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Greenwald hints at new revelations
By Brian Stelter and Gregory Wallace, CNN
Glenn Greenwald, the reporter who broke news of U.S. government surveillance in The Guardian newspaper last year, suggested new revelations are to come when he launches an independent news site this week.
Greenwald and other investigative journalists are set to launch digital magazines with First Look Media, a venture funded by eBay (EBAY, Fortune 500) founder Pierre Omidyar. Omidyar wrote in a blog post on Thursday that "the site's staff has already uncovered a host of new and disturbing revelations in the NSA documents."
In an interview on CNN's "Reliable Sources" on Sunday, Greenwald said his new stories would start to appear online early this week. He dropped hints that he and his colleagues have come into contact with sources besidesEdward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who provided classified documents detailing secret surveillance programs last year.
Read more here and watch Brian's interview with Glenn Greenwald here.
Posted by CNN's Brian Stelter
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Comments (80 comments)
Criminalizing journalism?
Glenn Greenwald suggests new NSA surveillance details could be released as his new media venture launches. He also responds to comments made this week on Capitol Hill that journalists like himself could be criminal accessories for handling leaked documents.
Filed under: Blog • Edward Snowden • Glenn Greenwald • NSA • Reliable Sources
Publishing the Dylan Farrow letter
Should the New York Times have published Farrow's letter reiterating child molestation accusations against Woody Allen? Dylan Byers, Robin Abcarian and Brian Stelter discuss.
Filed under: Blog • Dylan Farrow • New York Times • Woody Allen
Carl Bernstein on Christie's scandals
Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein, who made his name covering scandal, gives Brian Stelter his take on Chris Christie's political troubles.
Filed under: Blog • Chris Christie • Reliable Sources
Rand Paul takes on the Clintons
Sally Kohn, Will Cain and Brian Stelter on the Kentucky senator's blistering attacks on Bill Clinton, Bill O'Reilly's lengthy sit-down with President Obama and NBC's questionable Olympics edit.
Filed under: Barack Obama • Bill Clinton • Bill O'Reilly • Blog • Fox News • Hillary Clinton • Reliable Sources
Christiane Amanpour on Egypt's crackdown on journalists
Above: With Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt and new charges that 20 journalists have aided terrorists, CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour explains why people everywhere should be outraged.
(Last Tuesday, Amanpour covered the situation on her CNN International program.)
Here's the transcript of her comments on "Reliable Sources:"
STELTER: The head of Al Jazeera English says that this current situation is a threat to journalism itself. Do you agree it's that serious?
AMANPOUR: I really do agree. I mean, look, we have an unprecedented number of journalists in Egypt, foreign and domestic, who have been charged with - get this - terrorism. I mean, give me a break. It is the last refuge of an authoritarian dictatorial regime, whether it's in Egypt or wherever it is, who simply doesn't want the truth told.
And what's happening in Egypt is that journalists, whether they be from Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC or, indeed, Egyptian journalists, are being forced into partisan positions. If you do not follow slavishly the military government line in Egypt, you are deemed a terrorist.
If you try to be objective in your coverage, you are deemed a terrorist. I mean, it is terrible what's happening there. It is silencing the truth.
STELTER: Well, to hear charges of aiding terrorists you know, in Egypt, that must have a chilling effect on the journalists who are still there trying to cover that story.
AMANPOUR: Precisely, and that's why you've seen very little objective, truthful journalism coming out of there. As I said, people are being forced into camps. I said two camps, but, actually, it's really one camp right now. People are being forced to take sides in order to be safe and not to go to prison. And, wherever you look, journalists are in the cross-hairs more than I have ever experienced, ever in my career.
STELTER: For viewers at home who don't think about this stuff all the time, why does it matter that the journalists are in the cross-hairs?
AMANPOUR: Well, it matters a lot because, although we may be viewed as pesky, unwelcome intruders, whether in - in Western democracies or in dictatorships, we are the people who go out there with a mission to tell the truth. It is actually as simple as that. We are the people who go out there and uncover corruption, uncover injustice, and try to tell the world what's going on. We are the eyes and ears, the eyewitnesses to what's going on in the world at the time.
STELTER: One of the Al Jazeera journalists who is in prison right now in Egypt - he used to work here at CNN, Mohamed Fahmy - did you ever cross paths with him?
AMANPOUR: Yes, I did. He's done a lot of producing work for me, for my program, as well as when I was on the ground - on the ground in Egypt.
And again, for 38 days, he was held in jail, along with some of the others, and was not charged - no access to family or lawyers. He apparently has an injury in his shoulder, and he has not been able to even have any medical care.
I mean, by any standards, this is a violation of every law and of all decency. And this is just a journalist. It is not somebody who's out there with a weapon other than his camera and his pencil. And it is just utterly unacceptable, and these people must be released. And our governments, particularly those who have major dealings with Egypt and upon whom Egypt relies, ought to be reading the Egyptian authorities the riot act over this.
STELTER: Christiane, thank you for putting the spotlight on this for us.
AMANPOUR: Thanks, Brian. Thank you.
Filed under: Al Jazeera • Blog • Egypt • Reliable Sources
Leno says good night to "Tonight"
As Jay Leno hosts his final "Tonight Show," Bill Carter looks back at his career and to the prospects for his successor, Jimmy Fallon
Filed under: Blog • Jay Leno • Jimmy Fallon • NBC • Reliable Sources
The rundown for this Sunday's show
Don't miss "Reliable Sources" this Sunday at 11 a.m. Eastern. Here's a look at the rundown:
Glenn Greenwald previews his new Web site; are more mass surveillance revelations on the way?
Guest: Glenn Greenwald, leader, First Look Media; former columnist, The Guardian
The New York Times is coming under criticism for its decision to publish Dylan Farrow's open letter accusing Woody Allen of sexual assault. Allen's response was published over the weekend - is The Times being responsible here?
Guest: Dylan Byers, media reporter, POLITICO
Guest: Robin Abcarian, columnist, The Los Angeles Times
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie remains in the news, despite his best efforts to distance himself from the George Washington Bridge scandal. What can we learn from past journalistic investigations of politicians?
Guest: Carl Bernstein, investigative journalist
Our political panel discusses Bill O'Reilly's interview of President Obama, Rand Paul's controversial comments about the Clintons, and other media news.
Guest: Will Cain, CNN political commentator; analyst, The Blaze
Guest: Sally Kohn, CNN political commentator; chief education officer, Movement Vision Lab
CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks about the continuing calls for the release of Al Jazeera journalists imprisoned in Egypt.
Guest: Christiane Amanpour, anchor, "Amanpour;" CNN's chief international correspondent
Jay Leno has signed off from "The Tonight Show" for a second time, and Jimmy Fallon's about to take over. The undisputed expert on all things late night explains the moves.
Guest: Bill Carter, television reporter, The New York Times; author, "The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy" (2010)


Do you have sensitive skin? Me too sometimes. My younger daughter is the same actually but she's prone to itching and feeling the impact of harsh fragrance first.
Recently I bought a night cream that seemed excellent and was super moisturizing. But it actually made my skin break out. So I stopped using it and gave my skin a break. Then I tried it again. Sure enough I broke out immediately again. When you are an entrepreneur running your own business and brand that's completely not cool. And together with my daughter we have many stories like that.
Sometimes I absorb the loss and don't use a product again but other times I am faced with returning products that don't work. Do you have really sensitive skin? Can you relate? A lot of people with sensitive skin find themselves having to constantly return makeup due to allergic reactions, or breakouts.
No matter what the case is, more brands are coming out with lines for sensitive skin or allergies. They might cost a little bit more sometimes, but it can be worth it in the long run to have nice healthy skin. And frankly it's simpler to find something that works the first time instead of playing the return game.
So what are you to do if you love makeup and need moisturizer regularly too? Here are a few tips on what can help your sensitive skin.
Powder foundations, blushes and other mineral makeup won't have a lot of ingredients that some other makeup products do, which is what causes the skin to get irritated. Using powders will cause a lot less skin irritations than using liquid foundations.
Often sensitivity can develop suddenly. Even though a certain product didn't cause any skin irritations, doesn't mean it won't cause problems now. Like food, beauty products can get spoiled. This is important to remember since makeup is being applied to the face and eyes. Eye infections can result and are hard to get rid of. I know way too much about pink eye here and other eye infections. Last year I had one that wouldn't go away and ended up throwing out all eye makeup twice and starting over.
A lifespan for cosmetics: foundations will last about a year; lipsticks lasts one year as well; toss out your mascara after four months; and your powders and blushes can last up to two years. One mistake many people make is forgetting to clean makeup brushes. It's important to make sure makeup brushes are cleaned on a regular basis, because the dirt and germs on the makeup brushes can cause skin irritation.
