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New York Times best-selling author Julie Garwood has captured the hearts of millions of listeners worldwide with timeless tales of love and soaring adventure. Now, returning to the enchanting world of her classic love story "The Bride," she brings to glorious life the passion, intrigue, and rivalry of medieval Scotland....
Resigned to an arranged marriage to a highland laird she has never met, Lady Brenna journeys from England to Scotland certain she will suffer a loveless marriage. But en route to her betrothed, a rival band of Werce, painted warriors intercept her caravan and demand that she marry their leader -- the handsome, quick-tempered laird Connor MacAlister, the same man she'd repeatedly proposed to as a child while he'd been a visitor to her father's castle.
Though Brenna scarcely remembers the secret missives she'd sent to MacAlister declaring her love, she has never forgotten the tall visitor's dazzling, unexpected smile. Now older and wiser, Brenna harbors no illusions that Connor is in love with her -- indeed, after a hasty forest wedding, Connor assures her she can return home once she has borne him a son. Lady Brenna has no idea that her capture is merely the first act of vengeance against her betrothed, Connor's sworn enemy.
Determined to be happy, Brenna soon endears herself to most of the MacAlister clan, despite -- or perhaps because of -- her uncanny knack for getting into trouble. And although she comes to adore her brave, superstitious, gentle husband, she has no clue that Connor lives for the moments she whispers "I love you"...words she never meant him to hear. But, as she sets out to win the heart of the brave chieftain, a legacy of revenge ensnares Brenna in a furious clan war -- and only her faith in her gallant husband can save her....
©2012 Julie Garwood (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Loved the narrator"
Great love story. This is the first Julie Garwood book that I couldn't quit listening too. The narrator made the book.
I love Epic Fantasy....have become a Historical Romance fan because I am a sucker for a good Happily Ever After. Good characters are a must
"Narrator PERFECTION, delicious characters"
Garwood once again created outstanding characters and their banter is the best element of the book. Heather Wilds is an EXCEPTIONAL narrator and is only second to Kate Reading in my opinion. This book is not as good as The Bride, but is still great and credit worthy. If you enjoy Garwood's characters then you will like these as well. I actually liked the first half of the book much better than the last half. The first half had me laughing and crying. Then it seemed to slightly flatten out, but I still enjoyed it very much.
"Enthusiastic thumbs up!"
I enjoy this book so much that I have listened to it numerous times! I laugh out loud.... cry, sneer, complain and laugh some more! From a blue painted
groom to a forgetful wife this tale is priceless.
Heather Wilds was exceptional! Not once did I wonder who was speaking or what they were feeling... a great job!
Heat Factor? Steaming!!! At a soft full boil.
Creditworthy? Oh yes!!!
"Incredible Narrrator"
I can count on Julie Garwood to give me a good book that I can escape into. But I really like the ones set in the Highlands.There's nothing like a Highland warrior. (Hot flash!) But no matter how good the story, the narration really makes a difference. Heather Wilds doesn't just read the story, she brings it to life. I want to listen to more stories read by Heather Wilds.
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"Light Fun and Romantic Story"
Most Julie Garwood books are wonderful stories and this one didn't disappoint. This book is the charming and entertaining story of Brenna and Conner that is jam packed with feisty conversations and laugh out loud funny scenes. Of course it wouldn't be a Highlander book without the bad guys who added a bit of mystery and sadness to the tale. It's a light feel good type of book that is worth a credit but because the price is reasonable you may not choose to use the credit. Either way it is worth a listen.
"First half snoozer, second half amazing!"
I've not read the print version of this book. However, the audio version allows the narrator the ability to inflect emotion into the "voices" of the characters.
When Connor returns to the castle on horseback and snatches Brenna off the ground during full gallop, he is just realizing what she means to him.
The first half of the story set the stage for the second half, it was snow moving and made me wonder how long it would take to get through the rest of the story. But once the second half started, I actually did listen all in one sitting. It was such a "page turner" that I ended up listening to it late into the night and left me so revved up that I couldn't fall asleep right away. I got up, worked for a couple of hours, then finally falling asleep in the wee hours of the morning. I haven't had a book do that to me in a long, long time.
I can find a book to love in any genre -- a beautifully written classic, an interesting mystery or sci-fi, a trashy romance. Bring it!
"Saved by the last two hours"
STORY (historical romance) - I bought this book ages ago before I learned I'm not a fan of historical romances, and it's languished in my library ever since. The story takes place in midieval Scotland. Brenna is English but, through a strange twist of fate, finds herself married to Connor, who is a Scottish highland laird. Connor's clan is feuding with their rivals, so basically you have a romance between a mismatched pair and a feud as the background story.
The characters are pretty good, but I wasn't crazy about any of them, nor was I wowed by the chemistry between Connor and Brenna. They begin their relationship disliking each other and bickering until their chemistry kicks in to bridge the gap between them. They have many of the typical male/female communication issues that we see in the present day, but they're compounded by the fact that Connor is a typical midieval male -- dominating and chauvinistic. The book isn't boring but it moves kind of slow. I did, however, really enjoy the last couple hours when things rocked into high gear.
PERFORMANCE - Great job distinguishing between Brenna's female voice/English accent and Connor's male voice/Scottish accent.
OVERALL - While there are battles and killing, the book isn't really violent or bloody. It's pretty "clean" as well. I don't recall any bad language, and there are only a couple short sex scenes which aren't very explicit. This is the second book in the series, but it stands alone. It is the first book I've heard in this series, and it will be the last as well. (I much prefer the massive Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon and recommend you check it out if you like highland romances).
"Julie Garwwods and Historicals equals...The Best"
Yes! I will surely will listen to it again. Love the story and the narrator does a pretty good job her voice is easy to listen to.
Both Brenna and Connor can't go wrong with both. The go together like bacon and eggs.
When listening to a book is like having a bran new version of the book if it's done well and she does. She as a nice voice not scratchy nor gruff nor whinny (I hate whinny voices). But I wouldn't stop reading the print or e-book they all go together.
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"Garwwod is always good!"
The story was fun to listen to. I always appreciate Garwood's engaging characters and infusion of humor as well as a bit of suspense! I confess I had to go back and relisten to The Bride before I listened to this because they have related characters. I believe that enhanced this story. It was an enjoyable use of a credit.
"A Wonderful romance!"
How can you not love a big, strong, handsome and challenging laird? Love those Highlanders. This love story was definitely worth the time and credit spent. I recommend it to those interested in passion, love and action, though not much.
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Today, Katie and Brynne traded tiny tickles while watching a movie. They both got chills, goose bumps, and felt amazing during and after the tiny tickling.
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I'd like to raise queens and possibly sell nucs next year (just expanding my hobby using non treated survivor stock).
Do you all have any suggestions for learning how to do this?
I've learned splits this year and that is as far as it goes!
How you all split a hive and put it into a small nuc and start harvesting queen cells, then put those somewhere?
Do you all have any links for me to check out, videos or books?
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|2013-01-13, 20:24
|Link #3601
Join Date: Dec 2003
For me I feel the lower end market is very wobbly: even though I am "more well off" these days, I still do some flips of items in the ~1m range as they usually lead to very quick sells (20-50m item may take a while... took me a week to flip a 100m lacuni with marginal profits...).
The prices of stuff such as All Resist strength fire walkers and tyraels can go from 300% of their regular price for a day or two to 50% of their regular price afterwards.
