OH NOES!!!!! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!! Cineole and α-pinene, both highly toxic terpenes, were found adsorbed to colloidal soil particles of the litter and bare zones. Adsorbed terpenes were toxic to germinating seeds and seedlings. Cineole (aka eucalyptol) is also found in bay leaves, tea tree, mugwort, sweet basil, wormwood, rosemary, sage and other aromatic plants. Alpha-pinene is found in rosemary and PINE TREES! Are you saying that we should not compost basil, pine needles, or sage? Water-soluble toxins found in the litter inhibited herb growth in laboratory, green-house, and field experiments. Of 10 isolated phenolic toxins, five were identified as caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, and gallic acid. OMG CAFFEIC ACID and CHLOROGENIC ACID!!!! I tremble in fear, because they are also found in COFFEE. We're poisoning out compost heaps with those Starbucks UCGs. p-Coumaric acid can be found in a wide variety of edible plants such as peanuts, tomatoes, carrots, and garlic. Ferulic acid is found in seeds of plants such as in rice, wheat, and oats, as well as in coffee, apple, artichoke, peanut, orange and pineapple. Gallic acid is found in plants such as tea, mangos, raspberries, chocolate, witch hazel and walnuts. Note for the non-chemists: when you start analyzing plants, they are loaded with scary sounding CHEMICALS! Don't panic. They are all "natural".

My only experience is with smaller countertop wine coolers, but one I used did manage to keep about a 10°F difference between the topmost and bottommost shelves. Not divided into neat zones though; the middle shelves are simply between the two temperatures, the lower the colder. I've never found the standard temperature rules for red/pink/white wine to necessarily be the best though, with for example, shiraz tasting better when served cooler than cabernet even though they're both red, so the variable temperatures proved useful. Some wine coolers work like most refrigerators - they use a compressor. Others don't use a compressor, which have the side benefits of being silent and making more efficient use of space. Both varieties can be made to cool different compartments to different temperatures if designed carefully. You may want to crosspost this question on the GW wine forum too.

Hot water drains have the same threads as a garden hose. Go to a hardware store and buy a brass hose cap. Put it on the drain fitting. I always install these because the shut off on water heaters is not completely fool proof.

Very cool, if a bit perplexing. Hard to fathom, for just one example, how the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan's Upper Peninsula could be in any but the highest category. That's a completely wild and unsettled region! And no, I'm not guessing-I've been there many times. All forested, all big white pines, hemlocks, and their many hardwood associates, to simplify. My point being, there's hardly any civilization there beyond a few very small towns, and the rest is heavy, native forest. Not to nitpick, but I can see other just as unexpected results all over that thing. All in all though, very cool. Just wish I could make out more of the print on the other ones. +oM