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Deandre Hopkins is freaking awesome! I felt he kinda was overlooked by some on here, and hes making people realize that Watkins isn't the only stud wr at clemson.. Hopkins is gonna be a 2nd/3rd rder when said and done!
Eddie Lacy is a man child!!! Chance Warmack is a freaking stud!!!!
What do u guys think of Teddy Bridgewater? Hes a blast to watch play and has been good ever since his 1st start, and now i'm seeing guys having him int eh 1st rd of next yrs draft.. I think hes got the "it" factor and i believe in his skills... Another words, if i'm a GM, and need a QB, i'd take a shot on em in RD 1..
*edit* I was thinking that he was a redshirt sophomore, I was incorrect. He is a true sophomore. He is not coming out this year and will actually have another full year in that pro style offense at Lville..
He will be a serious contender for the top draft pick in 2014. He has everything scouts like. He has a super quick throwing motion. He throws over 80% accuracy despite running a pro style stretch the field type offense and he appears to have no lack of arm strength.
I knew he was good, but I keep going back to that game to watch him.
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Some observations from today:
Matt Barkley is used to a nice comfy pocket where he can throw to his 10 ft tall WRs like it's a flag football game. Tonight, for the 1st time in a long time he got to see what it will be like to be on team that is losing the battle in the trenches. Assuming he goes early in the 1st round, this is what he can expect. He did not handle it well.
Geno Smith is the best offensive player in college football at this time. I am really going to look forward to seeing him vs Texas in a couple weeks.
Michigan State's defense looks very slow to me. I was looking forward to seeing William Gholston vs a quality offense in ND. He was very disapointing. He looked slow off the ball to me. He looked like he played too tall and was completely void of any quality passrush moves. If he doesnt develop some technique, I would not touch this kid in the draft. He lost contain multiple times on ND's 2nd Td scoring drive alone. He is an impressive physical specimen, I just dont know if he is a NFL 43 DE.
Stanford's Head Coach David Shaw is going to get a shot in the NFL in the coming years. On the flip side, USC is starting to regret hiring Lane Kiffin. I think he has 1 more year at most to make that team what it was supposed to be this year.
Louisville QB Teddy Bridgewater, barring some injury, is going to be the star of the 2014 draft if he continues to grow. He can do it all.
Also today Arkansas looked seriously undisciplined. They couldn't do anything and started to panic early. I know it was against Alabama but still anytime they even started to put something together they fell flat. Alabama's defensive unit and their O-line looks really solid. It was a men among boys thing for sure.
Manti Te'o is a freaking man beast! Hes gonna make some team very happy as a pro.. To do what he did with the heavy heart he was playing with today was flat out amazing!
Kawaan Short got another sack today and has at least 1 in every game so far..
Also, David Ash was insane today! He was flat out sensational! RUnning and throwing..
I also like Chance Warmack even more after today.. He was brilliant yet again.. That guys a road grader! He would be sensational on the interior of our oline..
Its kinda funny the top 2 TE's that could possibly be in this yrs draft have last names starting with "e"..lol ALso, Zac Ertz is pretty darn close to as talented as Tyler Eifert.. Stefan Taylor should be a 2nd rd pick.. He has great burst through the holes and displays solid power as well as the ability to cut on a dime..


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This is an unedited, uncorrected transcript of 20/20's new Saipan exposé. Copies of the video are available from Global Exchange. Call (415) 255-7296 for details. Note: VO signifies voice-over.
The Shame of Saipan
ABC News: 20/20
May 24, 1999
CONNIE CHUNG, ABCNEWS Good evening, and welcome to 20/20 Monday. Charlie and I are happy to have you with us. Tonight, a 20/20 investigation into a shameful violation of human rights on American soil - the US territory of Saipan, an island in the Pacific. In Washington today, human rights activists asked the Attorney General to investigate allegations first raised in an award-winning report by our chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross - allegations that some young Asian women have become virtual indentured servants on the island.
CHARLES GIBSON, ABCNEWS Well, now Brian Ross has gone back to Saipan for a new investigation into charges that things have gotten even worse. This time, he has found evidence that some young women are being lured into Saipan's thriving sex trade and forced into onstage sex acts and prostitution. As you watch our investigation, you may ask yourself, "Could something like this really be happening on American soil?"
BRIAN ROSS, ABCNEWS (VO) These are undercover pictures made by the human rights group Global Survival Network of a business proposition on the American island of Saipan.
ASIAN WOMAN One hour - one hour, $60.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Sixty dollars for an hour of massage with one of the thousands of young women from across Asia who, under a loophole in American immigration law, have been legally brought to work on American soil, Saipan.
STEVE GALSTER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GLOBAL SURVIVAL NETWORK Most of these women were told that they were coming to work as waitresses in restaurants or nightclubs. Once they got there, they were told that they had to do more than that.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Steve Galster is the executive director of Global Survival Network and the man who wore the hidden camera in Saipan.
STEVE GALSTER We're not talking about prostitution here. We're talking about forced prostitution.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) In fact, this beautiful American island in the middle of the Pacific, where thousands of American soldiers died in World War II, has come to be known by many as a place of broken promises, according to Congressman George Miller.
REP GEORGE MILLER, (D) CALIFORNIA These people are working under the protection of the American flag, and they're being exploited as if they were in the worst Third World country.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) It's part of a system that was set up on Saipan primarily to provide thousands of foreign workers for the island's notorious garment factories. Truckloads of young women from China and the Philippines, who have actually paid thousands of dollars - an entire family's life savings - for what they are told will be good jobs in America.
GEORGE MILLER The minute they get off the plane, they realize they've been tricked, and now they're without any rights.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Put to work under often grueling conditions, the women are not free to change jobs because of the Saipan loophole. It's something that would not be legal on the mainland. But under the same loophole in the law, a growing number of women are being brought into staff Saipan's booming Garapan district, a seedy, sleazy place of nightclubs and karaoke bars, where the customers range from wealthy Japanese businessmen to American sailors to local government officials.
KATRINA (through translator) Once there was a customer that bit my breast. But the boss told us the customer is always right.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Many of the women who work here are only teenagers. Many under age, like Katrina, not her real name, who was 14 when she was recruited from the Philippines.
