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It is The Shepherd here with an exciting post for you. I figure since it has been forever since my last one, I should make it something good. After training for the last 3-4 months, I completed my first marathon this past weekend.
I will say all in all it was quite an experience that I won't forget. It was harder than I expected, mostly in ways that I did not expect it to be. Oddly enough, the hardest part has been the recovery; but I'll spare you those details.
My partner and I were fairly ready for training. We had done the Tough Mudder a few months earlier and had kept our miles up from training for that event. We started our official training at the beginning of the new year.
Training for the marathon this year was in many ways easier than last year when we were training for the Derby Mini. We had many more injuries to battle through last year than this one. Don't get me wrong, there were plenty of niggles to work through this time as well, but nothing like last year when I was sidelined for a bit with some nasty foot pain.
There were some bad runs for each of us. One of my worst ones was an 8 miler that I didn't think I was going to finish because my shin muscle was so tight. I worked through it with some stretching and focusing on keeping my feet relaxed on the backswing.
Jimmy had a bad run towards the end as we were tapering on a 12 miler where his knee was bothering him pretty bad. This was a bad time, since it was so close to the end and messed with his head more than his body. But he rested up, got out the good old sports tape, and was as good as new.
So after months of training and goodness knows how many amended fuel plans, we were ready to go. We spent the night in a hotel the night before the race just a few blocks from the starting line. After waking up at 3:30 am to eat / drink our shakes (much to dismay of the girls) and again at 5:30 am to get ready, we headed out.
We got to the starting area, found our starting gate (sort of), and got in line. I say sort of because we were supposed to be in corral D, but couldn't get that far because of all the people. So we jumped in somewhere around corral C. This ended up being for the best anyway because we ended up still passing many more people than we were passed by. It certainly minimized the zigging and zagging we had to do.
The sea of humanity aside, we were still able to spot our cheerleaders and give them a wave as we ran by at the start. Notice we were so fast it is blurry...either that or somebody forgot to bring their camera (inside joke).
After missing out on going as we passed through Churchill Downs (not a stitch of paper in any of the stalls or hand towel machines) we finally found a cozy green hut to lighten the load.
Funny story about this port a potty picture. I did a google search for it and found another runners blog featuring this picture. So as a shout out to her, here is her post. Not exactly the same issue as I had, but small world nonetheless.
Ok, so now I'm light on my feet again and Jimmy has had time to limber up. We are back on the trail and hit "the hill". It wasn't that we were not prepared for it. We had been staring at it on our race map for months. One hundred and twenty feet up in less than 2 miles. Now to many standards, that is probably not that much, but to us it seemed like a mountain. I even made a special playlist for it. So we plugged in and headed up. Oddly enough the major uphill was not so bad. There was a nasty little rise at the end of the downhill that caught us both off guard. I think this was the beginning of what was to come later. By my estimation it was mile 15 or so. We unplugged and kept right on trucking.
At mile 18 Jimmy started having a little more knee and quad trouble so we slowed a bit to make sure we didn't burn out. At this point we were still several minutes ahead of our goal time so it was no big deal.
As the miles piled on over 20 (which was also our longest training run distance), the fact this was a marathon and we were going to be in for some pain started to settle in. I remember my quads both cramping around mile 22 on an uphill portion and thinking this was really going to be tricky. We were losing time, but worse yet, we were losing gusto.
Every water station was a welcome site if not for the water, but simply just knowing we made it to one more checkpoint between mile markers. And for the simple fact they also were giving out gels at some of them. I had burned through the 7 GU's I packed on my waist belt and picked up a gel and a bottle of water from the last water station. Bottles of water are GENIUS at that point in the race because you can really control the water and keep it with you without spilling for long periods of time. It is certainly better than the cups of water at that point.
At mile 23 or 24 neither of us were talking much any longer and decided to just go ahead and plug back in for the push to the finish. We finished just as we had trained for months. Together.
We missed our goal time of 4 hours by just over a minute. I blame that on the tunnels under Churchill Downs where you lose reception on your watch. My pace actually read under where we needed to be, but who cares. After 4 hours of running, I am happy to have survived.
A big shout out to my oldest sister for completing the marathon as well. I know she trained hard and was pretty nervous about it but she completed it and seemed like she was in great spirits at the end.
Also a shout out to my brother in law (different sister) for finishing the mini in under 2 hours. He was at home with his feet up by the time we got done.
Now that box is checked, I had planned on starting on training for triathlon. What do you think?
