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"Andalucia" a in private Cottage with Pool
Size50 m²
Floor No.0
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Parking available
- Smoking allowed
- Pool
Accommodation summary
|Trasera calle granada, 29790 Chilches, velez malaga, Spain
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|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A week ago
House rulesTravelers may wish to pay the final cleaning of the apartment as well as cleaning the bedding.
A deposit (150 €) is to be paid on the first day, and is returned in the last day of stay
Car is recommended
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 13 US per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
In an email correspondence with the host I asked whether it is possible our arrival at 1 am (night) for 7 days. The host replied - yes you can fix. Wimdu has levied a charge on my credit card for 7 days.
Why Wimdu gets the money in advance two months before your arrival?
That's unheard of!
Upon arrival in the middle of the night it turned out that our hut was not ready.
The host said that this night is extra and that can make us sleep in another apartment at an additional cost of 50 E. If it does not fit us, we can go and look for the hotel !!! (after traveling in the middle of the night !!!)
We agreed in thinking that the situation will become clear.
The next morning we moved to our cottage. The accommodation was consistent with the description on the website and from our expectations.
Only after a few days we met with the owner who brought wine ...
He apologized for the oversight of our arrival date. Unfortunately, not feeling up for the return of money for one night. He said that this is my problem and Wimdu.
We stayed 7 nights and we paid for 8 nights.
The whole behavior of the host was arrogant and unfair.
I do not recommend.
Great house for 2 persons with a private pool, stunning views !. Well kept interior. We would definitely go again.
Geweldig huisje voor 2 personen met een privé zwembad, schitterend uitzicht!. Nette en verzorgde inrichting. Wij willen er zeker nog een keer heen.
Great experience, the home complies with pictures. Tranquility and relaxation await you, as requested. I recommend
Super séjour, la maison est conforme aux photos. Tranquilité et détente au rendez-vous, comme nous le souhaitions. Je recommande
it was a very beautiful moment full of calm and beauty! this place is a good special place that allows a beautiful view of the altitude to take a puff of fresh air watching the horizon of the sea and bathing in the pool just great! very nice breakfast of hospitable and warm! everything is there to spend a pleasant stay! I would much .....
ce fut un tres beau moment plein de calme et de beaute ! cet endroit est un endroit bien special une vue magnifique qui permet de prendre de l altitude une bouffee d air pur regarder l horizon sur la mer et prendre des bains dans la piscine simplement super! des hotes tres gentils acceuillants et chaleureux! tout est la pour passer un agreable sejour! je reviendrais bien.....
It is a really nice private little house with private pool. If you are looking for some quietness, and still want to be close to the beach this is the place for you. You definitely need a car, since the house is a 7 minute drive to the coast (downhill!! so you cannot walk uphill easily). Also, you need not to be afraid of heights and narrow roads. ;-)
Recommended for a romantic getaway.
Reviews for this host's other properties
It was great, our host and hostess were very kind and helpfull. The appartement was clean and well equiped. The location fine and the swimming pool very nice with a wonderful view over the sea!
We would very much like to come back, maybe with our whole family!
xxx Conny and Helma from the Netherlands
We stayed a week in one of José and Carmen apartments. We were given a detailed description of the road to the site and our hosts were very welcoming. The place was fantastic with a nice view to the mountains and the Mediterranean. It is necessary to have a car to arrive. It is a peaceful and quiet place, just as we wanted. Lovely pool which we used every day. There is the opportunity to trade in large supermarket about 5 km away. Not far to Malaga city and the airport (about 20 km) is the opportunity to shop and eat in restaurants in Malaga, while you can enjoy the quiet life outside the city. It was certainly José and Carmen's profits that it was a fantastic week.
Vi har boet en uge i en af José og Carmens lejligheder . Vi fik en udførlig beskrivelse af vejen til stedet og vores værter var meget imødekommende. Stedet var fantastisk med en flot udsigt til bjerge og Middelhavet. Det er nødvendigt med en bil for at komme frem. Det er et fredeligt og stille sted, lige som vi ønskede os. Dejligt med swimmingpool som vi benyttede hver dag. Der er mulighed for at handle i stort supermarked ca. 5 km væk. Ikke langt til Malaga by og lufthavn (ca. 20 km) Der er derfor mulighed for at shoppe og spise på restauranter i Malaga, samtidig med at man kan nyde det stille liv udenfor byen. Det var bestemt José og Carmens fortjeneste at det blev en helt fantastisk uge.
We have had a fantastic stay in Finca Buenavista, appartement Cadiz. A large, clean en well equipped appartement. Ideal for those who prefer a calm holiday far away from the touristic crowd and who want to enjoy the Spanish culture. The view on the Andalusian hills and ocean is fabulous. A car is necessary because supermarket and interesting places to visit aren't close.
José Louis and Carmen are very friendly, welcoming and helpfull! Thanks for everything!
great welcome and logistics José Luis & Carmen rentals and beautiful (quiet, scenery, outdoor pool, layout of the apartment).
Ideally placed to visit Andalusia (highway qq kms).
super accueil et logistique de José Luis & Carmen et magnifique location (calme, paysage, piscine extérieure, agencement de l'appartement).
Idéalement placé pour visiter l'Andalousie (autoroute à qq kms).
Beautiful country house, in a great location overlooking the sea. Well suited as a base for exploring Andalusia.
Very nice hosts.
Any time.
Wunderschöne Finca, in toller Lage mit Blick aufs Meer. Gut geeignet als Ausgangspunkt zur Erkundung Andalusiens.
Sehr nette Gastgeber.
Jederzeit wieder.
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
DittoOriginally Posted by isnthatodd
beautiful blocks, thanks for sharing with all of us
Great scrappy blocks! Love your bright fabrics!! :)
How fun!!! Love your blocks. Thanks for sharing your photos. :)
oh i love the little lambs/sheep print!!
I love you blocks I am really into scrap quilts. Do you hav a photo of a complete quilt you have made?
Dale (kamaiarigby)
New Zealand
I love the scrappy blocks.
I see some of the same material I have too.
The previous one above is most of a completed quilt.
Apple core (also called axe head) is a traditional pattern that is time consuming but not particularly difficult, if you preclip your seam allowances.
My "Hearts of Trinity" quilt was raffled to benefit our local museum. While I made the individual 6x9.5 blocks with hand applique while I watched TV, These could just as well have been machine appliqued.
"Scraps are not Trash"
Apple core: not a fast quilt
Another type of scrap usage
Don't we all :mrgreen: this is one we have made, in my class, using odd strips and doing Quilt as you go, another favourite is using Quiltville's "Crumb quilting"Originally Posted by isnthatodd
I make a lot for Project Linus and the children love them 'cos of the bright colours.
BTW QM I just love those scrappy blocks made, are you a follower of this Scrap system by any chance http://quiltville.com/index.html :wink:

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This site provides detailed State-level information on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 (the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program) and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program reaches more than 529,000 people a year. It funds primary care and support services for people living with and affected by HIV disease who lack health insurance and financial resources for their care. The program also funds training, technical assistance, and demonstration projects to advance the work of funded agencies.
These profiles include information on funding, services provided, and people served.
Every year, recipients of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds are required to report to the Health Resources and Services Administration's HIV/AIDS Bureau (HRSA/HAB) how those funds have been used to provide services to low-income and underserved individuals and families living with HIV/ AIDS. The Ryan White Program Data Report (RDR) is the annual reporting instrument that agencies and organizations receiving funds complete in order to describe:
- organizational characteristics,
- the number and characteristics of clients they served,
- the types of services provided, and
- the number of clients receiving these services and the number of client visits by type of service.
Agencies and organizations that provide counseling and testing services report on the number of people receiving those services. In addition, providers of ambulatory and outpatient medical care provide some information on the outcomes of their services.
In order to provide context, population statistics and data on the HIV/AIDS are also provided.
To learn more about the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, please visit hab.hrsa.gov.
For additional State and national HIV/AIDS information, including new AIDS cases, AIDS deaths, HIV testing statistics and policies, funding for HIV prevention, and more, please visit the Kaiser Family Foundation Web site.
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Sausage comes in many different varieties. Because many different meats and animal parts can be used in the production of sausage, it's hard to say if sausage is healthy. But in general, sausage is high in fat and calories. So if you're trying to slim down or maintain your healthy weight, it might be hard to include this food into your regular meal plan.