KATRINA (through translator) It was my first time to dance naked, and I was ashamed.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Katrina told federal investigators that she signed this official Saipan government affidavit, thinking she was going to be a waitress and ended up forced into live sex acts on stage.
KATRINA (through translator) Then he started cursing me and threatened to take off my clothes. So I was afraid, and I took them off instead.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) And federal authorities say even those not forced into sex are still exploited, usually kept in labor barracks, delivered en masse to the club seven nights a week and often required to sign labor contracts that say they could be fired and sent home, doomed to poverty, if they are not obedient or make trouble or fail to respect the owner or his VIP guests.
GOV PEDRO TENORIO I'm not happy about that. I'm not proud of it.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Even the governor of Saipan, Pedro Tenorio, admits what's happening is a huge embarrassment while, at the same time, defending the system used to recruit the women.
PEDRO TENORIO It's legal. I assume it's - no, it's legal for them to work at the club. But not to the extent of, you know, force them to do anything other than what is in the contract.
BRIAN ROSS (on camera) And yet that happens, though, don't you know that?
PEDRO TENORIO I don't know.
BRIAN ROSS You don't know? And no one ever brought that to your attention?
PEDRO TENORIO No.
BRIAN ROSS You've never heard that these women are brought and forced into prostitution?
PEDRO TENORIO I'm aware of that. Yes, I am aware of that.
BRIAN ROSS You are aware of it?
PEDRO TENORIO Yeah, sure.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) And that very night, we saw even more for the governor to be embarrassed about. A man with two young bar girls, who said he was a top police official, became upset when he saw our cameras.
UNIDENTIFED MAN Sir, you want to take a picture or what?
BRIAN ROSS (VO) He said he was conducting his own investigation. And in short order, uniformed officers showed up to stop our taping.
POLICE OFFICER You better turn off that camera right now.
BRIAN ROSS (on camera) Why is that? (VO) When we refused to stop, one officer then threatened to arrest 20/20 producer Rhonda Schwartz, saying she had illegally parked and could be considered a flight risk. (on camera) My question is why are you ignoring the prostitution that is just around the corner here? And why are you stopping our camera crews?
POLICE OFFICER Why are you so concerned about us making arrests on the prostitutes?
BRIAN ROSS Aren't you concerned about the prostitutes?
POLICE OFFICER We are concerned about it, of course.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) And then, one of the nightclub owners showed up, insisting he had a high-class clientele, including important government officials he wanted us to see for ourselves. And sure enough, among the customers, in a black and white shirt, was a man identified to us as the governor's son, the head of the island's tourism office, entertaining a delegation of Japanese government officials. Hiding his head, the governor's son fled the scene, and neither he nor his father have had anything else to say about the matter.
GEORGE MILLER Clearly, you have a situation where business and government have come together and really promoted the exploitation of foreign workers, workers who are brought to Saipan.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) And Congressman Miller says the concern involves not only the nightclubs and sex shops, but also the sweatshops in the much bigger garment industry which, as 20/20 found last year, include many places of blocked fire exits, overheated electrical panels, toilets that don't work - what authorities called flagrant violations of US labor and safety laws. (on camera) Brian Ross from ABCNEWS 20/20. Can we see the manager, please? (VO) And not surprisingly, when we came back this year to follow up, the factories were not very happy to see us. (on camera) May we come in? (VO) One place went so far as to padlock the front door of a factory full of women working well after midnight, then blocked our view and the main exit for the workers and finally turned off the lights. (on camera) So, sir, you've blocked the windows and turned off the lights. All the workers are still inside?
MAN AT FACTORY Yeah.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) And now, the situation here led to a novel legal approach - a $1 billion lawsuit, not just against the factories, but also the American designers and retailers who do business with them.
AL MEYERHOFF, HUMAN RIGHTS ATTORNEY The lawsuit alleges that Saipan is America's biggest sweatshop.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Led by veteran attorney Al Meyerhoff, human rights groups and labor unions have filed suit on behalf of Saipan garment workers, naming some of the biggest names in American fashion.
AL MEYERHOFF It's our position that companies like The Gap and Tommy Hilfiger and Wal-Mart, they have profited in the hundreds of millions of dollars from the Saipan sweatshops.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) In statements to 20/20, The Gap and Wal-Mart say they try to monitor the factories they use on Saipan and won't tolerate sweatshop conditions. But American retailers have long been drawn to Saipan because it is an American territory, where clothes can legally be labeled with some version of "made in the USA," even though almost all of the workers are foreign, working in foreign-owned factories.
AL MEYERHOFF It's a scandal. It's illegal, and it has to be stopped.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) But at the Saipan state house, the newly elected Governor Tenorio, who had promised last year to crack down if he found any sweatshops, dismissed the lawsuit as unnecessary. (on camera) When was the last time that you, as governor, were inside one of these factories or one of these barracks?
PEDRO TENORIO I made a point not to visit them, to be honest.
BRIAN ROSS You make a point not to visit them?
PEDRO TENORIO Not to visit them. But my ...
BRIAN ROSS Why wouldn't you want to see for yourself what's going on inside?
PEDRO TENORIO Because I told them that they have to do what they're supposed to do and meet all the requirements of the law, otherwise the ...
BRIAN ROSS I don't understand that. Why would you make a point of deliberately not looking inside?
PEDRO TENORIO No, I go around, but I don't want to go inside their barracks or anything.
BRIAN ROSS Well, that's where the problems are. I mean, you drive by it?
PEDRO TENORIO Once in a while, yes.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) But even the governor would have had a hard time avoiding the latest outrage in Saipan. More than 1,000 workers made sick by suspected food poisoning at one of the biggest and supposedly best-run factory on the island, owned by the politically prominent Willie Tan. A lawyer for Tan said the factory is well run and no sweatshop and suggested to Saipan TV station KMCV that it might be sabotage somehow connected to the lawsuit.
TAN'S ATTORNEY Sir, we have with this lawsuit and everything else that's been going on, there could be some sabotage.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) But federal officials say Tan's factory has a history of problems, including the contamination of water used for drinking and cooking. And Tan's factory is named in the billion-dollar lawsuit because of the work it does for Tommy Hilfiger and other well-known American retailers.
AL MEYERHOFF The occasions of people becoming ill, workers fainting, food poisoning, drinking water contamination, well-documented. These are sweatshops plain and simple.
