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Atherton: Mayor Widmer Misreads Again on Employee Furlough and Compensation Reductions
Original post made by Atherton Council Misread, Atherton: other, on Nov 26, 2012
Mayor Widmer after the Measure F vote on placing the Library in the Park was resoundingly defeated by close to 70% of Atherton voters sent out a very gracious email saying he had "misread" the wishes of Atherton voters. However all the signs were there all along and the proponents on the Council steadfastly refused to listen to requests for surveys, the Park and Rec Commission, results of the EIR, personal pleas and finally crumbled as they could not ignore a petition of over 300 citizens.
This Wednesday a very important vote on employee's compensation/benefits will be made by the Council to chart the course of Athertons employees and managers for the future. Curiously, it appears the same group of Council Members that championed the library site in the park are intent on imposing conditions on town employees and setting the stage for contentious labor negotiations with the APOA. This is a hurried vote before the new Council is seated and done without detailed fiscal justification and input from the community. They will arbitrarily impose onerous terms on employees immediately.
This vote will be another "misread" of the will of Atherton residents
Comments (31)
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 26, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Go to the meeting and use the public comment period before the Consent Calendar and simply request that this item be taken off the Consent Calendar. And then use the public comment period before this item is voted on to tell the council that this is a VERY bad idea.
Democracy is hard work and it cannot be done by sitting at home or posting on this forum.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Don't hold your breath waiting for cops to unmask themselves and show up at the meeting, complaining that any salary/benefit reductions will hurt Atherton residents. They much prefer to do it anonymously on these forums, posing as a possible resident.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
It would be a great improvement to this forum if anonymous posters were required to verify their place of residence to the editors before being allowed to post.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 3:35 pm
The Agenda Item reads: "ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 12-XX APPROVING SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR ALL UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES"
There is nothing in the title that states that the Resolution means Furloughs and Compensation Reductions. This forum brings awareness to the community of what the council is considering.
It can lead to a larger turnout at the meeting.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 26, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
The posted agenda has things called attachments!!
Please take the time to do your homework.
Posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood, on Nov 21, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Peter Carpenter is a member (registered user) of Almanac Online
Here is the proposed council action re furloughs:
5. WORK FURLOUGH: As a result of the Town's fiscal condition, for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 and subsequent fiscal years until rescinded by the City Council, the work days between Christmas Day and New Year's Day shall be an unpaid furlough week for all non-essential personnel as determined by the City Manager. Essential personnel may include, but not be limited to Police, Public Works, and Administrative personnel required to meet the needs of the community as determined by the City Manager. Employees may use accrued vacation or personal holiday time during this period.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 4:00 pm
The homework was done.
Review of the item lead to the post; to inform others and have a "forum" on the topic.
Retirement age will also be increased by seven years and other reductions will happen. Medical reductions are also part of the plan
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 26, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"The homework was done."
Grade F
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 4:20 pm
I do not understand your logic for the Grade.
The homework that should be done is for the Council to do a First Reading and debate this week on this item and allow Thirty Days for residents to comment on the item. Then vote.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 26, 2012 at 4:26 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Your 'homework' claim was with regards to the agenda. Grade F was because you failed to read the attachment - which I had posted 5 days ago.
Now you want to revise your homework assignment - sorry, it does not work that way.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Yes Peter you did post five days ago,
You wrote:
"As for putting this item on the Nov Council agenda - there is NO way that the Council can make a binding decision on a labor agreement at a single meeting.
And for those who want to ensure citizen participation in this process you might ask the Council to adopt the Fire District's long standing policy on new labor agreements:..... curb misuse of the democratic process by secret legislation of public bodies"; and
WHEREAS, the Ralph M. Brown Act "…reflects a legislative determination that 'public agencies in this State exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business,' and an intent 'that their actions be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly' (Gov. Code Section 54950); and
WHEREAS, the Ralph M. Brown Act and the California Public Records Act require the District to conduct its business in a transparent manner; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes due to the importance of proposed collective bargaining agreements with the District employee labor representatives, that these proposed agreements should be made available to the citizens of the District in sufficient time prior to the Board's adoption of the proposed agreements so as to allow for adequate review and comment by the public prior to final Board action.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District does hereby move that any proposed collectively bargained labor agreement between the District and designated District employee representatives shall be made publicly available at least fifteen (15) calendar days before the meeting at which the agreement will be acted on by the Board."
In Atherton this policy does not exist. These changes can be approved on a consent agenda and take place immediately.
My suggestion it that the Atherton Council adopt a policy to allow 30 days for one council meeting for residents to comment.
Otherwise the Council is not doing its homework and probably is Misreading the public's viewpoint.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Peter, I'm curious about your comment "use the public comment period before this item is voted on to tell the council that this is a VERY bad idea." What's a bad idea? That the current council will vote on this? Or the reduction in employee costs?
a resident of Woodside: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Hey curious -
Here's a novel idea. Instead of participating in this exercise on The Almanac website, why don't you show up at the Council meeting and state your comments directly to the five elected officials who will actually be voting on this issue? You will be standing about 15 feet away from them and you can speak to them directly.
I know, it will take almost 30 minutes of your time...
Got it.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 5:29 pm
POGO, I'm not sure what your point is. I often attend council meetings and will probably be there this week. I was asking Peter a simple, no-trick question because I respect his opinion. I'm simply curious which part of the issue he thinks is a bad idea -- that the current council is deciding this, or that the council is considering reducing employee costs.
My question to you is: What part of that simple question directed at Peter got you so riled up? (I ask because I respect your opinions, too, though I sometimes disagree with you.)
