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The Pulaski Technical College board of trustees, Dr. Dan F. Bakke, college president, and the faculty and staff of Pulaski Tech invite you to join us for a short hard hat tour of the new Little Rock - South site.
The new site will house the Pulaski Technical College Transportation Technology Center and will allow a substantial increase in enrollment for transportation -related training that is vital to meeting the workforce demands of the 21st century.
In 2005, Pulaski Tech purchased building formerly known as the Expo Center, located just off I-30 near the Saline and Pulaski county boundary. Construction is nearing completion and the transformation is amazing!
The center will be home to expanded programs in:
Automotive technology
These programs will dramatically increase access to higher education for residents of Saline and south Pulaski counties. Most importantly, the Pulaski Technical College Little Rock-South site will further the mission of the college: to provide access to high quality education that promotes student learning, to enable individuals to develop to their fullest potential and to support the economic development of the state of Arkansas.
For more information contact:
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Cozy studio sized 25m2 with WIFI.
It's strategically located within the historical city centre of Malaga. Just by PLAZA CONSTITUCION (the main square in Malaga).
The studio is in a 4th floor and there is NOT an elevator on the building.
However, if this is not a problem for you... it's worth it!!!.
It is comfortable and functional and offers a beautiful views over the pedestrian Especeria st. , because it has two large old style Spanish balconies that make the space fresh and lightly.
It suits 2 people. It has a new and comfortable pull-out sofa-bed -1'40 m width x 2'00m long .. With a large fun at the ceiling.
The kitchen comprises of hob, fridge , freezer, washing machine, microwave cooking utensils. There is a private bathroom with shower .
In the historical center are all the monuments , museums , cafes and more typical restaurants , shops ....
It takes 5min walking to the Alameda Principal,where there are located all the lines of urban buses and RENFE train station , with direct connection to Malaga airport .
Walking to la Malagueta beach it takes about 20 min ,through a beautiful park under the trees .
Towels and sheets are provided.
Check -in after 11:00 pm has an additional cost of 20 euros tahat are paid by cash at the arrival at the studio.
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Check-in after 11:00pm has an additional cost of 20 euros that are paid in cash at the arrival at the studio.
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La casa è in pieno centro! Da questa si possono raggiungere le strade principali e i luoghi di interesse. Anche la spiaggia e il porto sono raggiungibili a piedi. La signora è stata davvero gentile. Il problema di questa stanza è che il bagno in camera è stato ricavato da un angolo, e non è chiuso sopra. Questo crea molta umidità nella camera, con la conseguenza che la seconda notte ci siamo ritrovate quelle 30 ma dico veramente 30 zanzare in camera, dire che mi hanno mangiato viva quella notte e le due successive è poco. Sto pienissima di punture :S. Quindi vi consiglio assolutamente di portarvi spray per le zanzare, del resto tutto OK.
I stayed in the apartment for 10 days on my own. The room is really nice - it's very light with the two balconies and nicely done up. I felt very comfortable there the whole time. The bathroom is small but lovely arranged and the shower stall, sink etc. seemed to be quite new. There's even a 2nd, big mirror at the inside of the bathroom door, if you like to check yourself before going outside. ;-) The kitchen had everything I needed for preparing a good breakfast/brunch. There's a nice bakery just around the corner!
Arantxa is very kind and easy-going, she always reacted quickly to my messages. When I arrived I felt very welcome. Arantxa took some time to give me some tips and to answer my questions and even gave me a bottle of wine as a welcome present.
The apartment is perfectly located at the periphery of the pedestrian area, near the main square. All sights are within walking distance. A lot of cafes and restaurants are near. For such a central location it's not too loud in the evening (almost no cars!), although sometimes there can be a few noisy pedestrians at night, passing the street (especially at the weekend). The way to the beach and to the train and bus station isn't long either.
So all in all I can really recommend this apartment!
Arantxa and George were really, really nice to meet when we came to check-in on the arrival day! They were so welcoming and smiling! We felt at home in the apartment and we really enjoyed the stay! The apartment is very, very nice located, there is a nice view from the balcony and everything is great in the apartment! There is anything that one could need for a nice stay :) We can only recommend to stay at this apartment! If we could give it more stars than we did, we would!
Unfortunately we could not reach Malaga because of the big fire occurred inside of the Airport of Rome Fiumicinoon the 7th of May that caused the cancellation of almost all the flights.
However Arantxa was very supportive and kind with us.
We kept constantly in contact with her and she sympathized with our situation and was very professional and understanding.
I highly recommend the apartment as it is located beautifully in the centre of the city. It is small but cosy and very good for living. Moreover the hostess Arantxa is very friendly and helpful. If I come to Malaga next time I shall definitely try to stay there again.
Very nice place to stay, nice persons Arantxa and her mother, they never bother you. Located very central. I was happy there
We stayed in this appartment for 5 days and we loved every minute of it. Arantxa and her husband really go out of their way to make your stay a pleasant one. The location is great, right in the center. The appartment might have been the cleanest we've ever seen and we travel a lot. If you are looking for a nice little place to spend your time as a couple look no further. I'm sure everyone will enjoy their stay as much as we did.
Our stay at Arantxa's apartment was fantastic! Very centrally located - right in the main town center and just a short walk to the beach! Arantxa was so nice and gave us great recommendations and the apartment had everything that we needed! It was very clean, as well! Would definitely come back and recommend to others!
In the historical center of Malaga. A nice appartment. You have to climbe 4 stairs. Cheap and clean.
We stayed one week in Arantxas appartement in Málaga and we totally agree to the description above. There's no possibility to stay more central than in this appartement! You have a great view to la place de la constitucion and you reach every other place within a few minutes. The appartement is very clean, we don't have anything to complain about. Arantxa is so nice, she gave us a lot of useful tipps! So all together: Málaga is so great. If you want to spend a holiday there, you should stay in Arantxas appartement. We definetely will if we should come back one day. Thanks Arantxa!
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OVAE Welcomes Leigh Jenkins
Leigh Jenkins is serving in OVAE as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow for 2010. The Einstein Fellowship Program offers current elementary and secondary mathematics, technology, and science classroom teachers with demonstrated excellence in teaching an opportunity to serve in the national public policy arena. Originally from El Paso, Texas, Jenkins has lived in Morgan County, W. Va., since 1989, teaching in its schools for the last 12 years. She worked as an Environmental Specialist for Gifford-Hill, a cement corporation, in Texas before moving to W. Va. She taught Advanced Placement biology and Advanced Placement environmental science, as well as advanced biology, at Berkeley Springs High School. Jenkins holds a Bachelor of Science from Texas A & M University and a Master of Arts from the University of Texas at El Paso, both in sociology. She earned both her teaching certification in biology and general science and her Master of Arts in curriculum and instruction from Shepherd College.
While at the Department of Education, Jenkins will be lending a teacher's perspective to issues promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education in secondary and post-secondary programs. She is working on the current federal initiative to promote sustainability education and environmental literacy in public schools. She was recently involved with the coordination of the Sustainability Education Summit: Citizenship and Pathways for a Green Economy, designed to help build shared visions and strategies for education's role in building a sustainable and green economy
Tennessee Receives Grant Investing in Financial Education for College Access and Success
The U.S. Department of Education awarded $1.7 million to the Tennessee Department of Education through the Financial Education for College Access and Success Program. The purpose of the grant is to develop, implement, and evaluate middle school and high school personal finance instructional materials and teacher training. The program will examine how to better prepare students to apply for federal student financial aid and enroll in college by implementing new approaches that will teach students to invest in higher education and make sound financial planning decisions. All materials developed through this program will be open education resources, produced under an open license. The materials will be available online for educators across the country to modify or adopt. In addition, the methodology to provide service-learning fairs at the middle school level for students and parents will be developed, and fairs will be held during three years of the project. For further information about the Tennessee Collegiate Financial Planning Project, contact Emily Williams at email@example.com.
Departments of Labor and Education Host Forum on Post-secondary Credential Attainment
On Sept. 28, 2010, ED's Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education Brenda Dann-Messier and the Department of Labor's Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration Jane Oates hosted a credentialing forum. National education and workforce sector representatives met for a facilitated discussion to identify strategies through which the public workforce and educational systems can increase the number of adults who attain industry-recognized and/or postsecondary credentials that result in increased earnings, employment, and career advancement. In addition to identifying strategies, the group also identified barriers to reaching the goal and began the process of developing recommendations for overcoming them.
Nevada Selects Deeds as Adult Education Coordinator
Brad Deeds has joined Nevada's Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education as the state's new adult education coordinator. For the past six years, Deeds served as manager of adult basic education at Truckee Meadows Community College. Deeds was responsible for launching programs supporting adult education students' transition to postsecondary opportunities and recently served on the National Council of State Directors of Adult Education Immigration Workgroup. He is a founding board member and current recording secretary of Nevada Adult Educators as well as president-elect of the Mountain Plains Adult Education Association.


