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Individuals who are limited in their capacity for self-care because of a physical, cognitive, or mental disability or condition that results in a functional impairment may depend on family caregivers for assistance with routine daily activities. According to a 2009 study by the National Alliance for Caregiving and AARP, an estimated 65.7 million people, or 29 percent of the population, had served as unpaid family caregivers to an adult or child with special needs in the previous 12 months, providing an average of about 20 hours of care per week. Activities caregivers conduct can range from assistance with routine daily tasks like bathing and dressing, to carrying out more complex health-related interventions like administering medication and wound care. The responsibilities of caregiving may present physical, emotional, and financial challenges for caregivers. In December 2006, the Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2006 (LRCA) was enacted to improve the delivery and quality of respite care services available to families across age and disability groups by establishing coordinated lifespan respite systems. The LRCA authorized the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award competitive grants or cooperative agreements to eligible state agencies7 to: (1) expand and enhance respite care services to family caregivers; (2) improve the statewide dissemination and coordination of respite care; and (3) provide, supplement, or improve access and quality of respite care services to family caregivers. The LRCA also authorized the Secretary of HHS to award a grant or cooperative agreement to a public or private nonprofit entity to establish a National Resource Center on Lifespan Respite Care to: (1) maintain a national database on lifespan respite care; (2) provide training and technical assistance to state, community, and nonprofit respite care programs; and (3) provide information, referral, and educational programs to the public on lifespan respite care. For fiscal years 2007 through 2011, over $289 million was authorized to carry out activities under the Act. Since the enactment of the LRCA, $5 million has been allocated to date to implement the federal Lifespan Respite Care Program--$2.5 million in each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The Administration on Aging (AOA), the agency within HHS responsible for administering the Lifespan Respite Care Program, has had two competitive grant announcements for state agencies, with funding starting in September 2009 and September 2010 respectively. Both announcements offered federal funding of up to $200,000 per award for a 3-year project period; grantees are required to provide at least a 25 percent match of total project costs. In addition, in May 2009, AOA announced the availability of funding for a public or nonprofit entity to enter into a cooperative agreement with AOA to provide caregiver and respite program development and technical assistance, including establishing the National Resource Center on Lifespan Respite Care. The LRCA required that GAO evaluate lifespan respite programs. This report describes the grants and cooperative agreements that have been awarded to implement the requirements of the LRCA.
AOA awarded a total of almost $5 million through 24 LRCA grants and one cooperative agreement in 2009 and 2010. Specifically, AOA awarded grants to agencies in 24 states--12 states in September 2009 and 12 states in September 2010. The grants, which provide funding for a 3-year project period, ranged from $110,000 to $200,000. Grants totaled $2,293,378 and $2,254,078 in 2009 and 2010, respectively. States plan to use the grant funds for a variety of activities including respite care provider training, the development of respite care provider registries, public awareness and education initiatives, and improving coordination across the various agencies that handle respite care services. In addition to the state grants, AOA awarded a 3-year cooperative agreement to the Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) in September 2009 to provide caregiver and respite care program development and technical assistance; FCA subcontracted with ARCH for the respite care portions of the cooperative agreement. As of September 2010, ARCH had received a total of $381,622 in LRCA funds through its contract with FCA--$206,622 in September 2009 and $175,000 in September 2010. ARCH is using these funds for activities such as providing in-person and web-based training, conducting site visits of state grantees, preparing and updating fact sheets and issue briefs on respite care, preparing quarterly technical assistance newsletters, and updating an online respite care locator service.
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I love a good vampire romance. I love male narrators. I love rough language (or "dirty talk"). I love a few hot love scenes. One would think that I would love this book. Sadly, I did not.
I think my biggest issue was the narrator. Though not horrible, he seemed to have only one, fairly shallow, emotion. Not monotone, just always about the same intensity. More bothersome was his perfect, clear, concise diction. Why is that a problem, you say? Well imagine a sentence peppered with some fairly dirty words, but said in a way that made even my jaded ears oddly uncomfortable! Some of those words need to be almost growled out and not spoken like I'm listening to a Rosetta Stone English lesson. Creeped. Me. Out.
As for the story, it was OK. Nothing revolutionary here. A few too many sex scenes, especially in a fairly short 6 hour book. There were a couple of important scenes that seemed to be cut out, or never written, that were just summed up in a couple sentences after the fact. Both scenes involving Sasa's mother. They just seemed oddly absent. Must have gone to make room for more sex, all of which was not particularly exciting or creative.
Also, there is some kind of editing issue, as there were at least 3 places where a sentence repeated, and I rewound and verified it wasn't my device. (It did it on my phone and on my computer in the same places)
If you are voracious for ANYTHING paranormal, then you might like it. Personally, having read the genre for quite a few years now, it was too formulaic for me. I was hoping to start a new series, but I am not likely to pick up the next book based on this first one.
"Don't waste the credit"
Though multiple authors are represented here, I wouldn't look for work by any of them. They were all very amateurish at best.
I hate to say it, but I will avoid, at all costs, anything narrated by Nichelle Gregory. Firstly, the sound quality was horrible. It sounded like it was recorded in a bathroom stall. And more importantly, her inflection if so odd and she mispronounces a bunch of words. I doubt seriously this book had a director or editor.
I could have returned it but that would have barred me from writing a review. I am sure in the written form this book might be a bit titillating and maybe curiosity worthy, but this audiobook should be redone if Audible plans on it's continued sales.
"WOW, this was not good at all."
If it had a writing style that sounded less like a high school girl's attempt at erotic fan-fiction and a narrator who could read/act.
Doubt it.
Unlikely. I would listen to a preview first and decide if it was more what she was reading here then her ability to read it.
Confusion. I realize this story picks up right where I guess the first one left off (which I didn't read), but even though it only had 3 tiny chapters, I could barely get through them and ended up skipping ahead various times to make it end faster.
I like a good paranormal, erotic story as much as the next girl but this seemed so amateurish I was truly surprised it's for sale here. I know I can get my money back, but when you do that, you loose the right to review it and I would like to save the next person's credit. Sorry to the author is she's reading this, but this needs a lot more work.
"Thoroughly Disappointed"
I liked the the first two books and was really looking forward to this one, but felt like the end of this book took away from my feeling about the entire series. I might be hesitant to invest emotionally in another series if she writes one.
"was not a fan"
no, there are really only 2 characters.
The guys accent really ruined it for me. Also ended very abruptly.
"Wishing it wasn't over..."
Yes, but would start from book one, Loved the entire series. Rich characters I really grew to care about.
The last couple of hours!
Probably Hadrian, because he's suc a fun character. He voiced them all well and I never had any problem telling the characters apart.
Of course I laughed but I did something I almost NEVER do with books, written or audio...I cried. It took me totally by surprise that I did too and it made me mad since I had to redo my mascara! :)
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Compare Mcmurray to Cackle to Ideal for chicks
I'm thinking of the best selection of chicks to order for a May delivery and I thought I'd ask the forum for advice and experience with the 3 above mail order sources.
Here's what I wantto ultimately end up with-all hens:
several Ameraucanas/Araucanas/EE, whatever's for colored eggs
a silkie or 2
a buff orp or 2
several other unusual colored bantams
The balance of a 25 chick order would probably be either split with someone else or given away/sold.
