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I wanted to post a few random thoughts and see where this goes based on what people see as possible, what pure is, etc.
I see several levels of possible breeders and areas of effort, and what you would consider strains, etc. I'll group them as follows.
1)Pure stock as nature had them selected. One person I spoke to recently was Malcolm Sanford. One of the things he wishes to achieve with GBBA (Global Bee Breeders Assoc.) is to do genetic testing to isolate the purist breeds. At the moment, what is an Italian, a carni, or a Russian? And where is the pure stock to save, breed, and maintain? Certainly as much as the strains have been moved around, many have commented that there is no pure lines of this or that, especially in the states. But where are the pure strains, if there are any left, around the world? And certainly, whatever the purist strains we have, they should be maintained to continue the lines for future use. Since genetic testing and isolation has not been done in the past, we really do not even know what a pure strain is, how many alleles there was from the start, etc.
2) Pure lines, or at least as pure as we have now. Efforts such as the Russian breeders program have Russians that they will attempt to keep isolated, and maintain pure lines. Questions are raised about what "pure" is, as we have no past level or quality standard to use as a guideline. But to maintain as pure as we can at this time may be as a good as it gets. Bringing in outside stock to boost alleles numbers, maintain as pure line as possible, and benefit from genetics, is a long task. It seems that getting a plane loaded with bees from Australia is easier to pass customs than a few vials of drone semen. Maintaining the lines that we have is a big step and will be helpful as we move into the future. No sense bringing in new stock if the mechanics are not in place to maintain them once we have them. Some have suggested that a breeding program for carni, Italian, and other strains should be considered.
3)Standard breeders as we know them. Many open mate, use multiple breeders brought in from various sources, call the queen hybrids, and have a loose breeding program. There are certainly benefits of genetic diversity. The more alleles, the more possibilities exist for selection and maintaining quality. For the average breeder, this is where most are. Something less than pure, but perhaps a better suited queen for overall performance. But the problems within this breeding model has been growing for some time now. A "leveling out" of the pure strains has caused a loss of alleles, and a decline of quality. And certainly, the continued loss of alleles will cause a decrease in quality. Inbreeding will continue to be a potential problem.
Brother Adam was able to travel around the world and pick the best of the best, and come up with a line called buckfast. That's the great thing about genetic diversity. You get a hybrid that has all the good things you select for. But that was sometime ago. We also had the starline and midnite lines. But over time, these strains have changed, and are being watered down. And currently we do not have the ability as Brother Adam did to collect stock from around the world. Those days have passed being able to fly in new queens at ones choosing. And even if we could, without such vision and future efforts as what Malcolm Sanford speaks, we really don't even know what pure lines are out there, and if those lines have changed themselves over the years. Certainly, Italians have been spread around Europe and other places as they have been here in the states.
So where are we today? I see us grasping at pure lines as the best we can, and using the tools we know to maintain them. But how long will that last? Can we expect the lines we have, such as NWC, the Russians being used in the Russian breeders association, and other lines just to continue towards a middle ground? Some mention feral. But from a genetic standpoint, how can they be any better genetically than the pool we already have here? They did not come from an outside source.
I'm hoping my random thoughts make sense. I hope people can understand the larger picture of what needs to be done in protecting any pockets of pure lines we have left around the world. I hope people see how maintaining a breeding pool from what we have here already is also needed. And by how having these tools allows us all to be a little like Brother Adam in selecting the best of different lines, so a diversity and quality bee industry can continue in the future.
We need various programs at the different levels to benefit each other in the long run. Understanding how each feeds off each other, and what the benefits are of each, is in everyone's interest. They are connected.


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The scene opens in a campsite just outside Amsterdam on a cool day. It's been one of those mornings after one of those nights. Amsterdam is always manic when you're looking after a busload of Australians, trying to make sure they have a good time while trying to make sure they don't get arrested.
I've been cooking breakfast for 30 aching souls in between hurrying them into packing up their bags and their tents and their lives and getting onto the damn bus on time. It's not going well - the queue for bacon and eggs is short; the queue for the shower block is long. It's mornings like this you forget things.
There's a thought gnawing at the back of my brain that I can't quite identify and I don't have time to think about because we're leaving in 10 minutes and where the heck is everyone?
We leave late, of course, heading south for Bruges a good half-hour after we should have departed.
The wheels roll, the bus heaves, 30 travellers fall instantly asleep and I could still swear I've forgotten something. Oh well.
Fade out.
Fade in to a perfect afternoon in the Jordaan, the cool part of an already cool city. Amsterdam is at its best when the sun shines, when people drag their whole living rooms out onto the cobbled streets and everyone else heads to open-air cafes and bars to soak up rare rays.
I've just been strolling around the place, taking in the charm of narrow streets lined with shops and restaurants, when I come across yet another open square next to a canal. People are laughing and chatting on wooden benches outside a little cafe.
I take a seat, have a look at what everyone else is eating. It seems like apple pie is the favourite, so I order one with a coffee and devour it, then sit back and enjoy the sun's warmth. It couldn't be more picture perfect, more serene ...
Fade out.
Fade in to night-time in the Leidseplein, the bustling centre of all things evening in Amsterdam. There's fun in the air, from the burble coming from the pavement bars to the crowds gathered around the busker juggling a football. This is a city that thrives on hedonism and the feeling is taking hold as the hour slips into single digits.
Officially I'm supposed to be working, back on the bus tours, but my group has disappeared into the city's nefarious nooks and crannies, leaving me to soak things up solo. Suddenly, however, one of the passengers appears out of the night.
"Ben, you gotta come help," he says. "Jess is struggling."
Jess is in the Bulldog, a justifiably notorious establishment. All those things you've heard you can get up to in Amsterdam? The Bulldog has most of them on a printed menu. Jess is slumped on a chair in a corner. Sigh. I put an arm around her waist, heave her to her feet, start helping her up the stairs to get some fresh air. She looks at me like she's about to say thanks, then grimaces a little bit. Then she throws up on me.
