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Just what I wanted. I have been looking all over for a long black wool coat for the last couple of years, but with no luck until now. The coat is of good quality. My only challenge is that I have short arms, so I am having the sleeves shortened. Thank you for offering this coat!!
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The coat was pretty, but it was much too heavy for the winters in Georgia.
I had high hopes for this coat to replace a camel colored one that the moths had their way with. I was extremely disappointed in the quality of this coat. While the fit wasn't bad, the fabric was stiff and had many flaws including greenish spots of dye all over the coat... No quality control... Chadwick's used to have better fabrics...what happened?Had to return. Zero Stars!
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I received this coat about three weeks back and I wear it when I possibly can. I love this coat. It is warm, and it fits beautifully. It is a wonderful buy....I know, I looked everywhere for a long wool camel-colored coat. The color is just like the picture and I love it. It is very classy. I can't say enough good things about this coat. Love it.
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I purchased this coat over a year ago in Camel however, it collects too much lint therefore, I am now purchasing it in Charcoal. That's how much I love the coat! Good for dresses and skirts actually keeps legs warm.
St Louis
I ordered this coat about 10 years ago in the pumpkin spice just to add a bit of color to my coat wardrobe....LOVE that color!I was fortunate to find a beautiful bulky knit scarf to accentuate the coat and I get many compliments whenever I wear it. I have since gained a bit of weight but it still fits me well. I wish Chadwick's would offer it in black and also in heather gray as I would like to have those colors as well.
Reisterstown, MD
Classy long coat
I bought this coat a few years back, and I am purchasing it again, as my other coat is now worn, torn and not usable any longer. I love this coat! I cannot find anything like it anywhere, not even in New York City the fashion capitol of the world! This coat is reasonably priced, and everyone compliments me on this coat! Thank you Chadwicks!
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I first bought the winter white long wool about 8 years ago. It was a very classy looking coat. I recently bought the red and black. I also have brown from a couple years ago, but the all time favorite is the winter white! Please, please, please.bring it back!
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I have this coat in winter white. I can't even remember how many years I have had it! But it is still a very beautiful coat. I have unfortunately outgrown it. I would LOVE to have another in the same color, WINTER WHITE. Please bring back the winter white in this coat.
Culleoka, TN
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I have this coat in red. Please bring back it in Winter White.
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I ordered this coat many years ago in the color black. It is a great long coat. It keeps you warm. I am 5'9" it stops right at the ankle. I use it for church. But due to a break in I lost all my coats. I wanted get it in gray but don't have in my size.
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Beautiful Coat - Great Value!
I bought this coat in a winter white years ago - it has held up beautifully. I still receive frequent comments on how nice it looks. Not only does it have a beautiful classic style, but does the job of keeping me warm. I will reorder - hope they don't get rid of this one.
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Examining Self-Shielded Flux Cored Welding (FCAW-S) in High-Strength Pipeline Welding Applications as an Alternative to Stick Welding (SMAW)
Advances in Self-Shielded Flux Cored welding (FCAW-S) wire and equipment have made it an increasingly viable option in manual pipeline welding applications compared to Stick welding (SMAW).
Miller's Big Blue® 350 PipePro® System is an optimized Self-Shielded Flux Cored welding system designed specifically for pipeline welding applications.
There are a couple of ways to reduce pipeline costs as it relates to the pipe itself. One is to reduce the weight of steel used in its construction. The other is to increase the pressure tolerances of that pipeline so that it may pump a greater amount of material through it. These factors have led pipelines to transition to high-strength steels such as X70, X80, and X100.
High-strength steel provides obvious advantages, such as lower cost-per-foot, increased strength with thinner wall thicknesses that require less filler metal to complete the joint (reducing welding time and consumables), and reduced hauling and fuel costs because of the lighter weight. It also made it easier to transport pipe to more remote areas, and proves better suited to areas prone to significant temperature extremes.
These high-strength steels also pose new challenges: filler metals must match or exceed the higher tensile strengths while also having lower hydrogen content—high strength steels feature a low carbon base and are therefore more prone to hydrogen-induced cracking. The cellulosic Stick electrodes previously used for welding low-strength steels possess too high of a hydrogen content (typically 16 ml per 100g) to make them viable options for welding X70 or higher. This higher hydrogen content can lead to significant cracking and expensive downtime related to rework.
To address these issues, a shift is taking place from Stick welding (SMAW) to Self-Shielded Flux Cored welding (FCAW-S). While Stick is still almost universally specified for root passes (although new Metal Cored and Miller's Regulated Metal Deposition (RMD) processes are making gains there, too), Flux Cored welding offers substantial advantages in terms of productivity and quality. This article will look at these advantages, review some of the common Flux Cored filler metal options, and examine advances in welding technology that have made Flux Cored welding an increasingly viable option.
Advantages of Self-Shielded Flux Cored Welding
Just as with Stick electrodes, Self-Shielded Flux Cored wires provide shielding of the weld puddle, making it suitable for welding in the often windy and dirty environments encountered in pipeline welding applications. While it does require some additional equipment considerations (detailed further in the article), and may require re-qualifying certain joints and applications, the process offers noticeable advantages over Stick in a number of areas:
- Lower Hydrogen Content: Arguably the most important benefit, Self-Shielded Flux Cored wires designed for onshore pipeline applications provide the high-strength properties required in these applications while also meeting the low hydrogen content standards required to reduce hydrogen-induced cracking.
- Increase in Speed, Deposition Efficiency: While quality is paramount, Flux Cored welding typically allows for faster travel speeds and offers greater filler metal deposition efficiency as compared to Stick electrodes. A standard E6010 or E7010 Stick electrode offers 50 to 65 percent deposition efficiency (the amount of a filler metal that actually goes into the weld joint) while a E71T8-Ni1 J H8 Flux Cored wire like Hobart Brothers' Fabshield 79T8™ offers 78 to 87 percent deposition efficiency. This greater deposition efficiency ultimately means welders will need less filler metal to get the same job done. This fact saves money and ensures welders are laying more filler metal in a shorter amount of time.
- Increased Control of Arc: With the addition of voltage sensing wire feeders and dual schedule capabilities associated with Flux Cored wire feeders and guns, the welder has more control over the precise performance of the welding arc.
- Easy to Operate: Comfort with existing technologies, and qualifying new processes, can often be a roadblock to progress. The Flux Cored process allows for relatively easy operator training. When welding higher-strength pipe, variables such as pre-heat and interpass temperatures, along with the overall welding parameters (amperage, voltage, etc.), must be carefully monitored. Those features alone make welding this material precarious, so having a welding process that is easy to use minimizes additional variables involved with training.
Self-Shielded Flux Cored Filler Metal
Filler metals used to weld high-strength pipe must meet or exceed the material's mechanical and chemical property requirements and also provide the ductility to mitigate instances of cracking. They also need to compensate for the extreme temperatures to which pipelines are typically subject, as the impact of thermal expansion or contraction, frost and/or other environmental loadings can easily damage steel and the welds. Special pipeline and joint designs, in conjunction with proper filler metal selection, are helping to protect against such issues.
To date, several classifications of Self-Shielded Flux Cored wires have proven successful for welding high-strength pipelines worldwide. These wires have been specially formulated to generate low levels of spatter and create an easily removable slag so as to speed inter-pass and post-weld clean up. Because they require no shielding gas, they can eliminate the time and need for setting up shielding tents to protect gas coverage. In addition, these wires provide good vertical-down capabilities and offer higher deposition rates than Stick electrodes to help improve productivity.
Available Self-Shielded Flux Cored wires for welding high-strength pipelines include:
E71T8-Ni1 J H8: This all-position wire has been designed for onshore transmission pipelines composed of Grade X70 (and below) pipe and provides high-impact toughness at low temperatures. It offers a tensile strength of 78 ksi in the as-welded (AW) condition and creates welds with low diffusible hydrogen levels (5.45 ml/100 g). The wire's unique formulation offers excellent weld puddle control, particularly when welding from the 4 o'clock to 7 o'clock position. It is especially useful for training welding operators with modest experience. It also provides good weldability and uniform weld beads when welding multiple passes on deep-groove pipe weld joints. Typical CVN impact values vary according to weld position (1G versus 3G) but fall in the range of 295 ft.lbs. at -20 degrees Fahrenheit (-29 degrees Celsius) to 135 ft.lbs. at -40 degrees Fahrenheit/Celsius.
