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September 16, 2009
StudentGovernment Association
September 16, 2009
I. RollCall
Absent: Matt Batholomew,
Late:Travis Elliott, Natalie Ehlers
II. Approvalof Minutes
Move: Mike Jimenez
Second: Justin Oliver
III. Approvalof Agenda
Cory-move to change agenda, cut Bill Nesbet and cut the paint ball bill
Move:Ried Edwards
Second: Mike Jimenez
The move passes
IV. GuestSpeaker
Brooke Moran-
Teaches in OLRM and is on theenvironmental studies council- in behalf of the head waters conference she isasking for $2000 to bring in Dr.Vandana Shiva, during parents weekend
She is a global leader in socialand does amazing things—because she is so amazing she usually charges $30,000-$35,000 to get her to speak but we can get her here for 7,500- can learn morefrom her in person to versus from a book. She made a difference in India. The challenge is to think differently.
Asked professors around campus 240students are required to attend the talk several professors are requiring herbooks to be read in class and other people have helped with money. She is coming October 17th.Can present next week with the bill. Headwaters started 20 years ago serving headwaters communities this isfor the 20th anniversary of the Headwaters Conference. This event would benefit the studentbody as well as the community of Gunnison and Colorado, apparently they haveover 2000 people attend every year.
VI. SpecialTopics
VII. AdvisorReport
Pleaseremember spelling errors, no-no not on boards
Spellcheck before putting it on the wall
Haveone confirmed H1N1 lives off campus
Anotherpossibility- not confirmed yet
Comingup and it will go well and a ton of activities going on
Students will only have to takeone vaccine for H1N1- free October 21st if vaccine is in. Mass vaccine down at Aspinall Wilsoncenter. Flu shots are in. There isa county drive through, public health department bike or car October 7th.
VIII. AdvisoryReports
Angela Watts-CCE
Sat- big poetry event Please come8 PM Taylor $7 at the door $5 in advance
JourdanOtis- Athletics Amb.
Jamie Hamsa- Interclub Council
Lotsof clubs getting more involved most academic making floats
Natalie Ehlers- IntramuralsDirector
Softballand Frisbee going really well October 7 sign up
Elijah Redding- PCDirector
Introducenew assistant director Bucky well educated
Event October 17Taylor reserved ends after Headwaters talk Tim Gaberson comedian will beperforming and he is kid friendly
TrishDelong- Student Affairs
Flushots- students want them paid for- encouraging basketball and football teamsforced to get them- 2/3 of students planning on getting them. Talked to four of classes they thinkthat it should be helped- price turned them off got supper stoked for subsidy.
SoeilSmith- Treasurer
Everyonewho gets paid sign time cards before they leave.
Interestedkids on campus its great to have campus involvement
Buck Crocket- WP
Rock one last week went reallywell- freshmen really stoked- adding more trip leaders to accommodate all ofthe interest
Halley Parks-
Parade numbers of homecomingnominees, elections went for homecoming once we got the new placement.
The transfer student for thesenate told us before that she would be able to come to the meetings; however,she has a class that runs from 7-9. Looking into a new senator.
Make sure people know about whatis going on this weekend. Might bea flyer in senators boxes, check please senators.
Bon Fire starts at 9 on Saturdayand it will be a ton of fun.
CoreyVander Veen
Would like to congratulate thepeople who did the tee-shirts everyone had tee shirts and wore them. On Sunday the paint ball committee is setting up the fieldcome play at the crimson fieldjust behind the Mountaineer Bowl 1 PM, the club has guns you can borrow.
Bonfireand publicity are going well
Dr. Hite- can put voting andimportant information on to the madjack mail as a pop up it seemed to work wellfor the homecoming nominations.
IX. SenateReport
Travis Elliott
Talkedto classes about the proposal about bus extended hours would be willing to payif we can get one late-late bus
Amigosupset because girl never got in to the voting for homecoming- technical flaw
Thecounty nurse said that the vaccine is the only prevention and that we should encourage it. Don't just stay healthy.
Noreport- comities Academic policies committee cannot attend Ried said that hecan do it.
Senateboards – is going to be a competition make the boards fun best boards of themonth will get something extra
Dugup an old board for Escalante and we should use the old board for SGA officeand that the new board goes to Escalante.
Thestudents are down with the flu shot if it gets subsidized.
Honorsprogram has a s'mores night in Shavano lawn at 7 pm and entire student body iswelcome.
X. CommitteeReports
Royalty: All nomineeswalk all hand corsages
Publicity: No report
Theme week can hand stuff out came in today.
Pre victory party:
Going to show up at 6:30 AspinallWilson center--- let Justin know about going or not coming
Decorating the Mountaineer board- posters going upsupporting all clubs
Around7 in the morning to meet to blow up balloons,
Football Game: Covered
Lighting of the W
The rescue team needs gloves- dropoff pizzas- leaving back of Ute at 4:30- The lighting will take place at 8-8:15P.M.
Three students to be judging. The community member- asking Greg Hauz.The clubs need to have a blurb:just what they want to be said at the judges table. Be there at 9:30 Saturday. Meet at Halley's on Friday at 3 topaint do one thing for the float Tomorrow anytime that you have free time the SGA office from 11-2painting and finishing it up.
XI. Unfinished Business
XII. NewBusiness
XIII. Remarksfor the Good of the Order
XIV. LateRoll Call:
XV. Adjournment


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Nova Scotia, Canada
UTSA Alumni Association sponsors Canada tour
(Jan. 25, 2005)--The UTSA Alumni Association will sponsor a vacation tour, "Canada's Atlantic Coast," departing July 14 from San Antonio for nine days.
The itinerary features the Cabot Trail, along with stops in Halifax, Peggy's Cove, Citadel, Acadian Village, Lobster Excursion, Prince Edward Island, College of Piping, Cavendish National Park, Cape Breton Island and Grand Pre National Park.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The cost starts at $2,049 per person, double occupancy, and includes round-trip airfare from San Antonio, all hotels, 13 meals, cancelation waiver and insurance, hotel transfers, and ground and ferry transportation.
An informational meeting about the tour for UTSA alumni, faculty and staff is 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 3 in the John Peace Library Building Assembly Room (4.03.08) on the UTSA 1604 Campus.
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The new A320 Family final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama will expand on an already-successful Airbus presence at the city's Brookley Aeroplex facility – where a growing company team has been providing hands-on engineering support for the A380, A330 and A350 XWB programs.
This operation, called the Mobile Engineering Center, was established in 2007 with approximately 35 employees, and has increased to a staff that totals 220 persons today. Its activities are focused on new product development work for the next-generation A350 XWB jetliner; customization engineering for the in-production A330 and A380; as well as cabin upgrade reconfiguration of delivered, in-service aircraft.
"We have a solid workload to take us well into the future, with a skilled and diverse workforce that provides benefits to both Airbus and the community in Mobile," explained David Trent, the Airbus Mobile Engineering Center's site director. "We are proudly building up a first generation of skilled aerospace engineers in the area, and a number of our employees already have been with the center for five years or more."
The facility's new product development activity involves full engineering responsibility for lavatories on Airbus' A350 XWB – the company's next-generation jetliner currently in development. Customization engineering assignments at the Mobile center respond to airline customer-specified requirements for staircases that link the A380's two passenger cabin decks, along with wiring assignments in A330 cabins. Its cabin upgrade services span the Airbus product line and are to provide for the worldwide customer base.
Trent said Airbus is recognized as a good corporate citizen in the region, with such activities as support for the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center with two $50,000 grants to fund science, technology, engineering and mathematics programming for young students.
The Airbus Mobile Engineering Center also was a kickoff sponsor of the "Ready When the Time Comes" program for the American Red Cross, Gulf Coast Chapter, which trains employees as disaster volunteers to serve in emergencies. Airbus personnel were trained to perform damage assessments after natural or man-made disasters – with employees already demonstrating their capabilities when dispatched to the scene of tornados in two Alabama cities last year.