Fade out.
Fade in to the Vondelpark, a huge expanse of green in the middle of Amsterdam. There are groups of friends sitting in circles here, sharing food and a few laughs. Joggers and roller-bladers do languid laps through the trees. Dogs bark. Bicycles ding their bells.
I'm on one of those bikes, an old Dutch-style thing, the type of single-geared beast you'd only consider riding in a pancake-flat city. The sun is out again. My pedals are turning, the wind is whistling. Freedom.
This, I'm thinking - this is what life is all about: the simple beauty of a bike to explore one of the world's great cities. The joy of a day spent in cobble-stoned, canal-sided heaven.
I love Amsterdam. Some cities just seem to click with you and Amsterdam is my city. Most people think of it as a den of sin but it's so much more than that.
Everything that happens to me in Amsterdam seems unforgettable - I can play the scenes back in my head like some kind of jarring Tarantino film. The good and the bad. The campsite, the apple pie, the Bulldog, the Vondelpark. Then there's shopping for cheese at the Nieuwmarkt. A stroll around the Van Gogh museum. A close shave with a tram. Beer with lemon at a canal-side bar.
What a city.
Fade back in to the tour bus on that last morning. We're rolling along somewhere near the Belgian border when the penny finally drops, when I remember what it was I was supposed to do. What I've forgotten in the rush.
My washing. A whole load of my clothes is still hanging on a line far away in a campsite just outside Amsterdam.
In a way, it's not such a bad thing. At least it means I'll have to go back.
Which city has clicked with you on your travels? Post a comment below.

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text: So we have an appointment with a pediactric Orthopedic Onologist on Friday. That's one person who I hoped that we never would have to go see, but alas we are going for my 9 year old. Turns out they're pretty sure that he doesn't have cancer, but rather a very large cyst/tumor that's growing on his pelvis. Either way, I'm hoping that they don't say major surgery, but from what we've read that's probably the #1 option. Cut it out. Bone grafts. Maybe something to stabilize it. 3 to 6 month recovery. Anyhow, it's really stressing me out, so I need to chill out for a while and I'll be on and off the site for the next week or two. Maybe I'll be visiting Columbus, Ohio where they have a very good Children's hospital there where they have some newer technology and studies up there that might make this thing not so bad. Anyhow, never would turn down prayers and good warm fuzzy thoughts for something like this. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had a child go through something like this, but I think I might turn to drinking alot again, lol. But that's all I have to say for now, if you need something one of the moderators can help out (they've been doing a great job anyhow).


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New Zealand will be two players short for the start of next month's tour of England.
They will choose from 13 for the opening match against Derbyshire on May 4.
So who'll be captain in Brendon McCullum's absence on Indian Premier League duty with the Kolkata Knight Riders?
Ross Taylor, perhaps? That's being cheeky, and in any case the former captain will be in India with the Pune Warriors.
The pair will rejoin the group for the second game against the England Lions. They might be flying out of Mumbai on the same flight. Oh, to be a fly on the first-class cabin wall for that.
There's no point bemoaning the fact that the skipper, indeed the whole tour group should step off the plane at Heathrow together. That's old hat, the sort of thinking belonging to woolly-headed fogeys, the modern players would say.
One warmup game in damp, seaming English conditions will be fine, they'll say, for tests at Lord's and green, seaming Headingley. And if it isn't, tough.
There's big lucre to be made in the IPL, which began this week with McCullum's Kolkata - minus McCullum - beating what would have been Jesse Ryder's Delhi Daredevils, by six wickets. All the lights, razzmatazz, dancing girls, booming music and that faintly ridiculous Kolkata owner prancing up a storm on a balcony high in the stands were there.
If you are new to the IPL, in its sixth season, and assume the world's best players are all there in a dazzling cavalcade of all that's good about the shortest game, think again.
Teams must carry a certain percentage of Indian players. Even some of the international acts are getting on. By his own admission, Australia's champion wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist passed his peak eight years ago. He's 41.
He's not alone. Rahul Dravid, a true batting great, is 40 and the one-day game, let alone 20-over stuff, was never his true forte. The Indian Pensioners League, English writer Scyld Berry renamed it this week.
New Zealand are represented by Dan Vettori at the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Nathan McCullum at the new franchise the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jacob Oram and James Franklin at Mumbai Indians; while Taylor is at his fourth franchise, the Pune Warriors.
Taylor yesterday announced he's off to the Caribbean Premier League, starting on July 29 and including six franchises. He's the third overseas player to sign up, after - you guessed it - Gilchrist, and Ponting.
Now it's up to 72 round robin games and four finals, ballooned up from its early days of what now seems a mere 56 games and finals. Nine franchises not eight, so dilution in standard is an obvious byproduct.
It's light entertainment, take it in bite-sized pieces. And turn down the volume to avoid hearing the worst sycophants going around.


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The world of school finance is complex and ever-changing.
As a public school district we are guided by federal, state and local regulations. There are eight unique funds in the budget here at Pine River-Backus Schools.
Now that the process for budgeting the 2013-14 school year has begun, I thought it would be helpful to break down the sources of revenues and expenses for those funds.
First off is the General Fund. This fund accounts for roughly 80 percent of the overall district budget. Revenue to this fund consists of federal funding for Title I and Title II programs, state funding for General Education Aid, Special Education Aid and many other aid categories, and local funding through the levy and miscellaneous fees and donations.
State funding accounts for 90.8 percent of the General Fund. Making up the other 9.2 percent is federal funding at 4.4 percent and local funding at 4.8 percent. The General Fund expenses are where all educational programming is covered — most staffing, classes, curriculum, athletics/activities, utilities, maintenance, etc.