The issues that I see with all of these guys is getting the least number of cockerels in the order and not having to order 25 silkies (McMurray) to get the couple hens that I'd like.
I checked Garden watchdog and they ranked Ideal/Cackle/Mcmurray best to worst.
What has been your experiences? Who would you recommend?
I can't really say a lot but like u I didn't want to order 25 of 1 kind just to get a couple I wanted. I just place an order with Ideal an are to arrive next week. Shipping cost was to bad either. McMurray wanted like $75 for shipping, that IMO was to high. I've never dealt with Cackle. trudyjean
Hi Terry,
I've ordered from Ideal before and I know our feed store Dodge Grain in Salem NH does too, I was very happy w/their birds and service. DG will also order chicks for you upon request and only require a 6 chick minimum.
The downside to ordering bantams is they aren't sexed but the standards you shouldn't have a problem ordering pullets. We were lucky and got %100 accuracy w/ordering pullets.
Another option w/obtaining bantams is you could go through breeders and other chicken people in your area and buy young adult birds, you might be surprised at the resources around you.
I recently ordered some silkie hatching eggs from a gentleman in VT and just this weekend picked up 4 silkie chicks from a breeder in SE Mass. Just a thought.
Let us know how you make out, welcome to the farm forum :) I think we may have met at one of Annie's swaps a several years ago?
I like Ideal quite a lot and have been really happy with their customer service. They don't have a bird minimum order, just a $25 minimum. This is the second time I've ordered from them, and I just placed an order for 3 americaunas, 2 buff orps, 2 cuckoo marans, 1 blue cochin, and 1 barred cochin (all pullets). Order total with shipping was $36.
McMurray does not own a single chicken, they buy all their eggs from breeders. Nothing wrong with that, but you're banking on the breeder's honesty. As a child, my uncle ordered some polish from them, and to this day I've rarely seen as good quality lacing on the goldens and silvers that he received back then. I received two orders back in the 80's, of multiple breeds, and received few of what I actually asked for, and there were 2 or 3 mongrels in the group. Customer service back then was less than responsive. Recently I've seen a Narragansett tom that came from there that is as nice as any I've seen.
$75 to ship a 25 chick order anywhere in the continental US seems to be a mistake. I would question that.
Ideal offers some mixed breeds that it tries to pass of as pure. None of the crested duck breeds which it sells are pure, they are all crosses between the white crested and the plain headed version of the breed which they're passing it off as, except their white crested of course. They do have some amazingly rare breeds for which they're the only commercial source. I don't know the quality or purity of what they have, but I like seeing a commercial hatchery that promotes nankins, kraienkoppes, Saipan jungle fowl, and others.
I don't know anything about Cackle.
Very few hatcheries will sell mixed lots of bantams and largefowl in the same shipment. The minimum is usually 25 bantams or 25 LF. They claim that the bantams are too small to ship along with the LF.
Thanks all-
I will call Dodge Grain to see what they can get for me; I'm pretty familiar with them and they are close to me, so that may be the way to go.
Yes, we probably did meet at Annie's-I go to most of them. What color of silkies did you get?
The more I hear about Mcmurray the less I'm inclined to buy from them, so that narrows down the mail order choices somewhat.
Patrick-in largefowl, do you mean standard sized chickens? That may put a crinkle in things if I will now have to order 50 chicks to get the 10 or so that I want :(. I may have to come up with a better plan than getting all of the chicks from a sole source in one shipment. I did want to do that so that all of the birds are the same age and hopefully more likely to form a friendly (non-fighting) flock. I have one chicken already and I'm worried about how to integrate her. But since she is a pretty wild free-ranging chicken, it may not be too much of an issue.
I am new to oredering and I just recently bought from Mcmurrary. The chickens I have to say arrived on time and I drove 40 miles to pick up so they would not sit untill Monday. No problems they packed 28 though in a box. I orderd 26 all females but one and they marked him. I also ordered 11 ducks. They arrived today after two days of shipping. One was Dead on arrival stepped on. Another had a bum foot since birth and stands on one leg. The bands that were puit on legs were so tight my husband had to but clippers and cut off.No clue what sexes were what as the bands I guess told colors and well we had no clue nothing to indicate that. Untill we called. We did get a credit for 2 ducks. I was bummed the other day to find out I could of drove 45 miles one way and picked up the same types of ducks for a 1.50 each or even had them shipped. I paid anywhere from 3.50 to 5.00 plus for one from them.
Yes, largefowl = standard chickens. Check with the hatcheries that you're thinking of ordering from, but I've yet to hear of one that will mix the two. They use the excuse of bantams being smaller, and therefor more delicate, and susceptible to being being trampled in shipment by largefowl chicks. IMO it's an excuse to get you to buy more. In my experience, they are no more delicate than largefowl chicks, with maybe a few breed or variety exceptions. They are simply smaller, but not so small comparatively, especially at that age, that the bigger ones would do any real damage, intentionally or otherwise. I wouldn't want to brood the two together longterm, but a few days in transit or in the brooder together in a pinch isn't going to do much harm, again IMO.
My very first order was for 25 bantams.Well wouldnt you know it -they shipped 3 LF lt brahmas and 3LF partridge cochins with my bantams.The big peeps trampled all but 3 bantams.I cried my eyes out-they were 3x as big as the mille fleur chicks.:( ps that company is out of business.
Cackle's shipping rates depend, in part, on distance from you to them. For an example, I live in one of the cheapest zones (very close, about 125 miles), if I order 15 to 25 birds (15 is their min, and they allow mixing of kinds, but not specie or size) I pay a base of $8.00 plus .10 per chick. If I order 26 to 50 it is $6.00 plus .10 per chick. I figure if I order the 25 chick Frypan Special (25 Heavy Breed Unsexed Chicks or all Cockrels) I will pay around $21.00. If I order the 25 chick Frypan Special plus 5 Heavy Breed Pullets (my choice) I will pay $29.50. (The five pullets alone in the last shipment is the same price as the 25 chick Frypan Special, $10.00. The difference comes in the S&H.) They also offer a live delivery guarantee and say they will stand behind it with three days notice after delivery of any fatalities.
Hi Terry,
we have two blue's and two blacks, just about one month old. I've also got 6 growing silkie eggs in the incubator :)
They do require more care than other breeds but I am hoping they will be worth the effort, they are actually my son's birds (he's 8 yr.'s old).
I used to order hundreds of chicks per year of different varieties and resell them as started( a mostly monetary loss). McMurrays & Strombergs were where I ordered mostly and I had a complaint but 1 time when all of the Buff Rocks were lost before 4 weeks of age. I find that qualkity is usually quite good , some breeds better than others, but rarely are they up to standards set by APA or ABA. They are good enuff for most back yard poultry keepers.I feel its best to order from the nearest hatchery which has what you want.
Large fowl and bantams can both be standard, or they can be just common chickens which may resemble a standard breed. Standard does not refer to size, it refers to conforming to the standard set by the American poultry Assoc. or the American Bantam Assoc. This require a minimum & maximum weight, a set color pattern, type and comb type.
Large fowl are the big ones, bantans are the small size! My bantams are all standard.
You're right. I never really thought about it, but it's true. Maybe that's the reason that I usually try to use largefowl rather than standard, but it has to be subconsciously. Still, most experienced poultry breeders use the terms interchangeably, and usually understand what is meant by each, even if one is incorrect. Just like bison and buffalo, which I always use correctly even if it sometimes seems like the rest of the English speaking world does not.