The stat gain from paragon level is pretty noticeable. I think you are supposed to gear towards getting 300% MF, then slowly phasing out MF gear for "actual" gear and be able to farm more efficiently over time due to the increase in dps.
The biggest perk of farming higher in higher Monster Power imo is the increased chances for mobs to drop additional loot: it is not uncommon to see several legendaries drop from trash in a MP10 clear.
|2013-01-13, 22:22
|Link #3602
Yea, supposedly it's going to phase out MF once you have a high enough plvl.
But in practice, most people have tested that an MF gem > Exp gem for the most part since the drops you'll find will outpace the exp gem. It takes more and more exp to gain a level, after all. But the exp gem is more consistent though.
|2013-01-14, 00:18
|Link #3604
Join Date: Dec 2003
Well, you can't blame that guy, gold = power in this game.
I camp AH and flip stuff when I am not in the mood to farm. Although sellable items are extremely rare, they have been my primary sauce of income so far...
Sniping for a bargain for a piece that you want to use is always worth the effort though.
One think I like about next patch is the ability to craft possibly "high end" account bound items. I think it makes the whole gold=power (since you can buy gold, thus pay to win) scene a little better.
I cant wait to just dump something like 30m into crafting... knowing my luck I probably wouldnt get anything too worthwhile so I will have to dump another 30m...
Now here's a thought:
Should blizzard set the crafting price to the new archon pieces to be
a) accroding to average gold income expected to be earned by players via picking up gold and vendoring rares or
b) according to the inflated gold prices caused by botters?
|2013-01-14, 00:22
|Link #3605
Army of One
Join Date: Apr 2007
|2013-01-18, 12:19
|Link #3608
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
|2013-01-19, 19:12
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|2013-01-19, 19:45
|Link #3610
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 36
All in all they aren't trying to make a bad game; they just flat out have no idea what they were doing. And as such everything was in extended Beta until a few months ago.
Even Wilson admit that they betrayed the studio's motto of "release the game when it's done". The game was rushed out the door. I should never have paid full price for it.
|2013-01-19, 19:49
|Link #3611
Repair costs were definitely a disaster, encouraging weak-tight play (discouraging attempts at progression). The game as of now should have been what the game should have been like at release. Sadly, the damage has already been done, and nothing will undo the frustration that was caused by the shortsightedness in the video game design. Almost all my friends have quit and don't care about how it changes since interest was sapped, and we are almost in the ranks as well. (I'm off to gw 2) It shouldn't have been like this at all.
|2013-01-19, 19:58
|Link #3612
Moderate Haruhiist
I can't say I'm surprised, given the sheer frustration the starting months caused to the people who should have been enjoying the game. This is just too little too late, in my opinion.
|2013-01-19, 20:01
|Link #3613
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 36
An Expansion might save the game. But I am not sure I would be willing to go through this all over again for any future Blizzard titles. I have never realised playing a game could be so painful.
It even affects my motivation for the SC2 expansion.
|2013-01-19, 20:26
|Link #3614
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
Frankly I don't think it makes a damn difference. What the game needs is the death of the auction house (both of them). With that gone the whole DRM might at least loosen up. Also I'm pretty sure Jay Wilson wasn't the one who wrote the story... which is #2 on the shittiest list. Everything else about the game is pretty decent, classes are cool, graphics are good, skill system IMO works (it's fun being able to switch builds at will).
[edit] #3 worst part is that maps are not random (not in my eyes), but no idea who to blame for that
|2013-01-19, 21:58
|Link #3615
Kurumada's lost child
Join Date: Nov 2003
|2013-01-21, 03:48
|Link #3617
Logician and Romantic
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Within my mind
Age: 36
Anyway, D3's problem was that the team didn't make D2 and had to re-learn all the mistakes. This just isn't what we expected when we bought a sequel. And as was explained earlier, Diablo 3 wasn't finished when it was first sold.
|2013-01-21, 12:59
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Yea, thing is that the problem is that Diablo 3 DID go through the same problems as D2 did at release. Which gives the impression that they didn't learn a damned thing and shouldn't have made many stupid decisions that could easily be seen by observing years of d2 play,
Monster luring into town? If D1/D2 didn't show anything, griefers will do anything to abuse stuff like that?
Waypoint lag into death? If D2 didn't teach us anything, we can't allow people to start a game in the middle of nowhere, because areas may take time to load. Basic mistake that makes hardcore unplayable til this very day.
Trade Window Scam? Why is there no double confirmation?
ID items-- Why is there no NPC to ID all items? Do you think anyone would enjoy ID'ing everything manually? Why else would people in d2 get a early quest reward for Cain to ID all your items. Oh, but we killed Cain! That shouldn't affect gameplay.
Forced cinematic that must be skipped each time you encounter a boss-- bad for action RPGs
4 player max. What the fuck? Oh, did they not realize people enjoyed playing in big games? Not just D2. Every fucking Blizz game since 1998? Don't give me the technical limitations crap when Blizzard has managed to force it in the grand majority of their titles at the cost of making it look pretty. Diablo 1 had 4 players... but that was what? 18 years ago? Starcraft 2 can have practically a thousand things happening at once...
The ultimate downfall of D3 was prioritizing the economy over making a good game. Many "changes" such as increased repair costs and the IAS nerf were attempts to stabilize the economy. All so that gold on the RMAH has some kind of value. And with that, they made sure D3 was a better economy simulator than a ARPG. Both are atrocious changes. Unfair repair costs discourage experimentation. IAS nerf ensured that the only thing to stack offensively was Crit Chance, Crit Damage, and more Crit Damage. Yes Crit damage >>> Main Stat by far. It's stupid. 1.03 was a worthless piece of turd that singlehandedly wiped out my friend's list.
I'm not opposed to the AH. The AH is the only thing that makes the game playable. People need to trade in a secure environment without scamming. I don't want to spam trade chat channels and having to deal with potential morons and idiots upfront. But it cannot be the primary focus.
The economy relies on scarcity-- being unable to find some of what you need. If you are able to find everything you need, then you don't need to buy. It's fine to have an economy for "luxury" items, but the game at release was heavily biased towards buying for basic gameplay instead of just getting extra upgrades because it is a boon.
Guild Wars 2 isn't the best comparison, but since D3's so MMO'ified anyways, let's compare it. The Guild Wars 2 economy runs on luxury. Drop rates are generally poor, but there's a train of bottom tier items that are practically guaranteed and basically standardized so that you will have at least a functional gear set as long as you play. Standardized, usable, and easily attained gear with little variety in rolls. This is something fucking D1 got right. With how unreliable drops are in D3, you are guaranteed squat on D3. In Gw2, you buy equipment to propel yourself. In D3, you buy equipment so you can actually even think of touching the content. Why does an unequipped character do 20 dps? Really?
The patch changes in D3 have shifted the AH into becoming more of an option rather than a requirement. But it's still heavily skewed towards even middling gear being unattainable by anything less than hardcore farming. The economy needs to crash even more, for the game to actually be good.
