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I just inspected a hive I have been feeding since mid-Sep (had no stores at that time). They have capped at least 60-70lbs of honey since then in the three mediums and the brood nest has shrank from a full 8 frame medium to about 3.5 medium frames. The hive was a 3 medium lang set up w/ 4 frames of capped honey and two empty frames in the top box (other two half drawn & uncapped)--all w/ foundation. The middle box had 3.5 frames of brood on the entrance side (been reduced for two months or so) w/ the rest of the frames capped honey--six of these frames were foundationless. The bottom box had about four frames w/ capped honey (each frame 0.5 to 0.75 drawn w/ capped honey), a fifth frame they were working on and three empty half drawn frames (all foundationless).
The empty frames on top and on bottom were un-occupied. I have read that you should have three mediums for the winter cluster but is this still the case if they don't occupy the full three boxes? I removed the empty bottom frames and added the capped top frames in the bottom box and put this on top of the brood box and removed a box. Now they are a 2 medium hive and can occupy all the space--no empty voids. Is this the correct thing to do and just add candy/sugar should they run out of stores before winter's end?
My gut tells me this is the correct course of action rather than having capped honey under and above the cluster and a large amount of un-patrolled pre-cluster space. Do folks usually have a box of space (cumulative) that is more or less un-occupied as the nights cool off or do you reduce the hive volume to the point where they fit snugly inside? I realize there will still be some un-occupied space once they cluster up but think having it now may not be optimal.
Opinions much appreciated.


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A buddy of mine and I have developed a small scheme to see which of us can access each other's computers first without any type of alarm triggering. I can bypass into his with his permission using an exploit in the Metasploit Framework however I'd like to be abit more stealthier. I dont have any custom scripts, but I was wondering, which files in a Windows Xp Machine should be deleted or cleared(Meaning Log Wise, Provide a path for me if you can) so when he looks through his logs, he wouldnt be able to tell I was Any advice would help guys thanks, and Happy Holidays.


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a .410 bore revolver ?
As some of you know, I stated I had enough guns and don't care to buy anymore. I went to a big gun show in DFW today and I don't know how or why but I blacked out and on the way home I woke up and found 2 new guns.
Here comes the Judge Here comes the Judge everyone know he is the Judge.
Then I found this Ruger P95 DC in my lap.
Then I found this pair of wood grips for my pt92AR
Guess I have to stay away from them gun show.
Yeah, right.I stated I had enough guns and don't care to buy anymore.
The first time I saw a .410 revolver I thought it looked like a cartoon gun. Let us know how it shoots!
Wow. Really? No kidding? Want to keep this going, PM me.
The Judge was a lot of fun and has a good kick to it. Shot at a cardboard cut out and from 5 feet it left a good size hole using bird shot 1/2 -6. As they advertise it as a good car gun I think they are right on the money. That's what I'm going to use it for. The first thing I did to it was replace the grip with a Hogue, I can't stand the stock ones. Looking forward to trying out different loads. I have many gun that shoot the 45 long colt so this one I'll only use the 410.
The Ruger shot great right out of the box. I was surprise how nice it felt in the hand being such a fat gun.
I also ordered the EAA Witness from Buds on Friday and should have that by the end of the week. This should be the last gun I'll ever buy.
The Judge found this man guilty on all counts.
Before and after (these were someone else's targets left behind)
Here is a video. Not sure how to post video's.
Over at the TaurusArmed.net site there is quite a bit of chatter about the judge, i.e. loads, etc. Very positive responses. Of course, we're biased.
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Discussion in 'Chevy Silverado Forum (GMC Sierra)' started by i am bob stoops, Apr 20, 2010.
Does anyone know where I can get a roll bar with light tabs like the one?
I think the answer is in the bottom right corner of that picture..
I don't think that is a rollbar that is manufactured, I think that is a custom made rollbar that someone made. Normally the kickers (wheel well tubes), are side by side and not on top of one another. I don't believe I have ever seen one like it though, sorry I couldn't help!
more pictures of that truck please!
haha. I wish, that thing is sexy!
As for the picture, I'm not looking for one just like that, I am just wondering where I can buy a standard roll bar, it doesn't have to look just like the one above.
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The tiled apartment consists of a combined living/dining room with a double sofa bed, and a fridge in the kitchenette. It includes a mezzanine with a double bed and storage space. Towels are provided in the bright bathroom.
Bastille Square and Rue de Rivoli street are 10 minutes' walk from the apartment. Saint-Paul Metro Station is 200 meters away, offering guests direct access to a range of tourist destinations on Paris' excellent metro system.
The surrounding streets offer a Parisian architecture and a range of boutiques, restaurants and cafés.
House rulesNo smoking.
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The apartment is smaller than the pictures, and is no so beauty as the pictures.
Actually this is not a recommendable place.
When we arrived we think "We should have gone to an hotel".
Great location and apartment small but nice.
Ottima posizione e appartamento piccolo ma bello.
We were very good and hippest small but it was comfortable.
Estuvimos muy bien y el apartamente aunque pequeño era confortable.
The apartment is small, ideal for two people or two adults and two children. The bathroom sacrificed much would need to be modernized. However, the location is fabulous. We had a great holiday.
L'appartamento è piccolo, ideale per due persone o due adulti e due bambini. Il bagno molto sacrificato necessiterebbe di essere ammodernato. Comunque la posizione è favolosa. Abbiamo passato una bellissima vacanza.
The good thing upfront: the apartment is located very centrally - major sites such as Notre Dame, Centre Pompidou, Louve can be reached by foot. The apartment is not facing the street but a backyard. However, it is still extremely loud because a restaurant is facing the small backyard. Noises from the kitchen, dishwashing and stapling of empty bottles are intense. The apartment is located right above on the 1st floor. It takes until approx. 3 a.m. for the works to be finished. Thus, only persons who are resistent to noise are recommended the apartment.
We stayed with 4 people (2 adults, 2 kids) - the apartment is actually to small for this. The "kitchen" is so tiny that we never cooked there. The bath is very small as well. Internet worked well and the organization was unproblematic.
The apartment is very centrally located. Both the METRO station is very close, as well as shopping. Many major sights and shopping streets can be reached on foot as well as the banks of the Seine. Of restaurants, bars and pubs, there is no shortage in the Marais. So unfortunately directly in the apartment house. Since the windows are not soundproof and the court below is very small, you can hear any noise from the restaurant kitchen as it would be in their own room. This is especially annoying at night when glass bottles are thrown away. The apartment itself is small, but nice. We found them still very clean. For 2 people it is comfortable, quite tight for 3 or 4th The mirror wall and the high ceilings make the apartment itself but look bigger. An experience is the bathroom under the stairs. At a height of 1.75 m can not take a shower while standing one. The beds were comfortable, but there is always only one (large) ceiling for 2 people. We wish you a pleasant stay!