E81T8-Ni2 J H8: This wire can be used for fill and cap passes on pipeline projects constructed from Grade X80 (and below) pipe. It provides high tensile strength (94 ksi) and low CVN impact properties (as low as 96 ft.lbs. at -40 Fahrenheit/Celsius), as well as excellent ductility. The wire's "J" designation ensures that it meets the strict requirements for low-temperature CVN impact toughness as determined by AWS A5.29, and ensures more exacting properties than many E81T8 wires classified to only "G" designations. It can be used on fillet, lap or deep groove welds in single- or multi-pass applications, and has a fast-freezing slag that peels easily to help reduce post-weld cleaning time. E81T8-Ni2 J H8 wires can be used for welding in all positions.
AWS E91T8-G H8: In addition to offering relatively low diffusible hydrogen content (6.2 ml/100 g), this all-position wire provides a tensile strength of more than 113 ksi, as well as excellent low-temperature impact strengths (44 ft.-lb. at -40 degrees Fahrenheit/Celsius). This wire has been designed for use as an overmatch on Grade X80 pipe and also offers good ductility. It is available in 1/16-inch diameters, which tend to be easier for welders new to the process to use, and it has smooth arc characteristics, which improves operator appeal. Like other Self-Shielded Flux Cored wires for high-strength pipe, this wire provides excellent mechanical properties and generates a fast-freezing, easy-removable slag that allows for good weld puddle control and easy cleanup. It also operates similar to E71T8-Ni1 J H8 and E81T8-Ni2 J H8 wires, which makes it easier for welding operators moving between various pipeline projects to use.
AWS E111T8-G H8: Used for welding Grade X100 pipe and as an overmatch on Grade X80 steel, this wire also operates in a manner similar to the aforementioned wires but offers much higher tensile strengths. Specifically, when welded in the 1G position, the wire creates welds with 123 ksi tensile strength and provides over 120 ksi tensile strength when welded in the 3G position. It works well for oil and gas transmission pipelines and is available in 5/64-inch diameters. The hydrogen content for this wire is 6.33 ml/100 g of weldment, so it is a good option for helping reduce cracking.
Flux Cored Equipment Considerations
Stick and Flux Cored welding can be performed with the same engine-driven welding generators pipeline welders have used in the past, although there are some machines (Miller's Big Blue® 350 PipePro® , for example), that feature special programs and enhanced outputs (350 amps at 100 percent duty cycle) that optimize performance for Flux Cored welding.
There are additional equipment considerations that have been deterrents in the past for Flux Cored welding in pipeline applications: a Flux Cored gun can be more complicated than a stinger used in Stick welding, the wire feeder provides an additional piece of equipment to own and maintain, and controlling things like amperage and wire feed speed are perceived to be more difficult than a Stick electrode.
Recognizing these beliefs while also acknowledging the advancement of Flux Cored welding in these applications, equipment manufacturers have taken steps to improve the overall quality, simplicity and productivity of these products. Advancements include:
- Wire Feeders: Once large and clunky, wire feeder designs—like that of Miller's SuitCase® X-TREME™ 8 HD—have become more compact and reliable. Tight-sealing polypropylene cases keep out dirt and contaminants. The addition of high-torque motors handles both large and small diameter Flux Cored wires, and provide more consistent feeding. Digital meters capable of displaying both voltage and amperage while welding also help improve welding accuracy. Voltage sensing models offer precise arc control. Dual schedule capabilities (when matched with a dual schedule Flux Cored gun) allow welders to adjust wire feed speed on the fly based on their position on the pipe. More robust, reliable designs include vastly improved contactors—a former heavy maintenance item.
- Flux Cored Guns: Flux Cored guns have been made substantially lighter and more ergonomically friendly than past models. Advances to guns such as the Bernard PipePro® Dura-Flux™ gun include internal trigger leads that won't get caught on surrounding equipment, replaceable liners, and improved visibility to the weld puddle. Most importantly, the dual schedule functionality gives welders the opportunity to adjust wire feed speed right at the gun. Consumables (contact tips, etc.) are now also much more reliable and much easier to change out than older models.
- Wireless Remote Controls: Whether Stick or Flux Cored welding, new wireless remote controls extend the work envelope up to 300 feet from the power source. Typical corded remotes only extend to 90 feet. Digital displays on wireless remote controls further give welders and welder's helpers a precise knowledge of their machine's settings. That, combined with the dual schedule capabilities of the gun and the voltage sensing capabilities of the feeder, gives the welder and welder's helper greater control over arc characteristics and filler deposition than previously possible.
As for meeting the overall demands of building high-strength pipelines, it is likely that the shift to the Self-Shielded Flux Cored process will continue as contractors seek to complete projects faster and for less cost. It is equally likely that filler metal and welding equipment manufacturers will be challenged to build on this technology and offer even more solutions to meet the strict welding requirements of high-strength pipe and provide these contractors with an increasingly competitive edge.
SIDEBAR: Self-Shielded Flux-Cored Welding Improves Productivity on Ruby Pipeline Repairs
Pipeline welder Bruce Weeks, a Local Union 798 member working on the Ruby Pipeline Project on Spread 4 as it passed through Elko, Nevada, made the transition to Self-Shielded Flux Cored welding (FCAW-S) as he worked repairs along a stretch of the 42-inch X70 pipeline. Weeks had welded with the Flux Cored process in other industries, but had not worked much with it on pipeline repairs.
"They were running automatic processes on the pipeline, and some of the repairs were pretty lengthy," says Weeks. "Anything over eight inches I repaired with the Flux Cored wire because it was quicker. We had some repairs 17- to 20-inches long and it was much quicker with the wire."
Weeks' rig features Miller's PipePro™ 304 diesel engine-driven welding generator, Miller's SuitCase® X-TREME™ 8 HD voltage sensing wire feeder, and a Bernard PipePro Dura-Flux™ gun. The wire he used along this spread of the pipeline was Hobart Brothers' Fabshield® 79T8 Self-Shielded Flux Cored wire (E71T8-Ni1 J H8). As described in the main body of this article, E71T8-Ni1 wire is designed for all-position welding and provides high-impact toughness at low temperatures. It also offers a tensile strength of 78 ksi in the as-welded (AW) condition and creates welds with low diffusible hydrogen levels (5.45 ml/100 g). The wire's unique formulation offers excellent weld puddle control, particularly when welding from the 4 o'clock to 7 o'clock position.
Using the dual schedule capabilities of both the wire feeder and the gun, Weeks was able to manipulate his wire feed speed (amperage) to match his position on the pipe, such as dropping amperage as he got to the bottom half of the pipe. The ability to weld downhill with the Flux Cored wire as compared to uphill with a 9018 Stick electrode made the process faster. Most importantly, it allowed him to maintain the high degree of quality demanded in this application while noticeably increasing his productivity.
"If I do a 20-inch repair with Stick, I'll be there for an hour and a half. If I do it with this wire, I'm there 45 minutes or an hour. Overall I'd say it cuts it down by about 30 percent. That makes it a lot easier on me. And I've never lost a repair."


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Welcome to CAL-MIL, New Home of Gourmet Display...
This year we are thrilled to welcome to our company one of the leading innovators of world class display equipment. Like Cal-Mil, Gourmet Display offers high quality foodservice displayware that is both unique and original. Our hope is to use our resources in advanced software systems, manufacturing efficiencies, and our vast network of sales to promote the Gourmet Display through Cal-Mil. We are looking forward to providing you with top of the line products here at Cal-Mil.
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As we enter our 48th year, it's my honor to introduce yet another Cal-Mil catalog. Last year, we unveiled an entirely new and cutting edge catalog design by adding Cal-Mil Collections. Our collections give you an overview of all that is available in a certain material or style. Sections, on the other hand, help assist you in finding products in categories of similar usage. Customer feedback has been outstanding!