Anyhow, I posted more overall thoughts a while back on the progression of D3 patching a while back. http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7200054434#8
It's actually not pessimistic at all. Just disappointed.
|2013-01-21, 13:50
|Link #3619
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: event horizon
I might be in the minority but I don't feel anything for items I bought in the AH. At most I feel for the gold value attached to it...
|2013-01-21, 13:51
|Link #3620
They may be cheesy. (And goblins are worthless these days anyways)
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The California Hills that Really Shine: Idyllwild
Apple Blossom Inn • Idyllwild, CA
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Nestled in the San Jacinto Mountains above Palm Springs, Idyllwild has been a favorite Escape from the city for Los Angelenos for generations. The Apline hamlet boasts gorgeous evergreens, sleek rocky vistas, and gobs and gobs of fresh smog-free air, creating a hiking and biking destination ideal for couples and families alike. The tiny village of Idyllwild itself provides its own sensory retreat—gourmet dining, quaint shops, and high-end art galleries greet each visitor with unique mountain flavor and warm, inviting hospitality.
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You'll never have a softer go at roughing it than inside the rustically modern mountain suites at The Apple Blossom Inn. Just a three-minute walk from the heart of the village, each suite is outfitted with a kitchenette, a separate bedroom, 40-inch flat-screen TVs, and sometimes fireplaces. An outdoor patio that spills over into the pine forest offers easy access to outdoor barbecue and dining spaces, and a generous pet-friendly policy makes the inn ideal for all members of the family—two-legged or more.
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Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo says there is only one problem with his club.
"We're playing terrific baseball except for the fact that we're struggling with runners in scoring position," Rizzo says.
Entering Tuesday, the Nats ranked 23rd in the majors in runs and 26th in batting average with men in scoring position. At 21-26, they were in last place in the NL East.
Rizzo, though, does not appear to be looking for scapegoats.BIG EARNERS See which MLB stars earn the
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The team clearly misses third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who has appeared in only eight games and is not expected back from abdominal surgery until mid-June.
And while the Nats have yet to exercise their 2012 option on manager Jim Riggleman, Rizzo says he is satisfied with both Riggleman and hitting coach Rick Eckstein.
On Eckstein: "He prepares players well. They work extremely hard. It's up to the players to perform.
"The performance level with runners in scoring position hasn't been good. But it's not due to any lack of work, caring or trying. It just hasn't happened yet. But I think we're getting closer and closer every day."
On Riggleman: "I like the way we're playing. We're playing clean baseball.
"Am I happy with the won-loss record? No. But I think it's really based on us not hitting with runners in scoring position, getting the big hit. I hope that turns around. We're played good enough baseball to be way better than our record indicates."
The Nationals recently lost struggling first baseman Adam LaRoche, who has a torn labrum in his left shoulder. But they activated outfielder Rick Ankiel on Tuesday, and it's possible Ankiel will be an option at first, along with Michael Morse, Alex Cora and Matt Stairs.
Rizzo says he is "very happy" with the team's three young up-the-middle players – catcher Wilson Ramos, second baseman Danny Espinosa and shortstop Ian Desmond.
All have been slumping offensively.
"They will go through peaks and valleys," Rizzo says. "But one thing I've witnessed: They could easily take their offensive woes to the defensive side, and that hasn't happened. Quite the opposite has happened. These guys have played very well defensively.
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Walking up Serangoon Road, away from Sungei Road, you'll see a small side street on your right, Hastings Road. On the corner sits the (1) Little India Arcade, a series of restored shophouses filled with souvenir and sari shops. It's a great place to find small trinkets, Indian CDs, and traditional Indian clothing.
Cross Serangoon and head up the road and you'll see Buffalo Road on the left. The (2) Zhu Jiao Centre sits on the corner, filled with some of the best Indian curry and vegetarian hawker food stalls. The area is aptly named: it used to be a buffalo holding pen and slaughterhouse. Continue up Buffalo Road almost to the end and turn right on tiny Chander Road that leads to the right. On the corner, on the right you'll see (3) 37 Kerbau Road, an historic house built in 1900 by a Chinese businessman named Tan Tang Niah, restored in 1990 by the government, it's a great example of houses the wealthy Chinese owned.
Almost directly across the street on Chander, on the left, you'll see the (4) Shree Lakshminarayan Temple. This Hindu temple is dedicated to Lakshmi, the incarnation of the goddess Kali. It's distinctive because of its garish red domes. Keep walking up Chander to Belilios Road and turn right. If you're hungry for Indian food, many of the stalls and restaurants you see along the way serve hearty curries and dahl, served in small servings on traditional banana leaves.
At the end of Belilios and the corner of Serangoon on the left, you'll see the gates of the ornate (5) Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple. Completed in the 1880s, it is dedicated to the goddess Kali. You can walk into the worship hall to study the paintings and sculptures representing the thousands of Hindu gods and goddesses. Just remember to wear pants and to remove your shoes before entering.
After you have turned left on Serangoon and keep walking up, you'll pass several (6) gold shops. Indians—including Singaporeans of Indian heritage—buy gold to show status. The Indian community in Singapore is one of the most traditional: many women still wear the dot on the forehead designating marital status.
From the corner of Belilios and Serangoon Roads, walk up eight blocks to the (7) Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on the left. This is the temple where Hindu faithful begin their Thaipusam (usually held late January) procession to a distant temple about two miles (3.22 kilometers) away on Tank Road. Devotees erect heavy steel frames called kavadi adorned with feathers and flowers, anchored into the skin with hooks and spears. The festival is to give thanks for good luck, or to pay penance for "sins" committed during the past year.
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A 1956 American Scientist article explores climate change; two contemporary commentaries illuminate its relevance to the present
Gilbert N. Plass, James Rodger Fleming, Gavin Schmidt
James Rodger Fleming
Gilbert Plass was a scientist on the cutting edge of climate research in 1956. His article in American Scientist, on the recently revived carbon dioxide theory of climate change, and the role that the combustion of fossil fuel was playing in it, was aimed at a broadly educated scientific readership; it was one of six related articles he published that year and one of about a dozen he published that decade. In a 1997 interview, Plass told me, "all sorts of things came together" that placed him at the scientific forefront: new detailed laboratory measurements of the absorption bands of water vapor, carbon dioxide and ozone; theoretical developments involving the influence of temperature and pressure on infrared absorption; new information about the carbon cycle and industrial emissions; and access to a new high-speed electronic computer to facilitate complex calculations of radiative transfer that replaced the older, graphical approximations.
Gilbert Norman Plass was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 22, 1920. He was a physicist who developed an early computer model of infrared radiative transfer and published a number of articles on carbon dioxide and climate between 1953 and 1959. He received a B.S. from Harvard University in 1941, where he recalled that his courses on geology, chemistry and physics provided an interdisciplinary foundation for his later work. He was particularly impressed by the experimental techniques of John Strong, one of his physics professors. Plass received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1947 and worked as an associate physicist at the Metallurgical Laboratory (Manhattan District) of the University of Chicago from 1942 to 1945. He became an instructor of physics at Johns Hopkins University in 1946 and was subsequently promoted to assistant and then associate professor. At Hopkins he conducted research on infrared radiation with funds provided by the Office of Naval Research. During his sabbatical year, at Michigan State University in 1954–55, he gained access to a large computer and realized it offered the perfect way to construct a better model of radiative transfer. In 1955 Plass moved out of academics, serving for a year as a staff scientist with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. He then joined the advanced research staff of the Aeronutronic division of the Ford Motor Company. Ford provided him with excellent laboratory facilities where he could continue his experimental work on infrared physics. In 1960, he became manager of the research lab at Ford's theoretical physics department and a consulting editor of the journal Infrared Physics. In 1963, he accepted a position as the first professor of atmospheric and space science at the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (now the University of Texas, Arlington) where he remained for five years. In 1968, he arrived at Texas A&M University, where he served as professor of physics and head of the department. He is the author of six books, including Infrared Physics and Engineering (1963) and more than 100 articles on radiative transfer and climate change, nuclear fission and neutron physics, electromagnetic and gravitational action at a distance, electron emission, and electrostatic electron lenses. Plass and his spouse were active supporters of the arts, helping to establish and direct arts societies and producing a radio program in Texas. He passed away in Bryan, Texas, on March 1, 2004.