The Shepherd


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Seems like they're still in business. Pretty sure I can still go online and buy lots of guns, suppressors (w/ the right paperwork), etc. In fact, if I had a bunch of cash right about now...
The pdf posted below is a suit filed on behalf of an individual, not quite the same as being shut down by BATF. I own a business. Been sued myself. It happens. Get over it.
Unless Will has something to share or you hear it from a reputable news source (and no, TMZ doesn't count), please move on. Nothing to see here.
Will if you're reading this crap, we're really not a bunch of morons. If I may say so, it boils down to the fact that we like you and Red Jacket and we hope you're around for a while. If it makes us sound like a bunch of fanboys sometimes, well sorry 'bout that
Stop the gossip. Stop eating our own.
Will. Your reading this. Stop grinding your teeth.
I need a suppressor. Remember me when this is all over.
Screww you Sarah.
4th. 3/12 Charlie company. Nam 68/69.
Thank you for helping the gun world and Veterans.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
Will's affairs are his, and none of our business. I know Will to be a straight arrow.
That is all I have to say.
Imagine whirled peas
Peace, Love, And Superior Firepower
That explains a lot.http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/08/18/Bum.pdf
At some point in 2010 or 2011, and upon information and belief, Hayden (either alone or with other members of Red Jacket, Inc.) fraudulently transferred all assets, interest and goodwill out of Red Jacket, Inc. and into Red Jacket Firearms, L.L.C.
About 20 years ago, we transferred our business from a sole proprietorship into a corporation. We also got the proverbial microscope up the hind end asking for all the reasons we were making this switch. Our business was in some backwater Smalltown USA type of setting that no one knew about, and this happened 20 years ago.
I am only sure that the standards are more strict now then they were then. From what I've read, it seems that there was a mix up in transferring the firearms from RJF(Red Jacket Firearms) Inc to RJF LLC. One thing to keep in mind, is that corporations are there own entity. Even though Will may have owned both the RJF Inc and RJF LLC, they are still considered to be 2 different entities. It is the same thing as transferring from one person to the other.
Either way, I'm proud to know Will even if it is only through cyberspace.
You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.I Like 1911's.
To put all of this into perspective, the organization that busted Red Jacket's balls over paperwork that didn't exactly match the inventory, is itself responsible for intentionally facilitating the transfer of thousands of firearms to murderers, drug dealers, and the like. Not to mention the slaughter of innocents in the early to mid 90's, and in other less well-publicized incidents over the years. The accusations against RJF have no credibility regardless of what machinations they may have had to agree to in order to stay in business. This episode is reflective of nothing other than the fact if the agency that regulates your business says to jump through this hoop, you jump through the hoop.
really ? TMZ ? ok , about 2 years ago, in the face of a brand new contract with Discovery , wanting to both take care of my friends and raise a little money to church up the shop I formed a new company , RJF LLC with 4 partners . Steph and I held a 70 % interest , sold 10 % pieces to Joe , Charlie and Vince . THe FFL for the LLC is in the name of the company . When the new company's ffl came in , I transferred over the inventory to it , mailed in the old ffl , went forth and did business . nothings missing , never was . why it's some big new's at the Enquirer , I'll never know . lawsuit ? please , it's about a 10 % piece of a retail store that closed down 8 years ago . guy's been disappeared all this time , we get on tv , he wants money . He doesn't want to talk about his part in how/why the store closed though and I suppose I need to let the lawyers sort that out . little luck it'll end up in his conviction
Will Hayden, RedJacket Firearms
Local and county cops had surrounded a house they suspected contained a large amount of drugs and guns.
The city cops sent their K-9 in...he found a bunch of dope.
The county cops sent their dog in...he found a bunch of guns and ammo.
The BATFE showed up on the scene. They sent their dog in...who promptly came out, pissed on the other two dogs and issued a press release.


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The fundamental flaw in the guy's argument is that we don't create constants like π, e or what ever because they make formulas easy.
We make constants to represent fundamental properties, π is a fundamental property of a circle (C/D) and therefore is correct by definition.
Defining ππ or τ or a homer to equal 2π is just part of your working, however they are not fundamental properties of the circle and are therefore not of any interest in pure maths or physics.


