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In Mike Lupica's latest book, QB 1, Jake Cullen's life as a high school quarterback is far from easy. Not only does he have to try to impress the people of his football-obsessed town, but he also has to escape the shadow of his dad and older brother, both football legends. Lupica recently sat down with TFK Kid Reporter Max Siegel to talk about the new book.
I heard that this book was inspired by the real-life Manning family. What made you want to write this story?
I wanted to take the Manning brothers and sort of filter it through my own imagination. As a father of three sons and one daughter, I'm always fascinated how all of your children want to be your favorite. My kids used to joke with me and say, "Dad, you can tell me, I'm your favorite." Jake in this book has accepted that his brother is his father's favorite. And as much as he wants to be a great football player, he also just wants his father to love him the way he loves his older brother. That's as much of the journey in the book as his becoming a really good football player.
Why did you chose to make Jake the main character instead of his father or his brother, Wyatt?
I was always more interested in Eli Manning's journey. Usually, if you're an athlete and there's a star athlete in your family, you only have to get out of that guy's shadow. But because Jake's father had also been a quarterback, he has to get out of two shadows in this book. There's no sibling rivalry here. The brothers love each other. That's not the problem here. The problem is getting the father to take a good look at Jake.
What is it that you love about writing about sports?
A friend of mine who used to be my boss at ESPN once was asked why sports had exploded the way it had. He said, "Because you can't go to Blockbuster and rent tonight's game." Every night is different in sports. Everyday there are different heroes and villains and conversations after the game.
You first wrote about sports for newspapers and magazines. Then you started writing sports-themed novels. Is the writing process at all similar?
My job as a columnist absolutely prepared me for being a novelist because good columns have a beginning, a middle, and an end. They tell a story. They have dialogue. So, they are just like little mini books. I learned a ton from being a sports columnist. You've got to get somebody's interest and hold their interest because there's only one ball game for any writer, and it's to keep you turning the pages. That's the whole ball game. That's what I have to do.
Why did you decide to write books for kids?
My middle son got cut from a seventh grade basketball team for being too small. A friend of mine said, "You know, you should take all the kids who got cut and make a team of your own and face the other team in town." Well, I didn't care about the other team in town, so I took all the kids who got cut, and I started a team of my own. I hired a coach and scheduled games. They were terrible at first, but then they got better. That became one of the greatest experiences I ever had. When it was finished, my agent suggested I write a novel about it. And so I wrote this book called Travel Team, and it changed my life. I've probably written at least 16 or 17 of these books in the last nine years.
What process do you go through to create a sports novel like this?
I come up with a basic idea, even though things never go according to plan. Then I do what I've been doing my whole book-writing life. I have these tablets of blank yellow pages, and I write 10 or 15 pages longhand, because I think better longhand. Then I type them up. When I do type them up, it's like a second draft.
Has it always been your dream to write about sports?
By the time I was 11, I was writing stories. I was writing adventure stories. I always wanted to share my stories. It's all I've ever wanted to do. The thing about my stories is that I'm writing the kind of book I wanted to read when I was a boy. It just took me a while to figure out these were the kind of books I was supposed to be writing
What advice could you give to kids who aspire to be authors just like you?
Read. You don't have to read me. But just read. Read the best people. Everybody's trying to do the same thing, which is keep you turning pages. Everyone does it a different way. But we all want you to understand [our books]. When I was a boy, there was no Internet, no ESPN, no texting, so my entertainment was books. And even with the distractions I just described, kids are still reading books. But the greatest magic still is page one, chapter one of a book you want to read. Because once you open that book, it's like you're opening a door, not only to your imagination, but to my imagination as well. And again, that's the whole ball game.


text: Is it just me or is Jim Harbaugha sore losing jerk?Did anyone notice his demeanor at midfield when he approached Tom Coughlin following the game? He didn't even look him in the eye and his"hand shake" was almost non existent. He also declined a "post game" interview with FOX sports. I personnally thinkhe's a jerk and I hope he enjoys eating the "humblepie" the Giants served him yesterday!</P>

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Grim's Tales: Try treasure hunting this spring, but bring gloves
I am a treasure hunter. At least that's how I see it.
I snorkel for lost lures, I explore abandoned houses and I metal detect. That is why I am getting impatient for the spring thaw.
Metal detecting begins with planning. You should focus on places that have, at one time, had a lot of foot traffic, and if they are private property you better get permission first. Also beware that the state of Minnesota strictly regulates removal of many things from public property, so check the laws.
Beaches are a popular metal detecting location, but all I ever found on a beach were nails, soda tabs, railroad spikes and, oddly, a home radiator.
However, my greatest success so far was on an old sledding hill near Walker.
My father had suggested the place because things have been falling out of pockets there since he was a kid. About three inches down I managed to find an Imperial pocketknife. Imperial is a company that hasn't existed since 1988.
One side was covered in peeling faux mother of pearl, but the other had long ago flaked off. The blades opened smoothly after cleaning and were barely rusty at all. My friend, who we called Jersey, found two more pocket knives within six feet of that one, though these were on the surface and one of them was actually brand new.
In addition, plan for the season. Winter is good for research and parking lot snowplow piles. In early spring, fields and hills that are normally too thick with grass can be accessed easily. Certain agricultural fields can also be good locations during spring or fall, either before planting or after harvest. Soft, plowed dirt is a bonus. Summer is good for forested abandoned homesteads or work camps. The shade keeps undergrowth somewhat thin and also keeps your head cool on a sunny day.
Another aspect to consider is proper gear. There is a lot of kneeling and digging in metal detecting, so be sure to bring a shovel. I use a World War II entrenchment shovel. A pocketed apron for taking out trash and treasure is standard gear. Kneepads will also protect your knees and pants, but I cannot stress enough that you must wear gloves.
That little pocket knife was not the only thing I took home from the sledding hill. The morning after the hunt my entire right hand was covered in dermatitis blisters, especially between my fingers. I should have expected this.
My trip to the sledding hill was made during the early spring; specifically, it is covered in knee-high grass and poison ivy during the summer. In the early spring there are only twigs and crushed grass so I guess poison ivy roots were the last thing on my mind.
Now they are the second, next to treasure.
