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Triamterene is a potassium-sparing diuretic (in other words, it inhibits the urinary excretion of potassium). Diuretics increase urinary water loss from the body and are used to treat high blood pressure , congestive heart failure , and some kidney or liver conditions. Triamterene is available as a single agent and in combination products.
Common brand names:Dyrenium
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Folic Acid
Triamterene is a weak folic acid antagonist that has been associated with folic acid-deficiency anemia in people already at risk for folic acid deficiency.1 However, people treated long term with triamterene, without additional risk for folic acid deficiency, were found to have normal folic acid levels and no signs of folic acid deficiency.2 The use of multivitamin supplements containing folic acid appears to diminish the occurrence of birth defects associated with triamterene. According to one study,3 pregnant women who took folic acid-containing multivitamin supplements in addition to their prescription drugs had fewer babies with heart defects and deformities of the upper lip and mouth.
One study showed that people taking diuretics for more than six months had dramatically lower blood levels of folic acid and higher levels of homocysteine compared with individuals not taking diuretics.4 Homocysteine, a toxic amino acid byproduct, has been associated with atherosclerosis . Until further information is available, people taking diuretics for longer than six months should probably supplement with folic acid.
A review of the research literature indicates that triamterene may increase calcium loss.5 The importance of this information is unclear.The interaction is supported by preliminary, weak, fragmentary, and/or contradictory scientific evidence.
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Diuretic Herbs
Herbs that have a diuretic effect should be avoided when taking diuretic medications, as they may enhance the effect of these drugs and lead to possible cardiovascular side effects. These herbs include dandelion , uva ursi , juniper , buchu , cleavers , horsetail , and gravel root.6
Use buckthorn (Rhamnus catartica, Rhamnus frangula, Frangula alnus) or alder buckthorn for more than ten days consecutively may cause a loss of electrolytes (especially the mineral potassium). Medications that also cause potassium loss, such as some diuretics, should be used with caution when taking buckthorn or alder buckthorn.7
Preliminary research in animals suggests that triamterene may inhibit the urinary excretion of magnesium.8 It is unknown if this same effect would occur in humans. Persons taking more than 300 mg of magnesium per day and triamterene should consult with a doctor as this combination may lead to potentially dangerous increases in the level of magnesium in the body. The combination of triamterene and hydrochlorothiazide would likely eliminate this problem, as hydrochlorothiazide may deplete magnesium.
As a potassium-sparing drug, triamterene reduces urinary loss of potassium, which can lead to elevated potassium levels.9 People taking triamterene should avoid potassium supplements, potassium-containing salt substitutes (Morton Salt Substitute, No Salt, Lite Salt, and others) and even high-potassium foods (primarily fruit). Doctors should monitor potassium blood levels in patients taking triamterene to prevent problems associated with elevated potassium levels.
However, some medications (for example, Dyazide, Maxzide) contain the combination of the potassium-sparing drug triamterene and the potassium-depleting drug hydrochlorothiazide. With the use of these combination medications, potassium excess and potassium depletion are both possible. People taking these drugs should have their potassium levels monitored by a doctor to determine whether their potassium intake should be increased, reduced, or kept the same.
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Diuretics, including triamterene, cause increased loss of sodium in the urine. By removing sodium from the body, diuretics also cause water to leave the body. This reduction of body water is the purpose of taking diuretics. Therefore, there is usually no reason to replace lost sodium, although strict limitation of salt intake in combination with the actions of diuretics can sometimes cause excessive sodium depletion. On the other hand, people who restrict sodium intake and in the process reduce blood pressure may need to have their dose of diuretics lowered. People taking triamterene should talk with their prescribing doctor before severely restricting salt.
1. Jackson EK. Diuretics. In Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1996, 706.
2. Mason JB, Zimmerman J, Otradovec CL, et al. Chronic diuretic therapy with moderate doses of triamterene is not associated with folate deficiency. J Lab Clin Med 1991;117:365-9.
3. Hernández-Díaz S, Werler MM, Walker AM, Mitchell AA. Folic acid antagonists during pregnancy and the risk of birth defects. N Engl J Med 2000;343:1608-14.
4. Morrow LE, Grimsley EW. Long-term diuretic therapy in hypertensive patients: effects on serum homocysteine, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and red blood cell folate concentrations. South Med J 1999;92:866-70.
5. Werbach WR. Foundations of Nutritional Medicine. Tarzana, CA: Third Line Press, 1997, 246 [review].
6. Brinker F. Herb Contraindications and Drug Interactions. Sandy, OR: Eclectic Institute, 1997, 102-3.
7. European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP). Frangulae cortex, frangula bark. Monographs on the Medicinal Uses of Plant Drugs. Exeter, UK: University of Exeter, Centre for Complementary Health Studies, 1997.
8. Devane J, Ryan MP. The effects of amiloride and triamterene on urinary magnesium excretion in conscious saline-loaded rats. Br J Pharmacol 1981;72:285-9.
9. Jackson PR, Ramsay LE, Wakefield V. Relative potency of spironolactone, triamterene and potassium chloride in thiazide-induced hypokalaemia. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1982;14:257-63.
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The apartment consists of: two rooms, a wardrobe, a bathroom with a toilet,a shower and a washing machine, a bright, fully equipped kitchen (dishes, a fridge, an electric kettle, a toaster).
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Very conveniently located and tidy apartment, very close to the central railway station and the key tourist attractions. We've had a beautiful view from the windows and the chimes from the nearby church towers played for us every hour :). We've been welcomed kindly by a friendly staff and in the flat we found many interesting photo albums with beautiful historical photos of Gdansk. We would definitely pick it again!
Second stay in this fantastic apartment. Great central location and easy to reach by public transport.
Booking very good and quick responses. Was no problem arriving at 9pm and were greeted by owners husband who is very nice and friendly, not to mention extremely talented, see his photograph books.
Wonderful city with much to explore and also great to live as locals to get a feeling for the area in the market, the bars, the resturants, and milk bars.
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The sofa beds are not comfortable and the apartment is on the third floor up Six flights of stairs which was a problem for my Father in law. There was a problem with the toilet which was fixed the same day. Hot water was not very good. There is a very busy bakery next door. And i was woken up by their vans in the morning. The owners were very helpful and amiable. They let us store our luggage on the day of our departure.
