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Cosy Twin Room in Irish Cottage
Size100 ft²
Floor No.0
- Washer/dryer
- Indoor fireplace
- Parking available
- Breakfast
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- Towels
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|Beaumont Ave, Churchtown, Dublin 14 Dublin, Ireland
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Stay in a warm cosy comfortable Irish cottage in Dublin ,we have 3 very nice bedrooms to rent 4 miles from Dublin city with a Rapid Transit System nearby called The Luas which will take you into the city in about 15 mins . there is a bus across the road from here 2 mins walk which will take you into town and the main railway station called Connolly Station .
The sea is about 4 miles from here which you can get to by bus , or if you want mountain scenery there is a bus which will take you to the village of Enniskerry which is at the foot of the mountains and is about 8 kilometres away ,all these buses are about 10 mins walk away .
You will be staying in the one of the rooms as seen in the photos.
We provide a self-serve Continental breakfast which includes tea, jams,honey and other preserves as well as bread and a selection of cereals, Irish porridge oats ,and coffee which you can help yourself to in our Conservatory / Kitchen. You can listen and watch the birds outside as you enjoy your breakfast , as all our previous guests have.
Breakfast is only available until 11AM and after that time, we ask you to only use the kitchen to prepare hot drinks or simple snacks or if you want to you can bring back a takeaway and have it in our kitchen .
We welcome longer term guests who will have the full use of the kitchen .
Our bedrooms are tastefully furnished by their designer owner, this bedroom has 2 full size beds with lovely comfortable mattresses ,(our guests always comment on them) We provide fresh fluffy towels and there are electric blankets on all our beds .
We also have WIFI available.
Car Parking is available
We have one bathroom exclusively shared between guests and one bathroom for the family. It is possible to use the shower only from 7 am till 10 pm.
There are some fantastic restaurants and bars nearby and if you are a fan of shopping, well there is a huge Shopping centre about 7 mins from here .
The mountains and sea are not far away either.
If there are any other requirements necessary to make your stay more comfortable please do not hesitate to ask .
Looking forward to hearing from you ,
House rulesWelcome to our cottage and we hope you will enjoy your stay.
We provide towels, hair dryer, and free Wi-Fi.
Breakfast included in the price; it is self-serve and consists of cereals, Irish bread and preserves, Irish porridge oats, tea coffee .Breakfast is available until 11am. After this time we ask that you do not use the kitchen unless it is to prepare hot drinks or simple snacks. but you can help yourself to tea or coffee and have snacks or takeaways in our kitchen,
Longer term guests are welcome .
We have 2 bathrooms, one for guests and one for family. The guest bathroom is exclusively for guests and shared between guests. It is possible to use the shower only from 7 am till 10 pm and in the evening of course !
Car parking is available.
Smoking is allowed only on the patio/deck area at back of house.
If you wish to do laundry, wash and dry facilities are available for €8.00.
Check out time is 11am, unless otherwise arranged.
We hope you have a nice holiday
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Reviews of this property
We went to Teresa because she's got so good reviews. We were indeed welcome and got a lot of useful information. The beds were good and clean and the towels. The website contains some pictures of a living room and kitchen. Teresa and Hugh live in the house and the pictures of their living room and kitchen. You can have breakfast in the kitchen in the morning and have to arrange everything. The breakfast was very meager. The only bread was that there was to make bread. Toast So no homemade bread oid They rent three rooms. In the worst case, you share the bathroom with 6 guests and Hugh and Teresa herself. Also the only toilet in the house is in the bathroom. We, and two German guests who stayed there found the house clean. We had to wash and dry themselves, but the dry cloths were in the 4 days we stayed there dirty and were not replaced. The garden and the seat could use some maintenance. It is certainly not expensive accommodation. We were not expecting luxury, but it does still to be. Not dirty
We zijn naar Teresa gegaan omdat ze zo's goede reviews kreeg. We werden inderdaad vriendelijk ontvangen en kregen een heleboel nuttige informatie. De bedden waren goed en schoon en ook de handdoeken.
Op de website staan o.a. foto's van een woonkamer en keuken. Teresa en Hugh wonen zelf ook in het huis en de foto's zijn van hun woonkamer en keuken. Je mag ontbijten in de keuken 's morgens en moet zelf alles regelen. Het ontbijt was erg karig. Het enige brood dat er was was brood om toast te maken. Dus geen zelfgebakken brood o.i.d. Ze verhuren 3 kamers. Wij, en ook 2 Duitse gasten, die er verbleven vonden het huis niet schoon. We moesten zelf afwassen en afdrogen, maar de droogdoeken waren in de 4 dagen dat wij er verbleven vies en werden niet vervangen. Ook de tuin en het zitje kunnen wel enig onderhoud gebruiken. Het is zeker geen dure accommodatie. We verwachtten geen luxe, maar het hoeft dan nog niet vies te zijn.
We stayed 12 nights, and had a lovely holiday. Teresa and Hugh are very good hosts and are ready to provide good and useful information so you can have have a good holiday. The atmosphere in the house is relaxed and it is perfectly located for a holiday in Dublin city combined with trips to the Wicklow mountains. Public transport are easily done with bus just outside the house or 15 mins. walk to the LUAS-tram.
I totally forgot to review my stay!
I stayed with Teresa and her family when I came to Ireland in January as an exchange student and, oh I loved them very much! Teresa is such a nice and good person, she welcomed me, took care of me and the whole family tried to help me with finding a place to stay. The house was very cosy, lovely and clean and I felt very comfortable there! :)
It was a warm and helpful hospitality we have enjoyed! Thank you! Alexandra and Ramona!
Das war eine herzliche und hilfsbereite Gastfreundschaft, die wir sehr genossen haben! Vielen Dank! Alexandra und Ramona!
We were 7 days in Dublin and the stay by Teresa was very pleasant: the cottage is very cute, very practical and well located (5min from a luas station, and 15min from the center with the luas), the room was ok too. Teresa and his family, husband, daughter and his boyfriend, are really sympathic and available for any question!
The stay was great! Teresa and her man have are two very nice hosts. They took care of us wonderfully! It was perfect! thank you for the great time, Teresa!
Der Aufenthalt war wirklich super! Teresa und ihr mann haben sind zwei sehr nette gastgeber. Sie haben sich wunderbar um uns gekümmert!
It was perfect! thank you for the great time, Teresa!
Teresa and her husband are very welcoming hosts and good advice. The cottage is located south of Dublin center at 20 'by tram (LUAS) and it combines perfectly calm, autonomy and usability (you can use the kitchen). This is very useful especially in the evening after a busy day. Do not miss! Marie-Jo and Mark April 8, 2013
Térésa et son mari sont des hôtes très accueillants et de bon conseil. Le cottage est situé au sud de DUBLIN centre à 20' par le tram (LUAS) et il concilie parfaitement calme, autonomie et convivialité (on peut utiliser la cuisine). C'est très pratique notamment le soir après une journée bien remplie.
A ne pas manquer !
Marie-Jo et Marc le 8 avril 2013
Teresa and her husband are really warm and frendly hosts. The cottage is the best quality/price. You are at 15 minutes by foot from the luas.
This was a very comfortable and enjoyable stay. Teresa is a great host, and also the rest of the family made me really feel at home. Logistically this place is convenient, being relatively close to both Dundrum Town Centre and the Luas taking you straight into Dublin town within approximately 15 minutes. Therefore, I can recommend this place to anyone!
Our time at Dublin especially at Teresa's house was very great !
We saw a lot of things and got to know a few irish people.
The information from Teresa and her nice family about Dublin/Ireland were helpful and the guest management was also awesome!