Use eye shadows that are earth-toned. For many, colors like cream, beige or tan cause less eye irritation. Many makeup artists will say that red dye used in some shadows causes problems for many people. Others may experience reactions to using purple eye shadows. These are two common and popular shades that can cause irritation to the eyes. Black eye liner and mascara products are the least allergenic of all the other colours.
Many dermatologists, makeup artists and skincare specialists will tell people to use products that have an SPF of 15 or higher in them. Check the amount of ingredients always too. The fewer the ingredients, the less likely the sunscreen will create irritation problems. A lot of make up brands are now making foundations that have an SPF of 15 or higher. Remember to check the labels before purchasing to make sure it has the SPF labeled clearly.
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I recently performed research into what people would spend for an "equivalent gallon" of hydrogen (to travel an equivalent distance in their vehicle). From this research, some profound and unexpected results (ah-ha's) came through.
I am looking for feedback on these... I am interested in how to best move forward - with ideas that will help the U.S. become a "net-exporter" of renewable energy, by the year 2025.
I've read stuff like this in techno press and even places like Newsweek. It is mostly ignored in DC and heeded in capitals on the West Coast and in the Northeast. Change is happening from the bottom. Throwing your voice on the pile can't hurt, might help, but DC ain't listening and won't until the balance of power shifts. Kerry got this, said it, and lost bigtime. Not because of this but being right on this issue was worth about .5% of the electorate.
Careful with innovation funds; the one in CT. is headed toward a lot of legal trouble. The one in MA got a bunch of money taken away after diddling around for years. Bush is using long-range research as an excuse to avoid short-term action. I've been involved in an effective R&D fund and it takes huge technical competence (wasn't me) focus on the practical, understanding of the commercialization process and political buffers to make it work right. The CT and MA funds were blinded by economic theory and business mystique, were trying to use financial tools to commercialize products that were not yet low defect mass produced at an acceptable price. The situation required subsidy and they wanted to be financiers. My biggest concern is that innovation can be used to distract people from action. My second biggest concern is that innovation focused on the technologies closest to maturity takes 5-10 years to know if you've succeeded. The political types need the patience, and you need a very tight accountability system to make sure you are still in good odds.
I think the NW is deeply hurt by the lack of funding for green technology R&D and commercialization, but I don't see people putting up the money when efficiency funds are productively spending all their funds on current technology. It takes policymakers who decide R&D is worth the money. And then a tedious, rigorous process to vet things that is expensive, talent-intensive, and pisses people off. Another R&D group in CT (not the one headed for jail) has a public board including affiliate R&D groups, materials scientists, eco devo types and a patent attorney! They are invaluable. They still have a low batting average but some of the hits might be pretty big.
So I've digressed from your letter just to state how difficult effective new technology/new business innovation is, and the political barriers to doing it right, and the checkered record of success I see. I wonder if it's more effective to tell people to disseminate the knowledge we have now massively, save a ton of money doing it, and then find a way to use THAT money to innovate. Maybe track what efficiency programs do to state tax revenues and set that revenue gain aside in an innovation fund.
Who is the audience for this document? Energy policy is not just about oil. It is simply untrue, in my opinion, that everyone is somewhat oblivious to the situation. Many many government programs/agencies are working at every possible angle to a) increase the efficiency of things that use energy and b) promote ways to conserve resources. Look at the energy ratings on dryers and central heating systems today and 10 years ago. Geography is an issue in this country that other countries (Japan, W. Europe) simply don't have to face. E.g. it is a really big place. You are right to focus on the political/policy issue. However, it seems a comprehensive framework involving all government and NGO's will be required. Is energy dependence more important than healthcare? Funding an effort. Consumption taxes e.g. pricing is generally how you get people to do or stop doing things.
The EIF sounds a lot like the ideas that the Apollo Alliance have been promoting. Have you read about them and the work that they're doing? www.apolloalliance.org. What I particularly like about their approach is that they talk about energy independence, job creation and environment.
Your research is interesting. My observations have been that (1) most people don't react to "we are the problem" (2) many people fear change, and perhaps as a corollary can't envision life being different; (3) most folks in the sustainability movement fear that it will take crises and bad things happening before people wake up. Query: would people have responded to a call for self sacrifice in 2001 in response to 9/11 just as folks did in the 40s, or are we just not in that place as a society.
I appreciate the efforts you have put into your draft paper / report. You are very much "speaking to the choir" with me on the issues you point out! Getting the country to recognize that there is a long term problem is immense. I have friends who are very interested in this issue but, due to the divisiveness in the political spectrum, have really dropped out in frustration. I like the idea of the EIF as representative of the daily fluctuation in gas price and thus may not be as visible to the average motorist (and tight pocketbook) but if it would fly is questionable. We invest a hidden tax in this country in the cost of the military / oil company tax breaks and such to run our economy. I was wondering if there could be a push to expose these costs and say they are fine as long as they are matched with an equivalent amount going to develop renewable sources as a "investment in the future". I prefer that i.l.o. spending tax dollars in our current and future "resource wars". Wars take away from the money that could be available for increased manufacturing and job development. Jobs are what help keep peace in a country. I do not understand what the "25% issues" are. Can they be clarified? Under "We Need Vision" I am concerned that few realize petroleum is not only used for transportation but also plastics and fertilizer. A revised Hubbert's Peak bell curve chart needs to be made to take that into account. (see www.hubbertpeak.com). I recommend very strongly the Don't Think Of An Elephant book by George Lakoff. I do not know your political views but I feel discussion of the difference between conservative / liberal views and reframing the issues is very much needed in this country. The Rockridge Institute is attempting to take those two issue public. (see www.rockridgeinstitute.org ) All sides do need to get together and come to agreements on workable solutions. Without campaign financing reform (now a seemingly forgotten issue), amongst other things,. I do not see it happening easily. I wish I knew the best ways to bring these topics to the general public public. I have been doing a little writing to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal & would like to do more. It at least gives me a opportunity to vent, and the H2 hobby lets me be creative & network. I have contacts you might want to meet after further development of your work, people who would value your drive and might be able to help make your effort more productive.
Thank you for the opportunity to review your draft letter. I think that the "call to arms" is both well said and accurate. I believe that your letter is short on specifics that can actually lead us to an energy surplus, but the nature of the letter---one to shock people into thinking about a surplus rather than managing the size of the deficit, is very appropriate. As I read the letter, one of the things I imagined was a national effort to build a complex, perhaps nuclear powered, that could manufacture storable energy (hydrogen syngas, or perhaps oil from tar sands) in sufficient quantities that those in the Middle East who have never done a day's work but who are wealthy beyond belief and feel that they have earned every nickel of it will realize that the position of superiority that they feel is more transient than permanent. Why not make such a complex a national priority? I am not suggesting that distributed energy, wind, solar and conservation are not a significant part of the solution. We also need to produce exportable energy in quantities that make us a 21st century world power. Far better to use the technologies available to us to do that than to simply save our way to prosperity---a strategy that is likely to fall short. If the idea of a very large energy manufacturing complex is appealing, I would love to get engaged in ways that such a facility could be authorized and financed.
I finally completed my review of your letter and report. You did a nice job and clearly put in a ton of work gathering, analyzing, and compiling the information.
My overall impression is that you are 100% correct about the need and solution. However, the documents as written (and as we have discussed before) do not present an unavoidable urgency for the US leaders and populous to heed your words. What I see as being needed in the documents is a defined (and documented) future event, with a projected time frame, that makes acting now absolutely necessary to avoid a serious problem. Something like: "By 2025 the world's consumption rate of known oil reserves will be escalating at a rate of 20% per year due to the rapid industrial and social developments in China and third world countries. At that rate of increase, the world's known oil reserves will be depleted by 2050." This example is BS, but the idea is that our government leaders need to be shown a valid, compelling, and urgent problem in order to pique their interest and start them doing their own investigation into the problem. If you can accomplish that, and the issue can gain momentum among government leaders, then you have succeeded in starting the process of developing an Energy Independence Fund to help resolve the growing energy problem.
From another view, showing a bit of the devil's advocate, revolutionary technological developments in the US have generally come about more from capitalistic entrepreneurs where there was an economic gain to be made from the effort to discover and develop new technologies. From internal combustion engines to computers, the new technologies (I believe) came out of the drive of inventive and foresighted individuals to see a need and fill it. The space program, as you point out, provided a tremendous amount of spin-off technology advancements, but only after the program was backed and funded by the government. If/when the oil issue grows in urgency to where it has the political impact that the Cold War had on the US defense and space programs, then the government will fund alternate energy development. Short of that, I see energy technology evolving for economic reasons. This seems to be at the core of the issue you raise – the US has cheap gas and until that is likely to change in the foreseeable future, the market for alternate energy development is too far out in time for the free enterprise system to commit resources and expect a return. Until alternate energy can compete economically with oil, be it because the price of oil rises to $10 a gallon or generating an alternate energy like hydrogen comes down (or some combination of both), the creative and inventive entrepreneurs will not have a motivation to act.