Italian Pork Sausage Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 link (113 g)

Per Serving	% Daily Value*

Calories 391

Calories from Fat 315

Total Fat 35 g	53%

Saturated Fat 13 g	65%

Polyunsaturated Fat 4.6 g

Monounsaturated Fat 16 g

Cholesterol 86 mg	28%

Sodium 826 mg	34%

Potassium 286 mg	8%

Carbohydrates 0.7 g	0%

Dietary Fiber 0g	0%

Sugars 0g

Protein 16 g

Vitamin A 0% · Vitamin C 3%

Calcium 2% · Iron 7%

*Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Many nutritionists include sausage in their list of common empty calorie foods. Empty calorie foods provide energy primarily in the form of added sugar and unhealthy solid fats such as saturated fat or trans fat. Many empty calorie foods also provide high levels of sodium.

But nutrition data varies for different kinds of sausage. Italian sausage calories and nutrition (shown) indicate that even though the food provides protein, it is high in calories, high in fat and very high in sodium.

The USDA provides nutrition data for other types of sausage.

One pork sausage patty (breakfast sausage) provides 92 calories, 5 grams of protein, 0 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, 0 grams of sugar, 8 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat and 202 milligrams of sodium

One link of beef bratwurst provides 253 calories, 10 grams of protein, 2 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, 0 grams of sugar, 22 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat and 643 milligrams of sodium

One three-ounce serving of polish sausage (also called kielbasa) provides 287 calories, 11 grams of protein, 4 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, 25 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat and 905 milligrams of sodium

Three slices of blood sausage provide 284 calories, 11 grams of protein, 1 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, 26 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat and 510 milligrams of sodium

One four-inch link of chorizo sausage provides 273 calories, 14 grams of protein, 1 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, 23 grams of fat, 9 grams of saturated fat and 741 milligrams of sodium

The most popular type of sausage is the hot dog. A beef hot dog provides 186 calories, 7 grams of protein, 2 grams of carbohydrate, 0 grams of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, 17 grams of fat, 6 grams of saturated fat and 572 milligrams of sodium. But when you eat a hot dog, you probably also eat a bun and a maybe even a few toppings.

A hot dog bun provides an additional 100 calories, 4 grams of protein, 18 grams of carbohydrate, 1 grams of fiber, 2 grams of sugar, 2 grams of added sugar, 1 gram of fat, and 180 milligrams of sodium. If you add mustard and ketchup your calorie count will probably not increase much, but you may add a few grams of sodium and sugar.

Is Sausage Healthy?

Because of the fat and sodium content of sausage, it is not the healthiest choice at mealtime. If you're trying to improve your eating habits for improved health, there are other meat and non-meat protein sources that provide better nutrition.

There are however, some types of sausage that are slightly more healthy. Some butchers and popular brands make chicken, turkey and even seafood sausage that are slightly lower in fat and calories but still full of flavor.

One link of aidells Chicken and Apple sausage provides 180 calories, 12 grams of fat, 3.5 grams of saturated fat, 12 grams of protein and 640 milligrams of sodium.

One serving of aidells breakfast sausage (made from chicken and apple) provides 120 calories, 8 grams of fat, 2 grams of saturated fat, 8 grams of protein and 420 milligrams of sodium.

One link (78 grams) of al fresco brand Buffalo Style Chicken Sausage provides 100 calories, 5 grams of fat, 1.5 grams of saturated fat, 13 grams of protein and 510 milligrams of sodium.

Two links of breakfast sausage made from turkey provide 70 calories, 3.5 grams of fat, 1 gram of saturated fat, 2 grams of carbohydrate, 8 grams of protein and 340 milligrams of sodium.

Common Questions About Sausage

Are hot dogs cooked or raw? Do I need to cook them before eating?

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it is a myth that hot dogs are pre-cooked. The agency recommends that you cook hot dogs completely before eating.

How long does sausage stay fresh in the refrigerator?

Most manufacturers recommend that you consume sausage products before the "best by" date on the package. Once a package is opened, you should consume the food within three days.

Can sausage be frozen?

You can freeze sausage. Put the meat in an airtight container. Individually wrap each sausage if you plan to eat small portions occasionally. Thaw in the refrigerator.

Can I make my own sausage?

Yes! Making sausage is easy and fun. Use this Healthy Low-Calorie, Low-Fat Turkey, Bacon and Apple Sausage recipe to give it a try.

