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Here's the original roof, of which I have covered it with tarp material just on the very top and around the edges.
It's what I will use when the hive is at my house in normal operating mode:
Here's the original roof, of which I have covered it with tarp material just on the very top and around the edges.
It's what I will use when the hive is at my house in normal operating mode:
Ha! I'm planning on putting out some top bar swarm traps in the spring. I've mostly finished construction on them so I should be good to go. I figured for the successful ones I would just put an extension clamp across the top of the bars and tighten it up. I figured that should do the trick, particularly since I would probably use my truck for transport. I have a hatchback, so transporting bees in the car could get exciting rather quickly.
I'm thinking about just using a piece of coraplast for the roof of the swarm traps, and stapling it to the top of the hive (not the bars, but the ends). I think that should work. I was also thinking about using some tyvec, but with this being a political year I think I should be able to come up with some free signs.
Ha! I was thinking a sign that says Hope on it would be appropriate! Someone else can have the change!
Here's a video I dug up from the archives of this same trap-out (just placed it on youtube tonight).
It has a good shot of a bunch of bees exiting the cone.
Towards the end of the video, one of them feisty sisters gets a little too close for comfort. I had to kind of get away and possibly mash it from my neck/facial area. For now, I just have a pullover veil that I wear a hooded rain jacket over. If you aren't careful, they can maneuver their way in.
Anyhow, here's the video:
Nice video Pat.
Just be patient, you will be rewarded. I have done many trap outs with pretty much the same scenario. One colony had been in the wall for two years. The homeowners did not want me to demo anything and insisted the bees just moved in a month or so prior. I recieved a call from them two days later to get the dripping honey out of the wall! lol I reunited the bees to their hive (via cut out) and it is the strongest hive I have. I was lucky enough to capture all the queens with the exception of one. The queen may not of even existed in that one. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it).
Keep us in the loop.
OHHHHHH, I think I know what you mean now..............You mean the queens in each of the different trap-outs. I thought you meant in the same trap-out.
So the ones you DID catch the queen, did you have brood/eggs in the trap-out already? I know that isn't really a factor to make the queen emerge, but I'm just making sure that the workers didn't raise a new queen of which you THOUGHT she came out.
So you're saying the queen emerged from the abandoned hive and went into the trap-out in similar setups as I have?
I'm still out-of-state and can't pick up my bait hive of which this thread is based on.
So I wrote the girl the other day to see if wverything is still ok and if my wife can come pick them up in the evening (to make sure the bees will all be inside the hive) and if she has the money - AND if she's mad or anything like that.
Well here's her email What she said caught me by surprise regarding the bees:
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Thanks Patrick. I'm working on getting the money.
Your wife can come get the new hive whenever. Although there are always bees on the outside at night... I think it might not be big enough for all of them?
Why would the bees be hanging around outside at night?
Could there really be that many bees from this trap-out to where they can't all fit in it?
Is it because they are Africanized and that's just what they do - - even at night?
Anyhow, I asked her to take a photo of the hive at night and send it to me. This oughtta be interesting.
I didn't have anything in the nuc when I performed the trap out. No brood, comb, honey, lemon grass oil,... nothing.
Queen followed the rest of the bees. Maybe I'm just lucky with bees!
Well, my customer sent me a picture tonight of my trap-out taken at about 11:20 pm - - LONG after the sun went down.
This situation has kind of caught me off guard.
Looks like my plan to have my wife move the bees at night has backfired.
I'm a thousand miles away and this will have to wait 'til I get back.
So does anyone have any idea of why they'd be hanging out of the hive like this, even at night?
But I agree, it's most-likely a heat issue. I suppose it's possible they could have no room.
So what about the Africanized factor? Could that be just what they do - IF - in fact - they are Africanized?
Yes, trees do not have AC units either, but they also probably breath a bit better than a tarp. That is why I asked you before about the top. I assume that the days down your way are a bit warmer than up here. Again, heat is just a guess. It would be great if it is just an issue with space, that would mean you have a nice size hive. Then again, that is just a nuc.
My dad has a hive that bearded up on the front of the hive all spring/summer long. But come to think of it they are **** mean, maybe they are africanized!
Oh.... you would have known RIGHT AWAY if they were africanized. There would be no doubt in your mind. They are just bearding due to the heat.
They will be there when you get back.
I appreciate all the input.
I won't know 'til I get back.
But yes, some of them were pursuing me around the corner to the driveway when I first took the light fixtire down from their hole and and placing the cone on. But hey, that's how bees are SUPPOSED to act. I'm not troubled by it at all. That's what suits are for.
Does anyone in Florida want to volunteer to go pick up my bees from this lady's house in Winter Haven, FL? I'm still stuck in Texas on a nightmarish project that keeps dragging on and on and on and on and on. I just emailed the owner of the house the other day and asked her if the bees were still hanging outside the hive at night - even though the weather has gotten cooler in Florida - and she confirmed that they WERE still on the outside at night. She said she'd be patient until I got back, but would rather have them gone.
Anyone want to help a bee-brutha out? I will clean out your hives of AFB and wax moths with my tongue for the next two years if you can help me out................or something like that.
Send me the airfare there and back and I'll gladly do it for ya Pat! lol
They will be fine until you can collect them. Seems like the lady is starting to enjoy the whole experience.
ok - YOU'RE ON !!!!
Then you get to get groped and radiated by TSA as well......but I'm not compensating you for that nightmare !!!
As for as her "enjoying" the experience, well, she's TOLERATING it, perhaps. :/
Soooooooooooooo, once upon a time, in late-September, I did a trap-out for a nice young lady in Florida. Little did I know I'd be away from home for about 3-4 months working in Texas.
Well, I was able to fly-in for a break in the project and hopefully spend a week-or-two here in Florida.
I went to her house yesterday evening while all the bees were inside and calm. I placed a piece of duct tape over the three holes and put the hive in the trunk. I also got my trap-out cone off her house, of course. No issues whatsoever.
Here's a photo of them making themselves at home at their NEW home in my backyard. I still need to get a proper stand for them, especially one that won't expand in the hot sun and make the hive uneven. I also need to take that temp roof off and place the real roof on. There's no telling what kind of hive mess I will find when I pop some of those top bars out. But one thing is for certain, the queen must have come out of the trapped-out hive and into my hive because it's been at least three months and the hive is thriving.....or at least seems to be because there are a lot of bees flying around.
I placed them right by my screened-in patio so me and the kids can have a front-row seat to the entrance of the hive. It's a poor-man's observation hive, I guess you could say:


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There's just one thing Cook Inlet Academy senior Kelsie Leaf wants to change about how her team played the first match of the Alaska School Activities Association Class 1-2A Volleyball State Championships.
She wants the winning streak to start with Game 1, not Game 2.
The Eagles won the match 3-1, besting the Kalskag by just two points at the end of the fourth game.
"That was, I think, the best we've ever played," Leaf said. "And it's huge to come in and win our first game. It feels awesome."
After the Grizzlies took an early lead and won the first game 25-20, the Eagles came back and didn't let the Grizzlies get more than a point or two ahead in the next two and a half games. CIA took Games 2 and 3 25-21 and 25-19.
"It was a great match … doesn't get much tighter than that," said Kalskag coach Marcus Dammeyer.
Game 4 got a little closer. CIA led for the first three serves. The Grizzlies tied it up 2-2 on the fourth and got ahead with their performance close to the net. The two teams vied for the lead for more than two dozen serves, neither getting more than three points ahead of the other. Then two short serves by Kalskag's Jodi Samuelson put the Grizzlies at 21-24, in position to push the match to a fifth game.
But the Eagles stayed together.
"I just credit the whole team for staying composed even when we were down," Leaf said. "The score was 21-24, I think, and we came back and won it," she said.
Sophomore Erica McGahan had three serves that helped the Eagles catch up. She said she felt the pressure.
"That was so scary," she said.
On McGahan's second serve, junior Megan Bauder tipped the ball to tie the game 24-24. After one point by Kalskag put the game at 24-25, Bauder went to the back of the court for the last two serves of the game. The Eagles had two points in a row, and won the game 27-25.
Coach Lindsay Keener was said she was proud of how the team finished.
"I guess when Erica and Megan had to serve, there was a lot of pressure on them. ... That was really cool to see them rise to the occasion," Keener said.
While McGahan and Bauder helped finish the game, Keener said Leaf earned player of the game on the Eagles side of the court. Leaf had crucial serves and kills in each of the games, and she never subbed out.
"She obviously played really well," Keener said.
Fellow seniors Chloe Nelson and Angie Uchtman were honored as good sports.
On the Kalskag side, Jodi Samuelson earned player of the game for her skills as a setter. Seniors Patricia Holmberg and eVonda Williams were also responsible for many of the team's successful serves, including some unreturned serves by Holmberg during the second game.
"We had a great game for both of our seniors," Dammeyer said.
The Eagles play the Kenny Lake Hawks on Friday at 6:45 p.m. to see who advances to the championship game, and who pays for third place. The final games are Saturday.
Friday, Keener said CIA will try to use the momentum from Thursday's win.
"I think our big thing for our team is just communicating and playing as a team," Keener said.
McGahan had one more thing she wanted to see improve in match two, beyond another win. "Set more," she said.
Last year, CIA won their first game and lost the second two. They don't want to repeat that pattern this year, Keener said.
Keener said she thinks they have the momentum to continue the winning streak.
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In northern Russia, the much-loved banya - the traditional steam bath - has survived kingdoms, communism, the Nazi invasion, famines and feasts. It has been part of family and community life for more than 1000 years.
The banya was first chronicled in 1113 when the Apostle St Andrew visited Novgorod and noted "wooden bathhouses, warm to the extreme, where people undress, anoint their bodies in oil, lash themselves with reeds, then dowse their bodies with icy water".
I arrive in Novgorod in spring, after dark, and tramp over snow to the banya in the hotel's garden. The changes to banya etiquette, since St Andrew's time, are that we're not entirely naked and we systematically beat each other up and down limbs and across the back with a twiggy bunch of birch leaves instead of reeds. I can't cope with a dowse of icy water but my friend says it's awesome.
Novgorod, when St Andrew visited, was the biggest city in Russia, the centre of a vast medieval city-state that controlled most of Europe's northeast.
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The world's best icon collection is across the square in one of the pink palaces, now the Novgorod State Museum. Galleries, that used to be ballrooms, now house 260 icons, some three by two metres, chronologically tracing the evolution of this art form.
We have Mary, Jesus, archangels, disciples, apostles and saints to ourselves; the museum is empty. In some, only the faces and hands remain clear while the gowns, halos and background imagery is vague, having flaked-off and faded over the centuries. In others, from later centuries, wide-eyed, sweet-faced archangels and serene Marys are in almost perfect condition.
Icon art occupies an ambiguous position between line drawing and three-dimensional painting, which gives it an ethereal place outside time and space and, in a few intense hours, I become an enthusiastic fan.
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After a quick poll, some research, and the fact that besides guitar hero I have been playing Bioshock alot, I have decided to be a Big Daddy for Halloween. For those of you that are not familiar with Bioshock, here is a pic of what I will be going for:
Now, the actual big daddy suit I don't see as a big challenge because I have plenty of experience working with plastic and making armor. (see my jango fett and ghostbuster projects on facebook) the main problem is that I really would like to have a little sister to go with this. Considering most girls will not even talk to me when I mention this hobby or my major (aerospace engineering), I've come to the conclusion that somehow I will have to make probably the creepiest manaquin in the world to "ride" the suit, similar to the picture above. Ive seen someone make a replica Lela (http://www.collegehumor.com/picture:1754638), but I figure I'd ask the experts here if they had any tips on how to pull this off
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Many thanks for this revealing illustration of tests! I will clearly look into this...
Kind regards,
On Jun 7, 2008, at 9:58 PM, Richard Williams wrote:
At 02:42 PM 6/7/2008, firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
On income groups (intervals), I would not use dummies because you
Ch. 9 of Long & Freese's book (see especially pp. 421-422) shows how
to test whether treating an ordinal variable as interval loses
information. Basically, you run an unconstrained model where the
ordinal variable is broken up into dummies, and then run a
constrained model where you treat the ordinal variable as
continuous. If the difference is not significant, then treating the
var as continuous is ok. I imagine you can tweak this a bit, e.g.
assigning midpoints or whatever to the categories of the variable.
information about income _levels_ which would be otherwise lost. An income
interval of 300 to 400, is not the same thing as an income interval of 1200 to
3600. Since you do not have information about distribution of income within
For info on the book, see
Here is an example:
sysuse auto
reg price rep78
est store constrained
xi: reg price i.rep78
est store unconstrained
lrtest constrained unconstrained
The output from the last part is
. lrtest constrained unconstrained
Likelihood-ratio test LR chi2(3) = 1.00
(Assumption: constrained nested in unconstrained) Prob > chi2 = 0.8002
This is kind of a crummy example because the N is so small and the relationship so weak; but in any event the test says it is ok to treat rep78 as continuous.
You can also set it up as a Wald test, which may be handy in situations where a LR test is inappropriate. If the X variable has k categories, then include X and k-2 of the dummies computed from X, and then test the dummies. e.g.
tab1 rep78, gen(rep)
reg price rep78 rep3 rep4 rep5
test rep3 rep4 rep5
The last command gives
. test rep3 rep4 rep5
( 1) rep3 = 0
( 2) rep4 = 0
( 3) rep5 = 0
Prob > F = 0.8160
This sort of thing is also useful if, say, your X variable is continuous (e.g. education) but you suspect its effects are not strictly linear (a year of college has a different effect than a year of grade school).
Now, if the N is large, you may well find that the dummy variable approach always comes out ahead. At that point, you may wish to consider substantive significance (just how much do the effects differ from straight linearity?) or consider some other criteria for assessing significance that are less affected by sample size, e.g. a BIC test. There is a lot to be said for parsimony.
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When Angela Hudson walked into former schoolfriend Stuart Blower's arms at Auckland Airport, it was love at first smell.
The former British high school friends had not seen each other for 30 years but Ms Hudson knew Mr Blower was "the one" as soon as they touched.
"My friends always say to me what was the nice thing about him and I said, 'He smelt really good'. [He's] just got this big beaming smile and when he put his arms around me, the smell, that was it, I'd fallen for him."
What followed was a two-week whirlwind romance before Ms Hudson went back to the UK, packed up her life and moved to the other side of the world to be with her soulmate.
Now the couple are planning a Valentine's Day wedding next year.
As 14-year-olds, the pair were in the same circle of friends at a Wolver-hampton secondary school in 1980.
Ms Hudson went on to marry and have two sons, now aged 25 and 22. Mr Blower emigrated to New Zealand in 1998.
Nothing eventuated after a brief exchange on the Friends Reunited website seven years ago but when Ms Hudson divorced her husband, she sent Mr Blower a friend request on Facebook in 2010 and the pair began messaging each other.
Mr Blower, 47, plucked up the courage to ask for a phone conversation and the couple talked for six hours.
Three phone calls later, the ADT Security Systems electronics engineer suggested Ms Hudson visit him in New Zealand, and five months later, after much more talking on the phone and over Facebook, the pair came face to face.
But lurking on both their minds was the thought of what would happen at the end of the holiday.
"There was that spark there but obviously you had to wait and see," Ms Hudson said. "I could have met him and thought, 'Oh God, no, he's ugly. Not going there.' He could have thought the same about me.
"I came with the attitude of let's wait and see. But the first evening back at his house, he cooked dinner and there and then he said, 'I've fallen in love with you already'."
So strong was their connection, the couple visited an immigration consultant, who advised Ms Hudson to apply for a work visa.
The 46-year-old went back to Wolverhampton and spent the next 11 weeks packing and selling up, quitting her job and saying goodbye to family and friends.
"I thought to myself, 'Am I doing the right thing?' One of my friends said to me, 'Look, if you go and it doesn't work out, you just come back. No one will think any less of you'."
She arrived back in time for Christmas 2010 and hasn't looked back. She's now a store manager at Suzanne Grae fashion store at Sylvia Park.
Last July, Mr Blower proposed. Together they chose a white gold solitaire diamond ring and in February next year, they will tie the knot in front of family and friends at the Pacific Rendezvous at Tutukaka, near Whangarei.
"I have to pinch myself quite often," Ms Hudson said. "It's difficult to imagine meeting someone the way we did and then always feeling like we've been together. We just enjoy every minute of it."