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Blog | Internet, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Microsoft moves to fight anti-piracy raids in Russia
On September 11, The New York Times reported on the use of aggressive anti-piracy raids by Russian authorities to intimidate advocacy groups and independent media outlets. The article noted that these raids are usually prompted by false reports of pirated Microsoft software, sometimes from individuals claiming to represent Microsoft. This is a trend that CPJ has documented for some time. We've recorded incidents of independent outlets like Novaya Gazeta, Tolyatinskoye Obozreniye, Minuty Veka, and Kyrgyzstan's STAN TV having offices shut down and computers seized on the orders of lawyers claiming to be acting for Microsoft, even when the companies' software licenses are in order and shown to the investigators.


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Town Square
#1 priority for our city council
Original post made by Not an issue, Community Center, on Jan 8, 2013
The city must act. To curb this scourge, the city must act by passing a law mandating that all homes be occupied a certain number of days each year.
Our city has never been worried about free market issues or private property rights, so it is natural that they step in and force people to live In homes x days a year. No more excess vacation or long trips for our residents. Better find a renter for that property soon or else you willbe in violation!!
I am sure all the "civic minded" citiZens will line up behind this measure
a resident of Palo Verde
on Jan 9, 2013 at 5:41 am
@Not an issue, what other monikers have you used on PA Online? Reading your posts on other subjects might help me understand your viewpoint here. (Though "anonymous", I have always stuck with just this one member name through the years.)
Tangential to this foreign ownership issue, I will note that other state governments do indeed regulate who can own land, particularly farmland in the midwest. Governments can and will act when they perceive a threat to the economy.
If some multinational corporation began buying up block after block of Palo Alto homes, the Realtors and sellers and tax collectors might think it's great, but the rest of us would keep a concerned eye on it. It's ridiculous to say that it's none of our business who our neighbors are.
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 9, 2013 at 7:57 am
There are houses that empty for years in Palo Alto for many reasons. Do you need an address to check them out one by one?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jan 9, 2013 at 8:01 am
It may not matter to the City Council as long as all taxes and utilities are being paid. It may however be of more interest to PAUSD as students may be registered as living there.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Jan 10, 2013 at 5:31 pm
Don't be ridiculous. Or perhaps that was your point?
a resident of Community Center
on Jan 10, 2013 at 5:42 pm
CPD--check out this thread:
Web Link
Read Chris' comments. I was suggesting a solution to this scourge that is plaguing our city.
Don't you think it is a top priority issue? Are you not civic minded?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Jan 11, 2013 at 1:55 pm
This was meant to be sarcastic (at least I assume and hope so...)


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DA: Detective Fired 11 Shots, Deadly Shooting Justified
A Bend police detective was justified in fatally shooting the unarmed passenger of an SUV that had pulled up to a northeast Bend home being raided by drug agents, Deschutes County District Attorney Mike Dugan announced Wednesday.
When Refugio Cruz-Fuentes, 28, of Bend, refused to raise his hands as directed, in both English and Spanish, and appeared to be reaching inside his jacket, Bend Police Det. Tom Brown fired 11 shots, nine of which hit him in the left side of the chest, Dugan's report said. The other two hit a nearby car and the pillar on the car window.
Dugan spent the last two weeks reviewing the investigation's evidence and deciding whether Brown was justified in shooting the unarmed man during a drug investigation on May 2.
During a news conference held at Bend Police headquarters, Dugan said although Cruz-Fuentes of Bend was unarmed, Brown had had reasonable belief he and another drug agent were in danger when Cruz-Fuentes refused to put up his hands and reached toward an inside pocket.
"I have determined that Detective Tom Brown's use of deadly force was justifiable, under the circumstances and conditions which existed at the time," Dugan said.
"I find that Detective Brown reasonably believed that Mr. Fuentes was about to use unlawful deadly physical force against another person," the DA continued. "The subsequent determination that Mr. Fuentes did not, in fact, have a gun does not diminish the reasonable belief of Detective Brown."
Brown is still on administrative leave until both he and Bend Interim Police Chief Sandi Baxter believe he's ready to come back, the DA said.
Dugan said drug agents had gotten some information about a statewide meth trafficking group and went to this home on Northeast Wichita Way to make an arrest of a man named Anthony Cossette.
After they arrested him, they got a search warrant for the rest of the home. That's when they found over two ounces of meth, a semi-automatic rifle and another gun, cash and drug paraphenalia.
According to investigators, Cossett then said his meth supplier, Jose Acuna, was on his way over to make a delivery, and he usually carries a gun.
The district attorney's report says the officers felt like they didn't have much time to get ready.
So when the Nissan Xterra pulled up with three passengers, the driver, Acuna, got out and ran to the front door with some meth, Dugan said.
Acuna was tackled to the ground and arrested by Brown.
At that point, Prineville Police Det. Jeff Frickey, also with the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, went up to the car and started yelling "get your hands up!" to the remaining two passengers.
Cruz-Fuentes was in the back seat, and a woman named Alaina Lehner was in the front seat; she immediately complied, but Cruz-Fuentes did not, officers said.
After repeatedly yelling in both English and Spanish to "get your hands up!" Frickey became nervous.
The report says Detective Brown could sense that.
Then both men saw Cruz-Fuentes reach across his body into the inside of his jacket.
Brown told investigators that based on the fact that he knew most alleged drug dealers carry weapons and by his body language, it appeared Cruz-Fuentes was about to shoot Frickey. Lehner, who did raise her hands, told investigators she, too, thought Cruz-Fuentes was reaching for a gun.
The bullets from tom Brown's gun killed Cruz-Fuentes immediately.
Brown told investigators that he "felt his body go cold" and was unaware if anyone else fired their weapons, but that he did hear voices yelling "shots fired." This was the first time Brown, a 14-year veteran of the force, had fired a gun in the line of duty, Dugan said.
Police found cigarrettes in one hand and a lighter between his legs and a half ounce of meth on Cruz-Fuentes.
Dugan said based on all that, and despite the fact he was not armed, Brown's actions were justified because he believed Cruz-Fuentes could have fired at either him or Frickey. And the DA told reporters the investigation was done "thoroughly, fairly, openly and impartially."
Cruz-Fuentes had been wearing a medallion around his neck of Jesus Malverde, who Dugan said is known among Mexican drug dealers as the "narco saint" or the "patron saint" of narcotics traffickers. The image is believed by drug dealers to possess protective powers, so that whoever wears it will be safe from harm or apprehension while trafficking in narcotics.
Cruz-Fuentes' body showed signs of long-term meth use, the DA said. At the time of the shooting, he had a high level of meth in his system, which Dugan said could explain why he repeatedly did not comply with officers' orders.
Cruz-Fuentes was arrested in California in 2001 for DUII and had been detained by US Customs agents in 2002 when he was attempting to enter the US. He was sent back to Mexico.


text: I was talking to a guy that rebuilds front and rear differentials for the past 30 years and he told me that synthetic oils are great. But not for the differentials. He said the reason why you shouldnt use it is because conventional gear oils push the contaminates to the side walls of the diff cases and it sticks there not allowing it to be continually ran through the gears and bearings. He said that he has seen bearings shot after about 50-60k miles because of this. He said that synthetic oils are the best for any system that is filtered but diffs are not. And the properties of the synthetic blends do not allow any wear contaminates to stick to the sides like the conventional oils. I guess if you continually change the oils maybe this statement may not apply. But then at what interval would be acceptable to not allow any of the contaminates to wear on the bearings ect. Just thought I would share an opinion.


