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posted at 10:32 am on January 19, 2007 by Allahpundit
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"If she wins, it'll be Halloween 365 days a year."
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Just as likely to acquit as convict because who among us hasn't wanted to doo the same to a company or organization who sends us crap. I don't expect the media to pile on to this story much, but I wouldn't be surprised if this story continues to dog her for quite a while.
I'm sure the loser in this case will be steaming for some time. Not much more can be said about this, but trying to stamp it out may lead to a big flaming case. Log onto dogpile.com for more background….
I think she is guilty and should sentenced to 6 months of doogi doo patrol in the public parks.
That is hilarious!
csdeven on January 19, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Ms. Ensz, a 63-year-old retired University of Northern Colorado professor…
What a role model for college students!
infidel4life on January 19, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Isnt poop more informative than what most politicians say anyways?
lorien1973 on January 19, 2007 at 10:43 AM
When I saw the headline, I thought the story was about Hillary.
Labamigo on January 19, 2007 at 10:44 AM
M'kay, when is a dookie not a dookie?
When a liberal uses it to make a point, m'kay.
Then it is protected .
What kind of shit is this? Oh… doggy doo.
Mazztek on January 19, 2007 at 10:47 AM
The left flings poo, and now they mail it too.
JammieWearingFool on January 19, 2007 at 10:54 AM
California has a proposed law to outlaw spanking of your children.
Colorado debates if sending excrement to someone is free speech.
BOTH will end up in the 9th Circuit while we watch American Idol.
Limerick on January 19, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Okay, now surely the fact that she delivered a bacteria-ridden health hazard to a public representative is worth some kind of penalty…? Perhaps they should test the poo for disease, and if there is any present they can charge her with biological terrorism. Why not? That would certainly take it out of the realm of "free speech."
aero on January 19, 2007 at 10:57 AM
I think the quote leaves out the most important parts of the article, that also tell us why this won't even get passing mention in the MSM:
Authorities said Kathleen Ensz was so offended by repeated mailings from Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, Colorado Republican, that she stuffed one of those brochures into the mail slot of the congresswoman's Greeley office wrapped around a little something extra: a dollop of doggy doo-doo.
Now Ms. Ensz, a 63-year-old retired University of Northern Colorado professor living in Greeley, is facing charges of misdemeanor "use of a noxious substance." Her attorneys, however, argue that their client was exercising her constitutional right to free speech.
Immediatly we realize it's another deranged liberal, who is (shockingly!) a former college professor. I mean, this has got to be a first… an unhinged liberal who happens to be a professor, who does something insane… Never happened before. But just incase we needed proof (followed by what I think is really the quote of the day):
An active Democrat, Ms. Ensz registered her protest May 31 after receiving one mailer too many from Mrs. Musgrave's office. The owner of a German shepherd, she fetched what police called a "very nice piece of feces" from her back yard and wrapped the brochure around it, according to court documents.
"very nice piece of feces"
RightWinged on January 19, 2007 at 11:01 AM
I have free speech all over my yard. I just don't know what point the neighborhood dogs were trying to make.
Candy Slice on January 19, 2007 at 11:03 AM
Too bad Johnnie Cochran is not around because he would say " if it aint her shit you must acquit".
Benny on January 19, 2007 at 11:07 AM
After all, if flag burning is protected under the Constitution, why not poop parceling?
This lady is an a@@hole and a@@holes just want to @h!t all over everything.
I would think it's a public health issue. A "biological terrorism" charge mentioned above makes sense to me.
CliffHanger on January 19, 2007 at 11:07 AM
Wait, does this mean I can start collecting dog sh**, packaging it up and mailing it to my former Gov. Howard Dean's VT office? Or the offices of socialist Senator Bernie Sanders, or Sen. Pat Leahy? That's protected "speech"? That sound you hear is a can of worms being opened… worms that happen to have come out of some dog's ass.
RightWinged on January 19, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Seriously though, if it was the contents of a baby's diaper or some other human excrement, it would be bio-terrorism. Why, if it came from a dog, is it any less dangerous?
Candy Slice on January 19, 2007 at 11:17 AM
Ms. Ensz, a 63-year-old retired University of Northern Colorado professor…
absolutely no surprise there.
what police called a "very nice piece of feces"
This gives me pause. Usually when the cops I know refer to something in these terms it is truly something "special".
Who did she thing she would hurt in this? It the mailman/person who has to handle that sh!t. Literally!
liquidflorian on January 19, 2007 at 11:17 AM
I agree CliffHanger; sending dog crap to someone could be dangerous; some types of worms *can* be transmitted from dog to human. She needs to pay a hefty fine.
A "biological terrorism" charge mentioned above makes sense to me.
CliffHanger on January 19, 2007 at 11:07 AM
I agree, but the unintended consequence would be the cry by liberals, every holloween, to prosecute all cases of burning bags of dog crap left on front door steps.
I suggest that those in the professors community start leaving piles of "free speech" on her porch as an expression of their opposition to her activism.
csdeven on January 19, 2007 at 11:20 AM
Another white trash liberal. Probably doesn't even have a dog.
there it is on January 19, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Jerk. She ought to be punished. I get mailings all day long from the opposition party and I don't throw a 3 year old tantrum – I toss them in the trash. So do hundreds of millions of other people. If we all were to blow a gasket over a piece of bulk mail, overnight this country would descend into anarchy and chaos. Free speech, right. If she stood on a soap box in front of City Hall and wrapped her dog crap into the mailing, as a theatrical stunt for the audience of bored passersby, to demonstrate her contempt, then tossed it into the garbage can and went home, fine. But, stuffing it into the office mailbox? Vandalism. Now she wants to get out of the consequences, out of taking responsibility for her vile actions? And she taught students for years? Nauseating.
naliaka on January 19, 2007 at 11:38 AM
You're sh$tting me!! *couldn't resist*
BacaDog on January 19, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Dog crap is free speech, but political commercials within 30 days of an election aren't. Double plus good.
Envelope please. And the best comment of the day goes tooooo…..
Bennyyyyy! For "If it ain't her sh*t, you must aquit."
Speeeeech! Speeeeeech!