Die Wohnung ist sehr zentral gelegen. Sowohl die METRO-Station ist sehr nah, als auch Einkaufsmöglichkeiten. Auch viele Hauptsehenswürdigkeiten und -einkaufsstraßen lassen sich zu Fuß erreichen sowie das Seine-Ufer. An Restaurants, Bars und Kneipen mangelt es in Marais nicht. So leider auch direkt im Haus der Wohnung. Da die Fenster nicht schallisoliert sind und der Hof unten sehr klein, hört man jedes Geräusch aus der Restaurantküche als wäre es im eigenen Zimmer. Das ist vor allem dann störend, wenn nachts Glasflaschen weggeschmissen werden.
Die Wohnung an sich ist klein, aber fein. Wir fanden sie sehr sauber vor. Für 2 Leute ist sie komfortabel, für 3 oder 4 schon recht eng. Die Spiegelwand und die hohen Decken lassen die Wohnung an sich aber größer wirken. Ein Erlebnis ist auch das Bad unter der Treppe. Bei einer Größe von 1,75m kann man nicht mehr im Stehen duschen. Die Betten waren bequem, es gibt aber immer nur 1 (große) Decke für 2 Personen.
Wir wünschen einen schönen Aufenthalt!
The apartment is located in a great neighborhood with a nice cafe around the corner and excellent restaurant. We were four of us, 2 adults and 2 children. It is small but just do. Cooking on a two-burner electric Fornuisje is not to do and this is the kitchen also minimally furnished. Of dinnerware for 4 is also minimal. The pull was fine, easy to do and little work, mattress for sofa bed sufficient. Because of the location and value I would come back. Information previously outstanding.
Het appartementje ligt in een geweldige wijk met om de hoek een heerlijk cafe en uitstekend restaurantje. Wij waren met z'n vieren, 2 kinderen en 2 volwassenen. Het is klein maar net te doen. Koken op een 2-pits electrisch fornuisje is niet te doen en daarvoor is de keuken ook te minimaal ingericht. Hoeveelheid servies voor 4 is ook te minimaal. Het uitklapbed was prima, makkelijk te doen en weinig werk, matras voor een slaapbank voldoende.
Vanwege de lokatie en prijs -kwaliteit zou ik wel terug komen. Informatie vooraf uitstekend.
The location is great, very central. Nice neighborhood. On the ground floor of the house is a pub and the music was very loud until two. Well, if you want to stay only and is very tired. The young man, who delivered the key, was very friendly and helpful.
Die Lage ist super, sehr zentral. Schönes Viertel. Im Parterre des Hauses ist eine Kneipe und die Musik war bis nachts um zwei sehr laut. Gut, wenn man nur übernachten will und sehr müde ist. Der junge Mann, der den Schlüssel überbrachte, war sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Excellent stay in this apartment in Paris. It is not very big but there suffisemment room for 4 people if there are still only a few days. Great location, it is close to everything (subway, bus, supermarket, restaurants, bars, cafes, etc.).
Excellent séjour à Paris dans cet appartement. Il n'est pas très grand mais il y a suffisemment de place pour 4 personnes si y on reste seulement quelques jours. Super bien situé, il est proche de tout (métro, bus, supérette, restos, bars, cafés, etc).
Had a few hiccups arriving, as our plane had been diverted/delayed from Italy. Made things very difficult to get in contact with the contact provided on your form (unless you have roaming on your mobile), after a bit of a hassle we finally got into apartment. Location is great, walking distance from The Lourve & Notre Dame. Many Cafes/Bars very close by but still very quiet during the night (as the apartment faces the back of the block). About a 10 minute walk to the Hotel De Ville Metro. Could not fit more than 2 people, even though there is a sofa bed in lounge area, there were 2 of us & it would have been difficult with any more.
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Minnesota North Star Academy, A Guiding Light for the Community of the Deaf
Picture a fence of interlocking logs—a frieze of triangles outlining a Minnesota frontier field. Then put your hands together, crossing your fingers in front of you. Circle your hands as if stirring a large pot. This is the sign for the word "America"—individuals interlocked and stirred together following the phrase "melting pot"—in American Sign Language (ASL).
Students who communicate using ASL from over 10 districts in Minnesota and Wisconsin have discovered a new charter high school to serve their unique needs. Minnesota North Star Academy opened its doors in 2004 in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a bilingual school. When a school is bilingual, most people think of students speaking another language, such as Spanish or Chinese. However, at Minnesota North Star Academy the language that partners with English is American Sign Language. The school's mission is to prepare students who communicate using ASL and English, primarily those who are deaf, deaf/blind, and hard-of-hearing, to become successful and valued citizens of the world community.
The school's instruction, using both ASL and English, was developed in response to a need from the local community for a secondary program that would continue the services provided by St. Paul's Metro Deaf School (MN), which serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The premise behind both the Metro Deaf School and Minnesota North Star Academy is that students who understand concepts in one language, such as ASL, can transfer that knowledge to another language, such as written or spoken English. According to research from San Francisco State University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, students who are deaf with parents who are also deaf achieve higher levels of English proficiency and academic achievement when they are exposed to ASL as compared to their counterparts who are not regularly exposed to or use ASL.
ASL is the fourth most commonly used language in the United States. It includes signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial expressions and use of the body. According to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders of the National Institutes of Health, "ASL is a language completely separate from English...it has its own rules for grammar, punctuation, and sentence order." It is also expressed differently from English. For example, "English speakers often signal a question by using a particular tone of voice; ASL users do so by raising the eyebrows and widening the eyes."
Currently, North Star serves 23 students, 93 percent of whom have returned after the school's first year. In the next few years, North Star plans to expand, serving 80 to 100 students. In order to work at the school, teachers must be fluent in ASL and licensed in special education. Three full-time and three part-time teachers serve on the faculty, all of whom have a master's degree in their content area. When a student enters North Star, this team of teachers meets with the family and a special education evaluator to review the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP), in which targeted performance levels are indicated based on the student's particular needs. The IEP is then updated and used to create the student's personalized learning program.
Although much of the instruction at North Star takes place in ASL, the classroom environment is anything but mute or static. Students rapidly sign to one another and use cues such as tapping on desks or flashing classroom lights. English is embedded in instruction throughout the day in written assignments such as journal writing, essays, laboratory reports, and warm-up activities. Nearly one-half of the students attend classes in spoken English as well. According to the school's curriculum coordinator and social studies teacher, Susan Outlaw, the purpose of bilingual instruction at North Star is not to "favor one language over the other," but to ensure that students attain a higher level of skill in using both languages, which ultimately promotes higher levels of literacy development and overall academic success.
Along with classes in English and core subjects such as history, science, and math, which make up many of the 80-minute block periods at the school, students may take courses in sociology, psychology, and computer science. This semester, the school is offering an elective class in Swedish language, culture, and economics where students are introduced to the country's history and learn how to fingerspell in Swedish (different sign languages are used in different countries or areas). The elective was conceived as a result of an exchange program in which North Star is involved with the Manilla School for the Deaf or Manillaskola. Students in the class have been paired with Swedish penpals, who are currently studying English. In January, students will present what they have learned in the course to the entire school, including staff and parents. This presentation will lead into a one-week trip to Sweden later in the spring, in which all North Star students will particpate.