Next is the Food Service Fund. This fund is self-sustaining in that any money generated by the food service is restricted to being spent in the food service program. Approximately 73 percent of this program is funded through federal and state reimbursement. Expenses cover all food service staff, food costs, supplies and food service equipment purchases.
The Transportation Fund generates most of its revenue through state aid with a small portion coming from fees for field trips and routes outside of the normal to/from busing. Expenses in this fund cover transportation staff, fuel costs, parts/repair costs and bus purchases.
The Community Education Fund receives most of its funding through the local levy and class fees. All revenues and expenses in this fund cover general Community Education classes, youth sports, Early Childhood Family Education, School Readiness, preschool screening, after school enrichment, Adult Basic Education, drivers education and behind the wheel.
Operating Capital is the fifth district fund. All funding for the Operating Capital fund comes from the local levy. The revenue generated is restricted and can be spent only on Operating Capital projects, which include facility upgrades, technology upgrades, deferred maintenance projects for annual upkeep, and health and safety projects.
Fund six is Building Construction. This is the fund that covers major building projects — the roofing projects completed last September, the new bus garage, the new Early Childhood addition and new athletic addition, all completed in January. The proceeds from building bonds, leases or loans are deposited to this fund throughout the construction process to cover construction costs.
When payments are made on the district building bonds, they are funded through the Debt Service Fund. The revenue to make these payments comes directly from the levy as the building bonds were voter approved through the election process.
Last, but not least, is the Trust/Scholarship Fund. The district awards scholarships to graduating seniors every spring. Upon successful completion of their first semester of college they can claim their scholarships. All funds in these scholarships have been donated to the district and are held in individual accounts with local banks.
As mentioned, budget season has begun. The district, under direction from the school board, will be determining priorities and recommendations to build a balanced budget for 2013-14.
(Jolene Bengtson is the Pine River-Backus School District business manager.)


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|Perfect sea view is there to welcome you at the Andaman Beach Suites Hotel.
One of a few high-rise building on Phuket's Patong Beach, the Andaman Beach Suites Hotel
invites you to enjoy a panoramic vista of lush green hill-slopes, sparkling blue sea and shimmering white sand.
Feel connected to the world-renowned Patong Beach, where the sea and sand, the sun and fun, are only 150 meters away.
From the subtle comfort of our suites, to the soothing sea breeze that permeates the entire 3rd floor Leisure Center, feel free to relax anywhere in the Andaman Beach Suites Hotel.
Be spoiled a variety of shops, restaurants, bars and spa centres, then hit the oceanfront and beachside promenade for some well-deserved relaxation.
Whatever your choice may be, the Andaman Beach Suites Hotel is confident that each will be a pleasant and enjoyable one during your stay with us.
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|Lobby (ABSC Wing)
The Andaman Beach Suites Hotel is proud to be the first choice hotel of all types of travelers –
whether you are here with the entire family or on a romantic getaway, we provide the most suitable
rooms and facilities for each individual or group.
All our room and suites come with basic amenities, a balcony overlooking the sea and are fully air-conditioned. Round-the-clock Wireless Internet access can be enjoyed in all rooms by purchasing timecards at the Front Desk.
Guests in our Super Deluxe, Family Suites and Royal Family Suites will also enjoy a brand new Home Theatre and Entertainment System, complete with a large LCD television and iPod Dock.
Superior City View, ABSC Wing : 32 rooms, 30 sq.m.
The Andaman Beach Suites Hotel is proud to unveil our brand new ABSC Wing Superior Rooms(City View), spaciously designed with tasteful decor, the 30 sq.m. Superior Room is the ideal choice for the discerning traveler looking to stay in a well appointed boutique hotel.
With unique living arrangements and top of the line en-suite entertainment, the Superior Room is just right for couples.
Superior Seaview, Main Wing : 7 rooms, 40 sq.m.
On top of Superior City View there are Superior Sea View with similar living arrangements in larger room, the 40 sqm. located in the main building. The Superior Sea View, although no balcony, could offer panoramic view of the whole Patong Bay.
Deluxe Pool View / Deluxe Sea View : 59 rooms, 44 sq.m.
The Deluxe Rooms deliver an elegant and stylish ambience for the discerning guest, in a presentation that is both well-appointed and affordable.
Located in the main building, the Deluxe Room is the choice accommodation for holiday makers searching for an enlivening vacation. Fantastic vistas from your balcony.
With ocean views, the 44 sq.m. Deluxe Room gives you wonderful holiday perspectives. There are 66 rooms, each featuring a sitting area, spacious en suite bathroom and balcony. Subject to availability, guests have the option of selecting double or twin bedding configurations and connecting room layouts.
Super Deluxe Room : 17 rooms, 44-55 sq.m.
Our newly refurbished Super Deluxe Rooms boast a luxurious and captivating finish, as well as a top of the line home theater and entertainment system. Be prepared to indulge your senses.
The Super Deluxe Room offer fantastic view of the picturesque Patong Beach, Perfect for sharing fun filled days and romantic nights with your significant other. All 17 Super Deluxe Rooms have sweeping vistas of the calm Andaman Sea. Measuring 44-55 sq.m., each room also features a sitting area, spacious en-suites bathroom, balcony and home theater system. With double or twin bedding configuration, the room sleeps 3 adults when supplemented with extra bed. Additional charges apply.
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The Suites Restaurant is conveniently located on the 3rd floor. With over 80 seats in our dining area, we are able to cater to an individual traveler or large tour groups and functions. Enjoy Your meals alfresco by the poolside or in air conditioned comfort, and let our friendly staff serve you delicious Thai and International cuisine all day.
Lobby Bar-Leisure Centre Lobby on 3rd floor
Our Lobby Bar located on the 3thfloor will keep you coming back for more refreshing drinks, light meal, business contacting or just simple relaxation. Our leisure center has something for everyone, and will keep our treasured guests occupied and entertained for hours. Free Wi-Fi is available on this floor.