In 1956 Gilbert Plass was heir to a century of work that identified variations in the trace amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as a possible cause of ice ages and interglacial periods. John Tyndall wrote in 1861 that slight changes in the amount of any of the radiatively active constituents of the atmosphere—water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone or hydrocarbons—may have produced "all the mutations of climate which the researches of geologists reveal … they constitute true causes, the extent alone of the operation remaining doubtful." Thirty-five years later Svante Arrhenius published a landmark paper examining the effect of different concentrations of atmospheric CO2 on the temperature of Earth. His energy budget model, which he calculated by hand, contained estimates of the absorption and emission of terrestrial radiation by water vapor and carbon dioxide, but since infrared research was in its infancy then, Arrhenius had access to only very limited spectroscopic data.
Because of these limitations, the carbon dioxide theory of climate change was in deep eclipse in 1938 when British scientist and engineer Guy Stewart Callendar revived it and placed it on a firm scientific basis. Callendar documented a significant upward trend in temperatures for the first four decades of the 20th century and noted the systematic retreat of glaciers. He compiled estimates of rising concentrations of atmospheric CO2 since pre-industrial times and linked the rise of CO2 to the combustion of fossil fuel. Finally, he synthesized information newly available concerning the infrared absorption bands of trace atmospheric constituents and linked increased sky radiation from increased CO2 concentrations to the rising temperature trend. Today this is called The Callendar Effect.
Building on such foundations, Plass was able to take the next steps in research and provide his masterful overview of the carbon dioxide theory and its implications for the future. He established connections between the physics of infrared absorption by gases, the geochemistry of the carbon cycle, feedback loops in the climate system and computer modeling. Using recent measurements of the influence of the 15-micrometer CO2 absorption band, Plass calculated a 3.6 degrees Celsius surface temperature increase for doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide and a 3.8 degree decrease if the concentration were halved. Contrary to the assumptions of many scientists at the time, the effect of water vapor absorption did not mask the carbon dioxide effect by any means. He used these results to argue for the applicability of the carbon dioxide theory of climate change for geological epochs and in recent decades.
Stressing the intrinsic role carbon dioxide plays in our atmosphere, Plass discussed the danger of fossil fuel burning and deforestation. The six billion tons of CO2 being added to the atmosphere each year was sufficient to cause noticeable changes in the Earth's radiation balance and thus the climate. He noted that the observed 1.1 degree rate of climate warming per century was in agreement with the predictions of the carbon dioxide theory.
Waxing prophetic, Plass wrote that the oceans would be able to sequester only a small amount of the anthropogenic carbon, leaving the majority in the atmosphere. Accumulating atmospheric CO2 content from fossil fuel-based industrial activities would eventually result in a temperature rise of at least 7 degrees. Plass held out little hope for nuclear power—expressing an opinion that would not be widespread for several more decades. Presaging the work of Charles David Keeling, which began two years later, Plass called for new accurate measurements of the increasing CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, which he rightly estimated should be on the order of 0.3 percent per year. Plass pointed out that humanity was conducting a large-scale experiment on the atmosphere, the results of which would not be available for several generations: "If at the end of this century, the average temperature has continued to rise and in addition measurement shows that the atmospheric carbon dioxide amount has also increased, it will be firmly established that carbon dioxide is a determining factor in causing climatic change."
There have been two interruptions (pauses, if you will) in the rise of global average temperature since 1956, and of course, Earth's climate is influenced by more than just CO2. Other trace gases and black carbon warm the climate, and aerosols cool it. On a larger scale, the astronomical theory of orbital influences was revived circa 1976, and climate variation attributed to such factors as ENSO, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, and solar activity (or the lack thereof) are now being widely discussed. Still, more than 50 years later, scientists agree that the uncontrolled experiment pointed out by Plass in 1956 has been verified, and a warmer future caused by the radiative effects of CO2 is in store. The cutting edge question now is, What to do about it?
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In a league of 5 football teams which play in a round robin
tournament show that it is possible for all five teams to be league
Three dice are placed in a row. Find a way to turn each one so that the three numbers on top of the dice total the same as the three numbers on the front of the dice. Can you find all the ways to do this?
Liam's house has a staircase with 12 steps. He can go down the steps one at a time or two at time. In how many different ways can Liam go down the 12 steps?
Charlie is hoping to retire soon. When he does, he would like to get away from it all and move to a country where he could have a lot of space and not feel overcrowded.
Alison has different plans for her retirement. She wants to live somewhere where there will be plenty of activity and she can make lots of new friends.
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From these data, what advice would you give Charlie and Alison about where each should settle?
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Here is the total land area for each country.
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Below are some more data that Charlie and Alison have collected about the eight countries (you can download it in a spreadsheet here).
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i agree that it is hard to maintain a set number of hives. how many do you have now?
i agree that it is hard to maintain a set number of hives. how many do you have now?
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
We throw bees in a crazy box, introduce new viruses, new biological creatures, the diminishment of their environment, along with their inherent conditions/natural instinct to swarm, replace failing queens... and we expect them to maintain some sort of equalibrium?
Safely store your good comb, have enough equipment to be able to support 20% more than your optimum and find good spring sources (now) for nuc, packages or queens (or make your own) to make your winter year-end total about where you want it - and accect the consequences.
A lot of other ideas have been presented, not only in this thread, but throughout the forum. I'm sure that many work over time, depending on your level of involvment. Is 20% plus loss of resources acceptable to me - no, but considering how much time and resources I am able to commit - it is the best I can hope for. So sometimes I go into winter with more than I want (rarely) and usually less.
200 LBS off of 5 garden hives this year.
EAS Georgia Certified. "Tradition - Even if you have done it the same way for years doesn't mean that it is not stupid."
Thought I had stomped the worm of the flat-bottomed brood nest, but maybe not. With a deep on the bottom, the flat bottom inhibits the storing of the natural pollen reserve below. The tendency of the colony to fill the deep frames with brood leaves no comb below for pollen. Didn't see the bee bread below until the brood nest was turned loose (unlimited) by checkerboarding. Some colonies would fill the bottom deep with bee bread. Note that it is seen more readily on all-medium configurations with unlimited brood nest, and sometimes referred to as "pollen bound."
To help the colony build their pollen reserve below, early in the buildup, a shallow of brood is moved below the deep. Colony preference for rearing brood in a deep gets that shallow below filled with bee bread when pollen is plentiful in the spring. When consumption of the pollen reserve starts in early August, it is done in the familier arch like the top (but upside down) and some brood is reared in the arch for a rounded bottom of the the brood nest. Rearing brood in the bottom shallow is temporary, and disappears by Sept. leaving the comb empty going into winter.
Another note of significance: In the '07 season, a late freeze took out all pollen sources for nearly 3 months. The colonies made do for that period without tapping their box of pollen below. In other words, the pollen reserve at the bottom is dedicated to the August buildup.