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 5:57 pm
It's all well and good to attend a meeting and speak. But, as months of citizens speaking out against the library demonstrated, they hear, but they do not listen. They think they know better than the citizens.
McKeithen even said the library was too complex an issue for the residents to decide.
Frankly, you have a better chance of getting through to them by posting on these message boards.
a resident of Woodside: other
on Nov 26, 2012 at 6:35 pm
They Know Better -
Then you should keep posting here and not speaking at meetings. See how that works out for you.
On the bright side, there won't be a shortage of topics or complaints for you to write about!
There is NO SUBSTITUTE for addressing your elected officials at a public meeting.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 27, 2012 at 7:36 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
The Fire Board feels so strongly about the importance of public input that the agendas for each of its meeting provide FOUR separate opportunities for public comment - beginning with this preamble:
"A fundamental element of democracy is the right of citizens to address their elected representatives, therefore under Public Comment #1, the public may address the Board on any item - on the Closed Session Agenda, #2 not on the Agenda, 3# on the Agenda and, finally, #4 on any other item."
The weak link is the lack of citizen participation in the Fire Board meetings.
Democracy IS hard work.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 27, 2012 at 7:38 am
Since you post frequently on this site, you must believe there is value to postings.
From yesterday's Almanac Story: "Mayor Widmer disputed the APOA assertions, saying that the current council has been discussing the changes the council will vote on this week since last April. "This needs to be resolved by the people most knowledgeable about it," he said. "This is not vengeance.""
If the Mayor does not believe Cary Wiest can have a Knowledgeable and Worthy opinion on this issue and did not respecct the opinion of all those who spoke at public meetings against the library, why should residents spend 2 hours at a council meeting to speak for 3 minutes with no results?
There is no exact time for this agenda item. It could be 7:30 or it could be 9:00 before it starts.
Do you think Widmer, McKeithen, and Dobbie will change the "knowledgeable" opinion that they have spent months developing based on a few residents expressing a different 3 minute view?
Once again Widmer seeks to deny the residents their vote. Wiest was elected, but McKeithen votes on the issue.
The Brown Act comes into play. Since this has been discussed since April in Closed Session, Widmer must know how all the "Knowledgeable" council members think on this topic.
If topic knowledge leads to supporting the recommendation, then their would be four votes in favor of the recommendation at the December council meeting; and Wiest vote can not harm those with "knowledge".
On the Bright Side- A few residents took the time to create an Atherton Users Group at Yahoo, which alerts the community as to what the council is doing and provides a forum to the community to stop self-serving actions.
Even though Widmer, McKeithen, and Dobbie tried to "Shut Them Down"; a method has developed in Atherton for Tranparency, Accountability, for residents put in check council mis-actions.
There is this Forum, the Council meetings, the Athertonians, and other group email lists for residents to communicate.
The election result was that Lewis won big and Wiest finished a strong second over a well funded, experienced, and organized opposition. Why??? Because residents want a better government.
In a month the debate on these forumms will not be on procedure- or the right to vote, or the right for freedom of speech- but on the issue itself.
Atherton will no longer have a council majority that oppresses opposing viewpoints.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 27, 2012 at 7:49 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"did not respecct the opinion of all those who spoke at public meetings against the library, why should residents spend 2 hours at a council meeting to speak for 3 minutes with no results?"
Wrong - the council heard these public comments and became aware of a special meeting petition and then voted to put the library issue on the ballot. PUBLIC COMMENTS by numerous, thoughtful, respectful people DO work.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 27, 2012 at 7:52 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"here is no exact time for this agenda item. It could be 7:30 or it could be 9:00 before it starts."
Yes, democracy is hard work. Just think of all the people around the world that NEVER get to speak to their leaders except if they are willing to be shot or put in prison.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 27, 2012 at 8:10 am
Pogo said it was 30 minutes, I was responding to that comment. My point is it is 2-3 hours numerous times, plus a petition, plus postings to finally get a government to listen to the will of the people.
For months people waited to speak at council meetings and posted on forums with no results: Widmer, McKeithen, and Dobbie held firm.
Widmer stated he looked forward to working with Wiest and wants to do the will of the people but does not act that way.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 27, 2012 at 8:18 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
"My point is it is 2-3 hours numerous times, plus a petition, plus postings to finally get a government to listen to the will of the people."
We elect people to represent us and then we also have numerous rights of redress and petition to impact our elected leaders.
Billions of people around the world would leap with joy if things were that simple for them.
How would you improve the system? Would you permit any ten anonymous people to demand that the elected council change an established policy? Would you require one self immolation ( that does happen!!) to get an item on the council agenda? Be specific.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 27, 2012 at 8:57 am
The council could draft a survey and use Survey Monkey. In 2 days conduct a poll of the residents. At some point maybe a council member decides to work with the Athertonians and have them send out the survey.
The library survey wasin October 2011 and the town vote November 2012. The results were the same. More than 65% opposed.
Last week someone could have sent out a survey with the following:
1.Do you want to Furlough the City Manager, Police Chief, Finance Director, City Clerk, etc -- Yes or No
2. Do you want to reduce thier compensation by .... Yes or No?
3. Do you want the Council to spend $6,000.00 on a party? Yes or No?
4. Do you want to reduce Police Salaries to .....? Yes or No
5. Do you want to stay part of the JPA? Yes or No
6. In the future the Athertonians can take questions from residents, send out the questions to candidates, and post the answers on-line.
7. For Widmer what is your plan? The town's revenues do not match expenses and he does not want the Parcel Tax, where does that leave things?
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 27, 2012 at 9:05 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Misread - surveys are an interesting idea and have been proposed before. The challenge is getting truly proper wording on any issue and then getting a truly representative sample in the responders.