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Swimming Pool
Perfect for swimming and lazing in the sun or just soaking in the water, our spacious pool deck provides shady gazebos, comfy loungers and a smaller wading selection with a fun slider for the young in age young at heart to splash around in.
With future expansion of the pool deck which had been completed recently, our guests will soon be able to enjoy the fresh sea breeze and a close-up view of the blue Andaman sea through bright fountain and a lush screen of flora. Guests can also sip cocktails and enjoy a snack at our planned pool deck bar.
Tennis Courts
Serve up some fun at our fully equipped tennis courts! Stay on top of your game while you're on holiday. Our friendly Activities Staff will gladly help you work on that killer back-hand!
Open 08.00 a.m. - 06.00 p.m.
Massage Service
Recharge and rewind after a full day of fun with a relaxing massage at the poolside by our friendly staff
Open 09.00 a.m. - 10.00 p.m.
Kids Room
Your children will have a ball in our kids' Corner! Our Activities Staff will keep your little angles entertained and delighted with a variety of games and toys while you relax.
Open 08.00 a.m. - 09.00 p.m.
Fitness and Games Room
Hit the gym before you hit the beach! Our fully equipped Fitness Center will help you keep trim and fit whether you're into light morning jogs or heavy weight-lifting.
Open 08.00 a.m. - 09.00 p.m.
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2 Tennis Courts and also a Sauna. A Kids Room provides a place for children
to relax and enjoy recreational activities. Our Library and Internet
corner provides the place for keeping up-to-date with recent news and
information. Feel at ease at our Lobby Bar with several beverages. The
hotel's spacious Lobby provides comfort and convenience with fully equipped
communication devices. Suitable for all kinds of meetings and parties,
our Conference Room can serve for business meetings to private parties.
Learn Fruit Carving or enjoy our various educational activities with
your friends and family with support by our friendly staff.
Conference Room
Our Conference Room comes equipped with the latest audio-visual equipment that will help you get your message across clearly and make a lasting impression on your business partners. It seats 50 persons in a variety of configurations tailor-made to your requirements.
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|With one of the rare few high-rise buildings on the famed Patong
beach in Phuket, the Andaman beach suite hotel invites you to take
in a panoramic vista of natural perfection and feel connected the
heart and soul to Patong's world-renown beach with only a leisurely
150 meter stroll away from where all the sun, sea, sand and fun
happens. Be spoiled for choice by the surrounding shops,
restaurants, bars and spa centers, then hit the oceanfront and
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The first step is to download the Fedora 17 filesystem archive. You will also require an empty (or otherwise sacrificial) SD Card for the installation.
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Samsung Chromebook 2012
The 2012 Samsung Google Chromebook is a popular ARM-powered laptop form-factor computer due to its relatively low cost, high build quality, and good performance. It is one of the first Cortex-A15 based devices available, and as such is also of interest to those developing initial support for Linux virtualization technologies within Fedora and in the wider community.
Technical Specifications
- 1.7 GHz Dual core Cortex-A15 Processor (EXYNOS5250 0x43520010 1MB L2)
- 2 GB DDR3L RAM (800Mhz)
- 16GB e.MMC iNAND internal (Chrome), SD|SDHC|SDXC slot (Fedora)
- 11.6" (1366x768) display (powered by Mali-T604), with HDMI output
- 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, and HSPA/EVDO (optional, with SIM slot)
- 1xUSB2.0, 1xUSB3.0
For more information on the 2012 Samsung Chromebook visit the Samsung Chromebook website.
Running Fedora on a Pandaboard
This page will give you detailed instructions for running Fedora 17 and Fedora 18 on your Samsung Chromebook, using an SD, SDHC, or SDXC card as the boot device. The configuration will provide the XFCE desktop environment.
Download the image
The first step is to download the armhfp "hard float" pre-built Fedora 17 filesystem archive. This contains only the Fedora ARM filesystem, but not customized to a specific device. You will also require an empty (or otherwise sacrificial) SD Card for the installation.
Writing the Image
Insert the new or sacrificial SD Card into the SD Card slot on your Linux computer. Using a command such as "dmesg|tail", ascertain the name of the newly inserted device, which will be "/dev/sdb", "/dev/sdc", or similar. Note carefully the name. Then, use the GPT-capable gdisk partitioning utility (which you may need to install) to delete the existing partition(s):
$ sudo gdisk /dev/sdb
Type "d" (delete), then accept the default (1), or if there are multiple partitions, repeat the process until they have been deleted. Then, change the default alignment of newly created partitions to 8K:
x l 8192 m
Next, create three new partitions, two for the kernel (and backup kernel - which is not used at this time, but will be later) of type 7f00 (ChromeOS kernel), and one for the root filesystem (Linux filesystem - the default type):
n 1 <enter> +16M 7f00
n 2 <enter> +16M 7f00
n 3 <enter> <enter> <enter>
Using Fedora on the Pandaboard
Additional Support
There are Fedora ARM users all around the globe - if you need assistance, would like to provide feedback or contribute to Fedora ARM please visit us on the IRC - we can be found in #fedora-arm on Freenode. You can also contact us on the mailing list - firstname.lastname@example.com


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Snippets - Little bits of code to make you happy
SnippetsUsing canCreate(), canEdit(), canDelete() and canPublish() to manage page type permissions
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Often you will want to control which users can create, edit, delete and publish certain page types. For example you may only want high level users to be able to create ContactPage page types, or prevent low level users from deleting HomePage page types. This can easily be achieved by adding these functions to the page type model (usually just before getCMSFields()). Then within the function you can define conditionals which decide whether to return true or false.Continue reading...