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text: Louis and Charlotte Hyde are well known for amassing an important collection of Old Master paintings, drawings, and sculpture. They are generally not recognized as collectors of American art. This first-of-its-kind exhibition addressed this topic by featuring works they acquired that are either part of the permanent collection or on loan from their descendants. These works included the commissioned portrait of the Hyde's daughter Mary Van Ness (1909) by Edmund Charles Tarbell. The Hydes were well connected to an influential network of American art dealers, collectors, and critics such as Edward Milch, John Gellatly, and Royal Cortissoz. Works by artists William Merritt Chase, Frank Duveneck, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Willard L. Metcalf, Abbott Handerson Thayer, James McNeil Whistler, and Elihu Vedder were included in this exhibition.


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Pictured from left at the recent UTSA Alumni Rising Star Gala are Yvonne
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UTSA Alumni Association announces officers, board
By Marcia Mattingly
UTSA Office of Alumni Programs
(Nov. 8, 2007)--New officers and board members of the UTSA Alumni Association were elected for the coming year at their quarterly board meeting.
The executive committee works closely with board members to develop programs, services and activities that connect 72,000 alumni worldwide and keep them connected to the university, fulfilling the mission of the UTSA Alumni Association to promote and serve UTSA and its alumni.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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The new officers are:
- President: Yvonne Fernandez, '85, assistant vice president, business services, Security Service Federal Credit Union
- Vice President: Danny Zimmermann, '01, owner, Cleary Zimmermann Engineers
- Treasurer: Tracy D. Jackson, '99, vice president - internal audit, Tesoro Companies Inc.
- Member-at-Large: Dinah Covert, '95, Accreditation & Licensing Consultants
- Member-at-Large: Rob Killen, '97, attorney, Kaufman and Associates.
Returning board members are:
- Elva P. Adams, COB '95, vice president, business relations manager, Wells Fargo Bank
- Walter Ague, '90, political consultant
- Renée L. Crittenden-Garcia, '96, Crittenden Communications LLC
- Judy Crockett, '98, senior marketing specialist, Frost Bank
- Gerardo Escamillo Jr., '98, T&D engineer, CPS Energy
- Patty Escobedo, '85, '93, Principal, Francis Scobee Junior High School
- Susan Filyk, '95, director of marketing, U.S. Global Investors
- Ron Garcia, '82, physician
- Michael J. Kwiatkowski, '78, manager, Shell Oil Co.
- Debbie Bolner Prost, '79, owner, Prost Marketing Inc.
- Cathy Starnes, '92, vice president of employee relations, Southwest Business Corporation
- Wayne Terry, '85, recruiting manager, college relations, HEB
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- April Ancira, '03, vice president, Ancira Enterprises
- Susan Campbell, '89, vice president and director of shareholder services, The Capital Group Companies
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Published Abstracts from Research Projects
Relationship of White-tailed Deer, Black Bears, and Oak Mast on Seven Wildlife Management Areas in North Georgia
By: Kent Kammermeyer, David Gregory and Tamara Terry
Correlation analyses were used to test for relationships among black bear and white-tailed deer harvests, population parameters and indices, oak mast and associated hunter harvest on seven Wildlife Management Areas (totaling 167,000 acres) in the north Georgia Mountains. By pooling these data and comparing separate data sets (containing a total of 18 variables) beginning in 1977 and continuing through 2002, we found several statistical relationships. First, mid-summer black bear bait station survey indices were positively correlated with number of bears harvested in the fall (r = 0.79, P= 0.001) suggesting that the index is a good indicator of bear population changes. Bear bait station data were negatively correlated with fall deer recruitment rate (number of fawns/adult doe in the hunter harvest) (r = -0.85, P = 0.001) and also with six-month old fawns harvested per year (r = -0.58, P = 0.05) suggesting higher bear populations coincided with lower fawn crops over the 25-year period. Bear harvest was also negatively correlated with deer recruitment rate (r = -0.65, P = 0.001) and with six-month old fawns harvested (r = -0.51, P = 0.02) further indicating that more bears equal fewer fawns. Deer recruitment was also correlated with the previous year's mast crop (r = 0.66, P = 0.001). These correlations suggest that deer recruitment is related to the previous year's mast crop and that lower deer recruitment is related to higher bear densities. A plausible mechanism for this correlation is increased bear predation on newborn deer fawns in late spring and summer especially following poor mast years. Mast production was also positively correlated with antlered buck harvest (r = 0.72, P = 0.001), but not with bear harvest (r = -0.06, P = 0.50). We suspect that when acorns were abundant, buck activity levels increased (especially related to the rut) while bear movements probably decreased due to reduced foraging activity.
Presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Deer Study Group, February 23-26, 2003, Chattanooga, TN.