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GS: Now, you've discovered what you think is the safe level of peanut for the 99 percent of allergic individuals. [This will be discussed in the Winter issue of Allergic Living magazine.] But that was based on analysis of 750 subjects in France and the Netherlands. I understand you will be doing further research?
ST: Some people might have a concern, can we rely on this European data to predict what would happen [to patients] in the U.S. and Canada? We are continuing to do research and we are about to start what we call the "One-Shot Experiment".
[He explains that as potentially peanut-allergic subjects as they show up at certain allergy clinics and as part of their appointment], they will be given this one dose that we have chosen …. So we'll see if the dose distribution curve [which they've created from past studies] is predictive where a much wider range of people are tested in a lot more centers. It's a very easy thing for the doctor to give the patient one little thimble of stuff to drink.
[Patient consent is given to take part. They can decline.]
GS: Will the "One Shot" be at your predicted safe level?
ST: We're going higher than that. We're going to use a dose that 5 percent of peanut-allergic individuals are predicted to react at and now we'll see if they really do. This "dose distribution" is really important. We have to make sure that it's right. If it's wrong, we'll need to start all over.
No one should be ready for us to do this yet [offer up a safe level]. You ask us if we have a threshold level yet? Yes, we do. But we're not going to recommend it [to public health agencies for review] until sometime after this One-Shot Experiment.
GS: In the food-allergy community, fears about food safety still trump convenience and choice. Do you agree this "safe level" discussion will be controversial with the community?
ST: I think it will be controversial, alright. Many of these consumers are understandably anxious and I think especially if their child has experienced one of these reactions or in the first days or months after diagnosis, when you're still trying to figure out how to keep your child safe. My peanut-allergic daughter is 33 so I'm relaxed now [Taylor chuckles, then turns serious]. But I wouldn't blame consumers at all for being skeptical until we document that this is OK through the One-Shot Experiment.
For details about FARRP's predicted safe level, the views of allergists, the questions of fatal reactions at reportedly small amounts of peanut allergen, plus why FARRP's scientists are confident they can make life safer and food choices more reliable for the peanut-allergic, get the Winter 11-12 Allergic Living magazine.


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Speaking Event: Clean - Overcoming Addiction &Ending America's Greatest Tragedy
Addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science — not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful thinking.
These facts are the foundation of ,Clean. a myth-shattering look at drug abuse by the author of Beutiful Boy. Based on the latest research in psychology, neuroscience, and medicine, Clean is a leap beyond the traditional approaches to prevention and treatment of addiction and the mental illnesses that usually accompany it. The existing treatment system, including Twelve Step programs and rehabs, has helped some, but it has failed to help many more, and David Sheff explains why.
He spent time with scores of scientists, doctors, counselors, and addicts and their families to learn how addiction works and what can effectively treat it. Clean offers clear, cogent counsel for parents and others who want to prevent drug problems and for addicts and their loved ones no matter what stage of the illness they're in. But it is also a book for all of us -- a powerful rethinking of the greatest public health challenge of our time.
David Sheff is the author of the much-praised and hugely bestselling Beutiful Boy, based on his article, "My Addicted Son," which appeared in the New York Times Magazine. The article won a special award from the American Psychological Association for "outstanding contribution to the understanding of addiction." He contributed to HBO's Addiction: Why Can't They Just Stop. In 2009, Sheff was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People.
Along with The New York Times Magazine, Sheff has also written for The New York Times, Wired, Playboy, Fortune, Rolling Stone, Outside, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Esquire and Observer Magazine in England, Foreign Literature in Russia, and Playboy (Shueisha) in Japan. He has conducted seminal interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, nuclear physicist Ted Taylor, Congressman Barney Frank, Steve Jobs, Tom Hanks, Betty Friedan, Keith Haring, Jack Nicholson, Carl Sagan, Salman Rushdie, OJ Simpson, Fareed Zakaria, and others. He also wrote an award-winning documentary about John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, and a radio special about Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, both for National Public Radio. He wrote and edited Heart Play: Unfinished Dialogue, which won a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Recording of 1984.
Sheff is the author of Game Over, published in a dozen languages, called "the bible of the videogame industry" by The Wall Street Journal, and "beguiling" and "irresistible. . . almost as hypnotic as a successful video game" by the New York Times. Gore Vidal said that in China Dawn, Sheff's book about the Internet revolution in China, "China, at the turn of the century, comes alive." All We Are Saying, based on Sheff's interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1980, was a Literary Guild Selection book. Charles Champlin, Arts Editor of the Los Angeles Times, wrote: "David Sheff's sympathetic questions evoked so much of the Beatle past and of Lennon's intellectual past and present and future plans that the interview would hardly have been less engrossing and important even it if were not illuminated by tragedy."


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City Officials Visit Museum
Glens Falls city officials stand in front of Jim MacMillan's iconic image, "First Light, 09/12/01". Honoring Those Who Serve special program week (September 10 through September 18) offers free admission for all first responders and their families to see New York, New York! The 20th Century.
Left to right: Police Chief William Valenza, Fire Chief James Schrammel, Mayor John (Jack) A. Diamond, and Hyde Executive Director David F. Setford.


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Throughout New Zealand's rural communities, people can be heard saying, "how could he leave his family behind", "what made him do it" and "why did it happen?" These are legitimate questions following the news a person has taken their own life, but there are no simple answers.
For farmers, long hours, isolation, fluctuating financial returns, debt, weather, regulations and the workload are all factors. Additional pressures lead to stress, increased anxiety and depression which, left untreated, can lead to suicide.
As farm debt has doubled, rural suicide figures have tripled. Farmers are buckling under the pressure of an increasingly volatile commodity market.
The figures have increased dramatically at a time where farmers have had three relatively good years. With tougher times ahead, this is a concern.
The rural sector has a disproportionate amount of suicides, with 15.9 rural deaths per 100,000, compared with 10.8 in cities.
Every year about 550 New Zealanders take their own lives and men's suicide rate is three times that of women.
Unfortunately, only two in three people seek professional help and the majority who do not are men, often due to the stigma around mental illness and the word 'depression'. Delaying help makes treatment much more challenging.
Mental health directly affects physical health and mental health needs to be treated the same as physical health, with your GP being the first port of call. We need to change the perception that seeking professional help is weak, when it is a strength.
Gordon Hudson, from Like Minds, says few people have done more to promote this message than Sir John Kirwan, who fronted the original Like Minds, Like Mine National Mental Health campaign and the highly successful www.depression.org.nz, where online help is available.
This year, Taranaki is experiencing a lower suicide rate, which we attribute to an excellent range of programmes aimed at the rural community that have been well-supported. However, the numbers could change quickly.
Graeme Hight, Taranaki Rural Support Trust chairman, says Opunake farmer Paul Bourke's efforts with the trust to establish workshops on depression and suicide prevention have been a great step in the right direction regionally.
More than 200 people have attended the ASIST workshops, many being farmers, Hight says.
Chief Coroner Judge Neil Maclean has also helped by encouraging more open, constructive acknowledgement of suicide in the media. Previous approaches of 'non-promotion' led to suicide being under-recognised and under-resourced. Not acknowledging the seriousness of suicide, or the subsequent loss and grief, has had its day for too many New Zealanders.
Imagine what could be achieved if our politicians recognised and resourced suicide prevention like they do for road accident prevention.
The Australian Government has recognised this and last year allocated more than $400 million to rural suicide prevention. However, allocating financial resources is only part of the solution.
As with so many issues, the answer to reducing suicide primarily lies within our own communities. How about having a rural representative on all District Health Boards?
Closer to home, we need to remember that surviving tougher times is all about caring for yourself, your family, friends and neighbours.


