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THRILLS AND SPILLS OF A MEDIEVAL JOUST - Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Royal Armouries spearheads a bid to establish Yorkshire as the jousting capital of Europe this summer, in a series of high-octane clashes at the Leeds museum.
Visitors will see history come alive as some of the country's finest jousters battle it out on horseback on Fridays and Saturdays from July 26 to August 17 – pitching steel against steel.
The Tiltyard will resound to the clamour and pageantry of an authentic medieval tournament, as knights in shining armour throw down the gauntlet and conduct a series of battles royal.
The competition is set to reach a thrilling climax in the Grand Final of the Tournament of Champions (August 24 to 26), officially closing the tournament season at Royal Armouries – Britain's oldest public museum.
Museum director Peter Armstrong said, "An authentic joust never fails to thrill the crowds, and jousting is a central part of Royal Armouries' long and illustrious history. Our Leeds museum is home to many of the world's most famous and spectacular armours, including those of King Henry VIII – probably the most famous jouster in our history."
The summer programme also includes falconry displays, living history displays, a chance to get your hands on history – and lots more.
Running from Friday, July 26, to September 1, the school holiday programme Summer Knights includes the following highlights:
FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, July 26 to August 17 – CHAMPIONSHIP JOUSTING: Enjoy the thrills and spills of a spectacular joust, in the heart of Leeds. Find out how gallant knights steeled themselves for battle, and the kinds of weapons and protection they relied on.
There's also a chance to meet the knights and the horses after each daily show, with great photo opportunities and the chance to discover life as a knight in shining armour. Tickets £6, £4 concessions, heats at 12 noon and 3pm.
SUNDAYS – ANIMALS: Marvel at amazing flying demonstrations as falcons, owls and eagles are put through their paces in shows at 12 noon and 3pm. Get up close to the birds, after their displays, and also meet farm animals from the medieval farm (July 28, August 4 and August 11 only). Visitors can also explore the museum and track down the animals in the national collection – everything from lions to tigers, and snakes to dragons.
MONDAYS – LIVING HISTORY: Have-a-go at a variety of interactive events, including a chance to learn medieval archery and longbow techniques, plus knife throwing.
TUESDAYS – COMBAT: Master the art of swordfighting with our experts, and experience arms and armour handling, plus watch swordfighting demonstrations.
WEDNESDAYS – ANIMALS: Another chance to get up close and personal to the falcons, after their magnificent displays and meet the animals down on the medieval farm (July 31 and August 14). There's also a chance to meet Sir Henry and Lady Greatham and their trot-about hobby horses Dobbin and Whinny as they ride out to the tournament. Join Innerstate for fun tales and high jinx.
THURSDAYS – COMBAT – As Tuesdays.
Jester's Yard Play Area – Craft activities, games and dressing up. Suitable for ages 0- 10 (11am – 4pm, £2.50)
Crossbow Range – Are you a hot shot? Have a go with a real crossbow in our shooting gallery.
Knight Skool – Children can enter the medieval world of knights and maidens. Train to be a knight, have a go at games that young squires would play plus try on a special mini suit of armour. Sessions throughout the day.
Hands On History – Weapons and object handling sessions throughout the day.
Notes to editors
- Royal Armouries is the national museum of arms and armour and has sites in Leeds, HM Tower of London, Fort Nelson and Louisville, Kentucky. It is the first British national museum to open a permanent presence in another country
- Admission to the museum is free. However, there may be a small charge for some special events.
- Open all year daily, 10am-5pm. Closed 24-25 December
- Information Line: 0113 220 1999
- Website: www.royalarmouries.org
- The Royal Armouries Museum should not be confused with Royal Armouries International plc, the private sector corporate hospitality business.
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This was not only my first attempt at fixing hive with a laying worker. This was also my first attempt at installing a new queen.
I tend towards laissez faire beekeeping where I observe and watch what the little critters do with minimal interference. Of course, now that IÂve seen what a hive with a laying worker does, IÂll try to intercede earlier next time.
So I found someone local to sell me a new queen. He suggested, as I have read here, to shake out the entire hive and return the empty equipment to itÂs previous location. To this, he suggested that I break the hive down to one deep hive body with two frames of open brood from my queenright hive (and the clinging bees).
Thus, moving out from the middle of this single box I had the queen cage (held by a nail, hanging candy end up, punctured slightly to assist in freeing the queen) and then on either side two frames of open brood, two primarily empty frames (some pollen), two frames of pollen, two frames of honey and one empty frame in the extra space.
But first, shaking / brushing the bees out was an experience. I had planned to take photos, but I was a little too busy. I took the hive around behind my house to a work area near my garden. I shook them out onto the ground and there were thousands of bees everywhere. In hindsight (this story has A LOT of HINDSIGHT) I should have put the empty frames into plastic trash bag because the bees were going right back to it. After they realized that they werenÂt going to be using it as home any more (when I got down to the bottom board) they got VERY agitated and started tearing apart the capped honey that I had not to far away. Like I said, I WOULD have put this in a nearby container or in a bag or something, but once I got started there was nowhere to go that didnÂt have thousands of bees.
When I moved the equipment back to the hive stand many bees where already there either tapping their feet impatiently waiting for me to set them back up or they were giving up and going into the queenright hive nearby. This got THAT hive upset just as I went to go in to get the frames of open brood.
I am SO glad that my little .47 acres is VERY private and the neighbors didnÂt see alot of this. On the other hand, maybe now theyÂll leave the crazy bee guy alone.
Anyway, I as I took the open brood out I was VERY careful not to take the good queen out of the queenright hive and move her into the hive that I was trying to install the new queen in. Of course, IÂm also not that good at spotting the queen so my success remains to be seen.