Students' progress is measured in a fashion that is just as diverse as the school's course offerings. Traditional and alternative assessments are used in every class, from interviews with the teachers to projects and experiments, demonstrations, writing samples, and portfolios. In order to graduate, all students must pass the Minnesota Academic Standards by taking the Basic Skills Test in reading and mathematics and the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments. Currently, each North Star senior is on track to graduation. In its first year, the school made adequate yearly progress.
To ensure that students are aware of their opportunities for postsecondary education, North Star coordinates trips to colleges and universities where students learn about the schools and the services that are available to them, such as interpreters and note-taking support. Students also participate in "transition classes" where teachers describe advocacy skills, postsecondary choices, and life skills. Often college recruiters describe their programs during these classes.
Along with its focus on preparing students for higher education, North Star has a strong service learning component. Last year, for example, students wrote and won a grant for a research project from Student Research for Action, a program of What Kids Can Do!, Inc., sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The project examined how restaurants can better serve deaf customers. To complete it, students interviewed local restaurant managers and personnel and collected 116 surveys from deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the community. Using this information, the students produced an instructional CD highlighting ways that restaurants can meet the needs of deaf clientele, which will now be used as a training tool across the country by the TGI Friday's restaurant chain.
North Star is part of a network of five small charter schools that offer specific educational programming to previously under-served populations, such as minority students or students with handicaps, in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. These "St. Paul Star High Schools" offer curricula that prepare students for college, careers, and participation in their communities.
Together, the Star High Schools represent a varied range of themes. At Augsburg Academy for Health Careers, for example, students pursue a rigorous academic program that prepares them for vocations in health care. At the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, students study music, theatre, dance, and film production.
Three years ago, the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs initiated plans to open the Star High Schools with help from private donors, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates and Frey Family Foundations. According to Joe Nathan, Director of the Center for School Change, " We wanted the schools to retain independence, while working together to create a collaborative network of shared best practices. Our idea was that each school could realize a specific educational vision while serving a special population of students."
Not often does a school of 23 students make national news or have a national or even an international impact. On September 28, 2005, Minnesota North Star Academy Director Mandy Fredrickson and a student were interviewed on the VoiceAmerica channel radio program, CharterAmerica.
The school was made possible through its sponsor/authorizer Volunteers of America, and through a Charter Schools Program grant to the state of Minnesota from the Office of Innovation and Improvement.
- Minnesota North Star Academy
- St. Paul Star Schools
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What's New
From the White House
President George W. Bush signed into law the Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Act of 2005. This law grants the U.S. Department of Education the authority to permit hurricane-affected Gulf Coast states access to $25.9 million in federal funds for vocational rehabilitation services without the states having to provide matching funds. These services may include education, training, assistive technology, or supports necessary for employment. (Sept. 30)
The White House and several Cabinet agencies will host a conference on October 20 in Milwaukee to help faith-based and other community organizations learn more about the Faith-Based and Community Initiative. The conference is free, but pre-registration by October 14 is required. (Oct. 7)
From the U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings addressed the 33rd General Conference Plenary Session of UNESCO in Paris. In her remarks, the Secretary emphasized the importance of appreciating cultural diversity and the need for universal education, saying, "Although we come from many different places, we all understand the importance of education. And we all agree that we must work together to achieve the goal of UNESCO's Education for All effort." (Oct. 5)
Grants to 20 new regional and content Comprehensive Centers have been awarded, including one to the Academic Development Institute (ADI) in Lincoln (IL) for the Innovation and Improvement Content Center. ADI has housed two of the OII-funded Parental Information and Resource Centers. Another grant was awarded to Learning Point Associates in Naperville (IL) for the Teacher Quality Content Center. The purpose of the centers is to provide technical assistance to states as they work to help districts and schools (especially those in need of improvement) close achievement gaps in core content areas. (Oct. 5)
The recently released report, Case Studies of Supplemental Services Under the No Child Left Behind Act: Findings from 2003-2004, PDF (27KB), examines the implementation of supplemental educational services (SES) in nine districts in six states. The report shows that SES participation in the districts ranged from 7 percent of eligible students to 86 percent; however, even in districts with low participation, many served almost all the students they could, given the 20 percent funding cap. The report also shows that the number of SES providers continues to increase. (Sept. 27)
A literature review on single sex education has been released, which looks at single-sex schooling at the elementary and secondary levels, using criteria adapted from those established by the What Works Clearinghouse. The objective of the review is to document the outcome evidence for or against the efficacy of single-sex education as an alternative form of school organization. (Oct. 4)
The next Education News Parents Can Use television broadcast on October 18, from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, will focus on how to keep children safe before, during, and after school in the face of a natural disaster or other crisis. A Florida school that is serving more than 100 students displaced by Hurricane Katrina will be profiled. (Oct. 7)
From the Office of Innovation and Improvement
A new fact sheet, "Helping Families By Supporting and Expanding School Choice," has been released. The fact sheet includes information on federal funds supporting choice programs under the law, including supplemental educational services, charter schools, magnet schools and voluntary public school choice. It also includes statistics about the numbers of students served by these programs, as well as the amount of money requested in the President's FY 2006 budget. (Oct. 7)
Innovations in the News
Arts Education and Hurricane Katrina
The Alliance for a Media Literate America, an OII Arts Model grantee, has produced lessons and activities on "Bringing Hurricane Katrina into the Classroom" PDF(183KB). This resource document is designed for teachers to help students analyze, understand, and cope with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath and contains information on "the practice of journalism," editorial decision making," and "looking at language." [More-ALMLA] (Sept. 5)
The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) (an OII-Teaching American History grantee partner) is providing humanities programming to organizations, museums, and other community groups throughout Louisiana, including a historical documents conservation project, which is giving guidance to conservators on the recovery and conservation of historical records and documents. These services are made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Another LEH project, Prime Time Family Reading Time, is one of many projects libraries across the country have undertaken to help displaced families living in shelters. [More-American Library Association] (Sept. 25)
Charter Schools
The Houston school board has leased an old school that was reopened temporarily for students displaced by Hurricane Katrina to the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP). The KIPP charter school will be staffed by Teach For America teachers who were originally assigned to New Orleans. Enrollment will be open to any student who wants to attend, including students from Louisiana and Mississippi who have been displaced by hurricanes. The school will be called New Orleans West (NOW) College Prep. [More-Houston Chronicle] (Oct. 1)
A study PDF, (1MB), released by the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) reports that elementary and middle school students who have remained in the state's charter schools for several years have achieved significantly higher academic gains in math and reading than their peers in traditional public schools. The authors compared charter and non-charter schools, revealing that a larger percentage of economically disadvantaged students and at-risk students are enrolled in charter schools. The authors also report that the student/teacher ratio tends to be higher in charter schools. [More-TPPF Policy Brief PDF, (276KB)] (Sept. 2005)
Those interested in charter schools are looking to KIPP DC: KEY Academy in Washington, D.C., as the "gold standard." In 2004, its students had the highest Stanford-9 test scores for reading and math for DC public schools. Ninety-seven percent of students scored at least proficient in math, and 70 percent were at least proficient in reading, compared to DC public schools scores of 39 percent in math and 32 percent in reading. Charter schools such as KEY Academy offer parents choices, particularly if the traditional public school a student attends is in need of improvement. [More-infoZine] (Sept. 27)
Supplemental Educational Services
Last year, 1,300 children in Albuquerque (NM) Public Schools received free tutoring or supplemental educational services (SES), provided by No Child Left Behind funding to schools in poverty-stricken neighborhoods. The city has more than 10,000 students who qualify for free tutoring, but it is up to parents to apply. The number of students participating in SES is expected to grow after parent/teacher conferences and as more families and schools benefit from the services. [More-The Albuquerque Tribune] (Sept. 27)
Free tutoring by private organizations will be available to students at Elizabethtown Middle School and the School of Extended Hope in Bladen County, NC. Parents will choose which tutoring group they would like for their children under the supplemental educational services provision of No Child Left Behind. Parents had an opportunity to talk with tutoring providers at a Provider Fair. [More-Bladen Journal] (Oct. 1)
Teacher Quality
Teach For America (TFA) recently celebrated 15 years of its program, which serves as a type of "education Peace Corps" for college graduates who want to teach, particularly in underprivileged schools. Over 17,000 graduates—a 30 percent increase in applicants#8212;applied for 2,200 spots in 22 urban and rural areas across the country this year. Applicants had an average grade point average of 3.5, and most had held leadership positions in college or their communities. [More-USA Today] (Oct. 3)
Calling all mid-career changers in the Lone Star State! The New Teacher Project has coordinated a Texas Teaching Fellows program to bring more teachers into Texas classrooms. The New Teacher Project targets high-need school districts and typically hard-to-staff teaching slots such as math, science, and special education. This year, after two months of training, the Texas Teaching Fellows placed 67 teachers in the Richardson school district, the Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Irving, Grapevine-Colleyville, and Dallas. In the next four years, the program plans to expand in up to 13 more districts. [More-Dallas Morning News] (Oct. 5)
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Western Digital: Needham Ups Target to $100 on Possible Multiple Expansion
Needham & Co.'s Richard Kugele today reiterates a Strong Buy rating on shares of disk drive maker Western Digital (WDC), while upping his price target to $100 from $81, writing that it is one of his "top picks" for 2014 after a 90% rise in the shares thus far this year.
