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Reclaimed wood producers can transform old, gray, weathered wood from rural buildings into lustrous timber that is difficult to differentiate from virgin lumber. Modern up-cycling procedures can strip away the outer gray layer of weathering, revealing the warm, strong heart of the reclaimed lumber, which is still perfectly usable.
In fact, when the pioneers originally built the structures dotting the American frontier, they used old-growth timber. Therefore, salvaged wood from barns and other outbuildings is often of a higher quality than virgin wood available today.
Of course, in order to harvest old barn wood, you need to know a few things. Read on to discover how professionals turn salvaged wood from barns and other outbuildings into breathtaking new products.
1. Getting Ready: Preparation for Salvaging Wood
Salvaged wood can come from many sources, some of them easier to excavate than others. The most common and prolific sources include old barns and other abandoned structures. Whatever your source of reclaimed wood, it's important to make sure you understand the proper techniques and have the appropriate tools to recover the wood safely.
Review safety procedures. If you are taking down an entire barn or other structure, you will definitely need to understand how it's built. Imagine how you will take down the building. Typically, a dismantling crew begins with removing the roof, and then works their way down to the ground, removing the support beams last. Be sure to review safety rules and dismantling procedures with your entire crew.
Gather tools. You will need certain specialized tools to remove the wood from the structure without damaging it. For instance, you'll require a pin knocker to knock out the pins holding the beams together. You'll also want to create a crowbar-ish tool for prying up wood siding. (If welding is not among your talents, call a local blacksmith to have this tool made.)
Finally, you'll need several woodworking tools, such as a joiner, a planer and a table saw if you want to your reclaimed wood completely ready for a new project. (Alternatively, you can contract with a local mill to have them prepare your salvaged wood for you.)
Talk to property owners. Most property owners are happy to work with someone who offers to take down their old unused buildings. Dismantling old barns for salvaged wood products is wise from a tax perspective, since fewer buildings generally means lower property taxes. Furthermore, a rotting old barn can be a real liability issue. Mice and rats love to live in old buildings, for example, and their droppings can carry the deadly Hanta Virus. For these reasons, turning an old barn into reclaimed lumber just makes sense for most farmers – especially if they are offered a cut of the proceeds.
2. Spotting Reusable Timbers
Wood with tighter grain patterns is strong enough for reclaimed wood beams, flooring and furniture. Tighter grain patterns indicate higher density, meaning that the salvaged wood is less likely to warp during the up-cycling process.
It is best to avoid water-damaged timber when producing reclaimed wood products. When water migrates through timber, it compromises the wood's strength. Moreover, water opens up spaces where beetles can infest and weaken old beams.
3. Up-cycling Procedures for Reclaiming Wood
Once you've acquired your reclaimed lumber, it may require some work to coax its beauty out from beneath its weathered surface.
Clean the wood. Using a wire brush, scrape off any dirt, mud and debris from the reclaimed wood. As you work each piece of wood, remove anything that could get caught in a saw or other piece of machinery. Protruding nails or screws would definitely fall into this category.
Next, pressure-wash the wood to remove paint and other exterior debris. Call a contractor if you find you must remove lead paint. Because lead paint is highly toxic for both humans and the environment, only certified contractors should remove it. If you decide to keep some old paint on the finished project, you should seal it with polyurethane sealant at this point.
Apply insecticide, if desired. An wise step is to apply an insecticide treatment to the wood after it's been cleaned. Most professionals use borate, sprayed directly on the wood, to eliminate any insects that could be living in the reclaimed lumber.
Dry the wood. Once it's clean, the wood must be cured in the hot sun. This removes moisture and decreases the chances that the wood will warp once placed in a home or business. You can either expose the wood to hot sunshine over a period of several days, flipping it often to discourage mildew growth, or have it cured in a kiln, which quickly dries the wood and removes all mildew growth. Kiln drying the reclaimed wood can speed this process as well as eliminate any insects without the use of chemicals.
From flooring to paneling, furniture to storage, salvaged wood from old barns and buildings can create a multitude of products. Those who choose to purchase reclaimed wood beams, flooring and other reclaimed wood products can feel good knowing they helped reduce the amount of deforestation on our planet. If you're considering salvaging that old eyesore barn or outbuilding, follow the tips above to safely, efficiently produce valuable reclaimed lumber.


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VBScript to copy user defined no of row from source file into new file
below is the script which reads all the lines of text file, and echo.
Code: VB
Plese please please,
can anybody modify the above script, to read user define no of rows, and copy that row into new text file with same name as source file on same location where source file is present
i m using following syntex to run the above mention script from command line (windows),
cscript "file location\script.vbs" (Above script)
which is working perfectly fine,
But what i want is, with above syntex now i will enter No.of raw which i wants to read, and please dont make this script hard code i.e i have to change name of source.file in to the script. which also i want user will pass with .vbs script, so the final syntex that i will enter in command line (windows)is as follows;
cscript "Script_location\Script.vbs" "File_location\File_Name.txt" "Row_count"
"Script_location\Script.vbs" = Our script.vbs location
"File_location\File_Name.txt" = source file which user wants to read
"Row_Count" = No of row of source.txt which user wants to read
After running above line in command line the new text file which is created by the script which contain only user specified no. of rows on the same loacation where source file is present.
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Ensemble Therapeutics said today it has launched a pair of R&D collaborations with Novartis based on the pharma giant's licensing of the biotech's class of IL-17 antagonists.
One collaboration is based on antagonists of the inflammatory cytokine implicated in multiple inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The other will apply Ensemble's drug discovery platforms to discover new small molecule treatments against undisclosed Novartis-specified drug targets.
Under their global strategic collaboration, Ensemble will receive an undisclosed up-front payment from Novartis, and will be eligible for potential payments tied to development and sales milestones. Ensemble will also receive research funding from Novartis, as well as tiered royalties on potential future sales of products that may result from the collaboration.