So Patrick, does bison or buffalo come up frequently in your conversations :) Seriously, thanks for the input. This has given me a lot to think about. My initial plan was to mix large fowl and bantams from the start, but I gather from Patrick's comment this may not be the best idea. Since some of my primary goals are to have blue/green eggs (a must) and to have uncommonly colored chicken pets (secondary), then I will re-think my flock combination. I see that Cackle has ameraucanas in bantam size, so I could go with all bantams in various breeds, or easier and still meet my basic goals, order LF ameraucanas pullets and an assortment of LF cochins from Ideal. That way I'd get my colored eggs and cute puffball chickens as well. I'm going to take a ride to Dodge Grain this weekend to see what they could get for me and that may solve all problems. Wish me luck!
BTW Sheila,
I love your coop and chicken yard! I found pictures on another thread. What an attractive setup you have. I showed the pictures to my DH and asked if we could build something similar and he said yes. (anything to distract me from horses, in his opinion!)
Thanks Terry, I am facing a similar issue w/mixing bantams w/LF chickens as well. Installing the pocket door was the very best thing we did. I am now working on DH to build some mini pens with in the front coop to house my son's bantams. I have talked to many folks who keep them together successfully but I am not banking on it.
Let us know how you make out :) the egg color you mention above has become my obsession! Have you ever seen a Marans egg? you'll want a few of those too lol!
Yes, bantams and LF can be kept together in some situations, but there are some variables to consider. In general it's best to seperate, but not absolutely required.
And yes, bison and buffalo are discussed with some regularity in my circles. There's a herd just down the street from me.
Habitual lurker here. Just had to speak up about Mcmurray hatchery. I've orderd from them for several years and never had a lick of trouble til this year. The other day I sent an email to let them know they botched my order back in February. Now that my chicks are a month old it's obvious I got a ton of males that should have been female ( I paid xtra for that). Boy did I get a nasty email back from them. I didn't ask for money back or anything, I just wanted them to be aware of what happened. They flat out insulted me. I will never order from them again. What ever happened to good customer service? My local feed store orders from Ideal, I can order what I want thru them and only have a minimum order of 6 chicks!!
I'm sorry to hear that about McMurray-I'm a professional buyer and I know how important customer service is. I have solved the mail order issue however. I ordered 12 chicks from Dodge Grain in Salem, to arrive mid-May. I am getting 6 Ameruacanas and 6 Cochins (hopefully silver laced or penciled, but if not, then a variety). I'm also hoping that they are all pullets. Now I have my DH engaged in designing and building an appropriate coop in time for them (he's excited to find my attention diverted from the horse sites I've been spending a lot of time on!)
Sheila, can you post your page that has your coop pictures? I remember seeing them from another thread and now can't find them. I'd like my DH to see them.
Hi Terry,
I'm glad you were able to put an order in w/Dodge Grain, they are very nice.
You'll love the americaunas, they are one of my favs. Cochins are really wonderful too!
Here's the link to some of my coop pictures.
Here is a link that might be useful: Sheila's Coop
I have always ordered from McMurray, but not for a couple of years. Their chicks have always been excellent quality with no losses. I had some Araucanas from them, and they were quite plain partridge colored birds but laid very nice eggs. I loved their New Hampshires. Those were the best hens we ever had.
Just wanted to add some feedback regarding McMurray. I ordered (25) chicks several weeks ago, for delivery on 04/09/2007; this morning at 5:13 AM the postmaster called to inform me my chicks had arrived, I immediately drove to the PO and picked them up.
They were peeping up a storm and rustling around the box. Upon arrival at home I woke up my children and we unpacked the chicks as we had discussed. All but one were clean, dry, healthy and vibrant. I helped each with their first drink and sprinkled some starter crumbs on the newpaper and they all began to scratch for food vigorously.
One simply stood off to the side with eyes shut and peeped incessantly; this one I reintroduced to the water several times and am unsure what I will find when I get home.
The distribution of similar looking chicks matches exactly the assortment I ordered, one chick is bright yellow which I presume is the "extra rare breed" they promised.
My experience with McMurray has been first rate thus far. They were a little on the expensive side but this was not a factor in my decision, availability of precisely the birds I wanted was.
i have ordered from Mcmurray for several years now, and have never had a problem with them. all my chicks have been very healthy and exactly what i ordered. when i call in my orders, the operators have always been friendly and helpful. AND, my mailman brings them right to my door.
It is doing fine! Poor little thing looked exhausted from the trip. They are all doing very well.
Last night it got pretty cold down in the basement and they began to pile a little bit, so I added a second heat lamp and came back to check on them a short time later and they were all sprawled out under the lights and completely sacked out; they are so adorable.
I just love watching their antics.
I too ordered from McMurray and my chicks will be here on Monday the 16th.
I am sooo excited, but some of the comments above have made me a bit apprehensive.
I ordered all females, and one roo.... hope the order will be right.
I am glad to hear that someone really loves their NH Reds, I got several of those. In my opinion, they look nicer than the RI reds.
I guess I am partial to NH also since my ancestors settled that part of the New World in the 1600's.
I always wondered what life was like for them back then.
What did they raise?
What were their favorite crops or farm animals...
What was life in Exeter and Rockingham Co. like way back when.
I am glad I live now, with all the modern conviniences and how easy things are today, and in the same breath, it was a lot simpler, slower way of life.
I think these chicks will be good for my kids... get them involved in something outside of their normal day.
We do not have TV in our home so that they can focus on homework, musical instruments, sports, scouts and other things.
I am prepared for the day when the novelty of chicks wear off, the care will fall to me, but they have been real good about the other animals we have had, so it might not happen. I hope!
Anyone want to share their experiences of their kids involvement with chicks?
I would love to hear it... maybe start a new thread, this one is getting long!
A friend and I shared an order of 25+ chicks from McMurray last year. Two of the sexed pullets she ordered were roos. I ordered four black Japanese. Knew they should not have white earlobes, but did not know why until dd and I went to the big poultry show in Indy in the fall. They were Dutch! Anyway, I've ordered from Ideal, too, and have had minor problems with both. Nothing to keep me from ordering again. Our local feed store often orders from Cackle. They don't have the selection and sexing I want, but he has good success with their more standard breeds.
Hey Terryboc :) I have ordered from Ideal, mainly because I could order 4 or 5 chicks at a time. I have ordered a few times and my chicks always arrived healthy and perfect. The last time I ordered Americanas (they have a tail) but I have Silkies too. The silkies are soooo tame. The Amer's will eat out of my hand but that's as close as they want it. After having this mix for a few years, my personal advice would be to forget the Amer's,unless you just want the eggs. Mine are escape artists, tear up all the flowerbeds, get up on the deck and poop everywhere and last but not least are extreme bullies to the sweet gentle (follow me around the yard talkin to me, always let's me pick them up) Silkies. Hopefully I am getting rid of the Amer's this month. Let me say that I raised the Amer's just like the silkies and they were tame until they were about a year old. Anyway, If you just want to order a half dozen chicks or so, Ideal is great!
Today I just received my first order from Ideal. It was shipped yesterday and in my local post office early this morning. Every bird arrived safe and sound. Kudos to Ideal,... and to the U.S. Postal Service!