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Although ultimately requiring very little code, displaying data from a set of pages on another page can seem confusing for those new to SilverStripe. This example will display all of the Images from all the staff pages on our current page. This works by first returning all the staff pages to our template and cycling through each of them, drawing the Image for each one.Continue reading...
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Sometimes you may want a field to appear in pages of type Page but not in the other PageTypes which extend Page. To limit a field added via the function getCMSFields() is a simple case of adding an if() statement to test the current pages class.Continue reading...
SnippetsCreate and use a Permission code
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Have you wanted to add an extra permission code that you can add to groups and then use that to test whether a particular user has that permission? Here's how it's done. The permission code it self is added via the Controller class, then you use a permission check anywhere in your site code to check the current user. Like so:Continue reading...
SnippetsGetting objects from multiple child pages
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When you want to create a DataObjectSet encompasing objects from all the current pages children you can do something like this
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SnippetsCheck to see if a widget area has any widgets
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SnippetsGet errors e-mailed to you
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If your site is live it means you are probably not getting errors reported in the view, so it's handy to have them emailed to you so you can still debug and also be notified if something is up.
Add this line to your mysite/_config.php file and expect some mail!
SS_Log::add_writer(new SS_LogEmailWriter('firstname.lastname@example.com'), SS_Log::ERR);
SnippetsResizing and Manipulating Images
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You can resize images from within the template very easily. But sometimes you need to resize it and just use the URL value, something you can't do by calling the resize on the variable directly (e.g. $Image.CroppedImage(200,200)). This is how we would create a cropped resize of it and still be able to use just the URL, allowing a custom <img> tag.Continue reading...


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MARRIAGE CONFIRMED OF ROBERT PATTINSON TO KRISTEN STEWART –THAT IS THE NAMEOF THE VIDEO THAT HAVE THE PHOTOS OF THE REAL WEDDING LAST YEAR. THAT WHY ROBERT WAS SAYING HE WAS MARRIED. AND kRISTEN WORE THAT WEDDING BAND ON HER LEFT HAND WEDDING FINGER IN THE MOVIE BREAKING DAWN ONE
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Also seen photo 6 wedding band on ring finger sure its not there for a joke no wonder he looks so happy if they have managed to escape all media for this good on them ,just shows some things can escape notice of paps.Could only be engagement but why would they bother with that they would be hounded even more on their reunion.This would explain moving to NYC and Paris eventually.Well noticed Aussie Lady
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I have just noticed in photograph 3 of 6 Rob has a gold band on his middle finger of his right hand. Also in photos 4 & 5 and in photo 6 you can see it plain as day and very shiny on his wedding finger of his left hand. WOW. DID ROB AND KRISTEN GET MARRIED IS THAT WHY HE IS SO HAPPY.
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He should be man enough to make up his mind. I am an avid fan of Robsten, but I am getting to the point of saying she needs to make him truely see that she loves him and has taken the beating she deserved for her mistake, but she needs to make him make up his mind or she should dump him. She's paid enough.
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I just wish they set the record straight for the fans sake who follows them!! We wish them happy together but if they are happily apart (which i dont think) then fine – I think they need to come clean if they are not together otherwise they are just taking advantage of the media and perhaps even waiting for their film to come out on blueray and keep BK2 films bosses happy. If they truly love each other they should just say they are still one just out of respect of us who support them!! Come on guys, trust your FANS! Speak up!
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Why don't everyone just leave these two alone already, either they are together or they are not……It makes me lmao to read all this bs about these two. What is everyone Rob and Kristen's best friends? Nobody really knows what goes on behind close doors.I myself like these two together,peace and prayers to the Pattinson and Stewart famlies.Be strong and the hell with everyone else…
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i agree. everyone should just get on with their lives and leave these two alone. they can't possibly recover if everyone is sticking their nose up theirs. i agree there is chemistry between these two that does not come around often. It is up to them to realize that. if they don't they will be missing out on a lot of good times with someone you love. although i know cheating is hard to get over. but millions of people have done it.
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I value everyone's opinion here on the issue but honestly trust and personal space between two people is the most important thing in a relationship and I've been through this before with someone I loved very dearly who did it with my best friend and found it hard to formulate a trust back again even to be friends cos it hurt too much. But my family were there to help me get over it help me back on my feet and for that it was the best decision. I spent 2 months in a confused state of thinking to go or stay till I thought you're just gonna get kicked down again in no time so I broke contact with both of them. It was hard painful but I somehow managed to become a stronger person and I feel free-er. So all I'm saying is value your family's opinion cos at the end of the day they're gonna be there no matter what happens and if you really loved the person you were with think if you can handle them through the thick and thin and not get sick of them then you have a shot other than that I'd bury it and move on.


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My HTC Hero arrived yesterday from Clove (I've had my last two handsets from them and have found them to provide great service, and they have an interesting blog).
The device itself is very nice in the hand. I know some reviews have included concerns about the button layout (the back button specifically), but I think it's fine. I can see why some reviews have complained that the device is sluggish, but again, I think it's fine. The screen is very nice and it certainly doesn't show up fingerprints as much as many I've seen.
A couple of things about the initial setup of the device: It picked up my network settings without even breaking stride – it didn't even tell me it was configuring itself. Then it offered up front to connect to one of the wireless networks that it could pick up in my house to speed up the rest of the process. Excellent. Going through and inputting all my details for 3 email accounts (GMail, Exchange and Hotmail) and 3 social networking sites (Twitter, Facebook and Flickr) does delay you from starting to explore the device, but it also gets it out of the way. HTC have done well here.
I should also say that connecting to wireless networks is made easier than I have experienced on any other device. The list of available networks not only shows you clearly with icons which networks are secured or not, but it also tells you the type of security in use. Having had problems connecting devices to a WPA-Enterprise/PEAP/MS-CHAPv2 network in the past, I really appreciate how easy it is on the Hero.