Ensemble reasons that an orally active inhibitor would complement current clinical-stage anti-IL-17 antibody products that have shown effectiveness in multiple human clinical trials involving various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The protein–protein nature of interaction of IL-17 with its receptor has complicated the design of traditional small molecule pharmaceutical inhibitors, a hurdle addressed to date by injectable protein therapeutics directed to the ligand, such as Novartis's secukinumab, which met its endpoints against psoriasis in a Phase III trial. Such injectable candidates have also been developed by Amgen and Eli Lilly.
According to Ensemble, its antagonists represent potential first-in-class, orally active, small molecule inhibitors of the inflammatory cytokine.
"Novartis has recognized the strength of Ensemble's orally bioavailable drug candidates against this difficult-to-drug protein–protein interaction target, and we believe Novartis is the best-suited pharmaceutical company to partner with us to rapidly develop and market important new medicines for the treatment of IL-17-mediated disease," Ensemble CEO Michael D. Taylor, Ph.D., said in a statement.
Novartis joins several pharma and biotech giants in launching research alliances with Ensemble aimed at accessing its libraries of synthetic macrocycle drugs between small molecules and biologics, or Ensemblins™, for affinity screening in drug discovery efforts against targets that are hard to address because they are now undruggable through conventional small molecule drugs. Those partners include Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, and Pfizer.
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Coping with the 'New Normal': Adjunct Faculty's Treatment in Higher Education
That adjunct faculty are doing more and more teaching is a given but does not mean that all institutions treat their adjunct faculty equally or similarly. This roundtable seeks a range of perspectives and narratives on the modern adjunct experience: negative to positive, as well as resources and support made available to adjunct faculty. Every aspect of how welcome, supported, and integrally part of their institution/ department adjunct faculty are made to feel is of interest.
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FOR most people, playing a young woman who has her legs amputated isn't the easiest of film roles to take on, but Marion Cotillard says that she had the perfect distraction from the intensity of her Rust and Bone character.
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[reply to xml-dev only - I'm sure JamesT will read this]. At 21:34 02/05/98 +0800, James K. Tauber wrote: > REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) > unmoderated group comp.text.xml > >This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a >comp.text.xml newsgroup. This is not a Call for Votes (CFV); >you cannot vote at this time. Procedural details are below. I am deliberately neutral about this - this message is simply to state how I see XML-DEV's position w.r.t. the propose comp.text.xml [...] >A newsgroup for the discussion of the Extensible Markup >Language (XML); including, but not limited to the specifications >and syntax, document creation and editing, interchange, software, >processing and database integration. This applies not only to XML >itself but also the Extensible Linking Language (XLL), the Extensible >Style Language (XSL), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) as applied to XML >documents, and to document types and applications of XML. XML-DEV has had and continues to have robust and IMO valuable discussion in these areas. > >Justification > >XML is a new language, and it appears that it will be extremely >popular. > >Over the past few months, traffic on the XML-DEV and XML-L mailing lists has >grown rapidly. With the release of the W3C Recommendation for XML 1.0, >developer interest is growing rapidly and an increasing amount of software >is >being released. A newsgroup would make it much easier for a wider audience >to participate in and benefit from these discussions. I will leave Henry to answer whether there are any current problems of scale. [I would hate to promise his services without checking :-)] > [...] > > >Policy on Advertising > >We encourage discussion of the merits and shortcomings of >commercial products. A certain amount of advertising (both objective >and advocative) is to be expected and this is to be encouraged as >long as the products and services relate directly to XML and the >announcements are brief. Company representatives are expected to >participate in discussions of their product that they themselves did >not initiate. There has never been the slightest hint of abuse of this on XML-DEV and for this I thank the XML community. We aren't yet at the stage where there are a large number of XML products in common use, so haven't got to the 'I bought XML-FOO last week and when I try to run DUCKBOOK under it it ...'. > So far there have also been very few 'What is a DDT?' 'Where do I find the < and > on my keyboard?'. Peter Flynn and Robin Cover (and many others) must take great credit for providing answers to every conceivable question. Since I have asked these sort of Qs on comp.text.sgml 3 years ago, I expect that there needs to be a similar place for XML. XML-DEV isn't appropriate for large volumes of such Qs. I'm neutral whether it should be on comp.text.xml, comp.text.sgml or XML-L. P. Peter Murray-Rust, Director Virtual School of Molecular Sciences, domestic net connection VSMS http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/vsms, Virtual Hyperglossary http://www.venus.co.uk/vhg xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas is known around the world as 'Sin City,' but over the weekend thousands of believers gathered there to cry out for a spiritual revival.
The City of Lights
Welcome to Las Vegas: city of lights, casinos, and non stop entertainment. It draws millions of thrill seekers each year, promising to keep your sins secret.
But in another part of town a cry went out - not for a show or a rock concert - but a cry that Christian leaders from 'The Call' say is touching heaven for Las Vegas.
There's something about seeing this many people just worshipping with all their hearts. Makes you think of what heaven will be like. And that's what The Call is all about: calling heaven down to earth and here in Las Vegas - crying out to God for mercy instead of judgment. "Beloved I assure you a military invasion is scheduled for this nation and it will be terrifying if God's hand of mercy does not break in - and it will be in the hands of the prayer movement of this nation," Mike Bickel, from the Internationall House of Prayer, said.
Lou Engle started The Call movement seven years ago. He says that in a city that is known for sin, God is sending salvation.
Engle said, "I believe there is no safe place for the devil. We're believing for miracles and a prayer movement that will erupt in this city and contend with the darkness - that's our dream, that's why we're come."
Some 10,000 believers packed the Thomas & Mack Center for 12 hours of intense prayer and fasting for Las Vegas.