Trends in the drive industry continue to point to a more rational storage market, balancing supply and demand, he writes: "We believe the HDD supply stability will continue into 2014, with a tailwind from what we expect will be strong IT spending and improved commercial PC demand (driven by the April 2014 expiration of Windows XP support and the aging installed base of desktops and laptops within corporations)."
In addition, he notes, the company is in the process of getting approval from Chinese regulators to integrate the company's HGST unit, formerly part of Hitachi, which Western bought in March of 2012, but which has been operating at arm's length as it goes through bureaucratic red tape. Once Western gets that approval, starting this coming March, it could produce annual cost savings for Western of $1.25 to $1.50 per share, Kugele believes.
He also thinks the company can be a leader in use of flash-based solid-state drives in enterprise data centers.
Those factors should, he argues, lift the stock multiple to 12 times:
Given the factors above, we believe that the resulting higher estimates could drive the stock to the $100 range over the next 12 months, based on 10-11x a $9.50-10.00 EPS estimate. While greater clarity around timing is needed, in the interim, we expect the stock to trade based on the Buy Side's confidence in this new range of earnings power, even if the Street is unable to publish these numbers yet. Therefore, we believe that in the interim, a 12x multiple is appropriate before eventually settling back to our previous 10x-11x.
Western shares today are down 9 cents at $82.01.


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Family Movie Night- "The Nut Job" (PG) [1]
This movie going experience is for the whole family and premieres a newly released movie that has just come out in DVD, so if you missed it at the theatre or just want to see it again then catch it on our big screen. Movies shown are either rated G or PG. No one under the age of 12 will be permitted without an adult over the age of 17.
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- More people are traveling internationally than ever before
- To mark World Tourism Day, we honor camera toters and museum goers the world over
- Hotels! Find a great one and you'll never want to leave
- Been looking for some pleasure reading time? Go on vacation
With their worldly sophistication, ready cash and penchant for smiling all the time, tourists can be a much-hated group.
But before you laugh at the starstruck look in their eyes or mock the clattering chaos of their attempts to follow a tour group leader, understand this: they don't care.
They're having the time of their life -- and more people than ever are joining them.
According to the latest UN's World Tourism Organization (WTO) figures, international tourist arrivals grew by 4.6% in the first half of this year.
Some 517 million international tourists arrived at destinations between January and June 2014, 22 million more than in the same period in 2013.
And we all know why.
Being a tourist is awesome.
So awesome that the WTO has set an annual day of observance to highlight tourism's social, cultural, political and economic value.
In honor of World Tourism Day, celebrated September 27, we've compiled 20 reasons it's great to be a camera-toting out-of-towner with a sudden need to stand in line for a Renaissance art museum.
What are your favorite things about being a tourist? Drop a note in the comments section below.
1. You can eat like a feudal lord every night, and still lose weight from all the walking.
2. Whether you're terrifying yourself on local transport or basting yourself in the sun next to a bag of beer, it beats what your friends are doing back home.
3. The guilt attached to not utilizing your gym membership is far less severe than it is back home.
4. Cold beers on the beach/in a hammock/in bed/in a bar in the middle of the afternoon? Don't mind if we do.
5. Bringing home a tan and worldly knowledge is like dousing yourself in pheromones.
6. You can finally finish that book you've been falling asleep with every night for the last three months.
7. The weather. Even the rain seems somehow exotic when abroad.
8. The buzz of walking around a new place on a Wednesday morning knowing you're not at work? Can't beat it.
9. Hotels are like mini-vacations unto themselves, with someone always on hand to clean up the bathroom and serve you drinks downstairs.
10. You can wear anything. Baggy Thai fisherman pants with a beer singlet? Go on, no one will bat an eyelid.
11. You learn about the country you're visiting through experience, rather than National Geographic. Or CNN Travel.
12. You don't have to wait til 5 o' clock to declare happy hour. Start anytime.
13. From fried monkey toes in Indonesia to a perfectly grilled steak at Peter Luger in New York, you get to try local specialties previously seen only on TV.
14. Those childish antics people get up to in pictures -- fingertips on the top of the Eiffel Tower, posing with fake gladiators at the Coliseum -- yep, you get to do them, too.
15. The nearest you get to cooking is pointing at the fish you want grilled for your dinner.
16. You get to mingle with a range of nationalities. Then escape them the next day.
17. Nothing beats vegging out on a plane or beach with your favorite new playlist blasting through your ear buds. Except discovering a world of musicians eager to introduce you to new music from Mexico to Morocco.
18. Tanned fat looks better than pale fat.
19. Extravagant spending is easily justified when you're traveling. When will you ever get back here? Might as well make the most of it.
20. You can jettison your mobile phone and laptop without stress. Phileas Fogg wasn't online for hours at a stretch every day and you don't have to be either.
What are your favorite things about being a tourist? Share them in the comments section.
Originally published November 2013, updated September 2014.


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Alamo Community Foundation, the fund-raising portion of incorporation propoponts in the Diablo Vista (Alamo) region has established a website for review of the foundation committee and its goals, actions and activities.