Nice room, nice kitchen, nice bathroom, nice family !
We had no disadvantage with that choice!
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- 4 cups cold 2% milk
- 2 packages (3.3 ounces each) instant white chocolate pudding mix
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 2 ounces white baking chocolate, chopped
- 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mixes for 2 minutes. With a sharp knife, scrape vanilla bean to remove seeds; stir seeds into pudding. Let pudding stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Spoon into eight 4-oz. ramekins.
- In a microwave, melt semisweet chocolate with canola oil; stir until smooth. Spoon onto puddings; refrigerate for 5-10 minutes or until chocolate is set.
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Mar 27 , 2012
From mountains to dams - where our water comes from
An inside look at how Avista gathers information about snowpack
Post by
Brandi Smith
Avista owns and operates eight hydroelectric
dams on the Clark Fork and Spokane rivers.
These facilities, together with long term hydro
contracts, make up about half of the total
electric resources available to serve our
Skiers may prefer light and fluffy snow, but heavy and wet snow contributes more to our water supply in the Northwest. Avista counts on water to generate hydropower for our customers. Every year, Avista evaluates snowpack information in the mountains to get an idea of what spring runoff may be like at our dams on the Spokane and Clark Fork rivers. Only a select few get to see this evaluation process up close, so we took a video camera up the mountain to get you a special look at snowpack measurement.
Avista rents snowmobiles so employees can get as close to the snowpack measurement site as possible. Snow depth is measured by pushing an aluminum tube down through the snowpack and all the way down to ground surface. Both the depth and weight of the snow is recorded. An average of all samples taken is calculated and used to represent the snowpack measurement site.
Avista measures 10 sites at Roland Summit in the Lolo National Forest, which is located near the Hiawatha Trail. Once the data is collected, the Hydro Engineering team submits the data to the National Resources Conservation Service who is largely responsible for providing Avista and many other interested parties with reliable water supply forecasts.
The more gradual the snowmelt, the more Avista can maximize that water running through its dams. However, you never know what Mother-Nature is going to do. Regardless, our customers can count on Avista to make the most out of this precious resource in an efficient, reliable and environmentally-responsible way.
If you have questions about lake and river levels, please visit our
Published: 3/27/2012 11:21 AM |
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Mar 23 , 2012
Avista completes Greenbelt Trail safety lighting project
46 new trail lights a result of new natural gas pipeline serving Clarkston area
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Dan Kolbet
The lights on the left are a few of the 46 new lights
Avista installed on the Greenbelt Trail in Clarkston.
Avista recently installed the last of 46 safety lights along the Greenbelt Trail in Clarkston, Wash. The new lights turn on at dusk and help illuminate the popular recreation area. The project was born out of Avista's new 2.8-mile natural gas pipeline extension in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley that will help reinforce gas service to Avista customers in the Clarkston area.
In order to install the new pipeline, Avista needed access to land managed by the Army Corp of Engineers. As in-kind consideration in lieu of fees for conducting this project, Avista agreed to install 46 lights along the trail from Chestnut Beach to Swallows Boat Ramp parking lot, at an approximate cost of $71,500.
"The new natural gas pipeline in Clarkston is great for the reliability of our service to customers in the area," said Avista Regional Business Manager Mike Tatko. "But the Greenbelt Trail lighting project is another very visible benefit to Avista customers and all area residents who use the trail."
The natural gas pipeline project began in mid-July 2011 and was in service by December 2011, just in time to provide heat to homes and businesses during the colder winter months. The lighting work began in December 2011 and was completed on March 16, 2012.
Avista owns and will maintain the lights along the trail.
Published: 3/23/2012 9:36 AM |
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Mar 21 , 2012
White City, Ore. natural gas project: In the Shadow of Mt. McLoughlin
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Dan Kolbet
Avista worked with crews for Northern Pipeline to relocate almost 2,000 feet of six-inch high pressure main in White City, Oregon over the last month. Work like this helps create reliable service for Avista natural gas customers.
This particular project, which shows your rate dollars at work, is estimated to cost around $250,000. These photos show some of the progress happening in the shadow of Mt. McLoughlin.
Published: 3/21/2012 2:52 PM |
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Mar 20 , 2012
First day of Spring – first thoughts of digging in the yard and 811
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Dan Kolbet
Today is the first day of Spring and right about the time most people start thinking about projects in the yard. (Disregard these crazy "yard work thoughts" if you saw snow in your yard today).
Before you start any project that requires digging, be sure to call 811 two days before you dig to locate underground utility lines. In 2011, there were 7.9 dig-ins on Avista's natural gas system for every 1,000 locates, as compared to the national average of 3.7. Avista's goal for 2012 is to reduce the number of dig-ins by 10 percent to increase public safety and reduce company costs.
It's only three numbers; you can handle it – just call 811.
Learn more about
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Published: 3/20/2012 3:24 PM |
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Mar 20 , 2012
Avista renters: If you are hip 2 save, then get your free energy savings kit
Avista's free Powermonger Awareness Kits on
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Sarah Richards
If you are into free things, and who isn't especially in this economy, you might know about the Today Show's blog,
. They frequently post information about coupons, money-saving offers, frugal deals and steals and free stuff. This month, they featured Avista's
free Powermonger Energy Awareness kit
. As a result, the request for these kits has been through the roof.
Get your Powermonger Awareness Kit at
You can get yours too*, but you have to be an Avista customer who rents in order to receive the energy savings kit. If you fit that bill, all you have to do is "like" Avista's
Every Little Bit Facebook
page at
to get a free Powermonger Awareness Kit. While you're there, you can also check out an interactive online thermostat to find out how much you could save by simply adjusting your thermostat.
The kit features include:
• Energy Use and Savings Guide
• Conserve Power Timer Socket
• Energy Saving Tip Booklet
• Fridge Reminder Magnets
• "Shower Coach" 5-Minute Shower Timer
• Switch and Socket Insulators
• Shrink-Fit Window Insulation Film
When it comes to energy efficiency, every little bit adds up. We are here to help you understand the importance of energy efficiency and provide you with tips and the resources to help make your home more energy efficient. For more information about energy savings, visit
*Powemonger Awareness kits available as long as supplies last, so what are you waiting for?
Published: 3/20/2012 2:49 PM |
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Mar 15 , 2012
Reliability: Out with the old in with the new on Sprague Ave.
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New poles and electric lines assure an efficient electric delivery system
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Sarah Richards
As you head west on East Sprague Avenue in the Spokane Valley over the next two to three months, you may notice some construction activity with Avista Utilities trucks and crews working in the area.
In order to continue to serve you with safe, reliable electricity, we're replacing two miles of old wooden poles with new ones. We are also replacing old, smaller wire with larger wire, which increases the efficiency of our delivery of energy to your homes and businesses. The power lines we are working on provide electricity to the entire Sprague/Appleway corridor and the adjacent areas.
The cost of delivering safe, reliable energy includes maintaining a huge system of pipes, poles, generation facilities and substations. Many parts of our system are 30, 40 and even 50 years old.
What you are witnessing in Spokane Valley and throughout our service territory are your rate dollars at work to provide safe and reliable service.
Upgrades to our infrastructure, such as this two-mile pole and wire replacement project, make up around 40 percent of your bill – the cost of delivering energy, serving our customers and energy conservation. The other 60 percent is the cost of the energy itself – the cost of generating or purchasing electricity.
So the next time you see projects like the one on Sprague, you'll get a up close and personal view of the kind of work we do all the time to make sure you have safe, reliable and efficient energy to your home or business.
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Much of this blog post was originally posted on Feb. 15, 2012.