I've never played with an Android device before this, so I'm not sure how much raw Android I'm seeing. The HTC Sense user interface certainly seems seemless. It does, however, introduce some slight oddities. Considering that it has a Google OS at its heart, Sense puts my Exchange and Hotmail mail accounts front and centre (with notifications, etc), but my GMail account seems to be a second class citizen.
Also, as much as Sense is consistent in the interface of its apps (the same sliding view bar is present in the mail, Twitter and contacts apps), it's equally inconsistent where social media integration is concerned. People, the contacts application, integrates data and photos from Facebook, but there's no Facebook app (I hear an official one is due imminently); Flickr is the same. Twitter has a gadget and a full application (Peep), but isn't integrated into People.
One of the main issues that I have so far surrounds the calendar widgets and application. I like to have my upcoming appointments on my homescreen and the smaller of the two calendar widgets lets me see my next appointment (it would be nice to have the option for it to show two or three). If I tap this, it shows me the detail of the appointment, but the only options I have (unless I haven't found the others yet, in which case somebody needs a refresher on UX design, and it's not me) are edit and delete. I can't switch to a day/week/month view or to the next appointment. If I use the larger widget, which displays the current month I can tap into a day to see a list of appointments, I can't then scroll left/right to see the previous/next day – instead you have to drop back to the month view and select another day. This needs to be improved.
On the whole, I'd say that HTC's widgets are good quality, although I'm looking forward to seeing more of them, and in different shapes and sizes (I'm the sort of person who wants to tile as much useful stuff into the screen real estate as possible and right now I'm left with some gaps). I also think it's fair to say that the widgets that take up a whole page, don't always make the best use of screen real estate (Mail and Twitter, I'm looking at you!).
I've been asked by a couple of people how good a Twitter client Peep is. I need more time with it to really say, but I do know this already – it needs more notification options. On/off is not good enough. I follow enough people on Twitter than there are always new tweets. What I need is an option to be notified only if I get a new @reply or DM.
I still haven't tried all of the applications on the device, never mind those on the Android Market (although I did install Google's Sky Map, which I like), but so far it's a pretty positive experience.
One last thing, the speaker in this thing goes to 11! If I was in my early teens, everybody on the train would be able to hear my happy hardcore blasting out, not just one end of the carriage!


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Natural horsemanship instructor Brenda Korevaar generally rides her horse Chit Chat bareback and bridle-free.
She and Chit Chat can do anything a saddled and bridled horse and rider can do: jump, hack out - they've even debuted on the hunt field.
It's not so much the lack of bridle and saddle that sets Brenda and her mare apart, she says, but the relationship they have built that allows them to communicate with minimal saddlery and strapping.
Brenda, originally from South Africa, fell in love with horses when she was just 2 years old.
She rode, then showjumped, using traditional English riding techniques until she came to New Zealand and settled in Auckland.
"There, I didn't have horses and I missed them.
"When the chance came up to move to Gisborne and have land and horses again I was delighted."
In Gisborne, Brenda established a horse trekking business and began to teach riding.
Along the way, she also discovered natural horsemanship.
"It was like a breath of fresh air.
"It made so much sense to teach things in a way that the horse understands.
"I became passionate about it, especially when I found I could now teach my horses something in a fraction of the time it took using the old methods I used to use.
"I became a bit too passionate at times," she laughs.
"I had to bite my tongue sometimes because I wanted to tell other riders and trainers 'you should be doing it this way' and I must have come across as pushy!"
So Brenda says she decided she would let her actions and her horses' actions speak for themselves.
She qualified as a natural horsemanship instructor six months ago, began her business Equi-u & Us Ltd and began to hold demonstrations.
"The response has been great. People come along because they are curious or sceptical and we show them what we do. Online work, liberty, freestyle riding and 'imaginative' float loading.
"Most people are keen to learn more and many sign up for a clinic."
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I realised I left pretty much all of my toiletries in between Melbourne and Auckland, departing in a rush is not good for my organisation skills. So we make a few stops to pick up what I need and soon we're back at the farm through the blissful NZ sun.
We stop to see Ioee in the fields. He's so tanned! I want me some of that! Back at the farm and I meet Ioan's new girlfriend Caz, she's from Matamata originally but was working down here on a neighbouring farm. Rally sweet girl and she makes Ioee happy so that's good to see. I have quick catch ups with Rhys and Kiri before departing for bed
The rest of the family peters through and it's so nice to see them all again. Kiri tells me there's a party tonight for the farm-workers up at the shed… cow shed? I freshen up regardless of the location and head down. All the workers I met last time are there and we have a few drinks and fush and chups in the shed. It's so nice to just relax, knowing I don't have anything to worry about tomorrow. Jenny is planning a trip to get the Christmas food tomorrow to Ashburton so I'll tag along to check e-mails and send research back to work.


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A search on mite treatments did not turn anything up on this TBH forum, though there are many references in other forums.
A friend has two TBHs with natural comb from a wooden center strip which were stocked with feral swarms last year. They have produced bumper crops of honey. Both hives swarmed this year, so there is a new queen in each, and each is full of honey again. These bees are productive....
The queens are atill laying eggs, the drones have not been kicked out yet, and the weather is mild enough to work the hives.
TBH/natural comb with small cell brood chambers are not supposed to have mite problems. Maybe the mite infestation was caused by drifters from failing hives, who knows, and now it has to be dealt with.
Using powdered sugar on the bars may work in a Langsworth but without a bee space that will not help a TBH.
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4x4 Monster Trucks & Chicks - Truckin' NationalsPosted in Events on March 1, 2006 Comment (0)
Each year, we bring you coverage of the 4x4 Truckin Nationals. We go through some spiel about monster trucks and chicks. What we don't necessarily get across is that this event is pretty cool. You won't find a ton of Jeeps there, so if you are one of those Wrangler-only people, don't bother going.
