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Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
I have a lot of faith that will probably deserve game of the year. At least in my corner of the woods not many people are aware of it yet. I'm not sure it's really getting the attention of Bioshock (which I adore). Hope it takes off. I saw the demo at PAX and was totally sold. Promote it best I can.
Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
Well lets see, Uncharted 2 got GOTY same as U3 because of:
1- Graphics: most beautiful graphics ive seen in a while.
2- Gameplay: the gameplay mechanics of the game, the shootings, the epic chapters, all fitted perfectly.
3- Characters: deep and interesting characters, every single cutscene was worth watching.
4- Ally and Enemy AI: the enemies are simply too interesting and even hard to take out in modes likes crushing, and they never glitched or do stupid stuff, while the ally AI was simply perfect, never stepping on your way, on your cover, or doing something that disturbs your to death.
5- Storyline: The story was always well prepared to sail the ship off, and the way it progresses made you wanted to keep looking forward, without missing a single part of the game, sticked like glue to the joystick.
6- Replay Value: If I had free time, I would play every uncharted 3 more times, they just never get old and the game is too epic for that.
If im not wrong, this are the things that have made my jaw drop for the Uncharted series, and that is what TLOU needs.
Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
This is a huge competition between TLoU and other exclusive games.
TLoU? Tough call. I guess we'll have to wait in several weeks. Knowing Naughty Dog, they would win some awards.
Bioshock Infinite? Not too bad and awesome as well. I wish for more contents and developments though especially the demo gameplay.
I'm interested in Watch Dogs. It looks promising, but I can't say for sure.
Beyond: Two Souls... I wasn't thinking it was GOTY material until I watched this 30-minutes gameplay video that was released yesterday. My god, my heart stopped. This is it. GOTY. Of course, I will have to wait for the game before judging (which I probably won't since I'm in college).
Re: Would TLOU Win GOTY?
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Bioshock Infinite? Not too bad
According to what I'm hearing from everybody else, this wins the award for understatement of the year.
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Very old Brazilian expression, which means "all is (was) lost", with no turning back. Probably from rural origin, just think a farmer trying to rescue a cow from been stuck to death in a swamp.
It's used in situations like "The situation of the company was already bad in the Telecom market, then came the Chinese products and the cow went to the swamp"
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The latest London venture of New Zealand-born restaurateur Margot Henderson features a healthy dose of Kiwi flavour.
From the moment you press the buzzer to gain entry into its secluded grounds, you feel like you're being introduced to one of London's best-kept foodie secrets when you visit Rochelle Kitchen. Based in a converted bike shed in a former Victorian school-turned-art space just off Shoreditch High St, it has become one of the East End's leading dining destinations despite not being able to open in the evenings or at weekends. But, as its Wellington-born co-owner Margot Henderson declares in her debut cookbook You're All Invited, the afternoon is surely the best time of the day for a hearty feed.
"It's that cheeky moment," she declares when I when I meet her on a baking-hot late summer's day. "You might decide to go out for lunch and then not go back to the office. You've also got more energy for a proper meal. If I were going to La Gavroche, I'd rather go there for lunch than dinner, as you want to eat more. There's also nothing better than sitting outside, eating lunch in the sun."
Over the course of our two-hour conversation, the 47-year-old certainly shows a healthy appetite.
Drawing from a menu that changes daily, I begin with some bobby beans topped with anchovies, a duck egg and a tangy sauce while Henderson opts for the kohlrabi, cucumber and chervil salad. For my main, I have lemon sole with parsley and capers with some new potatoes on the side, while for Henderson it's the squid. "Dinners are great in the evening but it's good to wind down then and have something a bit lighter," she says. "I enjoy food more during the day and probably wouldn't have eaten as much at night as I just ate."
The daughter of author Pauline Harper, who wrote two books about the eating houses of Wellington and Canterbury in the 1970s, Henderson was introduced to fine dining at an early age. "We ate in restaurants a lot because she was always researching them," she recalls. "I absolutely loved them from the beginning. There were a lot of quite serious French restaurants in Wellington back then and I remember going to one after I'd finished my School Cert exams and having frogs' legs for the first time. They're mostly all gone now because we thought they were all too snooty and we wanted casual, but they were really proper."
After leaving school and studying English at Victoria University for "about one second", Henderson began learning her craft at several Wellington establishments including Java, Pierre's and the Mexican Cantina. "I had a lot of jobs at the same time," she says. "I learned a lot but I wasn't really serious about cooking back then. I liked cooking and the power of it. You could invite your friends around and cook a meal for everyone. I really enjoyed cooking at home and in restaurants, and I really liked the buzz of restaurants."
She moved to London nearly 28 years ago and met her future husband, Fergus Henderson, while working at the Eagle pub in Farringdon. With Jon Spiteri, they opened their first restaurant, the French Dining Room above a pub in Soho in 1992.
"John was front of house and Fergus and I were in the kitchen, falling madly in love," she laughs. "It was a snogathon! I got quite cross with him because he was originally an architect and he was used to cooking gorgeous meals, but there's a lot more to cooking in a restaurant than that. There's also lots of cleaning and organising."
Fergus and Spiteri soon left to start the now legendary St John Bar and Restaurant, leaving their partners to run the French House until its closure a few years later. Henderson then teamed up with Spiteri's wife, Melanie Arnold, to open Rochelle Canteen in 2006, primarily as a site for their now-flourishing catering business.
"To begin with it was just the two of us, so Mel was washing dishes and waiting and I was cooking," says Henderson. "We had one big table with a tablecloth on it and people would come from the building next door. We had three dishes that I was cooking each day, like quails and pasta. Whatever it was, it was really straightforward. Then we suddenly realised that it was getting busier so we bought some individual tables. It's just kept growing ever since and we've now got a cool-store and a proper head chef."
Renowned for his love of offal and advocacy of so-called nose-to-tail eating, Fergus has had a profound impact upon Henderson's personal and professional life. "I've always been his No 1 fan," she says. "I was still boning out quails and chopping things up. Fergus taught me brilliantly. He had this whole idea, that you cook something whole and simply and the way it was bred, and let the ingredients speak for themselves. He's very much into the genius loci - where you are in a time and a place. Everybody is into buying local now but when I first started cooking for him, it was quite unusual to just cook from the produce that's around you and not get it shipped in. But sometimes you can go a bit far with that as I saw some pineapples down the road earlier today and I thought it would be nice to do something with them."