The apartment is very neat and clean hania was very helpful and we enjoyed the stay. the sofa beds were a little hard but this can be the case with sofa beds
We were 4 femail friends visiting Gdansk for 4 days. The flat was ok with central location. We will choose it again if we visit Gdansk again.
Wonderful apartment in a great central location of Gdańsk. The apartment was spotlessly clean and had all the equipment you would need. We were met on arrival at the apartment By the owners husband who was a really nice chap. He gave us good advice on where to visit and advice on resturants.
The whole process was excellent. Good clear accurate information of the listing. Excellent contact from owner giving information prior to going, flexible about checking in and out.
The nearby roads to freedom museum (solidarity) is a must see, we also enjoyed spending several hours walking around Westerplatte.
A truly wonderful holiday and a great apartment that I would highly recommend.
Perfect stay! Pretty, clean and spacious appartment, in the center of Gdansk and a very kind host. We enjoyed it.
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Nice central apartment. Stayed for 1 week. Quiet area, and close to everything you need. Will recomend for all.
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Excellent location, great view of the old town from the mini balcony, secure parking nearby, next door (but also heard from early morning bakeries operation) great bakery. Communication with the owner was at any time easily. We would rent this apartment again immediately.
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Exceptional work Mad!!! I do hope to see your finished quilt when done. ROFLOL!!! Would love something like that here also...I know so many people who would laugh so hard at this!! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with all of us.
On the lips and in the eyes of children.... Partial line from the movie "the crow" with Brandon Lee.
I read with interest the title to your post but was not expecting the blocks I saw. Though it is macabre, I am compelled to add my opinions to this already HUGE blog. (I have read most of the posts) To me, the workmanship in the blocks is absolutely fantastic. These blocks would not be for me but I think that people should think of the bigger picture and that is, the creative thought and process involved - NO patterns to copy or to follow for each block. If you have designed a quilt before, you will know that you can draw a pattern on paper but translating the drawing to fabric is not as easy as it may seem. I have done this and I can assure you it is time consuming and depending on the pattern, can be mind boggling. Martina, your talent is really good and I applaud you for your efforts. Thank you for sharing your blocks. I hope that those who seem to have found your blocks offensive/evil will be able to see what I see - the creative process.
With regards to how it depicts horror and scaring children etc. I think that it is up to the adult/parent to protect their own. I have never shielded my children unnecessarily and have always explained things to them such that they have an understanding about what is real and what is not. There is too much out there and I think that a quilt is probably the least harmful of the lot. To each his own, one man's meat is another man's poison.
Let's stay friends as that is what this board is all about. Safety in expression and expression in safety and among friends. One of the rules on QB was that we need to encourage quilters as they come from all walks of life and have their own personal problems to deal with - if we cannot say anything nice, then it was asked that we kept quiet and not hurt the person's feelings. I have always kept this in my mind when posting. Perhaps we need to be reminded sometimes. Best wishes to all on QB.
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Cannot believe some of the comments. I think some need to just lighten up. Personally, I just wish you were my next-door neighbor!
The second installment of Sunbonnet Sue's crime scene and accident pics
I think they're awesome. Mad is sure full of talent.
~If you can't turn the corners of your mouth up...let the middle sag!~
"Be not afraid, only believe."
Mad, makes me want to add to the original blocks we all did, You are so creative, hugs
"Keep Smiling, Keep shining..knowing you can always count on me....for sure.
That what friends are for...
Oh my word. I didn't know it was possible to laugh so hard. The imagination and skill that went into these blocks is just amazing!
Now, will someone do the same for that dratted purple dinosaur? Please?
Still LOLing.
After having read all 39 original pages plus howevermany are on the second instalment thread, I just have to say, I have always had a SBS on my to do list, but now I'm thinking I might make a 2 sided quilt. "Good" Sues/Sams on one side & possibly Sam "doing away" with Sue in various ways on the other. I may have to consult MadQuilter when the time comes!!!!! or maybe just all the fans I've seen here with a "warped" sence of humor!!!!! Great ideas & great execution(pun intended!) of those wonderful ideas, keep'm comming!


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Upcoming Qemu changes for 14.04
Qemu 2.0 is looking to be released on April 4. Ubuntu 14.04 closes on April 10, with release on April 17. How's that for timing. Currently the qemu package in trusty has hundreds of patches, the majority of which fall into two buckets – old omap3 patches from qemu-linaro, and new aarch64 patches from upstream.
QEMU 2.0 Is Piling On Many Features For Early April Debut
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ROSA is a desktop distribution that was originally forked from Mandriva Linux, but now is independently developed. While the company which produces ROSA is based in Russia, the distribution includes complete translations for multiple languages. The ROSA desktop distribution is designed to be easy to use and includes a range of popular applications and multimedia support. ROSA R9 is available in two editions, one featuring the KDE 4 desktop and the second featuring the KDE Plasma 5 desktop. These editions are scheduled to receive four years of support and security updates. I decided to download the Plasma edition of ROSA R9 and found the installation media to be approximately 2GB in size. Booting from the ROSA disc brings up a menu asking if we would like to load the distribution's live desktop environment or begin the installation process. Taking the live option brings up a graphical wizard that asks us a few questions. We are asked to select our preferred language from a list and accept the project's warranty and license. We are then asked to select our time zone and keyboard layout from lists. With these steps completed, the wizard disappears and the Plasma 5.9 desktop loads.