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text: hi there! well i come here because of sadness but also joy. lol i am no stranger to custom automotive work. I spent over a year working on a 91 s10 that i got from my neighbor, it was completely rotted out. i did all the body work my self including new rocker panels, cab corners, new front clip, and bed. Not to mention shaved door handels and other custom things. Then 2 weeks ago an old lady pulled out infront of me! Wrecked the front end and it is fixable but not right now. I was looking for a winter vehical anyways so i bought this 1989 reg cab 4.3 2wd. It was a flordia truck brought up this year, so no rust underneath. It doesn't look very pretty now but i have plans! New interior, tires, and paint.


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Anderson, Ben (2008) The Social Impact Of Broadband Household Internet Access. Information, Communication and Society, 11 (1). pp. 5-24.
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Broadband changes everything. Or so we are told. But does it? There is only one way to find out - follow people who move from narrowband to broadband internet access and see what changes. This paper reports exactly this kind of analysis using data from a two wave European panel study (e-Living) and the lagged endogenous regression approach to see if switching to broadband increases the time spent online, the use of online communication services, the breadth of internet activities and the amount of online spend, and whether it decreases the time spent watching TV and the level of social leisure activities. The results suggest, in the main, that switching to broadband made little difference for this group of early broadband adopters who were already heavy internet users. There was no evidence of an online spend or social leisure substitution effect although there was evidence of a reduction in time spent watching television, and an increase in email in use, time spent online and breadth of internet use. In all cases however it was the previous levels of behaviour that were the most significant and switching to broadband was, in general, one of the least strong effects.
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Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?
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I was hesitant to watch the new Ken Burns' produced documentary, The Dust Bowl. I knew it would be excellent viewing but I'd also watched History Channel's The Black Blizzard and I knew the story was going to be tragic and terrible.
And it is. But the last half of the film and the final chapters of the excellent companion book told a story I hadn't heard before, about how the grasslands were reclaimed from the dust, the part played by the U.S Government in restoring the area, and about the possible future of the heartland, where perhaps another man-made problem may yet cause a disaster. Continue Reading "The Dust Bowl: Chilling and Intense" »


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When you are no longer able to take a certain route on your bike, it messes up your bike shui and you refuse to even ride your bike.
Justin used to take his bike to the UMC but then they closed his route, so he just walks now. It totally messed up his bike shui.
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Ggal, you must be so relieved and happy to have your son home. Thank you and him for his service.
Bev, congrats on the new SUV. You'll have lots of fun. Did you have to show those beautiful cacti when our weather here really sucks LOL!!!!
Anael, beautiful family. They are going to be the best dressed babes in the nursery-great job.
Imagine all the people living life in peace...(John Lennon 1940-1980)
It was time for the once a year Grandma's Cinnamon Rolls, updated with Unique Eats idea of gooey bottoms turned upside down available in the the virtual RV:Enjoy, calorie free!!
Dubib...what beautiful flowers. I've never seen prickly pear in bloom before.
Anael...thanks for the pictures. Things are looking good in the nursery. How thankful we are!
QNS...glad there are no calories in your goodies and I'm sure it must have been QuiltE that snitched the cake. None of us would ever have done that.
Jan...I don't think Phil would taste very good but if anyone could make it tasty, leave it to QNS!
i quilted another row of PC blocks...only one more to go! A change of pace, I started sewing rows of blocks together. That feels REALLY good. Friday, I'm going to Shipshewana for a Fons & Porter event but there are many wonderful LQSs in the area so this will be a FART. I've been through my limited stash and have decided I'll look for a border print for my PC. we haven't gotten any snow yet but are far enough south that we're only supposed to get a dusting overnight.
I got Rosie done today!! Posted on the original thread here: Quilts for Rosie - Weekly Paper Pieced Sampler Quilt Along
I am happy to have it done am excited to work on my PC quilts again. I will be cutting my sashings tomorrow and hopefully be able to get some on blocks.
QNS--you can come bake at my house anytime!!
Thanks so much for the Cinnamon Rolls QNS. I love comin' ta the RV ta eat w/ya.
My initials are BB, so dublb is double B.
Helllooooooooooooooo ... yup it was I ... only because I was led astray by DDamsel!
Darned good too ... though those Cinnamon Rolls are really calling to me!
Count me in on the flannelette escapade!! I think it's better that we let CarrieM do a major shop and coordinate all together.
CarrieM ... be sure to include the postage in your tally of what we owe you! Likewise for the postage of the BBs back to us. Hope you are feeling better ... must have been with the Rosie completion. It's stunning!
Anael .. what a sweet pic with Mom, Dad and Bram. Love Isa's pic with the stuffy and I bet Mick is pretty proud of that one! Great productivity today with your sewing. The blue check .... is that one of those pillow thingy's to hold their head/neck in place? or what? Can you tell that I have no clue what baby things are, let alone what they are called? Re flannelette be sure you get extra as remember, it could shrink incredibly. So get extra, and then the leftovers can be used for other projects another time. Better make sure that you do "twin" matchy/coordinating things! Nothing sweeter. BTW ... first thing I spotted was the cow on the blanket.
Flannelette vs. fleece ... the fleece would handle the hot washing, though it does not breathe, and while the babies need to be warm, they might sweat it out too much. The cotton would breathe. Although DDamsel is our resident baby blanket/quilt maker and has it all down pat!
QNSue ... beautiful Christmas Cactus, just missed MrQNSue's birthday. My Grandfather always had them bloom at Christmas and again in July. How good of you to be so kind and thoughtful to AIL. She looks quite comfy there with your quilt
JanRN ... And if you're going to talk about Punxsutawney Phil, then I'll have to demand equal time for our own active rodent ... Wiarton Willie!!! And then there's Balzac Billie in JanieW's part of the country!
One of the church's near here has a Groundhog Stew supper ... a sell out every year. Of course, only a faux as they use ground beef!
DublB ... your other cacti are incredible!
DDamsel ... tempt me on the sewing ... AND the cake! You're such a baaaaaaaaad one!! I wonder if I leave it long enough, if the February one will come and will be easier (and smaller) than the dressmaker's dummy? So what escapades did you and DH get up to, today?
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Sew many ideas ... just sew little time!!
Anael I wanted ta let ya know what I know about flannel v. fleece. At one point #1 DSon thought he wanted ta be a fireman & took a 3 month course ta be one. He said that babies need ta wrapped well & only in 100% natural fibers. If there is a fire fleece & other man made fabrics will melt to the skin o' the babies. Older children & adults can git those fabrics off if there is a fire. Flannel is 100% cotton.
My initials are BB, so dublb is double B.
Thanks, Dublb, for that information about fleece and flannel. I will remember that. Anael has given me one address for a bag for the walker, any one else have any ideas?
That ground hog will see his shadow on the Feb. 2nd, JanRN, 'cause they drag him out to see his public fans....and make their money for the town's economy with everyone there to see him.
Carrie, we all are thinking you will lead on the flannel gathering for the preemies and ship some to Anael. Maybe Anael has other ideas for flannel also or other needs we PC 'grandparents" can do for the preemies... and let us know on the $$ needed by private mail? Your Rosie quilt is quite nice, isn't it a relief to get one project done??
Yep, QuiltE, wish you had said 'hello' and come on back to sample the cinnamon rolls....dh really does not need all that sugar being diabetic II. Carrie, I do not cater away from home, sorry. You all will have to come here, the welcome mat is out....once the snow clears you might be able to see it. Thursday night the temps are really dipping down...one source says eleven below zero. I hope not.
Carrie...your Rosie quilt looks great. Good job. Can you explain how you do SITD zigzag? Do you do it around all of the pieces in the blocks?