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For those Diablo Vista region e-exchange participants seeking methods to make individual donations to fund LAFCo studies, please access this website for further details. There is a "contact us" feature on the website for those that wish instructions in how to make anonymous donations.
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Dear neighbors,
Contra Costa LAFCo is developing criteria for individual donation by neighbors to Alamo Community Foundation's funding of LAFCo Studies. Anonymous contributions have limits specified in Campaign laws, typically $100 per individual donation. Donations to Alamo Community Foundation, according to counsel, are subject to such campaign laws and are subject to government review.
We continue to encourage neighbors to support funding of LAFCo's incorporation studies so voters can define and decide the future of our local representation in all governments and districts. At present, we advise neighbors to donate individually using their registered voter identification without reference to any political or commercial relationships.
There are many options to local governments and districts that continue to be discussed and these LAFCo studies can be basis to a majority of such options. Your contributions funding the studies do not mean that you support any of these options.
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A Word About Mychal Judge, NYC Gay Priest Who Died on 9/11brandon | September 13th, 2011 | No Comments »
By Richard Ammon GlobalGayz.com September 12, 2011 Many stories circulate about this Catholic clergyman, a Franciscan friar; about his past alcoholism; his down-to-earth style of ministering; chaplain for the New York Fire Department; saying mass in the local firehouse; dubbed the 'Saint of 9/11,' in a 2006 documentary; his private homosexual orientation; his friendships with homeless people, rock-and-rollers, recovering alcoholics, local politicians, and middle-aged couples from the suburbs; and his love of Irish music… In a word, Mychal Judge was a man of cross-cultural compassion whose hazel eyes saw a person's soul and the good in each regardless of their world circumstances. A man whose ecclesiastical training was set in one doctrinal system but who embraced all doctrines. No divisions, no prejudice, no boundaries. He was a good man in the most real sense of the word: benevolent, a person who (from Middle High German 'gatern') united differences and offeredRead More


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In the name of Kane! The Command and Conquer series continues to thrive with Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. As the expansion pack to the critically-acclaimed and fan favorite, Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, this Real-time Strategy (RTS) game returns to the Tiberium Universe with Kane at the center of an epic new single player campaign.
Experience a new story that spans 20 years – from the rebirth of the Brotherhood of Nod after the Second Tiberium War through the dramatic events of the Third Tiberium War and beyond. The story is told through a new set of high-definition live action video sequences starring a celebrity cast. Joe Kucan, the original actor who portrayed the character Kane in Command and Conquer games over the last decade, will reprise his role as the megalomaniacal leader of the Brotherhood of Nod. Other details of the cast have yet to be announced.
Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath also features a new strategic layer of gameplay that allows you to establish bases, build customized armies, and attack your enemies on a global scale – and then dive into the frenzied tactical combat where your skills as a commander will be tested to the limits. The game introduces six new sub-factions and a wealth of new units, structures, and powers to the armies of the Global Defense Initiative, the Brotherhood of Nod, and the enigmatic alien Scrin.
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Short for street-beads. Found in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, streads are the sad, unwanted strings of beads seen laying in the street, often submerged in Mardi Gras Juice. Streads are good for giving to women whose titties you want to see but who might not normally be bead-worthy. Broken streads can be easily fixed by twisting the ends together. Fortunately, the stread recipient usually won't notice this shoddy repair until she has already shown the goods, at which point it's too late, ha-ha, I saw your boobs.
Hey Steve! I got that girl over there to show her tits for some nasty old streads! Now let's go get a daquiri-filled plastic football!
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The best hotels in Puerto Rico are those catering to any vacationer's specific needs. All-inclusive hotels in Puerto Rico are easy to find - even for those who are on a budget. However, others may expect something entirely different from their Puerto Rico vacations. Some may choose to reserve a hotel in Puerto Rico that is nestled in a private spot allowing them to explore the rich history and beauty of this Caribbean island at their own pace. Others may be looking at 5 star hotels to meet all of their vacation needs. No matter what your preference, you can find great cheap deals with Expedia.
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The Well Child™ Immune Chewable 570 mg 60 Wafers from Planetary Herbals might have the power to support a child's immune system while also supporting their general wellness.
Children tend to spread germs among each other more easily and are hence possibly more prone to colds and other infections. This supplement from Planetary Herbals is designed with kids in mind' and hence is in the form of chewable wafers.
The Well Child™ Immune Chewable 570 mg 60 Wafers from Planetary Herbals brings together herbs from Native American' Chinese' Japanese' and European traditions. Some of the herbs used in this supplement are echinacea' elderberry' maitake' cinnamon' and the astragalus root.
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Pad Switch
This switch attenuates the channel's input signal by 20 dB prior to the head amplifier and input gain control. It allows the widest possible range of input sources to be handled with ease.
Pad Switch
This switch attenuates the channel's input signal by 20 dB prior to the head amplifier and input gain control. It allows the widest possible range of input sources to be handled with ease.
3-band Equalizer
The three band equalizers provided on each input channel offer versatile, broad-ranging response control over independent channel signals.
Channel Fader
High quality noise-free faders are the main level controls for each input channel.
L and R Master Faders
The L and R Master faders are the main "volume controls" for the overall program mix, controlling the levels of the signal sent to the rear-panel Speaker Out L (1 and 2) and Speaker Out R (1 and 2) jacks, the GEQ Out (L and R) jacks, the Line Out (L and R) jacks, and the front- panel Phones jack.
DSP Controls and Display
The DSP Control section includes increment and decrement keys, a Time key, a Recall key, an On switch, a single-digit seven-segment LED display, and a DSP Peak LED. These controls and displays are used to control the EMX mixer's sophisticated internal digital signal processor which provides a range of 15 top quality digital effects.
Graphic Equalizers and EQ switches
Independent 9-band graphic equalizers for the L and R Master program signals allow fine response shaping of the main output from the mixer.
L and R Master VU Meters
These precision VU meters display the level of the signals appearing at the outputs of the mixer's power amplifier.
HI-Z and LO-Z Input Connectors
The EMX-series mixers offer extra input compatibility and convenience with a choice of input connectors and configurations. All input channels offer a balanced LO-Z XLR-type connector, while the lower-numbered input channels also have balanced HI-Z tip-ring-sleeve 1/4" phone jacks.
Line Out L and R jacks
The Line Out jacks deliver the main program signal (L and R channels) at +4 dB (nominal) line level, taken from a point prior to the graphic equalizer.
Foot SW (DSP Mute) Jack
This jack accepts an optional Yamaha FC4 or FC5 footswitch, which can be used to turn the selected internal digital signal processor effect On and Off. This convenient foot-control capability leaves your hands free to perform other operations.