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I am getting the Americauna (or EE-whatver) mainly for the eggs. I love the novelity of blue and green eggs. When I described them to some of the people who work for me one of the young women said "You don't eat those eggs, do you?" She had a strange look on her face as she said it. It was too funny!
I'm hoping the Cochins will be a little more "cuddly" as I'm interested in them as pets as well. If I end up with roos (requested all pullets) I will be hard pressed to cull it for the pot, but I will deal with that if/when the situation arises. I had a hard time splitting a live lobster for the grill, so I imagine I will have a hard time with a roo as well.
I really wanted Silkies, but I decided that mixing large fowl with bantums was going to be problematic, so I opted for all large fowl and hope that the Cochins will give me a similar experience. I'm starting to get brooding supplies together since I expect to get my chicks right after I get back from Florida in 2 weeks.
I ordered 25 Leghorns from Mcmurrary ... 5 arrived D.O.A., 3 more the next! Mcmurrary gave me credit for the 8 I lost, but I will order from Ideal next time. Ideal mails out durning the weekday, and Mcmurrary mails our on Saturday. If you have any problem with your post office coming in on a Sunday for you, then your going to have some loss. And, I do have problems with my post office!
I live fairly close to Cackle and everyone says they are better than the other hatcheries in the area.They are Easter eggers so you might get a green egg.I have been tempted to call them and ask about blue eggs.I raised easter eggers and a banty type hen together.I also have 2 chicken tractors and a chick tractor.Last fall after culling I put all my chickens (14) together for the winter.That includes 3 banties and a second small rooster.They get along reasonably well but the older hens do pick on some of the pullets.Anyway,I think if they are raised together they do better.Oh,someone I know ordered from Cackle and they are backordered on the Ameraucanas til May.Posy Pet
I received a box of chicks from Cackle March 25th that contained 22 BB White turkeys (2 extra), 6 Americauna pullets (1DOA which was an extra)and 6 White Cochin bantams (1 extra). I was very impressed with their shipping. They included a heat pack in the side with the chicks and 4 poults on it. The Americaunas are all Brown red color and all have beards so they are by far the best ones I've gotten from any hatchery. I've ordered from McMurray and Ideal before too. I like Ideal because of their quick shipping, nice customer service and rare breeds but they book up fast. McMurray I don't like.
Call the hatcheries sometimes you can get an order quicker.
I have ordered from McMurray, once a few years ago, and then just this spring. I had gotten 25 chicks the first time, they were great birds, the white leghorns lay like crazy! Even years later, if I give them a break during the winter, they start laying like fiends. I don't like the taste as much as the araucana hen eggs though. Those are the best tasting eggs, as far as chicken eggs go, IMO.
This year, I got 27 chicks and the homesteaders delight. I learned to never order banties with full size chickens ever again. The 3 Japanese banties I got, one was DOA. Also the weather was very cold when they were shipped, which didn't help. :( The second banty wasn't looking very well, and died the next day. :( Another bird (a golden campine) had been acting funny, the poor thing would walk around in circles, and would twist its neck. The little one didn't eat and died 3 days later. Not sure if it was born with a neurological problem or what. None of the other birds have caught anything, so I'm guessing it was either a genetic defect or a neurological problem? So far I had one duckling die from the Homesteaders delight, not sure why. It had a closed eye when I got it, and it died from unknown causes a few days after I got it. Other than that the other chicks seem okay. I may try another hatchery because I want to try and find some different chickens and muscovy ducks. It's always good to shop around, IMO. Murray McMurray have good shipping prices however. Customer service is okay.
We got our spring order from Hoover this year. We ordered 25, they shipped 27 :) They arrived last Friday and everyone is healthy and growing.
Hoover had really good customer service. I called to ask a couple of questions before ordering, the lady who answered was so helpful that I went ahead and made my order on the phone.
They don't have shopping cart online shopping but you can download and e-mail an order form.
They also have the best prices I found. So far, the chicks appear to be good representations of the breeds I wanted but we'll know more in a few weeks.
When I read above about McMurray charging $75 for shipping I went to the site to see how much it would cost me to get a batch of day olds. You can put as many chickens as you want in your cart but they are not telling you the price of shipping until AFTER you put in your credit card information. I found that to be a bit suspicious.
I have heard reports on here of people getting DOA or nearly DOA chicks from them but a lot of people around here order from them and they seem pleased. maybe the Post Office is mis handling the chickens when they come in at some places??
Around these parts have not heard of anyone ordering from Cackle or Ideal.
I order standard partridge Cochins from Ideal last year and I don't like them at all. They are small 4 1/2 when they should be 8 pounds. They are not a ball of feathers, their tails big legs not very feathery . I'm ordering from McMurray This year dos any know if they have better standard partridge Cochins
I've chimed in on this debate before. I've always ordered from Ideal and have found their customer service excellent, prices good, and like being able to order pullets of most everything they offer (in chickens, that is). My problem this year is that they have sold out of almost EVERY breed of pullets. You could get some meat birds or cockerels of some. I usually order a little earlier than this but I don't remember them selling out like this before. Hopefully business is booming for them and not that they are down-sizing. Lori


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President Cardoso, revered by many for having conquered inflation that once ran at 100 percent a month, will probably get his way. But passing the needed constitutional amendment is proving to be more time-consuming and politicized than he would have liked. The president has threatened recourse to a referendum if Congress doesn't act soon.
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We need to use the offseason or overall rankings. i don't think we'll have cheaters since it blows the whole concept of a mega sleeper league. I mean really, what is the point of winning a league that will play bottom barrell scrubs....what did you just prove? That you lack a moral center?
I understand. Just thought you'd might want to make it clear as the lines will be a little more foggy as the season progresses.
Seriously, you guys should encourage Lee357 to join this league. I asked him last year to join our league but he obviously chose not to do so. This league would be right up his alley. He could prove his GM skills and play the unheralded guys that he constantly advocates for like Arroyo. Just a thought.
I just meant maybe send him a pm or something. I doubt he is even aware this exists. But I do think you can force him with a Jedi mind trick.
I'd be in too, but do I have to care as much as for another league? I mean, do I have to say that I won't quit if my team sucks?
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i signed up as team Saunders Neck Twitch :D lol this is gonna be hilarious. it's going to be hard to field enough players that don't get DNPs. flagrants, technicals, and ejections might not occur that often for bench warmers so maybe we should add personal fouls too?
no idea here, but is there any way for the stats to be counted as per/48? so if my round 14 scrub of all srcubs at pick 498 plays 1.5 mins per game but gets 1 block, he is a star!


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PURE Reflections: Beauty Reimagined is an acclaimed theatrical dance drama exploring body image, self-love and the struggle to accept both the light and dark sides of ourselves to become one integrated whole.
We want to remount the show with teens because whenever we have performed it, the recurring feedback is this show should be in high schools and universities. The incredible journey the cast goes through preparing for the show increases confidence, self-esteem and ability to work together in a team.
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PURE Reflections: Beauty Reimagined was conceived of in 2009 by artistic director Kaeshi Chai, and developed by the members of PURE-NYC (Public Urban Ritual Experiment), a multi-level community of dancers and musicians who strive to bring positive change to the world through ancient and modern world dance, PURE Reflections has been performed with different casts of over 25 dancers in NY, CT, Japan, Taiwan and Florida.
