Lamborghini Accident Caught on Video
Sitting behind a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo at a traffic light in a suburban Chicago street, these folks decide to film the fancy, $200k+ Italian sports car in anticipation of some impressive driving skills behind the wheel of one of the world’s most powerful sports cars as the driver revved the impressive engine while waiting for the light to change. Well, if that IS what they expected, they were sadly disappointed, but if they wanted a video that could go viral on YouTube (at the expense of a bruised ego of the Lambo owner) that’s exactly what they got!
Just because you can afford one and you think it makes you look cool, does’t mean you automatically know how to drive one. I’ve bee driving for years and if I ever had the money or an inclination to buy and drive a Lamborghini, I would check my ego and take a few lessons from a pro before terrorizing the neighborhood!
Three of the things that scare me most on the road are these super sports cars with idiots behind the wheel, big rental trucks like UHaul or Ryder with (most-likely) inexperienced drivers, and big RVs.
Check out the Lamborghini website for more pretty status symbols.
Hydroponic Gardening – Hydroponic Tomatoes – Hydroponic Lettuce – Fresh Veggies Year-round
Bryan Ellis of Toledo GROWs, a non-profit outreach of the Toledo Botanical Garden, gives us a peek at the setup he uses to grow tomatoes and lettuce in a hydroponic system during winter months in Northwestern Ohio. Bryan gives a brief intro to hydroponics and how it can be accomplished in a greenhouse setting. He stresses the importance of supplemental light in the winter and explains how hydroponics
Below the video is an informative article by Jennifer Dsouza, about growing tomatoes hydroponically.
If you are planning to set up a hydroponic garden, you may find the video of a step-by-step installation of one type of portable hydroponic system that has been provided below the article. Hopefully this information can help you and encourage you to learn more about hydroponic gardening.
Growing Hydroponic Tomatoes
Author: Jennifer Dsouza
Growing hydroponically means you can control most of external conditions influencing your crop. Primarily, the controlled environment lets you achieve maximum crop-yield, crop production in the absence of suitable soil and the ability to ignore ambient temperature and seasons. Water is used more efficiently and one can grow more than soil-based growers using the same land area.
Contrary to perceptions of undernourished hydroponic tomatoes that grow in less than favorable conditions without adequate light and with no flavor, hydroponic tomatoes taste as good as the next tomato. The hydroponic tomato is isolated from the soil and hence safe from soil-based pests, crop-diseases and salinity. The tomato is also a product with high economic value, so it makes sense to produce it using the best systems, i.e. hydroponics systems. Tomatoes are easy to grow whether you are using indoor or outdoor hydroponics gardening systems, but you have to take care of their specific nutritional and environmental needs. Here are some factors that could make or break your hydroponic tomatoes!
Tomatoes need a moderate temperature range to grow optimally. High temperatures are easier to handle, but not above 93 degrees F. The ideal range is 55 to 85 degrees F and frost or prolonged cold is a simply a no-no. Exposure to strong light for at least five hours a day is a must. Nutrients need to be easily absorbed and should be rich in nitrogen. Tomatoes totally respond to pollination. Unless you want to artificially pollinate your plants, you must make them available to natural pollinators, which means turning them over to insects and wind. But most greenhouses and indoor spaces obviously can’t use natural pollinators, so you have stick with the artificial way. Tomatoes suffer in the wind and in polluted air. Don’t overwater them, but make sure you give them adequate water. Too much or too little doesn’t work here.
One can grow hydroponic tomatoes from seedlings, transplants or seed. Seedlings or transplants are the easiest, but seed provides more customised solutions as there are more varieties of tomato available to you, that are not produced as commercial seedlings or transplants. Seed growing has another advantage; it’s less expensive as you can plant scores of seeds and select the best sprouts. And this will still cost less than buying a few dozen seedlings or transplants. Advanced Nutrients is a good place to look for general hydroponics plant nutrient solutions that which are organic or synthetic; their products, like No Shock or Jump Start for example, aid plant growth in the crucial first few weeks after sowing.
Once you know your tomatoes, you can start practising specialised techniques that will make your seed-grown crops a success. Like pre-germination, for instance. Here, you place seeds on a dampened paper towel in a covered container and keep this container in a warm and dark place. Peat pots or rockwool cubes can also be used to pre-germinate seeds. Your seeds should sprout within 5-7 days. If they are on a paper towel, replant them into peat pots, rockwool cubes/slabs, soil or other media. This should be done only after the seeds have sprouted to show a white “rootlet” that’s about half an inch long. Growers who intend to grow their seedlings in soil usually use an early root zone mixture which is lighter and more aerated than regular root zone media. This allows young plants to navigate the media with their delicate, beginning root systems.
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Gardening is my passion. I spend most of the time doing indoor and outdoor gardening and experiencing new methods like hydroponics gardening and enjoying it.