Published: 3/15/2012 2:35 PM |
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Mar 15 , 2012
Reliability: Crews restore power on windy February day
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Dan Kolbet
When the lights flicker or go out, you expect someone at Avista be working on getting that power back on, and rightfully so. Often our crews are working on your power down the street or somewhere out of your view and you don't get the chance to see their work, other than when the lights come back on. On a very windy February day, we rode along with an electrical crew that was restoring power to show you some of the work that goes into a typical restoration.
The video shows that a tree branch came into contact with a power line, damaging some overhead equipment. Crews made a temporary fix and routed power around the damaged insulator, then moved on to the next outage. A permanent fix for the insulator will occur after winds calm. If we had made that longer repair first, the crew wouldn't have been able to move on to the next outage so quickly, potentially lengthening another customer's restoration time.
Our crews do this work for you, regardless of weather conditions. A neighboring homeowner even brought out a plate of treats for the crew - very nice of her.
The video is set to the tune of "Dust in the Wind." A sad song, but fitting for such a windy, dusty day!
For more stories about reliability, renewable energy, the environment, community, rates and more, visit us here at the
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Much of this blog post was originally posted on Feb. 24, 2012.
Published: 3/15/2012 2:09 PM |
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Mar 15 , 2012
Reliability: Natural gas crews relocate, expand gas pipeline on Idaho Highway 95
Crews brave the cold to bring reliable service to you in $1.4 million project
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Dan Kolbet
If you've traveled along Highway 95 in North Idaho by Silverwood this winter, you may have seen Avista natural gas crews working alongside the busy highway. We wanted to let you know what they are up to. Our crews are relocating and increasing capacity for six miles of natural gas pipeline to accommodate a newly constructed highway.
The Idaho Department of Transportation is reconstructing a portion of Highway 95 from approximately Chilco to Athol. The highway will expand from two to four lanes, which is great for safety and traffic, but means Avista's existing 3-inch natural gas pipeline needs to move to a new right-of-way on the east side of the road.
Avista is expanding the capacity of the pipeline from 3 to 6 inches too. Expanded capacity helps serve existing customer needs and helps prepare our infrastructure for the future. The estimated cost for this project is around $1.4 million. Part of our requests for customer rate adjustments typically includes infrastructure work like this project.
You can see from the video that the crews are clearing a pathway, laying down 40-foot lengths of yellow plastic pipe, fusing them together and then burying the pipeline with sandy soil. The sandy soil protects the pipeline from being touched rocks or hard objects that could put pressure on the new pipeline. After the line is in place it will be pressure tested before being brought into service.
The project started in mid-December and should be completed by the end of March. One of the biggest hurdles the crews had to overcome in January and February was snow and frost. At times crews had to dig through 12 to 24 inches of frozen ground to make a trench that goes much deeper. Typically large projects like this aren't completed during winter months, but Avista and other utilities agreed to do the work now to accommodate the Idaho Department of Transportation's aggressive schedule. Snow means everything gets covered and can slow progress, but our crews are used to working through it.
For more stories about reliability, renewable energy, the environment, community, rates and more, visit us here at the
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Much of this blog post was originally posted on Jan. 6 and 18.
Published: 3/15/2012 1:42 PM |
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Mar 14 , 2012
Meeting you on your social turf - Facebook
Please "like"
Avista Utilities on Facebook
and get the conversation started
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Dan Kolbet
If you're reading this post, you're one of the thousands of people who stop by the Avista Blog each month. Yes, I wrote "thousands." We've been at this blog thing for quite some time now. We launched in June of 2009 and have maintained a steady following here, on
. And we appreciate each and every one of you. But now we've added another channel –
We're a tad bit late to the game on Facebook – just ask one of the 845 million people already using the site. Yet, I think we have some great content and stories to share that will make your experience on Facebook unique and informative, otherwise we'd be just another bland Facebook page. And that's just not Avista.
Here are a few examples. When your lights go out during a storm and you're sitting in the dark (briefly), you want to know that a crew is working on your restoration. We've created some videos to show what it looks like for a typical outage. What really goes into that process? On the natural gas side we've created videos and slide shows that feature our crews building new pipelines that serve you. These are projects you probably wouldn't see any other way, but can get an up close view through Facebook.
But Facebook isn't just about Avista showing you what we're working on. You can ask general questions, make comments, share or like posts. It's an ongoing conversation.
Brandi Smith
) and myself
) monitor the page and post content Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. If you use Facebook, you already know how this works and I encourage you to like our page and get the ball rolling.
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Published: 3/14/2012 9:49 AM |
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Mar 08 , 2012
Biomass bill passes - Kettle Falls to qualify as renewable energy in Washington
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Anna Scarlett
On Wednesday, March 7, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed SB5575 into law. The bill qualifies legacy biomass energy projects (built before 1999) as eligible renewable resources for purposes of meeting Washington state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). As a result of the bill's passage, the energy generated at Avista's Kettle Falls biomass plant will qualify to meet our renewable requirements in Washington beginning in 2016.
The bill recognizes what Avista and many of our customers already know. As one of the first biomass plants of its kind in the country, Kettle Falls has been generating renewable, dependable energy for more than 25 years. The plant pioneered a technology that has been replicated around the world and represents Avista's culture and leadership in advancing renewable energy. We're pleased that this resource will be given the recognition it deserves.
This passage of the bill is good news for our communities, particularly those in and around Kettle Falls. It will promote employment and preserve jobs at a time when rural economies are suffering. Avista employees at Kettle Falls are members of and contribute to their local communities, and Kettle Falls provides work to local sawmills, fuel delivery businesses, transportation companies and forest workers.
The bill will also save customers money, because Avista can use existing renewable power to meet some of our state mandates, which reduces the need to buy renewable energy credits or invest in development of new renewable energy resources.
Avista proudly remains one of the greenest utilities in the country. We've been working since 2008 to get the energy generated at Kettle Falls recognized in Washington state as renewable. The passage of this bill is an example of how Avista engages in policy-making at local, state and federal levels to advocate on behalf of our customers. Biomass is an important part of Avista's diverse energy portfolio, and the recognition of the energy generated at Kettle Falls as renewable helps us continue to provide reliable, responsible energy while meeting mandates and being good stewards of our customers' energy dollars and the environment.
Washington RPS info:
While meeting our customers' energy needs, Avista must comply with renewable portfolio standards detailed in Washington's Energy Independence Act and must use eligible renewable resources, renewable energy credits (RECs) or a combination of both to meet the following annual targets: 3% of energy used to meet customer demand by January 1, 2012, 9% by January 1, 2016 and 15% by January 1, 2020.
• To meet the 2012 targets, Avista has added qualifying renewable generation capacity with upgrades at its hydroelectric projects.
• With the passage of the bill, the energy from Kettle Falls, in addition to the recently signed 30-year power purchase agreement with Palouse Wind, will help Avista to meet targets beginning in 2016.
Additional information about the Kettle Falls Generation Plant:
Kettle Falls Generating Station Dedication Video
Utility 101: Biomass
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Published: 3/8/2012 11:49 AM |
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Gelatto 2, 300mts from the Cathedral.
Size40 m²
Floor No.2
- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Smoking allowed
- Washer/dryer
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|costa brossa, 07001 palma de mallorca, Spain
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The washing-machine is at the top floor and it is shared, 4 euros per load. Shared tumble dryer also available.
Rates advertised are for 2 adults + 1 child. Aditional rate will be charged for extra guests to reach the 4 people capacity.
House rules- The guests shall not (nor allow others to) cause nuisance or annoyance to the renter, other tenants or any neighbors.
- The keys supplied have to be returned.