At Cal-Mil, we believe that the key to success is constant evolution and innovation in all aspects. We've taken this mentality and introduced over 100 products each of the last five years! In 2013, we introduce over 120 new products, 2 brand new Cal-Mil Collections, and over 300 new SKUs! Along with this, we continue to grow in our usage of reused, recycled and renewable resources for long term sustainability. Our ultimate goal is to provide you, our customer, with the most cutting edge products and services in the industry.
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Montgomery County detectives are searching for a man who they say robbed a Silver Spring jewelry store Monday.
The robbery took place at around 12:45 p.m. at The Gold Spot, in the Glenmont section of Silver Spring. Police said a man pulled on the front door of the store, attempting to get in.
The business has controlled access, so an employee let the man in after he was visible at the door, according to a statement released by Montgomery County Police.
After entering the store, police said, the man pulled down a mask to cover his face, brandished a handgun, and announced the robbery.
The man ordered the employee to the rear of the store, obtained an undisclosed amount of cash and gold jewelry, and fled, according to a statement from police.
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Success in EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant Program
Chicopee, MA
(December 3, 2003)
The full service Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) branch office, complete with drive through window, at 1011 Chicopee Street in the bourgeoning Chicopee, MA has helped stimulate and revitalize the Willimansett neighborhood it now calls home. The DMV was made possible in part by a grant in 1996 that was part of the US EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant. The program enabled the city to perform assessments on the property that cost over $35,000 and helped create a long term strategy for the once contaminated property's redevelopment.
The over 21,000 square foot property has a 67-year history of contamination and each consecutive owner contributed more and more to the contamination present at the property. From 1930, when the original 1,769 square foot building was built, until 1960 the property was utilized for used car sales. It was then used as an auto mechanics service station called Slate's Service Station from 1965 through 1970 when it was purchased by Drake's Bakeries as a food storage facility. The final owner was Tri-City Cleaners, a full-service dry cleaners. Tri-City owned the property from 1970 until 1997 until they failed to pay city taxes and the city took possession of the property through the tax-foreclosure process.
The city went into action immediately to redevelop the property following foreclosure. The Office of Community Development saw the heavily contaminated property as a possible focal point of a greater redevelopment plan for the city that would encompass several other contaminated properties throughout the Chicopee area. Through the help of the 1996 grant of as part of the aforementioned Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots Program, the city of Chicopee was able to pay the TRC Environmental Corporation over $35,000 to perform environmental assessment on the property. The assessment paved the way for the redevelopment of the property.
By July of 2000, TRC had performed both Phase I and Phase II site assessments on the property. Their finds revealed widespread environmental contamination at the site. Two 10,000 gallon underground storage tanks (USTs) were found. In addition, coal ash residue from the adjacent rail road tracks was also found along with several types of dry cleaning chemicals and small concentrations of lead, asbestos, and Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds. Armed with this information, the city of Chicopee was ready to cleanup and then redevelop the contaminated property.
By 2002, the city had renovated the existing building to create a full service branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles. The property's remediation was funded by the Chicopee Community Development Block Grant and other city and state funds. The DMV has spurred increased tax revenues in the low-income neighborhood surrounding the property, created a necessary increase in police presence in the community, and offered members of the community well-paid employment. The redevelopment now serves as a hub for revitalization for the surrounding community by increasing law enforcement, deterring crime, and redeveloping a vacant and possibly dangerous building within the community.
The population of Chicopee, MA is 55,000. The unemployment rate in Chicopee was 3% in 2000 according in the U.S. Census with 22% of workers in manufacturing or factory jobs. The median household income is $35,700 with 9.6% of the population living below the poverty level in 2000.


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Rocky, the Denver Nuggets' mascot, was unconscious as he was lowered to the floor before Friday night's Blazers-Nuggets game. Because the harness was hidden, it looked like Rocky had been hanged and presented on the court as an omen for something. It was unsettling.
Nuggets mascot was just lowered from the ceiling limp and then just laid down on the floor. Wat pic.twitter.com/3RgWLV4i4c
— Dane Carbaugh (@danecarbaugh) November 2, 2013
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The plan was for Rocky to be lowered in a harness, with a spotlight on him, just before the home opener.
Fans were horrified when a lifeless Rocky was lowered to the center court where he immediately collapsed. The spotlight was quickly turned off.
Rocky was checked by medical personnel before he walked off the court under his own power.
Word from the Nuggets was that Rocky had the wind knocked out of him and would be out for the remainder of the game.
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Who deserves to be under surveillance the people or the government?
We're hearing all this stuff about PRISM and NSA about surveillance, and cameras on our roads, there was a report of New Jersey looking to implement drone surveillance on the turnpike even in 2015.
My opinion on this is that we, the people don't need surveillance as time has shown that we are not the corrupt ones. Every attack or massacre that has occurred has had governmental finger prints all over it, and a right or two gets diminished immediately after.
So who deserves to be watched 24 hours out of the day? Our police force, military, and government? Or the potential casualties in the next attack.
Who would watch channel(s) devoted to unedited reality tv on various governments and military forces around the world? I would :)
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Jun 26 2013: Well the sad truth is there are many good reasons why government doesn't allow the masses to view and observe what it does because then it would become a truer democracy. That's bad only because the people are corruptible and the majority of people are irrational and can and will bring their own destruction with enough freedom if given. Government is to be the guiding hand that keeps the masses from destroying themselves and their country as many people do not want to do what must be done and a government that doesn't have to answer for those tough decisions is the one the people need whether they like it or not.
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Jun 26 2013: I agree we do need a government that will make decisions and laws, and sometimes you can't ask the people for input because well, some people are dumb. Let's be honest, we have some wack-os out there, and they all want input.
However, we do not need or want wack-os running our offices, and we do deserve some freedoms that will keep us at least sane or more at peace than what we currently are. We need a government that will guide not dominate. The government we have now are experimenting on us with vaccinations, medications, artificial or GM foods, chemicals in our water and air, and just testing our psych with threats of war and inflation and prices on goods and services.
We need a government that isnt going to put us in certain circumstances, that is going to make our lifestyle monetary free, which will end alot of corruption and murder we have going on.
Jun 26 2013: I agree that's exactly what i was saying. Only thing i don't agree on is the "bad" artificial foods with all their scary nasty chemicals. And the best response i have to people that say that is do you drink coffee? because it has 800 chemicals 12 of which are known to cause cancer ;)
Jun 26 2013: I have to ask, are you aware of Genetically Modified foods and the dangers they cause? Are you aware of the Monsanto Protection Act that was passed allowing Monsanto to continue to create GM foods without court interference? In other words, Monsanto is above law, and the senate wants nothing to do with forcing them to label GM foods. This stuff is being served in all fast food restaurants, markets, and even schools without our knowledge or consent, and this is without speaking on radiated foods and processed foods.
That's scary to me. And no, I dont drink coffee lolJun 26 2013: Ok, so if any food was really irradiated everyone would know GM goes through the same checks and quality control as all the others. If it really was killing us we would have known a long time ago GM food has been around for awhile. Now the alternatives to these chemicals and fertilizers and insecticides is to grow it all natural. Which is actually more dangerous as it lets any microbes bugs and diseases to take over the food which in all cases are worse than the effects of the GM food which as far as i know are nothing. And it's the whole eco friendly thing that the natural world is better than the one we have made which isn't true we have made the natural world better with our technology.
Jun 26 2013: Cant agree with that, only because the government and big businesses control the media, they tell us what they want us to know. There have been multiple studies, protests, and marches all over the world against GM goods, and none of it has been televised, on the radio, or in the media at all whatsoever.