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Maybe use a c clamp on one end while you get it started.
Ok, I've built one of these jigs -- henceforth I'm going to call it "The Grasshopper" in honor of its inventor -- and I think I've ruined my flat.
How did those of you who built one keep the flat parallel when pounding it into the frame? Mine tilted to the side.
If I can borrow a camera I'll post pictures.
I tried hammering on the flat itself to straighten it out and now I have gouges... sigh
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Maybe use a c clamp on one end while you get it started.
[quote=zougou]Ok, I've built one of these jigs -- henceforth I'm going to call it "The Grasshopper" in honor of its inventor --
I just built one of these jigs and grasshopper is just right for the name ,From start to finish 1 hour and 20 minutes . I used 1 1/2 inch angle and made a third bar so the flat would not start cocked . see the pictures ..
Ps I added roll pins so it will line up every time thats what's in the baggie. I cheated a little i printed the pictures from the forum and used them out in my work shop us old farts have short attention spans.
Actually SKSMan was the first one I saw to make one of these. Geez that was over a year ago I guess. "All things old are new again"! Search around here and I think it was in fact "poor man's bending jig" or something like that. Good stuff!Originally Posted by zougou
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Yes, the credit should go to SKSMan. I just made a simpler version of his design.Originally Posted by hcpookie
[quote=captskip9]Originally Posted by zougou
i did a tapco flat with the jig but the mag well did not bend i had to get the BFH after it .I put a ace template on it and every thing lines up I think the bar stock is not wide enough and the magazine well pulls out when it bends ,any other ideas to fix the problem.
OOPS AGAIN - man I can't seem to get things straight this week. I meant SKS_HUNTER!Originally Posted by hcpookie
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Hello Grasshopper,
Your clever idea has changed my attitude toward building a frame from a flat. I will try your invention asap. This is a simple solution not unlike that of M. Kalashnikov's work. I am glad to have found this forum. This is my first post.
Hi Grasshopper,
I foregot to ask if you had any ideas on heat treating the frames. I hope to join a build party soon.
You only have to head treat the hammer and trigger holes. There a few thread on the site on heat treating. They have a lot of information on heat treating than I can describe here. Good luck.Originally Posted by HFSPBfan


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I dont remember, in the 2 yrs Ive been reading this forum, any discussion of "shallow" supers.
I have some ready-to-go next year (w/ deeps). Most w/ wired foundation, a few w/ "cut-comb" foundation.
What are some pros & cons?
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Both are great but I vote for #2.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Both are great but I vote for #2.
ONE - it reminds me of a large butterfly.
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If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
They are both beautiful, because purple is my favorite color.
I really like number 2, if I had to choose, but they are both beautiful.
i vote for 2 esp. if you have green in the room
Number two for me.
I like them both but #1 is something I haven't seen so I think I like that best.
I like the second one. A complete design. First one looks cut off.