I have even offered to pay for the Town using the only validated local government survey available:
Viewpoint - Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Letter: Challenge for council to take citizen survey
Whoever is elected to the Atherton City Council, now is the time for our five elected representatives to set a new direction and standard of governance. We no longer want or can afford 3-2 votes and a divided and an uncivil council.
Our five elected representatives should seek unanimity on every issue that comes before them and demand unanimity on the important issues.
A superb place to start would be for the council to unanimously vote to participate in the National Citizen Survey, which has been widely tested in communities around the nation. The survey is a low-cost citizen survey service for local governments. Tested, flexible, affordable, and efficient, the NCS would allow Atherton to survey citizen opinion for program planning, budgeting, goal-setting and performance measurement.
The council would select from a set of standard questions to assess citizen opinion about basic services and community life. Additional customized questions allow the council to tailor the survey to our unique needs.
Our elected officials can use the results to set spending priorities. The town manager can use the results to measure progress and chart future steps. Staff can use the results to improve service delivery.
The survey program includes three mailings to 1,200 randomly selected households, which include the pre-survey postcard and two mailings of the survey instrument. A margin of error (95 percent confidence interval) of no more than plus or minus five percentage points around any percent.
I am so convinced of the need for a new approach to our town governance that I will personally pay for the cost of participation in the National Citizens' Survey provided such participation is approved unanimously by our new City Council.
Peter Carpenter Larch Drive, Atherton
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 27, 2012 at 11:08 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
More about the National Citizen Survey:
Since The NCS was introduced in 2001, local governments in over 41 states have participated. The survey process is being continually refined to ensure that your local government receives the best information possible per dollar spent on your citizen survey. Your results can be compared, at your option, with norms based on the results of more than 350 surveys administered throughout the country.
The NCS gives you results with the highest credibility from independent professional survey specialists. You get the satisfaction of personal service, the benefit of comparability with other jurisdictions, and the efficiency of a standardized process.
We are now in more than 40 states and norms are available from over 500 surveys administered throughout the country."
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 27, 2012 at 11:14 am
In this weeks Almanac Rene Batti has a long story about a dust up between the new city manager and Kathy McKeithen. It is all about George issuing internal information confidentially to all council members at the same time. The information would update and benefit them in conducting the town affairs knowing facts, circumstances etc.What could possibly be wrong with that? Kathy wants a copy after she leaves. Her argument is that George was hired for transparency and these internal communications should be public. So another episode to add to the McKeithen saga.
Kathy, it would really be best to exit quietly and realize you are longer involved nor should you be. You have had three terms and that is enough. Let others have a turn. The council and town governance will be in a better place when you no longer interfere in your divisive politics and theatrics.
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Nov 27, 2012 at 11:25 am
Kathy is not going to stop fighting in what she believes in. I know enfranchised groups don't like hearing this, but that's just who she is, and Atherton is a much better place for it. She knows where all the bodies are buried too.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 27, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Way to go Kathy says "Kathy is not going to stop fighting in what she believes in. I know enfranchised groups don't like hearing this, but that's just who she is, and Atherton is a much better place for it. She knows where all the bodies are buried too."
The list of those who Kathy has directly or indirectly (through her lieutenants) attacked or accused of some wrong-doing at some point include:
Town Manager Jim Robinson
Town Manager Jerry Gruber
Town Manager Don Guluzzy*
Interim Town Manager Ralph Friedman
Interim Town Manager Wendy Protzman
Building Official Mike Cully
Building Official Mike Hood
Building Official Mike Wassman
Police Chief Steve Cader
Police Chief Bob Brennan
Police Chief Glen Nielson
Finance Director John Johns (after he was fired)
Finance Director Bill Yeomans
Finance Director Louise Ho
City Attorney Rob Faisant
City Attorney Mark Hynes
City Attorney Wynn Furth
Councilmember Malcolm Dudley
Councilmember Nan Chapman
Councilmember Didi Fisher
Councilmember Alan Carlson
Councilmember Charles Marsala
Councilmember Jim Janz
Councilmember Elizabeth Lewis
The Atherton Environmental Programs Committee
The resident-run Athertonians Email Group
Resident Charlie King
Resdient Didi Fisher
Resident Charles Marsala
Resident Peter Carpenter
Resident Valerie Gardner (and apparently, both her husband and minor daughters)
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 27, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Marsala and Cader may have something in common.
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 27, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Town Manager Jerry Gruber
>>>>deserved it. incompetent
Building Official Mike Hood
>>>>turns out, probably for good reason, hence his sudden "retirement."
Building Official Mike Wassman
>>>>same as Mike Hood above
Police Chief Steve Cader
>>>>Convicted of voter fraud, right?
Police Chief Bob Brennan
Police Chief Glen Nielson
Finance Director John Johns (after he was fired)
>>>>true. not one of her finest hours
City Attorney Wynn Furth
>>>>incompetent. next
Councilmember Alan Carlson
>>>>likely deserved it
Councilmember Charles Marsala
>>>>definately deserved it
Councilmember Elizabeth Lewis
>>>>definately deserved it. Planning fraud and violations of zoning ordnance anyone?
Resident Charles Marsala
>>>deserved it
a resident of Atherton: other
on Nov 27, 2012 at 8:43 pm
>>> City Attorney Rob Faisant
Speaking of cops' pensions, are people aware that Rob Faisant is collecting an Atherton pension? Yup, voted in by Didi Fisher, Nan Chapman, and Malcolm Dudley even though he was a contractor, not an employee.