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This Peregrine journey takes us to one of the world's most awe-inspiring destinations skipping the Drake Passage with return flights from Punta Arenas to King George Island. After making shore visits on our way through the South Shetland Islands we arrive at the Antarctic Peninsula, on the continent of Antarctica, to be immediately dazzled by perhaps the most dramatic scenery to be found anywhere on earth. Sailing aboard our well-appointed expedition vessel, we witness Antarctic nature in all its glory. These areas boast an extraordinary abundance of wildlife, including five species of seals and massive rookeries of gentoo, Adelie and chinstrap penguins as well as a profusion of seabirds ranging from albatross to skuas. Another wildlife highlight may well be observing a variety of magnificent whales in close proximity as they crest the surface of the waves. On the 'White Continent', we also see remarkable landscapes of ice.
Weather, ice and other mitigating factors may result in changes to our itinerary and alteration to certain shore excursions.
Meals included: 1 dinner
Make your way to Punta Arenas, Chile. The city is situated on the north bank of the Strait of Magellan. Please arrive by the early afternoon. Quark Expeditions will transfer the group to a local hotel to spend the night. After an informative briefing, enjoy a welcome dinner with your travelling companions. Arrival Transfers:Please note an arrival transfer from the airport is included in your voyage fare for passengers arriving on Day 1 of the itinerary only. Full details will be sent with your final joining instructions. Accommodation: If you arrive earlier or wish to extend your stay and need accommodation please ask Peregrine or your agent for details and costs.
Meals included: 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner
A quick two-hour flight from Punta Arenas lands on King George Island in the South Shetlands. En route, from your bird's eye view, bid the Drake Passage a fond farewell. You've saved time and worry by choosing this Antarctic Express expedition. After exploring that portion of the island where the Chilean Research Base, Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva and the Russian Base, Bellingshausen, are located, you are transferred to the ship by Zodiac. By late afternoon, you will have embarked on your Antarctic adventure.
PLEASE NOTE. Luggage allowance is strictly 15kg checked baggage plus 5kg carry on.
Meals included: 4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners
Changing conditions mean each expedition is different, and your Expedition Team will make the most of whatever weather, ice or wildlife conditions present themselves to make sure you have an unforgettable visit. Here are just a few of the things you might find yourself doing:
Meals included: 1 breakfast
From King George Island, we board our jet and fly across the Drake Passage to Punta Arenas, Chile. You will be transferred from the airport to your hotel to spend the night.
Meals included: 1 breakfast
After breakfast, you will make your own way to the Punta Arenas airport for your homeward flight.
Vaccinations may be required for this trip. Please talk to your doctor about the up-to-date information for this region. We're travel experts, not doctors and defer to the medicos when it comes to inoculations.
Visas and PermitsPlease ensure that you have all required visas for your trip – this is your responsibility. Rules and regulations governing the issuance of visas are constantly changing, and vary for different nationalities and you should check visa requirements with your travel agent or relevant consular authority well before travel.
No visas are required to visit the Antarctic continent or its offshore islands. However, you will need to have your passport with you on the ship, as port authorities will wish to inspect passports on departure from Ushuaia or Punta Arenas and also again at the end of your voyage. To facilitate matters, our ground operators in Ushuaia or Punta Arenas will usually collect your passport prior to departure in order that all passengers' passports may be kept together for the duration of the voyage. After completion of port formalities on the return to Ushuaia or Punta Arenas, they will be handed back to you prior to your disembarkation from the ship.
For most departures, your ship departs for the Antarctic continent from the port of Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, at the southern tip of Argentina. At the time of printing, no visas for Argentina are required by holders of Australian, New Zealand, British, Canadian, U.S.A. or European passports. Passengers holding passports issued by other countries should carefully check the situation with their travel agent or Argentinean consular authorities.
For Fly/Cruise itineraries departing from Punta Arenas (Chile) or if your flight to Ushuaia travels via Santiago, tourist visas are required for Chile for some nationalities. Please check with your travel agent.
For the voyages scheduled to visit the Falkland Islands, visitors from Britain, the Commonwealth, North America, Chile and the European Community do not need visas as at the time of printing. Visitors should check their particular situation with us, their travel agent, the nearest British Consulate, or contact the Travel Co-ordinator at the Falkland Island Government Office in London (tel: 020 7222 2375).
Australians, Americans, Canadians, New Zealanders or British do not currently require a visa for Chile. For all other nationalities please reconfirm your visa requirements with your travel agent. If you are entering Chile at Santiago International Airport as a tourist, some nationalities are required to pay a reciprocity fee (Australians US$95, Canadians US$132, Americans US$140). The fee does not apply to travellers arriving at other airports or entering the country via land borders.
InsuranceYou are required to have travel insurance before heading off on a Peregrine trip. Insurance can be organised by your Peregrine representative or your travel agent.
Responsible Travel
Our Responsible Travel ethos is at the heart of everything we do, from getting the basics right like respecting local cultures and the environment, to initiating projects that make positive contributions to communities, to our staff's fundraising efforts and offsetting our carbon emissions.
Please visit our Responsible Travel (http://www.peregrineadventures.com/rt) page for more information.
Our Pre Departure Information or Travel Dossier (provided upon booking a trip) provides tips on how you can show respect for the local customs and culture in the country you are travelling in. Your leader will also help steer you though the complexities of local cultural norms.
Pre Departure Information
The information listed above is a brief description of some things you may need to consider when booking a trip. Once a tour is booked you will be provided with a link to your Travel Dossier which will contain detailed Pre Departure information.
1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica - Chris Turney: To the Ends of the Earth: the Transglobal Expedition - Ranulph Feinnes: Scott and Amundsen - Roland Huntford: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing
ChileCrisis in Allende's Chile-E Kaufman The Pinochet Decade-P O'Brien & J Roddick
These Trip Notes should be read in conjunction with Peregrine's Antarctica pre-departure information that is provided to you shortly after booking (or which can be requested prior to booking).
1. Budgeting: in addition to funds for onboard expenses, it is sometimes possible to purchase souvenirs such as books, t-shirts, stamps, postcards, windcheaters, caps and similar items at some of the research stations in the Antarctic Peninsula area. Mail can sometimes be posted from these stations as well. Transactions are usually in US dollars cash.
2. Clothes: please read our Antarctic pre-departure information carefully. Although you don't need to make expensive, specialist-clothing purchases for this trip, you will need clothes that adequately protect against cold and wet conditions. (Sea spray is common on board Zodiacs). It is recommended that you have warm, waterproof clothing available for use upon arrival in Ushuaia, to protect yourself against the inclement weather.
3. Gratuities: we suggest you allow the equivalent of US$11-13 a day for gratuities for the crew and expedition staff. This is usually collected just prior to the end of the cruise. If you wish, the amount can be paid by Visa or MasterCard.
4. Sea kayaking: there are separate Trip Notes for the sea kayaking option. Please note that this option must be booked prior to your departure from home and it cannot be booked on the ship. Some prior experience is required.
5. Camping: if you chose to camp on the continent, we'll provide all the required gear such as tents or bivouac (or 'bivy') sacs and sleeping bags. This excursion is managed with strict environmental regulations - a portable toilet is used and absolutely everything is transported back to the ship afterwards. Please note that this option must be booked prior to your departure from home, it cannot be booked on the ship. Spaces are limited.