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Picking out the perfect Father's Day gifts can be a challenge. You could give him another tie that he'll never wear or the classic "World's Best Dad" mug, but why not give personalized gifts that will show him just how much you care?
For the sports lover in your life, give him a good Father's day gift that represents his favorite team. A piece of his team's history with a framed picture of his favorite line up or a personalized jersey that he can hang above the TV or in his Man Cave. These are just a sampling of our great Father's Day gift ideas. For more gifts for sports fans, try a selection of his favorite snacks that he can munch on as he watches the game or a galvanized beverage tub so he can enjoy a cold brew during commercial breaks.
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A god lesbian is not just a lesbian, but THE lesbian in a certain state, known to every single other lesbian within this state as a "god" of their kind. Most tend to appear in clubs half naked, in only a sports bra, jeans, and a tie.
"Oh my god, Rhonda, the GOD LESBIAN is at the bar. Maybe we should unbutton our shirts a little more and gaze at her from across the room all night"
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An unwritten law of physics that states that if an object is in free fall and you're trying to prevent it from dropping to the floor, it will always land far away from your hand.
Tried to catch that little Prilosec tablet. I don't see it anywhere; must've rolled under the bed. Peck's Law!
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Coups, interference, and the shifting standards of Obama; Update: Coup or 'military impeachment'?
posted at 11:28 am on June 29, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
It's difficult to make sense out of the foreign policy coming out of the White House under Barack Obama. On the one hand, Obama insisted that he could not interfere with the internal politics of the "sovereign government of Iran," refusing for days to even condemn Iran for its flagrantly violent repression of dissent. When Honduras' military staged a coup, though, Obama apparently had no such reticence in involving the US on behalf of deposed President Manuel Zelaya — a close ally of Hugo Chavez:
In an unusual concurrence of views, the Obama administration and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said they still recognized Mr. Zelaya as Honduras' president. The State Department called the events an "attempted coup" and urged Mr. Zelaya's "return and restoration of democratic order."
U.S. officials said they were engaged in multinational efforts to resolve the crisis, through the Organization of American States and European allies. At the same time, Washington wants a resolution "free from external influence and interference," a senior official told reporters during a conference call organized by the State Department.
The official, who spoke on the condition that he not be named, said the U.S. Embassy in Honduras was "consistently and almost constantly engaged in the last several weeks working with partners" and that U.S. officials were "in contact with all Honduran institutions, including the military." However, the military stopped taking the embassy's calls since the coup attempt, the official said.
The Wall Street Journal also reports Obama's eagerness to "interfere":
The Obama administration and members of the Organization of American States had worked for weeks to try to avert any moves to overthrow President Zelaya, said senior U.S. officials. Washington's ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, sought to facilitate a dialogue between the president's office, the Honduran parliament and the military.
The efforts accelerated over the weekend, as Washington grew increasingly alarmed. "The players decided, in the end, not to listen to our message," said one U.S. official involved in the diplomacy. On Sunday, the U.S. embassy here tried repeatedly to contact the Honduran military directly, but was rebuffed. Washington called the removal of President Zelaya a coup and said it wouldn't recognize any other leader.
The U.S. stand was unpopular with Honduran deputies. One congressman, Toribio Aguilera, got prolonged applause from his colleagues when he urged the U.S. ambassador to reconsider. Mr. Aguilera said the U.S. didn't understand the danger that Mr. Zelaya and his friendships with Mr. Chavez and Cuba's Fidel Castro posed.
Zelaya was violating his country's constitution with his referendum that would have, Chavez-style, repealed term limits on the presidency. The Honduras Supreme Court ruled the referendum illegal, and the military refused to distribute the ballots. Instead of backing down, Zelaya fired the head of the military, which precipitated the ouster.
Clearly, democracies cannot abide armed overthrow of elected governments, but that presumes that the government acts within the rule of law. Zelaya had no intention of doing so, and his flagrant violations and attempt to accrue personal power made that crystal clear. Zelaya had begun seizing dictatorial powers, and the military responded by arresting him. The military then handed power back to the legislature rather than keeping it for themselves, which makes this less of a coup and more of a military impeachment.
Why did Obama decide to intervene on behalf of a "president" obviously abusing his power and to prevent the military from removing him once he started acting like a dictator? He didn't put nearly that much effort into assisting Iranians who have gone into the streets and died to protest the mullahcracy that oppresses them. Rick Moran thinks that's a pretty good question as well:
Further, the military was acting under the orders of the Honduran Supreme Court although they apparently exceeded their authority by whisking him away to Venezuela. And finally, it was Zelaya's actions in violating the constitution, ignoring a ruling by the Supreme Court that any referendum be put on would be illegal, and the universal belief in Congress, the military, and much of the populace that eventually, he would little more than a stand in for Chavez if he was allowed to carry out his illegal referendum that sealed Zelaya's fate.
And yet our president, acting contrary to American interests, chose the route of least resistance and condemned what many Hondurans believe was a restoration of constitutional order. The president will find himself in familiar territory with this condemnation – Castro, Ortega, and other Latin American leftist thugs also condemned the coup. Maybe someone could look it up but when was the last time we were on the same side with Cuba on any international issue?
Way to go Barry. Like, we should listen to the Castros when they complain about democratic procedure not being followed? …
In fact, after swearing off "interferring" in Iran where demonstrators were getting shot, beaten, and axed to death, our clueless Chief Hypocrite worked frantically behind the scenes to save Honduran President Zelaya's job, thus [interfering] on the wrong side while making himself out a liar on Iran.
We're getting a close look at Obama's priorities, and they're hideously out of step with democracy and the rule of law.
Update: The controversy now is whether this is a coup or a lawful action on behalf of the Honduras legislature and courts. Fausta has gone on record saying it's not a coup, as the military responded to a request from the legislature and courts to remove Zelaya. I tend to agree with Larisa Alexandrovna on this point, though:
As noted here (in Spanish), the Honduran Congress cited repeated violations of the Honduran Constitution by President Manuel Zelaya and voted for his removal. That said, as I noted earlier, he is both a bad guy and a good guy. This is a complex political environment in a very unstable part of the world.
The right sees this as a simple restoration of democracy. Yet the use of military personnel to detain, arrest, and transport a sitting president to another country against his will is not part of any democratic process that I am aware of. They do have courts in Honduras and a legal system. This is a coup, despite the passions of the right-wing. They also have law enforcement. Anytime the military becomes involved, it is not as simple as impeachment by Congressional edict through military force. Shorter=coup.
Had the military arrested and detained Zelaya in advance of an impeachment action and/or criminal prosecution, then I could go with the not-a-coup argument. Dumping him outside of the country is not exactly a due-process removal — and I think that falls into the yes-it's-a-coup territory. Perhaps necessary, perhaps very supportable, but it's obviously an extralegal removal, which is the very definition of a coup.
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Fresh orange juice and cinnamon infuse this winter squash and chicken stew. Tzimmes (pronounced "tsim-iss") can also be made with brisket and is often served during the Jewish New Year. A fairly sweet dish, it's said to offer wishes for a sweet year ahead.
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Total Time 145 min.
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This part is well known as the most beautiful and peaceful residential district of central Prague with a great choice of restaurants, bars and shops in the vicinity. It is away from
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Houses in the district of Vinohrady were built as residences between 1900 - 1940, including our house which was built by our family in 1936. After the communists usurped power in 1948, the house became the property of the state until the "Velvet Revolution" in 1989. Shortly after this time, a general reconstruction of the building began and the apartment for tourists were established.
This modern apartment is now furnished in a charming wood motif, and includes a bathroom and WC, a kitchenette with basic cooking utensils provided, together with a refrigerator, cooker, microwave, kettle, coffee maker, pots and pan, bottles and cans openers, tee, koffee, sugar, spice...
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A secured parking at our house is available, but because of limited spots, recommended to book in advance. The priceis 10 EUR / day.
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Michal was a perfect host, he took care of everything - gave us maps of Prague and our district with tips where to go and where to park a car. The communication with him was always fast. Although we got the flat in the basement which is not the highest standard, we enjoyed our stay a lot!
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Re: st: RE: xttobit initial value not feasible
"sarah young" <email@example.com>
Re: st: RE: xttobit initial value not feasible
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:32:52 +0100
Hi Nick,
Thanks for the response. I am just starting to learn econometrics. I
thought that for a variable with over half of the observations are
zero, like export intensity in my model, the variable could be treated
as a censored variable. Or probably I am wrong?
I have used xtreg and xtabond2 to estimate the model and they performed well.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Consider a standard regression of your response (call it y) on any two
> predictors.
> Then a simplified analogue of your problem is that two-thirds of your
> data lie on
> the plane y = 0 and the other third lies on one side of that plane.
> Geometrically that sounds
> a pretty awkward situation to model. Having more predictors and using
> tobit don't I think
> make it any easier.
> There is no positive suggestion embedded here, just a thought that the
> message doesn't sound that
> surprising in such a light.
> Nick
> email@example.com
> sarah young
> I have been trying to run xttobit without success. The problem is
> "initial value not feasible".
> I have a panel of more than 4000 firms for 15 years, which altoghther
> is about 62,000 firm-year observations. The dependent variable is
> export intensity, two thirds of which are zeros. So I chose to use
> Tobit model. The model is on the determinants of export intensity,
> theoretically the choosing of the independent variables is fine, which
> include TFP, age, size, R&D intensity etc, as well as year and
> industry dummies. I have tried by using different sets of independent
> variables, for example, including only one variable on the right side,
> excluding year and industry dummies, all of these not working and the
> message was the same, "initial value not feasible."
> I have searched on Statalist archive and found this thread:
> http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2007-05/msg01036.html
> I tried to solve the problem according to the suggestions in the
> thread but still it is not working. Could anyone give some advice?
> What are the possible problems behind this? How to solve them?
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Provost Emeritus Jim Boelkins has been presented the Center for Faithful Leadership's Servant Leader-in-Residence Award.
The award recognizes transformational people of outstanding character and competence who unselfishly serve students and help educate them "for lives of leadership and service... in the context of the historic Christian faith."
Since his retirement in 2011, Dr. Boelkins has been working with students and the Holland Rescue Mission on "The Gap" project, creating a model for residential living for the chronically homeless called "The Shepherd House."
He is pictured receiving the award from senior management major Katelyn Barry and Dr. Steve VanderVeen, director of the Center for Faithful Leadership.


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I see you got no reply, and sorry I can't help myself...but what's the reason that you don't just want to go somewhere like Turner's? They have lots of used and new as well.
If I was spending up to $500, I would get a Glock 19 (9mm)...but I can't even afford that, so I went with a Hi point C-9 (9mm) and I actually like it quite a bit. When I'm ready to spend more I plan to get a Glock 19. If I was in the position to spend A LOT more, I would get just want you said NOT to recommend in your post...a $1,200+ 1911


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GIAC GREM (Reverse Engineering Malware)
I am looking for some sample questions / practice exams.
I want to see where I am based on my work experience.
from what I read on SANS website, I have a feeling I may know a bit of the material based on my past work experience.
I was looking at purchasing the SEC 610 course (SANS Reverse Engineering) but want to see if maybe I don't need to (it is quite expensive).
If there is a study guide or practice exams I'd love to see it.
If I know enough then i'd only be looking at $899 for just the test (ouch!).
But, that beats $2K+ and an additional $499 for the test!!
Doesn't seem to be much info about this test outside of SANS own site.