Now shut Kathy up about complaining about that!
a resident of Atherton: other
on Dec 19, 2012 at 4:09 pm
"Way to go Kathy" seems to think our city council deliberations are akin to a ball game. Our council members are supposed to be on the same team. Kathy refuses to listen objectively to those who have a different opinion and often reacts with nasty personal comments, not exactly suitable behavior for a town official. She has been a dedicated public servant who too often has failed to check on whether the public believes it is being served.
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Now, I agree with one commenter on Michael Turton's post that this isn't really journalism and was fine for a blog but has no place in a newspaper, but that's not why I'm writing about it here.
Dealing with it all may have been easier if I'd been able to build a stronger network of support. Although I was there with my boyfriend, I longed for female friendship. I'd met a handful of foreign women, but we didn't have much in common. I did become friends with an Aussie named Kate, but we lived far apart and didn't see each other that often.
Foreign guys seemed to be having an easier time. Insects and chaotic streets didn't seem to bother them as much, and Taiwanese women treated Caucasian men like Hollywood stars. The bigger the nose, the more handsome the man, they said.and:
Pardon me asking the obvious question, but why come to Asia at all if you aren't interested in the men? Why voluntarily choose to live in a culture and society in which you have no interest in the people? That's what I don't understand about many foreign women in Asia - they whine about how their dating life sucks, yet snub their noses up at 99.999% of the population. Why just not move to Sweden or Brazil or wherever, where you actually like the men?
Which is echoed here, too:
"Maybe they're just not that interested in traveling, or they don't want to learn Chinese or they want to travel to countries in Europe or easier places?"
We are adaptable, we can be tough when necessary and we are good at forming the social networks necessary at getting us through trying situations, something that some researchers say men often have trouble with. We are not the shrinking violets of yore who can't handle some spit 'n bugs.
If anything, the reaction I've heard to most female expats who do stick it out to Lindsey's article is along the lines of "wow...she's not very tough, is she" and my own "well, she's going to need an all-inclusive bracelet if she ever decides to travel outside of Europe - most of the world is worse than her complaints about Taiwan."
I refuse to get into any tripe about how our "standards are too high" or we're "bitter and fat" or "we won't even look at what's available" or "we're not interested in local men" - a few anecdotes does not make a body of evidence and these are all unfair stereotypes. I have met very few (if any, come to think of it) Western women abroad who conform to them - it's almost as though this White Harridan is some sort of projection of a collective knock-kneed male subconscious. I certainly haven't met her in the flesh.
I'll save exploring why it's harder to date for another post, if I write it at all. It's been covered quite enough - and with quite enough invective - and if you're in that particular demographic of single, willing-to-date Western female expat, you know the reasons well enough. It's enough to admit that yes, this is an issue. I might choose to frame the issue in terms of advice to single women living abroad, though.
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Fourth, that women looking into moving abroad are aware of the fact that sexism is far more of an issue in Asia (not nearly as much in Taiwan, though it's definitely there), just in terms of local culture. That likely keeps some women away, and for those who come anyway, it may be a reason for those women to go home earlier: imagine how much greater the culture shock is for a foreign woman in a country with traditional (and therefore, by Western standards, sexist) values than for a man. Foreign women do get trump cards in many cases - basically, "It's OK that you're weird and you don't share our social values because you're foreign" - but there are still some real issues here, and the ensuing culture shock is likely a huge factor.
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On the other new front which the above is really important to many of you bringing bees out here for Almonds. Please everyone bear with me I am not the best writer and I took notes and sometimes they went faster with power point then I could write. But this is the New news from Almond Bloom 2009 and beyond.
Water they are more pesamestic about it. It is not looking good do far. So pray for rain or do rain dances ( I threw that last one in)
Right now they are saying that water for Almonds for the Feb 15 date is allocated at 0% there after 15% with west side possible 40% best promise and guess at this time which means that many almond groves will go un touched. Either that or they are going to have to do some creative moving of water around to non priority crops or trees. Almond prices right now are at less then 1.50 a lb. And the input prices is up. Which means there will be no new groves planted and more will go abandoned.
Contracts need to be in place before you make the move out here. They are saying that $150.00 tops is about what growers are fighting to not pay. But 1 35 to 140 may b the better picture. So far CCD usually rears its ugly head this time of year and so far things are not as bad as times past. Well at least for those that are reporting it. They would like more to report it so they can make better guesses on what is needed.
There is also talk about if your contract says 8 frame avg there better be 8 frame avg or be looking for way way lower pay outs. As inspections will be almost manditory at that 150 price. Things have went from 50 a hive to 150 a hive an with water price and the price of fertilizers and the almond prices falling and falling fast growers are not wanting to pay the high prices they just can not afford it. Most might go with the bare min for pollination.
There is also talk in creating a CDC for bees. And that some sort of inspection process be in place and that the bees show they are healthy and strong or they will not go into almonds. As if the prices stay this high this is what the growers are going to want. They want to know they are getting top bees for the top dollar they are forking out.
The Drug maker Bayer is talking about making up an advisory board made up of beekeepers. With the EPA and Bayer involved. They want to help.
There is also new and up in coming bee testing that will be tried out with one large ca beekeeper of unknown name. It is called the bee chip through the Uc San fran.
Bee Chip is specialized for detection of Arthropod Pathogens. DNA from every virus that affects bees and other insects will be on there. They will follow 20 hives from this ca big beekeeper From requeening in March through one years time. 50 bees per hive per week will be taken for testing with this new bee chip. So that they have a starting and baseline in case something happens. Then they can look back and see what might have lead up to the collapse. The bee Chip to identify known pathogens. Followed by DNA sequencing and are any novel paths present for the extent of the info. GPS tracking will be done on all 20 of the hives so that they can follow what went on and where they were for testing to see if one thing lead to a another. If the hive collapses they will have data and samples over the entire year or up until the collapse. They can follow what changed, they will use pesticide tracking as well, As well as what was there in the hive before with the very first sample right after requeening. They can also track the seasonality of the pathogens. They at some point in time maybe not every time but they will take some samples of every stage of the bees life from larvae to pupae to just hatching to worker. But for the most part every week will be just adult workers.