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The 14th Annual Komen Brainerd Lakes Race for the Cure includes a 5K race, 5K walk and 1-mile walk as well as a Spirit Runner category for those who are unable to participate physically.
Also, children ages 2-10 can race as Kids for the Cure at age-appropriate distances and can enter another event for a single fee. Register online at www.komenbrainerdlakes.org and select "Breast Health Alliance Team Aitkin" or "Breast Health Alliance Team Crosby." Fees range from $12 for children ages 2-10 to $20 to $25 for adults, depending on the activity chosen.
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All proceeds from the event stay in the Susan G. Komen Minnesota Affiliate. Seventy-five percent of the dollars go toward community grants and 25 percent are dedicated to breast cancer research.


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Hey guys,
Know it's abit off topic, but the other main area of costuming i enjoy is LOTR stuff. I currently own a 3rd age Gondorian suit of armour (that's the good guys from the third movie for all you people that haven't seen the movie:p)
and am looking into making the 3rd age Elven army, that was in the second movie fighting at helm's deep.
So far i have had no luck locating it, but does anyone here know of anyone that has made the cloak that the elves wear, or a pattern that exists?
I will post pics of said cloak if needed for reference.
Thanks in advance guys!


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What players, are the most likely to go top 15? Can do this to get a better idea of what players the giants will have to choose from at 19.
Start with the most likely.
QBs Im going to skip, but I will assume at least 2 will go, which 2 I dont really care.
3. OT Jockel
4. DE Werner
5. DE Moore
6. CB Millner
7. DT Loutelei
8. DT Richardson
9. OLB Mingo
10. OG Warmack
11. LB Ogletree
12. DE Ansah
13. OT Fisher
14. OT Johnson
15. OLB Jarvis Jones
Then there are 3 more picks before the giants pick.
This is the next group of guys
WR Patterson
WR Allen
TE Eifert/Ertz
DE Okafor/Jones
DT Hankins/Floyd
Just saying, its entirely possible that all the guys that are commonly mocked to the giants could easily be gone. Yes someone could fall, but thats not the point of this. Just trying to look at what guys are probably going to still be there. Of course a run on QBs always helps


