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The Basics
GMT -4 (GMT -3 from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November).
Electrical current is 110 volts, 60Hz. US two-pin plugs and one with round grounding pin are used.
English is the official language.
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There are no specific health risks for visitors to Bermuda and medical care is of a high standard. Health insurance is recommended, as medical treatment is expensive. Food and water are considered safe for consumption.
If not included in the bill, a 15 percent tip is generally expected at restaurants and hotels. Taxi drivers are usually tipped 10 percent. All Bermuda hotels add a hotel tax of 7.25 percent to the bill at check-out.
Safety Information
Bermuda is relatively crime-free but visitors should exercise the necessary precautions to safeguard personal possessions. Care should be taken after dark, avoiding quieter, poorly lit streets in particular. The use of 'date rape' drugs is on the increase. Hurricane season normally runs from June to November.
Local Customs
As a general rule, dress conservatively. Bathing suits are acceptable only on the beach, and it is considered an offence to appear in public without a shirt. Casual sportswear can be worn in restaurants during the day, but in the evening men should dress more formally with slacks and a shirt. Good manners are expected, and asking a question without first offering a proper greeting is considered extremely rude. Nude or semi-nude bathing is not permitted in Bermuda.
Bermuda's economy is dominated by tourism and international financial services. Business etiquette is conservative, and businessmen and women should stick to formal dress or lightweight suits. For meetings, punctuality is important, people are greeted with handshakes, and business cards are exchanged. Business hours are generally 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
The international access code for Bermuda is +1, in common with the US, Canada and most of the Caribbean, followed by 441. The outgoing code is 011 followed by the relevant country code (e.g. 01144 for the United Kingdom); no outgoing code is needed to call the US. Mobile phones operate on a GSM 1900 network. Internet cafes are widely available.
Duty Free
Travellers to Bermuda over 18 years do not have to pay duty on 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars and 0.5kg tobacco; and 1 litre liquor and 1 litre wine. Duty may have to be paid on perfume and gifts. Spearguns are prohibited.
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Celebration planned to honor Mt. Jumbo avalanche volunteers
MISSOULA, Mont. - Missoula residents are planning to honor the volunteers who helped during an avalanche on Mt. Jumbo that killed one person.
A Celebration of Community event will recognize all volunteers and emergency response teams who were involved with efforts around the February avalanche.
The slide, triggered by a snowboarder, destroyed homes in the Rattlesnake neighborhood and buried three people.
At the time, dozens rushed to help and spent hours digging out the three- a couple, Fred Allendorf and Michel Coleville, and a young boy, 8-year old Phoenix Scoles-Coburn.
Colville later died. The snowboarder was not charged with any crimes.
Volunteers also spent several weeks salvaging what they could from the homes, and cleaning the area up.
The Celebration of Community is planned for Sunday, May 11 from 2 to 5 pm at Ten Spoon Vineyard & Winery in Missoula.
It'll be a potluck and guests are encouraged to bring a dish to share, as well as utensils and a chair.
The celebration will include kids activities, live music, materials to make prayer flags to fly during the event and an information table by the Western Montana Avalanche Center.
Donations are needed for the event- including food and non-alcoholic beverages, plates/cups/utensils, and gift certificates or small gift items for volunteers.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information on the event, or to donate, click here or call 549-7933.

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Cozy Hangout
Clark's biggest splurge, this all-weather swing chair, is crafted of sturdy faux rattan—and is the perfect size for gently swaying a parent and one snuggling kid.
All Season(ings)
No ornamental plants here: Clark's hardworking herbs—like this cilantro for her fave black-bean-and-corn salsa—get harvested 24/7.
Area Rug
The deck is so large—it runs the full length of the house—that Clark was able to create distinct zones for lounging, dining, and grilling. This water-resistant rug with no-fade stripes helps delineate the let's-linger conversation spot.
Lumber Party
The decking's timeworn patina is actually faked: Clark prematurely "aged" the wood with a vinegar mixture.
Hot Seats
Since the backyard is almost entirely flower-free, Clark breaks up the expanses of green with chairs in megawatt yellow.
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On this play there was noone around to catch a swatted pass, therefore he should have swatted it.
On this play there was noone around to catch a swatted pass, therefore he should have swatted it.
Its a spilt second decision. Swatting it it where he was could very easily bounced off someones helmet and then could be caught by a WR.
These offenses are designed to catch a swatted pass. Its not that easy a play. Again..look at the Tenn.play where he swatted it away...right into Detroits hands.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
I've just never really felt that way, so I don't really know how to respond when ppl say things like that.
we joke that my brother is my dad's son....however, they butt heads worse than i do, cuz he's more outspoken. lol
I may have mentioned it in passing....but my dad wasn't around when i was a kid, my family was broke as ****....so by the time my parents divorced, I was past the point of needing him for anything. He was just a guy who bossed us around when he was around, and then when he came into money...that was the end of any kind of personal relationship i could have with him, because i had been emancipated after making more money than my mother. Now it's basically a family deal...like, i see him when he's around...he flies us down once a year...but, it's just so he can display some sort of family image for anyone looking.
ok, enough QQing, it's a lame ****in story. hahahahaha
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Arsenal Football Club Supporters consultative Forum 2006/2007 Season
Meeting held at 11am, The Red Zone Saturday 3rd March 2007
Attendees (in alphabetical order):
BEATTIE, John - Arsenal F.C
BOWLES, Mick - Arsenal Supporters Club
COXHEAD, Stephen - Red Member
DEIN, David - Arsenal F.C
ELLIS, Paul - Arsenal Supporters Club - Norfolk
FORD, Adrian - Arsenal F.C
GOODWIN, Steve - AISA Representative
GOSNELL, Peter - Disabled Supporter Representative
GOULDING, Peggy - Arsenal Supporters Club - St Thomas's Road
HALFPENNY, Mark - Silver Member
LASER, Ronald - Club Level Representative
MEARS, Janet - Over 60 year old Representative
MILES, David - Arsenal F.C.
MIRZOIAN, Olga - 16-21 yr Old Representative
NOORGAARD, Henrik - Overseas Supporter Representative
QUY, Daniel - Arsenal F.C
RANDS, Neil - Gold Member
RANDS, Neil - Gold Member
ROBERTS, Elliot - Electoral Reform Services (Independent Chair)
SENIOR, Philippa — Family Enclosure Representative
SMITH, Jill - Arsenal F.C
TANGO, Lee - Red Member
TOLHURST, Dan - Arsenal F.C
WORSELL, Ivan - Arsenal F.C
EDELMAN, Keith - Arsenal F.C
DOCHERTY, Amanda - Arsenal F.C
DOWD, Chris - Silver Member
O'BRIEN, Michael - Arsenal F.C
STANZER, Philip - Gold Member
Minutes of the last meeting:
No matters arising.