Married for 18 years with three children, the pair are now based in Covent Garden, across the road from Peter Gordon's phenomenally popular Kopapa. "It's such a great addition to the area and it's busy all the time," says Henderson. "I love eating there and I get a little warmth of pride every time I walk past it."
Living in the heart of the West End means that meals have to be kept simple, something that has fed into We Are All Invited. "We have quite a small kitchen with a tiny fridge so you have to buy stuff almost daily and can't store it up," says Henderson, who often has to cope with rapidly expanding numbers at their famous dinner parties.
"People always call up and say 'can I bring someone?' A friend of my mother-in-law's suggested the title for my book. It seemed to fit perfectly because that's basically been our life since we met. It's that thing where you invite eight people for dinner but half of them might not get back to you straight away, so you ask somebody else and then the original people say they can come as well so it ends up being a case of 'you're all invited'."
With recipes like bacon and egg pie, feijoa icecream and her mother's brown bread, there is a distinct New Zealand flavour to You're All Invited. "It's amazing that you can live more than half your life somewhere else and still feel very much like a Kiwi," says Henderson. "Silverbeet is my favourite vegetable in the world and, if you cook it properly, it's fantastic with the stalks and everything. I also think that I've taught London about what pumpkins you eat and don't eat. We've recently started getting really good pumpkins here but it was mainly animal fodder for so long. Also, just the relaxed nature of Kiwi cafes with gorgeous scones, and I love whitebait and all that seafood as well. It's just the general way we were brought up. We'd have these big family gatherings with crazy salads and roast legs of lamb. That was always a big influence."
* You're All Invited by Margot Henderson, $55, distributed in NZ by Penguin Books.


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Back then I thought that with time Europe would become like that United States which I considered to be the ultimate in progress. But I'm glad to say that I have had a radical change of mind. The Europe of today outstrips by far that country which, nowadays, is partly an artificial, virtual world. Any given town in the United States is absolutely identical to any other town. Everything is uniform, eerily similar. There are people who have no idea what roots are and are ready to move to another place for whatever reason. The worst thing is that they cannot understand European quality. They don't seem to understand that people in Europe have their own criteria, different from the established, and that that is what drives them to rebel, to break the rules. For me the North American world is largely flat and anonymous. Nowadays the difference with Europe is greater than before, much more than thirty years ago.
Sean Scully, cited in Maria Lluïsa Borràs, 'Sean Scully: Immensely human',
Sean Scully (exhibition catalogue), Barcelona: Galeria Carles Taché, 2003, n.p.


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Come November 4, they won't even be able to vote. But for some motivated teenagers, that disenfranchisement doesn't translate into disinterest.
"Even though I can't vote doesn't mean the issues don't affect me," says Sam Chatto, a 17-year-old senior at South Portland High School who volunteers several days a week at the Barack Obama campaign office on outer Forest Avenue. He worries how he's going to pay for college, and talks about how the deaths of several South Portland natives in Iraq affected his community. After the Democratic National Convention, Chatto wanted to show his support for Obama in a substantive way — more than a sign on his lawn or a sticker on his car. "It's something different to actually come in and make phone calls," he says.
Indeed, for the high-schoolers who volunteer regularly at Obama's Portland headquarters, time is all they have to give.
"If I couldn't contribute my vote, I thought I could contribute my time," says Alex Friedland, a 15-year-old sophomore at Waynflete.
Emma Scanlon, 16, who attends Catherine McAuley High School and comes in to the Obama campaign office almost every school day, says that "in a time that's so important for young people and women, not having a vote made me feel sort of helpless." How empowering, then, to sit at a bank of computers and make phone calls to potential supporters, talking with them about the issues, or to go out on the streets and register voters — typical tasks for volunteers young and old.
Along the way, they meet some characters — like the woman who told 16-year-old Maddi Rudman, a Falmouth high-schooler, that she supported "Barack Obama and Sarah Palin;" or the man who identified as a "Monarchy Party" member on his voter registration card. Scanlon was snapped at on her second day of calling, and it was then that she "realized that this was going to be a serious thing."
Neither the Maine GOP or the Maine Obama campaign could furnish exact numbers for how many high-school volunteers they have during this campaign season. But both said they have scores of young people working in offices around the state. It's a win-win situation; while the campaigns benefit from an influx of young, eager energy, the students gain valuable insight into politics — insight that might come in handy down the road. Kenny Laughton, for example, a serious, bespectacled senior at Cheverus, knows he'd "like to work in a government as a career." Plus, both parties know that it's good for business to get young people involved early.
But the most appealing of all might be the chance to be a part of real-world politics.
"Student government doesn't [get] a lot of respect," Scanlon says. And it all seems like small potatoes "when you can be a part of actually moving history forward."
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Ask most people about Hawai'i, and sun, surf and beaches may readily come to mind. But ask individuals who are fascinated by the field of astronomy about the islands, and their eyes will light up for an entirely different reason.
Over the past four decades, the Aloha State has become the world's most sought-after location for the construction of large ground-based telescopes. The arrival of these telescopes was strongly promoted by the Institute for Astronomy (IfA) at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and, as a result, the IfA has become one of the leading astronomical research centers on the planet, with offices and laboratories on O'ahu, Maui and Hawai'i Island.
Within the next seven years, Hawai'i will welcome four new telescopes that will be constructed at two superb observatory sites: the 3,000-meter peak of Haleakalā on Maui and the 4,200-meter peak of Mauna Kea on the biggest island of Hawai'i. Both high-altitude sites are known for their remarkable clarity, dryness and lack of atmospheric turbulence.
"With the excellent facilities already existing on Mauna Kea and Haleakalā, and with the next generation of the world's most powerful telescopes expected to arrive soon, Hawai'i will maintain an international leadership role in astronomy with its central position in the Pacific," said IfA Director Günther Hasinger.