Personally, I prefer your approach of being proactive and resolving the energy issue before it becomes daunting and more expensive to correct. If providing a definable and urgent issue in the documents is possible, I expect you will have a real chance of capturing the necessary interest of the right people to start a movement toward alternate energy development.
In the last sentence, where you say "…the federal government develop and fund an "Energy Independence Fund" …", it implies that ALL of the funding would come from the federal government. As I recall, government funding was only part of the funding pie. If that is true, rewording to something like "… federal government jointly work with corporate America to develop and fund an "Energy…", might sound less political (i.e., liberal/progressive) and more of a cooperative effort.
Thanks for letting me review your work.
I've read your letter and am in general agreement with it. The main question I have is who are you planning to distribute it to? The tone of the letter depends upon your audience. Clearly, the letter predicts some real doom and gloom if we don't do something and I believe you are absolutely right. However, depending upon your audience, gloom and doom can sometimes be construed in the wrong way.
I read your letter. My suggestions: Edit out the political reverences to war and democracy. It came off as left wing. Stick to the facts, it is a strong enough argument. Gas has dropped significantly since you wrote this. The problem is still there, just masked under temporary supply conditions. You might want to hit on that very point. Temporary price drops just fuel the addiction. The solution seems logical for creating the fund. Probably political suicide, but if someone doesn't step up and make a decision, you are right, we will see those lovely Arab's pull in the strings one day when we least expect it. I don't think $14B is enough. It would take 10 years just to get the infrastructure to support a hydrogen based fuel economy if you put 100% of your energy efforts in to it. If I were president, this would be my number one focus.
1) In your ranking, rank #10 (most will pay more, IF they know all their concerns are met) appears to me the strongest and should therefore be #1. All other ranks are very supportive of rank #10. You could probably develop an even stronger message by sending out one signal that is supported by many facts.
2) The majority of participants are from Oregon. I know that you want to start publishing it here in Oregon. Should you decide however, to publish it across the U.S. than I would suggest expanding the study further and if possible even involve a University with doing so.
3) Because of the strong message you are planning and able to send there will probably be some people who will try to attack your report. Always an easy field for attacks is statistics. Again here, working together with a University could prevent attacks on statistics.
4) I am not a Bush supporter, but Bush claims to stand for American values. Considering the support this administration received during the last election and the power it has, it might be a good idea to try working together with them instead against them. In my case, I would probably call this 'Crying with the Wolves'. Your message is already based on American values as e.g. innovation and profit. It would be an amazingly strong message if you could spin your story even more around these values. In addition, you could also employ the Chinese planning time lines of 20 and more years as a competition to the U.S. in terms of 'If the U.S. does not focus on innovation within the Energy sector, some one e.g. the Chinese, certainly will'.
5) There is a small group in Portland that belongs to a large U.S. group. They are called 'First Thursters' and meet once a months on a Thursday. They are politically very engaged and very liberal. They also build a huge network across the U.S. to share and pre-publish political ideas. I think it could be very helpful to connect with them – and they always meet in a pub on 23rd so there is always some beer involved.
Thanks again for sharing this report with me. I hope my comments are helpful. It would be very nice to see some impact based on your study.
Damn, I better sell my Jeep! The single strongest phrase (in my opinion) was "ten dollars a gallon will be a reality in ten years". This is a powerful wake up call that rings true to my ears and creates the emotional impetus to action for everyone in our society.
I also feel that your use of Kennedy's call to action is very effective. In that context, I found the 3rd paragraph in the preceding "Time for Action is Now!" section to be particularly compelling. The argument is simple, logical and emotional. The words "Americans," "know how" and "just do it" in such close proximity brought forth a sense of patriotism I have not felt in a while. Sandwiched in the middle is the logic of "make a decision" instead of "just take sides". I wonder if this could/should be echoed somehow after the Kennedy quote?
I am left feeling like the call to action in the close needs to be more powerful (although it is quite good.) Particularly strong are the actions of contacting your representative to urge support for the EIF, and only electing those who will actually do something to solve our energy problem. Although I hope to read your report at some point in the future, and intend to buy a hybrid next, these latter "bottom up" actions will not work without the"top down" leadership and vision. I also feel like there is an opportunity to focus on the emotional power of "for generations to come" and expressly state if not for us, then for our children (and there children etc.).
Mark- I like your paper very much and would be happy to read it as is. The above statements are my first reactions to your written words. The following points feel like nit-picking in comparison but I want to offer them for your consideration.
I wonder about including any reference to Israel. Although, an important facet in this discussion, it feels like a "wildcard" that will have unpredictable effects on your readers.
I personally did not understand the reference to the "25% issues" and "DG"; and guess that this means 25% each for production, efficiency, storage, and distribution, and the "DG" means "distributed grid"?
And finally, the "progressive" in me felt like some issues were correctly avoided on your part (because you would lose half of the audience) and I want to bring them up with you because they sent up "red flags" in my mind. For example, I am very suspect of "free, market driven economy"- I do not agree that this is the holy grail of life on earth. Likewise, the use of "global economic dominance" is too strong for my "nurturing" ideals. And lastly, I feel like our growing "problem" might be better understood as a growing "cancer" on our society and would invoke more powerful emotions as a slow decay into life and death issues.
Similarly, the progressive in me very much liked your word phrases of "held hostage by oil producing nations" and especially "continue dying in battle, continue exporting jobs, continue democracy's gradual decline: because we are addicted to cheap oil."
Mark- overall I feel like you have achieved a balanced non-partisan call to Acton that passes the "so what" test. I support the EIF and will vote for politicians that do so. Let me know if I can do anything else to help.
Energy independence paper: For most new readers, I think the presentation is lacking background and context. for the most part, I am not clear what you mean by "a hydrogen economy". What would that even look like? What are the elements of it (yeah, I know - hydrogen). Why are biomass solutions rejected out of hand?
Personally, I'd like to see a guided tour of what life looks like with the current Energy plan and with your energy plan. What is wrong with the current Energy plan? What IS the current energy plan? Why is the current plan the plan of record? What will work? what won't work - and why?
Seems like many readers may get snowed without a more engaging glide path into it. I'll admit - I only spent about 10-15 minutes looking it over. But that was enough for me to feel like I seriously wasn't getting something about what the issue is, why it is an issue, what hydrogen economy is, why that is the WAY and other's aren't, etc.
2. I like your segment on supporting non-partisan solutions. I don't know if it serves your purpose or not- I've always ignored data and models for government organized and funded change because my gut instinct is they don't work very well. I am thinking the space program may be the only example of one that did, but I could be wrong. Rickover's development of Nuclear Reactors for propulsion, and then transition to commercial power might be another. But I just don't know enough about SUCCESS STORIES that provide data points showing "non-partisan solutions" as opposed to partisan wins and losses is the necessary element. I would give this some rigorous historical testing by expert opinion from people who know more about what works best more than I do. ON THE OTHER HAND, this section also addresses and hints at something I think you ought make overt: I have not seen many successful commercial revolutions (like you are proposing here) that eschew profit motive or perpetuate subsidies and special treatment. Put another way, I am of the opinion that PROFIT PRODUCING and COST REDUCING characteristics of problem solutions have been the life blood of REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE in commerce in the US. And I don't know that you include implicitly or overtly make the point that we have made many attempts at renewable technologies and improvements only to "keep the on the drip" of subsidies and special treatment. This approach has in my opinion CRIPPLED their revolutionary potential. Wind has made great progress, but somehow they still need to whine up some new production tax credits or renewal every time in order to compete.
I would not hang any of my proposal or argument on the fact that Oil is now $50/bbl If it goes to$35/bbl does that invalidate your proposal or argument?- no- so why open yourself up to the second guessing- no point to it at all.... That's not a big point. I also might have a mild critique of using "asynchronous" as the problem with wind. Its a problem, but to me controllability- which your argument of storage goes directly at is the real culprit. However, it may be a matter more of semantics so I cant suggest changing that is vital.
Thanks Mark, interesting article. Many of the ideas seem worthy of consideration/additional work. I share some reviewers' concerns about the "gas tax" approach, but won't bother reiterating the flaws. My major concern has to do with the notion that throwing $15B at the problem is going to accomplish much. With the space and nuclear programs, there were a clear paths to success with the technologies involved. It really was a matter of time, money and resolve to make them a reality. Producing hydrogen economically is another story. And $15B is a drop in the bucket when it comes to building a hydrogen infrastructure, though at least we have a sense of how to go about it. I suppose that I have the same concerns about several other technologies. I know of know breakthrough in photovoltaics that is waiting on investment dollars. Fuel cells run on hydrogen that is expensive to produce (and is generally reformed from natural gas). I'm not convinced that throwing more money at them will get us where we want to go. I hate to use the N word, but what about the next generation of nuclear plants charging electric vehicles during off-peak hours?


