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couvertureandthegarbstore.com, from £29
These are almost too stylish to use in the garden. From French brand Seax Maison D'etre, the pots employ layers of canvas. Available in a variety of colours.
plumo.com, from £25
These are charming even when empty. We like the pastel colours and crackle glaze finish and the fact that their organic shapes and little feet give them a fantastical but alive feel.
ikea.com, £10
These brightly coloured watering cans are a good value buy. When you're not using them, they could also double as a plant pot if the sun fails to make an appearance this summer.
sparrowandfinch.co.uk, £12.95/pack
Choose between the wild flower, vegetable, herb or tomato collections and grow yourself a heritage garden from scratch. Or display them on a kitchen shelf.
gardenbeet.com, £28 each or £65 for three
These have an interesting geometric edge that sets them apart – the irregular form gives the illusion that each pot is unique, especially when displayed in a group.
diy.com, £249
This masonry barbecue is long-lasting and has a shape that could make it a focal point in a garden. It comes unpainted so if you like the white and red effect you'll need to paint it before assembly.
Blooma Kansas 4-burner barbecue
diy.com, £199
With four gas burners, this monster can feed the whole family in one go with any number of dishes. It also has a temperature gauge, side burner and warming rack.
gardentrading.co.uk, £24
Low-cost, portable and very simple to use, it only really caters for a picnic-style snack but this means it is perfect if you have the urge to charcoal nothing more complicated than a sausage or two.
johnlewis.com, £209
This gas barbecue may be portable but it doesn't scrimp on features, coming complete with a workspace on either side and a handy tool holder. It's sturdy on its feet too, making it easy to use.
johnlewis.com, £29
This has a compact 36cm diameter and is well priced but doesn't compromise on style. It's ideal for patios, balconies and small gardens, or for taking to the beach.
asda.com, £39
If you're short on space, this has a grill large enough to cater for four but a space-saving footprint. The pedestal design also puts the grill at a good height for most cooks.
johnlewis.com, £12
No outdoor cooking experience is truly complete without a novelty apron and we particularly like the play on words on this one.
sainsburys.co.uk, £4 each
You need the tools for cooking outdoors and this brush, fork and turner are simple, stylish but won't break the bank. Tongs are also available.
worldstores.co.uk, £319
This two-burner gas barbecue has a curved hood, enabling you to roast meat, and the porcelain-coated grill and griddle make for optimal cooking conditions.
morsoliving.co.uk, £1,428
This looks good, will warm a cool evening and also lets you cook pizzas and crusty bread in style. Add a grill and you can also griddle meat.
gardenbeet.com, £683
Add a touch of the surreal to your night-time garden with this oversize, freestanding light that is 150cm tall. Made of polyethylene, it is available in six colours.
johnlewis.com, £7
This glass lamp has an integrated LED light and solar panel that charges during the day then emits a soft glow at night. It works well dotted in groups around the garden.
cargohomeshop.com, £24
This structured round rattan lantern with rope handle has a beachside feel to its design and would work well in a contemporary garden or on a balcony or patio.
sainsburys.co.uk, £15
A string of lights brightens up an outdoor space. If twinkly and colourful isn't your thing, then this minimalist, Japanese inspired string of mini-lanterns might be for you.
Solvinden solar-powered lights
ikea.com, £20
Solar-powered lights are great in a garden. These colourful table lamps with a solar panel will emit four hours of light when fully charged.
marksandspencer.com, £9.50 for four
Summer isn't summer without ice creams and this set of four waffle-shaped sundae glasses in red, blue, green and yellow acrylic are a stylish way to enjoy an icy treat.
marksandspencer.com, £7.50
Made of acrylic, this bowl is the natural choice for outdoor entertaining. It will stand the wear and tear of picnicking but, unlike some acrylic designs, it doesn't sacrifice style for durability.
conranshop.co.uk, £12.95 each
It can be difficult to find crockery that brightens a garden table and yet holds its own in the style stakes. These large dining plates, available in lemon, mandarin and blue, manage to do both.
conranshop.co.uk, £24.95
This Danish-designed, Italian-made set of travel cutlery is stylish enough to use on even the most upmarket of picnics, yet it's also seriously functional: lightweight, stackable and compact.
ikea.com, £35 each
Add a jolt of colour to your outdoor entertaining with these bright and cheerful outdoor rugs available in a selection of colours. Made of a water-resistant polypropylene, they are also easy to clean.
johnlewis.com, £8 for four
Brightly coloured, lightweight and made of durable and hard-wearing plastic, these wine glasses are great for outdoor entertaining and are easy to stack and store.
sainsburys.co.uk, £10
If you run out of cold drinks, the quickest way to chill one is to add a handful of table salt to a mixture of half ice, half water, then submerge drinks in the salted iced water.
liberty.co.uk, £35
Made of lightweight yet durable stainless steel, this jug will look equally good acting as a vase for a summer bouquet or as a serving pitcher for Pimms, water or iced tea.
diy.com, £49
Channel your inner 1970s hostess-with-the-mostest vibe with this trolley, which includes a tray, built-in bottle store and bottle opener.
isme.com, £15
Ikat styling is right on trend this season and this bold pink, turquoise and orange cushion will brighten up a garden bench or chair no end.
conranshop.co.uk, £1,995
Created by Danish designer Nanna Ditzel, the Egg hanging chair has become a classic. Often imitated, never bettered, it's an investment piece that you'll love for years.
conranshop.co.uk, £360
The Spun stool is sculpturally beautiful even when not in use. Made of moulded polyethylene, it's suitable for outdoor use but will add a touch of whimsy inside, too.
ikea.com, £25
This colourful Ikea outdoor chair is great value and has been designed with attention to detail: the polypropylene plastic is UV-stabilized, fade-resistant and easy to clean.
johnlewis.com, £179
There's something infinitely soothing about a rocking chair. Add in some summer sunshine and a peaceful garden and you have a guaranteed stress reliever.
slatetoptables.com, £1,295
These are hand-made in Devon by expert cabinet makers and last a lifetime. The slate top is durable and easy to care for.
johnlewis.com, £679
We like the contemporary style and clean lines of this outdoor dining set. The FSC certified teak will weather well and the bench and table combo are perfect for casual entertaining.
johnlewis.com, £428
This chair has a simple, contemporary design and its back slings are made from spun polyester that feels like cotton while being completely shower-proof.
liberty.co.uk (not available online), £2,995
This an investment in a stunning contemporary design piece. The lighter back appears to float above the darker bench seat – a design that will work in traditional and more modern gardens.
habitat.co.uk, £50
Perfect for a small balcony or patio, this metal folding table – a simple design in a pretty colour – co-ordinates well with the retailer's beech and steel Parc chairs. Folds flat when not in use.
gomodern.co.uk, £330
The clever laser-cut flower patterns on the back and seat of these chairs throw beautiful shadows in sunlight. Made of epoxy lacquered stainless steel, these are hardy, resilient chairs available with cushions.
calligaris.co.uk, £384
Compact and cool, this round metal table is a great choice for a patio or a balcony. It will fit comfortably in the smallest of spaces and we like its distinctively shaped legs.
diy.com, £60
Bright colours are big in outdoor furniture this year and this woven set in lime green with a hint of vintage styling about it is right on trend.
bhsfurniture.co.uk, £399
This black rattan swivel chair channels a Balearic club vibe. Closer to home, it would work well on a deck or roof terrace; perfect for somewhere to lay back with a summer drink.
bhsfurniture.co.uk, £899
If you like a sophisticated contemporary vibe this grey rattan set, which includes two armchairs, a sofa and coffee table, is a good choice for outdoor entertaining.
jennifernewman.com, M bench, £600; table, £1,400,
Fast-growing and easy to replenish, bamboo is an eco-friendly material that looks great too, here resembling a dark hardwood.
diy.com, £5.98
This pear-shaped peanut feeder will brighten up a garden or patio. Fill it with peanuts or other feed and it will also keep birds and squirrels fed and happy.
wildandwolf.com, £16
Give bees a resting place and safe haven with this little yellow bee house. Site it in a sunny south-facing position for best effect to keep these essential creatures happy.
roullierwhite.com, £25
Gardens need insects of every type to thrive. This appealing product will encourage a wide selection of beasts into your garden to breathe new life into your planting schemes.
petspyjamas.com, £109.99
If bling is your thing or you just fancy going one up on the neighbours, we recommend this birdhouse. This version is modelled on a Southern US Plantation house.
