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A new climate action plan from our President, a preview
Original post made by WH advisor, Dublin, on Jun 23, 2013
The President has worked on this for 5 1/2 years, so you know it's gonna be good. But in fact, the idea is not new.
Circumventing the Congress, Barack Obama's administration want you to know that "controls on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants would be a major focus" of this new plan. Remember, he already told us about this plan?
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"Coal powered plants, natural gas, you name it, they will have to retrofit operations, that will cost money, they will pass that on to consumers"
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a resident of Birdland
on Jun 23, 2013 at 8:47 pm
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
Ironically, plug in vehicle owners will get to feel even more pain ' at the plug'. LOL. Proving once again, there's no free (or permanently subsidized) lunch.
Time to pay up, you self righteous elitists.
By the way, this line was hilarious: "The President has worked on this for 5 1/2 years, so you know it's gonna be good." Thinly veiled sarcasm, that, eh?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 23, 2013 at 9:42 pm
The president seems to be worried about future generations when it comes to global warming and its consequences. But there are far greater evils to worry about than pollution, rising oceans, droughts, and the like. I refer specifically to tax hikes, which are of far greater consequence. With money you save on taxes, you can buy gas masks, inner tubes, and 24 packs of plastic water bottles. But without money, after the government takes everything beyond the 13% rate I've been paying all these onerous years, we'll be unable to prepare adequately for the tsunami that will coming washing over us. First they came and taxed our cigarettes; next our tanning salons; now they're taking our guns from us; and it's only a matter of time before they take all our money. What then? Will Obama and his people demand our daughters? It's coming, people. Noah only had a flood to deal with. Ever see a global tsunami?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 23, 2013 at 10:30 pm
Have you taken a drive in a Tesla? In my book, it doesn't get much better than than that. Nothing self-righteous about owning one for me. It is just a really nice car.
As to the president's plan, I'm guessing he's making some concessions to environmentalists as part of a package that includes approving the new pipeline from Alaska. Now if only we get more nuclear power plants built...
a resident of Livermore
on Jun 24, 2013 at 11:46 am
testa is gonna have to get past this committee: Web Link
a resident of Birdland
on Jun 24, 2013 at 2:52 pm
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
John, I'm sure you're right about Teslas, but I suspect the price puts that car out of reach for most Californians, even those willing to overpay for a Prius or volt. Hence the elitist reference I made. For some reason, people with the means to overpay to reduce some ill conceived sense of guilt for living on this planet, want everyone else to sacrifice at a disproportionate level to make them fell better about themselves. Makes no sense to those with common sense.
a resident of Danbury Park
on Jun 24, 2013 at 3:06 pm
liberalism is a disease, I really appreciate the way you call others self-righteous elitists. You, sir, are anything but that. Keep up the righteous work!
a resident of Del Prado
on Jun 24, 2013 at 3:46 pm
@LIAD - you might want to re-think your comment about overpriced EV's. Yes, the Tesla is priced a bit high, but what new technology is not priced high. It is pretty simple marketing strategy to price a new technology high and let the early adopter crowd help pay the development costs. As volume increases, costs come down and Tesla will drop the price if demand starts to wane.
The Volt is competitively priced with aggressive leasing programs. Last summer Chevy was offering the Volt at $3000 down and $250/month for 3 years with Onstar and XM Radio included. If that was not good enough and accessible to more than just your elitist crowd, you also received a $9000 tax credit from the Feds and State. You can do the math to see what a screaming deal it is.
The Volt goes 45 miles on a charge that costs about $1.00 at residential rates. It gets 45 MPG if running with the onboard gas generator so visits to the gas station are rare.
You don't have to be an elitist or some eco-warrior tree hugger to want to save money. The Volt uses electricity produced here in the USA using some renewable sources and does not have to rely on foreign based sources of oil. Sounds like a win-win to me.
a resident of Birdland
on Jun 24, 2013 at 5:02 pm
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
Thanks for confirming what I wrote about over priced EVs. We're it not for the government motors kickbacks that taxpayers have to carry, the Volt would be a bigger failure in sales volume than it already is. When it costs almost $90,000 to build a wind up car that sells for $48000, there's something serioulsy wrong. After all, if it were that great a car, why does it need the govt to prop it up?
The volt is charged with the same dirty electricity the rest of us a paying through the nose for....powered by coal and oil, along with some natural gas. The pollution from this energy production just relocates the smog from our freeways to the neighborhood next to the power plant. It may make some people feel better to move the pollution where they can't see it, but it represents a shell game that only males the naive happy. Out of sight, out of mind.
Footnote: I may be biased since I purchased lots of chevron stock a few years ago, but unless EVs can stand on their own in the free market (without taxpayer subsidies) it's just a pacifier to the weak minded Eco narcissists.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 26, 2013 at 11:11 am
I'm angry that we'll all be paying more for our electricity...we need 'more' as our population swells, yet we 'reduce' our supply. Idiots are controlling our lives. Sickening! John is right, let's build more nuclear power plants. Unfortunately they take a long time. The scary zealots stalled, when we should have been using these recent past years 'building' and 'preparing' for electric car supply/ But the scary zealots only blocked progress, while idiots just followed along. Now here we are without sufficient power, to be held hostage by power companies like pg&e. I'm angry that I have to 'pay the price' and suffer right along with fools, because of green extremists.
Nuclear is the ONLY power source that can provide Unlimited, clean, carbon-free power.
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RC Holiday Bonus: Vote for the Best Fiscal Ciffhanger!
Original post made by Tom Cushing, Danville, on Dec 18, 2012
If you'll return with us now to the tales of yesterweek, you may recall that the Concord Coalition's game of Principles and Priorities invites players to resolve the Fiscal Cliff in their own fashion, according to the financial implications of 41 federal budget choices. Below are brief descriptions of the three finalist teams' solutions, chosen because they actually completed the game -- under less than waterboard-level duress (if only slightly, in one case).
You may vote for the Winner by emailing your choice to firstname.lastname@example.com , between now and midnight, Christmas Eve. There's a Primo's best pizza riding on the outcome, and who knows, the winner might share!
To achieve a (ahem) balanced approach, spending and revenue collections were divided into four categories: General Spending, Defense/Security, Health Care/Social Security and Taxes/Revenues.