Reports are web accessible with out passwords with live data protocols. Which means because this is state or even privet funded info will be available to you (or who was tested). There will be monthly Executive summery s and links to papers and other useful info on what was found in each weeks samples from that beekeepers page. There will also be feedback and question sections. Right now in March they will be starting the first test. And after that they will be able to follow and open it up to all beekeepers.
Ok guys there is some info I missed as they moved very fast and the power point page would move on me. They promised they would get a copy of the power point graphics mailed or emailed out to me. I wrote as fast as my hands could write. And that is pushing it with the arthritis in my hands as it was cold. I barely made it there in time for the start of the first seminar. And pollination topics, And every thing bee related went on till almost lunch time. I was hoping for a few of you on here to join me there as I would have liked to meet everyone in person. I met a few other beekeepers as well as I talked to Sue Colby and a few of the lab people in Az. And I might be sending them samples from feral and survivor stock that I go and get from swarms and cutouts. There was allot of very very good info. And I wish I could have written faster. Or had a tape recorder as there was allot of info to absorb.
Hope you guys find this helpful. If you have any questions please post them here and I will try to answer them. AS if you ask I might remember more on what was said. My brain works weard that way
Working hard to learn and to help all of you. If I had my laptop with me I would have posted just prior to lunch about the Au Bee packages. Or as soon as I herd which was 9:00am pacific time this year. I would have posted then if I had access to a computer then. But info is here now and now it is up to USA and Au to work things out.


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My eczema condition, with which I have been dealing for over twenty years, has improved rather significantly over the past three months. In addition to the occasional use of topical medications and daily use of Eucerin Moisturizer Creme, I started a daily regimen of quercetin (1,000 mg per day), a flavonoid which is a natural antihistamine. Quercetin is distributed by Bluebonnet Nutrition Corporation and probably by other manufacturers, and it is available without prescription at health food stores. A discussion about quercetin for eczema patients is found in Encyclopedia of Natural Foods, authored by Michael Murray, N.D., and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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Maksimum Konuk Sayısı6
Yatak odası1
Boyut64 metrekare
Floor No.1
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|Dworcowa, 81-704 Sopot, Polonya
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Apartment space
• 2 bedrooms
• Kitchen
• 1 bathroom
additional amenities
• washing Machine
• Wireless Internet
• Television
• Towels, bed sheets
• Fully equipped kitchen for cooking utensils, pots, glassware, cutlery, lunch, and utensils:
• Refrigerator
• Freezer
• Ceramic hob
• Electric kettle
The apartment consists of 2 bedrooms and is designed for 6 people
• Room 1, 2 sofa type of sofa bed
• Room 2, King size bed
• Shower
• Toilet
• Sink
• mirror
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Nice Apartment on a great location.
It is a spacious place, with a big bedroom, a livingroom, separate kitchen and bathroom. The balcony is big and is a great place to be outdoor.
Beds are good and comfortable. Place is clean and well maintained.
The location is just away from the crowded main street, but very close to the (new) railway station and main street / beach. It can be a bit noisy. If you live in a city you will understand.
The only thing we found missing were a few extra pans to cook our own meal. Plenty of restaurants around, so no need to cook really:)
Great value for money!
Fantastic location, 50 meters from the monte casino mainstreet and 250 meters from the beach. Very friendly and helpfull staff, they are always at daytime in the office downstairs. Clean appartment and absolutely a good choice. Next time if we go back to Sopot we will come back here. Little negative point is the big reconstruction now of the trainstation wich is next door and starts 7:30 in the morning. Pleasure stay for us, thanks to Krystof and his staff!
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This apartment is amazing, better than we expected. Very spacious and nicely furnished. The location is perfect as well, being very close to the main street. Even though it was this close to the main street, we did not hear any noise during the nights, so we always got a good nights sleep (comfortable beds helped as well).
Yes, it is on the 4th or 5th floor with no elevator. If you can't manage walking stairs like this, then you should keep that in mind. For us it was fine as we felt that we needed to move a little bit extra after being extremely lazy in wonderful Sopot all day, every day :)
If I have to name one negative aspect it might be that the pressure of the shower was a bit on the low side, but it wasn't a big deal, would still rent this apartment again! Recommended!
Nice, clean apartment at a super location! Very satisfied with our stay!
Apartment very good and nice and closed to the main area Monte Casino. Minus one star depending on somewhat bad parking possibilities for the cars. Minus one star then the apartment's wireless internet no good. Very slow! Internet must be upgraded. We used our from Sweden brought wifi with roaming instead. The 4g is good in Poland. Very nice people in the rental company. We found Sopot a very nice place and we recommend it!
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It was a very nice apartment with a good locasion.
Nice and clean Apartment located in a quiet street, but still close to Monte Cassino. Large enough for a family of five. Our host was service minded and followed up our queries rather promptly.