The longest song on Wings' 1973 album Band On The Run, Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) was written during a dinner party Paul and Linda McCartney had in Montego Bay, Jamaica with the actor Dustin Hoffman.
On one of our Jamaican holidays we had heard that Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen were around, shooting the film Papillon. We were invited to visit the set and Dustin asked us back to his house for dinner. He was asking me how I write songs; I explained that I just make them up. He said, Can you make up a song about anything?' I wasn't sure, but he pulled out a copy of Time, pointed to an article and said, 'Could you write a song about this? It was a quote from Picasso, from the last night of his life. Apparently, he had said to his friends, 'Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink anymore,' and then gone to bed and died in his sleep. So I picked up a guitar, started to strum and sing 'Drink to me, drink to my health...', and Dustin was shouting to his wife, 'He's doing it! He's doing it! Come and listen!' It's something that comes naturally to me but he was blown away by it. And that song became Picasso's Last Words.
The issue of Time magazine was dated 23 April 1973, and the article in question was titled 'Pablo Picasso's Last Days and Final Journey'. Hoffman later described watching McCartney compose the song as "right under childbirth in terms of great events of my life".
The song was the only one to be recorded at Ginger Baker's studio in the Ikeja region of Lagos, Nigeria. Baker had hoped to entice Wings to record more songs at his ARC Studios, but only one session took place.
Then we went to Nigeria and we were working in Ginger's studio, Ginger Baker/ARC Studio in Lagos, nice studio down there. We thought we'd do this Picasso number, and we started off doing it straight. Then we thought, Picasso was kind of far out in his pictures, he'd done all these different kinds of things, fragmented, cubism, and the whole bit. I thought it would be nice to get a track a bit like that, put it through different moods, cut it up, edit it, mess around with it – like he used to do with his pictures. You see the old films of him painting, he paints it once and if he doesn't like it he paints it again, right on top of it, and by about twenty-five times he's got this picture. So we tried to use this kind of idea, I don't know much about it, to tell you the truth, but what we did know we tried to get in the song, sort of a Cubist thing.
So Ginger, he helped on a few little things of it. At the end, where we go 'Ho, hey ho.' We did the cutting up there. Then we got Ginger and a couple of people from around the studio and we got little tin cans and filled them with gravel from outside the studio, and used them as shakers, so at the end you hear this [makes shaking gravel noise], and that's Ginger and a big mob of us going [gravel noise again]. So we just made it all up and then edited the tape. There were about four or five big edits in it, really.
The song contains elements of the Band On The Run songs Jet and Mrs Vandebilt.
I hope that, thanks to this campaign, many French people will rediscover the charms. So, let me remind you that our tourist help service is there for you. As you know, we send free of charge a variety of guides, lists of addresses... London and its suburbs, in French of course. Recommended guides on Great Britain. Guides of farms offering a room for the night. Guides of the inns. Lists of organisations specialised in séjours au pair... as a paying host. Guides for motorised tourists, featuring a translation of the English driving book, in French.
The French voice is a friend of mine, Pierre Le Sève, of the BBC's French language service, who died in April 2009.
Wow, thanks for the info. I never knew that!
Pierre was our neighbour for over 30 years. Yesterday was his 2nd anniversary of death and his wife Kathryn and son Patrick came to London to lay flowers on his grave and then visited us for an hour.
Thanks so much for this – the french voice is indeed my father Pierre Denis Le Seve. It is 3 years since he died and at last i can listen to the song without crying (sometimes!) I am so proud that his voice is captured forever in this great song and he has his place in pop history.
This song and Mrs Vandebilt have electric piano, probably Paul's Fender Rhodes.
I am going to play this song for our good friend Herb as he makes his attempt to stop drinking. He may have liver cancer and we are throwing a party for him in Stockton, Ca on Saturday September 8, 2012. Paul, Dustin, you are invited. You can contact me on my email. This song has been on my mind since I have found out about Herb's condition. If you guys cannot make it, I understand. Drink to Herb and Drink to his health for you know he cannot drink anymore.
Does anyone have the text of the 23 April 1973 Time Magazine article itself? If so, can you please post it here? It would be interesting to read the article that inspired the song.


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Short-field Landings in the Falcon 8X
by Matt Thurber
- October 17, 2019, 8:31 AM
The view from the Falcon 8X flight deck on departure from the short runway at Les Eplatures Airport in Switzerland. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
To prepare for a unique experience—a real short-field landing in the Falcon 8X, albeit on a long runway—I started at the FlightSafety Le Bourget learning center near Paris for a practice session.
The plan was to fly two days later from Le Bourget to Vatry Airport in Chalons, France, where I would fly the 8X in the traffic pattern and try out my short-field landing skills in the real airplane. We would then fly to Les Eplatures Airport in Neuchatel, Switzerland, where a Dassault pilot would demonstrate the 8X's short-field capability on the airport's 3,576-foot runway.
Olivier Perriaud, chief pilot of the Falcon operational pilot group, helped get me refamiliarized with the 8X in the FlightSafety simulator. I've flown the 8X a few times already, but not on a regular basis.
After some airwork and a touch-and-go and full-stop landing at simulated Charles de Gaulle Airport, Perriaud repositioned the simulator for La Mole Airport, which is the go-to for visitors to St. Tropez and has an unusual arrival, not to mention a 3,514-foot runway (landing distance) surrounded by mountains. Pilots flying to La Mole are required to have undergone training within the past two months or have flown into the airport as PIC within the past 12 months.
The author (left) and Olivier Perriaud, chief pilot of the Falcon operational pilot group, practicing short-field landings at La Mole Airport near St Tropez, France, in the Falcon 8X simulator at FlightSafety's Le Bourget learning center. (Photo: Vadim Feldzer)
Landing at La Mole is only on Runway 24, and the approach requires flying from the coastline, then descending at specific points while flying a heading of 234 degrees, 11 degrees off the runway magnetic heading of 243 degrees, and following the 4-degree PAPI to avoid noise-sensitive areas. The final turn to line up with the runway starts at 400 feet msl (about 350 feet agl), and it isn't until about 200 feet msl that the airplane will be lined up with the runway centerline, making for an interesting final approach. Operations are allowed only during daytime.
For the first arrival, I did a go-around to see how that procedure worked to keep us clear of the mountains. Subsequently, Perriaud had me practice touching down and stopping hard, including reverse thrust on the center engine and full braking. The goal is to get stopped before Taxiway C, roughly two-thirds of the available landing length of Runway 24.
I landed five times at simulated La Mole; on the first landing, I stopped at Taxiway C, and on the next four landings, I managed to stop well short of the taxiway. I didn't feel like I was hammering the 8X too hard, and I would later see and feel that there is more performance available from this capable airplane.
It was enormously fun trying to fly the required arrival procedure toward the airport, make the turn to the centerline at low altitude, chopping the power, then touching down and standing on the brakes. I took off each time from Runway 6 after turning around, and followed the prescribed procedure for departure. The simulated mountains and airport felt all too real, and it was a terrific practice session. To top off the training regime, we repositioned near Geneva, where I did another short-field landing at Annecy Airport on the French side of the border.
For the flight in the real 8X two days later, Perriaud and Dassault test pilot Fabrice Dougnac flew the 8X to Vatry. After shutdown, I climbed into the left seat with Dougnac in the right seat and Perriaud in the jumpseat.
Preparing for traffic pattern work in the Falcon 8X at Vatry Airport in France (Photo: Matt Thurber)
The weather was perfect with hardly any wind, a balmy summer day in France and a nearly empty airport, with only another Falcon practicing takeoffs and landings.
I took off on Vatry's Runway 10 and stayed in the traffic pattern, climbing to 2,000 feet and turning left. On downwind, Dougnac set slats/flaps 1 (SF1), then gear down, followed by SF2 abeam the runway numbers and once on final, SF3.
This was just like the simulator, with a go-around my first task. The second time around ended with a full-stop normal landing, and it was pleasantly familiar after the simulator session. The 8X handles well at slow speeds, and the fly-by-wire flight controls give the pilot precise control and well-harmonized responsiveness, especially for such a large airplane.
We taxied back for the third takeoff, and after flying around the pattern and getting configured on final, I proceeded to the short-field landing. After touching down, I pushed the sidestick forward to get the nosewheel onto the runway then pulled the thrust reverser on and stepped hard on the brakes. The touchdown was not at a significantly high rate of descent, and I probably used up some runway unnecessarily by not touching down a bit more aggressively. But overall, it was a satisfactory performance and completely underscored the benefits of the training. I'm pretty sure I could have landed and stopped safely at La Mole.