Tony737 on January 19, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Why am I not surprised this woman was a college professor? Why am I not surprised a college professor would be annoyed by republican brochures? Why am I not surprised a college professor would stoop to poop? Anyone with class and a modicum of decency would throw the brochures away, or even call the office of the official and ask them to knock it off. I knew our education system was in trouble and that our professors had gone to sh&t, but this takes the doggy-doo…………….
ritethinker on January 19, 2007 at 12:02 PM
"Ms. Ensz's action in returning an unwanted mailing from Congresswoman Musgrave … with a piece of feces was expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment," Denver lawyer Patricia Bangert said in a motion filed Tuesday.
Sounds like someone needs some rebuttal…deposited on the floor of her office.
Surely, she wouldn't press charges!
Pablo on January 19, 2007 at 12:03 PM
Monkey gets mad, hurls feces…
Democrat gets mad, mails dog feces…
Evolution's a slower process for some…
elgeneralisimo on January 19, 2007 at 12:06 PM
The liberal mind at work.
right2bright on January 19, 2007 at 3:01 PM
First of all, I am saddened that this is the best 'free speech' that a university professor could come up with to protest a POV she disagrees with.
Second of all, I believe it is against the law to put anything in a mailbox if it is not legal mail. I realize people are always dropping things off and slipping them in a friend's mailbox, but the law is on the books, and, she would be in violation of this.
Furthermore, the article said "mail slot" that means she stuffed the mail wrapped feces through the slot and into the person's building…..I'm pretty sure that is more in the territory of vandalism/trespessing instead of free speech.
JadeNYU on January 19, 2007 at 5:51 PM
HuffPoo not covering this liberal's doggy-doo.
On a serious note, dog feces, as mentioned by several commenters already, is a health hazard.
On a lesser serious but very entertaining note, I love receiving mail from the opposition parties.
Entelechy on January 20, 2007 at 12:34 AM
She's a vicious, Democratic Party brownshirter. So typical of Democrats and liberals today.
Her behavior is how LIBERALS respond to anybody that dares disagree with them. This what the unhinged left does. They truly believe that there are no restraints to what they can do. After all, they are so convinced of the rightness of their position that any who dare disagree must be silenced, by any means necessary.
These people feel that they have a right to slice tires of vans leased by the Republican Party in Wisconsin.
They feel that they can shoot up Republican Party offices, or break in and trash them.
They feel that they can invade Republican Party offices in broad daylight and break the legs of Republican staffers in violent protest.
They feel that they can stalk Republican senatorial candidates, sneak into their entourages and assault their staffers.
They call it "speaking truth to power." I call it NAZI BROWNSHIRTISM or TYPICAL LIBERAL BEHAVIOR.
This is what DEMOCRATS do in the 21st Century. Civility? Reasoned debate? Acknowledgement that honorable people can agree to disagree?
It doesn't exist as far as liberal Democrats are concerned.
Those of us who disagree with liberalism, who want to see America prevail in Iraq and Afghanistan, who support the President and who DARE to defend him, who are conservatives or Republicans, are to be destroyed.
We're "neocons" "filth" "RePugs" "goosteppers", the list of names goes on and on. We don't have the RIGHT to express our opinions, they assert, because we don't agree with them.
And if you doubt this, try to post a pro-Bush, or pro-victory message at DU, Huffpost, or DKOS.
Julia Roberts says that the word "Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant."
They demonize the right and are now resorting to "violent" expressions of hatred (in this case sending excrement to a politician).
This leftist thug is no different than Debbie Frisch, who has been threatening blogger Jeff Goldstein's 2 year child.
If I were on the jury, I'd find her guilty and sentence her to eat what she mails.
PS – go out an buy Michelle's book "Unhinged." Lots of examples there.
georgej on January 20, 2007 at 3:05 PM


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I was given a bag of flourite (the regular kind i think, looks like brown gravel) from a friend and was wondering what are the precautions I should take? I am just about to start a low tech planted tank. nothing too fancy just a few low light/maintenance plants. How soon should I add fish (betta), snails (what type should I get)? Also how many water changes? and can i add bottom feeders to this? do i need a filter? should i add root tabs and/or liquid plant "stuff". Sorry for all the questions i'm a newbie! :)
any plant recommendations would be awesome! I have a store credit to my LFS so i want to pick up plants and snails.
Again, sorry for all the questions, if anyone can answer a few or all of them i would be so thankful!!! :)
Hope everyone has a great day!!
Welcome to the forum. Sounds like you have a lot of reading to do before ever considering the addition of fish to your tank.
Flourite merely needs to be rinsed and then you can add it to your tank.
Livestock should not be added to your tank until you have completed an initial cycle. Check out some of the posts about the fishless cycle for details.
The type of filter you need depends upon your tank size and the type of livestock you plan to keep.
If you pick up plants and fish before doing massive amounts of research into planted tanks, you're gonna have a bad time.
No worries, I have not picked up plants yet. I have a list of what I was adviced to buy:
water sprite
brazil swords
thats about it.
I have a few betta fish that i've had for a few months in "fake" tanks. I just got into the whole planted tank look. The tank I'm experimenting with is a 5.5 gallon Marina kit so it does come with a filter. I have already rinsed the flourite and it wasn't that bad honestly the water is a bit cloudy but not as bad as I thought. I know about the nitrogen cycle, but not in regards to real plants. I've heard that it happens on its own and that there isn't much you should do. Is that right? I'm sorry there are so many contradicting things i keep hearing so I'm not sure how to go about this. I would like to get the plants tonight since I'll be around my LFS area and would save me the time and gas lol. If i'm correct these plants are low light/maintenance. I've done a bit of research but like I said there is so much advice. :icon_cry:
I had lots of luck with anubias and wendtii when I was first starting out and didn't really know what I was doing (and actually, all I was using was flourite). I have also heard good things about water sprite, though it can be a bit messy. Sword is probably workable as well. I would also highly recommend java fern as an easy, low-tech beginner plant. Flourite red provides some important nutrients, like iron, but swords and crypts may benefit from root tabs.
Yes, the nitrogen cycle will happen on its own and there isn't anything you need to do if you are adding live plants. Adding live plants adds bacteria to the system and provides surface area for it to grow on. Careful adding inverts (snails) to a new tank. They are more sensitive to ammonia and nitrite than hardy fish (e.g. betas).
You don't have any info on lighting. Do some research into this. Getting your lights right will avoid algea headaches. Lights are your gas pedal for algea control. On the topic of algea, you may want to look into using Flourish excel. It has algecidal properties and provides an organic source of carbon for the plants (handle with care). I eventually ween my tanks off the stuff, but I like using it during transitions.