I think it's safe to say that the pollen reserve is a survival trait that is inhibited by Lang hive design.
wcubed I would like to read a proper write up on checkerboarding, can you please provide a link?
"Thinking Inside The Box"
http://bwrangler.litarium.com/checker-boarding/ (this one adds an issue called White Wax period, an interesting addition to the issue)
http://www.bushfarms.com/beesexperiment.htm (a call for an experiment concerning checkerboarding vs opening brood nest vs doing nothing. it also explains the white wax period a bit better)
Last but not least, go to the source.
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Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
I don't believe pollen storage below has anything to do with the depth of the combs placed on the bottom board, or any space between top and bottom bars, but rather has to do with the height of the broodnest. Yes, the colony is moved down when rearing winter bees...by incoming nectar. All the way down? Not if the cavity in the tree, or the one you create is tall enough. I winter in 2d1m, as the smallest unit. Many of my hives are taller going into winter. 3d1m, 1d3m, 6m, etc. I never remove extra brood boxes from the bottom. As I said the other day, I looked at a dozen colonies the other day. None of the clusters were located at the bottom of the bottom box. Most had deeps on the bottom. No clusters were flat.
Pollen bound...at least in my colonies, would refer to a condition where the core of the broodnest is so filled with pollen, that the queen has no, or very few open cells in which to lay eggs. I see this often in colonies with failing queens and/or being compromised by varroa/viruses. Pollen stored below the active brood rearing cluster is, as you say, normal.
This is just another case of what we see being different and conclusions/opinions drawn from those observations also being different. I say again, this doesn't mean that either one of us is WRONG.
Some time back, you reported weighing, and feeding if required, up to 160 lbs. My reaction at the time was that did not indicate that your wintering config. was filled. Two deeps and a medium should weigh at least 200 lbs if filled. The fact that you look up from the bottom and see a recessed, rounded cluster tells me that your clusters are not going into winter in the bottom box.
That's not what we see in Dixie. With some seasonal exceptions, our bees winter in the filled bottom deep. A rounded cluster would have to protrude through the bottom board.
That doesn't happen often.
Give me a break in your incessant efforts to debunk anything I say.
If I lived where they only allowed two hives I would go into winter with two hives each with a nuc on top. I seriously doubt that a non beekeeper would recognize it as four hives and I seriously doubt that a beekeeper would consider the nucs "hives" on their own. When you dog has puppies and you live where you're only allowed two dogs have you violated the law? I think it depends on how big the dogs get before you do something...
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
Walt, I am a great fan but also want to say that I have followed your writings for a while and admire your achievements but found the lead off to be kind of abrasive and uppity (post#8)
'Am also amazed how many beekeepers still think… '
which may have set the tone to the next posts. I am not a poet but have been told frequently that
'you unknowingly step on the toes of your fellows and they retaliate, seemingly without provocation'
Seems like a firestorm of posts that sours the discussion followed. Keep writing, post your white paper for evidence, and dance (even if you have no place to do it but in your living room).
I have no wisdom, just observations and regurgitation.
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Why do we fall, sir? So that we might learn to pick ourselves up Alfred Pennyworth Batman Begins (2005)
minz, is that addressed to Michael Bush? What are you refering to #8?
Mark Berninghausen
Thanks Sqt, I deleted about 1/2 of what I had typed and it was incomplete. Let me know if it is still not clear (lunch hour ending, fast typing)
Why do we fall, sir? So that we might learn to pick ourselves up Alfred Pennyworth Batman Begins (2005)
Interesting that you should take it that way. My friends and family have been telling me for years that I have not been agressive enough in pushing what I believe to be in the best interest of beekeepers. Normally, I'm fairly passive in presentation of the concepts. The concepts are out there - use 'em, if you choose. But I turned 80 a couple months ago. Maybe that's the crotchety threshold. I am tiring of the abuse from those I'm trying to help. Didn't mean for it to show, though.
not crotchety enough walt, go for it!
any plans to be in jackson county soon? would love for you to come by.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
Your premise that says all previous beekeeping literature, that came before your nectar management, swarm prep C/O date theory, and all scientists and professional beekeepers since the beginning of time...have got it wrong. This is how you open the document you sent me. This is how you usually introduce your dogma. I can';t abide this kind of attitude, and if you're going to continue in this vein, I'm going to present another side when I feel it's appropriate. If you say your management theories are the one and only way, I'll present what I've found in my life with the bees, if I feel it's different than yours and important enough to disagree. When you make seemingly outlandish claims, my hackles are raised
Nothing personal Walt, just that both sides of the coin must be shown.
Does the difference between GA and VT come into this discussion?
Mark Berninghausen
Pamela - when you do loose your hives to ignorance you'll be in good company since everyone of us ignormaousus have lost hives that way! :-)
it's part of the whole process. Gleening from all our ideas and bending and twisiting them to fit your ideals, methods and goals and then sharing that with us keeps the learning and process moving ahead. Don't let what sounds like animosity on some of these posts confuse you, what you are seeing is a whole bunch of people passionate about what they do, I'll take that over mediocraty any day.
Walt - 80 years - thanks for all you have and we are confident you will continue to contribute. I hope to have the opportunity to be 80 and as someone said - crotchity!
My feeling exactly Mark you 2 boyzs need to chill a bit "all beekeeping is local" so take into consideration the 1000 miles or so that you are apart.
Does any one remember the orginial question?
Now which way did that wabbit go?Just a quick question and I should have asked this long ago? If I have 5 hives that I start out with, how do I maintain them instead of splitting and making more if I just want to continue with 5???
Ed, KA9CTT profanity is IGNORANCE made audible
you can`t fix stupid not even with duct tape
I'm happy to see detailed critique, and countering observations/opinions.
I understand hurt feelings, and bruised egos. I have heard from a number of people who have left this forum over the years because of the way things can get tough here.
But I'll take the tough, but RESPECTFUL head-to-head over the "love-in, group think" environment any day.
I had a great teacher once who told me "when you get frustrated, you should realize that the frustration is the sign that you have an opportunity to learn something, and to go beyond yourself."
I don't see anything disrespectful going on in this thread.
Thanks for the efforts to share, on all sides. It serves us all a lot.
Meant to thank you for your earlier post - left it on my email notice list so I could go directly to it later. Must say that is an unusual group of associates that you have. Been a long-time member of two clubs - Huntsville, AL and Nashville. The management of the AL group were experienced beeks and the TN group academics. With the revered club leaders in opposition, made very little progress in my efforts.
I remember a post on another thread where you asked "whats wrong with this picture? Had to do with my position that conventional wisdom is not accurate in the area of swarming. I didn't respond, but if I had, would have to point out that, to my knowledge, nobody had gone to the trouble to try to understand the swarm process. Academics and beekeepers alike were happy with calling effects of the process the causes. We have demonstrated that treating the symptoms or effects is not a reliable approach to swarm prevention. Those effects include adult bee crowding (congestion), no room for the queen to lay (backfilling), idle young bees (swarm needs wax makers), and others.
I'll stand pat on my contention that those concepts are obsolete. Me against the world. There is some consolation in the knowledge that people who buck conventional wisdom are not popular in their day. Some die in disgrace.
In past exchenges with you, I've been tempted to caution you against sking over the edge of this flat world. To my knowledge, nobody has come back from going over the edge.