If you don't want wasps having a place in your garden then this is worth a look. Simply fill the base with a few drops of a sugary liquid and let the trap do its work.
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Nanny State Expands, Creates New Hunger Games for Starving Students
Original post made by Fed Up, Amberwood/Wood Meadows, on Feb 2, 2013
The 160-page regulation from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) would enact nutrition standards for "competitive" foods not included in the official school meal.
In practice, the proposed rules would replace traditional potato chips with tasteless baked versions and candy with hippie-style granola. Regular soda is out, though high-schoolers may have access to bland diet versions.
"Although nutrition standards for foods sold at school alone may not be a determining factor in children's overall diets, they are critical to providing children with healthy food options throughout the entire school day," the proposed rule states.
The rules are a product of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which also overhauled the nutritional make-up of regular school meals. They would apply to any school, public or private, that participates in the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program.
Those rules saw a backlash from obese conservative lawmakers who said students were going hungry as a result of calorie limits. One 400-pound GOP House member famously compared the rules to "The Hunger Games." The USDA eventually relaxed some guidelines in response.
The regulations state that all competitive foods must be either a fruit, vegetable, dairy product, protein food, "whole-grain rich" product, or a combination food that contains at least 1/4 cup of fruits or vegetables; or they must contain 10 percent of the daily value of a major nutrient. They do not address our Constitutional right to eat and drink any unhealthy product that we see fit.
All snacks must also meet a range of calorie and nutrition requirements, such as limits on sodium, total sugar and calories from fat, with few exceptions.
The rules stipulates that all schools may sell water, low-fat and fat-free milks and milk alternatives and 100-percent fruit and vegetable juices, with portion sizes varying by student age.
High schools will also be permitted to sell carbonated beverages, as long as they contain five calories or less per serving.
Opinion: The regulations do not yet place a government official in every kitchen to ensure what Moms put in their children's lunch boxes. But they're most likely coming!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 2, 2013 at 10:59 am
@fed up. If you dont like the new mandates, pack a lunch for your kid with all the junk food you want. Bottom line, the trickle down effect of all the junk food and sugary drinks is a precursor for many diseases. diseases that cost big money in health care costs. While the schools are teaching the ABC's, let them teach about good nutrition. School districts get federal funding....the feds have a right to add restrictions.
a resident of Amador Estates
on Feb 2, 2013 at 1:58 pm
fed up, we were a nanny state from the first date the teaching standards were established in the 19th Century.
regarding "tasteless baked versions and candy with hippie-style granola" OMG, I did not know Safeway were catering to subversives like me!! Hippie-style granola? Hey, Mr. Know-it-all, granola came from Europe in the early 1970s. At least we approved upon it. At least call it correctly, "Socialist sustenance."
a resident of Livermore
on Feb 2, 2013 at 2:04 pm
chicken feed is much cheaper than a crummy granola bar...duh

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Composed of just over 100 photographs, this exhibition celebrates the exceptional contribution that American photographers made to the history of art in the 20th century. Made from 1900-1950, these photographs represent an extraordinary fertile period in photography's evolution. It includes stunning works by Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee and the members of New York's Photo League.Organized by the National Gallery of Canada.
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Originally Posted by james1542 View Post
You can make a DIY 70W hqi for under 40 bucks..The bulbs on ebay are like 15-$20, they last 2 years+ depending on useage, and depending on your reflector and bulb could crank out 12000+ lumens. Also you could get a complete 70W HQI aquarium fixture for less than $150. and as far as LED goes, you can buy a complete fixture that cranks 5000 lumens for under 100 bucks.
Okay then that does help distinguish the difference between Xenon Halides(automotive grade HID) and HQI Halides(aquarium grade HID).
I read that the reason in the difference is purely environmental saftey because of the mercury gas used in other types of halide bulbs such as the HQI.
Still my main goal for reviving this is to see any real hard info on the xenon HID lights exists. I have been looking at the differences between the types of halides, but my brain is fried so I'll be updating this when I can.
|after LED the next light I will buy will be laser or something
|You can make a DIY 70W hqi for under 40 bucks..The bulbs on ebay are like 15-$20, they last 2 years+ depending on useage, and depending on your reflector and bulb could crank out 12000+ lumens. Also you could get a complete 70W HQI aquarium fixture for less than $150. and as far as LED goes, you can buy a complete fixture that cranks 5000 lumens for under 100 bucks.
Originally Posted by R.sok View Post
My other kit was purchased in 06 & is still running strong, believe it or not it was the cheap xentec kits on ebay after a week one of the bulbs started to flicker during initial start up so I emailed the seller & they sent me a brand new pair of bulbs no questions asked & i didn't have to send in the old bulbs. So if you just want to try it out I would recommend xentec. Mainly for the quick returns in warranty.
I think the fog lamp kits would probably me more flexible in designing presentation for the lights and enclosures.
Also I revived this to see if anyone has heard of or seen results for freshwater planted tanks. Plus if anyone has any more technical specs as far as the PAR and spectrum values are concerned for the HID lamps.
|I tried xtremevision hids (designed in germany) they also work good. IMO a step above that would be ddmtuning.com then after that hella ballast are good then after that philips..however philips are very expensive
|One of the kits are ddmtuning.com. It has lifetime warranty however the warranty process takes very long. My other kit was purchased in 06 & is still running strong, believe it or not it was the cheap xentec kits on ebay after a week one of the bulbs started to flicker during initial start up so I emailed the seller & they sent me a brand new pair of bulbs no questions asked & i didn't have to send in the old bulbs. So if you just want to try it out I would recommend xentec. Mainly for the quick returns in warranty.
|I have two complete sets of spare 35w 4300k hids. I can't imagine running this light over my tank, it's pretty damn bright. As for ballast heat I barely get any at all with my 35w kit. With my 55w kit it does get a little warm. Only thing that gets pretty hot would be the bulb itself. Maybe I could do a diy in a desk lamp housing to compare differences vs my 15 watt 4500 cfl
WOW I wasn't logged in when typing my reply OMG that sucks time to retype it.
I'd like this to help update this thread with out starting a new one in hopes that since 2011 others have attained more knowledge to contribute to this thread once again.
So I ran across this while searching for light fixtures for my 34g solona that I'd like to use for a reef setup until I found that the seams are dry rotted but that's another topic. I'm also interested in the capabilities for freshwater planted tanks as I will be now focusing on setting up my 30g freshwater.
Seeing this reminded me that my buddy used to order HID kits for cars really really cheap like others have stated already. The low cost of the bulbs and ballast is really attractive and got me searching which is how I ran across this thread.
Please note that automotive HID headlamps and fog lights are MH bulbs and are called xenon because of the xenon gas that is present and used as part of the ignition process instead of argon.
Although another thing to consider marine metal Halides and automotive HID bulb compositions maybe different and probably undergo stricter quality control processes resulting in the ovbious price differences.
The guy in the link below made a great attempt at a DIY project although I think he could have been a little more creative. I still give him kudos for it though and props on using a PC powersupply.
This was the first and cheapest kit I found and now that I'm re typing this at 3:30am I'm definitely not searching anymore tonight.
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My only concerns are heat and PAR value of the automotive HID bulbs. Also if anyone has had a chance to test their PAR values or found articles where they have.
I've also read that the CRI rating for HID bulbs is extremely high for those who are interested.
Sorry to revive this thread but I had some information I thought might be worth adding that wouldn't be worth starting a new thread for.