Our technology may help to the natural world, but in my opinion, there are things we just should not meddle with. We have been told all these various things create tumors, sarcoma, cancers etc. and now there's info being leaked that most things we thought caused cancer really doesn't, and its actually our food making us sick. But you'll never see that on tv, so don't expect it. And I hope you aren't trusting the USDA and FDA to tell you the truth about what you're eating, they are very easily paid off, and these are the same corps that raised the toxicity levels of aquatic foods because of fukushima, they'll tell you a purple glowing fish is healthy if itll make them money. Other countries have banned GMs, Fast food restaurants, and other food substances our country allow, and they refrain from trading food with us because of GMOs. That says alot.
We are coming to the point where everyone is waking up about what we consume on a daily basis including our water, air, and pharmaceuticals the FDA and USDA is currently in the hot seat. We coming out in the open on how pharmaceuticals and processed foods do more harm than help, and its actually natural meds and food that have significant results.Jun 26 2013: so if none of it went into media then how do you know of it? haha and many things do and don't cause cancer but it has never been shown anywhere that it's killing us. You really think media would turn down the ability to make millions of dollars by spreading even rumors of food that kills you? no not a chance and there isn't a man behind the curtain in all of media there are many of them and most of them don't like each other so if there really was any truth behind food killing us it would be everywhere. And if the usda and fda were paid off for one that would be an unbelievable amount of money to pay everyone off then also what keeps non GM food from doing the same? i've heard from a couple articles online (which of course you cannot trust being media an all) but they said that since non GM foods are so unregulated they use even worse chemicals and fertilizers that are not regulated by the FDA and could be very toxic as they are untested.
And wait what? "and these are the same corps that raised the toxicity levels of aquatic foods because of fukushima" so you're suggesting they are making food more toxic on purpose just to be mean? the world doesn't work like that. As for pharmaceuticals though i completely agree there are alot of medications that could be over taken by cheaper easier healthier natural medications (which are still chemicals)
Jun 26 2013: Okay, I worded it wrong, my bad. Not media in its entirety, but tv and the radio wont post any of this info, its coming from the internet and various non profit groups.
I dont see how companies would make money saying foods are toxic. Animals and plants cannot reproduce with those of a different species for a reason, and instead of man accepting that, they try to do the opposite and make them comobine genetics, which has been proven to kill bees, create super bugs, and cause cancer, there are experiments on many websites supporting this. If I owned a food company Id pay any and everyone to keep quiet about it. As they have, since Monsanto has provided jobs to many people in the Obama Admin and in Congress, they have also funded the Obama and Romney campaigne. Most non gm foods are also organic and they are regulated, I'd like to know your sources that state otherwise...
And radiation from fukushima has spread to the pacific ocean leaving the aquatic animals in that area exposed to more radiation, so instead of saying 'we cant sell this stuff' companies are still going to sell that food to people and make it legal for profit. Its all about money and power. People forget all the sadistic experiements America has done on its citizens in the past and act as if it wont happen again. It's happening now.
Heres some links on GMOs:
nongmoproject.org areweeatingfishyfood.com www.naturalnews.com/GMO.html http://www.march-against-monsanto.com/ http://gmo.mercola.com/ http://intellihub.com/2013/06/05/south-korea-joins-japan-rejects-imports-of-u-s-wheat-polluted-with-gmos/
Heres some links on Pharmaceuticals:
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/Jun 26 2013: http://truehealthandhealing.org/truth-about-pharmaceutical-industry.html
America is a corporation, we buy their foods and beverages that are addicting and cause illnesses and diseases, and we continue to buy more because its addicted then we invest in the healthcare industry going to our doctors, hospitals, dentists etc to find out whats wrong with us and pay for their medications, it's a cycle and nobody wins but the big businesses.
Other countries did not have the kind of dental and physical health issues we have until they adopted our diet and medications.
Wake up before its too late, look up whats in your food, what it does to you, look up whats in your water, your medicine, your air. There's so much information leaking and whistle blowers stepping up and speaking out. Our disbelief will lead to our downfall
Look up the strawman act, the georgia guidestones, bohemian grove, we may think its ridiculous and we laugh at it, but this is what our elected governments believe in...Jun 26 2013: so i just went over those links and a few more i looked up myself. none of these except that thing talking about soy said anything was bad about GMO's nothing anywhere even the most hard core anti GMO sites say that the effect are largely unknown. It's just a scare tactic so then people by organic stuff. You know almost everything you eat has been genetically altered anything to do with corn in any way (which is a huge amount of foods) has been Genetically altered japan stopped purchasing when there was that GMO spread because they didn't know what it was. There is literally no solid proof genetically altered foods are bad as we have been eating them for ever. And i'm sorry but species can and do cross breed and it's meant to be because it happens in nature and thorough our entire evolutionary trail. There's nothing wrong with it just look at a mule?Jun 26 2013: oh an i know about the meds no argument there that stuff is bad if you take to muchJun 26 2013: ohhhh your one of those people well there's no convincing you you're already sucked into the lies but nice conversation :)Jun 26 2013: oh an i just thought i would tell you if there really was a man behind the curtain whole conspiracy thing like that i would be one of them. My family is very wealthy and has extreem influence among polotics i have met and had dinner with the worlds most powerful men and i have to tell you there's not a single chance of "us" ever working together for whatever evil plans you think we're doing.
Jul 5 2013: You try and joke but people like you are truly part of the problem.Jul 5 2013: Governments and laws should pretect people from other people, but if these laws are designed to protect people from themselves they are taking away their rights.
Jul 5 2013: ok i cannot reply to that comment there but what's the problem and how do rich people cause this problem? The rich put food on your table and clothes on your back if you are not a rich person then you work for them it has always been like that and there's nothing wrong with it. If your one of those people who support communism then you are truly blind.
And yes governments should protect people from people but it's a very very gray area between freedom and safety freedom brings damage from the small percent of "bad" people and safety bring corruption on a complete and full percentage of everyone wothin and out of the system.
Jul 6 2013: The greatest problem is the inequality between rich and poor and the influence the rich have on politics. The rich do not give away food, they take advantage of peoples need for food and profit from it.
The capitalist system turns the rich and powerful into vultures. I long for revolution, french style.Jul 6 2013: By the way, the rich do not put food on my table or clothes on my back, i do.Jul 6 2013: but it has always been that way it isn't bad? the rich always have influence on politics just like the masses do as well. Also you are completely wrong the rich give away money (which buys food) in greater amounts than you will earn in your entire life. No the rich don't take advantage of people need of food only the people with food companies do that and i cannot see any way that they are taking advantage of you?? And unless you made the clothes on your back and you are a farmer that doesn't sell his crops then the rich did put the clothes on your back and did put the food on your table. You just worked for them so they would. But also the french revolted then adopted the system or atleast the basic prinicples from us. What are you implying by that? are you saying we should have a bloody revolution and kill millions great idea i'll get on our jet and go to italy hahaJul 6 2013: Also, i wonder why is it you do not like the wealthy? are you simply jealous they have more than you? or are you jealous that your word is nothing and cannot influence the world as you would like it?
And don't begin to say some BS about the man behind the curtain...Jul 6 2013: oh or is it that you don't think the rich deserver their money? that you deserve it more than they or that they should live like you and give all their money away?
Barry Palmer
Jun 26 2013: To a small extent, the people. The bad ones among us have made this necessary.
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To a much greater extent, the government. The bad ones among the government have made this obvious.Jun 25 2013: the sociopaths and psychopaths in officeJun 26 2013: lol, and how do you defend the killing of the bees and the creation of superbugs? Or the fact that GM foods require more pesticides because of the super bugs? Or how food is being genetically altered with pesticides in it?
Why give us food that has no long term tests? Whats the big deal about labelling and letting the consumer make the conscious decision of whether they want to purchase it or not? Why was the Monsanto Protection Act necessary if the food is safe? Why buy off a bunch of politicians if the food is safe? Are they eating GM foods? I doubt they give it to their dogs...
I cant recall there being a policy that says distribute the goods before they are tested and regulated.
And I dont know about you, but I've never seen a fruit or vegetable conceive with a fish, yet there's fish genetics in fruits and veggies...
Yea, I guess I am one of those people... :)Jun 24 2013: Okay, so in your imagination, how would the surveillance go? Like, my idea was similar to having a few channels dedicated to showing what the government is doing.
