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Just a quick question as I am going out to buy materials today. Do you put end caps on the pipe ends you pound into the ground?
Charlie B,
Just a quick question as I am going out to buy materials today. Do you put end caps on the pipe ends you pound into the ground?
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No end cap on the ground end of the legs. You can either cut the threads off at angles with a grinder to sharpen the end that goes into the ground, (easier to pound in) or just pound in as it is. Quick tip, screw on an end cap at the other end and pound on it so you don't damage the threads you'll need to screw on the cross T's.
You can also dig a hole and concrete the legs in much like a fence post. This adds much more stability if you plan on having more than a couple of hives on your stand.
If you already have a basic hive stand you can also do a modified addition (post#20) that's less expensive but works just as well.
Good luck!
Charlie B,
Nice description, I like your setup.
I have tried something similar and I have one thing to add that could be useful, especially with the galvanized pipe that you have. As you said, the grease needs touch up once in a while. If you are like me and don't do that until the ants have made a good path, they may even cross over fresh grease (possibly because the Vaseline I use might not be as good as bearing grease). If that happens, you can use a blowtorch to heat the pipe and destroy the chemical trail that marks the path. Once that is done, they won't know to climb the pipe and won't be testing the grease anymore.
Here is a link to a thread that shows a picture of my setup.
I haven't filled the caps with grease though, I have just coated the inside.
I built two on Sunday. One is installed/completed and the second only needs to put on the "T" posts, grease cups, and top wood assembly on top. I just ran out of light so my hives, 3, are sitting on the ground and I will put them on the stand as soon as it warms up enough to break them down and move. I think our temperatures will be back up on Thursday.
Thanks again Charlie B!
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You're very welcome Tex. You will enjoy not having to buy cinnamon, DE, Amdro or all the other stuff that's recommended which doesn't work. You can feed and grow your nucs in peace!
Here's my stand I built at my Saratoga yard. The Argentine ants were impossible to keep out of my hives until now.
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Very nice Charlie B! By the way while this variety of nematode does not work on ants it seems to have knocked down my SHB population. I still see a few but much less.
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Basically you put their package in a watering can, stir it up, and water the area around your hive just before dark. This allows them to get in to moist dirt without drying out. I think you need to do this once a year as winter tends to kill off the nematodes.
I had never heard of this but it's a great idea. I'm starting to see SHB in several of my hives so I'm going to try it. Thanks!
Hi Charlie, Hey Thanks, what a great idea!
Argentine ants are a new invader to my country and have shown up at one of my mating yards after someone dumped a load of rocks nearby. Unlike the other ant species that are a nuisance but don't actually harm the bees, the argentine ants actually attack them and can throw a small nuc into chaos.
I've been so worried about spreading them through my whole outfit that I haven't taken any equipment out of this yard and it's a pain. Now, i'm in a slow and painful process of moving the bees, one frame at a time, into "clean" equipment, and from there they go to a holding yard where I can watch them for a time to make sure no ants came with them, and eventually they will go elsewhere, I'll be abandoning the argentine ant site.
The best device I've seen so far has been with legs sitting in bowls of water, but that's obviously not practicle larger scale, so your grease idea is awesome.
The spread of argentine ants in my country has been researched and is an interesting read. They are mainly spread by people. They fight running battles with other ants, and sometimes the other ants are able to roll them back from previously held territory. So wether they'll take over the whole country is not certain. But in any case, I feel a whole lot better now that I've seen your grease trap idea, I'll use it if I have to go into argentine ant territory at some future time.
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I'm glad to help. It's extremely frustrating to lose nucs to Argentine ants. I'm working on another design that's less expensive that I'll post soon.
Have you seen many bees in the grease? We use water but the bees love to drink it so we're always losing a few to drowning.
The grease smell seems to repell the bees, so far, not one bee fatality unlike using tanglefoot.
Here's another less expensive version using wood dowels. You can use any type of wood but I chose to use pressure treated and painted the top railings.
Screwed Flush to grease dowel.jpgDrill Hole in Top of Hive Stand Leg.jpg
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Thanks Charlie for the great idea! I have lost 3 weaker hives this year to these ants. I have tried everything including high temp bearing grease, but not in the caps. It does degrade when it is not covered and they come back with a vengeance. I will commence building these stands and look forward to not having this issue again!
Is it possible to get most of this pre assembled?
All of the materials used are common dimensional lumber sizes you can get at any Home Depot or Lowes including the white PVC end caps. I used 3" deck screws to fasten it all together.
You're very welcome. You're right, grease and tanglefoot degrade rapidly when you just smear it on hive stand legs. It also collects debris that forms bridges for the ants to march across. I chose the upside down cups to protect the grease from rain and debris. The white cups deflect heat so the grease doesn't run in hot weather. Enjoy your ant free beekeeping!
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Maybe Gareth Morgan needs a bell round his neck so we can all hear him coming. Flee, flee ...
Maybe we should keep him indoors all the time too - away from the Phoenix, where his well-intentioned presence around a perfectly good football team has coincided with the side's stagnation at the foot of the A-League table.
Not content with telling off Phoenix fans for not buying into his concept of 'total football', for not going to games in sufficient numbers and for incorrectly linking his comments on the Phoenix's playing style with their position on the table, our Gareth has now launched into a bizarre campaign against cats.
As far as we can tell, the two things are not related. Morgan, as one of the Phoenix owners, has been pilloried for suggesting a more entertaining style - one where they attack more, score more goals and attract more support. What a super idea. Wonder why no one else thought of it. Morgan has since protested that this has been misinterpreted as telling coach Ricki Herbert what to do. Funny, that.
As for cats, Morgan - wearing his philanthropic hat - has set up a website dedicated to telling us that cats are 'neighbourhood serial killers', that they should wear a bell round their necks to cut down the bird carnage, should be kept indoors most of the time and should not be replaced once they do the moggy equivalent of buying the farm. Thus our tui and fantails and native birds will be forever protected.
At this point, it's important to say that our Gareth seems a good bloke. His heart is clearly in the right place.
But he turned up at Phoenix training, taking copious notes and maintaining that the team needed to change its style.
Far from leaving the professionals to sort things out, Gareth then gobbed off in an interview about fans who expected immediate results. Just before the Phoenix were savaged in a record 7-1 defeat by Sydney FC, he said that many fans didn't understand the game; that they only looked at the league table; that they wanted instant gratification, such a change didn't happen overnight and that such impatience was "pathetic".
Terrible timing, but Morgan should acquaint himself with the tale of George Reynolds, the former owner of Darlington FC in the UK.
A self-made millionaire, Reynolds arrived at Darlington in 1999, vowing to take the little club into the Premiership. His first act was to build a stadium that held nearly 30,000 people. Ambitious, as their average crowd was about 4000. He then oversaw a regime which failed to bring in players necessary to take them through the divisions but which accrued large debts while the stadium remained under-populated. In 2005, after leaving the club, he was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to three years in jail.
There's also the tale of Bristol Rovers, another lower division UK club. Their owners were so full of their own importance that they did not even realise they were being scammed when fake feng shui consultants advised them to shift the directors' box 45 degrees. Everyone inside had to watch the football by painfully craning their necks around. They also approved the placing a goldfish bowl, complete with goldfish, behind the goal so Bristol would score more. We are not suggesting Gareth & Co are heading for jail or even that they might be interested in goldfish. There's too many cats around for that.