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CalPERS rate hike: 50 percent over six years
Original post made by Arnold, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Mar 25, 2013
"Any addition to the schools (rate) is likely to result in layoffs to employees," said the board president, Rob Feckner, who represents the largest group of CalPERS members, non-teaching employees in 1,488 school districts."
This is a separate issue from what's been discussed in "Re: Pleasanton school district to end fiscal year with hefty balances" (not true): Web Link
"the Teacher's Pension (CalSTRS) is in dire straights and in need of a significant cash infusion. The PUSD also knows this. The increased cost will amount to an additional 15% of payroll (not just a 15% increase but an almost tripling of the current pension cost of 8.25% of payroll, to 8.25% + 15% = 23.25% of payroll for the tax payer portion/district portion of the pension obligation)."
Now we have CalPERS claiming a need for fifty percent increases in th pension cost of non-teaching school administrators while CalSTRS (the teachers pension fund) is set to triple the cost of the teachers retirement fund, while the Pleasanton school district is claiming "hefty balances". All of these conclusions can't possibly be true when the increased dollars all come from the school districts "hefty balances".
How can this school district/Board claim hefty balances?
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 25, 2013 at 10:30 pm
They can't! We're all sinking! This is a tsunami of gargantuan magnitude! Is it just? I don't know and I don't care. Is it reasonable? I don't know and I don't care. Is this a more critical problem than kids not getting enough to eat? I don't know and I don't care. Clearly we need more links! And more links! But even those won't save us from the crushing waves of unsustainability that are swallowing us whole. Glub. Glub.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Mar 25, 2013 at 10:51 pm
What you should take from this is that our CA educational system dollars are being diverted from their primary purpose - education, to fund retirement benefits. It isn't JUST about the diversion of those dollars away from the classroom but also about the teachers pensions plan (CalSTRS), and the classified employees (CalPERS), skimming money from their own funds and now asking taxpayers to cover both the skim and market losses.
Maybe you're OK with that but I'm not.
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Members of The Commonwealth Club should keep an eye on their mailboxes over the next week as the December/January issue of The Commonwealth makes its way through the mails.
The issue features U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the cover; inside, she speaks about expanding participation in – and the resources for – American diplomacy, and she answers questions about energy, Mexico, China, Afghanistan, and much more.
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"Imaginary Countries": Photos by Alexis Papahadjopoulos
His goal was to travel to the ends of the earth, then bring back a distillation of his experiences. Whether in a landscape or in a person's face, Papahadjopoulos created a world as he wanted it to be, perfect in color, form and emotion. Come view his work on display at The Commonwealth Club.
MLF: The ArtsLocation: SF Club OfficeTime: Regular Club business hoursCost: FREEProgram Organizer: Lynn Curtis
Reza Aslan: Bridging the Middle East and America Through Culture
Reza Aslan, Author, No God But God, How to Win a Cosmic War, and Tablet and Pen; Contributing Editor, The Daily BeastWajahat Ali, Playwright, "The Domestic Crusaders;" Journalist; Attorney; Creator, Goatmilk: An Intellectual Playground BlogZoe Ferraris, Author, Finding Nouf and City of VeilsNajva Sol, Photographer; Poet; Co-founder, the Lowbrow Society for the ArtsIn conversat Read more »
Continuity of Government: Is the State of Emergency Superseding Our Constitution?
Peter Dale Scott, Ph.D.; Professor of English, UC Berkeley
On 9/11, the Bush administration implemented "Continuity of Government" (COG) measures, a set of secret emergency rules which Congress has not been allowed to review. These were reinforced by the proclamation of a state of emergency which has continued to be renewed by President Obama, despite vocal criticism. Read more »
Evolution of the "Alternative Medicine" Movement
Wallace Sampson, M.D.; Founder/Editor, The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is one of many unconventional medical practices, from herbal medicine to acupuncture. Some scientists see the CAM revolution as a return to more primitive characteristics of thought. Read more »
There Is No Authentic Cuisine (But Yours): Integrating Asian Ingredients into Easy Home Cooking
Eric Gower, Cooking Teacher; Private Chef; Author, The Breakaway Cook
Our shrinking globe means great things for home cooks, but we have to lose our notions of what is authentic. Developing one's palate through blind tasting leads to revelations on cuisine, identity and modern lifestyles. Gower has spent 17 years in Japan and traveled throughout Asia. Read more »
A Crack in the Edge of the World
We will discuss A Crack in the Edge of the World, a story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by Simon Winchester, an award-winning historian and Oxford-trained geologist who discusses not just the physical impact of the quake, but its broader impact on the cultural and economic development of Northern California. As a reminder, this is a book discussion group. The author will NOT be present. However, Simon Winchester will speak to The Club in Lafayette on November 14. Read more »


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Discuss MVHS Solar Power Generation Station tonight
Original post made by [removed], Alamo, on Jun 9, 2011
Monte Vista High School neighbors in Alamo and Danville can learn about the actual plans for a solar power generation station to be constructed as a carport covering the large parking lot in Alamo tonight, June 9, 7 PM, at the AIA Board meeting, Creekside Church, in Alamo. Specific concerns for the required height for the structure to allow emergency vehicles access and the superstructure needed to carry the weight of large solar panels and their tracking systems are the key issues to be presented and discussed.
Recent solar carport construction on Oak Park Blvd, Pleasant Hill, illustrated the massive industrial appearance of a solar generation power station built as a carport exceeding 24 feet in height. If such a power station is built in Alamo neighborhoods, the station will be a visually predominant to surrounding neighborhoods looking down on a massive array of solar panels and superstructure.
REF: Web Link
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a resident of Alamo
on Jun 9, 2011 at 9:08 am
this old fool always has the answers and it is the same aia aia i am still waiting for him to tell the world what the a i a has done to improve alamo. why is anyone going to a meeting to discuss something that is none of the aia business and most of all this discussion if that is what it is has no business in being held in a church..
have another meeting old fool..... and how about naming those neighborhood groups that only you seems to know
a resident of Alamo
on Jun 9, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Dear Editor,
Let us together bring the history and reality of the Alamo Improvement Association ("AIA") to the consideration of your readers.
For greater than a half century, AIA volunteers, elected as a board by direct and representative members from neighborhoods, business district groups and community groups, have provided interactive discussions, consideration and mitigation of issues that impact Alamo's majority of residents' relationship with governments and districts effecting policy, programs, projects and planning in the Alamo region. The successful maintenance of community and neighborhood character has been the mission of AIA planning and other committees. Such success is obvious as a majority of residents quickly see such valuable AIA results.
Today, recognizing the dynamics of neighborhoods in Alamo, AIA board members have created a community affairs committee to deal directly with neighborhood, business district and community groups on issues of government communication, public safety, parks and recreation, beautification and community services. Tonight's meeting is a reflection of the AIA's focus on neighborhoods as MVHS neighbors are invited to come and review further planning of a solar power generation station to be built as a massive carport within and in view of Alamo neighbors at Monte Vista High School. Such outreach is unique in Alamo because no county or local government offers such community engagement and fully interactive review of meaningful issues that impact Alamo region's majority.
Your readers need only come see for themselves tonight in the community meeting room provided by Creekside Church for the AIA and its direct and representative members.
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It will stay dry today with increasing amounts of sunshine. Patchy cloud will gradually start to clear through the afternoon, allowing for a warm and sunny end to the day. Maximum Temperature 21 °C.
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Largely dry today with some warm sunny spells for most. However, skies will be cloudier in the southwest with mist and fog over hills and along some coasts. Outbreaks of rain in the far northwest at times.
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Confidence in the forecast remains low into early June, but on balance the first full week of June looks set to remain unsettled with showers or longer spells of rain, interspersed with some drier and brighter weather. By the middle of June, more settled weather may begin to dominate bringing drier and brighter weather. Temperatures are likely to be close to normal during the start of this period, but as more settled weather arrives it is likely that it will turn warmer and may become very warm in places.
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National League for Nursing (NLN) Pre-Admission Exam-RN (PAX-RN)
National League for Nursing Pre-Admission Service
61 Broadway, New York, New York 10006
NLN PAX-RN Test Dates
NLN PAX-RN Exam Test Dates for Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 application deadlines TBA.
Students applying for the Associate Degree Nursing program are required to take the Pre-Admissions Exam (NLN PAX-RN) as part of the application process. Students achieving a composite score of 110 or higher and 50% percentile in each subtest area will be given preference when evaluating applicants for admission.
The NLN PAX-RN exam is offered on the Pearl River Community College Poplarville campus. Students need to take the exam early to allow time for remediation and to retest if necessary. Applicants are allowed to retake the exam as many times as there are versions of the test, but are required to wait 6 months between test dates. Students will need to take the exam prior to the application deadline date.
NOTE: Records show that applicants who have completed College Algebra and some of the required science courses before attempting to take the NLN PAX-RN Exam score higher on the test.
You must register for the exam at least two weeks prior to the scheduled test date.
To register for the NLN PAX exam follow these steps:
- Go to http://www.nlnonlinetesting.org/pax and click on "Register Now".
- Enter a log in ID and password and click "next step".
- Enter contact information and click "next step".
Note: There are additional pages of required information.
- Click "Finish and Create Account" once you have entered all required information.
- Choose "Registered Nurse (RN Program)" after your page is redirected to the Registration Store and prompted to choose an exam. Register by location, the State in which you are taking the exam and the Institution.
- Select the date you have chosen from the "Test date options", and click on date desired.
- Pay for exam. You will be prompted to pay for the exam.
TEST LOCATION: If you registered to take the test at PRCC on the Poplarville Campus, the test will be given in the Nursing Building's Computer Lab. For your comfort, you may want to wear layered clothing or bring a jacket due to temperature variances in the computer lab.
TEST TIME: You are required to be at the test site 30 minutes early to check-in. The test session lasts approximately 3 - 4 hours.
- Conformation of registration from NLN website
- Picture ID (driver's license, passport, or student ID)
There will be no admittance into the examination site once the testing period has begun. Please note the test starting time on your confirmation sheet. The examiner has the authority to terminate the exam for any individual who does not adhere to the following rules:
- Calculators cannot be used. No electronic equipment of any kind (cell phones, pages, etc.) will be allowed in the computer lab.
- Giving, receiving, or exchanging information while the examination is in progress is not permitted under any circumstance.
- Examinees are not permitted to refer to materials of any kind during the examination.
- The examiner has the authority to terminate the exam for any individual who does not adhere to the above rules.
- For your comfort, you may want to wear layered clothing or bring a jacket due to temperature variance in the computer lab.
"The Review Guide for RN Pre-Entrance Exam" written by the National League for Nursing is for sale in the PRCC Bookstore, or you can order directly from Jones and Bartlett Publishers by calling 1-800-832-0034, or go on-line to www.jbpub.com.
TEST RESULTS: NLN will send results directly to you and to the school you have requested by entering the school code on the application form. Test scores are kept on file for three years following the examination date.
FOR SCORE INFORMATION: The Department of Nursing Education, Admissions Office has scores on file, if taken at PRCC for three (3) years. If you have taken the NLN PAX-RN exam at another testing site, the score must be obtained from the NLN office in New York. An official copy of your scores must be sent to the Director, Department of Nursing Education. To obtain NLN scores from the National League for Nursing, you can go online at www.nln.org/pre-admission or call NLN Pre-Admission Test Service at 1(800) 669-1656.
TEST SITES: For a list of testing sites in your area, visit www.allnursingschools.com or www.nursingprofession.com. Jones & Bartlett Publishers has a publication titled "State Approved Schools of Nursing" that will provide you with a listing of nursing schools. You can get this publication on line at www.jbpub.com or call 1-800-832-0034. You may also contact the nursing schools in your area. If you take the test at another location, use school code 344543 to have the score sent to the PRCC Department of Nursing Education.