FWIW I have HID foglights on my car and it uses a projector lens with a cutoff shield inside the projector to project uniform light all over the ground. It would be really, really easy to open up the projector and take out the cutoff shield. Doing so would result in light that is projected at a very wide angle and fairly uniform in a circular pattern.
The following picture isn't entirely correct, as the lens is what flips the light and they seem to have illustrated light just flipping randomly, but you can see how the cutoff shield would make a shadow at the bottom of the lens.
The lens then flips this "image" and creates a shadow at the top half of the projection, this way you aren't blinding other drivers.
Removal of the shield would make what I imagine to be quite good light dispersion, better than any reflector alone could ever create, that's why projector lenses were adapted for automotive use to begin with.
Also, in an older post someone mentioned that HID ballasts aren't good at handling moisture and get very hot.
This may be true in older technology but the majority of modern aftermarket ballasts are completely waterproof, you could even submerge them and they would work.
Most of them are internally sealed with some sort of non-conductive silicone type product, thats not to say that the seals on the casing are sealed, but rather the entire circuitry is encased in silicone.
The heat of the ballast is negligible. The heat from the bulb is comparable to MH.
For anyone interested in trying this out, as someone mentioned you are getting 2 ballasts and 2 bulbs. Ballasts should last 5+ years, if you get a faulty one it will probably break within the first year and you can swap it out via warranty. The bulbs in my car have lasted 2 years but the bulbs I had before only lasted a bit over a year, so that gives you 2-4 years of use with no bulb replacements. That is assuming that they do not get worse at growing plants over time like other bulbs do.
Also the thing that makes these burn out the quickest in cars is turning them on and off multiple times a day, so running them constantly for 8 hours a day really shouldn't shorten the life compared to automotive use. I would imagine the life to be about the same for both aquarium use and automotive use.
For anyone interested in trying this, I recommend xenithxenons.com as they have good warranty claim system, have been around for quite a while and have updated their technology multiple times over the years, the current platform is probably the best you can buy, and its ridiculously cheap. The ballasts are miniscule compared to older ballasts and replacement bulbs are fairly cheap.
You could get a universal projector foglight kit off ebay, whichever one looked the nicest to you for your budget, and just rig this up to hang from the ceiling over the tank.
My only concerns are the PAR output of HID(although you can request special colored bulbs which do not have a colored filter on the glass which would reduce lumens, but instead use a different mixture of gasses in the bulb to produce different colors, but you'd be shooting in the dark as to what colors would give you better par.)
From what I've read HID lights produce a good bit of light in the "lower chlorophyll A segment of PAR" but not as much in the infrared segment.
Although you'd have 2 projectors and 2 ballasts and 2 bulbs so you could double up if you wanted.
Originally Posted by Craigthor View Post
These jsut came out and are using HID lighting:
Saw them in the catalogue.
Ok then
..is there anybody with PAR meter-just put the par sensor infront of car`s head bulb and share the readings
its possible imo
I'm aware of the cost differential, but when it's all said and done, it's easier and likely cheaper to just pick up a MH (I'm referring to pendants).
The balasts in automotive applications can get very hot. All do not handle moisture well. They draw LOTS of current during warmup (can reach >20A in some cases). My main concern would be finding a suitable reflector. That's a lot of light coming from a very small bulb. Getting it to diffuse over the area of a tank would be another issue.
Originally Posted by Craigthor View Post
These jsut came out and are using HID lighting:
Saw them in the catalogue.
yup, that's the one's in the magazine ad as well.
Originally Posted by t0p_sh0tta View Post
In an automotive environment, a 35w Xenon/HID lamp runs cooler than a 55w halogen.
If you're interested, I can get HID kits at $90 shipped. However, at that price, I'd rather find a 70-150w MH pendant or pick up a T5 fixture.
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UTSA Ethics Bowl engages students in debate
By Bronwyn Wingo
Special Projects Writer, UTSA '05
(July 6, 2005)--UTSA recently hosted a preview of the Ethics Bowl, which will become an annual event in December. The Ethics Bowl engages two two-student teams in a debate on ethical dilemmas. The teams use research and discussion to propose a resolution to an ethical problem.
Teams are judged on their performance in presenting, in round one, an ethics case study prepared before the event and, in round two, analyzing a second ethical dilemma within 20 minutes.
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The winning team in the April preview, students Anna Flores and Justin Shenk, were coached by Kim Ellicks-Center, assistant director of housing and residential life. They competed with students Jennifer Emelogu, Lyndsey Greer and alternate Erin McMillan, who were coached by Jeff Konya, associate athletics director for compliance and student services.
The moderator was Rick Nixon, assistant athletics director for media relations. Judges included Sandra Welch, vice provost for academic compliance and institutional research; Sam Gonzales, interim assistant vice president for student affairs; Pat Berlet, director of student health services; Doug Sonego, university police captain and Grant Merrill, assistant professor of chemistry.
"I'd love to see teams from each of the schools and various student organizations compete in December. Everyone has to deal with ethical dilemmas, and it's important that students in all areas have experience in analyzing situations like these," said Anne Jimenez, UTSA director of student judicial affairs. She and Anita Leffel, management lecturer, organized the April preview event.
The debate sponsors are the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts, Learning Communities, Housing Services, Student Activities, Athletics, Student Services, Tomas Rivera Center, Student Judicial Affairs and Student Life.
The new event is the fall component of the popular Gray Matters Debate, an annual community event sponsored by the UTSA Honors Alliance in which UTSA and other area students compete for prizes and the title, Master of the Minds.
For more information on participation and planning for Fall 2005 Ethics Bowl, contact Anne Jimenez at (210) 458-4720.


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Sunny + Spacious Provence Apartment
Size107 m²
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Wi-Fi is available at this bright apartment, which can accommodate up to 6 guests. There are 2 comfortable double bedrooms and a spacious living room. Appliances and utensils in the fully equipped kitchen allow guests to prepare simple meals in the apartment.
The picturesque streets of Prague's Old Town are a 10-minute walk from the apartment and are home to attractions and amenities including supermarkets and bakeries. Authentic Czech restaurants and bars can also be found in the neighbourhood.
Getting around Prague via public transport is straightforward and Náměstí Republiky Metro Station and tram stop are just 3 minutes' walk from the apartment. It takes just 10 minutes via tram to reach Prague's central train station.
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Please keep noise to a minimum after 10pm.
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Tereza's apartment is the best place to stay in all Prague!
It's really beautiful, comfortable and cozy.
We stayed in the Retro Apartment, a few seconds to the metro station, super market and pharmacy.
It was very nice when you arrive home after being the whole day visiting the cold, cold Prague, and the house was so warm.
Thanks for everything!
We spent four nights with four adults in Tereza's apartment. It was perfect for our needs, especially the two bathrooms and the washing machine. The high ceilings and the cross ventilation made it very comfortable even when the temperature was a bit warm in July. Bart was very helpful settling us in. Furniture was rustic shipping pallets, so be aware at night the bed is in your normal footfall area. I tore back a toenail. It is quite comfortable. The location is perfect for all the activities we had planned.
Super central apartment, with direct access to public transport. The apartment was very spacious and was enough for six people.
I would book immediately again.
Super zentrale Wohnung, mit direktem Anschluss an die öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel. Die Wohnung war sehr geräumig und hat für sechs Personen ausgereicht.
Ich würde sie sofort wieder buchen.
Finally I could not meet in person Tereza, I did for e-mail and was charming at all times, resolving doubts and helping todo.Si immediately met Bart, a very nice and friendly guy.
Finalmente no pude conocer en persona a Tereza, lo hice por e-mail y fué encantadora en todo momento, resolviendo dudas y ayudando de inmediato en todo.Si conocimos a Bart, un chico muy majo y agradable.
We really enjoyed our stay in Terezas flat, most of the sights are nearby and you can easily get everywhere by foot or public transportation. The flat has everything you need for an enjoyable stay in Prague.
In short, we would stay there again every time.