Also should i follow the steps on the fishless cycle guide? meaning should i buy pure ammonia and cycle the tank or how? I'm so confused lol. I have one baby female betta in a hospital tank for now. She will be the only one in the 5.5 gallon. I don't think she will supply enough ammonia lol. Again, i don't plan on putting her in until the tank is cycled and until she is healthy.
And another question :icon_redf Do I need a heater in the planted tank?
I will do my best to answer your questions, though I am far from being an expert.
Light: I have a really difficult time judging whether light will not enough or too much just based on wattage. I haven't used that particular light, and the quality of the fixture will have a big impact on the PAR at your substrate. It depends on how high your light is too. If you grow algea, it's probably too much. You can play with length of photo-period or height of light at that point. If, after some time, it doesn't seem to be enough, I am sure there are many options for lighting a 5.5.
There are many ways to cycle a tank. I have never dosed ammonia to cycle a tank. I have introduced plants first and done dry-start method, both of which introduce bacteria to the tank. I have also used filter media or substrate from existing tanks to introduce bacteria. You could run the tank for a few days with just plants if you don't want to mess with dosing ammonia. Partial and frequent water changes can help keep the ammonia down while cycling.
Where I am located in CA, I only need to heat my tanks during the winter months. Whether your tank needs a heater depends on where it will be kept and your local weather conditions.
Hope this provides some help.
Let me just say now that Flourite is good stuff. I've recently started using Eco-complete on one of my new tanks and I can already tell you that Flourite is 10x better and looks better (in my opinion, of course).
Thanks so much for the advice! I have already started seeing plant growth! So i think the lighting is just right. But my lace java ferns aren't doing so well. I think I will be taking those out of the lighten area and into some shade because half of it is in light and browning and the other half is in shade and green. LOL. So far everything seems good. I am receiving contradicting advice on when to put fish and shrimp in. Some say wait a few days and you're good to go. Others say wait till the cycle finishes.
I have enjoyed the flourite! I think next I will try a black version of it if they have it. I wasn't sure what to use because there are so many options but luckily my friend bought the flourite and gave it to me!
There are snails in the tank fromt he plants. :mad: and I think they are leaving poop on my plants. I can see these particle on my anubias and swords and have no clue what it is.
Anyone know how to plant baby tears?
Do you have dwarf baby tears (hc) or regular baby tear? Dwarf baby tears won't grow without CO2 and regular baby tears are hit and miss sometimes in tanks that I have owned. In order to plant though, you take each little strand of the plant and plant it a little bit away from the others.Also, if I were you I would get a bottle of Seachem Flourish and dose that once in a blue moon for better growth from your ferns, anubias, and swords. DO NOT add any bottom feeders to flourite because of how rough it is. Also, look up fishless cycling because just having some plants in the tank won't cycle it alone you need to add in ammonia in order for the cycle to start. Also, dy start method does not add in beneficial bacteria unless it has an ammonia source. Nitrogen cycle depends on ammonia. I would have a heater to stop major fluctuations in temperture.
I assume the sbstrate is in the tank already but if not, RINSE IT. itll make your life so much easier... and the pplants i personally would recondmend for you is anubias, java fern. dwarf sag, jungle val, bacopa. these are just some of the lowlight plants that would make the tank look really good. until you have learned a bit about the plant side of fish keeping. i advise you to stay away from high light plants :)
Thanks guys! I've added the heater and passed up on the baby tears. I did rinse the flourite and it cleared up in a few hours! I added an aquaclear filter with two sponges and the biomedia bag. I will be making all my tanks low tech. i really just want something nice to look at lol with low to none maintenance besides water changes and some liquid ferts.
Also, is flourite one of the better substrates? Should I look for anything else or is there another brand? I hear aquasoil is the "best" there is? Also will flourish by seachem hurt shrimp once i add them in there?
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Security usually tops the list of barriers that is so often cited as impediments to government employees using personal devices in their official capacities. But as it turns out, that is not what is stopping many federal workers from doing business via their iPhones.
The real problem is legal -- at least in the Defense Department, where officials say they continue to grapple most with matters of privacy and the separation of personal and work identities on a single device. Bring-your-own-device "sounds good and you can actually make a business case that you can cut costs of managing your own [devices] by wide adoption with the carriers," Kenneth Bible, Marine Corps CTO, said June 20 at an AFCEA DC event in Washington. "The challenge is not on the technology side, but on the legal side, [in] the privacy issues that are associated with that split-persona device, bringing a personal device and using it with an official persona."
The threat of "spillage," or information making it out of the secure confines it is legally supposed to reside within, means that managers need to have the option to wipe or even totally destroy a device if something goes wrong. If that involves a personal device, many employees are hesitant to hand over such control. Coupled with security concerns that do still exist, it complicates the push toward mobility.
"If we're going to do BYOD, we're going to change your device to the point where we're able to [completely wipe or destroy] it at any time," said Frank Konieczny, Air Force CTO and CIO/A6. "That usually deters most people. Between legal and security, it's really difficult to get to solution space that is acceptable for everybody."
Officials hope that by getting the word out to industry, a meeting of the minds can help produce solutions for affordable, commercially supported BYOD use that meets the multitude of security, privacy, legal and policy requirements. With options arriving on the market that offer more flexible security and policy options, some believe that point is not too far off.
"For a long time the government has been 'special,' and the classified, multi-level security thing has been a 'special problem,' but in a lot of ways the multiple personas and multi-level security is the exact same thing as BYOD," said Patricia Muoio, chief of the National Security Agency's trusted systems research group. "So we're trying to find ways to use technologies originally developed with government issues in mind and demonstrate them in ways to get them to a broader user base, so they become truly commercial."
The officials noted that the more commercially available those options are, the better government agencies are able to take advantage of them with procurements – and the faster they can move and get closer to, if not ahead of, the curve.
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The appropriators supporting an IT modernization bill are urging a key authorizing committee to vote up the bill and send it to the Senate floor.
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But they just bought thousands of Apple devices and have loads of BlackBerry devices. Could you be more wrong?