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Configuration: 10 mini-boxes per box. 3 packs + 1 card per mini-box.
YU-GI-OH CCG: CROSSROADS OF CHAOS SPECIAL EDITIONComing in fast and furious for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is Crossroads of Chaos Special Edition.These Special Edition cards enable Duelists to reach the next stage of destruction with their Decks.They will also appeal to all levels of players due to the innovative game combinations and possibilities they can create.Be sure to race out and get Crossroads of Chaos Special Edition or you will be left in the dust!Selling Points:- A great deal on 3 packs of Crossroads of Chaos - featuring more hot cards from the new Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's television series.- Each Special Edition also randomly contains 1 of 2 cards that will take Decks to the next level.- The Special Edition cards offer amazing effects that will enable Duelists to stun opponents: * "Harvest Angel of Wisdom- is a must-have for Fairy Decks, letting you reuse devastating Counter Trap Cards. * "Il Blud,- one of the most powerful Zombie-Type monsters, returns! And it's even stronger than ever thanks to new cards in Structure Deck - Zombie World.- These incredibly rare cards are now available for all Duelists to getCONFIGURATION:- 9 Cards per Pack- 3 Packs plus one card per Box- 10 Boxes per Display- 12 Displays per case


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Charlie Campbells latest mock is up on Walterfootball
Who would you take at 19 in this situation. Notable available players: Sheldon Richardson, Alec Ogletree, Okafor, Datone Jones, Teo, Minter, and Montgomery.
For me it would easily come down to Richardson or Ogletree. Both are elite athletic specimens at the position and are just plain play makers. That's exactly what this defense needs. I know Richardson is probably the higher rated player, but at the end of the day I would go with Ogletree because I believe he could be the JPP of 2013. A guy who was drafted in the teens but if the draft were to happen again would go top 5.
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Last night I inspected my hive. I pulled three bars.
When I pulled the first two (#3 & 7, near the entrance) everything was fine. The bees were happy to see me, we had a nice conversation, etc. etc.
When I pulled the last bar (#12 from the entrance) they scrambled the jets. Several bees came flying out at me, and they were ticked off.
No difference as far as I can tell regarding handling.
Any thoughts on what causes the difference in behaviour?


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Being the trustee of an estate can be challenging. Last week's Senior Advocate reviewed the liabilities associated with estate guns and the pitfalls that can lie in the handling and transfer of weapons to estate beneficiaries. Other assets that require special handling include alcohol or wine collections, endangered species artifacts, illegal drugs and large sums of cash.
If you own a collection of rare wine or only a few special bottles, consider how these will be handled after your death. If you intend for that bottle of Borges Sercial Madeira to go to a favorite niece, make sure of two things: first, that your niece is of legal age to receive alcohol, and second, that it is legal for your trustee to distribute alcohol without a license.
If your niece is not of age, consider placing that outstanding bottle in the custody of a trusted adult who will pass it on to her when she reaches the appropriate age. Some states prohibit the transfer or distribution of alcoholic beverages without a license, and the definition of "distribute" can be vague, so check with your attorney to see if there are any restrictions in gifting alcohol from your estate.
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 and other laws and treaties restrict ownership and trade in products derived from endangered species, such as ivory, mounted birds or animals, feathers, eggs and nests. If you have paperwork establishing the legal provenance for artifacts that are on the endangered list, let your trustee know where to find the information.
Because it violates federal law to "deliver, receive, carry, transport or ship" plants or animals that are protected, absent clear documentation, a trustee should use caution in handling such items and consult with a qualified expert to determine whether they should be distributed to beneficiaries or surrendered to authorities.
Trustees or executors can encounter illegal drugs or other contraband when attending to the personal property of a decedent. Normally the appropriate course of action would be to immediately report the find to police, but a trustee needs to be careful. Some federal and state laws allow for the seizure not only of the contraband, but of the property containing the contraband, so a trustee could endanger the other assets of the estate. A trustee has a duty to protect trust assets. It is a challenge, so call your legal counsel right away.
Because of strict money laundering laws in our country, large cash transactions can come under scrutiny and banks are required to report deposits of cash over a certain amount. In no way, however, should this deter the trustee from depositing the cash immediately, nor should the trustee consider breaking up the cash and making smaller deposits over a period of time. This latter activity is called "structuring" or "smurfing," and is in direct violation of the United States Bank Secrecy Act. If the trustee makes the deposit and fully answers any questions the bank officer may have, all should be fine.
Most trustees will not encounter large amounts of cash, artifacts or illegal drugs, but if you do, handle them carefully — California prisons are overcrowded as it is!
Liza Horvath has over 30 years' experience in the estate planning and trust fields and is the president of Monterey Trust Management, a financial and trust management company. This is not intended to be legal or tax advice. Questions? Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 646-5262.