I can't wait to metal detect, and if you know of any place that might hold hidden "treasures," or if you once lost a ring or other piece of jewelry that you would like back, I would gladly go on the hunt. If you want to come along, the more the merrier.


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quote:Do it. I beat the shite out of my dads old bateau for years in the marsh before a hurricane finally took it.
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Great presentation, interesting and fun, and at the end of the day we got music by Michael for a real bonus. Thanks Michael Bush!
There was a link shown of how to watch or listen on line to the seminar(s) which I'd like to get to a beekeeper fan of his as he couldn't make it that day...I couldn't find it on his site. Anyone?


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So what have we been up to? Well, we spent a very enjoyable couple of hours in a supermarket - I know we're very sad aren't we? But it is a spectacular place as you will see. (Those who followed us last time will know about it already)
It really is a delight to wander down the aisles, meander through the displays and feast your eyes upon the wonderful multitude of intriguing items on offer. As you can see presentation is more of an art form in this place, whether it be fish, pasta or the bakery, or any where else in the store for that matter.
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Another facet of business is the fresh hot food, the breakfast bar, delicious soups in fact lots to tempt your appetite, eat in or out.
I think if I had to use two words to describe the store, I couldn't manage with just one - they would be choice and quality, oh and organic and ethical and...wonderful, well as I said see for yourself...check out the album
We weren't quite sure what this customer was after!
There was an unfortunate incident at the campsite this week, when a car veered off the road where the speed limit is 5mph! and rammed a fifth wheel (a trailer designed to be pulled by a pick up truck, usually the sleeping quarters are in the bit that goes over the bed of the pick up) It got itself stuck under the overhang as the tow bar entered the car and the driver had to be cut free. The impressive part was the arrival of two fire trucks, four paramedic vehicles and the sheriff all within 5 minutes of the 911 call!


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All right. I'll try the smaller tap size thing. It'll be next week though, I'm taking the wife and kids to Idaho this weekend for some white-water rafting.
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All right. I'll try the smaller tap size thing. It'll be next week though, I'm taking the wife and kids to Idaho this weekend for some white-water rafting.
Try TRX's method. It should work fine, but if you have any trouble getting them out, bring it over and I'll get them out.
Use carbon steel button head cap screws. There grade 10.5. I have several hundred of them in 10-32. Stop by and I will give you some. Stainless steel screws are usually soft.
Cool. Thanks for the offer, SS. I'm going to take a little while to recover after the rafting trip before I start working on this progect again. I got ground up on the rocks under a waterfall! I got tossed out, and sent through the spin cycle on the sharp rocks. I've got road-rash all over my right side. I've got bruises, scrapes, and cuts on my knee, lower back, shoulder, elbow, right hand, and a pretty good goose-egg on my noggin! I'm moving pretty slowly today!
It was a fun trip in spite of the casualties! My 4-year old son got thrown in the same place, but his worst injury was the loss of his Florida Marlins hat. After I got him and the raft gathered up again, he told me that he didn't like the river,
"It's mean. It took my hat."
I think I'll get some pictures of the trunnion adapter (and maybe some of the carnage) posted tomorrow.
This has been a busy summer! I've not had a lot of time to play with the MG47. My wife had a bunch of triathlons, and bike races, so I got to be mommy while she trained and competed.
Then on the last race of the season for her, another competitor passed her and clippled her front tire. She went down hard on the pavement (at about 22 MPH) and broke her scapula and clavicle both! Ouch! She had to have surgery to put her collar bone back together. The surgeon told me that there were 2 main peices of bone, but that there were also 2 shards that were big enough that he "keyed them together", then he fastened it all down with a titanium plate and screws. Here's the pic before they fixed her:
Sept. was supposed to be all for me; 3-gun shoots, bowling pin shoots, Blazer-Bash in Moab, and a lot of gun and truck building, but now I get to be mommy to Mommy and the 4 younguns. I've been trying to be upbeat and supportive, but Mama is pretty grouchy right now. I hope she heals quickly.
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Hope she heals up quick so you can be daddy again :D
WOW, hope she has a fast recovery................
Thanks for the well wishes.
OK, I got a little actual work done on this! Yay for me!
I got the broken screw drilled out, then I re-tapped the hole:
Then I cleaned up the trunnion with the mill:
Then I worked on attatching the "bridge":
I drilled a hole for a rosette weld:
Then I welded up the holes:
I got the barrel/trunnion installed so I have a better idea where the topcover needs to sit. I found that I mounted the barrel/trunnion a bit too low in the reciever, so I'll either have to cut out the bridge and reweld it, or cut down the top of the reciever, allowing the topcover to sit lower. I think I'll go the latter route. I didn't get any pics of it as Mamma needed some help. More to come soon.
Here's where I'm at right now:
It's starting to look like something fun!
Here's the closeup of the "bridge":
The next step will be to cut down the height of the reciever so that the topcover sits down level with the feedtray. Then comes the rails and bolt carrier mods.
Glad to that Mamas doing OK and that you have a chance to get back on your project. It looks good what you done and that's great you got the broken screw out.
Thanks, SS. Mamas doing OK at best. I was dummy enough to leave here home alone with the kids on saturday to go to a 3-gun shoot. She had a pretty hard day. I'm going to pay for that one!


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text: I caught a swarm a couple weeks ago and I plan to feed them heavily to increase their chances of surviving the long Vermont winter. I'm giving them white sugar syrup but I'm wondering about nutrition. Processed sugar likely lacks the vitamins, minerals, and other trace compounds that nectar has. I know many beekeepers feed sugar syrup without problems but I'm curious if anyone has heard of a healthier (for the bees) alternative? I'm not trying to make a profit off my hives so cost isn't a big factor. Thanks.


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Check out the gallery above for the top 10 travel spots worldwide, according to TripAdvisor. The full list of 25 destinations is available on TripAdvisor.com. Europe is a hit with TripAdvisor users, with 7 of the top 10 destinations located there.
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The all too frequent moment in a Spielberg movie when the story begins to defy common sense and logic. This is all done on purpose for what Spielberg hopes is the excitement of the film, which will cause you to overlook glaring errors and obvious inconsistancies.