If you have an open mind, however, and like tech tips and trinkets wherever they might be, this could be a show for you. It takes place over one weekend at the Firebird International Speedway in Chandler, Arizona. The show is broken down into four main areas: the arena, the vendor's area, the test drive, and the drag strip.
In the arena you'll find tough-truck competitions and monster truck fun. The tough truck competitions are open to anyone, so bring your Jeep and run it through the course.This year, there was a track, a tire pit, a log pile, and a rockcrawling competition. Finish at the top in all of them and you'd win.
In the vendor's area, there's a Show-and-Shine competition in addition to the requisite vendors in attendance hawking their wares. One of the nice things about the vendors is that even if you have no interest whatsoever in what they are selling, you can chat up the models they have with them.The test-drive area has all kinds of makes and models of vehicles. Unfortunately, you aren't allowed to drive them. You are, however, welcomed along for as many rides as you want while a professional driver puts the vehicles through their paces. There is both a road course and an off-road course.
Out on the drag strip, running any vehicle was legal. While the track observed normal NHRA rules, there was everything from a '52 Kenworth tractor to an '04 Scion xB running the strip. Bring your Jeep and run it. With both the Kenworth and the Scion in the mid 19s, it's just about guaranteed that you'd beat someone with your Jeep.
All in all, it's a fun weekend. It's no Easter Jeep Safari, but if you are in the neighborhood you should definitely check it out.


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Play-By-Playmate: Jaime's Rookie QB Rankings
Week One is done and in the books and Jaime has some thoughts on the wide range of rookies who took the field for kick-off Sunday.
Goodbye MLB, Sundays no longer belong to you.
I didn't even bother getting dressed on Sunday; why would I? I had nowhere to be. Kickoff Sunday had arrived so I settled in with a couple TVs, a computer and my PJs on and watched football all day. It. Was. Glorious.
I did, however, take the time to make a few observations, and we'll start with the one everyone's talking about: the debut of the rookie QB.
We saw some of this last year, both good and bad. The good: Cam Newton and Andy Dalton. The bad: Blaine Gabbert. And the okay: Christian Ponder. But this year we're really going full tilt with five guys under center starting in full time in the NFL, and the results on kickoff Sunday were, shall we say, mixed.
Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson were so-so. Luck showed flashes of brilliance with 309 yards and a TD, but he also had three picks and a 51 percent completion percentage. That's not what you would call a great debut, but Indy is obviously committed to this guy and the rebuilding process. He'll be okay.
Wilson, on the other hand, had 18 completions for 153 yards and a win stolen out from under him by the most unlikely of candidates, Kevin Kolb.
But it could have been worse. You could be a Dolphins fan like me and have to deal with Ryan Tannehill for at least the next year. Who trades up to grab this guy? Why wouldn't you just go for broke, trade up five more spots for a shot at RGIII? And then to have the whole stupid thing broadcast to the world in a reality series that focuses more on your wife than you? Here's a reality check, Ryan Tannehill: When you're a starting QB and an HBO documentary about football focuses on your wife more than you, you know you're in trouble. (For the record, Tannehill threw 20 for 39, 219 yards and three INT! Three! And no touchdowns.)
UGH! Meanwhile, RGIII, henceforth known as the Best Quarterback Miami Didn't Try to Draft, drops two TDs and 320 yards on the Saints and actually had a perfect QB rating for the entire first half. He's the only QB since Elway to go out and win an opener on the road against a team that was perfect at home in the previous season. He hit Pierre Garçon for the longest touchdown pass the Redskins have had since 1987. Griffin wasn't even born! He wasn't even close to being born! UGH (again).
But I suppose it's not all bad. I could have been born in Cleveland and have to deal with Brandon Weeden, who finished the day with a QB rating of 5.1, 118 yards, four interceptions and no touchdowns. And somehow…SOMEHOW…the Browns only managed to lose by one point to the Eagles. Michael Vick also managed to throw four INTs, but he also held on for two TDs and that's the difference: you can throw four picks so long as you can also score points. As a point of interest, Weeden is older than half the starting QBs in the league right now, including Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Aaron Rodgers and his three-year "veteran" backup Colt McCoy.
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Just some rambling here.
I was checking on my queens in the mating nucs yesterday. Most are laying (because I found nice single eggs in the bottoms of the cells) and most are in two frame nucs (so I only have to search two frames) and I could still only find about half of them. I can usually find a queen in a booming hive with five mediums for a brood chamber in just a few frames of looking, but these newly mated quees are about as shy and runny as a virgin queen is. The ones I found were often in the bottom of the hive or on the side wall and not the comb. One I spotted on the bottom and as I watched her (I was not doing anything) she ran right out the front entrance. I used my hand and chased her back in. I was wondering if she was going to try to fly.
Another hive I pulled the old queen cell cup that was capped and about to emerge when I put it in and found it had a queen larvae in it well fed. Further searching found a little comb out from the face of the regular comb, like they build when they don't like plastic, it was about three inches long by two inches wide and had three more queen cells on it also with well fed larvae. There were also eggs and larvae in the combs, so I'm sure there's a queen somewhere. These were hanging down like swarm cells. I never did find the queen, but I found one capped queen cell too, so I left it, in case there is a problem with the queen and put the others in nucs to see if they will finish them. It's hard to imagine that a two medium frame nuc is trying to swarm and it isn't even crowded. It did have a lot of eggs and some brood though. So it's also hard to imagine they are superceding a queen who has just started to lay and is laying very well.
I made a bunch of two frame nucs (a little wide to allow for a queen cell and maybe some fat combs). I really like them for mating nucs. I also made a 10 frame box with dividers to make it into four two frame nucs. I kind of liked the divided box, but it's hard to get a lid that isn't warped enough for a bee to get from one chamber to the next, and if I use a thin plywood top that I can weight down enough to keep that from happening, then it's hard to work with all four open at once.