BRIAN ROSS (on camera) And you say that Tommy Hilfiger - he's in New York - should know what's going on half a world away.
AL MEYERHOFF The allegation of the complaint is that the Tommy Hilfigers of the world either know or should know that the violations of human rights in Saipan are occurring in the production of their clothing lines.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Hilfiger is one of the hottest names in the American fashion industry. And he made a big splash at this year's fashion week in New York. But when we asked Hilfiger about the clothes he makes on Saipan, he didn't seem to know much about it.
TOMMY HILFIGER, FASHION DESIGNER I think it's absurd that people make clothes in places in the world that are not of US standards.
BRIAN ROSS (on camera) Having said that, are you doing anything about it?
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN I'm sorry, we have to ...
TOMMY HILFIGER We're doing a lot about it. Absolutely.
BRIAN ROSS Such as?
TOMMY HILFIGER I think you can check with my lawyers. We're doing a lot about it.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Since then, Hilfiger's lawyers have sent 20/20 this statement that no new orders would be given to factories in Saipan for the indefinite future, although current production continues. But it's not just Tommy Hilfiger. The same factory where the workers became ill produces even more clothes for the Polo line of Ralph Lauren, which told 20/20 last year it would investigate conditions but has continued production here. This year, Ralph Lauren, who is president of the company, said he didn't want to talk about the garment factories on Saipan. (on camera) It's your name that's being used.
RALPH LAUREN I think it's used - I'm sure it's being used properly.
BRIAN ROSS You're satisfied with what's happening there?
RALPH LAUREN No. No, I'm not. And I think - I just finished my show. And I'd appreciate having some lunch. Thank you.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) Lauren is not named in the lawsuit. But in a statement later sent to 20/20, his company said it had for several years been taking action to improve worker conditions in Saipan but would not specify what the action was.
GEORGE MILLER Congress could fix this that quickly. All we have to say is that the immigration laws and the labor laws of the United States of America apply to Saipan.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) And yet Congressman Miller says his efforts to do that have been blocked by one of the most powerful people in Congress.
EVENT HOST The Majority Whip of the House of Representatives, Tom DeLay.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) The number-three Republican in the House, Tom DeLay.
REP TOM DELAY, MAJORITY WHIP Thank you.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) DeLay and members of his staff took a Christmas holiday trip to Saipan in 1997, toured select garment factories and barracks and then praised the island.
REP TOM DELAY And you represent everything that is good about what we're trying to do in America.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) In fact, when Steve Galster of Global Survival Network went undercover posing as a garment executive, he heard all about Congressman DeLay from the Mr Big of Saipan garment manufacturers - this man, Willie Tan. Tan, who owns the factors where the workers became ill, claims he is close to DeLay and boasted of the assurances he said the congressman had given him that the proposed laws on Saipan would be killed.
WILLIE TAN Because Tom DeLay will never let it go.
STEVE GALSTER You're sure?
WILLIE TAN Sure. Do you know what Tom told me? He said, "Willie, if they elect me Majority Whip, I make the schedule of the Congress, and I'm not going to put it on the schedule." So Tom told me, "Forget it, Willie. No chance."
BRIAN ROSS (VO) A spokesperson for DeLay says it's no secret he opposes the legislation and a lawyer for Tan says Tan was just exaggerating to impress a man he thought was a potential customer. But Congressman Miller says the tape provides a rare insight into the behind-the-scenes fight against reform on Saipan.
GEORGE MILLER It makes me very angry, very angry. You know, that's not what the Congress of the United States is supposed to be about.
BRIAN ROSS (VO) So the bottom line is, despite the promises to investigate and the calls for reform, it seems little has changed on Saipan. And when the sun goes down on this American territory, another shift of foreign workers, brought to this country under the same legal loophole, reports for duty at another kind of thriving grim business.
GEORGE MILLER Makes you ashamed, makes you very ashamed.
CHARLES GIBSON The Justice Department tells 20/20 that it has now begun a broad investigation into the allegations of sexual slavery on Saipan to assert once and for all that American law does apply on the island.


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|Hmmmmm, how did I miss this thread? Oh well. I am here now.
mr2, I am a total slob when doing water changes, and I have yet to take the time to drop towels ; )
I started a small tiled area under two 29g tanks I have in a single metal stand. The 29's are placed in a area that is the transition spot between the living room and the kitchen, so I picked out a tile I'd like to do the kitchen in (I live in a giant DIY project = a 1988 mobile home - lol) So I will have the 55s projecting out from the wall as a room divider, and the 29s up against the opposite wall. What's left is an approx. 5' entryway/opening to pass from the living room to the kitchen. I'm going to love it when it's done!
If I do this right, there should be a link to my 29s on the tile floor below...
Oh, and thanks for saying my 55 looked nice, it was my second planted tank, and my first dirt tank. It was really starting to come alive! But I learned a great deal from the whole experience...
|Too bad you had that outbreak it was such a nice looking tank! Hmm I am intrigued by your twin tanks idea, i would love to see a pic of how you plan to do this it sounds cool. I would definitely go with the tile under the tanks, I too am too lazy to drop towels and I always get the hardwood floor wet.
I would not blame MG for what occurred, the 'culprit' is a combination of factors starting with the cap mix.
With more time I'll be back like Arnold LOL.
Oh, you poor thing! You'll have to wait a while before a photo update!
I had to break this tank down due to a nasty columnaris outbreak recently. I just started to tear it down about a week ago. The columnaris killed 11 cardinals, 4 black tetras, 2 blue rams, amd 6 celebes rainbows in a week. It is thought the rainbows brought the columnaris in, since the deaths started the day after they arrived. The large water change I did the day before I put them in the tank didn't help in my opinion (stressing the fish). I never had anything but ick in all my years of keeping fish as a kid, so I never saw the importance of having a QT tank. By God I've got one now! I'll soon have a second one set up too.
I still have about 5" of water in the tank, to keep the plants alive. I'll do a potassium permanganate (sp?) dip of them before I switch them to a new tank.
