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Piaget Polo watch, 43 mm. 18K pink-gold case. 18K pink-gold hour-markers. Sapphire case back. Manufacture Piaget 880P ultra-thin self-winding mechanical chronograph movement with small seconds, date and dual time zone.
Piaget Polo watch
Dressed in pink gold, the Piaget Polo watch houses the first chronograph movement. The Calibre 880P is a model born from luxury watchmaking, equipped with a column wheel and a vertical coupling-clutch that displays the central seconds with a flyback function, a minutes counter, small seconds, second time zone and a large date display. Two barrels provide a power reserve of 50 hours for this self-winding movement, which features an oscillating weight engraved with the Piaget coat-of-arms.
Metal: Pink gold
Metal weight (gr): 100.1
Strap type: Alligator
Strap colour: Brown
Strap buckle: Ardillon buckle
Case shape: Round
Case diameter: 43 mm
Case thickness: 11 mm
Dial colour: Silvered
Index: Batons
Waterproofness: 05 ATM
Specificities: Sapphire case back
Movement: Self-winding mechanical
*Piaget luxury watches and jewellery are individually produced and thus the weight and carats of each product can vary from the displayed data.
880P movement
Shape: Round
Functions: Flyback chronograph, Second time zone at 9 o'clock (24 hours), Date at 12 o'clock, Hours, Minutes, Minutes counter at 3 o'clock (30 minutes), Small seconds at 6 o'clock
Technical features: Column wheel, Vertical coupling clutch, Double barrel, Balance with screws, Balance stop
Power reserve (in hours): Approx. 50
Frequency (vph): 28,800
Frequency (Hz): 4
Diameter (lines): 12.00
Diameter (mm): 27
Number of jewels: 35
Thickness (mm): 5.6
Number of components: 277
Finishing: Blued screws, Circular Côtes de Genève, Circular-grained mainplate, Bevelled bridges, Oscillating weight engraved with the Piaget coat of arms


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Meeting on school calendar for next two years
Original post made by Scott Johnson, Old Palo Alto, on Aug 28, 2006
It will be held at district headquarters at 25 Churchill from 3-5 p.m. but the public will not be allowed to speak. The meeting is part of the union contract negotiations.
More information at Web Link
If you attend, please post some observations about what happened.
My opinion: summer is too short and I hope we can go back to a later start and no ski week. And how about less time taken off for standardized testing too?!
a resident of Palo Verde
on Aug 28, 2006 at 5:15 pm
Agreed. Notice also that we have two days off for Labor Day and extra days for Winter break. I would rather go later in June than start in the middle of August. I have been told by one high school teacher already that she doesn't get her act together and really start teaching until after Labor Day. So, I wonder if the teachers really like this too and if we can get them on our side.
a resident of another community
on Aug 29, 2006 at 7:46 pm
I am a teacher in the district and I am, of course, interested in this issue. A few thoughts: Keep the ski week and shorten the December break! Those who want to eliminate the ski week argue that it breaks continuity for the kids' learning, AP students suffer, etc. Students in the Midwest and Northeast have ski week (winter break) and do just fine. Kids really need a break and more frequent and shorter breaks serve this need! And although it would be great to shorten testing time (AND the amount of standardized testing, but that's another story...), that time frame is dictated by the state. And, a lot of families, obviously not a majority but a notable amount, take their kids out for vacation when it works for them regardless of what the school calendar is anyway.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Aug 29, 2006 at 10:53 pm
This current calendar is very inefficient. Children need the summer off, and don't need constant 3,4, and even 5(!) day weekends throughout the school year. They have barely a two month summer vacation as it currently stands. We have a lengthy Christmas vacation, and then a ski week barely a month after that.
It is hard to find a parent who agrees with the revised calendar incorporating the 'ski week' that we have had for the last two years. Summer does not end until Labor Day. I would much rather give my children more time in the summer to relax and decompress from a busy school year, than take away essentially two weeks of their summer, seemingly for the benefit of a small number of teachers who like to ski and have 6 or more 3+ day weekends for personal travel. My kids think the constant breaks are just a distraction, and would prefer to have a real summer vacation.
When this was approved two years ago, it was done in a very unusual way - in the summer when no one was around to fight it. I hope the School Board shows integrity this time around and listens to the needs and desires of the community.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Aug 30, 2006 at 11:41 am
Has anyone realised yet that we have two long weekends following one another in January with a three day week inbetween? Why not give us the three days off and call it ski week if we must have one?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Aug 30, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Will there be a moment for parents to provide meaningful input to the committee deciding on the school calendar? I fear not.
I attended the School Board meetings 3 years ago when the current calendar was proposed. At first the School Board rejected the proposed calendar, asking staff to review whether ski week/starting school so early was necessary. At the next meeting, staff simply responded that this was the best they could offer...with no further information about the process or issues considered by the mysterious committee who developed the proposal. The School Board voted to approve -- seeing that staff wouldn't budge and there were too many other pressing matters to be done that evening. I simply don't have confidence that our superintendent cares make sure that outside input from parents, students or teachers is considered.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Aug 30, 2006 at 12:53 pm
What I care about is easing high school kids' stress levels, so I'd be willing to start in August if we could get finals in before the Christmas holidays. Either that, or put Ski Week just at the end of the semester, so that kids could have the chance to decompress with some serious time off after finishing the first semester.
I agree that the current calendar is inefficient, but I actually particularly loathe the fact that we have SEVEN STRAIGHT weeks, from April 9 to May 28, with absolutely no holidays at all. A little more balance would also be welcome by me, if possible.
And 10 weeks off in the summer just seems more humane for the whole family....
It's my understanding that parents used to sit on the calendar committee but were removed a couple of years ago, when Mary Francis came. I heard, but cannot substantiate, that removing parents was at the request of one or more of the unions. So, I don't think parents will get a lot of chance to comment except unofficially to members of the committee, or at the board meeting when the calendar proposal is presented.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Aug 31, 2006 at 9:16 am
Can someone who attended this meeting post a brief summary?
director of IT, Embarcadero Media and webmaster of Palo Alto Online
on Aug 31, 2006 at 10:49 am
Frank Bravo is a registered user.
We have posted a new poll asking about this topic to the front page of Palo Alto Online. Let us know how you feel by voting there and then commenting here.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Aug 31, 2006 at 8:38 pm
To reduce stress, we should eliminate finals for the first semester. Other college prep schools have done so - the first semester grades are determined through other assessments like unit tests, papers, projects. The second semester final is for second semester only. Such a proposal has been delivered to the Paly and Gunn principals, Stressed Out Students Committee and the Calendar Committee.
Moving finals before the holidays creates even more stress around the already stressful holiday season (remember all those music concerts, holiday festivities, etc.) If we had no first semester finals, we could start school closer to Labor Day, have less stress, and have one more week of instruction in January.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Aug 31, 2006 at 8:50 pm
While I appreciate the poll idea, the current question does not measure what I think many high school parents deem critical (as I said above): scheduling either ski week or Christmas/Winter break so that high school kids have finished finals just prior to ONE of these. In the context of this concern, your either/or question doesn't capture that concept.
a resident of Community Center
on Aug 31, 2006 at 9:34 pm
Several parents and I share in the same belief that kids should have a longer summer and the ski week was pushed through to benefit teachers/admin. Coming from a dual income family, all the holidays place a lot of stress on the families and kids as well. There is no temporary daycare for these holidays and jobs in the valley are competitive. Parents cannot just take time off for these.