But he might do well to consider that Manchester United's owners don't usually turn up at the training ground. Drumming up support by slagging off the fans is also a novel marketing concept.
When Sydney beat the Phoenix 7-1, one goal was made with a quite beautiful dummy by Alessandro Del Piero. Wasn't he a world class player from Italy? They turned up in their busloads to see him when Sydney played in Wellington. Bit of a clue there as to what might get fans along...
There's two points to be made - 1) sometimes money has to be spent to make money (to buy players suited for a style change rather than trying to force square pegs into round holes) and 2) Arsenal. For decades, the latter won games 1-0, were involved in many 0-0 draws and were consistent high achievers. They never had a problem filling their stadium.
Much of professional sport is built around a strong defence. I know this to be the case in football as, for many years, I have been a Tottenham supporter and thus only too cognisant of the effect of defensive frailties.
Winning attracts supporters. If the Phoenix were up the business end of the league table that Gareth doesn't like us looking at, their support would be enhanced. I'd bet our two cats on it.
Willy is fat, complacent and has never caught a bird in her life. Molly is a lean hunter and has caught some birds - but never a fantail nor a tui. She has also caught a small army of rats - most of whom have been released alive in the living room while she is suddenly diverted by the need to wash behind her ears. I'm not sure what this proves except to cock a snook at the so-called "scientific" evidence about domestic cats (as opposed to feral) and native birds.
Tell you what, Gareth, we'll put a bell on Molly if you wear one to Phoenix training.

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In the South, black-eyed peas and greens are traditionally eaten on New Year's Day to bring good luck and prosperity to the New Year. We like this stew anytime of year. Make it a meal: Spoon the black-eyed peas over white or brown rice.
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I think the East will come down to the Giants and Redskins. Last game of the season will decide it all.
I think the East will come down to the Giants and Redskins. Last game of the season will decide it all.
Redskins and their fans are delusional, I can't wait till Bob Griffin production goes down this season especially if he's going to play in the pocket more like his daddy says he needs to do with his one read gimmick offense. The dude is seriously overrated as a QB.... as an athlete yeah he is elite but far from a good QB. I said before last year's draft that I would take Wilson over RG3 anyday cause he is just a smarter player and can play the reid option. Honestly I think it's going to come down between us and Dallas. Tony Romo (although I hate him) he stills scares me more then Bob cause let's face it Tony Romo is a very good QB. Now this Kerrigan guy is going to type 5 pages why Bob is not a one read qb, but tell that to all the experts that say he is. Not saying the Redskins are going to suck but I think they will be right at the bottom with Philly.
The Giants put up points like a Pin Ball Machine. Even when our very best WR was injured last year we would score 20 plus points. You will not ( Meaning Washington of coarse ) be able to double team Victor Cruz this year because Nicks one on one is Deadly, and Cruz one on one will Scorch you. JPP is gonna eat your OT's lunch. As far as STs ? Weatherford will pin you deep, every time He Punts, We now have a kicker who can make those 55 Yd FGs. Oh by the way you can pray to the Almighty that the Giants do not put Wilson on Kickoffs, or this game could get ugly very quickly.
As for Griffin, I think there has been a big misunderstanding from the outset, that the media picked up and ran with. A lot of information was bungled by the Skins in the aftermath of Robert's injury. Even a lot of our fans were confused initially This link will help explain things.
Griffin tore his LCL, but not the ACL. The ACL was not damaged. The bore sights were repaired on the ACL, that's about it. So his recovery would not be equal to the amount of time needed to heal from an ACL, not to mention that doctors used stem cells to aid in his recovery. He's absolutely ahead of schedule though. He's been throwing and running for awhile.
He will most likely begin cutting in a couple of weeks. In the OTA's last week, he displayed improved mechanics, was able to plant, bend, and his release looked a lot better now than it did last season. I think it is pretty much a forgone conclusion that he will be ready week 1. He'll probably even play in the preseason, but that will be up to the coaches.
Cooley's not on the team. We actually have a very versatile TE corp. Our best pass catcher Fred Davis will be back after he was injured in Oct, and Logan Paulsen, who is also our best blocker, happens to catch everything thrown his way. We also drafted a very versatile and athletic TE in Jordan Reed, who has the skills to thrive in our offense in a role similar to that of Aaron Hernandez. We also drafted two shifty backs in Jawan Jamison and scatback Chris Thompson from FSU, along with Roy Helu, returning from injury, who has the speed to break a game open, as well as the ability to catch passes out of the backfield, which we lacked with Morris.
D Hall may be playing his last season here. We brought in 3 DB's from the draft in David Amerson, Bacarri Rambo, and Philip Thomas, who all could be seeing significant playing time by the middle to latter portion of the season, and we signed EJ Biggers to be our 3rd corner, on a defense that started to improve, and get to the quarterback as the season went on, despite having some of the worst secondary play in recent memory. We will also have Brandon Meriweather back, who was healthy for a half last year, where he played pretty well.
All in all, the NFC East is going to be a lot tougher this year I think. Every team improved. Gonna be a fun season.
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As the temperatures begin to dip, we give you the lowdown on the hottest fall sweaters you should be checking out.
Unlike jackets and shoes, which should carry a good amount of (your) personality, a fall sweater doesn't need to sing too loud to earn its place in your wardrobe. The process of scoring a good one is basically about triangulating the material, the price and the fit to find the right one for your frame and budget. Simple. And if you are one of those sweatshirt-clad bros who think that rocking a sweater makes you a dork, let me prove you wrong.
Let's start with the material. It's a little premature to break out the heavy wools and cashmeres, so peep the label and look for something in a cotton/wool blend or something that is 100% merino wool. Sweaters made from this stuff are not really investment pieces and are produced by all the cool, major brands you will find at the mall. Ralph Lauren and J.Crew both make dependable, handsome models for 150 bucks, tops. If you get three or four years of wear out of them, you got your money's worth.
Think about cool details like leather patches (professor vibes) on the elbows or a deep V-neck (urban rocker vibes) to give your look some splash. You can wear them with an oxford shirt for a preppy look or a point collar for a more dressy look. Maybe throw a blazer on top to really smash it.
Finally, make sure the damn thing fits! The shoulders need to fit on your actual shoulders. If the seams hit on your deltoid, it's too big. Sleeves should hit right at your wrist and not cover your hands. You can always do a slight roll on the cuff to cheat a bit and keep the line cleaner.
As for body length, above the belt is risky if you are not 135 pounds and a member of the Strokes. Conversely, it should not be so long that it covers your pant zipper. That's a fat dad look, and an unfortunate obstacle when you need to use the restroom. I'd say slightly below your belt is fine.
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Cumberland County, located in North Carolina's Coastal Plain region, was formed from Bladen County in 1754. Its name is derived from the title of Prince William Augustus, the duke of Cumberland, the son of King George II who was the victorious commander at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. In 1778 Campbellton, consolidated with nearby Cross Creek, was designated the county seat, and in 1783 the town was renamed Fayetteville in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, the French general who fought for American independence during the Revolutionary War. Other communities in the county include Falcon, Godwin, Hope Mills, Linden, Spring Lake, Stedman, and Wade.