The "Responsible Moderates" team may sound like a mythical beast to folks at both political extremes, but they weighed-in to cut General Spending by $123B, modernizing roads and schools, but cutting allocations for NIH and water quality, and ending farm and AmTrak subsidies. They would also eliminate the one-dollar bill. They cut Defense by just over $1 Trillion ($872 of which assumes orderly withdrawal from current miss-adventures) and Health Care/Social Security by $1.51 Trillion, notably by block-granting Medicaid long term care, and raising both Medicare premiums and the taxable earnings cap for Social Security payroll taxes (actually a "revenue enhancement"). Under Taxes, they'd reform the system into three simple brackets -- 10/16/26%, thereby raising $1.3 Trillion. Finally, they'd end oil/gas subsidies, raise the gas tax by 25 cents and tax global corporate profits, thereby raising another $415B. NET budget effect: 10-year surplus of $4.4 Trillion (and massive unemployment among tax lawyers).
The "YanquillaDoras" saved $78B in General Spending, (agua, escuellas y NIH -- si! Roads, no!). Their Defense cuts were slightly higher at $1.05T, cutting some R&D and a missile defense upgrade. Health Care/Social Security was also similar to the RMs, at $1.46T; they would further regulate med-mal lawsuits and punitive damages. As to Taxes, the Yanquis would keep the current system, let All Bush2-era tax cuts expire, phase-out the mortgage deduction, end oil/gas subsidies and tax global corporate profits, thus raising $373B. Net budget effect: $2.96T surplus over 10 years.
Finally, the "AlaMojos" would cut deeper into General Spending – they don't like schools, roads, NIH, water or AmTrak, but they'd keep the sawbuck, all to the tune of net $235B saved. Defense was similar to the others, at $1.05T saved. In Health Care, they'd "save" the same $457B from the payroll tax hike, but, as oldsters, they were kinder to Medicare/Aid, saving about half the amounts of the other two teams ($727B). Again taxes were a major differentiator, as they'd extend the Bush2 rates only under $250K incomes, impose a surtax on incomes over $1 million, and they would continue mortgage and charity deductions: netting-out that category at -$2.17T. Overall, the AlaMojos left us $160B in the hole, over 10 years.
Here's an attempt at a 10-year summary chart -- if it fails to convert, I will send you the detailed spreadsheet, upon email request.
RespMods Yanquis MoJos
Gen Spend $123B $78B $235B
Defense $1.01T $1.05T $1.05T
HC/SocSec $1.51T $1.46T $727B
Taxes $1.75T $373B -$2.17T
Now, don't you think you could have done better; don't you wish you'd entered? Too bad, no pizza for you -- but you can still help pick the winner, so please vote!
a resident of Danville
on Dec 20, 2012 at 8:53 am
All the teams deserve a plastic golden trophy for participating. It will boost self esteem and make things "fair."
They all deserve F's, however, for failing to understand the magnitude of the problem.
They're like a family that pats itself on the back for balancing their monthly budget, but who ignore the big bills they owe to fix a leaky roof, to repair structural damage to their house, have no retirement savings, no plan to pay off mountains of credit card debt, etc.
Congratulations. They've put forth plans to balance the $1.3 trillion / year deficits. That's easy by comparison.
We are currently short $86.6 trillion to pay for the future Medicare and Social Security benefits of everyone that currently qualifies. Where are you going to get the money for that??
In the attached link, there's an article from the Wall Street Journal that explains the problem. It is by Chris Cox and Bill Archer who served on President Clinton's Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform. Web Link
To summarize, it says that due to rising healthcare costs and people living longer, Medicare and Social Security are hopelessly underfunded. To keep the promises we've made to the elderly, poor, and disabled who rely on these programs, we need around $8 trillion in tax collection annually.
In other words, it's not enough to just balance the difference between the $2 trillion of tax revenue we collect each year and our $3 trillion of annual expenses. We have structural problems with Medicare and Social Security that require another $8 trillion a year of tax revenue. Yes, you heard that right. We need another $8 trillion a year just to break even on these two program only.
Where will you get the money for that??
We need political leaders to level with the American public about what we owe. And we need to stop spreading the fantasy that we can solve our financial problems by merely increasing taxes on 2% of the population.
If we truly want the big government programs that Tom champions each week, we need an honest conversation on how to pay for it all.
a resident of Alamo
on Dec 22, 2012 at 11:56 am
My Responsible Moderate plan raises $4.4T, which is almost 4x the deficit reduction mentioned in the earlier post. That would make a sizable dent in the deficit, and hopefully not be too draconian as to plunge the country into a prolonged and deep recession, which will only increase the deficit (due to lower tax revenues and higher needs-based spending programs). $4T will retard the economy, but you have to strike a delicate balance between taking some money out of current consumption in order to pay down the deficit. Ultimately the best way to pay down the deficit is by economic growth coupled with fiscal prudence, and showing that we are getting our house in order by taking a significant step toward reducing the deficit is the best way to provide that confidence to the business sector.
a resident of Danville
on Dec 23, 2012 at 8:20 am
1 – the spcwt comment and analysis would be at all relevant if Social Security and MediCare were set-up like private pension plans, where those still exist – that is, like a savings account into which contributions are made, against a defined (guaranteed) benefit likely to be paid-out in the future. The Teamsters, for example, underfunded (read: "looted") the multi-employer pension funds of their members long ago, for instance, leading to legislated reform (ERISA, MPPAA).
SocSec and MCare have never, ever been set up like that. They are pay-as-you-go-plans – meaning that contributions (payroll taxes) that come-in today go out-the-door to recipients tomorrow. There is absolutely nothing new or nefarious here – they've ALways been that way.
So to talk about current 'underfunding' of obligations to be paid-out in the future is utterly meaningless. Of COURSE they haven't been funded – they never are, and never were. The same dire sounding article could have been written in 1970 – and yet, miraculously, here we are. There's no news here.
2 – the whiz-bang numbers are the result of a aggregating every such "unfunded" year of a 75-year projection into the future. Count-em, Seventy-Five years! What will the birth rate be in 2025? Inflation in 2050? How many lives lost in the great CA tsunami of 2082? How much will the Apple bailout of 2087 cost the taxpayers who remain here, and haven't yet moved on to the Mars colony? It's a silly exercise in the misuse of spreadsheet technology.