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Lovely St Marks Apartment + Terrace
Size90 m²
Floor No.
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Family/child friendly
- Towels
- Dishwasher
Accommodation summary
|Sestiere Castello, 30122 Venezia, Italy
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|A few hours
|Calendar updated
The elegant apartment with Wi-Fi combines classic furnishings with stylish modern decor. There are 2 fully furnished double bedrooms, and a spacious living room with sofa beds and flat-screen TV.
Guests can cook in the well-equipped kitchenette which includes a dishwasher, fridge and oven. Dine at the outdoor seating area on the terrace or around the formal dining area inside.
St. Mark's Square hosts the Correr Museum, the Maricana National Library and the Palazzo Ducale Museum. The immediate neighbourhood offers numerous Vaporetto Water Taxis lines for easy transport around the city.
Take a nice stroll along the Riva degli Schiavoni Promenade to Sant'Elena Gardens and rest under the trees whilst enjoying the view of St. Mark's Basilica.
House rulesNo pets.
Guests should contact the host at least one week in advance (or straight after booking confirmation for last-minute bookings) to organise check-in times and to provide a mobile phone number.
A €50 fee is required for check-in between 8pm and 1am.
A €70 fee is required for check-in between 1am and 7am.
An obligatory city tax of €7.50 (maximum) per guest applies.
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Reviews of this property
The booking worked without problems. The pick-up at the meeting point and the handover or return made on time and good.
The apartment is as described, however, acting on the photos larger than it actually is. It is nicely decorated and well ausgestattet.Leider is no coffee available but only a coffee percolator. We used the apartment to share with friends and the two bedrooms and two bathrooms are well suited to. One of the bathrooms has a shower and a (unfortunately without shower wall or shower curtain) with bath.
The location of the apartment is ideal for your stay in Venice. We liked it very much and we will definitely go again.
Die Buchung hat ohne Probleme funktioniert. Die Abholung am vereinbarten Treffpunkt sowie die Wohnungsübergabe bzw. Rückgabe erfolgten pünktlich und gut.
Die Wohnung entspricht der Beschreibung, wirkt allerdings auf den Fotos größer als sie tatsächlich ist. Sie ist nett eingerichtet und gut ausgestattet.Leider ist keine Kaffeemaschine vorhanden sondern nur ein Espressokocher. Wir haben die Wohnung gemeinsam mit Freunden genutzt und die zwei Schlafzimmer und zwei Bäder sind dafür gut geeignet. Eines der Badezimmer ist als Duschbad und eines mit Badewanne (leider ohne Duschwand bzw. Duschvorhang) ausgestattet.
Die Lage der Wohnung ist für den Aufenthalt in Venedig ideal. Uns hat es sehr gut gefallen und wir werden gerne nochmal kommen.
It was an emergency, apartment booked was canceled 2 days before departure am, by chance came across Wimdu because the agency was not able to substitute for sorgen.Ich have the hotline phone gebucht.Die whole operation lasted 3 hours, then we had an apartment for 4 people, the landlord confirmed Venedig.Die whole action, the service deserve a smooth 1 and 5 stars. Thank you! The apartment was very nice and the transfer worked wonderfully including transfer etc. TOP!
Es war ein Notfall,gebuchte Wohnung wurde storniert,2 Tage vor Abflug,bin durch Zufall auf wimdu gestossen weil das Reisebüro nicht in der Lage war für Ersatz zu sorgen.Ich habe über die Hotline telefonisch gebucht.Die ganze Aktion hat 3 Stunden gedauert,dann hatten wir eine wohnung für 4 Personen,vom Vermieter bestätigt in Venedig.Die ganze Aktion ,der Service verdienen eine glatte 1 bzw. 5 Sterne.
Herzlichen Dank ! Die Wohnung war sehr schön und die Übergabe hat wunderbar geklappt inkl Transfer etc.
dank der wirklich schönen Wohnung hatten wir sehr schöne Tage in Venedig.
Wie beschrieben hatte die Wohnung eine zentrale und trotzdem ruhige Lage und war für unsere Bedürfnisse genau das Richtige.
Leider klappte zunächst die Abholung nicht wie geplant, trotz E-Mail mit Ankunftszeit usw. (fast 1 1/2 Std. Wartezeit bis zur Schlüsselübergabe) aber die schöne Wohnung hat uns das schnell vergessen lassen.
Danke an das Wimdu-Team und viele Grüße von
Claudia Delong und Kurt + Wilma Liebl
Reviews for this host's other properties
The apartment exceeded our expectation and it was perfect for my husband's 70th birthday family celebration. It was very spacious and well equipped for 7 people. The views were incredible - it must have the best view in Venice and we enjoyed every minute of our stay.The location is perfect too, very central and yet private. Our host Barbara and her colleague Valentina were extremely helpful and nice. We shall definitely return.
What a fantastic apartment! The position overlooking the Grand Canal, with balconies looking out opposite the Rialto Market is simply sublime to watch Venice go about its business. 5 mins walk to the water taxi stops of Ca D'or or Rialto. It is also a huge apartment in size. Easily sleeps 7 comfortably (and could be 8 if the single room had a double bed in it). Fully equipped,everything we needed, also has good Wi-Fi. Booking and service by Barbara and Valentina were superb - great information prior to arrival, met on arrival and talked through everything, restaurant recommendations, location etc. As others have mentioned there is some noise from the bar below and the dock itself as its used to load/unload, but Venice is a city and this is to be expected, so bring some earplugs if you are a light sleeper and you will be fine - it didn't bother us. Again, superb location, wonderful apartment, great service - we will be back!
Lovely view and perfect position - however, very noisy, next to a bar which at the weekend played music till 3am and on other nights cleared bottles and rubbish at 5am!
Organisation on arrival was very poor - arrangements made with Barbara had not been passed on to local staff and caused unnecessary hassle.
On departure the staff member checking the apartment was very abrupt and rude, wanting to fine us for leaving bagged rubbish, stating that instructions were clear in our written guide - which was actually in Italian!
The apartment was in an excellent position, easy to walk to all districts in Venice, being situated very close to the Accademia Bridge over the Grand Canal. It was also a few doors down from an excellent restaurant; expensive but the quality of food was superb and service friendly and efficient. We enjoyed the view from the living room balcony which looked out onto a quiet canal and gave us a flavour of working Venice as opposed to Tourism. We were a bit concerned at the state of the floor in the main room which was wooden and some of the squares were collapsing which meant being very conscious of them when walking around. We were also disappointed in the lack of cooking facilities; there was only a hob with two hot plates, no grill or oven which was a pity for us as we eat a lot of fish and were looking forward to buying some from the famous fish market in Venice. However the representatives were friendly and helpful and sorted out water taxis for our return to the airport. We did enjoy our stay in Venice and couldn't have asked for a better location.
Jan Appleby September 2015
Lovely apartment. Well taken care of. Spacious rooms. Good service from Barbara and her colleagues. The location is pretty central.
Heerlijk appartement. Goed verzorgd. Ruime kamers. Goede service van Barbara en haar collega. De ligging is mooi centraal.
A very quiet location, yet centrally located apartment. The kitchen was very well equipped, only a coffee machine was missing. The two bathrooms were big enough, as were the rooms. The TV receives even ARD and ZDF. We like to stop us in the apartment and everything worked great. The owners were very nice and even gave us picked up and brought us to the apartment. The beds were comfortable and there was a lack of towels we did not (3 pieces). All in all you can really only recommend this apartment!
Eine sehr ruhig gelegene, aber dennoch zentral gelegene Wohnung. Die Küche war sehr gut ausgestattet, nur eine Kaffeemaschine fehlte. Die zwei Bäder waren ausreichend groß, genauso wie die Zimmer. Der Fernseher empfängt sogar ARD und ZDF. Wir haben uns gerne in der Wohnung aufgehalten und alles hat super funktioniert. Die Vermieter waren sehr nett und haben uns sogar abgeholt und uns zur Wohnung gebracht. Die Betten waren bequem und an Handtüchern mangelte es uns auch nicht (3 Stück). Alles in allem kann man diese Wohnung wirklich nur weiterempfehlen!
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Masala dance
What is it? A group dance class inspired by modern music and movements from Bollywood and bhangra Indian dance.
What's needed? Gym gear, sports shoes, water bottle. Or, if you're not shy, throw on Indian-inspired gear and sparkly bangles.
The experience: This week I clocked up another birthday and the bloke bought me a fitbit. It's a tiny wireless device that tracks steps, distance, calories burned and stairs climbed. He reckons one thing that's been missing from these fitness challenges is how many calories they kick.
What can I say? He's a practical kinda guy.
So, when I try out a masala dance, I try out the little device.
I'm at the Candi Soo Fitness studios, named after Candi Soo herself, a fitness teacher for 31 years and founder/director of the company. She created masala dance and unleashed it first successfully in Asia and then brought it to New Zealand more recently.
Her gym is tucked away in the heart of the Auckland CBD by St Patrick's Square. Nice and handy for city workers.
Candi tells me that masala "is not a conservative dance, it's sexy". So it's less of the centuries-old bhangra folk dance, which some Indian farmers do to celebrate harvests, and more Bollywood with bling. She also boasts it's "different''. So she tells me to forget draping a traditional Indian sari over my body. I should really sport something a bit saucy instead, or gym gear will do. After all, masala means "spicy" in Hindi. She offers to lend me one of her micro miniskirts and a crop top, but I let her rock that instead and opt this time for a muslin shirt and dance pants.
Candi says masala is more than just a dance: "It's about the music, about people being in love, Hollywood, movies ... It's a happy dance and like being in a dream and getting lost in that dream world".
Well, she's right, I do get a bit lost in this dream world. The high-energy moves change at turbo speed so it would take most people a couple of sessions to become familiar with the choreography. But there are lots of repeat movements so once you have those down pat you'd be away ...
It feels like I've turned up to a dance party: the lights are dimmed, there's flickering disco lights, the music is turned up and dry ice hides bodies intermittently on the dance floor.
Candi calls the environment "full of energy". She wants dancers to forget they are here for fitness, and have fun first. Burning calories is a spin-off.
Candi and another two teachers are on a stage in front of a dozen women and one (brave) bloke.
There's some sexy moves, like almost blowing kisses, shaking my chest and booty, and whipping my hair forward rock star-style. Candi was right that the music is high spirited and catchy and "it makes you want to move''.
Candi asks me up on stage for a few songs (yikes) and, er, I do get stage fright. But only for a second because I'm soon too busy trying to follow her footsteps and hand gestures, and laughing at myself as I lift my left knee when she lifts her right.
There's one move that simulates the lassoing of cattle, while another has me leaning back so far that if there was a stick in front of me you'd think I'm about to do the limbo.
But next I'm doing the Indian-inspired movements of pushing the arms towards the ceiling. There are lots of big moves, some punjabi ring fingers and punjabi shoulder moves, but also big stomping feet and joyous shouts.
Then, near the end, we all do the macarena dance. Yay, I know the moves.
But soon it's time to warm-down and emerge from this Bollywood dream.
The fitbit tells me I left behind 300 calories in Candi's studio. But the regular masala-goers, more adept at the moves, would singe off way more flab than that, for sure.
How much? Candi Soo Fitness: $79 monthly membership (unlimited group classes), $120 for 10 classes, $20 casual class, $12 for the two-hour dance fitness party on Saturdays.
Worth it? For babes who like to bop Bollywood style.
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Reese does a good job with our 1st rounders so I would prefer to keep that pick. I would much rather try to give up a bunch of later picks because our coaching staff won't play those guys anyways. Matter of fact, I wouldn't mind trading a first rounder if we're going to end up giving him the David Wilson treatment like we did last year.
This is the kind of deal the Skins (pre Shanahan) and the Cowboys make. Not us.
Its nice fodder to pass the day on the MB, but that's it.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
If we did trade him for a 1st rounder, could the Giants renegotiat his contract? Either way its not the type of move Giants would make.
Oh and BTW...the scheme you have been advocating is that of Spags. Interestingly enough his defense gave up the most yards in NFL history this season. The league is changing Dez. Press coverage is dangerous with these mobile QB's.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
NO.....he is damaged goods, and wants more $ every year. As far as I am concerned he doesn't have leverage for more $ when he is coming off an ACL injury year.....
I never suggested we replace Perry with Spags. Id like to do some things Spags does, like send more than 4 guys more than once a game if that. and have our corners closer to WRs instead of giving them 8 to 10 yards to work with almost every play.
So giving up 6000+ yards a season is the new normal now? Give me a break.