The area that became Cumberland County was first settled by Highland Scots in the late 1720s. It remained largely undeveloped, however, through the early twentieth century, when construction began on a U.S. military training camp in the northwest corner of the county. Upon its completion in early 1919, Camp (later Fort) Bragg, named after native North Carolinian and Confederate general Braxton Bragg, quickly established close ties with the nearby Fayetteville community. As the base swelled to become one of the largest military installations in the country, Fayetteville experienced significant growth and commercialization to accommodate the military personnel and their families; in the process, Cumberland County rose to become the fifth-most-populous county in North Carolina, with a population estimated at nearly 311,000 in 2004.
Cumberland County's historic landmarks and institutions include the Averasboro Battlefield and Museum, site of the Civil War battle of March 1865; and Fayetteville's Museum of the Cape Fear, Airborne and Special Operations Museum, 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum, and Fayetteville Museum of Art. County agricultural products include tobacco, corn, soybeans, cotton, peanuts, beef cattle, and chickens. Cumberland County facilities manufacture textiles, brick and concrete products, metal products, plastics, power tools, and other items.
Roy Parker Jr., Cumberland County: A Brief History (1990).
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where are all river names also please more info need for report
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MISSOULA, Mont. - The Missoula Police Department has confirmed with NBC Montana that the officer injured during a shooting on Wednesday has been released from the hospital.
We're told the officer was undercover during a drug bust when shots broke out.
The officer was reportedly hit with a bullet fired by a male suspect and then returned fire, shooting the suspect and sending them both to the hospital.
The suspect, 25-year-old Joshua Lee Robinson, was treated and released.
He appeared in Missoula County Justice Court on Friday, along with 22-year-old Jazmine Beehler, who's also a suspect in the case.
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A few months ago, i started to build up a Jango:
At first, here´s a list of the parts, i´ve ordered:
Filghtsuit ,flakvest, chest, shoulder, cod and helmet: Bobamaker
Knees and Alu Parts: Darkside
Ammobelt and Harness: Seeker
Holster, girthbelt,Thighs, shins, back, gaunts, instep armor: Cruzer
Jetpack: MOW
Boots: crow62 (haven´t arrived yet)
I hope, i didn´t forget anything or anyone.
Thanks to all the guys mentioned above and to Timbo Fett, who helped me to avoid big mistakes.
I think, i´m good so far,
the last parts missing:
MR Westars and navyblue golves
And here are some pics, of what i´ve done so far:
Cruzer´s parts out of the box:
and polished with steel wool:
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In this roundup, Elsa Youngsteadt summarizes some notable recent items about scientific research, selected from news reports compiled in Sigma Xi's free electronic newsletters Science in the News Daily and Science in the News Weekly. Online: http://sitn.sigmaxi.org and http://www.americanscientist.org/sitnweekly
Birth of the Little Ice Age
Scientists have been uncertain about the specific timing and causes of Europe's Little Ice Age (LIA), a chilly period that started sometime during the Renaissance and lasted until the mid-19th century. To better document the LIA's onset, researchers analyzed 94 samples of ancient moss, previously engulfed by ice caps and recently exposed by melting, on Canada's Baffin Island (pictured at right). The plants must have died when ice first entombed them, so the radiocarbon dates of their remains define periods of past ice expansion. A spike in moss casualties between 1275 and 1300 provides the most precise date yet for the beginning of the LIA cooling. That interval corresponds to four volcanic eruptions that, together, may have precipitated the centuries of cold weather. (Image courtesy of NASA.)
Miller, G. H., et al. Abrupt onset of the Little Ice Age triggered by volcanism and sustained by sea-ice/ocean feedbacks. Geophysical Research Letters 39:L02708 (January 31)
Parasitism Upended
In Asia, the relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels goes back millions of years. The fish lay eggs in the mussels, whose own larvae parasitize the fish. Each partner evolved to cope with the other. But when one bitterling (Rhodeus amarus, pictured at right) expanded its range in the 1800s, it began to lay eggs in Europe's naive mussels—which are themselves unable to parasitize bitterlings. Score one for the fish. But in the 1970s, an Asian mussel (Anodonta woodiana) began its own westward invasion and turned the tables. It parasitizes R. amarus but makes a lousy host: In 30 experimental pools, R. amarus eggs never developed in A. woodiana mussels. During its time in Europe, the authors suggest, the fish may have lost adaptations that helped it parasitize Asian mussels. (Photograph courtesy of Carl Smith.)
Reichard, M., et al. An invasive species reverses the roles in a host-parasite relationship between bitterling fish and unionid mussels. Biology Letters (published online February 15)
Isolated from Nature?
Children learn about society's values in many ways, including reading kids' books. A group of sociologists wondered how urbanization and environmentalism have shaped the messages conveyed in U.S. children's literature. They examined more than 8,000 images in 296 books that received Caldecott recognition for outstanding illustrations between 1938 and 2008. Starting in the 1960s, pictures of built environments (such as houses) became more common, while those of natural environments (such as forests) became rare. By 2008, illustrations were more than twice as likely to show artificial settings than natural ones. The authors suggest that urbanization has the upper hand and that today's children may not learn to appreciate the natural world—at least not from their award-winning books.
Williams, J. A., Jr., et al. The human-environment dialog in award-winning children's picture books. Sociological Inquiry 82:145–159 (February)
Exercise Epigenetics
Some stretches of DNA are littered with methyl groups—chemical tags that, without changing the DNA sequence, prevent expression of nearby genes. These epigenetic modifications are often inherited and fairly permanent. But not always: Exercise, it turns out, leads to immediate, reversible changes to DNA methylation in muscle cells. In a new study, 14 sedentary young men and women exercised to fatigue on a stationary bike. Researchers collected thigh-muscle biopsies before and 20 minutes after the session. They found that five genes involved in energy metabolism (but not three other genes) lost a significant proportion of their methyl tags during or shortly after exertion. The change was correlated with increased expression of those genes. But even after a three-week exercise program, methylation returned to baseline with just two days of rest. The results are among the first to show a dynamic, short-term role for methylation in regulating gene function.
Barrès, R., et al. Acute exercise remodels promoter methylation in human skeletal muscle. Cell Metabolism 15:405–411 (March 7)
Stone Age Architecture
By 14,500 years ago, well before the dawn of agriculture, hunter-gatherers in the eastern Mediterranean gave up their migratory lifestyle and settled in villages. That transition was not, however, abrupt: New excavations in Jordan add to evidence that it had already begun 5,000 years earlier. Working at a site called Khareneh IV (pictured at right), archaeologists uncovered the remains of two Late Stone Age huts—oval, clay-floored structures of about 7 square meters. One floor was covered with a layer of charcoal, likely the remains of its walls and roof. Both dwellings held caches of potentially symbolic objects, including burnt gazelle horns, pierced seashells and lumps of red pigment. The huts and the density of artifacts suggest that the site was regularly occupied for months on end as multiple groups converged there, perhaps to socialize and hunt gazelles. (Photograph courtesy of EFAP Archive.)
Maher, L. A., et al. Twenty-thousand-year-old huts at a hunter-gatherer settlement in eastern Jordan. PLoS ONE 7:e31447 (February 15)
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In animal communication, Animal vocalizations involve the production of sounds by animals. These play an important role in Sex recognition and species recognition and as a marker of territorality amongst other things.