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I haven't done any extensive testing, but then, how much testing is really needed to run a bunch of Web apps. The whole idea is to have this cloud-based operating system, with easy, flexible access to your data anywhere you go. So if you judge this from the perspective of a typical desktop, you miss the point. But that is the point. When I install something on a desktop-like form factor, I expect its behavior to match. CloudReady takes you away from that experience, and the transition is not comfortable. You feel very limited. This makes a lot of sense for schools, for instance, where you do want to lock down the devices, and make them simple for reuse. In a home setup, why would you go for just cloud, when you can have that plus any which desktop application on a typical system? After all, nothing prevents you from launching a browser and using Google applications, side by side with your desktop stuff. It's the same thing. The notion of reviving old hardware is a bit of a wishful thinking. My eeePC test shows that it gets completely crippled when you run HD content in either Firefox or Chrome. An operating system based on Chromium OS will not drastically change that. It cannot do that. Maybe you will have better performance than having Windows there, the same way I opted for a Linux setup on the Asus netbook, but there are physical limits to what old hardware can accomplish. And then, there's the whole question of cloud ... Most people might be comfy with this, after having used smartphones for a while, but I don't think this is anything novel or mindblowing. CloudReady works as advertised, it's a very cool concept, but ultimately, it gives you a browser on steroids. Google and Neverware have their own agenda for doing this, but for home users, there really isn't any added value in transforming their keyboard-and-mouse box into a browsing portal. So if you ask me, am I ready for the cloud, the answer is, only when it becomes sophisticated enough to match my productivity and freedom of creativity. And for you, do you want a simple, locked down, secure and entirely Google machine that isn't a mobile phone or a dedicated piece of hardware? The answer is 42.


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Cross Country Team Wraps Up Season
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Cedar Key Cross Country season is officially over for both varsity and middle school. Thursday, Nov. 3, Districts were held at Oak Hall school, in Gainesville.
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Most of you probably don't take any teenage relationship too seriously. I don't blame you; most people my age have a new significant other every month. There are some of us, however, who are able to maintain a long relationship while in high school. A lot of Cedar Key boys head straight for the military after graduation, some of them leaving behind their girlfriends. This is our story, the story of a military girlfriend.
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Meet the class of 2023. And in 12 years, try to remember how they looked today - when they were only 5 years old, full of energy and weren't bent over their cell phones texting their 23 BFFs.
The group of 14 are all five years old, except their elder classmate, Jaden Collins, who is six. They sat (or tried to sit) Tuesday for their first interview ever with a newspaper. They talked about school in general, about what they have learned in the past six weeks, what their favorite part about school is, and of course, who their favorite teacher is.
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Are a small number of bees more likely to accept a caged queen than a large number of bees?
With the change in the weather, it's warmer now, and some nectar coming in I am making nucs w/ one frame of brood, two empty combs, and two frames of foundation. Figuring I have two more weeks before I go North and maybe two more weeks before I get back here to retrieve the nucs to take them back home in NY.
So, these bottomless nuc is above an excluder on top of a strong colony to get bees on the frame of brood. Not having more frames of brood I am guessing I won't have as many bees up in the nuc boxes when I take them off of the hives and move them to another yd, where I will add caged queens to them a cpl days later.
Does this make sense? Do you think I will have better acceptance doing this? Better? Worse? The same percentage?


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Speaking Event; Jeremy Scahill's War on War
Jeremy Scahill, Reporter, The Nation; Author, Dirty Wars
In conversation with Barry Eisler, Novelist; Blogger, Former CIA Operative
Has the country's effort to dispense international military justice gone extrajudicial? Drone strikes, mercenary missions and the assassination of Bin Laden raise the question: Do the ends justify the means? Going beneath the surface of conventional reporting, investigative journalist Scahill's newest book, Dirty Wars, explores the gray areas of U.S. military operations to determine whether these policies have been undertaken with congressional oversight and public debate. Hear Scahill's take on the underbelly of the United States' international military affairs and decide for yourself if you agree with him: How much are we willing to compromise the democratic process in the name of warfare, and justice?


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The act of a girl denying that she likes or has ever had anal sex. Is a cute ploy used when the girl is scared that the guy she is talking to will think she is a dirty whore for loving it in the ass. Not the same when used by a guy who is trying to hide his gayness.
Tanya almost had me fooled with her Denanal, but when I got her in bed and touched her ass, she moaned and smiled and I knew she wanted it shoved in the bung hole.
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What a meaningful and beautiful quilt. So glad you were there to take it to a loving home.
Yup, younger generation just doesn't get it. Made quilts for ea kid, gr kid and great gr kid. Wanted them to have something that was made especially for them. Don't ask how many thanks were given. Don't know how many of the quilts are still around and have to think that it shouldn't matter, but it does. Ea quilt is made for someone special, lots of love and prayers included. Now will only donate to charity. Sorry, not a good attitude and I do need to work on that. Is there an "Attitude" quilt pattern? :D


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2014 SCADemy Award winners and nominations
*Asterisk denotes winning entries
The Winrich Kolbe Memorial Award ($1,000 scholarship): Adam Nelson
The Innovation Award: Jeannette Gregor
The Community Award: Professor Andra Reeve-Rabb, Professor Michael Chaney, Professor Andy Meyer
Best Costume Design for an Undergraduate Film
- Erzabet - Destin Cylkowski, Jacob Warren
- Matinee – Lori Seidler
- The Peripheral – Katie Gast
