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Hey, congratulations on your day of milestones yesterday! Good stuff. :) Virginia will be awesome for you! Eat hearty and take good care. I have forwarded your link to two of our friends who are really interested in your trek. You have many fans and admirers, Robert!
Love, Yvie
Day 37: Vandeventer to Abingdon Gap
Trip Start Mar 15, 2010
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Broadcasting for the last time from Tennessee, it's your favorite AT hiker! So all that complaining yesterday about the feet turned out to be no problemo today. Instead all the pain migrated to my right calf muscle, it basically felt like it was cramping up all afternoon. Probably deficient in some nutrient or something...
So today was a BIG one for everybody. A big crew passed the shelter at 6 am heading for Damascus (the next town) on a 40 miler... Well find out soon if they actually made it. Roughin it packed up early and went on his personal best 33 miler to Damascus and aikido Jo and I did the lazy, but still personal bests, 23 miles to this shelter.
So 23 miles: special because it's our longest yet AND it's a 1% day, AND today we passed 20% on the trail
Pretty hiking in the afternoon including going over a "handicap accessable" section of the trail. Green meadow with vistas of distant mtns and all the trees showing off their springtime colors. It's really weird right now in the mtns, as all the trees sort of look like fall. There are yellows, reds, oranges in addition to the normal white, pink, and light green colors you typically associate with this time of year.We are complaining about the rain, but we need it. A little worried about the forecast thunderstorms, because we are going to be exposed up in the Grayson highlands, but well deal with that later.
6.7 miles to Virginia, we are quite excited but of course VA is also the longest state and we'll be there more or less for a 3rd of the trail. I'll need motivational pep talks from y'all once we get mired in long days, hot weather, bugs, and rain.
Damascus is pretty small, maybe they'll have cell service, but I don't know. Thanks for all your support up to this point, I honestly didn't even think I could make it this far and I know I owe some of that accomplishment to the fans at home.Take care and know that I'll be sleeping well with that beautiful tapping of the rain on the roof and the smell of spring in the air. Course having walked 20 miles may also contribute.


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Town Square
Softpedaling HP's criminal behavior at the top
Original post made by J.L., Ventura, on Sep 8, 2006
To say that hp directors merely 'spied' on reporters and their own peers to find a source of a leak is an undertstatement.
It's been interesting to watch the press handle this, as the perpetrators are high-level corporate executives.
If this had been a hacker the questionable behavior engaged in by hp directors would have been called what it is - i.e. "identity theft" used to gain access to private information, period.
The softpedaled euphamism "pretexting" has been put out there by the press to make it look likek something other than it is - simple identity theft and fraud.
Let's see what kind of 'justice' comes out of this. Everyone involved should face legal penalties, and - if found guilty in a court of law - should be summarily dismissed from their currently held positions.
a resident of another community
on Sep 8, 2006 at 7:03 pm
It's a pretty good bet that Tom Perkins, with his resources, will make someone pay dearly for tapping into his records. HP tapping into multiple reporters phone records is frosting on the cake.
a resident of University South
on Sep 8, 2006 at 10:49 pm
Reporters are actually making a bigger deal of this than investors,
because they were victimized and getting people to leak is a big part of their modus operandi.
Investors are bidding UP the price of the stock.
a resident of Downtown North
on Sep 9, 2006 at 2:25 pm
I'm surprised how the Palo Alto Daily has been downplaying this scandal, which is occurring in its backyard. I mean how many people in Palo Alto are employed by HP? You'd think the local paper would have more of an interest in this story, which is making the front pages of other newspapers in the area. Every figure in this story from Pattie Dunn to Tom Perkins to Larry Sosini to Joe Simitian has a link to Palo Alto.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 12, 2006 at 11:43 am
The outrage over pretexting is nonsense. The only scandal is the fact that a director disclosed confidential info to the press. The Board knew that they were being investigated, and approved that investigation. They have no reason to complain about the pretexting operation. Perkins was the biggest cheerleader for vigorous investigation of the leak, suggesting that everyone on the board be given lie detector tests. It was only after his golfing buddy on the board turned out to be the culprit that he suddenly feigned outrage at the investigation. Pretexting is not illegal (except perhaps under some stretch of some unrelated statute cooked up by the attorney general to granstand and get headlines), and in these circumstances it is not unethical to so target the board. Pretexting the reporters is another story, and was a mistake. But other than apologizing to the reporters, which has been done, HP should not have backed down and forced its chairperson to resign. Now the CEO is chairperson -- a sly grab for power on his part.
a resident of University South
on Sep 12, 2006 at 4:59 pm
HP's crisis management has not been getting good grades. However,
Howard's suggesstion would be an even bigger public relations disater. HP is one of the 10 or 11 largest companies in the country
and needs to be obey laws as well as respect public opinion.
HP spends billions of $ advertising and promoting its brand. It cannot blow that investment by ignoring public opinion.
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 12, 2006 at 9:21 pm
Howard...."The outrage over pretexting is nonsense."
uh, yeah, wehn you call it "pretexting" - - how about when you call it "identity theft" - that's what it was.
btw, you'll notice that Dunn is just moving sideways. If what she and the board did was done at the director or VP level, heads would roll.
The whole things wreaks of hypocrisy and special treatment; I hope the DA files charges. Who do these people hink they are? And they're supposed to be modeling behavior for the rest of the firm?
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 12, 2006 at 9:39 pm
and so it is! Bill Lockyer is going to make an example tthose who were involved. It's time that those in high places learn that breaking the law is breaking the law, and identity theft isi identity theft, no matter what they would rather call it.
Web Link
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 13, 2006 at 1:55 pm
To refer to pretexting as equivalent to identity theft is a real stretch. Don't get me wrong -- if some bill collector, marketer, or the like pried into my calls by pretending to be me, I would feel wronged and would support a law that would make such activity illegal. Likewise, if a relative or acquaintance did it because of some dispute or from curiosity, that is wrong and I would be offended. But the HP case is quite different. There, the Board agreed and urged that an investigation take place. Lie detector tests were even discussed. These poeple were tied with a fiduciary duty to the corporation, and one of their members had breached that duty. For them to complain about the fact that an investigator, that they themselves had engaged, looked at their phone records for the purpose of finding the wrongdoer is unjustified. For the self-righteous commentators, such as the participants in this string, to complain is ridiculous.
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 13, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Howard, you just don't get it - like the HP board didn't, and it's now-ex-chairperson didn't, and some of who will (and should) face formal charges for illegal misrepresentation and identity theft, didn't.