Stadium Issues
Are there any plans to improve the stations in the local area? It is noticeable how many people are leaving prior to the end of the match and in a recent BBC programme people were stating they were leaving early to beat the rush.
To a large extent, local transport facilities are beyond our control. We, the Police and Islington council have been working closely with TfL (Transport for London) to try to make travel to Emirates Stadium as efficient as possible and lobby for improvements, but there currently haven't been any major developments in this area. The changes currently taking place at Arsenal tube stadium are largely cosmetic and will not have a great impact on the flow of people there before and after games. Around the podiums, we've gradually been removing police cordons to improve the movement of fans after the game. People's expectations are much higher these days in terms of time taken to travel home after a game, but we feel we're one of the best clubs in the country in this regard.
In terms of managing flow after games, we are encouraging fans to stay behind and have a drink after the game - we did have problems with the way this was stewarded at the early part of the season, but again we now feel this has bedded in. We now have stewards on 7 hour shifts, so the issue of fans being stewarded out early should no longer happen.
At the Blackburn game, the Stewards made it quite clear that they wanted people to finish their post-match drink and leave as soon as possible.
Stewards working for 6 hours finished their work one hour after matches finished. That's why we now have stewards employed for 7 hours. The 6 hour stewards get frustrated as they can't leave until all 7 hour stewards are in the right place - which is why you may have saw encountered this attitude - this is being streamlined and hopefully won't happen in the future.
How successful was the opening of the bars for the PSV away game?
It was a good turnout - about 400-500 fans turned up. It was dealt with as a normal function.
Some sections of the stadium are still having problems hearing the announcements clearly - what are the developments on this?
We're fine tuning this - there are limits to the level of volume we can use as part of the planning conditions and there are occasionally complaints from local residents. The residents who have complained tend to be people who live further away from the stadium, which illustrates the acoustics we have here. We're also still working on the sound from the television systems around the stadium. We may have gone too low on the pitch level interviews - we had issues at the Dennis Bergkamp Testimonial on volume.
We were given a lot of warnings prior to the Chelsea away game about chanting, other clubs don't take these too seriously - as witnessed by some of the ugly chants aimed at Arsène Wenger. It does feel that we try and implement rules that other clubs aren't as forceful about.
Warnings are given to fans of all clubs - e.g. Tottenham fans were warned about chants aimed at Sol Campbell when he played at White Hart Lane for Arsenal soon after his transfer. In general, we don't feel racist or homophobic chanting has increased over time, the problem is that at all seater stadia it is harder to move away from it, hence it's being reported more. Unfortunately, very occasionally we have had incidences of inappropriate chanting from individuals at Emirates Stadium. It tends to be isolated and not heard at pitch level or even by Stewards - which is why we ask fans to assist in identifying those who are chanting inappropriately. To take action, we've got to be precise with the information we gather. All clubs state that they follow the same rules. For example, there is a rule that all babies/young children have to have their own ticket, due to rules about physical space, but not all clubs enforce it fully. We feel it's not a safe environment in the stadium unless they children can sit unaided in their own seat.
What is the current position on flags?
We don't allow giant flags in the stadium. They're unsafe as they can cause safety issues in gangways and bulk-heads. As we all know, there have been issues with the flying of the Northern Cyprus flag. It is not illegal to fly, but some of our Greek Cypriot supporters took exception to it. Initially, we got upwards of a dozen complaint letters and our response, after checking with the Home Office and other avenues was that it wasn't illegal. We were then presented with a petition of 9,000 signatories and it got to a stage where we got into an impasse. If we banned the flag then we could be accused of discriminating against our Northern Cypriot supporters and if we allowed it to stay we would have two groups of our own supporters fans conflicting with each other, so we decided it would be safest to ban the flying of any national flag. We're in the middle a political debate that has been going on for many years and has nothing to do with Arsenal Football Club.
Unfortunately, it has had an impact on our plans to fly the flags of the players' countries and has also had an impact on supporters clubs flying flags. However, we do allow the flying of the flags of nations who play international friendlies at Emirates.
There are some supporters who shout abuse at the opposing team for the full 90 minutes.
There is a need for passion to create an atmosphere, but certain types of chanting should not be allowed and we as a club we make a strong effort to try to stamp down on inappropriate chanting when we can. It's hard to please everyone in relation to creating an atmosphere - look at the drum experience as an example.
What is your view on the Red Section?
The biggest issue we have at the moment is fans standing during the game, which has an impact on people around the Red Section - it doesn't just happen in the Red Section, but if it's allowed there it will start spreading. We are monitored by the Local Authority and the FLA (Football Licensing Authority) and we must ensure that we abide by the regulations - we accept that you can't have people sitting for 90 minutes but we also understand that it's not good for fans to be on their feet for 90 minutes as well. On the West Side of the Stadium, fans occasionally stand and then block the view of those sitting in the family enclosure. Stewards are still learning on how to monitor this issue and we hope the interactions between Stewards and Fans will continually improve. On rare occasions we have evicted fans from the stadium when, for example, somebody has been persistently leaning on the fan in front of them. Also some people have complained about the drum, which is located on the edge of the Red Section - which has now been resolved.
For away fans, there are certain games where it is not in the best interests of Arsenal to emphatically enforce the no standing rule for away fans. We will always at least make sure that gangways are kept clear. The track line stewards and segregation stewards will try to get them to sit. As away fans are only here once a season, you don't have much hold on them.
What is Arsenal's view of the motion supported by 133 MP's about the introduction of standing areas at Stadiums?
We feel it would be a retrograde step. After the tragedies of Hillsborough and Heysel, we felt that football should concentrate on creating a safe and comfortable environment for fans watching football, including women and children. We've been through the standing process in the past and we know what problems it can cause. We are the leaders in the next generation of stadia, where everyone has a comfortable seat and good view-lines and we feel this is the way forward.
Ticketing Issues
Can the club publicise the Carling Cup Final ticket allocation?
We will publish it fully shortly - to give the forum an overview, Arsenal Season Ticket holders who fulfilled certain criteria were able to book straight away. Thereafter, season ticket holders and platinum members with a lower number of credits and zero credits were able to register on-line. About 75% of our allocation [29,256] went to our season ticket and platinum members. This means that only half of our season ticket holders applied for a Carling Cup final ticket. We would expect this to increase when finals are being held at Wembley or being held on a Saturday. Box holders and Diamond Club members took up less than 5% of our overall allocation. We were then able to offer tickets to our silver and travel club members who had been to the highest number of matches - from this group about 3,500 took up the offer which then meant we able to offer about 1,500 tickets to some selected red members who had been to the most games. It's hard in advance to know how many qualified people would take up the opportunity, which is why the email invite to red members went out relatively late. We ultimately sold all our allocation.
Will there be an away credit awarded to those who went to the final?
I don't think we will. It was held at a neutral venue and you are accruing credits to qualify for this event - it would then be unfair to include it as a credit for future events.