BYOD will never work in the DOD they are to tied up to Microsoft. They shove the micosoft stuff down your throat to the point that it is ridiculous. Government fraud waste and abuse needs to look at the DOD and their misuse of power. They do everything to keep from promoting competition when it comes to software used for daily work. They have rules and dont even use them. Ignore them on a daily basis. They are not afraid of BYOD they simply do not know how to deal with it. People already do most of the work on their personal phones and computers and simply email it to themselves at work. They are so in the dark.....if they dont get some forward thinking people running things our military is going to be in trouble.
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relantel wrote:lynch TEIB. Has to be red.
crayz wrote:relantel wrote:lynch TEIB. Has to be red.
whatcha mean has to be?
relantel wrote:lynch TEIB. Has to be red.
redwill wrote:kill shafnutz
The early jump (3rd!!!) on nan and then his post about "I don't see a redwill vote today" was an attempt to distance himself from MWB.
the errey i breathe wrote:relantel wrote:lynch TEIB. Has to be red.
how so?
the errey i breathe wrote:unlynch shaf
i'm gonna wait and see on this one actually. no sense jumping on him right away without his say. relantel is making me very suspicious now
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Nice. You just took out your seer. That's what I get for jumping on a half hour conference call.
FYI, the reason why I said I couldn't see a vote for redwill at the moment is because redwill is the FREAKING GREEN ANGEL!!!
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i guess thats game? canaan confirm?
imo, let's do another, but with 11-12 guys....4 bad is a lil high. maybe start 2 bad +1 recruit?
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COEBURN, Va. - Hundreds of people lined up outside of the First Baptist Church of Coeburn in an effort to get ready for school by getting a free brand-new pair of shoes. "My other ones, they're broke. The side of them right here is coming out of it," said Graham.
Anne Mincey lives in California and tells us the effort started with a passion to help people in the people in the Appalachian Mountains. "I know this is a very impoverished area, and I just had a desire to help them out because at one time I was in poverty," said Mincey, Coordinator of Soles for Souls.
So she contacted local pastor R.J. Rose. "I talked with him and said 'what can we do? What can we do to help you?' We decided on 500 pairs of shoes," said Mincey.
From money to donated shoes, Mincey says communities from all over the United States chipped in. "There have been so may people that have stepped up and stepped out to help us out," said Mincey.
For moms like Heather Martin, getting ready for the school year can be tough on the wallet. "I've got to get their shoes, clothes, and school supplies. If I do that, there's going to be no money for bills," said Martin.
But this year, her daughter Paula is taken care of. "It's really great. They care about us and they'll raise money for shoes," said Paula.
"I just want children to have something to feel good about. Maybe a new pair of shoes and socks and lunch might make a difference. If I can put a smile on someone's face, it's worth it all," said Mincey.
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Isaiah 43:19-21 "19 See, I am doing a new thing!Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.20The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the desert and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, 21the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise.
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She is dumbfounded, can you imagine how I feel? I am truly grateful and encouraged. I am filled with gratitude and even more determined to walk in obedience–because no matter how hard I try, I cannot out do God. Tomorrow is my first day on my new job…Thank you Jesus!
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Canon has released a firmware update for its EOS 60D mid-level DSLR. Firmware v1.0.9 fixes bugs relating to Live View shooting in specific conditions. The latest version also changes name of the Art Filter feature in the Japanese market to Creative Filters keeping it consistent across all regions. The firmware is available for immediate download from the company's website.
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Canon's new EF-S 35mm F2.8 Macro lens is not only compact and affordable, but it is a pretty good performer as well. We put it to the test with eyeballs, flowers and even some antique cameras. Read more
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Accessing your home computer (I'll call it server on this article) from a remote location (that I'll call client) outside the local network, can be very interesting, for example, listening to streaming music played by MPD, managing downloads in the bittorrent client Transmission through its web interface, controlling the machine via SSH … However, before accessing your server remotely, you must know the "address" or IP (Internet Protocol address), but generally at home they are provided dynamically, through the Internet Service Provider, so it's not so easy to know the IP of your home server.
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Test fit all components for operational status and came out 100% Looking at a 1911 frame finish now.
Hello. This is the builder and programmer of the ar lower. Yes, cnc with a couple small manual operations like the buffer retainer hole and the grip screw. If you have any questions please ask. I am new to this site and A-Rok put up some photos for me...
Test fit all components for operational status and came out 100% Looking at a 1911 frame finish now.
Kirkland Washington? If so just a few minutes away ;-)
If you have any questions I would be happy to answer. Feel free to contact me anytime with technical questions. Happy building!
K-town, LWTC 132nd ave ne territory. Need people to shoot with always, so keep in contact.
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You will need a class 07 license. You can build less than 50 per year exempt from paying excise tax. After that, 11% on all of them, including the first 50.
You can not get there from a standard armalite 0% forging. The last outfit that made them was KTOrdnance but they have since lost their programing.


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I installed two different packages this spring. One had a dead queen on arrival and we had to get a new queen.
We ended up with one strong hive and one weak. We stopped feeding the strong hive but continued feeding the weak hive which caused the weak hive to be robbed. We stopped feeding and want to install a robber screen.
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I tell you what gang, all these quilts are looking pretty awesome! Can't wait to see the rest of the troops post theirs! And we get the final clues next Saturday! WooHoo! We can finish them early! Now, how to quilt it??
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I just have to say I am just loving the ones with the dark backgrounds. I think I may have to do another that way. Here is mine.
debquilts and dabbler, those are striking! Love the drama of your colors.
kd7, love the way yours turned out. So pretty.
Florence, your top is beautiful! Love the colors you chose. And Florence, I agree with you, those ones with the dark background and bright colors are striking.
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here i sit with mouth agape. what beautiful work you all do. as each one is revealed i say ooh and aah, that is my favorite. then the next comes along and gets the same reaction. you are all my favorites. can't wait until monday so i can get mine caught up.
enjoy father's day everyone.
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Omg, I love them all, dark backgrounds, lights, batiks, scrappy. Just wonderful. I have my grand dd here today and she's sort of hogging the sewing machine. lol She's making her mom a table runner and placemats to match. I could have moved her to a different machine but this little one was the easiest for her to wrangle. And, believe me, it doesn't pay to use one machine and change off. Will most likely get mine done after the race and kids go home. Love em all, just love em. kids and quilts
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I just saw 4 PMs in my mailbox from people who found the thread but cannot find the rest of the directions. The posting numbers are listed below for those who need them. Hope this helps.