"I want to pray for my city, this is my home. I want to see something change. I want to see prostitutes turn to Christ, I want to see the lost and the lonely just open up their arms and say, I want God. This is not a city that's been forgotten," Ashley Woods, a Las Vegas resident, said.
What Happens in Vegas…
"I want to see casinos become these massive houses of prayer. Crazy right? And I want people to come to here to get healed instead of to gamble," Johnny Andow, Las Vegas resident, said.
And as for that commercial that says -'What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas' - Christian leaders say that's not true.
"God sees everything. Nothing is hidden from His eyes. absolutely a false statement," Bickel said.
What organizers do hope stays in Las Vegas is the spiritual outpouring they experienced during The Call. And they're believing that from this night on the city known for sin will never be the same.
Look Out Sin City! A Revival's Coming
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DeviantART claims to be the largest online community of artists and art lovers, and its hundreds of chatrooms allow you to chat live with other members. There are several types of icons that may appear in deviantART chatrooms. Your profile avatar is the main icon that identifies you throughout the site, including chatrooms, but you can also create a business logo to use as your profile avatar to promote sales in the deviantART Shop. Other types of chat icons include emoticons, which you can use according to your chatroom settings and the permissions set by a chatroom owner.
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Log in to deviantART with your username and password. Select your username on the main toolbar, then click on "Settings" from the drop-down menu.
Click the "Change your avatar" button under "Avatar," from the Public Identity section of the Settings page.
Click "Upload Image" or "Use Webcam," select your desired image and click the "Save" button. Your selected profile avatar icon will now appear in a chatroom when another user hovers his mouse over your username in the right-hand panel.
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Hover your cursor over the drop-down arrow next to the "deviantART" logo in the upper left corner of your screen, then select "Chat" from the drop-down menu.
Click on your desired chatroom option from either "Featured Chatrooms" or "All Chatrooms," or simply click "Chat Now" to enter the main chatroom. If you want administrative privileges to control the use of emoticons, create your own chatroom by clicking "Create a Chatroom" on the right panel.
Click on the "Chatroom Settings" link at the lower right corner of the chatroom. Make sure that each box is checked to allow images, smilies, emoticons and avatars -- if you want to view them in the chat. Click "Save Settings." Smilies are basic emoticons with a smiling expression.
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Today through Saturday is Emergency Medical Services Week. This year's theme is "Everyday Heroes."
Traditionally, we recognize the ambulance services and their personnel: first responders, emergency medical technicians, paramedics and prehospital registered nurses.
This year, I would like to broaden that recognition to include the entire chain of emergency medical providers.
No doubt the front line of emergency medicine rests with ambulance personnel. They respond at all hours, in any weather, and into situations that can put them in harm's way. Many times they make decisions that lead to lifesaving interventions - unheard of 40 years ago.
Some are paid, but many are volunteers. Their willingness to accept the awesome responsibility of holding the outcome of another person's life in their hands defies understanding. Why would any reasonable person get out of bed at 3 a.m. to respond to an emergency in a snowstorm and put his or her own well-being in jeopardy? And all for little or no compensation!
This special blend of compassion, dedication and emergency medical expertise is the makeup of an everyday hero.
And when the ambulance rolls up the ramp to the emergency room entrance, it is met by a team of ER technicians, registered nurses, physician assistants and emergency medical physicians who are cut from the same cloth as the ambulance personnel.
It is very common for ER techs and RNs to be ambulance service providers also. They work in an environment of extreme tension, with little or no room for mistakes. Their ability to render the same care and compassion to a child as to a drug addict speaks volumes about the type of people they are.
In addition, we are extremely fortunate in this region to have the next level of care available, specifically trauma and stroke centers. The level of expertise and technology in these centers has saved untold numbers of lives.
Potential patients can do some things to make the EMS system run even smoother. Always have a current list of medications, including dosages, ready for the ambulance crew. Carry it with you in case you are in an accident. And remember, when going to the ER, it is not first come, first served, but rather medical priority based on a person's condition.
Finally, for natural disasters and terror threats, remember the three-day rule: Be prepared with enough medications, first-aid supplies, food and water to last three days in the event of an emergency.
We are blessed to have a truly outstanding EMS system. Please remember to smile and say thanks this week to our "everyday heroes."
Flo Eberhart is prehospital manager for Altoona Regional Health System.


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by Mark Barrett, guest community blogger
Barrel to Keg Relay Event Director
It's one thing to look at a satellite map and plan a relay race course. It's another thing to actually drive the course with runners in mind.
Last Saturday, March 19th, I started a journey at Harris Bridge Vineyard with Dee and Dave Teems (from CSC), Nathan (from HBV) and Deputy Gary Davey (from Lincoln County), intent upon measuring the Barrel to Keg Relay course with a GPS and determining the exchange zones.
With 62 miles on the planned course, we were looking for exchanges every five or six miles. We needed places with good parking and a safe way for runners to hand off. We were also looking for landmarks and points of interest on the way.
We discovered a castle just before the first exchange. (Look for it at mile 4.5). We parked and imagined what the junction of Harris and Tum Tum Roads would look like in July with runners and support vans. Looks good.
Leg 2 turned out to be the shortest leg, but also the toughest. The first half mile is mostly flat, then climbs 800 feet over the next three miles. Who wants this beast of a leg?
Leg 3 reaches the highest elevation—1600 feet—and mercifully heads downhill, through forest as dense and memorable as those in Middle Earth. The exchange at the end of Leg 3 is a pleasant spot, the babbling of Mary's Peak Creek just yards away.
Leg 4 runs along Shotpouch Road, flat and scenic. At this point Gary gave us a choice—stick to my original plan and hit another batch of monster hills, or take a different route that was flatter, but just as beautiful. Although it would add six miles to the total distance, the flat option seemed the best.