The old calendar worked well -- why did someone have to screw up a good thing?
a resident of Professorville
on Sep 1, 2006 at 12:01 pm
If the purpose of breaks is to provide relaxation and time with family and friends, it would make sense to have the semester end before Winter Break. If we must start in August - lets at least make that happen. If we eliminated all the "local holidays" (what are those anyway?) we would be close to two equal semesters. I hardly know anyone that went skiing during ski week - although the HS kids had plenty of homework!
a resident of Professorville
on Sep 1, 2006 at 12:25 pm
As we struggle with this mid-August start, and are about to go into a 4-day Labor Day break, we see once again the absurdity of ending summer in mid-August. Give us back our summer that stretches through Labor Day, give us working parents Labor Day weekend to get ready for school. Lose the interruption of ski week, but don't let us out earlier in June (May?); the work world is in full swing then, the camps are not, so neither great educational opportunities nor family vacations are an option in June. Meanwhile, now in August, the work world idles, and I could too, if the kids weren't already at school.
Either skip the mid-term exams altogether (some teachers already do), or make it an almost-mid-term (there is no rule saying that the exam has to cover exactly one half of the year) or leave it in January, when families can shut down activity for a week and make time for the kids to study--a heavy homework week just before he holidays may be the final straw that breaks my already overloaded Thanksgiving to Christmas schedule.
And after this is resolved, let's talk again about why the committee doesn't have parent representation--again...
a resident of Addison School
on Sep 1, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Whatever is decided about timing, can we call it something other than "ski week?"
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 1, 2006 at 4:26 pm
According to the PA Weekly, the proposed calendar gets rid of "ski week":
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a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Sep 1, 2006 at 7:27 pm
Re: "I agree that the current calendar is inefficient, but I actually particularly loathe the fact that we have SEVEN STRAIGHT weeks, from April 9 to May 28, with absolutely no holidays at all. A little more balance would also be welcome by me, if possible."
Yes, let's rename ski week and move it to a time when the spring semester is beginning to drag and kids' attention is wandering.
Candidly, though, a 10 week summer break is too long. To those who are worried about a week's break causing a disruption in learning, please think about how much children forget over long the summer break (which was originally intended to allow children to help their farming parents). In fact, at the start of every year, teachers have to spend considerable class time on reviewing the last year's work.
Incidentally, where did the strange idea that teachers want ski week come from? What teacher wants to go to ski slopes crowded by kids?
a resident of Palo Alto High School
on Sep 1, 2006 at 11:47 pm
Im sure all of you are being effected by this really stupid calendar system, I am to. I love to board, but ski week was just a sneaky way the teachers have tried again to shorten my summer break! I remember about 10 years ago when i was in kindergarden we had like 10 or 12 some weeks of summer break, what did we have last year? like 8, its shorting and fast, id rather have no long weekends and have a reall long summer break than have like 4 billion breaks were people just sit inside because it is winter and do nothin! Our Teacher Friend said as follows:
I am a teacher in the district and I am, of course, interested in this issue. A few thoughts: Keep the ski week and shorten the December break! Those who want to eliminate the ski week argue that it breaks continuity for the kids' learning, AP students suffer, etc. Students in the Midwest and Northeast have ski week (winter break) and do just fine. Kids really need a break and more frequent and shorter breaks serve this need! And although it would be great to shorten testing time (AND the amount of standardized testing, but that's another story...), that time frame is dictated by the state. And, a lot of families, obviously not a majority but a notable amount, take their kids out for vacation when it works for them regardless of what the school calendar is anyway.
Posted by anonymous, a resident of another community, on Aug 29, 2006 at 7:46 pm
now personnally i went through and read pretty much every comment and this one was posted by a teacher, and what do you know there is a different opinion. First off we need winter break, not only because it is x-mas for 60%+ of the population, and we just had finals we need, no we deserve a break, but ski week a month after our 15 or 16 day break in not nessicary, its just a waste of our summer, the teachers really do want to kill summer. By the way the teacher who wrote this should know, we don't lve in the midwest and Northeast. We
live in nice sunny California, you wanna know why ski week works for them? umm lets see...IT SNOWS THERE!!!!! Face the facts in the Bay Area it doesn't, not really.
Another thing this person wrote "Kids really need a break and more frequent and shorter breaks serve this need!", I know because I am one of these people, we complain about how far the breaks are apart, but we only do complain because we have a miniscule summer, if i wanted a year round school id just go to a boarding school. Anyway, we do have frequent and short breaks, you want to know what their called their called Freaking weekends!!!!!, we have them all the time!!!!
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 2, 2006 at 1:54 pm
Why not allow some choice between Winter and Ski week, with those who remain given intensive tutoring?
a resident of JLS Middle School
on Sep 3, 2006 at 9:45 pm
As a parent of two kids on Palo Alto schools, I like a calendar with ski week. And starting early is a fine. Last year we were able to take a short break during a very "grinding" part of the school year homework wise. Our son and I went cross-country skiing during the day and had some of the most fun we had during that entire year, and then he was worked a bit on some of his homework projects in the evening.
It relieved some the the stress that might have occurred during that part of the year and allowed him to catch up a bit on homework. I real stress relief. (I don't know what the schedule is like in later JLS or high school, but late winter is a good time for a short break.)
Please keep it.
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 5, 2006 at 11:08 am
The ski week is a nuisance that adds no real value. A ski long weekend
is more than enough for skiing and we already have them.
The best school system would be one that lets children attend school
with a few holidays here and there, and have breaks *after* final exams or tests. Having breaks in the middle is no fun, it's used as an
excuse to procrastinate homework/studying. And that's not the way
we can get the kids ready for the real world.
Children need long summers to wind down, enjoy, and recharge. And,
long summers also give the bigger kids enough time to do a summer job
or project (need at least 2 months for that). I don't know about
others, but I enjoyed my summer vacations when I grew up, and I
find it harsh on our kids to have their summer vacations taken away
for some unjustifiable reason that most children don't care about.
I also noticed that the school becomes a picnic once the STAR
tests are administered. The enthusiasm of teachers to cover new
or unfinished topics after STAR tests are over diminishes
exponentially. It is a real waste of time. And, part of the
problem lies in the STAR testing methodology and timing I think.
But teachers should take more pride in their students and help
them learn all they can by teaching a wide variety of topics.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Sep 10, 2006 at 12:07 pm
The added 'ski week' is not of interest to us. The current school calendar has a detrimental impact on some students' summer plans, including that of one of our teens, owing to the school year finishing so late in June.