In fact, Howard, you're doing what the press _was_ doing until it saw the light - softpedaling criminal activity because it originated in high corporate places. "You do the crime, you do the time" should be on every corporate boardroom wall, lest the very talented peoplep who usually populate those places think that they are beyond the law. (granted, a very easy thing to assume if one has been in any position of power, for any length of time)
Howard, these links will help you gain insight into different kinds of _identiity theft_, including one of its soft metaphors, 'pretexting'.
from the FTC - read the first two paragraphs -
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from the Federal Reserve
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from a well repected tech site
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 14, 2006 at 7:50 pm
To JL: I carefully read the links. You're right -- I still don't get it. The first two links discuss the REAL problem of identiy theft -- in the course of committing ACTUAL CRIMES such as charging to a stranger's credit card for a purchase, withdrawing funds from another's account, etc. In the course of such criminal behavior, the use of pretexting to get account info is of course a crime.
In contrast, the HP Board was investigating wrongdoing, and in the course of doing so its investigator used pretexting to track down the wrongdoer. The HP Board was not the wrongder -- it was the leaker that was the wrongdoer. One of the links softpedals the seriousness of the leaks. From what I have read, there were a series of leaks that were very disruptive.
In any event, what HP board did was in no way, shape or form criminal. One of the links explains that pretexting is a common investigative technique. Even in California, attempts to make pretexting explicitly illegal have been rejected, according to one leak. The attorney general is out in the corn field in saying otherwise -- obviously just jumping on a media-frenzy bandwagon. His citation to the California Constitution's right to privacy is a pathetic reach.
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 15, 2006 at 1:49 am
Howard, we can go round and round on this - here's a scenario...
Let's say that I own a small consumer electronics store, and find out that one (I don't know which one) of my employees is burning (copying) electronic media after hours and posting those illegal copies to an website operating legally in Sweden, where they're offered for sale.
I tell my employees about this and they're upset, because they know that until the perpetrator is found, they will all be under suspicion.
The only way I can figure out how to catch this person is to hire a private investigator, to whom I provide all my employee's private information, so that the investigator can call my employee's phone providers, banks, other communication providers, etc., in order to do discovery on their communication and financial activities - in the hope that I can link someone to a bank account for the Swedish website, or a phone call to the illegal website's head office, or a wire transfer from their bank to my employee's bank.
Guess what? That's unauthorized use of private, personal information to gain *illegal* access to billing records, and other activities. I have essentially given a third party (the private investigator) information that I am *legally* required to keep confidential, so that he can use it for private discovery - i.e. I have taken the law into my own hands.
I have, in a very real sense, *broken the law* regarding my *legal* obligation to keep my employee's private information confidential. I have *illegally* stolen (as I'm required to keep them "locked") my employee's private information to gain ILLEGAL access to their private records.
As far as I know there's only ONE way to LEGALLY get that kind of information to a third party, through a court order, rendered through the legal system, and authorized by a judge.
Whether or not you think State AG Lockyer's "citation to the California Constitution's right to privacy is a pathetic reach" in this case, he will probably make that reach, and hopefully make the case. I wish him godspeed.
An end point. What do you think would happen to the owner of that small consumer electronics store if his activities were discovered? He would certainly face civil, if not criminal charges, and his actions would have been labeled as "identity theft", NOT "pretexting".
"Pretexting" is to "identity theft" as "driving too fast" is to "reckless driving". they're the same thing, given different names to reduce perceived severity of the crime.
At the very least, civil and/or criminal charges should be brought against anyone on the HP board who initiated or colluded in this fiasco. Anyone who consciously knew what was going on, or approved certain actions with a "wink and nod" is a disgrace to sound, ethical corporate governance; an embarrassment to shareholders they are bound to represent; and a further disgrace to HP - a company whose good name and tradition are getting dragged through the mud as a result of this most unsettling and unseemly activity.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Sep 15, 2006 at 10:23 am
JL: Thanks for the thoughtful commentary. I remain in disagreement with you in substantial respects, but I do agree that to go round and round might wear out the internet.
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 16, 2006 at 9:11 pm
A Chronicle article of relevance
Web Link
a resident of Green Acres
on Sep 19, 2006 at 9:31 am
I am just dumbfounded by this -- I witness corporate crime all the time where ordinary people are victims, would that it would generate a tiny fraction of this concern.
Banks regularly play games with their credit card due dates to get a windfall on those late fees and interest charges. Insurance companies regularly cheat the most vulnerable among us, counting on the fact that only a very few can actually sue. (Government is doing nothing and we're talking big big RICO-type crime, including illegal surveillance that puts the above to shame.) Medical insurers are persecuting and intimidating doctors at the regulatory level because the treatments they prescribe are expensive. Corporate conflicts of interest are corrupting research results every day -- with lives and our reputation as a nation at stake. And what of large-scale voter fraud? Hasn't been fixed in how many years?!! Does Congress not have anything more important to do, as in saving the integrity of our democracy? The kinds of things that happened at HP are wrong, yes, but frankly as an ordinary citizen, I could really care less, except for how incensed I am that it's taking up so much energy and media time as compared to real corporate crime that steals from, hurts, or even kills innocent people every day in this country.
a resident of Ventura
on Sep 19, 2006 at 12:23 pm
resident, you might find this relevant
Web Link
All the things you mention above bear watching, and action. They are the result of the abuse of power. That said, the HP action is not an isolated incident - rather, it's fully indicative of what's happening far-to-often (albeit in different ways) throughout corporate boardrooms all over America, and the world.
By the way, the sum total of all those bad corporate boardroom actions doesn't represent a grand conspiracy. Generally, corporate directors are good people - they're very smart, and driven. Many of them do a great deal of good for their fellow human beings. I'm sure that those at the core of the current HP problem are basically good people.
The problem arises when good people somehow come to think that they are above law, and immune to normal constraints of behavior and accountability.
When that happens, that 'attitude' - the sense that "anything goes" - begins to seep into the general culture at large. That's not a good thing.
Like it or not, those who have made it to the top of our various institutions must realize that their positions and decisions for actions-of-a-certain-kind have large consequences.
HP is a corporation that for decades has set standards in, and has been a model for, corporate governance. It's a corporation that is one of the bedrock organizations in one of the most high profile technology centers in the world.
Someone(s) was given the priviliege and responsibility to maintain HP, and all it means to thousands of HP employees, and other corporate directors who have looked up to HP as a model.
Whoever broke this trust (and probably, the law) deserves a consequence sufficient to make anyone else thinking about doing the same thing, or generally vilating a massive trust, think twice.
This doesn't diminish the problems you pointed out in your post; it's only to say that the HP problem, and problems like it, if permitted to go unchecked can have dire consequences for more than just the one or a few people on a corporate board who have temporarily forgotten what they're their for.
Like the HP problem, the problems you mention bear watching, action, and resolution in favor of those who are (and have been) victimized) Thanks for the heads up.
a resident of Green Acres
on Sep 20, 2006 at 3:30 pm
If any normal person reported exactly this experience to the state attorney general, s/he would be told -- with a yawn -- that it's a civil matter, not for the state, go get a lawyer. Unlike most normal citizens, the people involved in this HP business can afford lawyers. Let them clean up their own house.