Remember that a single food—like sausage—won't make or break your diet. Try to plan healthy meals and enjoy an occasional indulgence in moderation for good health and well-being.

Sausage Recipes

Pair sausage with delicious, aromatic vegetables in this shellfish-free chicken and sausage gumbo recipe.

Sources:

University of Michigan. What Are Empty Calories? MHealthy Nutrition and Weight Management Program. Last Reviewed March 2012.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Food safety for Moms to be: Highlights - fact or fiction.


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New book explores how financial institutions can spread democracy
BINGHAMTON, NY -- The widely criticized structural adjustment policies of international financial institutions can help spread democracy around the world, according to a new book co-authored by a researcher at the Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Human Rights and Structural Adjustment: The Impact of the IMF and World Bank (Cambride University Press) notes that since the late seventies, 'structural adjustment' has been a central part of the development strategy for the 'third world.'
According to one of the authors, David Cingranelli, professor of political science at Binghamton University, loans made by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been conditional on developing countries pursuing rapid economic liberalization programs, as it was believed this would strengthen their economies in the long run.
Unfortunately, the structural changes negotiated by the World Bank and IMF usually caused increased hardships for the poor. These hardships often lead to greater civil strife, leading many governments around the world to violate human rights.
Most of the previous literature has suggested that structural adjustment programs also undermined democratic procedures in developing countries, because negotiations with the World Bank and IMF rarely included the legislatures of developing countries - the legislature being the heart of any democratic system. However, based on an analysis of outcomes in 131 developing countries between 1981 and 2003, the authors showed that countries under structural adjustment conditionality the longest have better developed democratic institutions, have elections that are more free and fair, have more freedom to form and join organizations, and have more freedom of speech and press.
"We certainly did not expect these findings," Cingranelli said. "Our study may show that the World Bank and IMF can improve the human rights practices of developing countries if they choose to do so. Another possibility is that democratization was the unintended consequence of structural adjustment policies, because the policies stimulated social movements to resist them. Those social movements or resistance may have been the basis of, or at least contributed to, the further development of democracy in authoritarian or nascent democratic regimes."
Cingranelli's co-author is M. Rodwan Abouharb, an assistant professor of political science at Louisiana State University. Abouharb's research examines human rights and civil and international conflict.
Cingranelli is also co-director of the CIRI Human Rights Data Project, and former president of the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association.


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I'm thinking there are more threads on this topic than any other!
I'm thinking there are more threads on this topic than any other!
http://OxaVap.com Your source for the ProVap 110
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But such a great thread, even if it's repeated info.
But you know what? I thought since this is a treatment-free forum, I didn't know if I was going catch hell for considering smoking my hive. I guess smoking is pretty much an accepted practice across all philosophies.
I'll post a video shortly of the type of bees I'm contending with here in my backyard hive. My wife pretty much demanded I invest in a smoker, and a better suit, both of which are being shipped to my house as we speak.
Look at all the blood-thirsty bees orbiting my head during this routine inspection. It becomes anything but routine, however, when they are this kamikaze-like. It makes me wonder if the whole hive was sipping a bunch of sake before they started hammering me. I bet hundreds of them die during an inspection when they are this mean.
And CPS, don't worry. My child is completely safe behind a screened-in patio. Don't send a SWAT team, please.
I used pine needles last summer and it sooted up the smoker pretty bad with a black sticky goo. And it would not stay lit for long. I have a new bag of burlap to try this season.
Get those old socks out, you know the ones that strangle your big toe when you wear them and you swear if you can just make it though the day you'll throw them away when you get home.
I've taken and rolled them up a little less than the size of my smoker, then tie them with some sisal or hemp cord. I use a little crumpled newspaper to get the fire started, throw in the socks, top it off with some pine straw and your good to go. I have had one fueling last a pretty good while. Granted only four hives.
I know this can't be my idea I had to have read it somewhere just don't know where. Probably here
It was mentioned many times in many places that burlap from coffee beans (or similar) is really good. In my personal limited experience, my bees - hated pine-needles. I am using pepper-tree dry leaves just because it is readily available in our alleyway and bees tolerate it better than pine-needles. With pine-needles - they attack the smoker. They clearly made a connection between nasty smell and source of smoke. Smart creatures!
Серёжа, Sergey
Pine needles mixed with hand torn paper egg cartons
Tinder bracket ( some use boiled, some not). Burn slow, thick smoke. Traditionally used here ( I believe from ancient times).
Серёжа, Sergey
Dan Hayden 5 Years. 10 hives. Tx Free. USDA Zone 5b.
Mostly it grows on a beech tree, but can on other - willow, birch..
Picture below
Is the picture right side up as it grows?
Since '09-75H-T-Z6b
Is that Brazilian Pepper?
The smoke they produce is toxic!
Straw works for me!
I use almost anything I can find in my smoker, it might be pine cones, cardboard egg boxes or shredded cardboard packaging even though it's a bit tarry. I usually add some chopped up lavender stalks and top it with a bunch of fresh grass to keep the smoke cool.
Goran ?
Is that the fruiting body of a fungus?
If so I wounder what other kinds can be used?
You can read about it also on wikipedia:


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So, next summer will be our third year having bees, and, my project for the summer is to learn about raising queens, via 'hands on trial and error'. We dabbled slightly this summer, the easy way, by starting a couple nucs with appropriate resources, and letting them raise queens from scratch. So, for the year coming up, I want to try grafting, on a very small scale. I've got a plan, and have the equipment / resources for that plan, but, I'm interested in some feedback from those more experienced, as to what is right, and wrong, about my plan.
I already know which queen we want to be the mother for this exercise. She's the result of a swarm from one of our hives in the first year, and did a fantastic job of building up that hive after the swarm left. The hive wintered well, and, this year produced a very good honey crop, we never saw swarm preps in this one. The bees are always 'nice' when we open the hive, we've never had a sting from them. If she is still doing well when spring rolls around, this is the one we want to graft from. We have another hive beside the house, which is downright nasty, impossible to lift the lid without getting stings. They wintered well last year, did so-so this summer, but are downright mean when you are anywhere near the hive. My plan is, to use this one as the 'builder', and when done, it will be requeened as a side effect.
For equipment, I've got 5 nuc boxes, and the hive beside the house. I want to raise half a dozen queens, and, am trying to do so without a lot of special gear. So, to start, my idea is to mount 10 cell cups on the bottom of a medium frame, rather than build a special cell bar frame. To start, we will begin by finding the queen in the hive beside the house, on a friday evening in early may, then put her with a frame of bees into a nuc, for storage. On saturday, I'll graft into the cups on the bottom of the medium frame, then put that frame into the hive which is now queenless. I'm thinking, it's a full size queenless hive, so should do fine as a cell builder. Am I missing something here, or, is this the right approach ?
If all goes according to plan, by the following weekend, I should have a row of capped cells on the bottom of that frame, and it's a crap shoot as to how many of them (if any) the bees took to, and actually built out. Now comes my next question, is it safe at this point to move the cells once capped, or do I need to leave them longer ? I'll be using the jzbz cups, so, no cutting etc involved, just unplug them and move. At this point, the plan would be, a couple frames of brood/bees, and a cell, into each of the nucs, frame of pollen and honey as well, I've got frame feeders for all of them too. I may have to raid a couple of our other hives to finish stocking the nucs with bees, that's ok. I'd leave one cell in the original hive, along with whatever bees are left. If I have enough cells, this would be the point in time where old queen in the nuc, gets hive tool test, and replaced by a cell. The end result, one nasty hive decimated, and 5 populated nucs. A week later I should have virgin queens in all of them, and another week after that I should see them laying.
For everything I've read here about raising queens, this seems to be a plan that meets all the necessary bullet points, and net result should be, one hive decimated and re-queened, with a bunch of nucs going at the same time.
Is this a viable plan, or, is it flawed in some way I dont see ?