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School Climate Survey
Staff Version Revised
The Staff Version Revised consists of 54 descriptive statements about prevailing school conditions, e.g. "At this school, teachers find ways to motivate their students to learn." Staff members respond on a five-point Likert scale ranging from "Strongly Agree" to "Strongly Disagree" depending on how well they think that the statement describes their school.
Respondents answer on a five-point Likert scale rating their perceptions of various aspects of the school climate.
The responses are coded in the following manner: strongly agree = 5, agree = 4, not sure = 3, disagree = 2, strongly disagree = 1. Items 2, 3, 4, 9, 14, 15, 20, 26, 30, 31, 47 and 52 are reverse scored after the frequency analysis on individual items have been performed, but before means of the variables are computed or any inferential analysis completed.
These items are reverse scored because agreement with them reflects negative opinions of the school climate. A positive view of the climate should elicit disagreement with these items.
All the variables are scored in the positive direction: the higher the score on the variable, the greater the amount of that quality that staff perceive the school as having. The highest possible mean score on a variable is 5.0. The lowest possible mean score is 1.0.
Therefore, if Parent Involvement has an overall mean of 4.5, this mean that the staff believe that parents participate a great deal in school activities. (See Table 3 for a description of the variables and the items that define them.)
Table 3: School Climate Variables, Staff Version Revised
Achievement Motivation
The extent to which students at the school believe that they can learn and are willing to learn.
Collaborative Decision-Making
The involvement of parents, students, and staff in the decisions affecting the school.
Equity and Fairness
The equal treatment of students regardless of ethnicity or gender.
The principal's role in guiding the direction of the school and in creating a positive climate.
Order and Discipline
Appropriateness of student behavior in the school setting.
The appearance of the school building.
School/Parent/Community Relations
The support and involvement of parents and the community in the life of the school.
Staff Dedication to Student Learning
The effort of teachers to get students to learn.
Staff Expectations
The expectations of staff members that students will do well academically and will lead a successful life.