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|250 W/4 ohms, 0.5% THD at 1 kHz. 160 W/8 ohms, 0.3% THD at 1 kHz
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|Hum and Noise
|(20 Hz- 20 kHz, Rs=150 ohm, input pad @ 0 dB, input sensitivity @ -60 dB) -126 dB equivalent input noise -62 dB residual output noise (Speaker Out) -88 dB residual output noise (Line Out) -73 db (77 dB S/N) at Line Out, Master fader maximum, all channel faders minimum -62 dB (66 dB S/N) at Line Out , Master and one channel fader maximum -73 dB (77 dB S/N) at AUX Send, Master fader maximum, all channel AUX controls minimum -64 dB (68 dB S/N) at AUX Send, Master fader and one AUX send control maximum
|Maximum Voltage Gain
|92 dB CH In to Speaker Out 64dB CH In to Line Out 64dB CH In to AUX Send 1-2 (+4dB) 50 dB CH In to AUX Send (-10dB) 24 dB AUX Return to Line Out 28 dB Power Amp In to Speaker Out
|-60 dB at 1 kHz, adjacent channel inputs. -60 dB at 1 kHz, input to output
|Input Channel Gain Control
|40 dB range (-60- -20 dB) stop to stop
|Input Channel Padswitch
|0/20 dB attenuation
|Input Channel Equalization
|(15 dB maximum boost or cut) High: 8 kHz (shelving) Middle:2 kHz (peaking) Low:100 Hz (shelving)
|Graphic Equalizer
|+/-12 dB maximum boost or cut in each of nine bands (L/R): 63, 125, 250, 500, 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 16k Hz
|Digital Signal Processor Effects
|1. Large Hall 2. Small Hall 3. Cathedral 4. Deep Reverb 5. Solo Reverb 6. Small Club 7. Live Room 8. Tunnel Reverb 9. Slap Reverb A. Attack Delay B. Short Gate C. Plate Echo D. Doubler E. Multi-Echo F. Stereo Echo
|Level Meters
|2 Illuminated meters +5 VU=250W/ 4ohms
|Clip Indicators
|LEDS's for each input module: CLIP (red) lights when post-EQ signal is 3-dB below clipping. DSP clip indicator lights when A/D signal is 3-dB below clipping.
|Phantom Power
|+48 V DC applied to electronically balanced input (via 6.8 ohm current limiting/ isolation resistors)
|Power Requirements
|U.S. and Canada: AC 120 V 60 Hz General Model: AC 220/240 V 50 Hz
|Power Consumption
|U.S. and Canada: 800W, 1000 VA General Model: 800W
|Dimensions (W x H x D)
|773.0 x 220.5 x 600.0 mm (30-7/16" x 7-7/8" x 23-5/8"
|30.0 kg (66 lbs. 1 oz)


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El Salvador Las Delicias Producers Visit
Miguel and Guillermo Menéndez, producers of our El Salvador Las Delicias, stopped by this morning—what an unexpected treat! In addition to giving us a photo tour of their lovely farms, they told us colorful stories about the coffee growing tradition in their family and their country. We were intrigued by the amazing attention to detail in the production process. It's no wonder that the Las Delicias is so juicy! Because they mill their own coffee, they have complete traceability from very small sub-sections (almost to the plant) of the farms all the way to the cup. To produce the best cup of coffee, they joked that they have stolen technology and farming methods from all over the world. And, they are constantly experimenting to ultimately improve their product. They even harvest their own seeds from the very best plants to grow their seedling coffee plants.
They go to such lengths on their "reserve" coffees that they have separate pickers, who are paid a premium, to give the cherries the utmost care. The cherries are allowed to ripen to the point just before when fermentation starts, so they are bursting with sweetness. This attention has earned them recognition from the El Salvador Cup of Excellence. We are honored to partner with coffee producers who are so focused on quality!


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Section Two: Using Disability Services and Accommodations
Academic Adjustments And Course Substitution
Students with disabilities are expected to meet the same academic standards as other students. Accommodations and the extensive support services available to all students contribute to the success of students with disabilities in completing course requirements and curriculum plans.
Academic Adjustments
Occasionally, an otherwise qualified student with a disability may need to request a modification in a time line, course assignments, or program requirements. This may happen in spite of having employed all appropriate accommodations and support services. Examples of modifications include:
Course Substitutions
In exceptional circumstances, a student may succeed in completing all but one of the courses required for a certificate, degree, or transfer. After all measures to accommodate have been utilized, if the effect of the disability prevents the student from completing that one requirement, a course substitution may be considered.
Such a situation is evaluated carefully so the recommendation does not jeopardize the integrity of the individual's achievement or preparation. Any such substitution would be applicable only to De Anza College requirements and may not be accepted by transfer institutions. The policy and process is outlined in the Academic Senate Policy, June 13, 1994 as reproduced in District/College Policies at http://www.deanza.edu/dsps/policy.html or request a copy from your DSS Counselor or LD Specialist.
Maintaining academic standards and assuring equal opportunity are both essential objectives. Each situation is individually evaluated. The DSPS programs will work collaboratively with the student and the college to safeguard student access and curricular integrity.
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Results – Jungle Fever
Tony Baroni defeated The Greedfather in the opening contest.
Hellion put up a good fight but Artemis Spencer was successful in the end, winning by pinfall.
Kc Spinelli faced Sammy Hall is women's action. Kc won by submission.
Bishop and Andy Bird fought to a no contest.
Andy Bird won the Gauntlet Match and now has a chance at the NWA Canadian Title the next time we're in PoCo.
The Riot and the Grappling Gorilla defeated Scotty Mac, Jamie Diaz & Red Denero as AlexPlexis pinned Denero.


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Just Add Water
You can play I Am Bread on PlayStation 4 later this month
A release date for the PlayStation 4 version of I Am Bread has been provided by developer Bossa Studios.
Just Add Water headlines
Oddworld developer handling PS4 and Vita versions of Mike Bithell's Volume
Just Add Water has announced, after teasing us earlier, that it's creating the PS4 and Vita versions of Mike Bithell's Volume.
Oddworld: New n Tasty developer teasing a new reveal
Just Add Water is teasing an announcement for this afternoon.
I Am Bread is heading to PlayStation 4 this summer
I Am Bread is coming to to PlayStation 4 through a collaboration between Bossa Studios and Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty developer Just Add Water.
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus remake in the works
Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty wasn't the end of Just Add Water's adventures in HD re-releases.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty comes to Xbox One March 27
Oddworld will continue with its world domination campaign when New 'n' Tasty releases on Xbox One this March.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is finally dated for PC and Xbox One
The PC and Xbox One versions of Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty have been given a release date.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty dev offers update on PC, Xbox One and Wii U versions
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty publisher Oddworld Inhabitants has been pretty quiet about other announced versions of the game, following the release of the PS4 version. Today, the team released a massive update concerning all versions.
Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty patch adds old school controls
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty has been updated on PS4 with the option to use controls more like those you remember from the 90's.
Gravity Crash dev was working on a Damocles reboot
Gravity Crash studio Just Add Water was working on a reboot of Damocles, part of the Mercenary series of games by Novagen. Damocles was the second game in the Mercenary series, placing the player on the planet Eris and charging them with stopping it from being destroyed by an impending comet. It was released on […]
Don't be scared of developing for consoles, says Oddworld dev
"The biggest thing is that the PS4 and Xbox One are basically PCs" – and the barriers continue to come down, says JAW's Stewart Gilray
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty reviews travel forward in time
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is the latest in the Oddworld games to get the HD remake treatment, and we've got all the review scores for it.