The first to arrive will be an addition to the existing Pan-STARRS telescope, PS1, which has been conducting survey operations since December 2009. PS1 is the most powerful survey system yet built with a 1.8-m primary mirror and an optical design that provides sharp images over an exceptionally large field of view.
In early 2013, a second Pan-STARRS telescope, PS2, will be installed about fifty feet north of PS1 on Haleakalā. The PS2 telescope and its camera are very close in design to PS1, with a few improvements based on IfA's experience with PS1. Its features will allow astronomers to survey the entire visible sky in four nights to detect "killer asteroids," supernovae and other transient objects. Data collected from PS2 will open up a new dimension in studies of the solar system, the galaxy, and the most-distant objects in the Universe.
The ultimate goal of the Pan-STARRS project is to build the PS4 observatory, which is expected to replace the 40-year-old UH 2.2-m telescope on Mauna Kea, the first large telescope built in Hawai'i. PS4 will employ four optical systems and will help detect billions of star and galaxies, and millions of asteroids.
Solar scientists are always trying to predict how the sun will influence global changes here on Earth. "Our best models of what the sun is doing don't work," said IfA astronomer Jeff Kuhn, while explaining why we need the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) about to be built on Haleakala on Maui. The project, funded by the National Science Foundation, is a collaborative effort involving researchers from IfA and scientists from 22 other institutions around the world. The ATST will be the largest solar telescope ever built, and the largest single advance in solar research capabilities since the days of Galileo.
Climate changes, on timescales ranging from a few years up to the times over which cultures and civilizations grow and perish, are affected by the sun's variability. As researchers have found in the past, there is no doubt that the sun has caused climate changes that make current trends in global warming look mild. "Unfortunately, we do not understand and cannot predict these effects even over the next decade," said Kuhn, who serves as co-investigator on the project. "The ATST will allow us to see how magnetic fields affect the sun and the solar system environment between Earth and the sun." The ATST is expected to have its "first light" in 2018.
Also scheduled for completion later this decade, at a location atop Mauna Kea, is the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). Building on the success of the 10-meter twin Keck telescopes—now the world's largest—the 30-meter primary mirror will be composed of 492 segments, giving the TMT nine times the collecting area of today's largest optical telescopes. The TMT will enable astronomers to detect and study light from the earliest stars and galaxies and test many of the fundamental laws of physics.
"Thanks to its large mirror and advanced adaptive optics system, TMT will provide the sharpest images ever obtained of planets around the stars," said IfA astronomer Mike Liu. "This will allow us to observe them in the process of forming and to measure their temperatures and compositions. Such measurements will tell us how our own solar system formed and if similar systems are common throughout the Galaxy."
The TMT is a joint partnership involving the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Department of Science and Technology of India, and National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are also participating in the project.
Pardon the puns, but the ongoing observation at the IfA is that things are definitely looking up. For more information about the Institute for Astronomy, visit www.ifa.hawaii.edu.
Top photo: The Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope atop Haleakalā captures celestial objects above Hawai'i with its unique Gigapixel Camera and sophisticated computerized system. Photo by Rob Ratkowski © 2010 PS1 Science Consortium.


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well since you bumped it ... It's not 3 years yet but we have Apivar in our hives and the bees are fit and healthy with hardly a varroa mite in sight
I love my Apivar
well since you bumped it ... It's not 3 years yet but we have Apivar in our hives and the bees are fit and healthy with hardly a varroa mite in sight
I love my Apivar
Anybody read the CAP article in this month's Bee Culture?
Mark Berninghausen
The original strips were pulled by the manufacturer because some lots were expired and still used by beekeepers. When they get too old, or possibly overheated, they turn yellow and oily. Powdery white strips are safe. Some dishonest beekeepers put them in hives after the recall looking for a payout. Amitraz strips are 3.3 percent.
What I had heard ages ago was that the manufacturer stopped making the strips because beekeepers sued them over dead colonies. Now I read in Bee Culture's CAP Article that the permit ran out and there wasn't enough revenue to make production worthwhile.
Mark Berninghausen
Well guess what kids. Was at a bee seminar last Sat. And a local equipment distributer said a new formula of Amitraz will be on the market this year 2013 getting a section 18 exemption here in Fl. Info was corroborated by 3 Fl bee inspectors then we will have Monsatto's remembee out soon Oh boy can't wait. Toxic soup
Im really not that serious
Don't like it, don't use it. You probably don't need to. Go in bees.
Mark Berninghausen
I'm not going to use it.
Im really not that serious
Amitraz degrades rapidly because of exposure
to sunlight (UV), low pH, metabolism by bacteria and
solution properties. Degradation usually occurs within
two to three weeks, and is not very stable in honey, which
is good news. The bad news is the break down products
or metabolites which form are 2, 4-dimethylaniline (2, 4-
DMA) and 2, 4- dimethyl phenyl formamide (2, 4-DMPF).
These products are apparently more environmentally
stable, plus the 2, 4-DMA has mutagenic (causes changes
to DNA), oncogenic (malignant transformation tumors)
and genotoxic properties (genetic mutations) (Osano
et al., 2002). Of course this is dependent on the levels
Because of mounting complaints from beekeepers
about problems with queens (increasing supersedure
rates, and colonies unable to re-queen themselves) researchers
began investigating the sub-lethal effects of
coumaphos and fl uvalinate on queens and drones.
In 1999, Rinderers group investigated the effect of
Apistan on drones. Their fi ndings showed a 9.4% reduction
of drone survival in colonies treated with Apistan.
Other negative effects were observed as well: lower
weights, mucus gland and seminal vesicle weights and
the number of spermatozoa (Rinderer et al. 1999).
In 2002 a group of researches from across the U.S.
examined the effects of queens reared in wax exposed to
varying concentrations of fl uvalinate and coumaphos.
Queens weighed signifi cantly less when exposed to high
doses of fl uvalinate than those reared in lower concentrations
or controls. Even though these concentrations
were higher than doses beekeepers would apply, the
misuse or accumulation of fl uvalinate in wax could lead
to these higher concentrations within colonies. They also
examined other effects of coumaphos and found that
during queen development, body and ovary weight were
both lower. Also, when one coumaphos strip was placed
into colonies with developing queens, they suffered high
mortality along with physical abnormalities and atypical
behavior. Both of these fi ndings conclude that when
A comb drawn out from the plastic strip.