The current annual report of these matters Web Link suggests a more sane number – that even if all those factual projections are accurate, the Medicare underfunding – under current law with no changes – would be $5T, not $75T. And there's only 74.9 years left to avert that crisis!
3 – Back in its heyday, the WSJ was a great newspaper. But even then, we used to turn to the editorial page for comic relief from loonies. It has long been their stronghold. Now, with Murdoch having added this paper to his Fox News empire, it's crazy to the point of not even being funny anymore. The sky would fall every day if the chicken-pundits thereabouts had a shred of predictive credibility.
4 – among readers of this publication, spcwt is in a position to actually understand much of this. He repeatedly chooses to scare the credulous instead. Seems a rather perverse hobby.
a resident of Alamo
on Dec 23, 2012 at 10:41 am
@ John: Paul Krugman and I think you can't take $4T, or even almost $3T (Yanqs), in both higher taxes and austere spending cuts, out of the lagging $15T economy, and not provoke Great Depression 2 -- Economic Big SNAFU. The "responsible" approach is put forth by we AlaMojos, with an essentially balanced federal budget over ten years.
And at the risk of revealing too much, what are all these big programs spcwt says Tom promotes every week? Are we talking Food Stamps (last week), the Pentagon (week before), FEMA ($13B, tiny by comparison)? Before that, you have to go back more than 20 weeks to find another big program -- a neutral description of the ACA. Sheesh. Once a boy gets a reputation ...


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In October, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to receive the designation of saint. Crucial to her canonization was the extensive Native Catholics Collection held in Raynor Memorial Libraries, which includes more than 50 interviews with Native Catholics devoted to her, notes archivist Mark Thiel.
Also crucial was Tekakwitha's performance of a miracle, which came in 2006.
Tekakwitha was born in the 17th century and Jake Finkbonner the 21st, but the two will be forever connected. When Jake was 5, he was infected by a flesh-eating bacteria that spread to his face. The family's pastor suggested praying to Tekakwitha, who had smallpox as a child and was left with a horribly scarred face. Jake's infection quickly cleared, and the Vatican declared it a miracle.
"St. Kateri's canonization puts an 'Indian face' on the Catholic Church. People are able to see themselves reflected in the church itself, and Marquette is proud to provide collections celebrating this holy woman," says Thiel, who conducted the interviews in 1993 and has been archivist of the collection for 25 years. BDJ
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July 9, 2013
Roberta Rampton
"It kind of struck me that it was dropped into the void here," said Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan budget reform advocacy group.
Bixby, who has worked with the group for more than 20 years, said he could not remember any White House mid-session review that had ever caused less attention.
That's because there are no serious talks going on right now on the budget and deficit between the White House and Congress, Bixby explained, adding he thinks the report would have had more impact in August or early September.
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Aug 21, 2012 at 4:29 pm #1293211
Maia JordanBPL Member
@maiaLocale: Rocky Mountains
Companion forum thread to:Aug 22, 2012 at 5:25 am #1904868
Justin CBPL Member
@paintballr4lifeLocale: East Coast
These are the types of essays I joined BPL for. Thanks for the great write up.Aug 22, 2012 at 6:04 am #1904871
Ryan the nice thing about having you around here is the great trip reports, keep um coming.Aug 22, 2012 at 10:37 am #1904937
Okay the inevitable gear questions.
What causes the stitching to give out on a sleeping quilt? Is it just wear and tear over time or are you a really active sleeper?
You seemed to be mostly using synthetic quilts for a while. What's your criteria for choosing one over the other these days?
I thought you'd mentioned that 900 fill power down is quickly compromised by humidity. Would you use that down jacket on other trips or just shorter and drier trips?Aug 22, 2012 at 11:24 am #1904947
David ChenaultSpectator
@davecLocale: The West Slope
Love that place. The bison herds add a special dimension for me.
Too bad it's bandit to packraft.Aug 23, 2012 at 3:47 am #1905195
Josh NewkirkBPL Member
@newkirkLocale: Australia
Awesome report.
I second Luke's comment to keep them coming Ryan.Aug 24, 2012 at 11:32 am #1905678
Phil BartonBPL Member
@flyfastLocale: Oklahoma
Ryan, thanks. I really enjoyed that article. What a great experience for your older Scouts.
I also felt your anxiety about grizzly bears. We are not the primal ruler for Yellowstone's wilderness.
And it reminds me of testing bear spray next door to the Bob.Aug 25, 2012 at 9:38 am #1905948
Ryan JordanAdmin
@ryanLocale: Rocky Mountains
@luke Schmidt:
>> What causes the stitching to give out on a sleeping quilt? Is it just wear and tear over time or are you a really active sleeper?
Rolling over certainly places stress on the seams. After pulling the quilt apart and looking at the construction of it, especially the baffles, there were some limitations in how it was built. The construction quality was actually pretty poor, really basic stuff – the baffle stitching was terrible, and sewn with improper thread tension. Ah well. I'll write it off as a young manufacturer with inexperience.
>> You seemed to be mostly using synthetic quilts for a while. What's your criteria for choosing one over the other these days?
Sustained wet conditions. I used a synth quilt last year in Canada in July, during an extraordinary wet weather cycle. I used one in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in early season, the west slope of the Northern Rockies is wet. I use one in the Olympics all the time, and I use on in most of Montana once the fall patterns start (October?) and the spring patterns end (June?). Otherwise, during high pressure windows and dry areas, I prefer down.
>> I thought you'd mentioned that 900 fill power down is quickly compromised by humidity. Would you use that down jacket on other trips or just shorter and drier trips?
Yep, dry trips for 900 fill down. Long dry trips are ok too. I just like to dry my stuff in the sun every few days if needed.Aug 25, 2012 at 11:47 am #1905975
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
Nice trip report. I enjoyed the great photos, but it seemed like you added lots of navigational detail. Are these targeted as guides for potential reader trips? Glad to see a group of scouts getting into the backcountry.