Leg 5 hits some rolling hills along Burnt Woods-Harlan Road, the shoulders safe for running and lots of trees to provide shade in July.
Spout Creek is in sight for most of Leg 6, finishing near a campground frequented by people who like to fish. Again the creek and the trees will keep things cool, even in July.
Leg 7 ended at a rusty bridge and Leg 8 at Updike Road, our total distance now at 40.7 miles. We talked about what was ahead and realized that we'd end up with a thirteen leg relay. We decided to press on and fix it later.
Leg 9 brought us off the back roads and onto busier paved roads. Leg 10 started at the Elk City County Park and rolled into Leg 11 at the Cannon Quarry Boat Ramp. Leg 11 rolls through Toledo and onto Bay Road, matching part of the Newport Marathon course.
Leg 12 brought us only as far as Sawyer's Landing, but it was a welcome sight. Dion, the owner, is an athlete and was excited to be able to help the runners have a great race.
Leg 13 rolls along Yaquina Bay, past the Wax Museum, Ripley's Believe It or Not, and the Rogue Pub. We drove the Yaquina Bay Bridge that the last runner will get to run. We finished our day at the Rogue Brewery, as the runners will do on July 23rd.
I drove the course again on Wednesday with a friend, tweaking a few exchange zones to make them safer and combining Legs 7 and 8 into one leg so we'd have twelve legs. I'm still liking Leg 2, despite—or because of—that monster hill. All roads lead to the Rogue Brewery, where I met Dee and Dave again to hash out a few details.
So now I'm working on maps of each leg. I'll get them done and posted on the web site ASAP. I know that's important information for relay teams.
This is going to be a good one. Start forming your team now.
Here are the vitals for the inaugural Barrel to Keg Relay:
When: Saturday, July 23, 2011
What time: There are going to be five starting waves, starting at 7a and running each half hour until 9a
Where: Harris Bridge Winery in Philomath to Rogue Brewery in Newport
Register: Online here for $45 per person before May 1, 2011 and $50 per person after.


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Behavior is often perceived as part of personality, but some ferret behavior and traits are driven by biology. Hormonal changes affect ferret behavior. The aroma of an intact (whole) ferret is quite noticeable. Other changes are traits of the species during breeding season. Most intact ferrets make poor pets during breeding season. They have a heavy musk odor and mark their territory, although there are some exceptions. Jills are not usually a problem but do mark their territory and their personality changes toward other female ferrets in the group. This usually manifests as squabbles between one or two other females. In some cases there can be outright fighting but normally not enough to cause severe damage.
The hob's behavior in ferret breeding season is more pronounced. They must be kept separated in most cases. Two hobs together in breeding season can result in severe fighting, even death. Further, their attitude toward you may be aggressive. In addition, this behavior can be an early warning sign of medical problems, especially adrenal disease, in any ferret. Mike and Arita Morrett are co-owners of Savannah Lakes Ferretry in South Carolina, where they reside with their eight ferrets, and breed pet and show-quality ferrets.
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In Reply to: passion plant problem posted by jason on October 03, 2002 at 06:55:12:
: i have a passion plant which appears to be healthy. grows fairly quick very green lots of leaves and buds. my problem is that the buds keep falling off. they get to be about the diameter of a dime, and then they fall off. this has been going on for about 6 months. anybody with a suggestion? i would greatly appreciate your help!
Hi Jason,
I've never heard of a shrub called a passion plant. Do you have a botanical name or another name for it?


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text: Any day you get to spend fishing is a great day and the Family Fishing Day held on June 8 at Twin Pines Conservation Education Center is no exception. Although rain delayed due to the storms that rolled thru the previous Saturday, there was still a good turnout with more than 70 participants ranging in age from 3 years old to 70 years young. Kids, parents and grandparents were all fed a good lunch and with the assistance of the Take Me Fishing program thru Wal-mart and Zebco, there were some pretty good prizes. Part of the statewide Free Fishing Day, this is the fourth annual event at Twin Pines. Just one more reason Missouri is a great place to hunt and fish!


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Google Drive is a cloud storage from Google that you can use to store and manage private maps, or collaborate with colleagues and friends in a controlled environment. This page outlines the most important information about working with Google Drive in MindMup. For more information on Google Drive in general, and associated products, see the Google Drive support page.
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You will need a Google account to store files to Drive. Private Google accounts have access to Drive without any special requirements. If you are using a corporate Google Apps account, then the Google Drive access will need to be enabled by your administrator (in most cases, it already is). To check if you have access to Drive, go to http://drive.google.com.
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The first time you try to save a map to Google Drive, or to open a map stored on Google Drive by someone else, MindMup will ask you to authorise access to your Drive. It's important to know that all access to Drive goes directly from your browser, but Google requires you to approve our code (running in the browser) to load and save files in your account. Click on the "Click here to authenticate" link.
If you are not currently logged in to your Google account, Google might pop up a dialog asking you to log in. Then it will present a dialog asking you to authorise access to your files from MindMup. Click on "Allow Access" button.
This will enable MindMup to access the files while you are online and logged in to your Google account in the browser session. It will also add an application to your Google Drive, so that you can directly open MindMup and FreeMind files from Drive with a single click.
The operation you started (saving or loading) will now continue. From this point on, as long as you are logged in to the same Google account, you will not be asked to repeat the process. If you try to access any of your maps while not logged in, MindMup will ask you to authenticate, which will up bring the Google log in dialog.
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Unlike the maps stored on our public cloud storage, which are anonymous, Google Drive maps belong to a particular user so there is no reason to always generate a new version when saving. This means that a map is saved to the same file, and URLs of Google maps are permanent. For the most important differences between Google Drive and our storage, see Storage Options.