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"11th-Floor near KaDeWe" !!! - in BERLIN
Size39 m²
Floor No.11(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Parking available
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Smoking allowed
- Internet/WiFi
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|Lietzenburger Straße, 10789 Berlin, Germany
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The Apartment -- one of our four quite attractive Apartments - is located on the 11th Floor of a modern 17-Story High-Rise-Building, with a great View over the Roofs of Berlin from its large Balcony.
Here is a Quotation from one of our Guests:
"An extraordinary Combination of a central and exciting Location, - AND - relaxing Greens and numerous Trees, - something to be found very rarely !!" -- To be seen nearby, - from the balcony, or a few steps away from the Apartment, - is the world-renowned "KaDeWe" -Department-Store, or "Department-Store of the West".
It is located directly adjacent to the Wittenbergplatz.
In the center of the Wittenbergplatz, a historic Underground-Subway Station can be admired - 100 years old !!! - (built 1911-13), from where Trains can be taken to every possible Sight-Seeing-Treasure of Berlin and its Surroundings, be it a Museum, a Monument, or a Concert Hall.
-- The Castle "Sanssouci" in Potsdam? (in 30 Minutes from the Zoo) !!!
Around the Wittenbergplatz, there are also numerous Cafes and Restaurants, which are placing quite a number of Tables and Chairs outside in front of their Establishments
On sunny or pleasant days, hundreds of Tourists -- OF ALL NATIONALITIES !!! -- can be seen sitting there, enjoying their Dinners or just having a great Drink.
Also, in the immediate area, a number of Supermarkets can be found, one of which, with the name of "KAISERS", open until midnight, is also located at the Wittenbergplatz.
When visiting the KaDeWe-Dept.- Store, the experienced Tourist will take the Elevator immediately to the 7th Floor, because he knows that there, a Buffet is expecting him,
-- of the most distinguished Quality and Taste !
Only a few steps away from the Entrance to the KaDeWe, Sightseeing- Busses are leaving frequently, inviting the Tourist to enjoy a Tour through Berlin.
Looking west, or down the Tauentzienstrasse, one can see the "Gedächtniskirche" or Memorial Church. Just before the Church on the right hand side is the "EUROPA-CENTER", with the "IRISH PUB" located right inside of it ! There, a Live Band is playing every single Night of the Week !!!
And let's not forget the large Water-Clock located in the Main-Hall, together with a number of interesting Cafes and Restaurants, and some quite exciting Stores.
To get to the Apartment, one enters the Building from the Street by going through two electronic-operated Doors,.leading the Guest to two modern Elevators, which will take him to the 11th Floor, - in no time at all.
When entering the Apartment, one immediately is taken in by its attractive and also friendly Ambience.
This was achieved through the Selection and Arrangement of its Furniture, as can be seen on the Photos.
Pick-up per car from Train-station Berlin-Hauptbahnhof for 20€.
We are looking forward to welcoming you here in Berlin. Thank you very much !
House rulesPlease note:
SMOKING IS ALLOWED, - only on the Balcony !
The Price for the 3rd and 4th Guest is €10,- each per Night, - in Addition !
Secured Parking is available at €10,- per Night !
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Reviews of this property
Very recommendable apartment everything is as described in the offer.
The address is an ideal starting point to discover Berlin, whether on foot by public transport, with your own car or taxi.
The secound big plus is, that Bernd is quiet, friendly and helpful person.
All this together made my time there relaxed and comfortable!
Bernd, thanks a lot.
We had a great time in your apartment.
Its very convenient, and everything is nearby: e.g. stores, bus and metro.
Thanks for pick up service and bringing us back last day to the train station.
Also your tips for diner, metro card, were helpful.
If we returning to Berlin, we will sure stay in your apartment again.
Bernd is VERY friendly and helpful. The Apartment was exactly as described and in a good neighborhood. The WLAN connection was fast and reliable. I would highly recommend this Apartment in which I stayed 21 nights. Exellent value for money.
Beautiful Centrally located in the pleasant Berlin. Plus: a quiet location with beautiful views. Minus: poor drainage in the bathroom and only 2 towels per person for 1 week and 1 tea towel.
Mooi centraal gelegen accommodatie midden in het gezellige Berlijn. Plus: rustig gelegen met mooi uitzicht. Min: slechte waterafvoer in de badkamer en slechts 2 handdoeken per persoon voor 1 week en 1 theedoek.
The owner Bernd has a very nice apartment, centrally located with fantastic views. He's a nice host of one happy to help.
Der Vermieter Bernd hat eine sehr schöne Wohnung mit phantastischer Aussicht, sehr zentral gelegen. Er ist ein netter Gastgeber der einem gerne weiterhilft.
The apartment is very centrally located and within minutes you are at the center. Over the rooftops of Berlin has very nice views of the city. A well-functioning Internet connection is also available and if required you can also reserve a parking per night, which is in a big city an advantage. Around we were very pleased.
Die Wohnung liegt sehr zentral und in wenigen Minuten ist man am Zentrum. Über den Dächern von Berlin hat man sehr schönen Ausblick auf die Stadt. Eine gut funktionierende Internetverbindung ist ebenfalls vorhanden und bei Bedarf kann man pro Nacht auch einen Parkplatz reservieren, was in einer Grossstadt von Vorteil ist. Rundum waren wir sehr zufrieden.
All around a successful stay! We have felt very comfortable in the apartment and slept like logs. It was clean and the place well enough for 2 people. There is no wardrobe, but a suspension bar with several temples in the entrance area. The host is helpful and very reliable. We will come back!
Ein rundum gelungener Aufenthalt! Wir haben uns im Apartment sehr wohl gefühlt und geschlafen wie die Murmeltiere. Es war sauber und der Platz reicht gut für 2 Personen. Es gibt keinen Kleiderschrank, dafür aber eine Aufhängestange mit mehreren Bügeln im Eingangsbereich. Der Gastgeber ist hilfsbereit und sehr zuverlässig. Wir kommen gerne wieder!
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UTSA to raise funds, collect food for Katrina evacuees at Dome Rally this weekend
By Rick Nixon
Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations
(Sept. 6, 2005)--The UTSA Athletic Department announced that Hurricane Katrina evacuees with identification from the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama will be admitted free along with their families to the 2005 UTSA Dome Rally women's collegiate volleyball tournament Friday through Sunday, Sept. 9-11 at the Alamodome in downtown San Antonio.
The Dome Rally will feature some of the top women's collegiate volleyball teams in the nation as UTSA will be joined by Texas A&M, Louisiana State, Southern California, Florida, Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Rice for the three-day tournament.
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Four matches will be played each day with starting times at 11 a.m., 1:30, 4:30 and 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, while Sunday's matches will begin at 11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m. The Dome Rally will be the kickoff to the 2005 women's volleyball season that will culminate Dec. 15-17 when San Antonio will host the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championships at the Alamodome.
In addition to the free tickets being offered to evacuees, UTSA student-athletes will be at the rally to take cash donations, with anyone contributing $25 receiving a complimentary ticket for the day. UTSA students with identification also will be admitted free to the rally. A free autograph session with members of all teams will be conducted following each match Saturday.
Additionally, UTSA's Phi Upsilon Zeta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will conduct a canned-food drive at the Dome Rally, benefiting Katrina evacuees.
Tournament passes and individual tickets are on sale now at the Alamodome Box Office and through Ticketmaster.
For more information, contact the UTSA Athletics ticket office at (210) 458-UTSA.
Dome Rally Schedule
Friday, Sept. 9
11 a.m. - Oklahoma vs. Rice
1:30 p.m. - UTSA vs. Louisiana State
4:30 p.m. - Texas A&M vs. Florida
7 p.m. - Notre Dame vs. Southern California
Saturday, Sept. 10
11 a.m. - Texas A&M vs. Louisiana State
1:30 p.m. - Oklahoma vs. Notre Dame
4:30 p.m. - Southern California vs. Florida
7 p.m. - UTSA vs. Rice
Sunday, Sept. 11
11 a.m. - Notre Dame vs. Florida
1 p.m. - Texas A&M vs. Southern California
3 p.m. - Louisiana State vs. Rice
5 p.m. - UTSA vs. Oklahoma


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Developer: Pipeworks
Ship date: December 2005
September 27, 2005 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, announced a Prince of Persia title in the works for the PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable) system. Developed by Pipeworks, the game builds on last year's console success, Prince of Persia Warrior Within, and features original content such as additional puzzles, new maps and redesigned levels. The game is scheduled to ship December 2005.
The Old Man said to the Prince, "Your fate has been written. You will die."
Enter the dark underworld of Prince of Persia PSP (working title). Hunted by the Dahaka, an immortal incarnation of Fate seeking divine retribution, the Prince embarks upon a path of carnage and mystery to defy his preordained death. His journey leads to the infernal core of a cursed island stronghold harboring mankind's greatest fears. Only through grim resolve, bitter defiance and the mastery of deadly new combat arts can the Prince rise to a new level of warriorship – and emerge from this ultimate trial with his life.
•Free-Form Fighting System: The intricate new combat system makes its way to the PSP and allows gamers to wage battles in boundless ways. Manipulate the environment and the enemies themselves to develop your own unique fighting style. Plus, an all-new projectile attack system allows for a variety of combat tactics.
•A violent underworld revealed: Explore and conquer a breeding ground for the most brutal, unrelenting monsters to torment mankind.
•Control the ravages of time: Ravage enemies with the devastating new combative powers of the Sands of Time, and discover astounding variations in fighting gameplay.
•Fight harder, play longer: Hours upon hours of action await you in your fight for survival, including various bonus incentives for those who finish the game.