I wasn't very familiar with the Locus Gear. How does their Khufu shelter compare with other duomid-type shelters?Aug 25, 2012 at 8:59 pm #1906072
Thanks for the detailed response Ryan, I always like getting your opinion. I've been basically using the same system of down for shorter and/or drier trips and sythetic (BPL 240) for longer and/or wetter trips. I must say that synthetic quilt is very nice when you are exausted and all you want to do is get in bed and sleep whether you are wet or not.
Also glad to hear the HMG Pack is still going strong, thats on the long term wish list.Oct 10, 2012 at 7:36 pm #1920088
Warren GreerSpectator
@warrengreerLocale: SoCal
Thanks for a nice detailed report. Just read the Ananconda-Pintler report and discovered I'd missed this one. Again, thanks for sharing.Oct 11, 2012 at 4:31 am #1920162
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
Thank you for a beautifully written report. The artistry of your photos was well matched by the effective prose. Had to laugh at your description of sleeping in bear country. It evoked all too familiar feelings.Nov 6, 2012 at 11:41 am #1926676
Don BushekSpectator
@donbLocale: Minneapolis
Hiking with bears make me anxious enough to detract from the experience, despite understanding their value as wilderness "indicators". Nevertheless, I still get out. My wife, on the other hand, doesn't share my risk-benefit analysis, and refuses to accompany me anywhere there's a chance of a grizzly encounter. So, can anyone suggest areas with the wilderness thrill but without the risk of grizzlies?
DonAug 18, 2013 at 5:45 am #2016281
Ryan DearingMember
@ryflyLocale: The Mountains of Ephraim
Don, the Uintas in Utah are a nice place to backpack and no Grizz, only a few black bears that are rarely seen.
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By Carl Dubois / Special to the American Press
Here's the proof: a guide to the prop bets for today's Super Bowl.
And for the record, I don't see Alicia Keys going past 2:15 on the national anthem either.
Here's a different perspective on the prop bets:
UPDATE: Well, Keys proved me wrong -- and probably cost a lot of people some money on that bet.
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I definately think we should try to get this kid...he has issues but we seem to work this crap out of guys. Besides he is on the raiders and who wouldn't get tired of that circus?
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Avoiding crazy children with dumb parents
I took Rocky on his usual late night potty break before bed, around my apartment building. The lights are out so it is VERY dark and I always have my mace just in case. Rocky usually picks up on the tension and is very alert.
He has his leg lifted on a tree when from between two parked cars, someone runs up flailing their arms and screaming "OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! ITS A GERMAN SHEPHERD! *more high pitched screaming*
I thought Rocky and I were going to poop ourselves, we were so shocked.
Rocky doesn't have good night vision and doesn't recognize my boyfriend or I until he can smell us or we speak :( So I said "SIT" in my firmest voice and stepped between him and what turned out to be a 10 year old girl.
I chastised her instantly, saying "Do not EVER run up to a strangers dog, especially at night! Where are your parents??" She points to her parents standing obliviously across the street, who don't even realize their kid is missing. I felt bad for chastising her and I said "I got my german shepherd because he protects me and scares away bad guys. If I let everyone pet him at night time then he will start wagging his tail when he sees people come up and a bad guy won't be scared away. Why don't you come back tomorrow in the day time and you can pet him and give him a treat?"
(Honestly, he just isn't comfortable with people petting him at night when he can't see them, but I thought the previous explanation was easier for the girl to understand)
The little girl said "OK" then RAN into the middle of the street back towards her parents, where a car slammed on its breaks and missed hitting her by about 10 feet. (too close in my opinion) I live in a college apartment complex where half the people are drinking and driving and most of the people are speeding through the parking lot.
What crappy parents. When she got back to where they were, her mom said "Oh, where did you go?"
I hope she remembers my stern voice telling her not to run up to strangers dogs in the future since she will obviously never hear this from her mom.
The parents needed the chastising.
lol 2 funny
yeah its the parents that make them that way they tell them to run everywhere and do what u want
where did you go? did you talk to a strange man? did you go into his house? was it fun? silly girl!
They dont care what their kids do.
Good that you told her how bad it is to run up to a strange dog though.
Omg this tittle reminds me of a previous experience with my previous service dog Suki (Akita now retired to a friends farm).
I was at walmart with my girl. She was walking in a heal at my side and I was in an electric cart. Without warning she jumped forward and turned to look behind me with a bazaar look on her face. I turned to look and there was a young child (3 or 4) looking as surprised as my Suki. I got her back into heel and as she turned her tail curled back up again and I saw something in her rear. I grabbed it and she went forward again leaving a charm sucker in my hand. What what could I do. I turned the cart and started talking to the parents of the child but not before returning the sucker to the child.
I explained to them that not every dog in a service vest is a real service dog. I've personally been charged by many impostor dogs and they should be more careful with their little boy around them. They assured me he is never out of their sight for even a moment. That they would never allow him to approach a strange dog. I just nodded and listened as the little boy continued to enjoy his charms. When they were done I informed them on what had happened. Finishing up with "But don't worry I returned his sucker. But I can't guarantee the flavor anymore"
Help and doing things for kids they are not as dumb as their parents are crazy.
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When feeling a stomach ache brewing , you sit on the toilet and expext a lovely dump. But for some reason between the areas of your groyn and asswhole you feel a horrible pain. you squeeze to drop the bomb but its stuck there like a piece log of wood. you squeeze and squeeze but the more you do it the more it hurts and cuts your asswhole.
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(Oct. 6, 2008)--The UTSA Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering welcomed representatives from Trans-Tex Fabricating Co. to the 1604 Campus for a demonstration of the new MTS loading frame that Trans-Tex helped bring to UTSA.
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"I think this allows us to give back to the community," said John Schuepbach, president of Trans-Tex Fabricating. "It's a unique structure that not many universities have, so these students will be exposed to structural testing in real-world applications in addition to the theories they are learning in books."
The donation will help improve the skill sets of about 100 civil engineering students taking classes involving steel structures, concrete structures and material of solids.
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Hi guys,I have enjoyed the info posted on this site and decided to say G'Day.
About 2 yrs ago when Veroa was imported into this country, bee keepers in my area were told it would take about 5 yrs before it would reach us here in the far north.
Well it's arrived 3 yrs ahead of schedual and it's just down the road.(about 5kms)
I have read as much as I could find by Dr. Pedro Rodriguez and I have decided to use FGMO as my treatment of choice.