Something like a Ustream citizens would be able to log into and watch, I don't think a typed and posted itinerary online is enough.Jun 24 2013: The Government must be under surveillance because they are the person who is governing the country and the country mostly depend on how they run or use their power if they will be under surveillance then they will work properly and if they work properly then the person under them will work goodJun 24 2013: The Government of course.
Surely you all remember the "behind closed doors" types of government decisions.
And the begging that is required to get some conceited judge to allow cameras in his courtroom.
We have the - - - government in the entire world, based upon the numbers of innocent and guilty
human lives snuffed out in the name of Democracy. Killed and Maimed, Men, Women, and Wee
Children, with thought given only to how quickly they can be killed.Jun 23 2013: The Latter


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Los Angeles - In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday, the California African American Museum (CAAM) will host a three-day weekend celebration in Exposition Park, January 19-21, 2013.
This year, CAAM has several special tributes planned as 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Event activities include live performances representative of the diverse cultures of Los Angeles, art workshops, film screenings, an art awards ceremony and much more. All events are free and open to the public. Some of the key highlights of the three-day celebration include:
"Kingdom Day Parade" – Saturday, January 19, 2013, 10:30a.m. – 2 p.m.
CAAM will participate in the 28th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. "Kingdom Day Parade." CAAM car participants include Charmaine Jefferson, Executive Director, Woodburn Schofield, Deputy Director of Operations and Special Programs and each of the presidents of CAAM's volunteer councils including Ron Lewis, History Council; Don Rodell, Service Council; Jeri Boyles, Docent Council and the Friends Foundation Chair Susan Cole Hill, as CAAM celebrates its volunteers. CAAM encourages the parade goers to give a loud CAAMinLA shout out or tweet #CAAMinLA #KingdomDayParade when you spot the car!
Target Sundays at CAAM- One Dream, A National Influence, A World of People – Sunday, January 20, 2013, 1p.m. – 5p.m. live program (Doors open at 11 a.m.)
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Cake for King – Monday, January 21, 2013, 11a.m. – 2p.m.
CAAM will screen the documentary "King: Man of Peace in a Time of War," while Babe and Art Evans hold storytelling in the gallery, reading "My Brother Martin" written by Christine King Farris, as well as leading a writing and journal-decorating workshop. Speed painter, Zachary Brown, will be on site impressing the attendees with his incredibly fast paintings of portraits of Dr. King and actor Gerald Rivers will deliver re-enactments of Dr. King's speeches from the main stage. In honor of Dr. King's birthday, CAAM will offer free slices of birthday cake starting at 2p.m. until the tasty treat baked by Nooks and Grannies is all gone.
The Dream@50 Awards Ceremony – Monday, January 21, 2013, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
K-12 students created artwork inspired by a word or phrase from Dr. King's "I Have A Dream Speech," with the artwork titled accordingly for the competition. The national competition will hold its regional awards ceremony for Los Angeles at CAAM. Judges include Abstract Artist Mark Bradford; CAAM Curator Vida Brown; Los Angeles Times Chief Art Critic Christopher Knight; California Institute of the Arts President Steven D. Lavine; Artist and Arts Advocate Gayle Garner Roski; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art Curator Franklin Sirmans. The ceremony will include live performances and four winners will be announced. There will also be special guest appearances and presentations. The winner and semi-finalists work will be on display at CAAM through March 3, 2013.
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"This recipe uses condensed milk and sour cream. Fabulously easy. . . a summertime favorite! If you have time, a homemade graham cracker crust is better! Garnish with whipped cream and thin slices of lime if you like."
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1 (9 inch)
prepared graham cracker crust
3 cups
sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup
sour cream
3/4 cup
key lime juice
1 tablespoon
grated lime zest
This pie is the BEST!! So easy too! Just a few notes:
3/4 cup Key Lime juice is = to about 20 Key limes. I used a garlic press to squeeze the limes quickly and easily (cut limes in half).
3 Cups of sweetened condensed milk = about 2 cans.
Perfect recipe! Impress your friends and enjoy!
So this was my first time making a key lime pie and I followed the recipe exactly (except I made my own graham cracker crust). This was really easy to make but I was disappointed with it. The pie was tart and kind of bitter. Maybe less lime should be added?
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I love this recipe. I am from Florida and have had many key lime pies when visiting key west. This is the most authentic tasting pie I have ever made at home. What is best is that it is SO SIMPLE! You can literally whip it up in no time. I used home made whipped topping (heavy whipping cream with a touch of sugar and vanilla) and spread it over the entire pie. I made this for my husbands birthday dinner party. I have since made this pie 3 more times. Everytime we are invited to dinner friends ask me to make this pie for them, it is PERFECT! Do not try another key lime pie recipe on this site, this is the only one you need!
This pie turned out great, I used two cans of condensed milk which turned out to be close to 3 cups. I purchased 20 keylimes which turned out to be exactly 3/4 cup of lime juice. I never got any bubbles while cooking, so I think I ended up cooking it for approx10 minutes before taking it out. Everyone wanted the recipe, so good and easy.
This recipe was my second choice, but should have been my first!! I made two pies for Easter from a different recipe that called for eggs, and we hated them! They were dense and heavy, more like a custard than anything, with a bitter lime taste. Then I went in search of a lighter recipe, one without the eggs. This was the recipe I was looking for!! Light, creamy, not too tart or too sweet! PERFECT! I didn't stick with the key limes, (I found the key lime juice to be terribly acidic when I used it in the first recipe) instead I used about 8 Mexican limes that I found in my grocery produce section. They're a little smaller than the traditional Perisian limes, but a bit bigger than the Key Limes. They worked wonderfully! I ended up with 2 cups of juice and used it all for two pies. I used 4 cans of condensed milk, and baked for closer to 13 minutes in shortbread crusts. Topped with homemade whipped cream and YUMMO! Everyone freaked over this pie! I will use this recipe forever! Thanks so much for sharing it!
This was really easy. I used Mothers Oatmeal Cookies as a crust instead of a graham cracker crust. Everything else I kept the same. Really took a matter of minutes, longest part was breaking up the cookies in the blender. I also used Rose's Key Lime juice. EDITED: I liked the combination of the oatmeal cookie crust with the pie filling, I just found the pie a little sweet. I think if I make a key lime pie again, I'll look for one that's creamier and less sweet. EDITED AGAIN: This was even better the next day. I LOVED this pie. EDITED AGAIN: I have doubled the recipe for this and used a homemade graham crust or a pretzel crust and it's always turned out fantastic. This dessert is always a homerun, I've never had leftovers when I make this pie for a gathering or potluck.
I sat here forever trying to decide which Key Lime Pie to make and finally chose this one and I'm glad I did! It's so creamy and has the perfect amount of lime and it held together perfectly! I only added 1 t grated peel, my 35 little limes only made a little less than 3/4 C (boy are my thumbs sore from squeezing those things!), didn't measure the milk, just used 2 cans as others suggested and used reduced fat sour cream. I made it with the Graham Cracker Crust II from this site since it didn't call for sugar. I didn't get the bubbles like so many others so I just baked it for 10 minutes.
My second review after making (and sharing) about three pies. Awesome, awesome recipe, and couldn't be easier!! I found that two 14-oz. cans of condensed milk was perfect - I can't imagine using three. I also didn't bother with the zest and didn't feel the lack. Nice, creamy and tart pie. So good it makes ya want to slap your mamma!
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From the archives: With From the Dust, it was our goal to help Christians see the complexity of the issues raised by modern science, as well as help them to courageously engage with the theological conversations happening within the sphere of Christian culture today.
God could have created a fertile planet miraculously in an instant, but when we look carefully at the physical evidence, it appears that the earth has a longer history as part of the universe.
What we do learn from scripture is that there is only one Creator and that there's a clear distinction between God and the created world. And that we who are created in the image of God are able to investigate a creation that is remarkably tuned for our discovery.
"There are clues in a text as to how the text should be written, so with Genesis, the rhythmic nature of Genesis 1 and 2, the almost poetic, and hymnic, function that it would have played in the liturgy of the earliest Jewish lives… it seems to me that there are clues here that it should be read in a theological way."