For the next leg, Dougnac switched to the left seat and Perriaud took the right, while I sat in the cabin with our other passengers for the flight to Les Eplatures. This was to be Dougnac's first real 8X short-field landing on a short runway, and Dassault had arranged for a helicopter and cameraman to shoot video of the landing at Les Eplatures.
The arrival at Les Eplatures was captured by a helicopter camera crew. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
The airport sits in a shallow valley on the edge of Neuchatel, Switzerland, at an elevation of 3,366 feet. We approached from the southwest to land on Runway 6, and Dougnac brought the 8X in at a relatively shallow angle but with a higher rate of descent than during my landing. The 8X plonked onto the runway at what must have been a few hundred feet per minute, and Dougnac swiftly brought the big jet to a halt, using about 500 meters or about half the available runway. The helicopter camera crew was positioned perfectly to capture the landing.
Falcon pilots Olivier Perriaud and Fabrice Dougnac after Dougnac's successful short-field landing at Les Eplatures Airport. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
Celebrating the arrival of the Falcon 8X at Les Eplatures Airport. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
What Dassault was demonstrating was not just the 8X's ability to land short, but also to carry enough fuel to fly from a short runway to other destinations. From Les Eplatures, we flew to Gstaad Saanen Airport, a Swiss airport hemmed in by the steep Alps. We took our time to allow the helicopter to get there to film our arrival, which was a dramatic swoop close to the mountains as we turned 180 degrees to line up with Runway 26.
The mountains seemed very close during the arrival at Gstaad Saanen Airport. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
Short-final for Runway 24 at Gstaad Saanen Airport. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
The Falcon 8X at Gstaad Saanen Airport, put to bed after a hard day's work. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2019-10-17/short-field-landings-falcon-8x
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Bus line 208 - Please get on the bus at Krakow Airport T1 bus stop heading Dworzec Główny Wschód and after driving 17 stops (ca. 22 min.) get off at the stop Balicka Wiadukt. Then walking through ul. Armii Krajowej (ca.10 min.) or 1 stop by bus (the bus stop Bronowice Wiadukt): 120, 172, 173, 210, 230, 238, 248, 258, 268, 278, 572 towards Rondo Ofiar Katynia. Total travel time ca. 32 minutes.
You can use the services of taxi companies listed above. Transfer from Railway Station/Bus Station to the Institute costs about 20-32 PLN (5-8Euro).
An alternative way to reach the Institute is to use public transport. Hour ticket costs 6 PLN (1.5 Euro).
Tram line 4 - Please get on the tram at stop Dworzec Głowny heading Bronowice Małe - after after driving 11 stops (ca. 20 min) get off at the stop Balicka Wiadukt. Hence walking through ul. Armii Krajowej (ca. 10 min.) or 1 stop by bus (the bus stop Bronowice Wiadukt): 120, 172, 173, 210, 230, 238, 248, 258, 268, 278, 572 towards Rondo Ofiar Katynia. Total travel time ca. 30min.
Bus line 501 - Please get on the bus at stop Politechnika (ul. Pawia) - after driving 9 stops (ca. 20 minutes) and get off at the stop Rondo Ofiar Katynia.
Bus line 208 - Please get on the bus at stop Dworzec Główny Wschód heading Krakow Balice Airport T1 - after driving 11 stops (ca. 20 minutes) and get off at the stop Balicka Wiadukt. Hence walking through ul. Armii Krajowej (ca. 10 min.) or 1 stop by bus (the bus stop Bronowice Wiadukt): 120, 172, 173, 210, 230, 238, 248, 258, 268, 278, 572 towards Rondo Ofiar Katynia. Total travel time ca. 30min.
Bus line 130 - Please get on the bus at stop Dworzec Główny Zachód - ul. Pawia heading Azory - two stops (ca. 5 min.) and get off at the stop New Kleparz - go on foot (ca. 7 min.) to the bus stop Nowy Kleparz/al.Słowackiego. Please get on the bus 139 heading Mydlniki. After 10 stops (ca. 17 min.) get off at the stop Bronowice Wiadukt. Hence walking through ul. Armii Krajowej (ca. 10 min.) or 1 stop by bus (the bus stop Bronowice Wiadukt): 120, 172, 173, 210, 230, 238, 248, 258, 268, 278, 572 towards Rondo Ofiar Katynia. Total travel time ca. 40min.


As summer approaches and the days get even hotter, it is important to keep your car protected from the heat. Direct sunlight beating down on the vehicle for extended periods of time could hurt your car more than you might think, but the good news is that the damage is easily preventable.
Parking in the shade while you grocery shop or run errands can save you a lot of money in the long run. Gasoline is known for evaporating at high speeds, even when in enclosed tanks. The heat from direct sunlight speeds up the evaporation process and causes gasoline from your tank to disappear. Keeping the car in cooler temperatures means less fuel lost.
While your car sits in the parking lot, the sun causes the temperature of the interior to rise substantially. This means having to air-condition your car more when you return and even possible damage to the dashboard. Shade helps you to run your air conditioning less and saves you money by not having to replace sun-damaged items.
If shade is not an option, sun shades are helpful to keep in your vehicle to reflect the sun's heat. Do you make an effort to park in the shade?


Hello Damian and Cumulusclips members. https://modvid.com - The Energetictube.
Thank you for this great video sharing platform. modvid.com has been previously hosted on a shared server with vidiscript and was registration hacked about a year ago. I've since moved to a private server, i've implemented the captcha registration and SSL and of course switched over to Cumulusclips. I love the bulk import functionality. Everything works.
I found the installation and configuration of the site to be very straight forward and these forums were great for finding solutions without ever having to post here and have to ask.
- the site seemed to function so i assumed the php directory was correct, however when i went to upload a video it would lock up at status: Processing video. When i went to enable log debugging or attempt to save a config in the admin>settings>video panel the site would lock up. Solved by enabling debugging logs in the database with phpmyadmin, realizing that there was no processing of video uploads taking place, then seeing the php directory needed /local/ added to it for my server setup. Once the php directory was corrected, the uploading and encoding worked flawlessly.
- Now i wanted to add hundreds of video files from my old host, SSH connected server to server as root and ftp'd a large directory of fla vides into the uploads/import directory. When i would see an error in the log about ftp permissions or credentials (can't remember the specific wording). This was corrected by using chown to switch ownership of the video files to the website hostname account since they were transfered over as root, they were owned by root and the host account could not control them to start the encoding. Once switched i was thrilled that the import feature worked flawlessly for more than a couple hundred videos.
I have to say i was really happy to be bulk processing for nearly a full day without an error in the logs. I literally couldn't believe was working that well.
Thanks so much Damian and all involved with sharing this script open source. Its a joy to work with and i'm planning on adapting etaffiars.com over to cumulusclips as well.


When Ken and Addy Fern were actively working on their experimental plot in Cornwall, visitors would have noticed the large amount of weeds that grew there. This was partly because they simply didn't have enough time to keep on top of all the weeds, but also because many are quite useful, and some were even actively encouraged. Their approach was that a weed is merely a plant growing somewhere they didn't want it to grow and, instead of automatically hoeing out any plant that didn't put there, try and leave in all those that are not likely to interfere with the other plants they were growing.
There are several ways in which weeds can be helpful to leave in the garden. Many of them, for example, are edible (indeed some are very tasty), whilst others have medicinal properties or other uses. Weeds also help to provide a more balanced environment by providing food and habitats for insects and other creatures - this can have a very important knock-on effect for the gardener by encouraging beneficial insects and birds and thus reducing insect predation on our plants. In addition, weeds help to protect and feed the soil by providing good compost material as well as by covering it and preventing erosion.
Whilst, with a few notable exceptions, we would not recommend deliberately introducing weeds into the garden, it is quite possible to co-exist happily with many of them, particularly many of the annual species such as bittercress, chickweed and shepherd's purse. It is simply a matter of making sure you weed out most of the seedlings, leaving a few to grow on and then allowing them to set seed. There are, however, some perennials, such as couch grass and Japanese knotweed, which are so vigorous that they really cannot be tolerated in amongst your prize plants -they will simply swamp them.
The following list includes some of the weeds that can be particularly useful, though not all plants listed should be tolerated due to their aggressive tendencies.
