[UC] Marianne Das recommends markfiore.com!

[Marianne Das]

Dear UnivCity listserv,

Marianne Das ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wants you to see a cartoon at "markfiore.com".  You 
can check it out at http://www.markfiore.com/animation/prizes.html.

In addition to recommending "markfiore.com", Marianne Das also sent you this message:

Enjoy!

Marianne

 
 

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Re: [UC] Re: Firewood

[Monique . M . Harvey]

I am about to move into a new home that has a wood burning fireplace, and I
am relatively inexperienced except for the Duraflame logs I have burned,
and the occassional campfire.  I was wondering:

1)  What is the difference between seasoned logs and the others?  What
happens if you wind up with unseasoned logs?  Do they burn?  How do you
season them?

2) How much wood is in a cord?  How much does it cost?  If you burn logs
about 5 hours per day, how long would a cord last?


M. M. Harvey



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[UC] The Triumph of Moral Values

[Benseraglio2]

Gary Wills notes in today's New York Times that more Americans believe in the Virgin Birth than in the theory of evolution. Maureen Dowd writes about some of the rising stars of the new consensus on moral values:
 
"Tom Coburn, the new senator from Oklahoma, has advocated the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions and warned that "the gay agenda" would undermine the country. He also characterized his race as a choice between "good and evil" and said he had heard there was "rampant lesbianism" in Oklahoma schools.

Jim DeMint, the new senator from South Carolina, said during his campaign that he supported a state G.O.P. platform plank banning gays from teaching in public schools. He explained, "I would have given the same answer when asked if a single woman who was pregnant and living with her boyfriend should be hired to teach my third-grade children."
John Thune, who toppled Tom Daschle, is an anti-abortion Christian conservative - or "servant leader," as he was hailed in a campaign ad - who supports constitutional amendments banning flag burning and gay marriage. "
I'm not sure whether to be any more afraid than I was before the election. Fortunately we live in the heart of the Blue Zone, and Philadelphia seems like a safe place to be for the moment. I rarely set foot outside of the city boundaries anyway, and I'm even less likely now to venture out into the howling wastelands of the Red Zone. For all its faults, West Philly is in fact a bastion of rationality and tolerance. 
 

Ross Benderhttp://rossbender.org/myersbriggs.html
 

[UC] by the way

[Gina Renzi]

thanks to everyone here who sent advice-on list as well as off list-to 
me on tuesday, regarding my voting concerns. in the end, i was able to 
vote here in west philly. unfortunately, my candidate didn't win, but 
at least i was able to cast my vote!

Gina Renzi
Coordinator
The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-573-3234
http://www.foundationarts.org

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RE: [UC] Re: Firewood

[Turner,Kathleen]

Title: RE: [UC] Re: Firewood






http://www.calcombustibles.com/firewood_faq.htm

should answer just about all of your questions except how long a cord would last, and I suspect that would be a big "YMMV" depending on how big your fireplace is, how many logs you put on at a time, etc.

Lovely to think about sitting by a nice warm fire on such a grey, dreary day -- can we all come over [smile]?

Kathleen

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Sent: 11/4/2004 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [UC] Re: Firewood


I am about to move into a new home that has a wood burning fireplace,
and I
am relatively inexperienced except for the Duraflame logs I have burned,
and the occassional campfire.  I was wondering:

1)  What is the difference between seasoned logs and the others?  What
happens if you wind up with unseasoned logs?  Do they burn?  How do you
season them?

2) How much wood is in a cord?  How much does it cost?  If you burn logs
about 5 hours per day, how long would a cord last?


M. M. Harvey



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Re: [UC] Re: Firewood

[Charles H. Buchholtz]

   From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Date:  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 10:47:33 -0500

   1)  What is the difference between seasoned logs and the others?  What
   happens if you wind up with unseasoned logs?  Do they burn?  How do you
   season them?

Seasoned just means dried.  Unseasoned wood is harder to burn, and
produces more steam when it burns.  It also creates more tar when it
burns, so you have to clean your chimney more often.

To season wood, you keep it somewhere where air can circulate around
it for a year or so.  Preferably off the ground, and with small sticks
between layers of logs to allow air to circulate between the layers.

Make sure that you burn hardwood.  Softwood (eg, pine) has a lot more
tar, burns faster and produces less heat.

Get your chimney cleaned and inspected.  It's safest to do this every
year, but most people do it every other year.  Tar can build up in the
chimney (especially if you've burned un-seasoned wood or softwood),
and it can catch fire (called a chimney fire).

