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As the transtasman league begins this weekend, the Herald looks at the sport's painstaking transition towards fulltime professionalism.
As netball stood on the precipice of making the giant leap into professionalism, the words of doubters echoed in the ears of Netball New Zealand chief executive Raelene Castle.
"You girls don't know what you're doing." "This will never work." "It's too big a risk."
The weeks leading up to the start of the transtasman league five years ago were the most uncertain Castle had experienced in her career.
The broadcast deals were done, the sponsorship was in place, the nuts and bolts of the competition sorted.
She just had to wait to see if it flew.
"It's fair to say I didn't get a lot of sleep on the eve of the first game," Castle laughs.
Five years later, on the verge of it's sixth season, the ANZ Championship has transformed the netballing landscape both domestically and abroad.
Crowd and viewer numbers for the competition have grown year-on-year, sponsorship and revenue is steadily climbing, media coverage has increased and the profile of the sport and its athletes has surged.
Castle and her Australian counterparts take great pride in it all.
"What has been achieved is incredibly unique," says Castle. "Where else in the world can you see women's sport on prime time telly?"
The biggest transformation has been in the on-court product.
Silver Ferns coach Waimarama Taumaunu believes the quality of netball has moved as much in five years as it had in the 15 years before that, because of the week-in, week-out exposure to strong competition, the increased emphasis on conditioning and sports science, and players putting more time into training.
"If you look back at a game from 2008 to one last year, it's night and day," said Castle.
Silver Fern shooter Jodi Brown recalls when she first started out for the Capital Shakers in 1998 as a wide-eyed teenager, she received $50 if she took the court, and $50 if the team won. "I thought that was pretty good."
She used to muse how great it would be if netballers could make a decent living from the sport, but never imagined it would happen in her lifetime.
She never imagined the added demands and pressures that would come with a being a professional netballer, either.
Low wages force players to quit early
Brown has since discovered professionalism means more than just earning more money - it means more commitment, more training and greater accountability.
"There is a lot more pressure in terms of if you're meeting your targets. A lot of players have performance targets built into their contract."
The 31-year-old, who took time out from the sport in 2008 and 2011 for the birth of her daughters Kiana and Aria, found the fitness standards required to return to the court the second time had lifted significantly.
"When I came back from Kiana in 2009, I thought I was adequate to take the court, but on reflection I probably wasn't. So the second time around I learnt and did a little bit more and I think it really paid off.
"So the key is how bad do you want it and how hard are you prepared to work?"
The opportunity to make a full-time career out of netball is something Brown is grateful for.
"When you consider where we've come from, it's pretty amazing. I think it's a credit to the leaders and administrators we have within netball circles."
It hasn't been a smooth run.
The massive gulf in player depth between the two countries was immediately evident, with New Zealand struggling for competitiveness against the better-prepared Australian teams. The dominance of the Aussie franchises led to vociferous calls to ditch a New Zealand side, and like clockwork, the debate has resurfaced again every year since, typically after a one-sided transtasman battle.
But with the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic finally breaking New Zealand's title drought last season, and the underperforming Kiwi franchises beginning to get their act together, the argument for culling a team is losing its sting.
Just as the players and coaches may have been slow to grasp the realities of the professional environment, so too were some of the front offices of the franchises.
Timekeeping vital for balancing work and sport
Several teams soon ran into financial difficulty - the Pulse being the worst offenders - with Netball NZ having to intervene after the Wellington-based franchise found themselves $700,000 in the red after three seasons.
The Magic, the most marketable team in the competition, and the Tactix have also had to go cap in hand to the national body for financial assistance - although the Tactix situation is unique.
Concern over the financial sustainability of the franchise model was the impetus for a radical overhaul of the national set-up, with Netball NZ abolishing the regions late last year and moving to a zone-based structure.
Each of the five zones is responsible for the running of an ANZ Championship franchise and for delivering netball from the grassroots right through to the high performance end.
The transtasman league has also had a major impact on the international game. Former Samoan coach Linda Vagana worries the competition only enhances the New Zealand and Australian duopoly in world netball, and the smaller nations with fewer resources will be left behind.
The numbers
ANZ Championship 2012 key statistics
* Cumulative television audience of 10.6 million viewers across Australia and New Zealand - an increase of 45% on 2011
* Almost 240,000 fans attended matches across 10 key markets in Australia & New Zealand up 34% from the previous year
* 23% growth in team membership
We look at the impact the transtasman league has had on the international game, and talk to English import Geva Mentor on how the competition has changed her world.


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Originally posted by Inactive UserYeah, I missed Wrex and Grunt.
But seriously tho, all the endings were the same. And the way they explained the plot of the whole story at the end was terrible.
the reapers are just synthetics with super advanced AI and they dont understand organics at all. thats what shepard was saying at the end. thats why they so dumb and think they have to wipe out advanced organics every 50k years and leave only the primitives. they think they have to do this, so that other synthetics like the geth dont get super advanced like the reapers did and completely wipe out every single organic in the galaxy to take it over.
the reapers probably wiped out a galaxy of all organic life a long time ago, so they felt guilty and came to the milky way to save us organics from synthetic doooooooooooom by putting us in a 50k year cycle. BUT NOOO MOTHERFUCKER SHEPARD HERE THIS CYCLE
thats how i do it, make shit up in my head so it all makes sense. im a genius.
You're theory is better than BioWare's. Apparently the whole trilogy is just a children's story and the creator of the reaper created the reapers to kill everyone so other synthetics don't kill them. Plus the only difference between the endings was the color of the explosion.