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In animals the ventromedial nucleus (VMHdm) has a role in the male animal vocalizations and scent marking behaviors.[1][2][3]


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|Of course! I haven't made an update in a while since I have been in school but now I am back so hopefully that can start up again!
|Saweeeeeeeet looken tank I need to do an all shrimp tank myself, I have them mixed with guppies and Cory cats,and algae eaters an snails too so the babies really have no chance at all. Thanks for the inspiration.
Been a while since I have updated the journal since being at school. In the meantime, I have added 2 breeder boxes onto the tank. One has red rili/cherry of different grades and the other has some OEBT.
Unfortunately, one of the OEBT jumped out but I have 4 or 5 left. 1 of them is blonde, the other are blue.
With regards to the tank, the orange neos have been breeding like crazy. The tank is swarming with little shrimplets. I haven't found a berried mother yet though so hopefully it hasn't all stopped. My normal tigers have met unfortunate ends Only 2 are left now, both healthy but I think both might be female as well. We will see what happens with them. I am on the lookout for more tigers at the moment, but not wanting them to breed with my OEBT.
The most recent addition to the tank are amanos which are doing a spectacular job keep the tank clean. I moved over the moss tree and have resorted to purely sponge filters, no more canister. Still deciding if I am gonna use that or sell it with the inline heater that I built.
Just 1 picture of my shrimps eating More hopefully soon
In the meanwhile, the crystals, I have moved to another 2 gallon which I will be starting a tank journal for soon Be on the lookout!
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Your tank is beautiful! You don't worry about the cloud minnows snacking on your babies?
Originally Posted by Green_Flash View Post
Congrats! the tank looks great.
|Congrats! the tank looks great.
|Your tank is beautiful! You don't worry about the cloud minnows snacking on your babies?
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How quickly did your Tigers get berried? Mine have been in my tank for 6 weeks and have molted more times than I can count, but none of them are berried yet. What is your PH?
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Pandamonium's 12g Long - "Pride Rock" *FIRST SHRIMPLETS*
How quickly did your Tigers get berried? Mine have been in my tank for 6 weeks and have molted more times than I can count, but none of them are berried yet. What is your PH?
First update in a while! Just got back from school and found out my shrimps gave birth but my fish were snacking hard! I gave away the fish and voila tons more babies!
More berried tigers!
More CRS (SS to B grade) that I got traded. 22 CRS for 40 white clouds!
Hello there little shrimplets!
Got some free rilis from my roommate Bananariot. Berried in 2 days!
Fat momma shrimp
|Awesome tank and shrimp! Can't wait to get some tigers!
Looked at my tank today and saw some shrimp fights but then took a closer look and....
First time I have had a berried shrimp. I don't know who the father is. It could be some CRS, which I did remove or it could be other tigers. I guess I will have to wait and find out!
So since I set up everything, the tank has finally stabilized. I ended up putting in some more black eyed blue tigers that I got in an auction. Then I went to the fish store and they were selling tigers for $1.50 each. I looked through and I saw some orange eyes on these tigers so I fished out those and some others. If these are blonde OEBTs, will they eventually breed OEBT?
Also, I decided to split up the CRS and tigers. Since I only have 5 CRS, I grabbed a breeder box and put them all in there with some java moss and frogbit. It's still linked to the tank so the water conditions are the same.
Here are some more pics!
CRS meets orange neo...
Blue tigers hanging out in a tree
New (hopefully blonde OEBT) tigers
CRS roaming (S+ tiger tooth I think)
CRS in breeder box
Neos and tigers eating. They ate a LOT more today than ever...
Blonde OEBT? Would be cool if it was
The nitrates dropped off after a few days of putting pennywort, frogbit and water lettuce into the tank. Those things suck it up fast. It's still at around 20 but compared to 160 I think it's acceptable for now.
Otherwise, added some more shrimps, CRS ( I think they are S grade? Any help would be great). I do fully understand that they can interbreed with the tigers but if I do want to sell any offspring, I will make that very clear to the buyer. But my plan is that these shrimp are for my viewing pleasure and the orange neos can breed as much as they want
This guy looks funny. Not sure if he looks S grade like his other friends.
others with a tiger eating
hanging out under a tree
So finally switched filters on my tanks. Threw my Eheim ECCO pro 2232 on the 12 gallon long with a spraybar I salvaged from the SunSun 304B that I tacked onto my 40 gallon Amazon tank. Both tanks are doing well and I did a water change after filter transfer on both tanks.
Filled the Amazon tank filter with lava rock since it has a good surface area and for 4 dollars, I got maybe 10-15 pounds at HD. There may be other more porous options like pot scrubbers but I don't know where to find them for cheap haha Lava rock will definitely be fine.
I did water tests on my shrimp tank today and my nitrates apparently are between 80 and 160 ppm. I will be doing a water change very soon (aka when I finish my dinner). Ammonia and nitrite are solidly at 0 ppm. Any thoughts to why nitrate is so high? It's strange. I don't think there is that much decomposition. I dumped out the dirty water from the canister when I transferred it but did not wash the biological media so that I wouldn't kill any bacteria.
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I don't see anywhere that your tank cycled. That's a process that takes quite a while, even with a previously used filter.
It's not just for processing ammonia but for developing a nice environment for shrimp.
Are you monitoring parameters?
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"Anyone know why it has orange eyes but isn't blue"
Good luck with your tank.
"Orange eye blue tiger" shrimp are just like Rili shrimp, a selectively intensified coloration that exists in wild populations. Orange eyes, black eyes, blue bodies, clear bodies, blue stripes, black stripes, brown stripes, red stripes, all exist (to greater or lesser intensity) in wild populations. When somebody is selling "OEBT" they're selling a line that (hopefully) has been selectively bred to create _mostly_ Orange Eye blue body tiger shrimp, but even the best lines will throw some wilder variance.
As far as everything else goes, I have the same concerns as above - There's no dates on the pictures but you seem to have thrown the tank together from parts in under a week, I hope you have put thought into the parameters of your water and the maturity of the tank, because in that small of a tank, and with shrimp, it all counts.
Either way it goes I have been treading carefully as I have read that shrimp do not do well (die) in ammonia or nitrite waters so I made sure that the environment was suitable before introducing them. The white clouds I introduced first as a test and so far (knock on wood) none of them have died or shown signs of stress. They are eating well and swimming about very vigorously. It could be because it's in their nature as well I guess, but the shrimps are doing well also. Eating and nibbling here and there. I took a sponge filter I had in another tank which was pretty much covered in biofilm and put it in this one for filtration and food too.
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Recently, we've had a couple of variations going on over in the GeekDad community, one with quotable lines and the other with messed-up of stills from the films, and both have been good fun. We've also posted a big list of the "100 Movie Quotes Every Geek Should Know" here on GeekDad before, as well as finding out your Top 10 Quotes. And now here's another variation for your brain tingling delight – recognizing the dialogue when it's sampled into a song. Continue Reading "Quotebusting Movie Dialogue Sampled Into Music" »


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Second year beekeeper with 2 hives in close proximity to one another. We're in the piedmont of NC where we have warm summers, high humidity and right now lots of sunshine - no frost yet. Both of our hives have done fairly well this year though honey stores have never been strong. Both hives were started from packages in late Spring and missed a significant part of the nectar flow which is tulip poplar around here. Both queens have done well though and have had lots of bees.
