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Geography St. Michael PA USA

Is the stream that runs through St. Michael PA part of the Little Conemuagh river? 71.3.146.43 (talk) 13:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC) Peggydawn Moran

The Cambira County GIS website identifies it specifically as "South Fork Little Conemaugh River" which meets the Little Conemaugh River proper at South Fork, Pennsylvania. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 13:49, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

It's also identified as such in this map of the South Fork Dam (in the former lakebed of which St. Michael now stands). I note from the GIS site that the South Fork, which drains the Beaverdale Reservoir, is followed for some of its route by Beaver Run Avenue, suggesting that the stream may be locally known as the Beaver Run. -- Finlay McWalterჷTalk 13:57, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

FDA

close invitation to debate
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why do you keep referring to FDA when in fact they have endorsed 100s of products that have killed millions of people — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alternativeonly (talk • contribs) 22:34, 2 March 2013 (UTC) Could you please explain what you mean a little more clearly? -- Jack of Oz [Talk] 22:45, 2 March 2013 (UTC) I typically look at FDA approval as a bare minimum level of safety assurance. That is, if they don't approve it, it isn't safe (with a few exceptions, like stevia, which they were too slow in approving as GRAS). However, I don't then assume that something is safe, just because they approved it. I require much more proof that it is safe, like decades of safe usage, before I would take it (unless I had no choice, like if it was the only drug which could save my life). Also, I think the products they approved may have killed thousands, not millions. StuRat (talk) 23:06, 2 March 2013 (UTC) This is obvious trolling by an editor who has made no other edits at Wikipedia than this one. μηδείς (talk) 23:25, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

How would you remove nail polish from coral?.

I have an old piece of jewelry that I inherited from my grandmother, a silver filigree bracelet with coral insets. Unfortunately in a fit of teenage something I painted the coral with nail polish when I was young and silly (a few years ago now). Is there any way to safely remove nail polish from corsl. I have read that a cotton bud dipped in a non acetone nail polish remover and very gently applied may work but I just wanted to check if anyone had any other tips as I am concerned that even the non acetone remover may damage the coral itself. Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kgranger06 (talk • contribs) 22:54, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

If you do damage it, one option might be to repaint it, coral color. Presumably that would look better than whatever neon color teenage-you thought looked good. Also, coral isn't particularly expensive, so, unless it's carved or something, replacing it shouldn't be cost-prohibitive, although the jeweler's time will cost a bit. StuRat (talk) 23:12, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

If your main concern is not to damage the item, you might want to buy another piece of similar coral, and practice with various methods on that piece. Whatever works, you would then use on the more valuable piece. DOR (HK) (talk) 07:45, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Acetone will not likely damage coral. Also a cotton but will not hold much, so you may need several of them, or a paper towel dipped in acetone. Acetone evaporates quickly, so you have to work fast. Since coral is porous you may actually have to give it a bit of a bath to clean out the pores. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:11, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

If the coral is dyed, then using acetone is likely to remove the dye. If the coral is naturally coloured, the acetone shouldn't damage it. 86.140.54.54 (talk) 15:29, 3 March 2013 (UTC)