We would greatly prefer a longer summer (or at least the schedule we used to have) with an earlier start to summer break. This would be more consistent with others we know, particularly in other states. Why is this important? Many high school students travel to participate in important summer activities nowadays, and our current late finish to the school year is now preventing PAUSD high school students from doing that in some cases. We have direct experience with being impacted with this and I have noted this is school surveys concerning the current calendar plan.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Sep 10, 2006 at 12:47 pm
I don't understand why everyone is attacking the "ski week" when the real reason the summer is shorter is because of all of the short "special interest" local holidays given throughout the year. What's with a random two day holiday in October and why do they always give Monday and then the following Friday for MLK week. Why can't they give the Friday before so there is a four day holiday and not a week with three school days in the middle?
Most of our neighboring school districts offer a consistent week off for the Presidents' holiday week and the same consistent week in April, so that parents and childcare providers know consistently from year to year when vacations or childcare should be scheduled. It also helps teachers plan a consistent curriculum from year to year. Why are these surrounding communities not wasting time on this issue? Because it works for them (and the majority of the country as a matter of fact), that's why!!!!!
If you work and your child has the same number of holidays per year, I don't understand how having a week in February instead of three days really makes a difference in how much time off from work a parent needs to take. Perhaps it's just easier to sneak a day here and a day there, rather than a week absence, but then how does that make a week or two more during the summer preferrable?
In reality, if a community offers a consistent holiday schedule, then care providers will start offering "camps" to cover the holiday week. Most care providers won't have staff coverage for a day here and a day there, so in fact, these little breaks make it harder on working parents.
I especially don't see the argument against ski week, since PAUSD has traditionally, and it seems will once again, give three days off during this time, hovering around the busy weekend. I would much rather go away for the entire week then during the Presidents' holiday weekend, when everyone, including those people who do not have children, have a long weekend and decide to hit the road! If we don't have a week, then we might as well just have Monday off, as travelling over that weekend is not a stress reducer for anyone.
I love my children, but summers can drag on for all of us. In fact my daughter was counting the days until school started and this was a short summer! As a teacher, who has summers off, unpaid, I can't afford to send my children to Palo Alto summer camps; they are way too expensive. Other communities aren't offering camps because the children there are back in school and the counselors need to go back to school as well, be it high school or college.
Everyone has unique needs, but I think consistency is the name of the game. Changing the schedule every couple of years and having willie nillie holidays here and there is the problem, not a February break.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Sep 12, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Now that we are in a globally aware world with families having family and friends all over the world, it does begin to make sense to fall in line with what is going on elsewhere in the northern hemisphere. I have had experience in the past two years of families from Europe wanting to house trade with a family round here which means that each family lives in each other's house for a month, living a fairly normal life (buying groceries and such like) and learning what it would be like to live in that country. Families round here cannot do that because August is a school month, just like July is a school month in Europe. Secondly, I have friends from India who travel back each summer. This year, they had a very big family wedding in India in the last week of August. Since they had family from Europe as well as family travelling from the U.S. it was a very big family get together. This meant that my friends had to miss the first two weeks of school to get to their family re-union. I think this story is not unusual as many of our schools missed students until after Labour Day. For this reason, August should be a no school month, as so many of our families travel all over the world at this time for so many varied reasons.

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If we stay the course and pcik 5th, its kinda a crappy situation for us in RD1 i think, and thats why i got Sammy Watkins going to us. I figure we mines well get a Julio Jones type WR with rare explosion with the 5th pick. Albeit, i woulden't even be against taking Mike Evans at pick 5 if we stay put. The guy screams Vincent Jackson..
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When he wants zip, or when he is on the run, he often resorts to a sidearm motion that simply will not consistently work in the NFL, especially at his mediocre height. This motion also lacks accuracy and is a very flat trajectory. Furthermore the big problem with this motion is that is seems when things get tough he resorts to it more and more, as if it was his natural motion. I get the impression somewhere along the lines coaches tried to change his motion to the overhand version and his instincts, when things get tough, revert to that sidearm sling. I have a feeling his throwing motion combined with his height might be a factor in why he stayed in school for 5 years, to attempt to adjust it for NFL purposes.
I like Boyd's leadership and I respect the Clemson offensive system as 1 that can heap a lot on a QB. They do a fantastic job of creating passing lanes for him. Offenses wont do that for him in the NFL, he will have to. Therefor, I just don't know about him as a top prospect. People who know football know how hard it is to change a throwing motion(ask Tim Tebow.) As of right now, he needs to dump that sidearm garbage and resort to it only when needed for screens or w/e because it would be the lowest release point in the NFL by FAR if he tried to use it as much as he does in college.Thats no easy task. It is only about ear/shoulder height release point and when you combine it with his flat trajectory, I see that thing getting thrown back in his face a lot if he is in the pocket.


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Good location, about 30 minutes to the biggest mall by foot. Tv channels were ok. Fairly decent value for the money. Service was aweful. Staff did not speak good English. Other patrons were loud (playing music at 5am), and if that wasn't enough, there were chickens hollering around the clock. During my stay my room was cleaned only once. When I arrived I got no towels at all. There was free water in the room, but it was only lukewarm or burning hot as the cooler was broken. My door lock was constantly broken, and they said they would replace it(they didn't).
This hotel was very affordable and close to a lot of restaurants and vendors and the beach but tucked away in an alley which made it relatively quiet (and HARD to find). The room is spacious and comes with a kitchenette (although the refrigerator was not plugged in so I don't know if it worked). was still nice to have the extra counter yet space. You even get a little drying room for your wet clothes! The staff are very flexible and seemingly warm (at least most of them) My tv was blurry, the toilet seat had a serious crack (forcing you to sit sideways), and the room did not come wth any soap. I don't need shampoo or any other toiletries... But at least provide little bar of soap for the bathroom sink. I arrived law and think I woke up a staff member who was sleeping behind the counter.... He looked dazed... Didn't say much to me at all. Just led me up to the room and left. Very minimal lodging but decent for the money and location. Would not stay there again.


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In this roundup, Katie Burke summarizes notable recent items about scientific research, selected from news reports compiled in the free electronic newsletter Sigma Xi SmartBrief. Online: https://www.smartbrief.com/sigmaxi/index.jsp
Dogs Origins Decoded
A genetic study of 1,872 Old World dogs and 347 New World dogs showed that American purebreds, such as Chihuahuas, are more closely related to Asian dogs than to European dogs. The finding indicates that ancient humans brought dogs with them when they crossed the land bridge from Asia to North America during the Pleistocene; it is corroborated by archaeological and historic records of dogs predating European settlement. The new study used mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down maternally and is strongly conserved between generations. A related genetic examination of free-ranging and street dogs in the Americas showed that European breeds largely comprise the genetics of American dogs, as these breeds became more common. A few exceptions exist, including an indigenous American dog with dingo-like characteristics, called the Carolina dog, which lives wild in remote areas of the southeastern United States.
Van Asch, B., et al. Pre-Columbian origins of Native American dog breeds, with only limited replacement by European dogs, confirmed by mtDNA analysis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B (Published online July 10)
Poached Animal Forensics
Concentrations of radioactive carbon-14 in the atmosphere almost doubled between 1952 and 1962 because of nuclear weapons testing and then dropped when testing was banned. A half-century later, this pattern, known as the bomb-curve, turns out to be useful for precisely measuring the ages of biological samples. Carbon-14 in the atmosphere is incorporated into plants through photosynthesis, and then into animals that eat either plants or other organisms that have eaten plants. To explore how accurately tissues from organisms could be dated using the bomb-curve, carbon-14 concentrations in 29 animal and plant tissues of known age were compared to their concentrations of other carbon isotopes. Samples harvested after 1955 were dated to an accuracy of 0.3 to 1.3 years, depending on tissue type. This method has applications in ecology and environmental policy. Most notably, it can identify the time of harvest for ivory and other potentially poached animal parts. Often, age of these items establishes whether they can be legally traded.