Does BioLogos believe that God is the creator? Yes, all Christians believe this; the question is, how did God create?
In this series, Ryan Pettey offers several clips from his powerful documentary "From the Dust". This feature-length film is divided up into various sections, each of which wrestles with the difficult problems that arise when reconciling Scripture with the theory of evolution. A light of hope dawns on the science-faith conversation, however, as scientists and theologians engage in honest dialogue about tough issues such as the interpretation of Genesis, the nature of the Fall, and the idea of random design. Their profound insights are sure to enlighten all minds, raise deeper questions, and provoke new thought.
This entry was originally posted on February 11, 2010. In this brief video, Professor Schloss addresses what he sees as the two primary reasons that evangelical Christians oppose evolutionary theory.
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In this video Conversation, Denis Alexander asserts that contemporary Christians are not taking the early chapters of Genesis seriously enough.
In this talk, originally delivered at the BioLogos President's Circle meeting in October 2012, Dr. John Walton discusses the origin stories of Genesis 1-3, and why their focus on function and archetypes mean there is no Biblical narrative of material origins.
In this video, Aaron Daly offers his thoughts on theistic evolution, creation, and how Christians should handle disagreements over these issues. Most of all, Aaron highlights the need for love in our discussions with one another, especially when we disagree.
Brian Godawa looks at several aspects of ancient cosmography (descriptions of the universe) that also appear in the Bible, and what these aspects of the text mean for our understanding of Scripture.
Philosopher Robert Bishop explores the Biblical doctrine of creation, which he describes as "perhaps one of the most helpful pieces of theology for thinking about science", and describes why the doctrine needs to be recovered from narrower, contemporary interpretations of creation.
In this paper, theologian John Wesley Wright reviews Connor Cunningham's book Darwin's Pious Idea, a work that deeply explores the integration of Darwinian evolutionary theory and Christian faith.
In this week's video, biblical historian John Dickson speaks about how to read the text of Genesis 1.
In this video "Conversation" John Walton discusses that the account in Genesis 1 is not intended to be an account of material origins.
Biologist and BioLogos Senior Fellow Denis Venema examines the interaction between RTB literature and several lines of genetics-based evidence for common ancestry. In so doing, he also addresses the scientific robustness and reliability of the RTB model.
This article provides an overview of genomics evidence for common ancestry and hominid population sizes, and briefly discusses the implications of these lines of evidence for scientific concordist approaches to the Genesis narratives.
To understand and apply Genesis 1 correctly, we have to consider issues of genre and intention. Too often these chapters are read as if they present a purely straightforward historical and even scientific account of cosmic and human origins.


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Wyle has been awarded a task order worth $39.9 million to provide engineering and logistical analyses to improve the reliability of U.S. Army ground combat systems, tactical wheeled vehicles, associated subsystems and related test equipment and infrastructure while lowering life cycle costs.
Under the award from the Defense Technical Information Center's Reliability Information Analysis Center, Wyle will provide support to the Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support and the Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems, both located at the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in Warren, Mich.
Wyle will conduct detailed quantitative investigations and analyses of maintenance practices, as well as logistics structured reliability and maintainability engineering to refine and improve sustainability initiatives.
The effort will include performing various engineering analyses to support the development, integration, sustainment, and demilitarization of ground combat systems, combat service support systems, tactical wheeled vehicles and force projection equipment including various ground vehicles.
"Wyle experts have extensive experience in test and evaluation systems engineering, information technology, life cycle management, life sciences research, science and mission integration, testing services, and design and construction of advanced test equipment," said Dan Gensch, Wyle's reliability engineering sector manager.
Using its expertise and experience in structural testing to verify design integrity, evaluating risk or demonstrating reliability, Wyle will perform some of the work at company facilities capable of providing both natural and induced environments with some of the largest climatic test chambers and vibration systems commercially available.
In addition to the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Command Life Cycle Management Command, Wyle provides analysis and engineering for numerous other DoD programs which have included investigating and analyzing equipment problems and wide range analyses relating to maintenance, logistics and reliability issues.


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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
How to Sit Like a Lady - 1968
1. Approach the chair holding your best posture. Turn so your back leg brushes against the chair seat.
2. Slide one foot back 2-3 inches under the chair seat.
3. Lower yourself into the seat keeping your head erect and your back straight. Most of your weight should be carried by the thigh of your back leg.
4. Ease down into the seat gracefully...don't flop.
5. For deeper seats or upholstered chairs where you can't slip your foot under, sit as above but on the edge of the seat. When seated, lift your weight slightly and slide back.
To rise from a sitting position, simply reverse the above steps. Lift yourself gracefully in one easy motion letting your back leg muscle do the work. Don't push up using the chair arms.
While seated, arrange your legs at a slight angle to avoid looking to square and boyish. Cross your legs at the ankles or knees. If crossing at the knees, be sure your skirt is long enough to cover your knees. Rest your hands in your lap, palms up.
If you are sitting in a slim skirt, you may have to sit a bit more forward in the chair to keep your knees discreetly covered. If you are sitting in a full skirt, place your hand behind you and grasp the center back of the skirt. Bring the skirt out to one side before you sit down.
Apparently, if you follow all these rules, you'll have all the men flocking around you!
Today, notice how you sit down and get up. Try the above rules. This method will probably feel alien and strange. Now move a chair in front of a mirror and compare how you look when sitting down normally and how you look sitting with the rules. Is there a difference? Which do you prefer?
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9 comments:
- Sal said...
Well timed! I've been wearing more miniskirts lately and seriously worrying about flashing the world a peek. ;)
- ambika said...
I'll have ot try this when I'm home. & like Sal, I've been wearing skirts & dresses so much lately that I actually have been thinking more about how I sit--and especially getting in & out of the car!
- Couture Allure Vintage Fashion said...
Getting out of a car will be shown later this week. Stay tuned!
- Gladys said...
I took charm lessons when I was in junior high. I guess my mother found me less than charming. Anyway this was one of the lessens and to this day I still get in and out of vehicles they way they taught us.
Back up until you legs hit the side of the seat. Face out and slide one leg back slowly lower yourself down into the seat. The with both feet and legs together gracefully swing them into the vehicle. Reverse the action to exit the vehicle. Unless of course it's a corvette then just call a truck crane to lift my ass out.
- Kim@ The Girl Can't Help It said...
Fab pics and "how to"! I wish the modern generation of young women would take their cue from this! But then, where would we be without the Rock of Love girls?!
- Mad Scientist said...
Considering that I'm currently sitting with my feet up on the desk, I don't think I'm following the rules that closely! But I also think that some people have an innate grace that just works no matter what they do.
- Frances Baker said...
This is definately great for skirts! I'd be a little concerned about following it too closely and looking a bit too prim and proper, it could look pretty strange in this graceless modern world of ours!
- Couture Allure Vintage Fashion said...
You're right, Frances, it could look a bit strange. I think most of these rules went out the window when pants became popular for women in the 70's.
- Renata said...
Lovely article. I don't think this way of sitting looks out of place at all. I think carrying yourself with grace and poise really shows polish and is especially appreciated in the workplace. Good practices for the body, too! Keep that tummy in!


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Well records
How to complete, submit or get a copy of a well record.
Well records
Well records are used to:
- learn about the groundwater and geology of an area to best locate new wells
- find existing wells
- provide original construction information about existing wells
Complete and submit a well record
The person constructing the well must complete and submit a well record to the government, well purchaser and you, as the property owner, after that person:
- constructs a new well for you
- alters or repairs your existing well (unless it's a minor alteration or pump installation)
In most cases, you, as a well owner, must complete and submit a well record to the government when you have an existing well properly abandoned (i.e., seal and plug it). Have a well contractor you hired to properly abandon your well to complete and submit the record on your behalf.
If you hired a well contractor to construct a well on your property, the contractor must provide you with a copy of the well record within 14 days of the well's structural stage being completed. The contractor must also forward a well record to the government within 30 days after the well's structural stage being completed.