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text: With the Democratic Presidential nomination process turning into what would have been an unthinkably close race only a few months ago, we continue to see the political contenders pulling out all of the rhetorical stops to distinguish themselves as the ?candidate of choice? for their constituency. We also continue to see the candidates test the limits of credibility in the process.


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Patriot Perspective: Strategic roadmap in the works
As any leader does in the first several months of a new position, my first three months in Pequot Lakes has been a whirlwind effort to learn about the community, to begin establishing relationships and to assess the current reality of our school district.
I've focused on listening to the stories while on bus rides, eating lunch with students, meeting with local business owners and elected officials, and during many one-on-one conversations with district leaders. Without question this is a community focused on supporting its schools and I feel blessed to have been called here to help lead.
Over the next several months our school board and district leadership team will be engaged in a robust conversation focused on clarifying our mission and core values and on establishing a 2020 vision for the district. We'll then work to identify the strategic directions that will make that vision become a reality.
This is critical leadership work, as it will be the foundational roadmap for our decisions about how to spend our time, our fiscal resources and our emotional energy. If your experiences are anything like mine, making "to do lists" is really not a problem. I've never struggled to dream about all the things that I want to make happen!
It's making "stop doing lists" that creates tension, gets us upset and often leaves some people feeling like there's a winner and a loser. We are all limited by our resources, and great organizations routinely engage in the difficult work of creating "stop doing lists."
A district strategic roadmap that communicates our mission, core values, vision and strategic directions will provide the foundation for our decisions about what we will do and what we will not do.
Thank you to the many individuals who have given my family and me a very warm welcome to this community. With great staff and students, great facilities and a wonderful group of local communities to be involved in, the Pequot Lakes School District is truly a gem and a blessing to call "our district."
I look forward to wonderful days and conversations ahead as we develop our district strategic roadmap and make a really good district a great one!
(Chris Lindholm is Pequot Lakes Superintendent of Schools.)


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AMES, Iowa – The third annual Iowa 4-H Gala includes food, entertainment and a variety of opportunities to support the Iowa 4-H program statewide and at the club level. Registration is open now for the Feb. 25 event at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown.
AMES, Iowa – The third annual Iowa 4-H Gala includes food, entertainment and a variety of opportunities to support the Iowa 4-H program statewide and at the club level. Registration is open now for the Feb. 25 event at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown.
The gala runs from 6 to 11 p.m. and includes live entertainment by the band Freestyle; a variety of food stations, including a create-your-own pasta bar and top round of beef; cash bar, silent and live auctions, and a special 4-H program.
"This year our auction includes items donated by Iowa 4-H members. Fifty percent of the proceeds from those items will be given to those members' 4-H clubs," said Shelly Greving, marketing director for the Iowa 4-H Foundation. "Many of the items have been exhibited by 4-H youth at the Iowa State Fair in recent years."
Throughout the gala, attendees will have the opportunity to bid on the 4-H members' items as well as decadent desserts, one-of-a-kind jewelry, date night packages, romantic vacations for two, dream vacations for the whole family and a southern style Cyclone dinner with Peggy and Jeff Johnson, president of the Iowa State University Alumni Association, Greving noted. Bids currently are being accepted online via the Iowa 4-H Foundation website.
The gala also will include a raffle for a Kindle Fire, Greving said.
Funds from the gala benefit the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach 4-H Youth Development program. Registration is preferred by Feb. 20, but will be accepted at the door, Greving said. Register online at http://www.iowa4hfoundation.org/gala/.
Rooms are available at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown to those wanting an overnight stay, Greving added. Call 800-514-4681 to make reservations and ask for the Iowa 4-H Foundation room rate.
Gala sponsors include Bruce Rastetter and Firestone Ag Tires as hospitality sponsors. Table host sponsors include Farmer's Cooperative Co., Global Reach Internet Productions, Heartland Marketing Group, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, ISU Extension and Outreach, ISU College of Human Sciences, John Deere, Monsanto, Nationwide Insurance, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Successful Farming, Pete and Dana Wenstrand and Chuck Morris. Heuss Printing is also an in-kind sponsor, providing design and printing services.
"The Iowa 4-H Foundation is excited to host this event and support the great work that the Iowa 4-H Youth Development program, staff, volunteers and especially youth are doing throughout the state," Greving said. "We look forward to entertaining some of Iowa's most loyal 4-H supporters, business leaders and state leaders during this fun-filled evening."
About the mask photo: Donated by O'Brien County 4-H'er Kirsten Elyea, this mask, "La Prima Donna," represents the theme and sophistication of an opera. Half of the proceeds from the sale of this mask will benefit O'Brien County 4-H.
See more photos of auction items.
Photos from the 2011 Gala are available on the Iowa 4-H flickr site.