A very beautiful property just a stone's throw from the old town, the apartment is on two floors. It has a separate kitchen and two bathrooms. The apartment is nicely furnished and very clean. Contact with the owner was at all times very quick and easy whether by phone or via email. As the only suggestion we would recommend a coffee maker, and that would be the icing on the cake. We say thank you very much and can only recommend the apartment.
Eine wunderschöne Unterkunft nur einen Steinwurf vom der Altstadt entfernt, die Wohnung erstreckt sich auf zwei Etagen. Sie besitzt eine separate Küche und zwei Bäder. Die Wohnung ist liebevoll eingerichtet und sehr sauber. Der Kontakt zum Eigentümer war zu jederzeit sehr schnell und einfach möglich ob über eMail oder telefonisch. Als einzigste Anregung würden wir eine Kaffeemaschine empfehlen, wobei das das i Tüpfelchen wäre. Wir sagen herzlichen Dank und können die Wohnung nur weiterempfehlen.
The Apartment was really clean and decorated with lots of lovely details. Additionally it was very close to the metro and the center. We felt comfortable all the time and really enjoyed our stay in Prag. We will definitely recommend this beautiful Apartment to our friends and we would love to come again.
Contact and reception were nice. The apartment looks really like the photos. Is equipped with everything you need (incl. Coffee and flour) and nicely decorated. Rooms division we liked. Was perfect for four friends. Location is great: central and quiet, cafes, pubs and shops close. Might come again with the family here. Recommended!
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A sweet day despite some rain: Sweetheart Day in Hackensack
Despite scattered rain showers, Hackensack's Sweetheart Day on July 9 went forward with kids games, inflatable games, a book sale, a pre-parade show featuring the North Star Cycle Patrol of the Shriners from Grand Rapids and a parade down First Street.
Other events included a scavenger hunt where Leena Woodell of LaPorte and Guy Boyles and Cheyenne Tilberry of Backus won $150 for finding the most items.
Parade winners are as follows:
Best float was awarded to Kevin's Auto Body, best color guard went to Spencer-Ross American Legion of Walker and St. Paul's Lutheran Church was voted best church float.
A prize raffle was also conducted after the parade. Winners were Todd Josephson, of Hackensack, $500; Pat Fisher, Hackensack, gas grill; Denny Fuchs, patio set; D. Parker, $50 gift certificate to Swanson's Bait; and Terry Schultz, Madison, S.D., $50 gift certificate to Southside Fuel Plus.


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Post Combine... Post FA surge.....
Round 1 - Donta Hightower - ILB, Bama.... Kuechly will not be there and I have heard a few Baltimore fans say the consensus in MD is that they are looking at Peter Konz G/C prospect from Wisconsin. Giants could make a huge splash with a pick up like Hightower.
Round 2 - Chandler Jones - DE, Syracuse... his hype has fallen a little, but the kid is extremely talented. Built like JPP and likes to run down the ball carrier. I will not surprised to see him available at #64.
Round 3 - Michael Egnew - TE, Missouri.... probably the most polished TE prospect outside of Fleener. His production may have fell off this year, due to Gabbert leaving for the NFL, but this kid is a solid looking NFL TE.
Round 4 - Desmond Wynn - OG, Rutgers... Giants got a chance to watch this kid a lot. He is an underrated prospect that does really well in the run-game. He could also be a solid back up at C.
Round 5 - Vick Ballard - RB, Miss. State... another underrated prospect that played extremely well in an ultra tough SEC conference. He was the entire offense for Miss. State after transferring from a JUCO school.
Round 6 - DeVier Posey - WR, Ohio State....Big time talent that will fall due to his suspension this past season. He is a legit "stretch the field" playmaker and he could push Barden and Jernigan to work harder.
Round 7 - Coty Sensabaugh, CB, Clemson... I watched this kid at the combine and he was smooth. Good hip movement and good speed. Could be a project to work with, but in Round 7 everyone is a crap shoot.


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Checked out my 2 hives this morning and found one dead and the other doing well.
The dead hive had a pile of bees in the bottom and one or two on the comb. This hive was a swarm I caught last summer, they seemed to go thru summer ok. I had to do a major rebuild during the summer where they had cross combed and had some collapse. They had drawn out 4 whole comb and half a dozen partial but there was hardly ant stores. When I checked hem in the fall they had full comb with honey, pollen and brood. Wonder what happened Will have to clean it up and start again. What should I do with all of the old comb, some is clean white some dark brown.


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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I save my little bits and pieces for crumb quilts. They are very addicting!
I quilt and give away with a small group of ladies. We have odd shape scraps, both leftovers from quilting
or donations. I,ve started cutting ALL into the PRE CUT sizes. Then we know what are usable pieces!
I want all pieces that are less than 15 or 18 inches . . . CUT UP and put into clear plastic boxes.
I stitched a bunch together and had enough to make 3 scrappies for my dogs kennels. Didn't use a backing but had a very large heavy ugly piece of whole cloth. I stitched with leftover thread in insignificant area instead of tying. They love it. And it will be a lot easier to wash. The kennels are different sizes so it's not hard to determine whose is whose. But you could still donate to a homeless shelter leaving it whole. It was certainly a Duke's mixture of material. The one I made for my dogs would fit a twin size bed. I actually also used this to practice my different stitches on my machine. So there are different stitch and lengths on it. But it's a scrappy. No rhyme or reason!
Cindy, make quilts from the scraps. The scraps cost as much as the other fabric, so make every penny count.
Some people stuff pet beds with scraps for pet shelters
I have used the glass bulbs for Christmas trees and filled them with dog ears and such. They are cute and you can make them in any color. Make for different holidays and hang on tree branches in a vase. Looks cute. All the other scraps I cut into different size squares or strips and file them in labeled clear shoe boxes until I get enough to make a scrappy quilt.
I usually make them up into a crazy mish - mash quilt and donate to old folks' home or children's hospital.


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Hello, All:
I'm delighted to have found this bee forum. I've already learned new stuff and look forward to chatting with those of you able to take the time to communicate with me.
Last summer, I took top bar workshops, bought veil & smoker, and built boxes. Now, I'd like to get the operation up and running. I'm so eager to get started and to do it the best way possible!
Any guidance would be GREATLY appreciated.
Here's my situation:
An existing hive is available for me, to draw out of its current location inside a cinder block wall. My intent is to install a one-way mesh tunnel at the wall opening, so the bees can get out of their current hive in the wall but not return. I'll situate a top bar box near the wall opening, so the bees can conveniently set up housekeeping in the new box. Here are my start-up questions:
1. Should I try to find someone to sell me a few brood bars & queen to place in the waiting box?
2. Should I place some honey in the waiting box?
3. If not, what do you suggest?
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Between the rise of the Web, the ADD-addling of America, the fragmentation of any national political consensus, and the devastated economy, working in the press can feel a bit like manning the Titanic — and this year, the entire industry seemed to teeter on the edge of oblivion. That may explain 2009's roster of media misdeeds, which include unseemly schadenfreude, excessive journalistic aggression (physical and verbal), shameless whoring for Web traffic, shoddy writing and editing, timidity in the face of power, naked acquisitiveness — and a cartoon depicting Barack Obama as a dead chimp. It may not have been the ugliest media year on record, but 2009 certainly wasn't pretty, here in Boston or anywhere else. Take the following lowlights — please!
1) JOURNALISTIC SOLIDARITY: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING With the New York Times Company threatening a shutdown of the Boston Globe — unquestionably the biggest local media story of the year — the rival (and understaffed) Boston Herald unleashes its scrappy-tabloid id, publishing a contemptuous list of 10 ways to save the paper (e.g., "Cancel pricey newsroom subscriptions to Sanctimonia and Pomposity Today magazines"). Around the same time, Globe-hating Herald columnist Howie Carr explains his myopic calculus — and the Herald's, apparently — to CBS News: "If we outlast the Globe by one day, we win."