My Burgess Fogger had to be imported from the States and it arrived the other day,I have located a good supply of cotton cord and have 4 ltrs of pharmaceutical grade white oil (parafin oil) with a density of .83 in the shed.
My biggest problem is locating the tall 14.1 oz gas cartridge to fit the fogger.All that's available in NZ are the shorter 16 oz lantern cartridges.This size is not recommended by Burgess.
Can you use these shorter cylinders?.
Is there any other sucessful way of powering the fogger? An LPG (propane) barbecue cylinder could be possiblity, what do youu think?
I beleave the fogger has a Coleman fitting,but I could be wrong..
With out a source of propane my fogger will be unusable and the veroa will have their way in my hives........aarrrrggggggg!
I'm in real need of solid advice and hope one of you experienced in FGMO and fogging can steer me in the right dirrection.
Thanks in advance......
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Good day i am looking for information on registering my beekeeping business. I live in Nova Scotia Canada , and i am registering the business Name with Joint stocks and after that the business itself.
Sooo i am wondering if some of the seasoned beekeepers could shed some light on the subject of what steps i should take ? please : )
is registering as a farm different , or something you do later as you make a profit, because our government wants a profit of at least 10,000. before they will give you a farm registration with plates for your vehicle ect..
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I'm really flabbergasted to hear this! Such a view doesn't fit the reality of his skating at all, IMO. Even before I was a fan, I never thought of him as ordinary in any way. Let's hope this weekend will open some eyes!
On another note:
I'm hoping for great skates by Dennis Ten and Misha Ge. Go, Kazhakstan and Uzbekhistan! Also Christoper Caluza (go Philippines!) and Alex Kam and Kim Min-Seok (go S. Korea!).
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I would love to see Abbott, Chan and Takahashi skate clean and their best and may the best skater win.
Patrick will win for sure, just wait and see.
I don't even need to wait and see,
Museksk8r should watch closely to see if Patrick will come in 11th as wished.
It's not even that I "wish" for him to finish 11th; it's that I like so many of the men and I don't want to see the same one person (Chan) win everything in sight. To me, that is not good for the sport and I hate that kind of predictability. I'm a fan of all 11 of these men to varying degrees.
We have all seen what finishing 5th at the Olympics did to Chan. What monster would a Worlds 11th create?


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Two very nice oases within the town invite for a rest: the Zoological and Botanical Gardens, and the Hong Kong Park. The latter also hosts the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware, which I found particularly interesting: apart from the many samples of tea pots and educational videos that show you how to make tea properly, it tells the story of tea in China and all its specifics. Tea can be categorised in many different ways. One popular method is a categorisation based on the procedures used in processing tea and the characteristics of the tea thus made. Doing so, one concludes with six major types of tea: green tea, white tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, black tea and pu'er-type tea. Differences are in pan-firing, withering, rolling, smothering, fermentation, heaping and roasting. I found it pretty interesting there and can recommend to pay a visit.
Apart from the tram, buses, the MTR train (which is a metro), there is also a ferry crossing Victoria Harbour, connecting HK Island with Kowloon peninsula. The Octopus card is valid on these ferries as well, and crossing the harbour is a pleasant ride especially close to sunset and thereafter. My plan was to walk around Kowloon a bit and finally wait at the Avenue of Stars for the "Symphony of Lights". This permanent installation is a light and laser show from the tops of the skyscrapers on HK Island, including some buildings on Kowloon. On that avenue, there is even music played and the whole show is announced via loudspeakers. Starts daily at 8pm, and is a must-see in HK! (before starting the show, Mozart's Little Nightmusic was played, which is in particular very interesting as at the airport when I arrived, a Strauss walz was played in the arrivals/immigration hall. classical music everywhere!).
On my second day, which was today, I visited both the Wong Tai Sin Temple and the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery which comprises a temple with more than 12,000 sitting buddhas lining the walls. Whereas the first temple was rather touristic, which means many Chinese tourists along the way and hardly Westerners, the second one was almost extincted which could be because the place is further north, outside any touristic area, a bit harder to find, and especially up a hill that one has to climb over 400+ stairs. See the pictures for some impressions! I have been again in Kowloon, near the Harbour, discovering Nathan Road and Temple Street, but to be honest: that's not my area. Much too touristic, and touts on every corner.


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From top, James E. Groff, Blanche Desjean-Perrotta,
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(May 4, 2005)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo and Provost and Executive Vice President Guy Bailey hosted the 2005 Faculty Honors Convocation Wednesday, May 4 in the Business Building University Room (2.06.04).
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Teaching Excellence -- Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
James E. Groff
James Groff is a professor of accounting in the College of Business. He has taught at all levels of the accounting program, teaching everything from large-section, sophomore-level managerial accounting to a Ph.D. seminar. He has served as the doctoral program coordinator for the new Ph.D. program in accounting. Additionally, he developed an impressive online M.B.A. course that he now teaches as part of the UT System consortium master's program.
Blanche Desjean-Perrotta
Professor Blanche Desjean-Perrotta is a teacher's teacher. She serves as the College of Education and Human Development program director for the master of education with teacher certification program. Desjean-Perrotta is professor and coordinator for teachers' professional internships. She garnered a $100,000 grant awarded by the Eisenhower Professional Development Grants Program for Project Texas, a program for the enhancement of science education in the elementary classroom.
Teaching Excellence -- Non-Tenure Track
Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson impressed the committee with his high teaching evaluations in an area known for its rigor -- statistics. His commitment to the statistics program and its students is well documented, with his focus on "whole statistics and the whole student."
Research Achievement -- Tenured and Tenure-Track
Da-Hsiang (Donald) Lien
Donald Lien is a world-renowned researcher. His work is cross-disciplinary, spanning economics, finance and statistics. He has published more than 160 refereed articles, posting 31 in 2002 and 32 in the 2003-2004 academic year. The Financial Research Ranking System, published in Australia, ranks Lien as the number one finance researcher in the world based on his publications in the organizations top 19 finance journals for 2000-2005.