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Not a romantic place, dear Sirs and Madams, but that's where they live. Recently these creatures have decided to organize their own Olympics to let the world hear of them.
We don't know why but javelin-throwing seems to become rats favorite sport. Are you ready to reincarnate in one of them and master your throwing skills?
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This is planned to be the first game in what appears to be a planned series of rat-themed olympics, which calls to mind the fun but warped series of Yetisport.org games. Other games by Absolutist suggest that any future games in the soon-to-be famous Mouse Sports Network would be worth a look. This is a fun, simple game that I like mostly because it is such a whimsical story. It ain't new, but it is something different.
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This week on 'The Hal Lindsey Report'
On this week's edition of "The Hal Lindsey Report," as Israel celebrated Jerusalem Day, the Arabs and Palestinians turned up the heat. Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Fatah party said there will be no Palestinian State without possession of East Jerusalem. They also want the Temple Mount to be administered by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (the group of 57 Muslim states that refuse to recognize the existence of Israel). The OIC foreign ministers meeting in Damascus apparently agreed. President Obama is preparing to introduce his peace initiative based on the 2002 Saudi plan, but with ominous twists. However, both Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared on Monday that Jerusalem will never again be divided.
In a recent poll conducted by the Centre for Iranian Studies at Tel Aviv University, 74% of Israelis say they don't think the U.S. will stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. That's apparently why 51% of Israelis want Israel to strike Iran's nuclear facilities now. And don't hold out hope that a new president in Iran will ease the tension. One of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's major challengers in the June 12 presidential election is the former head of the Revolutionary Guards. He says that if Israel threatens, he'll stop them "with one strike." It brings to mind the old saying, "Out of the frying pan and into the fire!"
Well, North Korea's at it again. Kim Jong-il must need money for a new shipment of his beloved cognac. Whenever North Korea is heading into a new round of negotiations or is in need of some quick cash, the Dear Leader explodes a nuclear test device or fires off some new missiles. Of course, the West scurries around, wringing its hands and muttering vague, indefinable threats, but, in the end, we give him more food, fuel, and funds. It would almost seem to be a game, if it weren't for that pesky Electromagnetic Pulse threat hanging over our heads. It seems that every test North Korea (and Iran, for that matter) conducts fits right into the design parameters for an EMP attack on the U.S., South Korea, or Japan. That makes it a bit difficult to just ignore the spoiled brat!
When the world's six wealthiest men met at Jekyll Island, Georgia, in 1910, the result was the creation of the world's greatest criminal enterprise: The Federal Reserve. Earlier this month, seven of the world's wealthiest people convened another secret meeting. The New York gathering was called by Bill Gates. Ostensibly, it presented an opportunity for these seven to present and promote their favorite charitable causes so they could pool their resources and really do some good in the world. However, according to the London Times, when all was said and done, the group decided that the world's Number One problem was population control. And, apparently, Bill Gates has decided that the world's population should be capped at 8.3 billion. Obviously, that means that in the next few years, criteria must be established and a mechanism put in place to decide who will be allowed to be born and who must go. If these seven are successful in putting their menacing plans in action, we may someday look back upon the creation of the Federal Reserve with a benign nostalgia!
Finally, atheists in Indiana weren't able to place derisive advertising on buses in their home state, but they were welcomed to do so in Chicago. As a result, Chicagoans are now learning that, "In the beginning, man created God." They're also being informed that, "You can be good without God." But as disturbing as that effort is, it doesn't hold a candle to sinister developments in San Diego. A pastor and his wife have been holding Bible studies in their home. The small, weekly meetings usually consist of about 15 guests. They have a meal, share some fellowship and scripture, then pray. Recently, they were visited and questioned about the meetings by San Diego county employees. Later, they were informed that they must stop hosting the studies or prepare to do environmental and traffic impact studies, as well as make application for major use permits. All told, those demands could cost them many thousands of dollars. You don't have to hold a Ph.D. to realize the chilling effect this could have on home Bible studies and home cell groups across the nation. The pastor and his wife have enlisted the help of The Western Center for Law & Policy to fight for their -- and our -- First Amendment rights.
Folks, things are starting to get serious right here in the good ol' US of A. If San Diego succeeds in shutting down this home Bible study, then Christians and churches across the country are in for a rough time. These brothers and sisters need our fervent prayer and support. God promises that He will fight for us, but we need to get engaged and remain engaged through intercession and by defending our Constitutional rights that are now being assaulted on a daily basis!
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The inner circle BILLION AIRES. SUCH a diverse crew of INNER CIRCLE power heads have determined a lot of us MUST DIE to Support our current world order.
Us lower order GEEKS will need to just stop and DIE1!
Just let an, "ORANGE MARMELADE" GOOBERMENT PRICK stuff some STANDARD THINKING BS into your mind??????
Its all really in the cards bros, MASS extermination!
Like before with the,..................
Obama is bowing out on our Israeli allies. Telling them to not make up settlements on their own land. We are going to hang ourselves for not supporting or ally in the effort to get a handle in IRAN.
On this week's edition of "The Hal Lindsey Report," Dr. George Tiller, perhaps America's most notorious abortionist, was gunned down on Sunday morning in the vestibule of his church in Wichita, Kansas. A suspect was arrested within hours. Dr. Tiller personally claimed to have aborted 60,000 babies -- more human beings than the total of American soldiers killed in the Vietnam war. His clinic is one of only three in America that regularly performs late-term abortions (after 21 weeks). Dr. Tiller was responsible for more late-term abortions than all the abortionists in the other 49 states combined. Even though Kansas law only allows late-term or partial-birth abortions in rare circumstances, Dr. Tiller successfully skirted those laws for years. This was, in part, due to the fierce protection he received from the former Governor of Kansas, Kathleen Sebelius. Sebelius is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Obama Administration.
Almost unanimously, pro-life organizations, churches, and religious authorities have vociferously condemned the murder of Dr. Tiller. The denunciations have been strong and sincere. Not surprisingly, though, mainstream media coverage of those condemnations has been sparse. The media has chosen to focus, instead, on the suspect's fundamentalist Christian and conservative political ties. This vigilante murder has probably set the pro-life movement back decades. It comes at a time when the Department of Homeland Security has suggested that the pro-life movement is a hate group and warned the public of its potential for 'terrorism.'
The production schedule for "The Hal Lindsey Report" required us to record this week's program before President Obama actually made his speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, Egypt. We'll analyze that speech thoroughly in our next Report. However, this week I explain the peril inherent in the approach the President has taken. It is becoming very clear that he intends to ingratiate himself (and America) to the Muslim world by forcing Israel to do what the Palestinians and greater Arab/Muslim world wishes. I'm afraid he's headed us down a path that will inevitably meet with failure and, ultimately, disaster.
Speaking of forcing Israel's accommodation, I think Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has figured that one out, too. In fact, it appears that Israel has already accepted the fact that America is throwing it under the bus and is making its own preparations for the future.
North Korea is also making preparations for the future -- the future test launch of another advanced missile, that is. This one will be able to reach the United States. And that will occur with the next few days, probably. Unbelievably, Defense Secretary Robert Gates played down this development by saying that North Korea didn't pose an immediate military threat to the United States. Unfortunately, South Korea and Japan cannot be as glib. South Korea's capital, Seoul, sits just 30 miles south of the border with North Korea. And Japan is only a few hundred miles away. Even if we don't feel the need to do anything, it's hard to believe that South Korea and Japan feel the same. Remember, Japan is the only nation in the world to have been attacked with nuclear weapons. I believe the spirit of the Samurai still lives in Japan. We may see Japan shake off her World War Two restrictions, create an offensive military force, and make speed to join the world's nuclear club. And if they do, they'll do it with breathtaking speed. Japan has the existing nuclear resources and know-how.
Finally, the Greens have struck upon a new environmental make-over strategy. "Global warming" is dead. It's hard to float that boat when we may be headed into another little ice age. They've now decided that the threat to mankind's future existence is "climate change." That covers them from both angles: warming AND cooling. Of course, they still face the challenge of convincing us that the threat is man-made and that there's anything we can actually do to prevent it. Naturally, it's going to require new layers of governmental regulation and taxation (and a one-world administration) to accomplish the task. But none of this is news if you know the prophecies of the Bible. Even Jesus Himself predicted what's happening today.
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United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that Iran must expect full retaliation from a "a battery of nuclear weapons countries" should it ever attack Israel.
When asked during an interview with ABC News whether America had set as policy envoy Dennis Ross' statement that an attack on Israel would be seen as an attack on the U.S. itself, Clinton said:
"I don't think there is any doubt in anyone's mind that were Israel to suffer a nuclear attack by Iran, there would be retaliation."
"I think part of what is clear is we want to avoid a Middle East arms race which leads to nuclear weapons being in the possession of other countries in the Middle East, and we want to make clear that there are consequences and costs," Clinton told interviewer George Stephanpoulos, though she would not elaborate on whether the U.S. would be part of said retaliation.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that a new report on Iran by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog shows that the global body cannot be trusted to monitor the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
"These findings demonstrate that the international community, no more than Israel, cannot place its trust in IAEA monitoring in Iran," the ministry said in a statement.
The International Atomic Energy Agency report said Friday that Iran is continuing to expand its uranium enrichment, despite three sets of prohibitive UN Security Council sanctions.
The watchdog reported that Iran had increased its rate of production of low-enriched uranium, boosting its stockpile by 500 kg to 1,339 kg in the past six months.
Stating that the report showed the agency's inability to carry out full and effective monitoring due to Iran's lack of cooperation, the foreign ministry urged the world to take concete steps to thwart the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions.
"What is needed from the international community is immediate and determined action to ensure that Iran will not be able to produce nuclear weapons," the statement said.
"The weakness currently displayed by the international community allows a country like North Korea to pursue a policy of defiance, and Iran is an attentive student of this policy."
A separate IAEA report said Friday that the agency has discovered traces of processed uranium at a second site in Syria.
The IAEA has been examining U.S. intelligence reports that Syria had almost built a North Korean-designed nuclear reactor meant to yield weapons-grade plutonium before Israel bombed it to rubble in 2007.
On Sunday, the ministry said the report detailed many "suspicious findings," and criticized Syria's reluctance to let the watchdog visit the various suspected nuclear sites.
"This situation reinforces suspicions that Syria is trying to blur evidence of secret nuclear activity that took place at Dir a-Zur in eastern Syria," the statement said. "The Agency should condemn Syria for hiding the facts pertaining to this activity."
On this week's edition of "The Hal Lindsey Report," Israel is beginning to feel the heat. In Riyadh last week, the King of Saudi Arabia told President Obama that he wants the U.S. to settle the Israeli/Palestinian situation immediately, even if Obama has to "impose the solution."
George Mitchell, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, says that President Obama has now declared the creation of an independent Palestinian state to be a matter of "U.S. national security." The President has not yet explained the convoluted logic behind that reasoning. Furthermore, I'm sure the Mainstream Media won't bother to ask! Mitchell's instructions are to bring the parties to the table ASAP and get the situation resolved, no matter what the concerned parties think.
Prime Minister Netanyahu and most Israelis oppose the two-state solution. Here's one reason why. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently declared that the Palestinians have fulfilled ALL their obligations under the Oslo Accords. And even though Netanyahu has offered to sit down and negotiate without pre-conditions, Abbas says that he will not even talk to Netanyahu until the Israelis have fulfilled their obligations. And you know what? That statement (even though it's a bald-faced lie) seems to satisfy the Quartet. Is it possible they actually believe him? Apparently. They convened a conference of nation-donors in Norway to pledge more hundreds-of-millions to the Palestinians to help with the "building of institutions and governmental capacity." Read that: buy more weapons and train more terrorists.
This week, I'll show you specifically which Oslo obligations the Palestinians have fulfilled. Read that: none!
Remember the IAEA? That's the International Atomic Energy Agency. It's the UN organization that couldn't find a nuclear plant even if its mammoth cooling tower was billowing steam in the next block. Well, the IAEA must have gotten Iran's press release, because it has announced that Iran now has 7,200 centrifuges on-line at its Natanz facility. That's enough to generate material for two nukes a years. More impressively, though, the agency announced a second, unexplained discovery of uranium traces at a Syrian site. In 2007, Israel bombed a 'plant' in Syria that was thought to be a plutonium-producing reactor built with North Korean assistance.
Israel is calling for further international investigation. That's because if Syria is still pursuing nuclear technology, it means its ally, Iran, is going to benefit from it. That alone is plenty worrisome, but there's something else to consider here. For students of Bible prophecy, the mention of nuclear weapons and Damascus in the same breath raises a red flag. I'll explain why this week.
Finally, as I promised, I'm going to take a closer look at President Obama's recent address to the Muslim world from Cairo. This event is beginning to take on mythic proportions. In fact, many on the Left and in the media are referring to it simply as "The Speech." This week, I'll review some of the President's statements and assertions in "The Speech" that have been overlooked in the media -- statements that answer some of the lingering questions about his attitude toward Israel.
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The message is mainly directed at U.S. naval forces in the Persian Gulf that regularly encounter Iranian naval forces in those waters.
"We are watching, and ensuring disciplined restraint on the part of our naval forces," one official told CNN. The U.S. military's concern is that Iranian naval forces could engage in some activity in the Gulf waters that could be a "triggering event," that U.S. forces might been compelled to react to.
The second official said there is also great concern that Iran not misunderstand this message calling for restraint, and think the United States is lowering its guard.
The Antichrist will take over Iran by using a human decoy to trick the Iranian Ayatollah in power. This will involve the "yes men" and puppets of the Ayatollah's court. The Antichrist will first drive away internal supporters of the Ayatollah by starting a civil war. Then he will put forth a man as a leader, a man for Iranians loyal to the Ayatollah to concentrate their hate on. The man will be assassinated while Iran is being taken over, and his opponents will think they have foiled the overthrow of power by assassinating him. But they will find out later he was merely a decoy and that they played into the plans of the Antichrist.
The Antichrist will initially obtain power in his own sphere, Asia, and the Middle East. As he grows out of this arena, and into Europe, the next step will be into the Mediterranean, his area of strength. Because of his Middle Eastern heritage he will have already united North Africans, who are sympathetic to his cultural background, with his Asian and Middle Eastern conglomerate.
Israel: Time to act against Iran is now!
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday said the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad means that the time has finally come for the international community to take action against Iran's defiant nuclear program.
Lieberman stressed that the problem with Iran was never just about Ahmadinejad, but about a national policy. With Ahmadinejad's controversial electoral win, it is clear the powers that be in Iran are determined to push forward with that policy.
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon added that if there was any hope in America and Europe that the election would bring change in Iran and soften its positions, that hope must now be thrown out the window, and a real plan of action formed.
Meanwhile, senior members of US President Barack Obama's administration told The New York Times that he intends to press on with plans to hold dialogue with the Iranian regime. Obama has refused Israeli requests that he put a firm time limit on talks, and commit to stronger action if diplomacy fails to curb Iran's nuclear program.
In an interview with ABC News last week, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suggested that America no longer plans to directly defend Israel if Iran launches a nuclear attack against the Jewish state.
Clinton said that if Iran attacked Israel with nuclear weapons today it would face some sort of "retaliation."
When reminded by her interviewer that during the 2008 presidential campaign Clinton said an Iranian nuclear attack on Israel would elicit a massive American military response, she attempted to sidestep the issue. When pressed further, Clinton repeated that an Iranian attack on Israel would bring some kind of retaliation, but refused to commit to a direct American response.
Many Israelis have been counting on an American nuclear umbrella to deter any hostile Iranian intentions, but some now fear Iran is being signaled that attacking Israel won't cost them nearly as much as previously feared.