Generally, we have approximately 14,000 tickets that go on sale match by match and on average silver members take up 7-8,000 thousand of these. We are hopeful that for most games some tickets will be available for Red members.
Why did we only have 5,500 tickets for the away match at Fulham, when most other clubs have had 7,500?
The usual allocation for away fans is 3,000 or 10%, whichever is the smaller figure. We try to take as many tickets as we can for each game and took up the offer of 5,500 for this one. We try and apply the credit solution for every game we can and for the PSV game, we may have, in retrospect, done the ticket allocation differently. For this game, the away scheme take up was only about 20%.
There has been a decline in players acknowledging the fans - most prominently following the PSV defeat.
Our back room staff always encourage the players to applaud the fans at the end of matches and we'll keep pressing them on this. However, we would like to state that occasionally some players' emotions will be running high after a match, and sometimes a few will head straight for the tunnel and not purposely ignore our fans. However, as stated, our backroom staff will continue to remind players of their responsibilities to applaud the supporters at the end of all matches.
For some away games we're getting child and adult tickets in different rows.
The best thing to do with that is on the application form state which children need to sit next to which adult, so that these tickets are processed in the appropriate order.
What is Arsenal's view on the issue of ticket prices - some managers have publicly commented on it and does Arsenal think that ultimately fans will be driven away from the game?
The Board are very aware about the costs of fans coming to watch Arsenal. We're aware that it's not cheap and that prices have increased over time but so have operating costs - players salaries etc. Having said that ticket prices will be considered very carefully at our next board meeting in March.
To maintain our position as one of the pre-eminent clubs in world football is not an easy task, but we don't have a policy of getting as much as we can out of the fan. We've tried to maintain Arsenal's presence in European and World Football, as well as come up with the magnificent stadium we now have.
The thing that upsets the fans the most is the salaries of some of the players; we understand the salaries for top players, but some mediocre players are getting £30-£40 thousand per week, does the board at Arsenal feel it has gone too far?
There is something out now called the Arnaut report, which is being looked at by European Sports Ministers and proposes, amongst other things, different ways of applying salary caps. We feel this will restrict our ability to attract the best talent in world football to Arsenal. We also feel there shouldn't be barriers to how many non-domestic players are allowed per side. As Arsène Wenger has said, when he looks at players, he looks at their skills and not their passports. We are active in picking out players at a young age and developing them within the club, reducing our need to enter the top end of the transfer market. A few years ago, not many people would have heard of Emmanuel Eboue or Philippe Senderos. We're in strong competition with European clubs in attracting top players.
The entrance fees at the majority of the top European clubs are significantly lower that at Arsenal.
In Spain for example, the top clubs have control of the television money - in the Premiership it is dished out collectively, as agreed at its inception. Essentially different countries operate under different market conditions. Our aim is to maintain our presence at the elite end of European Football.
Can Arsenal do something about the tickets for away matches?
There have been discussions on reciprocal prices although current evidence suggests it can be open to abuse. In relation to the ticket prices for the recent Spurs Carling Cup matches, Spurs wanted us to charge at Category A levels, but it was our wish to charge less than the prices that eventually materialised.
General Issues
Can you give us more information on the link up with Colorado Rapids?
We have relationships all over the world, including in Vietnam and Thailand. This is all part of our plan to tap into and develop talent and minimise our need to pay large sums of money to buy fully developed players. We have a strategy to try and develop players at any early stage and there are parts of the world where football is growing rapidly, including the USA. It also helps build our name in these areas and we are now seeing supporters clubs popping up all over the world.
What is Arsenal's view on adopting new technology in the game?
There are different options being looked at, some more feasible than others. It now looks extremely likely that goal-line technology will be introduced in the next 12 months or so.
There will inevitably be occasions when decisions go against us, but we feel over the course of a season they tend to balance themselves out.
Fans are sometimes upset by the increasing variation of kick-off times, obviously dictated by television:
That is the effect of the FA Premier League selling games to Sky Sports. This money ultimately benefits the game. If you want the money, you have to have a degree of flexibility in kick-off times.
The quality of some of the replica merchandise (including logos on shirts which come off pretty quickly) is poor.
We're actively encouraging people to return their shirts and they will be exchanged. We are in on-going discussions with Nike to improve the quality in the future.
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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by Sapphire March 25, 2004
To tell someone you will contact them via Facebook. It's an abbreviation of "FacebOOK YOU". Use with caution as fook has alternate meanings.
"Hey, Charlie, I'll fook you once I am done with dinner." Similar to "I'll email you later" or "She'll text you when she arrives".
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1889: The first jukebox is installed at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. It becomes an overnight sensation, and its popularity spreads around the world. That first jukebox was constructed by the Pacific Phonograph Co. Four stethoscope-like tubes were attached to an Edison Class M electric phonograph fitted inside an oak cabinet. The tubes […]
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Nov. 23, 1889: S.F. Gin Joint Hears World's First Jukebox
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Ever wonder about the origins of Vic Mirplo, Radar Hoverlander's outrageously flaky sidekick in The California Roll and Albuquerque Turkey? Wonder no more! Join Vic as he teams up with poker goddess Megan Moore and Las Vegas' number-one obsessive collector, Jim Rafferty, to unravel a secret conspiracy to control the wealth of Sin City - no matter how high the body count goes! Poker, murder, Mirplovian hijinks...it's all there for the asking in World Series of Murder!
Also included: the bonus novella Surf Las Vegas, in which Meg and Jim take on Vegas hard guy Jack "the Hack" Aldrete.
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Poker has worked as the backdrop for countless movies and TV shows, but John Vorhaus has shown us it works as the backdrop for a novel, too!
At first I missed Radar Hoverlander, but Vorhaus has given us Megan Moore and Jim Rafferty to guide us through this perplexing maze of thickening plot. And soon, I found myself rather enjoying seeing Vic Mirplo in this new context.
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Also, it was so awesome to hear Vorhaus reading his own material! Not to speak poorly of William Dufris, who read THE CALIFORNIA ROLL, but I preferred Vorhaus's read.
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Hef's Movie Notes: Tarzan The Ape Man
Hef introduces the action adventure classic.
Tonight: Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan, with Neil Hamilton and C. Aubrey Smith, in the 1932 jungle epic Tarzan the Ape Man.
Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote his first Tarzan story in 1912. It was novelized in 1914, followed by 25 more books, almost 40 films, four serials, a TV series and a comic strip, making Tarzan one of the most famous fictional characters in the world.
The first cinematic Tarzan was Elmo Lincoln in the 1918 silent film, Tarzan of the Apes. More than 16 actors have played the part subsequently.
But it was Johnny Weissmuller, who won five gold medals as a swimmer in the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics, who is best remembered in the role.
Weissmuller appeared in 14 Tarzan films. The first two, made for MGM, Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934) are the best.