I did have some ups & downs with the tank that I think are worth noting; first, the two T8s worked like a dream! I like the idea of low tech/low light tanks. The slow pace of growth appeals to me. In the tank I have a giant anubia, some anubias nana and coffeefolia, vals, baby's tears, some kind of huge coppery brown crypt I got as a RAOK here, another unknown smaller crypt, an red tiger lily, bacopa (sp?) and anacharis (again, not sure on the spelling). Oh, and a cabomba, or however it's spelled! LOL lousy way to list plants, but its 5am and I have to go to work soon & don't have time to look then up! ; )
All the plants did fantastic! I was seeing new growth on everything, and some were taking off. I saw an average of 4 - 6 new leaves in 3 - 4 weeks. Snail-slow for the Co2 crowd I'm sure, but I loved it.
My issues were with the Miracle Grow Organic Potting Mix - I'm not sure I'd do that next time. Mayby my cap wasn't deep enough, but it always worked it's way to the top. I did move the plants around a bit, so that didn't help. But bits of peat were always settling heavily on the leaves of the plants - it was constantly dirty looking. Really dirty looking. Also, this tank had problems my 40b doesn't, and I wonder if the MGOPM was the culprit. The 40 is set up exactly the same way, minus the Miracle Grow. The pea gravel/FloraMax mix is identical. The 40 is also seeing the same kind of growth, slightly slower, but healthier, too. The plants are the same in the two tanks (minus the red tiger lily) and they seem more robust in the 40. No debris is ever on them, there are no Co2 "burps" to break up, the tannins aren't present for so very long, the water is much clearer in terms of tannins and general appearance. The 55 tended to have a strange look - not really cloudy - but odd.
I don't know if this was related to the potting soil or not - I never see people posting about dirt tanks that they are unhappy with. Maybe it was noob mistakes of my own. I have to say though, that the 40b - which is identical in every other way - is a super healthy tank and I've neevr lost a fish or plant in it, in 6 months.
When I redo the 55 (and it's companion - I bought another to have them side-by-side) I may change the lighting. I'd like to go with T5NOs just to save electricity, but if I can't, I am still very satisfied with the twin bulb T8 I bought at Home Depot!
|Subscribed... Nice tank! Hows the growth under those two T8s?
Well, today I got closer to one of my aquarium goals - I found another 55 on Craigslist that didn't cost an arm & a leg! ($75.00)
I don't think I've mentioned it in this thread, but I have an idea for two 55 tanks. I live in a single wide mobile home. It's a good size for one person - about 1200 ft with two full baths & three bedrooms. I tore out 1/3 of the wall between the smallest bedroom & the living room, and used that bedroom to extended the living room. (it's like an 8' x 10' library)
One of the things I liked about this mobile home was the open floor plan. I have NO division between my living room & kitchen except the kitchen's base cabinets that I'm tearing out in favor of a rustic wood island I'm making this winter.
I want to make a dividing wall between the kitchen & living room with two 55g tanks butted end-to-end. If I place one tank against the exterior wall, extending into the room, and butt the second tank up to it, I'll have 100" of tanks and still have 5' of entryway between the two rooms. Today, I found the 55 on Craigslist and I'm picking it up Friday. I haven't seen it yet, but the sellers said they just moved here from out of state, and the tank was new before they moved. They bought more tanks and don't need it now. They say the glass is in perfect shape and it comes with a wood stand, the lids/lights etc. I'm not interested in the lids/lights because I'll be replacing them with versa glass tops & a new light. I'm hoping the stand will bring the top of the new tank level with mine, but if not I'll put layers of ply under the shorter tank. My tank's stand is pine, I assume their's is pine or particle board. I'm going to get the tanks level and make a casing to unify them. I love walnut so that might be what I use.
Now a question ~ I make such a God Awful mess when I do water changes. I'm in the process of laying t&g pine flooring (stained in dark walnut - what else? lol) but I worry about the water hitting the floor. I'm sealing the stain with top of the line Varathane in a satin finish, but I wonder if it would benefit me to put tile under the tanks? The same tile that will be in the kitchen. Remember the two rooms are continuous so I don't think it would look odd. I'm not disiplined enough to lay towels on the floor every time I tinker in the tanks - lol.
This will be a slow project as funds are very tight, but I look forward to journaling it here!
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Thanks, iKine! I love to use big driftwood and big rocks - so I always figured the tank would end up looking small (a 55 lacks depth anyhow - so hard to scape!). Some of the plants have grown a bit, I'll try to update soon - I have a hard time remembering to come back to my journal...lol
I'm still in the early learning stages of doing planted tanks. The only thing I really know is that I don't want the hassle of pressurized Co2, so the light will stay low. I enjoy the murky mystery of a low light, tannin filled tank. I think it all stems from my fanatacal love of the movie Jaws - lol. I hope to see a shark come cruising out of the gloom... lol
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LOL - I have fish in this tank - I never noticed you can't see them in this pic! lol I have it stocked with 6 black tetras, 11 cardinal tetras, and two blue rams. I did have a hifin pleco in it, but I never realized how much waste they produced. I also had an oto in it, but I moved it to my 40b, where it was needed.
I like the looks of tetras and may beef up their schools, but I've been waiting to see if I could find some kind of schooling tetra that has a shiney silver or silver/gold/pewter type color. Something like bloodfins or big scaled african characins. I never see anything but the same-old stuff at petsmart or my lfs. (which has much less than even Petsmart, which is pretty good here!) I'd like to see the flash of a metallic color in the tank - I think it would look good in the blackwater.
Even with all the driftwood and MGOPS, my ph and alkalinity is high. I'm going to take a small amount of pure peat and ball it up in a bit of nylon stocking. If it doesn't come out of the stocking's mesh in a bowl I'm going to tuck into the tank behind a plant. A few of these might help lower the alkalinity - I'll test my water every few days to see.
Oh, to answer your question, the fish that are in there are doing great. The rams have spawned once since I got them, but they ate all the eggs as they developed. I don't think they'll spawn as readily until the water becomes more acidic. I do have some snails in there too, hitchhikers from plant purchases. I've seem a few miniscule baby ramshorns, a single snail I think is a MTS (saw it once, and never saw it again - guess it's underground - lol) and a 1/2 dozen pond snails. Every once in a while a pond snaill will climb the glass high enough that I can squish it, but mostly they cruise the drftwood, bottom, and plants. When the population explodes I'll use the lettuce trick to thin them back out.
More on the tanK soon!