Best Production Design for an Undergraduate Film
- *Matinee – Addie Babcock, Austin Lackey
- The Peripheral – Felicia Huettemann
- Pinewood Man – Rachel Dotson
- Sea Odyssey – Carolyn Shannon
Best Production Design for a Graduate Film
- Giselle – Hannah "Wolfie" Sembler
- Life In Between – Remy Godwin, Jones Levenson
- Synesthesia – Kyle Taubken and Cory Carpenter
Best Cinematography for an Undergraduate Film
- By My Hand – Tucker MacDonald
- Gold Bug – Jeremy Peele
- The Peripheral – Allie Schultz
- Saralinah – Ben Joyner
- Sea Odyssey – Tate McCurdy
- *South Southwest – Ben Joyner
Best Cinematography for a Graduate Film
- Life In Between – Sean McGaw
- *The Neighborhood – Dwayne Green
- Giselle – Sean McGaw
Best VFX for a Graduate or Undergraduate Film
- The Peripheral - Brian Oskins, Chase Hochstatter
- Tessellate – Jose Arauz
- Synesthesia – Eric Toth
- *Verloren – Erin Boyle, Noah Sterling
Best Sound Design for an Undergraduate Film
- An Appalachian Tale - Stefano Campello and Colin Lechner
- King Simon - Sound Supervisor: Marinna Guzy
- The Cop and the Anthem - Sound Supervisor: Cindy Takehara
- *The Peripheral - Sound Supervisor: Lourdes Cols
- The Trap - Sound Supervisor: Hiram Torres-Cruz
The members of her sound crew include:
- Amanda Fuentes
- Colin Lechner
- Dionysius "Dee" Vlachos
- Nicholas Lawrence
- Jason Myers
- Allie Reitz
The Sound Design Department wishes to give special mention for excellent sound work in the short film Project Yellow Light: Afterlife
Best Editing for an Undergraduate Film
- All Summer in a Day – Destin Cylkowski
- Gold Bug – Ben Lloyd, Bob Zerweck
- *The Peripheral – Anna Swenson
- South Southwest – Estaban Torres-Flores, Jacob Kirby, Madison Hamburg
- Wet Towels – Solomon Petchenik
Best Editing for a Graduate Film
- Appalachian Trail – Emily Tolan
- The Neighborhood – Kyle Taubken
- *That Shattered Flower – Aurelia Morales
Best Undergraduate Documentary
- Identity – Cory Gazaille
- I Mustache You a Question - Margaret Hibbard
- *Nutria – The Other White Meat – Caroline Nead
Best Graduate Documentary
- Appalachian Trail – David Hamby
- *The Black Elephant – Jane Barr
Best Short Screenplay for an Undergraduate Film
- All Summer in a Day written by Kody Cunningham
- *The Cop and The Anthem written by Franz Gatzke
- Gold Bug written by Ben Lloyd and Chris Johnson
- Pinewood Man written by Gage Hanlon
- Revigor written by Chris Lohr
- Three Manly Fears written by Lucas Pisano
Best Feature Screenplay Written by a Graduate Student
- Shine written by Topher Cusumano and Adam Hofe
- *Taking a Stand written by Calhoun Cornwell
Best Feature Screenplay Written by an Undergraduate Student
- The Hollow written by Thorne Winter V
- Landscapes of Venus written by Stefano Llinas
- Lucy written by Shane Redding
- *The Sycamore Players written by Adam Nelson
Best TV Pilot Written by an Undergraduate Student
- Collide written by Aarti Chopra
- *Doggonit written by Akil Kelly
- Lullville written by Sara Mullins
- The Masters written by Jeff Cotton
Best TV Pilot Written by a Graduate Student
- Dog Won't Hunt written by Adam Hofe
- Knock written by Adam Hofe
- Pictures of War written by Jeannette Gregor
- *The War in 559 written by Calhoun Cornwell
Best Graduate Director
- Jane Barr for The Black Elephant
- *Kyle Taubken for The Neighborhood
Best Undergraduate Director
- Kody Cunningham for Blue Hour
- *Madison Hamburg for South Southwest
- Gage Hanlon for Pinewood Man
- Ben Lloyd for Gold Bug
- Megan Melrose for Peripheral
- Richard Norman for King Simon
Best Actress
- Casey Gardner in Red, White, and Screwed
- *Hailey Vest in Red, White, and Screwed
Best Actor
- Deron Horton in Lions and Lambs
- Kavin Panmeechao in Life In Between
Best Music Video or Non-Narrative Film
- After Life – Josh Falkum, Paul Price
- Revigor – Chris Lohr
- *Saralinah – Jacob Kirby
- Wild, Wild Lust – Dan Herczak
Best Undergraduate Experimental Film
- Intoxicating Color produced by Manuel Alejandro Salas
- Tessellate produced by Dario Ortega
- *Verloren produced by Jennifer Hancock
Outstanding Artistic Achievement
This award goes to a student whose work is not only outstanding in and of itself, but which has expanded and inspired the work of his or her peers. This year when the jury looked at all the films, we were struck by how many films this person had worked on, and how mature and controlled his work was on each of them. This year the award goes to Ben Joyner.
Bear Brown had this to say about Ben:
- Ben's work shows the difference between watching the king dying and watching the candlelight in the room flicker out as the King is dying in the background.
- Ben has a very distinct artistic voice that he puts on a film.
- His cinematography finds a way to translate internal motives into an external form.
- Be it a DSLR or film camera, Ben-J has the ability to render the subtext of the story.
Best Undergraduate Film
- *Pinewood Man – produced Kayla Jane Adams, Vinny Varsalona, James Madio
- Sea Odyssey – produced by Timothy Cella, Henry Drayton, Adam Nelson
- South Southwest – produced by Kate Rose, Solomon Petchenik, Madison Hamburg
- Three Manly Fears – produced by Lucas Pisano, Melanie Kettleberger
Best Graduate Film
- Life In Between – produced by Jones Levenson, Remy Godwin
- *The Neighborhood – produced by Steven Nyberg


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Gazprom's Supersized Dividend: Wait 'til Next Year
Despite all the talk that Gazprom's (OGZPY) dividend would move higher–much higher–it appears investors will just have to wait until next year.
According to Citigroup's Ronald Paul Smith and Alexander Bespalov, the Russia gas giant will pay a dividend of 5.99 rubles per ADR, or about 25.5% of net income according to Russian accounting standards, or RAS. That's an increase, but investors had been hoping that that the company would have to pay 25% of net income based on international financial reporting standards, or IRFS. Smith and Bespalov explain why:
On the current market price, Gazprom's recommended dividend of RUB5.99/ADR gives a yield of 4.6%. Had the company been required to pay the RUB12.5/ADR implied by its 2012 IFRS net income, the yield would have jumped to just under 10%. In the current environment, that 4.6% yield is middle-of-the-pack for Russian oil & gas companies, ahead of Rosneft (ROSN.ME) and roughly on-par with Lukoil (LKOH.ME). Therefore, such a large jump in dividends would most likely result in a significant ADR appreciation.
The Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) has an SEC yield of 2.4%, according to Morningstar.
Still, Smith and Bespalov write that the decision to use RAS over IFRS was a close one:
The Ministry of Finance (MinFin), Rosimushestvo (the manager of state assets), and the Ministry of Energy all finally signed off on management's proposal, but the agreement was reportedly only reached after long debate, and until late in the process Rosimushestvo was reportedly insisting that Gazprom immediately move to pay 25% of Gazprom's 2012 IFRS net income.
