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JACKSONVILLE, ONSLOW COUNTY - A Camp Lejeune Marine accused of sexual assault in the parking lot of a Jacksonville shopping center now faces seven additional charges related to assaults on four other women, according to Jacksonville Police.
Curtis Ray Gates, Jr., 21, of Jacksonville, was charged with sexual offense, kidnapping and crime against nature on July 14, after Jacksonville police say they witnessed a sexual assault in the parking lot of the Northwoods Shopping Plaza, at 344 Henderson Drive.
Gates was placed on a $1 million bond and remains in the Onslow County Jail.
"Subsequent to his arrest, the joint investigation by JPD Investigative Services and NCIS Sexual Assault Task Force provided evidence to charge Gates in four other open investigations of sexual assault in the City," stated Captain Jason Bettis.
Lieutenant Ronnie Dorn says it's rare to see a case where police can link one person to this many assaults.
"Not that often that we see somebody that we can tie to that many crimes as we did him, but hopefully, that's a productive picture of law enforcement and community working together," Dorn said.
Gates now faces two counts of sexual battery, attempted 2nd degree rape, assault on a female, 2nd degree sexual offense, crime against nature, and felony breaking and entering.
Among the incidents he is charged for is an assault that occurred at a Jacksonville school earlier in the month. Around 7 a.m. on July 9, Jacksonville police officers responded to Northwoods Park Middle School on Sioux Drive where a woman said a man grabbed her as she exited her vehicle. According to police, witnesses shouted at the suspect, and he ran away.
In addition to this assault and the one at Northwoods Shopping Center, Gates has been connected to three other incidents, according to police. His bond has now been raised to $1,184,000.
Gates' attorney, Matt Silva, says Gates is denying all allegations.
"He's a good Marine, and he's never had an allegation like this before," Silva said. "Anyone in his situation who denies these types of allegations would be feeling pretty bad."
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The man accused of sexual assault in the parking lot of a Jacksonville shopping center is a Camp Lejeune Marine, base officials said.
Police said they saw 21-year-old Curtis Ray Gates, Jr., of Jacksonville, sexually assaulting the female victim in the parking lot of the Northwoods Shopping Plaza, at 344 Henderson Drive.
Officers responded to the scene at about 1 a.m. Sunday after receiving reports of a separate disturbance in the parking area, investigators told NewsChannel 12.
Investigator Jason Bettis says police then noticed a car parked in an "odd spot." They soon found the sexual assault taking place nearby.
Police say there is no known connection between Gates and the victim. They're also investigating him further to see if he's connected to any other pending cases.
Gates was arrested and charged with second-degree sexual offense, first-degree kidnapping, and crime against nature. He's being held on a $1 million bond.
Gates is a tank and truck mechanic at Camp Lejeune, according to base officials.
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PASADENA - Greeting the crowd with a hooting "hello" call more familiar to the chimpanzees of Gombe than Tournament of Roses top-dogs, Dame Jane Goodall was introduced Wednesday as grand marshal of the 2013 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game.
Goodall called it an "amazing honor" that came as a surprise.
"I was a little startled to be asked," Goodall said, after being introduced on the steps of Tournament House by TofR President Sally Bixby. "As you must know, for many years I lived and worked with chimpanzees in Africa, and it's a bit different from Pasadena."
Goodall later admitted that when Bixby asked her to be grand marshal she'd never heard of the Rose Parade, let alone seen one, and has never attended a football game in her life.
She recalled telling Bixby, "I don't know what you're talking about."
But, the 78-year-old said, taking on the high-profile role will help to spread her message: "We are not in this world alone."
"New Year for me is a symbol of many things," Goodall said. "An opportunity for new beginnings, an opportunity for new dreams, an opportunity to live a better life and make a better world."
Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a UN Messenger of Peace, is an "inspirational" figure who exemplifies the parade theme of "Oh, the Places You'll Go," Bixby said.
"She was our first choice, and we are thrilled to get her," Bixby said. "She travels a lot ... and we had to find out so far ahead if it was possible to have her and to fit in her schedule."
It's been 53 years since the then-26-year-old Goodall travelled to Tanzania and started her seminal field study of the Gombe chimps, including their use of tools, meat-eating, and war-like behaviors, that catapulted her to world-wide prominence.
For years, Goodall has used her fame to draw attention to endangered species - particularly chimpanzees - sustainability, ecology and the effects of climate change.
A group of schoolchildren from North Hollywood, members of her "Roots & Shoots" youth program, now in 120 countries, attended the event - two of them providing Goodall with an escort to the lectern.
Also present was "Mr. H," the stuffed toy chimp that was a birthday gift 19 years ago from former U.S. Marine, and now stand-up comedian, Greg Hahn. Hahn, she said, inspired her with his ability to live life fully after losing his sight.
Mr. H is "very famous," Goodall said, especially among children, and the well-travelled toy - "He's been to 52 countries" - will join her in the parade along with three other guests she hasn't yet chosen, and a shelter dog whose Rose-Parade fame she hopes will spur adoption.
For the first time in many years, city officials, including Mayor Bill Bogaard, City Manager Michael Beck, Police Chief Phillip Sanchez and Fire Chief Calvin Wells were invited to the ceremony and to meet Goodall at a private Tournament House reception before the announcement.
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Director: Sean Durkin MPAA Rating: R Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
That creeping sense of dread and horror that trails you out of the theater after seeing the troubling, quietly astonishing Martha Marcy May Marlene may only be eclipsed by the sheer pleasure of watching Elizabeth Olsen's strong performance. The film marks a mightily impressive debut from writer-director Sean Durkin, and in it Olsen (the younger sibling of Mary-Kate and Ashley) beautifully plays a damaged young woman who flees a cult in upstate New York and struggles to find a place for herself with her family and the wider world. Her character "Martha" is wary, watchful and often silent. She claims to have no memory of certain key events in her recent past. She lies easily, manipulates, acts inappropriately, suffers mood swings and does what she feels she must to survive.
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Pamela Jenkins
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The tragic part about it all is that he had a question about the paternity of the baby, but when I look at the family photos attached to this article, she looks exactly like him. She has his eyes, facial features in general, as well as his complexion. I don't see how there could have been any question at all. So, the sad part of it all is that he destroyed and ended his life, and that of his family over absolutely nothing….more than likely. Absolutely tragic and insane at the same time. How could this have happened?!
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The outcome of both of these two young people is so very sad. My heart goes out to both surviving family members. Just do the right thing for Zoey, her parents loved her very much. Zoey is the focus just remember that please. Rest In Peace Kasandra and Javon…God has mercy on all of us.