Aegopodium podagraria. Ground Elder is a vigorous and very invasive perennial, growing about 60cm tall and spreading rapidly by its roots. It is very difficult to eradicate because any small piece of root left in the ground will quickly regrow. Whilst it is occasionally grown as a ground cover in the wilder parts of the garden (shrubs and strong growing bulbs such as some lilies grow very well through it), it really is too vigorous for most other herbaceous species. There is, however, a variegated form of this species that is less invasive and is sometimes grown in the ornamental garden. Ground Elder has a long history of edible and medicinal use; indeed it was cultivated as a food crop and medicinal herb in the Middle Ages. It was used mainly as a food that could counteract gout, one of the effects of the rich foods eaten by monks, bishops etc at this time. The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked and have an unusual tangy flavour which is an acquired taste, although some people like it.
can be harvested virtually all year round whilst the bulbils are ready in the summer. The leaves are also edible, with a similar flavour, but tend to have a stringy texture.
Capsella bursa-pastoris. Shepherd's Purse is an annual plant growing up to 50cm tall in rich soils, but much smaller in poor ones. A very common garden weed, it can flower and produce seeds all year round and will often spread freely in cultivated ground. This species is a prime example of how a plant can be viewed as an annoying weed in some areas of the world, whilst in others it is actually cultivated for its wide range of uses. It is extensively cultivated in some areas of the world as a cabbage-flavoured spring greens, whilst in Japan it is one of the essential ingredients of a ceremonial rice and barley gruel that is eaten on January 7th. The leaves grow rather larger under cultivation, they can be harvested about a month after sowing and can be treated as a cut and come again crop. The young leaves, used before the plant comes into flower, make a fine addition to salads, whilst older leaves are a cress and cabbage substitute, becoming peppery with age. The young flowering shoots can be eaten in the same way as broccoli. They are rather thin and fiddly but the taste is quite acceptable. The seed is rich in oil and, although small and very fiddly to harvest, can be eaten raw or cooked - it used to be ground into a meal and used in soups etc. The seedpods can be used as a peppery seasoning for soups and stews, whilst the fresh or dried root is used as a ginger substitute. The plant has long been used as a domestic herbal remedy, particularly in the treatment of both internal and external bleeding, diarrhoea etc. The seed, when placed in water, attracts mosquitoes. It has a gummy substance that binds the insects mouth to the seed. The seed also releases a substance toxic to the larvae - a kilo of seed is said to be able to kill 10 million larvae.
Cardamine species. Bittercress is a very common annual garden weed, growing just 1cm tall in very poor soils but up to 30cm in richer conditions. It spreads very freely by means of its seeds but is easily controlled by hoeing. It also tends to like growing in pots and it can be time consuming having to weed pot plants by hand. There are two main species found in gardens, the hairy bittercress C. hirsuta, and wavy bittercress C. flexuosa. Bittercress can be in flower all year round, especially if the winter is mild. Both the leaves and flowers can be eaten, raw and cooked. They have a hot cress-like flavour and can be used as a garnish or flavouring in salads, though they can also be used as a potherb.
Chenopodium album. Fat Hen is another annual weed that used to be cultivated as a food plant. Growing about 80cm tall, it was at one time often grown for its edible leaves. There is still one named variety that can sometimes be obtained - called 'Magenta' in reference to the colour of its leaves, it is considered by some people to be the best tasting of all potherbs. The leaves are a very acceptable spinach substitute, the taste is a little bland but this can be improved by adding a few stronger-flavoured leaves. The young flowering stems can also be eaten in much the same way as broccoli. The edible seed, which is somewhat fiddly to harvest, can be dried and ground into a meal and eaten raw or baked into bread. It can also be sprouted and added to salads. The seed should be soaked in water overnight and thoroughly rinsed before being used in order to remove any bitter-tasting saponins.
Cirsium species. There are many different species of thistle, the two you are most likely to encounter as weeds are C. arvense, the Creeping Thistle a perennial plant growing to about 90cm, and C. vulgare, the Common Thistle which is biennial and grows up to 2 metres tall. These are very aggressive weeds, the first spreading freely by means of its roots and the other sending its seeds far and wide to grow where you least expect them. The young roots of both species can be eaten raw or cooked. Although nutritious, they are rather bland with a taste reminiscent of Jerusalem artichokes. They are probably best when used in a mixture with other vegetables. Be warned though, just like Jerusalem artichokes the root is rich in inulin, a starch that cannot be digested by humans. This starch thus passes straight through the digestive system and, in some people, ferments to produce flatulence. The young stems can be peeled and cooked like asparagus or rhubarb. Young leaves have a fairly bland flavour and can also be eaten raw or cooked, but the prickles need to be removed before the leaves can be eaten - not only is this rather fiddly but very little edible leaf remains.
Elytrigia repens. Couch grass is one of the most pernicious weeds that gardeners have to contend with. It would be a very brave or very foolish person who would encourage this perennial grass into their garden. Growing about 50cm tall, the roots spread quickly through the soil, growing into the roots of other plants and making them almost impossible to get out. Even a small section of root left in the soil will quickly start growing again. Despite its antisocial tendency in the garden, however, couch is a very useful herbal medicine and the famous Herbalist Culpepper is said to have stated that half an acre of couch was worth five acres of carrots twice over. The edible uses of couch are very minor. The roots have been dried and ground into a powder, then used with wheat when making bread. Although thin and stringy, they contain starch and enzymes and are quite sweet. When boiled for a long time to break down the leathery membrane, syrup can be made from the roots and this is sometimes brewed into a beer. When roasted, the root has been ground into a powder and used as a healthier coffee substitute. Couch grass, however, is of considerable value as a herbal medicine -a decoction of the roots being very useful in the treatment of a wide range of kidney, liver and urinary disorders. They have a gentle remedial effect that is well tolerated by the body and has no side effects. This plant is also a favourite medicine of domestic cats and dogs, which will often eat quite large quantities of the leaves.
Epilobium angustifolium. With its tiny seed that floats so well on the air, rosebay willow herb will find its way to your garden without the need for you to invite it in. Left to its own devices, this perennial plant will then spread rapidly at the roots to form large clumps up to 2 metres tall. It produces spikes of flowers through much of the summer and, if it weren't so aggressive, it would surely merit a place in the ornamental garden.
The young leaves and shoot tips have been used in salads or cooked as a vegetable. When boiled they are said to make a wholesome vegetable and are a good source of vitamins A and C. The root can be eaten raw, cooked or dried and ground into a powder. When used in spring, it is said to have a sweet taste. The flower stalks, picked when the flowers are still in bud, can be eaten raw or cooked. The pith of young or older stems is slightly sweet, tender and quite pleasing to eat, though there is not much of it. A sweet and pleasant tea can be made from the dried leaves - it can be consumed on its own or mixed with conventional tea. Rosebay willow herb has often been used as a domestic herbal remedy, particularly to treat conditions such as diarrhoea and irritable bowel syndrome; it is used in Germany and Austria to treat prostate problems and a poultice of the leaves is applied to mouth ulcers. A poultice made from the peeled roots is applied to burns, skin sores, swellings, boils etc. A fibre obtained from the outer stems is used to make cordage, whilst the 'cottony' seed hairs are used as a stuffing material in toys etc or as tinder to start fires.
Oxalis corniculata. Yellow Sorrel is a low-growing annual or short-lived perennial plant, rarely more than 1cm tall but spreading to form clumps 15cm or more across. This is another weed we that can become a nuisance if it gets into pot plants, where it spreads rapidly by seed and underground bulbils. Both the leaves and the flowers have a pleasant acid flavour, rather like sorrel. They are very small and fiddly to harvest, but can be added to salads.
The leaves are used as an antidote to poisoning by the seeds of Datura spp, arsenic and mercury, and the leaf juice has a soothing effect when applied to insect bites, burns and skin eruptions.
Plantago major. Common Plantain is a common lawn weed. This perennial plant grows up to 20cm tall, though it will be much lower when growing in a frequently cut lawn. Although most gardeners mercilessly root it out of their lawns, it actually does no harm when growing there and, indeed, helps to maintain the fertility of the lawn. The young leaves are rather bitter and tedious to prepare because the fibrous strands need to be removed before use, but they have been used as a potherb. It is best not to use the leaf stalk since this is even more fibrous than the leaf. They can be blanched in boiling water before using them in salads in order to make them more tender. Although very tedious to harvest, the seed can be ground into a meal and mixed with flour when making bread, cakes etc. The whole seed can also be boiled and used like sago. Common plantain is a safe and effective medicinal herb. The leaves are used externally as a healing poultice and treatment for bleeding, quickly staunching blood flow and encouraging the repair of damaged tissue. Internally, they are used in the treatment of a wide range of complaints including diarrhoea, gastritis, peptic ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, haemorrhage, haemorrhoids, cystitis, bronchitis, catarrh, sinusitis, asthma and hay fever. Plantain seed husks are an excellent treatment for digestive disorders. They contain up to 30% mucilage that swells up in the gut, acting as a bulk laxative and soothing irritated membranes.