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Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, also known as Khenpo Ngakchung or Khenpo Ngaga, was one of the great masters in the late nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries. He was an extremely influential teacher who taught some of the great lamas of the next generation, including Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche. Khenpo Ngaga was considered a living emanation of Vimalamitra and Longchenpa.
In this autobiography, Khenpo Ngaga tells his life story through memories and reflections in a way that presents the entire Buddhist path, including the renunciation of worldly pursuits, finding and attending to a qualified teacher, engaging in mind training, practicing the preliminaries, studying the sutras and tantras, engaging in the generation and completion stages, and Dzogchen. Throughout he shares stories, visionary experiences, and advice that serve as a model for the reader on the path to emulate. The great Tibetologist Gene Smith considered this autobiography so important that he devoted the first chapter of his seminal study Among Tibetan Texts to it, writing that Khenpo Ngaga's autobiography is significant as "a treasury of authentic instruction on the essentials of Buddhism and Rdzogs chen meditation."


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Some voters faced registration problems at polls
Tuesday's election put Tennessee's voter photo ID law to the test and for the most part it passed.
"We had two provisional photo ballots; both brought back IDs," said Washington County, Tennessee election administrator Maybell Stewart.
But a program designed to get more people registered to vote created lots of problems. "A lot of people think that by getting a driver's license they are automatically registered to vote," says Sullivan County election administrator Jason Booher, "but that is not the case."
Tennessee law requires five state agencies to offer voter registration services at the time they offer their own service, for example getting a driver's license.
Many people fill out the paperwork and assume they are good to go on Election Day. "I would say two-thirds or three-fourths come to us with a problem," says Booher.
Election officials say the biggest issues come from applications filled out through the department of safety.
The Sullivan County Election Commission sends voters a letter notifying them of the problematic paperwork, but it's rarely corrected.
News 5 checked with local counties and found nearly 200 Tri-Cities voters ran into the problem on Election Day.
"They cast a provisional ballot;" says Booher. "We then do some research to see if they tried to register at an agency."
The ballots are currently sealed; once the research is complete a review board will determine if they count.
Election officials say the best way to avoid the problem is to register to vote through your local election commission office. They also recommend checking your voter registration online a few weeks before an election.
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I've been running a couple top bars for 2 seasons now, and have 2 more to add. Love em, because I can walk visitors back there and pop the tops every time and never use any equipment, and customers can see bees as nature intended. I also think they're great because as a honey producer, I use my top bars for my cut comb honey, and my Langstroths for extracted honey. Best of everthing.
However, I want to start allowing my bees to regress in some langstroth hives. So, I want to take a regular langstroth frame, pull out the wax, and add a triangle at the top and let them draw out the comb to whatever size they want. I'll still use mediums with plastic foundation for my honey supers, but in the brood area, I want that to be natural. Any thoughts here? I use queen excluders.
The 2nd question is strictly Top bar. My top bar hives have 3 holes down the side. If I use strict follower boards that are very tight to corner and sides, can I raise a queen in each section? They'd be side by side. I want to set this up as a test for creating nucs. Lots of people want top bar nucs, and other than build little ones, I thought it would be easier if I ran them all within the same hive. If I didn't sell the nuc, I just pull teh follower and let the queens hash it out.


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Should I go ahead and buy frames and foundation now or are there generally pre-spring sales? I need a couple 100 frames and foundation. I am building my own boxes.
Should I go ahead and buy frames and foundation now or are there generally pre-spring sales? I need a couple 100 frames and foundation. I am building my own boxes.
I haven't noticed any big price difference. Do your research now for the best deal on the type of frames your looking for, If its wood frames, winter is a nice time to put them together. Its nice to not be in a hurry.
I'm not tense, Just terribly, terribly alert!
Buy them now. If you wait until later you run the risk of supplies on back order due to all the procrastinators ordering at the last minute. What you think you might save might be all sold out.
If you enjoy finding yourself a day late and a dollar short, then there's no rush. But my advice is consistently buy all your stuff out of season when supplies are high and shipping delays won't hurt you.
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Agree with Grant, generally the prices have been raised for the year already, but you never know, they may go up later, never really see foundation go on sale.
Along these lines, I need to purchase around 500 frames for deeps and westerns, I live in oregon, and suggestions?
Thanks. I did not think that frames and foundation would go on sale but I never thought about backorder. I will order them now and have plenty of time to put them together.
be sure a factor in Shipping to you overall cost.
Old Guy in Alabama
Buy now and build them now to be ready for spring
Mann Lake has free shipping with orders over $100.00 last I knew.