Uno, K. T., et al. Bomb-curve radiocarbon measurement of recent biologic tissues and applications to wildlife forensics and stable isotope (paleo)ecology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. (Published online July 1)
Faux Planets Around Infant Stars
Astronomers thought they were indirectly watching planets being born in debris disks around certain young stars: Some contain asymmetrical rings that have generally been attributed to the gravitational effects of one or more exoplanets. But new computer models show that interactions between gas and dust in the disks could give rise to similar patterns, even if no planets are present. The finding calls into question some planets identified within the disks surrounding nearby stars. It also underscores the need for a better model of how planet formation really occurs within these dusty disks.
Lyra, W., and M. Kuchner. Formation of sharp eccentric rings in debris disks with gas but without planets. Nature 499:184 (July 10)
Crohn's Potential Viral Cause
The cause of Crohn's disease is unknown, but a recent study offers intriguing evidence. This disease leads to diarrhea and stomach pain due to chronic inflammation in the intestinal tract; a severe version called advanced ileocecal Crohn's disease also produces lesions in the part of the nervous system governing gastrointestinal function. Previous work showed that the disease is associated with variations in two genes called NOD2 and ATG16L1. Because these genes regulate immune response to viruses with single-stranded RNA (ssRNA), researchers hypothesized that Crohn's could be associated with such a virus. The new study bolsters the case for a particular virus, human enterovirus species B (HEV-B), associated with mild gastrointestinal inflammation. Of the 24 patients with Crohn's disease, all had the NOD2 and ATG16L1 genetic variations, and all showed more elevated levels of ssRNA viruses known to cause gastrointestinal symptoms than a control group. Patients who had advanced ileocecal Crohn's disease all exhibited HEV-B infection in particular. Although based on a small sample, the findings strengthen the case for a viral cause.
Nyström, N., et al. Human enterovirus species B in ileocecal Crohn's disease. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology (Published online June 27)
Photosynthesis Precursor
Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the water-oxidizing complex, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom. This system splits water molecules and delivers some of their electrons to other molecules that help build up carbohydrates. Given the central role of manganese, researchers hypothesized that the anaerobic missing link in photosynthesis evolution might be a process called manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis. Earth scientists recently studied 2.415 billion-year-old rocks from South Africa rich in manganese oxide. The rock's physical and chemical properties indicate that the ancestor of cyanobacteria used manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis. Next up the researchers hope to mutate cyanobacteria to re-create their long-lost predecessor for direct study.
Johnson, J. E., et al. Manganese-oxidizing photosynthesis before the rise of cyanobacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. 110:11238 (July 9)
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/in-the-news-47/1
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Hello All,I currently have a 1999 Ford explorer SPORT 2 doors, so its not very long. And I dont want to get anything real big, but for my job as a property manager, I remodel alot of homes, and constantly picking up lumber, 2 x 4's, trim etc. and with my suv now, I can only fit 8ft or shorter before it hits my dashboard. Any bigger and I have to have it delivered or a guy go pick up for me. I am an independent girl and hate asking men to do this for me, when I could myself if I had the right vehicle. I am thinking of upgrading and looking for advice. As I am single women, I still want seating for hauling kids and friends. I would like to at least be able to haul 12 ft trim? Would going to a a full length explorer do the trick, or would getting me a small truck like a ford explorer trac do the trick? The tracks bed is only like 4 ft and it dont look like the windows in most open up, I guess I could put a new back window in that would slide open. Or would like chevy avalanche be better? I am trying to stay in the v6 models. I travel alot, but also hoping to buy a small camper soon too. One under 4000 pounds that a suv or minivan could pull. As I write this, I am thinking a full length explorer would probly be best, no worries of wood sliding out of back, and if the trac is only 4 ft and I want it to fit 12 ft trim, and not have to tie it down, dread the idea of having to tie stuff down, I am at menards 2-3 times a week. Dont sound like much fun. What are your thoughts? Best suvs or small trucks with crew cabs, with v6 engines? I am not stuck on ford, just what I have now and a model I like because its 4L and not a 5.8 gas guzzler.
Considering most pickups and SUV choices, a V8 would probably get basically the same mileage as a V6. Any pickup with a crew cab is going to have a 5.5 to 6.5 ft long bed. So you're really limiting yourself on the pickup options by needing a crew cab.Now with that all being said, in all honesty why not just get a small trailer to load things with? It'd be a lot cheaper to find a trailer rather than a whole new vehicle. I know you said you'd rather not have to tie things down, but if you have 2-4 straps and spots for them to hook into it's really never a problem, and it's safer.Good luck with your hunting though!
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Have you thought about a minivan? Get a stripped model Grand Caravan and fold the seats into the floor. Viola! You have 8 feet of usable cargo space and when you need to haul around kids and their gear, fold the seats back up. Best of all, they drive like cars, they are easy to get into, and with the 4 liter V6, it makes good power with a 6 speed trans. It also gets 25-26 mpg highway.Or you could do a Frontier Quad Cab with the Long bed and put a bed cap on it so as to not do the tie down thing. Those are cool trucks with a lot of attitude. They are also nice to drive and offer great resale.
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A new truck with a V8 will get about the same milage as your '99 Explorer. Any small crew cab truck would be a bad choice for what you are planning to use it for. I think the Avalance would be the better choice because you can convert from a short bed to an eight foot bed when you need to haul long items. The Avalanche also has a better towing capacity than the small trucks. As for wanting a V6, don't let someone scare you and tell you that all V8 engines are gas hogs. Newer V8 trucks can easily get over 20 MPG on the highway (when the truck is empty) as long as you drive like a sane person. You may also want to consider a van or just buying a trailer like that other guy suggested. In the end you should explore the options, do some research, drive some trucks and make the descision that best suits your needs and budget.
Any truck or most vans with a utility or ladder rack could do the job, but you'd have to tie down the load. If you plan on towing 4000+ pounds you should step up to a V8, even a small one, in my opinion. You'll have to find one with a hitch, trailer wiring, and the proper axle (gear) ratio for the load you want to tow. Get factory equipped vehicles and not aftermarket add-on's.If the Explorer will do it for you, then by all means get it. I highly recommend looking at the attached link to see how the vehicle MUST be equipped to tow the load you'd like to tow.Ford towing link:https://www.fleet.ford.com/showroom/rv_trailer_towing/default.aspHere's a towing link for Dodge trucks:http://www.dodge.com/bodybuilder/2010/docs/ram/rammlupseries.pdfHere is a link for GMC's:http://www.gmc.com/sierra/1500/specsCapabilities.jspLast time I looked GMC & Chevy trucks towing info didn't match on a like for like truck, so browse carefully.Happy shopping!
this may or may not work for you, but just to give you more ideas/options, here's what i have. (i also used to property manage. have also built additions on my house.)i have a '94 toyota XtraCab. this is basically a Tacoma (name adopted from '95 on).it has sliding rear windows, and a camper shell. so although the bed itself is only 6' i can haul lumber in 8' lengths, by sliding them thru the pass-thru window into the cab. even lengths to 12' and more can be handled, by leaving the camper transom open, and resting the back of the load on the top of the closed tailgate. i use foam knee-pads to protect the pass-thru window frame and top of the tailgate.on an earlier nissan truck also with a camper, i had accessory racks bolted onto the camper shell. lengths nearly as long as the truck itself could be hauled on the rack. it did require tying down the loads.the XtraCab has jump seats suitable for kids, or even adults for short trips.best of all, i EASILY GET 25 mpg overall. and have gotten as high as mid-30s on trips.