A fire in a fireplace is not for heating your house, it's for pretty
(although it's very nice to curl up next to when you come in from the
cold.)  Make sure that your damper works.  You have to open it before
lighting a fire.  If you forget, the room will fill up with smoke,
which will remind you.  You need to close it when you are done with
the fire.  Don't close it while the fire is burning still smoldering,
you'll get carbon monoxide and die.  I'm not joking.

If you want to heat your home with firewood, get a franklin stove.

If you don't close the damper, all of your heat will go up the
chimney, along with money you pay in heating bills.

Often people will close the damper half way when the fire is down to
coals, go to bed, and then close the damper all the way in the
morning.

Never leave the fire burning un-attended.  If there's a little
moisture in a log, it will turn to steam.  You'll hear it as little
pops and crackles as the fire burns.  Well, sometimes it's a big pop,
and a burning piece of wood can fly out of the fireplace.

If you don't have a screen, someone needs to be paying attention to
the fire.  If you have a screen, then you can be doing other things in
the same room.  Do not leave a fire burning with no one in the room.
Logs can roll out and knock over the screen, so even with a screen you
need someone in the room. (I've left a five year old in the room, with
instructions that, "If any fire gets out of the fireplace, you yell
"FIRE" and run to get us.)

"Banking" a fire means that you re-arrange the wood with a poker so
that it's all close to the ground instead of being stacked up.  It
makes it less likely that anything will fly or roll out.  You bank a
fire before leaving it for the night.

All of this requires judgement, no two fires are identical.  Be
careful while you are learning.
   
   2) How much wood is in a cord?  How much does it cost?  If you burn logs
   about 5 hours per day, how long would a cord last?


A cord is four feet by four feet by eight feet.  I used to buy a half
cord and it would last me all season.  You probably won't build a fire
every night.  How long a cord lasts depends on how big a fire you
build.  A five hour fire might take about four or five quartered logs,
figure about 1 cubic foot, so a cord would give you about 128 five
hour fires.  That's a rough guess.

Wood should be stored off the ground outside, so that it doesn't
absorb moisture or insects.

Enjoy your fire place!  I wish I had one!

--- Chip


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RE: [UC] Re: Firewood

[Monique . M . Harvey]

Thanks for the explanation about the firewood.  The website was useful for
estimating costs as well, even though they are located in California.

I can't wait to get in front of my new family room fire!  I go to
settlement on the 19th, and will be moved in by the 28th.  You can believe,
I will have a fire in there soon after that


M. M. Harvey



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[UC] A Good Wish For B2....and You

[Craigsolve]

  

When we read the 
poetry of mystics, we call it wisdom
 
When we talk 
with God, we call it insanity
 
Why
 

He wept when they 
appointed him judge. The deputy asked, âWhy do [you] cry? This is the time to 
rejoice.ââHow can I who does not know decide between 
two who know?ââAccept no bribe,â the deputy said. 
âThen you will know. Do not give in to desire; it will make you blind. Since I 
turned from vain desires, my heart has become like a mirror bright. It 
recognizes truth from untruth.â-Rumi, 
âMathnawi,â 2:2744-46, 2753-55
 

may 
peace be with you
 
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Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values

[Krfapt]

In a message dated 11/4/2004 12:45:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For all 
  its faults, West Philly is in fact a bastion of rationality and tolerance. 
  

You forgot to mention that luckily for the hoi polloi, it's also 
a stronghold of those who have the vision of the anointed. 
 
Al 
Krigman(Left of Ivan Groznyj)

Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values

[MLamond]

In a message dated 11/4/04 5:49:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

In a message dated 11/4/2004 12:45:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
 <>

You forgot to mention that luckily for the hoi polloi, it's also a stronghold of those who have the vision of the anointed.

 Al Krigman
(Left of Ivan Groznyj)
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Oh, cut the crap, Al.   For once Ross Bender says something I can agree with, and actually brings out a bit of a warm feeling about our neighborhood, somewhat reassuring after a stressful election, and then you have to try to ruin it by dredging up old arguments.   Who anointed you?

Melani Lamond
(46th St., south of Baltimore)

Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values

[MLamond]

In a message dated 11/4/04 6:33:15 PM, Krfapt writes:

Hit a raw nerve, did I? Sounds like guilty feelings to me.
 Al
_
Not a raw nerve at all, and you know very well that I actually don't even DISLIKE you, you crusty old curmudgeon.   But can't you just FOR ONCE not have to try to divide everybody up and set up opposing sides?   Ross mentioned ONE THING that we can probably all agree on - can't we just AGREE and let that be a warm moment?