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Il ContadinoPodestà, Giovanni Battista
Il Contadino [The Farmer], undated
sculpture, mixed media
50 cm
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Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne
Podestà, Giovanni Battista (1895-1976), Italy
Giovanni Battista Podestà was the thirteenth child in a Lombard farming family. His father died when he was still a little boy and he was raised by his mother, surrounded by his twelve sisters. He left school at the age of ten and was hired as a builder's helper in order to provide for his family. In 1914, the First World War broke out and he went to the front. At the end of the conflict, the land owned by his mother was insufficient to support the family and Podestà was forced to join the drift away from the countryside. He ended up in Laveno, a town on the shores of Lake Maggiore, where he found employment as a policeman, then as a factory worker. When the Second World War was declared, Podestà re-enlisted.
Giovanni Battista Podestà created multicoloured, glittery sculptures and high and low reliefs made, among other things, from fragments of mirrors and metallic paper that he salvaged. He integrated sundry cultural, popular or religious motifs borrowed from the Middle Ages into his works, which had a strongly symbolic content. In this way he found an effective means to protest against the loss of spiritual values that occurs in a materialistic society. His body, which he adorned and displayed in the streets of his town, also became a support for expression.
Exhibition(s) at the Art Brut Collection


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Mcneese State's Kim Kennedy makes contact during a doubleheader against Florida International Saturday at cowgirl Diamond Kennedy was 1-for-3 in the second game. (Rick Hickman / American Press)
Last Modified: Monday, March 17, 2014 12:22 PM
By Albert Burford / American PressA few afternoon showers didn't dampen the red-hot McNeese State offense Saturday at Cowgirl Diamond.
The Cowgirls claimed both games of a doubleheader, 9-1 in five innings and 5-3.
McNeese (18-9) fell behind 1-0 in the third inning of the second game after triples from FIU's (19-10) Rebekah Sanchez and Stephanie Texeira.
Alanna DiVittorio got the Cowgirls right back in it with a two-run homer to left field to make it 2-1 in the bottom of the third.
Rain fell throughout the majority of the second game.
"It's an aspect both teams had to deal with," DiVittorio said. "We knew it was going to be a slick ball and pitchers were going to struggle a little more. When it's there, take advantage of it."
McNeese added three runs in the fifth inning when DiVittorio doubled to open the inning and scored from third on a passed ball. Taylor Goree's RBI double drove home the fourth run and Katie Roux doubled to score Goree.
The game got tight in the top of the seventh when an error and a walk put runners on first and second with no outs for FIU. Jamie Allred entered in relief for Rachel Smith and McNeese allowed two runs, but ended the game at 5-3 with a running catch by left fielder Lauren Langner.
"With her speed, she gets to that ball well," said McNeese coach Mike Smith. "It started rising, so if she was 5-1, I don't know if she would have got to that ball. She used her whole 5-4 frame to catch that ball at the end."
In the first game, McNeese jumped out to an 8-1 lead with four runs in each of the first two innings. The Cowgirls added another run in the third to make it 9-1 and held that scoreline until the fifth inning when the run rule went into effect.
Ashley Modzelewski ended the game 2-for-3 with a home run, four RBIs and two runs scored. Goree went 3-for-3 with two runs and an RBI and Roux added another two RBIs and a run.
"Our girls came in swinging the bats well," Smith said. "The last game (against Houston Baptist), we had some hits but we just didn't get hits in key situations. Today, that changed a lot.
"We'll take these wins. They're a great team. They play in a strong Conference USA. They have some big wins. That's a good club, so those are some good wins for us. I'm really happy all the way around with what we did today. We came out with a good game plan of being aggressive at the plate and putting pressure on their defense."
The series will wrap up at 11 a.m. today. McNeese also won both games of a Southland Conference doubleheader against Houston Baptist in dominating fashion on Wednesday this week before dropping the series finale Thursday, something Smith said the Cowgirls have grown from.
"We chalked that last series up to a learning experience," he said. "The girls get it. The coaches get it too. That was a tough one to take. They've learned from it and we're excited about the direction we're headed right now."


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this is pretty cool..https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...61168207_n.jpg
this is pretty cool..https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...61168207_n.jpg
I wish some people around here would take a look at this. Its on the homepage too. Everyone seems to say the same thing on the LBer threads, "Reese never takes LBers." Well, this proves them wrong. I realize JR hasnt gone LB early on, but in the 6 years he's been drafting, he's picked 5 different positions in the 1st round. Who's to say we dont go LB early this year is my argument. Guess Im just hopeful this year and trying to will it it a little
2017 Draft Wishlist:
1. Christian McCaffrey RB Stanford
2. Raekwon McMillan ILB Ohio State
3. Roderick Johnson OT Florida State
4. Jordan Leggett TE Clemson
5. Ryan Glasgow DT Michegan
6. Chad Kelly QB Ole Miss
7. Billy Brown WR Shepherd
"Behold, the tailgate party. The pinnacle of human achievement. Since the dawn of parking lots, man has sought to fill his gut with food and alcohol in anticipation of watching others exercise."
- Homer J. Simpson
I honestly don't feel Fluker is first round worthy for an Olineman. Too many pressures, Q.Smith, and speed rushers seem to rush right by him. I think Ogletree would be a good fit, they should go for #9 LB. Reese was at his Pro Day as well, and i remember them mentioning there interest in Reuben Randle then selecting him eventually.
P:S: Get it #9 linebacker, ogletree is #9, and they've selected 8 LB's so far, so Ogletree would be#9.


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Jennifer Lawson
Montana State Parks (stateparks.mt.gov) is reminding the public that they can book campsite reservations for the 2012 summer season online at stateparks.mt.gov or by phone at 1-855-922-6768.
"We're looking forward to a great summer season, state parks offer some of the best camping sites in Montana," said Chas Van Genderen, Administrator for Montana State Parks. "We're excited to continue the success of our new reservation system that is only in its second year. It makes camping less stressful by allowing families to plan in advance."
Start dates for reservations booked online or by phone are for the peak season which starts Friday, May 25 of Memorial Day weekend.
Twenty of Montana's State Parks are available through the campsite reservation program with 12 of the 20 parks featuring electric hookups. There are more than 500 sites in total to reserve, including several yurts, cabins and tipis.
Montana State Parks reservation campsites: Bannack, Beavertail Hill, Big Arm, Black Sandy, Brush Lake, Cooney, Finley Point, Hell Creek, Lake Mary Ronan, Lewis & Clark Caverns, Logan, Makoshika, Missouri Headwaters, Placid Lake, Salmon Lake, Thompson Falls, Tongue River Reservoir, Wayfarers, West Shore, and Whitefish Lake.
Basic campsite costs: $15 dollars per night for residents and $23 dollars per night for non-residents during peak spring/summer season. To reserve a campsite online or by phone is $10. Montana seniors and residents with disabilities are to contact the call center for accommodations and special rates.
Spontaneous campers are not left out as each park holds back approximately 25% of their campsites outside of the reservation program, for traditional first-come, first served camping visits, which are available starting May 1.
To make a reservation, visit: stateparks.mt.gov
The campsite reservation program launched in March of 2011 and saw more than 7,500 campers making their reservations through the new program during the 2011 spring/summer season (March - September).
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Fire crews fight blaze, elements during extreme cold
PINEY FLATS, Tenn. - ***UPDATE***
Fire crews were called to a familiar address in the Piney Flats Industrial Park.
Firefighters tell us a hot spot flared up in the already destroyed Coldstar International building.
The building was the scene of a major fire that broke out early Tuesday morning that had crews battling flames and cold temperatures.
Fire crews tell us this morning's flare up was not serious, but that this happens often after fires as big as this one.
Workers continue to scoop debris, as they try to determine what is left of the building.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Local firefighters battled a massive blaze and the elements Tuesday. A fire at a Coldstar International in Ppiney Flats early in the morning created dangerous, slippery conditions.
Fire crews were battling the flames and Mother Nature after a call early Tuesday morning.
Piney Flats fire chief Todd Justice says when crews arrived around 2:45, heavy smoke was coming from Coldstar International on Mountain View Road, and it was too hot for crews to go in. "Smoke conditions tell us it was really involved on the interior," Justice said. "With the wind blowing this morning as we were trying to make entry, it was just not allowing us to make a good, safe entry."
The company owners on scene told us Coldstar makes hot and cold therapy products, like ice packs and heating pads. The building is now a total loss, but they express their sincere thanks to the volunteers who have worked tirelessly in bitterly cold temperatures and some downright dangerous conditions. "We've dealt with hose lines freezing, air packs freezing, radios freezing, gauges on the trucks freezing. Anything that had water in it or on it is frozen at this point," Justice said Tuesday morning.
Many crews tried to warm up in the fire trucks until they had to go back in.
The work continued for hours as crews worked to put the hot spots out.
What caused the fire is still under investigation.
Several volunteer fire departments were called in to help. The American Red Cross disaster relief truck was there to provide coffee and hot chocolate to crews.