Jurassic park 2: As the dinosaur runs amok in what a character states are "the wee small hours of the morning," we find a videostore open and full of customers, a city bus on it's usual 2 am route, and scores of people walking and driving around, visiting numerous open businesses! This is a small example of just one Spielberg moment that he hopes you will not pay much attention to. After all it would be dull to have a dinosaur running around stores that are all closed up and sreets that are are relatively empty!
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Automakers, suppliers buckle up: GM recall saga triggering a new reality for manufacturers
Scandal has manufacturers scrambling to review documents, practices to protect against potential liability
The General Motors Co. recall saga is triggering a new reality for automakers and the supply base. Automotive manufacturers must — because they can't afford not to — protect themselves from liability in every aspect of production.
Attorneys around metro Detroit have been in overdrive since the GM recall scandal broke in January, either assisting the automaker or working with suppliers as recalls spike across the industry.
Companies are feverishly working to correct potentially harmful language in documents, identify legal liabilities and prepare for the possibility of increased regulation.
"Everyone is running scared because they don't want to take any chances," said Dan Sharkey, partner at Birmingham-based Brooks Wilkins Sharkey & Turco PLLC. "I've dealt with more client calls about recalls in the last few months than I've dealt with in the 10 years prior."
As of June 18, GM alone had issued a record 44 recalls of 18 million cars in the U.S., although some of those were counted more than once because they are being called back for multiple fixes. GM has set aside $1.7 billion to cover recall-related expenses this year.
It's the legal ramifications for GM that has the industry scrambling. The Detroit-based automaker has already been slapped with a $35 million fine by the U.S. Department of Transportation, is under a criminal investigation that could lead to fines and several civil lawsuits related to the faulty ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths.
The civil suits have already dragged in suppliers Delphi Automotive plc, maker of the ignition switch, and Continental AG, which supplied airbags to the defective cars. The lawsuits allege Continental and Delphi knew of the issue and didn't fulfill a duty of reporting them to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Manganello said he's now recommending that clients go their customers first, but if they "drag their feet" on reporting, then go directly to NHTSA to avoid getting caught in the middle of an investigation.
Attorneys said the U.S. Department of Justice is eager to expose alleged wrongdoing in large industries. Automotive is already in the middle of the largest antitrust investigation in U.S. history.
The antitrust investigation, which as led to $2.35 billion in fines, alleges dozens of suppliers engaged in discussions to rig bids of wire harnesses, airbags, and several other automotive products. The scandal has led to several civil lawsuits as well.
"The DOJ is fishing for deep pockets," Manganello said. "If you're unsure of your obligation ... report it."
Sharkey said the GM situation has increased attorney oversight into intercompany communications. Last month, the now infamous 68-word list of "banned words" at GM became public. Sharkey said this is becoming more mandatory for the supply base as well.
"There are certain buzzwords that I don't like my clients to use; you don't guarantee things," Sharkey said. "Engineers like to use certain language, but without knowing any better, they are opening the company up to liability."
"Saying something like, 'If we spend $5 million we could make this product 1 percent safer' is innocuous at the time, but looks terrible after an incident. But the reality is people make those decisions everyday, otherwise we'd all be driving Sherman tanks."
Daniel Rustmann, partner and co-chair of the global automotive practice at Detroit-based Butzel Long PC, said the "era of recalls" is causing an increase in training on liability, from top to bottom in organizations.
"The best advice I give to clients is to get their people well-educated about the laws, how to handle reporting and requests from outside the company," he said. "This is a communication issue at its root and needs to be handled effectively."
Rustmann said that too often engineers identify and try to correct the problem themselves without elevating the issue to create a team to review internally.
Externally, Rustmann fears, the GM recall issue will erode communication between automakers and suppliers.
"The best way to go would be to share information more freely and work new systems to communicate better," he said. "But because of the litigation atmosphere, I fear it will result in less collaboration and more isolation."
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text: Losie's right, Pat. Pick the fabric you think you'd most enjoy collecting and working with for a long, long time. Civil War repos are reproductions of fabric produced just before and during the Civil War (the early 1860's) and 1930s repos are reproductions of fabric made during the 1930's. A good example of that is on Aneal's "that quilt" site or her store site, which is twiddletails.com. The Aunt Grace fabric line is another example of 20's or 30's repos. If you google "civil war fabric", you'll get tons of examples of that.


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Steamboat Springs Yampa Valley Regional Airport's top official says security at airports across the country could suffer because sophisticated passenger screening machines are being poached from smaller airports like the one in Hayden and moved to larger ones.
Airport Manager Dave Ruppel and Routt County Commissioner Doug Monger also say the recent decision to relocate passenger screening machines could inconvenience passengers while also wasting taxpayer money.
Earlier this month Ruppel was contacted by the Transportation Security Administration and was told YVRA would have to give up its full-body scanning machine that was installed at the airport last ski season.
Workers arrived at the airport Tuesday afternoon to remove the machine made by L-3 Communications.
"It was gone this morning," Ruppel said Wednesday, standing in the security area next to the spot where the machine used to be. Instead, TSA workers are conducting pat-downs on YVRA passengers and using an older walk-through metal detector.
Ruppel said his airport's L-3 passenger scanning machine was moved presumably to a larger airport because of a decision by the federal government to pull all of the controversial Rapiscan Systems body scanning machines from airports across the country. The Rapiscan machines came under fire because they produce life-like images that many argue violate passengers' privacy. The L-3 machines, on the other hand, produce cartoon-like images while highlighting specific body areas where a security risk might exist. According to TSA, both machines are designed to "enhance security by safely screening passengers for metallic and non-metallic threats — including weapons, explosives and other objects concealed under layers of clothing."
Federal lawmakers told Rapiscan officials they needed to come up with a software fix by June. But when it became clear Rapiscan woudn't make that deadline, the TSA cancelled the contract and began pulling the company's machines.
According to published media reports, 74 of the machines had been removed by late January but there were still another 174 Rapiscan machines in airports around the country.
Ruppel said up until Wednesday, nearly all passengers at YVRA were screened with the L-3 machine, which the TSA says passengers moved through in about 12 seconds. Without the machine, TSA screeners at YVRA are once again using walk-through metal detectors, metal-detecting wands and pat-downs of passengers.
"The metal detectors and the wands can only detect so much, so you go back to the customary pat-down procedure, which isn't pleasant for TSA and the passengers," Ruppel said.