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Fall in Love with the Fort Myers Sunshine
Lovers Key Resort • Fort Myers Beach, FL
Escape Kit
- A Two-Night Stay for Two in a Resort Room, Sundays through Thursdays ($211)
- Or, a Three-Night Stay for Two in a Resort Room, Any Days of the Week, with a $50 Dining Credit to Flippers on the Bay ($421)
- Daily Breakfast for Two
- Welcome Bottle of Wine or Champagne
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The Destination
Florida is a lot like the US—its west coast claims some of the most laid-back, naturally beautiful places in the state. Take Fort Myers Beach, for instance. This easygoing beach community spans multiple barrier islands just south of Fort Myers proper, making the most of the 80-degree Gulf of Mexico and sugary sand. Locals call the busy intersection of San Carlos Boulevard and Estero Boulevard "Times Square" for its concentration of bars, restaurants, and surf shops, but the farther you go in either direction, the more mangrove coves and wading birds are to be found.
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Lovers Key Resort is situated on its namesake Lovers Key just south of Fort Myers Beach. In addition to a romantic moniker, this largely private island boasts a beautiful beach, mangroves draped with spanish moss, and protected sea life like manatees and dolphins. You'll enjoy a lovely view of it all from the private balcony of your Resort Room, which also offers a king-size bed, sleeper sofa, full kitchen, and separate shower and tub.
Beyond the room, make a splash in the lagoon-style heated pool or savor a meal at Flippers on the Bay, one of the area's best bets for waterfront casual dining. The restaurant is "a favorite hangout for locals that want to enjoy a frozen rum drink and some good Florida fare in a very relaxed, away-from-it-all atmosphere," says Naples Daily News. Start with Caluso crab cakes or tuna ceviche, then try the original coconut shrimp—hand-battered and deep-fried with a mango coulis.
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• Lovers Key State Park
• The Great Calusa Blueway
• Getaway Marina
• Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
"Views can be stupendous from upper floors in this 14-story tower just north of Lovers Key State Park. The gulf seems to stretch forever, and dolphins and manatees in the estuary put on quite a show."-- Read Fodor's Review of Lovers Key Resort
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Let's stay on message folks
Osi is done, his act is tired time to let him go. The guy couldn't even take Fullbacks on 1v1 this year, why would anyone even fathom that this guy can come back and be effective?
I don't understand the fascination with keeping ineffective veterans.
Mood: WOOF!
For example lets look at a few offensive positions. there are a lot of things that go into a pass being completed. First the line needs to make sure they block the guys in front of them. the receiver needs sufficient time to run their routes. the receiver needs to run the proper route and try to get open. The QB needs some kind of safe throwing window. The receiver needs the ball to be catchable. The receiver needs to catch the ball. now all of these things dont have to be perfect but the point is they are all dependent on each other.
A pash rusher beating the man in front of him is up to him and him only. There is no excuses or blaming the scheme for that. You dont have to get sacks to be effective. If you cant push the tackle up field or get around him, then that is your fault.
Last edited by Marvelousmik; 01-26-2013 at 08:21 PM.
Don't take it personal, we're just debating.
~Big Mike~
I am not saying that we should pay Osi big money, but don't be mistaken into thinking that the defense doesn't work as a unit.


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by detteam, Jun 26, 2009.
Has anyone considered the possibility of Kwame opting out of his contract before next Wednesday?
We need him to guard Shaq.
It would be pretty funny if he did.
Memphis has a problem, one second round center starter (42) and a rookie center(2) ,both young players want minutes to develope and detroit need one young big to develope together austin,stuckey,Affalo...dumards must move,there is a chance to make a steal giving Kwame contract and our best player for jaric contract and one of his centers,we delete one year goog pick and center position problems. I like Austin Daye,he need a lot minutes,confidence by coach and muscle but we must let make mistakes our young pistons.
This is Joe's problem. Let him handle things.
I heard Kwame said he is gonna come back.
Pistons president Joe Dumars: Amir Johnson deal precautionary | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Based on Sprocket Points Kwame only earned 82% of last season's four mil. If he had played in all 82 games at the same level he would have outperformed last year's salary by $600k. I wonder if he's looking for more money or more years.
He and his agent may be playing hardball since Joe doesn't currently have another center, much less a backup center.
Well, there's no rush. He's waiting on the off chance that someone else will throw some money his way. It's the right strategy.
Or maybe for a longer term. Why not wait and get the most out of this. It's not like he's risking anything at this point. Joe's probably hoping to sign Kwame so that he can trade him.
I'd suspect that's right. Kwame had for him a pretty good year. If he can leverage that into a deal for longer than one more year that would be preferably to hitting the free agent market next year.
Good point.
if he opts out, we probably upgrade by replacing him with either sheed or dyess.
By upgrade do you mean more $$$?
Look down the list of represented players. David Lee? HoopsHype - NBA Agents - Mark Bartelstein
We would turn into a lottery team...Kwame opting out would heavily impact our team.....We would lose our cable tv contracts..decreased fan base....this franchise would go down the drain
I hope we swap Kwame's expiring contract for Marc Gasol from Memphis.
Kwame does have a good trading record... Traded for Caron Butler in 2005 Traded for Pau Gasol in 2008
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text: I bought new control arms for my 93 C1500 4.3L. In fact, I am replacing the entire steering linkage also. 250k, I figured it was time to get a new ride out of the old girl. I have searched about 50 pages for a thread but to no avail. I removed the driver side upper and replaced that with little to no problems, removed the lower and have been trying to install the coil spring back into truck with the control arm bushing bolts in position but not bolted. I have been using spring compressor (AZ Variety, bolt mounted from the shock hole on top of the axle with the spring holders hanging down inside the coil) and spring does not want to seat properly in the bottom pocket of the control arm when I jack it up from the bottom. I even tried to hammer it into place, but after a couple of whacks, it knocked off the compressor, figured that wasn't too safe. Was wonder if I should remove the bolts that hold the control arm on and slightly bolt up the ball joint & knuckle and try it that way, or would that be an even bigger headache trying to get the bushing bolts to align with the fully compressed spring? If anybody out there has a surefire way to get this completed, I would greatly appreciate your help.


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- PLACE a vanilla wafer, flat-side down, in each muffin cup. Spoon cream cheese mixture over wafers. Bake for 20 minutes.
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A while back I noticed on one of these boards a member did a child size jango fett costume out of a thin foam style product that can usually be found in craft stores. If anyone has any help they can offer I'd greatly appreciate it. A friend fo mine is looking to do this for his son for halloween.


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The guy is a statistics accumulator but a real loser when it counts most.
The guy is a statistics accumulator but a real loser when it counts most.
And that's why he is a horrible QB. Not sure where the obsession comes from.
Forget the Past, Live for the Future!
Romo is probably the most under-acheiving QB in the NFL. He's been surrounded by tremendeous talent for years and he's done nothing with it except run up numbers.
That isn't to say they don't have some great players, but I think collectively they aren't the juggernaut on paper that the media anoints them to be each year. No team this year in the NFC East was a huge step above another in the talent department.
I've been a Cowboys fan since the 60's and Romo makes it very hard to argue against anything said here. I knew, with all the losses on defense and the patchwork replacements, that Dallas was going to give up points. If they were going to win Romo would have to be on time and on target and he was neither of these. Once again, he played poorly when it mattered most. Dallas was out-played and out-coached. They deserved to lose. I really hope it gets fixed because I'm not getting any younger.