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You should see a blue spider MindMup icon next to your MindMup files.
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When you save the file, we will store a new MindMup file on your Drive instead of overwriting the FreeMind file (so opening a FreeMind file is effectively treated as an import).
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Google Drive allows you to specify access privileges for collaborators. If you give them the authorisation to change a file, then we will just update the same file when they save (so you can see their changes as well). If you just give them the authorisation to see the file, they will get an option to save a copy.
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This wednesday ushered in a wonderful confluence of events: getting to visit with Tony Bourdain, and picking up my new motorcycle! This proved to be a wonderful combination for my brain's pleasure center.
We jetted up (2 hour drive) wednesday morning to Portland for the Bourdain event, hosted by the cooking supply store In Good Taste. They proved to be a very warm reception, and a wonderful spot to meet Bourdain.
Upon entering the store we were given name tags, which served to help facilitate Tony getting names for book signing (or its a good excuse for chest oogling). The store staff gave us a small plate of grapes, slices of a blue-ish cheese nut roll, and crackers to accompany a glass of sparkling white wine. The crowd size was kept small, to approximately 30 people, so the space felt like a gathering, not a crowd.
I had silly smile moments to be the receiver of store owner Barbara Dawson's wonderful hosting energy. From introducing Sweets and I to Nick of Extra Msg, to mentioning to Tony that I am in the league of food bloggers, it was fun being highlighted with this distinction.
The event was very casual and relaxed, with Bourdain answering general questions from the audience and then booksigning the rest of the time. Nick taped the conversation, and will hopefully have some choice quotes up on Extra MSG.
I asked about how the El Bulli DVD came into being, as it felt in flavor like an episode from Cook's Tour. Bourdain shared how the relationship with his show and the Food Network was becoming more of a tussle over creative rights and direction. The opportunity to visit Ferran Adria came during the taping of Cooks Tour and Foodtv balked at the topic. In their mind this was yet another person on the show who didn't speak English- and way too many foreign accents; they wouldn't fund it. So Tony and his producers funded it themselves out of pocket. ANd ended up leaving for Discovery's Travel Channel.
Some of Tony's philosophies that came out:
- Being a chef is about bringing the ultimate pleasure to your dinner. What tastes best is of utmost importance (vs raising methods and ethics).
- To travel to another culture with personal restrictions in place with your diet is insane.
- The best meals are never planned, they sneak up on you. This underlines the importance of keeping yourself open to new experiences.
- Cooking/feeding is a practice of control and power. The chef is and should be dominant in establishing what is to be fed to the diner. Tell me what is good and then feed it to me… don't confuse me with unnecessary choices.
Extra MSG has fun behind the scenes write ups on Bourdain's Portland tattoo excursions.
Also, there are sneak previews of some of the food related tattoos to be featured on No Reservations.
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Have you read Bourdain's *The Bobby Gold Stories?*
- No I haven't. A good pick up?
I love this guy!
Wow this sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for the report.
He's a great host. I caught Hell's Kitchen on TV last night for the first time and was really put off by Gordon Ramsey. What is it with Brits coming to America (like Simon Cowell) and being really nasty to everyone?!
- Regarding Ramsey- I've heard its suppose to be accurate regarding making kitchen work not fun looking. Seems like alot of kitchens (not all) use the drill sergent mode. Maybe this is because of the quality of worker being similar to those in basic training…
Not how I work my best, that much I know
I love Anthony Bourdain! I much prefer him to Gordon Ramsey, but I do have to be honest and say that Gordon's shows started in the UK first and he has made his fame being nasty to everyone. He just brought his own personality to America, much like Simon did. Nothing particular about Americans!
Gordon Ramsey is awesome. He's one of Anthony Bourdain's favorite people/chefs too and acknowledges Ramsey in his books and interviews. If you watch the show Kitchen Confidential, you'll see what his personality is really like. You can't see too much of it on Hell's Kitchen because fox tries to edit it out so he appears meaner. Can also read some of Ramsey's interviews online, he's a big kid that happens to know his stuff when it comes to being a chef/restaurant owner.


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Bundling and Economies of Scope
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Communications & Strategies, Special Issue, November 2008
This paper examines how bundling and economies of scope impact competition. We model a duopoly where two firms, produce the two components of a system. We show that firms always have a unilateral incentive to target a discount to consumers who buy the two goods close to the same firm. In our model, the Nash equilibrium is one of mixed bundling. The economies of scope (created by bundling) act to reduce (increase) firms' profits when the market is completely (partially) covered. Moreover, economies of scope act to increase consumer surplus.
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We read on Cruise Critics this was an old ship but we had no idea what shape it was in. When the seas were rough it creaks worse than an old woman's bones. The first night the fire alarm went off because the dryer caught fire, it was brought under control quickly. The exterior is pretty rusted in many places but they have a crew of about five working on scraping and puttying and painting so you constantly have workers around and the smells of paint and varnish.
Room: Since we signed up late room selection was limited and we ended up under the upper floor of Deluxe Suites and at the front making the rough seas felt even more. Sadly the folks upstairs were running track so there was constant thumping. Our room was spacious but not like some of the newer ships, the furniture worn and the bathroom sliding door had to have a sock stuck into it to keep it from rattling all night when closed. Our stewards kept it quite clean but we found a tube of ointment in the sheets on our thirteenth day of cruising that WAS NOT OURS! Needless to say it freaked me out since I had hoped they changed the sheets between us and the last occupants. I just kept telling myself not to think about it. Plenty of closet space but the bed was too low to put our suitcases under so took up room in the closet on the floor. The mattress was oh so old not like the newer ships, it was so bowed from wear I kept feeling I would roll off the bed, also two singles together so lump in the middle. The balcony was very shallow and no table to have lunch on, bummed hubby out totally, a single chair with rusty tiny table so gross, and a couple of rattan chairs and small table. The TV on the bed side was tiny so we never used it; the one in the living room side was flat screen and Bose speakers very nice. On sea days we watched TV series of "Rome" and "The Tudors" from the ship library for free, comes with the suite. Sure would have been nice if they had full couches instead of leather loveseats, too short to lie on comfortably, there was more than enough room to accommodate a couch. Toilet was separate which I liked, bath fine but side of tub are quite high to step over but there is a handle to hold on to.