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Campaign against Stop Online Piracy Act(SOPA)
"Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could profoundly affect the future of the Internet. It's called the Stop Online Piracy Act.
The fact is that this legislation as written won't stop piracy. But it would pose a serious threat to social media and user generated content sites (like YouTube) across the internet. It could also undermine some of the core technical systems underlying the internet, creating new cybersecurity risks."
Internet is at the edge of a very crucial decision that can shape it's future. when did politicians got the power to control a brilliant open infrastructure like Internet. I think it's time that we have to protect what is rightfully people's, we have to protect the efforts of the amazing people who built Internet with out loosing it's openness
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Following the establishment of Florida's Pelican Island as the first National Wildlife Refuge in 1903, the System has grown to encompass more than 150 million acres within more than 550 Refuges, many Wetland Management Districts, and thousands of Waterfowl Production Areas.
More than 41 million people visit National Wildlife Refuges each year to participate in activities such as hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, and photography, and to attend environmental education and interpretive programs. Their spending generates almost $1.7 billion in sales and close to 27,000 jobs for regional economies.
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Elegant Studio by Convention Centre (Messe/Prater)
Size32 m²
Floor No.0(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Elevator in building
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Sebastian Kneippgasse, 1020 Wien, Austria
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Offering tasteful decor and modern fittings, this well-equipped studio apartment features a living space with a double bed, a single bed and a dining area. There is an office area with a TV, and a fully fitted kitchenette with a hob, coffee maker, toaster and microwave.
A bike rental service is located nearby, whilst the surrounding avenues provide numerous shopping options and supermarkets. Messe-Prater Metro Station is just 100 metres away offering excellent transport links around Vienna and quick connections to Vienna Central Station.
Enjoy a bike ride or a run through the park or take a ride on the Vienna Ferris Wheel. Guests can dine at the traditional Schweizerhaus Restaurant (Swiss House) which is famous for its delicious Viennese knuckle of ham.
House rulesNo smoking.
No pets.
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Reviews of this property
The apartment is very well located (100m near Messe / Prater subway) with shopping facilities nearby. The equipment was functional and clean. We had everything to prepare us a delicious breakfast - even coffee grounds and filters were available. The bathroom is a bit tight with the fact standing washing machine. Good was that toilet and bathroom are separated. Through the old building the apartment was nice and cool at 35 degrees outside!
An indication of the Vienna Kurzparkzone for cars would have saved us a parking ticket in the amount of 36 €! There are signs anywhere in the city to ...
Das Appartment ist sehr gut gelegen (100m nahe Messe/Prater Ubahn) mit Einkaufsmöglichkeiten in der Nähe. Die Ausstattung war zweckmäßig und sauber. Wir hatten alles um uns ein leckeres Frühstück zuzubereiten - sogar Kaffeepulver und Filter waren vorhanden. Das Bad ist etwas eng mit der darin stehenden Waschmaschine. Gut war, dass Toilette und Bad getrennt sind. Durch den Altbau war das Appartment angenehm kühl bei 35 Grad draußen!
Ein Hinweis auf die Wiener Kurzparkzone für PKW hätte uns einen Strafzettel in Höhe von 36€ erspart! Es gibt nirgends Schilder in der Stadt dazu...
Everything was super nice accommodation
war alles super schöne unterkunft
Great location !!!! Apartment ok, everything there that you need.
lage top!!!! wohnung auch ok, alles da was man braucht.
Unfortunately, the keys did not work smoothly. We waited 45 minutes and could not reach anyone by phone. That was valuable time that we lost.
The studio was "ok". We only slept there and spent little time in it. The location is great.
Leider hat die Schlüsselübergabe nicht reibungslos geklappt. Wir haben 45 Minuten gewartet und konnten telefonisch niemanden erreichen. Das war wertvolle Zeit, die uns verloren ging.
Das Studio war "ok". Wir haben nur da geschlafen und wenig Zeit darin verbracht. Die Lage ist super.
Everything worked out wonderfully. The apartment was clean and well equipped. The handover of the keys was undertaken shortly. The location of the apartment is very central with easy access to the subway. Staying in Vienna was wonderful.
Es hat alles wunderbar geklappt. Die Wohnung war sauber und gut ausgestattet. Die Übergabe der Schlüssel erfolgte zeitnah. Die Lage der Wohnung ist sehr zentral mit guter Anbindung an die U-Bahn. Der Aufenthalt in Wien war wunderbar.
I visited Vienna for a congress in Messe Wien. I chose this flat as it was very close to the congress center. So close that I could wake up at 8.15 and be in the seminar at 8.30. Therefore was a very convenient location for me (also the tube statin was next to the congress center and takes to city center in less then 15mins).
My stay in this apartment in Vienna was great. The apartment has everything you need. It is also conveniently located near the subway and you can comfortably walk downtown in about 20-25 minutes. It is certainly a very good choice to spend a few days in Vienna and enjoy the comfort at a very reasonable price.
Mi estancia en este apartamento en Viena fue estupenda. El apartamento dispone de todo lo necesario. Además, está muy bien situado cerca del metro y se puede ir caminando cómodamente al centro en unos 20-25 minutos. Sin duda es una opción muy buena para pasar unos días en Viena y disfrutar de la comodidad a un precio muy razonable.
The apartment was very neat and clean. Everything was available in the apartment for a pleasant stay. Within a few metro stops, you are already in the city centre.
The house is situated in a great location: at the corner of the street is the Metro (Messe-Prater, U2 purple line) that in a minute takes you to the Prater where you can find shops, supermarkets (Billa), rides, parks, etc ... Al Prater you can get there on foot in 10 minutes crossing the avenue (Ausstellungsstrasse) although the evening you can meet some drunk / beggar.
The house is situated in a quite residential neighborhood, very quiet as it sounds like people, despite the presence of the fair ("harvest" in German); therefore there are no special shops / local neighborhood. Right in front of the house but there is a small square with a traditional bar.
The apartment is located on the ground floor. When I arrived I had to wait two hours beyond the checkin because of a hydraulic problem on the toilet.
As you enter there is a corridor leading to the central room (kitchen and bedroom set) while the right is a small room with the toilet and left the bathroom with sink, water heater, washing machine and shower (missing the hair dryer !). Point out that the entry into shower is not convenient because of the washing machine and water heater: must do some 'of stunts to get in without getting hurt ...
In the main room on the right is a comfortable double bed, on the left the kitchen with electric stove, sink and small appliances necessary (microwave, kettle, etc ...). Not missing cutlery, plates and glasses.
At the center of the room is a table for four people, most basically a wardrobe, a television and a single bed.
The two windows are opened without problems but have a view of the garden, so you have to keep the curtains drawn. The morning is a problem as the curtains are clear and therefore it is awakened by sunlight.
La casa è situata in un'ottima posizione: all'angolo della strada c'è la fermata della metro (Messe-Prater, U2 linea viola) che in un minuto ti porta al Prater dove è possibile trovare negozi, supermercati (Billa), giostre, parchi, ecc... Al Prater è possibile arrivarci anche a piedi in 10 minuti attraversando il viale (Ausstellungsstrasse) anche se di sera è possibile incontrare qualche ubriaco/mendicante.
La casa è situata in un quartiere abbastanza residenziale, tranquillissimo sia come rumori che come gente, nonostante la presenza della fiera ("messe" in tedesco); pertanto non ci sono particolari negozi/locali nei dintorni. Proprio di fronte casa c'è però una piccola piazzetta con un caratteristico bar.
L'appartamento è situato al piano terra. Quando sono arrivato ho dovuto attendere due ore oltre il checkin a causa di un problema idraulico al gabinetto.
Appena si entra c'è un corridoio che porta nella stanza centrale (cucina e camera da letto insieme) mentre alla destra c'è un piccolo vano con il gabinetto e alla sinistra il bagno con lavandino, scaldabagno, lavatrice e doccia (manca il phon!). Segnalo che l'entrata in doccia non è comoda a causa della lavatrice e dello scaldabagno: bisogna fare un po' di acrobazie per entrare senza farsi male...
Nella stanza principale sulla destra c'è un comodo letto matrimoniale, sulla sinistra l'angolo cottura con fornelli elettrici, lavandino e i piccoli elettrodomestici indispensabili (forno a microonde, bollitore, ecc...). Non mancano posate, piatti e bicchieri.
Al centro della stanza c'è un tavolino per 4 persone, più in fondo un armadio, una televisione e un terzo letto singolo.
Le due finestre si aprono senza problemi ma hanno la vista sul giardino, quindi bisogna tenere sempre le tende abbassate. La mattina è un problema in quanto le tende sono chiare e dunque si è svegliati dalla luce del sole.
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Lowcountry Leisure on the Carolina Coast
Shipyard Plantation • Hilton Head Island, SC
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- A Four-Night Stay for Up to Four Guests in a Two-Bedroom Rental
- Resort Fee Included, Which Covers Two Beach-Cruiser Bikes, Daily Greens Fee for Four at Shipyard Golf Club or Port Royal Golf Club, and Daily One Hour of Tennis at Van Der Meer Tennis Center
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When captain William Hilton first slid his ship into the headland near the entrance to Port Royal Sound, he raved about the island's "sweet water" and "clean sweet air." While a lot has changed since Hilton's 1663 expedition, his namesake discovery has remained an ecological masterpiece—lined with velvety Spanish moss and 12 miles of pristine beachfront.
"People may come to this South Carolina island for the beaches and the golf, but they come back for a hundred other reasons," says Travel + Leisure. "These days, the island is the very essence of good old American R&R, a place where families, Yankee retirees, and college kids cross paths in a lush, manicured playground shaded by cool pines."
On the southern end of the island sits the Shipyard Plantation, an 800-acre gated resort and residential community dotted with rental properties and a freshwater lagoon system, packed with largemouth bass and turtles. Two-bedroom units have plenty of amenities—including ample kitchen space, a dining room, large private decks, complimentary wireless Internet, and a washer/dryer—and guests have access to an on-site pool, in addition to resort perks like two bikes to use during your stay (the property has at least 12 miles of trails to cruise).
Before hitting the beach or exploring the island, organize a match at the Van Der Meer Tennis Center or hit the links of the Shipyard Golf Club or Port Royal Golf Club—your included resort fee covers a daily greens fee for four and one hour of tennis. After, catch a glimpse of the Lowcountry wildlife on a trail ride through Sea Pines Forest Preserve with Lawton Stables, or simply lounge in the shade of a palmetto.
"Hilton Head Island is known far and wide as a vacation destination that prides itself on its top-notch golf courses and tennis programs, world-class resorts, and beautiful beaches."-- Read Fodor's Review of Hilton Head Island
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A Columbia University scientist studying an active seafloor volcano in the Pacific Ocean has determined that there is a correlation between the hundreds of micro earthquakes she recorded and the ocean tides.
Dr. Maya Tolstoy, Associate Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, is publishing in the June issue of the journal Geology, research showing that earthquakes coming from the Axial Volcano on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, located off the coast of Washington and Oregon, are occurring during tidal lows when the weight of the water is at a minimum. Tolstoy and her colleagues also found a tidal correlation with signals for harmonic tremors, which are thought to result from super heated water moving in the cracks.
The research suggests that the seafloor crust is essentially breathing with the ocean tides, allowing more movement of water through the crust and the release of seismic energy on a regular tidal schedule.
"Scientists have long postulated that earthquakes and tidal movements are somehow connected, but on land the link has been quite difficult to identify. It makes sense that if this correlation were to be seen strongly anywhere, the ocean floor would be the most likely site, since it will be strongly influenced by the tides. However, it's only within the last decade that the technology has been available to make the long-term seismic recordings of the seafloor necessary to find this correlation. Our first study on the Axial Volcano began in 1994. Today, we have an interesting and important view into how its deformation, and perhaps the deformation of other underwater volcanoes, works," said Tolstoy.
The Axial Volcano was chosen as a research site because it was thought to be volcanically active. In 1994, Tolstoy and her team deployed equipment on the ocean floor to record both seismic activity and tides. Over a period of two months, 402 micro earthquakes were recorded and they showed both a fortnightly and a diurnal pattern. It was also recorded that there was a two hour lag between the movement of the tides and the deformation of the Earth's crust, which is a process called an Earth tide. This indicates that the movement of water appears to be a more important force in day-to-day earthquake triggering than the movement of the earth.
In 1998, a major eruption on Axial Volcano occurred. The activity observed in 1994 occurred largely at the site of the 1998 eruption and may have indicated precursory volcanic activity at a site on the brink of an eruption. The existence and timing of the earthquakes is also important in understanding the nutrient supply to the biological communities living in these extreme environments devoid of sunlight.
At the time of the experiment, this research constituted the longest period of continuous recording of seismic activity in a single location. Since then, other longer-term deployments have been made, and similar correlations have been observed in additional locations on the Juan de Fuca Ridge. It is therefore probable that ocean tidal influences are occurring elsewhere on the seafloor and on other mid-ocean ridge chains.
This research was funded with a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Tolstoy is currently conducting analysis of seismic data from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to look for similar tidal influences on the seafloor of the Atlantic Ocean.
Dr. Tolstoy is a geophysicist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a research unit for the Columbia Earth Institute. She specializes in the design, execution, and analysis of marine seismic experiments. In addition to the Juan de Fuca Ridge, she has ongoing research at the Gakkel Ridge, the South East Indian Ridge, the Australian Antarctic Discordance, the East Pacific Rise, and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory is one of the world's leading research centers examining the planet from its core to its atmosphere, across every continent and every ocean. From global climate change to earthquakes, volcanoes, environmental hazards and beyond, Observatory scientists continue to provide the basic knowledge of Earth systems that must inform the difficult decisions that will determine the future health and habitability of our planet. For more information, visit http://www.earth.columbia.edu.
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Zappos is so awesome...
On Saturday I ordered a pair of the Nike Frees, the running shoes......and they got delivered today at noon. I only paid for regular shipping....actually, i think it was free shipping >.<