Chris G. Reddick
Chris Reddick is an incredible researcher. His vita reads like that of a seasoned full-professor, yet he is junior faculty. He has published seven refereed publications in his field of public administration in the past year. He is poised to make a contribution to his college, UTSA and his field as he continues to undertake important, high-visibility public policy research.


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Looking at art
Many artists spend weeks, months, even years creating a work of art. Yet many people spend only seconds looking it. Why not try a different pace?
There are many ways to look at art.
You don't need a detailed knowledge of art history or theory to enjoy an artwork or to develop your own understanding of it.
Here are some suggestions for different ways of thinking about an artwork. You might select a few that appeal to you or that seem particularly suitable for a specific artwork. Or you might like to spend some time really getting to know just one or two artworks by considering a whole range of questions, perhaps even doing some further research to find the answers or make other connections.
A personal response
- What first attracted you to this artwork?
- What is it that holds your interest?
- How does the artwork make you feel?
- Does it remind you of anything? eg another artwork, a place, person, story, idea or memory
- What is it about the artwork that sparks these memories and associations?
- Talk about the artwork with a friend or family member. Are your responses the same or different?
The basics
- What is the title of the artwork?
- What is the name of the artist? Where and when did they live? Are they still alive?
- When was it made? If no date is given, the artist's birth date can give you a rough idea.
- What is it made of?
This information will be on a label near the artwork if you are in the Gallery. It usually accompanies an image of the artwork if it is reproduced, eg in a book or online.
What you can see
What is your eye drawn to first? What are the different elements in the artwork? How have they been put together?
Look at the directions of lines, the edges of shapes. Are the lines horizontal or vertical or at other angles, straight or curved, continuous or broken, thick or thin, long or short, heavy or light, smooth or jagged, aggressive or delicate, fuzzy or crisp?
Are the shapes rounded, rectangular, triangular, regular or irregular, symmetric or asymmetric, fat, thin or tapered, convex (bulging) or concave (hollowed out)?
Look at the light and dark, shadows and highlights. Are the tones pale, murky, dazzling, dim, harsh, subtle? Is the contrast high or low?
Are the colours natural or exaggerated, intense or soft, dull or bright, warm or cool, complementary (opposite on the colour wheel) or harmonious (near each other on the colour wheel)?
Are the patterns bold or subtle, simple or intricate, geometric or regular, rich or sparse?
What is the surface texture like? Is it even or uneven, smooth or coarse, shiny or matte? If it's a painting, can you see the brushstrokes?
Process and technique
- What type of artwork is it? eg a painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, video, sound work, installation.
- How do you think it was made?
- If it is a painting, drawing or sculpture, can you see evidence of how the artist's hand moved?
- Do you think it moved slowly and carefully or quickly and energetically?
- How long do you think it took to make?
- Do you think other people may have helped the artist make it?
- How is it displayed? If it is in a frame, what is the frame like?
- Where and when was the artwork created? What do you know about the place and that period in history? What was life like? What was happening socially, politically, culturally? Do you think the artwork is influenced by this?
- What do you know about the artist, their life, influences and art practice?
- Was the work originally created as a piece of art or do you think it had some other purpose? eg religious, ceremonial, practical
- Do you think it was originally intended for display in a gallery or for another space? eg palace, temple, church
- How does it compare to other works? eg by the same artist, or by someone from the same place and period in history, or those displayed in the same room. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different?
- What part of the Gallery is it in? Why do you think it is in that particular location?
Subject and meaning
- Can you classify the artwork and its subject according to a type? eg landscape, portrait, still life
- Does it depict something recognisable like a person or an object? Is it realistic or more abstract? Natural or unnatural?
- Could it be a symbol for something else?
- Does it tell a story?
- Is the subject familiar to you? What other examples can you recall? eg in other artworks, literature, music, films
- Can you see people in the artwork? If so, what are they doing? What might they be thinking? Look at their expressions, gestures, clothes.
- What do you think the artwork is about?
What you can't see
- What difference would it make if something about the artwork changed? eg if was a different colour or size or made of other materials or in a different frame
- What difference would it make if the artwork was in a different setting? eg a temple, outdoors
- Can you extend the artwork in your imagination? If it shows a scene, what might have happened before or after that moment? What is happening outside the frame?
At the Gallery
When looking at artworks at the Gallery, you can expand your knowledge and enjoyment of art.
- Read the information provided – look for labels and text panels on the walls, room brochures, information boards that you can carry around the room.
- Take advantage of our tours, exhibition talks, lectures and symposia, courses and publications.
- Visit again! Even seemingly simple artworks will reveal new things on a second, third or fourth viewing.
On the Gallery's website, you'll also find:
- tips for introducing kids to art
- audio introductions to specific artworks in our online tours
- information about each of the artworks in our collection in the Collection section, along with images of many of them
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That's one point of view.
They're "meant" to survive where they have become adapted.
That's one point of view.
They're "meant" to survive where they have become adapted.
Weather conditions during the Blueberry pollination season are often lousy with the bees unable to fly because of wet and cold. Blueberries are a poor source of nectar, and bees on the barrens are at risk for starving. That doesn't excuse feeding with supers on; only shows that feeding while on Blueberrries is not uncommon. It is a tricky time of year here - the Shad and the wild apples have finished blooming, dandelions are pretty much gone - and colonies are expected to be robust and populous in order to complete their pollination mission.
I was not previously aware of feeding with honey supers on - I don't want to believe that it is a widespread practice - I will actively be looking for it next spring.
Hives don't move Mark. They don't. Swarms may go a couple miles, if that. They don't move 1000 miles in any direction in a year, much less 10. They are not migratory animals. You cannot expect them to be hunky dory if you move them to an entirely different climate all the time. They're not adapted for it. They're not "meant" to move.
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
are your manipulations any less invasive that trucking them around?
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
It is not my place to criticize anything you've done - Only to offer appreciation for all that you've learned and shared.
I do hope the movement eventually comes to a general agreement as to what constitutes TF beekeeping. Currently there seems to be a lot of noise and misunderstanding generated by eager participants who emphasize ideology over experience.
Dismiss this statement if it is unhelpful.
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I guess you wouldn't buy queens from far away then?