The differences in colony effects between TN and VT is very much a part of this discussion.
Have a nice day. Mine is off to a flying start.
Thank you Daniel Y, I'll try it on a few hives & see what happens.
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Arsène Wenger has named an unchanged starting line-up to face Borussia Dortmund at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
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Laurent Koscielny will continue at right-back after featuring there in the win over Norwich, meaning Per Mertesacker starts at the heart of defence alongside Thomas Vermaelen.
Robin van Persie will be keen to continue his fine form in front of goal and will be backed once more by Theo Walcott and Gervinho on the wings.
Alex Song, Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey will start in midfield.
Team in full: Szczesny, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Andre Santos, Song, Arteta, Ramsey, Walcott, Gervinho, Van Persie.
Substitutes: Fabianski, Djourou, Diaby, Frimpong, Benayoun, Arshavin, Chamakh.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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The New Horse Armoury. About 1870 © Private collection 2013
The New Horse Armoury. About 1870 © Private collection 2013
'Interior of the Horse Armoury', anon engraving, The Penny Magazine, 1836 © Royal Armouries 2013
By the 1850s there was a feeling in certain scholarly circles that the historic displays at the Tower were once again beginning to look outdated. There had apparently been no concerted effort to rejuvenate the collections in light of the recent advances in the understanding of ancient arms and armour. Sensing an opportunity James Robertson Planché started to lobby for the commission. Planché had been a close friend and admirer of Meyrick. In his Recollections and Reflections Planché had remarked of Meyrick, 'He had many great and sterling qualities: the most estimable was his love of truth in all things…'.
Nevertheless, despite his high regard for his mentor Planché still felt that the displays were dated and had been increasingly damaged by careless cleaners and uninformed storekeepers. In 1855 he took the opportunity to write to Lord Panmure, Secretary of State for War; and again, in 1859, to the new Secretary of State, Lord Herbert. However, Planché's manœuvrings fell on deaf ears until, in the wake of the successful South Kensington Museum exhibition of 1868 where the collection of Sir Samuel Meyrick had been exhibited, Planché was approached to undertake the rearrangement of the Tower's collections.
The appointment of Planché to undertake the commission rather than relying on the expertise and experience of the Storekeeper's staff, now part of the War Office following administrative reorganizations of the mid 1850s, is an interesting reflection of the apparent bias against using internal expertise such as that of John Hewitt. It is perhaps also a reflection of Planché's powers of persuasion, his social connections, and the greater standing that he enjoyed in learned circles. Despite the increasing reputation and recognition of John Hewitt, for example, the decision was made to employ Planché. In fact a certain antipathy might already have existed between Planché, Hewitt and the Storekeeper's department. At a meeting of the British Archaeological Association in 1850 Planché had been happy to criticize the Storekeeper's department's lack of foresight in securing pieces from the auctioneer, Samuel Pratt, and others. Hewitt had presumably been one of those who had rejected a piece on 'the suspicion of its genuineness'. Moreover, Planché had also spoken out against those who had criticized Meyrick for focusing on 'a few errors in the translation of medieval Latin and Anglo-Norman French' in order to undermine his very significant achievements.
In his final report submitted in the wake of the 1869 rearrangement Planché emphasized that he had 'massed and classified the various arms, offensive and defensive, and displayed all the principle & rarest examples in regular Chronological order…'. This had been done, though, only in so far as the nature of the building had permitted him to. He had been unable, for example, to shift the horses because they were embedded in concrete. While Planché is currently remembered for the work he did in rearranging the displays the importance of his other recommendations should not be ignored, not least his advocacy of the appointment of a qualified curator appointed who was independent of the Storekeeper's department, something he had been urging since 1855.


text: I was flipping through Netflix looking for some Christmas stuff to watch with the family, and I came across "The Passion of the Christ", which I guess is now getting to be like an 8-9 year old movie? Anyhow, I didn't see it before, and I'm watching it right now as I type this. Not sure what to think about it. Seems very "smoky" and "misty" ... granted it's a nighttime movie thus far. All of the actors are amazing looking with pearl white teeth too, that sort of throws me too. Well, I'll keep watching. I assume there are a good numbers of members/visitors to this site that have seen the movie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuc2aWJnmQ8


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oh no -- lonely planet food recos always failed us too! but hope you guys had a good banana roti from a street stall, they're amazing!
Bangkok 2/3
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Khao San Road, Wat Saket / Golden Mount, Grand Palace
Feeling reenergized we decided to walk in the midday heat to Wat Saket / Golden Mount. This temple sits atop what used to be the highest point in Bangkok before the skyscrapers went up, and still provides 360 degree views of the city from a spiral staircase
Later on we explored the streets around the Khao San Road area and picked a roti place recommended by Lonely Planet for dinner. It did not meet our expectations as the dishes were tiny and lukewarm. All the walking made Jason unable to resist the temptation of a street-side foot massage. It was fantastic!
The next morning we had bread, jam and oranges for breakfast in our room before setting out for the Grand Palace. After the scariest street-crossing yet we arrived amid the throngs of tourist buses and lined up for 400 baht (ouch!) tickets. This site did impress though. The huge grounds consist of the previous royal residence, throne halls, government offices and the main attraction – The Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew). Magnificent murals adorned with gold leaf depicting the Ramakian fairy tale line the outer walls. Within the temple, sitting high above and surrounded by gold Buddha statues and other ornamentation, the Emerald Buddha (made of jade) is actually quite small for one who draws such a crowd. The King himself changes its costume to coincide with the three Thai seasons (Summer, Rainy, Winter).
Our afternoon plans to visit Dusit Palace Park were held off by a violent storm. Luckily, we were high and dry in our room, researching our trip to Cambodia scheduled to commence the following day. One last bite of Bangkok street food for dinner before we leave Thailand at the crack of dawn.


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If the legend is true and the sleepy southern French town of Bugarach is the only place standing after the apocalypse, the Earth will be populated by 150 policemen, some on horseback, 250 frustrated journalists and 198 bewildered villagers.
There is a hole the other side of the summit, about knee height, and we will sit in it. If the passage opens we will pass into another dimension
A global internet conspiracy theory suggests that this village, with its curious "upside down" mountain, offers protection against the end of the world supposedly predicted by the Mayan calendar for approximately 10.11pm (AEDT) today.
Mayan calendar now hours from ending
Thousands flock to ancient Mayan sites, amid predictions of alien contact or purification of the planet on December 21.
The theory goes that the mountain is a vast underground car park for UFOs, and that only those within spitting distance stand a chance of jumping on board.
Yesterday afternoon intergalactic hitch hikers were few and far between, and tempers were fraying among reporters flown in from as far as China in the hunt for elusive esoterics. "Beam me up froggy," sighed one British journalist.
Any true believers bold enough to try to tackle the 1230-metre climb to the peak of Pic de Bugarach in the heavy drizzle had to get past cohorts of police stationed in roadblocks around the village. Only visitors with press or village passes were allowed through. Once inside the police cordon, the route to the top remained equally daunting, with Le Pic protected by an elite gendarme mountain unit, while another team of police potholers scoured its myriad caverns to rescue any hapless New Agers lost underground.
Some did make it. Frederic, 28, an unemployed waiter from Marseille, squinted determinedly at the cloud-shrouded peak with a tent and rucksack.