Weissmuller's cry became so famous that it was used in subsequent Tarzan films in the '50s and '60s, when other actors played the part.
Tarzan's distinctive jungle call was reportedly created electronically by Douglas Shearer, actress Norma Shearer's brother, by combining Weissmuller's yell, played backwards, with other sounds (including a clarinet) in what is called an "audio palindrome."
MGM made the first Tarzan film in this popular series because of the success of their 1931 jungle epic, Trader Horn, starring Harry Carey.
The studio originally intended their first Tarzan film to be a sequel to Trader Horn, with Horn meeting Tarzan in the jungle.
Trader Horn was eventually dropped from the story, and Jane was added. This is the film in which Tarzan and Jane first meet and Weissmuller speaks the immortal line, "Me Tarzan, You Jane."
Maureen O'Sullivan played Jane. She played many other parts in MGM films in the '30s and '40s, but this is the role for which she is best remembered.
It is also a role that she disliked intensely. She and the chimps that played Cheetah hated one another.
Maureen O'Sullivan is Mia Farrow's mother and she appeared in one of Woody Allen's films (Hannah and Her Sisters) before Woody and Mia broke up.
We'll see a good deal more of Maureen O'Sullivan in the pre-Code versions of Tarzan the Ape Man and Tarzan and His Mate than in any other versions of the films.
Indeed, Tarzan and His Mate includes a memorable underwater swimming scene with Jane completely nude. The underwater scene was shot with a body double—an Olympic swimmer named Josephine McKim.
On April 10, 1934, Joe Breen, the head of MPPDA, rejected Tarzan and His Mate because of the shots in which Jane was shown topless or completely naked. And, of course, Tarzan and Jane were shown living together, without benefit of clergy.
Irving Thalberg and Louis B. Mayer both appeared at the censorship hearing in which some scenes were determined as unacceptable and censored.
But in 1991, the censored scenes were restored for an MGM-UA home video release. The uncut version is what we will see this weekend.
Most of Tarzan the Ape Man was shot in a studio jungle, but some of the location work was done at Lake Sherwood, so named because Douglas Fairbanks shot much of his 1922 silent film Robin Hood there.
A trio called the Flying Codonas helped rig trapezes so Fairbanks could swing through the forest.
A decade later, Alfredo Codona was a world-renowned aerialist and doubled Weissmuller swinging from tree to tree in his Tarzan classics.
Tarzan the Ape Man was shot on an eight-week schedule in October and December 1931 on a budget of $652,675—big bucks for that time.
Weissmuller was paid $250 a week for the film and O'Sullivan, $300. Weissmuller was married to Lupe Velez at the time—one of his six wives.
W.S. "One Shot Woody" Van Dyke, who also directed The Thin Man and Manhattan Melodrama, directed Tarzan the Ape Man.
The film premiered on March 25, 1932 at the Capitol Theater in New York City. The domestic release followed on April 2.
Tarzan the Ape Man was a blockbuster, earning more than $2.5 million in its initial release and a profit of $926,325, or a 142 percent return on investment.
Contrary to reports, Burroughs was pleased with MGM's adaptation of the Tarzan saga.
He wrote Van Dyke after the preview to say he thought Weissmuller was "great," and O'Sullivan was "perfect." Even though today's perception of Tarzan owes more to the movies than the author's highly educated Lord Greystoke.
So now, from 1932, Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan in Tarzan the Ape Man.


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I read this topic on Friday and now I can't find it...doing 3 blocks/week with the book...have found the book and want to join???? anyone know where it went???
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I read this topic on Friday and now I can't find it...doing 3 blocks/week with the book...have found the book and want to join???? anyone know where it went???
Look for any of the FWS items and you will find them. You might have to go back several pages to find all of them. They will be listed by week and block numbers.
I believe it is the Farmer's Wife!!! :lol:
Stalk Honchey's posts and you'll feel like you have found Pandora's Box!
NO it was the farmers daughter...I have the book but can't find the topic...oh well it might show up yet LOL
There is a group who is coming to the end of a year-long quilt-along for the Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt (author: Laurie Aaron Hird). There have been 3 threads per week pertaining to this group . . . a discussion thread, a rotary cutting directions thread, and a photo thread. The group went at a pace of 2 blocks per week.
There was interest brewing for a new quilt-along to begin, to include those who got far behind from last year's and for those who are starting the quilt from the beginning. During that discussion, someone didn't have all of the information and was making assumptions as to how the details of the new quilt-along would proceed. It appears that Admin has removed that entire thread which would be why you can't find it now.
I joined up last year but my FWSQ got put on the back burner due to other swaps and IRRs. I've completed 36 blocks. I was eager to join the new quilt-along, but was quite disheartened at the inference that some might take offense to another group beginning. I hope for the sake of those who are just beginning that a new quilt-along can happen. From what I've read, last year's group really enjoyed one another's support through the journey and it would be sad if newbies were discouraged from experiencing the same encouragement throughout their work on this quilt.
As for me, I'm going to keep plugging away at mine, quilt-along or not. If a new group doesn't begin and you just want a partner through the process, let me know. I'd be happy to work alongside you.
thanks for the info...I knew I wasn't entirely crazy LOL....I would love to start on them...I see Connecting Threads has the book for 40% off now and I am ordering it. My GF is bring me hers tomorrow at lunch so I can peek to see if I want to do it. I would love to see some of yours. encouragement is always welcome... :thumbup:Quote:
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Thanks so much for the info, as I wanted to be part of the new group and wondered what happened. Hopefully, everyone can work it out and do another quilt-a-long. Guess it will give me more time to finish up some UFO'sQuote:
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Sew glad to see another group starting. I bought the book and would love to join the next group. And, like you said, we can all partner through the process if a new group doesn't begin.
I can't imagine that anyone in the "old" FW quilting group would have anything but best wishes for a "late-comers" group starting up.
I started with the original group, but have not finished. I'm about half way through. As I post my blocks into the existing group's posts, I receive nothing but encouragement and support.
The FWS posts from months ago are always showing up at the top of the "Block Heading" because there are so many of us still plodding along.
In order to avoid confusion, we have postponed any formal announcement of the next Farmer's Wife Quilt quilt-along.
The resources, discussion, photos, etc generated by the current group will always be available here for any member to use at any time.
the purpose of the quilt-along group is to provide a set of topics within which folks can share information and to show off their own progress. the leaders of the current group have given immensely of their time and talents and deserve many rounds of thunderous applause. :thumbup:


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Bangor, Maine: - United States Attorney Paula D. Silsby and Gary E. Mathison, Special Agent in Charge, United States Department of Education, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Investigation Services announced that on Wednesday, February 26, 2003, U.S. District Judge George Z. Singal sentenced Jeffrey P. Saleeby, 44, of Scarborough, Maine to six (6) months in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, with one month to be served in prison and five (5) months of home confinement/electronic monitoring and a $2,000 fine, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release. Saleeby was also ordered by the Court to pay $13,433,79 in restitution to the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME).