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[quote user="LT_was_good"]I would be thrilled if Merciless dropped to us, though I doubt it.* From the limited tape I saw, seemed like every time he was blocked one-on-one, either the play was designed the other way or he was in the backfield making something happen.
Yeah he was fairly beastial in 2011.
I doubt we see him fall to us but a boy can dream [s]


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Comic-Con: First Footage of 'Batman v Superman' and Wonder Woman
SAN DIEGO — It was maybe 30 seconds of footage, but it had Comic-Con on its feet.
A surprise peek at "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" pumped up fans to 11 at the beginning of Warner Bros.' Comic-Con panel Saturday. It wasn't a scene, but a teaser, with Ben Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman staring each other down, preparing for battle.
Because the film is still in production and doesn't come out until May of 2016, fans were unsure whether they would see anything of "Batman v Superman." The answer was very little, but just enough to whet their appetites.
"I was shooting last night and I jumped on a plane and came here this morning to give you an update," said director Zack Snyder, whose update was simply to tell the crowd, "I couldn't be happier with the way everything's going."
He then brought out he movie's core cast: Affleck and Cavill and Gal Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman. The actors simply waved and didn't say a word, but that was enough to thrill the crowd, particularly because they were accompanied by photos of themselves in costume — including the first ever look at Gadot in Wonder Woman armor.
Not much longer was a look at the science-fiction movie "Jupiter Ascending," which has generated largely bad buzz in Hollywood and was delayed, just six weeks before its release, from July to February. Following a preview for the movie that straddled the line between epic and silly, star Channing Tatum made a brief appearance on stage, but didn't take any audience questions.
Surprisingly absent were directors Lana and Andy Wachowski, who are currently shooting a television series for Netflix (many filmmakers, like Snyder, briefly leave ongoing productions for Comic-Con).
Two other movies got much longer presentations. First was "Mad Max: Fury Road," a follow-up to the three-decade-old post-apocalyptic trilogy starring Mel Gibson. George Miller, who directed the original films and the new one, presented about five minutes of footage that mixed 1970s-style bleakness with modern over-the-top action and drew a largely positive reaction from fans.
"I wanted to make one long, extended chase and see what we could pick up about the characters on the way," Miller said of the new movie, which stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron and comes out in May of 2015.
Perhaps the biggest surprise Saturday however, wasn't footage, but the moderator of a panel promoting December's final movie set in Middle Earth: "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies." Stephen Colbert outed himself a hard-core J.R.R. Tolkien nerd and showed footage of himself as an extra in the upcoming movie before introducing director Peter Jackson, co-writer Philippa Boyens, and nearly a dozen cast members to talk about the adaptations of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
Colbert said that Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" movies were a redeeming experience for him. "I was given hope not just that the movies might be good but that finally people might not roll their eyes when I talk about Middle Earth," the "Colbert Report" host said. "The only problem as I saw it was at a total running time of 11-and-a-half hours, they were too damned short."
In addition to a new trailer for "The Battle of the Five Armies," Jackson showed an extended blooper reel from the six "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" movies that included a number of flubbed line, pratfalls, and Ian McKellen briefly opening his Gandalf robe to reveal 21st century underwear.


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A roadside diner on a busy thoroughfare like Route 138 on Aquidneck Island has a captive audience of New York-to-Cape Cod travelers and summer visitors to nearby vineyards (Newport and Greenvale). To hold onto that clientele, it must prove its mettle with solid versions of the classics while also tossing a few creative sandwiches and salads onto the menu.
Breakfast sandwiches, on toast, bagels, English muffins, croissants, or in a wrap are available all day, and for me they were filling enough to have for two meals. Bill had Anna's signature "breakfast wrap" with two egg patties, bacon, sausage, and ham, plus cheese, onion, and tomato ($7.50). One egg with cheese and one meat is $3.85, so his wrap was a bargain and a very filling breakfast.
The Mexican breakfast wrap is listed with two egg patties, plus sausage, bacon, pepper jack cheese, caramelized onion, tomato, and sour cream ($7.50). I had a yen for the Mexican spiciness but not the meats, so I requested it without, and it was quite good.
I also indulged in one of the giant homemade muffins, the cranberry orange ($2.05). I have a weakness for muffins, especially moist and light ones (which this was). Its buttery taste was complemented by the orange flavor and there were plenty of cranberries, plus walnuts. The fact that there were no muffin crumbs to carry to the car with my leftover breakfast wrap was ample testimony.
There are many other muffin incarnations, and the carrot raisin is almost like a small carrot cake, which is what brought staffer Liz Carnevale and her sister to work with Anna D. They brought their mother's carrot cake (crushed pineapple in the batter and cream cheese frosting) to a local party, where they met Dimattino, an émigré from the shores of Manhattan. She was so impressed by the cake that she asked the sisters to work for her . . . and to bring along the carrot cake recipe.
Though that specialty wasn't available for me to taste on the days when I stopped by Anna D's, I did ogle the other homemade pastries, including a cinnamon-walnut coffee cake, a lemon pound cake, large chocolate chip or oatmeal cookies, scones, cinnamon rolls, and a pan of brownies (I got one to go, and it was fudgy with chips — terrif!).
After our breakfast sandwiches, we took home an Asian salad with grilled chicken ($8.50) and the "my big fat Greek wrap," also grilled chicken but with feta, lettuce, tomato, and tzatziki sauce ($7.95). Bill's salad had shredded cabbage tossed with chopped Romaine, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, and scallions. It was topped with chow mein noodles and cashews. The dressing — a chili Thai peanut variation — was on the side, and Bill thoroughly enjoyed the salad for his supper.
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Bruise Cruise
| Hello Voyage-Air Guitar fans,
I recently sent a Voyage-Air Guitar on a cruise, and here's what the VAD-2 acoustic guitar itself had to say about the trip:
"Recently, I went on the Bruise Cruise, courtesy of my Voyage-Air Guitar family. This cruise was host to bands such as The Black Lips, The Vivien Girls, and Turbo Fruits. I, obviously, had quite an adventure. There were mosh pits and body surfing involved. Yikes! Think… tatted up, 20 something, rockers on a boat, floating around the Caribbean with no where to go but the bar and listening to music LOUD. Visualize tattooed arms playing me loudly and throwing back shots.
"Luckily, I was under the constant care of Cheyenne. She made sure that I was well protected. I far more enjoyed the travel aspect of this trip, hanging out in the cabin on the ship being played by these young artists, going to the Bahamas, or just laying around on Miami Beach.
"I did get some down time too, as witnessed in the photographs of me lying by the pool or even cuddled in the arms of a cruiser, as he slept, (or shall I say, passed out?). That was ackward.
"Check out the photo album on Voyage-Air's Facebook page. CLICK HERE! Don't forget to "Like" Us.
"I've been on a music cruise before. Last year, I was lucky enough to go on the Delbert McClinton Blues Cruise. Blues is quite a bit different than Bruise! But it was music and drinking, all the same.
"Of course, the age group was quite drastically different… I don't think that the Blues Cruisers went home with quite as many bruises! But headaches, for sure! Did I mention that Delbert is a Voyage-Air Guitar player and quite a fan of ours?
"Danny Flowers (Livin On Tulsa Time) was also on the cruise, sporting his own Voyage-Air guitar. Quite the perfect six stringed companion for such a trip, if I do say so myself!
"To see Cheyenne's blog and read more about this trip, check out: http://www.bruisecruise.blogspot.com/. Don't forget to "Follow" her there and sign up for a free guitar.
"See ya soon as the Adventures continue!"
A well-traveled Voyage-Air Guitar