Here's how to get Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty's bonus content for free
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty will include a couple of pieces of new content, which will only be available if you – when you – for those who – look, it's all a bit complicated. You'd better sit down.
The voice of Solid Snake is a Mudokon in Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Did you know that David Hayter, mostly known for being the voice of Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid series, is a fan of Oddworld? Well, he is, and he's lending his voice to New 'n' Tasty too.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is more accessible, but look at these 9-minutes of gameplay
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is coming July 22 in North America and July 23 in Europe on PS4, but if you simply can't wait, why not check out nine minutes of gameplay and its creator Lorne Lanning discussing the game's changes?
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty out on PS4 next month
The release date for Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty has been announced for PlayStation 4 as promised.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty release date coming before E3, pricing announced
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty will be given a release date before E3 starts on June 9.
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty will "get over to Wii U" despite small install base
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, in development at Just Add Water with Oddworld Inhabitants publishing, is a brand the teams want distributed "widely as possible," according to Lorne Lanning.
Oddworld's future depends on New 'n' Tasty sales
Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning has shared some specific goals for the series, depending on the sales figures of the upcoming Abe's Oddysee remake, Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty.
Just Add Water teases some Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty news in 48 hours
Just Add Water, developers of Oddworld, is teasing something on their website pertaining to the upcoming remake of Abe's Oddysee, New 'N' Tasty.
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Oddworld developer handling PS4 and Vita versions of Mike Bithell's Volume
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is finally dated for PC and Xbox One
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty dev offers update on PC, Xbox One and Wii U versions
Don't be scared of developing for consoles, says Oddworld dev
Here's how to get Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty's bonus content for free
The voice of Solid Snake is a Mudokon in Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is more accessible, but look at these 9-minutes of gameplay
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty release date coming before E3, pricing announced
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty will "get over to Wii U" despite small install base
Just Add Water teases some Oddworld: New 'N' Tasty news in 48 hours
VG247 Scotland issue #1: Where's the best place to sell games?
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty to release in spring 2014, new story trailer released
Gravity Crash Ultra coming to Vita with new levels, remixed soundtrack and more
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD – no plans for Wii U release, says JAW
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty developers want your voice in the game
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My apologies if this has been addressed before, but does anyone have firm info on Jango versus Boba beacons?
I've been looking for a good clear picture of the beacon on Kamino, and trying to compare it to the ESB one. But I got nothing.
(maybe my ref CD will show up soon and help me out!) (cough)
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Discussion in 'News Zone' started by PA Cowboy11, Aug 30, 2005.
Anyone know if this game is nationally televised or where i can catch it on the radio??
The game will be shown on Sunday at 11:00am on the NFL channel.
I don't see the game on Comcast Cable. I'd love to get a DVD of the game. What forum do we post for requests to ask someone to video the game or tape it? I'll gladly reimburse someone for the privilege.
Will prolly be local coverage along w/maybe a clip or two on No Huddle.
Can listen to it on one of the internet stations, as well I imagine. As noted, the full replay will be on Sun. at 11am.
Local Fox affiliate here in Austin.
Super. Sun at 11. Right at church time. Oh well.
looks like another bandwidth crasher for me, haha.
I will have some vids to at least help some of you out. This time there should be not shutdowns, but we will find out.
Calico, I just wanted to thank you for the vieo's again of the Texan game, I work two jobs with a kid in college, so your compression is perfect for me, getting someone at my house to videotape the game is a major hassle, non cowboy fans just don't get it, thanks...
Is it going to be shown on National TV? :nolook:
sweet! thanks!
Huh? VCRs do have timers.
there is another thread open about this very topic, they answer to your question is that the game will be on Local coverage Thursday (radio and TV) and the game will be rebroadcast full-length Sunday at 11 am on NFL Network!! : )
Woohoo!! You da man bro!
Me and the pops bought tickets on the 38th row! I can't wait. This will be my first Cowboys' game in about four years, and I'll get to see my Boys play right before I head to Iraq.
As mentioned before, I'm sure many of us would be willing to contribute to a Calico fund to help reimburse you for your time and efforts ... and to show our appreciation for the work you're doing to help us who live elsehwere in the country.
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What did you get up to on Food Revolution Day?
Fifteen�s Apprentices and Graduates Stonebaked Pizzas take Borough Market by storm.
For those of you who have not already heard, Saturday 19th May 2012 was the first ever Food Revolution Day, a day dedicated to celebrating, and standing up for, real food. Food Revolutionaries all over the world got involved, with over 1,000 real food and food education events taking place in 664 cities across 62 countries! Food Revolution Day is all about connecting with your community and empowering each other to think about the food choices you make and to open the conversation on local food issues in order to help promote the mission of better food education for everyone.
Living in London, as I do, I trundled along to Borough Market where the Fifteen Apprentices and Graduates were putting on a special stall offering fresh stone baked pizzas for the nominal suggested donation of �5, with all proceeds going towards the Jamie Oliver Foundation - Fifteen Apprentice Programme. Naturally, I had to have one for my breakfast (it was 10:00am).
The team were nestled among the other stalls in the Jubilee Market, but their stand definitely stood out. Why? Because right in the middle of their tables was a fully operational pizza oven that they had built the day before and the smell of woodsmoke mixed with baking dough was enough to draw me straight over.
I saw Lloyd Hayes again (the Class of 2005 graduate I met at May�s Supper club), as he was manning the toppings with the current Fifteen apprentices, Kelsey Fenner, Ebou Jobe and Kevin McBarron, who had all just returned the night before from a training trip to Italy. There were two pizzas on offer � Stilton and Mushroom with a tomato sauce, or Brisket and horseradish with an onion sauce and cheddar cheese. Being difficult and not liking horseradish or stilton, I invented my own combo � mushroom, onion sauce & cheddar and with the extreme heat of the pizza oven, the whole thing cooked in under 5 minutes! The finished result was delicious and the smokiness from the oven really gave it the edge.
I also had to marvel at the thin pizza crust. The dough was stretched out and laid out ready for toppings and some looked so thin in the middle they were pretty much translucent. I�ve tried making my own pizzas in the past and I�m never able to get it so thin without tearing tiny holes in the crust. I asked the Fifteen graduates Jai Harrower and Ben Chapman, from Classes 2011 and 2004, who were looking after the preparation of the dough, why that was and Jai explained �it�s all in the proving�. If it�s under-proven the dough does not develop the elasticity needed to stretch it so it breaks and if it�s over proven it becomes pretty unmanageable too.
So in all, it was both a tasty and educational experience. Not only did I get a delicious breakfast for a fiver, but I�m hoping the tips that I learned talking to the apprentices and graduates may have (food) revolutionised my pizza making. I�ll have to test it out soon.
If you missed it, I�ve put a few pics on my blog page:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/bloggers/vie … p?id=77613
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Re: What did you get up to on Food Revolution Day?
Great post LuLuBell
On food revolution day I went into Cardiff to see the staff of Jamie's Italian who were making a huge pasta dragon .
I got there just as they were starting .