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So far my bees in the backyard have been doing REALLY well but when I checked them on Thursday they were breaking open their honey stores! Its been really warm and dry here for the past month when it should be cooling down and wetter but its not normal.......
Anyway, any flow we had before is well and truely gone but the bees are super active with the warm temperatures and as a consequence they are chewing up their winter supplies at a great rate.
Started feeding them on Saturday morning with a baggie feeder and its brilliant. Not a bee drowned or lost so far and they have chewed through 5kg of sugar. With the baggie feeder I have found its important to watch when they are finished so you can get the bees out of the bag or they will surely die in there if left - easy in a backyard hive. Other than that they are fantastic compared to the other types I have used previously.
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SOUTHAVEN — Mayor Greg Davis will be in Jackson next week for the civil trial where Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering is trying to recover funds that the state says the Southaven mayor owes the city.
In November 2011, Pickering ordered Davis to repay more than $170,000 for the mayor's unsubstantiated expenses for trips, personal counseling, expensive dinners and entertainment. Through supporters, Davis repaid $96,000, but still owes more than $70,000.
In the suit filed last summer, Pickering alleges that Davis received illegal reimbursement from the city for personal expenses, made false representations to city officials and illegally used the city's credit card for his personal benefit.
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nope, property rights is a real thing. Beekeepers cant tell property owners what to grow and not to grow.
Government on the other hand can, as the government holds all property.
So if something happening on that property is a violation of government law, then that property owner is liable
beekeepers hold no right over property owners.
ever wonder why beekeepers cant claim liability for pesticide kills?