Considering the 4.0L is a gas hog, you could look at some long bed F-150s or Silverado 1500s.
=================================No, Brian, it's a foreign car, the "T" is silent. Sweet, I'm getting an Audi!
For what you are doing it makes most since to get an extended cab full-size truck IMO. An extended cab can have a 6.5' bed and when the tailgate is down it's around 8'. So hauling things 12' is not a problem. Although, I highly recommend you get over your dread of tying things down. Anytime you haul something that extends past the length of the bed you should tie it down, I've been pulled over before because I didn't. Considering a Silverado with a V8 and 10,000lb pulling capacity can get 21mpg and your explorer gets about the same I would say you wouldn't notice much difference in mgp's. That is, if you can resist the feel of 300 horses, and keep your foot out of it.Best of luck!
GM to the end.
Have you thought about the Chevy Traverse? The possibility of interior passenger space along with the added room for longer remodeling supplies and towing capability, up to 5200 lbs. It will most likely deliver much better average economy, and can seat up to seven people.... better than the Explorer.There's vehicles out there, just be sure to search for them, as you are now, read customer reviews to see the good and bad; keep in mind that in both you'll also find people who will stretch their evaluation a bit. I find reading people evaluation at Edmunds.com is helpful too.Keep in mind, while a truck may fit your needs in one way, cargo and towing, it is likely that you will sacrifice something else, maneuverability.
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I would go with the avalanche if your going towards that area. the rear seats fold up and you can slide stuff therough that gab between the cab and bed.... although if your going to be towing, v8 is better. they also last a lot longer than the v6s... and would get better towing mpgs than the v6 because the eingine will be working a lot harder causing it to be less effiecient, you could also get a mini van or even a work van... the work van would at least look more respectable when hauling compared to like a grand caravan lol.
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although if your going to spend that type of money on a avalanche, you might as well get a silverado. better bang for your buck...
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USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
I don't believe it would have any significant difference at all, even if you did it once a day.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
I believe surgeons still wash their hands thoroughly before putting on gloves and some times more than one pair of gloves.
Mark Berninghausen
I don't know why I try to educate you, sometimes I think it can't be done. Not every surgery is done in a nice clean operating room. Sometimes equipment is use from one patient to the next without sterilization between uses. Emergency surgery on the battle field is quite different than what you might expect.
You are making an assumption that this would be the same. If you ding the box with the hive tool the spores are still encapsulated. A few spores might transfer to the hive tool but there could be a few there already. So I am not following your line of reasoning.Would being in contact with deadly germs be OK once a day?
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
I am most honored that Ace takes time out his busy day to try educate little old me. But much like some of his other endeavors, Ace's venture into my education is going to fall short. I will be the smart-ass student in the back row correcting the teacher when he makes an error.
USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
We annually scrap the insides of our supers to remove any build up of propolis and wax. We use a 2 inch wide paint scraper, and it leaves a 2 inch wide swatch of exposed wood. That sounds significant.
Does anyone know the spore level threshold for expression of clinical symptoms?
Crazy Roland
I'm thinking that its an acceptable risk to have encapsulated spores in a hive (your hive of course, not mine ).....until the hive bodies and supers are no longer serviceable. About that time, the viable spores could see the light of day again as the wood disintegrates. It should be burned before that point.
...We don't see things as they are, we see things as WE are...
Irradiation: Is an effective way of killing all of the spores without damaging your equipment, including frames with wax foundation.
you need to go to work for the USDA
.You can contact: USDA Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory and see what thier tell you
Bee Research is located at:
BLDG. 476, RM. 100, BARC-EAST Beltsville, MD 20705 USA
Or Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
For me I will Irradiation about 60 Mi one way and about $15.00 a box.
I do not know if this is the only Co. in the USA that dose this or not
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I believe there is a place in PA where irradiation is done also. Irradiation of beekeeping equipment, primarily supers of infected comb, has been an acceptable and effective practice for sometime now. Twenty years or more.
It is my understanding that the equipment has to be individually placed in a plastic bag and inside a cardboard box. I don't know if that is true or not. Just something I have heard. So it could be wrong. Perhaps someone from MA knows.
I agree w/ Brian, that encapsulation should be an adequately effective means of handling AFB spores. It minimizes the availability of those spores, which would have to be picked up by bees when they were doing something to the walls of the super's interior, propolizing it?
Whether irradiation or hot wax dipping is worthwhile is something to question taking into consideration the possible risk of exposure of AFB spores regenerating the disease, the cost in time and money inherent in each procedure, the quality of the equipment, and how easy it is to simply burn or bury the infected equipment and buy new equipment to replace what is infected. I routinely burn uninfected equipment because I don't want it around and I'd like to increase the value of what I have.
I have a friend who has lots of boxes stenciled AFB ETO. Gives people a chuckle when they see it. And a pause too.
It takes 35 AFB spores fed to a honeybee larvae less than 53 hours old after egg hatch to infect at an LD50 rate. One spore has been found to infect newly hatched larva.
Mark Berninghausen
If you go to this site "http://www.montcobeekeepers.org/Pages/Irradiation.aspx" you'll see the details about what is required to have hive equipment irradiated. It's the club I belong to, Montgomery County PA Beekeepers.
Thanks. That's good to know.
Mark Berninghausen
IMHO If the comb as no good it is NOT Worth it .......
BEE HAPPY Jim 134
Last edited by Jim 134; 11-25-2012 at 08:52 AM.
Has anybody tried placing AFB or EFB infected equipment in a vacuum chamber for treatment?
At 10000 micron, the water in the bacteria would boil at room temperature, and wouldn't that destroy them completely?
BEE HAPPY Jim 134
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Assuming the wax penetration is deep enough the spores are still captivated. The tool and scrapings I would sterilize. Lets get something straight, I am not suggesting you control AFB once it is found by wax coating. All I am saying is it sounds like it should work.
No Jim I didn't say that at all. I am saying there is still a risk that after a "sterilization process" it is possible to have live spores. Unlike the wax coating the wood is still cracked, checked or what ever which could harbor spores that made it through or new spores that came from the environment. I think the question is is sterilization done before an outbreak or after?So Acebird Irradiation WILL NOT KILL AFB ???
Great films BTW
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
You can't use someones words to convict them. If it's good enuf for Romney, why not Brian?