Everyone involved on the government side, from Congress down, has far more important things to do with their time and limited resources. This is like asking the SF police department to stop all work on violent crime and instead put all their efforts into some important person's jaywalking issue. Yeah, against the law, and if jaywalking was the worst thing anyone did most days, then sure. But right now, this is just a ridiculous red herring.
If I might suggest just one thing Congress might do instead, it would be to investigate the, um, billions of dollars that have been wasted and stolen by shoddy contractors in Iraq (whose malfeasance has everything to do with how well that conflict is being waged -- and resolved -- and how much danger our troops face).

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I just finished watching a program on the H2 channel about the Cascadia Fault Line and took some notes. Scientists studying this fault have found evidence that this line has been the source of mega-earthquakes and tsunamis for thousands of years. It stretches for over 600 miles along the west coast of the North American continent. An earthquake can last for more than 5 minutes as the tremor passes the full length of the fault. A quake of that duration can cause massive amounts of damage.
The last major earthquake from this fault line was January 26, 1700. It sent tidal waves along the Pacific Coast as well as across the Pacific to Japan and other parts of Asia. There is still a lot of evidence of the destruction of that quake.
The authorities today expect another major event from this fault that could occur at any time. This earthquake could cause major damage from northern California to northern British Columbia. It could create a tidal wave (Tsunami) that would devastate the coasts of the Pacific states along with Hawaii, Japan and Asia.
Tidal waves can travel across the ocean at the speed of 600 miles an hour. This means that a tsunami could hit the American coast within minutes of an earthquake. There will be no time to warn people. There are many people who have homes along the coast. These people will be at great risk. Thousands of homes will be destroyed. Cities such as Astoria, Oregon and many others will probably be demolished.
Also, during the summer tens of thousands of people visit the Pacific coast for recreation purposes. These people will be in great danger because there will be no way to alert them that a tsunami will hit in just minutes.
My son and his family once lived in a home south of Newport, Oregon that was so close to the ocean you could hear the water roaring 24 hours per day. I figured that they were only a few feet above sea level. However, the road that they lived on went up a hill behind them. I thought that if they ever felt any form of earthquake, they should grab the kids, jump into the car and head up that road away from the water. The higher the better. I have heard of tidal waves that were more than 100 feet high!
Large cities like Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, B.C. will suffer major damage. Buildings will collapse. Older building are built of brick called unreinforced masonry. These types of buildings are no match for a strong earthquake. Also, modern buildings are often built with parking garages in the basement. This becomes the weakest point of the entire structure as an empty shell" is supporting the rest of the building. It is thought that this will lead to the destruction of many structures if a major quake occurs.
Bridges will fall. These bridges were built years ago with little thought given to the possibility of a major earthquake. This will cause many fatalities as well as transportation problems for years to come in large cities such as Portland and Seattle.
It is expected that an earthquake along this fault could reach 9 on the Richter Scale. That is 1,000 times stronger than the earthquake (6.8) that devastated Kobe, Japan with tens of thousands of casualties!
Although Medford, Oregon (where I live) is more than 100 miles from the coast, it is certain that we will have a lot of major damage here, too. But, the tallest building in town is only 5 stories. And they are just now wrapping up the construction of it. So, it may do well if a quake hits. However, I do expect that a lot of buildings will be destroyed. And, there are a few bridges here that might collapse. But, I still think we will be safer here than the coast or major cities.
Anyhow, if you live near the beach in one of these northwest states, you should always be prepared to get in your car and go if you feel any sort of earth tremor. Head for the high ground! Dont drive alongside the ocean. A tidal wave could come in 100 feet over your head! We want you all to be safe.
Those of you who live in these vulnerable areas need to prepare now! Get your plans made! How you will survive THEN may depend on what you do NOW!


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If you're reading this after Wimbledon's already started, there's a good chance all the Brits are already out, bar a stern-faced Andy Murray, who as defending champ will be under a wee bit of pressure.
Thanks to videogames, however, you can today take out your frustrations on anything from a rectangular white racket through to an uncanny valley representation of a famous tennis superstar.
Having trawled through the entire history of tennis videogames, here are Stuff's 10 superstars that would make any true tennis fan grunt with delight.
READ MORE: The 25 best games on Android right now
1. Tennis for Two (1958, Donner Model 30 analog computer)
Proving videogames will show up wherever they possibly can, American physicist William Higinbotham subverted a machine designed for calculating ballistic missile trajectories, using its oscilloscope to display the path of a ball and a side-on tennis court (i.e. two lines). A pair of controllers enabled players to time hits and adjust return angles.
2. Pong (1972, arcade)
If anything, Pong seemed like a step back from Tennis For Two, in that its abstraction of tennis was even less realistic, boasting a square ball and a court that had the ball bounce off of its edges. However, Pong ushered in the era of home gaming when it leapt from the arcades to cheap TV devices. And the game itself still holds up surprisingly well, due to its intuitive nature and varying deflection angles, and the ball getting faster the longer a rally goes on.
3. Match Point (1984, ZX Spectrum)
By the time of the home micro, programmers were ambitiously attempting to recreate sports in a somewhat realistic manner (given the limitations of the machines), but most of the tennis games were woeful.
Match Point bucked the trend, with a fairly decent representation of a court and some surprisingly fast gameplay. Although it only had a single 'swing racket' control, it did enable you to change the nature of your shots depending on when you hit the ball, and you could provide extra power through striking it while moving forwards. You could say it was an 8-bit smash! (If you were into rubbish jokes.)
4. Super Tennis (1991, SNES)
We're skipping forward a bit now, on account of most other retro-era tennis games being rubbish (Passing Shot!), weird (International 3D Tennis!) or just Match Point with prettier graphics.
In a sense, Super Tennis for the SNES initially resembled the last of those; but it soon became clear during play that if this game wasn't made by Nintendo you'd be forgiven for thinking it a kind of proto-Virtua Tennis. You get plenty of shot types, arcade-oriented rallies, a touch of speech and even players desperately diving to make returns.
Be warned, though: Super Tennis does have a demoralising take-no-prisoners approach to difficulty, unless we're just getting old and losing our tennis-gaming skills - or just accurately mirroring what usually happens when an English Player ventures on to a court.
5. Virtua Tennis (1999/2000, arcade and Dreamcast)
Virtua Tennis revolutionised tennis games in part through thumbing its nose to realism. Sega just did what Sega always does and transformed the sport into a breezy arcade experience, with speedy games, intuitive controls, and a selection of bizarre mini-games to help you train.