Ruppel said he objects to the removal of his airport's L-3 machine, particularly for the assumption that YVRA's security checkpoint is somehow less critical than checkpoints at larger airports. Once passengers pass screening at YVRA they typically do not face additional screening for connecting flights at other airports.
"We're damaging the system to fix part of the system," Ruppel said.
County officials say they also are concerned about customer service issues such as longer waits and passenger pat-downs.
"That's going to be my biggest concern," Monger said Wednesday.
Ruppel already has advised the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association that passengers might face longer wait times at security, especially on busy days.
"When you have 1,000 people, it's a sizable amount of time," Ruppel said.
Ruppel and Monger also question the decision to move the machines because of the cost to taxpayers.
Monger said the Yampa Valley Airport Commission and the Routt County Board of Commissioners plan to send letters to Colorado congressional leaders about their concerns. Ruppel told the commissioners earlier this week that his previous efforts to appeal to Colorado's congressional delegation for a waiver were unsuccessful.
It is unclear when YVRA will get a new body-scanning machine.
"What TSA is telling me is we don't know if and when we'll be able to get you a new device," Ruppel said.
A TSA spokeswoman did not respond to an email question about how many airports are losing their machines. Ruppel said he has heard airports in Durango, Montrose and Gunnison also lost their L-3 machines.
Some airports have taken more drastic measures to hang on to their body-scanning equipment. In Helena, Mont., airport officials refused to let workers remove their L-3 machine. The Associated Press reported that a 30-minute conference call between TSA and airport officials failed to resolve the dispute.


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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by Rex, Jan 24, 2011.
Kitty Kelley sez she knows....
But that is hardly earth-shaking....
Kitty Kelley is sleaze.
And a guilty pleasure
No, I don't like biographies to be fiction.
Well, the thread is about Oprah's secret...never mind about Kitty and her sources. That was just a theory.
That will be one lucky half-sister. She's probably prancing around her house right now singing "I'm in the money..." .
I almost wish it were me....
Now, to Oprah everything is earth-shaking. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just that she has a half sister.
she already had some half siblings, what is one more?
now if her half sibling was sarah palin or something to give it a twist, then yes, that is earth shaking
Or that she discovered a toe-jam cleaning machine.
When I first saw the commercial I guessed something like a half-sister. Which frankly isn't that earth shattering I don't think. I mean, well .... I bet there's lots of people out there with half-siblings they know nothing of. I think if it was something like she had a child at 14 and gave up for adoption or something, we woulda been hearing it all over the place. That's my guess anyway.
PS: Can I be Oprah's half-sister too?
Maybe she and Stedman are married!
Or her and Gayle are married? Or she has found the magic pill to lose weight and will make a jillion dollars more!
Oprah finds a half sister she didn't know she had.
Is Oprah going to give Patty lots of ?
That's it?
Way to work the hype for ratings. I'm assuming Oprah Inc is not happy that it is out before the show airs everywhere.
Whatever the sekret is , if it involves OPRAH, it's gonna be really weepy and everyone is going to be drowning in each other tears
It's a good week to buy stock in Kleenex
Can I be her long lost sister?
I hope they do some DNA testing before the sister gets included in the will.
Do people still care about Oprah Winfrey?
I think those that always have still do and those who never did still don't.
ITA. It's the last year of her show, so long time fans are glued to their tvs.
Interesting that the woman found out in 2007, but Oprah didn't find out for 3 years. Consulting lawyers perhaps? Or trouble getting past Oprah's outer perimeter to share the happy news?
i would aim higher for the group of people who got the free trip to australia
I think Oprah has known about this for longer than she is letting on...
If you were rich, like Oprah, would you automatically pony up money to your new 1/2 sister?
How's the O network doing that kicked off January 1? I don't get that channel.
If I were as rich as Oprah I'd pony up money to the man walking down the street.
Big secret? She is preparing to pony-up the money that it will take to buy the Illinois Supreme Court for Rahm Emanuel.
Give it up - what you don't know about politics fills Soldier's Field.
It seem the birth mother really didn't want to br found. How was this woman able to find out anyway?
Is Oprah's mother still alive? if so, how's she taking this?
Sorry, I didn't read the link, not an Oprah fan but still mildly curious.


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Arsène Wenger believes that Lionel Messi deserves to win the Ballon d'Or due to his "outrageous" year.
The Barcelona forward is the current holder of the award, and has been nominated again alongside Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta.
Wenger has been hugely impressed by all three players, but believes that the Argentina international should be crowned once again.
"It's very difficult. For the class, Messi [should win it]," the Arsenal manager said. "He's scored 76 goals in one year. It looks just outrageous to me. Therefore it would be one thing to reward something exceptional.
"Ronaldo has always been there and he deserves it as well. He won the Spanish championship. Iniesta won the European Championship with the national team and therefore, you could reward him.
"I'm not a big fan of these things. If you judge purely on class, you judge Messi. If you want the achievement of the year, you would choose Ronaldo and maybe Iniesta in second. That's how I see it."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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Pentesting is scary!
That doesn't mean read a lot of theory books! Practice, Practice, Practice! Eat, drink and sleep hacking if you want to be in the top 10 in the world. Dont settle for being average. Remember as an ethical hacker people are depending on your skill. If you say your network cant be breached, make damn sure its true!


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With cell-specific bioengineering, scientists may have found a way to make plants more salt tolerant
Catherine Clabby
A strategy to protect crops from salty soils hit plant scientist Mark Tester in a flash ten years ago, while he was delivering a classroom lecture.
"I thought, we need to work out how to control gene expression around the roots and suck the salt out before it gets to the shoot," says the University of Adelaide biologist based at the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics.
In July, Tester and collaborators in Australia and England delivered on the vision. In the journal The Plant Cell, they showed how they amplified a laboratory plant's natural ability to draw salt out of its xylem, diverting some of it from the plant's water pipes in stems and, ultimately, in leaves, where salt buildup can become toxic.
The better-salt-trap trait is heritable in the Arabidopsis thaliana laboratory plants that Tester's team bioengineered. He predicts they will repeat the feat in crop plants. Experiments with rice in his laboratory already show promising results, Tester says.
Soil salinity is one of a growing number of challenges facing agriculture around the world. As the human population continues to swell, so does demand for fertile ground to grow food. As the drive to plant more biofuel feedstock expands, competition for good farmland is expected to increase further.