"I must be up there between midday and two o'clock on Friday," he said earnestly, his brother Laurent, 35, by his side. "A ray of sunlight will pass by all the planets aligned to the Sun and into the rock. At that moment, a passage, a window will open up an inter-dimensional vortex. There is a hole the other side of the summit, about knee height, and we will sit in it. If the passage opens we will pass into another dimension."
He had expected 200,000 people to turn up.
Further down the main street, Sylvain Dufir, 44 - or "Oriana", his cosmic name - was equally persuasive in revealing the "true meaning of the apocalypse".
"There will be no end of the world, no cataclysm, but a revelation," he said with a knowing smile. "All humanity will go through a sort of internal alchemy, a revolution inside our cells so we can be at one with the golden light of divine love."
"The feeling will be like 10,000 orgasms," he insisted. "Bring it on," said a passing French youth.
As for Bugarach, he added: "Flying saucers do enter the mountain but they are much too fast to be photographed." With journalists in need of sustenance, Patrice Etienne, who runs an organic grocery, was doing a roaring trade, including an "End of the World Vintage".
He remained sceptical about the doomsday claims, but added: "There's no smoke without fire. They speak of the end of the world to put us off the scent. But the army, which is secretly sending spy planes up there at night, is getting ready for something equally serious."
Sceptical journalists were the main obstacle to solving the riddle of the mount, Mr Etienne claimed. "We want Russians and Japanese scientists, experts with material open to such phenomena."
Moving into the back streets, some villagers were scathing of the spectacle. Muttering as he opened his front door, Alain Jany, 53, a retired soldier, grumbled: "I'm starting to wonder whether I'm the only sane person and everyone else is mad, or the reverse. It reminds me of a disaster movie. All you see in our village are journalists and gendarmes. Usually they come when there's something to cover, like a war, a murder. What are they all waiting for here? Nothing! I've been up that peak 50,000 times and have never seen a thing. It's rubbish."
Sitting calmly in her kitchen a dozen yards down the road, Valerie Austin, a retired music teacher from Northumberland, sighed: "The circus has come to town. On French local radio this morning, the joke was, 'I feel sorry for the spaceship, they obviously have no idea what the price of petrol is around here.'?"
Out of the village, Susie Harrison, 50, who moved from Glastonbury 10 years ago, was putting the finishing touches to a mashed potato mountain reminiscent of the one from Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. While she said there was definitely "something special" about the mountain she doubted the world would end, but had a friend who did. He had a problem, however. "Ian left the village to buy clean underpants for the occasion and now the police won't let him back in. I might have to go and rescue him."
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forum: Jamie's Food Revolution
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#1 Fri 05 Nov 10 10:03am
Making a difference
I just want to say how much I admire what Jamie is doing with the food revolution. It has just started airing in New Zealand and I have be totally shocked with how Jamie has been treated.
Personally, over the last 4 years I have lost 65kg by changing the way I see food and the way I cook. I still have about 10kg more that I would like to lose but am well on my way.
Jamie - if by any chance you have time to read this - be encouraged, education can make such a difference - it has for me and it will for others. Thank you for caring about others, too many people are inward looking now days but you are looking to how you can help others.
#2 Fri 05 Nov 10 10:31am
Re: Making a difference
Hi mamamichelle and welcome to the forum
Also I think congratulations are indeed in order as I believe you have done an amazing work over the last 4 years and its good to know Jamie has been an inspiration.
I dont know you but judging by your short story but yet with a great achievement maybe you could be an inspiration to others around you? What you think?
Cheers and welcome
#3 Fri 05 Nov 10 10:41am
Re: Making a difference
Hi Sergio and thank you for your reply. I do spend time helping and educating friends on healthier ways to cook and I work as a cook and do some catering. I have been looking for a way to help and inspire people online as I think that is a way of reaching many people but I am a little unsure as to what the best way is. Any ideas would be very welcome
Thank you for your kind welcome
#4 Fri 05 Nov 10 10:51am
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Re: Making a difference
Hi mammamichelle
Welcome to the forums
Congratulations on your achievements .
#5 Fri 05 Nov 10 10:58am
Re: Making a difference
mamamichelle wrote:
I have been looking for a way to help and inspire people online as I think that is a way of reaching many people but I am a little unsure as to what the best way is. Any ideas would be very welcome
And if you were sure of the best way, HOW would you do it?
#6 Fri 05 Nov 10 11:15am
Re: Making a difference
Shammrok - thank you
Sergio - I would love to be able to set up a website/forum/ something where people could come and get pointers, tips and education on healthy eating but a big focus would also be on matching people up with a personal healthy eating 'buddy' - someone who can give one on one support and encouragement, it could be someone who has 'been there, done that' or someone who is currently on the journey to a healthier life style.
I am a shy person and, for many years struggled with sever depression. Since changing my life style, I have found that I no longer suffer from depression and have been off antidepressants for over 3 years. During that time and during my weightloss I found the interenet a life saver really. I found it very difficult to talk to people face to face. I am sure I am not the only person who has felt/feels like that.
I hope that makes some sense
#7 Fri 05 Nov 10 8:18pm
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It makes all sense mamamichelle and Im sorry for what you ve been through. However thats all gone as you say. So forget it.
Concentrate on who you are Now and the things you like to do Now!
The ideas that you are sharing with us seem great. Im sure that unfortunantely there are many, too many people who are in the same situation as you were in the past. If you have such strong will to help, what are you waiting for??
You came into this forum to thank Jamie for his amazing work. Great!
Now my most sincere advice is go and do something special of your own, in a field you know so well and make a difference there too.
Sooner than you think you'll have people going into your website to say thank you for how much you've helped them.
You've been there and you know how tough it is, so offer a hand!!
Your ideas are great, but at the moment they re just that: ideas...
Its the time to take action!
Go for it and keep us posted!
#8 Fri 05 Nov 10 8:52pm
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Re: Making a difference
Welcome to the forums, Michelle, and congratulations on your successful new lifestyle. Best of luck in your future endeavors as well.
#9 Sat 06 Nov 10 2:38am
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Re: Making a difference
Congratulations, Michelle. What a great achievement and success story. And good on you for wanting to help others this way. I think your ideas are really good. It'd be a great thing to take part in.
I wonder if there is, near you, some sort of healthy eating institution or clinic, or a dietitian or nutritionist you could call on, for support and guidance? Or is there a government website and body for healthy eating that you could piggyback on in NZ? Perhaps there's even a government or local council grant scheme for such initiatives? ... Just throwing some ideas around ...
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After leaving the seaside town of Essaouria, we prepared ourselves for 5 nights of bush camping. Bush camping, I anticipated baby wipe showers, bush pees and poops and fire collection, but I didn't realise that all I would see was sand. On our first day of bush camping we did get to see goats in trees, but before long, all around us was sand, sand as far as the eye could see.
We were lucky enough to reach the small town of Gulemim on a Saturday, Saturday being the day for the camel market. Camels, camels and more camels, but this time the camels were for sale. We met men selling camels who had travelled from far away places such as Mauritania and Mali just to be at this market with their half dozen of camels to sell
Solid travelling for 5 days bound for Mauritania, we drove through the guts of the Moroccan territory known as 'Western Sahara'. When we had told Shaun's dad (who had served for the UN in the 90's in Western Sahara), that we would be going to Laayoune, he replied, 'why would you want to go there for, there is nothing there except sand dunes and sand monkeys'. He was right about the sand, but Shaun did manage to do some bargain shopping with his cook group.