We've always had a few SHB in each hive and we installed traps early in the season. Traps have always caught beetles and every time we go in, we'll pinch a few beetles with a pair of tweezers.
We started feeding both hives about 2 months ago as the dearth started but I've been puzzled why they haven't seemed able to build up their honey stores as much as we've been feeding them.
As temps are a little cooler now, we have not been entering the hive as often except to feed them (we're using the collins feeders which is a top feeder: upside down bucket with pinholes in the top.) We went in one of the hives two days ago to take advantage of a particularly warm afternoon. That hive is four medium supers with 2 frames that are pretty much the brood boxes and two honey supers on top. There were beetles everywhere. We discovered that the top super where the bees had drawn comb and were filling with honey, was sparsely filled with honey and crawling with beetles. Adult beetles. I saw no beetle larvae at all. I did see a little evidence of what I thought was beetle eggs in some of the honey. We reduced the size of that hive by two supers, basically removing what was to have been their honey stores. Of those two supers, 7-8 frames had some honey but high beetle presence. We put those 7-8 frames in the freezer to zap the beetles. The remaining 10+ frames had almost no honey though a little pollen. I removed them entirely and put them out in the yard, a distance away from the hives thinking the bees could salvage what they could from those frames (and they did not need all that extra space on their hive.)
Yesterday we took the 7-8 frames from the freezer and put them back on the hive (the hive now has three supers). I think that the beetles have fouled some of the honey stores in those frames, even though we killed whatever larvae and adult beetles were present by freezing them. However, I'm sure there are many more beetles in the hive and I'm not sure there is anything we can do at this point. We don't want to use chemicals if we can avoid it, though would a chemical treatment be of value when beetle infestation is so high.
Thanks for reading this lengthy post. Any thoughts on next steps would be appreciated. This report is about one of two hives and while I have not inspected the second hive very thoroughly, there is evidence that hive is similarly affected by small hive beetles.


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Tony Kerby lost his life in the Yellow River attempting to save his younger brother's life. The good looking boy went in the treacherous waters to save his 8-year-old brother Dominick when the youngster slipped off a rock. Dominick was saved when a person in the park pulled him to safety, but Tony could not swim to the banks.
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Robin van Persie was feeling low after Saturday's defeat at Queens Park Rangers but he is certain that Arsenal's spirits will soar in time for the visit of Manchester City.
The Dutchman saw his side's seven-match winning streak come to an end at Loftus Road thanks to goals in either half from Adel Taarabt and Samba Diakite. Arsenal remain in third place but they are now level on points with Tottenham, who beat Swansea City on Sunday.
It might have been a different story had Van Persie not been denied by a brilliant save from QPR goalkeeper Paddy Kenny but the captain is adamant that Arsenal will put Saturday's setback behind them.
"Everyone is disappointed but towards the end of the week I am sure the spirit will be how it was," Van Persie told Arsenal Player. "We'll have a couple of days to be disappointed but after that our focus is on Manchester City.
"It is a shame we have wait eight days for the game, but it is how it is. Losing at QPR is a big blow but we have to look forward and the next one is a big one.
"Man City are second but drew [on Saturday] so they will need the points. We have seven big games to play but if you look at the big-name teams then we have City and Chelsea. As a fan of football I always love to play those games and one of them is next week.
"We have seven more games to play and I believe we can come third. It won't be easy, everyone is fighting for every point and our opportunity is next week.
"Even last week when we were three points ahead [in third] with eight games left we never thought it was done. [Tottenham and] Chelsea won and came closer but we have to look at ourselves."
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Time4Tea wrote: Nice, Victoria!! Simple and elegant! Have you tried a flowering tea in the glass jumbo cup?
Why yes, my dear I have! The blooming teas are great for watching and sharing with a friend, but usually somewhat lacking in taste. So I don't have them often.
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The Petroleum Supply Annual (PSA) with data for 2011 is being re-released today (September 27, 2012). This new release is primarily to update the format of data tables presented as PDF and Comma Separated Value (CSV) files to match the format of similar tables in the Petroleum Supply Monthly. The data presentation in Petroleum Navigator remains unchanged.
In addition, today's release to the PSA corrects a small error in the calculated stock change of "Renewable Fuels Except Fuel Ethanol". The August 30, 2012 release of PSA showed the 2011 U.S. stock change of "Renewable Fuels Except Fuel Ethanol" as 1,045 thousand barrels. The corrected 2011 stock change is 1,035 thousand barrels. Stock change quantities were corrected for the months of September and November 2011. Correction of the calculated stock change also affected distillate fuel oil adjustments and product supplied. Finally, today's PSA release includes the latest revisions of 2011 crude oil field production data.
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Man pleads guilty for involvement in assault, robbery
MISSOULA, Mont. - Another one of the men involved in the robbery and assault of Missoula store clerk changed his plea. Cruz Sebastian Bernardi showed up in Missoula County District Court Tuesday morning and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery.
Bernardi told the judge he was the lookout the night police say four men almost killed a convenience store clerk and ripped off money from the store. Bernardi admitted he checked to make sure the store was empty and then called the others.
He is scheduled to be sentenced in August.
Another suspect, Andrew Badger is scheduled to change his plea at a July hearing.
As for the three other men involved in the case, Ture-adon Thibodeaux was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison for his involvement. Ikaika Kamaka will be sentenced in August after changing his plea. His brother Devon Kamaka is still scheduled to go to trial this fall.


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Sunday, May 20, 2012
Dear Queer Teen - It Get's Better!
Hi! My name is Gwyneth and I was a Gleek in high school. Though there was no name for that, then. It was the 80's and I was an alternative / new wave / hardcore punk rock chick with short spiky red & dyed black hair who had a part-time job at Kemp Mill Records (!), wearing skinny vintage men's ties & round band buttons & who hung out with the other freaks behind the high school on the theater loading dock. There's nothing that said bad-ass in 1983 like a black leather Members Only jacket adorned with safety pins. BwaHaHa! Was I teased? You Bet!...Bullied? Hmm, occasionally. Though snarky charm has always been my armor. Sometimes tough as iron and sometimes tissue thin. (Pssst! Keep reading for my first FREE BOOK Giveaway!) Having lots of friends in studio art, music-theater & punk rock scene, I had lots of LGBT & geeky friends who were reeeeally bullied. And it sucked! I also had friends later in the 80's who died of AIDS and have recently suffered the lose of a former beloved student, a 9th grader who took his own life allegedly due to bullying about his sexual identity. Why all this TMI flashback? Because though a lot has changed since I was in high school in the 80's we still haven't evolved enough! AND...you don't have to be gay yourself to be empathetic. Please Note: I don't consider Glee a "gay-centric" show -- it's an amazing show that teaches tolerances of ALL of our differences! I wish we had Glee on TV when I was in high school - I woulda gladly traded Three's Company for it! And I think it could have changed the world - about 20 years earlier!