- Between 00:00h and 09:00h silence is mandatory. And for the remaining hours the respect to the neighbors is essential (loud music, screaming, etc…).
- A/C + heating cannot be left switched on while guests are out of the property.
- Late arrivals after 20h: 30€
- 200€ Refundable deposit requested at arrival.
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The appartment is located very central and you can reach every interesting point in Palma by walking.You are staying in one of the main shopping miles. The appartment was very clean and well equipped, you got everything you need. There isonly one plate for cooking, an induction plate, but you got a microwave, a toaster, a coffeemachine and so on. From 10 pm to 8 am, the street in front of the house is very busy and it is loud. The next supermarket is Eroski at the Placa Major (10 minutes), in the basement; very nice cafés are at the Placa del Mercat (Café Central and Forn del Theatre)
To get the keys, you have to go to a check in point, that is not far from the airport. The best is to take a taxi, but you have to be careful that you don't pay too much and that the cab driver leaves you at the right address. This was a bit complicated and stressful.
Si lo que te gusta es un sitio tranquilo y sin ruido desde luego no te recomendaria este apartamento, ya que por la mañana el ruido de la gente y músicos te despiertan, por no hablar del frio que pasas allí dentro ya que el aire acondicionado no abastece la habitación, y te advierten de que si lo usas demasiado pagas un plus por ello, en cuanto a lo demas esta bien el apartamento pero lo comentado al principio hace que la estáncia sea muy incómoda.
Hola quería comentar mi primera experiencia en Wimdu, respecto al anfitrión no nos conocimos ya que el trato fue por la agencia. Con ella todo bien excepto algún problema de comunicación al final debido a fallos en la linea de teléfonos.
Respecto al apartamento, bien según lo previsto y las fotos que se muestran, está situado en pleno centro y el acceso con coche es complicado pero a pesar de eso es ruidoso debido a los establecimientos que hay justo debajo.
Lo que no me gustó nada del apartamento es que no se describe el estado de la entrada y escaleras al mismo ya que a pesar de ser solo dos pisos es una aventura escalar a ellos o bajar para una persona que no este excesivamente ágil y para que decir de subir o bajar con maletas!
Todo bien , sitio perfecto para turistas en pleno centro
el wifi me chafo un poco.pero vamos un 10 si quieres estar céntrico, ojalá fuera a sitios así en Venecia Milan, en fin de año el piso es especial , es como en la plaza mayor de Madrid y de compras lo mejor, un 10 chicos , Gracias , me entraron ganas de limpiar todo para que la siguiente persona lo disfrutara como yo un 10.
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It was a great stay in Palma. The apt was perfectly located, the view was so nice, that we spend a lot of time in it. It was clean and the air condition was great, if it gets a it cold. The supermarket is just 1 min by walk away, very important of a family with kids. The welcome service was a bit far from the apt, but the ladies were very friendly and helpful with all our requests, thank you again!
We would love to come back next time!
The apartment is ideally situated and upon arrival we were efficiently and quickly dealt with. Having arrived late on Tuesday evening and sightseeing all day Wednesday our first true time in the apartment was that evening. Having returned with food and drink we were dismayed to find the equipment and amenities sadly inadequate. A check of the inventory found many items lacking. No corkcrew (essential), scissors and other items were missing. They should have been eight wine glasses for example, when there was only one. The cooker was not working and only by activating the switch at the fuse box could it be operated. This also started the hob, which could not be regulated. The downstairs shower had a broken door, which made showering for my handicapped wife extremely difficult.
I telephoned Uep! Welcome Services that evening and was told someone would visit on Thursday. No-one did. Telephone calls and emails on Thursday and again on Friday had the same negative result.
When we vacated the apartment on Sunday lunchtime after staying for 5 nights no-one had visited and corrected any of the faults or restocked the inventory.
We would not recommend this apartment to our friends and were thoroughly disappointed in our treatment by the service provider.
We trust you will look into this as a matter of urgency.
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dirty apartment, one of the bedrooms is similar to the pantry, in the couch found dead myshu, small kitchen without window, very noisy until 14 o'clock at night, far from the sea, and in general I would have more there never prehal! Yes, such a horror, and even for the money!
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Vamar Vallarta All Inclusive Marina & Beach Resort • Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
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The Destination
On a clear day—which is most, considering that the town boasts more than 322 days of sunshine a year—luxury yachts and shiny white sloops slide gracefully into the slips of Marina Vallarta. A self-contained resort community on the northern edge of Puerto Vallarta's Hotel Zone, Marina Vallarta is more than just shiny boats and sunny skies: Some of the finest nightclubs, shopping plazas, and hotels in Puerto Vallarta line this slice of the peninsula facing Banderas Bay. For golfers, the nearby Joe Finger-designed course mixes the tropical ambiance of the Pacific Coast with views of the Sierra Madre.
The Digs
Located in the heart of Marina Vallarta, the Vamar Vallarta All Inclusive Marina & Beach Resort is the only hotel in Puerto Vallarta with direct marina and beach access. Recently remodeled standard and superior rooms are accented with warm turquoise hues and feature contemporary amenities like Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs, and private balconies with views of the marina. Four swimming pools and a private beach ensure that there's always a lounge chair in sight, and the property's tennis courts are perfect for an afternoon match. When you're ready for a taste of locally inspired cuisine, the resort's Café Marina dishes out delectable breakfasts and themed dinners in a breathtaking alfresco dining area with views of Banderas Bay.
The Diversions
• Marina Vallarta Club de Golf
• Marietas Islands
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"Stretching around the sparkling blue Bahía de Banderas (Bay of Flags) and backed by lush palm-covered mountains, one couldn't ask for a better place to while away a cosmopolitan vacation."-- Lonely Planet
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Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, March 21, 2011 — Vision Airlines put an exclamation mark on their nonstop, low-fare air service between Baton Rouge Metro Airport and Destin/Ft. Walton Beach by offering a $19 fare (each way) from now through March 24. Travel must be completed by May 21, 2011.
Vision Airlines will operate flights three days per week from Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) to Northwest Florida Regional Airport (VPS), utilizing a 148-seat Boeing 737-400 aircraft and a 30-seat Dornier 328 aircraft, allowing travelers to experience an outstanding beach destination the minute they step off the plane. The Baton Rouge flights also provide one-stop service to the Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB).
Encompassing the southern sea towns of Destin • Fort Walton Beach • Okaloosa Island, Northwest Florida's Emerald Coast has something for everyone, from basking on 24 miles of shockingly-white shoreline and teeing off on more than 1,080 challenging holes, to casting lines in the fish-filled waters of the "World's Luckiest Fishing Village" and watching dolphins dance at the state's oldest marine park, Florida's Gulfarium.
"We hope residents within our catchment area will respond to this amazing fare and fly Vision Airlines to Destin/Ft. Walton Beach", said Anthony Marino, Director of Aviation at Baton Rouge Metro Airport. "The Vision Airlines schedule allows for a long weekend or a week. The $19 fare should prompt many residents who might not have planned a trip during this time period to take advantage of the fare and enjoy a long weekend at the beautiful beaches of Northwest Florida's Emerald Coast."
Vision Airlines also offers discount hotel and rental car packages via their website,
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We will be fine if Cruz is gone. How quickly many of you forget lessons of the past.
If cruz is gone we will still have Nicks, Randle, Hixon, Barden, Jernigan....Bennett. C'mon guys.
Players will step up and some player we dont even know of will catch our eye once again.
AKA: If cruz wants 10 mil/year...to hell with him
Mood: WOOF!
it would suck but it is part of the game/business.
Don't over pay him. Wouldn't want to lose him but if he wants to much let him walk. Same goes for Nicks when his turn is up. Just draft well.