January 2009 BEE CULTURE 35
fl uvalinate or coumaphos are applied during queen development
there is a signifi cant negative impact on the
queens health (Haarmann et al. 2002).
Two years later the effects of coumaphos on queen
rearing was again examined. Known concentrations of
coumaphos were applied to queen cups in which queen
larvae were being reared. Queens exposed to 100 mg/kg
of coumaphos (which, by the way, is the U.S. tolerance
level allowed in beeswax) were rejected by colonies 50%
of the time. If that exposure was increased 10 fold to
1000 mg/kg there was complete rejection (Pettis et al.
2004). There are two trains of thought here as to how
the coumaphos may affect the queens. One the miticides
are being passed around the colony from bee to bee and
from bee to the nurse bees which are attending the developing
larvae. The toxin is making direct contact with
the developing queen. The bees detect this and therefore
reject the cell or emerging virgin. The second thought is
BEES4U most of the above quoted article has nothing to do with Apivar it's all about Apistan and Coumaphos I dont see the relavance?
Apivar has been used in beehives in some countries of Europe for years with no ill effect It's only when dumb arse beekeepers started making up their own concoctions using Tactic that there was problems... Think about it, making up a homebrew with a chemical used for treating a different animal and throwing it in a beehive then turning around a few years later and saying it's killing my bees?
How smart is that?
Journal of Apicultural Research
Vol.44 (3) pp. 124 - 125
Date September 2005
Article Title Resistance to amitraz and flumethrin in Varroa destructor populations from Veracruz, Mexico
Author(s) Sóstenes R Rodríguez-Dehaibes, Gabriel Otero-Colina, Violeta Pardio Sedas and Juan A Villanueva Jiménez
Abstract Dose response curves were determined for amitraz and flumethrin for Varroa destructor collected near Veracruz city, Mexico. Both pesticides were sprayed at known concentrations on female mites using a Burgerjon's tower. Probit analysis was performed to calculate mean lethal concentrations (LC50). We estimated the LC50 for amitraz to be 0.526 mg/litre; this estimate is 2.3-times higher than the LC50 baseline established nine years earlier in Mexico. The LC50 for flumethrin was estimated as 0.286 mg/litre, 327-times higher than the LC50 baseline, suggesting the development of resistance.
Keywords Varroa destructor, Mexico
Which is exactly that one should use 2 different treatments in spring and fall, should slow resistance considerably.
Cam Bishop
Nope that data dosn't make me nervous at all
Here's a good data report:
A Review of Treatment Options for Control of Varroa Mite in New Zealand
PDF version (151 KB)http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests...nt-options.htm
Trade Name(s): Apivar
Active Ingredient: Amitraz (500mg/strip)
Chemical Class: Amadine
Method of Application: Apivar consists of a plastic polymer embedded with amitraz, a contact miticide. The strips should be placed in the hive with one strip used for every 5 frames of bees in each brood chamber. The strip is hung between the frames, with the frames separated slightly so that both sides of the strip come into contact with the bees. The bees rub against the strips as they move through the brood chamber, and then pass the chemical on to other bees as they rub up against each other in the hive. The strips should be removed after 6 weeks.
Amitraz has also been used for varroa control in the past applied as a spray (Mitac), and as a fumigant impregnated on potassium nitrate soaked filter paper and ignited on the bottom board (Taktik).
Effectiveness: Amitraz was one of the earliest chemicals tested for varroa control, with studies dating back to 1979. Early studies are reviewed by Merrington106. More recently, amitraz in plastic strips has been shown to produce varroa mortality of 97-99%6. Amitraz sprayed once and twice killed 90 and 96% of mites respectively 93. Various concentrations of amitraz killed over 98% of mites, and fumigation strips killed over 99% of mites60.
Adverse Effects: A preparation of amitraz (Apivarol) was found to increase mortality of 1-3 day old larvae (61% vrs. 83% for control)4. A fumigation strip of amitraz caused some bees to leave their hive and form clusters98. Fumigation strips also caused high adult bee mortality in package bees60.
Operator Safety: Amitraz is classified by the EPA in the US as Class III – Slightly Toxic. There are unlikely to be operator safety issues for amitraz in the plastic strip form.
LD50: Rats – 523-800mg/kg (oral); >1600mg/kg (dermal)
Residues: Amitraz is a fat-soluble compound, but unlike other such compounds used as varroacides, it is volatile and unstable in honey, degrading in 3-4 weeks76. Amitraz has therefore not been found as a residue in honey95. Beeswax appears to accelerate the degradation of amitraz, with the product not being detectable within hours of application140. Amitraz was not detectable when added at 100ppm in beeswax foundation, although fluvalinate and coumaphos were present in levels similar to the amount added51.
MRL's: Official maximum residue levels for amitraz in honey range from 0.01ppm in Italy, Germany and Switzerland to 1ppm in the US. The EU level is 0.2ppm140. No MRL has been established for amitraz in beeswax, since the substance has never been found as a residue in beeswax.
Resistance: Amitraz was found to be ineffective in killing mites in the former Yugoslavia, even though the product provided good mite control in the 4 previous years. The mites were believed to be resistant to amitraz34. Amitraz resistance was also confirmed in a population of mites in the US that showed resistance to fluvalinate38. Amitraz resistance has been shown in laboratory assays108
Cost: Between NZ$8.10 and NZ$14.95 per treatment, based on French prices (assuming 10 frames of brood, and therefore 2 strips per hive). According to the manufacturer, the low end price may be influenced by government subsidies.
Labour costs for Apivar are minimal, with two visits per hive 6 weeks apart. One or both visits could be incorporated into normal hive management. Estimated time necessary for application has been determined at 2 minutes per beehive per visit for strip products. Spray application would be 21 minutes per beehive. No figures are given for fumigant products50.
Impediments to Registration: While there is substantial data available on the use of amitraz as both a spray and fumigant, there appears to be far less on the efficacy of strips. Because of good dosage control, however, the strips are likely to provide better efficacy without side effects on bee behaviour and mortality. Apivar is registered for use in Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Belgium and France. There is therefore likely to be sufficient efficacy data available to meet registration requirements in New Zealand should the manufacturer or an importer choose to register the product.