They also believe that its only a matter of time before Gazprom is forced to pay a dividend that is 25% of net income based on IFRS. Smith and Bespalov write:
In spite of this outcome, we think the government's policy of requiring state-owned companies to pay at least 25% of IFRS has taken a significant step forward in recent days. One government source quoted by Vedomosti said that Gazprom will indeed be moved to 25% of IFRS next year. This seems quite likely to us, with the government's ever more urgent need to increase revenues and broaden its revenue base beyond the oil tax duties providing the key motivation for improved dividend discipline.
Gazprom has gained 2.8% to 7.98 today and is down 18% this year. The Market Vectors Russia ETF has gained 1.4% to $26.91 today and is off 10% so far this year.


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How changes to the 2011 Code affect cable installations
Discuss this Article 2
I am forced to use MC as my branch circuits, is it legal to use SER as my sub-feeds.
@ Matthew -
I am not sure I follow you. Why are you forced to use Type MC on your branch circuits? While it is an excellent product, it is not the only product available in Chapter 3 of the NEC for use with Branch Circuits. Now, terminology lesson in order here...what is a sub-feed...are you asking about Type SE-R for use as Feeders....yes indeed, and for branch circuits as well.
You will see in Section 338.10(B) it specifically calls this out for the use with Branch Circuits or Feeders in the actual sub-section of the reference given.
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VoIP - Setting a lab and using good tools?
I am starting to play with VoIP and I have a couple questions for you guys:
1) How can I set up a lab? Is there some LiveCD or VM image I can use? I know installing everything myself is the best way, but I have limited time now and I always like to learn slowly...
2) What tools (free/$$$) do you use for vulnerability assessment? And for exploitation?
When looking at this site, it is easy to get confused... http://voipsa.org/Resources/tools.php
I am asking because I *may* have to audit a network with VoIP soon. Although I will not be the prime consultant for pentesting the VoIP component this network, I really need to know more about this technology...
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Town Square
BART UPDATE: Rampant Media Bias Toward Bart Strikers Is Uncovered
Original post made by Mike Cherry, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Aug 18, 2013
The corporate media has used the results of the nonscientific poll to opine that the Bay Area public does not support Bart's workers. And, predictably, there are ignorant readers who have jumped on the corporate media's bandwagon.
Since the labor dispute began, about all we can say with confidence is that the corporate media, not surprisingly, has shown a propensity to side with BART management. For example, the corporate media has consistently printed that BART workers pay a mere $92 a month for healthcare, and this despite Bart workers' counterclaims that they pay $184.00 per month; the corporate media has consistently printed that Bart workers earn approx. $79,000.00 as average annual wage, despite Bart workers' counterclaims that they in fact gross an average of $66,000.00 per year.
Nowhere, too, has the corporate media mentioned how in the 1980s BART workers agreed to management's request that the employer take on a 7 percent employee contribution to the pension in lieu of pay raises -- an agreement that has saved the public hundreds of millions of dollars.
What is most interesting about the disparity between management and workers' contrary claims is that the corporate media has neither printed the disparity, nor has it made any effort to dispute the claims of one side or another. Why? There are several reasons:
First, were the corporate media to actually print Bart workers' counterclaims, they'd be implanting dissonance among the reading public which, instead of only getting one side's "facts," would then be faced with considering two quite different presentations of reality.
Second, by actually printing Bart workers' counterclaims, the corporate media would be validating a side in the dispute that the corporate media has consistently devalued throughout: in short, by printing the workers' claims, workers would be given a voice that thus far has been suppressed.
Third, by actually printing BART workers' counterclaims, there would be an ethical obligation on the part of the media to investigate the disparity of claims between management and workers. Does anyone doubt that this has not already been done?
By critically investigating the contradictory claims between management and workers, corporate media would likely find themselves in a position of (1) having to verify the workers' claims and (2) by so doing, they'd have to reveal that Bart management has been lying to the public and (3) that the corporate media has been aiding and abetting those lies.
We know, given how the corporate media have sided with Bart management, that IF workers' claims could be proven demonstrably false they would have been by now. And why haven't they been shown to be such? Because they are not false.
Until the corporate media can present reliable information about matters of average wage, health benefits, and the like, the public will continue to be ill-informed -- something that corporate media desires of us all and continues to perpetuate, particularly when matters pertain to labor's gallant efforts to stand up for all of America's workers.
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:57 am
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Ah Mikie, Mikie, yet another of your postings! Could never answer questions raised on his other postings, so has to start another.
Perhaps you could answer these questions and then all could determine if an increase of 22-23% by the union is justified.
Can the union members call in sick or take a vacation day and then work on their day off and get paid overtime?
Can the union members continue to receive the $92/month health insurance,(or even your quoted $184) even after they leave BART.
Do the union members still get step raises?
Do the union members have 100% taxpayer-funded defined benefit pensions?
Do the union members have $92/month health insurance, (or even your quoted $184) no matter the size of the family or cost of the insurance?
Do the union members work less than 40 hours a week (unless they also add in overtime)?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:06 am
The topic is on media coverage of Bart labor dispute, Dave. Re-read and come back with something to say. Your repeated chirps -- which aren't questions at all -- only reveals how envious you are of those who possess the courage to organize and stand up for what is right.
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:49 am
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The topic heading is a poor attempt to do nothing more than to justify union demands that are unreasonable. You have thrown out union numbers that differ from management numbers and want us to see the union as mistreated. Let's look at what the job qualifications are for a BART transit operator, i.e. a candidate needs a high school diploma or GED, a valid California driver's license and three years of experience "interacting with the general public in a variety of ways". It's not that becoming a BART driver requires a lot of experience. The trains are automated, so operators drive them only during emergencies, and then only to speeds up to 25 mph. However the BART union makes it impossible to train new transit operators by not allowing any training if a union worker is working. If management wanted to add more, it would have to put them through special training mandated under the union contract signed after the 1979 labor dispute. Operators also must pass a 15-week training course in safety practices. Under the agency's contract, however, anyone is barred from even taking the course as long as union BART operators are on the job. In other words, the only time BART can begin training replacement operators is when drivers go out on strike. In addition, BART needs to replace most of its rolling stock and has precious little money. In contrast to private enterprise that would save money for capital improvements, BART needs to do all it can to pay cash out of pocket because there's no routine reserve for capital equipment replacement partially as a result of the current union contract.