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He was a straight sucker for what he did. I felt that domestic violence may have been part of their relationshp,,, Jealous clown he was…. If he murdered her in cold blood, he damn sure was violent durning their relationship, you just don't wake up and say I'm gonna kill my baby momma because i think she;s cheatn on me "NOT" and his momma knew thats why he didnt have a problem killn in front of her…. and the arrowhead thing even showed more he was a straight sucker! God rest her soul, and may he be damned to HELL!
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mikayla hough
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hes a coward for taking her life! if he wanted to kill heself so be it. but to kill her is more like if i cant have you no one can we leaving her together. that just syco & no ones looking at the fact that he chose her destiny & hes. he is not God. i dont feel for him cause hes the one who did it i feel for her & that baby…i believe that was a mentsl issue on hes behalf.. everything aint always what it seems on the outside clearly they were having relationship issues but nothing should have tooking it to the point were he left hes child with no parents that was a selfish move period…
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All of these athletes or wrestlers ect do this stuff… They all take it out of there loved ones. Benoit is one as well. Why? Are they that jacked up to know right from wrong? No… they all know what they are doing. They want to kill these people they love. They want no one else loving them. So they kill! warped minds indeed.
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I'm not a grammar teacher as well, but how can you talk about someone and you can't spell either. First typo was the word grammer<— the correct spelling is grammar. The second typo was tragidy<—- the correct spelling is tragedy. Not to mention you said " It's sad lets us pray for the both families for the strength to endure this tragidy". The proper way to have said this is….This is a very sad incident. Please let us pray for both families for the strength to endure this tragedy.
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Paternity test. Then again the kid wouldn't get survivor social security benefits if he isnt the dad. But my speculation is she cheated and the kid wasnt his so off with her head. Then he didn't want to be in jail so off with his head. Did the baby survive? I'm sure theres plenty of ppl who would adopt.
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Listen boo boo the Bible says for the love of money is the root of all evil not that money is the root of evil. We all need money as a means to live and survive, such as for food,shelter,car clothes and on and on so therefore those nessisty things are not evil GOD Blessed us with ways of making money so that we can live off of those things.
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I made my first attempt at creamed honey went with a method i watched on youtube, he did not heat the honey, just mixed in starter seed and the chilled for a bit before bottling.
I put the two small pails i made into a small refridge which i set to 55-57 degrees with a thermometer which ive read is the idea temp for crystalization.
Its been two solid days and it looks visiably good but i dont really know how thick it is because its cold.
My question is...how long does it need to be at that temp? If I take it out of thr fridge will it continue to crystalize at room temp? Should i jar it up at room temp now before it sets any further and then put it back into fridge to finish crystalizing? Please help...Thanks


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School librarian celebrates 95th birthday
ROBERTS, Idaho - Roberts Elementary School celebrated the 95th birthday of its librarian, Lavern Tomchak, Monday afternoon.
Tomchak has been the school's librarian for 20 years, but she's been working with children far longer. In fact, many of the students' grandparents rode the school bus she used to drive.
Tomchak was born Nov. 11, 1918, the day World War 1 ended.
"I read everything I could get my hands on when I was going to school," said Tomchak.
With those hands, Tomchak could point you to some books on history, but she lived it and would rather just tell you about it.
"I remember the Depression very well," said Tomchak.
Teacher Afton Nukaya has known Tomchak for 35 years. They've worked together since Tomchak started, so Nukaya knows the impact she has had on Roberts' children.
"When she's not here, they want to know where she's at," said Nukaya. "You know, 'Is Mrs. Tomchak OK? When's she coming back?'"
The children's love for Tomchak was more evident than ever Monday afternoon. The whole school surprised her with a birthday cake and a celebration. Each child gave Tomchak, an avid gardener, a paper flower with a message.
She left the students with a message too.
"I want you all to keep on reading," said Tomchak. "Just keep on reading."


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thank you I did that as well as a 50% water change, which I will again do in a few days and change out the charcoal bag and filter floss again.
Im just glad I took out all of my adult Taiwans and put them in a new setup tank a few weeks previous, or the devastation would have been unbearable
|Run some fresh chrcoal on that tank, it can help remove the pesticides.
a friend of mine found this article for me....seems I am not alone in this particular scenario.
Im glad that others do quarantine their plants before adding them to their tanks, but for others not aware of what can be on plants, this article will help them from experiencing another shrimp wipeout.
|I am sorry to hear your loss. Those are some tuff loses..... Now no more talking about dead TB! I ahve 45 now and 10 more on the way and I dont need bad mojo hitting the forum
Thanks for the helpful information! I do believe you are correct about the plants having been sprayed with something. These were new plants just arrived at BAs that I got. I wasn't aware that they sprayed them before putting them in the tanks.
I won't ever make this mistake again!!!!
As for the other Amanos, they are up and picking over my filter right now in the other tank, so at least I was able to save someone.
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|I used the bands in my shrimp tanks without a problem, which prob leaves something on the plants.
Iron strip is actually composed of lead.
I wouldn't be surprised if they used some sort of insecticide because if you're into aquatic plants, leaf miner caterpillars are the some of the worst pests/hitchhikers to introduce into your planted invert tank.
These mining leaf cutting pests are an absolute menace once they get a breeding colony in your tank. Those things can strip all the leaves your tank in a few weeks if you don't pay attention.
A lot of places that do sell plants don't think much about inverts unless it's something they specialize in. It's helpful to actually know the people who maintain their aquatics section, so you can find out what they treat their items with.
Unfortunately you almost always have to be suspicious of everything that gets placed inside their environment.
This is why everyone has different types of qt methods & chemicals to dip their plants/decorations in.
Good luck with the amanos you have in treatment.
I think acity got it spot on. A lot of pet store plants are grown emersed or out of water in big plant farms. Because they are grown out of the water, bugs are a problem, so the plants are heavily sprayed with insecticide to keep the bugs off them. BA's usually gets new shipments in on Tuesdays, so if they were new plants just in, they probably barely had time to be in the water or let the bug spray wash off or be filtered out.
Sucks on loosing the TB babies, and your other critters. Part of the reason my planted tanks are planted tanks with fish, and my shrimp tanks are bare. Less things in, less chance for something bad, whether it's plants, substrate, whatever.
I have put BA's plants with the metal rings in my tanks before and never had a problem, even ones with shrimp, so I think it may have been new plants coming in, probably grown in a big farm out of water that are sprayed with bug poison.
yes it probably was some type of bacteria that was on the plants...I did manage just now to fish 2 amanos on their last legs out and put them in another tank with an airstone that I had setup for the Taiwan babies to go into.