OK, so you found the first one.
2nd is posting #383 on 5/26
3rd is # 610 and 611 on 6/2
4th is #771 on 6/9
5th is #959 on 6/16
6th is # 959 postd yesterday, 6/16
I cannot tell you what page, everyone sets their pages differently, but you can find it by paging to to correct posting number.
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Here is mine, just waiting to be sewn together! Everyone has done a great job, great mystery Judy!
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Disputed Bend water project clears hurdle
USFS gives pipeline OK; foes say appeal likely
A day before the U.S. Forest Service announced its approval of Bend's controversial $68 million water system upgrade, critics already were taking on the decision and saying an appeal is likely.
Here are the two news releases -- the Forest Service announcement and the critics' -- in full. For more on this long-running controversy, stay tuned to NewsChannel 21 and KTVZ.COM:
Decision on City of Bend Surface Water Improvement Project
Forest completes environmental analysis on City's proposal
BEND – John Allen, Forest Supervisor for the Deschutes National Forest, has signed a decision to issue a Special Use Permit to the City of Bend for use of Forest Service lands for planned improvements to the city's water facility and replacement of the city's aging water supply pipelines.
The decision follows the Deschutes National Forest's environmental analysis of the City's proposal to install a new waterline within an existing right-of-way on Skyliners Road and to improve the accessibility, efficiency, and safety of the city's existing intake facility.
The new waterline will replace two existing water supply pipelines that are showing signs of deterioration. One pipeline was built in 1926 and the other was built in 1957.
Improvements to the intake facility, also constructed in 1926, will address accessibility, fire protection, energy efficiency, emergency response, flow control, and seismic risk issues as well as obsolete mechanical and electrical systems.
In 2010, the city began the process of applying for the Special Use Permit. The Deschutes National Forest issued an Environmental Assessment on the project on March 13, 2012, which was followed by two 30-day public comment periods.
Thursday's release of Environmental Assessment and Decision Notice is the final stage of the analysis process. A 45-day appeal period on the Decision Notice starts today and ends on August 27, 2012.
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On Wednesday, July 11, the Forest Service approved a Special Use permit that gives the City of Bend permission to build the 10-mile pipeline on Forest Service land under Skyliner Road as part of its $68 million Surface Water Improvement Project (SWIP).
Members of the broad coalition of business leaders, environmentalists, and prominent community members who have been advocating for a less expensive and more environmentally-friendly water system for Bend were disappointed with the news.
"The Forest Service failed to do an adequate analysis of the environmental impacts of the project. There should have been an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a complete range of alternatives. Instead, the Forest Service simply repeated what the City had already decided," said Paul Dewey, Executive Director for Central Oregon LandWatch. "It is likely that LandWatch will appeal the decision." The appeal due date is August 27.
"This project will have real long-term impacts to one of our areas most important waterways," said Mike Tripp, Conservation Chair for the Deschutes Chapter of Trout Unlimited. "Tumalo Falls is an iconic Central Oregon landmark, and the SWIP will divert a large portion of it into a pipe for the next 80-100 years. It's not good for the fish, it's not good for the Deschutes River, and it's not good for recreation and tourism."
"Regardless of the Forest Service's decision, the City should be reconsidering this project. There are some viable alternatives that would put a lot less financial strain on Bend residents. To not do so shows that the current City Council is out of touch with its average citizen. High water costs will turn our City brown," said Bill Smith, who has also spoken out against the $68 million Surface Water Improvement Project (SWIP).
Six of the seven current City Councilors have voted for the SWIP, with Jim Clinton dissenting. Four City Council seats are up for election this November, which could change the majority that is currently in favor of the SWIP.


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One thing I regret about how I handled the early phase of setting up and managing my home based business is that I did not put enough value on catching up regularly with friends and former colleagues for a general chat.
I did meet up with people, but too often that was an excuse for a pitch session on my part, looking for business either from them directly or from people to whom they might refer me.
Not that there is anything wrong with pitching.
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Unfortunately there are few pictures of the water fights, the first day I took my camera with me I tripled wrapped and waterproofed it and water still got to it. After that I decided to only take it out at night.
My days began around 8 or 9am when it got to hot to sleep any more, the hostel was without a/c and I've never been more thankful for a cold shower. A few of us would head out for breakfast and by time we had eaten and heading back to the hostel to pick up our guns and buckets the party had already began
The second day we stumbled onto an Ad Carabau concert, which is more or less like walking into a U2 concert in Ireland. For some reason nobody was dancing so after being prompted by a stage hand I willingly joined a Thai woman who had on a pair of colorful fish print shorts and a bucket on her head. A few of my friends joined in and then a few more locals did as well. It was absolutely amazing; his music is a bluesy/rock/Thai fusion. He's sold millions of records and heads a number of welfare programs and has his face on more than a few billboards sponsoring the most popular energy drinks in Thailand. I still don't understand why nobody was close to the stage, everyone just stood back and listened, which for the people like me who just want to dance; it was a nice change from the mosh pits of the states.
Chang-Mai eventually came to a damp end; a few friends and I made it to the train and sat around to dry off. It was a 12-hour ride and we decided to stay in Bangkok for a night before heading back to Hua-Hin. Josh and I then decided to meet up with our friends Lauren and Jonathan in Koh Tao. It was my second and Josh's first trip to the islands and by time I got home I was relieved to sleep in 'my own' bed and take a warm shower. I have a decent sunburn though and didn't really indulge in the hot shower for very long
Overall it was a successful week. I am more than worn out and am ready for a few nights of solid sleep. I wish I could somehow capture the glory that is Songkran in Chang-Mai and put it in my pocket, but unfortunately I don't see that happening. It was wonderful to feel such a sense of belonging and community in a foreign land. It was honestly the first time I didn't feel like a tourist in Thailand, except for when I'd hear someone yell 'farang!' and feel a rush of water catapulting towards me. It was all in good fun and I could always return the shower.


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How come you only posted pictures of just the front of the cars?
I did not only post the front, use that scroll button at the bottom to view the whole picture.
I believe that it has a super bike engine with it, saw in the internet they transplant a hayabusa engine on a trex body...My tails doesn't light up


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Whole new way of labeling for Whole Foods
Stores to list genetically modified ingedients
BEND, Ore. - Whole Foods has made an announcement that could change the way you do your grocery shopping. It all has to do with three letters: GMO. They stand for genetically modified organisms and it has to do with how your food is grown.
