' is implicit in every rule.
- ignores errors in rule; this means, in case of error, e.g. issued by a map, the error is treated as a missed match. The `unwilling to perform' is not overridden.
- `U{n}'
- uses n as return code if the rule matches; the flag does not alter the recursive behavior of the rule, so, to have it performed only once, it must be used in combination with `:', e.g. `:U{32}' returns the value `32' (indicating noSuchObject) after exactly one execution of the rule, if the pattern matches. As a consequence, its behavior is equivalent to `@', with the return code set to n; or, in other words, `@' is equivalent to `U{0}'. Positive errors are allowed, indicating the related LDAP error codes as specified in draft-ietf-ldapbis-protocol.
The ordering of the flags can be significant. For instance: `IG{2}' means ignore errors and jump two lines ahead both in case of match and in case of error, while `G{2}I' means ignore errors, but jump two lines ahead only in case of match.
More flags (mainly Action Flags) will be added as needed.
Pattern Matching
See regex(7) and/or re_format(7).Substitution Pattern Syntax
Everything starting with `$' requires substitution;the only obvious exception is `$$', which is turned into a single `$';
the basic substitution is `$<d>', where `<d>' is a digit; 0 means the whole string, while 1-9 is a submatch, as discussed in regex(7) and/or re_format(7).
a `$' followed by a `{' invokes an advanced substitution. The pattern is:
- `$' `{' [ <operator> ] <name> `(' <substitution> `)' `}'
where <name> must be a legal name for the map, i.e.
<name> ::= [a-z][a-z0-9]* (case insensitive) <operator> ::= `>' `|' `&' `&&' `*' `**' `$'
and <substitution> must be a legal substitution pattern, with no limits on the nesting level.
The operators are:
- >
- sub-context invocation; <name> must be a legal, already defined rewrite context name
- |
- external command invocation; <name> must refer to a legal, already defined command name (NOT IMPLEMENTED YET)
- &
- variable assignment; <name> defines a variable in the running operation structure which can be dereferenced later; operator & assigns a variable in the rewrite context scope; operator && assigns a variable that scopes the entire session, e.g. its value can be dereferenced later by other rewrite contexts
- *
- variable dereferencing; <name> must refer to a variable that is defined and assigned for the running operation; operator * dereferences a variable scoping the rewrite context; operator ** dereferences a variable scoping the whole session, e.g. the value is passed across rewrite contexts
- $
- parameter dereferencing; <name> must refer to an existing parameter; the idea is to make some run-time parameters set by the system available to the rewrite engine, as the client host name, the bind DN if any, constant parameters initialized at config time, and so on; no parameter is currently set by either back-ldap or back-meta, but constant parameters can be defined in the configuration file by using the rewriteParam directive.
Substitution escaping has been delegated to the `$' symbol, which is used instead of `\' in string substitution patterns because `\' is already escaped by slapd's low level parsing routines; as a consequence, regex escaping requires two `\' symbols, e.g. `.*\.foo\.bar' must be written as `.*\\.foo\\.bar'.
Rewrite Context
A rewrite context is a set of rules which are applied in sequence. The basic idea is to have an application initialize a rewrite engine (think of Apache's mod_rewrite ...) with a set of rewrite contexts; when string rewriting is required, one invokes the appropriate rewrite context with the input string and obtains the newly rewritten one if no errors occur.Each basic server operation is associated to a rewrite context; they are divided in two main groups: client -> server and server -> client rewriting.
client -> server:
(default) if defined and no specific context is available bindDN bind searchDN search searchFilter search searchFilterAttrDN search compareDN compare compareAttrDN compare AVA addDN add addAttrDN add AVA (DN portion of "ref" excluded) modifyDN modify modifyAttrDN modify AVA (DN portion of "ref" excluded) referralAttrDN add/modify DN portion of referrals (default to none) modrDN modrdn newSuperiorDN modrdn deleteDN delete exopPasswdDN password modify extended operation DN
server -> client:
searchEntryDN search (only if defined; no default; acts on DN of search entries) searchAttrDN search AVA (only if defined; defaults to searchEntryDN; acts on DN-syntax attributes of search results) matchedDN all ops (only if applicable; defaults to searchEntryDN) referralDN all ops (only if applicable; defaults to none)
Basic Configuration Syntax
All rewrite/remap directives start with the prefix rwm-; for backwards compatibility with the historical slapd-ldap(5) and slapd-meta(5) builtin rewrite/remap capabilities, the prefix may be omitted, but this practice is strongly discouraged.- rwm-rewriteEngine { on | off }
- If `on', the requested rewriting is performed; if `off', no rewriting takes place (an easy way to stop rewriting without altering too much the configuration file).