2) HUNDREDS OF UNEMPLOYED EDITORIAL CARTOONISTS, ANDTHIS GUY GETS TO KEEP HIS JOB? Linking a face-eating chimpanzee story out of Stamford, Connecticut, to President Obama, New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas depicts two police officers staring at the simian one has just shot, as the other says: "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." Previous Delonas jaw-droppers have included hook-nosed terrorists cheering the Democrats' victories in the 2006 congressional elections, Al Sharpton with a really huge butt, and — as New Jersey moved toward legalizing same-sex nuptials — a lusty man carrying a sheep and applying for a Garden State marriage license.
3) AND THAT'S THE WAY IT ISN'T In an impressively strong follow-up to last year's mistake-ridden Charlton Heston obituary (in which the paper erred on Heston's age, birth year, and birth name, among other things), the New York Times publishes an appraisal of the late Walter Cronkite's legacy — written by factually challenged TV critic Alessandra Stanley — that contains eight errors (one due to editing) and prompts two separate corrections, totaling roughly 250 words. Meanwhile, the paper's standard-issue Cronkite obit requires another three corrections totaling approximately 180 words.
4) HE REPORTS —YOU DECIDE! A Time magazine cover story by David Von Drehle on Fox News's Glenn Beck begins with a description of a September 12 conservative protest in Washington, DC, that effectively renounces the possibility of objective truth. "If you get your information from liberal sources," muses Von Drehle, "the crowd numbered about 70,000, many of them greedy racists. If you get your information from conservative sources, the crowd was hundreds of thousands strong, perhaps as many as a million, and the tenor was peaceful and patriotic." And if you get your information from Time, you get what you deserve.
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I forgot our BYE is Week 11
that is great if you're playoff bound and the BigBlue God willing we will be ... but the teams we are facing I think that it being that late in the season is going to hurt us. Our lads will be exhausted come Nov 18th
Silver lining is we get 2 weeks prep on the Packers before a final 6 weeks of big boy games. I guess what doesn't kill ya only makes you stronger
dont get me wrong early BYE's suck *** but week 11?! ... wow
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Aruli was a pretty interesting experience for me because I happened to be there in the middle of Eid al-Adha (The feast of the Sacrifice). The ritual slaughter of the lamb is done in commemoration of Ibrahim's sacrifice and marks the beginning of the holiday. Through out the Muslim world the sacrifice is made by every family, causing the streets to run red with blood. Everyone packs there sheep in what ever works. People were transporting them in wheel barrels, cars, bikes, and of course dragging them. This sight is not for the faint of heart, but it's defiantly a sight to see.
Now, if you happen to be in the country during the Ed, I strongly recommend you have some supplies with you. The feast lasts for days and NOTHING is open. LOL, our crew somehow managed to survive off oranges and bread. I would recommend looking for any restaurant or store that is run by a bur bur (non Muslim).


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I am building two TBHs. One will be using 4.9 starter strips and the other will be using the pointed notch (? - not sure what the proper term is) on each frame to have them draw comb with no guidnace at all.
Knowing one is using 4.9 starter strips, what would be the width of the frames? (I suppose its a given that all the frames are tight together.) And since I will not be using regressed bees to start with the other, would those frames be different?
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South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier, left, talks with LSU coach Les Miles after the Tigers beat the Gamecocks 28-16 on Sept. 22, 2007. In a landscape where college football coaches say less and less, Miles and Spurrier stand out -- and not just because of their national championship success. (Associated Press)
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By Scooter Hobbs / American Press
Granted, this is probably not the time for Les Miles to slide eerily to his side and gaze glassy-eyed at his LSU team with the order to "Smiiiiiiiiile!"
John L. Smith already tried that one, and all it did was make the whole state of Arkansas uncomfortable while putting the white coats with nets on standby alert.
But, with the season (at least as it was originally envisioned) on the line with a visit from third-ranked South Carolina Saturday night, Miles needs to do something to lighten the mood around LSU.
Surely, there's no 5-1 team in the country right now dealing with as much negativity cloaked with doom and gloom as these Tigers.
Gazing from afar, it probably sounds crazy for a genuine, sky-is-falling style panic to set in after one measly loss over the last two regular seasons. But the mystified masses from afar haven't watched the whole thing develop up close.
It doesn't feel like 5-1.
There may only be one loss — to a pretty good Florida team on its own nasty turf in a game circled boldly on the Gators' schedule — but it didn't feel quite right even before getting the formality of the loss out of the way.
"We haven't played our best football yet," Miles said Wednesday, and for now you will just have to take him at his word.
If they have — if the Washington game was as good as it's going to get — they might as well call the rest of it off and make reservations for an off-Broadway bowl game.
One loss wouldn't be so disheartening if they had a measuring stick, a true, clicking-on-all-cylinders game that gave them a reference point for how good they can be.
They don't.
Not yet.
So, no, I don't know how in the world LSU is favored (by 2 1/2) in this game, either.
There's something missing on this LSU team, and it's more than just a legitimate starting left tackle.
You can't solve everything with X's and O's, working harder or even switching quarterbacks. And, yes, at some point they're going to have to block somebody.
But something bigger — the "it" factor — just hasn't clicked yet.
Miles has always been a master at pushing all the right emotional buttons with his teams. If he has a strength, that's it. But he hasn't cracked the code with these guys yet.
Even the harmless charade they go through before running onto the field for the opening kickoff — when Miles playfully acts like he's trying to hold them back like yelping puppy dogs — this year looks like something they're doing just because last year's team did it and it's supposed to be a tradition now.
You can't fake things like that.
And halfway through the regular season, this team really hasn't established a true identity yet.
Football chemistry tends to be spontaneous combustion, but coaches can massage it along.
Miles has said there's nothing wrong with the effort, and he's right there. This team is playing hard. But, particularly on offense, they're not playing with much confidence, let alone the swagger of a year ago.
Get that back and all those penalties and turnovers will start to look like mere annoyances.
Miles has done it before.
Maybe he needs to run to the wrong sideline (like he did in Cowboys Stadium against Oregon last year) or tumble head-over-teacup while running to the correct sideline (as he did in Tuscaloosa before the first Alabama game last year).
Bottom line: Miles has to somehow make football fun again for the players.
Right now, it doesn't look like it is for the Tigers. The games look like more a burden.
If anything, South Carolina this year looks like last year's LSU team.
You can tell because Steve Spurrier is having a blast.
Spurrier was asked the obligatory question this week about the horrors of going to Tiger Stadium, in what will be the first conference night game in Baton Rouge in more than two years (Sept. 18, 2010 vs. Mississippi State).
"Most of our players have never been to Death Valley," Spurrier said. "That is THE Death Valley isn't it?"
Knowing full well that there's a long-running dispute between LSU and his bitter, crossstate rival, Clemson, over which school's stadium originated the "Death Valley" nickname, Spurrier paused for the punch line.
"Is there another one around?"
Priceless Darth Visor, jabbing the needle in at every opportunity.
Spurrier is an SEC classic, and if you need another reason to be in Tiger Stadium Saturday night, it will likely be the Head Ball Coach's last visit. His immunity to the aging process is one of the more annoying things about him, and he could coach a long time more. But with ill-advised SEC expansion and the yet-to-be-determined schedule rotation, it will probably be even longer before South Carolina makes it back to Tiger Stadium.
In the 1990s, when his Florida teams were regularly putting up moon-shot scores against bad LSU teams, Spurrier never missed an opportunity to remind Tiger fans that he had once applied for the LSU job but, sadly, the whole process got bogged down in a typical Louisiana political maze.
A couple of years ago, South Carolina's famed Curse of the Chicken appeared to be wearing down even Spurrier.
He had lost a lot of the cackle and the sneer, even a bit of the smart aleck.
It's all back now, even if he has to swallow hard to win with defense and ball control over his Florida Fun 'n Gun days.
LSU just needs to have fun again.
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Colombia nabs alleged mastermind in Sambrano murder
New York, August 23, 2010--The alleged mastermind in the 2009 murder of Venezuelan journalist Orel Sambrano, at left, was arrested Thursday in Colombia and is now facing extradition to Venezuela, local and international press reported.