We MUST start and keep talking about bullying, LGBT rights, and the freedom to be an individual in our schools. The It Get's Better campaign is an amazing resource for helping introduce this topic to teens, through videos from celebrities (both gay & straight) real people of ALL AGES, a help section, and a very inspiring It Get's Better Blog. When should we teach tolerance of race, religion, character, and sexual identity? I think from birth! But definitely in school!
The Letter Q
Q is for Queer and this is a newly published resource in the arsenal for combating the cruelty of bullying and to give hope to vulnerable LGBT teens. One suited & rated for the high school library. From the publisher:
"In this anthology, sixty-four award-winning authors and illustrators such as Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, Jacqueline Woodson, Terrence McNally, Gregory Maguire, David Levithan, and Armistead Maupin, make imaginative journeys into their pasts, telling their younger selves what they would have liked to know then about their lives as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender people.
Through stories, in pictures, with bracing honesty, these are words of love, messages of understanding, reasons to hold on for the better future ahead. They will tell you things about your favorite authors that you never knew before. And they will tell you about yourself."
You don't have to be gay or queer to appreciate this touching, amusing, illustrative, and poignant book written for teens by writers writing to their own teen selves. If you're an educator or school librarian then this is an approachable and insightful anthology to hand over with a warm encouraging smile to gay or questioning teens. A must have for any high school library.
We all need to work with our kids, teachers, counselors, parents, & the community to show that we won't accept or tolerate bullying of ANY kind in our schools!
My First Giveaway!
Want to win your own hard copy of this book? Just Comment or Tweet! Win one of 2 hard cover copies donated by the media reps of Scholastic. Shipping included! I'm gonna try this new Rafflecopter widget below I'll choose one best comment and one random Tweet (or best Tweet) and I'm forwarding this info to the publicist who will then send out the book. Please include your email address in the comment and or/ follow me on Twitter if you expect to win - I'll email and or/ DM to get your mailing addresses. If the Rafflecopter thingy doesn't work just pls. leave a comment or Tweet making sure you add @gwynethjones :-) (Raffle is OVER & book has been awarded - thanks to all participants!)
It Gets Better: the Book
"We created the It Gets Better book because not all students have access to YouTube or can reach us online. The book includes essays and new material from more than 100 contributors including celebrities, religious leaders, politicians, parents, educators, youth just out of high school, and many more." --- Ages 18 & up
The Letter Q Booklist ReviewThe Letter Q Sends the Younger You a Message
The Letter Q Available on Amazon
The Letter Q on Facebook
Publishers Weekly: In New Anthology, LGBT Authors Speak to Their Younger Selves
View & Embed the Chrome It Gets Better Video on your blog via my Flickr!
Because some schools filter & block YouTube or maybe even the It Get's better site, using KeepVid.com I downloaded & then mirrored this video onto my Flickr. Feel free to view, share, watch, and embed it freely! Thank you the It's Gets Better site & Dan Savage!
(PS. I have not been compensated for the giveaway or this post - the topic of LGBT rights & anti- bullying is close to my heart - I don't take suggestions of what to blog about gracefully. In fact this is what I wrote when the publicist contacted me "I don't usually respond to solicited suggestions for my blog content. In fact, they sorta piss me off. Like I can be bought!?? LOL As if! That having been said, this is a topic that any GLEEK feels passionate & strongly about. I can't make any promises but if you send me the book and I think it's worth sharing and if it's positively reviewed by SLJ, Booklist, or LJ then I would be happy to chime in & do a giveaway.)
From my 1983 Eleanor Roosevelt High School Yearbook! Feel free to laugh! ;-)
6 comments:
Wow --- hadn't heard about this book, but now, will make sure it gets into my library. :) GREAT POST!!!!!ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment, Jo!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for letting me know about this book, Gwyneth. I'm going to add it to my order list. I am heartened that attitudes have changed since I was young, when even discussing homosexuality was pretty much a taboo. But, they still have a long way to go. No child or adult should ever have to be subject to bullying or discrimination because they are different from the mainstream in any way.ReplyDelete
I tried entering your raffle by leaving a comment using the Rafflecopter but something went wrong:( So I am leaving my comment here.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for recommending this book and continuing to be an advocate for LGBT members of our school community. One way we can help students who are being bullied is to make sure our students know that we won't tolerate it in the classroom. Student get a very strong message when we ignore behaviors and/or comments in the classroom. When we do that we are saying that it is okay to treat another person inappropriately in my classroom. Kids are very good at figuring out which classrooms they can get away with things. It also sends the message to the student who is the victim that you are not safe in my classroom. When we hear or see bullying behaviors (comments, actions, etc) we need to speak up--"I am offended when you use that language" or something along those lines and then hold the person who said it accountable to their actions.
Your blog was just recommended to me and I am so excited to have found it. Thank you!
As someone who was bullied nearly daily through most of my elementary years, I believe that teachers and Librarians can help three ways:ReplyDelete
1. Model mindful and tolerant behavior at all times, especially in front of kids and teens. Nothing says bullying is OK than watching adults bully and gossip.
2. Zero tolerance for bulling, but with the passionate understanding that the bully is probably a victim too.
3. Sharing our stories, so many bullied kids believe that they are alone in their experiences, nothing helps more than an adult willing to intervene, and willing to show that there is life after bullying!
Thanks for the wonderful, project and for sharing your story!
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest by leaving a comment or Tweeting! I have emailed the winners & let them know! We are all winners if we give one kid the hope that life will get better!ReplyDelete


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"BERLIOZANICE" Classic Flat in Musicians
Maximální počet hostů4
Počet místností1
Velikost50 m²
Floor No.4(with elevator)
- Internet/WiFi
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- Televize
- Pračka / sušička
- Výtah v budově
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Accommodation summary
|Berlioz, 06000 Nice, Francie
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|Ident. objektu
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A week ago
This 50sqm property has two rooms, a big balcony, clear sights, is pleasant and bright. Situated in the 4th floor of a small typical building, called "Palais Provençal" with elevator, it is completely equipped with washing machine, dishwasher, multifunction oven, high-speed internet, international TV channels, etc.. It's ideal for 2 to 4 persons.
There are plenty of businesses, restaurants and cinemas in the area. It has easy access, with car parks, SNCF (French National Railway Company - 3 minutes on foot) access, direct airport shuttle (15 minutes), etc..
Domovní řádRespect the neighbors and the property.
Do not smoke.
We want you to feel at home, happy and relaxed.
Security Deposit: 250€
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|463 €
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|1610 €
|Cena za více než 2 ubytované(ých)
|13 € Cena za osobu/noc navíc
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The apartment is very comfortable and clean, and there was even a bottle af nice vine for us when we arrived. Everything worked perfect and we were more than pleased. Also the location is perfect.
BIG thanks the Sabine & Sandra : )
We booked this accommodation for 10 days and because it had so many good reviews, we were convinced that we won't have a bad surprise.
But we were very disappointed. The apartment was NOT clean (it looked like it wasn't cleaned at all after the last people left). Hair were lying around, the toilet was not clean (sometimes it had problems flushing) and we didn't feel comfortable walking bare feet in the apartment. There was a constant smell in the apartment, especially in the wardrobe, which meant that we didn't even want to put our clothes in there. The sofa cover was smelling and the mattress of the bed was not comfortable (it sagged).