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Nonprofit Project: Mission
Our mission statement is..
The Nonprofit Project is a diverse and networked community of public affairs students, practitioners, and scholars interested in nonprofit management. We bring to bear the expertise of the public administration faculty and students to develop, share, and apply knowledge and to build the capacity of the nonprofit community.
Faculty associated with the Nonprofit Project consult on nonprofit responses to disasters, on the state budget crisis, on nonprofit leadership development and in many other areas. Along with graduate education for nonprofit leaders, we continue to provide training workshops in a variety of critical areas for nonprofit development.
We divide our work on behalf of nonprofits into three interrelated areas. We work to:
1.) assist in the development of networks of nonprofit managers,
2.) provide graduate education including an MPA, a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management, tailored training experiences, nonprofit internships and a doctoral program for public service managers,
3.) contribute to scholarly and applied research (including consulting with nonprofit agencies).


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12-18-2011 03:28 PM - edited 12-18-2011 03:28 PM
ThorsHammer wrote:
eos wrote:
Im sooo happy I dont have an SSD. They sound like a nightmare.
Seriously? You have never used a SSD drive in a desktop or notebook computer?
I meant Im sooo happy I dont have an SSD in my W520.
I have an OCZ vertex in my gaming rig, but the compatability issues on the Lenovo scare me white, and the fact that they wear out with frequetly changing files. The laptop is what I use 10 hours day 7 days a week to earn money. I cant waste any time trying to fix BSOD, Long sleep wake times (510), having to spend hours changing bios settings, tune rapid boot, update SSD firmwares, and have the HD bricked as I use HW passwords (older crucials). The only SSD I havent seen issues with the W520 is the relatively slow and expensive Intel 320 series. I have yet to see a post which says any SSD model works 100% with the W520, and requires no changes, hacks, or tweaks to run. I hope at some point there will be. Also, SSDs are not good with small files, databases, rapidly changing files etc. (i modify hundreds of sorce code files every day, each generates thousands of tiny updated class files. I run 3 linux VMs. I have Oracle and MySQl running, and the Lighroom Database which gets modified every few seconds when touching up photos. I recon that would kill an SSD, but I have no way to know or find out (without shelling out about £600 and crossing fingers).
12-18-2011 04:17 PM - edited 12-18-2011 04:17 PM
Yes, I use Outlook 2010
Hi Folks:
For what it's worth, I have a W520 with an 80 gig Intel mSATA chip and a conventional 500 gig hard drive. I've got the OS and the applications on the chip, and all the user files on the drive.
I use RapidBoot 1.12 and the computer works well, it is trouble-free. It boots and gets me to the desktop very quickly.
12-18-2011 06:21 PM - edited 12-18-2011 06:58 PM
Lenovo says that the average Lenovo EE 2.0 PC boots in 28 seconds:
Is anyone achieving anywhere close to 28 seconds boot up time with the W520?
eos wrote:I have yet to see a post which says any SSD model works 100% with the W520, and requires no changes, hacks, or tweaks to run. I hope at some point there will be.
I think many people run problem free otherwise I would hear about it in my company. I recognize your frustration with Windows, W520, and the trouble they have caused you. I hope your holiday season brings better tidings.
I've had no issues with the 'bullet proof mSATA' drive I put in. I've used an SSD in my wife's laptop for over a year now with good success too. I was an early adopter of SSDs with my desktop. Out of the first 5 drives, 3 died. 2 within 30 days of purchase and 1 within the manufacturer's warranty period. The technology is maturing - but the speeds are worth an occasional bump in the road.
ColonelONeill wrote:
I've hit 26 seconds from power button to desktop a few times.
Whew!!! Mine takes twice as long. What's your secret?
huberth wrote:
Is anyone achieving anywhere close to 28 seconds boot up time with the W520?
I timed my machine today - much to my surprise, 28 seconds exactly from a cold start. I started timing when I swiped my finger, and stopped timing when the usable desktop appeared.
W520, Windows 7 Pro, UEFI BIOS, GPT discs, an 80 gig Intel mSATA card for the OS and applications, and the standard Seagate mechanical drive for the documents.
The OS installation is totally standard (I would not know how to tweak it), with all the drivers supplied by Lenovo System Update. Plus the usual stuff - Microsoft Security Essentials, Adobe CS 5.5, and all the other things that start up when the computer starts up.
28 seconds is actually pretty fast.... before I timed it, had someone asked, I would have guessed it took about 15 seconds to start up.
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Please go to http://beeinformed.org/participate/ and take the survey. It can be pretty involved depending on your specific case, but do what you can.
I just took the survey and am looking at some of the results from last year. Colony losses between different management styles (no non-bee derived products, natural only, prefer natural, use anything, other) were not statistically significant. In fact, the the range was between 31-36% with the first option rating at about 33%.
The difference between migratory and non-migratory was 30%, 34% respectively.
We see a lot of numbers in a lot of different directions, but the averages are not statistically different. I mentioned previously the differences between treating and non treating for varroa specifically were less than ten percent, I'm looking at the graph now and losses with no varroa treatment were 37% and treated were 29%, so only 8% difference. It's clear from the numbers that the ones who treated are more often commercial beekeepers, averaging 150 colonies, and the ones who didn't treat were less so, averaging 20 colonies.
According to the stats, powdered sugar was NOT helpful, actually increasing losses compared to whatever else was done.
Coumaphos only ~2.5% better than doing nothing.
Formic Acid, 6% better than nothing.
Fluvalinate, 2% better than nothing.
Miscellaneous herbal products, 3% better than nothing.
Small Cell, 1% worse than nothing on average, but varying widely. Using small cell in all colonies 2% better than in no colonies, but still widely varying. Shows a small bad correlation for going half way as it were.
SSB 2% better than nothing.
Here's an interesting one, drone removal, using it 1% worse than not using it. Dodged a bullet there.
Terramycin and Tylosin, 2% better than nothing.
Fumagillin and Nosevet, wash.
Again, I'm not seeing anything all the useful in treating to begin with. Most of these numbers say that the treatment does not do anything statistically significant. The best looking product is Formic Acid, but it is only correlated with increased survival by 6%. It's hard for me to see that a 6% increase justifies the cost and time it takes to treat. One thing treating does do is make for more consistent results.
On the other hand, many of us have experienced the 'going cold turkey' paradigm, both personally and vicariously. It must be noted that there is a big difference between going cold turkey and being cold turkey. So it may be that these numbers are more due to avoided losses from the switching process than differences in management. It's kind of like a tax on not changing.
Just a few thoughts.
Take the survey, get your information in there for this year's results. This information is helpful for all beekeepers.


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