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What happens when a Montauk Surf Vampire and saltwater guy with a slight Florida ditch obsession conspire to fish a trout stream? Nothing.
More later on the state of said trout stream, stocked, and the ongoing efforts to de-stock it in hopes of restocking it later. In a word, bizarre.
[UPDATE: Jason did in fact hook and land a rainbow, but I had blocked it out of my memory.]
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The Pequot Lakes School District's Eagle View Elementary School will start the 2013–14 school year with individual parent-teacher conferences Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 3 and 4.
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I have an admission to make. I'm addicted to packaging design. It's true. It's a great tragedy in life when you love physical packaging and sell only digital product. Le Sigh.
I also think that a good deal of many craft supplies do not suffer from an overindulgence of package design, which is a darn shame. When you go to the craft store, the assumption seems to be you're either 6 and there to pick up supplies for your macaroni plate or you're 90 and love doilies. Therefore I simply must celebrate anyone who takes the time to package beautiful skeins of thread into something that looks as delicious as these. Yum!
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Mid-Minnesota Federal Credit Union is helping local students go back to school supplied for success this fall.
Operation School Supplies is geared toward providing children with necessary school supplies for the upcoming school year. The community is encouraged to participate by donating crayons, notebooks, glue sticks, backpacks, rulers, and other school supplies to any of MMFCU's seven full service branches during regular lobby hours. Cash donations are also being accepted. MMFCU staff volunteers will then use the funds to purchase supplies from area businesses. The campaign runs now through Sept. 30, and all supplies donated will be given to local schools in each branch city for students who need help obtaining all their supplies.


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The Honokahua preservation site in Maui encapsulates the latent dynamism between Maui's history and present -- the tug of tourism in a land once given to the spirit of aloha. In the late 1980s the site was discovered just as plans for the hotel were being designed. And now, the site exists as an ancient environment which welcomes guests from the present-day.


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I hope that the Other State(s) will do the same.
WY Lawmakers Propose 'Gun Protection' Legislation to Thwart Feds...
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Several Wyoming lawmakers are proposing legislation designed to protect gun-owners from any potential federal firearm ban. The Firearms Protection Act bill, introduced this week, would make any federal law banning semi-automatic firearms or limiting the size of gun magazines unenforceable within the states boundaries.
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I hope that the Other State(s) will do the same.
I don't know the exact language, but Nebraska at the last election passed a state constitutional ammendment saying all legal firearm owner may have a firearm to hunt with. A little help here.
Awesome, but that would be protected under the 10th Amendment and we know how the man thinks about that. It would have a better chance of going unnoticed if they attached it to legislation allowing weed or something.
"What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" -Thomas Jefferson-
"Our rights come from our humanity and may not be legislated away -- not by a vote of Congress, not by the consensus of our neighbors, not even by agreement of all Americans but one." Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
Every day, more and more Wyomingites are calling to release us from Federal Jurisdiction.
Our legislators are listening to us... May God Watch Over Us!
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if Colorado continues it's leftward turn I'll be moving north to Wyoming soon enough!
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It's all the freaks from California who are screwing up Colorado by moving there and poluting it.
TX, MT and Utah tried to pass laws 2 years ago that would make SBR's and silencers legal within state. I sure hope that TX passes something to protect us.
I love living in Wyoming
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Have you ever been in that Wind River country? It is pretty. Every American should see Yellowstone. The east side of the state is good too.