Buy now so when you order they are available. There are not really any sales on that stuff just available and on backorder.
If I live in Oregon, Washington this is where I would be looking Western Bee Supplies thy supply a lot of woodware to Dadant
Western Bee Supplies, Inc.
PO Box 190, 5 9th Ave. E.
Polson, MT 59860
406-883-4336 (Fax)
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Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA.
Other ones in the west are
Browning Cut Stock
1571 Hwy.3
Juliaetta, ID 83535
Phone 203-276-3491
Mann Lake Ltd.
1250 Harter Avenue | Woodland, CA | 95776-6106
Toll Free: 866-880-7678 | Phone: 530- 662-0899
Dadant in Chico CA. or Fresna CA.
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Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA.
Mann ake has free shipping on all orders over $100
Mann-Lake is good for everything but Wooden-ware in bulk. Western-Bee and freight is way cheaper if you buy in the thousands like I do. Do the math and shop both first you wont be sorry. And feel free to order more then you want
Steves, Put in an on line order at Rhul and schedule a pick up. That's only about 30-40 minutes away(just off of hwy 205 and 212. I keep looking for a bargain but I am thinking of just picking it up 50 at a time, seems to me the prices of frames and foundation have not moved and do not go on sale. Keeps me from storing it.
Why do we fall, sir? So that we might learn to pick ourselves up Alfred Pennyworth Batman Begins (2005)
Most of the sales/free shipping specials take place between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I know that is not what you wanted to hear...


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"In-DK" or stated aloud as "In Decay." Another crust punk band involving Ezra from the Crack Rock Steady Seven and included in the Lo-Cash family of music and originating from C Squat in NYC's Lower East Side. The band was short lived and only produced one LP besides their 7 song demo. There is presently a lengthy description of why the band broke up on Morning Glory's website (www.mglory.org), but in short it was mostly due to communication issues and creative differences. Like Morning Glory, INDK's music mixed fast punk styles with catchy ska strumming and clean vocals.
It's a shame that Ezra's other band, INDK, didn't work out too well. At least they still made some awesome music.
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While the Chesapeake Bay Program's latest look at watershed health reflects the reality of an impaired Bay, signs of the ecosystem's resilience abound in the science-based snapshot the Program released today.
According to Bay Barometer: Spotlight on Health and Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed, water clarity and dissolved oxygen levels are low, a number of freshwater streams continue to be in poor condition and oyster populations remain at less than one percent of historic levels.
But even as these and other indicators of watershed health point to a stressed ecosystem, early information on how the Bay fared in 2012—from a summertime dead zone estimated to be smaller than normal to the boost in juvenile crabs entering the fishery—gives officials cause for optimism.
Recent restoration work and pollution cuts also offer signs of hope, although it will take time for such efforts to show visible improvements in water quality. The 240 miles of forest buffers that were planted alongside local waterways will stabilize shorelines, remove pollutants from runoff and provide much-needed shade to underwater habitat. The 150 miles of streams that were opened up to increase fish passage will allow migratory fish to reach their once-blocked spawning grounds. And the 15 new public access sites that were added to a list that includes over one thousand more will give watershed residents and visitors new opportunities to boat, fish, observe wildlife and connect with the Bay.
Bay Program partners also estimate that significant steps have been taken toward meeting the Bay's "pollution diet," as partners move 20 percent closer to their goal for reducing nitrogen, 19 percent closer to their goal for reducing phosphorous and 30 percent closer to their goal for reducing sediment.
"While we clearly have a lot of work to do, the Bay is resilient and we have reason for hope," said Bay Program Director Nick DiPasquale. "We know this complex ecosystem will respond to restoration efforts and we expect to see encouraging results in 2012 data as it comes in over the course of the year."
Learn more about Bay Barometer or read the full report.
On a winter morning in Annapolis, Md., a snow-covered truck pulls into the parking lot of a local seafood restaurant. A man in white boots and rubber gloves steps out of the cab, a metal door swings open behind the building and plastic trash cans full of oyster shells are exchanged between restaurant chef and shell recycler.
The trade is just one stop on a route that connects the 130 members of the Shell Recycling Alliance: a group of restaurants, caterers and seafood wholesalers that save their unneeded shells—some in five-gallon buckets, some in 14-gallon trash cans, some in 55-gallon wheeled bins—for pick up by Tommy Price.