As we continued south we were met by sand, sand, camels and more sand. On the odd occasion we would encounter a lone truck, or even a random local walking along the road to nowhere, but this was the outskirts of the mighty Sahara desert and it was awesome.
Due to the fact we were camping in the Sahara desert, we knew that fire wood would be scarce. So when we stumbled across a massive pile of wooden crates abandoned on the side of the road, we quickly turned around and collected this wooden treasure. The boys were ecstatic that because of this massive find, we would be able to have a raging fire at our Sahara beach camp that night.
We enjoyed beach camping in the wild wind and sand of the Sahara, even though it was so windy we had to rescue a couple of tents that went astray, and had to go to bed straight after dinner so that we wouldn't have any more casualties
The next day we got to camp on the side of a sand dune, but to get there was a mission. Hopping off the main road, the truck went in search for a sand dune Sahara camp, and with it came sand and lots of it. With the sides of the truck up due to the heat, the sand camp wooshing in and within seconds, we were all covered in sand and loving it. One passenger came prepared for this, wearing a snorkel mask to prevent sand getting in his eyes. Reefs were far from here, but sand was everywhere, as far as the eye could see!
When we finally arrived at our sand dune camp, travel orgasms had already started for Shaun and they would continue into the night. Climbing up the awesome sand dune and looking around, all we saw was sand and nothingness. This nothingness was amazing.
Sand dune playtime continued with nudey sand dune runs, sliding down the dune on whatever we could find including the large cooking wok from the truck and having celebratory drinks on top of the sand dune. We were celebrating the sheer greatness of our adventurous sandy day. The sand dune became our home for that night, and the next morning we enjoyed the sunrise while eating breakfast on the dune.
We were embracing the sand and we were living the dream in the Sahara. Bring it on! Next stop, Mauritania and I am guessing, there will be more sand, as far as the eye can see!


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1. An obese, or fat person who is also an asshole ( short for Fat Fuck ). 2. Stupid moron with a rather large body mass.
Omar yelled out seriously rude remarks to the man in the car next to him. Not knowing he did anything wrong, the man shrugged and started his car. Omar then climbed into his car, and it sagged heavily from his huge weight. Suddenly, the man next to him yelled over "Shut your damn mouth you dumb Faffuck!".
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Re: Immortal Falls
Nice design,calming affect.
Re: Fish And Whale
A+ colour, placement, design.
Re: T-Sellation
good effort
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Hard to see.This may be good, I cannot tell for sure.
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If these are rabbits, I cannot tell.
simoncowell wrote:The rabbit appears a bit stiff.
well he is hanging on for his life...bound to tense up
Re: When the Cat's Away, the Mice will Play
Creative and interesting,however, I see rabbits, not mice.
Re: Morph
Ingenious design. I keep staring waiting for the metamorphosis to complete.
Re: Striped Tiger
Which Escher is this referencing? This looks like Dali.
Re: Drawing of a Thing I Built
nice design.
Re: Another Sighting
He appears to have walked in a circle.
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Good work. This should have more votes.
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Why does the vixen appear depressed ?
Re: Milton and His Magnificent Mobius Mustache
Ahhh... lovely to see kids participating in the derby with their artwork.
Extremely well done! +1
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Glad to see this resubbed! GMV
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Yup, I can see it!
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I like them both, but the stars are a nice touch!
OoooOOOo... this IS nice. I'd wear it. The birds really look fluid, which seems like it would be tricky to pull off.
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Pretty! I like the touch of color on the white.
great job on this one! I really like the texture
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Cool! I just saw your tortoise and hare shirt on DBH today, and wondered what you'd come up with for this. I dig it.
Great stuff!
simoncowell wrote:nice design.
Thank you, simoncowell.
Still a winner in my opinion
orabbit wrote:Cool! I just saw your tortoise and hare shirt on DBH today, and wondered what you'd come up with for this. I dig it.
With more time I would have loved to do something like that here...derbies never give me the time I need. Glad you like both though.
You're just saying that because it's a rabbit... ;)
so cool~
Thanks for the nice comments everyone! This was a fun one to make.
Re: Continuum
Cool, Dan! I hope it prints!
Really well done, you two!
kylemittskus wrote:Which Escher is this referencing? This looks like Dali.
There's one called "Bond of Union"
Very Nicely done!
Re: Escher City
This kind of reminds me of the nighttime city skyline in Rad Racer 2.
Nicely done tesselation, I especially like the shape and design of that whale.
I think they lose some of their impact by being so small on the shirt and repeated in such a large patch, it would be nicer if there were, say, half as many objects but twice as large so they are easier to see. Tesselations are so easily recognizeable thanks to Escher that it would be clear that's what it is, I think.
Those black fish also really fade into the black shirt. Perhaps that is by design, after all many of escher's tesselations started on white and ended black, but for a shirt I would almost pick a third color to be the background and keep the fish black (or make the fish a color and the shirt black). My perception might just be because of the small size of each object though on the shirt comp not showing detail
Merseine wrote:There's one called "Bond of Union"
That's the paiting I was thinking of. I have thought that was Dali for a looooong time. I fail.
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Lol, love it +1
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Less object, and bigger size to show the detail more. Thanks.
Thanks everyone.
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As Christmas is coming i would like to apply for courses in networking pentesting but i don't know which one i should go for.
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17-Month STEM Extension
Read about the recent legal decision regarding the STEM Extension
The 17-Month STEM Extension OPT allows some students who have degrees in certain Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields to apply for an additional 17 months of OPT, giving them a total of 29 months of work authorization.
To be eligible for the 17-Month STEM Extension, you must:
- be working for an employer who uses the E-Verify tracking system, and
- have completed your STEM degree (check the CIP Code on the STEM Designated Degree Programs List and compare with your "primary major" on page 3 of your I-20)
USCIS recommends applying 3 to 4 months prior to the expiration date on the Post-completion OPT EAD. Download the 17-Month STEM Extension Application. You may email your documents to IPS or mail them via USPS/FedEx. Please make sure to include a pre-paid self-addressed return envelope.
Student reporting requirements while on the STEM Extension OPT
If you are changing employers while your STEM Extension Application is pending at USCIS:
- Report the change in employment to IPS via the 17-Month STEM Extension Report Form (we will update SEVIS).
- Submit a) an amended Form I-765 to the appropriate USCIS Service Center, providing the new employers' E-verify number, and b) a copy of the USCIS Receipt Notice for the first Form I-765
- Submit a brief letter explaining the submission of the new documents
Mandatory 6-Month Reporting:
Every 6 months you must submit a validation report to IPS. These reports begin on the date the STEM Extension starts and end when your F-1 status ends, or when the STEM extension ends, whichever is first. The validation report must include:
- Full legal name
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- Current mailing and residential address
- Name and address of the current employer
- Date you began working for the current employer
Students pursuing a period of 17-Month Extension OPT MUST:
- Work/volunteer in a position for an E-Verify employer (paid or unpaid is acceptable)
- Work only in a position related to your STEM degree
- Have no more than 120 days of unemployment time during the entire period of Post-completion OPT (regular Post–completion OPT and the 17 Month STEM Extension OPT). This will constitute a violation of your F-1 status. Go to our Guide to Unemployment (pdf) for additional information.