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Kimiko Date-Krumm calls her longevity 'a miracle'
Associated Press | Last updated January 19, 2013
Kimiko Date-Krumm is as amazed as everyone else that she's still playing Grand Slam tennis at 42. ''It's a miracle,'' she said. After a week of setting age-related records and becoming the media darling of this year's Australian Open, the Japanese player bid farewell to the big stage for now after losing her third-round singles match on Saturday. ''It was a great tournament for me,'' Date-Krumm said after losing 6-2, 7-6 (3) to 21-year-old Serbian Bojana Jovanovski. In a sport dominated with women half her age, it was a great tournament for Date-Krumm. This was her 43rd time playing a Grand Slam tournament - and she was the oldest woman in the draw by about a decade. The only other player who came close was 33-year-old Greta Arn of Hungary who lost quickly in the first round. Date-Krumm is ranked 100th but defied the ranking system. She created a stir by beating No. 12-seeded Nadia Petrova - who is 30 - 6-2, 6-0 in the first round and becoming the oldest woman to win a singles match at the Australian Open. Over the course of a week, she held court at packed press conferences and fielded questions about her secrets to longevity. ''Sleep a lot. Drink water a lot. It's nothing special,'' she said, noting that she's older than some of her opponents' mothers. She recounted amusing conversations with her peers from the past, like Steffi Graf and Lindsay Davenport who retired years ago and have started families. ''Everybody says to me, `You are crazy,' First word is always, `You are crazy,''' she laughed. ''But they support me a lot.'' Date-Krumm's best result at the Australian Open came in 1994 when she reached the semifinals. She achieved a career-high ranking of No. 4 in 1995. She admitted finding it tough to keep up with this generation of fitness fanatics whose raw power has changed the women's game. ''Everytime when I go to the gym, everybody is there, even before their matches, after their match,'' she said. ''They're doing so much exercise. That's why women's tennis is changing compared to 10 years ago, 20 years ago.'' When Graf was winning her 22 Grand Slams in the 1980s and 90s the game was more about technique, she said. ''Now it's more speedy and more powerful,'' she said, a few hours after Serena Williams unleashed her latest 207 kph (128 mph) serve. Date-Krumm, who is married to German race car driver Michael Krumm, took a 12-year break from tennis and returned in 2008. When she came back, she never planned to play at the Grand Slam level. ''So, yeah, it's a miracle I was in the third round this year,'' she said. ''I'm very surprised myself.'' Her stay in Melbourne is not quite over yet. She's still playing doubles, and has advanced to the third round with Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain. Resting doesn't seem to be on her agenda. After Melbourne, Date-Krumm plans to return to Japan for a couple days before flying off for a packed schedule of tournaments that include Pattaya, Thailand, then Fed Cup, Memphis, Brazil, Indian Wells, Miami, Mexico. In answer to the inevitable question: Will she be back next year? ''I will try my best,'' she says. --- ACHES AND PAIN: Milos Raonic is convinced his fever, aches and even blurred vision are what helped him to win. The big-serving Canadian wasn't sure he'd make it to his third-round match after sweating through the previous night with fever and aches. ''I had a tough night last night,'' the No. 13-seeded player said. When he arrived at the court, he ''struggled seeing'' clearly. ''I just felt like every type of ache I had was magnified,'' he said, which made him channel his energy. ''In a way, it was a good thing because I've been struggling a little bit with the intensity,'' he said after pulling through in straight sets against Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4. ''It forced me to go 110 percent right away from the start.'' He'll need that kind of commitment again in the next round against Roger Federer. Federer has already won 17 Grand Slam trophies, including four at the Australian Open. The celebrated Swiss star was hailed as ''the maestro'' by the center court announcer after he beat Bernard Tomic in straight sets soon after Raonic's match finished in another court. At 1.96 meters (6-foot-5), and armed with a huge serve, the 22-year-old Raonic is regularly mentioned as an up-and-coming player to watch. He's played Federer three times and lost all of them. ''I've had my three shots against him, and I look forward to the fourth,'' Raonic said. Federer said he expected a battle. 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Local fellow had a late swarm show up at his place last fall, and settled in a lilac bush. Having no experience or equipment whatever, he read enough that he decided to open feed them close to 75 pounds of sugar before winter set in. Last winter was a mild one for us, only dropping to minus 10 once, and only getting below zero less than a dozen times. We also did not get as many of the unholy bitter strong winds that are usual during our winter. His bees survived the winter, hanging right out in the open in the leafless lilac bush. He hived them this spring, and they did a good job for him over the summer. Proves just how tough they are.
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Mallorca Family Cottage/pool
Size150 m²
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- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
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- Indoor fireplace
- Parking available
- Disabled access
- Pool
Accommodation summary
Country house with swimming pool. 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6 - ideal villa for a family.
The house has 3 bedrooms very cozy and spacious in a plot of 1800 m², in an absolutely perfect location on the outskirts of the village Santa Maria. The House is in an area that the kids could splash and shout in the pool with no worries about disturbing any neighbors. It is a 15 to 20 minute drive to a wide variety of lovely beaches and Santa Maria has most of the essentials. If you are looking for mountain views and tranquility this Villa is perfect.
The house is perfect for 6 people and was completely renovated and refurbished in 2011. The modern interiors with the Mallorquin-Mediterranean style and designed like an open loft house. Large living room with chimney, windows ensures a light-filled ambience. Off the living area is the open kitchen with dining area and bathroom are located directly behind it and the sleeping area with a king size bed for two people and the others two bedrooms one with tow single beds and other bunk bed. A front terrace offers views of the orange groves. They are a pool with sun beds is slightly elevated.
Situated at 20 minutes from the sandy beaches, 12 km from the close to golf course "Golf Son Termes", 3 km from the town of Santa Maria with supermarket, cafeteria, fantastic restaurant, great old pizzeria, and the Celler "Sa Signy" and ,1,8km from Festival Park shopping center and cinemas. Airport and Palma center is only 15 minutes away. It is a railway station "Train Station of Festival Park" is only 1.8km in a charming rural area.