I know it will come down to $. I think we have a bit more depth on offensive skill positions. If he wants too much, he's gone. The money will be used for other areas more in need of upgrading. It would be sad though.


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UPDATED 1/6/06 Templates Online!
Here is the link to the PDF file containing a set of full size rangefinder templates. The file includes a set of dimensioned drawings in addition to a set of templates for the RF shell for both ESB and ROTJ. Everything except the first page is full size. Also the template and the dimensioned drawing do not account for material thickness. I would follow SingleSeatForevers recommendation and use .080 thick material for the basic construction of the shell.
Sorry, but I have not try to resolve the mounting of the rangefinder to the stalk you will need to decide that based on which stalk you have. Also you will need to make adjustments depending on which LED electronics package you decide to install.
I highly recommend using SingleSeatForevers Rangefinder construction tutorial as a guide when building the rangefinder. (here is the link: http://www.thedentedhelmet.com/showthread.php?t=9190 )
If you have any questions please drop me a line and Ill see what I can do. And please post your results if you use the these templates.
P.S. I would like to thank SingleSeatForever for his wonderful tutorial, which helped inspire these templates.


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Nicaragua Day 1
Ahh the joys of being back at coffee origins! It feels so natural to be back in Latin America, hearing and speaking Spanish, understanding street signs and soaking in the culture. This is my first trip to Nicaragua, and it has gotten off to a great start. I arrived in Managua late last night, accompanied by Patrick, our President and CEO, Jay, our Sr. VP of National Accounts, and the buyers for a national direct trade program. We also had a surprise guest – Peter Giuliano of Counter Culture Coffee and the current President of the SCAA was Patrick's seatmate on our flight from Houston to Managua. Once we landed, we met up with Paul, our Roastmaster and Roberto Bendaña, our main contact from Café Don Paco—supplier of a great amount of our Nicaraguan coffees as well as our three Nicaraguan Direct Trade coffees—El Quetzal, El Paraiso and El Cruzero (the certified organic farm). Even after the long day's journey down south, we all mustered up the energy to drink a couple of cervezas and discuss our goals for this weeklong trip in Nicaragua before we hit the hay.
After a quick night's sleep (a pretty common recurring theme of origin trips, I am discovering) Paul and I picked up a rental car and we set off to see some coffee. Our first obstacle was navigating rush-hour traffic in Managua, which does not compare to Portland's I-405 at rush hour, but offers its own obstacles of bicycles, moto-taxis, brave pedestrians and infinite traffic circles. Our first destination was to the farm El Cruzero where our organic Direct Trade is coming from. This farm is a new acquisition of the Bendaña family, and they have spent the last three years developing infrastructure, clearing brush, and planting new coffee trees. The results are stunning, and although this year's crop was small, the Bendaña's expect an increased quantity and quality in the next few years once all of their hard work starts to take effect on the land.
We were greeted by Roberto's sister, Lilly, who is in charge of the Bendaña's involvement with local communities around their coffee farms and she briefly outlined the family's projects. Lilly was one of the original founders of Project Smile, a non-profit that provides surgeries for children born with cleft lips. She is also essential to the process of improving the educational infrastructure of Nicaraguan Public Schools and helped develop a new and more modern curriculum for Elementary schools. In the green coffee warehouse at El Cruzero, there were stacks of boxes that contained refurbished Macintosh computers donated from the US to use in schools and teach children how to navigate the internet for research as well as develop much needed computer skills for both teachers and students.
We then toured El Cruzero and saw the new and immensely large nursery of organic coffee plants that will be ready in the next couple of months for permanent planting. While blithely wading through the brush on the side of the road to take photos and admire the baby trees, none of us were keen enough to notice the fire ant swarm until it was too late. "Hey, uh, guys…we're standing in ANTS!!!!" screamed Paul as he leapt back on to the dirt road. Chuckling, I shot some video of Paul dancing around with ants in his pants, throwing his shoes to the floor and slapping his feet. Then I felt the bites, and with a looming sense of dread, discovered that I, too, was knee deep in fire ants that showed no signs of letting up. Needless to say, I looked just as much as a dancing fool as Paul as I rolled up my jeans and frantically tried to clear my knees, ankles, and feet of the endless, stinging bites. Jay was the next one to fall, his late reaction resulting in a particularly brutal case of the ants. Patrick, standing in a more sensible spot, faced the particular challenge of deciding whom he needed to photograph and videotape first. Luckily, he had enough time to get damaging evidence of each of us, barefoot in the road, jerkily dancing like the gringos that we truly are. He finally tired of laughing at our expense, and helped me brush the final ants off of my discarded shoes. Once the immediate trauma was over, we hopped back into the car, nursing our burning skin, and headed down the dirt road to see the rest of the farm.
Since renovation, the farm now looks like the combination of a Jurassic garden infused with a coffee nursery. Steep hills planted with orderly rows of young trees are shaded by knobby, tall shade trees, topped by an upper canopy of large fruit bearing trees. In one especially tall canopy we happened upon a group of howler monkeys, lounging in the early afternoon heat, haunting the shady mountains with their ominous deep yells. Paul reminded us to be careful and not make too much noise, as the howler monkeys first line of defense is to poop in their hands and throw it at invaders. At that, we all quickly jumped back into our cars and zipped up the steep dirt path and headed back to Managua.
Our next stop in Managua was to a school that Café Don Paco funds on the edge of the Managua dump. A Pastor in Amarillo, Texas, who has worked with Roberto for a very long time, started this school after he discovered that the children from this surrounding slum were not attending primary school at all, but instead helping their parents scavenge for valuables in the dump. At first children were lured to the school with the promise of free breakfast and lunch, for many their only meals of the day. Now, after 6 years, the children have developed the skills and experience to be curious about learning. The most notable quote from the school's director was "the children have finally begun to think like children." Although school was not in session, the care and passion that is put into this school, which now teaches around 600 children grades K-6, was obvious.
In the early afternoon we started our trek up north to the region of Matagalpa, about 3 hours Northwest of Managua. Once free of the city traffic, the scenery drastically changed. We saw overlooking views of Lake Managua, and the Pacific Ocean as we were driving through rice paddies along the Pan-American Highway. A quick nap later, we had arrived at Roberto's dry mill on the outskirts of the city of Matagalpa. We were still on the Western side of the cordillera isabellia where the mountains block the thick cold fog from the east, and the climate was remarkably cool and dry (a nice breather from the smoggy 90 degrees that we left behind in Managua). We arrived late and missed the working day, but were able to tour his small roasting facility and meet his staff. From there we headed even further up, crossing the peak of the mountains and descending down the Eastern side of the cordillera, enveloped in a whole new world. The constant fog and cool weather have transformed this side of the mountain range from the dry chaparral surrounding Managua to a lush, green, exotic looking forest. We slowly descended down the steep mountain, engaging our cores on the bumpy hills, and inspiring Jay to invent a new work out machine called The Jiggler™. This machine would jiggle the user in a random fashion, forcing them to stabilize their core just like a truck ride down a coffee farm. We think this is going to be the next big thing…
We arrived at dusk to Roberto's farm El Quetzal, just in time to catch a quick glimpse of the grounds, workers quarters, and de-pulping process before we settled down for the day at the family farmhouse. The house has the cozy feel of a summer cabin, and we all welcomed a cold beer and a delicious meal prepared for us of rice, red beans, fried chicken, and fresh cheese, as well as homemade corn tortillas, plantain chips, and potato chips.


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April 14, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq
Mohamed told CPJ that the journalists were traveling in a car with a reporter and a driver when the bombs exploded outside the Interior Ministry. The reporter and driver were injured, he said.