There's differing opinions on whether GMO are actually bad for you, but Whole Foods says they want people to know if it's in a product either way.
Genetically modified, or not -- our shopping lists usually don't get that specific. But that's what Whole Foods wants you to think about while you fill up your cart.
"The process is just in it's infancy right now," Jason Valdez, a ,marketing team manager for Whole Foods in Bend, said Wednesday.
He says by 2018, every product, from fresh produce to the vitamin aisle will tell you two things.
"Whether they're GMO or non-GMO products," Valdez said.
Critics call the labeling change a PR stunt. Regardless, Whole Foods is beating all other U.S. grocery retailers to the punch.
"I wish places would do it elsewhere," Bend shopper Erin McDonnell said.
Russia requires labels on all products containing GMO to say so. Venezuela has bans on GMO all together. From researchers to shoppers, everyone has a different opinion on whether it's harmful.
"We're not here to say whether it's good or bad. They are products that are carried on shelves in grocery stores all over," Valdez said.
"I'd rather have something that's non-GMO, than not," shopper Steven Van-Si said. "But if I do, I don't think it's going to kill me."
It's not just food that will be sporting the new labels.
"Cleaning products contain corn, they contain soy," Valdez said. "We're going to make sure those are all labeled, GMO, GMO-free."
Some items are already labeled. Valdez says the labeling will be either on "bib tags" that hang from shelves, or directly on the product.
For now, an easy way to search out GMO-free products is to buy organic.
This is not an overnight change, Whole Foods' CEO says within five years, all products will be labeled GMO or GMO-free.


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"Nick Cox" <email@example.com>
st: RE: AW: RE: AW: RE: Correct labeling in egenmore axis()?
Wed, 12 May 2010 10:48:52 +0100
If you look back at my first posting in this thread, you will see that my mention of -egen, axis()- was clearly (a) embedded in a discussion labelled as wider-ranging than your question, (b) labelled as "some technique", not necessarily an answer to your question and (c) in response to your mention of sorting on means in your first post.
But I don't know why you still talk about sorting on means, as all your recent code examples clearly show attempts to sort subsets by categorical variable.
Either way, the original example of -egen, axis()- evidently does not do what you want, so you shouldn't use or copy it literally.
To the present: "does not work as I expect it should work" is not something I can say much in response to. I am in meetings almost all today, but I will send you my version of _gaxis.ado (1.0.2) to see if we can make progress off-list.
Kaulisch, Marc
With including mean1 I followed your suggestion from your first answer (see http://stata.com/statalist/archive/2010-05/msg00338.html) and the help file in order to sort categories by their means. And it seems in this combination (with two grouping categories) the labelling with axis does not work as I would expect it should work. Option Reverse does not change the picture - at least here....
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Marc's replies to 1 and 3 shows that what I think abstractly is a good or bad idea doesn't map onto what he wants concretely. Fair enough.
In terms of 2, I have looked into the inside of -axis()- and find at a crucial point -- as called by Marc -- that function's view of the world looks like this:
| `touse' mean1 agegrp sex axis |
1. | 0 . 30-45 Male . |
2. | 0 . 30-45 Female . |
3. | 0 . 46-59 Male . |
4. | 0 . 46-59 Female . |
5. | 0 . 60+ Male . |
6. | 0 . 60+ Female . |
7. | 1 149.9 30-45 Female 30-45 Female |
8. | 1 151.15 46-59 Female 46-59 |
9. | 1 153.45 30-45 Male 30-45 Male |
10. | 1 159.05 46-59 Male 46-59 |
11. | 1 159.85 60+ Female 60+ Female |
12. | 1 165.3 60+ Male Male |
-axis()-'s designed behaviour is not to mention any category with the same value as in the previous group. It does exactly that for Marc's data. But because he is including -mean1- in the arguments, the results are not what he wants.
What he wants should, I think, be obtained with a different call to -egen, axis()-.
sysuse bpwide, clear
tempfile tf1 tf2
statsby mean1=r(mean) ub1=r(ub) lb1=r(lb) N1=r(N), by(agegrp sex)
saving(`tf1'): ci bp_before
statsby mean2=r(mean) ub2=r(ub) lb2=r(lb) N2=r(N), by(agegrp sex)
saving(`tf2'): ci bp_after
dsconcat `tf1' `tf2'
egen axis = axis(agegrp sex), reverse
twoway scatter axis mean1 || rcap ub1 lb1 axis, hori || scatter axis
mean2 || rcap ub2 lb2 axis, hori , ///
ylabel(1(1)6, labs(vsmall) nogrid val
angle(hori)) ///
legend(label(1 "Mean bp_before") label(2 "CI
bp_before") ///
label(3 "Mean bp_after") label(4 "CI bp_after")
size(vsmall) rows(2) span)
Kaulisch, Marc
Ad 1: The missings on mean1 are on purpose because I want to display/plot mean1 and mean2 in one row per category.
So the simplified code is:
sysuse bpwide, clear
statsby mean1=r(mean) ub1=r(ub) lb1=r(lb) N1=r(N), by(agegrp sex): ci bp_before sort agegrp sex mean1 egen axis = axis(mean1 agegrp sex), label(agegrp sex) egen group = group(agegrp sex), label
Even here, labelling is not doing what it is supposed to do (see Nick's 2. point)
Ad 3: I realised that your solution uses a long dataset. But I am not sure if it is suitable for me because (see ad 1) I would like to compare confidence intervals for blood pressure before and after in one row per category.
(I reshape my data already in a long format in order to create a categorical var).
Nick Cox
I see three issues here:
1. What you are feeding to -egen, axis()- includes missing values on -mean1-. -list- what you are feeding it to see that.
The -axis()- function can't know what those missing values should be. It ignores them, therefore. Note that its -missing- option won't help here, as the missings would still be classified differently from the non-missings.
So, you need to fix the data before you call -egen, axis()-.
2. Independently of that, I think you've unearthed a bug in -axis()-, but I don't yet know what it is.
3. As with previous examples, I think you are making the problem more difficult than it need be. The bplong dataset is in more congenial structure than the bpwide dataset and wouldn't pose this problem for you, as one of my previous examples showed. Although it's not your real data, presumably, there's probably an implication for that, i.e. things may be easier after a -reshape-.