Peregrine Voyage Documentation
Once you have booked your voyage to the Polar regions with Peregrine, you will be required to complete a series of online forms. You will be sent a link via email (my polar forms) which will take you to an enrolment form, cruise contract, medical form, arrival/departure information form and expedition parka size order form. These forms must be completed.
Contingency Plan for 2012-2014 Antarctic Express (Fly South & North and Cruise South, Fly North) Programs.
Quark Expeditions will make every effort to ensure the Antarctic Express programs takes place, but due to weather conditions, flying in this region can be difficult and is beyond the control of Quark Expeditions. We strongly recommend that all expedition guests purchase a travel insurance policy including trip delay, cancellation and interruption insurance. Please ask your Polar Travel Advisor about travel Insurance.
In the unlikely event that the charter flight is unable to fly on day 2 due to weather delays, Quark Expeditions will provide an additional night hotel accommodation in Punta Arenas and a ½ day tour.
On day 3 should the charter flight not be able to take off by 1400hrs, Quark Expeditions will officially cancel the voyage and provide letters for all clients to submit to their travel insurance providers under trip delay/Interruption and cancellation clause.
IF THE CHARER FLIGHT IS NOT ABLE TO TAKE OFF BY 1400 HRS ON DAY 3. Quark Expeditions will make every effort to assist passengers with rebooking hotels or flights, but this will be at the cost of the passengers, and Quark Expeditions strongly recommends that all clients contact their insurance provider prior to changing any reservations.
Passengers on board the ship during these delays will remain on board with no additional cost until the time in which the charter flight is able to arrange transport. Quark Expeditions advises all clients to book changeable airlines tickets along with cancellation and interruption insurance to assist with additional airline change fees. We advise all passengers to have flexible travel arrangements upon disembarkation of the voyage if delays arise. Quark Expeditions will not be held responsible for any change/cancellations fees due to weather related delays or any other delays arising from force majeure.
Please note that the exploratory nature of this expedition involving weather, ice, wildlife or other mitigating factors may require that unscheduled or last-minute changes be made to the itinerary, sometimes resulting in the cancellation of certain shore excursions. Every effort will be made to adhere to the itinerary, within the limits of safety and time constraints.
The information provided here is given in good faith and has been compiled with all reasonable care. However, things change and some of the information may become out of date. Please keep this in mind when you read it and check with us if you want to be sure about something. The document was correct at time of printing, but you can check online for the most up to date version. If you have any queries, please contact your travel agent or our staff in Australia. We are here to help you!
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Doing Business in Kazakhstan
"Strategically, politically and economically (Eurasia) has become a region to watch—and for many American companies, a place in which to do business."
Former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
Business in Kazakhstan is often focused on the oil and gas sector, which has been responsible for the country's strong economic expansion over the last decade. Kazakhstan, however, has developed into the leading market in Central Asia and is positioning itself as a transit route between China and Europe. It is also actively seeking ways to use its new mineral wealth to diversify its economy. These efforts, combined with a growing middle class, are providing trade and investment prospects for U.S. firms seeking new opportunities in one of the most dynamic of the emerging markets.
Like other former Soviet Republics, Kazakhstan is still developing a transparent and effective business culture that is attractive to foreign investment. Kazakhstan's authorities realize the need to implement economic reforms. However, new laws and regulations that should improve the business environment are often incorrectly implemented at the local level. Foreign investors, as well as local firms, complain about burdensome regulations that often reflect a way of doing business that is reminiscent of the Soviet Union. Challenges remain in addressing problems related to the country's competitiveness and economic diversification, its over-reliance on the extractive sector, continued corruption, need for increased rule of law, and concentration of political power.
Economic highlights include:
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Kazakhstan continues to transform its economy to create a more transparent, less regulated, and more market-driven business environment. Nonetheless, this progress continues to be steadily undermined by continued developments that have caused increased concern for U.S. investors and other stakeholders. Firms that have experience in Russia and other post-Soviet economies will be familiar with these challenges:
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Kazakhstan moved up on the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business Report for 2012, ranking 47th out of 183 countries (an 11 place jump from 2011). Of the various indicators used, Kazakhstan experienced decreased rankings in "Starting a Business", while showing significant improvement in "Protecting Investors" and "Paying Taxes". This report however, does not take into consideration vital business criteria such as corruption, labor skills, or investment regulations.
Demand in this developing market goes beyond the few best prospect sectors that this report is able to cover (see Chapter 4). Kazakhstan's strategic aspiration is to become a modern, diversified economy with a high value-added and high-tech component, and they are cognizant of the need for foreign expertise to accomplish this. The government is developing international partnerships and has agreed to projects with China and Germany worth billions of dollars in order to accomplish this.
The "People's IPO" was announced in early 2011 but has yet to be implemented. The massive privatization program is now expected to see movement only in the latter half of 2012. At that time, assets of Air Astana (national airline), Kazakhstan Electric Grid Operating Company (KEGOC), and KazTransOil (pipelines) are expected to be sold.
Like other former Soviet republics, Kazakhstan's infrastructure needs modernization, especially roads, transportation, and telecommunications. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) finance major infrastructure, financial, corporate, and agricultural projects in the country.
Likewise, areas such as health and environment need an infusion of investment to reach global best practices. However, firms that seize this moment to explore the country's many business opportunities may be rewarded in the long term.
A complete copy of the Country Commercial Guide for Kazakhstan, as well as commercial guides to other countries, is available (free for U.S. companies if registered) on http://www.export.gov


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Surrounding this Chesapeake Bay resort are abundant opportunities for Virginia vacation getaways, along with itineraries for customizing your visit.
Everyone in the family will enjoy the far-ranging choices at the Tides Inn, with exciting and relaxing activities that create memories you'll treasure for years.
The amazing variety of attractions throughout the Chesapeake Bay region make it easy to enjoy sharing a favorite interest or discover something new.
Choose from a variety of Chesapeake Bay luxury accommodations that make the most of the beautiful surroundings at the Tides Inn.
Cuisine at this Chesapeake destination shows why the Tides Inn was ranked as Virginia's top resort in Travel + Leisure's 2011 World's Best Awards.
Whether you prefer an invigorating or a relaxing spa experience, you'll find new favorites at the Tides, constantly ranked as one of Virginia's top properties.
The premier Chesapeake Bay marina provides the perfect setting for "shore leave" from sailing, with complete services for vessels of various sizes.
Virginia meetings take on new dimensions at the Tides Inn, where a private peninsula and waterside setting provide exciting opportunities for groups.
Make your special day one that guests will remember for years, with all the Tides Inn's special touches for a Chesapeake Bay wedding in Virginia.
The Tides Inn is known for wonderful Chesapeake Bay cuisine and a bounty of fresh, seasonal items sourced from local farmers and watermen. Guests can re-create these simple recipes at home.
2 Granny Smith apples, julienned with skin on, add 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 fennel bulbs, julienned
2 sweet onions, julienned
2 red peppers, julienned
1 cup shredded cabbage
2 tbsps fresh tarragon
4 green onions with tops, chopped
1 cup pecans, toasted
2/3 cup apple cider
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tbsps horseradish
1 1/2 tbsps whole grain mustard
1 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp green peppercorns, drained and rinsed
2/3 cup virgin olive oil
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cracked pepper
4 drops Tabasco
To make the vinaigrette: Stir together the apple cider, lemon juice, horseradish, mustard, green peppercorns, garlic and Tabasco until well blended. Whisk in the olive oil. Add the sugar, salt and pepper, and toasted pecans. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Place the slaw ingredinets in a bowl and pour the vinaigrette over the top. Gently toss and serve at room temperature.