Sorry Brian, I thought you wrote that too and shook my head when I read it. That darn text communication thing is tricky.
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Private Room in Little Italy NYC 33.1
Size70 ft²
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Private room with 1 full bed. Enjoy a prime location in the heart of Little Italy as guests of this private bedroom set within a nice apartment situated on Mulberry Street. Authentic Italian restaurants can be found in the same building.
The apartment is part of a historic pre-war building with original New York City construction dating back to early 1900s including exposed piping, a fire-escape outside the window and vintage radiators. Guests will stay in a comfortable double room with a lockable door. The bathroom and kitchen are shared spaces. Wi-Fi and flat-screen satellite TV are provided.
To find more restaurants serving excellent dishes, walk for 300 metres to Chinatown. Walk in 20 minutes to the financial district to find New York City Hall, Ground Zero and Wall Street. Times Square is reachable in 15 minutes via the subway.
Find upmarket boutiques, music bars and venues, and a range of restaurants lined along the streets of the multicultural Lower East Side area.
House rulesNo smoking.
Please contact the host before booking to confirm availability.
Please feel free to ask the host any questions or inquire about their other offers.
Bed linen and towels are provided.
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Reviews of this property
Jonh nos indicó correctamente como llegar hasta el apartamento.
El apartamento estaba limpio todos los días.
La habitación era pequeña pero suficiente para ir a descansar tras recorrer la ciudad.
La zona es perfecta, metro cerca, restaurantes por la zona.
Muy bien situado y muy limpio. Puede ser un poco ruidoso a la hora de la cena, pero no es un problema para dormir porque los restaurantes cierran temprano. Muy recomendable.
Die Lage war sehr gut, zahlreiche Cafés und Restaurants in unmittelbarer Nähe, mehrere U-Bahn-Stationen und Einkaufsmöglichkeiten. Das Zimmer war wie beschrieben sehr klein, aber sauber. Da andere Besucher zum Zeitpunkt der Reise anwesend waren, gab es morgens Schwierigkeiten das Bad zu benutzen. Die Gastgeber haben wir in den 2 Wochen leider nicht gesehen, Einlass wurde uns über einen Code gewährt. Wenn man nicht zu hohe Ansprüche an die Unterkunft hat und günstig wohnen möchte, ist man hier richtig.
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Good location, close to Midtown, Central Park and subway station. Despite the apartment is small, it is comfortable. Suitable for staying two people. We didnt see the owner, although the workers who gave us the keys were very nice.
We spent almost 3 weeks in NYC and the apartment we stayed at was fantastic.
it is a pretty big new studio,it's super nice, cozy and really really comfortable.
it is definetely well located : it is close to Midtown (the heart of the city) and even closer to a subway station. right across the street there are 2 supermarkets, many restaurants,pizza places, pubs and even a mani and pedi place!! second avenue is filled with good energy and it is impossible to count all the cafes, shops, supermarkets and restaurants . it is important to consider that it is also very safe,let me give you just a little example: two seconds away from the apartment there are the UNITED NATIONS!! plus the owner is really nice! give it a try :)
The room was very nice and as described by John. All the appartment was clean and the other guests were very friendly.
It was a lovely stay in little Italy, close to almost everything and not even two minutes from chinatown (amazing place to find very good fruit and very good little restaurants).
If I come back in New-York I will probably contact the host again !
Thank you !
Me and my two friends were super happy to stay at this apartment. The location was great with the subway almost outside the door. Mike was nice and made us feel at home. We would definately recommend this place if you want to go to New York. :-)
Nice, clean appartment in China Town. Nex time in New York I know where to stay.
First of all: Mike, the host, who also lives there is very nice and helpful.
The apartment is situated in the lower east side, only a 2 min. walk from a subway station, that takes you to Central Park in about 20min.
The only thing I have to say to people who think about staying here: If you are two persons travelling with luggage, make sure you get the big room!!! The smaller one is just way too small!!
Other than that, it's clean. Perfect for a short stay in New York. (In the bigger room)
Very clean apartment at a great location real close to Downtown Manhattan, We stayed in Room nr 2 for a week as family with 1 kid. During the week the other 3 rooms in apartment were almost all occupied, which makes it a bit busy for the shower. But due to the fact we had nice people around us, it was all fine.
Rooms are not that big but good enough. Couple of tips for John/Lucy: Mirrors in the rooms, makes it easier to clear the bathroom quicker. And the bathroom can use some new equipment, as the others are oxidated.
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Johnnie Troutman
With the 149th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the San Diego Chargers have selected Johnnie Troutman, OG Penn State.
From NFL.com:
Troutman has started for three years at Penn State at offensive guard and is a fierce blocker when finishing plays. He is able to use superior arm strength to hold on and sustain his blocks, but he has some hitches in his footwork that limit him in pass protection. As a mover, he gets to the second level well and can stay on his man. He is a much better run blocker than pass blocker and should find a role as a backup player in the NFL. He has late-round value, but he hasn't blown anyone away and needs a strong performance in the pre-draft process to ensure he'll be drafted after showing up as a disruptive mover against Houston in the Ticket City Bowl.
Troutman is a good run blocker who understands how to use technique to overcome certain deficiencies in his game. He has a wide base and a good anchor to sustain on his blocks, and he is able to generate a little bit of a pop off the ball to move his defensive lineman backward. He mirrors opponents well and stays with his man by using strong hands in the run game. He is flexible and an overall reliable inside option for a run-heavy team.
Troutman has good technique in the run game, but he struggles in his pass set. He can make explosive blocks once he meets his man, but he can get overpowered when having to move to the second level or deal with a quick-twitched interior defensive lineman. He is probably better suited for the right side of the line, as he could be a liability in pass protection and be outmaneuvered by the NFL's top athletes.
How would you grade this pick? Does Johnnie Troutman meet the Chargers needs and provide good value? Sound off in the comments below!
April 28, 2012at 11:42 AM Posted by Rob Zepeda
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At this point in the draft value is tricky , obviously the Bolts valued Troutman more than any other and took him sooner than most expected . He may make the P/S or more likely be jettisoned by opening day .
A BIG bratha....I'll think he will do well. We need to protect the $94mil. man...
Turn him over to Hal Hunter & let him perform his magic
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FFIV Up 11%, Ebay Up 15%, QCOM, AAPL and iPhone 5; VMWare Targets Rising
Folks, things going on this morning:
Shares of F5 Networks (FFIV) are up $13.68, or 11%, at $137.89, after the company last night beat fiscal Q2 estimates and offers a Q3 outlook that topped expectations as well. The stock received two upgrades to buy this morning, from Capstone and Wunderlich, while Deutsche Bank raised its price target on the shares to $150 from $135.
Shares of eBay (EBAY) are among the top gainers in tech, rising $5.55, or 15.5%, to $41.42, after the company last night beat fiscal Q2 estimates and offered a better-than-expected year view, largely on strength from its PayPal unit.
The shares got three upgrades today to Buy or the equivalent, from Piper Jaffray, The Benchmark Company, and Macquarie.