Lurking in the background are the uncertain impacts of human-induced climate change, which may alter rain patterns, increase temperatures, raise sea levels and otherwise disrupt agriculture. Farmers large and small could be looking for means to plant on less-than-ideal farmland, including land with higher-than-desired salt levels, to cope with it all.
High soil salinity is believed to hinder crop yields in 100 countries. Hardest hit are farms and gardens in arid areas such as Pakistan, India, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Peru and Bolivia, according to a 2008 Science report by Jelte Rozema of Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands and plant physiologist Timothy Flowers of the University of Sussex in England.
But the contamination exists in more economically developed places too, including the United States and Australia. In an odd twist, irrigation is the most common human-induced cause of increased soil salinity. Applying water can double a field's crop yield, but it can also deposit salt. Even more frequently, higher levels of evaporation and transpiration on irrigated fields draw salts closer to the surface. Once there, they are very hard to remove.
High salt concentrations can hurt plants in two ways. The osmotic effect hinders plants' ability to draw water from soil. Second, when salt accumulates in plant tissue, it can cause premature leaf death.
So far, bioengineering has not delivered solutions. Rozema and Flowers in 2008 noted that between 1996 and 2006, 30 scientific reports emerged detailing approaches to genetically altered rice, a cereal highly intolerant of salt, to make it more salt tolerant. But such rice remains a work in progress.
Tester's team focused only on certain cells in roots to rev up systems that already provide varying amounts of salt tolerance, depending on the plant species. Some plants have the ability to reduce the amount of salt that can reach their transpiration stream by diverting some into their roots before it travels up their shoots. "It's a last-ditch defense," Tester said.
Building on research by others, the investigators targeted the Arabidopsis HKT1;1 gene in cells near water-transport systems in mature roots. They inserted a second copy of the gene sequence itself, as well as a promoter designed to maintain high expression of the inserted gene. Laboratory plants modified in this way had 37 to 64 percent less salt in their shoots compared with unaltered plants after exposure to high salinity.
Questions remain about the capacity of this approach. Flowers, one of the coauthors of the 2008 Science article on the toll of salinated soil on crops, wonders just how much salt plants will be able to store in their roots.
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Tester says the approach could make a difference in the field. "We have not yet tested the limits of the technology, but we do know it works at fairly high levels of salinites."
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Subject line pretty much says it all. My father has offered to take me to a home game, but neither of us have ever been there and he wants to avoid driving if at all possible. We live in Charlottesville, Virginia. So what would be best? Fly in? If so, to what airport and how would you recommend getting to/from the stadium? Or possibly by train -- there is an AmTrack station in Charlottesville, but I don't know if taking it to New York or one of the Jersey stops makes sense.
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Eisenhower Primary Care 365
Health Care When and Where You Need It
When it comes to managing your health, it's tremendously reassuring — and smart — to have an established relationship with a primary care physician who knows your medical history and understands your specific health issues. What would make it even better is having that physician available to you by phone, e-mail or in person whenever you have a problem,…and when you do need some face-to-face time, your doctor is located nearby.
Sound good? Eisenhower Medical Center thinks so, too. This is why Eisenhower created Eisenhower Primary Care 365, an innovative service now available at three convenient locations that span the Coachella Valley: La Quinta, Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs.
"This program is a new model of health care that offers an enhanced level of personalized service," explains Joseph Scherger, MD,MPH, a family physician and Vice President of Primary Care at Eisenhower Medical Center."In the traditional, office-based model of care, all care, except for emergencies, occurs during office visits, but with the Internet, we can offer a new platform for communication and care that's available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
"Through a secure online application called RelayHealth®, patients can ask their doctor questions, request appointments, discuss their medications, obtain lab results, and keep us informed about how they're doing with weight loss or managing their blood pressure, for example," explains Dr. Scherger."It's a communication link that makes care more continuously available, and patients can take an active role in their care instead of being dependent on an office visit to share information or ask a question."
While a face-to-face appointment is available anytime the patient wants or needs it, the online communication enables physicians to use office visits more selectively, notes Dr. Scherger."Plus, we can spend more time with patients when they do come in to see us,"Dr. Scherger adds, noting that appointments are regularly scheduled for 30 or 60 minutes.
How Eisenhower Primary Care 365 Works
For a modest annual membership fee — currently $595 per member age 56 and higher, or $395 per member for age 55 and younger, with couple and family rates available — you choose an Eisenhower Primary Care 365 physician to be your personal doctor at one of three Eisenhower Health Center locations.You have access to direct and continuous online communication with your doctor every day of the year.He or she will respond within 24 hours to routine communication, and in case of an emergency, a physician is always on call — backed by the resources and expertise of Eisenhower Medical Center. Plus, appointment scheduling is simplified and you can often get in to see your physician within 24 hours when an inperson visit is necessary.
This enhanced level of access is made possible because Eisenhower Primary Care 365 physicians limit their practice to 900 or fewer patients (most traditional primary care practices take care of 1,800 patients or more).
This approach to health care is called a medical home model of care. It's an emerging approach to primary care that facilitates a real partnership between patient and physician."It means you have someone coordinating all your care, looking at all aspects of your health," Dr. Scherger says, noting that this is crucial when someone has a serious medical condition like cancer or heart disease that involves seeing multiple specialists.
"A primary care physician will look at the complete picture, and ensure that a patient is getting all of the medical care that they need," adds Dr. Scherger.With the enhanced access that the Eisenhower Primary Care 365 program's online communication affords, the patient will also get all the information that they need.Now, with three convenient locations for face-to-face appointments, patients can get care where they need it, too.
Eisenhower Primary Care 365 physicians see patients at four convenient locations:
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Sagrada Familia private Room + Terrace ("The Green Room")
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Floor No.5(with elevator)
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|Calle Xifre, 08026 Barcelona, 西班牙
The modern apartment with Wi-Fi and a desktop PC is shared with other international guests. The 'Green Room' consists of a comfortable double bed and a wardrobe.
The communal facilities include a colourfully decorated living room with a sofa, dining area and office area. Guests are welcome to use the hot drink facilities and condiments provided in the fully equipped kitchen. There is a shared tiled bathroom with a shower.
