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wow CA is apparently doing a good job!
wow CA is apparently doing a good job!
My pup of 17 years passed today. It has been a bad week so far. But all of the people clan are healthy, so I have much to be thankful for.I'm officially over March.
Just buried out 14 year old Aussie.
I hate death.
*** FAT NAKED CRAZY WOMAN THRASHING THROUGH STORE ***
(NOT SEXY AT ALL, GUYS). OH, AND F WORD FOR THE PRUDES.
People are losing it:
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Coronavirus: GM Reopens Idled Michigan Plant to Produce Face Masks
General Motors is reopening the Warren, Michigan, plant it idled last year in order to begin producing about 1.5 million face masks a month.www.breitbart.com
Coronavirus: GM Reopens Idled Michigan Plant to Produce Face Masks
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General Motors (GM) is reopening its Warren, Michigan, transmission plant, which it idled last year, in order to begin producing about 1.5 million face masks a month to supplement the shortage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Last week, President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA) to order GM to begin producing critical medical supplies and devices for American healthcare workers and patients. On Tuesday, GM executives announced their partnership with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union to reopen the idled Warren transmission plant to make face masks.
With the reopening and retooling of the Warren plant, GM hopes to produce 20,000 level one face masks by April 8, and, when operating at full-scale, to produce 1.5 million masks a month or about 50,000 masks a day.
Level one face masks are not as protective as the N95 masks worn by medical professionals that filter out 95 percent of particles. The masks GM is producing cannot be worn in surgery, but can be used by delivery workers and other non-medical support staff involved in the coronavirus response efforts.
GM spokesperson Monte Doran told the Detroit Free Press that the company is hoping to acquire the expertise to produce N95 masks once it masters level one production.
“We are exploring how to produce N95 masks, the highest level filtration mask produced. We just aren’t there yet. The team felt the level one masks are something we could immediately get into production and start producing as fast as possible,” Doran said.
Since March 20, GM has started retooling the Warren plant with custom machines created by JR Automation in Holland, Michigan, and Esys Automation in Auburn Hills, Michigan, two small to medium-sized American manufacturers.
GM will hire at least about 24 UAW union workers to help make the masks in addition to the workers who have already helped gut the facility to retool it as a mask assembly plant.
Last year, GM idled the Warren plant — laying off 335 American workers, as well as being responsible for the layoffs of about 16,000 in the state’s supporting industries. The closure of the plant was just one component of CEO Mary Barra’s plans to shutter four U.S.-based plants.
As Breitbart News has reported, American manufacturers have warned that materials for supplies like masks, ventilators, gloves, and circuit boards may continue to be sourced out of China without an executive order incentivizing the use of American-made materials.
My pup of 17 years passed today. It has been a bad week so far. But all of the people clan are healthy, so I have much to be thankful for.
You're amazing jward. So prolific; so smart & knowledgeable; insightful; so giving, and humorous and, often, poetic, too.I think it is STEVE SOLOMON'S Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times... Or it might be Carol Depps' The Resilient Gardener...
ETA: I prefer my special heritage cultivars as much, or more than the next lady- but given the uncertainty of these days...
MARCH 31 2020 Coronavirus Task Force briefing excerpt. Donald Trump Coronavirus Task Force Briefing Transcript March 31: "Painful" Weeks Ahead - Rev Donald Trump & the Coronavirus Task Force held a COVID-19 briefing on March 31. Trump warned of a "painful two weeks" ahead. Full transcript here. |
My pup of 17 years passed today. It has been a bad week so far. But all of the people clan are healthy, so I have much to be thankful for.
It can not peak at four or sixteen million. It peaks when the majority are infected, and we are far from that....six to eight weeks will be the real peak. And then we will see the millions or more die. I guess the plan is to dole out small bites, all along the way, even today.
You're amazing jward. So prolific; so smart & knowledgeable; insightful; so giving, and humorous and, often, poetic, too.
Thank you for being who you are!
Thank you, and Thanks to all of us who're helping one another figure these things out, and find our ways to the other side of these events.
European researchers retrofit snorkel masks for coronavirus fight European researchers retrofit snorkel masks for coronavirus fight
View: https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1244732484304199682
Military plane carrying masks and other supplies needed to fight against #CoronaVirus departs
This evening in my quiet residential area - a series of gun shots totaling about 30.People are going to seriously loose control. I consider myself far ahead on the curve (compared to most of the US), but there are still days where I have to 'adjust'; and things are visibly changing faster and faster.