Price is a Special Programs Specialist with the Oyster Recovery Partnership, a conservation group that has for two decades worked to restore oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. As a driver in the partnership's fleet of trucks—which are complete with shell recycling logos and oyster-themed license plates—Price has watched the Shell Recycling Alliance grow, generating more than 1,000 tons of shell that are an integral piece in the oyster restoration puzzle.
Sent to an environmental research lab and oyster hatchery on Maryland's Eastern Shore, the shells are cured, power-washed and put to work as settling material for the billions of oyster larvae that are planted to replenish reefs across the Bay.
Over the past two centuries, native oyster populations have experienced a dramatic decline as habitat loss, disease and historic over-harvesting have taken their toll. But by filtering water, forming aquatic reefs and feeding countless watershed residents, the bivalves have become an essential part of the Bay's environment and economy.
It is this link between businesses and the Bay that inspired Boatyard Bar and Grill to sign on to the Shell Recycling Alliance.
"The Bay is a huge economic engine for this area," said restaurant owner Dick Franyo. "Look at what we do here—it's all about fishing, sailing, 'Save the Bay.' It's where we come from. It's what we think about."
Franyo, who sits on the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's board of trustees, has upheld a conservation ethic in much of what his restaurant does. It donates at least one percent of its annual revenue to environmental organizations; it composts all of its food waste; it recycles oyster shells alongside glass, metal and plastic; and it spreads the word about the restoration efforts that still need to be made.
All Shell Recycling Alliance members are given brochures, table tents and "Zagat"-style window stickers to use as tools of engagement, teaching customers and clientele about the importance of saving shell.
"Shell is a vital ingredient in oyster restoration," said Stephan Abel, executive director of the Oyster Recovery Partnership. "It's like flour in bread."
Indeed, it has become such a valuable resource that a bill has been proposed that would give individuals and businesses a $1 tax credit for each bushel of shell recycled.
"The Bay, restoration and oysters—it's all one story," Abel said. And without oyster shells, the story would be incomplete.
Chemical contaminants continue to afflict the Chesapeake Bay watershed, raising concern over water quality and the health of fish, wildlife and watershed residents.
Close to three-quarters of the Bay's tidal waters are considered impaired by chemical contaminants, from the pesticides applied to farmland and lawns to repel weeds and insects to the household and personal-care products that enter the environment through our landfills and wastewater. But so-called "PCBs" and mercury are particularly problematic in the region, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Both PCBs—short for "polychlorinated biphenyls"—and mercury are considered "widespread" in extent and severity, concentrating in sediment and in fish tissue and leading to fish-consumption advisories in a number of rivers and streams.
The District of Columbia, for instance, has issued such advisories for all of its water bodies, asking the public not to consume catfish, carp or eels, which are bottom-feeding fish that can accumulate chemicals in their bodies. While the District's Anacostia and Potomac rivers raise the greatest concern in the watershed when it comes to fish tissue contamination, a November report confirmed that many Anacostia anglers are sharing and consuming potentially contaminated fish, sparking interest in reshaping public outreach to better address clean water, food security and human health in the area.
While PCBs have not been produced in the United States since a 1977 ban, the chemicals continue to enter the environment through accidental leaks, improper disposal and "legacy deposits"; mercury can find its way into the atmosphere through coal combustion, waste incineration and metal processing.
Exposure to both of these contaminants can affect the survival, growth and reproduction of fish and wildlife.
The Chesapeake Bay Program will use this report to consider whether reducing the input of toxic contaminants to the Bay should be one of its new goals.
Read more about the extent and severity of toxic contaminants in the Bay and its watershed.
Nutrient and sediment trends at nine Chesapeake Bay monitoring sites have shown an overall lack of improvement, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
As part of the Chesapeake Bay Program's integrated approach to assess water quality as the Bay "pollution diet" is implemented, the report tracks changes in nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment trends at monitoring stations on the Susquehanna, Potomac and James rivers, as well as six additional waterways in Maryland and Virginia.
Using data from 1985 to 2010, the USGS measured minimal changes in total nitrogen at six out of nine monitoring stations and minimal or worsening changes in phosphorous at seven out of nine monitoring stations. Using data from 2001 to 2010, the USGS measured minimal or worsening changes in sediment at eight out of nine monitoring stations.
But a lack of improvement in pollution trends doesn't mean that pollution-reduction practices aren't working.
While nutrient and sediment trends can be influenced by a number of factors—among them, wastewater treatment plant upgrades and changes in land use—there is often a lag time between when restoration work is done and when visible improvements in water quality can be seen. And while the nine stations monitored here are located downstream of almost 80 percent of the land that drains into the Bay, runoff and effluent from three of the watershed's biggest cities—Baltimore, Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C.—do not flow past them, meaning that pollution-reduction practices implemented in these areas—or put in place after 2010—are not reflected in the study's results.