They had a square open sided tent up and underneath the canopy , they had Sellotape'd together loads and loads of A4 sheets of paper onto which they had drawn a Welsh Dragon.
It must have taken them simply ages to stick all the paper together .
This was all set a couple of yards in front of Jamie's Italian on the pedestrian area.
Directly in front of Jamie's Italian was a pasta making machine with Antonio standing behind it busy making a 'black' spagetti .
This was to become the outline of the Welsh Dragon.
Passers by we're asked to lay a bit of the spagetti inbetween the apropriate lines that had been drawn on the paper .
This was to become the outline of the a welsh Dragon.
Also , passerby were given a Food Revolution 'flyer' which had a recipe on the reverse.
As you can imagine , it's a hard job catching the interest of passers by , all of whom just want to go about their normal buisness that they had gone into Cardiff to do, but the Jamie's Italian team did a fantastic job attracting people and getting them to join in and most importantly , spreading the word about the good revolution.
I was not around at the end of the day to see the completed pasta picture of the dragon , but I can tell you that 3 different types of pasta were going to be used in the making of the picture .
One for each of the 3 colours needed .. Black for the dragon outline , red for the dragon and green for the surrounding colour.
I did find a picture of the Welsh Dragon completed on someone's instagram page , but sadly there is no way to gt to show the picture.
But it did look good.
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Downsizing a company's workforce to the point of crippling the business by not retaining enough workers with the knowledge and skills to keep the company operating efficiently and profitably.
The recent dumbsizing of our workforce seems to have backfired as we've had to outsource work to ex-employees at higher fees than than the wages they made before we fired them.
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Unreasonable downsizing that may achieve the payroll reduction objectives but cripples or destroys the organization in the process by losing critical knowledge and skills. businessdictionary.com
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What were you first thoughts when you realised the damage done by the
first major earthquake? How well were you covered? What was the damage?
All 10 of the chimneys on the building collapsed at least from the roof line up and the bricks damaged much of the roof slates when they fell. There was much superficial plaster and paint damage inside, some broken glass and the earthquake also broke the sprinkler system in the attic on one side of the house so there was considerable water damage in the rooms on the ground floor and first floor on the northeast side of the house.
From the perspective of our business, our immediate concern was the housing elsewhere of our guests that had been in house that night, the cancellation of bookings for the next four weeks while we figured out what the extent of the damage was, and how long it would take to fix it.
We had good insurance for the damage done to the building. We paid a small excess and a small percentage of the repairs and insurance covered the rest.
As a commercial building, the homestead was not affected by EQC. We also had good insurance for the business which enabled us to continue employing all our normal staff at their contracted weekly hours.
What has the recovery entailed?
Designing and constructing multiple replacement chimneys which had to comply rigorously to a seismic code that hadn't yet been established (our engineer at TM Consulting wisely suggested we build them to 100 per cent of modern seismic compliance - in the "unlikely" event that we would have another major earthquake.
And of course we have had multiple quakes which were quite serious but to the engineer's credit, the new chimneys have performed beautifully. It is important to note that there was no precedent for our designs - it was the result of a lot of creativity and long hours in tight deadlines on the part of our engineer Kevin Simcock, our architect Tony Ussher, our estate manager Dave Kilday and a number of people at Fletcher Construction, particularly our foreman John Christie.
We also added seismic bracing through the entire roof cavity and had to replaster/repaint/rewallpaper most of the wall and ceiling surfaces, repaint much of the outside where the paint had been damaged, and attend to all the water damage, replacing carpets, furniture. We also replaced approximately 6,000 slates on the roof and parts of the roof itself that had been damaged by falling masonry.
What are you doing differently now? What have you done to the property
We had to engage in another considerable renovation to all the plaster surfaces, as well as an additional few months each of touch up maintenance for post June and post December quakes after the Feb quake, and also attend to some parts of the building that had slumped. We've engaged also in considerable PR and sales efforts overseas to remind travellers that there are still many wonderful things to see and do in the Canterbury region and in Christchurch itself.
And we have used all the good or salvageable bricks to make a terrace and herb garden outside the kitchen where guests eat breakfast. This is a way for us to proverbially make lemons into lemonade. We also think it important to note that, other than being built, the earthquake was singly the biggest event ever to happen to this property - some people forget that the history of Otahuna did not end when Heaton Rhodes died in 1956. To have a kind of record of the earthquake, to be able to visually see its effect or what it caused/forced us to do is an important part of the history of the building.
Did the experience make you question your location?
No, the building and the context of its garden is quite unique and cannot be found or replicated elsewhere, nor can it be moved. Additionally, this could have happened in any region of NZ or anywhere and can't be predicted, so we don't feel we would necessarily be safer elsewhere. Additionally, we also feel there is incredible potential for Christchurch to be a vibrant and attractive city, and to make all kinds of improvements a city would never have a chance to do because of the interruption to its infrastructure.
What kinds of insurance and other precautions would you recomment to
other businesses like yours?
It will be difficult for business that are location specific, as opposed to ones that could quickly relocate or are virtual, and more so for ones in heritage buildings, to continue to buy insurance at rising rates. Businesses will likely have to spend more effort analysing the risk of potentially lost revenue against premiums which are doubling or trebling but even more so against excesses which are starting to be based on the value of the insured property and not the value of the business turnover or financial loss; this is potentially punitive for business that are heavily capitalised in their location. Also insurance like any other service on the market will be regulated by cost and demand.
How is business now?
When we re-opened in January 2011, we opened to the strongest season we have had to date. Following the February quake which made more impact in international news, business has been down. It is up this year from where it was last year though not as strong as it was in the 2010-2011 season. Some of this is likely related to the perception of the damage in Christchurch and the lack of knowledge of all the wonderful things that are open in the region, from the botanic gardens and Re-Start project downtown, to the entire Banks Peninsula including Akaroa to the Waipara wine region.
However, other lodges around the country have indicated similar patterns to ours which indicate that either people think the entirety of NZ has been affected or is unsafe or that there are other non-related factors at play particularly the high New Zealand dollar but also the weak European economy.


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Dearborn Animal Shelter names architects for new building; $1.5M still needed to begin
With half of the $4.5 million needed in hand, Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter hopes to break ground on a new animal shelter this year.
The nonprofit, which took over operation of the shelter from the city in 1996, has named Southfield-based Neumann/Smith Architecture and Ghafari Associates LLC in Dearborn as architects on the project.
It will need to raise another $1.5 million to start the project, said Elaine Greene, executive director of Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter.
Early plans incorporate geothermal energy for heating and cooling, energy efficiency and daylight lighting, and high-efficiency glass and building insulation materials into the design for the new building.
Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter had revenue of about $900,000 in 2013 and ended the year in the black, Greene said, noting it is still finalizing financials.
About 8 percent of its cash budget comes from a city subsidy; the remainder comes from fundraising and fees for dropping off animals at the shelter, animals that are picked up by owners after being picked up and boarded at the shelter, and the rental of live traps, Greene said.
The shelter last year took in 2,800 animals. Of those, it placed 71 percent and euthanized 17 percent that were not adoptable due to temperament and health issues, she said.
The remaining animals await adoption at the shelter.