The well record indicates:
- how the well was constructed
- its location
- results of the pumping test
- general information on water quality and the groundwater
Keep your well record in a safe place and make copies of it each time your well is serviced.
Where to submit a well record
Well records must be mailed to:
Wells Help Desk
Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Branch
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
125 Resources Road
Toronto ON M9P 3V6
Get a well record
Water Well Information System
The government has well record data from 1899 to present.
The records provide information submitted by well contractors and are stored in the Water Well Information System (WWIS).
The government has extracted historical data from its Water Well Information System (WWIS) and made it available online. Go to the on-line interactive well record map
The geology, material properties and groundwater information contained in WWIS can be used in geotechnical and groundwater site investigations and for geologic and terrain studies.
You can request:
- a well record for a specific property
- general well record data
Individual well records
To get individual well records:
- go to the on-line interactive well record map
- request a copy of the original well record through the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
Well record data sets
To get well record data sets (for more than one property), you need to:
fill out a form
- digital format – to receive a digital copy of the well record data via CD or email
- print copy – to receive a hard copy of the well record data via fax or mail
- submit the form to the government
You should receive the well record information you requested within 3-5 business days.
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Muskegon Lake
Contact Information
U.S. EPA RAP Liaison
Mark Loomis (email@example.com)
U.S. EPA Region 5
77 W. Jackson Blvd. (G-17J)
Chicago, IL 60604
State RAP Contact
Stephanie Swart (email@example.com)
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Water Bureau
Lansing, MI
Muskegon Lake PAC Chair
Cynthia Price (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership
Muskegon, MI
Local Coordinator
Kathy Evans (firstname.lastname@example.com)
231-722-7878 x17
Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership / PAC and SPAC Representative
c/o West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission
Muskegon, MI
Partners & Stakeholders
Local & Regional
- Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute at Grand Valley State University
- Lake Michigan Forum
- Muskegon Area Intermediate School District
- Muskegon Conservation District
- Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership
- Muskegon River Watershed Assembly
- Muskegon Save Our Shoreline
- Statewide Public Advisory Council for Michigan's Areas of Concern Program
- Timberland Resource Conservation and Development Council
Frequent Acronyms
- AOC Area of Concern
- BUI Beneficial Use Impairment
- CMP/EIS Chemical Management Plan or Environmental Impact Statement
- GLNPO Great Lakes National Program Office
- RAP Remedial Action Plan
May 2012 Announcement
Cleanup Brings Muskegon Lake Area of Concern Closer to Restoration, Delivers Results Under Great Lakes Initiative May 14, 2012 News Release
Contaminated Sediment Removed From Division Street Outfall (PDF) (2pp, 381K) May 2012 Fact sheet
The Muskegon Lake Area of Concern is one step closer to being taken off the list of the most polluted places around the Great Lakes. Work wrapped up earlier in 2012 on a project to remove contaminated sediment from a Muskegon Lake bay known as the Division Street Outfall.
US EPA worked with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership, the city of Muskegon and Hartshorn Marina, which is adjacent to the site.
The estimated $12 million Great Lakes Legacy Act project removed about 43,000 cubic yards of sediment contaminated with mercury and polyaromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. Legacy Act funds covered 65 percent of the cost, or about $7.8 million. MDEQ provided the required nonfederal 35 percent share, about $4.2 million.
- Background
- Beneficial Use Impairments
- Delisting Targets
- RAP Development and Status
- Significant RAP Milestones
- RAP Implementation
- RAP-Related Publications
- Community Involvement
- Photos
You will need the free Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
Muskegon Lake is a 4,149 acre inland coastal lake located in Muskegon County, Michigan along the east shoreline of Lake Michigan. The Area of Concern (AOC) includes the entire lake with the lake being separated from Lake Michigan by sand dunes. The Muskegon River flows through the lake before emptying into Lake Michigan. Additional tributaries include Mosquito Creek, Ryerson Creek, Ruddiman Creek, Green Creek, and Four Mile Creek. The immediate inland area is primarily residential and industrial, with chemical and petrochemical companies, foundries, a pulp and paper mill, and other industries located on the lake or within its immediate watershed.
The Muskegon Conservation District and the Natural Resources Conservation Service assist the Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnernship (MLWP) (formerly the Muskegon Lake Public Advisory Council) by providing project staff as well as educational and technical support to coordinate and implement the RAP for the Muskegon Lake AOC.
Muskegon Lake priorities include
- remediation of contaminated sediments in the lake and tributaries
- prevention of eutrophication
- nonpoint source pollution control
- brownfield and waterfront restoration
- habitat restoration
Why was this area listed as an AOC?
In 1985 Muskegon Lake was designated an AOC because of water quality and habitat problems associated with the historical discharge of pollutants into the AOC, and the potential adverse effect the pollutants could have on Lake Michigan.
The high levels of nutrients, solids, and toxics entering the lake had caused a series of problems including nuisance algal blooms, reduced oxygen in the lake's deeper water, tainted taste of fish due to petroleum products in the water, and contaminated sediments.
The pollutant discharges also were suspected of contributing to the degradation of benthos (bottom-dwelling organisms, also referred to as the benrhic community), the contamination of fish, and the reduction in fish and wildlife habitat. In addition, the development of chemical, petrochemical, and heavy industries was causing localized groundwater contamination that was moving toward the lake and its tributaries.
Beneficial Use Impairments
Through the Remedial Action Planning (RAP) process the Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnernship (MLWP) (formerly the Muskegon Lake Public Advisory Council) and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) RAP Team have identified several priority beneficial uses as being impaired.
- Beach closings
- Restrictions on fish and wildlife consumption
- Eutrophication or undesirable algae
- Restrictions on drinking water consumption, or taste and odor
- Degradation of fish and wildlife populations
- Degradation of aesthetics
- Degradation of benthos
- Restrictions on dredging activities
- Loss of fish and wildlife habitat
Restrictions on Fish and Wildlife Consumption
Consumption advisories in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern have been imposed due to PCB and mercury contamination.Michigan Department of Community Health: Fish advisories Consult the Michigan Fish Advisory guide for restrictions and advisories. Be sure to check for general inland lake mercury advisories. Fish advisories change year to year.
Degradation of Fish and Wildlife Populations
According to Michigan standards, Muskegon Lake is a fine fishery. Muskegon Lake has also been described as the most popular and valuable fishery in western Michigan. It supports excellent populations of northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, yellow perch, suckers, sunfish, crappie, and bullheads. However, many of the highly productive bays have been dredged or filled for marinas or other development.
One goal of the AOC is to provide for suitable habitat to support restoration of warmwater fishery. There is a need to protect against additional development along the North Shore where many of the bays and inlets are located. Additionally, severe habitat degradation is evident in Little Bear Creek and its unnamed tributary.
Degradation of Benthos
Benthic communities found near localized sediment contamination are dominated by pollutant-tolerant species. However, the degradation of benthic populations have yet to be defined.
Restrictions on Dredging Activities
Every two years or so the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges the channel connecting Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan. The cost of analyzing dredge spoils is very high.
Loss of Fish and Wildlife Habitat
During winter and summer stratification, oxygen levels in deep water remain depleted, making these areas uninhabitable for some fish or fish food species. The shoreline continues to be altered by dredging and by installation of seawalls, bulkheads, and riprap. The Muskegon Lake Area of Concern has received funding for some habitat work toward remediation.
Delisting Targets
The Muskegon Lake PAC is the local organization with the responsibility to initiate the BUI delisting process. The PAC will work with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the International Joint Commission throughout the process to determine whether or not a BUI is restored and if it should be delisted from the AOC.
The Muskegon Lake PAC intends that identified targets and indicators be updated annually, and that they will be used to document a "body of evidence" that a BUI is being restored.
In some cases, all targets listed for a BUI may be met before delisting is initiated. In other cases, a majority of the targets may be met, and the PAC could decide that it is either not possible to attain certain targets or that they are no longer necessary to restore the BUI.