Making Ricotta Cheese at Home – It’s Easier Than You Might Think
How To Make Cheese At Home
By: Russell Dawson
Have you ever wanted to learn how to make a cheese at home and impress your friends or dinner party guests? Well now you can VERY SIMPLY!!
Making your own cheeses at home is good fun and allows you to enjoy your cheese knowing exactly what has gone into it. Some cheeses are easier to make than others; one of the easiest is ricotta, a soft, creamy, mild Italian cheese. Ricotta cheese is thought to originate from Roman times, when travelers stopped in the countryside and cooked their meals in large kettles over open fires. The literal translation of ricotta is “recooked”. Ricotta is extremely high in calcium: one half-cup contains 42% of the recommended daily dose.
It is a fresh cheese, rather than ripened or aged, such as brie and camembert. Strictly speaking, ricotta is not a cheese but a by-product of cheese production, but is widely classed as a cheese alongside all the other popular varieties enjoyed by cheese lovers all over the world.
To make homemade ricotta cheese, you will need one litre of whole milk, 1/2 cup white vinegar, a heavy-based stainless steel or enamel pot,cheesecloth ( or a clean chux cloth), a strainer and a cooking thermometer.
Before you start on your cheese, rinse your pot with cold water; this will help stop the milk from scorching. Then, pour your milk into the pot and put it on a medium heat. Stir the milk now and then as it heats,keeping an eye out for bubbles around the edges of the pot. If you see any, check the temperature of the milk; you are aiming for between 90 and 95 degrees. Take the milk off the heat as soon as it reaches this temperature, and add the white vinegar slowly and keep stirring as you add it. As soon as you see the
milk curdling, stop pouring in the vinegar but stir it for a little longer..
Next, wet your cheesecloth and put it into the strainer. Then pour your mixture through the cloth and strainer. Twist the ends of the cloth and tie them securely before hanging it over a large bowl. Let it drain for another two hours, or in the refrigerator overnight. Your homemade ricotta is then ready to eat; alternatively, transfer it to a tightly sealed container and it can
be kept in the refrigerator for up to seven days. Ricotta tastes great in salads and pasta dishes (including lasagna, ravioli and cannelloni) and is sometimes used in cheesecakes. It is an incredibly versatile cheese, equally suitable for both savory and sweet recipes. Ricotta served simply with chocolate shavings or a dusting of cinnamon is a popular dessert in Italy.
You can add herbs and salt while still warm or use the ricotta in desserts.
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Mondays Are Like Ivan Drago
I’ve always felt that Ivan Drago (Rocky IV
Remembering The Oklahoma City Bombing 17 Years Later
Today marks 17 years since the World was shocked by a blast that struck the heartland of America in a violent act of domestic terrorism.
It was Wednesday morning April 19th, 1995, and Oklahoma City was buzzing with people as they were making their way to work and school on what seemed to be a typical spring day in Oklahoma’s Capital city. Little did anyone know that a senseless tragedy was about to occur: an act of violence that would scar not only the OKC cityscape, but the hearts of a nation.
Earlier in the morning, Timothy McVeigh parked a rental truck packed with explosives outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and walked away. At 9:02 AM, when offices were opening for business, children had been dropped off at daycare, employees were punching in to work, and customers began to queue up for service, a massive explosion rocked the city and literally tore the building in half. The world was shocked as news of a terrorist bombing spread through the news networks.
The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building housed offices of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), The U.S, Secret Service, a U.S. Army Recruiting station, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and other state and federal agencies. The building also had a daycare center located on the second floor.
At such a time when there would be many employees and visitors at the Federal Building , the worst was feared. Thousands of volunteers and rescue workers worked diligently to search for and rescue survivors. While it was first believed that there may have been 600-700 people in the building, the figure was later amended to less than 400. The last survivor pulled from the rubble was a 15-year old girl who was rescued at around 7PM that evening. Recovery efforts ended on May 5th, 1995 after all but 3 of 163 victims had been recovered from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Nineteen (19) of those victims were young children (15 from the daycare center). The building was demolished on may 23rd.
In total, 168 people died as a result of the blast. to include one bystander on the street, 4 from nearby buildings and one nurse who was killed from falling debris during rescue operations.
Oklahoma City Memorial Panoramic View - Photo by Mark Pellegrini
The 3.3 acre site is now the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum, a national memorial for the victims, families and rescue workers who were affected by this tragedy and a tranquil place for a nation to mourn such a tragic loss.
To learn more about the events of this tragic day visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum website , or visit the actual memorial and the museum in Oklahoma City.
Photo credit:
1. Featured image Oklahoma City Memorial New Chair Lights Rooftop Wide Angle Photo courtesy the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.
2. Panoramic View of The Oklahoma City Memorial by Mark Pellegrini via Wikipedia Commons