They are still alive and seem to be reviving a bit....time will tell.
I did a 50% RO water change and took out the floss and rinsed out the sponge and added new floss to the filter, and took out all remaining critters.
will keep any living critters out of this tank for a few weeks.
Someone else said it was probably a chemical in the LFS plant tank that kills snails! They dose their plants before selling them.
Its my fault...I was tired from a day of driving around all over the place delivering/picking up things, and didn't think to put the plants into the other plant tank which has no living creatures in it....just popped them into the big plant tank and shut off the lights.
Hard lesson to learn I can tell you....I was just going to transfer these 9 baby BKKs/WRs to the other tank I had setup for them to grow out in....arrrggggghhh!
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|So sorry to hear about your loss! I too am suffering mystery deaths in my Taiwan tank. *sigh* Like ravensgate, I tend to quarentine/treat everything I get at this point, including plants. Just had too many bad experiences.
Hi A,
sorry to hear of your loss. With all things being unchanged, i'd remove those plants immediately. The metal strip may be cause for concern but also anything that came along with the plants themselves would be suspect as plants sold in retail are generally farmed in large tanks designed for mass growth. so they are likely heavily fertilized for maximum profitability.
If you purchased them yesterday and had them in your tank yesterday I think you should really rethink your quarantine procedure. I quarantine any and all plants for one week minimum. During that time they get PP dips (bleach dips if the plant can handle it) and then 3 day soak in alum. I do this more for killing off critters of course but it should handle any strange bacteria as well. It could have been fertilizers, copper, bacteria, a number of things but yes, if that's all you did and had that many deaths I would surely point to the plants. As far as 'iron band' if you are talking about the plant sinkers they are zinc I believe and I've used them in shrimp tanks long term with no ill effects noted.
As a side note, I have stopped adding any plants to any tanks that are important to me. I have a tank full of cherries and crays that I will sometimes put something like a moss ball in to test. But my two other tanks with more expensive shrimp in them, I simply am too paranoid to add any plants. They are stuck with what I start the tanks with
|First you should test your water to rule out the obvious things like ammonia spikes.
is it safe to keep the plant iron band on in a shrimp tank?
I purchased some Red Rotala Macrandra and Myrophyllum Tuberculatem yesterday from our local Big Als...very nice highly red plants.
I added them to the plant tank last night....this am I found 2 of my amanos and 1 cpo dead, along with all 9 of my 6 week old baby Taiwans that were in the breeder box attached to this tank.
I know I am at fault for something but don't know what I did wrong???
Could the red plants have given off some type of poison or could they have been fertilized in a tank with lots of copper (copper being deadly to shrimps) or was it the iron band leeched something into the water.
I am devastated at this loss, and trying to find an answer as this was the ONLY thing that was added last night. The shrimps were all fine at that time, so it happened during the night.
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Aug 6, 2013 at 4:22 pm #1306247
I have a Sony RX100, which can take pictures in RAW, JPG, and both at the same time. I understand the advantages of RAW for post-processing.
(1) Do you take both RAW and JPG; or just RAW — and why is one method your preference?
Supposedly Lightroom 4.4 can process the RX100 RAW captures, although I haven't tried yet.
(2) I am concerned about the best file management method using Lightroom. Obviously from I have read, it is best to do all file moving and renaming inside Lightroom application. How do you manage things? Import from the camera, edit and move files? Other methods? I am not worried about storage space (although Lightroom doesn't duplicate photos just changes data), since I have a couple 3TB external drives.
(3) I also have PhotoShop CS2, but Lightroom seems to be much easier to use for my meager needs. Any thoughts on this?
BTW, if it matters I am running Windows 7.Aug 6, 2013 at 4:30 pm #2013054
Bradley AttawayMember
@attaboybradLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
I shoot in RAW only. The reason you might not is if you want to share images in a commonly readable format (JPG) before you have a chance to edit them. This is useful if you have clients that need to see previews while you're shooting and you upload them directly from the camera over GSM or something, but I'd be surprised if you had a real need for it–I only ever used it when I was shooting for newspapers and timeliness was of the essence.
Likewise, I use Lightroom to organize my library. I don't even know how I'd find my photos without searching for Metadata in LR at this point, since I've been using it since the original Beta. It's a lot like using iTunes to manage your music library, in that regard.
For 99% of the pure photographic work I've done, LR is all I need. I use photoshop for graphic design contracts and composites but even then only after I've done everything possible in Lightroom.Aug 6, 2013 at 4:39 pm #2013056
Nico .BPL Member
@nickbLocale: Los Padres National Forest
I too mostly shoot in RAW only. It provides a lot more flexibility for editing after the fact than jpeg. You have greater ability to adjust exposures, shadows, highlights, etc after the fact with fewer unfortunate results to image quality.
The only advantage (imo) to jpeg is that it looks a lot better straight out of the camera (because it will record within the image your in-camera settings adjustments to things like contrast, saturation, etc.); this allows for you to have a nice(r) looking images prior to doing any editing, which as the other poster noted can be useful when you need a quick turn-around.
I also use Lightroom to organize and catalog all of my photos. Unfortunately, I have yet to make much use of the ability to add metadata to files, but I generally find the default organizing by year-month-day to be a useful method for me. I can then go in after the fact and combine days into a "trip" folder.
I rely on Lightroom and a handful of after market LR plug-ins for all of my photo editing needs.Aug 6, 2013 at 4:42 pm #2013059
Thanks, Brad.
I was thinking that I would move all RAW pictures to a folder for processing. After processing, I would move the RAW files to an external drive in folders by date and subject. Will Lightroom need to be connected to the external files to work?
To clarify…
Here is what I have. A laptop with docking station and two 23" external monitors hooked up in my office. This makes processing much easier. If I travel and use the laptop, I suspect Lightroom will not work if I have moved the RAW files to my external drives that stay at home.Aug 6, 2013 at 4:43 pm #2013060
Richard MayBPL Member
@richardmLocale: Swamplands.
(1) Do you take both RAW and JPG; or just RAW — and why is one method your preference?
I do both. If the images is fine as a JPEG then I'll tweak from there. If it needs more intense work then I start with the RAW. Some find it redundand. As you use them you'll find what works best for you.
(2) I am concerned about the best file management method using Lightroom. Obviously from I have read, it is best to do all file moving and renaming inside Lightroom application. How do you manage things? Import from the camera, edit and move files? Other methods? I am not worried about storage space (although Lightroom doesn't duplicate photos just changes data), since I have a couple 3TB external drives.