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I am using top entrances, with a telescoping roof that has a 9" opening, with a 3/8" shim around the inside of the top. My bottoms are the normal design, with a screened bottom. Most of the season, the bottoms have been closed off, with the bees only allowed to use the top entrance.
Some questions:
How are you feeding, only using top entrances? I like the idea of feeding through the inner cover hole with a deep around the feeder, but that doesn't work with the top entrance.
If I want to feed, can I just close off the top, open the bottom, and expect them to adjust? Does that do any harm?
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Jun 7, 2012 at 9:29 pm #1290814
I am looking for a wrist watch style GPS unit that does the following:
1) Shows UTM coordinates (eastings and northings)
2) Marks way points
3) Shows altitude.
Anybody know if such a beast exists? Thanks.Jun 7, 2012 at 10:24 pm #1885129
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
This isn't really the response you're after, but I'll share a few thoughts on my general philosophy in this area.
Basically, I'm not sold on the idea of combining a GPS and a wrist watch – although I've never used one and thus might be a bit ignorant in this area. I'd love to hear a good argument for them.
GPS watches tend to suffer from really short battery life if you're using the GPS (ie. 15 hours) so they aren't practical for long hikes if you're planning on using the GPS a lot. For simple acquisition of UTM co-ordinates (which all I really do) it seems a watch GPS would suffice, but the thought of accidentally leaving it on once and killing the battery resulting in me losing my GPS, watch, alarm and altimeter makes me a bit nervous. I use my altimeter a lot. Maybe these watches have some sort of safe guard that preserves the rest of the functionality when the batt gets low? 95% of the time I'd rather have an altimeter than a GPS.
While a lot of GPS watches have USB rechargable batteries, I'm sure there are some that use replaceable batteries (ie. CR2302's) and thus carrying a spare would offer some safe-gaurd in this area. This sounds good, but the ones I've seen are quite expensive (ie. $300-$400) and you could buy a really nice altimeter watch for under $150 (ie. Casio PAW1300 on eBay) and then pair that with a tiny handheld GPS for $50-$75 (ie. Garmin Geko on eBay) if you actually need it for some trips – most trips you won't. Also, with a Geko (2 x AA) you can not carry dedicated batteries for it and just steal the ones from your headlamp if you happen to get lost. This drops the weight to about 2oz.
Ideally though, I'd like to see Spot come out with a personal tracker device that gives the hiker UTM co-ordinates, thus eliminating the dilemma of carrying two GPS units on some adventurous trips. Most trips that I really need a GPS for, I also probably want a Spot for, so hopefully Spot does this soon.Jun 7, 2012 at 10:36 pm #1885132
Mike WBPL Member
@skopeoLocale: British Columbia
GPS watches tend to be ill suited to backpacking. Most of the ones I've looked at have rechargeable batteries with a short battery life and many won't show you location coordinates.
The new Suunto AMBIT GPS watch would meet your requirements and to me looks really good with up to 50 hours on a charge. I doubt you'd get 50 hours if you used the GPS very much but it's still really good when compared to the rest of the watches I've looked at. The only downside that I can see is the price (over $500). The Suunto Ambit can display UTM coordinates which is a real plus and probably impossible to find in other watches.
I have the Garmin Foretrex 301 which is wrist wearable in theory but I only tried it like that once and then replaced the strap with a small velcro loop so that I could wear it on my pack. IMO it's too big to wear on your wrist.
The Foretrex 401 would do all that you have asked (it has a electronic compass and barometric altimeter). The 301 and 401 use replaceable batteries so extended trips aren't an issue.Jun 7, 2012 at 10:47 pm #1885135
Richard NisleyBPL Member
@richard295Locale: San Francisco Bay Area
Yesterday I talked to a kayaking and winter survival guide that has been using this model for a month. He couldn't stop raving about it. See http://www.suunto.com/us/product-families/suunto-ambitJun 8, 2012 at 6:36 am #1885180
agreed the 401 would do everything you have listed, nice little unit- also agreed that while it can be worn on the wrist- it's a little big for that imoJun 8, 2012 at 7:34 am #1885201
Darren M.Member
@dmacdaddyLocale: West
I have the Ambit and love it! First off, it is expensive…actually downright crazy, expensive at $500 without the heart rate monitor. I won't even try to justify it's price. The fact is, if price is of concern, don't bother with the AMBIT. Truth is the ambit is the first watch GPS that is even worth considering for the backpacking/hiking crowd. Battery life is the standout feature of this watch. At 50 hours in GPS mode, it is outstanding. For hiking/backpacking, I don't use the watch in GPS tracking mode. I simply load waypoints of my planned trip (lakes, etc.) in the Suunto software through Google maps, and save those waypoints onto the watch. I also love being able to save campsites, trialheads and any other locations while on the trail. GPS location fixes are appox. 1 min. initially in a new area, then are ultra quick at a few seconds after that.
Once on the trail, I just use map/compass to orient until I want or need to see how close I am to a particular waypoint. I'll turn on the GPS function and see how far I am or what direction I need to be headed. Again, most of the time I don't need it but it's nice to have a backup if the trail or area is unkown. The GPS function is only used intermittent and sporadically. Hit the back button and your back into watch mode- not using battery in GPS mode. Being able to quickly check your current location coordinates and verify that on my printed TOPO maps (with UTM grids already printed on them) is fast and accurate. It has limitations like all technology, but it is far improved in tracking/reception and lock-on time, over my older Garmin Etrex Vista. Time will tell. Also, having the altimeter is great for backing up your location on a map without having to go into GPS mode. Overall, I am very impressed. Being able to have all the practical GPS functions in a small, light, watch is incredible. Having the ability to have longer battery life vs. other GPS watches is the differentiating selling point of the Suunto.
Some will complain is doesn't have routes or doesn't have enough battery life for longer tracking but, I never used a GPS like that anyway. I use it to verify and assist in traditional orienteering. With this in mind, it works great for me and would others as well. Sorry for the long post. I'll have a detailed review on my website soon.Jun 8, 2012 at 9:35 am #1885251
Hi Darren,
Thanks for the info. The Amit looks like what I want… except for the price (I have $300 to spend in B-Day money). My experience with GPS is that I use it just as you are describing. I want to be able to check coordinates occasionally to help with finding my location on a map in featureless terrain and I want to be able to mark waypoints and use it to tell me the distance/direction from my current location to these points. I wish there was a simple watch device with good battery time that did this. When I look at the Ambit features I suspect I would not use most of them.
I might use it like a bike computer for mountain biking as I would be interested to know elevation profiles for some of my common routes. It is tempting.
JeffJun 8, 2012 at 9:37 am #1885252
The 401 is a possibility. I suspect I might not be content with it's size as a watch. I am not sure if it does UTM coordinates. I know it will show longitude/latitude but I would rather have easting/northing values.
JeffJun 8, 2012 at 9:38 am #1885254
I with you on the Spot idea. Maybe one day.
JeffJun 8, 2012 at 9:57 am #1885260
Mike WBPL Member
@skopeoLocale: British Columbia
@darren – Thanks for the mini-review. I look forward to seeing a detailed review.
What is the real world battery life like? (specs say 50 hrs but what have you been getting?).
>> but it is far improved in tracking/reception and lock-on time, over my older Garmin Etrex Vista <<
That's because AMBIT has the SiRFstar IV chipset. This chipset is the one the competition tries to match. The SiRFstar chip is also the reason for the longer battery life (it conserves battery life when not actively used). It's also one of the reasons this watch is so blasted expensive.
@jeff –
The Garmin 301 and 401 series are standard Garmin GPS's so they allow you to set more coordinate systems than you will ever need (and UTM is definitely included). These aren't stripped down versions of a GPS the way the sports watches are, these are full featured GPS's. They have the same basic feature set as the Garmin Etrex non-mapping series (ie Garmin's Etrex H). They are just scaled down in size. They get a better signal lock than Garmin's old Etrex series, so they are a really great performers and hold a lock well and have good battery life.
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The Spot Connect + Smart phone will provide GPS via phone and messaging via Spot but the dual device requirement for these features adds a significant weight penalty if you don't already carry a smart phone.Jun 8, 2012 at 11:48 am #1885281
yup- the 401 can use UTM's (as do I :)) the elevation feature is very accurate as well
and as mentioned above the signal, even under less than ideal conditions, is very good w/ the 401Jun 8, 2012 at 1:32 pm #1885313
Darren M.Member
@dmacdaddyLocale: West
@mike W.
Yes, the chipset is the reason for the sheer improvements in efficiency. As far as battery life, that is yet for me to be determined. I have yet to even get close to the 50 hours in continuous GPS mode. To be frank, I'm not sure you would ever have a problem with battery life when used off and on during a backpacking trip. I turn it on to check my position (10 sec. Max) then it's back to watch mode (30 day battery life advertised) or I turn to on to get current UTM or Lat/Long position (10 sec. max) and write it on my map for reference. Other uses are to get the heading for a waypoint and then use the 360 degree electronic compass on the watch to monitor my bearing. Even then, its not in GPS mode.
That said, reviews I read online stated that when left into full GPS mode, while biking/running battery life was appox 45 hours. I've just never got close to that with the way I use it. I've only been on shorter 3 day trips this year.
Lastly, the watch can be put into sleep mode by holding the top two buttons for 7 sec. or so. I do this at night and then if you want the watch to wake, you simply hit one of the buttons. For battery life, the Ambit may not be ideal for a long thru-hike but, for all other trips it seems great. I don't have any extended trips planned this year beyond 4-5 days, so we will have to see what other say about longer trips.Jun 8, 2012 at 3:25 pm #1885341
John S.BPL Member
Garmin Foretrex 301 is what I would chose.Jun 8, 2012 at 4:06 pm #1885363
just went to Suunto's site and looked at the Ambit- that would be mighty handy for my trail running!)
pricey, but still cheaper than a Rolex :)Jun 8, 2012 at 4:13 pm #1885367
Brad AbrahamsSpectator
I took the Foretrex 301 on a 3-week backpacking trip all over southern Utah. Highly recommended. Especially useful when bushwhacking in the wilderness areas. I usually used it paired with a map or to make sure i was on track when taking unplanned side trips.Jun 8, 2012 at 5:16 pm #1885383
Mark FowlerBPL Member
@kramrelwofLocale: Namadgi
The Suunto web site gives the weight of the Ambit as 78g. My Foretrex 401 weighs 75g with batteries but stripped of the wrist strap. I use a lanyard of thin cord and keep it in a pocket for easy access.
While I really like the idea of the Ambit and would consider one once I sorted out how to charge it in the field, it isn't going save any weight.Sep 13, 2012 at 11:45 am #1911999
there is also the Garmin Fenix that might be worth peeking at, $100 less than the Ambit (but still pricey at $400)- it does display in UTM (if you so choose)
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Despite the weak economy, Precision Iron Works — a small business in Pacific, Wash. — is hoping to expand, but government rules and regulations are making it more difficult, its president says.
Steve Leighton, a large and outgoing guy, has been the head of Precision Ironworks since the company was founded 20 years ago. His presidential office — a modest space upstairs above the factory — is filled with blueprints and construction drawings.
"If you think about having a drawing that would show how bits and pieces go together, we actually fabricate the pieces: the columns, beams, braces. The skeleton of a building, that's what we produce," he says.
Downstairs in the production area, about 35 workers cut huge sheets of metal into somewhat smaller pieces that they will weld and paint. Then they'll use giant forklifts to transfer finished products to trucks and barge trailers to ship the material out to project sites.
"We've got probably one of the best groups I've even been around," says Tony Owens, the shop foreman. "Good workers, good guys in general makes the job a lot easier."
"I've been doing this since I was in high school, and I am in my 50s now," Owens adds. "And I don't — I wouldn't mind doing this till the day I could retire."
But finding workers like him is difficult. For months the company has been advertising several job openings without much success.
The company says there's not much interest in gritty, physically demanding work.
Losing Out
And staffing is just one of many challenges facing Precision Ironworks as it tries to double its revenues from about $10 million to $20 million a year.
A state law that's been on the books for more than half a century requires Washington companies to pay their workers a prevailing wage — or an hourly rate set by the government — on state-funded projects.
But as Precision's Leighton explains, companies in states like Idaho and Utah, which don't have prevailing wage laws, can pay their workers less.
"It puts us at such a disadvantage," he says. "There could be a project right out on our backdoor out here that I can't get because a company in Utah gets such a competitive advantage by not having to pay these rates."
Leighton says that's what happened a few months ago when he bid on large middle school project in a nearby county.
"It was about a 10 or 12 thousand man-hour project — one that was right up our alley," he says. "We beat out all the other of our competitors in this state — felt that we had a good number — but got beat out by three out-of-state companies."
Unintended Consequences
Prevailing wage rules were put in place so workers would get a living wage, but on a job like this one, Leighton says the difference could be $10 an hour per worker.
State Sen. Steve Conway agrees the rules can make it difficult to compete against out-of-state firms.
"It does have unintended consequences, you know, we need to figure out a solution to this," he says.
For now at least, Precision is likely to bid on fewer state-funded projects, and that means fewer choices and chances to win large contracts close to home. The company is now looking for projects in places like Alaska and Guam.
There are other rules and regulatory hurdles too. Washington's Secretary of Commerce Rogers Weed says environmental standards and other rules can be harder on small companies than large ones.
"Complying with regulations is something that adds burden to small businesses, and they can't, if you will, amortize that cost across a larger base of business and employees," he says.
But more than anything else, the biggest factor in Precision's success and potential for growth is the economy. If it doesn't pick up, there will be even fewer projects. Profit margins that have already slid from about 20 percent to 5 percent, could become slimmer. Still Leighton is hopeful.
"I don't think it's scary — I wouldn't be doing this if I thought it was scary," he says. "If I was looking through the rear view window, I think I would just pack it up and go. But I guess I believe in what we are doing here."
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Only 2.8 per cent of those able to hook up to ultra-fast broadband had connected at the end of last year, according to an update from the Government.
A statement from Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams yesterday said that as at 31 December, more than 134,000 households and businesses can connect to the new fibre network.
Between October 1 and the end of last year, 33,000 "end users" had fibre rolled out them, the statement said.
But of the 134,000 users which can access this faster internet infrastructure, only 3806 or 2.8 per cent had put up their hand and been connected.
Over 1300 of these had connected between the start of October and end of December.
Although these figures may appear low, Adams' statement said they are in line with "government expectations and overseas experiences at this early state of development".
The Government's $1.35 billion UFB initiative aims to provide download speeds of 100 megabits per second to 75 per cent of New Zealand by the end of 2019.
Work has begun in 24 of the 33 towns and cities which are part of the UFB scheme.
As well as UFB, the Government's rural broadband initiative also aims to improve internet speeds for areas which are not included in the main rollout programme.
According to the Minister's statement, 89,000 rural homes and business currently have access to wireless broadband services as part of the RBI.
Some 36,000 users also have access to improved fixed-line internet services that have been upgraded as part of the RBI.