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Starting a journal on my 55 dirt tank
Hey there! I'm starting a journal on my 55g, which I am doing as a "dirt" tank. I set up a 40b earlier, but it doesn't have any real soil in it. This 55 has a base of Miracle Grow Organic Potting Soil, capped by a 50/50 mix of pea gravel from Lowes and FloraMax, purchased at Petsmart.
Here's the tank - it's about 3 - 4 weeks in, so I have some catching up to tell how it got to this point.
The big piece of quartz you see on top of the driftwood is only there to hold it down until it stops trying to float. I'm glad I've gotten used to seeing it there, it looks like it's going to take a while to waterlog the wood!
The tank is totally low tech, because I don't know how to do Co2. This is only the second tank I've ever set up with live plants (the 40b being the other) so I have a lot to learn. The lights are a twin tube 48" shoplight with T8s in it - one is an Aqueon 8000 full spectrum, the other is a Phillips 6500 daylight. It sits directly on top of the versa glass tops, under a wood canopy. It puts out very little heat, and the wood canopy isn't solid so it vents well.
If the plants look like they've just been haphazardly tossed in there, it's because they have - lol. I've been moving them around a lot as I buy more, and it doesn't really disrupt the soil much - it all settles right down again. I have a HUGE amount to learn about plants, and some will not get enough light with this setup I fear, but that's how I'll learn what works & what doesn't.
I'm very bad with plant names, but I will look them all up and monitor how they do. The distance from the soil to the lights is about 19" - 20" and I bet the par is nil by the time the light hits the bottom. I'm erring on the side of caution, because I don't have the funds to do Co2, and I don't really want to anyhow (at least pressurized). I'm hoping I can find the right plants that will do well in this tank. Slow growth is fine with me, as long as I can keep the whole tank healthy.
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Apr 20, 2013 at 10:53 am #1301961
Hey guys I was curious about a ul 20* sleeping bag for scouts. I have been here longer enough to know that most would recommend the Kelty down cosmic for this task but when I just looked for it, it looks like it is being revamped for discontinued because I can't find it at the same 109.00 price and color. Any other suggestions?Apr 20, 2013 at 11:14 am #1978727
Aaron SorensenBPL Member
@awsorensenLocale: South of Forester Pass
I have a 55" height bag for sale. A true 25* 5" loft bag that's 20 ounces, 14 of that is down.
I am no longer going to make my kids sleeping bags a there is zero interest in them.
Selling it for $200 but there is $200 just in material alone.Apr 20, 2013 at 12:36 pm #1978751
I appreciate the offer but I am looking for something to recommend to my new webelos scouts coming in that don't have a sleeping bag yet.Apr 20, 2013 at 3:16 pm #1978797
John L CollinsBPL Member
@wvcubdadLocale: Not too far off the Tuscarora Trail
I have several US Army patrol sleeping bags that will stuff down into a green OR stuff sack (not sure what size) I got them on eBay for about $25 each. Both my kids use them and the label claims good to 20 degrees but I was slipping my poncho liner inside at 30 in a hammock. Decent bags, lighter than many and cheap = good Scout bag. YMMVApr 20, 2013 at 3:33 pm #1978806
Justin BakerBPL Member
@justin_bakerLocale: Santa Rosa, CA
A patrol bag at 20? Hell no. More like 50 or 40 with clothes.
But it makes a super cheap and decent summer bag.Apr 21, 2013 at 2:04 pm #1979071
Adam RothermichBPL Member
@aroth87Locale: Missouri Ozarks
This is probably out of the price range at regular price but I was just in Eddie Bauer and saw their First Ascent Igniter 20* bag. It's Climashild Apex with a Pertex shell, weighs 2 lbs 6 oz (according to the website), and sells for $179 normally. Today they were doing $35 off purchases over $150 and an additional 10% off every purchase which would have brought the price down to $130 before tax.
First Ascent stuff usually goes on sale a couple of times a year. If the kids are looking for a high quality bag I'd tell them to watch EB for sales. I'm not sure about the sleeping bags but the jackets are usually 40% off. That bag would be a steal at 40% off.
AdamApr 22, 2013 at 2:18 am #1979232
Tony RoncoBPL Member
For smaller scouts, a North Face Tigger 20 degree (synthetic) works well (my kids' bags weighted a hair under 32 oz without the stuff sack.
For a down version of that there is the North Face Youth Aleutian 20 Degree. (listed weight is heaver than the Tigger)
For larger kids there is the synthetic Eureka Silver City 30 Degree (38 – 40 oz)Apr 22, 2013 at 6:19 am #1979257
Adam RothermichBPL Member
@aroth87Locale: Missouri Ozarks
When I worked at Cabelas we sold a lot of Slumberjack bags to Scouts. They've got a "backpacking" line and while they're not the lightest they are pretty inexpensive. Their ratings are optimistic IMO but I had a Target special bag when I was in Scouts and survived. We also sold quite a few of the TNF Aleutian that Tony mentioned.
AdamApr 22, 2013 at 10:35 am #1979354
Aubrey W. BogardBPL Member
@bogardawLocale: TX
It appears that the latest version of the Kelty Cosmic Down 20 has a MAP of $139.95, and the typical discounters (e.g., Campmor) don't show them in stock yet. It will still be tough to beat for the price.Apr 22, 2013 at 4:15 pm #1979488
Erik BasilBPL Member
@ebasilLocale: Atzlan
Consider advising the Webelos II's incoming that they might enjoy the versatility of having two bags: a "car/summer camping bag" and their backpacking bag.
The car bag can be larger, goes to camp and gets brutalized and doesn't need to be as warmly insulated, so they're easy to find at the big-box discount joints. Label it with a Sharpie and they're set.
Then, they can wait and plot for the Cosmic Down 20 to go on sale. :)May 2, 2013 at 9:49 am #1982537
Bob ShaverBPL Member
@rshaverLocale: West
What I'm telling our new scouts, for backpacking in Idaho (dry conditions, lows to the mid to low 20s, seldom get sustained rain) what to get is a 25 or 30 degree down bag, adult size. Here is why:
They all want to use internal frame packs. A youth internal frame pack doesn't have much room, and there is no way a slumberjack synthetic bag fits in it. So the bag has to be packable into a smallish internal frame.
30 degrees down is the lightest sleeping bag that packs into such a small space, and is adequate in warmth.
They may be youths now, but in 3 years they are going to be adult size or close to it. Might as well get one bag that will serve them into their adult life.