Anyway, what I did was take some 10 frame deeps and cut them to 7 1/2" wide. I used 1 by eights for dividers and dadoed three grooves. The center one comes through the handle but the divider closes it. I drilled one hole for each chamber in the four directions so the queens won't get confused and go into the wrong nuc.
It seemed to work well and I think I will make a few more and see if I can work out the lid problems.


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UTC to Recall ESL, Interlogix Hardwired Smoke Alarms
Radio frequency interference can cause the smoke detectors to fail to alert consumers of a fire.
By Rodney Bosch · August 14, 2014
HARTFORD, Conn. — United Technologies Corp. (UTC) is recalling about 154,000 ESL and Interlogix smoke detectors because Radio frequency interference can cause the smoke detectors to fail to alert consumers of a fire, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.
The recall — covering about 141,000 units in the United States and 13,000 in Canada — involves 33 hardwired models of the 400 and 500 series of Edwards, or ESL, and Interlogix smoke detectors, the commission said in a statement.
The 2-wire or 4-wire detectors were made for professional installation and used primarily in commercial buildings, schools, hotels/motels, apartments, dormitories and homes as part of the fire alarm system.
Radio frequency interference can cause the detectors to fail to alarm in the event of a fire, the commission said. There have been no reports of injuries or incidents.
Recalled units have date codes 13084 through 14059 with the first two digits representing the year and the last three digits representing the day of the year. For example, 084 is the 84th day of 2013, which is March 25, 2013. The initials ESL, the date code and model numbers are printed on a label on the back of the detector's cover and on the product's packaging.
Manufactured in China, the ESL and Interlogix models are identical and were sold from March 2013 to February 2014 for $30 to $50. The recall covers free replacement and free installation of new smoke detectors. Installing security contractors should urge customers not to take the units out of service until the replacement alarm has been installed.


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Last month, we discussed opening the conversation when people call to inquire about service (How to Sell Service Appointments — Part 1, CB, Feb. 2012, p. 38, http://bit.ly/sellappointments1). This month, I'll cover the most important parts of selling service appointments over the phone.
Explain How Much You Charge
When a caller asks about the price of a service call, say, "For $X a service technician in a well-stocked service vehicle will come to your home and take a look at your entire system, then provide you with firm prices and options. Once he gets your approval he can usually fix your system right on the spot."
If you're a company that waives the service call fee when a customer buys at least one thing from you, say, "There's no charge as long as we do the work for you while our technician is there. We've been in business for X years and we do service repairs for thousands of people every year, so you know our prices are very reasonable. If, in the unlikely event you elect not to have us fix it for you on the spot, there's a minimal service fee of $X to pay to get the vehicle to your home and for the technician's time. But don't worry about that, you're going to get the work done anyway, aren't you?"
When you get a positive response, say, "Your address, please?"
Land the Complete Inspection
The key to a higher average service call is to look the entire system over on every call. Sometimes techs don't want to do it; sometimes customers don't want it done. The appointment seller can put the tech in a position where he must do the inspection, and can make it easier for techs who want to do the inspection, by saying, "One of our trademarks is that our technicians perform an inspection of the mechanical components of your system, both inside and outside, and provide you with a report on its condition. Just so we can plan out our time better and stay on schedule, should I tell the technician to expect to perform the complete inspection?"
Make the Call C.O.D.
Make the call cash-on-delivery by saying, "Our service technicians are required to collect at the conclusion of each call. Should I tell him to expect cash, check, or credit card?"
The concept of landing your customers on paying when service is rendered has evolved over time. When I was a kid, the "furnace man" came out and fixed or replaced your heating system and sent you a bill. Money was never discussed.
When I entered the business in 1985, we were just starting to provide firm quotes up front and were providing an accurate invoice at the end of each job, but still weren't collecting much on the spot.
Nowadays, people expect to have to pay for services when they're rendered.
The point is that, many contractors for whom collections are not a problem are getting away from landing customers on paying when the call is completed. The reason is that a conversation with a customer can be going very smoothly until the topic of payment is brought up by the appointment seller. Sometimes it seems to raise pricing questions and can create a price objection that otherwise wouldn't have occurred.
So, if collecting at the end of the call has not been a problem for you company, you can experiment with skipping this step.
Regardless of whether or not you cover collections with customers, make sure they know if there is a service call fee or minimum charge prior to getting off the phone.
While dispatching the call, inform the tech of any prior customer history and, if they have an agreement with your company, its expiration date and any maintenance that has already been performed. Inform your technician, "This customer expects to hear about the maintenance agreement, expects the complete inspection and report, and will be paying by _____."
Get Their Email Address
Have a page on your company's website that has a photo and a brief bio of each tech. The bio doesn't have to be any more than a sentence of two. Include a quote from each tech such as, "Coming to work at this company has given me the opportunity to provide the level of service I became a service technician do. I can't image being happy working anyplace else."
After the call is booked, say, "If you'll give me your email address I can send you a link with the technician's photo a little information on him. Your email address is safe with us. We don't sell, loan or lease our customer information to anyone, and we don't spam."
Now the customer expects a complete inspection, to hear about the service agreement, and to pay when the work is completed.
Next month, I'll tell you how to handle the calls that are more difficult to book.
Charlie Greer is the creator of "Who Answers the Phone?" an audio CD course that teaches how to get more service calls that are of a higher quality. You can call Charlie with questions about this article at 800/963-HVAC (4822) or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his newly redesigned website at www.hvacprofitboosters.com.


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The Grand Theft Auto games are okay. But when Rockstar took the GTA formula, streamlined it a bit, and dressed it up in Old West garb, the result was one of my favorite games to come along in quite some time. Rockstar goes period again with its next big release, 2011's L.A. Noire, which is set in Los Angeles of the 1940s.
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