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AGA 2012 Convention DVD now available!
Erik has been editing for the better part of the month and it's finally done! The 2012 AGA Convention DVD (and Blu Ray in a few more days).
* Two talks by Neils Jacobsen, one technical on the variation and evolution of Cryptocoryne, the other a travelogue of Neil's visits to Southeast Asia over the last 40 years.
* Two talks by Kris Weinhold, one for beginners, the other for more advanced aquatic plant keepers. Learn how to make your own auto-doser!
* A talk by Cavan Allen on hunting for & identifying North American native aquatic plants.
* Brandon McLane from Florida Aquatic Nurseries on propagating aquatic plants. Beginners and advanced alike will enjoy this one.
* Tom Barr talks about the balance between CO2, Light and nutrients.
* Bailin Shaw, Karen Randall and Kris Weinhold unveil the winners of the 2012 Aquascaping Contest
* and a 7-minute edit of the Nano Aquascape Workshop, showing 18 attendees all aquascaping at the same time!
Some technical details:
As with 2008 and 2010, Erik's been filming and editing in High Def using two cameras. You see not only the slides, but also the speakers. Each talk features the original powerpoint slides dropped digitally into the presentation. But beyond that, many of the slides have been re-edited to look better in widescreen. We've attempted to recreate the laser-pointering in important slides. Many of Neils Jacobsen's vintage location photos have been further color corrected so they look better than they did at the convention.
Blu-Ray is available, and this year we've knocked another five bucks off, so it's the same price as the DVD set.
Get one for yourself, and another as a gift for another hobbyist!
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text: 1. Carl Nicks, G - Nicks is #1 on my list, I don't know that the Saints can afford to pay him with all the guys set to sign new deals. Being able to bring him in as a FA would be huge because it gives us more flexibility with that #1 pick. Or hell, if he's there, take DeCastro anyway. A man can dream. 2. Cliff Avril, OLB - Currently he plays DE for the Lions, but I loved him coming out of college. He's a Perdue man like Spencer, and they both had that tweener things going for them. Avril has made a pretty good living as a DE, but I think he has the athleticism to play OLB in a 3-4 as well. He's actually a better athlete than Spencer, but perhaps lacks a touch of the raw strength that Spencer has but he's just 26 years old. 3. Ben Grubbs, G - Grubbs is not as flashing a name as Nicks, which could be great for us when it comes time to write a check. A former tight end and defensive line player, Grubbs fits the mold of what we're trying to do here as far as athletic linemen that can move and get to the 2nd level, so he may actually be a smarter acquisition than Nicks. Fun fact: He's left handed so perhaps a pretty natural fit at LG. 4. Cortland Finnegan, CB - Finnegan can be a knucklehead, he plays with a chip and isn't afraid to play as close to the line as you can go without being considered outright dirty. That rubs a lot of people wrong, especially opposing receivers. He gets under their skin, he gets in their head and he takes pleasure in doing it. I don't mind that at all. What I DO mind is all the unsportsmanlike penalties. Let me be clear, he may have the #4 spot, but I don't want him here if he's going to be more trouble that he's worth. There's no denying the guy can play. 5. Paul Soliai, NT - As long as there's a drum to beat, I'll keep beating it. I want to see what this defense looks like with a "true" NT. Ratliff is a fantastic player that gets a free window seat to Hawaii just about every year, but so was Gurode. I very much want Ratliff to continue being a key cog in this defense, I just happen to think he can still do that at DE. We're running around looking for DE's that can pass rush, and we already have the best one in the entire league on the roster. I honestly couldn't care less about Rat's pro bowl invites, they are certainly a great personal achievement, what I care about is what's best for the defense and the team. If Ratliff never goes to another pro bowl but the defense improves, I will shed no tears. BONUS: 6. Terrell Thomas, CB - Thomas tore an ACL in August, so I don't even know when he will be ready to go full speed but let's assume he can get healthy sooner rather than later. Thomas, unlike a lot of our corners, is a bigger, more physical corner. He might actually give us the legit option of pressing receivers, but he does it all. He defends passes, gets picks, forces fumbles, tackles and he's just 26 years old. If we want to get more physical on defense, it doesn't hurt to bring that to the corners as well. Calias Campbell should obviously be on this list, but I think he has about as much chance of hitting the market as Drew Brees. They can't afford to lose him. If he does somehow manage to shake loose, then he probably lands at #2 on my list, under just Nicks.