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It would be my understanding that your reference to a so called "movement" is most applicable to this local thread in which it is contained, and not necessarily associated with a larger national movement of treatment free beekeepers here and elsewhere. Surely within the greater scope of a treatment free philosophy you will find numerous schools of thought and beliefs that are well thought out and recognized. My point is that contrary to what a few individuals have chosen to define on a website involving 2600 active members does not necessarily encompass the overall beliefs of many thousands of very successful beekeepers who find not the time or the desire to profess their personal beliefs on a website. As far as any sort of general agreement about what constitutes "treatment free beekeeping' good luck with that. Remember this is beekeeping. I personally try to stay well read, open minded, and well informed in those areas that interest me. I do not use any treatments of any kind as a personal choice because it currently works for me, but I would not flip out emotionally if I chose to experiment with a form of treatment if I felt the need arose. I do enjoy the numerous posts from many of the well respected beekeepers here that didn't just fall off the turnip truck yesterday. I have always felt that we all have something to learn by listening to others in a democratic forum established for a common good to procreate the art of keeping bees in a healthy environment.
"Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay".....Krishnamurti
Again, negative advertising is bad for an industry. I know this from a totally different industry I was in where negative advertising "wars" went on, and the general public eventually came to have a bad feeling about the whole industry.
If somebody is running around telling everyone they can, that just about all honey, (except their own, of course), is adulterated with sugar, has poison in it, is made by bees that aren't treated right, etc. It is just a matter of time till the general public take a dim view on all honey in general, as the word and the gossip is passed around, and twisted/exaggerated/misunderstood, in the process.
What if somebody was going around saying, don't buy Deans honey. He doesn't control disease and large numbers of his hives die. A horrible death for the bees. Get my honey, I care for my bees.
Would not telling the public you lose a lot of hives mean they are misinformed? Or have you just chosen to leave out the negatives.
Now that's hypothetical, but, get my point? Negative advertising is a bad thing.
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Are you kidding me!
Brian Cardinal
Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
Also, it is likely possible to find a way to badmouth just about any food that we can buy, be it almonds, meat, bread, whatever. Honey is just another product of many. At this time the general public see honey as "good", largely down to a romantic view of a beehive in a scenic, natural setting, hard at work visiting flowers. This view has been actively propogated by beekeepers of the past, but with enough bad publicity there is no guarantee the public will keep this view.
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News flash....for those of us not making a living in pollination, people who buy honey pay our bills (and the bills of our suppliers). I treat my customers (be they at the farmers market, over the internet, or through a large retail chain) with respect. I don't do business with people who willfully mislead me to make a buck....how you treat your customers is your business, but I will do my best to educate my customers the best I can. I tell them the truth.
As I tried to point out earlier, it's only the bad actors that benefit from the good reputation of honey in general, and the misconception by the public of where it comes from.
Once you've put that on your label, (the public should be educated, right?) then you can feel free to continue your attacks on others. Long as they are true that is, there are some beekeepers selling honey tested as perfectly good, who have been caught up in your bad publicity.
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But that aside, yes, I do tell my customers that we lose bees (as do our suppliers), as do all beekeeping operations large and small.
1. there is only so much that can fit on a label...but folks that self identify as vegans who visit our table at the market (yes, this is a somewhat self selecting group....hardcore vegans don't even want to talk about honey) generally feel good about the honey (and often buy it).Once you've put that on your label, (the public should be educated, right?) then you can feel free to continue your attacks on others. Long as they are true that is, there are some beekeepers selling honey tested as perfectly good, who have been caught up in your bad publicity.
2. a shirt that is made with slave labor can "test" the same as one produced by a free person being paid a reasonable salary. Two shampoos with equivilent ingredients can "test the same", yet one isn't tested on bunnies eyes.
If a beekeeper who's honey "tests perfectly good" wants to be part of an industry that values their honey the same as honey that doesn't, and doesn't do anything to distinguish their product from something that is not equivalent, then they get what they deserve. If I see two iphone cases on ebay, they have the same picture, and the same description, I'm going to by the cheaper one. If one has better specs and costs a little more, then I have a choice.
Anyone who's sales rely on their customers being misinformed is walking on eggshells...no matter how big the industry is.


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Horse muzzle. German, probably Augsburg, 1572 (VI.199)
Horse muzzle. German, probably Augsburg, 1572 (VI.199)
Greenwich armour for field and tournament. (II.40)
Figure of Sir Henry Lee in the New Horse Armoury with horse muzzle VI.199. About 1870 © Private collection 2013
Date: 1572 | Object number: VI.199
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|German, probably Augsburg, dated 1572
Made of steel and finely pierced and decorated with a delicate openwork pattern of scrolling tendrils which form a wide horizontal band at the top, two vertical bands at the sides and a central panel at the bottom. The upper band has an Imperial eagle at the centre, with the letters IWDZBM and GDHGG at either side. Below this is the date 1572 (or possibly 1512, though this is unlikely) and below this a fleur-de-lys. The fleur-de-lys is probably arms of the Welser family, party per pale a fleur-de-lys counterchanged argent and gules.
Several members of this influential merchant family held government and municipal offices in Augsburg and Nuremberg in the 16th century. The inscription can be read as Johannes Welser der Zeugamts bestellter Meister (or der Zeit Burgermeister); Gott der Herr gebe Gnad (Johannes Welser, appointed Master of the Ordnance Office (or at this time Mayor); may the Lord God give him Grace). Johannes was the son of Anton Welser and nephew of Bartolomeus, the most significant of the Welser family in the 16th century, an advisor to Charles V by whom the family's arms were granted in 1522.
The fashion for horse muzzles was short lived; many are dated, and most of the dates fall between 1552 and 1621 (Chodynsky 1987). They were also very restricted geographically, the majority coming from Germany, mainly Styria, Carinthia, Bavaria and Saxony. Very little is known about their use. Though they still feature as part of traditional Bavarian horse harness today, they are mentioned in hardly any equestrian manuals, and there are hardly any illustrations of them in use.
This one was probably purchased in the first half of the 19th century for the Tower. It was displayed in the Line with the armour of 'Sir Henry Lee' (II.40).