What I am going to do is buy 2 or 3 such down bags, and then sell than at cost to new scouts. I think it will save the parents money in the long run, but not having to upgrade later.
For colder weather, for one thing youths have quite a bit better internal heater than I do. They can add clothing to their 25 degree bag, to add a bit of temperature range to it. Most of our winter trips are car camping, or using a gear sled on the snow, so they can bring two bags, or extra clothes.May 2, 2013 at 5:42 pm #1982704
James WaltonBPL Member
@backcountryasmLocale: south
I am an asm from the Southeast. My boys backpack with me and are GEAR conscious! Even with them having a higher degree of care with their gear they are still rough. The boys in our troop are especially not good with their gear even when they are in their midteens. IMHO a down bag is must too much responsibility at this age. Especially for new incoming WEB II scouts. I would recommend the Silver City from Eureka. It weighs 2lbs. 4oz. And Packs down to a pretty small size for a synthetic bag. The older versions which I have where filled with Primaloft and at $100 these were bargain performers. They are now filled with a proprietary fill material. See this link for details:May 2, 2013 at 6:32 pm #1982718
I apologies that I haven't responded earlier I haven't had much of a chance getting back here. James Thanks I may lean that way. I know one of the kids would be able to use a down bag. He is just one of those kids that takes care of his things. I don't think the rest of them would. With that said though I will still be looking for a 20* bad seeing how I live in the north east and we camp all year round. At this point it is easier to vent then to add more on that is why I am looking for a lower bag first. again thanks for the replies.May 13, 2013 at 9:23 am #1985751
John in OHBPL Member
Sierra Trading Post has this Marmot Sorcerer 20 degree bag for 62.95. With a 35% off/99 cent shipping Deal Flyer Coupon (sign up and this one comes up once a week or so), you can get them for under $45. They are listed at 2 pounds 9 ounces.
Or Sport Chalet is offering the Kelty 20 degree Cosmic Down for $89.95.
http://www.sportchalet.com/product/300270_3082448.do?kwid=kelty+cosmic+20+degree+down&gclid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportchalet.com%2Fproduct%2F300270_3082448.doNov 12, 2013 at 7:56 pm #2043937
Bob ShaverBPL Member
@rshaverLocale: West
I can often get a down sleeping bag at the REI garage sale. It might be a bit dirty, or have a rip in it somewhere. Down lasts forever, so washing a filthy bag restores it. Rips can be patched with special tape. These bags are often $60 or less, but its hard to get a men's size 30 degree bag. More often they are 15 or 20 degrees, and there are a lot of women's sizes. Its a great place to shop if you get lucky.
BobNov 14, 2013 at 8:02 am #2044436
Phillip AsbyBPL Member
@pgasbyLocale: North Carolina
Our Troop is pretty consciencious with their gear in general – mostly – and my son despite being young is really careful. And sure as god made green apples the first backpacking trip we took was in rough conditions – snow/sleet and cold temps. Wet. My son comes to be and says he has a damp spot on his sleeping bag. He'd carefully setup his tent – wiped down a few drops inside – then pulled his bag out of his pack (it was in a garbage bag) and set it up inside the dry tent. Couldn't figure out what had happened. But then I asked where his rain jacket was when he climbed into his tent to get out of the weather to read … oh yeah he just dropped it in the tent and it was on the bag…
Thankfully it was an Alps Mountaineering synthetic bag – and not a lot of water so he stayed warm that night. Still … you're talking about 11-16/17 year olds and stuff happens – I'd think long and hard about using down with Scouts particularly Webelos and young scouts. The Alps bag isn't the smallest or lightest (3 lbs 5 oz) but it is well made and less than $50 from Scout Direct. And it has kept him warm on 19 degree nights.
If you want to spend more the North Face Cats Meow is very popular in our Troop.May 17, 2014 at 7:42 pm #2103493
Kevin SweereSpectator
You can't beat a 5F, 3.5 lbs, mummy bag for $24.
Great beginner bag — if boys take to backpacking, then go down.
Everest Mummy Sleeping Bag, +5F/-15C Degree:
Mummy-style sleeping bag covers head and shoulders for added protection and warmth
Double-layer construction is one of the warmest designs; avoids "cold spots" where the fabric is sewn through
3.5 pounds of Micro Tekk Z1 fill
Polyester outer, polyester liner
Everest mummy sleeping bag comes with a compression stuff sack
Dimensions: 84" x 33" x 24
Sure, its not really 5F, but getting to 30F is fine.
We buy these as B-day gifts for boys & girls alike.
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MTV today announced it will debut the highly anticipated docu-series KE$HA: MY CRAZY BEAUTIFUL LIFE, on Tuesday, April 23 at 11pm. The series will also be airing on MTV's international channels beginning spring 2013. Below, get a sneak peek of the new series!
The series follows music superstar Ke$ha (Ke$ha.Artists.MTV) as she navigates the madness and euphoria of her professional and personal life while recording a new album and traveling the globe. To view, a new extended clip of the forthcoming series, click here
"Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life" is an intimate, no-limits documentary series taking us inside the world of multi-platinum recording artist Ke$ha as she faces the biggest personal and professional challenges of her life. Shot over the course of two years by her filmmaker brother, Lagan Sebert, the series provides unprecedented behind the scenes access to Ke$ha's life and her coming of age as an artist and young woman. The audience views this incredible journey in real time, and because of the sibling bond of trust, and unprecedented access, there are no filters and no walls, it's all real and raw.
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Michael Brown, one of the world's most accomplished adventure filmmakers and a CU-Boulder alumnus, will share his story during his talk "Beyond the Summit" at the Back to Boulder Luncheon. The luncheon, to be held Friday, Nov. 2, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom, is free for all CU-Boulder students.
Brown will talk about his amazing work capturing the triumph of the human spirit in places as treacherous as the summit of Mount Everest and as lonely as the ice-covered regions of Antarctica. He also will discuss his path to success and the important role leadership has played.
The Alumni Association and the Newton Leadership Chair are happy to present this event as the first program in a speaker series targeted to students interested in leadership.
"We're delighted to have Michael Brown on campus to talk with our students about his filmmaking experiences and how leadership skills have played a key role in his career as a filmmaker," said Alexander "Sandy" Bracken, who holds the Newton Chair in Leadership at CU-Boulder.