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A bunch of posts back, Mike said:
> Coumaphos...of course...killed all the queen cells. What I found
> interesting was that Fluvalinate and the controls were statistically identical.
> There was no effect on queen cells, virgins, ability to mate, or viability of
> semen.
That's not surprising at all - Coumaphos is an organophosphate.
The rest of agriculture is moving away from the use of organophosphate
pesticides due to the cumulative neurological damage that results from
the cumulative impact of minuscule levels of exposure. Beekeeping may
be the last segment of agriculture to still be using an organophosphate.
Fluvalinate is a much more simple pesticide.
Not a "nerve agent" at all.


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by swethu August 05, 2007
a delectable, young and tender POA, usually of asian descent, with a weight rarely exceeding 110 ellbeez.
dam, imagine the things that could be done with that little morsel!
i bet that morsel tastes like honey
i bet that morsel tastes like honey
by bender May 05, 2004


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A Table Tennis shot in which the player takes a robust, sweeping downward/sideways forehand swing imparting massive amounts of backspin, producing a floating effect as it travels to the other side of the table. It's buttery delivery defies it's devastating, hammer-like effect.
My forehand loop was no match for his prodigious butter hammer.
by chaifee February 03, 2010


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Jim Beidler, author of "Roots & Branches" and genealogy researcher, published his weekly column this morning in newspapers across Pennsylvania – and guess who's featured!
Jim was so gracious as to give me a quote last week and his column provides a lot of great tips for researchers like myself. I appreciate his interest and am grateful for his thoughtful viewpoint on my story.
If you're visiting as a result of Jim's column, welcome! I'm glad you're here. I hope you stay tuned and, as always, if you have information that may help, feel free to contact me!


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Assistant Vice Chancellor
Student Affairs-Campus Life
Winston-Salem State University
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The Office of Campus Life, within the Division of Student Affairs, is a partner in the educational process and mission of the university. The essential goals of the Office of Campus Life are to improve the quality of life within the Ram community and provide quality out-of-class experiences to compliment what students learn in class.
Campus Life:
- offers services and programs that entertain, educate, and enlighten our students, faculty, and staff
- seeks to provide exciting programs and activities that allow for positive and constructive use of leisure time
- engages students in active learning and encourages scholarship
- prepares students for leadership roles within the University and future work/community settings
- enhances the educational environment by promoting, educating, and facilitating campus-wide understanding of students' rights responsibilities, and freedoms
We encourage you to become familiar with the many programs and services that enhance the student experience at Winston-Salem State University. The Office of Campus Life consistently seeks to provide students with opportunities to learn from people of varied cultural backgrounds, to explore and examine new philosophies, to develop and obtain new skill sets and interests, and to prepare for active participation in a rapidly changing global society. It is important that you take the initiative to expand your horizons and to take advantage of the programs and services that are available to help ensure your success. To garner an in depth understanding of our goals and intended outcomes refer to the 2012-2015 Campus Life
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We understand that your campus life experience needs to be one that connects you to the university. As you matriculate toward graduation we want you to be able to reflect back on all of the wonderful memories that made campus life exciting, insightful, and educational. As a part of the excitement, I would like to share some information about the new WSSU Student Activities Center. The new facility features a cutting edge concept of design which brings fusion between traditional college student unions and recreation centers. The planning process for the new structure started several years ago with a committee that included students from diverse groups. The new facility will feature an extended food court with popular franchises, and a new campus hall to accommodate student forums, performances, panel discussions, lectures, council meetings, movie nights, the River Run Film Festival, etc. This will be a place where students can host programs for up to 600 people and is designed to be dividable to host multiple groups, and will have the latest technology. The Student Activities Center will also include an indoor track, a game room, lounge space on multiple levels, study rooms, and much more! There will be a fitness center, group exercise studios, basketball courts, and shower facilities. The Student Government Association (SGA) worked hand in hand with administration to ensure the needs of the students were met. The cost of the new facility is approximately $32 million. The Student Activity Center will instantly become the epicenter of campus! Our combo facility will open for business in June of 2013.
We are proud of the students, faculty, and staff who have contributed in many ways to the important activities, programs and services of the University. It is our hope that each of you will actively pursue the many opportunities available for an exciting and rewarding student experience. We are here to assist with the development of well-rounded students and scholars. Please feel free to contact my office with any questions you or your parents have regarding Campus Life at WSSU.