I like to create catalogs with the images outside the catalog. This way they are easier to access directly without LR.
(3) I also have PhotoShop CS2, but Lightroom seems to be much easier to use for my meager needs. Any thoughts on this?
Unless you need to use Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) or some new feature of CS6 then keep CS2. On the other hand you can't upgrade from CS2 to CS6 but you can do so to CS5 (maybe one is still available on eBay). Just that is worth the upgrade to CS5. However, ACR in CS5 may or may not support your camera.
CheersAug 6, 2013 at 4:47 pm #2013061
I don't really have a need for the JPEG. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. I have owned the camera since December and it has taken me 8 months to figure out how to use it… much more difficult than programming my entertainment system at home.
I have mostly been editing in PhotoShop (not expert in that either), and my experimentation with Lightroom has made me unorganized. It seems that the metadata tags would be helpful, just need to figure out a keyword methodology. But then I only sort my iTunes by Album name or Artist. Everything else seems to much work :)Aug 6, 2013 at 5:12 pm #2013072
Bradley AttawayMember
@attaboybradLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
Lightroom produces image "previews" that are stored in a separate folder than the RAW data. Most of the time, these previews are what you're actually looking at because they're much faster to render edits. You can specify in preferences what quality you want these previews to be, and where they're stored.
Based on what you've told me, I'd import the RAWs directly to the external HDD and render the previews on your local laptop. If you're in the field and have to import the RAWs to your laptop, just make sure you use LR to move the files once you're home, so LR knows where you've put them.
With the previews on your laptop, you'll be able to do a considerable amount of editing even without the original file available because your edits are basically a set of rendering instructions and they can be applied to the low quality preview as well as they can to the original RAW. You'll just see a little icon over the preview saying that LR can't locate the original file until you've plugged in the externals again.
You won't, however, be able to export your work in full quality until you're back in the office, and the results will probably be slightly different, but not enough that you'd care or even notice if you're not using carefully calibrated monitors and printers.Aug 6, 2013 at 5:27 pm #2013080
Jason ElsworthBPL Member
@jephotoLocale: New Zealand
I usually shoot both. I just find that it's nice to have a quickly available straight out of the camera image. When I was pursuing photography professionally I shot RAW only.
I have never used Lightroom and currently use Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Camera Raw, plus a stand alone package for digital asset management (DAM) . However, this is just because I don't want to learn a new package. For most people Lightroom is the way to go and if I was starting from scratch I would use Lightroom for image processing and DAM.
If you would like to learn more about how to download, store, manage and then find your images I would recommend The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers by P.Krogh. Available as a PDF from his website or from all good book sellers:).
www.http://thedambook.com/. Looks like he has a new Lightroom book coming soon (see his blog page for more detail), but the latest edition of the current book also deals with Lightroom.
http://dpbestflow.org/ and http://www.updig.org/guidelines/ph_toc.html are also good sources of information on digital photography workflow.Aug 6, 2013 at 7:05 pm #2013121
Kevin BabioneBPL Member
@kbabioneLocale: Pennsylvania
Thanks for starting this thread…FedEx tried to deliver my RX-100 M2 (with the hotshoe) today when we weren't home. I've been wondering how to set it up and will probably shoot both RAW and JPG to start and see how often I'm going back to the RAW files to tweak things.Aug 30, 2013 at 9:24 pm #2020369
Daniel CollinsSpectator
@diablo-vLocale: Orlando FL
All those "in camera" effects that are advertised such as in-camera HDR are for Jpeg only.
If you are open to looking beyond Lightroom check out ACDSee Pro photo manager.
It has built in raw converters and is designed to operate much like Lightroom, has a full photo editor as well.
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Trendy Apartment in Dowtown
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The room has two single beds and a large closet and a nice balcony . In the living-room we find a great sofa bed for the third person or two children. The kitchen has all the utensils and appliances you need from day to day.
Floor is ideal for your stay in Valencia is only 5 minutes .A subway (direct line to the airport) and the train station and the AVE, with bus stops and stations beside bikes . There is also a bus stop two minutes that takes you straight to the beaches of the city and La Ciudad de las Ciencias and other points of interest.
The neighborhood consists of all the services needed for your visit never lack anything. It has a great variety of bars and restaurants with terraces very nice and lively, supermarket two minutes from the apartment and a traditional market where you can buy fruit, vegetables, meat and fish fresh from Monday to Saturday morning. There are also banks and shopping areas nearby. In 5 minutes you can reach the historic center.
We'd love you to feel like home, so but if you miss something, just tell us!
House rules20€ cleaning fee
150€ deposit
Please be careful with the apartment contents and respectful with your neighbors.
Please don't accommodate more guests than required in the booking.
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Enjoy your visit!!!
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Well where do I start? The apartment is a nice cozy place, centrally located. You can get to the center of Valencia by foot, within 15 minutes max. Even in the apartment's neighborhood, plenty of places to enjoy the evening. The apartment is clean with all the daily amenities, that you need. Even the beds have good matresses, you get up with no back pain. Mrs Raquel's father is a nice gentleman, who explained us right at the beginning, where near places in the vicinity are. Thank you for that! I would recommend everybody to enjoy his stay in this trendy apartment. WE ARE COMING BACK!
A beautiful appartment in a vivid and creative young part of Valencia. We felt very comfortable here. The appartment is a perfect space for recreation. We spent a marvellous time in Valencia. Thank you, Raquel, for giving to us this possibility.
•very clean
•few storage trays
•WLAN and aircondition are only available in the living room, but not in the bedroom
•apart from a little bit noisier local under the window of the bedroom, it's a quit area
The floor was super good! All renovated, very modern furnishings, suer clean and the Lord has given us the keys and explained the floor, was very friendly. He has given many recommendations where to go out and live in the Ruzafa neighborhood and throughout the city. We had an exceptional stay and super friendly on the floor !!!
We tried to book this apartment for our next holiday in Valencia!
El piso era super bien! Todo renovado, mobiliario muy moderno, suer limpio y el Senor que nos ha dado las llaves y nos explicaba el piso, era muy amable. Nos ha dado muchos recomendaciones donde salir y vivir en el barrio de Ruzafa y en toda la ciudad. Hemos tenido una estancia excepcional y super agradable en el piso!!!
Intentamos reservar este piso para nuestras próximas vacaciones en Valencia!
We enjoyed everything very clean and well equipped apartment.
Highly recommended
Disfrutamos mucho todo muy limpio y el apartamento muy bien equipado.