The safe area offers a wide selection of shops, supermarkets and bakeries. It hosts the famous Clot Market selling fresh local products. Two metro stations and numerous bus routes provide excellent transport links.
Take a leisurely 35-minute stroll through the picturesque streets to Barcelona Beach. Sights along the way include the Glòries Shopping Centre, Avinguda Diagonal Shopping Street and the Torre Agbar Tower.
The rooms have no lock, but the atmosphere of the apartment is safe since I hosted every day, clean, organize and talk to my guests to see if everything is alright. If you travel with some cash value or do not want to keep it in the room I can keep it for you, since I live in the apartment next door.
Towels are included in the price and will be changed depending on the number of nights booked and the guest itself. There shall be no change of towels on bookings under 4 nights.
住宿规定The welcoming host is available to assist guests with any aspect of their stay and will also offer tips for getting the best out of a stay in Barcelona.
Please note that the 'Green Room' is suitable for guests staying for 5 nights or longer.
For short stays, guests can stay in the 'B&W Room', which is also listed on Wimdu. Please check the host's profile for more details.
Bed linen and towels are provided.
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Air conditioning is available in the room for an optional fee of €10 per day which is payable in cash on check-in.
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Dear Monica,
We had an amazing time in the city Barcelona.
we where very happy with everything, the room, the perfect laying town Cot........
It was close to al the places we wanted to see.
Yes, thanks again, a holiday how i will never forget.
Love and blessings,
didi and paul xxxx
We've spent an amazing week in Barcelona and all thanks to mrs Monicas great apartment. The rooms is clean and nice. The whole flat isn't very big but for us it wasn't that important. The tarrace is the best. Also, great localisation, it is really close to sagrada familia, the subway or to bus to go to the beach.
There was only one bad thing about this room. Our window went to the inside of neighbourhood qnd sometimes we couldn't sleep at night because of the noisy neighbour
It was a very nice stay. It was a cosy appartment. It was clean. We enjoyed it big time! We also want to Thank Monica for her kindness!
Thank you! Next time we travel to Barcelona we will come back.
Big thank's for monica she was very helpfull, was internet, kitchen and shower.
All what we need was just outside, shops, metro, la sagrada familia even more.
Good place if need place just for sleep, after hard day on downtown.
We are there 3 person and we are happy, bed was small for 3, we know that and just 4 nights that not big problem.
Although I've been at Monica's appartament only for 3 nights I can describe my stay as joyful. Flat is really green and clean, small additives for guests like sugar, tea, coffee - fresh towels - are awfully nice and useful. Metro and shops are pretty close. I can fully recomend.
we had a very nice stay here!It is very clean, the room itself is spacious, good wifi connection and a nice balcony!The metro is very close by, 5 minutes walk.In addition, a 15-minute walk from the Sagrada Familia.
This was our first stay in an accommodation like this. Upon our arrival we were shown our room, and got a tour through an appartment. Place was clean and ready for guests. Since our host Monika lives just accros the hall way, she made herself available to answer any questions, or give us some advises. Thank you very much Monika for your hospitality.
Corey & Radka
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WIRED FOR WAR: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century. P. W. Singer. xii + 499 pp. The Penguin Press, 2009. $29.95.
Peter W. Singer, an analyst at the Brookings Institution, has an extraordinary ability to locate the cutting edge in the evolution of warfare before others get there. His two earlier books, Children at War (2006) and Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry (2003), showed how child soldiers and military contractors are changing the face of war. Now comes a new book built around the bold premise that robotics is "the most important weapons development since the atomic bomb." Singer sets out to map the new robotic technologies on the battlefield and on the horizon of possibility, and to explore their ethical and political implications.
If Singer's two previous books were readable but scholarly, Wired for War is written in the caffeinated, technology-hyping, young male style of Wired magazine, replete with annoyingly cute section and chapter headings such as "It's All about the Network, Baby," "Doctrine, Schmoctrine," "Robots that Don't Like Apple Pi," "Do Robot Soldiers Dream of Electric Sheep?" and "Woe-bot, Whoa-bot!" There are copious allusions to science fiction (including a whole chapter making the dubious argument that science fiction writers have a better track record predicting the future than professional analysts do), multiple vignettes of technology gurus and, in keeping with the young male ethos of the book, numerous faux-macho quotes salted with the F-word. Singer's own attitude toward robotics is largely captured by his approving quotation of Carnegie Mellon researcher Daniel Wilson's explanation of why people enter the field: "Robots are just plain cool as hell."
In the first 180 pages of this unnecessarily long book, Singer hypes the technology, acting as a sort of curbside barker for the military robotics community. Then, just when this reader was giving up hope, the acute intelligence that illuminated Singer's earlier books reappears: In the second half of Wired for War, Singer casts a critical eye on many claims made by military analysts and asks the kind of farsighted questions that too few are asking about this emergent technology.
By 2005 there were about 5,000 robots in Iraq. One of the most common was iRobot's Packbot, a lawnmower-sized gizmo with a mechanical arm and a high-resolution camera, which was often sent ahead to scout for insurgents and to disarm improvised explosive devices. Another is the Foster-Miller company's SWORDS—a remote-controlled miniature tank that can be armed with anything from machine guns to rocket launchers. Extolling the virtues of these machines, a Pentagon official says, "They don't get hungry. They're not afraid. They don't forget their orders. They don't care if the guy next to them has just been shot. Will they do a better job than humans? Yes." And a U.S. Navy chief petty officer expresses his relief that "When a robot dies, you don't have to write a letter to its mother." Robots' lack of human family members notwithstanding, Singer says that soldiers often develop strong attachments to their robots, grieving when they are blown up and, in one case, running through a hail of bullets to rescue a Packbot under fire.
By 2008 the United States also had more than 5,000 unmanned drones flying over Iraq and Afghanistan. They are flown remotely by "cubicle warriors" in the United States. At first the drones were used only for surveillance, but now they are armed with Hellfire missiles for use against ground targets. Drones offer obvious advantages: They can fly longer missions without fatigued pilots aboard, they are more expendable than manned planes and can therefore fly lower, and they are relatively cheap at $4.5 million each. Despite these advantages, the Air Force, according to Singer, was slow to adopt them because they lacked the glamor of the supersonic jets beloved by the Air Force flyboys and because they threatened the fantastically expensive contracts that are the bread and butter of the military-industrial world.