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In a gruesome assault against Turkey's tiny Christian community, five young Muslim Turks entered a Christian publishing office in the southeastern province of Malatya Wednesday and slit the throats of the three Protestant Christians present.
Two of the victims, Necati Aydin, 36, and Ugur Yuksel, 32, were Turkish converts from Islam. The third man, Tilmann Geske, 46, was a German citizen.
The Turkish press reported Thursday that four of the five young men arrested for the murders, all 19 to 20 years of age, admitted during initial interrogations that they were motivated by both "nationalist and religious feelings."
"We did this for our country," an identical note in the pockets of all five young men read, Channel D television station reported. "They are attacking our religion."
According to the newspaper Hurriyet, one of the suspects declared during police questioning, "We didn't do this for ourselves. We did it for our religion. May this be a lesson to the enemies of religion."
In a demonstration against the Zirve Publishing office in Malatya two years ago, local protestors had claimed its publishing and distribution activities constituted "proselytism" among Muslims and should be closed down. Turkish law, however, guarantees the right to engage in religious evangelism if it does not contain proven political motives.
The three Christians were found tied hand and foot to chairs at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the liaison office of Zirve Publishing in Malatya's Niyazi Misr-i district. Their throats had been cut and their bodies marred by multiple stab wounds.
Both Aydin and Geske were already dead when local police discovered their bodies. Police had received a call from a nearby office in the building about a "disturbance" happening in ...1
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Gage Paine
UTSA names vice president for student affairs
By David Gabler
Assistant Vice President for Communications
(Jan. 10, 2007)--Officials at The University of Texas at San Antonio announced today the selection of Gage Paine as vice president for student affairs. Currently a vice president at Trinity University, Paine begins her UTSA duties Feb. 1.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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UTSA President Ricardo Romo selected Paine after a nationwide search netted a slate of more than 100 candidates for the position. Paine replaces Rosalie Ambrosino, who became UTSA's provost and second-highest ranking administrator last spring.
"I am extremely pleased that Gage Paine will bring her experience and talents to the UTSA community," Romo said. "She is an energetic and talented administrator with a deep commitment to students. Moreover, she has an excellent grasp of the educational challenges facing Texas."
"I am honored and delighted to have been selected to lead student affairs at UTSA," Paine said. "It is exciting to have the opportunity to work with President Romo and the entire UTSA team. I look forward to getting to know the students, faculty and staff at the university so we can work together to create an environment that fosters student success."
Paine currently serves as vice president for student affairs at Trinity University in San Antonio. Previously, she was associate vice president for student affairs and dean of student life at Southern Methodist University in Dallas (1997-2000) and associate dean of students at the University of Texas at Austin in the areas of judicial affairs and disability services (1986-1997).
She holds a jurisdoctorate degree from Texas Tech and a Ph.D. in educational administration from UT Austin. Her dissertation focused on the impact of public policy on organization development in disability services.
Romo thanked the members of the search committee, which was chaired by Sonia Martinez, UTSA vice president for university advancement. "The committee recruited candidates who demonstrated a passion for serving students, while also having the vision and strategic ability to move student affairs forward in the years to come," Martinez said.


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Discussion in 'RR KID BIKE BUILD OFF' started by KOTA, Feb 22, 2008.
Bought this 3 years ago, for $5...............CHOP..CHOP! 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
ya ya chop chop do it man do it
nice start! :mrgreen:
if you make that look like a minature phantom i will worship you :shock: i just guessed based on the name i can't wait to see what you make out of this
That's exactly what I was going to do! But now because you said "I will worship you", I can't!.........Actually, the name rhymed, and I am planning on a DIFFERENT paint scheme, You MADE me go to "Old Roads" and look up what a phantom looks like. You don't have to worry about "worshipping me", it's not going to look like that. It's going to be an SSST (Stretched, Swoopie, Sorta Thing). :lol: 8)
sorry about going off topic.....but are those spoons on the cupboards and drawers?
on topic again....$5!!!!! sheeeesh where have i been all this time :shock:
My mom used to have forks, knives and spoons on some computer desk in the kitchen...interesting untill the knife ripped my pant leg off
After I posted the pic, I was wondering if someone was going to ask that! Yep, spoons on the bottom cabinets, forks on the drawers, and butter knives on the upper cabinets. I can't believe you spotted that. :lol:
I bought a "Planet Earth" MTB at a tag sale for $10, then she pointed to the other side of the yard and said "I'll throw that one (Bantam) in for another $5. I said "I guess so".
hahahahhaha, ida told her id give her 10$ for it if she threw in the mtb for 5$............................. had to do it.... sorry
Re: PhantomBantam (2/24)
To late now! There is a "plan". I just haven't thought of it yet. Hopefully, I didn't screw up another bike.
it looks like a plan so far
:shock: :shock: she's been dismembered from the waste up ...look forward to the end result
Re: PhantomBantam (2/24)
That's great!
I think the plan now is to put it back together.
Anyway this ought to be interesting.
Okay, so maybe plan "A" isn't working! So....I'll move on to plan "B". ........There's 26 letters in the alphabet, right? :lol: :lol:
hahahahahahha thats funny!
cant wait to see what bars you use on that!!!!! :wink:
:shock: :lol: :shock: that is a whole new meaning to the word strecth
Well here's plan "B". I think I'll go with this one. Let me know what you think. Right now everything is "taped" together, I haven't decicded on the actual length. So far It's been pretty simple. Two pieces of conduit, with only one bend. I haven't even used a tape measure, yet. And you can tell by some of my "tools" (yes it is sitting on a piece of firewood) that I like to keep it simple and cheap. The "curved" blue tube removed from the bike will be used for placement of the sprocket, It will match the angle of the front tube, just gotta figure out where I want the pedals. Well that's it for now, as you can see I work outside, it's 25 degrees out and we're getting some more snow today! I LOVE New England, I get to work with gloves and my hands don't sweat!
I know it "looks" long, the pics are deceiving, remember it's only a 20 inch bike!
Maybe these bars, not sure yet.
i think it looks great at that length
Firewood, I love it!
I like the length, are you going to get that seat down low in front of the original seat tube?
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Re: The Path to Hacker Mastery
Oh and could you please tell me a bit about the life of a pen-tester,
The pay(when you start out) (and as you gain experience)
Every pen-tester's dream (like to get employed in _______________ company(please fill the dash))
And also working hours
I imagine there isn't really a "typical" road to becoming a pentester. But mine was fairly windy....
I got my Bachelor's in Sociology/Anthropology. I got out of school and within a few years realized I couldn't find a job that paid enough to cover my bills. So, I went back to school to get my Master's in Information Systems. Upon graduation I joined a Fortune 500 company in FL on their Security Operations desk. I was very fortunate in that the head of the Computer Science department at my school had close contacts at this company, so they recruited heavily from our school. I spent two years working on the security desk configuring IPSEC tunnels and changing passwords while learning how to monitor a network for anomalous behavior. It was while I was here that I soaked up as much of the basics as I could - Linux commands and operation, OSI, basic networking concepts, etc. etc.
After a couple years, I decided to move back to my home state for family reasons. I had also begun to want to do something different at that time and was really interested in finding a Unix/Linux Systems Administrator position. So, I found a small, privately held telecommunications company that was looking for a linux admin and got the job. This was a very lucky break as this company didn't have anyone with a security background and they EXPECTED everyone to go to training twice a year. I racked up most of the certifications you see in my signature there. I worked for them for almost 3 years and actually got to start doing a little pentesting at the end of my tenure there.
The company I work for now is a small, boutique security consulting firm. We do a little of everything, but I would say PCI is our 'bread and butter." Because we're small, everyone does everything. In other words, if a Web App assessment comes up and I'm the engineer on deck, I do a web app assessment even though its not really my strength. Most of what I do, though, is external and internal penetration tests. Web app assessments are probably the third most common module I do. But, we also do interview driven assessments, console audits, password policy assessments, etc. etc.
It's an incredibly fun job for the most part. There are definitely parts that aren't nearly as exciting (documentation), but the thrill of the hunt is the best part, because at the end of the day when you can show a client the impact that a risk poses, you can see that light bulb come on where they realize that they really need to fix the problem. When I was in operations, it didn't matter how hard I pushed, my manager never really got how important it was to mitigate risk. That can be very frustrating.
As far as pay goes, that will depend largely on your situation. If you're an independent consultant, your pay is determined by how well you can market yourself. Typically, I think that security folk in IT tend to be paid a little over the median income of IT fields and I think the highly technical roles like penetration tester tend to be on the high end of the security pay scale. So, you are generally compensated well, but I don't know if anyone is raking in millions of dollars from pentesting alone. Go check out salary surveys on the web. I know Information Week just released theirs this month. You can find them in other places too, though.
Anyway, good luck with your studies/development. You've found a good place in Ethical Hacker. Stick around and ask questions, but more importantly, look around for all the nuggets that are here already.
eCPPT - GSEC - GCIH - GWAPT - GCUX - RHCE - SCSecA - Security+ - Network+