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The Brand
Throughout the early evolving years between 1910 and 1915, the Exchange worked to establish itself as a leading force within the global almond industry, but issues from broker incompetence to independent growers destabilizing prices continued to work against them. At that time, California only had about 20 percent or less of the world supply of almonds, while Spain and Italy grew the lion's share of at least 80 percent. It became quickly apparent to the members of the cooperative that a change in selling strategy was needed and that a name that translated into a high quality image for consumers was the answer. But what label could they attach to their boxes and burlap bags of California almonds that would differentiate them from imported almonds and leave consumers with a lasting high quality image of California almonds?
In their minds, it was clear that the Blue Diamond brand also provided U.S. consumers with a consistent way to recognize new California almond products as they developed throughout the century. When the newly formed brand was named a Grand Prize Winner at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California in 1915, the Exchange's efforts to establish the Blue Diamond Brand as a leader in the almond industry clearly launched the beginning of 100 years of new almond products in all shapes and sizes for consumers worldwide!
In 1915, the label itself simply said Fancy Almonds Brand inside a blue diamond-shaped logo. It was during the Panama Exposition that this label was placed on burlap bags, boxes and clear glass jars and that a young girl of about 8 years old began posing for displays and promotional materials for the Exchange. Her name was Thelma Tucker, the young daughter of the first General Manager of the Exchange, T.C. Tucker, who was hired to oversee the marketing and sales of the Exchange from its original office in San Francisco, California in the famous Dollar Building owned and operated by the Dollar Shipping Lines.
By 1927, references to the California Almond Growers Exchange were dropped and the Blue Diamond Brand Almond label continued to dominate in the late 1920s and 1930s. The shape, color and depiction of the brand name varied during this time without any clear standardization.
On top of the already devastated prices for almonds seen around the world, California had prospects for another huge crop. Hoping to access a greater number of markets, the California Almond Growers Exchange applied for export subsidies from the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wallace. The timing seemed perfect. Foreign almond crops were having issues overcoming trade barriers, and California was seeing yet another year of inventory surplus. With the new aid in accessing foreign markets, the time had come to redesign the cooperative logo. Big and bold, the new Blue Diamond Almonds logo brought attention in grocery stores and other markets to new products, and old favorites, with its bright lettering and deep blue background. The word Brand was dropped from the logo at this time.
With business booming, the time came for a new logo to represent the taste and preferences of the time. Sleek, yet subtle, the new diamond-shaped logo emphasized the product it embodied in a dark navy blue color that re-incorporated the word brand in the logo, only to be dropped yet again in 1953. This time the logo was back to a brighter blue with an emphasis on bolder lettering for the word almonds!
Having been selected from hundreds of other design proposals, this new mark incorporated both the diamond shape and the profile of an almond, giving it a rounded look with matching the logo itself. As it was described then, "The new lettering, also custom designed, carried not only an attractive, unique look, but also the subtle addition of an almond shape into the "O" in Diamond." It was simply Blue Diamond now, a name that had become readily recognized by American consumers. It also began appearing on branded Blue Diamond products developed especially for Japan and distributed by the independent Coca Cola Bottlers.
After 60 years of evolution, the cooperative brand was finally standardized for all industrial and consumer products. Because of the tremendous success of the design, it continued to be the recognized symbol for the next 28 years of Blue Diamond Growers' history.
Many dramatic changes had taken place since 1910, causing the company to take yet another serious look at its name. At this time, the California Almond Growers Exchange had grown from a cooperative of 230 almond growers to nearly 5,000 growers who now owned the world's largest almond processing and marketing organization. Over 70 percent of the world's almonds now grew in California, displacing Spain and Italy as the major producers. And 70 percent of California almonds were exported to over 90 countries, ranking them as the top food export in the state!
Blue Diamond Growers ranked as a Fortune 500 company, generated revenue of nearly $500 million dollars, topped number 57 on the 100 food companies list and sold over 2,000 products in 90 different companies! Blue Diamond had emerged into a progressive company that accepted change as a requirement for success. A decision was made by the nine board members (all of them almond growers) to conduct business as solely Blue Diamond Growers.
By changing the name of the cooperative, all logos officially dropped any reference to the California Almond Growers Exchange in 1988, except for the historical designs embedded on its buildings at its headquarters in Sacramento, California. The brand was now the recognized symbol for what its pioneering growers imagined — the highest quality almonds in the world! A dream was realized!
As a grower-owned cooperative, Blue Diamond wanted to emphasize the direct connection between its growers and those consumers who preferred naturally grown almonds straight from the orchard. The popular television campaign that had already emerged in 1986, A Can A Week, That's All We Ask, featuring Blue Diamond growers buried in plentiful supplies of almonds, finally linked the actual producers to the consumer. Today, consumers can still recall the slogan and the real growers asking them to buy more almonds. At one time, it ranked among the top 10 slogans in America!
To illustrate the link between cooperative growers and their brand, cans and packages of Blue Diamond Whole Natural Almonds, a new aseptically packaged Almond Breeze non-dairy beverage (developed in 1998) followed by an assortment of Nut Thins Crackers all bore the additional words of Growers Co-op on the Blue Diamond label. Today Blue Diamond's Natural Foods products are the fastest growing segment of its branded business.


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Well guys, I think I'll try and walk the narrow way of treatment free, since you have shown me it's possible. However, if things get ugly I might have to turn to natural treatment. Thank you so much for your advice! I will keep an update on my progress. I got my hive built and bees ordered. Now it's just a waiting game.
I went to a natural food store and saw some organic bee pollen today. How would I go about feeding them pollen, just lay it on top of the frames? Or do I have to make patties out of them?
Can I just feed them honey from the store just for give them a kick start? How? And how much would I need when installing a 3lbs bee package?


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No technology-evaluation project is worth starting unless there's a reasonable expectation of a significant positive payback. But when evaluating hybrid vehicles, managers too often focus on fuel economy, completely overlooking other potential savings inherent in the technology.
Take a Class 6 truck that costs $100,000 and delivers 5 miles per gallon (mpg). At 20,000 miles a year, it'll burn 4,000 gallons annually.
As a hybrid, it costs $140,000. With a 40% fuel economy increase to 7.0 mpg, it will use 2,857 gallons annually: a savings of 1,143 gallons. At $3/gallon, fuel savings are $3,429/year. Using simple payback analysis, it will take 11 years and eight months to pay back the initial price differential.
At first glance, it isn't even worth considering, especially with a 10-year expected service life.
But that's just one factor in the cost-versus-benefits equation. You can use tax credits to negotiate the price.
While the credit itself is meaningless to tax-exempt agencies, the dealer can take it instead. The dealer can deduct the value of the tax credit from the selling price. More than 50 vehicles in all classes have been identified by the IRS as being eligible for credits ranging from $3,000 to $12,000 for Class 4 through Class 8 trucks.
The dealer's tax credit immediately reduces the purchase price differential to $28,000. Projected resale value after an estimated 10-year initial service life could increase by as much as $5,000. And because hybrids recharge the battery pack during braking, reducing the load on service brakes, brake maintenance is greatly reduced. Oil change intervals can be extended.
Savings from fewer brake and oil changes alone can add up to $1,000/year.
Calculating annual savings of $3,400 in fuel, $1,000 in maintenance, and $500 prorated residual value against the net cost differential of $28,000, payback becomes five to six years — well within the vehicle's projected service life. And with less stress on mechanical components, service life might be extended one or two more years.
These are average costs and savings based on various operations. They're examples designed to provide insight into the evaluation process.
Your evaluation should also consider power take-off (PTO) time, provided your hybrid is equipped to operate the PTO for sufficient time under your loads. In some hydraulics operations, for example, batteries can provide sufficient operating time and require only five or fewer minutes of recharge time per hour.
If needed, adding more battery capacity significantly increases the amount of operating time in electric mode. But it'll also increase the vehicle's cost. Savings in fuel by operating equipment electrically with the engine off may make up for the added cost.
If your department has been considering buying a hybrid vehicle, now's the time to take action: This is the final year of tax credits for putting new hybrid vehicles into service.
If you bring any hybrids into your fleet, whether an SUV, a snowplow/dump truck, a hydraulic boom truck, or anything in between, have your public relations people promote the fact with local news outlets. It'll help build goodwill for your operation within your community.
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I often hear/read about aggressive bees, but I have never been able to find a definition of the types of behavior that are included in this term. Even a chart like the pain charts at the hospital would be helpful. (You know -- where you pick the face that shows how you feel.) It just seems that the term "aggressive" is kind of subjective, and as a new beekeeper, I'm having a hard time separating aggressive behavior from "normal" (another subjective term) behavior.
For instance, yesterday, I brought my first (and poorly constructed) nuc home, and some of the bees had gotten out in the car. After 90 minutes of bumping along in the car, my husband opened the door and a couple of bees chased him. I was inclined to dismiss this as crabbiness induced by travel. My children get the same thing. Also, my husband is kind of big, hairy, sweaty guy. Maybe they thought he was a bear or something.
However, this morning, I was standing by the hive, not doing anything except watching. I was not in the flight path. It was morning & I wasn't sweaty. I was standing on the west side of the hive, so I wasn't casting a shadow on it. I was wearing a light colored shirt. I wasn't touching or working in the hive. But a bee attacked and chased me at least 60 feet. If my kids had done this, timeout would have been the very least of their consequences.
I'm really interested to hear what other people think. Does this sound aggressive to you? How do your nice hives behave?