Saleeby pled guilty on September 26, 2002 to one count of Failure to Make Student Loan Refunds between March 8, 1997 and July 8, 1997 to or on behalf of 15 former students of the Maine State Academy of Hair Design, Inc. and Maine Schools, Inc, in violation of Title 20 United States Code, Section 1097.
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The exciting world of aviation – and the interesting career opportunities this industry offers – were explored today by some 7,500 young adults at the Farnborough Airshow's Futures Day, which was centered in the Airbus-sponsored Innovation Zone.
The event began with a morning ceremony that included opening speeches by British television personality Jem Stansfield, along with Airbus lean processes specialist Lucinda Dancer – who urged young women in attendance to consider an engineering career. Airbus is looking for qualified female engineering candidates as part of its current recruitment drive, which is seeking to hire a total of some 4,000 employees in 2012.
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One of the activities at Futures Day enabled students to operate smartphone-controlled robots. In addition to displays from nearly 20 different exhibitors, Airbus offered two information sessions featuring the company's "Fly Your Ideas" competition – where student teams throughout the world compete to see who can develop the best concept for sustainable air travel.
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The Eureka City Council will consider Tuesday approving an employment contract to hire West Sacramento Public Works Director William Panos as the new city manager.
According to an agenda packet, under his contract, Panos will begin his new job on Jan. 1 with an annual salary of $158,000. His salary will be $1,000 more than that of current City Manager David Tyson, whose contract expires Dec. 31.
Eureka Mayor Frank Jager said the council interviewed a number of candidates before asking Panos to return for a second interview on Nov. 12.
"I think he is going to be a good person for the city of Eureka," Jager said. "He has had a lot of experience on the issues we are dealing with, and is extremely intelligent. The general consensus of the council is that he will do well here."
Panos, hired as public works and port director for the city of West Sacramento in 2007, has also held positions with the state of Washington; the city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Los Angeles Unified Schools; the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection; and the California State University Chancellor's Office. Panos also served as an advisor to the President's Council on Sustainable Development under the Clinton administration, for which he was awarded TRW Chairman's Award for Innovation and the Harvard University-Ford Foundation Award for Innovations in American Government.
If his contract is approved, Panos will replace Tyson, who announced in May that he would be retiring after his contract with the city runs out. Tyson had previously announced his retirement in May 2010, but the council voted in February 2011 to extend his contract to the end of 2012 after many council members asked him to stay.
Tyson has worked for the city for nearly 23 years, starting in the finance department. He has been city manager since 2000.
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I usually enjoy having more tanks of a smaller size than one or two larger tanks. I like to try a diverse variety of fish and plants, both saltwater and fresh and trying to get them to live peaceably in one large tank can be more frustration than it is worth. Those Serpae Tetras can indeed be fairly vicious. I've had them eat the eyes out of an Angelfish many, many times its size! But their red color against the green of a lush planted tank is hard to pass by. Harlequin Rasboras are a great subsitute, then. Their coloration is just as impressive and they are as peaceful as can be.
I'm glad things are going well for you, though. It's hard to get things stable, but once you get it going, I promise there will be a lot less spinning plates and lot more sitting back and enjoying the view!
I always considered this 10 gallon my "learning" tank, so I'm not too upset at all the mistakes I've made (apologies to the dead fish). Soon after cycling was done, I added 6 Serpae Tetra and they are fine. I also added 3 Ottos to help the Cory with clean up.
The plants I started with I ripped out when they got mushy and started falling apart. At the time, I blamed it on the water being too high in pH and KH, but now I think that it was just lack of CO2. Right after I used that Fizz tablet, everything was good, but when I stopped after adding fish, the plants got covered with brown algae and stopped looking good.
I tore those out, then got more by mail. These new plants were starting to go the same way so I got some Flourish Excel and a mini CO2 system (by NutraFin $20 at Big Al's).
With just a couple of days of Flourish Excel, they seem better. I'll see the CO2 by tomorrow (didn't screw the lid on tight enough). The CO2 system seems reasonable, yeast based with what is probably gelatin to stablize it, CO2 resistant tubing, and insulated bottle with some sort of pressure relief and a clever bubblecounter/reactor that hangs in the tank. But, it trapped 2 fish behind it, so I have to watch out for them now.
Meanwhile, the pond fertilizer tabs I put in the gravel seem to have leaked and I have a lot of green algae on the glass (sort of long, maybe 1/4 inch long) and also some very long, very dark hairlike algae on certain plants and the driftwood. Not too sure what to do about that besides just cleaning. Mabye getting the plants growing more will help. Maybe snails.
I'm not happy with the gravel that I used to cover the Flourite and I fear that when the pH is lowered by the CO2, it will affect the KH, that may be what happened with those Fizz tablets. I tried to cover that gravel with a darker, epoxy coated gravel, but now it is too deep and the mix of stuff is a mess.
I'm hoping that the Java Fern, which has been growing and then turning black, will straighten out with the Flourish Excel, the Dupla 24 hasn't seemed to make any difference.
So, it *has* been an ordeal, but the lessons are coming quickly. In the meanwhile, I have set up a 29 gallon with a 55watt CF from AHSupply and it looks great, minimal problems except for the stupid pond fertilizer that I added, I just put in some floating anachris to try to soak some of that up. So, some algae but not too bad. The zebra danios are in that tank with 3 Ottos.
And I have another 20 gallon that I planted this weekend, still waiting on lights in the mail. Third times a charm, no pond tablets in this one! I may move the Serpae Tetras into this one and knock down the first 10 gallon so I can clean the gravel up and start it over for some other sort of fish. Or maybe for the Serpaes again, they seem so mean, I hate to inflict them on any other sort of fish. This tank is in a very visible spot but is an old, scratched tank so I'll be happy to upgrade before too long.
So, all the plates are spinning now. Let's see if I can handle the maintainance, today was a chore with so much testing and water changes. The plan is to wait one year then combine all of these into one huge tank, 75 gallons or better. I got a lead on a 125 gallon with a custom cabinet base for $250, no accessories, but I haven't gone to see it, I can't store it and am not comfortable with that big yet.
I can already see that just water testing and water changes is a pain with this many small tanks. But, it might be nice to have different sorts of fish in different tanks. I still don't even know what fish to get in the 29 gallon, as the zebras are just temporary.
anon, I'm sorry I never got back to this post! It sounds like you've been through some tough experiences with your new tank! We really should have helped you through. Feel free to email me when you have a specific question that needs a timely answer. I can't always get on this board so feel free to email me anytime - email@example.com
Anyway, it sounds like you've learned a great deal in the past month, and while it is sad to have lost so many fish in the process, the experience you gained is invaluable towards keeping your future fish happy and healthy.