Can you highlight what part of this report concerns you?
I dont see where the problem is ?
Glad to see this thread resurrected.
I've recently been emailing larger outfits looking for 50-100 hives. When inquiring about mite control used, the name Taktic is referred to. When asked how it was used, I get no reply. I search here only to find Barry has deleted specific use messages as "off-label".
So am I to assume Taktic is a well kept secret only used by large outfits? If it is keeping them in business, can it really be so bad? I see other treatments as too expensive or time consuming to be practical for operations over 50 hives. With no clear and proven method to eradicate mites, does it not make sense to mimic the practices of those who are successfully keeping thousands of hives alive over a long period?
Baffled in Indy.
Well Don, I operate one of those larger outfits and I don't use it. Our primary source of income is honey production and for that reason using any substance that can potentially taint your honey crop should be done with care as irresponsible use of chemicals in bee hives could potentially devastate the image that honey now has in the marketplace. According to much of what I read it does degrade more quickly than other chemicals such as fluvalinate or coumaphous and if applied at the right time and at the right concentration its probably all right but I am only guessing and my fear is that most of the folks that are using it are just guessing as well. How many large operations use it? Frankly I don't know, it's the elephant in the room so to speak. I think the majority of commercial beekeepers are pretty smart folks who see the dangers and proceed with care but I worry about some whose thinking is that if a little of something is good that a lot has got to be better. The good thing, though, is that the large operations inevitably sell to the large packers who, seeing the potential liability, are testing honey much more thoroughly than they once did. Many additionally require producers to sign statements about the origin of their honey. I think the approval of Apivar (Aamitraz is its active ingredient) is probably a good thing in that it is a measured dosage with a label telling how it should be used. I am not sure if I will ever use it, I would want to know a bit more about it and whether residues could be a problem. I firmly believe there is a phenomena in mite treatment where less can be better and I have seen success in recent years doing just that. I'm not trying to get preachy with many of my good friends in the industry who I greatly respect but just trying to remind folks to think twice before they put chemicals in their hives.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
http://projectapism.org/wp-content/u...Pettis-341.pdf with the purpose of determine the extent to which amitraz and its metabolites move into surplus honey when hives are treated at 1x, 2x, and 10x the label rate in the brood rearing areas of bees hives Apis mellifera.


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4-H fair pet shows, fashion revue and demonstration results
4-H members from the area who participated the 4-H shows on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 1-2, of the Crow Wing County Fair are listed below.
The Cloverbud Pet Show included 4-H members who completed kindergarten through grade two. Jack Weindhandl, Black Bear, showed his dog. Cloverbuds receive a green participation ribbon.
In the Cat Show Kaelyn Spencer, Baxter Sandpipers, was awarded Grand Champion.
In the Pet Show Grand Champion went to Payton Wicklund, Black Bear, and Reserve Champion was awarded to Reese Wicklund, Black Bear, for their baby bunnies. Other exhibitors included Abby Schreier, Black Bear, blue for her fish, Gilbert.
Fashion Revue was held on Thursday with Rylie Young, Eagles, receiving a Grand Champion, Isabel Glover, Eagles, was awarded Reserve Champion, and Morena Hammer, Black Bear, received a blue ribbon.
Friday's Demonstration Day featured seven public presentations which included; Aaron Sopelle, Grand Champion Pelican Lakes, demonstrated "How to Make a Smoothie"; Esther Kreutfeldt Reserve Champion, Independent member, showed "Basic to Weaving." Julianna and Lillian Landis, independent members, gave a talk about horses.
Livestock demonstrations included; "Who Wants to be a Rabbit Breeder" by Katie Fillbrandt and Matthew Lagaard, independent members, Grand Champion; Peyton Wicklund, Black Bear, Reserve Champion, talked about her new rabbit family; and Abby Schreier explained about the Beveren breed of rabbits.


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Re: st: running rcpoisson command
Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: running rcpoisson command
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:44:42 +0000
I think this misses the difficulty. A limit of 44 can't apply
universally as there are women up to 49 in the dataset. Therefore
Fatma would need to specify a variable at least in respect of those
women who might yet have more children, but presumably she can have no
information on age at menopause in respect of women who had not yet
passed that point at time of recording. So, the question is really
bounced back to her: what information does she have that could
possibly be used to indicate precise age at censoring?
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Muhammad Anees <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Strictly agreeing to Aaron Kirkman and Billy where your should follow
> the FAQs. You can write the censoring as given in the help file itself
> which you should have thought about before posting here and posting
> twice.
> Use ul[(#|varname)] to get your results as
> rcpoisson depvar list-ind-vars, ul[(44|ageofwomenvariable)]
> More details and usage of the -rcpoisson- is rich of description..
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 1:49 AM, Fatma Romeh <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>> I'm having a problem with running the rcpoisson command. I want to regress the number of living children per woman on some variables such as (her current age, her education, etc.). The women that I have in my sample are aged between 15-49. I think my dependent variable is right censored for the the women who are not reached the end of their fertility period. My question is how to write the rcpoisson command such that Stata treats the women who are below age 44 as right censored? I appreciate any help with my question, many thanks.
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Welcome to the latest installment of the BayBlog Question of the Week! Each week, we take a question submitted on the Chesapeake Bay Program website or a frequently asked question and answer it here for all to read.
This week's question came from Gail in Florida: "For the past three days there have been hundreds of cownose rays along the beach. Not knowing what they were, we are surprised to find they are from the Chesapeake Bay when we researched them. Thought you would be interested to know they were down here in the gulf...even with the oil! Why would they be here?"
It's important to remember is that many of the species we associate with the Chesapeake Bay are actually just seasonal visitors. So, while an Internet search for a cownose ray may have brought Gail to, for example, our Bay Field Guide entry on the cownose ray, that does not mean they are only present in the Chesapeake Bay.
In fact, in the case of the cownose ray, they are mainly summer visitors to the Chesapeake Bay area, reaching about as far north as Kent Island, Md. from the months of May through October. They are the most common ray found in the Bay, but are not necessarily found more often in the Bay than in other places.