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The Land
Cities & Suburbs
Boom & Bust
Patriotic Duty
At Ease
Theme: At Ease
Artist: David CALLOW
Birth/Death: 1958
Title: Cathy Freeman
Credit Line: Courtesy of SPORT, The library
Photojournalist David Callow's photograph of Cathy Freeman's triumphant moment at the 1994 Commonwealth Games has become an iconic image for our times. Elevated from the purely documentary, this photograph has assumed the status of a work of art not only because it captured a defining moment in Australian history but also because the composition has an enduring elegance.
Freeman is caught stretching upward, the sense of movement extended by the curving track and the billowing flag. The photograph has captured a moment of victory and a moment of reflection.
Freeman carried the Aboriginal flag as she took a lap of honour after winning the 400 metres. Questions were asked in Parliament about her action and Freeman was criticised by the then head of the Australian Commonwealth team.
While she appears young and tender, she was illustrating the beliefs she had already expressed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games when she had said:
'Being Aboriginal means everything to me. I feel for my people all the time. A lot of my friends have the talent but lack the opportunity'.
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August 16th & 17th Get Your 60s, 70s & 80s Music Fix at the Classic Wineseller
|Arts & Entertainment
|The Classic Wineseller
|20 Church Street, Waynesville, NC
|Kay S. Miller
|Aug 16, 2013
Waynesville, NC - This weekend the Classic Wineseller will feature Ben Wilson (guitar, vocals) on Friday, August 16th at 7pm, and Joe Cruz (piano, vocals) at 7pm on Saturday, August 17th.
The Wineseller's kitchen serves small plate fare both Friday and Saturday evenings beginning at 5:30pm. There is a $10 per person minimum each night including food, drink or retail purchases.
Ben Wilson has an extensive repertoire including originals, Americana, and acoustic classics, with emphasis on music from the 60s and 70s.
His style has been compared to John Prine, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, and Todd Snider. Ben Wilson records on the Contemporary Buffalo Jumping Spoon Productions label.
Voted one of Florida's Top Five Songwriters, Ben Wilson has toured for the last 15 years singing, and playing guitar and harmonica. Ten albums, two charted songs, and nearly 2000 live shows later, Wilson now makes Asheville his home.
Joe Cruz is back on August 17 performing top hits of the Beatles and Elton John. Cruz grew up in a musical family in New York City, playing and singing in church from a young age. He became a regular on the New York club scene and has opened for Chicago, Bonnie Raitt, Santana, and Average White Band. Cruz resides in Haywood County with his wife, Tracey, and their daughters.
The Classic Wineseller, Waynesville's premiere retail wine and craft beer shop, small plate restaurant, and intimate live music venue presents local, regional, or national talent each Friday and Saturday night at 7pm. The Classic Wineseller kitchen opens at 5:30pm on weekend evenings serving freshly prepared small plate fare. For more information visit www.classicwineseller.com or call 828-452-6000.


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Rd 1: Ogletree (MLB, UGA) or Okafor (DE, Texas)... I'm still stuck on these 2 guys here.
Rd 2: Jesse Williams (DT, Alabama)... I just like this pick too much even though there's a more than likely chance he's not available.. this may have to change once we get closer to the draft, but I'm still seeing some mocks that have him available.
Rd 3: Sean Porter (OLB, Texas A&M)... watched this guy a lot this year. At times I'd think, okay, I'm over him... then at times I'd see a lot of potential. (if Larry Warford OG/Kentucky is available I like him here too)
Rd 4: Leon McFadden (CB, San Diego State) Don't love his size, but he's got incredible coverage skills and looks like he's got elite speed.
Rd 5: Chad Bumphis (WR/MSU).. he's got potential... and speed.
Rd 6: Michael Dyer (RB, Ark State) or Knile Davis (RB, Arkansas)... both guys are LOADED with potential and could be big time steals this late in the draft. Dyer caught a case of dumb*ss and messed a solid career at Auburn up and Davis was recovering from an injury last year... plus it was just a bad year to be at Arkansas)
Rd 7: Michael Williams (TE, Alabama)... He's not much of a passing threat but his blocking is superior. I think he can improve in the passing department but would upgrade our running game immediately. May be too late for him here.
- I didn't address OL, so I'm not loving this draft. I'll fix it with the next one. Fluker in RD 1, Warford in Rd 3 or maybe Bailey in Rd 3 or 4 are guys I like. I still REALLY like Brennan Williams (OT, UNC) in the 4th but wanted to pick something different in this draft.


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So my hive is officially mostly dismantled and completely empty. The guy I bought my bees from told me the fact that it took them three months to build out one box should have been an indication for me to requeen but that by early August (when I called him) I'd missed my window. I hadn't had time to really go out and deal with things until today, though. In the box I'd never meant to be a box, I saw a bunch of things that look like queen cups to my newbie eye:
I'm still wondering what happened, but I think my best guess is that they had a bum queen, tried to supercede and that failed? Or they swarmed and the new queen didn't survive? Either way, I'll start over next year with two hives so that I have more of a basis for comparison.


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#FriskyFriday: November 29th 2013

This week's #FriskyFriday is making us truly thankful.

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The question is at what point do you have to worry about your genetics flooding the area around you to the point of inbreeding?
I live in an area that I think is fairly isolated colony wise. I also believe that there is very little as far as managed and or "wild" populations in this area.
Assume in a few years when I have more hive and am rearing my own queens. Is there a rule of thumb as far as how many hives I can manage versus the population around me before I have to be concerned about my genetics spreading and dominating the surrounding population to the point that inbreeding is an issue.


text: Hey guys, Found this site just out goofing off looking for tires and such. Live in central MS and drive a ole half worn out 2000 silverado with 280k + miles. 6.0 LQ4 and 4L80E swapped into it out of a 2004 2500HD. Added KB Racing Turbo kit with S475 borg warner turbo It is my Daily driver and runs mid-high 12s @115-117 on the all terrains which is a blast. and on slicks it went a low 12 but have over boosting issues so i let out when i saw 25psi.. Here she is all cleaned up which is extremely rare. Ive been fooling with these trucks since 2004 and have wasted alot of money on them and have broken some sports cars hearts at the drag strip haha


text: Hi all. A swarm moved into one of my swarm traps on May 19. I waited until last week to transfer it out of the trap. (trap is an 8 frame deep) It seemed to be pretty full. At the time I was transferring the frames from the trap to the 10 frame deep, I noticed brood of all stages. Did not see the queen but saw eggs, larvae and capped brood. My concern was that the brood pattern was spotty. I wondered, after swarming does it take time to get a solid pattern going or should the queen be laying a solid pattern now? It has been four weeks. Thanks in advance!


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Very Cute quilt, thank you for posting it :D After todays class I could see some appliqued flowers on the sides of the watering cans, too :D
That is realy cute. I have been wanting to do something applique with a vase and flowers and this would be realy cute next to it. The flowers in the middle and the cans on the side. Oh sew much to do! Thanks for the lead!
DonnaRae, I'm looking forward to a picture or two!


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text: You didn' say what you will use it for ( carry or range). The Glock is probably more accurate. I, myself, shoot 1911 .45 acp style guns for range and carrry. I guess you have to decide what is comfortable for you. shoot as many as you can before bying. Make sure that you are familiar with it before you by it. Good lick and good shooting.