So Mikie, are you continuing to avoid answering questions regarding current union benefits?
Yet the union wants a 22-23% increase in wages, offering absolutely nothing in return.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:15 am
Dave is an excellent case in point of what media theorists term the 'lathered up media consumer.' In Dave's case, he's read an opinion piece that issues false claims about Bart workers' wages and conditions of work. Where was the opinion piece? In the Contra Costa Times, a perfect little corporate tool, first purchased by Knight Ridder, then McClatchy, and now MediaNewsCorp. The 'newspaper' gets its direction from its corporate owners, and caters to the large advertisers that contribute far more to the paper than do readers' subscriptions.
Does the Contra Costa Times have any incentive to print the truth about the labor conflict involving Bart workers and Bart management? No. Does it have incentive to write lies about Bart workers? Yes. Just look at who owns the paper, and the advertisers who keep the newspaper profitable.
What I've printed comes as no surprise to anyone who isn't a half-wit. Unfortunately, Dave, is unable to see how our corporate world is organized. Instead, he reads an opinion piece, written by a paid employee of the corporately owned and managed Contra Costa newspaper, interprets the opinion as fact, and then rabidly reproduces it, 'thinking' it must be true.
In fact, the Contra Costa Times opinion piece was filled with lies, and here frothy-mouthed Dave is uncritically reproducing them.
Thanks for helping me make my point, Dave.
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:19 am
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Still avoiding answering any question, huh, Mikie
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:21 am
Let's address the real situation - public sentiment is against the BART unions, pure and simple. BART union employees are already highly paid, and they are seen as leveraging the stranglehold they have on Bay Area transit.
The two news polls in question, the ones from KPIX and KTVU, reflect public sentiment that's been provided to those stations. Not statistical polls similar to those of Gallup or Pew Research, but an accurate view of Bay Area sentiment nonetheless.
Public sentiment is generally against the BART unions for all the reasons you mentioned.
(a) BART union employees are already among the highest-paid transit workers in America, if not the highest-paid. The average base salary is "only" $66K, but with overtime it's raised to the $79K figure. You can play with the statistics, but the bottom-line numbers don't lie. $79K it is.
(b) BART union employees pay only a small fraction of their health care costs. The remainder considered compensation. Let's assume that the $184 per month figure is accurate. A family health care premium is at least $1900 a month...so each BART union employee is getting another $1700 per month in compensation. That's an additional $20,400 a year, bringing the total compensation to just under $100,000. With pension contributions, the figure goes beyond $100,000.
(c) And now the unions want an additional 20% wage hike. And they will strike unless their demands are met. This is why public sentiment is what it is.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:30 am
Dave, need I educate you about language use as well?
A question is only a question when the speaker/writer earnestly desires to learn something from the hearer/reader. Your questions are not questions, poor chap. You've taken lies from a right-wing rag media source, exaggerated them, and then smuggled them into pseudo-questions.
The answer to each and every one of the pseudo-questions you've raised, Dave, must come in the form of a negative. Your pseudo-questions are laden with lies. They have no factual content. You are a troubled soul. I cannot help you, nor will I try. By responding to you as I have, I've offered you far more than you deserve. I'm certain, however, that having me attend to your special needs has made your day. Something for you to brag to the wife about.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:47 am
Joe, Each of your assertions sounds exactly like the very same wrong-headed ones offered by Kath on another site. But Kath wouldn't ever change her name, would she? Fact is, Kath, I mean, Joe, I mean Kath, whatever ... is that you haven't addressed my post. All you've done is cite two corporate t.v. stations in a dishonest manner. You've uncritically digested misinformation provided by the corporate media, and then you vomit forth the propaganda as truth. You and Dave are a perfect match. Neither of you has an argument. All you seem capable of is regurgitating the slop you gobble up on a daily basis.
Now, go read your daily corporate newspaper, accept it as gospel, and never once question that you are reading nothing but a corporate sponsored viewpoint that systematically distorts other points of view.
You're all comical! Truly! I can perform intellectual dances around you all day long while you sit in a stupor and then, in response, you can only cite corporate-supplied misinformation. I swear, I can't help you! You're incapable of argument because your brains have been thoroughly washed over with corporate swill.
Thanks for these demonstrations!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 18, 2013 at 12:18 pm
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I am not Joe. I'll get back on the rest. Just can't stand that polls are not going your way? People can read the contracts. People saw what the Governor's committee reported. BART is a public agency.That iInformation should be available to the public.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Okay Joe/Kath. I bet you will. And we're all waiting with high anticipation for yet another hand wave. Care to say anything substantive? I didn't think so. Your posts appear closer and closer to Dave's all the time. This, your recent one, is priceless.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:12 pm
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Just love making stuff up, don't you Mike.
"BART UPDATE: Rampant Media Bias Toward Bart Strikers Is Uncovered" but only by you. A title followed by assertions, assumptions, and no citations. The Governor's committee report that covered both sides gets skipped, as do the union contracts that spell out benefits or the site that lists the pay, overtime, and all overhead costs for employees.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:20 pm
And neither am I Kathy. In addition to the two broadcast stations I mentioned, there are numerous articles, all factual in nature, from the SJ Mercury News, SF Chronicle, and Oakland Tribune. Since BAR is a public entity, all the information reported is from the public domain. Salaries, benefits, hours worked, all the compensation statistics, for the union employees and management.
Your assertion of media bias is unfounded. At worst the media could be accused of "stirring the pot" in an attempt to gain readership. Strike or no strike, the media will benefit because this is a topic people want to stay abreast of. The media doesn't need to play a favorite to make that happen - it's already happening.
I suggest you take your own poll. Go to the BART station tomorrow morning and ask the commuters what their sentiment is concerning the union demands and the threat of strike. It won't be statistical in nature, but you'll hear it first hand and it won't be coming from a media outlet that you distrust.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 2:29 pm
That's what 'Getting back on the rest consists of?'
Well, Kath, you conveniently forget to mention that my BART UPDATE is a set of arguments. But apparently, the only argument you know is "I've got more corporate media supplied info than you do."
Care to critique my arguments, Kath? Didn't think so. Nothing in my posted topic calls for a link, or a citation. If you don't like my arguments or the kinds of reasons and deductive thinking they're based upon, then prove that I'm mistaken.