Mohamed said that the journalists were not targets of the attacks, which The Associated Press said took the lives of at least 18 people.
Medium: Television
Job: Broadcast Reporter
Beats Covered: War
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Crossfire/Combat-Related
Suspected Source of Fire: Political Group
Related Articles:
- Two Iraqi journalists killed in Baghdad bombings , April 15, 2005
- IRAQ , April 14, 2005


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APCNews 138 – Spectrum in Brazil, Wikileaks – 28/3/11
APCNews 138 – Spectrum in Brazil, Wikileaks – 28/3/11
APCNews – March 28 2011 – Year XI Issue 138
The news service on ICTs for social justice and sustainable development
APC has always considered access to the internet as a basic right. The Brazilian government is using a combination of fibre optics and wireless technology to bring broadband to people that have been historically excluded from access to basic services. But this right to the internet doesn't just apply to those living poverty: today the world is witnessing unprecedented threats to freedom of expression, as shown by the recent efforts of the United States government against the founders and supporters of Wikileaks.
Brazil: high-speed connections reach excluded populations over the air
MONTEVIDEO (AL for APCNews) – The problem of internet access in a country the size of Brazil is as complex as its geography or its population. The government is currently working on a national broadband plan which would establish high-speed fibre optic connections in the major cities. In order to reach the most distant towns, signals transmitted over the air will be used (through waves that circulate on a set frequency or spectrum). In this article we will review the trends in Brazil regarding regulation of this resource.
WikiLeaks: Human rights of whistleblowers under attack, says APC
TAGBILARAN (APC for APCNews) – If we don't consider the recent actions —particularly by the US government— against people connected to WikiLeaks as human rights violations, then a dangerous precedent is set says APC in a statement. The human rights of the director of WikiLeaks Julian Assange and suspected WikiLeaks informer Bradley Manning should be guaranteed by international law.
Gender studies centre and women's rights guide book launched in Cambodia
PHNOM PHEM (KB for APCNews) – APC member Open Institute, a non-profit and non-government organisation in Cambodia, launched both the Centre as well as a women's rights guide book in December as part of APC's campaign: Take Back the Tech! to end violence against women. Take Back the Tech!, which advocates the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to stop gender-based violence, is one of APC's initiatives to achieve the third Millenium Development Goal on equality for women.
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what would the two sources be? im really interested in this.
im sorry if i sound kind of stupid here it is just that i dont know much about the vickers. this looks cool enough for me to attempt.
thanks for the location on the belts. i like that the maxim belts work.
is the tripod a 1928 colt one? in the pics.


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I know this will not be a popular idea to most of you, but I wonder if it might be wise to stand pat this offseason and see what happens going into the all-star break. Hear me out here, if we make no moves we may not compete this year, but I think even with some desperate moves it's still a coin toss as to whether they
will work out especially with pitching. What if we saved our money and touted prospects and waited for next years FA class of pitchers which looks much deeper. Dunn will be need to be signed to a LTC of course for this to pan out, but I just don't like the idea of trading away young cheap talent for pitchers that are and will continue to get more and more expensive. Say we trade Votto, and Hamilton for a pitcher like Garza and he blows his arm out, that would be devistating at this point. I say if we are going to make any moves this year lets get rid of some older players and maybe get less in return than a Garza, Cain type and continue to get younger and shave the payroll to where we can sign a monster free agent or two next year when there is more to choose from. We've waited this long, and if the FO came out and told the fans that this was there plan then I think I could stomach it as long as they followed through. Just a thought.


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Why and How to Accumulate POINTS!!!!!
Why you need to accumulate POINTS is because Nicki will do contests every now and again(which you def want to win) and it can be based off the number of POINTS you have.Of course for those just starting out, you just missed one where the top ten with the highest points got to choose out of three awesome prizes regarding Nicki....
Everyone that is on MyPinkFriday.com is only allowed 100 points a day. In order to recieve those points you must comment on a post and/or blog(which is Being Social). If you miss a day then that is 100 points that you miss out on.Each comment is one point.
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Judge to rule if stepdad will stand trial
Nathan Sloop is charged with murdering Ethan Stacey
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - A judge in Utah is expected to decide Friday if there's enough evidence to go to trial in a case involving the murder of a southwest Virginia boy.
Investigators believe four-year-old Ethan Stacy, of Richlands, died in May of 2010. They say he'd been visiting his mother and stepfather, Stephanie and Nathan Sloop, in Utah.
Both are charged with his murder.
Police say on May 11, 2010, Nathan Sloop led officers to where the boy's beaten body was buried in a shallow grave near a ski resort.
Friday will be the third day of a preliminary for Nathan Sloop. Prosecutors say they plan to seek the death penalty against him.


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Aldi this week = 2.39 for 5 lbs.
Aldi this week = 2.39 for 5 lbs.
abhoney.com in northern Indiana has it for 34 cent per lb. They run a truck down I-65 often, which means if you are lucky enough to live near I-65 then delivery is free.
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How can you guys afford to feed bee at that cost. i get sugar $60. a barral 55 gal drum approx 500lb
I checked the current price at my local Sam's today. $ .60 - $.62 per lb depending on the size bag I get. Were in a drought/derth and I've got 10 or 12 nucs I'm feeding and trying to get up to 10 frames before fall.
25lbs bag $14.27
.64 a lb at wal mart here.
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Just bought some at the store for .39 per lb here.
Keith - wish I could do more but that has about maxed my equipment and drawn comb. I add a few more each year. Thankfully I have not had to buy package bees for several years now and my yard keeps expanding. Time to do a couple outyards.
If you follow the supply chain upward (or backward) from the retailer, you'll find a commercial/industrial distributor of sugar. You may be able to buy by the barrel or by the tote or expanding pallet, but the one I deal with sells only by the tank truck load. They DO, however, have "spillover" sugar that they collect and put in 5 gallon buckets. If you bring your own bucket, they charge $4 per 5 gallons of sugar, which comes out to $0.20/lb. But they're almost always out.... they have beeks out the wazoo calling or stopping by daily to get the overflow sugar.
Follow the supply chain and look for the bulk distributor(s) in your area.
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Retail 16$ for 25 pounds.
I have often bought pallets of sugar for use in the oil and gas industry. Sugar greatly retards the curing time of cement. That's its use to us. I always go to an independent grocery store and ask the manager for a volume discount. At times, sugar prices have been surprisingly cheap.


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Young students at UTSA robotics camps
Home-schooling mother teams with UTSA to help establish robotics camps
By Christi Fish
Public Affairs Specialist
(July 31, 2009)--When San Antonio mother-of-six Mary Stowers accompanied her children to the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) regional robotics competition years ago, she noticed something alarming. The competing teams of children from disadvantaged areas had shiny new equipment, but no one had taught them how to use it.
"In the FIRST competition, teams can earn up to 400 points," Stowers said. "But these kids weren't even breaking out of the double-digits. It was difficult to watch." The observation set a fire in Stowers, who began working with local nonprofits to bring robotics enrichment to kids in San Antonio's lowest socioeconomic neighborhoods.
A few years later, the Interactive Technology Experience Center (iTEC) in the UTSA College of Engineering was looking for someone experienced to help organize its first summer robotics camps, a community outreach initiative that would be funded by the AT&T Foundation. By chance, Stowers and iTEC met. With a shared vision, they began planning UTSA's first robotics camps, which would be offered free-of-charge to students who had completed the third through eighth grades.
Shortly after UTSA announced it would offer the first camps in summer 2009, each became half full with 25 enrollees. But, then word spread and demand increased.