The house is very comfortable for 6 people with heating and hot water and all amenities (washer, stove, etc.) there is an open fire-place for chillier evenings. Outside there is a swimming pool set as the old "soufreix" in a sand mallorquin stone.
Every Sunday in the town of Santa Maria it happens one of the largest and well know market in the island. Ideal for people which like to go walking to the mountain of Tramuntana with famous hiking and tracking trails or cycling to any of the town or just to explore the island. The mountains, Palma and beaches are within easy to reach, ideal base for exploring the entire island.
The house is located in the center of the island and with easy access to any corner of the island, to the beach, and Palma center city. Ideal for cycling
The house has all bed linen and bath towels, however you will need to bring your own beach towels.
Features: fireplace, iron, heating, private pool, parking area, ceramic hob, refrigerator, microwave, oven, freezer, washing machine, crockery / cutlery, cookware / kitchen, coffee maker, toaster.
The rental of this property is based on the Spanish Law on Urban Leases (29/1994, 24th November). According to this law the property is available for seasonal renting, however, the contract does not offer any tourist service. It is only for the use and enjoyment of the property.
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Top flat, super service!
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Super apartment located in the heart of Palma
Was received by Maria who recommended good restaurants and attractions nearby
Walking distance to shopping, sights, beach and more ...
Super lejlighed der ligger i hjertet af Palma
Blev modtaget af Maria der anbefalede gode restauranter og seværdigheder i nærheden
Gåafstand til shopping, seværdigheder, strand med mere...
Beautiful apartment directly in the city center (pedestrian zone), you can recommend. Everything is within walking distance.
Apartment was as described, clean and well furnished. 3rd floor without elevator is a challenge with large suitcases.
Get back paid deposit on departure immediately.
The position indicated on the map is not correct. The apartment is as described in the text in the Carrer de Jaume II in the pedestrian zone
Schöne Wohnung direkt in der Innenstadt (Fußgängerzone), kann man empfehlen. Alles ist zu Fuß zu erreichen.
Wohnung war wie beschrieben, sauber und gut eingerichtet. 3. Stock ohne Lift ist mit großen Koffern eine Herausforderung.
Gezahlte Kaution bei Abreise sofort zurückerhalten.
Die angezeigte Position auf der Karte ist nicht richtig. Die Wohnung liegt wie im Text beschrieben in der Carrer de Jaume II in der Fußgängerzone
The appartment was well suited for Our need - 3 bedrooms and 3 Bath rooms for 6 girlfriends. The double in one of the rooms was very narrow, but the other beds were all right. The apartment's location in the old part of Palma was very Nice. It was a quiet area With no traffic noice. The negative part was that there was no list. With Heavy suitcases this was a chellenge. But we managed and enjoyed Our stay.
We were surprised that we had to pay a deposit of Euro 250 in cash when the rent was paid upfront. That was a New experience. I have recently rented a house in Floride which I paid upfront, and no depositum was needed. The house I rented was not through Windu.
Owner is kind. Apartment very nice, clean, right in the center of Palma. Small minus - the lack of air conditioning in bedrooms.
We were in November 14. fourth a couple of days in the nice apartment and have felt very comfortable. Transfer worked well, was very friendly. The area is great, lots of nice restaurants, very centrally located.
The apartment was very well equipped, very clean.
3rd floor without lift with suitcases a bit of a challenge, but that makes it so only once.
Can thoroughly recommend, we would stay here again!
Wir waren im November 14 zu viert ein paar Tage in der netten Wohnung und haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt. Übergabe hat gut funktioniert, war sehr freundlich. Die Gegend ist toll, viele nette Lokale, ganz zentral gelegen.
Die Wohnung war sehr gut ausgestattet, ganz sauber.
3. Stock ohne Lift ist mit den Koffern eine kleine Herausforderung, aber das macht man ja nur einmal.
Kann man uneingeschränkt empfehlen, wir würden wieder hier wohnen!
great central location in the old town, nice apartment and terrace
tolle zentrale Lage in der Altstadt, schöne Wohnung und Terrasse
We were very satisfied with the service of Salvador and the apartment also. The keys worked perfectly and we could super time in the apartment. Sorry, we had a rental car and this is something difficult with the park but also that we could govern in the Altsatd of Palma, every morning had then just a smaller march in front of us.
The apartment itself is more than comfortable, everything is very stylish and rustic furnishings, really quaint. The terrace is wonderful. The air conditioning in the bedroom and Woh nzimmmer have also flawlessly and quietly done its job. We can highly recommend the apartment if you, as already written in an Andren recession, not afraid of stairs has :)
Wir waren sehr zufrieden mit dem Service von Salvador und der Wohnung ebenfalls. Die Schlüsselübergabe hat perfekt geklappt und wir konnten super pünktlich in die Wohnung. Leider hatten wir einen Mietwagen und das ist in der Altsatd von Palma etwas schwierig mit dem parken aber auch das konnten wir regeln, hatten dann halt jeden Morgen einen kleineren Fußmarsch vor uns.
Die Wohnung selber ist mehr als gemütlich, alles ist sehr stilvoll und rustikal eingerichtet, richtig urig. Auch die Terasse ist wundervoll. Die Klimaanlage im Woh nzimmmer sowie im Schlafzimmer haben ebenfalls einwandfrei und leise Ihren Dienst getan. Wir können die Wohnung wärmstens weiterempfehlen wenn man, wie schon in einer andren Rezession geschrieben, keine Angst vor Treppen hat :)
The apartment was completely well. The location in the old town on the afternoon shaded side of the small pedestrian street was perfect for us. Happy also gave us the good quality of the apartment, the kitchen and the large, comfortable beds - a restful place after a busy day.