But we all know that you can't. You don't know how to form a coherent argument -- and so here, your only recourse is to snipe away at the messenger with no substantive content to your snipes.
Again: Plato argues that 'All men are mortal, and inasmuch as Socrates is a man, he must be mortal.' Kath's response? "Oh, Plato, you and Socrates have a problem; you've never backed your claims with citations or links." And so once again Kath's contributions dilute the quality of a PW thread.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Of course the answers to the unanswered questions to Mikie, ask by Daveg are yes ! Mikie doesn't get it !! The majority of everybody riders, taxpayers, OTHER unions, and MOST of ALL MEDIA and PRESS know it is wrong at this time for Californians period. Out of touch, out of place, unjustified. EXCEPT for TECHIES, most people are suffering. Print reporters are average people too.
Mikie, stop your self-pitty party! Union should have let this one pass. I think you're getting an idea of how bad it is out here. You have no sympathy. You're making it really difficult on all the politicians you bought,...making them choose a very UNpopular you, or all their constituents who have ZERO sympathy for you.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:13 pm
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Plato is mortal? Your original post said he was "moral."
No, that isn't getting back to you on it all. Had to work past that title first.
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Daveg is a registered user.
Mikie has given his implicit agreement with the questions asked of him by his non answers. By refusing to answer questions that have no emotional ties or personnel opinion behind them, but rather a question of what the current union contract states, he has submitted to the fact that the answers to the questions asked are all correct. Mikie's set of arguments carry's no weight as it is all based upon his emotional ties to the union, with nothing to validate anything he say's. Facts need to be presented someplace in any argument to bring some semblance to the rational for holding a particular position.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 3:33 pm
Your most intelligent post ever, Kath. Very impressive the way you sorted through Plato's deductive argument -- well, not the argument itself; but at least you seem aware that I misspelled a word.
Dave/SKJ, you don't think your giveaway inability to form a coherent thought escapes us, do you? At any rate, you've missed your nap. I can assure you no one on this thread knows what in the world you're talking about. But rant away. You're funny.
For all you messenger-shooters who can't muster an argument but can only bellyache because I haven' posted a link, you really haven't offered much in that regard yourselves. Which takes me back to my original claim: Beyond dishonest presentation of corporate supplied facts, neither of you has anything to offer. You make a good couple though.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:25 pm
The majority of the public no longer supports strikes by public agency transit workers. Get over it...!!
Take a lesson -- I made my comment and said it in less than 42 paragraphs..
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:41 pm
Still haven't taken that nap yet, Dave? Let me ask you -- or Arroyo as you now prefer to post under: Where did you come up with your comment? Does it follow from some line of logical reasoning? Any facts? Or are you simply voicing envy and resentment when confronted with the living fact that your education has terribly failed you?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 4:51 pm
Mike, you're quickly losing credibility...you're emotionally attacking and re-attacking posters that disagree with you, and so it's driving the discussion away from public support or non-support of the BART unions, and towards mundane items like spelling errors and name-calling.
Let's get back to the central discussion. Public support of the BART unions in 2013 is down, and decreasing. The reasons are:
(a) current BART employees' compensation is generous. It includes base salary, overtime, health, and pension benefits.
(b) the unions' demand for a 20% pay increase, while
(c) having the ability to hold the Bay Area hostage.
All this is all a matter of public record and has been reported so in various Bay Area media sites, broadcasters, and newspapers.
If there is "spin" it's being generated by the unions. The spin is that employee salaries have not increased in the past four years. The est lies arre those that contain a kernel of truth, and this is a prime example. True enough, salaries have not increased, but now let's substitute the word "compensation" for "salary." Anybody that has shopped for health insurance, for example, understands that it costs more than the $92 or $184 per month figures that have been mentioned in this thread. $1,900 per month is more in line with the real cost for a family. The cost of health insurance, and pensions, has gone up, yet BART employees are not paying a greater share. Thus the total compensation package has increased. But the union spin, as reported by the same media outlets that you, Mike, seem to think are dishonest, is that "salaries" have not increased. True enough, but salaries are only a part of the total compensation package.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:07 pm
Joe/Dave-back-from-his-nap, since you're raising the issue of credibility, please show us how public support for Bart unions is down. Haven't seen this myself.
If your so-called facts (they are lies) are a matter of public record, please demonstrate that for us. Shouldn't be difficult for you.
As for salaries being 'generous', as you claim, let's be real. The salaries (as you refer to them) are a product of unions' struggles for a fair wage. If you call them 'generous', this is undoubtedly because they are unionized, as you aren't. Calling them generous implies that management has 'given' workers their current wages and salaries. Not so. Workers bargained for such. If it's more than you're making (not surprising at all), rather than talking about generosity you should be talking about unions' applications of strategic leverage, and then, after admitting such, trying to learn from them.
Your claim that unions are asking for a 20% wage increase is a lie if you don't factor in union givebacks. Inasmuch as you haven't so factored in, you are a liar and many times over, I might add.
As for your parroted claim that unions are holding the public hostage, the obvious response -- I guess you couldn't figure this one out on your own -- is that unions are holding the public hostage no more nor less than is management which is, by the way, demanding a union pay cut such that workers will be earning less in 2017 than they earned in 2008.
You ballyhoo about unions' spin about their salaries/wages remaining stagnant over the past four years, but you then admit salaries/wages have not increased. Your inconsistency is matched only by your inability to clearly think through matters so blinded are you by your resentment toward unions.
Other than lying about specific matters, and revealing your confusion about others, it is clear you haven't got a coherent position to effectively advance or defend.
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:31 pm
Mikie, since you continue to vilify the dreaded corp media, please tell us either where you glean your pearls of wisdom or where else we should be looking to verify your unsupported claims. I'm sure you can't provide this information, but I thought I'd ask just to patronize you since you appear to be quite psychotic and in need of attention, psychological or otherwise.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:52 pm
Mike, again, the facts speak for themselves. My advice is to read the various online sources and watch a little TV. Here are some links to get you started.
Part 1 - part 2 to follow immediately.