Dining. Well...this is a huge problem on this ship. We used room service from the La Fontaine also included in our suite, for the life of me I could not get them to take the order correctly and bring everything we asked for. Sometimes they forgot the bread but brought the butter other times no butter but we got bread, salad hard to just get a plain garden salad with ranch. I could not get them to take the trays away, at one point I asked the young man to remove the tray from the previous night when he delivered breakfast and he said someone else would come get it, they did not. I called for tray pick up like instructed but no one ever came. This chef used mushrooms and seafood constantly and I eat neither so very limited foods I could find to eat. Breakfast at the Pinnacle Grill was nice but again orders were messed up and for some reason they couldn't cook my steak or eggs right, a first in all our sailings with HAL. The manager of PG was excellent man very hard working but what can you do with a staff that seems a drift. The Lido...nightmare! We only tried to eat down there four times out of the whole cruise. No seating, with people using the area to read books! The staff was very lackadaisical, I had to clear a table off to sit down while one young man stood leaning on the railing watching the tenders returning instead of clearing tables. No silverware anywhere, salad bowls empty and where was everyone??? Pizza they would not put out so you just took a slice you had to stand in line and ask for a sliver. This ship only has the La Fontaine, Pinnacle Grill and Lido so limited locations. We also have access to the Neptune Lounge, a small lounge only for suite and penthouse guests. It has books and games to play plus TV. They offer some snacks and breakfast foods if you really don't want to go anywhere and don't want anyone to bring you food. We ate some of the snacks between meals and they were good but cakes and cookies tasteless. The coffee machine was being worked on when we arrived and usually my husband's favorite reason for the suites is the coffee that has always been much better than even the Explorer Lounge. Well this time it was horrible! It was bitter not even two packets of sugar and cream added fixed it. I ended up going to tea instead. In other Neptune Lounges the attendant normally even made our coffee but this young man just sat there on his computer. He did order our movies and handled our passports efficiently when we had to hand them in and retrieve them but he did not go out of his way at any time. They do have a small balcony so if something is on the other side you can use it to photograph from that side of the ship.
Excursions. We signed up for the ships excursions, we once had a situation that we nearly missed the ship and we determined the stress of that we would not opt to use private companies.
Sochi, Russia: Stalin's Summer House, had to have one to get on shore and this one wasn't worth the trip, just a house with two rooms and a manikin of Stalin at his desk and his billiard room. Also a trip up a hill with some booths but not in season so most not open.
Batumi, Georgia-this city was a bit of a mess. The streets and sidewalks all torn up all around the ship with chuck holes in the road and it was raining. The ship bus tour drove for a bit to the fortress nothing much there but the walls, the museum was items glued together. We went to another museum it also was a bunch of glued together pieces nothing spectacular. The folk dancing was pretty cool! Watch for aggressive beggers.
Trabzon, Turkey no tour, it is quite a small place so we walked but the historical place up the hill was locked we did like the museum but it was small.
Sinop, Turkey- no tour again very small we walked around and purchased some bread and some of those circles with sesame seeds baked on top, they are great.
Sevastopol, Ukraine- some cool statutes here we walked around no tour. There is a great cathedral bring a scarf heads must be covered and no photos if you ask.
Monemvasia, Greece-THIS IS A TWO HOUR DRIVE on a bus with very tight fitting seats. We took the tender to go a shore, the bus picked us up at 7:30 after sitting in the showroom from 6:40 am then drove until 9:00 to stop to use the restroom. Sorry but this close to breakfast and no restroom that was painful! We continued on to this hill with some ruins in it but not what I was expecting. Our guide determined she wanted to speak so much we only got to see two small churches still under repair. The other guide managed to get his people up the hill higher to see more. Then the long drive back and all you see are olive groves and citrus groves very boring. Many people were angry about this one. We got back in time to board the tender and get back on the ship.
I had read another review where a person said they took a cruise with HAL and there were so many old people. After taking three cruises I could not understand where this person was coming from, all our previous cruises there was a pretty equal mix of ages except for small children which was next to none. Well this cruise was totally different. I never saw so many people physically impaired before. I did feel like I was in an old folks home. I don't mean to bash the elderly, if you can afford it then cruise but some are down right rude. They sign up for excursions they cannot keep up with, or handle the marble high steeps although they are forewarned. This causes the tours to slow down and we all miss parts due to the time restraint. On one tour it took nearly fifteen minutes for everyone to board the bus because some could not handle the steps. Many of those with canes limping along would push to the front and slow everyone down I guess to keep from being left behind. One person mentioned that the high rate of elderly on this ship is because it is so small they do not have to walk so far to get their meals.
We did take part in the Walk for the Cure and it was nice so many came out. Sadly the deck is so skinny only two people can fit abreast so hard to get around especially with the repair crew working on the exterior of the ship. The back end of the deck the lights were out so early morning walking after the crew did the spraying off of the decks you could not see back there at all. The shuffleboard didn't work because of the non-skid strips and it was laid out across the walking path of other cruisers so we didn't get to play but they had Bochco ball that Italian game but of course we didn't know how to play, also ping pong.