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18 U.S. Code Chapter 44 - FIREARMS
- § 921 - Definitions
- § 922 - Unlawful acts
- § 923 - Licensing
- § 924 - Penalties
- § 925 - Exceptions: Relief from disabilities
- § 925A - Remedy for erroneous denial of firearm
- § 926 - Rules and regulations
- § 926A - Interstate transportation of firearms
- § 926B - Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified law enforcement officers
- § 926C - Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified retired law enforcement officers
- § 927 - Effect on State law
- § 928 - Separability
- § 929 - Use of restricted ammunition
- § 930 - Possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in Federal facilities
- § 931 - Prohibition on purchase, ownership, or possession of body armor by violent felons
2004—Pub. L. 108–277, §§ 2(b), 3(b), July 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 866, 867, added items 926B and 926C.
2002—Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11009(e)(2)(B), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1821, added item 931.
1993—Pub. L. 103–159, title I, § 104(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1543, added item 925A.
1990—Pub. L. 101–647, title XXXV, § 3523, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4924, struck out "clause" after "Separability" in item 928.
1988—Pub. L. 100–690, title VI, § 6215(b), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4362, added item 930.
1986—Pub. L. 99–308, § 107(b), May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 460, added item 926A.
1984—Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1006(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2139, added item 929.
1968—Pub. L. 90–618, title I, § 102, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1214, reenacted chapter analysis without change.
Pub. L. 90–351, title IV, § 902, June 19, 1968, 82 Stat. 226, added chapter 44 and items 921 to 928.
Memorandum of President of the United States, Jan. 16, 2013, 78 F.R. 4301, provided:
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
Reducing violent crime, and gun-related crime in particular, is a top priority of my Administration. A key component of this effort is ensuring that law enforcement agencies at all levels—Federal, State, and local—utilize those tools that have proven most effective. One such tool is firearms tracing, which significantly assists law enforcement in reconstructing the transfer and movement of seized or recovered firearms. Responsibility for conducting firearms tracing rests with the Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Over the years, firearms tracing has significantly assisted law enforcement in solving violent crimes and generating thousands of leads that may otherwise not have been available.
Firearms tracing provides two principal benefits. First, tracing is an important investigative tool in individual cases, providing law enforcement agents with critical information that may lead to the apprehension of suspects, the recovery of other guns used in the commission of crimes, and the identification of potential witnesses, among other things. Second, analysis of tracing data in the aggregate provides valuable intelligence about local, regional, and national patterns relating to the movement and sources of guns used in the commission of crimes, which is useful for the effective deployment of law enforcement resources and development of enforcement strategies. Firearms tracing is a particularly valuable tool in detecting and investigating firearms trafficking, and has been deployed to help combat the pernicious problem of firearms trafficking across the Southwest border.
The effectiveness of firearms tracing as a law enforcement intelligence tool depends on the quantity and quality of information and trace requests submitted to ATF. In fiscal year 2012, ATF processed approximately 345,000 crime-gun trace requests for thousands of domestic and international law enforcement agencies. The Federal Government can encourage State and local law enforcement agencies to take advantage of the benefits of tracing all recovered firearms, but Federal law enforcement agencies should have an obligation to do so. If Federal law enforcement agencies do not conscientiously trace every firearm taken into custody, they may not only be depriving themselves of critical information in specific cases, but may also be depriving all Federal, State, and local agencies of the value of complete information for aggregate analyses.
Maximizing the effectiveness of firearms tracing, and the corresponding impact on combating violent crimes involving firearms, requires that Federal law enforcement agencies trace all recovered firearms taken into Federal custody in a timely and efficient manner.
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Rothfuss, Joan. "Ad Reinhardt." In Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections, edited by Joan Rothfuss and Elizabeth Carpenter. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2005.
© 2005 Walker Art Center
Ad Reinhardt is usually associated with the New York School of painters, especially Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko, whose spare, glowing abstractions were meant to kindle near-religious experiences for their viewers. Reinhardt's imagery is not unlike theirs, but his aims were completely different: he wanted to rid his work of all external subject matter, reducing his canvases to the sum of their component formal parts: line, color, and shape. "Art is art. Everything else is everything else," he quipped,1 but looking at Reinhardt's work is a demanding assignment that belies the simplicity of his statement. His geometric forms, rendered in dry, matte oil colors that are close in hue, are on first glance barely perceptible; the shapes emerge and separate from one another only after an extended period of looking. As scholar Yve-Alain Bois observes, Reinhardt's paintings include very little optical incident, yet he is a completely optical painter, reducing the spectator to nothing more than an organ of vision.2 It is impossible to see his work properly in reproduction; ideally, the viewer's experience should be similar to the artist's: a personal confrontation with an object over time.
Reinhardt began as an abstract painter in the 1930s and never swerved from that course. He studied art history and philosophy at Columbia College in New York, was inspired by the utopian abstractions of Kasimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian, and nurtured a lifelong interest in Asian and Islamic painting, sculpture, and decorative arts. His own work dipped in and out of the gestural and the organic until around 1954, when he purged asymmetry, irregular compositions, and bright tonalities from his paintings. The Walker Art Center's two blue-and-black canvases, M (1955) and Painting (1960), are typical of the nocturnal near-monochromes of this period.3 After 1961, he followed an even more stringent regimen: each painting was a sixty-inch square in matte black on black that described a barely visible, symmetrical cruciform image. In these so-called Black Paintings, he reduced his practice to the "endless repetition of infinite sameness … not sameness but oneness."4
Like Barnett Newman, Reinhardt did not garner critical acclaim until the 1960s, and then it came from a younger generation who saw his work as a precursor to Minimalism. It is true that he was, like Frank Stella, Donald Judd, and others, committed to formalism, insisting that art's one true subject was art itself. But in light of his interest in Buddhism and Eastern thought, some scholars suspect he found formalism the purest means to achieve an essentially private spiritual encounter with the self.5 For Reinhardt, the notions of unity and primary structures so basic to Minimalist dogma were related to an extra-intellectual state of being and a negation of content that suggested forms that were "Primary, unique, underivable from anything else … what is beyond utterance, 'unutterableness.'"6
This is the first statement in Reinhardt's "25 Lines of Words on Art." Quoted by H. Harvard Arnason, "The Quest for Art-Is-Art," in Ad Reinhardt, Ad Reinhardt: Black Paintings 1951–1967, exh. cat. (New York: Marlborough Galleries, 1970), 13. ↩
Yve-Alain Bois, "The Limit of Almost," in William Rubin, ed., Ad Reinhardt, exh. cat. (New York: Rizzoli, 1991), 28. ↩
Reinhardt generally titled his works Painting or Abstract Painting. The unusual title M was probably first used by dealer Virginia Dwan, who needed a system of identification for her show of his monochromes in 1962. Because Reinhardt was essentially uninterested in titles, M was preserved as the name of this piece even though its verso bears the inscription "Painting 1955" in the artist's hand. For more information, see Bois, "Limit of Almost," and the Virginia Dwan Papers at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. ↩
From Reinhardt's notes, in Barbara Rose, ed., Art-as-Art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt (New York: Viking Press, 1975), 77–78. ↩
See Barbara Rose, "The Black Paintings," in Black Paintings 1951–1967, 19. ↩
From "One," an undated text published in Rose, Art-as-Art, 93. ↩
Rothfuss, Joan. "Ad Reinhardt." In Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections, edited by Joan Rothfuss and Elizabeth Carpenter. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2005.
© 2005 Walker Art Center
The less an artist thinks in non-artistic terms and the less he exploits the easy, common skills, the more of an artist he is. "The less an artist obtrudes himself in his painting, the purer and clearer his aims."….."Less is more." Ad Reinhardt, 1953


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blame it on the jerry curse
that's just the bottom line
Romo puts up a lot of great stats, but he lacks the mental toughness to get the Cowboys over the hump. He tends to fold under the pressure on the biggest stage. I mean, how many times have we seen Romo break down and cry on the field or on the sidelines after a loss in the past?
Sure, Romo is more athletic than Eli and puts up prettier stats, but Eli has shown that he has the mental toughness to weather the criticism, the losses and rise to the challenge on the biggest stage.
One of these teams is not like the others
Its simple, Jerry Jones. He makes terrible personnel decisions left and right. They made a decent pick this year with the offensive lineman but he usually goes for flashy over needs. Monte Kiffin's defense was getting torched in college by Division 2 teams but he thought since he won in Tampa 11 years ago he could do it again. Or trading two first round picks for Joey Galloway. Or trading a first, third and sixth for Roy Williams and signing him to the highest WR contract. These are just a few. Once Jerry is out of the picture they have a chance to be more consistent. Either that or when the playoffs get expanded.
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Hi, All,
I've been trying to get my 1st year bees to draw out the frames in my honey supers, but that hasn't worked (not enough honey flow, I guess). So today, I went in to replace the queen separators that I'd removed, and to see if I could steal a taste of honey. I went down into the brood chambers and what I found seems bad. The comb there is empty. No honey. No brood. Just totally empty. The bees got very angry, but I pulled out 3 or 4 frames that had been full (and clearly had been used) that are now empty.
What could this mean? Shouldn't they have something in there? Do they stop laying brood at this point? Is there anything I can do at this point in the season?
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This is my first post and I am not a beekeeper yet but am taking the 8 week class my county offers this winter and hope to start in 2013 :-)
Over the summer I bought an old Langstroth located here:
I think I can still use it with minimal repairs.
I have a few questions. I understand how the deep brooding supers work. However the small honey suppers have a different kind of frame, like a three sided upside down frame. Or do I need new frames for those small supers?.
Also the telescoping cover has a screen inside that i will probably replace. Is this for pests?
I will need to make an inner cover but is there a way to make a queen excluder? I was thinking maybe a frame with hardware cloth or something.
I was also thinking about splitting this Langstroh up into possible two hives and make another telescoping cover and two medium supers to put on top of one each of the large brooding supers.
Your opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated and excuse me if I am confused with the terminology.
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A sten mag might be too long front to back to fit in the mag well right. Only reaso I say this, is that people have cut the re-enforcement rib out of them so that they could use 7.62x25 in a Sten mag. You'd also have to worry about thinning the feed lug so that it would fit through the single feed of the Sten, or re-form the feed lips so that it is double feed like the PPS-43 mags.
Suomi sticks might work, and they're about the same price.