Altamente recomendable
We were 3 days at Raquel's Apartment and were absolutely content with everything! It's a very good position, near to the train station and the centre of Valencia. The renter were very friendly, dependable and helpful. In the Apartment we felt comfortable, because it was fully fitted and everything was clean and modern. We definitely would come again to this location!
Very good price / performance for the apartment. It is neat and clean and equipped with everything necessary. The stairs in the narrow stairwell is for some may be a problem. App. is good: 10 min. walk to metro Xativa. This is also the edge of the downtown area. App. Located in an old neighborhood with its impressions. However, a short distance you can sit and eat; eg. In Bar Vermudez or La Estrella. Raquel and her father are very accurate and helpful when needed (the father speaks only Spanish). In short, I can app. highly recommend!
Zeer goede prijs/prestatie voor het appartement. Het is netjes en schoon en voorzien van alles dat nodig is. Het traplopen in het smalle trappenhuis kan voor sommigen wellicht een probleem zijn. App. ligt goed: 10 min. lopen naar metro Xativa. Dit is tevens de rand van het centrumgebied. App. ligt in een oude buurt met bijbehorende indrukken. Echter op korte afstand kun je lekker eten; bijv. In Bar Vermudez of La Estrella. Raquel en haar vader zijn zeer accuraat en behulpzaam als dat nodig is (De vader spreekt alleen Spaans). Kortom: ik kan het app. zeer aanbevelen!
The apartment was very nice and clean and exactly as described. The contact to the owners was very good. The old town ist just about a 10min walk away, but there are also some tapas bars and pubs near the apartment. In 5min you can reach a small shop where you can get the most important stuff and food for your stay. But we would recommend to go the to the very nice Mercado Central. To get to the beach you need to take the subway.
We would really recommend this apartment as well as the nice owners.
Very pleasant stay. Smooth and quite correct. I appreciate the kindness of the owners. Full kitchen with utensils, bath gel ... Very careful and quiet.
Una estancia muy agradable. Sin problemas y todo correcto. Agradezco la amabilidad de los propietarios. Cocina completa con utensilios, gel de baño... Muy cuidado y tranquilo.
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Wayne Law to present April 9 panel discussion about Detroit's renaissance
DETROIT – Three investors will join a business law professor to discuss how economic development, entrepreneurship and the law are working together to help Detroit grow and thrive Wednesday, April 9, at Wayne State University Law School.
The panel discussion, "Detroit's Renaissance: The Intersection Between Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and the Law," will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the Lecture Hall (Room 2242) of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at the law school, 471 W. Palmer St. The event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be provided. To register, contact Brianna Fritz at email@example.com or (313) 577-2733. Parking will be available for $6.50 (credit and debit cards only) in Structure One across West Palmer Street from the law school.
The event is sponsored by the Dean's Office at Wayne Law. Dean Jocelyn Benson will moderate the discussion.
Panelists will be:
- Gabe Karp, a partner at Detroit Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that backs early stage technology companies. Karp is a respected authority and frequent speaker and writer on legal issues surrounding interactive promotions, including social networking and viral marketing campaigns, mobile marketing, emerging technologies and technology startups. He previously was executive vice president and general counsel of ePrize Inc. (now HelloWorld Inc.), an interactive promotions company that represents more than 75 of the top 100 brands in the world. He led the efforts on multiple acquisitions, venture financings, credit facilities and ultimately the sale of the company to a private equity firm.
- Josh Linkner, CEO and managing partner of Detroit Venture Partners. Linkner was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and was a President Barack Obama Champion of Change Award recipient. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Disciplined Dreaming – A Proven System to Drive Breakthrough Creativity and has a new book, The Road to Reinvention: How to Drive Disruption and Accelerate Transformation, coming out in May. Linkner is the founder and former CEO of ePrize and founded, built and successfully sold three other technology companies. He has been on the board of directors of more than 50 organizations, including startups, a major hospital system and nonprofits.
- Gary Torgow, a 1985 Wayne Law alumnus, chairman of Talmer Bancorp Inc., chairman of Talmer West Bank and president and founder of the Sterling Group, a Michigan-based real estate and development, investment and management company. Torgow's company was part of the partnership that developed the commercial buildings of Campus Martius in Detroit. The Sterling Group also bought the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit in 2003, renovated it and sold it to Wayne County in 2007. He has been honored many times for his civic and charitable efforts. Awards he's received include the NAACP's Fannie Lou Hamer "Keeping the Spirit Moving" Award, Fair Housing Leadership Award from the Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, Ohio Civil Rights Commission's "Keeping the Dream Alive" Citation, Spirit of Detroit Award from Detroit City Council and Frank A. Wetsman Young Leadership Award from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit.
- Eric Williams, assistant (clinical) professor at Wayne Law and director of the Program for Entrepreneurship and Business Law. Through his position at Wayne Law, Williams makes sure students and activities in the Program for Entrepreneurship and Business Law help aspiring business professionals in underserved communities participate in the economic revival of Detroit. The program offers early stage legal assistance to participating local startups and creates forums for entrepreneurs to receive general legal guidance, access community resources and share their own business experience.
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[quote user="giantyankee1976"]but what's the deal with rouse?
first we had all this fanfare despite what was supposedly a good player mysteriously released by the pack; then it's like it fell off the table.
Alford has a motor, he IS missed in the interior...make no mistake. Hopefully a returning Canty can alleviate some of that missing ingredient.
I'm not as knowledgeable as others on her about Rouse, but some of them pointed out some problems he has, which is a reason why he was available. I'd think the coaches would have him out there is they thought he was better.

Agree with AG... we have to go with what we have, and have a fierce attitude against Philly. If not, them some ingredient is missing, and it's not talent, or depth. It's schemes, like blitzing pressure and using a shorter passing game, along with the run... and, it could also be killer instinct, performing at everyone's best with the plays that are called.

Alford was a bad loss, and yeah, Let's hope Canty gets out there soon to help.
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A group of highway contractors and manufacturers that's been studying how sealing joints affects long-term pavement performance reports significant progress.
Joints are sealed to keep:
Dirt and debris out of joint wells so pavement can expand and contract as necessary
- Water from trickling into and weakening pavement sublayers.
As of 2000, about three-quarters of state DOTs sealed new pavement. Two-thirds resealed joints and 14% didn't reapply sealant after repairs. But as states attempt to balance their budgets, DOTs are considering revising their specifications.
This brought a backlash.
"We don't believe owners have enough answers to automatically eliminate sealing," says Scott Eilken, owner of Quality Saw and Seal Inc. of Bridgeview, Ill., and co-chair of The Seal/No Seal Group (SNS). He knows resource-strapped managers would rather spend $1 million on new pavement than on an activity that may not be necessary. But, he says, "we're in a lot of trouble if you start eliminating [sealing] across the country and in 20 years our pavements start failing."