Service: I felt the crew was not the best. They were polite with smiles and hellos but to ask for something you were sometimes ignored. Our room stewards cleaned our room but at times we felt rushed to get out of the room and returned to find them still in there cleaning, on other cruises we never saw our room steward, they were like magic, cleaning and never being seen. Laundry they did pretty good most times and it is included in the price of the suite, but there were times it was poorly pressed and folded when clearly marked to be hung. They were really quick to get my husbands suit cleaned which we appreciated.
Needless to say we had such high hopes of this cruise after paying so much which was double what we normally pay. I won't sail on this ship again.
The same company picked us up and drove us around but he did not do any guiding himself basically he is a Taxi. I would recommend using Hop & Ride it is cheaper and hits the same places. Afterwards we were driven to the ship and boarded.
Istanbul, Turkey-Istanbul Deluxe Part II-we took this because it was a Tuesday and the Palace is closed on Tuesdays except for ship excursions. It was alright a bit slow due to older cruisers walking up steps. We liked the harum portion very pretty.


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Raccoons and Their Relatives (World Book's Animals of the World)by Pat Harvey Sullivan
Do raccoons wear masks? What's special about a raccoon's "hands"? Do raccoons wash their food? Do raccoons hibernate in winter? Find out all about the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of raccoons and such related species as the coati, kinkajou, red panda, and ringtail.
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Whether you love it, hate it or couldn't care less, the shootout is in the NHL to stay.
Adapted after the lockout that canceled the 2004-05 season, the shootout is held during the preseason and regular season when the game is still tied after 60 minutes of regulation and five minutes of overtime. In the shootout, players find themselves skating in all by themselves on the goalie doing whatever they can (within the rules) to steal two points.
Some players have become good at the shootout in the last six seasons, so I decided to make a slideshow to pick the best shootout specialist on every team.
In order to make a selection, I looked at shootout statistics from each team. I determined the representative for each team by overall number of goals scored, game-deciding goals scored, the percentage of game-deciding goals and the overall career percentage. In some instances, there were ties between players in more than one category, so narrowing it down could be challenging.
Also, this is not about the best shootout specialist in a team's history since the shootout. It is the best player that is currently on that team, even if they excelled in the shootout with another team.
If another player was considered for a certain team but didn't make the cut, I will recognize them, too. I hope you enjoy the slideshow, which includes videos of a good shootout goal from each player's career.


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Is Praise Important to You?
The Importance and Power of Praising
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Probably, the most effective way to motivate people is to praise them sincerely, to recognize something that they have done that is worthy of recognition. A good coach knows how to praise. A good manager should do the same. Learn in this Webinar how to encourage others to perform at their very best. Learn how to effectively give praise. And, if you agree that praise is necessary for your own success and others do not praise you, then why not praise yourself.
"In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning." Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
A few years ago, I was preparing to run, for the first time, a three-hour seminar on the Harada Method to 100 senior executives at Suncor. I never did this before and was concerned and nervous. To encourage myself, I remembered periods in the past when I was successful and, like my own coach, I keep repeating, "I will be great!"
"If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it and blow your own trumpet or trust me you haven't a chance." – W. S. Gilbert
When I was young, I never remembered being praised by my father or any teacher. I had a very low self-image of myself. Not being praised, I did not know how to praise offers. But, when I had my own company, early in life, I realized that an important part of my job was to praise others, but I didn't know how.
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being." —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Takashi Harada taught at the worst school in Osaka and was able to coach these "underachievers" to be winners. An important part of his method is to know how to praise.
"One of the highest of human duties is the duty of encouragement…It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others. The world is full of discouragers. We have a Christian duty to encourage one another. Many a time a word of praise or thanks or appreciation or cheer has kept a man on his feet. Blessed is the man who speaks such a word." William Barclay
Free Webinar on Praise with Jim Garrick, manager at Fed EX and Norman Bodek at 2:00pm EDT at: http://likerleadership.webexone.com/login.asp?loc=&link=
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"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."
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Shortly after my election as Texas's 50th Attorney General, we launched a transition team and began carefully studying which issues had to be prioritized by my new administration. Almost immediately, we determined that cracking down on waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program would be a top priority. At the time, just the sheer …
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014
As business leaders and involved citizens in the Charleston County area, Allstate exclusive agency owners have been designated Allstate Premier Agencies for 2014.
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Dishonored originally released on PS3 in 2012, offering a rich new world full of interesting characters that let players pretty much play however they wanted. Example: Placing a Spring Razor trap on a rat, possessing it, and then running it into a gaggle of guards. Flawless victory (unless you're going for a Low Chaos, non-lethal playthrough).
It's hard to believe this week marks the one year anniversary of Dishonored's release. it's been rewarding to see so many people people "get" the game Arkane set out to develop. It's wonderful and very humbling to see the game win numerous Game of the Year accolades (and be able to release a "Game of the Year Edition"), but there's even more satisfaction in hearing fans embracing the fiction and emergent gameplay.
Prepare to unravel supernatural mysteries, or relive two award-winning experiences of 2012. All this and more join the PlayStation lineup this week. Please charge your DualShocks in preparation. Jodie Holmes has not lived her life alone. Since childhood, she has been followed by an unseen entity of incredible power. It's bound to her, and the mystery of this connection only deepens throughout her years.
This week on PSN, the story of Daud — the legendary assassin behind the death of Dunwall's beloved Empress, Jessamine Kaldwin — concludes in Dishonored's final add-on: The Brigmore Witches.
Having been betrayed by your top lieutenant, Billie Lurk, in The Knife of Dunwall, you'll need to rely on two rival gangs — the Dead Eels and the Hatters — in order to make your way to Brigmore Mansion to confront The Brigmore Witches' main antagonist, Delilah.
You've played the role of the Empress' protector, and now you will experience Dishonored from the other side of the coin. Watch our newly released trailer for Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall, which puts you in the role of Daud — the assassin responsible for Empress Jessamine's death.