When choosing asparagus, look for straight, firm stalks with tips that are closed and either dark green or purple.
2 bunches medium asparagus
2 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
1/2 tsp pink sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Trim the woody ends of the asparagus. Lay the spears on a sheet pan and drizzle with olive oil, and season with sea salt and pepper. Roll spears around to coat evenly. Place pan in a 450-degree pre-heated oven and cook approximately 10 minutes or until just tender. Shake pan to move spears around while roasting.
Note: This same seasoning can also be used for grilling.
For Gremolata:
1/4 cup chopped Italian parsley
3 tbsps finely grated lemon peel
2 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 1/2 tbsps chopped thyme
1 1/2 tbsps chopped basil
1 1/2 tbsps chopped chives
Mix all ingredients in a bowl (can be made a day in advance and kept in refrigerator).
Arrange asparagus spears on a platter and top with Gremolata
2 lbs lump crabmeat
2 whole eggs
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp Tabasco
1 tsp Old Bay
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
1/2 cup cracker crumbs
Pick through the crabmeat to check for shell pieces. Be careful not to break up the lumps. Place in a bowl and add the Old Bay, dry mustard, parsley and cracker crumbs. Gently mix. In a separate bowl combine the eggs, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco. Whisk to mix and pour over the crabmeat mixture. Mix lightly and portion. Sauté to order.
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1 part vodka
1 part lemonchello
1/2 ea fresh lemon (squeezed)
Fill with ginger ale
Add lemon wheels to beverage, and garnish with fresh lemon balm and a lemon wedge.
1 ea diced onion
4 stalks diced celery
2 ea minced carrots
1 oz bacon grease
1/2 cup Harvey's cream sherry
2 pint heavy cream
1 pint milk
1 pint water
2-3 oz crab base
1/2 tsp mace
1/8 tsp nutmeg
2 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp white pepper
4 oz roux (as needed)
For Sachet
2 tsp fennel seed
2 tsp white peppercorns
2 ea bay leaves
1 oz lump crab per cup
In a large kettle, sauté mirepoix in bacon grease. Deglaze with 1/2 of the sherry. Add milk, cream, water, crab base, seasonings and sachet. Simmer and thicken with roux. Continue cooking 30 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove sachet. Quickly cool by storing in shallow lexan containers. (Portion size 6 oz - Yield 1 quart)
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I refused to read the Telegram sports section today after they had a box saying "Tedi has surgery, Sports Section" on their front page.
"There's always something you can improve on,†he said. "For instance, I'm learning from Maroney different ball-handling skills. He carries the ball kind of high and that's something that I'm trying to work on.†Thats good to hear don't know if its anywhere close to how high Tiki carries the rock but I like the idea hopefully it will cut down on his fumbles.
i am so glad to hear he realized his fumble problem and is actually trying to change what he does to hold on better.
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Five Strategies for Resolving Conflict in the Workplace
One common reality in every workplace is conflict. I always say that every human interaction has the potential for conflict, and when a diverse range of people work together every day, conflict is inevitable. Each person in your organization will have unique needs, values, desires, and perceptions, and these unique factors may at times cause stress or tension in workplace relationships.
It is important to be able to know how to identify, assess, and resolve conflicts. While conflict arises in both work and non-work situations, we will focus our energy on strategies for conflict at work.
Strategy #1: Don't Ignore Conflict
Ignoring conflict has many consequences: increased resentment, escalation of conflict, interference from outsiders, isolation, etc. Addressing conflict early makes a more harmonious working environment and increases team ability and performance.
Strategy #2: Choose the right time and location.
Both parties need to be able to focus all of their attention on the issue at hand, so finding a neutral space and sufficient time for all participants to prepare for the meeting is critical to successful conflict resolution. One party shouldn't feel like they are in the other party's territory, or that they are at a disadvantage because they've had less prep time.
Strategy #3: Set ground rules before you begin.
One strategy: I talk, you listen; you tell me what you heard; we agree about what I said; you talk, I listen; I tell you what I heard; we agree about what you said; we identify the problem; we both suggest solutions; we agree on a solution. There should be no interruptions.
Strategy #4: Be Accommodating
Sometimes by being prepared to accommodate the other person by adapting or compromising, it gives them the freedom to do something reciprocal. In other words, choose your battles wisely and ensure that you are aiming to preserve relationships and not to isolate or denounce the other party.
Strategy #5: Don't get side-tracked on other issues.
Refer back frequently to the problem at hand and decide on what outcomes you and the other party want, otherwise you may be tempted to digress into other territories. This will only delay or prevent a solution.
Keep in mind that there are many different approaches to resolving conflict.
Evaluate your own conflict resolution style—try to gain insight about your preferences and tendencies for interacting with others and recognize that not everyone will have the same approach. Develop your strategies and continue to refine them as you grow your business, and you will foster a much healthier and congenial working environment.
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Thursday saw Felipe Massa complete his first Ferrari test session since he left the Sauber team at the end of the 2005 season.
Massa, at the wheel of a V8-powered F2004 for the second day in succession, completed another 71 laps of 2006 development work, setting a best time of 1m 13.007s.
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'Well dare to hope
Motherwell fans have recently been revelling in our success on the pitch and the potential of the Well Society of it, but it is fair to say everyone has been keeping an eye on Rangers as well. Things became just a little more exciting on Wednesday... As Barcelona and Messi were slicing through Bayer Leverkusen at will, the realisation was beginning to dawn that maybe, just maybe, this could be us in August. Not taking on Barcelona obviously – that would stretch fantasy too far – but taking part in the Champions League; entering the same tournament as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
A rare sight! The administrators at Rangers have indicated they do not believe they will meet the licensing deadlines required to compete in Europe next season and that huge cuts could be made to the playing squad within days. Whether it is by default, or by overhauling a ghost Rangers team for second place, we are currently favourites for the place even if we cannot take either scenario for granted. For the players, it is probably best not to be distracted by imagining what could be achieved and instead focus on maintaining their current form. The board have no choice but to look ahead though – we would enter at the third qualifying round and Fir Park would need to meet the criteria of a category three stadium if we were to host the tie in Motherwell. The requirements are available here and may well be giving Leeann Dempster nightmares. As for future opponents, that is very easy to follow. We will be unseeded and though it is not certain who the seeded teams will be, it is likely a potential opponent will be the third placed Portuguese team, or the runner-up from Russia, Ukraine, Holland or Turkey. Presently that would be Braga, CSKA Moscow, Shaktar Donetsk, FC Twente or Fenerbahce though it is far from impossible a more 'romantic' club such as Benfica, Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Kiev or Ajax could make it. It does seem certain that the Turkish representative will come from Istanbul while it would be a surprise if the Russian team is not from Moscow. Any of these teams would provide Motherwell fans with a trip well worth making but it is worth remembering the difference between Barca and Bayer is probably not as great as between ourselves and, say, Benfica – current Champions League quarter finalists. Humiliation could await though that did not seem to bother the Leverkusen fans in Spain who spent the second half singing and humba-ing for their own amusement before the reward of a late consolation.The more grounded bonus from Rangers not making Europe is that we are surely guaranteed entry to the Europa League. That must always be considered success for us and if we're in that competition – either immediately or by dropping down from the Champions League – we should make sure we enjoy it!