Shares of Qualcomm (QCOM) are down $2.55, or almost 4%, at $64.43, after the company last night beat fiscal Q2 estimates but said it will ship fewer of its wireless chipsets this quarter than analysts were expecting. At least one analyst, Citigroup's Glen Yeung, attributes the shortfall to a pause before Apple (AAPL) ramps its "iPhone 5."
Speaking of Apple, Canaccord Genuity's Mike Walkley raised his price target on the stock to $740 from $710 after cutting his iPhone estimate to account for slowing iPhone 4S sales, while raising his iPhone shipment estimate for fiscal 2013′s sales based on the an expected "iPhone 5." Apple shares are off $7.71, or 1.3%, at $600.63.
Shares of enterprise software vendor VMWare (VMW) are up $5.26, almost 5%, at $116.55 after the company last night reported Q1 results that topped consensus and a Q2 view that was in line, and a better-than-expected full-year revenue outlook.
Price targets are rising all around, with Goldman Sachs taking the stock to $140 from $130, and Needham & Co. raising it to $127 from $115.
Speaking of VMWare, shares of its majority owner, EMC (EMC), are down $1.22, over 4%, at $27.92 after the company reported Q1 revenue of $5.09 billion, slightly below the consensus $5.12 billion, and beat on the bottom line by a penny. The company said it will report full-year EPS of $1.70 or better, but that's below the current $1.75 consensus. Its revenue outlook, $22 billion, is also below the consensus $22.24 billion for the year.
Shares of Verizon Communications (VZ) are up 85 cents, or a little over 2%, at $38.51 after the company this morning reported Q1 revenue of $28.24 billion and EPS of 59 cents, slightly better than the consensus $28.17 billion and 58 cents. The company said it sold 3.2 million iPhones in the quarter, and 2.1 million smartphones with "long term evolution," or LTE, connections.
Shares of Nokia (NOK) are down 7 cents, or 1.8%, at $3.90 after the company this morning reported Q1 results of €7.4 billion and an adjusted net loss of €0.8 per share, which was in line with its warning on April 11th that results would miss analysts' expectations.
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When Harbaugh says that faith is a big part of what the Ravens do, I'm perfectly alright with it and doubt anybody is made to feel left out. If memory serves, not to long ago there was a non-starter who spoke publicly about gay marriage. You think Aynowayimspellingthisname would have done that if he thought the team would cut him? In fact, I believe the organization came out and said they supported his right to say what ever the hell he wanted. Now when Harbaugh says that faith is a big part of the team (there's that phrase again) people are crying foul because they hold different view points.
So yeah, I think Lob has a real problem with anybody saying something that is counter to his beliefs.
Now if you want to watch someone make a mountain out of a molehill, watch this....
"If you're the 52nd or 53rd guy on the roster, hanging on to your NFL dream for dear life, & you have a philosophical problem with this, the pressure to conform must be immense."
"What did it accomplish, other than to put even more pressure on any player with reservations to "get with the program"? How can anyone be certain there won't be consequences for those who can't or won't?"
Wow, whoever said that made a few leaps in logic that defy common sense. I mean they are seriously arguing that because the coach said faith is BIG PART OF the team, anybody who doesn't have faith will be punished. Uh-huh. I take back that original sentence. That's not a leap in logic. That's hopping on an airplane and leaving logic waving sadly on the tarmac wondering if you'll remember to send a postcard.
As for treating your fellow man with common decency and respect, doesn't that include letting him form his own opinions being allowed to say them out loud?
Once again, darb72 decides he knows what my words mean & tries to shit on me for it. Maybe he should take a hint from something Artemus Ward (Lincoln's favorite humorist) wrote: It ain't so much the things we don't know that get us in trouble. It's the things we know that ain't so.
I know he's a lost cause, but FTR, as JMUpurkfool pointed out very well above, there is a huuuuge difference between asserting one's faith in God & saying publicly that "it's a big part of who we are as a team."
Anyone who thinks you can publicly go on record with a statement like that without putting enormous pressure on your players to conform with is, at best, someone who's never found him/herself among people who s/he wanted to bond with (or a boss whom s/he wanted or needed to please) but who believed or acted in ways s/he couldn't agree with.
In fact, anyone with two brain cells to rub together might wonder if Harbaugh's intent in "going public" with this team-faith notion was to do precisely that--to crank up the pressure on any Raven who hasn't completely bought in.
"As for treating your fellow man with common decency and respect, doesn't that include letting him form his own opinions being allowed to say them out loud?" IIRC that is guaranteed by the First Amendment, which reads in full: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Let us note what the Constitution does not guarantee: The right to have what one says taken seriously, or allowed to pass without comment or challenge. Nor the right not to have one's intelligence & personal qualities judged & found wanting based on what one has said. (Here's a quote often attributed [probably wrongly] to Honest Abe: Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.)
As for praying at the 50-yard line or anywhere else in public, anyone who self-identifies as a Christian might just want to stop & consider what Jesus of Nazareth said about that sort of thing, as recounted in Matthew 6:5-6: And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
So many self-identified Christians seem to think more of the petty, rigid, brutal, vengeful acts of the deity depicted in the Old Testament than of what their Savior is reported to have said in the New. No wonder Gandhi said, I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
I cannot find the exact quotation, but Thomas Jefferson said that religion should be a private domain between a man and his "god". He said it in a letter to a friend. Although Jefferson championed religious tolerance (one of two accomplishments that he wanted people to remember him by), he was very guarded about his religion.
I know this subject veers from the OP, but bear with me for a minute.
I do not have a problem if John shared his religious values with anyone, but I have a problem when it is "extended" to others. By that, I meant having an office visibly decorates with biblical anecdotes or such (an office is a public domain, it does not belong to John, but the organization) or hosting a team-wide praying session. I am mindful that these are not (I hope not) mandate, but it is questionable at best when anyone does that in a public domain, especially a leading figure.
It does not matter semantically whether John did not explicitly espouse his faith to the Ravens organization, but he has repeatedly made constant biblical references or divine being references. In that process, as a leading figure, he did not make it clear that such faith is his, alone, and does not reflect the organization.
Faith, like politics, should be mentioned minimally not with regularity, especially in a team setting (such as press conferences, locker rooms, et cetera). He can talk about that front of his house or church for all that I care, but not with the Ravens logo anywhere behind and/on him, please.
I liked your recent post, and it resonates well with me, especially with the Gandhi reference.
Off the point, I wonder if the Christians would actually believe in their Christ if the Christ appears before them? or would they condemn their "Christ" as the "Christ" was during his life?
That is another discussion, but anyway... .that was a great post, really.
Not a big deal he just said team, not organization.
Christ did appear before the Christians that believed in him at the time. He healed the sick, cured the lame and raised the dead. They saw these miracles and believed. The Pharisees did not and crucified him.
When he rose he said you believe because you see, blessed are those who believe but cannot see.
That's us.
I joked in here and in person that I'd be one of the Christians in heaven by the skin of my teeth and I'd probably lose any crowns I earned because of some bad stuff. After God just answered this monumental prayer, I no longer worry about being in heaven like that because if he's still answering my prayers and taking care of me than he still loves me and I'm going to be a lot higher in heaven than hanging by the skin of my teeth and I'll keep some of those crowns to boot.