I made the very same mistake YEARS ago when I first started the hobby (circa late 1980's). I cleaned out my Whisper filter with bleach, dechlorinated and lost a ton of fish. It was a two-cartridge filter (large model) and subsequently, I made sure to change only ONE filter pad at a time, allowing the old pad to colonize the new with nitrobacter.
|this might be a little late but good starter fish that ive actually used are what you mentioned before Zebra Danias....just make sure the ones you get are all the same size i recently purchased 3 of them from my LFS with the larger one picking on the other 2.......seperated the large from the small and the same sized fish get along great....and about the water changes....you said you killed the last tatra due to cold water.....that could be, but also be "to much "clean" water".....
It wasn't the bleach that killed the fish, but the massive bacterial die-off and the resutling ammonia spike that killed them.
I had a rough and short cycle, with levels approaching 16ppm as near as I can figure as it took very large water changes to even get the test kit to register levels not off the scale. I was testing the water twice a day, morning and night, and changing water 2 and 3 times in a row at 50% to 90% rates. Eventually I killed the last tetra with a shock of cold water. The cory survived. Now the tank is cycled and restocked.
I took my weekly journey to the "better" fish store in town (the "best" that also secializes in plants is a lot farther) just to get familiar with the fish there, now that I'm looking at freshwater fish and not goldfish.
Ended up taking home 3 Serpae tetras and a skunk cory. The guy there really thought that my water hardness and pH wasn't a problem for these fish and thought the fizz tablets (and even adding CO2) were not necesary for plant growth. This is not what I read, but I'm gonna give it a try.
So, before adding the fish I decided to do some water testing as they floated awhile. My pH is back to 7.8, same as the bucket I have aging in the bathroom, and the KH has skyrocketed to 13 degrees, from 7 or 8 of aged water. So, the tablets may have added CO2 the first time, but with the KH now so high, I don't think I dare to add a second tablet.
The seltzer smell is all gone. The plants are very, very green. I added some regular gravel freshly rinsed, to cover the sharp flourite. Followed precedure for acclamating the fish to temp and water, released them, and two were dead wthin the hour.
The fish store thinks it was the fact that I disinfected the filter box with bleach after transferring it from the goldfish tank. I rinsed it well, let it dry for a couple of hours, added Dechlor straight into it when I added some extra to the tank before addiing the fish, used a fresh filter bag with a chunk of old filter inside.
I think it was the KH being so high. So, I got almost all of the water out of the tank, filled with aged dechlorinated water, and added the cory and the single tetra back to the tank on the advice of the store. Actually, he wanted me to not dump the tank, but I couldn't bear to kill the other fish on purpose.
This is getting discouraging. The goldfish was so unhappy I put him back in the pond. A bunch of empty tanks, how depressing.
You must get the same water I do... because I just tested mine today and the KH ~7 and the pH was 8.
One thing that is important is that consistency is more important than the actual measure. Tetras will do fine at a pH of 8, just as long as it doesn't change, everything should be good.
Now, about adding fish... I would reccomend getting something you really like. Look for a tetra that you like. Rummy noses, neons, cardinals, black neons, lemon, there are many more in addition. Get something you want. Also, I would reccomend getting a couple fish at first, then adding more. It is definitely safe that way, and fish lonliness really takes a toll in the long-term, and you would be adding more fish any way!
Adding filter media from your other tank will help a LOT. I did it to my 55 gallon tank and it was cycled in less than 2 weeks. Eventually, if you plant your 10 g more, the bacteria will actually die, since the plants will use the ammonia, and the bacteria won't get any, the plants out compete the bacteria. But this is fine, don't worry.
I would say a school of 4-6 tetras would be good with 2-3 ottos, but I would add 2-3 tetras first to help cycle the tank, however if you are picking a more delicate tetra to have, just cycle the tank with 2 zebra danios. Hope this helps! Good luck!
GulfCoast, It is really super to have someone who has traveled this same path, waterwise, to help me along. Advice from someone who begins with similar parameters is so valuable!
So... if you're not too tired of me pestering you, some questions about starting to add fish.
I read that the bloodfin tetra can tolerate changing water conditions all the way up to pH of 8 which would cover me if I forgot or dropped the CO2, and the big store has some.
Only 5 left today, though. They are very jumpy, probably not enough buddies there to keep them happy as there was a tank full just a couple of days ago. This fish is written up as a pretty tough fish, good for beginners. It is not the most beautiful fish, but it is good looking and might be a good start. Should I start with a few, like the 5 left now, or try to find a larger group, since these do prefer groups of 6 or more they say.
I can add some used filter padding from the cycled 29 gallon that is healthy, though lightly stocked.
What I'm not sure of, is whether I need to stock slowly, because of cycling concerns, or add a small pack of 6 small fish so they feel better together. The objective here is to have nice fish, but a beautiful tank, so a species tank is more what I'm shooting for. With 10 gallons, can I even get 6 small fish and a few ottos and a corry or two and not be overstocked?
Those sound like some beautiful plants!
I've actually used seltzer water a few times in my planted tanks, to give the tank a "burst" of CO2 when I add new plants, for instance. Just make sure it's not mineral water, just plain CO2-injected water.
Even if the fluorescent bulbs do get splashed, if they aren't too hot, they should be ok. I like to go with a full glass cover anyway just to curb evaporation and evaporative gas exchange. I like to let the plants do the O2 provision instead.
The Dupla drops can be added once weekly now. As long as they contain no organics, they'll just set up a good mineral base of micronutrients for the plants in the future. Whatever the plants don't use will be absorbed by the porous substrate or filter. You should definitely wait at least 2-4 weeks to add any organics or macronutrients such as N-P-K.
Although it is a bit early for the tablets in the gravel, at least they are contained therein and not in the water column, where they would be sure to wreak havoc with an algae bloom.
I also concur about waiting for algae to appear before adding an algae crew. I made the mistake of buying a GORGEOUS Zebra pleco when I first set up this planted tank, and without any algae to eat, the poor guy starved to death.
Yes, it is looking good! I think the pinkish stem plant is rotala macranda with micrnatem umbrosum and limnophila auatica. The pink plant is starting to put on new, even darker growth, the green ferny plant is greener and the tiny bulb of water lilly I stole from the pond has a new leaf begun. The only strange part is the strong seltzer smell, I can't help but think of pouring a scotch for my dad. I do hope that it is OK for fish, it SAYS it is.
The hardware store guy said that instead of adding a glass cover between the bulbs and the water, he thought I should just put a small barrier to protect the ballast and screw-in part of the bulbs, he wasn't worried about any water hittng the flourescent bulbs. Is that OK?
So, how long should I go before I start adding these Dupla24 drops? Below the flourite I put some broken pond plant fertilizer tablets. I think I recall on the Amano site that he recommends waiting some time, 2 weeks, to let the plants get going, then adding the algae crew after the algae appears. I'll go locate that site again, do you concurr?
|I think that's a good plan. You can probably run that small tank with those Fizz tablets or even Flourish Excel (or a combination of both). It would take you a long time to justify the cost of a pressurized system and yeast generators can be a pain.