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A group of Latin American leaders yesterday declared that votes by two American states to legalise cannabis have important implications for efforts to quash drug smuggling, offering the first government reaction from a region frustrated with the United States-backed war on drugs.
The declaration by the leaders of Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Costa Rica did not explicitly say they were considering weakening their governments' efforts against cannabis smuggling, but it strongly implied the votes last week in Colorado and Washington would make enforcing marijuana bans more difficult.
The four called for the Organisation of American States to study the impact of the Colorado and Washington votes, and said the United Nations' General Assembly should hold a special session on the prohibition of drugs by 2015 at latest.
Last week, the most influential adviser to Mexico's president-elect, who takes office on December 1, questioned how the country would enforce a ban on growing and smuggling a drug that is now legal under some US state laws.
The Obama Administration has yet to make clear how strongly it will enforce a federal ban on marijuana that is not affected by the Colorado and Washington votes.
"It has become necessary to analyse in depth the implications for public policy and health in our nations emerging from the state and local moves to allow the legal production, consumption and distribution of marijuana in some countries of our continent," Mexican President Felipe Calderon said after a meeting with Honduran President Porfirio Lobo, Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla and Prime Minister Dean Barrow of Belize.
Marijuana legalisation by US states is "a paradigm change on the part of those entities in respect to the current international system", Calderon said.
Mexico has seen tens of thousands of people killed over the last six years during a militarised government campaign against drug cartels.
President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto has promised to shift Mexico's focus to preventing violence against ordinary citizens, although he says he intends to keep battling cartels and is opposed to drug legalisation. Guatemala's President has advocated the international legalisation of drugs.
Yesterday's statement by the four leaders "is an important indicator of the desire to engage in a more robust discussion of policy", said Eric Olson, associate director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington.
The call by the four presidents was welcomed by marijuana activists in the US. Forcing an international review of drug policies was a stated goal of the campaigns for legalisation in Colorado and Washington.
"Marijuana prohibition in this country has been detrimental but it's been absolutely catastrophic to our southern neighbours," said Dan Riffle, an analyst lobbying for the Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington, DC-based advocacy group that largely financed the two campaigns.
Mexico is one of the primary suppliers of marijuana to the US, while Honduras and Belize are important stops on the northward passage of cocaine from South America.
Costa Rica is seeing increasing use of its territory by drug traffickers.