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A bit like the tennis ball in one of his classic baseline rallies, David Ferrer just keeps coming back.
Coming off his best season in 2012, - during which he captured seven of his 18 career titles - the Spanish world No5 is back in Auckland defending his Heineken Open title. Already tied with Kiwi great Onny Parun with three Auckland titles, if Ferrer triumphs again he'll tie with the legendary Australian Roy Emerson as the event's most successful player.
Emerson ruled the roost in Auckland for three-quarters of a decade. He made six straight finals between 1959 and 1967 (the event wasn't held between 1962 and 1964), winning four. His two defeats came at the hands of Kiwi Jeff Robson in 1959 and Aussie heavyweight Rod Laver in 1961.
Viewed through the prism of modern times, the idea of a 12-time Grand Slam winner taking on an 11-time Grand Slam winner in the Auckland final seems borderline bizarre.
Elite players still come to Auckland, but usually well before or after their prime.
Juan Martin Del Potro, the Argentinian 2009 champion, promised to return only to price himself out of the market by winning the US Open later that year.
In these meticulously managed, cash-first times, winning slams opens the door to the big-money early-season exhibition tournaments. For small-beer events like Auckland, it's adios, baby. There have been exceptions. Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten had three French Open titles in the bag when he came here in 2003.
The player affectionately known as Guga duly won the Auckland title, and came back the next year to defend it.
Chilean superbrat Marcelo Rios was at the top of his game when he claimed the Auckland title in 1998, going on that year to claim the No1 ranking. He still ranked two the following year when he made a disappointing first-round exit.
But in recent times the Big Four of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray - and even the likes of one-time slam winner Andy Roddick - have given Auckland a wide berth. So Ferrer, a player with three Davis Cup titles to go with his swag of ATP silverware, and career earnings closing in on US$20 million ($24 million), is about as close as it gets to tennis royalty at Stanley Street these days.
"He's what I call the modern style of player - a baseline player," says Parun, who has watched on with admiration as Ferrer has matched his achievements.
"He's a very good competitor as most of the Spanish boys are. Look at Nadal, you can't accuse him of not trying. And Ferrer is in that mould. They've been well trained from birth and they've got a good competitive streak in them. They play to win and it doesn't matter how long they have to stay on the court."
Ferrer may have never cracked the slams, but making the semifinals in all four premier tournaments is hardly bad going. Ferrer has game all right, it's just not quite big enough to consistently cut through the world's top four players in the same tournament. But when he brings his Energiser Bunny approach to Auckland, as he has done every year since 2006, often he is untouchable.
Last year he all but strolled to the title, dropping just the one set, to Colombian Alejandro Falla in the quarter-finals.
All up, he boasts a 21-5 record in Auckland, having reached the quarterfinals or better seven times out of eight appearances.
Though his many returns here have been happy, Auckland is not Ferrer's most successful destination. He has won his hometown title in Valencia four times. It would be a brave soul to bet against him tying that mark here, and in the process put his name up alongside Emerson as the Open's most successful player.
"I'll watch like most people on TV and good luck to David," says Parun. "He's supported our tournament so many times. He is a top player. He is not one of the superstars of the game but he is pretty damn close."
David Ferrer
Nationality: Spanish
Age: 30
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 73kg
Rank: 5
Plays: Right
Titles: 19
Highlights: US Open semifinalist (2007, 2011), Australian Open semifinalist (2011), Wimbledon semifinalist (2012), French Open semifinalist (2012)
Prize money: US$17,049,089


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Alex Pyper: Distinguished Student
REXBURG, Idaho - Leadership is one of the outstanding qualities of United Dairymen of Idaho Distinguished Student Award winner Alex Pyper. The Madison High School senior is a section manager for for the marching band and plays in the wind ensemble. Music is one of his passions.
"It's a very rewarding thing to put time into practicing and then being able to do it and show other people your talents," Alex says. "Being with other kids who want to do the same thing on their instruments and working together to make the ensemble sound good is a bonding experience and you make good friends there."
Scouting is another of Alex's passions. He was barely 13 when he earned his Eagle Scout award.
"You get to improve and develop skills and have fun doing it. It's very entertaining and satisfying, " Alex says.
Just like in band, Alex is a natural leader in scouting. He's involved in the Cedar Badge leadership program and enjoys being a leader.
"Being a good leader is one who sets an example, but also befriends the followers so they'll want to do what your asking them," Alex says.
With a 3.95 GPA Alex is smart too. He takes a number of honors and AP classes. He likes to push himself
"If you stagnate - if you don't push yourself, you won't get anywhere fast," Alex says.
Alex plans to go to BYU and major in chemistry - then later work in research and development or perhaps teach.


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The University of Colorado Boulder's Center for Community has received a LEED platinum rating -- the highest possible designation -- from the United States Green Building Council.
LEED certification is a U.S. benchmark for sustainable building design and construction. The $84.4 million Center for Community, with 317,000 gross square feet, is about 30 percent more energy and water efficient than modern code-compliant buildings of the same size and function.
"The C4C building is a very inviting and functional place," said Moe Tabrizi, campus sustainability director. "At the same time, it's a very resource-efficient, green building. We've heard very positive feedback from people about it."
The Center for Community, which opened in the fall of 2010, is CU-Boulder's second platinum-rated building after the Williams Village North residence hall earned the same distinction last winter. Eight structures on the campus are LEED gold rated and another has a silver designation.
The building is anchored by a 900-seat dining hall that offers fare at nine micro-restaurants -- including Asian, Italian, halal and kosher-compliant dishes -- and serves more than 5,500 meals per day. The center also is home base for 12 student support offices, including Career Services, the Center for Multicultural Affairs, Counseling and Psychological Services, the Office of International Education and the Office of Victim Assistance.
More than 50 percent of construction materials for the Center for Community came from sources located no more than 500 miles away. And more than 75 percent of construction waste was recycled, diverting it from landfills.
Elements of the building that contribute to its efficiency include the use of LED lights, a large number of energy-saving kitchen appliances, solar reflective roof shingles and low-flow water fixtures and faucet aerators. The building is cooled with an evaporative cooling system, which uses less energy than traditional mechanical systems. Also, the installation of solar panels that produce 100 kilowatt-hours of energy at a time was recently completed. The panels are enough to power 20 average-sized houses.
"The building is exemplary of both the traditional Tuscan vernacular on the CU-Boulder campus, as well as state-of-the-art technology and design," said Paul Leef, campus architect and director of the Planning, Design and Construction office. "One might say that it's a perfect blend of functionality, timeless architectural design and 21st century engineering.
"Inside, the building has a sense of transparency, which not only gives greater visibility to the student services offered there, but also enlivens the interior with natural day lighting," said Leef.
About 20 percent of the food prepared and served at the Center for Community comes from local sources and is natural or organic. Food waste is pulped for compost rather than tossed down a garbage disposal.
"The C4C building has become a great community gathering place where students, faculty, staff and Boulder community members meet to eat and build relationships," said Kambiz Khalili, executive director of Housing and Dining Services.
The building's green design and construction is the result of efforts from the CU-Boulder Planning, Design and Construction office and the office of Campus Sustainability, as well as Student Affairs and Housing and Dining Services.
The building has been nominated for the Boulder Valley Green Building Awards presented by the Colorado Green Building Guild and the Boulder County Business Report.
For more information on CU-Boulder's green building initiatives visit http://www.colorado.edu/cusustainability/greeningcu/LEED.html. For more information on the Center for Community visit http://www.colorado.edu/centerforcommunity/.
Kambiz Khalili, 303-492-6494
Paul Leef, 303-492-7726
Moe Tabrizi, 303-492-1425


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