RAP Development and Status
Significant RAP Milestones
2011 Muskegon Lake Stage 2 RAP
Stage 2 Remedial Action Plan Muskegon Lake Area of Concern (PDF) (19pp, 171K)
2002 Muskegon Lake Community Action Plan (RAP update)
2002 Muskegon Lake RAP part 1 of 2 (PDF) (26pp, 6.4MB)
2002 Muskegon Lake RAP part 2 of 2 (PDF) (26pp, 4.9MB)
This update to the Muskegon Lake RAP established a restoration vision and a set of community-based qualitative restoration targets for restoration efforts. Over the winter of 2003-2004, the PAC developed a project to involve stakeholders in the development of numerical restoration targets for fish and wildlife, water quality and related natural resource issues.
1994 Muskegon Lake RAP Update
1994 Muskegon Lake RAP Update (PDF) (99pp, 4.7MB)
This document achieved five objectives:
- Ensuring participation in the process by a public advisory council as well as a team of specialists from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources;
- Documenting water quality data collected and analyzed since the plan was published in 1987;
- Analyzing the current status of AOC use impairments;
- Making recommendations that if carried out will lay the foundation for the next phase of the process, implementing specific measures to remediate the water quality problems of the AOC;
- Identification of data and information gaps.
1993 Muskegon Lake Public Advisory Council (PAC) Established
The Muskegon Lake PAC is a coalition of community interests dedicated to working cooperatively for the improvement of the Muskegon Lake ecosystem through the RAP process. The Muskegon Lake Public Advisory Council is now known as the Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnernship (MLWP).
Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership
1987 Muskegon Lake RAP
1987 Muskegon Lake RAP (PDF) (261pp, 7.3MB)
This Status Report is an update of progress made by the State of Michigan to address the problems in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern (AOC) identified by the International Joint Commission as one of Michigan's fourteen Areas of Concern.
RAP Implementation
Recent progress and achievements
- On April 25, 2005, the Muskegon Lake draft targets for restoration and delisting were presented at two public meetings. The PAC has been working with Grand Valley State University to establish the targets and reach consensus before presenting them to the larger watershed community. The PAC's next steps are to gather broad public input on the draft targets and to have the targets peer reviewed before presenting them to DEQ.
- Twenty-seven volunteers attended a training for the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring program on April 2, 2005 along Four Mile Creek in the Muskegon Lake watershed. Volunteers signed up to monitor marsh birds, frogs and toads to help determine the effectiveness of cleanup and rehabilitation efforts within the Muskegon Lake and White Lake AOCs.
Current projects and outlook
- Ruddiman Creek contaminated sediment cleanup project is close to being underway. The creek is a contaminated tributary on the southwest corner of Muskegon Lake.
- The Muskegon Lake PAC is working with the Ruddiman Creek Task Force to compile comments for DEQ and U.S. EPA on the final Ruddiman Creek workplan. The plan calls for removal of 70,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from Ruddiman Creek. Coordination meetings are being held locally with DEQ, U.S. EPA, project contractors, the PAC, City of Muskegon and other local agencies.
- Plans are also underway to assess contaminated sediment in Ryerson Creek and in Muskegon Lake at the Division Street Outfall. Ruddiman, Ryerson and the Division Street Outfall are priority contaminated sediment areas within the Muskegon Lake AOC.
RAP-Related Publications
Sediment Survey of Three Tributaries of Muskegon Lake (PDF) (44pp, 271K) 2004
The Muskegon Conservation District maintains a a public repository of AOC-related documents for the Muskegon Lake and White Lake AOCs.
Muskegon Conservation District
1001 East Wesley
Muskegon, MI 49442
The repository includes these documents:
- Muskegon and White Lake Aquatic Assessment, 1995
- Muskegon Lake and White Lake Water Quality and Sediment Study (tributaries and storm outfalls), 1995
- Muskegon Lake Wildlife Habitat Assessment, 1995/1996
- Muskegon Lake Sediment, U.S. EPA/MDNR, 1994
- Muskegon River Fisheries Assessment, 1994
- Maps on Habitat, Soils, Land Use and Forest Population
- LakeWatch and Adopt-A-Stream volunteer data
Community Involvement
The Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership (formerly Muskegon Lake Public Advisory Council) is a community-based, volunteer partnership organization that works to restore Muskegon Lake through the RAP process.
Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership


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Nias, Mentawai, Uluwatu are world class breaks that can be surfed all year round. Small wonder that surfers from around the world flock to Indonesia to experience the rolling tubes and spectacular beaches that these islands have to offer.
Here the surf is always up, so grab your board and come and discover what other surfers have known for years, that Indonesia truly has some of the world's best waves.
A vast stretch of soft pearly white sand, clear blue sky over the enchanting blue waters, and nothing but the fascinating sounds of waves hitting the shores; no, this is not a set from a dream, this is where nature interprets your dream, this is Dreamland Beach, on the southern coast of Bali Island. Recently dubbed as the New Kuta Beach – a fresh comparison to the already highly popular Kuta Beach, this little piece of paradise is...
Location: Bali » Bali » Kab. Badung
Batu Karas Beach
As a coastal area, Batu Karas is a blend between the nearby Pangandaran Beach and the Batu Hiu Beach since it not only offers calm waters but also challenging waves. Thus, it is fit for both swimming and surfing.Located about 40Km or an hour's drive from Pangandaran, this uniquely black sandy beach is a perfect getaway since it is less crowded compared to those in Pangandaran or even Bali. Some even dubbed this as little Bali, since it...
Location: Java » West Java » Kab. Ciamis
Tanjung Setia Beach
Secluded along the western coast of Lampung, beyond the thick forests of the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park lies an enchanting hidden paradise called Tanjung Setia Beach. Although obscured from spotlights, the waves at Tanjung Setia are touted as among the world's best by surfers from all over the globe, and at par with the world famous surf of Hawaii. Located some 273 kms or some 6-7 hours driving from the province's capital...
Location: Sumatra » Lampung » Kab. Lampung Barat
Sawarna Beach
Overlooking the vast open Indian Ocean, featuring crystal clear blue water and stretches of white sandy beach, shaded bybeautiful rows of sheltering trees, the Sawarna Beach is without a doubt one of the most beautiful beaches in the province of Banten. Located by a peaceful little village on the south coast of Java Island, Sawarna Beach offers a host of natural wonders such asits...
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Indonesia is most proud of the Plengkung Beach at the eastern tip of Java Island. Aside from its enchanting natural beauty, the long curving coast line here is recognized as one of the best surfing sites on the face of the earth.  ...
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Tapaktuan is a fairly remote and rugged town on the coast of southwest Aceh Province facing the Indian Ocean, affectionately dubbed by many foreign tourists as "the prettiest town in Sumatra." The coast of Tapaktuan is lined with large boulders and sees massive waves striking the shore. Aside from the beautiful waves, another main attraction is the large expanse of shimmering white sand along the beach. Beyond the beaches are a...
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I have to hand it to the people behind the flavors. They continue to crank out new flavored coffees. Just when I thought we had all the flavored coffee you could think of along comes another combination.
This month we are annoucing the release of two new flavored coffees.
1 . Chocolada – this is just a insanely rich chocolate flavored coffee. It is silky smooth chocolate flavor that makes a super rich, luxurious taste on the taste buds.
2. Fussy Navel – as the name implies this is a combination of the taste of fresh peaches and juicy oranges. The impressive tastes are pure sweeeeetness.
As it's getting close to that time of the year it would not be proper but to also mention the great St Patties day coffees we offer like. Irish Mocha Flavored Coffee, Irish Cream Flavored Coffee, and of course Shamrock Mint, shouldn't forget Drunken Uncle. Each a unique flavored coffee is based on our great gourmet coffees with all natural flavorings added after the beans have been roasted to perfection.
Also be sure to check out the other great spring flavored coffee that we offer like Tornado Twister, Hot Tomales and Cabana Boy, sure to bring thoughts of warmer weather, spring storms, and the soon to be here summer time.
We hope that you enjoy the new and different flavored coffees we continue to bring to you and hope you will give them a try. you can be assured that they have been through rigirous testing before we offer them up for sale.