One minute, you'd be lobbing balls into drums; the next, you're playing some kind of hybrid of ten-pin-bowling and tennis. There were also some truly terrifying representations of the tennis greats of the day, providing a glimpse into the first Wimbledon to occur after the zombie apocalypse.


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Apartment in center of Barcelona
Size70 m²
Floor No.
- Kitchen
- Family/child friendly
- Balcony/terrace
- Pets allowed
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Marques de Barbera, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
House rulesThe apartment is for a maximum of 4 people.
It is not permitted to make parties and loud noise from the 01H00am.
Smoking only in the allowed zones.
Take special care with all the components of the apartment.
|Price for > 4 guests
|$ 24 US per guest/night extra
|Check-in after
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
Big apartment, well located in the centre of Barcelona. Everything you need is already inside. We were 4 friends, and we enjoyed a lot our choice!
Thanks Antoni
Really nice host, beautiful flat in the heart of Barcelona. Thanks for the earplugs ☺, the warm welcome and the supply with coffee and water.
Very good apartment with two bedrooms, fine kitchen and bathroom, everyhing in order and clean. It is a very nice old authentic building and apartment! And comfortable.
Excellent location, in the centre of Barcelona (2 minutes walk to La Rambla). Everything on walkingdistance and nearby metro Licieux. Don't excpect quiteness and rest, because it is in the middle of Barcelona. We liked it very much,a very good place to stay and discover and experience Barcelona. I can really recommend it. We stayed there for 4 days.
My son, his girlfriend and I had 5 wonderful days in Antonis cozy apartment - perfect location close to everything, it was everything we hoped for :-)
Thank you Antoni, we will be back :-)
Clean appartment down town Barcelona, behind the Ramblas.
Very friendly host.
Our children loved the beds.
The kitchen was well equiped.
Good shower
However, we missed a couch to relax in the living room
Enough space to spend some days in Barcelona
Barcelona again was always worth a trip. The apartment is very centrally located just a few minutes walk from the subway and Ramblas. The owners are extremely friendly and pleasant. Although there is only one entrance to the residential units, they are still separated from each other so well that this is not a problem. Those who want to enjoy the nightlife of Barcelona is the place to go Best. Otherwise, sights and attractions are within walking distance or by public transport. Barcelona - we will be back!
Immer wieder mal war Barcelona eine Reise Wert. Die Wohnung liegt sehr zentral nur wenige Fußminuten von U-Bahn und Ramblas entfernt. Die Besitzer sind ausgesprochen freundlich und angenehm. Obwohl es in die Wohneinheiten nur einen gemeinsamen Eingang gibt, sind sie dennoch so gut voneinander getrennt, dass dies gar kein Problem ist. Wer das Nachtleben von Barcelona genießen will ist hier Bestens aufgehoben. Ansonsten sind Sehenswürdigkeiten und Ausflugsziele fußläufig oder mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln zu erreichen. Barcelona - wir kommen wieder!
The apartment is very clean, very well equipped and charm. We went there gehfühlt well. Antoni is very friendly and helpful. He has provided us with good information and advice. Due to the location, you can do much walking.
Die Wohnung ist sehr sauber, hat Charme und sehr gut ausgestattet. Wir haben uns dort sehr wohl gehfühlt. Antoni ist sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Er hat uns mit guten Informationen und Tipps ausgestattet. Durch die Lage kann man sehr viel zu Fuß unternehmen.
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Eureka! Tetragon 1610
Very spacious. Easy 2-person setup. Plenty of ventilation.
Source: bought it new
Price Paid: $250
Very spacious. Easy 2-person setup. Plenty of ventilation. Didn't leak.
- Plenty of room for my family (wife, 2 young kids, 2 dogs).
- Was dry in downpour. Didn't leak.
- Easy to put up with 2 people.
- Many windows kept things cool.
- Somewhat tricky to put up for a single person.
- Could use a vestibule.
- Might be too big for some.
Setup: With two people, pitching the tent is easy. My preschoolers were able to put the poles together. A second pair of hands is helpful when putting the poles into the pins that hold them in place and for adding the rain fly, but a single person can do it.
Stability: Solid in heavy wind.
Weather Resistance: Did well in heavy rain—no leaky seams. I did seal the seams even though the directions don't say it is necessary (I always do this with any new tent). In blowing wind, with the windows open, I imagine water would get in.
Ventilation: With four huge windows and the ample roof vent, the tent stays cool in warm weather and humidity is reduced.
Room & Storage: I'm only 5'5'', so there is way more headroom than I need. The loft storage is a good use of this space.
Packability: It packs relatively compactly in comparison to its huge space.
This is a very spacious tent with plenty of room for my family. I'm 5'5'' and don't really need all the head room; but the loft storage comes in handy. The fact that it can be divided into 3 rooms was a selling point; but we haven't really used the room dividers. On hot days, opening all 4 large windows keeps the tent cool. Even in a downpour, we were dry as long as we kept the windows closed. There was no leaking from the seams. I did seal the seams because I always do this with new tents. After reading the directions, Eureka says this is unnecessary.
I am able to put it up while my wife watches the kids and the dogs stay in the car, but an extra pair of hands would make it a cinch. I plan on adding additional rain flies around the door and windows so that I can keep the windows open in heavy blowing rain.
Each time I've used this tent I've gotten wet. All…
Price Paid: $200
Each time I've used this tent I've gotten wet. All the zippers are exposed to the elements by the small fly and they all leak. Water will pool inside the tent if you use it in the rain. I've used mine for 3 weekends of car camping, and it has rained each time.
I've also had one of the main fibreglass poles break. I sent an email to the Eureka customer service black hole, and obviously didn't hear back, so I repaired it myself.
On the plus side, it is spacious and has an included gear loft, which is convenient. And thankfully, I only use this tent with I camp with my wife, which isn't often.
I look forward to replacing this tent with a better quality product from another manufacturer.
Sounds like you've had terrible luck. I'm surprised yours leaked. Mine didn't. Did you seal the seams (I know the directions say you don't need to)? I have plans to add some additional flaps over the windows (in a blowing wind, I'd imagine there could be issues). If you want patterns and directions, I'd be glad to share them. I've used Eureka tents for over 35 years and have had excellent experience with customer service (they replaced a family tent that got destroyed in a tornado for example). I'd suggest forwarding the review you posted to them and letting them know what they should do to make you happy. Good luck and happy camping.
4 years ago
My family and I just used this tent for the first…
Design: three season freestanding doome
Sleeps: 6+
Ease of Setup: easy
Weight: 24 pounds
Price Paid: $185
My family and I just used this tent for the first time this past weekend. It was very roomy, my wife and I slept on a king air mattress in the center, my nephew slept on a cot on one side, and my other two little ones slept on sleeping pads on the other side; everyone had lots of spare room around them for their bags of cloths and other stuff.