According to the report, the USGS plans to work with partners to help explain the trends and changes described in this report; initial focus will be paid to the Eastern Shore and Potomac River Basin.
Read more about nutrient and sediment loads and trends in the Bay watershed.


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The story of his girlfriend and her death is reported to be a hoax.
The story of his girlfriend and her death is reported to be a hoax.
I'm reading it now, very interesting..
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WTF It's on Francesa right now YES network
If ND was inloved in this, it would make it even more terrible. Who the heck does these things?
They just talked about it on Pardon the Interruption.
Now that I think about it..we really don't know that much about Te'o or his girlfriend. Something very fishy is going on.
Before this hoax thing came out, I heard about how she died and what not and decided to google image her..I didn't get back many results. I think maybe like one picture but that's about it.
Definitely strange.
Mood: WOOF!
Notre Dame Statement: Manti Te'o
On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te'o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia. The University immediately initiated an investigation to assist Manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of this hoax. While the proper authorities will continue to investigate this troubling matter, this appears to be, at a minimum, a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/notre...#ixzz2IBH9eIP5
So wait.....are they saying Te'o never actually met the girl, but someone pretending to be her and then lied to him about her dying of Luekemia? That doesn't make any sense.
So he never met the girl and apparently "Lennay" is really somebody else. So he thinks he's talking to the actual girl when in fact he's talking to someone else. Then what about all the stuff about how they met at the Stanford game? He can't be a victim of a hoax if he came out and said he met the girl..
Mood: WOOF!


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House fire in Columbia under investigation
COLUMBIA, Mo. - An early Saturday morning structure fire is under investigation.
A total of nine emergency units responded to a fire in the 800 block of West Boulevard around 5 a.m. Saturday. Firefighters found heavy smoke and flames coming from the rear of the home when they arrived.
Crews say the fire had extended to parts of the attic, but firefighters were able to put out the flames in about ten minutes. Firefighters remained on the scene of an hour to check the ceilings and walls for hidden flames.
The resident of the home was not injured.
The fire remains under investigation by the fire marshal and there was no damage estimate immediately available.


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J-Woww Reveals The Secret To Her Amazing Bikini Body — I Haven't Had A Drink Since September!
It might be hard to imagine, but Jersey Shore star J-Woww quit drinking in September – and has lost 20 pounds! The star happily shares all of her weight-loss secrets and fitness tips.
The cast of Jersey Shore definitely isn't known for their sobriety or healthy habits – a typical night for them includes lots of sugary cocktails and late-night snacking. It's no surprise that star Jenni 'J-Woww' Farley found herself gaining weight after the first two seasons, but in the past few months J-Woww has been committed to losing that extra weight — and 20 pounds later she looks fantastic!
"I can fit into the jeans I wore when I was 21!" The reality star told Life & Style magazine. She added that before she was on the show, she was running over three miles a day and was very health-conscious. J-Woww acknowledged that being on Jersey Shore definitely didn't help her body.
But this season, J-Woww started changing up her habits. "I drank things that wouldn't induce a hangover so I could stick with the gym," she said. "It was hard, but it was worth it." Once filming was over in September, J-Woww stopped drinking completely, and said, "I want to be on point, and drinking gets in the way." Who's the trainer that helped J-Woww get into such great shape? Her new BF, Roger Matthews, a bodybuilder from New Jersey. We know that definitely must have been a huge advantage!
So what are J-Woww's top weight-loss tips? She says to stop drinking, for one thing. Also important are portion control, eating small meals several times a day, staying hydrated with plenty of water, keeping your kitchen stocked with healthy foods, and making workouts more fun and interesting.
J-Woww also shared a sample of her new diet with Life & Style:
- Breakfast: Egg-white omelet with veggies and one slice wheat toast, coffee.
- Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken, avocado, walnuts and blue cheese.
- Snack: Steamed broccoli with fresh mozzarella or vanilla protein shake with peanut butter and banana.
- Dinner: Nine pieces salmon or tuna sashimi, spicy tuna roll, miso soup.


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By Giuseppe Muro
Arsène Wenger says Saturday's win over Swansea has restored confidence in the Arsenal squad ahead of Tuesday's Champions League opener against Borussia Dortmund.