[/quote]Running shoes??
What are you running from Pizz?? You should stand up and face your problems head on
It's more to run at them full speed like a bull.
lol, im hoping to be workin' on my fitness a lil bit more. I'm STRONG LIKE BULL(russian accent), but i need to drop a few lbs. I always put on like 10 during the winter, so im gonna try to lose about 20 over the next couple months


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Town Square
Border Controls Enough? Texas Senator Warns of World War Z
Original post made by Liberty Before Death, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Jun 23, 2013
"What good does doubling our border patrol do in 2017, when World War Z is likely to happen between now and then?" asked the Senator. "This gives every person of Mexican heritage hell-bent on doing stoop labor in the U.S. an opportunity to crawl over the fence before 2017,"
Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and John Hoeven (R-ND) gave reassurances on Thursday that their amendment would enact tough border security provisions before any legalization of new immigrants could occur. The provisions of the amendment include 20,000 additional border patrol agents, 700 miles of fencing, and an E-Verify system for immigrant workers before new immigrants could receive green cards.
Senator Cruz objected that the promises are trumped by "loopholes that are snuck into" the amended immigration bill. Cruz said the border security provisions are "designed" to be ineffective in a press release sent out Friday evening. "How high are our fences now? Ten feet? Well, show me a ten foot fence and I'll show you an eleven foot ladder. Our fences need to be at least 40 feet high because science shows ladders can't reach beyond 36 feet."
The Texas senator was especially piqued by the assurance that our Border Patrol would be doubled. "Adding 20,000 new agents that do little but stare at dirt all day long is a far cry better than supplementing meals on wheels, that's for sure. But if we want to waste money on this largely symbolic effort to keep needed Mexican immigrant laborers out of this country, we might as well triple or even quadruple the number. As the most powerful country in the world, we should have border agents stationed every 50 feet across the 3000 miles of U.S.-Mexico borderland," stated the senator. "Maybe then, when other countries see our capability for flagrant waste while our kids go to bed hungry, they'll appreciate just who we really are as a people."
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a resident of Livermore
on Jun 23, 2013 at 10:39 am
Millions and millions and millions of "illegals" and counting!
tee hee hee...
activity at America's borders has nothing to do with teddy cruz...the way i see it, the more the merrier...there is no way to contain the borders...
nuf sed...
a resident of Livermore
on Jun 23, 2013 at 10:42 am
if anybody is truly concerned about hungry children and lack of medical care for all Americans...then do something about or shut-up...
i rest my case...
corporate greed rules!
a resident of Livermore
on Jun 23, 2013 at 10:47 am
watch out! watch out! run for cover! it's world war zed!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 23, 2013 at 11:08 am
Border fences with gun towers at regular intervals. Enforce the laws that have been on the books for generations.
I rest my case.......
a resident of Livermore
on Jun 23, 2013 at 3:02 pm
Why would the US government spend 10's of millions of tax payer money if it ain't waaaaaaaaaaay interested in protecting "illegals"?
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hahahahahahahaha...some of you will need to put on your thinking caps to understand my waaaaaaaaaaaaaay deeeeeepy deep thinking!
tee hee hee...
a resident of Livermore
on Jun 23, 2013 at 3:11 pm
let us not forget that the French love Mexico and feel just fine about illegals into their country!!!
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a resident of Birdland
on Jun 23, 2013 at 8:41 pm
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
The French may love Mexicans but they have been overrun by a muslime horde that is ruining their way of life and economic stability. If Mexicans were invading France at the rate that Mexicans have illegally slithered into this country, they would feel much different about your compadres, cholo.
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"...two minute drill at the end of each quarter, Ya'know with the wind like this blowing mooch and marshall into the ocean...If that's behind me I think were getting 3 from 70 so holla at your boy. IF YOU DON"T PICK ME THAT'S A JOKE RIGHT?" - Justin Tucker, Ravens kicker
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Standing (from left) are UTSA music students Yanjing Elfman,
Shannah Lindgren, Justin Reich and Lisa Chung. Sitting (from
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Asa Santos, Kalli Sirkel and Jakob Mayer.
Discover Piano program inspires young pianists
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(Jan. 31, 2007)--Late last fall, Edda Mayer's son Jakob asked, "Mom, don't we go to piano lessons today?" She was reluctant to tell him the lessons had ended the previous week, because she knew how disappointed he would be.
Offered by the UTSA Department of Music, the Discover Piano program teaches elementary students to read music and play the piano in just 10 weeks. UTSA student pianists under the supervision of Professor Elizabeth Gutierrez teach the young students.
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"Jakob had never played piano before, but he loved the lessons and picked it up very quickly," said Mayer, special project assistant in the UTSA Office of the President. "He was doing so well, that we went out and bought a piano. The kids had a recital at the end of the program and did a wonderful job."
"Jakob was very sad when it was over, so we are continuing his lessons," she added. "He started in another program this week with Professor Gutierrez, and we hope to discuss private lessons -- hopefully with one of our UTSA students."
"Last semester's Discover Piano program was a tremendous success for all involved," said Gutierrez. "The young students benefited greatly from the interaction with UTSA student pianists who were a never-ending source of inspiration to them. In turn, UTSA pianists acquired the knowledge and ability to teach the lifelong skill of music making at the piano. I look forward to the continued development of this valuable outreach program."
The UTSA Discover Piano program began in 2002 and is part of piano pedagogy courses in the Department of Music. The program provides pre-college students comprehensive music education at the keyboard.
Undergraduate and graduate piano students who use the program for research and practice teaching provide the lessons. Beginning piano instruction is offered to selected elementary school students from the San Antonio area and full tuition is granted on acceptance into the program.
Courses are offered in alternate fall semesters. For information on the next program in Fall 2008, contact Elizabeth Gutierrez at (210) 458-5331.