It is Carol Deppes The Resilient Gardener. One of the best books on the subject. I reread it a couple weeks ago. Solomons book talks a lot about growing without added irrigation which could be important if we lose power.I think it is STEVE SOLOMON'S Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times that talks about what to grow for the biggest caloric buck, how to grow them, extend seasons etc. IIRC the five go to crops for such a scenario are: beans, potatoes, corns, squash and eggs? Or it might be Carol Depps' The Resilient Gardener who discusses it. Either, or both, are good sources if one is just coming to a view that they may need to provide for themselves nutritionally.
ETA: I prefer my special heritage cultivars as much, or more than the next lady- but given the uncertainty of these days, I was also happy to drop by my local farm and Dollar stores and grab regular ole hybrid seeds. They can't be saved, it's true, but they do tend to be sturdy and prolific growers. If you have the room to do both, you might consider it.
Thanks OA. He was a good boy. His mama was a stray (looked to be part McNab.) She left him on my doorstep in the mountains and his sister at another house down below. I thought he was a Shitsu, but he grew to about knee high, 50 lbs. Long hair - looked like a small English sheepdog. Really smart, but stubborn. Always guarded the door, (by sleeping next to it,) but not a mean bone in his body. Loved kids and kitties.I lost my last pup of 11 years, two months ago. I know what you're going through, and you and all others who've been separated from them, have my prayers, and best wishes... It's hard, but we've got to remember that like children, God only loans them to us... I do believe that one day, we'll be reunited with them. That's my hope, my prayer, that that will be so...
OA
I have seen that and others where they are demanding that staff take pay cuts. Seems to me it is time to take a really big hammer and start breaking up a lot of corporations, starting with those in the health care industry.Drudge is running a story about Alteon Health cutting pay & benefits to medical workers.
Somebody needs to be taken to the back parking lot and shot in the head for that.
With a bullet. From a gun. (I didn't want to leave that as an ambiguous statement in any way.)
I saw this and mentioned it to Nightwolf who said: "This is why I am not a total Libertarian anarchist because there are a few things like building roads or keeping health services going during a pandemic, that you may need the government or regulation for."Drudge is running a story about Alteon Health cutting pay & benefits to medical workers.
Somebody needs to be taken to the back parking lot and shot in the head for that.
With a bullet. From a gun. (I didn't want to leave that as an ambiguous statement in any way.)
It is Carol Deppes The Resilient Gardener. One of the best books on the subject. I reread it a couple weeks ago. Solomons book talks a lot about growing without added irrigation which could be important if we lose power.
Of note I went to Agway yesterday and they were out of over half their seed. ALso I havent been able to find seed potato at a reasonable price anywhere. I usually grow Elbas or aother long storage type and online everyone is out. Agway is supposed to get theirs in the next couple of weeks but they will fly off the shelves. Buddyof mine goes by there everyday for work so he is going to keep an eye out and grab me 25 lbs if he can. I picked up 20 lbs of eating potatoes from a farm stand as a backup if I cant get seed pottaotes.
My pup of 17 years passed today. It has been a bad week so far. But all of the people clan are healthy, so I have much to be thankful for.
I checked them a couple days ago. THey are out of the Elbas unless I buy a pound at a time. Side note they are a good company to order from. I have ordered seed and potatoes in the past and like them a lot.Organic Seed Potatoes Non-GMO Vegetable & Flower Seeds - USA Grown
Wood Prairie Family Farm offers a wide variety of certified organic seed potatoes and vegetable seeds that are safe, grow easy & taste great.www.woodprairie.com
Thinking some former Air Force loadmasters might wince a bit seeing all that loose cargo stacked inside the aircraft.Military plane carrying masks and other supplies needed to fight against #CoronaVirus departs #Russia for the #US.
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Russian #coronavirus response team disinfects care homes in #Lombardy #Italy
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Hahaha.During the global shortage of medical supplies, a team from Czech Technical University worked with volunteers to transform masks for medical professionals to use.
#snorkels #coronavirus #COVID-19
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you could get a scuba snorkel and stuff a bunch of tampons down the tube and you would be all set.
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Gardening is easy just dig a hole and plop a seed in it.Thank you very much for your thoughtful guidance. I have most of the items you referred to in storage after years of prepping (I even have supplies to do hydroponics). I do, though, have only modest gardening experience; helping my wife over the past 7+ years (I work full-time). It will be time to bone-up.
We live in the high desert, at 7000 feet -- our growing season is short, so short-season beans and root vegetables are important (and I have largely overlooked the latter, other than carrots, and will attempt to rectify that).
Gratefully.
Always!!Hope you have the ingredients- or you're really SOL...
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I understand they wont breed true, but they still produce something dont they? There is a guy that grows apple trees from seed, which also isnt supposed to work, but it does.]they can't be saved, it's true,