Cownose rays are actually found throughout the Atlantic: in the eastern Atlantic near Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea as well as in the western Atlantic from New England to Florida and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. So Gail spotting hundreds of cownose rays in the Gulf is not that unusual. While they are not "from" the Chesapeake, those that she saw may have been in the process of migrating from the Gulf north to the Bay for the summer months.
Now to turn the tables: Have you ever seen a cownose ray in the Chesapeake Bay?
Do you have a question about the Chesapeake Bay? Ask us and we might choose your question for the next Question of the Week! You can also ask us a question via Twitter by sending a reply to @chesbayprogram! Be sure to follow us there for all the latest in Bay news and events!
Information from the Florida Museum of Natural History and ARKive.
Maryland will expand oyster sanctuaries and aquaculture to help rebuild the Chesapeake Bay's depleted native oyster population under a three-point plan introduced by Gov. Martin O'Malley.
Maryland's Proposed Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan is designed to enhance oyster restoration for ecological purposes and encourage the development of aquaculture businesses, while continuing to support a more targeted and sustainable public oyster fishery.
The Chesapeake's oyster population has remained at about one percent of historic levels since 1994, greatly affecting both the health of the Bay and the shellfish industry in Maryland. During this time period, quality oyster bars in Maryland decreased by 70 percent, from 200,000 to 36,000, according to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
"Our native oyster is part of the public trust, and we have a clear and urgent responsibility to restore this iconic species to the Chesapeake Bay," said Gov. O'Malley.
The proposal aims to:
The plan is based on the findings of a six-year Environmental Impact Study of oyster restoration options, as well as the work of the Maryland Oyster Advisory Commission and the Aquaculture Coordinating Council.
The regulations will be published in the Maryland register on July 2, which will begin a six-week public comment period. If approved, the regulations will take effect in early September, prior to the October 1 start of the oyster season.
Learn more about the oyster restoration plan at DNR's website.
Welcome to the latest installment of the BayBlog Question of the Week! Each week, we take a question submitted on the Chesapeake Bay Program website or a frequently asked question and answer it here for all to read.
This week's question comes from Sammy: "Is a muskrat the same thing as a beaver?"
Muskrats and beavers are two different, distinct animals. They are easy to identify on land, but can be confused for one another when seen in the water.
One of the most obvious differences between the two species is their size. The American beaver (Castor canadensis) is the largest North American rodent, weighing 35-68 pounds and measuring 39-47 inches in length. Muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) are much smaller, weighing just 3-4 pounds and measuring 16-25 inches long.
Tails are another way to distinguish the two species. While the beaver's tail is wide and flattened horizontally, resembling a paddle, the muskrat's tail is narrow and flattened vertically.
The way muskrats and beavers use the land is also different. Beavers are the only ones that chew down trees. Tree limbs with the bark removed or lodges made of limbs and mud are telltale signs of a beaver's presence. Muskrats also build lodges, but they are much smaller than those built by beavers and are made from marsh vegetation rather than trees.
Nutria (Myocastor coypus) are another rodent that look similar to muskrats and beavers. They typically weigh between 12 and 15 pounds and measure about 24 inches in length. Nutria are found mostly on the Delmarva Peninsula but have also been seen around the Patuxent, Potomac and Rappahannock rivers.
So if you see one of these animals in the wild, make sure to look at the shape of its tail and the overall size of its body, which are the two main ways you can tell the difference between a muskrat and a beaver.
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Information from Woodland Fish and Wildlife and University of Massachusetts.
Maryland has launched a new website called StreamHealth to help residents learn about the health of their local streams and take action to improve them.
StreamHealth is an interactive online map that provides resources for citizens, watershed groups, students and other local organizations to survey their streams, receive technical guidance and learn about funding opportunities to restore and protect streams.
On the map, residents can zoom in to specific areas or search for their address to find their nearest streams, which are color-coded to show whether they are in good, fair or poor health.
Local streams are important because they flow to the Bay, feeding water – and pollution. Ultimately, the quality of local streams affects the quality of the entire Bay.
"The health of the Bay is ultimately determined by what we do on the land – in our cities and towns, on our farms and forests, in our schools and backyards," said Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. "Through this website we are providing information that is real to people because they can see the status of the streams in their neighborhoods –- our lifelines to the Bay."
The StreamHealth map includes information about forested buffers and impervious surfaces, two of the major factors influencing the health of streams. Forested buffers planted along streams slow pollution from entering waterways, while impervious surfaces increase the flow of pollution.
Maryland residents can get involved and help their local stream by joining Stream Waders, a volunteer water monitoring program that provides data for StreamHealth. Over the past 10 years, nearly 1,800 people have volunteered as Stream Waders at about 6,000 sites throughout the state.
The map was developed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in cooperation with the Maryland Environmental Service, Towson University and the Maryland Departments of the Environment and Information Technology.
To view the interactive map, visit www.streamhealth.maryland.gov.


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121 yards - Johnson's 7th-straight 100+ yard performance.
He's now gained 1667 yards on the season, which, after finishing the 2011 regular season with 1681, makes him the first receiver in NFL history to post back-to-back 1600 yard seasons. He becomes only the 3rd receiver to even have multiple 1600 yard seasons over the course of a career - Marvin Harrison and Torry Holt are the others.
With two games remaining, Johnson is now only 181 yards away from breaking Jerry Rice's single-season yardage record.


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The Classic Wineseller Announces August 9 & 10 Live Music Line Up
Waynesville, NC - The Classic Wineseller presents Bohemian Jean featuring Jessi Stone, vocals, and Matt Welborn, guitar and vocals on Friday, August 9 at 7pm. On Saturday, August 10, South Carolina native, and singer-songwriter, guitarist Jacob Johnson performs at 7pm. The Wineseller's kitchen serves small plate fare Friday and Saturday beginning at 5:30pm. Each evening there is a $10 per person minimum including food, drink or retail purchases.
Bohemian Jean is a duo made up of Waynesville residents, singer-songwriter Matthew Welborn, and his vocalist wife Jessi Stone. Stone chooses covers that suit her soulful alto voice — including hits from Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, Patsy Cline, and Carly Simon. Welborn complements his wife's voice with rich harmonies, also adding his own fun covers and original music to the performance. Since meeting and falling in love in high school, the duo's natural chemistry has shone through when they perform the music they love.