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A new United States Senate report issued by committee chairman Senator John Rockefeller blasted the Bush administration for lying to the American people in the spring of 2003. It emphasizes how Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld "undertook a relentless public campaign in the aftermath of the (9/11) atacks to use the war against al-Qaeda as a justification for overthrowing Saddam Hussein, representing to the American pepople that the two had an operational partnership and posed a single indistinguishable threat that was fundamentaly misleading and led the nation into war on false pretenses."
There is nothing new in the report that has not previously been reported on numerous other occasions. Naturally, the White House has issued its normal response about the president being misled by faulty intelligence and he was simply a leader who was betrayed by his staff. As the years pass it is easy to allow reality to disappear into a maze of lies and and words. The bottom line is in March, 2003, a UN group was investigting charges of WMD and told President Bush they had yet to find any evidence such weapons actually existed. Bush insisted America had to act immediately or something terrible would happen. Any Middle Eastern expert knew there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda which was an enemy of the existing Iraq government.
Yes, there was faulty intelligence, but there was also accurate intelligence. Yes, Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator, but he hated al-Qaeda or any other terrorist group because he would never allow any outside force to gain power that might challenge his own.


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What type of breed is calm and can fight varroa and also is a good producer of honey. I am new to this and am going to order 10 packages of bees next week. I have 6 hives but am not sure what breed they are. Thanks
What type of breed is calm and can fight varroa and also is a good producer of honey. I am new to this and am going to order 10 packages of bees next week. I have 6 hives but am not sure what breed they are. Thanks
You looking for a super bee?
From what I have read Russians are great with dealing with varroa. They tend to groom themselves more and remove the mites more often then most bees. Apparently an untreated russian hive is said to have the same amount of mites as an Itialian hive that has been treated for mites. A screened bottom board will help with mites as well due to the fact they fall through and aren't able to get back into the hive. I only know one individual who has raised Russians, he thought the temperament of the bees were a bit aggresive, but it was his first go at beekeeping so he really didn't have a lot to base that opinion on. There can be "mean" bees in any breed, and usually if they are out of hand, switching the queen can help a lot. Honey production is a topic I am not sure of with this breed.
There are many bee keepers in Utah you might ask advice from. As a new beekeeper, I would recommend going with Italians. Gentler bees will give you a much better beginning experience. They produce honey well and you can always treat for mites.
The best I have come accress is the VSH Italians. Very gentle, low mite counts, and mine averaged at 75 lb of honey per year.
I've had pollinator queen for 3 years. Have not treated once for mites. Last year I pulled 3 nucs from her and she still produced 150lbs of honey.
The breed of bees that you choose needs to suit your local conditions. I have Russians, Carnolians, Bee Weaver Bees from Texas, and good commercial bees from Vermont. I am still evaluating the Bee Weaver bees for their ability to thrive in my area without Mite treatments. The Russians in my experience are better able to cope with the mites than your every day bee but they still need some assistance. The Carniolians and the bees from Vermont require regular treatment for mites. Unless you are very lucky, you will not find a bee that requires no mite treatments in your area.
If you are looking for calm bees I'd stay away from bees produced in Africanized areas.
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They are a breed sold by russel apiaries.
Does anyone else have experience with the Pollinator queens?
I bought four Russell apiaries Nebraska, the Sunkist, last year and have had good luck with them Very easy to work, lay vigorously and a good honey crop. You have to cope with Mites with any breed, strain or what have you.
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Yes, I have. I bought 2 hives from a left over almond farmer/beekeeper. My guess would be that the bee farmers forgot to pick up a pallet of almond pollination bee hive. And the almond farmer not know what to do after the season is over. So I got a good stock. The hive is 50% hygenic worker bees and a carniolan queen bee. They would clean out the hive very well and even a small particle they would dragged them out the hive. Very low mite count in the summer time going into fall then winter. Honey production is excellent too. I got 21 small jars of honey from 4 frames and then the ants got this hive. They would forage early and got back in the dark barely seeing things. I got my miner's light on late after the sunset. Maybe this is how they are programmed I guess. Oh yes, they are aggressive bees too chasing me into and out of my truck. I got the vid to prove that. But once population went down in the winter time they are very gentle bees.
The Italian worker bees I got now not hygenic at all with food particles littered all over the bottom of the hive. Did a hive check today and not like what I see already. They're asking for wax moth trouble later on. Maybe this is how they are programmed. I miss my hygenic bees already. Too bad I don't know how to take care of this 2 hives and lost both queens. Do I still have a bee hive after requeen? Guess I don't know the value until it is too late. But I will learn really fast next time. Going to requeen the existing hive with VSH queens when I get the hang of beekeeping more. For now let's play with the Italians for a while.
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I maintain asking backyard beekeepers to sustain the massive, predictable losses that their implementation of this idea invariably results in is wasteful and counterproductive.
I maintain that rationalized and directed selection has been the system with which early modern agriculture has adopted to novel parasites. Directed selection requires 1) indentification of desirable traits, 2) amplification of these traits, 3) and backcrosses to mix with other selected traits.
For bees (like most other out-crossing species), isolation and saturation are essential to creating local races.
There is enormous inertia in species, they revert to type in unbounded outcrossing populations. Moving the whole genome en bloc and en mass is enormously difficult and wasteful. We can also anticipate (viz. AHB) that local racial adaptation fixes very undesirable traits.
If small beekeepers want to participate in genetic selection, they should confederate as part of a larger program. Not all apiaries are situated to benefit from wildings-type out-crossing. The prescription to "not treat to get to not treating" is inappropriate for these apiaries.