Moving from air to water, Singer expects increased use by the Navy of unmanned boats and miniature submarines, some of them designed like fish. Also on the horizon are insectlike drones that could perch on windowsills and observe, perhaps recharging themselves from light bulbs and poisoning people with tiny darts. The big question is to what extent these unmanned systems should be left under direct, if remote, human control, with all the possibilities for enemy hacking and jamming this would entail. Also, how much autonomy and learning ability should be programmed into them, running the risk that they would create mayhem of one sort or another? (Singer briefly documents a number of instances when robotic systems have run amok, including a malfunctioning industrial robot that took a swing at Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during a factory tour.)
In the second half of the book Singer explores the ethical and political corollaries of a future in which these technologies have matured and have been integrated into warfare. Although some analysts assume—just as they did when the United States was the first to develop the atomic bomb—that the United States will retain technical dominance in the arena of military robotics, Singer is skeptical. He worries that other countries with better-educated workforces and less dysfunctional military contracting systems, especially in Asia, may leapfrog the United States. Given that some of this technology can now be bought off the shelf, he is also concerned about terrorist robot attacks. Insurgents in Iraq have already used crude robots to attack U.S. troops, including a remote-controlled skateboard with an IED aboard.
But Singer's most interesting ruminations concern the implications of military robotics for democratic war-making. When a drone operator can kill people thousands of miles away by pressing a button, experiencing it like play in a video game, and then head off to a PTA meeting, has war become too sanitized for our own good? And in an era in which 7,000 video clips from the Iraq War have found their way onto the Internet, at least one of which stylizes the deaths of Arabs by setting them to music, has war become a form of voyeuristic entertainment—"war porn"—in a way that should trouble us? Above all, Singer worries that in a post-draft era in which most Americans are already disconnected from the serious business of being at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the prospect that robots could do most of the killing and dying on our behalf holds out "the lure of riskless warfare." He fears that "by seeming to lower the human costs of war, [robots] may seduce us into more wars." Singer quotes military veteran and literary luminary Paul Fussell to suggest that wars in which we do not wager our own human bodies for causes we believe in may not, whatever the casus belli, be virtuous wars in the traditional military sense.
Finally, in a chapter on ethics and international law that should be mandatory reading for senior Pentagon officials, Singer explores a tangled knot of questions provoked by robotic technologies: Is a Predator drone pilot who is killing people in Afghanistan from a console in Nevada a combatant? If so, does that make him a legitimate target, even though he's several thousand miles from the battlefield? If robots "are incapable of intent, are they capable of war crimes?" If a robot kills civilians because of a bug in its programming, is its manufacturer or its programmer guilty of a war crime? And is it reasonable to expect that a machine that has enormous difficulty telling an apple from a tomato will be able discriminate between civilians and combatants?
If there is a weak spot in these discussions, it is that Singer sometimes lets his guard down and, despite an often bracingly skeptical attitude toward Pentagon hype, is still too credulous toward some of the claims being made for these technologies. Repeating Pentagon claims about a nonlethal "pain ray," for example, he says that although it could make people "feel like their skin was catching on fire" by heating the water in the top layer of their skin, "the ray doesn't permanently hurt the person." It's difficult to evaluate this claim because many aspects of the research that allegedly backs it up are classified. Surely the jury is still out on such a new technology.
Elsewhere Singer extols the ability of Predator drones to "dwell and stare" so that their operators truly understand what is happening in a neighborhood under surveillance, or to "watch the rear of a building for a bad guy escaping when troops go in the front." But how does a drone operator thousands of miles away know that those escaping from the back are "bad guys" who should be killed and not innocents terrified of American troops? In a talk given on May 20, 2009, at the Center for National Policy, David Kilcullen, special adviser to General David Petraeus, estimated that U.S. drones had killed 14 Taliban and 700 civilians in Pakistan. This suggests a need for a still more critical stance than we get from Singer about the drone way of war. As well as questioning the potential political consequences of this technology, as Singer does, we need to be more skeptical about its very efficacy.
Singer might have been able to write about these issues with greater critical distance if he had talked to more critics outside the military and the world of military robotics. He does have a chapter about roboticists who refuse military funding, but it is the shortest in the book, and it feels superficial. So in the end, Wired for War, seesawing between hyperbolic enthusiasm and intelligent skepticism, is largely an insider's critique. If you imagine a very smart person writing about the ethical and political implications of nuclear weapons without speaking to scientists from the Union of Concerned Scientists or the Pugwash movement, you will have a pretty good sense of the limitations of this book. If we are to make robots work for us to create a better world, rather than get caught up in a process of half-blind technical drift, we will need a debate that involves more voices than we encounter in this book. Still, as always, P. W. Singer is the first on the scene to identify an important issue we are ignoring. He has gotten the discussion off to a good start.
Hugh Gusterson is Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at George Mason University. He is coeditor with Catherine Besteman of The Insecure American, which will be published by University of California Press in fall 2009.
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Has anyone tried ECO Wood Treatment on their woodenware? Kelley sells it.
Has anyone tried ECO Wood Treatment on their woodenware? Kelley sells it.
Where are we and what's with this hand basket?
I am just trying it this year. I hope it works well as I have dipped 35 of my boxes with it. I contacted Eco wood and spoke with them, I told them that I was a bee keeper and a lazy one at that. I am just going to dip my boxes one side at a time. Will this be ok and will it harm my bees?
His answer we yes its ok and no it would not harm bees. He did suggest letting the boxes dry overnight before using them with the bees.
Wish me luck and let me know how it works for y'all.
"It's better to die upon your feet than to live upon your knees!" Zapata
I bought a packet from Kelleys. I personally do not trust it. It does not turn water like paint or stain. I have some wooden nuc boxes still treated with it. They will be my test boxes. I put oil base Cabot stain on the rest of the boxes that I used it on. Too expensive to take a chance on. I find the Cabot stain at Lowes in the oops shelf for $5.00. I've figured out the bees really don't care what color it is.
So much to learn, so little time!!
I too saw this and was interested in trying it on some boxes versus painting them. I dipped all my pieces twice before assembly and a final dip after assembly. I'm not impressed with the results and I won't be doing anymore without paint. Inspecting the boxes earlier this week I am seeing a lot of warping and separation. I'm pretty sure these boxes are going to be scrap as soon as I can swap them out. I would suggest you try it on a few first and see what your results are. For the record mine have been in use less than a year here in North Alabama.