Colombian authorities arrested Walid Makled García in the city of Cúcuta, near the border with Venezuela, according to news reports. A warrant was issued in 2008 for Makled in Venezuela on drug trafficking charges. Venezuelan authorities issued warrants for him last year in connection to Sambrano's murder and for allegedly participating in the 2009 killing of a local veterinarian, The Associated Press reported.


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Liz Lemon, the harried heroine of 30 Rock, will soon be getting married, according to NBC.
The US network announced the perennial bridesmaid played by Tina Fey will wed in a 30 Rock episode set to air in the US on November 29.
It said the groom will be Criss Chros, played by guest star James Marsden.
Chros, who arrived on the scene last season, is a would-be entrepreneur with a bright smile and a dim wit.
30 Rock is the saga of Lemon, the overextended producer of a fictitious comedy series.
She is surrounded by comrades like company boss Jack Donaghy, played by Alec Baldwin, and her boisterously unhinged star Tracy Jordan, played by Tracy Morgan.
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Philadelphia Zoo has been a leader in the conservation of this endangered species since the Guam Bird Rescue Project was initiated in 1983. The Zoo currently holds nine Guam kingfishers (four males, four females, and one unsexed juvenile), although most of them live off-exhibit to encourage breeding. The most recent chick hatched on July 29, 2016! There is a breeding pair in our Pacific Islands exhibit of the McNeil Avian Center.
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The Guam kingfisher is a medium-sized kingfisher with a large, strong beak. The Guam subspecies is sexually dimorphic in color with males blue above and rusty cinnamon below and females similar but with white underparts. The Guam kingfisher is no longer found in the wild where it was driven almost to extinction by predation by the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) that was introduced to the island. In the 1980's the Philadelphia Zoo in conjunction with other US zoos and the Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources, captured as many of the remaining birds that could be found on Guam (29 in all) to establish a captive breeding population in the hopes of re-introducing birds to the wild someday. Recently, a captive breeding population has been established on Guam as we move closer to the ultimate goal of having Guam kingfishers flying wild once again on Guam.
Unknown in the wild. Captive birds live on average about 10 to 12 years but some birds have lived into their 20s.
Before it disappeared on Guam, the Guam kingfisher had a reputation for aggression towards other birds and was accused of being a chicken thief. Although the Guam kingfisher was not well studied in the wild before it disappeared, based on research on related Micronesian kingfisher on other Pacific islands and the behavior of the birds in captivity, Guam kingfishers appear to be highly territorial birds that establish multi-purpose territories year round.
Like some other species in the kingfisher group (e.g., Kookaburra) Guam kingfishers live in cooperative breeding groups consisting of a breeding pair and one or more older offspring. Pairs share the task of excavating a hole in a tree to use for nesting. Clutches are most commonly 2 eggs but can range from 1 to 3 eggs. Both the male and female share incubation duties and feed chicks once they hatch. Eggs hatch about 23 days after laying and chicks fledge from the nest about 30 days later.
Approximately 8 inches in length
Adult weights range from approximately 2 to 3 ounces.
In the wild, Guam kingfishers feed mainly on small lizards, insects and occasionally small mammals and crustaceans. Wild kingfishers will catch a lizard and carry it to a tree limb where the bird will beat the lizard against the limb until dead prior to eating it. At the Zoo, the kingfishers are offered a base diet of lizards, baby mice (pinkies) and supplements. The enrichment portion of the diet includes a variety of insects. Although the lizards offered at the Zoo are already dead, the birds will still carry them to a tree and beat them before eating.
Woodlands and forests on the island of Guam. The Guam kingfisher is endemic to Guam (it is found nowhere else).
The Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus), "sihek" in Chamorro (native language of Guam), was once found throughout the island of Guam in the Mariana Islands. Along with most of Guam's endemic birds, the Guam kingfisher declined dramatically in the 1970s and '80s as a result of predation by the introduced brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis).
The brown tree snake is native to Papua New Guinea and likely arrived on Guam as a stowaway on ships arriving in Guam during or shortly after WWII. The wildlife on Guam was unprepared to defend against this invasive snake as there is only one native snake on Guam, a small blind snake that does not prey on birds. By 1988, many of the native birds of Guam had been eliminated by snake predation, primarily on their nests (chicks and eggs). To save Guam's endemic bird species from certain extinction, the Philadelphia Zoo partnered with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to form the Guam Bird Rescue Project.
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Good afternoon. It is an honor to return to this conference and present my first official speech in my new capacity as Executive Director of United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. I cannot imagine speaking anywhere else since there are so many wonderful people in the audience who have inspired me and have poured their souls into ending homelessness. I would like to thank the National Alliance to End Homelessness for putting on another exceptional conference. I want to especially thank my dear friend, Nan Roman for her friendship and her tremendous leadership over the years on an issue we all so dearly care about. I would also like to recognize Mark Johnston the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs Assistance Programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and a member of the USICH Policy Group, as well as Ann Oliva, Director at the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs at HUD.
For those of you who do not know me, I look forward to meeting you and engaging with you over the months and years ahead. I have more than two decades worth of non-profit experience working on homelessness with housing-related organizations. As a former board member and advisory group member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness, I'm very proud of the work they have achieved over the years and have been impressed by Nan and her team's commitment to seeing our ultimate goal of ending homelessness come to fruition.
Since 1983, I have continuously been involved in the movement to end homelessness – it is my work and my passion. It is a movement that seeks to ensure that all Americans have a right to safe and affordable housing. Too often, this basic human need – the need for a place to call home – is not met.
As you know, widespread homelessness was not part of the American landscape when I, along with many of you, was growing up in the 60's and 70's. It's a phenomenon that came to our consciousness in the early 1980's. Other than during the Great Depression, homelessness did not occur on any scale in our country. What a sad state that our current generation – my son and daughter's – believe that homelessness has always been with us.
As I have labored alongside you and many others in this movement, I have met thousands of persons – men, women, and children — who have directly experienced homelessness. For many, it's a simple economic situation – they don't earn enough to pay the rent. For others they have also experienced racism, sexism, classism, and prejudices related to their diseases of AIDS/HIV, mental illness, alcoholism and addiction. For some they have the further burden of a past criminal record. Each of them deserves a home.
It is their faces, their courage, and their struggles that inspire me to continue as their advocate. And that was what brought me to my current role as executive director that I assumed just three months ago. The mission of the Council is to coordinate the Federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government in contributing to the end of homelessness. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan is chairman of the Council, which includes 19 Federal agencies.
As many of you know, Secretary Donovan is very passionate about our mission and is tireless in his advocacy for resources and strategic approaches to make housing affordable and available to all. In fact, it was his speech at last summer's Alliance conference that inspired me to seriously consider the opportunity to lead the Council. He said, "Our job now is to house everyone – to prevent and end homelessness. All homelessness." I've met with him frequently over the past few months and he brings this passion, vision, and expectation of excellence to every meeting.
During my tenure at the Council, we will be focusing our work in these seven areas: They include:
- Leading the development and implementation of the the first ever Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness that was mandated by the HEARTH act. This plan is due to Congress by May 20.
- Establishing and maintaining effective, coordinated, and supportive relationships with each Federal agency
- Organizing and supporting state/local/communities to effectively implement local plans
- Developing means to provide an effective portal to federal programs and initiatives
- Establishing and maintaining effective communications with Congress
- Aggregating and promoting research/evaluations and manage accountability/results
- Establishing effective partnerships with the public and private sector stakeholders
In order to accomplish these goals, I assembled a senior management team as of the first week of February 2010. The Council has three Deputy Directors who come with a complimentary skill set and areas of expertise. Two of the three are here with us today and I would like to introduce them to you:
Anthony Love is the Deputy Director for National Programs. He coordinates the state and local work of the council, overseeing the work of the Regional Coordinators. He also will be the lead on Veterans issues. Anthony most recently served as the President and CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston and Harris County. He recently served on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and the
NAEH also recently honored his previous organization and leadership with their Non-
Profit sector award in 2009.