The Premier League newcomers proved stubborn opponents at Emirates Stadium but an instinctive finish from Andrey Arshavin was enough for what was a much-needed three points following a difficult start to the campaign.
Wenger admits it would have been nice to give the fans an emphatic victory following the 8-2 defeat against Manchester United but was pleased to get a win ahead of the trip to the German champions.
"Of course the confidence is back now," he said. "We just had not won yet in the league and that had played a big part in our heads.
"You would have loved to give an emphatic win back given what happened at Old Trafford but you just have to fight your way back. The players just wanted to get over line and get three points.
"We wanted to score a second goal and that didn't happen but you need to not make a mistake. The problem comes in that you play more to prevent mistakes and need to create chances but sometimes that is how you make mistakes."
Swansea have yet to score in the top-flight following their promotion from the Championship but Wenger is sure goals will come in time.
"For me they are technically a good side, almost perfect," he said. "They are sound at the back, don't concede many but have to act now if they will score. They looked dangerous, especially on the flank .
"I think they have enough quality. I looked at the numbers and think so. They remind me of Blackpool, they play not restricted and with a good technical level."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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I decided to split my hive that I started in June, as it is filling 2 1/2 deeps. I purchased a queen from Zia Queen Bees and on her arrival, my 12-year old son and I suited up and headed to the back yard to introduce her to her new home.
The original queen had been split off and taken to a new location, so there were 2 deeps (I added a new deep to both splits in case they grab any last minute nectar flow around here) that had been queenless for 24 hours sitting in the old location in the front of our garage. I had read that it was best to remove the attendant bees from the queen cage prior to introducing, and since I wanted the best chance of success this late in the season, I resolved to do just that.
This is where things started to get interesting. As I hadn't really thought through how I was going to get 4 workers out of the JZBZ queen cage, I just thought I'd pop it open and grab the queen when she made her way out as the workers exited.
When I opened the cage, Her Majesty ZOOOMS! right out before I can react, and starts buzzing around our heads. Thats $43.50 w/ tax and shipping thats about to fly away! And sure enough, after a moment, she flies off.
I tell my son to wait and run to grab some lemongrass oil and sugar syrup, which I sprinkle on the queen cage which still has the workers crawling around it. I figure this is the closest thing she has to a hive and she might be back.
Sure enough, a few minutes later she shows up, big yellow spot on her back, buzzing around the cage- and me. I hope to catch her as she stops to take a rest, but she's been in that cage for almost 3 days, and seems to have no desire to stop. My son is calling out a play by play as I stand still, hoping to grab her- "She's above you! No, behind you! There she goes! Wait! She's by your leg!"
Suddenly, it hits me- if she can't find the hive, the hive can find her! We run around to the front of the garage, yank the top deep off the hive, and run back to where the cage is sitting on a small table. I put the deep next to it, open the top, and Her Majesty starts a slow, circling descent towards it- exactly like a helicopter pilot reconning an LZ. After a moment, she alights on a frame and saunters down into the hive like she owns the place.
I stick the deep back on the other one, close her up, and tell my son, "That is NOT how it's done!"...but we had a good laugh anyway.
Hopefully she's still there next week!


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I've really been enjoying OMSI's IMAX Film Festival. The scheduling can be tricky, because I have to find time slots that fit around preschool pick-up and drop-off, violin lessons, and so on, and the regular schedule means that sometimes the only ones I can make are those I've already seen. What I've realized, though, is that I can handle about two films in a row before I need a break from the big screen, particularly if there are a lot of shaky scenes involved. Here's a quick look at some of the films I've watched so far.
To the Arctic is a new film, so it's the one that is running nearly every day at OMSI. Narrated by Meryl Streep, it incorporates the sweeping panoramic views of the arctic that you'd expect from an IMAX film, but then it takes a closer look at how climate change is affecting things. The movie focuses on animals — more specifically, on animal mothers and how the melting ice makes their jobs harder. The poster child (literally) is the polar bear. One segment of the movie follows two polar bear cubs and their mother, explaining how melting sea ice makes it harder to find food, and showing how incredibly far some polar bears will swim across open seas to reach other shores. In addition, male polar bears will actually hunt other bear cubs when there isn't enough food to go around. The film also follows the migration of the caribou (again, detailing how warmer temperatures are making it harder for calves to survive the journey). Other animals like walrus and terns appear, too, but the stars of the show are clearly the polar bears.
Continue Reading "IMAX: Climate Change, Dinosaurs, and Rescue Missions" »


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A third way to think about aid
The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust "charity" against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial innovation driving social change.
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