Brown's acclaimed 2003 documentary "Farther than the Eye Can See" followed Golden-based blind climber Erik Weihenmayer's expedition on Mount Everest with guide Jeff Evans (Anth'94). This event is free for students and $15 for facaulty/staff and alumni. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information or to register, visit www.cualum.org/back2boulder.
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Aaron Ross never became a star, but he contributed to both sb victories as a starting cb. From what I remember, he actually played lights out both runs even as a rookie.
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Does anyone know anything about Victor Hampton CB from South Carolina? I have been interested in him but I haven't gotten a chance to see much of him at all. He looks like a safety from his build. Draftbreakdown just posted a game of him vs Miss St. He looks like a willing tackler and a pretty physical CB. He is currently a 2-3 round projection on cbs sports. He is 5'10 202..
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STRENGTHS: Possessing a broad-shouldered, tapered frame that looks more like a safety than a cornerback, Hampton certainly passes the eye test. Better yet, his raw athleticism holds plenty of promise.
Boasts the quick feet, fluid hips and sudden acceleration to handle press coverage duties, alternately punching the receiver to jam him at the line of scrimmage or waiting to run with him downfield.
Good instincts for the position. Peeks back at the quarterback and reads the body language of receivers to diagnose the play and breaks on the ball with confidence, showing the quick, active hands to knock passes to the ground. Physical tackler, who flashes as a true striker capable of forcing fumbles with his big collisions.
Experienced punt and kick returner. Good vision, elusiveness and acceleration with the ball in his hands.
WEAKNESSES: Not yet the sum of his parts. Relies on his physicality and athleticism in coverage, rather than technique. Stands tall, rather than crouched low often when in press position, leaving himself vulnerable to quick underneath routes.
A little grabby as he rides receivers downfield and will occasionally lose track of the ball while battling for position. Entered 2013 as South Carolina's primary punt returner but averaged just three yards on nine opportunities over the regular season.
COMPARES TO: Brandon Carr: Athletic and gritty, each cornerback boasts obvious upside. Consistency, however, is tougher to predict without better technique.
--Rob Rang (12/29/13)
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Mock Draft
1st) O.J Howard TE Bama 2nd) D. Walker DE F.S.U 3rd) S. Perine RB Oklahoma
4th) E. Magnuson OT/OG Mich 5th) J. Replogle DT Purde
6th) Fred Ross WR Miss St 7th) J. Reeves-Maybin LB Tenn
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Strick's 2015 All-Sleeper Team - http://boards.giants.com/showthread....t=sleeper+team
Hey Strick, I know its way early, but just outta curiousity, you have a player next yr thats got ur curiousity alittle more then others? I just wanna here a couple diffrent names is all.lol I was looking at a 2015 mock is why i'm asking.. For me, Jalen Strong WR Arz St is at top of the list if we don't add much this yr, and Ifo Ekpre Olomu(he was on my top 5 big board before deciding on going back this yr.lol). And a couple more i'd add, Randy Gregory DE Nebraska, and i'll end with Todd Gurley RB GA.. Those would be my extremely early top 4 i'd hope for next yr at this time.. I'm surprised how good a 2rd mock looked next yr in spite of all the underclassmen declaring..
Also, shout out to AJ Johnson ILB Tenn going back to school. He fell off some and needs to show he can be left on the field for all 3downs next yr. Hes fine as a 2down run stuffer who can use his strength to disengage at the line and make the stop, but he struggles in pass coverege. He needs to work on that, because 2down thumpers aren't going in the 1st rd. Smart choice on his behalf going back..I still don't like Ekpre Olomus and Mariotas decisons. I would take Ekpre Olomu over any corner in this yrs draft and same for Mariota. Mariota was at the top of my big board before going back to school. Also, Cedric Oguhebi OT A&M going back is odd? He was top 10perdicted. Wheres he gonna go? With QB's like Jameis Winston, Mariota, Bryce Petty, all prob going top 10 , i can't see him rising much past the 5th to 10th pcik and he could fall alot if he gets hurt..
Oh well, just some random 2015 stuff..lol
2017 Mock Draft
1st: Forrest Lamp, OG Western Kentucky
2nd: Caleb Brantley, DT Florida
3rd: Gerald Everett, TE South Alabama
4th: Dont'a Foreman, RB Texas
5th: Damontae Kazee, CB San Diego State
6th: KD Cannon, WR Baylor
7th: Jalen Reeves-Maybin, LB Tennessee
They have the 2014 College All-Star Challenge on ESPN tonight (9:00). Just a heads up if anyone's interested in checking it out. Don't know who's gonna be there tonight but it's a fun event and I watch it every year. Still remember the one in 2009 with Hakeem Nicks and Ramses Barden.


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A group of Maori business leaders will travel to China next month to talk to Shanghai Pengxin about potential investment opportunities. The group will be led by the Maori Trustee, Jamie Tuuta.
The trip follows a hush-hush visit to New Zealand by Shanghai Pengxin chairman Jiang Zhaobai in July to meet iwi leaders and Maori economic authorities, trusts and corporations with an agricultural focus.
Mr Tuuta said the visit had been kept quiet because of the media treatment of Shanghai Pengxin's purchase of the Crafar farms - $200 million-plus for 16 dairy farms in receivership.
At a hui in Wellington Mr Jiang outlined the company's strategy for the next 10 years and what that meant for New Zealand.
A smaller group will be going back to Shanghai in October for further talks.
"Too often we have been just an asset holder, very passive, nothing beyond the farm gate," Mr Tuuta told the Herald. "If we are to create wealth for our people we have got to be participating throughout the value chain."
Most Maori and iwi were not going to be selling land and "and the capital game play is not part of our psychology".
"We've got to generate cash from the business enterprise on land rather than get capital gain and sell it at future date."
Mr Tuuta spoke about the visit at a conference at Parliament yesterday to mark 40 years of diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand, where the issue of public opposition to investment by China was a recurring theme among speakers.
Sir Don McKinnon, the chairman of the New Zealand China Council, said one of the challenges of the newly formed council was how to convince the New Zealand public it was on the right course.
He said he had been at a social function in Hastings about three months ago and after talking about Chinese investment "I got a barrage of pure xenophobia."
"For me the New Zealand China Council has a real need to be able to respond to this sort of thing."