Launched about three years ago to prove or disprove that theory, the online clearinghouse focuses primarily on concrete but also gathers research on asphalt conducted by state DOTs from California to Minnesota and academic centers like the University of Iowa's National Concrete Pavement Technology Center. Members include Crafco Inc., Dow Corning Corp., Hilti Corp., and W.R. Meadows Inc.
"The industry didn't have a lot of information," Eilken says. "Places across the country have done test sections, but they're never monitored long enough to truly gauge whether [sealing] is a good thing or a bad thing."
Various states treat the issue differently. Wisconsin, for example, doesn't seal joints. "Their roads aren't any different," Eilken says. "But at what point do they become worse? What if maintenance costs increase? We want to show owners so they can make an educated decision."
Hot-pour is least permeable
In fall 2010, the Texas Transportation Institute kicked off research intended to quantify the degree to which sealant type, condition, and joint well configuration keep moisture from compromising the structural integrity of pavement sublayers.
Transportation Institute researchers are establishing the infiltration rates of joints partially and completely sealed with hot-pour rubberized asphalt (average life: seven to 10 years), silicone self-leveling (average life: 12 to 15 years), and preformed compression (average life: 20 to 25 years) compared to untreated joints. They mimicked various rainfall intensities by flooding sections of a test track at Texas A&M University's Riverside Campus in Bryan to various depths and widths, then measured moisture as it trickled through joints and collected in a series of catch buckets. They're also using ground-penetrating radar to detect moisture levels below the slab.
In January 2011, preliminary results of "Effect of Joint Sealant Condition on Moisture Infiltration and Erosion Potential" found that hot-pour sealant had the lowest infiltration rate when the opening of sealant is less than 1 mm. Work is continuing to establish the flow rates of 3/8- and ½-inch joint wells, and how various levels of dirt and moisture in wells affect bond quality.
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The group is also working with material scientists to develop testing procedures to determine pavement cleanliness, dryness, and proper adhesion. The industry doesn't have tools to measure if a joint is dry or clean enough to install sealants. Another area of study is the impact of hazardous material spills on unsealed pavement.
The group's first effort to demonstrate the long-term effectiveness of sealants on pavement performance has not yet yielded results.
In 2009, Crafco hot-pour and silicone sealants were installed on eight sections of Route 59 near Joliet, Ill., on 9¾-inch dowelled concrete placed on a 12-inch base. The results of those sections, which opened to traffic in November of that year, will be compared to those of two unsealed sections of the same road. A year later, Walsh Construction of Chicago conducted smoothness testing with a profilograph.
"That gives us a base of how smooth the roadway was at the beginning," Eilken says. "Then we'll retest and monitor how it's progressing."
Skeptics might wonder how objective the group might be in reporting the results of these various tests.
"No question about it — we've trying to protect our industry," Eilken says. "There are pros and cons on our website. We will not allow it to be a shaded opinion. We want the opportunity to bring the information to the table so owners can make an educated decision. Right now, that information isn't there."
— Bagsarian is editor of CONCRETE SURFACES, a sister magazine of PUBLIC WORKS. This article first appeared in the June 2011 issue, and was updated in March 2012.


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There is a lot of independent music out there, that much is for certain. Whether or not it is good is subjective, but a lot of it has been flowing across my desk lately. So how to discern one group from the next? Aside from the quality of music (which is the first thing I listen or look for) I try to focus on the groups that are doing something, anything different. Sometimes, like the guys from One Like Son, they seek me out. The Alabama-based group bills themselves as "powerpop with heart" and does not disappoint on that level. For their third album, Start the Show, they decided to do things a bit differently.
One of the great things about being an independent group is the ability to have total creative freedom. That freedom extends from writing and making music, to choosing the recording method. In the case of One Like Son they decided to challenge themselves by recording and mixing the entire Start the Show album with an iPhone 3GS. The easy part – playing the music – rested on the backs of the band, Stephen Poff (Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Organ), Bill Rester (Vocals, Bass), Perry Brown (Vocals) and Bryan Segraves (Piano, Organ). The challenging task of post production was tackled by Stephen Poff and Will Kennedy on two tracks ("Start the Show" & "Glory Days").
Going into the project Poff knew that it was going to be quite the undertaking. He tries to challenge himself ever year to take on a project that could take him a year to complete. When Sonoma Wire Works released their Guitarjack interface as well as the app Fourtrack, he figured that pushing the iPhone to become a complete recording studio would be a project worth the effort.
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For ladies, I think our best hopes lie with Gold as breakout star if she is cool headed, she is podium material. Ashley if she ups the ante and she has a beautiful style. I think an SP that showcases speed and a 3x3 is needed. Also of course in the long. She has very detailed, very mature, nuanced expressions and she reminds me a lot of Kwan. While she can win domestically if Grace falters on the jumps, I think we have wild cards next year with junior skaters like Hicks-no style but a great athlete.
Agnes is going to put all she has out there to get the third spot. Her nerves have really been a disappointment. Sad. I am all for Gao under one condition, that she scales back her courses big time so that she is a full time skater starting this summer. She blossomed this year. Flatt, Alissa are done I guess. I still hope for Mirai. I like Angela Wang, and love Semantha Cesario. I'd love to see her on the team. She is so elegant. Why is she still doing Jr Wolds at 19? Her elegance draws me in. Ga0- I think 5th to 3rd will be very easy if she gets two good programs, or repeats this years-they were a great fit. Even if she kept one to make it easier. If she insists on keeping a full courseload, then, no, I am behind Agnes. It is now or never for her. Talent without confidence tho sadly does not cut it. Also, this will be Mirai's last Nationals unless she gets a spot, I'm sure. Can you easily recall Mirai in 2010. I love watching her perform. The confidence is not there. I think it never will be. Zhang is very positive girl but her slow, poor basic skating has been sad to watch, tho I admire all she did with the Oppegards.
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I too have introduced raw to my 2 GSDs diet although mine are older than yours. I have feed them a whole rabbit which was skinned but had all the guts inside still, they both ate it and I saw no issues afterwards. Although I did notice my female somehow removed the liver and kidney and saved that till the last?
As for a 13 week old I think you would want to introduce different meats in small amounts. Quails are very small are are generally good for cats or small breed dogs, so I think the whole Quail would be fine. Just monitor your puppy afterwards.
Is it safe to feed things like guts?