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Use the information to describe these marbles. What colours must be
on marbles that sparkle when rolling but are dark inside?
This investigates one particular property of number by looking closely at an example of adding two odd numbers together.
This problem looks at how one example of your choice can show something about the general structure of multiplication.
This ladybird is taking a walk round a triangle. She starts off near the middle of one side of the triangle. Can you see how much she has turned when she gets back to where she started?
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This program developed by the Health Care Task Force of St. Noel Catholic Church in Willoughby, Ohio, and made available to UHCAN for use in other settings. The program contains an overview of the U.S. health care delivery system and four skits that portray just a few of the problems Americans encounter in seeking health care today.
Overview: Health Care - The Problem
Scenario #1: Lack of prescription drug coverage for those in Medicare
Scenario #2: Uninsured students, homemakers and early retirees
Scenario #3: Employer-based insurance
Scenario #4: Single working mother with no health care benefits
Introduction: Thank you for allowing us to share with you the serious concern your Health Care Task Force has about the availability of health care in the United States. During the next 20 minutes you will see a series of skits designed to illustrate a number of facets of the problem. We will also provide you with some data and statistics and invite you to support a resolution which is before congress and which urges our legislative leaders to address the need for universal access to health care. We will begin with a prayer.
Prayer: Loving and faithful God; you are the source of all that is just and true. Grant us generous hearts and persistent spirits as we strive to ensure health care for all. Keep us ever mindful of the reality of your presence in our neighbor, especially those who are sick or suffering. We pray this in the power of the spirit through Jesus, your son, who is friend and savior and neighbor to all.
Scripture Reading: Luke 10:29-34
"Who is my neighbor?" That question may have a familiar ring as we find it posed by a lawyer in the Gospel of Luke. Jesus responds by telling the story of the Good Samaritan. Currently our health care task force is answering that same question with stories too, stories about the uninsured and the under insured. They are "taking the show on the road," so to speak. In an effort to inform parishioners about the current situation in health care and what we can do about it, the task force, with the full endorsement of the Parish Pastoral Council, has been doing 20 minute presentations for various parish groups at their regularly scheduled gatherings. The presentation includes several short dramatizations of some of the predicaments people confront as well as the following handouts, which contain more detailed information.
The United States spends more than twice as much on health care as the average of other developed nations, all of which have universal health care. Yet in 2000 over 38 million Americans had no health insurance. It is expected that when the Census Bureau announces the number of uninsured for 2001 the number will have increased to over 40 million.
Despite the fact that we spend 60% more per capita on health care compared to Germany, which is the second most costly health care system in the world, 18% of our population has no insurance. Less than 8% of the German population is uninsured. We spend 50% more per capita on health care than Canada and 0% of Canadians are uninsured.
It would seem natural that out spending our fellow industrial nations in health care should ensure that we have the "best" health care in the world. Alas, such is not the case. The World Health Organization, as well as the US DHHS compiles data every year on measurable indicators of health in a nation. The United States ranked 23rd in infant mortality behind Canada in 15th place and Germany in 6th place. Life expectancy statistics reveal similar ironic results. Canadian and German citizens are likely to live longer than Americans (by several years in the case of females) despite the fact that they spend less per capita on their citizens' health care.
So how did we get here? Our present system of health care is a manifestation of the shortage of labor force during the post WWII era. It was easier to draw employees to one's company by offering benefits such as health care. In a tight labor market such as existed after WWII, and more recently as existed in the late 1990's, health care benefits become a carrot in the employer's armament to draw potential employees into the company. At such times, jobs that usually did not include health care benefits would have to offer them. It they did not offer health care benefits, companies would be face with losing potential employees too rival companies that did offer health care benefits.
This use of the labor contract as the source of health care leads to insecurity by merit of the fact that one's health care has become a commodity in bargaining between labor and business. If the company decides not to offer the benefit of health care, the individual becomes uninsured. If the employee loses his job, he loses his health insurance.
But the reality of the uninsured in America is that fully 50% of the uninsured are employed. They are, however, in low-income jobs, which have never offered health insurance benefits. The cab driver, landscaper, gas station attendant or house painter all fall into this category. Fully a third of those people could afford health insurance if it were offered to the individual at the same rate as group policies charge per individual. This does not happen. The remaining two thirds of the uninsured could not afford health insurance even if they were able to obtain insurance coverage at group rates.
Not only do the uninsured not have equitable costs for policies compared to the insured, on an individual billing item the uninsured are charged more than the insured patient is charged. This is a result of the fact that insurance companies are able to bargain for discounts with health care providers based on the volume of patients the insurance company represents. These discounts can often be as much as 50 % lower than the billed charge. The uninsured individual has no such volume purchasing power and so pays the full cost of services extended by a provider.
The uninsured are not only lacking in economic leverage, they are also less likely to be active voters, less likely to donate to political parties or lobby groups and overall, have very little political leverage even though they stand to gain the most from a change in the current health care system.
On the other side of the political power spectrum are the drug and insurance companies which stand to gain the most from maintaining the current system. The pharmaceutical industry is the single largest donor as an industry to political campaigns in the U.S. The political clout enjoyed by the drug industry is gargantuan. Insurance companies are similarly well connected in the federal government through highly paid, highly effective lobby groups.
But what does the average American think about providing health care to the uninsured. Fully 77% of those polled in 1998 were in agreement that all Americans should be insured. Employers also have a majority viewpoint that all US citizens should be insured and 52% of the legislators in 1998 agreed that universal health care should be the norm.
So if the majority of citizens, employers and legislators agree on this issue, why isn't everyone insured? Many people believe that all citizens already have "ACCESS" to health care. Anyone can go to an emergency room right? That, to some, means everyone has "ACCESS".
This would be an acceptable resort if it weren't so ridiculous from the clinical and economic viewpoint. The old adage, "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later," is so very appropriate in this situation. Do we want to pay for the patient with diabetes and hypertension to have good ongoing care and access to medicines to control these problems or do we want to wait until she walks into the emergency room in kidney failure needing a kidney transplant or lifelong dialysis because of the effect the uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension had on her kidneys? Some might think this is a farfetched example, but in reality it is all too common: the uninsured individual encounters numerous obstacles to obtain care from chronic medical problems. Poor control of chronic medical problems can lead to catastrophic and extremely costly consequences. So ACCESS does not mean the emergency room, it means health insurance.
In reality the government already provides for 64% of health care dollars paid in this country. Private insurers and individuals pay 26% of health care expenditures. The step towards a universal health benefit therefore is not so large as many may think. In an effort to urge our legislators to once again begin a dialogue about health care, please consider supporting the Health Care Access Resolution (House Concurrent Resolution 99) directing congress to enact legislation by December 2005 that provides access to comprehensive health care for ALL Americans. A few additional facts, the resolution and a petition for your use follow.
THEME: Prescription Drug Coverage for Those in Medicare
PROPS: Two chairs and newspaper.
NANCY: (to audience) Good afternoon. I want to introduce you to my neighbor, Mrs. Riley, a sweet elderly woman who has lived next door to me for 15 years. Like many seniors she is on a fixed income and struggles to make ends meet. I'm going to let you listen in on a conversation we had yesterday morning. Oh yes, just one thing, Mrs. Riley is as "bright as a dollar" but a little deaf, so I hope you'll excuse me if I crank up the volume a bit!
(Scene opens with Mrs. Riley walking across room very slowly and with labored breathing. She picks up newspaper, walks to chair and sits down and begins to read the paper.)
NANCY: (speaking loudly throughout-having trouble getting Mrs. Riley's attention) "Mrs. Riley, oh Mrs. Riley…" (Mrs. Riley finally looks up from reading her paper and gives a weak wave.) Hi neighbor! May I sit down? (Mrs. Riley gestures toward the chair next to her.) Mrs. Riley, I saw you go out to get your paper just now and noticed you seemed short of breath. How are you doing this morning?
MRS. RILEY: (speaks very slowly and haltingly) Oooh… Hi there… Nannn…cy. You'…re… right…… So… short … of … brrrea..th… (sighs and pats chest)
NANCY: Maybe you should let me get your paper Mrs. Riley. I'm worried about you neighbor!
MRS. RILEY: Oh no dear… The doctor…says… I need… some exercise… The problem is… I'm… almost… out… of medicine… Just …taking… one… heart pill a …day… instead of two like I'm suppose to… to make…them… last longer…Cost… too… much!
NANCY: (in dismay) Mrs. Riley, that's not good, you could be endangering your health! Doesn't Medicare pay for your prescription?
MRS. RILEY: Subscription!… to the paper you mean?… Heavens no!… I can't even get them… to pay for… my pills…
(Nancy, with a look of half amusement and half sympathy, gently pats Mrs. Riley's arm.)
NANCY: (looking out to audience and shaking head) No prescription coverage?! That's no way to treat a neighbor!
Facts following Scenario #1
THEME: Uninsured Students, Homemakers and Early Retirees
PROPS: Steering Wheel
RALPH: (to audience) My friend and neighbor, Joe, is home on break from college. The other night we were on I-90 on our way to an Indians game and Joe was driving and this is what happened.
(Scene opens with Joe and Ralph (or Josephine and Rachel), two young adults in the car and on the freeway. Ralph, the passenger, keeps turning his head as cars are whizzing by.)
RALPH: Is it me or are we going reeeaallly slow Joe? Everyone is honking and giving us dirty looks as they fly by us. You usually have a lead foot, something wrong with the car neighbor???
JOE: (glibly) The car is fine. Just being careful, don't want to get into an accident.
RALPH: Yah, Well at this rate we'll be in time for the seventh inning stretch! I believe in being careful but don't you think you could crank this buggy up to at least 40!
JOE: Well if you must know I don't have insurance.
RALPH: (excitedly) No insurance! It's illegal to drive in the state of Ohio without insurance. You could get busted! I've never heard of such a stupid thing!
JOE: Calm down, calm down. I'm talking about health insurance, not car insurance! My parent's policy doesn't cover me anymore and I'm only working part time so I have no benefits. And it was either my college tuition this year or a very expensive individual policy. Just trying to stay healthy.
RALPH: I've heard there are some inexpensive policies for college students like you.
JOE: Humph! I've looked into those- not much coverage and no prescription benefit!
RALPH: (without understanding) Gosh, I'm sorry Joe. You are young and healthy but even so, a person never knows when they'll need a doctor or the hospital. That certainly isn't a way for the system to treat a neighbor… Ah, would you mind turning on the radio so we don't miss Thome's first at bat?
THEME: Employer-based insurance
PROPS: Plate of cookies
FRANK: (to audience) Sam and Judy, newlyweds, just moved in next door. Actually Sam is the son of one of my best friends. The wife just baked some cookies. (Takes a bite of a cookie and while chewing says): Think I'll take them some cookies and welcome them to the neighborhood! Want to come along?
FRANK: Hi Sam! Welcome to Dodd's Landing. Here are some cookies from Lois. Where's Judy?
SAM: Hey Frank, thanks for coming over. Judy is at her mom's. Wow! Those cookies look great. (Takes one and takes a bite.)
(Frank and Sam sit down.)
FRANK: Well neighbor, how's married life treating you? You and Judy have been married almost a year now, haven't you? Don't mean to pry- but any little ones on the way? I know your Dad can't wait to be a grandfather.
SAM: To tell you the truth, Judy and I are very anxious to start a family, especially since we are both in our mid-thirties, but there is one problem.
FRANK: (concerned) What's that Sam, nothing serious I hope.
SAM: No, not really. But I just started a new job and the insurance doesn't kick in fro 6 months. So we just have to wait.
FRANK: Well Sam, when Lois and I were having our kids, as I remember it took 9 months. So even if Judy got pregnant tomorrow, I don't see the problem.
SAM: It's not that simple Frank. You have to read the fine print in those policies and ours says, "No pre-existing conditions- and that includes pregnancies." Besides what about the pre-natal care Judy would need, to say nothing of the fact that neither of us has insurance should we become ill in the next few months… Judy and I need to be careful… in more ways than one… (Half jokingly) Say Frank, you think Lois would mind if I slept in your guest room until January!
FRANK: What a bummer! And just when I was looking forward to having another new neighbor, one I could rock to sleep!
Facts following Scenario #3
THEME: Single working mother with no health care benefits
PROPS: Telephone & two chairs back to back.
LISA: (to audience) I'm a little worried about my neighbor, Sue. When I talked with her yesterday she had a terrible cough! She's a single Mom and burning the candle at both ends, caring for two children and working FT for $7.50 an hour at the factory and no health care benefits provided. Think I'll give her a call and see how she's doing.
SUE: (coughing, weakly) Hello?
LISA: Oh Sue, you don't sound any better, in fact you sound worse! (A bit alarmed)
SUE: (coughing periodically) Yeah, I know… I didn't sleep a wink last night… Just coughed and coughed.
LISA: Have you called your doctor yet? I would be happy to watch the kids if you can get in this afternoon? I'm beginning to really worry that you might have pneumonia. Are you running a fever?
SUE: Yeah, my little Betsy is worried too. Betsy was so cute this morning… "Mommy, how 'bout you takes come of that yucky pink medicine Dr. Tom gave me last time I coughed."
LISA: You certainly have a thoughtful daughter but Sue, (pleading) what about the doctor?
SUE: (coughing even more) Can't go… No insurance… too many bills… Can't afford the $69 or $80 for the visit to say nothing about the medication… Lisa- I have to go… baby's crying.
LISA: Sue I'll be over shortly to give you a hand so you can maybe get a nap before you go to work this evening. (Hangs up and sadly says) That's no way for my neighbor to be treated!
Facts following Scenario 4