Polygonum aviculare. Knotweed is an annual plant growing to 30cm in height. It is a common and invasive weed of cultivated ground, spreading by seed but quite easily controlled. It is an important food plant for the caterpillars of many species of butterflies and also produces an abundance of seeds that are a favourite food for many species of birds. Young leaves and plants can be used as a potherb; they are a very rich source of zinc. The seed, which is rather small and fiddly to utilize, can be used in all the ways that buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is used, either whole or dried and ground into a powder for use in pancakes, biscuits and piñole. Knotweed is a safe and effective astringent and diuretic herb that is used mainly in the treatment of complaints such as bleeding, dysentery and haemorrhoids. It is also taken in the treatment of pulmonary complaints because the silicic acid it contains strengthens connective tissue in the lungs. Recent research has shown that knotweed paste applied internally is a useful medicine in the treatment of bacterial dysentery. The plant yields a blue dye that is not much inferior to indigo, whilst yellow and green dyes can also be obtained.
Polygonum japonicum. Japanese Knotweed is not the sort of plant to encourage or even tolerate in the garden. A perennial growing 2 metres or more tall, it spreads very rapidly at the roots to form dense clumps that smother any other plant growing there. Since its introduction from the East, it has become one of our most pernicious weeds, so vigorous that the roots have even managed to send up shoots through tarmac! However, as with all plants, it is not all bad news. A report on the Natural History Programme of the BBC stated that Japanese knotweed is actually becoming a very valuable habitat for spiders, frogs, grass snakes and many other creatures. Its hollow stems allow a wide variety of insects and other small creatures to overwinter and find hiding places, thus a greater abundance of food is provided for insectivores such as frogs, who are themselves eaten by grass snakes. In areas of north Wales where Japanese knotweed has run rife, it is now the primary habitat for grass snakes. The plant also has several edible uses. The young shoots, which have a mild acid flavour, can be eaten in spring, either cooked in the same way as asparagus or used as a rhubarb substitute in pies, fruit soups, jams etc. The seed can be ground into a powder and used as a flavouring and thickener in soups etc, or can be mixed with cereals when making bread, cakes etc.
Prunella vulgaris. Self Heal is a perennial plant, growing up to 15cm tall and often found as a weed in the lawn. The leaves have a somewhat bitter flavour but can be used in salads, soups, stews etc. The bitterness can be reduced or even removed by washing the leaves prior to use. A cold water infusion of the freshly chopped or dried and powdered leaves is used as a very tasty refreshing beverage. Medicinally, self heal has a long history of folk use, especially in the treatment of wounds, ulcers, sores etc. It was also taken internally as a tea in the treatment of conditions such as fevers, diarrhoea, sore mouth and internal bleeding. An olive-green dye can be obtained from the flowers and stems.
Pteridium aquilinum. Bracken is an extremely invasive plant and is a noxious weed. It is one of the most widespread plants in the world, being found in all parts of the globe other than the extreme north and south. A perennial plant, growing about 1.2 metres tall, it spreads freely both by the roots and its dust-like spores that can travel hundreds of miles in the air. The plant has a number of edible uses, with the roots and young shoots being eaten. However, there is also evidence to suggest that regular consumption of the plant could cause cancer, so eating it is not recommended.
There are also many non-edible uses. For example: a glue can be made from the rootstock; the rhizome lathers readily in water and can be used as a soap; the roots have been rubbed into the scalp in order to promote hair growth; the ashes of the plant are rich in potassium and can be used as a fertilizer and also in making glass; the dried ferns produce a very durable thatch and the fibrous remnants from edible roots make a good tinder. In addition, the leaves are used as a packing material for fruit, keeping it fresh and cool without imparting any colour or flavour. They can also be used as a lining for baskets, fruit drying racks etc where they help to repel insects and can also help to prevent rot in the fruits. The dried fronds are very useful in the garden as a mulch for somewhat tender plants. This will keep the soil warmer, protect from wind damage and also keep off some of the rain.
Rumex crispus. Curled Dock is a perennial plant growing about 60cm tall. It is considered to be a serious weed of agriculture but perhaps it should be tolerated as much as possible because it is such a good plant for re-establishing fertility in the soil -its deep roots bring up nutriments that would otherwise be lost whilst its leaves make excellent compost. It is also a very important food plant for the caterpillars of many species of butterfly.
Although rather bitter, the very nutritious leaves have been used in mixed salads, cooked as a potherb or added to soups. Only the very young leaves should be used, preferably before the stems have developed, and even these are likely to be bitter. The inner portion of the stems is also eaten whilst the seed can be used as a piñole or can be ground into a powder and used as flour for making pancakes etc. When roasted, the seed has been used as a coffee substitute. Curled dock has a long history of domestic herbal use. It is a gentle and safe laxative, less powerful than rhubarb in its action so it is particularly useful in the treatment of mild constipation. The plant has valuable cleansing properties and is useful for treating a wide range of skin problem. All parts of the plant can be used, though the root is most active medicinally.
Sonchus arvensis. Field Milk Thistle is a common garden weed that has occasionally been cultivated as a food plant -in Indonesia they have even produced improved varieties selected for their edible leaves. A perennial growing up to 1.2 metres tall, it spreads by means of seed and its creeping rootstock. The young leaves have a slightly bitter taste but can be added to salads or cooked like spinach. It might be best, though it is not necessary, to remove the marginal prickles. The mild flavoured stems can be cooked like asparagus or rhubarb, whilst the roasted root is used as a coffee substitute.
Stellaria media. A very common garden weed, chickweed grows, flowers and sets seed all year round. An annual plant growing about 15cm it spreads by means of seeds. It is very easy to control by hoeing and it has many beneficial uses. The young leaves have a mild flavour and can be available all year round if the winter is not too severe. Very nutritious, they can be eaten raw in mixed salads, or cooked to make a very acceptable spinach substitute. The small seed can be ground into a powder and used in making bread or to thicken soups. Chickweed has a very long history of herbal use, being particularly beneficial in the external treatment of any kind of itching skin condition. It has been known to soothe severe itchiness even where all other remedies have failed. When applied as a poultice, it will relieve any kind of roseola and is effective wherever there are fragile superficial veins. An infusion of the fresh or dried herb can be added to the bath water and its emollient property will help to reduce inflammation -in rheumatic joints for example - and encourage tissue repair.
Taraxacum officinale. Dandelions are another of those weeds that is at times cultivated for its edible leaves - indeed there are a number of named varieties that have been developed in Europe. A perennial plant growing up to 40cm tall, it may be perhaps be encouraged in a lawn, but in cultivated beds it tends to provide a hiding place for slugs under the leaves. The plant spreads very freely by means of its light seeds, but is easily controlled by hoeing. The leaves are literally packed full of vitamins and minerals, making this one of the most nutritious leaves you can eat. Unfortunately, they have a rather bitter flavour, though we find a few of the leaves added to a mixed salad to be quite acceptable. The bitter tasting root can also be cooked; some people say they have a turnip-like flavour.
When roasted and ground into a powder, they can be used as a much healthier alternative to coffee. The dandelion is a commonly used herbal remedy. It is especially effective and valuable as a diuretic because it contains high levels of potassium salts and therefore can replace the potassium that is lost from the body when diuretics are used. The latex contained in the plant sap can be used to remove corns, warts and verrucae. The latex has a specific action on inflammations of the gall bladder and is also believed to remove stones in the liver.
Tussilago farfara. Coltsfoot has a very aggressive root system and will spread very freely if given half a chance. Indeed, it has been shown that the rhizomes can lay dormant in the soil for many years, finally emerging and resuming growth when the soil is disturbed. All in all, this is not a plant to encourage in the garden unless you choose your site with care or find some means of restraining it such as by planting in a large tub that is buried in the ground. A perennial plant, it grows up to 20cm tall, sending up flowering stems in the spring, with the leaves only appearing after it has finished flowering. This habit has led people in the past to believing that the flowers and the leaves were two different plants. All parts of the plant can be eaten, but most have a rather bitter flavour. The flower buds and young flowers, however, have a pleasant aniseed flavour and add a distinctive aromatic flavour to salads. An effective demulcent and expectorant herb, coltsfoot is one of the most popular European remedies for the treatment of a wide range of chest complaints, soothing coughs and helping to get rid of catarrh. It is widely available in health food shops, often in the form of a candied sweet.