Melani Lamond
46th St., south of Baltimore

[UC] Bud the drain cleaner?

[John Ellingsworth]

anyone have Bud's number?  He was recommended to me but they did not have
the number.

My main drain is clogged.

Spare me the jokes.

John

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[UC-Announce] Singing City Fall Concert

[Jeff Knightly and Cindy Cassel]

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Our 57th season begins with Voices of the 
Heart, Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 8:00 pm at 
the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral at 38th and Chestnut Streets in 
Philadelphia.  Singing City Music 
Director Jeffrey Brillhart will conduct a mystical and vivid selection of choral 
works including Casals' Eucaristica, Barber's Reincarnations, Schumann's Zigeunerleben (A Gypsy's 
Life), 
Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, and Benjamin Britten's 
Rejoice in the 
Lamb, 
choreographed for dance by Phrenic New Ballet's Amanda Miller. The concert will 
also feature the world premier of Nancy Dowlin's Rumi 
Reflections, 
recalling ancient mystic poetry of 
Islam.  For tickets please click 
on Tickets icon below.  .The Concert will be 
repeated without dancers on Sunday, November 14, 2004 at 4:00 pm  The Sunday performance will be held at Trinity 
Presbyterian Church, Route 499 Route 70 East in Cherry Hill, NJ.  
There is plenty of 
available parking in the church parking lot.  General Admission $20 (Both 
Performances) Student/Senior/E-Rate 
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Applications are being accepted for the 2005 Singing 
City Prize for Young Composers.  
Singing City invites young musicians to submit original 
choral compositions arranged for SATB, 3-5 minutes in length. Submitted works 
will undergo a rigorous jury process, after which winners and runners up will be 
chosen in each of two categories:Ages 15-18 (High 
School)Ages 19-25 
(College)Cash prizes will be awarded for a winner 
and a runner up in each age group. The First Prize compositions will be 
performed by Singing City Choir at a concert event where the young composers 
will be honored and presented with cash awards.• Entrants must be between ages 15 
-18 or between ages 19-25 and live or attend school in the Greater Philadelphia 
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Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values -- Everyman's America

[Craigsolve]

In a message dated 11/4/2004 7:11:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But 
  can't you just FOR ONCE not have to try to divide everybody up and set up 
  opposing sides?  


After our recent 
extraordinary election, for a moment let me take off my rose colored glasses and 
my Cheshire cat grin.
 
The divisiveness 
continues on the part of the blues, unwilling to see reality. So, let us look at 
the election like a football game. The blues lost on the defensive side of the 
ball, the offensive side of the ball, and most importantly on the 
scoreboard.
 
The Democratic Party 
has been reduced from a national party to a regional party, yet allowed to 
participate in national governing. The blues now represent the Loony left coast, 
the liberal northeast coast, and the socialist leaning north central 
states.
 
For the arty or 
science oriented among you: Red is the color of richly oxygenated life 
giving blood. Blue is the color of blood and organs approaching 
failure.
 
No matter how you try 
to twist the statistics, and might I say without humor, the ordinary people of 
America soundly repudiated you blues. Never in my lifetime, in this country, has 
one political party so dominated all three branches of 
government.
  
May you be long to 
rail on Special K; do not let the wrongly self-anointed push you out into the 
cold wet unforgiving night.
 
Study the management 
methods of Ivan the Terrible or work to unite our precious nation: E Pluribus 
Unum.
 
Learn to think 
differently or die.
 
T

Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values

[Benseraglio2]

In a message dated 11/4/2004 7:11:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In a message dated 11/4/04 6:33:15 PM, Krfapt writes:
Hit a raw nerve, did I? Sounds like guilty feelings to me.Al_Not a raw nerve at all, and you know very well that I actually don't even DISLIKE you, you crusty old curmudgeon.  But can't you just FOR ONCE not have to try to divide everybody up and set up opposing sides?  Ross mentioned ONE THING that we can probably all agree on - can't we just AGREE and let that be a warm moment?
 
 
Jeez, Krigman, don't you recognize warm fuzzy feelings when you see them?? You cantankerous old SOB. Why don't you and Mel come over and do up some blunts and bask in my hot tub in the backyard together? Before I throw up.
 
 
 
 

Ross Benderhttp://rossbender.org/myersbriggs.html
 

Re: [UC] Bud the drain cleaner?

[Margie Politzer]

Bud's numbers are: 
610-446-5544
610-316-4689 (cell)

Margie P.