This week, UTSA welcomed 72 San Antonio third through sixth graders to the fourth of its five scheduled camps. The camps, which run from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays, challenge students to build and program robots to complete specific tasks, which become progressively more difficult as the camp progresses.
Over the two-week period, campers will learn to build and program a task bot, a dragster, a shot put, a swimmer and a robot that can follow a black swirled line on the ground. The camp also includes friendly competition each time the students collectively complete their new robots.
To complete assignments, campers work in groups of four. Each group receives access to a LEGO Mindstorms NXT robotics kit, a laptop for programming, and a high school or college-aged mentor. Additionally, Stowers meets with the entire camp multiple times each day to conduct group discussions and help campers with time management.
Stowers delights in the fact that more than 80 percent of the inaugural 350 campers are identifiably "at-risk," based on their location and socioeconomic status.
"Our hope is that by teaching these kids about robots -- about building and programming -- they will go back to school in the fall with a better understanding of basic engineering principles," Stowers said. "That way, if their schools are able to buy them kits and enter them in competitions, one or two kids on each team will already have an understanding of where to begin."
Jeffrey Huvar and Lety Huvar think Stowers and UTSA are onto something. The San Antonio couple, teachers at Earl Warren High School and John Paul Stevens High School, respectively, has traded in a summer vacation to attend all five of UTSA's summer robotics camps with the support of a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) grant awarded to Yufang Jin, UTSA assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. The Huvars hope to use what they learn at UTSA to strengthen the robotics programs at their schools.
Although UTSA's summer robotics camps have reached capacity and Stowers has a waiting list with nearly 370 names on it, UTSA's iTEC has announced it will hold the camps again next summer.
To receive early e-mail notification of 2010 camp registration, e-mail Moses Thompson, iTEC program manager.


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Prototype Factory Combat Light for Glocks Shown at Shot Show 2002.
One of Glock's representatives was kind enough to show and demonstrate a prototype for a new frame-mounted combat light that's pretty sweet, and will probably cause Glock users to fall all over themselves, and each other, to get one. The unit simply snaps right onto the 3rd Generation light-mounting rails. When the operator needs to remove it he/she can snap ... Read More »
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Greg Ross
In evolutionary biology, the dynamics of natural selection are fairly well understood, but less is known about the origins of variation. How does complex novelty arise? Can small, random genetic changes really produce a complex structure like the eye or the wing?
Two leading biologists, Marc W. Kirschner of Harvard Medical School and John C. Gerhart of the University of California, Berkeley, present a new theory in The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma (Yale University Press, $30). Drawing on discoveries of the last two decades, Kirschner and Gerhart propose a new mechanism, "facilitated variation," that is both more subtle and more refined than random genetic mutation. "The organism as a whole is not a blank slate but a poised response system," they write. "It responds to mutation by making changes it is largely prepared in advance to make."
American Scientist Online managing editor Greg Ross interviewed Kirschner and Gerhart by e-mail in November 2005.
Can you describe the new theory briefly?
Our theory addresses the most mysterious part of Darwin's theory of evolution, namely "variation." As you may recall, he postulated that small differences of form and function inexorably arise among individuals in any group of animals. One individual, bearing its variation, may be more fit than others of the group to survive and reproduce in the environment at hand. In time, its descendants out-reproduce the others and come to replace them.
About half a century ago, we learned that heritable variation does not occur without mutation. Any place in the genome can suffer mutation, which is a change of the local DNA sequence. It appears to strike at random, and rarely. Our theory of "facilitated variation" is meant to explain how rare and random mutation can lead to exquisite changes of form and function.
We give center place to the fundamental processes by which animals develop from the egg to the adult and by which they function as adults. These are the "conserved core processes." They make and operate the animal, and surprisingly they are pretty much the same whether we scrutinize a jellyfish or a human. There are a few hundred kinds of processes, each involving tens of active components. Each component is encoded by a gene of the animal's genome, thus using up the majority of the 20,000 genes possessed by complex animals such as frogs, mice and humans.
The components and genes are largely the same in all animals. Almost every exquisite innovation that one examines in animals, such as an eye, hand or beak, is developed and operated by various of these conserved core processes and components. This is a profound realization for the question of variation, because it says that the different and seemingly novel features of animals are made and run by various of the same core processes, just used in different combinations, at different times and places in the animal, and used to different extents of their output. Variation is not as hard to get as one might initially think. A Lego analogy is applicable: The same Lego parts can be stuck together to give a model of the Eiffel Tower or of a soccer ball.
If the core processes remain the same, what changes in evolution? We suggest that it is the regulation of these processes. Regulatory components determine the combinations and amounts of core processes to be used in all the special traits of the animal. Whereas components of the core processes do not change in evolution, regulatory components do, and they are the targets of random mutational change. Genes for regulatory components comprise a minority of the genome (under a quarter, as a rough estimate), fewer than genes for core processes, but still a lot of genes and a lot of regulatory DNA. The thrust of our argument is that rather few mutational changes, affecting regulatory components, are needed to generate complex innovation.
In summary, then, we posit that the conserved core processes greatly facilitate the animal's generation of complex variation by reducing the number and kind of regulatory changes needed and hence the number of random mutational changes needed in the genome. Facilitation comes from the great versatility and adaptability of the processes and their proneness to regulation.
Where then do the conserved core processes come from? How were the Lego blocks invented?
In our book we dwell mostly on the long period of animal evolution from the onset of the Cambrian epoch, over 540 million years ago, to the present, during which altered regulation, due to random mutation, brought core processes together in various combinations and amounts, producing the enormous variety of new anatomical and physiological traits of the diverse animal groups.
The core processes had themselves evolved before the Cambrian, some even billions of years before. We envision four episodes, each separated from the next by a long interval during which life-forms diversified based on the varied use of those recently acquired processes, driven by regulatory change. First, as early bacteria-like cells evolved, the processes arose for synthetic and degradative (energy-producing) metabolism, for DNA synthesis and for gene expression, including protein synthesis. This innovation entailed the evolution of many hundreds of kinds of enzymes, proteins and genes that are found today in all life-forms—animals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria.
The second episode occurred roughly two billion years ago, as the first eukaryotic cells evolved, perhaps coincident with the initial accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere. Eukaryotic cells are much more complicated in their organization and coordination of activities. Processes evolved for arranging components at different places and for moving them from place to place. Genomes got larger, a complex cell cycle arose culminating in mitosis and cell division, and the first sexual reproduction took place with meiosis and the fusion of two cells. These new processes entailed the evolution of many new proteins, which seem to have originated from old proteins of bacteria. They are used by all modern life-forms except the bacteria and have been conserved with little change from those first eukaryotic ancestors.
A third episode occurred at the time of the earliest multicellular animals, perhaps one billion years ago. These processes of multicellularity involve the means of cell-to-cell communication, of cells adhering to each other and to a blanket of materials that cells deposit around themselves, and specialized junctions connecting cells. The means evolved for developing a multicellular animal from a single-celled egg. Specialized cell types evolved, such as nerve and muscle. Some of the new proteins used in these processes look as if they were spliced together from pre-existing parts, and their genes were spliced together from pieces of old genes, in various combinations and numbers. Others arose through the duplication of genes and diversification of base sequences of the duplicates, yielding large "families" of slightly different genes and encoded proteins.
A final episode, discussed in the book, occurred just before the Cambrian period and involved the innovation of the body plans of animals. This innovation compartmentalized the embryo and allowed a large increase in the complexity of development—namely, the independent use of different combinations and amounts of core processes in each of the domains of the developing animal's body plan, to give the many anatomical and physiological innovations of the Cambrian period to the present.