J. Hewitt, Official Catalogue of the Tower Armouries, London, 1859, 39, VI.12
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|German, probably Augsburg, dated 1572


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(April 29, 2008)--UTSA will bring together energy leaders, industry professionals and academicians representing three countries for the inaugural UTSA North American Energy Summit (NAES) May 1-2 at the UTSA Downtown Campus. The summit will feature experts in a range of fields from the United States, Canada and Mexico who will discuss future energy needs.
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Guests include Elizabeth Ames Jones, Texas railroad commissioner and NAES honorary chair; Nelson Wolff, Bexar County Judge; Dale Klein, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Michael McElroy, Harvard University; Grant Heffelinger, Sandia National Laboratory; Norris Pettis, consul general of Canada; Ibrahim Dancer, University of Ontario, Canada; and Miriam Grunstein, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo, Mexico City.
The Thursday, May 1 panel sessions will address short-term energy futures over the next 20 years, global environmental change, and energy production and efficiency. Friday, May 2 panel sessions will cover paths to sustainability, emerging technologies and social and educational challenges.
The issues discussed at the summit will form the foundation for a UTSA energy consortium, the Institute for Conventional, Alternative and Renewable Energy (ICARE). ICARE will address a core area of excellence in UTSA's strategic plan, "A Shared Vision: UTSA 2016." Through ICARE, UTSA will build a consortium to foster collaboration among representatives from industry, government and academia to explore new directions, policies and best practices for the energy industries in Texas, North America and around the world.
The UTSA North American Energy Summit is sponsored by CPS Energy, Bexar County, Southwest Research Institute, Canadian Consulate General, Valero Energy Corp., City of San Antonio and the State Energy Conservation Office of Texas.
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That is a great deal.....$389 for the FNP.... must be last years model as this years is the FNX.
Much better gun then the 27 in my opinion and 5 mags.....wow. If the mags are 25 bucks per that makes the gun the same price as a Kel - Tec
or some other inferior quality weapon.
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Hey all,
I hived 3 packages yesterday and only got stung 3 three times. I think I may have made a mistake with one queen they came in yellow cages with a plastic piece protecting the candy. While I was driving away from the yard it hit me! Did I remove the plastic from the last one? I am pretty sure that I did not. The bees were in the package for 2 days before I could get them into the hive and man were they mad!
I sprayed them down with a 1:1 mix of sugar water and tried not to use any smoke. !st bad experience; I pulled the queen out and the piece of wood she was hanging from was not conducive to a topbar I had to re-rig the cage to hang from a bar. I put her between #4 and #5. Now bad experience #2 short sleeves (DUH) bad idea!, pulled the feeder can out and all hell broke loose. Real quick I flipped it over and shook it, half the bees came out. put the pkg. on the ground in front of the hive and moved to #2 this time with a long sleeve jacket! same scenario. went back to #1 the bees won't leave the pkg. got bees on the landing board sending out the message, picked up the pkg shook the remaning bees out on the ground and the march started. back to #2 same scenario. At #3 I was pretty much done so I smoked them things went smoother; however in my rush this is the hive i screwed up the queen cage on.
Question: Should I fix this right away or wait a couple of days and free her myself?
Any other advise besides slow down?


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Forced to sit out the 2011 season at Louisville with a medical redshirt ... saw action in 14 games during 2010 campaign at Virginia Tech, starting the last five matches ... finished the year with seven points (2g, 3a) ... ranked third on the team in assists ... scored in consecutive games against North Carolina and Duke ... recorded two assists in the 4-1 win over Radford ... had an assist in the ACC Tournament against NC State ... redshirted his first year (2009) at Virginia Tech.
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We learned hunger has risen in our region by 52 percent since 2007 and they are moving to the former Sam's Club building in Kingsport, in hopes to build the program. "They have 37,000 families on a monthly basis, this will expand their ability to meet their needs and certainly as the recession being as severe as it was a lot of people are put in need, especially our elderly," said United States Representative, Phil Roe.
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All of the top guys were on dope during that time period, who cares.
The sport is cleaner (and riders are slower) now, good.
Don't see why we have to re-hash everything.
Doped or not, this is sick.
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Marquette senior Miller camps out to cast Milwaukee's first vote
By Chris Jenkins
Photo courtesy Katie Miller, arts and sciences senior
There's early voting. And then there's really early voting, the kind that Katie Miller and a few other Marquette students did last month.
Miller, a senior majoring in political science and international affairs, was part of a small group of students who camped overnight in front of a Milwaukee municipal building so they could be first in line when Wisconsin's early voting period began Oct. 22.
Miller was the first to complete and hand in her ballot after the doors opened at 8:30 a.m. She was excited to finally be old enough to vote for president, as well as having her say in a critical senate race.
"To be able to say I was the first person in Milwaukee to cast both those votes is really exciting," Miller says.
Miller did actually try to get some sleep the night before, but she also spent part of the time throwing footballs and Frisbees while talking to fellow students. A few people brought guitars.
"We even had live music!" she says.
With her vote already cast, Miller knows the race will be close on election night.
"To me, it was really exciting," Miller says. "Being in a swing state, in this really intense political environment, is really interesting."
And now that she's free from having to stand in line on election day, Miller plans to join other students in a get-out-the-vote campaign.
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WALTHAM, Mass. — Profitect, provider of software solutions for the retail industry, announced that Daniel Corsten has joined the company's board of advisors.
Corsten currently serves as a professor of business at IE Business School in Madrid, Spain. He was also a founding academic of the Efficient Consumer Response initiative, where he researched and consulted for retail and consumer goods organizations such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Metro Group, and Sainsbury's to help them lower costs, understand shoppers, reduce out-of-stock, and create overall sustainable supply chains.
"In my research and consulting, I have found that a perfect supply chain requires collaboration and trust, but also rigorous analytical methods. Profitect's Profit Amplification solution can help bring these magic ingredients together," said Corsten. "In my many years of working with supply chain management and retail software companies, I have not seen a more efficient and effective predictive technology that is able to utilize patterns to 'wring out' all possible value from every segment of a retailer's supply chain the way that Profit Amplification can."
Corsten has also taught and researched at St. Gallen in Switzerland, London Business School and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Prior to his academic career, he worked for Bayer Leverkusen and AGFA in Germany and the United States. Corsten's corporate experience includes supply chain management, marketing and finance, and he has worked in the automotive and retail software industries.