Guitar sensation, Jacob Johnson is a young, energetic performer who has shared the stage with songwriting masters from Edwin McCain to David Wilcox, and who hangs out with guitar heroes like Tommy Emmanuel, and Tim Reynolds (right-hand man to Dave Matthews). While it is his flashy guitar pyrotechnics that might grab your attention, his songwriting, personality, and performance style are what set him apart from the rest of the young guitar-slinging pack. In short, to quote Tommy Emmanuel, "Jacob rocks!"
His debut CD offering, Est. 1986, ranges from Dylan-esque folk tunes to quirky ballads, such as the love song to his guitar, "Treat Her Right." Johnson shows that great music doesn't always have to be serious. The CD has an intimacy to it that makes you feel like he is right there in the room with you while you listen. Johnson likes to call his style of playing "Neo-acoustic folk/funk".
In live performances, his off-the-cuff sense of humor and tongue-in-cheek sensibility disarm the audience and leave them unprepared for his multilayered guitar mastery. Johnson thumps, taps and slaps his guitar into submission, weaving a musical tapestry that usually climbs to sonic frenzy while never losing its balance or control. He delivers thoughtful and realistic lyrics with a wry sort of charisma. He has been compared to John Mayer, James Taylor, Jack Johnson and Keller Williams. For more information on Jacob Johnson, visit www.jacobjohnsontunes.com.
The Classic Wineseller, Waynesville's premiere retail wine and craft beer shop, small plate restaurant, and intimate live music venue hosts local, regional, and on occasion, national talent LIVE at the Classic Wineseller each weekend. For more information about live music events, wine and beer dinners/tastings, and our special jazz and dinner combos visit www.classicwineseller.com, or call 828-452-6000.


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Geographic information systems (GIS) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) are often part of an agency's standard operating equipment. When the technologies were first introduced, however, many viewed them as specialty products.
GIS offered accurate maps in rich detail, but how often would such an elaborate map be needed? SCADA removed the human error element from collecting operating data, but what would an agency do with all that data except store it? How would these applications be of practical use, day to day?
Today, GIS and SCADA have been so thoroughly built in to functions from environmental and construction permitting to billing and customer service that public works managers may not remember how their agencies functioned without them. A new technology, geospatial time series management (GTSM), is at the same stage as GIS was in the 1980s and SCADAwas in the 1990s.
In simple terms, GTSM transforms data points collected by GIS and SCADA into a predictive tool by relating the data for a specific location to changes over time. Anything that moves or changes through time—rainfall, reservoir levels, construction site runoff, power demands, and numerous other parameters—can be considered using GTSM.
The growing numbers of engineers and information technology professionals introduced to GTSM are impressed. They view it as the next logical progression from GIS and SCADA. But is GTSM more than another "cool" technology? If so, how will it benefit agencies in a profound way, every day?
"It is becoming clear that the walls between control systems and GIS are finally coming down," said David Henry, P.E., Metropolitan Water District of Southern California's program manager for water system automation. "Products that integrate the operational and business data of SCADA systems with the geospatial and graphical relevance of GIS enable utilities to better respond to emergency situations, operate more efficiently on a day-to-day basis, and better visualize long-term needs."
Public works agencies have made significant investments in "must-have" tools and applications. As-builts, maps, and service area grids have been digitized and made accessible using GIS. SCADA is the gold standard for collecting real-time operating data for pump stations and other facilities, and for operations control.
Yet, in spite of their sophistication, neither GIS nor SCADA is a predictive tool. GIS is only a spatial frame of reference. SCADAdata offers only a snapshot in time, a report of what has already happened. GTSM offers the next step by integrating spatial data collected by GIS and real-time data collected by SCADA to frame data points to a particular time and space. By generating geospatial time series data, GTSM transforms data into a decision-making tool.
Why is geospatial time series data so important? Human beings inherently relate space and time to make a variety of decisions. For example, a police department reallocating officers to better fight crime needs to know more than where crimes occur. The department must also know when the most crimes occur in those locations. With both space and time information, officers can be assigned to appropriate places at the most cost-effective times.
In the same way, agencies need to relate data to both time and space. For example, managing distribution from a particular drinking water reservoir requires more than a map of the reservoir location and a stack of hour-by-hour water level readings. A compilation of reservoir levels over a period of time to represent wet, dry, and average rainfall years, however, provides the right mix of information. Using this geospatial time series, an agency can decide how much water to distribute from the reservoir.


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What Do You Do When Income or an Asset Isn't Really Your Money?
Mark Kantrowitz
January 23, 2012
I am a disabled parent who hasn't worked since 2007. I am currently on long term disability and have been ruled disabled by the Social Security Administration. My child is heading off to college in the fall and we are working on his FAFSA. My Social Security came through in late November in a large lump sum due to back dating. However, my long term disability has a clause that says I must give this SSDI sum to them as an offset and therefore it isn't really an asset of mine. I am just waiting for them to send me my determination letter so I can transfer the funds, which are currently in my savings account. How do I account for this on the FAFSA? I don't want them to think that the sum is extra money cause it isn't. — H.R.
In most cases where a family argues that income or an asset isn't really their money, they actually do hold legal title to the money. For example, when a grandparent transfers ownership of their home and other assets to the parent in order to qualify for Medicaid, the parent often argues that the money isn't really theirs. But the parent owns the assets and can use them for any purpose, even if the parent feels a moral obligation to use the money for the benefit of the grandparent. The grandparent wouldn't be able to qualify for Medicaid if the money was being held in trust for them. The family can't claim that the money isn't the grandparent's for Medicaid purposes and then also claim that the money is really the grandparent's for federal student aid purposes.
Most college financial aid administrators will insist that the assets be reported on the FAFSA because the parents hold legal title to the money. They often look to see who is responsible for paying taxes associated with the asset, such as property taxes on a home or income taxes on the interest and dividends. Financial aid administrators might allow a professional judgment adjustment for eldercare expenses paid by the parents, but the asset must still be reported.