Hi all,
I'm planning to switch my 13 wk old pup to RAW, and having read up on many of the threads here, feel pretty confident about how to go about things. However, I haven't found anything that relates to feeding things like the intestinal tract. I only ask because we have a large supply of quail on hand to feed our birds (my boyfriend and I are both falconers), and we usually feed the guts every now and then to our birds for a complete diet. However, we have leftovers sometimes after carving up the quail and it seems a waste to toss them. Our quail are farm raised and we generally don't have to worry about things like parasites. My question is, is it okay to give this to a puppy (ie, intestines, spleen, stomach, etc)? Or is it best to leave it out and rely on everything else to provide a balanced diet?
I know it seems like a random question, but i just have not read anything about feeding guts and I'm curious as to your guys' opinion. Thanks!
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Fortunately, the wood was punky below the high-water mark and a pair of pliers easily removed the screws.
Now all that remained was to free the spring lines and back out of the slip without banging into the piling or scraping past the bowsprit of the boat in the next slip over. The 15-knot breeze made this seemingly simple task a very delicate operation.
An extra pair of hands helped immeasurably. John, a friendly liveaboard on a large motor yacht at the end of the slip, stood on the floating dock, gripped the forestay, and gave a hearty push that carried Kirsten safely past the piling and neighboring boat.
The push was a reminder of a hard-earned lesson that a little boost, not a lot of power, can finesse a sailboat out of just about any situation. This and other lessons in the sidebar may take firsthand experience to fully grasp, but some advance warning may help avoid serious harm.
Unlike powerboats, most sailboats cannot be muscled into tight spaces with the engine. Kirsten's hull bears the scars of the experiences that taught me this lesson. With a sailboat, easy does it. This means working with the wind and current, using momentum more than revolutions per minute, and good line handling.
Before I learned these lessons, entering my slip was like a panic fire drill. Trying to overcome the wind or current with engine power, I would invariably bang into the neighboring boat or the piling at the end of the finger pier and embed the wire bobstay into the wood of the dock. Today, I rev the engine in reverse to slow down my approach, put it in neutral, coast in, hop onto the dock with the bow and stern lines in hand, ease her into place, and tie up without fuss.
Leaving the slip was even worse. Crosswinds would have me slamming into forward and then reverse to escape the pilings and raised powerboat propellers on all sides, poking at boats and pilings with the boat pole, frantically looking around to see the next collision course. Today, I take stock of the wind and current, keep a grip on the bow line, push off from the dock, leap aboard, give a little juice to the engine in reverse, put it in neutral, back out until I'm clear of the slip and other boats, and then put the gear in forward and head down the channel. Sounds complicated, but it's so easy it still amazes me that I escape with so little trouble.
I used to think maneuvering Kirsten in reverse was simply not meant to happen. Then one day Vinny, the marina manager, took the helm to get Kirsten back to her slip after some work. My jaw dropped as he effortlessly drove her backward with inches to spare on either side, where great big bolts stuck out from pilings. Getting some way on in reverse and then putting the gear in neutral, he explained, makes it simple to steer while going backward because it eliminates the prop turbulence.
Wind and current can be neutralized by working with them, instead of against them. Knowing how your boat will respond to wind and current takes some time, but it can be roughly calculated by thinking of how the boat's above-water and below-water profiles react to these two forces. In Kirsten's case, the high bow and the mast set well forward mean that the wind will push the bow more than the stern. Her shallow forefoot and deep stern mean that the current will push her stern more than the bow.
A boat does not turn like a car, with the rear following the front wheels as they turn. A boat swings its stern out in one direction as much as the bow turns in the other direction. Bear this in mind and you can visualize how the boat will handle a maneuver before you carry it out.
Visualizing and then thinking the process through helps you execute docking and leaving a dock without banging or scraping into other boats. A little forethought helps avoid the general pandemonium that both amuses and panics fellow boat owners in the marina.
Mastering the art of docking at your own marina takes time, and you shouldn't expect to handle dockings at unfamiliar marinas effortlessly until you have plenty of experience to guide you. After all, if you're accustomed to tying up to cleats on a floating dock, how well can you expect to do when you're a transient at a marina and have to lasso four pilings with clove hitches and double half-hitchesand take the tidal range into account?
When you have to tie up to pilings, start with the windward lines first to prevent the boat from banging into the leeward pilings. Now, with the boat secured for the moment, add enough slack to the lines to account for the tidal range. That done, you now know how much line to use when tying up to the leeward pilings. The windward lines will be taut, the leeward lines will be slack. If the leeward lines are taut, then you have not used enough line, and there's a good chance your boat will be heeled over at low tide.
One of the great joys of sailing is learning to work with the elements, instead of beating them into submission with overwhelming force. This applies to docking as well as sailing on the open water, and perhaps more so, because at the dock, your every move is on display to the public.
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My first board was a 142 K2 Luna from many moons ago (no pun intended) and altho she will always be my first love it was time for an amicable breakup. We had some good times but she chattered at speed and got bogged down in even the smallest accumulations of snow. After much deliberation i went for the push in a 148 (i weigh about 50kg/110lbs) it took some getting used to as it's a good 6cm jump from my old length but nothing too daunting and let me tell you, she rides like a dream!
So very fast and stable, in fact i think she's capable of going faster than i'm comfortable with at the moment and altho she is on the stiffer side in terms of flex i don't find it at all difficult to initiate turns. she rides like a twitchy supersport motorcycle...responds to the slightest command. i have ridden her in every condition but waist deep snow and she will ride thru anything. I did manage to get her in snow at least a foot deep and i didn't even have to move my bindings back she just sailed on thru. i don't worry too much on flat spots either as she coasts thru those as well when before i'd have to rely on my skier friends for assistance no matter how fast i'd start off going. edge hold is excellent, so excellent i find that i turn alot more just because i like how it feels. effortless air on jumps and landings feel good but aside from that i don't do much in terms of the park because i'm old and it takes me so much longer to recover these days. with that being said, i'm so very thankful that this board is so light it's easy on the leg when riding the lift or even carrying it around and what not. haha i'm small so yea carrying heavy things is sometimes too much for my twig like arms.
so, if you are a control freak speed demon this board is for you. my only caveat would be that she is not forgiving at all. when you're tired or feeling lazy and not in top form she will let you know that that is unacceptable by throwing you down the mountain. Even in that she is a reliable ride through and through.
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Drivers, students, teachers stranded by Tuesday's weather
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. - Blowing snow, reduced visibility and slick roads made driving treacherous during rush hour and into the night on Tuesday.
The weather also forced 60 students and teachers to spend the night at Miami-Yoder School, and at least a dozen drivers found shelter overnight at the Ellicott Fire Station.