If there was another "Crafar farm debacle" the council would take an active role in responding.
He sought advice on what else the council could do "to help educate the people in Hastings, in Wairoa, in Greymouth, in Hokitika, in Gore, in Ashburton".
"We have got to take the whole country with us or we will continue to have a lot of aggravation."
Prime Minister John Key opened the conference and emphasised the role of China in the New Zealand economy.
"Our relationship with China is critical to achieving the Government's aim of building a competitive and more productive economy."
He said the investment relationship was much smaller than the trade relationship, which totalled $13.3 billion on a two-way basis in 2011. China was New Zealand's 11th-largest investor with $1.8 billion of investment in 2011, including in forestry, manufacturing and agriculture.
"China is also investing in New Zealand government bonds, contributing to the record low borrowing rates New Zealand currently enjoys."
* Statutory position but independent of Government.
* Manages 2000 trusts, companies and entities, 100,000ha of Maori-owned land and $80 million in client funds.
* Role now held by Jamie Tuuta.


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When I start tearing stuff out, and ruin some of the comb and honey gets mixed. Can I freeze it to give to hive at a later date. My wife I beginning to worry about how much honey and comb there might be in the wall.
She might be having second thoughts about my new hobby, but sure got a kick out of that bee sting in my face.


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Owls Head is a town of about 1,600 people on the coast of Maine, where rusticators from New York and Philadelphia's tonier areas built or bought big summer houses decades ago and then bought some planes, boats or old cars for activities with which to fill those summer days. One of them was Thomas J. Watson Jr. (1914-1993), the man Time magazine once dubbed "the greatest capitalist in history." Watson was the second president of IBM and, at one point, served as U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. He had a summer house on the island of North Haven, not far from Owls Head, and in 1974 he financed construction of a museum adjacent to what is now the Knox County Regional Airport.
All this by way of introducing an annual auction that has become a fixture for New England car buffs. On Saturday morning, nearly 1,300 spectators roamed the grounds as private jets occasionally took off from an airstrip only a couple of hundred yards away. Aficionados of old iron stopped by and gazed at half a dozen Ford Model T cars; over there was a row of pickup trucks, some more than half a century old. And so it went, until the last car, a 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser, was hammered down at $4,620.
In between, there were the highest priced car at the auction (a 1948 Chrysler Town and Country convertible, at $129,800) and the lowest priced (a 1986 Lincoln Town Car, at $1,210.)
The lone Ferrari in sight, a 1987 Mondial ragtop, went for $27,500.
(An editorial aside: at the entrance to Owls Head is a welcome sign that spells it "Owl's Head," not Owls Head. Note the addition of an apostrophe. Yet that appears to be the only place around that uses the apostrophe. The town officially spells it Owls Head on its website and the museum spells it Owls Head. Many years ago, sailors approaching nearby Rockland harbor thought the promontory of Owls Head looked something like the head of an owl. That would make it, to my mind, a possessive — i.e., Owl's Head.
(There's still some debate. Linda Post, one of the town's three selectmen [similar to a town council] says "there's always been a discussion about whether there should be an apostrophe. The old timers say yes. Anyone over 70 would tell you it belongs there. As far as I know, it would probably take an act of Congress to get it back.")


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A piercing (usually performed with a ball closure ring or horseshoe ring) that goes through the thin piece of skin in front of the cartilagenous division of the nasal septum (between the nostrils)
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush
A piercing that makes one look like a mentally retarded bovine. Entitled first-world fauxhemians often get one to seem "unique", "edgy", and/or "outrageous". Arm yourself with caution, as they may bore you to death with diatribes about "cisgendered norms", "the patriarchy", and how monogamy is wrong if you enter their proximity.
So yesterday I got sooooo drunk while listening to the latest Animal Collective album and considered getting a septum piercing.
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I have my dad llama .45 cal and is having trouble with it. I took it out to the range a couple of time and keep having the same issue. i am only able to fire one round at a time and manually have t extract the spent cartridge out of the weapon. I check my extractor and found out that my extractor is broken. I look everywhere to try and find one but am having no luck with it. Does anyone know of where i can go to find a extractor for my llama 1911 .45 cal. i went to e-gunparts.com and still is having no luck in finding one. I seriously need hel. Can anyone help me please?
Thanks and will that fit?
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For us, doing $2500 worth of research would mean that whatever of our time we weren't spending on that specific research, we would have to spend producing some kind of income. No one compensates us for the time we spend.
For 2 members of the UGA entomology department, the time they spend doing that research is compensated in salary _and_ health insurance (I assume). The computers they use (and the office software they use) are paid for, maintained, and periodically upgraded by the university. Any analytical equipment they need is likely on hand. Other professors that (as part of their salaried positions) are willing to help with statistical data or experimental design input.
I agree that there are some interesting low cost study ideas out there (several in my head)....but any of these things requires a lot of time. I've already started to lay out what I think a good design would be for some of this research....no one has commented. I know I can't afford to do it for free, and I know that in my own circumstance, that my overhead makes $2500 not enough to do much worthwhile. Why aren't the researchers asked to volunteer their time as well?
As far as volunteers go....everyone raise your hands if you will let some volunteers run some of your hives for you.....no one? You'd rather actually have people who need the income and are willing to do what you need when and in the way you tell them you want it done? Really? I would think that the promise of competent free labor would cause all commercial beekeepers to recruit new beekeepers from the local bee club to help out for free.


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A phony awareness raising campaign used to dupe a major pharmaceutical company into financing an unqualified dolt in a comical effort to fail on 7 continents. The endeavor has largely been successful with failures in North America, Europe, Antarctica, and South America. The effort also failed to even climb the correct mountain in Oceania.
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I am so sad that they have split. I was amazed by their love. Josh definitely seemed genuine. It's true it was like a Fairytale. Now I wonder if Andi was there for the RIGHT REASONS..I can hardly believe they've broken up but I wish the best for both of them.
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I love Josh and I'm so happy she chose him. What a vibrant, energetic, outgoing, family loving and it also seemed like GOD loving guy. He is just what the doctor ordered for her. She came across as very negative and pessimistic. I'd like to think that this was just because of the process she went through. I figure if she went to LSU, the girl has to have spunk! Anyway, with a personality like Josh's, I think the two of them together can be magical. May they have many wonderful years together.
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