The nights were very hot, but the apartment has no air conditioning and not even a fan. Only after asking a few times, they managed to give us a fan half way through our stay, which meant that we could at least sleep a little bit better.
When we arrived at the apartment, there was no soap, no toilet paper, no dish washer tabs, no washing liquid... all of these things we first had to buy.
We have a well furnished apartment ourselves and we like to keep it very clean, therefore this experience was not good for us.
The good thing about the apartment is the washing machine and the fact that one can cook, so that one doesn't have to eat outside every day.
The balcony is small but good and the person who handed us the key was very nice.
The supermarket Carrefour, just one minute walk away, is very convenient.
Wonderful apartment, very clean with all commodities you need. We could easily find the apartment thanks to the information we received. When we had questions, we immediately got a helpfull reaction from Sabine or Patricia. The apartment was not far from the sea and the train station. Also highly recommended.
One suggestion: after a long trip it would be nice that the bed was made up.
We had a lovely stay in Nice . We hope to come back one time in the future.
Corrie and Sietze
Everything worked without problems. Sabine answered all our questions and provided information so that we easily could find the apartment. Nice reception when we arrived at the apartment. Clean and tidy. Everything you could need is in place. Tranquil surroundings and yet close to the city center. We had two wonderful weeks in Nice and already longing back. So much better than staying in a hotel!
Amazing apartment in nice quiet neighborhood. Fine check-in and out service - all-in-all a great experience.
A wonderful and charming apartment with that little extra! Ideally located in Nice with walking distance to everything. Lovely owners. Hope to return soon!
Very friendly and serviceminded host. Beautiful and very clean apartament. I recommend it the most/Andreas from Sweden
Really a very very pleasant appartment. Spacious, fully equiped and on a perfect spot. Small balcony to enjoy breakfast in the sun. Nice ;-) decorated. I would never stay anywhere else for a trip to Nice!
Sabines apartment is very well located in a good neighbourhood with beautiful biuildings from the Belle Epoque - not far to beach, close to train station SNCF and a short walk to Restaurants, Place Massena/Cours Saleya and Old town of Nice. The apartment is very charming and decorated carefully with style and attention to detail. Everything (including bed!) is of good quality and the kitchen is stocked very well (except coffee machine - there yo'd get only brown water with no taste). We have felt comfortable from the moment we arrived, everything looks as presented in the internet. Sabine provides a sheet with all information needed to get started in the apartment and to find around in Nice. It can get noisy during the night when sleeping with open windows, but that is a problem all around the city and the price you pay for beeing so centrally located. We couldn't have found a better place to stay and I can only highly recommend Berliozanice. Many thanks to Sabine again for making our stay so comfortable!
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Thailand is the land of a thousand smiles, and speaking Thai is the key to a thousand more. When you visit beautiful, exotic Thailand, your conversational Thai skills will earn you the hearts and respect of Thai natives all over the country.
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Learn more about Neighborcity.com's fight to provide the information you were seeking.
Neighborcity fought hard to protect home sellers' rights to control their own data. However, the Realtors and their Multiple Listing Services ("MLSs") brought a war chest of litigation resources against Neighborcity and in our opinion litigated them out of business. We wrote a "friend of the court" (or Amicus Curiae brief) in support of consumers' interests on this case (click here to read it). Losing this fight means that the real estate industry will attempt to claim copyrights on sellers' data and use those rights against their own clients. They will use it to monopolize client data, keep innovators out of the industry and charge higher fees.
It has become a common practice for brokers to intentionally exclude listing data from important buyer frequented websites like Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com to the detriment of their own clients. CAARE was created to help consumers with anti-consumer practices like this.
On the heels of this case, the Realtors and their MLSs around the country are now acting in concert to institute a new policy requiring brokerages to copyright seller client data and transfer those rights to MLS's. This means that MLSs can require anyone who uses the seller data to follow their licensing terms. For example, in order to display listing data it is required that the listing broker be featured prominently on the site displaying the listing. This practice encourages consumers to use the listing broker to see the home and encourages a double fee being paid to that broker. Worse, this practice strips consumers of their right to negotiate the buyer brokerage fee and their rights to find their own representative. Brokers are using these copyrights for self-serving purposes that cause houses to take longer to sell and sell for less money and subjects consumers to horrible conflicts of interests. Brokers' and their clients' interests could not be more misaligned. Brokers have become fiduciary predators.
We have already seen brokers intentionally exclude listing data from the most buyer frequented websites like Zillow, Trulia and Realtor.com. For example, some brokers "advise" their seller clients that Zillow has inaccurate and incomplete data while helping make that self-serving and self-fulfilling prophecy come true by intentionally delaying data feeds to Zillow and other sites and even excluding listing data from Zillow.
When searching for a home, we highly recommend that you use Zillow (they include For Sale By Owner Homes – the others don't) for your searches and NEVER click on any Realtor who is with the same firm as the listing broker. Instead, use a small brokerage firm that specializes in representing buyers. See our free advice by exploring and searching our website on how to negotiate terms and fees. You might even be able to negotiate a large commission rebate and save thousands.
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KeePass Password Safe
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MCSA: Security/Messaging
Former U.S. Marine and damn proud of it!
Share experiences or thoughts on hacking tools.
Currently we use Bruce Schneier's Password Safe, which only works on windows.
mambru wrote:Currently we use Bruce Schneier's Password Safe, which only works on windows.
There's a Linux software that is Password Safe compatible http://wiki.github.com/zdia/gorilla/
chrisj wrote:
My only complaint about KeePass is it's not completely OS agnostic and up to date. The version I run at home (on a linux box) has a 1.x database I think. To get the database to work on a Windows box at work (rebuilding at home at the time), it had to be converted to a newer database 2.x I think.
Bringing the newer password database back, and the linux version didn't support it.
I haven't tried it with a different distro yet. Maybe I'll try that tomorrow. However I still recommend KeePass
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holy macaroni! look! its a full size SUV from Benz and its not that huge G class. The front end looks so good. Now, like all Mercedes Benzes, I expect it to have an exorbitent price and not have a lot of bang-for-buck, but still, it looks pretty coolIt says
Quote: Soon you can climb into the first-ever Mercedes-Benz GL450 — with its new, more efficient 4.6 liter, 4-valve V-8 engine — and feel 335 horsepower take on the road ahead with a touch of the pedal.The GL450 has the only unit-body construction in its competitive class to maximize interior roominess, and provide a smooth, sturdy ride. But there's a whole lot more to the GL450 than steel, chrome, and horsepower.With one of the longest wheelbases in its class,* seven passengers can relax inside the cavernous, first-class interior — making every journey an adventure in comfort and luxury. And legendary Mercedes-Benz engineering balances all this might with supreme intelligence and sophisticated features.Introducing the GL450, the full-size luxury SUV with room for any possibility, in dealerships Spring/Summer 2006.* as compared to Escalade and Navigator
looks like it might be too late to the party
the gl class is nothing more than the replacement for the aging g class. on one hand i'm going to miss the g class. there was something about that box styling that made that thing look almost bullit-proof. they have some big shoes to fill since the g class was known to be a mountain goat off road. i can't wait 'till amg crams their 6.3l v8 in there. i understand that you feel the need to criticize everything but come on, "only" 7 people. honestly how many people do you plan on hauling around at one time? about the milage, so what. people that will actually buy one of those knows what kind of milage it gets and they won't care because they can afford it. mb doesn't care about the milage, they made the car for luxury, opulence, and performance. milage was the last thing on their mind. if you could afford to buy a new ferrari f430 would you care that it only gets about 10mpg and takes premium?