- rwm-rewriteContext <context name> [ alias <aliased context name> ]
- <Context name> is the name that identifies the context, i.e. the name used by the application to refer to the set of rules it contains. It is used also to reference sub contexts in string rewriting. A context may alias another one. In this case the alias context contains no rule, and any reference to it will result in accessing the aliased one.
- rwm-rewriteRule <regex match pattern> <substitution pattern> [ <flags> ]
- Determines how a string can be rewritten if a pattern is matched. Examples are reported below.
Additional Configuration Syntax
- rwm-rewriteMap <map type> <map name> [ <map attrs> ]
- Allows to define a map that transforms substring rewriting into something else. The map is referenced inside the substitution pattern of a rule.
- rwm-rewriteParam <param name> <param value>
- Sets a value with global scope, that can be dereferenced by the command `${$paramName}'.
- rwm-rewriteMaxPasses <number of passes> [<number of passes per rule>]
- Sets the maximum number of total rewriting passes that can be performed in a single rewrite operation (to avoid loops). A safe default is set to 100; note that reaching this limit is still treated as a success; recursive invocation of rules is simply interrupted. The count applies to the rewriting operation as a whole, not to any single rule; an optional per-rule limit can be set. This limit is overridden by setting specific per-rule limits with the `M{n}' flag.
Currently, few maps are builtin and there are no provisions for developers to register new map types at runtime.Supported maps are:
- LDAP <URI> [bindwhen=<when>] [version=<version>] [binddn=<DN>] [credentials=<cred>]
- The LDAP map expands a value by performing a simple LDAP search. Its configuration is based on a mandatory URI, whose attrs portion must contain exactly one attribute (use entryDN to fetch the DN of an entry). If a multi-valued attribute is used, only the first value is considered.
The parameter bindwhen determines when the connection is established. It can take the values now, later, and everytime, respectively indicating that the connection should be created at startup, when required, or any time it is used. In the former two cases, the connection is cached, while in the latter a fresh new one is used all times. This is the default.
The parameters binddn and credentials represent the DN and the password that is used to perform an authenticated simple bind before performing the search operation; if not given, an anonymous connection is used.
The parameter version can be 2 or 3 to indicate the protocol version that must be used. The default is 3.
# set to `off' to disable rewriting rwm-rewriteEngine on # the rules the "suffixmassage" directive implies rwm-rewriteEngine on # all dataflow from client to server referring to DNs rwm-rewriteContext default rwm-rewriteRule "(.+,)?<virtualnamingcontext>$" "$1<realnamingcontext>" ":" # empty filter rule rwm-rewriteContext searchFilter # all dataflow from server to client rwm-rewriteContext searchEntryDN rwm-rewriteRule "(.+,)?<realnamingcontext>$" "$1<virtualnamingcontext>" ":" rwm-rewriteContext searchAttrDN alias searchEntryDN rwm-rewriteContext matchedDN alias searchEntryDN # misc empty rules rwm-rewriteContext referralAttrDN rwm-rewriteContext referralDN # Everything defined here goes into the `default' context. # This rule changes the naming context of anything sent # to `dc=home,dc=net' to `dc=OpenLDAP, dc=org' rwm-rewriteRule "(.+,)?dc=home,[ ]?dc=net$" "$1dc=OpenLDAP, dc=org" ":" # since a pretty/normalized DN does not include spaces # after rdn separators, e.g. `,', this rule suffices: rwm-rewriteRule "(.+,)?dc=home,dc=net$" "$1dc=OpenLDAP,dc=org" ":" # Start a new context (ends input of the previous one). # This rule adds blanks between DN parts if not present. rwm-rewriteContext addBlanks rwm-rewriteRule "(.*),([^ ].*)" "$1, $2" # This one eats blanks rwm-rewriteContext eatBlanks rwm-rewriteRule "(.*), (.