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UTSA hosts March 19 panel on Israel in media
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(March 16, 2007)--The UTSA Department of Communication will host a panel discussion, "Media in the Middle East and the Middle East in the Media," with panelists Jonathan Gurwitz, San Antonio Express-News columnist, and Gary Kenzer, director of Honest Reporting, speaking on the representation of Israel in the media.
Part of the course, International Communication, the discussion is at 3 p.m., Monday, March 19 in Business Building Room 3.04.06 at the 1604 Campus. It will be simulcast in Frio Street Building Room 2.506 at the Downtown Campus.
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The panel presentation is the first of two on the role of the media in the Middle East and the Arab region. A second event is 3 p.m., Monday, March 26 at the same locations with Mansour El-Kikhia, UTSA associate professor and chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography, discussing the representation of Arabs in the media.
For more information, contact Viviana Rojas, assistant professor of communication, at (210) 458-7726.
Bio: Jonathan Gurwitz
Jonathan Gurwitz is a native of San Antonio. He attended Alamo Heights High School and graduated from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He earned a bachelor of science degree in foreign service with a concentration in international relations, law and organization. He is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society and the National Conference of Editorial Writers, for which he serves as chairman of its International Relations Committee.
He is a co-founder and twice served as director general of the Future Leaders of the Alliance program at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. In 1986, he was placed on the Foreign Service Register of the U.S. State Department.
He is a columnist and member of the editorial board of the San Antonio-Express-News. His weekly columns on politics, social issues and international affairs are distributed internationally by the Hearst News Service and the New York Times News Service, and appear in major newspapers across the United States and around the world. He is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal.
Bio: Gary Kenzer
Gary Kenzer, the newest addition to the Honest Reporting team, is the new national USA executive director with more than 25 years experience in the nonprofit industry.
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Residents, council members share views on Pequot Lakes tax rate issue
No action was taken, but it was clear Tuesday, July 23, that not everyone will be happy when the Pequot Lakes City Council phases in city tax rate changes to make those taxes more equal among urban and rural residents.
There were two distinct sides at the public hearing at the Cole Memorial Building regarding the rural and urban tax rate phase-in. The council members and mayor listened to residents, shared their views and will vote on the issue at their regular meeting Tuesday, Aug. 6, at city hall.
The two taxing districts — urban and rural — were created in 2002 when the city of Pequot Lakes and Sibley Township merged. The result was a city levy tax ratio of $2 in the urban (city) district to $1 in the rural (township) district. The thought at the time was that urban district residents would benefit more from city sewer and water and, thus, should pay a higher city tax.
Questions eventually arose over the tax disparity. A separate sewer and water fund actually pays for those services, not the city tax levy. And not every resident in the former city limits has city sewer and water.
So the city council earlier this year instructed the Economic Development Commission (EDC) to look into the issue. Ultimately, the EDC recommended a one- to three-year phase-in period that, basically, will raise city taxes in the rural tax district (former township) and lower city taxes in the urban tax district (former city limits). The city council last month favored the three-year phase-in to equalize the property taxes residents pay.
A final vote is scheduled for Aug. 6, with the goal to have the phase-in start with 2014 property taxes.
The phase-in will only affect city taxes, not school district or county portions of taxes.
Residents' views
At the public hearing, residents were given three minutes each to speak one time. Some residents took issue with the time limit; some wanted to donate their time to speak to city resident Jack Schmidt. That was not allowed.
David Kennedy of Pequot Lakes, who owns parcels of land in both taxing districts, opposed the phase-in idea, saying a deal is a deal with the 2002 city-township merger. To not be subject to a higher tax rate would have been a good reason for the township not to merge with the city, he said.
While the council may be doing what in its heart it thinks is good for the city, Kennedy said government bodies tend to want to maximize the amount of revenue they can get, so the city levy would increase.
Curt Cogan also spoke against the tax phase-in. He said people make a conscious decision on where they want to live when they buy property. His family made a conscious decision to buy property in Sibley Township because they wanted to be out where there weren't city restrictions.
He disagreed with the 2002 city-township merger, saying the township was forced into it, but it was made more palatable because of the agreement that taxes wouldn't increase.
"Now you're basically saying, 'We gotcha now. That's all going to be null and void. Too bad, so sad,' sort of thing," Cogan said.
If the township had been told taxes would increase by a third down the road, Cogan said he didn't think the township would have agreed to the merger.
"We don't need the same level of city services where I live," he said, suggesting the city let the former township residents vote on leaving the city and becoming an unorganized territory.
Schmidt, an urban tax district resident, brought the issue to the city council several months ago.
"My point is, Sibley Township has been on this gravy train for 11 years," Schmidt said.
"After 11 years, why doesn't this council admit it's been wrong to the people in Pequot Lakes? You've had plenty of time to move on this and you haven't. The three-year deal is a sham. Do it at the end of this year," he said. "Let them pay their fair share."
He said urban tax residents should have their taxes lowered 25 percent and rural tax residents should have their taxes raised 25 percent to equalize property taxes.
Several other residents spoke, agreeing either with Schmidt or with Kennedy and Cogan.
Council members' views
In answer to a question regarding where city council members live, four live in the former Sibley Township and one lives in the former city limits.
However, all council members promised that they aren't considering that when voting.
"I've been mayor for five and a half years and I've worked hard to keep the levy and taxes down," said Mayor Nancy Adams. "I have never, ever looked at this town as two parts. I've always looked at it as one part. It is one part. It is one city."
Council member Tyler Gardner, who lives in the former city limits, said: "I agree with the mayor on the fact we are one city. That's how I view it."
He said to hit rural residents with a one-year property tax increase would be a burden.
"I'm trying to be fair to everybody in deciding which way to go about this," Gardner said. "We need to move past this and be one city. There's no more township and no more city. It was voted on 11 years ago and we are what we are and we need to move forward."
Council member Scott Pederson also said the council works hard to keep taxes as low as possible. He lives in the former Sibley Township, but he knows what it feels like to have taxes increase. He said when the city and township merged, a lot of thought was given, people sat down and discussed the issue. Facts came out and decisions were made based on that.
"Pequot Lakes properties in the old city after the merger saw a decrease in city tax," Pederson said. "Bearing the burden is everyone's burden. We live in a former township and a former city. We are Pequot Lakes. Our decisions aren't based on what's in it for me. My decisions are based on what's good for the whole city. That's my guarantee to you."
Council member Dave Sjoblad said there is no disagreement that city tax rates to be made more equal. The council is looking at how to do that in the most fair way.
Council member Jerry Akerson had no comment.
In concluding the public hearing, Adams said: "We are looking for the best way. There's no doubt in anyone's mind that this is something that happened, that needs to be corrected. What's the fairest way?"


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The brood chamber, does the top bars need to be waxed just as the ones I want to collect honey from and where should they be placed in reference to the entrance?
The pollen stores, do the top bars in this chamber need to be waxed also and where do I place them in reference to the others, (brood, honey)? Do I divide in off with my dividers?
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Tuck has no passion for the game...he is satisfied with what he has done in the league...he will retire early
let the ojomo era begin
Ok who do the Giants have that's better. Who's available for the vacant spot you just made?
He has been good for the club for many years....maybe its time to pack it in.