KPIX poll shows public supports BART management 2-1 over unions:
Web Link
Statistics for above poll:
Web Link
Salaries are flat but total compensation has increased dramatically: San Jose Mercury News:
Web Link
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 6:53 pm
Part 2:
BART workers are among the nation's highest-paid transit workers:
Web Link
Bay Area public employee salary database (with search function):
Web Link
BART unions considering conceding some items they're asking for based on public opinion:
Web Link
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 7:42 pm
Dear Right, constantly changing your name from Dave, to SKJ, to Arroyo, only makes you appear sillier than you already appear to be, if that's even possible. If you're genuinely interested in reading about the corporate media (I doubt that you are), you might begin with something by either Noam Chomsky or Robert McChesney. My fave of Chomsky's is the Manufacture of Consent. If you're interested in how propaganda washes your brain over with corporate pig swill, you might try reading Jacques Ellul's 'On Propaganda'. Of course, I hesitate to offer these pearls to you, as I doubt you're mentally up to the challenge of reading them with comprehension.
Poor Joe. By the looks of your links (which, by the way, are a joke), you watch a lot of t.v. You obviously don't know how to read a public opinion poll -- it's all in the questioning, ninny. Nothing in the poll's questions about supporting Bart workers v Bart management. All the little t.v. poll DOES show is that bay area folks think management has done a better job of violating the gag order and spinning its case to the obliging corporate media. You're either too stupid to have picked up on this, or you're lying. Kath earlier exemplified the same tendency, either being too stupid to read a public opinion poll or, more likely, read it and lied with the representation of it. Both of you have lied frequently enough, here and elsewhere, so that to have done so again, for both of you, surprises no one. It's the pathetic face-saving postures of Kath that strike most of us as so amusing.
I'm trying to deal with you using the baby steps you deserve. Try again. I'm happy to help you out.
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 18, 2013 at 8:21 pm
Daveg is a registered user.
Mikie, Mikie, take a look at the link that Joe provided for you regarding Bay Area public employee salary database (with search function) and then take a look at the comments on that link from folks that are voicing their opinions with the demands of the union. Perhaps you might see that many, many people think that the union's demands and current benefit structure is excessive. That is, unless you think one person is commenting using different "aliases"!
The only joke in all of the comments is the continued dismal attempt by Mikie to shift attention away from the questions asked about the union to childish, immature remarks directed toward anybody that questions his postings.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Gee, does the search engine allow for distinctions between management salaries and workers' wages?
Thanks for admitting to us, Dave, that those comments you mention located on a search engine are all written by you. You're a busy guy, attempting to save the world using multiple monikers always made transparent by 4th grade-level comments.
You can lament Bart workers' wages and salaries all you want to, Dave. But at the end of the day, thanks to their union organizing efforts, they'll be making far more than you are. That must make you feel really good about yourself. What happened to you? What do you tell your parents? They must be very proud.
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:40 pm
I'm very familiar with Chomsky, the anarchistic, liberal socialist. Now it all makes sense. You are posting from the library on the Cal campus, aren't you?
a resident of Dublin
on Aug 18, 2013 at 9:46 pm
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Why is there either no link or a link a notorious right wing nutball site when righties post?
a resident of Birdland
on Aug 18, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Daveg is a registered user.
Mikie, just curious; is this the Robert McChesney that you worship at the feet of?
Citing Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez as the exemplar of "free press" champions, McChesney maintains that "aggressive unqualified political dissent is alive and well in the Venezuelan mainstream media, in a manner few other democratic nations have ever known, including our own." Further, he lauds Chavez as an immensely popular ruler who "has won landslide victories that would be the envy of almost any elected leader in the world."
In truth Chavez had many links to violent terrorist organizations and totalitarian dictators. On Oct 12, 1999, Chavez was the guest of Communist China. While in China, he declared: "I have been very Maoist all of my life." Like the Soviet, Cuban, and North Korean hosts of past WFYS meetings, Chavez was a proud Communist and an enemy of the USA.
Is this the type of leadership you espouse?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:10 pm
Good run, Mike. You created this thread 14 hours ago and it's generated a lot of response. A lot of it was instigated by name-calling on your part, but so be it. If your objective was to be measured by sheer number of words in the thread, my congrats, you're a winner.
All, here's a challenge. As tempting as it is to respond to Mike, let's let him post his response to this comment and then demonstrate our collective disdain by making no more comments.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 18, 2013 at 11:19 pm
I espouse actually reading a book rather than going to a scumball right wing site that calls Chomsky an "anarchistic liberal socialist" and, oh yeah, who you claim to be 'very familiar with'. You fool no one, Dave/Right/Joe/Arroyo. Do you even know what an 'anarchistic liberal socialist' is? Of course you don't; you don't know the meaning of any of these terms or how they relate to and/or contradict one another. You possess a child's mind in an adult's body.
Well, you've got me with your accusation that I spend time in a UC library. In fact, I've used virtually every library in the UC system, Dave. I cherish each and every experience I have had in them, as they are amongst the greatest places on this earth to spend days of one's life. Have you ever been in a library, Dave? Didn't think so. You ought to try it some day.
Thanks, Janna. Now, where IS the link to your scumball right winger site, Dave?


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It' my first attempt at beekeeping and was given some less than stellar advice from a "mentor".
I have an overwintered hive that's 2 deeps on the bottom, that is the brood area with a virgin/possibly mated queen. On 6/14 inspection I found an open supercedure cell and the queen. There were no eggs or brood of any kind. There was a previous virgin queen from supercedure that evidently didn't return from her mating flight. Both deeps have a good supply of pollen and nectar and open cells for the queen to lay in when she's ready. On top of that is a deep thats nearly full of honey, some is capped and some isn't yet capped. On top of that is a medium that's mostly capped honey. On top of that is a medium that's mostly full frames of uncaped honey. On top of that is a medium thats undrawn frames with a fair amount of traffic.
I also have a hive from a cutout that has a queen that's in a deep that's nearly full of eggs,brood, pollen, nectar and some capped honeywith an undrawn deep above.
At some point I'd like to transition to a deep for brood with a medium below for pollen and a couple of mediums above for nectar which is my understanding of Walt's pollen/brood/nectar sandwich.
What are my best options for going from point A, the present situation, to point B desired configuration?
thanks guy for any help,