Jennifer Ho is the Deputy Director for Accountability Management. She will lead the coordination of the Federal Strategic Plan process. She also will be the lead on health and human service related issues. Jennifer most recently was the Executive Director of the Hearth Connection since 1999. Hearth Connection is an innovative statewide non-profit intermediary that builds relationships, resources, infrastructure and public awareness to end long-term homelessness. She also recently served on the national board of the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
Sharon Price, who unfortunately can't be here due to the inclement weather back East, is the Deputy Director for Policy. She coordinates the Senior Policy Group, the relationship with Congress, and National Advocates. Sharon previously served as the Director of Policy for the National Housing Conference. From 2001 – 2002, she was a Presidential Management Fellow at HUD, Office of AIDS Housing. She then worked in OMB, Housing branch (2002 – 2007) before joining NHC.
When the President took office, the economy was on the brink of a depression. The economic crisis required that we take immediate and extraordinary steps to prevent a further collapse. Not all of these steps were popular, but the President did what was right for our country's future.
Without them, we faced the real prospect of a second Great Depression. A year later, the economy is back from the brink – and is growing again. But as every American family and business knows, we have much more to do so that every American who wants to work can find a job.
There is a significant correlation between the economic downturn and an increase in family homelessness. That is one of the reasons why the President has made passing a jobs bill a top priority. An increase in job growth will go a long way towards reducing homelessness.
Since the beginning of his Administration, President Obama has a made strong commitment to ending homelessness. In fact, he set a lofty but achievable vision of preventing homelessness across all populations, with Veterans as a priority. As a down payment on that vision, President Obama included $1.5 billion in the stimulus bill for the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing program. Then last May, the President signed into law the HEARTH Act which re-authorized the McKinney Act – it was a day that I was beginning to think would never come. And the President has now devoted significant resources toward that vision even during a tightening of not only the federal government's budget, but among all of us including families who have been hardest hit by the economic downturn. Highlighting the importance of ending homelessness to the President and despite the non-security discretionary funding freeze, President Obama's recent FY 2011 budget request for targeted homeless assistance programs is an 11.5 percent increase over FY 2010 and the largest ever by a President. The Budget proposal reflects a strong commitment by the Administration to prevent and end homelessness.
This Administration intends to forever change the way our country addresses homelessness. The Federal Strategic Plan will serve as a roadmap for joint action by Council agencies to guide the development of programs and budget proposals towards a set of measurable targets. The Federal Strategic Plan will reflect interagency agreement on a set of priorities and strategies the agencies will pursue over a five-year period.
The Council is centering its plan on the belief – the moral foundation – "no one should experience homelessness – no one should be without a safe, stable place to call home."
The Council has charged the planning process to align federal resources effectively and appropriately toward four key objectives: 1) finish the job of ending chronic homelessness; 2) prevent and end homelessness among Veterans; 3) prevent and end family, youth, and child homelessness; and 4) set a path to ending all types of homelessness.
Solving homelessness will require that people at risk of or experiencing homelessness are able to access mainstream resources effectively and sufficiently to meet their needs. To date, the "federal plan" to address homelessness is by default defined by targeted programs. Today we are embarking on a "strategic plan" that will put at its center prevention of homelessness and bring mainstream resources to bear to prevent and end homelessness.
As we move forward with the Federal Strategic Plan, we are committed to collaborative solutions, smart investments, and leveraging mainstream resources. The effectiveness of the Federal Strategic Plan and ultimately its success is dependent upon all of us. It will take all of us … no one can stand on the sidelines. That is why we are involving so many in the work of developing the Plan. Not if, but when, we are successful in implementing the Federal Strategic Plan, I believe it will be an agenda that not only the Obama Administration can rally around, but the entire homeless advocacy community.
I want to take a moment to explain the process of the Federal Strategic Plan to all of you since your involvement is vital, our timeline is short, and I've only had a full staff for literally one week. Ultimately, the 19 member agencies of the Council will be responsible for ratifying the final plan. In the meantime, there are a number of steps that must be taken prior to ratification:
Workgroups of federal agency staff are meeting together to focus on goals and strategies for specific populations and areas to be addressed by the Plan.
- The members of the USICH Senior Policy Council who are guiding the process have so far approved the working framework and development process for the plan. Research is being conducted to assess needs as well as current federal policies and known best practices.
- External stakeholders are engaged in the discussion, offering ideas, feedback, research, and best practices. Over 250 consumers, advocates, providers, state and local governments, and representatives from ten-year planning bodies will be involved through online input, regional forums, and meetings held this week. We envision having nearly 1,000 participate by the end of the FSP process.
- In late March, workgroups will make their preliminary recommendations to the Senior Policy Council.
- Final recommendations will be made in mid-April. The Senior Policy Council and Office of Management and Budget must approve the Plan before it is forwarded for ratification by the full Council and delivered to Congress.
The May 20th submission to Congress is only the first step in what will be a challenging implementation process. The key will be the implementation from stakeholders ranging from the advocacy community, state and local, government, and the non-profit and private sectors.
Initial Wins
So why am I so hopeful that this plan will be successful? I have six reasons:
- We are building on a foundation of recent success in reducing chronic homelessness.
- We are learning about effective strategies to prevent homelessness and rapidly re-house people at risk of and experiencing homelessness through HPRP.
- HEARTH implementation combined with significantly increased targeted homeless assistance funding is a strategic opportunity to strengthen and strategically re-align community systems of care.
- President Obama's Budget proposal includes new vouchers which are linked with services through HHS and Education that will not only provide critically needed housing with services – it will give us the chance to align three agency's resources in a strategic manner and learn how to apply this more broadly.
- VA Secretary Shinseki has established a bold mandate – end Veterans homelessness in 5 years.
- We have not only the White House behind us, we have four Cabinet Secretaries who are committed to the vision that no one should be homeless. I've experienced their passion for this issue first-hand and have seen how their staff are working with the USICH and across "the silos" to make this happen. I'd like to put a little more substance to "my six reasons to believe" so that you too might become a 'true believer'.
Point 1: As we all are well aware, in the last decade, our country made great progress in developing new approaches to tackle chronic homelessness. We focused our energies on combining housing and supportive services, which in turn has led to reducing the number of chronically ill long-term homeless by nearly a third. And despite the economic crisis, a recent report by the US Conference of Mayors showed that the number of chronically homeless individuals has remained stable and even declined.
Point 2: The same US Conference of Mayor report found that 18 cities—or 72 percent of respondents—reported that the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program will 'fundamentally change the way [their] community provides services to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness'. This was an important validation by our nation's mayors since they are on the front lines every day in the battle to prevent homelessness and understand how critical a stable home can drive other outcomes such as savings in health care to the short and long-term effects homelessness has on children. I recently took an informal survey of how HPRP is being implemented – I applaud all the communities that have used the funds strategically. I encourage the rest of you who are in communities that are not using HPRP for strategic transformation to go back and push for it. We cannot squander this opportunity.
Point 3: Implementation of HEARTH will enable communities to better manage federal resources to prevent and end homelessness through more streamlined funding sources, more local control and creativity, and increased federal investment. The old school "ESG – aka Emergency Shelter Grant" will become the new school "ESG – Emergency Solutions Grant" which can be used for prevention and rapid re-housing as well as emergency shelter. There will be a new rural program and a broader definition of who can benefit from these resources. Smart communities will re-tool their crisis response systems and continue to prioritize permanent housing solutions. These investments in prevention and housing will create long-term savings in the costs of addressing homelessness.
As I mentioned earlier and it is worth repeating, President Obama's recent FY 2011 budget request for targeted homeless assistance programs is an 11.5 percent increase over FY 2010 and the LARGEST ever by a President. There are a number of highlights in the President's budget worth noting and they include:
- To support implementation of the HEARTH Act, the Budget proposes a nearly $200 million increase in homeless assistance funding compared to FY 2010 to increase investment in evidence-based practices, support the shift of local homeless assistance systems to a performance-based orientation, and to better meet the unique needs of rural communities.