I was very impressed by this tent's zippers and easy setup. The zippers can all be used with one hand as long as the tent is staked down correctly (ie: tight - which is what the set up instructions called for). I was thinking this tent would be difficult to set up being as large as it is, but it was not hard at all.
We camped for four nights; on the first night it rained heavily for eight hours straight from 2 a.m. till 10 a.m., and we stayed dry.
The only negative thing I can say is that the room dividers could have more tie down points to keep each "room" more seperate? Not a big deal...
This is a great tent and I'd recommend it to anyone; especially since they are being closed out for around $190 at various places.
My family and I just used this tent for the first…
Design: 3 season- weird shape
Ease of Setup: difficult
Weight: 20 lbs
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CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. - A local Sheriff's Office is cracking down on underage tattooing with the arrest of an artist accused of tattooing a teenager.
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Antonio Pierce was dead on in a recent statement:
Ive played with a lot of great defensive coordinators and it was always Attack, attack, attack! You swing first and ask questions later. You hit them and make them adjust. The Giants have got to get back to that. When you start losing your swagger, thats when you start getting pushed around."
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I've called out Fewell numerous times for being a coward and playing prevent defense when the strength of the Giants is to attack. I don't mean the whole team blitz the QB, but get someone in the QB's face. Let the opposing offense know, our defense is in charge - make them adjust.
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MSFT: $40B Buybacks In-Line With Street; A Lot Depends on Timing
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are up 19 cents, or 0.6%, at $32.99, as the Street digests the company's announcement this morning it raised its quarterly dividend more than 20% and renewed its $40 billion buyback authorization, replacing a prior $40 billion program, instituted in 2008, of which $3.6 billion remained.
The announcements take place ahead of the company's annual meeting with analysts, which kicks off at 1 pm, Thursday, at its headquarters.
Citigroup's Walter Pritchard, reiterating a Buy rating, and a $35 price target, writes that the dividend increase was as he expected, and probably as most investors expected, though perhaps at the high end of a 15% to 20% projection most held. Its also among the higher increases Microsoft has done in the last five years, though "we believe there is much more room for Microsoft to return more capital through dividend."
Of the analyst meeting, Pritchard expects little in the way of fireworks:
We don't expect the analyst meeting to be major catalyst. Some investors are expecting numbers to come down and while, on the margin, we expect street ($2.76 for FY14) to drift towards our estimate ($2.71, ex-Nokia), we believe a significant further earnings cut (some worryunveiled until next week). We believe investors understand the strong position the company has in enterprise, but this value remains shrouded by questions around much of a drag Windows declines will be on this cash flow stream.
The CEO announcement is the big thing to watch for, he writes, whenever it comes. He still hopes an outsider will take the helm, despite Street expectations that former Nokia (NOK) CEO, and former Microsoft executive, Stephen Elop is a top candidate.
Bernstein Research's Mark Moerdler, who has an Outperform rating on the shares, and a $41 price target, writes that "We continue to believe Microsoft will use this meeting to explain its transition to cloud and subscription." Moerdler, writing before this morning's announcement, had actually been modeling a dividend of as high as 30 cents per share per quarter, versus the new 28-cent payout.
Cloud computing, which could be $11 billion to $22 billion in additional annual revenue for Microsoft, needs to be clarified via some metrics from Microsoft, he writes:
To help investors understand the cloud opportunity, we look for data on the current installed base, and targets on how big Office 365 and Azure could be in the out years. We expect Microsoft to clearly lay out what is included in its cloud revenue, giving more details on the Office 365 transitions (SaaS and subscription) and less on Azure. To track the growth of its cloud business, we would also like to see Microsoft provide info on the revenue size for Azure, Office 365, and Office 365 subscribers, and to do so on an ongoing basis. We expect Microsoft to explain how the move to cloud and subscription will impact revenue in the near term.
Moerdler also hopes that the company will "discuss its plan on long term cash returned to shareholders" at Thursday's meeting, though, as I said, he was writing before the press release was issued.
Barclays's Raimo Lenschow, who has an Equal Weight rating on the shares, the announcement this morning is meant to remove cash return as an issue at Thursday's meeting.
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My healthiest tanks are ones I have let common aquarium pests run rampant in and here's why:
Much like a regular ecosystem, I believe that aquariums should have a diversity of organisms to remain healthy. I like to think of organisms balanced in a pyramid for this diversity. At the bottom are the various bacterial colonies that play a role in nitrogen and decomposition cycles. Up from there are the freshwater copepods, ostracods, flatworms, and detritus worms. In the middle are the shrimp and snails and finally, at the top are the fish. As this pyramid suggests, you should have a higher population of organisms the lower you go on the pyramid.
Now to test this what I did was I left one of my aquariums for a month to go on vacation. This tank was rampant with various algae and pests. When I came back, most of the algae was eaten by pest snails and none of these "pests" were numerous. Interestingly, as I added shrimp and my own snails of choice, these critters became even less numerous.
TL;DR: If you have a snail or any pest problem, be patient. Many times doing nothing is the best action. "Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience" - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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My wife and I had an explosion of MTS in our 20T tank. The substrate was literally covered in MTS. It looked like maggots on a carcass. And that was in full daylight. Four different species of loach and a few assassin snails did nothing.
We kept apple snails for a while. But quickly learned that they aren't the best option for a planted tank. They will eat healthy plants. Though we noticed that they tended to eat only needle-leaf plants or other fine plants like hair grass. We officially quit apple snails when one of the egg sacs hatched. At first it was amazing watching all the teeny snails crawl around. But then they got bigger. We pulled the plug on them when we found the 1/4" babies swarmed all over our bamboo shrimp. One of the shrimp was completely devoured. We still have the other shrimp. But he lost his fans in the attack.
The bladder snails never really bothered us other than just cluttering up the tank. The loaches took care of them though.
We still have nerites. And we plan to get more of them when we stock our new 75g. They seem to do a good job with the algae and we've never seen them touch a plant. I do wish they could breed in fresh water though. We've seen their eggs in our tank. Maybe it's possible to transplant the eggs to a brackish tank to hatch them.
I've also thought about getting a few rabbit snails. They are interesting critters. But for now, at least, we are sticking with nerites and shrimp for our cleanup crew. Maybe some scuds.
|They do in fact breed. Their eggs are square.
I'm going to have to trap some mts on my next day off. I have 2 tanks that are going into population overload. I have 2 assassins in each tank but not making a dent in control.
Can assassins breed? I think they are more interested in each other than the other snails.
Can't tell if they are fighting or mating. Lol
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Nothing will eliminate a planted tank faster than an apple snail. Also little known fact, they are toxic to humans and this is new data as far as I can tell. I dont have much more data about it but did hear a report recently and they are incredibly abundant where I live.