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Discussion in 'Member Introductions' started by stressedout, Feb 29, 2012.
have 2000 silverado 4x4 also do my son. looking to keep running strong with every one help
Welcome to the Club!!!!:great:
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Welcome! This is the place to get all kinds of info on keeping the trucks running.
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Anyone out there willing to share their "copies" of time and expense sheets used to manage "help" doing field work?
Looking for ideas for layouts / categories other beeks use.
Anyone out there willing to share their "copies" of time and expense sheets used to manage "help" doing field work?
Looking for ideas for layouts / categories other beeks use.
hivetracks.com helps keep track of hives...
I am thinking of getting an ipad and going with beetight.com. They have an option where you put a printable bar-code on each hive and scan with your smartphone or ipad...
I'm probably behind the times, I know I'm disorganized and don't have employees, but, do Commercial Beekeepers use the things y'all are writing about? No one I know does. Honey-4-All, you must be running quite a few hives, I'm guessing.
I don't see, in my mind, anyone keeping track of hives. Not indoiviodual hives. Unless they are selecting for queen rearing maybe.
Mark Berninghausen
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I don't see, in my mind, anyone keeping track of hives. Not indoiviodual hives. Unless they are selecting for queen rearing maybe.
Although we have been using lumber crayoons for 70? years to right on the roofs, in recent years we have increased the range of data recorded, and have found it to be of value. We have noted some minor patterns with the added data that where not noted before. I have spoken with Sheri on this subject, and believe for SOME, the value of the information might justify the cost of a more advanced system.
Crazy Roland
Don't get me wrong. I'm sure that modern means of record keeping would be of some benefit to some beekeepers and it's the newer beekeepers who will and should blaze the way. I just don't keep those sorts of records.
Theyu could be interesting to someone else in the future, if they could access them. There is no problem accessing the notebooks I have, which I no longer spend much time making notes in.
Mark Berninghausen
The scan and track would save time an money. No sence running hive in yard that under produce. Right now I do the paper work in the yard and then add it to computer when I get back to the shop. I do a 7 year honey tracking every few years to find out if I keep or close the yards.
Just think if you could just increase honey production of just 5 lb a hive. WOW thats only another 2 ton. Even in a small operation like mine, I can see it paying for itself in just a season.
If you are operating commercially, I think the object is to make the colonies all alike, so that operations are performed on the same day in the same way, so individual recordkeeping wouldn't serve as much pupose that the lumber crayon can't take care of. I think yards that under perform are mentally noted every trip out until you have had enough and move off it. A good record of what your yards produce is the more important thing to track. Manage your make and break areas and decide if your machinery and its software are an affordable deductible and not an impulse buy like the ones I regularly fly into.
Psychic plagerism is not a crime. Yet.
Mark Berninghausen
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Ian Steppler >> Canadian Beekeeper's Blog
New Zealand (Blaycliff Apiaries) use electronic tracking.
Very interesting... I use paper... Mainly to know which queens perform the best so I could breed from them.
I do think tracking with a computer comes in handy but not for day to day in the field use. In fact most these devices (smart phones, Ipads, whatever else they come up with next) are too sensative to actually be out in a bee yard with me all day long. They are too expense as well. My wife's Ipad just cost 700 bucks. I couldn't afford to run that over with the skidsteer cause if fell on the ground or have the screen ruined by forgetting it on a hive in the sun.
However I am writing a database and application to help us track our inventory of bottles and how much we should plan for in the next delivery of honey to our stores to make sure that process runs smooth. When I am done we will also be able to utilize it to track our income based on honey sales for tax season. This will greatly expedite our efforts as well as track sales trends to possibly drop or pickup more stores in a specific geographic location depending on the cash flow that area produces for us.
As far as the beeyards. I know which yards produce and dont produce. I also know which ones would be possible queen producing colonies with just simple scribbling on outisde of boxes along with a few paint spots here and there. Though I don't run very many.
Sorry for the plagarism Mr. Lyon! Have you posted that thought before here? I am on heart meds that should be called lobotomy in a bottle and possibly I done you wrong by remembering your thoughts right! Does that make it a bad idea??? I must be going to the dark side:<}
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Lightning boys lose 6-5
The visiting Morris-Benson Storm edged the Northern Lakes Lightning boys' hockey team 6-5 in overtime in a non-conference game on Thursday, Jan. 24.
Neither team led by more than one goal in the game, which was tied five times. The Lightning forced overtime on Aspen Florey's power-play goal at 12:21 of the third period.
The Storm's Brody Gimberlin won the game with a power-play goal 17 seconds into the overtime.
The Lightning, 7-10 overall, is scheduled to play at Monticello at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31.
Kegan Couture picked up four points on a pair of goals and two assists. Also netting goals were Ben Moe and Jake Hyytinen.
Mitch Stangel made 27 saves in net for the Lightning.
Morris/Benson 2 1 2 1 — 6
Northern Lakes 2 1 2 0 — 5
First period: MB-Tanner Picht (Brody Gimberlin) shg 3:28, NL-Ben Moe (Kegan Couture) ppg 3:53; NL-Couture (Moe) 5:57; MB-Mac Beyer (Picht) 9:27
Second period: NL-Jake Hyytinen (Nick Blanchette) 2:34; MB-Picht (Gimberlin, Jordan Staples) 16:58
Third period: NL-Couture shg 2:33; MB-Beyer (Eric Johnson); MB-Beyer(Gimberlin, Staples) 8:46, NL-Aspen Florey (Galligan, Couture) ppg 12:21
Overtime: MB-Gimberlin (Picht, Staples) ppg :17
Shots on goal: NL 28, MB 33
Goalies: NL-Mitch Stangel (27 saves); MB-Kyle Kennedy (23 saves)
Lightning 7, Sauk Centre 2
Aspen Florey scored twice while teammate Kegan Couture added a goal and three assists to lead Northern Lakes past the Prairie Center Area North Stars in a non-conference game Tuesday, Jan. 22, in Sauk Centre.
Also scoring goals for the Lightning were Kyle Narveson, Nick Blanchette, Ben Moe and Gaven Bickford.
Prairie Centre 1 1 0 — 2
Northern Lakes 2 3 2 — 7
First period: NL-Gaven Bickford (Ben Moe) 2:59; NL-Kyle Narveson (Nick Olson, Derrek French) 7:21; PC-Cody Steward (Noah Schmitz) ppg 11:41
Second period: PC-Schmitz (Preston Pung, Steward) 6:04; NL-Aspen Florey (Bickford, Kegan Couture) ppg 12:49; NL-Florey (Couture) shg 15:36; NL-Moe (Couture, Bickford) ppg 16:59
Third period: NL-Nick Blanchette (Narveson) :52; NL-Couture shg 14:27
Shots on goal: NL 33, PC 29
Goalies: NL-Mitch Stangel (27 saves); PC-Clay Deters (26 saves)