I hate when people say "If you can afford the expensive vehicle, you can afford the gas"IMO, that's not the point.the point is that car companies should feel some kind of obligation to make cars fuel efficient, IMO.Now I don't expect any GL to be a Honda (in terms of mpg), but they should try to aim high.When my dad took me to get his '98 Benz C 280 fixed, we were at the dealer and we saw a G Class, and its huge. i hated it. I was the most male-compensation thing i had seen all day.
you can't have your cake and eat it too. in most cases you can't have a high level of performance and great gas milage. and i'm talking real world numbers not the epa estimate bs. and when it comes to cars that are $80k plus, if you have enough money to easily afford one, you CAN afford to keep the gas tank full. do you think that the guy that just shelled out $180k for a new bently continental gt gives a rats ass what the milage is? NO! because he can afford a $180k car.
Quote:the point is that car companies should feel some kind of obligation to make cars fuel efficient, IMO
That thing must get horrible gas mileage, but if you have the money for that, I wouldn't think you would care.
I think it will hurt Cadillac Escalade sales, in the Rap community.
I really like it. It has rugged looks, but retains some form of practicality. As others have said however, it's still sad to see the G-Class go away...
I think MB needs to slow down with all these new models. Its getting a little ridiculous. They have 3 sedans (C, E, and S class), 2 coupes (CLK and *** 3 convertibles (CLK Cabrio, SL, and SLK), 3 SUV's (R, ML, and GL class, and the upcoming MLK), and the SLR. Thats not counting the wagon and coupe variations of some of the sedans. Don't you think thats a bit much?
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well if you take away the cabriolets, since they are just a different version and not a completly different model, they have 8 vehicles in their line up. i think that a good number and mb now has something to offer anyone that walks into one of their dealers. i think that if they release any more than that then they will start to be redundant but as of right now i think they got a pretty good spread. look at bmw's global line. they have the 1,3,5,6, and 7 series vehicles, and the x3 and x5. with the upcoming minivan ( ) they will have the same number of models as mb. porsche has the boxter, cayman, 911, carrera gt, cayenne, and upcoming panamera, that puts them at 6.
Quote: ...Don't you think thats a bit much?
I really think Mercedes can handle themselves. As said before, I think that 100+ years of car making can give a company an upperhand. They have developed greatly since 1886, and are still going. I do agree that they have too many models that serve the same purpose. I mean C55 and then SL500. They are practically the same exact car. The C55 does have a bit more styling and passion, though.
Mercedes' markings are a bit confusing. (too many )The C55: The C55 has an 5.5 liter AMG engine.The SL 500: The SL 500 has an 5.0 liter Mercedes stock engine.
Quote:I think MB needs to slow down with all these new models. Its getting a little ridiculous. They have 3 sedans (C, E, and S class), 2 coupes (CLK and *** 3 convertibles (CLK Cabrio, SL, and SLK), 3 SUV's (R, ML, and GL class, and the upcoming MLK), and the SLR. Thats not counting the wagon and coupe variations of some of the sedans. Don't you think thats a bit much?
lol true. I like the last-gen Durango better. It isn't as big and school-bus like. I'd like to see someone put a Hemi in there.
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Gamers, start your engines. In the new Turbo: Super Stunt Squad, players can jump into the surprisingly fast paced world of snails. The action game features the loveable, fast-moving, trash-talking crew from the upcoming film. Players can customize their character with new shells, stickers, and paint jobs. Once you look the part, rev up for special snail tricks and missions.
Each character has unique skills and talents that can be used for jumps, slides, flips, and stunt moves. Being a small mollusk has its perks: ride the rails of a kitchen stove or use a hot sauce packet to coast around the taco stand! Players can join the Stunt Squad starting July 16.


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Marketing To Mom: Not As Simple As You Think
Nick Cowling | Posted 11.10.2012 | Canada Business
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Companies discovered years ago that "mom" was the most influential consumer on the planet. She makes a strong majority of all household purchases from groceries, to clothing, to the family car, and also decides where to get services for the family, like banking, insurance and cable, phone and internet. Here are three important insights about moms that every marketer should know.


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Carved wooden head of Henry VIII. English, about 1689-91 (XVII.1)
Carved wooden head of Henry VIII. English, about 1689-91 (XVII.1)
César de Saussure (1705-83) travelled from Lausanne, Switzerland to Britain, arriving at the Tower of London wharf on 20 May 1725. He stayed in this country for almost five years, sending his opinions on Britain back to Switzerland in a series of letters. In his third letter, dated 16 December 1725 and entitled The Sights of London, he describes the Tower and the admission procedure for visitors wanting to see its sights:
'As soon as we had passed the draw bridge we came upon a party of guards and yeomen; we were told to give up our swords and sticks and with a yeoman deputed to show us the curiosities of the place we went into the interior of the building'.
His account of the Tower's attractions includes a detailed account of the Horse Armoury, including a reference to a 'surprise' featuring a figure of Henry VIII. This surprise was not part of the Line of Kings but a standing figure nearby:
'We next entered another hall containing statues and figures of a score or so of ancient English kings and of several princes and generals, all on horseback in full armour with helmets on their heads and lances in their hands; the horses richly caparisoned, seemed ready to rush into battle. These figures are made to resemble the original persons and are of painted wood. Near the entrance of the hall is the figure of Henry VIII; he is represented standing in his royal robes, with a sceptre in his hand and this is said to be a good likeness of this celebrated king. If you press a spot on the floor with your feet you will see something surprising with regard to this figure; but I will not say more and leave you to guess what it is.
Leaving the hall we were next shown the Treasure Chamber, which is shut off by an iron railing; visitors remain in the outer half and the guardian locks himself into the inner half…'.
He concludes his remarks by noting that a visit to see the Tower was expensive:
'If you wanted to see all the curiosities in the Tower, it would take you several days and it would be to your cost for the French proverb "On n'a rien pour rien" holds good in England as elsewhere, and perhaps even more so'.
On 5 October 1729 Saussure left England, from the Tower Stairs, where he had first arrived in London, to take part in a diplomatic mission to Constantinople in Turkey. After this he went back to Switzerland but returned to England by 1740, finally going back to his family in Lausanne soon afterwards. He wrote several other books including histories of France and Switzerland.


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New at the Lodge: The elk are making an appearance.
A hint of fall is in the air! Yes the days are still hot, summer does not seem to want to give up this year, but the cool evenings and even a few golden leaves signal the coming change of seasons. The magnificent bull elk are parading in their proud glory and soon will be contesting for the right to mate with the cows. Thanks to our neighbor Jay Collins for catching this guy in front of our Homestead cabin. Several days ago I heard what I thought was the first bugle but have heard nothing else so I await that signal that Fall is at hand. Fall is such a beautiful and peaceful time in the mountains. Why don't you leave your hurried life behind for a few days and come and enjoy Fall with us! We still have some openings.
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