I bought a small package online Home Depot. Last summer I "painted" it onto 3 deeps and 3 supers following instructions. I didn't do the inside, but saturated the outside and especially the joints. I tried it because I love natural wood look. I haven't had any warping at all yet. I'm not thrilled about the wood tone now, kind of dark and almost dirty looking. I bought new equipment this year for increasing again, and painted it all. I could attempt some pics if you want.
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I read lots of reviews and one of the seller had on their site that it was not reccomended for wood such as pine.
Hamp- You might want to try "Classic" Woodlife clear coat preservative on the exterior of your hives.
It is an excellent wood preservative. The co. also makes "Coppercoat" preservative might help with
hive beetles. I called the company and they told me either one can be used on the exterior of bee hives.
Thanks for all the feedback! For me the ECO thought went up like a rocket and came down a dead stick. The more I think about this, the more I like the idea of deep frying equipment in beeswax and rosin…natural products and from the reports, the finish seems to last.
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used it last year on screened bottom boards the Ross old tools kind that are real hard to paint
so far so good the wood does turn very dark brown but holding up well
this year dipped\painted 20 + boxes and some more bottom boards love dipping\painting 10 boxes in less than an hour and ready to use in another hour if left in sun have had no problem warping yet (rabbit joints tight bond III and 4 screws and 1/4" staples )
had a dead out brought equipment back and 2-3 year old painted bottom board is pretty well rotted same style , landing board and side rails shot so I think the eco treated ones will hold up at least that well as I had some from last year sit out all winter just stacked and seamed good
as new
that's my experience so far
I have used Eco Wood Treatment on lots of my equipment for 6-7 years now. I think I posted a few pictures here before on a couple of other threads. The only time I see boxes warping and coming apart is when I don't glue the joints. Tite Bond III, allow it to dry for a minimum of 24 hours and then I just dip everything. I have sold quite a bit of it to other beekeepers and they seem to like it as well.
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Great Pics
Glad to hear still holding up aft 6 yr
You can make your own by crushing 20 iron tablets into a quart of water, or buy food grade ferrous sulfate its what is in the vitamins.
The reason the wood turns is because the iron reacts with the tannin in the wood. That is why it does not work on pine very good.
The forest service uses boric acid to help preserve wood as well, so
I would not be surprised if a teaspoon of that would not help.
That is just my opinion.
I'm using it so far so good
Real easy and fast to do a bunch of boxes
I like it on my honey supers but on my brood deeps I seem to use paint later on makes me fell better for the winters here so they get both coats
After 3 years I still use it on new wood but not on the inside
Interesting Thread....Wondering if there are any more updates from those that hadn't been using it too long when they had originally posted.
I actually purchased some, going back and forth trying to decide if I actually want to use it.
Have exchanged a few emails with the folks at ECO...For whatever it's worth, they are completed convinced that it's safe for both the inside and out of the box. I also asked about the "not great on pine" issue. He disagreed and said it should preserve it fine, the only difference may be that it won't have as much of a effect, at least not immediately on the color of the wood, but it's purely an aesthetics issue.
The other thing I was concerned and asked about was if I could dip my boards before gluing and stapling? He said it wouldn't matter...I know it would be easier to dip before assembly, but I just don't want to do anything to reduce the performance of the Titebond III, I'm one of those that believe "big time" in the strength and importance of a good glue!
Lastly, for those that use this product, do you do anything to fill or cover your staple or nail holes? Whenever I paint my boxes, I always spackle these first...
Any and all feedback appreciated...I've been beating up myself trying to make a decision on this one for a while now.
I dont fill staple or nail/screw holes I assemble then dip/paint on by putting ECO in a plastic tote from walmart about 30-40 gallon I guess make sure all sides ends ect are wetted did 22 medium boxes and 8 bottom boards last weekend in about and hour one coat and done
only using 1 year on boxes 2 on screened bottom boards so far holding up better than painted ones
I started using it 2 years ago. Personally, I like it. I use it on pine and have not had a problem. I haven't had any issues with warping. A fellow beek has been using it for about 5 years now and says he'll never go back to painting. This fellow is a 4th generation beek and has been keeping bees for 50 years. I put my boxes together then dip them, on the outside only. I use an outer cover as a dipping "tank". I personally like the way it darkens the longer it sits.
"Of all God's creatures, only the honeybee improves its environment and preys on no other species."--Haydon Brown
Anyone make their own?
Is boric acid safe to mix in?
Dave and Sharp, thanks for the responses, very encouraging...
Sharp, One question, you say you just dip the outside of your boxes. "Supposedly" ECO is safe for the inside of the box and won't bother the bees. Curious is there some reason you don't dip the inside or is it just out of an abundance of caution.
This is the latest decision of this project that I'm waffling back and forth with....
I think dipping the entire box would be easier and provide a little more protection for the box...While dipping just the inside would be a little more "playing it safe" for the bees?
Technically, doing just the inside will use less product, but that's not really factoring into my decision.


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NFL back to the format of playing the Pro Bowl before the Super Bowl in same city.
Ohhh, so it's going to be played in the same city.
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Prayers and condolences to his friends, family, and team.
Prayers and condolences to his friends, family, and team.
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite team in the NFL.
As a former Jarhead that did 2 combat tours in Iraq in 03' & the Stan in 04', I ain't gonna lose any sleep over this murderer killing himself. I feel for the 3 month old daughter that her dad ended up killing her mom. More than likely, she was either gonna divorce him or he found out she was playing him & he wasn't man enough to just except it & walk away & continue to just be a dad to his daughter & love & support her.
He took a coward's way out but unfortunately decided to take his baby's mom with him. Glad the NFL isn't cancelling the game. Life goes on.
Your welcome bigblue. Don't mean to come off sounding mean but the bottom line is he commited murder, NFL would have been stupid to cancel a game for a murderer.
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Feel very badly for his mom who actually witnessed him shoot the girlfriend.
I wonder if they're gonna tell the baby growing up. The kids still only 3 months so I doubt he/she will remember or even know what happened. That would be hard growing up knowing what happened to your parents in that circumstance. Question is how long can you keep it a secret?