Urtica dioica. If there is one plant that every child learns to recognise, it is the stinging nettle. Just one brush up against the stinging hairs on its leaves is enough to produce a lasting memory! A perennial plant, it grows up to 1.2 metres tall and can form very extensive clumps spreading both at the roots and by seed. Apart from its many uses for humans, this is a superb wildlife plant. It can be a nuisance in cultivated areas, but it should be allowed to grow in out of the way places. Stinging nettles have a huge range of uses, only a few of which are mentioned here. The young leaves can be eaten cooked -although they can sting you when raw, once they are cooked they are perfectly harmless and make one of the most nutrient-rich foods you can eat. Do make sure you use gloves or other protection when harvesting and washing them though! Do not harvest leaves from plants that have started to flower, however, since these can develop gritty particles called cystoliths that act as an irritant to the kidneys. If you cut the plants down twice a year, just before they start to flower, then you will ensure a good supply of fresh young leaves in the summer and will also prevent the clump from becoming too vigorous. Cutting them more than twice a year will severely weaken them and probably kill them over a period of 2-3 years.
Nettles have a very long history of herbal use and modern research has shown the justification for this. For example, a tea made from the leaves has traditionally been used as a cleansing tonic and blood purifier so the plant is often used in the treatment of hay fever, arthritis, anaemia etc. The roots contain substances that have been shown to have a beneficial effect upon the prostate and it is now used in a very effective formula to treat an enlarged prostate. The fresh leaves of nettles have been rubbed or beaten onto the skin in the treatment of rheumatism etc. This practice, called urtification, causes intense irritation to the skin as it is stung by the nettles. It is believed that this treatment works in two ways. Firstly, it acts as a counter-irritant, bringing more blood to the area to help remove the toxins that cause rheumatism. Secondly, the formic acid from the nettles is believed to have a beneficial effect upon the rheumatic joints.
A strong flax-like fibre obtained from the stems is used for making string, cloth and a good quality paper. The leaves are an excellent addition to the compost heap and can be soaked for 7-21 days in water to make a very nutritious liquid feed for plants. This liquid feed is both insect repellent and a good foliar feed. A hair wash is made from the infused leaves and this is used as a tonic and anti-dandruff treatment. A beautiful and permanent green dye is obtained from a decoction of the leaves and stems.
We hope that this leaflet has given you a fresh insight into all those plants that we usually classify as weeds and spend a lot of time and effort in trying to eradicate from our gardens.
The database has more details on these plants: Aegopodium podagraria, Allium vineale, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Cardamine flexuosa, Cardamine hirsuta, Chenopodium album, Cirsium arvense, Cirsium vulgare, Elytrigia repens, Epilobium angustifolium, Oxalis corniculata, Plantago major, Polygonum aviculare, Polygonum japonicum, Prunella vulgaris, Pteridium aquilinum, Rumex crispus, Sonchus arvensis, Stellaria media, Taraxacum officinale, Tussilago farfara, Urtica dioica.


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Epicurious travelers with an appetite for global flavors will rejoice in the introduction of Oceania Cruises' new evening Tapas Menus. Offered each evening in the Terrace Café, the new menus comprise a distinct and different array of destination-inspired flavors. Guests can choose from an ever-changing selection of crostini, fruit- and vegetable-based salads, rolls, fresh fish and seafood tapas, crudités and other small dishes artfully presented in tasting spoons and verrines.
With more than five-dozen dishes included in the 14 new menus, bon vivants will enjoy spending a relaxing evening in the Terrace Café, sharing small plates, toasting the day's memories, engaging in sparkling conversation and sharing the breathtaking vistas all around. The Tapas dishes are available every evening of the cruise, in addition to the Terrace Café's amazing assortment of starters, soups, salads, main courses, carving station, and desserts.
"Cuisine and the overall dining experience are such integral parts of the Oceania Cruises' culture and the fabric of the destinations we visit. We are always looking to provide our guests with unexpected moments of surprise and delight," stated Bob Binder, president and chief executive office of Oceania Cruises.
Developed over the course of a year, these remarkable menus were crafted by Oceania Cruises' culinary team and their passion for the Spanish tradition of sharing small plates crafted from the freshest ingredients that reflect the vibrancy of the destinations visited. For Culinary Directors Eric Barale and Franck Garanger, along with Senior Executive Chef Alban Gjoka, this was a very personal endeavor.
"The Boqueria market in Barcelona is one of my favorite markets in the world. Whenever I am in town I can spend several hours just walking the stalls and taking in all the scents, colors and flavors. Then I head to my favorite tapas restaurant, Papitu, where I found inspiration in this traditional aspect of Spanish culture which is always made better when shared with friends and family," added Chef Alban.
Informal and carefree, the Terrace Café is wonderfully inviting any time of day. First thing in the morning, the room is infused with natural sunlight from the floor-to-ceiling windows, stimulating the appetite for the sumptuous breakfast selections. Come lunch, the expansive menu of international-inspired dishes changes entirely, beautifully complemented by flavorful roasted and rotisserie meats and the magic of the pizzeria's oven. Feel free to dine inside or alfresco at one of the shaded teak tables on the terrace. In the evening, the impeccably clad wait staff shines, and the cuisine takes on a more sophisticated flair. Lobster tails and lamb chops are prepared to order, and freshly made hand-cut sushi and sashimi await your selection. Every day, an entirely different series of menus awaits the opportunity to delight guests. For more information about Oceania Cruises, call 855-OCEANIA (855-623-2642) or contact aprofessional travel agent.


With the use of a Urine-Off™ Black Light, various bodily fluids that are not visible with the naked eye will fluoresce, indicating where these fluids have been deposited. With better visibility, these surfaces can now be properly cleaned with Urine- Off. Light only. Urine-Off sold separately.
Incandescent bulbs that screw in to a regular lamp socket do not work; a fluorescent tube-type or LED light is required.
"UV" refers to a specific band of light wavelength. Generally, urine will fluoresce under any UV light - but some exact wavelengths do a better job of fluorescing urine. The Urine Off product line of black lights employs custom circuitry to produce the optimal light wavelength for urine fluorescence, and so work better - which means you don't have to have the room perfectly dark, or hold the light source so close to the surface. Hardware-store black lights work okay, but are harder to use effectively for these reasons.
Urine is not the only substance that will fluoresce. Some soaps and detergents have components that fluoresce, even after rinsing thoroughly, as well as some fabrics and lint. These will usually fluoresce a bright white or even blue-ish hue, not the dull yellow of urine.
Use protective eyewear: Prolonged and direct exposure to UV light can be harmful to the eyes. The ideal type of protective eyewear is safety goggles that can be purchased at any local hardware store. These glasses, like most eyewear made today, filter UV rays.
Take the black light into the bathroom and darken the room. Inspect the toilet, especially around the seat hinges and the outside front of the toilet bowl. This will allow you to see exactly what urine looks like under black light. Even the cleanest bathroom will show glowing yellow urine crystals, because ordinary cleaners simply do not dissolve them.
Close the curtains/blinds if necessary to make your work area easy to see under the black light.
Once you've located all the affected areas, you might want to mark them with a piece of masking tape so you can find them when the house lights are on.
NOTE: Urine Off's bio-enzymatic action is capable of breaking down the uric crystals completely so that their fluorescence is eliminated, particularly on hard surfaces like porcelain and glazed tile. The initial buildup will likely take 2 or 3 treatments, but light buildup will need only one treatment. Porous surfaces like fabrics, carpet, and even concrete, can retain so much residue that complete elimination of all fluorescence may require diligent extraction efforts with commercial equipment. This is simply too costly - once the urine stain and odor is removed, the goal has been reached!
We needed a urine detector to make sure the cat was not urinating near kids toys and items. We made it pitch black and was unable to detect any urine markings. We know the cat pees in this specific area because of the smell and we caught him to it! Unfortunately this product did not work as it claimed it would. A waste of money. We are seeking a refund.
Was able to quickly see urine the neighbour's cat left on our decking, and remove it to make the environment more friendly for our cats. Used with Urine Off, was able to greatly reduce our elderly male cat's stress levels.
I found the Urine Off Black Light extremely useful. Was able to see easily where the cat pee was on our carpet - had a great time locating it & then spraying with Urine-Off. Some other materials like our curtains however it was harder to see the pee as the whole curtain lit under the black light - I figured it must be some colours or products in the curtain weave that reacted with the black light. Extremely useful product.


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North Beach Caravan Park is family owned and managed.
The park features a service station for motor homes, caravans and RV's, electricity points, showers, washing and ironing facilities.
There is direct access and a 200m frontage onto a beautiful sandy beach enclosed in a cove by cliffs. The sea is safe for both swimming and water sports, and fishing is possible.
Visitors can relax and enjoy the natural surroundings or go walking along the cliff land. There are also numerous golf clubs in the surrounding area and scenic country roads to cycle along. From the park, the nearest pub is just a short stroll away, while a 15 minute walk leads to a supermarket, shops, post office, take away, restaurant and more. The bus stop for service to Dublin, Skerries and Balbriggan is 10 minutes away.