I still consider trumpet snails the biggest tank crasher that never gets diagnosed and leaves the hobbiest confused to what happened. The silent killer as I call them. Just an enormous time bomb of ammonia should they have a die off and most of the time its underground where disturbing the area releases it into the water column. The sheer numbers of them if nothing else is adding a bioload that isnt outweighed by their soil turning benefits. Is this something only I think? I think this cause one or two are cute but at night they come up like the walking dead and their numbers are always WAY higher than I thought they were. Remind me of homeless people that roam the streets late at night but remain unseen largely during the day Good thing they arent too bright and a simple rock and kale leaf does the trick everytime.
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Thanks for your contributions! Horned nerites are also my favorite, and I won't get mystery snails :p.
|Yeah they seem to play a part in the cycle of the closed system really well. I agree.
I have trumpet snails (gobs),and pond snails in my tanks and they along with the shrimps have a job to do.
When they get too numerous,I simply reduce feedings and trap them until numbers are more to my liking.
Have never seen any of the snails attack healthy plants,but they make quick work of leaves I trim from plant's and leave for them and the shrimps.
|Thanks for your contributions! Horned nerites are also my favorite, and I won't get mystery snails :p.
Great post! I don't agree with everything you said, but a lot of the information was really good.
I have ramshorns in almost every tank, and I love them. I have seen them go after my shrimp on occasion, but only if the shrimp are having trouble molting and laying on the sand for too long. They don't bother healthy shrimp. They never seem to bother any of my plants with a few exceptions. They pretty much wiped out my camboba (I have read other reports of this too), and they will occasionally eat younger java fern leaves if they can't find enough food.
Malaysian Trumpet Snails:
MTS are another that have found their way into most of my tanks, though not intentionally as the rams. I have grown used to them, and no longer worry about it. They actually do eat algae in limited quantities, although they're not going to make a significant impact as certain other snails will. I have not confirmed whether they eat holes in any of my plants. If they do, I think it's rare.
Bladder Snails:
Not a fan of these guys. I have seen them eat holes in various plants. Assassin snails love bladder snails more than any other type of snail, which is good. I have also found that ramshorns will rapidly outcompete them and keep the population very low.
In addition to the rams, my other personal favorites are horned bumblebee nerites. Great algae cleaners and not too heavy to clean the leaves of plants. I have had very good luck with them. They're hardy and can survive a wide range of water parameters. I also have three olive nerites that have been workhorses for over a year. I had poor luck with the larger zebra and tiger nerites. They kept flipping over on their backs constantly and couldn't right themselves again. If I was out of town or not paying attention, they died before I could flip them over again. I eventually lost all of both varieties. They're beautiful, but I just don't have patience for high-maintenance snails!
Mystery Snails:
I was hesitant to take the plunge, but I eventually bought a purple mystery snail to live with my betta. He has done a great job cleaning up the algae and hasn't bothered my plants. As I only have the one, I have not seen any eggs or babies, so I'm happy about that.
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Pond snails are the only ones I really don't like. They tend to lay eggs on Crypt leaves in my tanks and the Crypts throw temper tantrums about it and melt on me.
But I purposely put MTS and Nerites in most of my tanks. They're both workhorses.
Rest of 'em I just live with. LOL
I like pond snails, they just aren't always the most attractive.
Thanks for your response! Happy we're getting good discussion in here.
Pond snails are the only ones I really don't like. They tend to lay eggs on Crypt leaves in my tanks and the Crypts throw temper tantrums about it and melt on me.
But I purposely put MTS and Nerites in most of my tanks. They're both workhorses.
Rest of 'em I just live with. LOL
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. - If you carry a purse, Kingsport Police want you to be on high alert. Officers recently arrested a woman for stealing purses and wallets from unsuspecting shoppers during the Christmas season. But investigators say this problem is getting worse.
A string of purse thefts and investigators believe those thefts were caught on camera. Kingsport Police say over the last few weeks they've been getting at least one report every day from victims. "And a lot of times they [victims] would place their purse in a buggy and they would turn to take an item off of a shelf and all of a sudden, they would look back and their purse was either missing all together or their wallet out of their purse was missing," said Detective Randy Murray.
Detective Murray says right now investigators are looking for at least two suspects and thefts like this are popping up all over Kingsport. Shoppers say their biggest concern is safety. "I take every precaution. I don't leave it in a buggy in the store, I always try to hold it in my hand if I'm unloading groceries," said shopper Margaret Halkaides.
Others worry about what can happen once their purse goes missing. "I'm aware that purses, cell phones, cash gets ripped off every day. So I think that we need to protect ourselves," added shopper Kathy Martin.
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Which is why police say there are simple things you can do to make sure you're not an opportunity for a bold bandit. "Keep it [purse] secured, zipped, on your shoulder or on your arm and if you do place it in a buggy make sure that you maintain eye contact," added Detective Martin.
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Do Palo Alto Employee Unions Have Too Much Influence?
Original post made by Chris, Palo Alto Hills, on Mar 26, 2007
Some city council members, notably LaDoris Cordell, have seemed to act almost as slavish advocates for the Union's position - refusing to even consider any plan that might reduce Union jobs, and therefore clout.
Unions have become significant players in Palo Alto electoral politics, and have done things like distribute flyers to local residents in support of particular causes.
Recently, a thread on this forum dealing with the outsourcing issue was closed by the Weekly after one poster, hewing closely to the union line (and perhaps a union member himself) upset other forum participants with his increasingly extreme and repetitive ad hominem posts.
In light of all of this - and given the fact that most city employees aren't even residents of the city, is it fair to ask whether city employees - or their unions have too much influence on Palo Alto politics?
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a resident of Midtown
on Mar 26, 2007 at 8:55 am
I have always felt that public employees should have to chose either civil service protection or a union contract, not both. I also believe compulsory union membership is inimicable to the public interest.
a resident of Mountain View
on Mar 26, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Give me a break on city employees living in the city. Most city employees can't buy homes in this city. Are you willing to pay them more. No, this small vocal group wants to cut wages and bennies to city employees but not services. You can't have it BOTH WAYS.
You can't even get enough cops to come for work Palo Alto.
Also, how about all the retail this city has "chase" away.
Thank god I live in MV and thank god for unions, and thank you Palo Alto for shopping in MV.
a resident of Professorville
on Mar 26, 2007 at 1:57 pm
I don't see anything in the original post about wages or benefits, or services.
It does seem legitimate to ask if non-residents, whatever their affiliation or reason for being non-residents, should be playing a major role in the city's politics.
How would we feel if some out-of-town corporation that had big contracts with the city started sending their employees to City Council meetings, handing out "information" flyers to residents and contributing to partisan races and issues in town?
How would we feel about a Council Member who said she was adamant about the council not taking any actions that would reduce this corporation's profit from its contracts with the city?