The hosts Salvador gave us a very friendly and told us many interesting things about Palma and excursions. Since we had on leaving tomorrow at 6 clock los, he has returned us the deposit by bank transfer, everything is correct.
We can only recommend this apartment (if you have no problems with the stairs).
Das Appartement war rundum gut. Die Lage mitten in der Altstadt auf der nachmittags schattigen Seite der kleinen Fußgängerstraße war für uns perfekt. Gefreut hat uns auch die gute Ausstattung der Wohnung, die Küche und die großen, gemütlichen Betten - ein erholsamer Ort nach einem aktiven Tag.
Der Gastgeber Salvador hat uns sehr freundlich empfangen und uns vieles Interessante über Palma und Ausflugsmöglichkeiten erzählt. Da wir am Abfahrtsmorgen schon um 6 Uhr los mussten, hat er uns die Kaution per Überweisung zurückgegeben, alles korrekt.
Wir können dieses Appartement nur empfehlen (wenn man keine Probleme mit dem Treppensteigen hat).
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Japan expert to ABC: Yes, Obama's bow made him look like an idiot
posted at 7:45 pm on November 15, 2009 by Allahpundit
So much of an idiot, in fact, that according to Tapper's source, at least one Japanese paper isn't running the photo out of embarrassment. This tool actually groveled himself into a minor international incident.
The good news for O-bots? It wasn't unprecedented. Nixon evidently made a modest bow to Hirohito in the early 70s. The bad news?
"Obama's handshake/forward lurch was so jarring and inappropriate it recalls Bush's back-rub of Merkel.
"Kyodo News is running his appropriate and reciprocated nod and shake with the Empress, certainly to show the president as dignified, and not in the form of a first year English teacher trying to impress with Karate Kid-level knowledge of Japanese customs.
"The bow as he performed did not just display weakness in Red State terms, but evoked weakness in Japanese terms….The last thing the Japanese want or need is a weak looking American president and, again, in all ways, he unintentionally played that part.
A senior White House official (read: Axelrod or Emanuel) assured Politico this morning that no Japanese observers "would say anything other than that he enhanced both the position and the status of the U.S., relative to Japan." Consider that spin exploded, thanks to ABC.
And yet, having said that, I'm not convinced that the "groveling" explanation for the bow is necessarily the correct one. For one thing, his protocol office is famously run by imbeciles. They may very well have simply given him bum advice: "Be sure to hunch way the hell over and stare at the ground. They all do it that way." For another thing, and somewhat notably, Japan isn't a stop on The One's world apology tour. It could have been, but he declined the opportunity to turn it into one. So why give the emperor the full Hopenchange treatment, then? Is it just … reflex at this point? Or is it actually a sign of how keenly aware Obama is of the messianic hype that follows him around the world? Maybe he figured that, as the newly anointed global Jesus, he'd better go out of his way to show deference to Japan's divine ruler lest it seem like he was "pulling rank." Think of it as "Superman II," if the main characters had landed on Earth convinced that they had to "rebuild Krypton's relationships" with the universe. In that case, you don't kneel before Zod; Zod kneels before you.
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(Oct. 24, 2007)--The UTSA community proved they indeed have talent with the first-ever "UTSA's Got Talent" show presented Friday, Oct. 19 in celebration of the 2007 State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC).
More than 300 staff and faculty members turned out for the live event performed in the Business Building Richard Liu Auditorium on the 1604 Campus with live video feeds to the Downtown Campus and Institute of Texan Cultures. Admission to "UTSA's Got Talent" was a contribution to SECC. (And, to give other UTSA employees more time to turn in donation forms, the campaign is extended through Oct. 31.)
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The next day was an outing to Castle Rock, which is a town further ahead from the Doodhsagar waterfalls, at the end of the Braganza ghat section. We had our reservations in the Amravati Express and boarded it from Kulem early in the morning. This is a really steep ghat and the train taken an hour to get to Castle Rock from Kulem. The train route here is as beautiful as it was the previous day, so we didn't at all mind the slow moving train. We reached Castle Rock at around 10 AM. When we told the station master we wanted to explore Castle Rock, he was stunned and probably thought we were idiots. He asked us to leave for Doodhsagar waterfalls. We had to explain to him that we had been there already, and now wanted to see Castle Rock, he vehemently told us that there was nothing to see here. Nevertheless, we stepped out of the station and proceeded towards the town.
Castle Rock is a hill more of a railway town and most of the residents there are railway employees. The infrastructure there is also probably made by the Indian Railways, there's a small school, some railway institute, something like a club and an officer's bungalow. It being a Sunday, all of these buildings were closed, and we didn't see anybody out on the roads. Apart from these railway buildings, the place is a small village, where people have poultry at homes and they cook and heat water in wood fired stoves.
After walking through the village for a while, we came to what felt like an opening. Through the dense mist, we realised it was actually the railway track. This is used for parking the engines and other rakes like the medical van and the accident relief rake. Wandering around and wondering if there was anything else to do, we came across a board saying "Castle Rock Adventure Camp" run by the Karnataka government. We followed the tree lined misty trail and it eventually led us to the campsite.
It was a quaint little area, with a few adventure sports set up. There are a couple of cabins there for the visitors to spend the night, each equipped with 12 bunk beds. A staff of 2-3, who take care of the meals and anything else that might be needed. On that cold misty afternoon, it looked really picturesque.
The outdoor seating for food and benches are strewn around at vantage points.
Visiting this place felt like discovering a hidden treasure on an adventure. Had we known of this place earlier, we would have definitely planned to stay here for a night.
The Karnataka government is doing a good job at promoting eco tourism and encouraging people to visit the vast rich forest cover that the state has. Their tagline "Discover a new trail trail every time" is rather charming.