I did add the spiral daylight bulbs and the light is brighter than the single 15 watt.
As a test for later CO2, a got some of those plant tablets that fizz (8 weeks worth for $5 MegaFS) and 24 hrs after the addition, the tank is at 7.4 pH., down from 7.8 of aged dechlorinated water. I'll monitor it daily to see how wide the pH swing is, but I think it will be moderate as you say. The same stuff is $2 online and so for $0.25 a week I might be able to just keep this single tank going on fizz tablets.
I'll run it a week with no filtration or water movement to watch pH, then test another week with that smalll filter going before I choose fish. I'm thinking here that the filter will drive off a lot of CO2 and I'd like to let the plants get a foothold.
So, I'd really need to bump up the lights in order to do CO2. And, I probably need to make this decision ASAP, since the plants are already in.
I just added what I think is red ludwigia, rotala indica, and maybe myriophylum aquaticum. No labels and although I explained my light and water there was either a language barrier or the clerk really didn't know better.
I'm not sure of what you're referring to when you say Elodea affects alkalinity when CO2 is low. I have witnessed biogenic decalcification in high light, low CO2 environments (i.e. my 55 g tank, haha) but the calcerous deposits are insoluble in the tank water and shouldn't really affect the water chemistry by much, if any.
At the light level you are at right now, you will have a somewhat difficult time growing most stem plants with the exception of the Elodea you already have. The reason your light buzzes is because it is a magnetic ballast running at 60Hz - what your AC outlet provides. If I could suggest you get a magnetic ballast (which runs at 20,000Hz and is far more efficient) I believe you'd be pleased. If you want to try your hand at overdriving the 15 watt light to 30 watts, read my post on overdriving Normal Output fluorescents in the lighting forum on this site.
Hard water seems to be a problem at first for planted tanks, but I've come to find that hard water can actually be easier for high tech planted tanks than soft water. The buffering capability of hard water prevents drastic pH shifts when you add CO2, and the minerals in the water are usually beneficial to plants. I keep many varieties of tetras in my hard tap water, which is about the same as yours. CO2 injection brings the pH down to 7.2 and the fish and plants seem very happy.
The bulb is a straight tube, 15 watts, I did change it to a GE sunshine bulb that I got at Home Depot, not much brighter, but at least it is not purple. I'm still not happy as the thing buzzes slightly -- cheap ballast? Guess that $4 I saved at Walmart came back to haunt me.
I have a Whisper mini (5 - 10?) on a barebottom goldfish tank that I could swap for use on this tank.
Do you really think that any stem plants will do OK in this low light? Did I mention that I have hard water?
KH ~7, pH 8.0.
I'd love a blobitis but am afraid it would be very unhappy and I'm concerned about fish, too. I'd love the tetras but the water?!
I have elodia densa, from the pond, and water lillies that have some underwater leaves that are pretty, are they the same as what is sold for aquariums?
I'm confused about what I just read about elodia affecting ph when co2 is low, does it make the water harder or softer if CO2 is low?
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Asian Festival 2006
Institute of Texan Cultures hosts Asian Festival, Feb. 10
By James Benavides
Public Affairs Specialist
(Feb. 8, 2007)--UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures will showcase a myriad of Asian cultures at the 20th annual Asian Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10.
Admission is free for UTSA students, faculty and staff with UTSACard and children under age 3; $7 for adults; $4 for seniors, military with ID and children ages 3-12.
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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From India and Pakistan to China, Japan and the Pacific islands, experience the diverse traditions of the San Antonio Asian community in a day of family fun and cultural good will. Exhibitors will present foods, crafts, games, martial arts, dances and stories from cultures including Balinese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian/Polynesian, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Okinawan, Pakistani, Taiwanese, Thai, Vietnamese and more.
"This event has not stopped growing," said ITC Executive Director John Davis. "We expect 8,000 people on the grounds, coming together to enjoy the diversity that makes our city great. Asians come from a rich heritage and have played an important role in Texas history. We invite everyone to come experience the mysteries of Asia and the unique elements that define its many cultures."
The Asian Festival at UTSA's Institute of Texan Cultures traditionally falls near the Chinese New Year (Feb. 18 this year). According to the Chinese zodiac's 12-year cycle, 2007 is the Year of the Boar. Individuals born under this sign have tremendous inner strength. They are honest, kind and affectionate. They never retreat once a goal has been set and rarely seek help from others.
This year's festival will feature feng shui demonstrations; ikebana floral arrangements; henna painting; palm reading; Japanese and Korean martial arts demonstrations; a tai chi lecture; Chinese arts, gifts and antiques from Shanghai; an Asian fashion show and a variety of Asian foods. Whole Foods Market will sponsor two demonstrations by Rishi Tea on the art of tea brewing. Each session is limited to 25 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.
ITC is San Antonio's cultural-experience museum. Established as the Texas State Exhibits Building for HemisFair in 1968 and later designated as a campus of The University of Texas at San Antonio, the museum has spent nearly 40 years telling the stories of Texas' multicultural heritage. Home to the Texas Folklife Festival, Asian Festival and six other cultural events, ITC's goal is to entertain, inform and inspire.
For more information, visit the Institute of Texan Cultures Web site or call (210) 458-2330.


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dressmakergurl- Wow! is my fist thought. What a great jacket. I must have been a gypsy in another life bexcause these wild colors really appeal to me. ! :-) If your mom doesn't want it....hint hint!
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dressmakergurl- Wow! is my fist thought. What a great jacket. I must have been a gypsy in another life bexcause these wild colors really appeal to me. ! :-) If your mom doesn't want it....hint hint!
She who dies with the most fabric, didn't sew fast enough!
I'm game! Since my brother and father passed away.......well lets just say everything got put away. We just celebrated the one year anniversary, and, God is telling me its time to create again. So......this should help me get my head and heart back on track!
Welcome NotByTheBook. Sorry for your loss. Lot's of inspiration here so jump right in.
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I finally completed my first UFO for this challenge. These four placemats were started four years ago. I completed and gifted the matching table runner at that time.
My sister will receive these for Christmas in 2012.
Oh how nice. Love those placemats. Ok, now that I hit my goal for January, 10 projects done, I am off to February. My goal will be to get 10 done as well at the least. This way by end of year I should have all my UFOs completed. Then i can start some new stuff. The only flaw in my plan is that I keep adding in extra things to do to keep up with the present, like extra swaps. I need to figure a way to incorporate the new things from the old things. Any ideas? out of my UFOs, there are only three things for my house, the rest are whatevers. Takes the drive out of it ya think?
Life is short, live it while you still can. QuilterMomma
Rita....love those placemats. What did the table runner look like?