I haven't formed an opinion on outsourcing, or on whether the current employment benefits the city offers are too generous, or even on service levels. But I'm pretty sure I think these are things that should be hashed out amongst us residents - without interference from the unions or other outsiders.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 26, 2007 at 3:14 pm
To Tim of Crescent Park -- I guess I wasn't sarcastic enough in my posting re Diana's "job-for-life" column.
a resident of another community
on Mar 26, 2007 at 5:17 pm
To hear that a Palo alto employee union has "too much influence" to me is a huge JOKE..A sad but true, misleading joke..A way to divert the public from the truth.Make the unions the cause of all the problems with money and the budget..Not the City manager or Counsel that has no idea of what is going on in there city..I was a member of Palo Alto's firefighter union 1319 for 20 years. Palo Alto has more then 1 union.I do not know how many? So I will speak only of the union that I know of..The firefighters union has had 1 president for the past 25 years or so.Not for the reason that we thought he was so good.No,we could not find any other person to fill the position.. Dealing with the City is also a joke..Try to get a straight answer from then,try to meet them halfway,I do not think so.We have been told at contract negotiation time that we will be middle of the road..We are not special and will not be treated special..We have worked years at a time with no contract,having to fight the City for every last cent..While the City Manager also a City emplyoee gets the SPECIAL deal..The same employee that the counsel has to have a special meeting with for him to sell what he has done while being employed in the City..The position of City Manager should not have to do this.One would think it would be obvious what he has done?? Bottom line is the City in good shape or not?? Do you trust the leaders?? When a union negotiates with the City of Palo Alto they will be compared to like cities,same size,sevices,etc..Then the City will try and low ball you..We did not have the best pay or benifits..The firefighters union that I belonged to had very little closer to no power ,was not trusted by a large number of the members..Lead by a person who backed the City in the Sandbag scandel, then was promoted to Fire Captain.Skipping over people on the promotion list going to the bottom of that list to get him..As far as having to live in the City of Palo Alto.I do not think that only people who live in Palo Alto are qualified,fair or gifted with common sense..It might not be in the best intrest of the citizens to live in a vacum.Take a look at the people who control that vacum..As far as political..A union,City Manager or City Counsel in my opinion should not be political..The citizens come first then the employees..This makes a City..Maybe it is time the CITIZENS start to look into how and who runs the City..With out said City going to court to keep secrets from the citizens who make up the City..Talk with past employees..Present employees have far to much to risk if they speak out against the City..Like there jobs, the opportunity to advance or being treated fairly..We had a group of employees in the Fire department called "The special intrest employees" Blindly support the chief/city manager and you will be treated special..If a union stands up to the City most likely next time it must renegotiate its contract,watch out they will try to make you wish you never stood up for yourself.. Ladoris Cordell might just be trying to be fair???
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 27, 2007 at 11:25 am
Hey Walter, get it right...
SEIU members are NOT covered by whatever you consider "civil service". The union is the only representation and protection there is, and membership is not compulsory.
Get it right Walter!!
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 27, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Chris, where's the ad hominum in the post below? In fact, many rude and ad hominum attacks have been visited on our hard working city employees.
It's amazing to see the same few persons in this forum continue to criticize our city's workers with unjustified attacks, including very harsh personal attacks.
Please tell me where is the ad hominum in what's written, below. We're waiting...
"Where are the guarantees for lifetime employment? Is that written down somewhere, or is this just another straw man innuendo that Diana created in order to raise ire and doubt regarding the way our city operates?
There are differences of opinion among residents and policy makers regarding the way our revenues are budgeted, and so on. That said, Diana Diamond inevitably manages to merely scratch the surface of municipal constraint problem by creating another straw men - this time it's "City employees aren't guaranteed work for life!". Again, who said they were? Seems like Diana is the only one - Diana and a few rabid "cut the budget" handwavers who march to Diana's drumbeat. It's a gathering of about 100 Palo Altans, with Diana leading the parade.
It has to be said: (Diana's "solutions" for improved governance - cut, outsource, shrink, lean out, etc. etc. are mostly defeatest - as are the residents who who agree with her in the extreme. The latter are in the VAST minority. Diana's and their arguments are *tired*. Who needs to hear the same siren song over and over and over again?
Sadly, in a time when our city needs most to consider ways to repair aging infrastructure, and at the same time keep an excellent service array on an even keel, we have Diana and her tiny phalanx crying like Chicken Little - - "the sky is falling!", they exclaim, as they run around with their spreadsheets trying to preach to the 10 Palo Altans who will listen, that we need to "cut the budget".
Mind you, what we *never* hear from Diana and her group is "what can we do to help Palo Alto grow?", or "what can we do to make our current array of services even *better*?", or I'm proud of the level of oservice delivery we have, and the people who deliver those services". Nope, not a word or phrase, just a droning whine that - if one listens long enough - is a relief to tune out, because it's a "downer" message, full of blame, accusation, finger-pointing, and other negative innuendo that most Palo Atans look askance at.
If we do have long-term employees that are doing the job, why not keep them around? What is the *tangible* advantage of employing people who are dedicated, loyal, and proud of their work? Or, would Diana prefer that we simply fire good people and replace them, en masse, with mercenary outsourcing firms?
It's true that we have outsourced some parks maintenance, and it seems to be working. Has Diana asked what other reasons - other than her latest invented concpiracy (this time between the unions and City Council) - might exist to maintain those employees? Nope. INstead, she attacks the City Council and the people who make our city run.
In all - and who knows, maybe it's because Diana is writing this column for free - the keen insights that Diana once brought (even those I disagreed with) seem to be missing from her latest missives. I see a kind of "cheap shot" journalism eveolving from her pen - a journalism that more and more resembles the minority fringe extreme in our city, many of whom have the time to stand up in front of Council during oral arguments, week after week, railing about this and that - as our city continues to run, and our citizens lead their lives - the latter mostly happy with the way things are.
The latter are looking for a better community, a community that's led by people with positive ideas, who offer messages of hope, who understand more than simplistic solutions (like "cut" and "outsource"), who want better schools, police protection, parks and libraries. "
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 27, 2007 at 1:54 pm
It appears that some people are confused about the meaning of the term "ad hominem" (or, 'ad hominum', if you prefer.)
a resident of Meadow Park
on Mar 27, 2007 at 1:59 pm
This from Wikipedia:
Ad hominem.
"It is wrong to spell it ad hominum. The Latin word is homo, not hominus.
As homo is part of the third declension and has a shortened form in the nominative case only, ad hominem is actually correct. ad requires the accusative case. If in doubt, refer to: Web Link_
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 27, 2007 at 2:08 pm
natasha, thanks for the Wikipedia spelling lesson. That said, what's also true about meaning in language is meaning derives most largely from general use, and context. If you don't believe me, read the following.