At one point, ten roads in eastern Colorado were closed because of the conditions, including U.S. 24 from Falcon to Limon, and Highway 94 from Enoch Road to U.S. 287.
Authorities expected the roads to remain closed through the night, and asked drivers to take detours or seek alternate routes.
One of the worst locations was a nine-mile stretch of Highway 94 between Ellicott and Yoder. Strong winds blew snow horizontally and created white-out conditions. A KRDO NewsChannel 13 crew drove that stretch and could barely see well enough to drive.
Authorities stopped vehicles in Yoder and led them by snowplow back to Ellicott for the night.
"I haven't seen conditions like this since the the last blizzard we had in 2006-2007," said Michael Olinia, an Ellicott firefighter who was directing traffic and helping stranded drivers.
One of those drivers was Marge Emerling, of Rush. She was unable to make it home from Colorado Springs in the storm.
"I moved here from Denver," she said while sitting in her car. "I've only lived here five months. I didn't know what winter is like out here."
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Eight tour buses, thousands of thirtysomething ladies (and their BFs), hordes of gays, and one Jesus dude were at the Garden on time last Sunday — but George Michael wasn't. When word boomed through the arena that his plane had been delayed but that he was heading our way, thousands let out anguished sighs, rose from their seats, and stormed the margarita kiosks. An hour drifted by; the themes from Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia played; people stood faithfully at their seats in T-shirts adorned with George's face smiling down at their bits. Then came word:
"George Michael is in the building!" — and the place roared and squeed.
Lore of late has had it that Georgie's sales are slumping, and that the TwentyFive Tour has been beset by spotty attendance. But none of that was evident in the sea of cameraphones and the din of screams that surged as he emerged through a retractable opening in the stage — a massive LED screen that arced into a backdrop. (Imagine an iTunes visualizer on steroids.) Neither was it evident in George's permasmile as he crooned and hollered through an epic set of Wham! hits ("Everything She Wants" sent chills across my scalp), solo classics (a devastatingly solid "Father Figure"), covers (including — yikes! — "Roxanne"), pulsing tearjerkers ("Amazing"), karaoke faves ("Kissing a Fool"), and the best song ever (at the time), "Careless Whisper" — sung mostly by the audience (as was "Happy Birthday" to George's drummer, Carlos Hercules).
"I know it's not easy sometimes to be a George Michael fan," he announced, "but I'm hoping it will be easier by the end of the night." And, of course, it was. Even if a George Michael retrospective tour does seem a little like throwing yourself a party for falling down the stairs, George's candor, humor, and refusal to take himself too too seriously (bounding out on stage dressed as a cop for "Outside," throwing in a "Yeah right" after musing on "the perfect girl" in "Everything She Wants") made his parting question endearingly redundant:
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Anzelc votes to expand access to affordable health care
After a lengthy floor debate that lasted into Monday evening, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed HF 5, a bill that establishes a state-based health insurance exchange.
"Individuals, families, and businesses in northern Minnesota have been squeezed by rising health care costs for far too long," said Rep. Anzelc. "Thankfully, we're on track to set up an exchange that provides relief by offering tax credits and increasing competition."
Under the Affordable Care Act, states face a March 31 deadline to approve state-based exchanges. For states that do not meet that deadline, the federal government will step in and implement an exchange run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
"The last thing northern Minnesotans need is a one-size-fits-all exchange run by the federal government," added Rep. Anzelc. "Minnesota is well known as a national leader when it comes to health care coverage. We should keep it that way. An exchange built around our state's unique needs is the best way to reduce costs and keep our residents healthy."
Minnesota's exchange is estimated to expand health coverage to over 300,000 individuals who previously could not afford or qualify for insurance. It will also save families an average of roughly $500 on health care costs. In addition, tax credits will be available for qualifying businesses with less than 25 employees.
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Master Gardeners are University of Minnesota-trained volunteers whose job is to educate the public about a variety of horticulture subjects using readily available, up-to-date research-based information. The Master Gardener Program educational effort is designed to enhance the public's quality of life and to promote good stewardship of the environment.
Jackie Burkey will teach Beginner Gardening, an easy-going gardening class for someone who has never grown anything but is ready to try a few veggies or flowers. Class will cover basic tools for the beginner, simple soil, light and water requirements for success, compost and mulch, fertilizers and bug killers, and how to choose what to plant without spending a fortune.
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I think operating a successful beekeeping business entails many aspects. Stock selection is just one of the components. I like the saying, all things in moderation. I do not believe the challenges we face as beekeepers will be solved by selecting for a single ultimate characteristic, but rather developing a comprehensive system that functions as we would like it to most of the time.
In selection, I think it is important to be cautious about identifying specific traits or characteristics and making assumptions about their overall value of fitness to a honey bee colony. Just because a trait is observed at some low frequency in a population, does not mean that it will provide greater fitness at a higher frequency.
Traditional animal and plant breeding makes the greatest progress when a trait is identified that is measurable and heritable. That trait can then be emphasized or reduced quickly. The same is true in honey bees, but for me, it is challenging to identify specific mite resistance mechanisms. While it is not clean and clear cut by any means, I prefer to look at overall production and survival traits without zeroing in on specific traits that I assume impart some level of added fitness in the long run. It takes a great deal of observation, evaluation, and records to slowly develop and shape a population within a given set of parameters.
Management is also a very important part of getting the most out of a stock. Small isolated apiaries have completely different functions and stresses than large concentrations of commercial apiaries. I think this alone plays a big role in the success of some of the smaller more isolated operations. But at the end of the day, every successful operation will develop a system of managing mites, diseases, and replacing colonies to maintain numbers. They will do this by finding a stock that meets their needs with the characteristics their desire. That is one of the fascinating things I get to see in working with beekeepers. When new customers first contact me, I try to learn about their operation, how they run things, what cycle they follow, what stock they currently work with and what they hope to achieve.
I look at breeding as an attempt to stay in the race a little longer, and perhaps hold the lead from time to time. But, I also realize every other pest, predator and disease if fighting just as hard, if not harder. After all, they are fighting for their life too.


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Regardless of where the phone will land, the Mi 4 features a good spec list, especially considering its price of approximately $320 for the 16GB model and $399 for the 64GB variant. The device features a 5″ Full HD display, Snapdragon 801 processor with 3GB of RAM, 13MP rear-facing shooter (Sony sensor), 8MP front-facing camera, 3,080mAh battery, stainless steel frame, and comes running Android 4.4+ with a bit of MIUI tweaks on top. (more…)


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