*)" "$1,$2" # Here control goes back to the default rewrite # context; rules are appended to the existing ones. # anything that gets here is piped into rule `addBlanks' rwm-rewriteContext default rwm-rewriteRule ".*" "${>addBlanks($0)}" ":" # Rewrite the search base according to `default' rules. rwm-rewriteContext searchDN alias default # Search results with OpenLDAP DN are rewritten back with # `dc=home,dc=net' naming context, with spaces eaten. rwm-rewriteContext searchEntryDN rwm-rewriteRule "(.*[^ ],)?[ ]?dc=OpenLDAP,[ ]?dc=org$" "${>eatBlanks($1)}dc=home,dc=net" ":" # Bind with email instead of full DN: we first need # an ldap map that turns attributes into a DN (the # argument used when invoking the map is appended to # the URI and acts as the filter portion) rwm-rewriteMap ldap attr2dn "ldap://host/dc=my,dc=org?dn?sub" # Then we need to detect DN made up of a single email, # e.g. `email@example.com'; note that the rule # in case of match stops rewriting; in case of error, # it is ignored. In case we are mapping virtual # to real naming contexts, we also need to rewrite # regular DNs, because the definition of a bindDN # rewrite context overrides the default definition. rwm-rewriteContext bindDN rwm-rewriteRule "^mail=[^,]+@[^,]+$" "${attr2dn($0)}" ":@I" # This is a rather sophisticated example. It massages a # search filter in case who performs the search has # administrative privileges. First we need to keep # track of the bind DN of the incoming request, which is # stored in a variable called `binddn' with session scope, # and left in place to allow regular binding: rwm-rewriteContext bindDN rwm-rewriteRule ".+" "${&&binddn($0)}$0" ":" # A search filter containing `uid=' is rewritten only # if an appropriate DN is bound. # To do this, in the first rule the bound DN is # dereferenced, while the filter is decomposed in a # prefix, in the value of the `uid=<arg>' AVA, and # in a suffix. A tag `<>' is appended to the DN. # If the DN refers to an entry in the `ou=admin' subtree, # the filter is rewritten OR-ing the `uid=<arg>' with # `cn=<arg>'; otherwise it is left as is. This could be # useful, for instance, to allow apache's auth_ldap-1.4 # module to authenticate users with both `uid' and # `cn', but only if the request comes from a possible # `cn=Web auth,ou=admin,dc=home,dc=net' user. rwm-rewriteContext searchFilter rwm-rewriteRule "(.*\\()uid=([a-z0-9_]+)(\\).*)" "${**binddn}<>${&prefix($1)}${&arg($2)}${&suffix($3)}" ":I" rwm-rewriteRule "^[^,]+,ou=admin,dc=home,dc=net$" "${*prefix}|(uid=${*arg})(cn=${*arg})${*suffix}" ":@I" rwm-rewriteRule ".*<>$" "${*prefix}uid=${*arg}${*suffix}" ":" # This example shows how to strip unwanted DN-valued # attribute values from a search result; the first rule # matches DN values below "ou=People,dc=example,dc=com"; # in case of match the rewriting exits successfully. # The second rule matches everything else and causes # the value to be rejected. rwm-rewriteContext searchEntryDN rwm-rewriteRule ".+,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com$" "$0" ":@" rwm-rewriteRule ".*" "" "#"
The following directives map the object class `groupOfNames' to the object class `groupOfUniqueNames' and the attribute type `member' to the attribute type `uniqueMember':-
map objectclass groupOfNames groupOfUniqueNames map attribute uniqueMember member
This presents a limited attribute set from the foreign server:
map attribute cn * map attribute sn * map attribute manager * map attribute description * map attribute *
These lines map cn, sn, manager, and description to themselves, and any other attribute gets "removed" from the object before it is sent to the client (or sent up to the LDAP server). This is obviously a simplistic example, but you get the point.
- /etc/openldap2.4/slapd.conf
- default slapd configuration file
slapd.conf(5), slapd-ldap(5), slapd-meta(5), slapd-relay(5), slapd(8), regex(7), re_format(7).AUTHOR
Pierangelo Masarati; based on back-ldap rewrite/remap features by Howard Chu, Pierangelo Masarati.Contenus ©2006-2024 Benjamin Poulain
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