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Comment: Re:(some) cars are gadgets now (Score 1) 158
The car clearly lacks enough sensors to become truly self driving. How is it going to avoid changing lane in front of a faster moving car, when it has no rear facing sensor with longer range than 12 ft? How is it going to tell the difference between a pole and a child on a bicycle before doing a right turn, when it only has simple sonar sensors in that direction?
They could at the very least have added more cameras. Cameras are cheap. Why not let the computer have 360 degree view of what is happening around the car?
But it might also be that there is no way around using LIDAR. It is expensive like hell, but that might change when you need millions of devices a year.
In any case, the new Tesla does not have the hardware necessary to implement the vision of a self driving car. They know it, so that is why they call it "auto pilot" instead. It is just sad that it is nothing new. Every other car in that segment already has this "auto pilot" under different names.


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I get the feeling there's potentially more harm going on there than good. How to stop visits from those Google translations?
http.//[google IP]/translate_c?hl=ru&sl=en&tl=ru&u=http://www.example.com/
Google do add the text "(via translate.google.com)" to the user-agent, however this always says google.com regardless of regional variation used. The requests will come from a Google IP, since they're essentially running a proxy. I don't know if there's a particular IP range allocated to their translate proxies.
So, you could easily block all translations, but not regional variations. I suppose you could check both the UA and the browser language to see if it was from a country you wanted block. For extra accuracy you could also check that the request came from a .google.com IP, but I'm not sure that would be necessary.
public bool IsViaTranslate { get { if (HasBlankUserAgent == false) { if (Headers["User-Agent"].IndexOf("via translate") > -1) { return true; } if (Headers["User-Agent"].IndexOf("via babelfish") > -1) { return true; } if (Headers["User-Agent"].IndexOf("Google Wireless Transcoder") > -1) { return true; } } return false; } }
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} via\ translate [NC,OR]RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} via\ babelfish [NC,OR]RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Google\ Wireless\ Transcoder [NC,OR]
As for the other two. I usually return a 403, with no content. My sites I deal with only cater to US Residents, who speak English. So removing these services does not hurt me at all. But would be careful of doing this on other sites, depending on who there target audience's are, and where they are located.
Also blocking these services stops another way people can scrap data from a site. Reducing the ways someone can get to your content, reduces your risk of being successfully scraped.


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Lodge Meeting Nights & Wednesday nights 5-10 PM. We will add more nights as we get more volunteers Wednesday is Burger and Queen of Hearts San Antonio Elks Cowboy Pitchfork Fondue - March 6th, 2015
San Antonio Elks Chuck Wagon Cook-off - March 7th, 2015 More details on the Pitchfork Fondue and Chuck Wagon Cook-off San Antonio Elks Awards Dinner - March 13th, 2015 San Antonio Elks Flag Day Festival Run and Car Show - June 13, 2015 You can now pay your dues, make donations or purchase tickets to certain events online. GOALS for 2014-2015:
Fasten your seatbelts; this year is going to a FUN year with lots to do. I need your help, so keep those ideas coming and chip in when you can. We would also appreciate extra financial donations for contingency repairs. Major unplanned expenses are the only thing I see that can impact our ability to make our financial targets. Our kitchen equipment is very old and in serious need of an upgrade, so we need a contingency fund. So if you have the funds, please donate something. It is tax deductible. Remember that it's all about having FUN and helping the vets and kids. Bruce Pinnell If you are retired and have some extra time, please consider volunteering at the lodge as the Lodge Manager, Club Manager, House Committee, or as a bartender. Without volunteer assistance we may have reduce the hours of the bar and curtain meals. We have sufficient volunteers to cook, but not enough to manage the food and beverage operations. Contact me if you are interested. 210.372.0469 I ask each of you do reach out to a friend or neighbor and invite them to the lodge for a meal or a special event. There is a lot going on at the lodge and we can all have more fun if we have more members/guests participating. They do not need to be Elks to come to the lodge as your guest. RED PIGS: The lodge has a red pig fund that benefits the Texas Children's Camp in Ottine. The idea is that you put your loose change into the pigs and when the pig is full, bring the coins to the lodge and we will deposit them in a special reserve account that will be given to the Camp. All members are encouraged to get one of these pigs the next time you are at the lodge. If you know a gas station or convenience store near your house that could use one, please take them one. Thank you for all you do, Bruce Pinnell Call (830) 822-3646 and leave a message for information on RV parking, lodge rentals |
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One of our main sites has vanished in the last week. During the last few days, its been there one minute but gone the next, now it really seems to have vanished. This could not have come at a worse time, its like a nightmare...
What I'm confused about is the timing. Normally sites get dropped (for whatever reason) during an update - so why now? Any ideas?
Hopefully the next update will be better... I hope the next update will be the name of a girl like Sophia or something like that... I am luckier with women's names... :-)
New Sites
6/12 mth old sites
12mths +
The other sites are too new to make an intelligent evaluation.
My current site is about a year and a half old.
The theme seems to be that the backdate really crushed new sites that were doing great in April. :(
The A site would probably be a B, except the highest traffic keyphrase when it was on page 3 of the SERPs, moved to page 1. Other keyphrases on all the sites seem to be the same or slightly better.
New site = slightly down. This site first got a PR in April. Then lost it again through Dominic.
Anyone who lost their PR (greyed bar) through Big Bad Dom got it back yet?
However, Alta Vista and Ask.com have crawled our whole site and improved are rankings tremendously.
Now if only I could get 80% of the searching public to use those SE's. ;)
Past month: (E) Past week: (D)
... if I gain the 2 search terms I'm mysteriously getting traffic from that is ranking well on other dataceners but not www, I'll be back to (C).
Bottomline: traffic is still increasing - unchanged since months - climbing - no traffic drops. That's what counts, imho.
<added>I speak about a dozen different sites. All clean, no spam, only very valuable content, of course! :)<added>
Jan launch site: c) About the same
Feb launch site: d) Lower
March launch and later: Goose Egg
Overall: b) Higher
Observed Spam: a) Much higher
Curious: can you define goose egg? What positions would you hve expected and what positions did you get? I ask because one of my friend's site was launched april, 2 and gains acceptable to excelent positions for the most important keywords / phrases with just minor drops since dominic.
I hope the best for all in the next update.
Just curious. What does this have to do with anything? My mom's site is cranking too! Many here are saying that they have dropped on new sites since Dominic. I'm not sure how your friends site is relevant, unless you want to share his secrets to exploiting freshbot. :)
I don't buy this statements allthough many others have posted such in the past. I'd say: I hope the best for all who don't compete with me. >:)
most sites remain the same but a few domains where I have been number 1 for over a year have dropped to number 3.
Perhaps the current Google victims should set up a site to convince the public how lousy Google is, and link to it prominently on their home page. ;)
Wasn't my question legit? If not, please just ignore! Anyway, to me, it's interesting to compare other people's new site's success with mine.
<added>The initial question wasn't: is your site also ranking as bad as all the others in google, or? Buffled.</added>
My two sites have fallen off the 'serps map' and I hope they return. These were good, no spam sites (unless the 'good' technics learned here are now 'bad').
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