With Dishonored, the team at Arkane Studios let you decide what type of assassin you wanted to be – you could focus on stealth and remain in shadow, or simply leave a trail of blood across the game's missions. However you played, by the game's end, you had become Dunwall's greatest assassin.
But how do you stack up about against the rest of the world?
In Dishonored's new DLC, Dunwall City Trials, all your skills will be tested across 10 challenge maps. Providing a challenge to all levels of players, these maps will require you to creatively combine your supernatural abilities, weapons and gadgets with well-timed stealth and agility tactics.
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COLUMBIA - Amidst the rugged oak woodlands of the Sierra Nevada foothills lies Columbia State Historic Park - once a busy, brawling gold rush town. The search for gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills offered hope and, for a fortunate few, riches.
COLUMBIA - Columbia was only one of hundreds of settlements that sprang up during the exciting years when the cry of "Gold! " brought Argonauts from all over the world to seek their fortunes in California. Located in the heart of the Mother Lode, a mile wide network of gold-bearing quartz that extends 120 miles along the western edge of the Sierra Nevada, from Mariposa northward to Georgetown, Columbia yielded $87 million in gold at 1860's prices.
Spring in California is the season residents and visitors wait for in eager anticipation. Pacheco State Park in Merced County is just one area in the 209 that bursts into a canvas of unimaginable beauty as delicate wildflowers adorn the landscape with hundreds of lavish colors.
VOLCANO - Are you into daffodils?
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Ok, Ok. So Manteca means lard in Spanish.
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SONORA - You know you're in Sonora, California, when you see "The Red Church." At least, that is true to a lot of visitors to this historic Gold Country town in the foothills. That's also the nickname that locals simply use to describe this photogenic circa-1860 house of worship for the very obvious reason, and why it's a favorite photographic subject of many a camera-toting tourist.
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"We're looking forward to working with Randall County and the sheriff's office," said company president W.A. "Billy" Attebury. "The schedule is very challenging, but it's doable at this point."
A $16,000 alternate package will increase the size of sanitary sewer lines to accommodate future expansion. A second alternate package will allow the plumbing contractor to furnish and install the facility's plumbing fixtures instead of having the county purchase the fixtures and the contractor install them.
Precinct 4 Commissioner Craig Gualtiere recommended the court approve A&S Steel's bid.
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Attebury said after the contracts are negotiated and signed, a notice to proceed will be issued and ground breaking can begin. Architects said the contracts should be complete within three weeks.
County voters approved $12.46 million in certificates of obligation in May 1998 to pay for the facility. After commissioners learned jail costs had increased by about $3 million, commissioners voted to issue certificates of obligation or tax notes to cover the difference.
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Randall County Judge Ted Wood recommended in 1997 that the county build a jail at that location.
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MONKTON Someone took an illegal shot through their truck window at a deer early Wednesday, but hit another vehicle on the road instead, police said.
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The driver of the other truck shot at the deer but missed and hit Deforges truck instead, police said.
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The squirrelfish are often overlooked for fish-only marine aquariums. They are one of the few families of fish that include many species that exhibit red pigmentation, a characteristic that they share with other groups of nocturnal fish. Even though they are attractive, squirrelfish are not for everyone. Many of the species tend to be rather secretive during the day (although the bloodspot squirrelfish is less reclusive than most others in the family), more often venturing out into the open when light levels are low.
The bloodspot squirrelfish (Neoniphon samara) is one species that is often available to marine aquariumkeepers and is certainly worthy of consideration. It tends to be a bolder species that will spend more time in full view.
Difficulty: The bloodspot squirrelfish is relatively easy to keep. The key is providing the bloodspot squirrelfish with useable hiding places, such as large caves and wider crevices. If your new bloodspot squirrelfish feels secure in its new aquarium, and is not harassed by other tankmates, it will gradually adjust to its new life in captivity.
Feeding N. samara can be tricky initially. Try feeding it frozen seafood (chopped to a size that the fish can ingest whole), frozen preparations for marine carnivores, mysid shrimp and krill. The bloodspot squirrelfish may be reluctant to dash out to snap-up food at first, but with time it will become bolder. If your bloodspot squirrelfish does not come out and eat, try feeding it when the room lights are off and the aquarium lights have been dimmed.
Physical description: The bloodspot squirrelfish is elongate, with a pointed snout and a forked tail. The bloodspot squirrelfish is silver overall with thin stripes along its body. The dorsal fin is important when it comes to recognizing this fish: there is a big black spot at the front of the fin, with white markings at the base and ends of the spines. The bloodspot squirrelfish is most similar to the blackfin squirrelfish (N. opercularis), which has a dorsal fin that is almost entirely black (rather than just a black spot). The bloodspot squirrelfish reaches a maximum length of around 12 inches.
Range: The bloodspot squirrelfish is wide-ranging in the Indo-Pacific, occurring from the Red Sea east all the way to the Hawaiian Islands. The bloodspot squirrelfish is found at depths of 5 to 150 feet on patch reefs, reef faces and forereef slopes. Bloodspot squirrelfish are often found hanging out near crevices and large stands of staghorn coral during the day. When threatened, they slip into a shelter. The bloodspot squirrelfish is often observed singly, but it occasionally occurs in groups.
The bloodspot squirrelfish feeds on a variety of invertebrates, but it has a soft spot for crabs. Neoniphon samara does most of its hunting after dark.
Compatibility: The bloodspot squirrelfish is a good addition for a community of medium-sized fish. The bloodspot squirrelfish is not aggressive toward nonrelated species, unless they attempt to take over its preferred hiding place. The bloodspot squirrelfish may also squabble with soldierfish and other squirrelfish. You should keep only one bloodspot squirrelfish per aquarium.
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Breeding: The bloodspot squirrelfish is not likely to spawn in home aquaria.
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