Kaulisch, Marc
Follow up on my earlier graphing issue.
It looks like if the label-option in egenmore (ssc) axis() is not doing what it supposed to do or am I overlooking something again?
sysuse bpwide, clear
tempfile tf1 tf2
statsby mean1=r(mean) ub1=r(ub) lb1=r(lb) N1=r(N), by(agegrp sex)
saving(`tf1'): ci bp_before
statsby mean2=r(mean) ub2=r(ub) lb2=r(lb) N2=r(N), by(agegrp sex)
saving(`tf2'): ci bp_after
dsconcat `tf1' `tf2'
sort agegrp sex mean1
egen axis = axis(mean1 agegrp sex), label(agegrp sex) replace axis = axis[_n-1] if axis == .
egen group = group(agegrp sex), label
Here I get as labels in axis correctly labelled cases and incorrect labelled cases whereas group() does the labelling correctly.
Correct labels are 30-45 Male
Incorrect labels are 46-59 or Male
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What a clever idea. Your curtains are great.
I wish I could store my knitting needles and crochet hooks like that but the cats would have them all over everywhere if I left them out. I have to put all the cat play toys in drawers and sometimes that doesn't keep them out.


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What is a literary classic and why are these classic works important to the world?
A literary classic is a work of the highest excellence that has something important to say about life and/or the human condition and says it with great artistry. A classic, through its enduring presence, has withstood the test of time and is not bound by time, place, or customs. It speaks to us today as forcefully as it spoke to people one hundred or more years ago, and as forcefully as it will speak to people of future generations. For this reason, a classic is said to have universality.
Charlotte Brontë was born on April 21, 1816, in England. She was the third child of six, five girls and one boy. The Brontës moved to a village near the Yorkshire moors, a wild and desolate area, and also the inspiration for the setting of some of the sisters' books. Theirs was a difficult and tragic existence, with the specter of disease and death a constant presence. The mother succumbed to cancer when Charlotte was only five, and two sisters died of tuberculosis when Charlotte was eight. Elisabeth Branwell, an aunt, raised the remaining children. Although she was an authoritarian and imposing figure, Elisabeth did not stifle the children s imaginations; they read many books from the large family library and constructed their own worlds of imaginary people and situations.
In 1846, Charlotte and her two sisters, using male names, published a collection of their poems; it was titled The Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, pseudonyms that stood for Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. The book, however, sold only two copies. This disappointment did not discourage them, and they each began writing a novel. Charlotte's Jane Eyre, published in 1847 under her Currer Bell pseudonym, was an immediate success. When the true author was revealed as Charlotte Brontë, controversy erupted about the novel, with some critics stating that no woman could have written such a work and another declaring that he "cannot doubt" that Jane Eyre was the work of a woman.
Charlotte Brontë continued writing throughout the rest of her life, despite the tragedies that continued to haunt her. Her brother died of tuberculosis in 1848, and Emily, who had caught a severe cold at his funeral, passed away only a few months later; Anne died in 1849 after a long illness. Charlotte was left to care for her father, who was going blind, but who actually outlived his children, dying in 1857.
In 1854, Charlotte married her father's religious advisor, but she contracted pneumonia and died a year later, at the age of thirty-nine.


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A moonbomb is essentially a photobomb in which the photobomber removes his pants and directs his bare bottom towards the camera. This results in a photobomber mooning the camera thus creating a moonbomb.
In the background of our picture, you can see Jack photobombing, but he couldn't just do it normally. Instead he had to moonbomb the camera with his hairy ass.
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When you eat so much food so quickly at night (aka binge), you have a hangover like feeling in the morning.
Man, after eating five hamburgers, three shakes, and that entire bag of doritos last night in the span of an hour, it's no wonder I have a foodover this morning.
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(American Press Archives)
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 8:45 PM
By Lance Traweek / American Press
State district court Judge Wilford Carter on Wednesday ruled in favor of Lake Charles Stevedores, granting the company $5.56 million in liquidated damages from the Port of Lake Charles.
Attorneys for the port and Lake Charles Stevedores presented their case in a four-hour hearing in 14th Judicial District Court.
Attorneys for Tom Flanagan, owner of Lake Charles Stevedores, alleged the port misappropriated public funds by paying the prior owners, Cooper T. Smith and Cavalair, $1.3 million.
The lawsuit was filed in March as a result of the termination of their contract in 2011, when the stevedores had a long-term contract for the unloading services at the City Docks.
Flanagan bought the contract a few years before, and the port decided to cancel it.
"I find that there was in the record by the port allegations that Lake Charles Stevedores, while Mr. Flanagan owned it, did not do everything he should have done," Carter said.
Carter said that if the port did have cause they waived that right because they didn't mention it in the letter of termination — thus, they owed the Stevedores the liquidated damages for canceling the contract.
"The port chose as a business decision to get out of this contract, and there are consequences to getting out of a contract," Carter said.
Tom Filo, attorney for the stevedores, said he was pleased with Carter's decision, but that it only resolved one part of the case. "We still have other aspects of the case to go forward in trial," Filo said after the hearing.
He said the defendants have caused Flanagan damages under the Louisiana Racketeering Act for misappropriation of funds. Attorneys for the port say the cancellation of the contract had cause, so the port should not pay liquidated damages.
Ben Slater, outside counsel for the port, said Flanagan has a poor safety record and was a "bad operator" at the port. He said the port acted appropriately in ending its contract with Flanagan.
Attorneys for Cooper and Cavalier were also present and made their case for why they had rights to the liquidated damages.
"We're certainly disappointed that Judge Carter ruled the way he did, but we're glad he gave us 3 1/2 to four hours to tell our side of the story," Louis Colletta, attorney for the port, said after the hearing.
"What he came up with was a ruling that was against the port but is a temporary ruling. It's interlocutory in nature, and we fully intend to appeal that to a higher court. And when we do we fully expect to win."
Colletta added that it's a complicated case and addresses multiple contracts over a 50-year period.
"Not only do we believe this decision was made hastily and erroneously, but it will send a chilling message to anyone planning investment in conjunction with our port and in south Louisiana," Colletta said in a news release.
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When the first European settlers arrived in New Zealand, there was nothing else for it: build a house, burn the bush, grow grass, sort yourself out a farm or die trying.