> anyone have Bud's number?  He was recommended to me but they did not have
> the number.
> 
> My main drain is clogged.
> 
> Spare me the jokes.
> 
> John
> 
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[UC] provisional ballots

[Stephen Fisher]

Hi,
While this is currently moot, I just wanted to try and clear up 
something that caused much confusion on Tuesday, at least at one polling 
location.  Hopefully in the next election there will be better training 
of the election officials so problems like this (and unnecessarily long 
lines) don't occur.

The question is who can use a Provisional Ballot.  Below is the answer 
from the PA website.  The 3rd condition suggests anyone can use a 
Provisional Ballot but it doesn't address the issue regarding their 
polling location.  For example, can someone registered in Lancaster vote 
with a Provisional Ballot in Philly?

The PA website also states that you must be "entitled" to vote in the 
election district where you cast the Provisional Ballot.  Thus it seems 
that a person registered to vote in one polling location, can not cast a 
Provisional Ballot in another polling location.  Can anyone tell me if 
I'm correctly interpreting the rules?  Also, what is an "election 
district"?  It this the same as a "division"?

At your service and always ready move on,
Stephen
ps. We lost the battle but the war has just begun!

http://www.hava.state.pa.us/hava/cwp/view.asp?a=1187&q=442284&havaNav=%7C
Individuals are to be provided the opportunity to cast a provisional 
ballot if:
* The individual appears to vote and claims to be properly 
registered and eligible to vote in the election district, but the 
individual's name does not appear on the general register and elections 
officials cannot determine his/her registration.
* Regardless of whether the individual's name appears on the 
general register, the individual does not have an approved form of 
identification the first time he/she appears to vote in an election 
district.
* An election official asserts that the individual is not eligible 
to vote. (In a Primary Election this includes voters who claim to be 
registered for a particular political party, but the general register 
indicates they are registered as a member of another political party.)

County election officials will examine the provisional ballots within 
three (3) days after an election to determine whether the individual 
voting that ballot was entitled to vote at the election district in the 
election.

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[UC] Why my plastics are going to the trash

[BGAndersen]

I missed both recycling days in October. I now have six or seven weeks worth of cardboard, and as much plastic to take to the firehouse this saturday. Anyone with a truck (or a 1986 silver 4 door hatchback Toyota Corolla ) willing to give me a lift?

If I can't get it to the firehouse I'm going to have to toss it because it's getting to be too much.

Sheeplishly,

bga

Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values

[Samuel Nicolary]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>
> In a message dated 11/4/04 6:33:15 PM, Krfapt writes:
>
> > Hit a raw nerve, did I? Sounds like guilty feelings to me.
> >  Al
> > _
> Not a raw nerve at all, and you know very well that I actually don't even
> DISLIKE you, you crusty old curmudgeon.   But can't you just FOR ONCE not have to
> try to divide everybody up and set up opposing sides?   Ross mentioned ONE
> THING that we can probably all agree on - can't we just AGREE and let that be a
> warm moment?
>
> Melani Lamond
> 46th St., south of Baltimore

"Lighten up, Francis"

--
Sam Nicolary

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Re: [UC] The Triumph of Moral Values

[L a s e r B e a m ®]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gary Wills notes in today's New York Times that more Americans believe 
in the Virgin Birth than in the theory of evolution. Maureen Dowd writes 
about some of the rising stars of the new consensus on moral values:
 
"Tom Coburn, the new senator from Oklahoma, has advocated the death 
penalty for doctors who perform abortions and warned that "the gay 
agenda" would undermine the country. He also characterized his race as a 
choice between "good and evil" and said he had heard there was "rampant 
lesbianism" in Oklahoma schools.

Jim DeMint, the new senator from South Carolina, said during his 
campaign that he supported a state G.O.P. platform plank banning gays 
from teaching in public schools. He explained, "I would have given the 
same answer when asked if a single woman who was pregnant and living 
with her boyfriend should be hired to teach my third-grade children."

John Thune, who toppled Tom Daschle, is an anti-abortion Christian 
conservative - or "servant leader," as he was hailed in a campaign ad - 
who supports constitutional amendments banning flag burning and gay 
marriage. "

I'm not sure whether to be any more afraid than I was before the 
election. Fortunately we live in the heart of the Blue Zone, and 
Philadelphia seems like a safe place to be for the moment. I rarely set 
foot outside of the city boundaries anyway, and I'm even less likely now 
to venture out into the howling wastelands of the Red Zone. For all its 
faults, West Philly is in fact a bastion of rationality and tolerance.

what, scared of the wolves, ross®?
;-)
.
laserbeam®
[aka ray]






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