QuilterMomma....sounds like maybe the whatevers could be used for some of your swaps!
Rita, I like the placemats.
The background color is beautiful.
I've started working on another UFO.
It's a top that needed quilting. I sandwiched it last week.
Since it was a stormy day here today, I sat and quilted for 3 hours with just a few short breaks.
I have over 1/2 the top quilted. I may get this one finished tomorrow...at least the quilting part of it.
Life...you muddle your way through it and then you die!
Huge welcome hugggggggsssssssssss NotByTheBook!! Happy to have you with us. This is a wonderful supportive and motivational group here so you are in the right place. Working with our hands definitely helps to heal our hearts and we are here to encourage you and support you as you move on in your life.
We'd love to hear what project you are going to tackle and see pics before and after.
Today I worked on my Feb. project and got two of the corner units sewn together. Yayyyyyy, a little head start is always good. Here is a pic of what I am doing just now: Marine's Memories
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My name is Tim Mason, I'm a sergeant in the United States Army and I'm stationed at Fort Hood Texas in the 1st Cavalry Division. I'm a French horn player in the First Cav Band. We are divisional bands, so we serve the 1st Cavalry Division, which is about 17,000 Soldiers.
I love horn playing and the instrument itself has a long history. I love the sound, I love the literature of the horn, and as far as an instrument within an ensemble it's very, very versatile. We're right in the middle of a pack—we're sandwiched right between woodwinds and brass. Musically we can adapt pretty much any style within any ensemble. Horn players are kind of a unique breed, and I think I'm kind of unique, too.
In our unit, we have a woodwind quintet, two bass quintets, a tuba euphonia quartet, a show band—which in our band is sort of a just a rock, pop, Top 40, anything and everything that you might hear on the radio they're going to be able to play. Other bands may have everything from a Dixieland quartet, to jazz trios, to jazz combos, stage bands, percussion ensembles—you're going to find a wide variety of things.
Prior to coming in the Army I taught high school band and middle school band. I was a teacher for eight years. After eight years of teaching—I enjoyed teaching and there's a lot of things about it that I still miss, but at the same time, you're not able to play as a teacher as much as you'd probably like to. Some band directors are satisfied with not playing as much and doing more teaching. I, on the other hand, missed getting down and playing. I'd always thought if I could earn a stable living at playing my horn I'd like to do that—and that's not easy as a freelanced musician. You spend a lot of time going from paycheck to paycheck or job to job. As far as the practical things—salary and benefits and that sort of thing—the Army was able to provide that for me.
I amazed even myself in basic training, I really thought I was going to be falling behind. In a nutshell I thought it was going to be a whole lot harder than it was and what it ended up being was very difficult, very hard, but I found myself able to rise to the occasion—so to speak—and my impression was that I was going to be sort of behind the curve. I was going to be sort of following the pack, instead of leading the pack, because I came in considerably older than the average recruit.
I went to AIT at the U.S. Armed Forces School of Music. It's on the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in Norfolk, Virginia. Soldiers, Sailors and Marines are trained there. I wasn't quite sure what to expect, having been through college and been through a school of music twice before, so I approached it from a different perspective. I already had my chops as a student. I already knew how to discipline myself as far as practicing. Essentially, you are assigned a private instructor there. Your daily routine involves PT, taking music theory courses, sight singing, ear training, practicing and more practicing. It's very similar to a school of music with a little military twist on it. It was neat to see everything from students coming right out of high school all the way to people like myself that have had a lot more experience and everything in between.
As far as a career, the best thing about the Army bands is that it offers stability. It offers a good salary in terms of salary and benefits, compared with the civilian world. If you try to make it as a musician outside of teaching or outside of the military band venue, you're going to have a hard road to go. That's not to say that's not a good life, but it is highly competitive, it is very highly competitive—I can't stress that enough. So to try to make a living as a freelance musician in a highly competitive field, that's extremely hard, and not everybody can do that. The Army bands is a great way to provide for yourself, provide for your family, and still do what you love to do. I just think it's the best-kept secret.


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I often worked the first hive I got with no veil, shorts, t shirt, and sandals.
It was several miles from my home, and I was lucky to get the opportunity to work it once a week.
I thought that as long I moved fluidly, didn't bang around and used common sense, I'd be fine.
The second year I kept bee I did quite a bit of splitting, and encountered bees when they are queenless -- and discovered even bees from "gentle" stock can be pretty cranky when queenless, as I got stung up pretty good that day.
As long as the weather is clear and sunny, you get in the hive at mid day when most of the foragers are out, there is no thunderstorm coming, the bees are genetically disposed to gentleness, you don't drop anything and startle them, don't accidentally crush a bee and release alarm pheromone, don't use too little smoke, don't use too much smoke, don't use the wrong kind of smoke, don't still have habanero oil on your fingers from slicing peppers even after washing, don't smell bad to bees, don't use scented toiletries, didn't just kiss someone wearing cologne or perfume, and don't any-one-of-a-hundred-other-things, you can often work bees without a veil.
My bees are nearly always gentle.
But today I opened a hive whose queen quit laying a couple weeks ago.
It's a very crowded hive, well populated for the flow, and is supered.
I had placed a new, caged queen in the hive previously after looking (unsuccessfully) for the queen.
After four days, I'd checked on the caged queen and there were a lot of bees biting on the cage, so I knew the original queen was probably still present.
I was out of time, so I left the new queen cage (corks had not been removed) in for the night.
If I'd had queen excluders with me, I'd've put them btw the three brood boxes, but I hadn't any with me.
Thunderstorms prevented me returning yesterday.
With thunderstorms forecast for this afternoon, and all day the next few days, I wen back up to pinch the original queen today.
Unfortunately, the bees had had enough time to chew through the cork in the queen cage, and the new queen had been loosed. Hopefully the new queen survives, but it is not likely based on the behavior of the bees when I was in the hive last time.
But here's the point of all this:
These normally very gentle bees had
a) been in a hive that was entered a lot more frequently than normal lately,
b) been queenless long enough to have no open brood,
c) were opened when a thunderstorm was imminent and the barometer was dropping like a rock.
These normally gentle bees (descended from the gentle queen in my original hive mentioned above) were very aggressive, head butting, veil-obscuring, stinging my gloves, and when I was through, pursued me for 75 yards after I had finished.
That's totally out of character for that hive.
If I'd relied on their behavior up til today, and if I didn't know from experience that the conditions present were likely to result in an unpleasant hive, I might have worked them in shorts, or just a veil.
And I'd be in bad shape right now.
Until you are experienced enough to be able to watch the hive entrance for a moment and have an idea of what's going on inside, and are able to recognize when bees are likely to behave more aggressively than normal based on condition, you're not wise to work bees without your skin well covered and a veil on.
You may never have an issue.
But if you do, it's not likely to be just one or two little stings.
Be safe.
Have fun
Enjoy your bees


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