But when there is a legal or contractual obligation against the money, it really isn't the family's money. For example, most long-term disability insurance policies include clauses that treat SSDI payments as an offset to the disability payments and require repayment if the insured receives a retroactive lump sum payment of SSDI benefits.
Section 480(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 USC 1087vv(g)) acknowledges this in its definition of net assets (emphasis added): "The term 'net assets' means the current market value at the time of application of the assets (as defined in subsection (f)), minus the outstanding liabilities or indebtedness against the assets." So not only is the value of an asset reduced by the amount of any debt secured by the asset, but also by any liabilities against the asset. If an insurance company has a legal claim on the money, the amount of that claim will offset the value of the asset.
There are two approaches one can take to address such a situation, since the FAFSA doesn't provide the applicant with an opportunity to explain any liabilities against an asset. One is to report the net asset value on the FAFSA (i.e., after subtracting the liability to the disability insurance company). The other is to report the savings account balance on the FAFSA and ask the college financial aid administrator for a professional judgment adjustment to compensate for the liability to the disability insurance company.
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Before all of the gentiles (or goyim) celebrate a holiday where all the gifts are opened at once — after being delivered through the chimney by an overweight icon in a red suit — I'll be lighting a candle and opening one gift a night, starting Saturday night at sundown. That's right folks, I celebrate Chanukah. Or Hanukah, Hanuka, Hannukah, Hanukkah, Channukah or just חֲנֻכָּה. Basically, the spelling is up in the air as it's a transliteration of sounds from a language based on symbols. I like to use Chanukah for some reason, maybe because the CH sound at the beginning forces me to make it sound like a Klingon word.
Now that we've established my religious preference (though if my wife would let me I'd convert to Pastafarian in a heartbeat) let's take a look at eight random ways you can make Chanukah as geeky (or at least as fun) as humanly (or robotically) possible whether you celebrate it or not.
8. Light 'Em Up!
Jewish or not, you probably know that Chanukah is traditionally called "The Festival of Lights" and includes the tradition of lighting the Menorah, one candle a night. How can lighting candles be geeky? Well, even if you're not sitting in a giant LEGO menorah the lighting of the candles doesn't have to be boring. You could build your own flamethrower to light the candles, or my personal favorite – just use your craft torch!
7. Plate Full of Latkes
One of the foods consumed (in great quantities in my house) around this time of year are Latkes. Simply put, they are fried potato pancakes. Imagine chopped up french fries, covered in onion rings and deep fried in hot oil. I like a little beer batter on mine. Latkes make the perfect all-night gaming snack, and go great with a Mountain Dew and an 8-hour session of WoW.


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Cheers and checks at Walmart grand opening
Original post made on Sep 20, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 2:51 PM
a resident of San Ramon
on Sep 20, 2012 at 2:47 pm
A sad day for San Ramon.
a resident of Alamo
on Sep 20, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Joe: Why is this a sad day for San Ramon? Considering that the city already has every conceivable big box retailer, fast food chain, office parks, etc., I fail to see what makes this store opening a sad day in particular.
Just another store in a city that approves every possible retail and office proposal.
Also, why would you be you against paying less for groceries? I don't get it.
a resident of San Ramon
on Sep 20, 2012 at 7:42 pm
That's great that SR will have increased tax revenues coming in, better than a empty boxy store. Plus walmart gives us the opportunity to buy items at competitive prices. Good for everyone...
Joe, if you don't like them, then go and shop elewhere..


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More than 2,900 set to participate in UTSA May 13-14 commencement ceremonies
(May 10, 2005)--More than 2,900 students will walk the stage Friday and Saturday at The University of Texas at San Antonio Convocation Center as the spring semester concludes with four commencement ceremonies.
Each ceremony will be broadcast live on Time Warner Cable educational channel 19 and on UTSA Television monitors around campus. The College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the School of Architecture will kick off the weekend festivities with the 5 p.m. Friday ceremony. Ceremonies on Saturday begin at 9 a.m., followed by ceremonies at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
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Lionel Sosa is the keynote speaker for the first ceremony, which starts the weekend with 807 degree candidates.
Sosa, who will speak to both liberal arts and architecture students, is an independent marketing consultant and founder of Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar & Associates, now Bromley Communications. Bromley is the largest Hispanic advertising agency in the U.S. with current billings of $280 million. Sosa, a member of the Texas Business Hall of Fame, was a media consultant for President George W. Bush during both his 2000 and 2004 campaigns.
On Saturday, Raymund Paredes, Texas commissioner of higher education, will greet College of Education and Human Development and College of Public Policy degree candidates at the 9 a.m. ceremony. An estimated 703 degree candidates will participate in the 9 a.m. ceremony.
Paredes served as director of creativity and culture at The Rockefeller Foundation and as vice president for programs at the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. A University of Texas at Austin graduate, Paredes served as chair of the Cesar Chavez Center for Chicano Studies at UCLA from 1996 to 1998. He also spent two years with the U.S. Army, including a 14-month tour in Vietnam with the First Infantry Division.
Following the morning ceremony, 889 College of Business degree candidates will walk the stage at 1 p.m. J. Dan Bates, president of the Southwest Research Institute, will give the keynote address. Southwest Research Institute is one of the nation's largest independent applied research and development organizations.
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School of Architecture -- 55
College of Liberal and Fine Arts -- 754
College of Education and Human Development -- 549
College of Public Policy -- 156
College of Business -- 889
College of Engineering -- 151
College of Sciences -- 353
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Total master's degree candidates -- 574
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Follow U.S. Highway 395 North to Bishop, CA and then to Minden, NV. Turn Left on NV-88. Turn Right at NV-207/Mottsville LN. Continue to follow NV-207/Kingsbury Grade. At the top of Kingsbury turn left on Tram Way Drive and drive approximately 2 miles to Stagecoach Lodge. Or, after starting the descent on Kingsbury Grade, turn left on South Benjamin and drive approximately 1 mile to Boulder Lodge or continue on Kingsbury Grade to the Intersection of U.S. Highway 50 West. California access is at the gondola in Heavenly Village on Highway 50 and also via Ski Run Blvd. to the California Base Lodge.
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