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Identifiying Key Performance Indicators
Information equals power for a growing company. Finding issues in order to correct them is a basic necessity for any dealer to stay afloat, but identifying best practices and techniques that work are crucial for growth.
High Value in GPS Vehicle Tracking
Dealers using GPS technology have observed reduced drive time, shrinking gas bills, more calls completed per day and closer adherence to schedules. Having vehicles outfitted with GPS devices that report back to the home office in conjunction with using mobile devices also allows dealers to adopt a live schedule system where dispatchers can alter the schedules in real-time.
"[The GPS service] allows us to at a glance see where the technicians are at any given time," says Custom Alarm COO Melissa Brinkman. "This is especially helpful when we have last-minute customer calls or we need to deliver a part to another technician. It also has allowed us to better respond to customers who call stating that the technician wasn't onsite and for how long. It is also extremely helpful in the wintertime to ensure the technicians aren't running [idling] for an extended period of time. There are auto reports on technicians running their trucks, just to warm up."
GPS tracking can generate reports of excessive speeding or idling. Getting a dealer's technicians to drive just 30 miles less in one day total while estimating 15 miles to the gallon, saves two gallons of gas per day. Saving 10 gallons a week at $3.50 for 50 weeks adds up to $1,750 in a year's time.
Tim Creenan of Amherst Alarm says his company was very open with its technicians when it added GPS devices to its fleet in 2006. "We came at it as a positive thing to help manage their schedule so we could see where the trucks were and reroute people midday if needed," he says. "But we did have somebody who didn't believe the GPS was working and decided he was going home for a couple of hours in the middle of the day. Consequently, after a discussion he doesn't work here anymore."
Some of the most useful key performance indicators for installation and service departments include: 1) the total number of service calls completed in a day; and 2) the daily average number of service calls a tech can complete. These may sound basic, but the first step is to establish a baseline so that over- and under-performance can become obvious and to measure improvement.
"Whenever you can automate something, you can make your entire operation more efficient," says Safe Systems President Larry Halpern. "We automate so we can do more work. Through SedonaSync, our people get vital information on things they need to see right on their desktop." The company uses morning reports automatically created by sales numbers for the month that allows them to see how much new RMR has been sold. "Could I get online and run those reports and look at that data myself? Sure, but boy is it nice to have the E-mail there when I start my day."
The company also has a weekly meeting to inspect key performance indicators (KPIs) in its installation and service departments and identify outliers. It measures productivity across every account, sliced by sales, technician and job type. More often than not it finds positive outliers in its performance. "And we found types of work that we do best and the type of jobs we shouldn't be doing," Wrzesinski says.
For its service department, Custom Alarm regularly measures the number of service tickets completed every week against how many of them were billed and how many were 'no charge' tickets. The company also measures the number of 'callbacks' and 'go-backs' still outstanding as well as unresolved tickets. In its installation department, Custom measures the total weekly number of jobs billed and total dollars in revenue billed. The company splits that by project manager as well. The number of callbacks generated from the installation team and the inventory levels each tech is maintaining week to week are also reviewed.
"By reviewing and understanding how our business ebbs and flows, we can better respond to anomalies and make corrections much quicker," Brinkman says. "An example is looking at the total dollars billed per week. Even if we have a low week, we look at the next week and if that isn't up, we are following up with the installation team to find out where we are at with finishing jobs and/or generating billing. This has allowed us to have more consistent billing week to week as well as people are more aware of what is flowing through the funnel and doing their part to move it to the billing stage as quickly as possible."
Creating a Painless Billing Process
For Custom Alarm, keeping the customer happy through the billing process is paramount and concern about being contrary to that was holding some employees back when it was time to invoice for installation or service. Service customers were regularly unhappy about having to pay travel costs. And in some new installations, the company was unsure of when to bill, especially in cases when the customer was holding up the installation process.
"We address it by talking with the customer as it relates to the service issues and working toward a mutually agreeable solution for billing," Brinkman says. "On the installation end, we evaluate where we are at in the completion of the total job and then determine that we either bill it or we wait."


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Waikato police say the consequences of poor decision making are readily apparent as officers investigating the death of a young man early this morning deal with a variety of victims.
District Commander superintendent Win van der Velde said at a press conference in Hamilton that family liaison officers were working with the family of a 17-year-old Hamilton man who died after the stolen car he was trying to flee from police in crashed into a stone retaining wall.
"The young man's family are understandably devastated by what has happened but there are other victims who were are having to help navigate through this whole tragic process."
"Those other victims include a 14-year-old boy who was affront seat passenger when it crashed who is currently in Waikato Hospital with serious leg injuries. Another is a 15-year-old girl travelling as a rear seat passenger who was able to walk away from the crash because she had the presence of mind to be wearing her seatbelt."
The 17-year old was spotted by police driving, with two passengers, without any headlights on Rotokauri Rd in the west of Hamilton shortly before 2am today.
An officer activated his patrol car's lights and sirens to get the driver to pull over, but he sped off at "high speed''.
"The officer has notified the Northern Communications Centre that a pursuit has been initiated,'' said District Road Policing Manager, Inspector Marcus Lynam.
After travelling about 1km, the officer raised concerns about the youngster's driving and radioed that the pursuit was being abandoned on Baverstock Rd.
"The officer has then crested a hill and saw the offending car in the distance appear to lose control and crash into a road sign before hitting a stone retaining wall near the intersection of Wexford Rise,'' Mr Lynam said.
The 17-year-old driver was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene despite first aid attempts of the officer and efforts by attending ambulance staff.
The accident is now the focus of three investigations by police, the independent police conduct authority and the coroner.


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do you think 3OH!3 actually read the comments?
do you think 3OH!3 actually read the comments?SeanForemanLover says (Jun 23, 2010)16Filed Under: Questions
There are alot of us here, and they are pretty busy people.
I think that they read what they can, but dont get to everything.
They dont say anything back, because they dont want to leave anyone out(:
I was just thinking that they might come on when they have nothing to do and are a bit bored, and then laugh at all us girls who are writing "OMG I LOVE SEAN AND NAT" and etc. haha xD
like Tsukino said, i think they don't have time for it, but the webcrew must read everything so if something was really funny they'd probably be like, oh guys check this out.
i dont think they have time but the webcrew have to read everything so if something was really funny they'd probably be like oh guys check this out
It would be cool if they did read them all! but I very much doubt they read more than a couple of comments that catch their attention.


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I make alot of miscuts too. I yell at myself , then figure out a new design. or add in other fabrics.
Boy, we have all done this at one time or another. I always do a sample block in other fabric so if I mess it up, I have not used the 'good' stuff and will have enough to finish. Directions can be so confusing and if one than one block, so easy to get it backwards etc. You are in with the crowd on this one!
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The quilt I finished yesterday is for the annual quilt raffle at church. Bought the fabrics in the spring. Bought all they had of the cream background fabric. That was alsmot two yards more than I needed. Guess what...I almost ran out and had to piece it to finish the quilt and I do not have enough to make the border. I had to change my ideas. Guess I should have bought a FULL bolt of all the fabrics. Sometimes I wonder if the 'gremlins' are in my sewing room.
Stupid quilting math! Just when you think what we're doing isn't rocket science.....
I can sure relate to making mistakes - last weekend I was working on a project for my online class - a little zippered bag. Had trouble with the serger and realized that I had not cut off the end of the zipper just as it got to the blades. So I stopped sewing, cut the end of the zipper off, continued to sew. That end stitched out just beautifully. Got ready to stitch the other end and started to cut off the excess zipper. That's when I noticed that I had cut off the zipper pull on the other end. Oh well! You know what they say - "STUFF happens!"
Sooo, at our guild meeting this month they passed out pkgs. with block pattern and wow background fabric for each of us to make a block for the president's quilt. There is just enough wow to make one block (the other fabric is your choice of anything turquoise). Sooo..... need 4 - 3 1/2" by 3 1/2" wow blocks and 4 - 3 1/2" by 6 1/2" wow rectangles, (you know where this is going, right?) Blocks.... done! Rectangles, measured 3 times, cut 6"!!!! There is no more background fabric available!!!!! Can I blame it on the ruler??