- HUD has requested $2.055 billion for Homeless Assistance Grants in its FY2011 budget.
- The President's budget proposal also includes $4.2 billion in 2011 to reduce and help prevent homelessness among Veterans. That breaks down into $3.4 billion for core medical services and $799 million for specific homeless programs and expanded medical care, which includes $294 million for expanded homeless initiatives.
Point 4: There is a new proposal in the President's Budget for HUD and HHS to combine 4,000 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers and $16 million in HHS funding to serve chronically homeless individuals who are enrolled in certain Medicaid programs. The second component of this interagency collaboration consists of HUD, HHS, and Department of Education implementing a housing and services program for 6,000 families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. These two initiatives will not only provide critically needed resources, we will be able to acquire the knowledge necessary to bring mainstream HHS services resources into alignment with a mainstream HUD housing resource – we've talked about this for years – here's a real opportunity to "knit" the services with the housing.
All of you working at the local level are essential to making this work. We will need service agencies including — State and County mental health, substance abuse and Medicaid agencies, State and County TANF agencies, as well as local school districts to step to the plate to be part of the HHS HUD voucher initiative. The Continuum of Care and Coordinating Committees for local plans to end homelessness are one of the few places in local communities where Housing Authorities – the agencies who will administer the new vouchers — regularly meet and work with these services agencies. I'd expect that intensive intervention and advocacy by people working to end homelessness will be needed to get these local agencies to start talking about how housing vouchers combined with services can be used to help families and individuals with the most difficult situations out of shelters, off the streets, and back into housing for good.
Actually there's no reason to wait for the collaborative vouchers to become available, which best case scenario wouldn't happen until well into 2011 – use turnover vouchers, use rehabilitated public housing units, use FUP and HUD-VASH vouchers, along with TANF, Medicaid, new SAMHSA grants for homelessness, new Health Care for the Homeless funding to put these collaborative local efforts into effect in 2010.
Point 5: In November, Secretary Eric Shinseki unveiled his five-year plan framework to end Veteran homelessness. It calls for leveraging the full range of VA housing, service, and benefit resources and expanding collaborations with other federal agencies, State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Service Organizations, and national, state and local social service providers and community groups. His goal is to have a "no wrong door" approach so that Veterans who seek assistance directly from VA's programs, or from community partners or through contract services will be able to access the needed services. It will also include preventive measures like discharge planning for incarcerated Veterans re-entering society, supportive services for low-income Veterans and their families, a national referral center to link Veterans to local service providers, and the plan calls for expanded efforts for education, jobs, health care, and housing.
Secretary Shinseki's plan, along with his and the President's desire to put an end to a decades-old problem should be applauded. Moreover, I can report that after speaking with Secretary Shinseki that his Department is in full swing to make this plan a reality and he is very serious about our moral obligation to be successful.
Point 6: There is collective will within the Administration to bring the vision to reality. I nearly missed this conference due to remaining in Washington at the beginning of the week where we held our Council meeting despite the Federal Government's closure on Monday. I am excited to report that three Secretaries – HUD Secretary Donovan, VA Secretary Shinseki, and HHS Secretary Sebelius – along with representatives from the other Council agencies attended. What was even more impressive in my eyes, than the dedication of the Secretaries to attend despite the snowstorm, was an incredibly productive meeting and a challenge by the Secretaries to ensure that the Federal Strategic Plan is as comprehensive as possible. I've been instructed to carry this charge to the Workgroups that are developing the plan. The order is clear – figure out how we can prevent and end homelessness. And figure out how we can do it sooner, not later.
A few years ago, I read an essay by a student that was posted on a bulletin board at Fifth Avenue Elementary School in Columbus. The assignment was part of the school's celebration of Martin Luther King Day and a reflection on "I have a Dream". While other students dreamed of big screen TV's and new toys, she wrote, "I dream of living in a beautiful home where people don't shoot at each other." The simplicity of her dream took me aback. Every time I hear a discussion revolving around equal opportunity and equal rights, I'm always reminded that fundamentally we must include the right to safe, decent and affordable housing among those rights we hold most dear. The vast majority of us have worked hard to see this become a reality.
To quote my new big boss and the President of these United States, "It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today."
In all of my years working to end homelessness, I have never been more hopeful of the possibility to put an end to it. Many of us have made sacrifices over the years and toiled many long nights to assist those who so dearly needed our helping hand. Many of you know my husband, Bill Faith who heads COHHIO, a statewide housing advocacy group in Ohio – is one who has labored for housing and economic justice. This dream and hope of ending this vicious cycle is within our grasp and that is why my family made the personal sacrifice to have me venture from Ohio to Washington to help the President see this vision through. It comes down to commitment – not just by the President, the Administration, nor Congress, it is up to each of us – it is up to you. We can only achieve this longstanding goal that all of us have labored for years on – by working together to achieve it.
I'm excited to work with all of you in the weeks, months, and years ahead as we seek to make this dream a reality.
On behalf of the Obama Administration, thank you for all of the hard work you do day after day to make this country a better place for all of us. Thank you very much for listening today. And thank you again to the National Alliance to End Homelessness for inviting me to be here.


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In response to the Feb. 10 Columbine Courier article regarding issues between Foothills Park & Recreation District and the Mesa View Estates HOA, I would like to provide further detail. This is an extremely complex issue, and it is important the residents of our district are fully informed.
Oliver needed a friend.
The 9-year-old chihuahua mix was sick, missing about half his teeth and hadn't had a place to call home for more than a year. He was a hefty14 pounds — a bit much for a pooch his size, likely due to months of inactivity and a poor diet.
Things weren't looking good for him in general.
He was scheduled to die on Jan. 19 at a metro-area animal shelter.
Few industries have gone from boom to bust as quickly as newspapers.
In 1989, I was working for the Rocky Mountain News, and times were good. Really good. Our circulation was soaring, and ad sales were humming along.
Fast-forward 20 years, and many things have changed. The Rocky has disappeared, and several other major dailies have followed that same path to extinction. Craigslist has drained away classified advertising. The current economic downturn is taking its toll. And of course readers are turning to the Internet for their news and away from print publications.
The Jeffco school board took serious actions on Jan. 14 related to managing school facility capacity. The district's student population has steadied at about 80,000-plus kids, and students "choicing" in and out of neighborhood schools have affected the numbers of kids at different schools.
Ken Caryl Middle School was on the block at one point so Jeffco could fill more seats at Deer Creek Middle School. A walk-through of the Deer Creek facility showed insufficient library, gym and cafeteria space for the roughly 1,200 kids that would be in that building.
When members of Congress and Pentagon leaders realized we needed to close military bases around the country and find ways to use others better, they knew they would face impossible political dilemmas. Communities around the country would fight to keep their bases and missions. What politician with an ounce of self-preservation instinct would vote to close a base in his or her own district?
"And he carries the reminders
"Of every glove that laid him down
"Or cut him till he cried out
"In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving
"But the fighter still remains."
— Paul Simon
For me, hanging in our coverage areas is all about the happy little surprises that crop up and grace your day — and the unexpected connections that result from other, less-lighthearted encounters.
As the Colorado General Assembly returns to the Capitol for the 2010 legislative session, the state faces a $600 million budget shortfall in the current fiscal year and a $1.5 billion shortfall for the coming year. Though economists say the worst of the recession is behind us, they also say the recovery will be slow and it will take some time to recover the jobs we have lost.
Shortly after I started as the founding director of Denver's Mayor's Office of Regulatory Reform in 1991, Elbra Wedgeworth, the office's deputy director, told me she wanted us to have breakfast with one of her Leadership Denver classmates from the district attorney's office. Shortly thereafter, she and I met with Bill Ritter. From that day, the three of us went on to bigger and better things. Elbra became president of the City Council and brought the Democratic National Convention to Denver.
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