This "growth at all costs" mentality meant we were soon in danger of stretching our little piece of the Pacific to unsustainable levels.
Our fisheries, forestry and farming were all as bad as each other and grapegrowers were no exception. Increase production by killing the weeds and bugs with chemical sprays and she'll be right. Electricity's cheap, use as much water as you want, chuck out all your waste, where's the harm?
Thankfully, over recent decades an environmental paradigm shift has taken place within our wine industry and now consumers can choose from a smorgasbord of sustainability champions. At this year's Air New Zealand Wine Awards, a record 92 per cent of entries were sustainably accredited, compared with 75 per cent in 2011.
Under the NZ Winegrowers' sustainability policy, wine must be made from 100 per cent certified grapes in fully certified winemaking facilities and certification must be through an independently audited programme - either Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand or one of the recognised organic or biodynamic certifications.
"In the 1890s William Murdoch served as a guardsman in the legendary Coldstream regiment at Buckingham Palace, where he strived for integrity, harmony and authenticity in all aspects of life," says Brett Murdoch, chief executive of certified organic William Murdoch wines in Hawke's Bay's famous Gimblett Gravels district. "I planted our vineyards in William's honour."
The philosophy is simple: no insecticides, no herbicides, no pesticides, no systemic chemicals and no non-organic chemicals. All the wines are fermented with wild, indigenous yeasts, which occur naturally in the vineyard and in the winery. This means the ferments have not been introduced from outside the vineyard - such as man-made packaged yeast - but occur within the property. The team at William Murdoch likes to refer to its vineyard and winery methods as being not only "organic" but also "natural", meaning the wines are created with the minimal interference. They don't have a cellar door, but for information on where to buy visit www.murdochwines.co.nz
Biodynamics is essentially an extension of organics that takes a wider, holistic approach to land use. The land is viewed as a whole living ecosystem influenced by the Earth's natural rhythms that are in turn influenced by the moon and the sun.
Having been organically run since its inception in 1991, the team at Richmond Plains in Nelson felt it was in a prime position to convert its vineyards into biodynamics and subsequently produced the first sauvignon blanc and pinot noir to be fully certified by both BioGro and Demeter in New Zealand.
Compost and horn manure - often referred to as Preparation 500 - are spread in the Richmond Plains vineyard during the descending moon whose effects enhance root growth and soil activity. Foliar sprays such as compost teas and horn silica - otherwise known as Preparation 501 - are applied during the ascending moon which, says the Richmond Plains website, increases vitality and vigour of the vine shoots, fruit and leaves. www.richmondplains.co.nz
You'd be forgiven for thinking the blood flowing through the veins of Yealands Estate owner Peter Yealands, pictured, is more a healthy shade of green than red.
"Just tell me what we're not doing," he says when asked to list their green initiatives - a list that is indeed exhaustive. There's wetlands restoration, the use of babydoll-breed sheep to manicure the vineyards and native falcons to scare off hungry birds during the ripening season.
There's energy generation and preservation through solar panels, wind turbines and the use of vine-pruning bales for heat and they use lightweight environmentally friendly plastic bottles that are 89 per cent lighter, generate 54 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions and use 19 per cent less energy to produce than traditional 750ml glass bottles.
The Awatere Valley-based wine company received carboNZeroCertTM certification in April 2009 and in doing so became the largest winery in New Zealand to achieve this status.
This means that the company has measured and offset all its greenhouse gas emissions since inception. The winery and vineyard is also accredited under Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand and its advanced green technologies led to it becoming the only winery to be shortlisted in the International Green Awards.
Entrants are evaluated on sustainability, vision, innovation and advocacy against eight sustainability indicators ranging from energy and carbon to supply chain and resources for the whole company. The International Green Awards programme represents the most sustainable organisations in the world and singles out companies that have embedded sustainability throughout their organisational processes.
Before 2005, Gladstone Vineyard in the Wairarapa was very much in the conventional camp when it came to growing its grapes.
"Chemicals had long been an accepted part of grape-growing and we relied on them heavily," says owner and winemaker Christine Kernohan on the NZ Winegrowers website. "It wasn't until we attended a seminar challenging this approach that we realised it was no longer suitable for us as a serious wine producer."
That led to an overhaul of vineyard management practices and embracing alternative methods for producing wine in more environmentally responsible ways.
"We began to look at treating the causes of disease in our vines rather than simply chemically treating the symptoms," she says.
One of the first things they did was to re-sow the ground beneath the vines with a soil-building seed mix of chicory, lucerne and clover to build up soil biology. Then they began using organic liquid biological cultures to inject extra nutrition. After 20 years of chemical intervention, eliminating the usual methods of chemical pest, disease and weed control meant the first couple of years weren't without their scary moments. "Stressful" is the word Kernohan uses. "We could only wait and hope for positive results".
These days life at the certified-sustainable Gladstone Vineyard is cleaner, greener and the wines keep getting better.


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NAACP Statement on Talk Show Host Glenn Beck's Comments Calling President Obama a RacistJuly 30, 2009
We deplore the statement of Glenn Beck on Fox and Friends that President Obama is a "racist."
Mr. Beck's statement was irresponsible and inflammatory at a time when as a nation we are attempting to engage in a constructive dialogue on race. Beck's statements are an attempt to divide when we need to be united, an attempt to inflame with rhetoric when we need to discuss with thoughtfulness the serious question of race. It is a futile effort to distract from the serious issues of health care, the economy and the environment - issues that President Obama is tackling with foresight and fortitude. How could the President be a racist? A man of both African American and white heritage; a man who inspired millions of Americans to unite across the divide of race, religion and age in his historic run for the presidency. We commend President Obama for having the courage to discuss an issue that all too many Americans consider a third rail. We applaud President Obama for extending the invitation to Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley to have a respectful dialogue as a way to open the door for all of us to begin a conversation that ultimately can lead to healing the racial divide. Mr. Beck's hate filled comments, on the other hand, would take us back to the days of enmity and division. We hope that rather than following the example of Mr. Beck, the American people will embrace the example of President Obama and be willing to sit down and discuss the tough question of race with the hope of finally healing the painful divide that has haunted our nation for far too long.
Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.


text: I was driving back to NC from PA and my GPS stopped working 3 times. There was an error message that came up, but of course I couldn't read the entire message as I was driving. I think it said an application error. Has anybody else encountered this issue? How did you resolve this?