What are the recent advances that have permitted the new insights behind your theory?
Key recent advances have revealed how a single-celled egg develops to a functional adult. These advances rest on breakthroughs in many other areas of biology concerning how genetic information is transmitted to the next generation, how this information is recovered to produce the active components of cells, how energy is obtained and used, what limited set of chemical building blocks makes up all cells, how particular kinds of cells like nerves and muscles accomplish their functions, and on and on. Few of these insights were known even three decades ago. Much of this basic research was pursued without reference to evolution, but rather concerned what is required for life itself. The insights were surprisingly general, holding across large groups of animals, in cases even all life-forms from bacteria to humans.
The public knows about these breakthroughs mostly by their medical implications, but ultimately they allowed the understanding of development and evolution. Evolutionary biologists increasingly realized in recent decades that the changes of animals in evolution reflect changes in development. Now, in the past decade, the analysis of development has burst open. Out of all this research came the recognition of conserved core processes—what they do and what their components are. Out of developmental biology came the realization of the widespread use of these processes, and genome sequencing has shown that genes are widely conserved across the animal kingdom. For example, roughly 15 percent of our genes are like those of bacteria, 25 percent are like those of single-celled fungi, 50 percent are like those of fruit flies, and 70 percent are like those of frogs.
How can animals be so different and yet so much the same? The resolution of the paradox is found in the use of the same versatile adaptable components in different combinations and amounts to different ends, to generate the different anatomies and physiologies of the diverse kinds of animals.
Why have you chosen to publish the theory as a popular science book?
Interesting questions and interesting answers, we thought. Wondering about the origin of living creatures, including ourselves, probably goes back to the dawn of human intellect.
Critics of Darwinian evolution tend to attack Darwin's treatment of variation. Thoughtful lay readers may indeed wonder if all the exquisite complexity of animals can really be attributed to random mutation pounding on the DNA of ancestors. Readers sympathetic to Darwinian theory may want to know whether anything new has been learned about sources of variation. Others, with open minds, may feel they need to know more about what really happens before they can weigh the reasonableness of such a claim.
Research advances of recent decades have afforded, we think, plausible answers that are not too complicated to explain, at least in outline, when freed of jargon and detail. Thus, we thought plausible answers, composed into a theory, would interest a wide audience. And we think the explanations are surprising and interesting.
The book comes during a cultural crisis in America over the teaching of evolution. What light does it shed on that dispute?
For open-minded doubters of Darwinian evolutionary theory, this book can shed light on variation, the most mysterious part of the theory. They will find evidence and arguments that evolutionary innovations are not too complicated, perfect and incomprehensible to attribute to natural causes, and they will learn that the causes reside much more within the animal than previously thought. These readers can weigh for themselves whether plausibility has been reached.
For those who disavow evolution, no matter what the evidence and explanations, this book might still be worth reading, to assess whether the old targets in evolutionary theory are now too hardened by modern research and hence new targets must be found. Also, they may want to read it to gauge what their own theories need to match. As Darwinian evolutionary theory closes its gaps and adds more layers of consistent evidence, opponents need to develop their own theories, too, if they seek debates in the educational forum. Theories in science are meant to be useful—to explain and predict. Darwinian theory does both, every day, on the large scale and the small. It pervades biology because it facilitates biological and medical research. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the alternative theories?
Darwin's ideas have been applied metaphorically to everything from economics to institutional design. Does your theory have applications outside biology?
We beat very lightly on the applications drum, noting only that we are addressing variation, whereas applications of Darwin's ideas in the past have mostly concerned selection, as in social Darwinism. We did note that if animals have succeeded so well with flexible, adaptable, modular construction as the key to their immense diversity, so might other kinds of construction, and perhaps institutions, but this is a point already well appreciated outside biology.
What questions remain to be answered?
The question is ongoing of what really occurs within the animal when it generates innovations. Our theory of facilitated variation is but a plausible sketch of how it might occur, and the theory reflects a direction in research, not a verdict reached.
Developmental biology is moving at a rapid pace, and the evolution of developmental mechanisms is a subject of high interest. For example, evolutionary biologists have long thought that the wings of birds are evolutionary modifications of the forelimbs of a reptile-like ancestor, which in turn are evolutionary modifications of the front fins of a lobe-fin fish-like ancestor. Now, every aspect of the development of fins, limbs and wings is under study to illuminate likenesses and differences down to the level of molecules and DNA sequences.
When a difference is found, the inquiry turns to the question: How different is it, really? What is new and what is old, at the level of molecules? What kinds of changes were needed to effect it? Similarly, the evolution of eyes is under intense study, as is the evolution of beaks of birds, or of segments, legs and wings of insects. Our main conclusion that evolutionary innovations involve very little that is really new, and that much innovation comes from the adaptive behavior of conserved processes, derives from these kinds of studies.
As a general direction in biology, the more we learn about how animals develop and function, the more we learn about how they have changed in evolution. While past variation will always be a subject for speculation and theory, the relevant research findings will increasingly clear our eyes and minds, and innovations will be produced in the laboratory, as is already under way to modest ends in agricultural animals. Presumably at that point, doubters would concede that maybe it's possible by natural causes.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/marc-kirschner-and-john-gerhart
© 2016 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society


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School board chooses new insurance agent of record
The Pequot Lakes School Board decided Monday night, June 17, to switch from its local insurance agents to SMA Insurance of St. Cloud for coverage of both its workers' compensation insurance and property/liability insurance.
The debate over choosing an agent of record for both the district's workers' compensation and property/liability insurance began as one over cost, but moved toward an issue of local or non-local agents.
Before Monday night, the district's agents were Mark Jurchen of Lakeland Agency for workers' compensation and Chad Nelson of Insurance Brokers of Minnesota for property/liability insurance. Both agents are based in Pequot Lakes.
The issue arose when board members suggested that by switching to a single agent of record, the board could save the district money. Board member Brandon Andersen was one advocate of the switch.
"If you're shopping insurance as one combined package you have a much better opportunity to negotiate a package," Andersen said. "With one agent shopping three or four (providers) against each other you have more leverage."
Andersen said his decision was based on getting the best value and service for the district and taxpayers, "not about maintaining relationships or trying to keep people happy that we know."
The board needed to make the decision over its insurance agent by a July 1 deadline. Andersen acknowledged that because the board was late in the game, the cost savings might not come this year but in future years.
Board members Valarie Wallin and Mike Erholtz cast the sole votes against the switch to SMA Insurance.
"To me it seems like we're not going to be saving money, we're not going to be doing business with yet another local company," Erholtz said.
"The hardest part of this is that we have two agents who are local and, quite frankly, our district has benefitted in other areas because we have had two agents that are local," Wallin said. "I mean, we do receive donations, we receive other, you know, just business professional types of things that make our lives easier because we have had this local."
She said she would struggle to support hiring SMA because the board tells the community that it tries to keep its business local.
Board member Kim Bolz-Andolshek said the reason the district hires a superintendent and business manager is to make recommendations like this one for the board. She also said the decision over insurance agents had become "muddy for reasons outside the decision itself."
District business manager Lea St. Onge told the board that she and superintendent Rick Linnell interviewed several agencies and were recommending SMA at the June 17 meeting. Linnell was absent from the meeting.
The issue was also discussed at a previous special board meeting June 3. Linnell and St. Onge had recommended Weizenegger Engel on June 3, but questions arose from some board members over whether the services the board desired could be properly provided.
St. Onge said she felt SMA would be a trustworthy provider. She also said she felt she got little communication from the district's former agents.
The board also discussed the need to measure the effectiveness of the new agent. The decision passed on a 5-2 vote.


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