"Splling dosn't mattr". Do you understand the meaning of that sentence? My guess is that your answer is "yes". IN fact, it's a sentence used in language labs to prove the point I made above.
A further fact is that ad hominEm comments against defenseless, hard-woking city employees have been made repeatedly in this forum, ironically by those who are using PC's that receieve their power from a cityt run electric utility. Funny, that.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 27, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Here is a link to the closed thread I believe was referenced above.
Web Link
Readers can make their own judgements about the nature and appropriateness of the comments therein, taking into account the obvious fact that the posts deleted by the Weekly were more irrelevant and vituperative than the ones that remain.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 28, 2007 at 4:14 pm
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I own it. I've read it. It's excellent.
If any of you are interested in breeding as well as queen raising (I don't think they're the same thing, but they're obviously complementary) then the best book I've come across is 'Background to Bee Breeding' by John Atkinson, published by Nothern Bee Books ( web page ).
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I've read just about every queen rearing book available over the last several years. Steve Taber's method is acceptable if you want to produce lots of queens in a small amount of time and NOT produce honey.
Brother Adam's method is more specific to producing the highest quality queens but is adapted to producing a large number of queens at one time and just about requires a nuc yard to maintain the queens.
The best for the small time beekeeper is a little known method from New Zealand by a gentleman named Cloake. His method was the first I have found published that used the "floor without a floor" board above. Its commonly described as a Cloake board but incorporates a queen excluder in the original version. This method was published in Gleanings in Bee Culture about 10 years ago though I had read of it some 10 years before that.
Here is a synopsis done from memory so forgive any lapses.
Install the Cloake board between two brood chambers without the divider panel and get the bees used to using it as the sole entrance (takes about a week). This requires the bottom entrance to be turned to the rear and closed.
Day 1 - Rotate all of the open brood above the excluder. Queen is left in the bottom chamber.
Day 2 - install the divider board so that the top hive body is completely separate from the queen in the bottom body. Open the bottom entrance so the bees can fly freely but most of them will return to the upper hive body. The top hive body is now queenless.
Day 3 - graft queen cells and insert them into an empty frame space in the upper hive body. The queenless bees will accept most of them readily. I recommend that at most 20 cells be started in one hive.
Day 4 - remove the divider board and close the bottom entrance.
Day 10 or 11 - check carefully for queen cells on the frames and destroy them. Leave the grafted cells alone. The grafted cells MUST be sealed before you do this step.
Day 13 or 14 move the queen cells to nucs for mating.
You must know exactly how old the larvae was so you can get them into nucs at the proper time. If a larvae was 12 hrs old at grafting, then the queens will hatch 12 to 13 days afterward. Note that Africanized queens may emerge a day or two earlier.
I can't guarantee that the above is 100% accurate but it will be pretty close to the original.
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You also have access to the bathroom with two sinks, a toilet, and a shower with Turkish bath / Sauna. As well as the full equipped kitchen (fridge, microwave, ceramic hob, extractor hood, oven, dishwasher, double sink (+ fridge freezer and additional to the cellar).
Six seater dining room and living room with documentation.
Laundry with washing machine and dryer.
Can accommodate 8 people (extra bedroom - see announcement)
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It is a house and a very nice host. Comodo and limpio.Se located further from the center than I expected, about 20 minutes.
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UTSA ranks ninth in Hispanic graduate enrollment
(April 21, 2005)--The number of Hispanic students enrolled in UTSA graduate programs ranks the university among the top in the nation, according to the April 2005 edition of The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine.
UTSA ranked No. 9 with 1,304 or 38 percent Hispanic graduate enrollment out of 3,448 total graduate enrollment. UTSA also ranked No. 14 in the number of master's degrees awarded to Hispanics with 216 or 32 percent of 679 awarded.
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UTSA currently offers 40 master's degree programs in addition to 55 undergraduate and 12 doctoral degree programs.
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Offiers crackdown on D.U.I. offenses during holiday season
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. - The holiday season is in full swing and there are more eyes watching out for drunk drivers. That's thanks to some grant money putting more local law enforcement officers on patrol for that specific purpose.
Many people have already hit the roads for the holiday season and many more will be in the coming month that's why local law enforcement is stepping up their patrols, "This is the time of the year that sadly more people are out drinking and driving there are a lot more parties going on a lot more social event," says Washington County Virginia Sheriff Fred Newman.
Sheriff Newman tells us they received a $60,000 grant from the Department of Motor Vehicles as a part of the 'drunk driving, over the limit, under arrest' crackdown on impaired driving, "We're going to be doing sobriety check points saturation patrols in certain areas within our county," adds Newman.
Newman says the grant allows deputies to go out and enforce the laws without using tax payers' money, "We pay our deputies off duty to work hours that they're going to have off days off nights off to conduct these saturation patrols and check points," says Newman.
So what can you expect at these check points? Sheriff Newman tells us they will ask for your driver's license and registration, and be looking for signs to see if people are impaired, "If we do detect the odor of alcohol about the person then most likely we're going to ask them to pull over to the side of the road then they'll go through a series of tests to determine if in fact they have been drinking," adds Newman.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol has also conducted several sobriety checks this holiday week and will be doing more going into the weekend. According to T.H.P. so far Tennessee has experienced the lowest number of traffic fatalities in the month of November than it has in the last four years. They believe that's because troopers have arrested 5,618 people on suspicion of impaired driving this year that's up from the same time in 2012 where they arrested 5,187.
Both departments tell us the extra checks and patrols are to make sure everyone is safe during the holiday season.
The grant funds the crackdown from December first to January first.
Sheriff Newman tells us along with the sobriety checkpoints they will have extra patrols on the road looking for reckless drivers, road rage, and people speeding.
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UTSA art department presents 'State of Texas -- Clay' exhibit through March 31
(March 4, 2005)--The UTSA Department of Art and Art History hosts the ceramics exhibition, "State of Texas -- Clay," at the UTSA Arts Building gallery at the 1604 Campus through March 31. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
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The exhibit honors retiring art and art history professor Steve Reynolds, who has been a ceramics professor at UTSA for 27 years.
Thirty-six of the region's most well-known and influential clay artists are featured in the exhibit, including Sara Waters, Susan Budge, Catherine Lee, Ron Boling, Claudia Reese, Nancy Pawel, Janet Kastner and Steve Reynolds. Both functional and sculptural works are in the exhibit.
Pictured are (from top) "Poppies" (clay tile, glazes and decals) by Steve Reynolds, "Tooky Bird" and "Rat God" (raku-fired clay) by Billy Ray Maugham, "Red and Yellow" (striped platter) by Daphne Roehr Hatcher and "Reflection" (terra cotta earthenware) by James Tisdale.
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Gallery hours are 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, and 2- 4 p.m., Sunday.
For more information, contact the Department of Art and Art History at (210) 458-4352.