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Corinna Schnitt's video Once Upon a Time opens on a comfortable living room. The camera, mounted near the floor, slowly spins around taking in a bookshelf, fireplace, TV, plants, a white sofa. A black cat pads by. Then another cat walks in, and two more run through. More critters magically appear. A blonde dog sniffs a cockatoo, and then drinks out of the goldfish bowl. A macaw perches on the couch. A goat munches a potted ficus tree.
Seen in the German video artist's show "Once Upon a Time" at the RISD Museum (224 Benefit Street, Providence, through November 6), the 2005 video is funny and poetic and dreamlike, like a Grimm's fairy tale combined with Edward Hicks painting Peaceable Kingdom, which was based on the prophet Isaiah's prophesy of a messianic king who was so just that his leadership would inspire lions and lambs to lie down together in peace.
As more creatures arrive and seemingly multiply, the menagerie gets out of hand. Rabbits crap all over the floor; the cockatoo and a kitten scrap; critters knock over plants and scatter magazines; a cow drinks from the fish bowl; a goat gets up on the couch. Then the animals slowly depart.
This performance of wildness and domestication is the most memorable of the five strong videos here — though not the most pointed. Its narrative progression is apparent from early on, but the 25-minute video seems to keep one-upping itself, as larger and larger domesticated critters appear. It is logical and yet any moral to the story remains elusive. Instead it's a wonder.
Other videos use shots of women cleaning homes, clothes, even street signs to question roles dictated for women. Surreal twists prompt you to question the seeming normalicy of this gendered division of labor.
Living a Beautiful Life (2003) features alternating shots of a husband ("I'm a fighter pilot with the US Navy") and wife in a well-appointed house speaking about the comforts of their life — perfect weather, a mansion, a safe neighborhood, "we have a close inner bond," a live-in maid, a nanny, summer houses, island vacations. "I consider myself a model citizen and my family attends church every week," the man says. The footage is dry and the monologues too neat, but it feels like a contemporary white knight and princess fantasy. Then the husband says, "I enjoy having a mistress, a hot mistress every few months, and then its over. It's important to have something to look forward to every day." You're struck by his nonchalant expectation that all his desires will be satisfied as if he's somehow owed them.
"Now and Then and When," organized by Bebe Beard at Rhode Island College's Bannister Gallery (600 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence, through April 27), aims to channel something about telecommunications and graphing, I think, but the exhibit is all set-up and little payoff.
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Authors and researchers discuss diversity in their work Nov. 9
By Kareem El Dahab
Student Writer, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
(Nov. 8, 2005)--The UTSA Office of Institutional Diversity, the Academy for Teacher Excellence and the Bilingual Education Student Organization (BESO) will host a panel discussion, "Authors and Researchers on Diversity," from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 9 at Buena Vista Street Building Rooms 1.326 and 1.338 on the UTSA Downtown Campus. The panel discussion is one of many events that are part of UTSA Diversity Month.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The panel discussion will be followed by a reception with more than 20 participating authors and researchers on hand to answer questions and sign their books. UTSA Bookstore staff will have copies of the authors' books available for sale at the reception.
For planning purposes, contact Julieta Gonzales at (210) 458-6170, if you plan to attend the event.
Download the Diversity Month calendar of events (pdf format).
Discussion participants
Moderator: Edwin Barea-Rodriguez, associate professor of biology
4:30-5:30 p.m. panel:
Betty Merchant, professor of educational leadership and policy studies, dean of College of Education and Human Development
Topics: Diversity and educational reform, collaborative approaches to school leadership and educational decision-making
Ellen Riojas Clark, professor of bicultural-bilingual studies
Topics: Ethnicity, identity, teacher training
Harriett Romo, associate professor of sociology
Topics: Education, Mexican American children and youth
Marcheta Evans, chair and associate professor of counseling, educational psychology, adult and higher education
Topics: Diversity, multiculturalism, African American focus
Encarnacion Garza Jr., assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies
Topics: Migrant and immigrant education, advocacy for social justice
5:30-6:30 p.m. panel:
Manuel Berriozabal, professor of applied mathematics
Topic: Diversity in the science and engineering professions
Kimberly Cuero, assistant professor interdisciplinary learning and teaching
Topics: Identity, bilingual/biliteracy development, bilingual Latino/a students
Sara De Turk, assistant professor of communication
Topics: Cultural diversity, intergroup dialogue, relationship between culture and communication, allies
Lucila Ek, assistant professor of bicultural/bilingual studies
Topics: Educational ethnographies, language, literacy and identity of immigrant Chicano/Latino communities
Jill Fleuriet, assistant professor of anthropology
Topics: Pregnancy and birth cultures of Latinas in South Texas, alternative birth models, medical pluralism in Northern Mexico.
Belinda Flores, chair and associate professor of interdisciplinary learning and teaching
Topics: Teacher preparation, Mexican American population, language-minority children.
Maria E. Franquiz, associate professor of bicultural-bilingual studies
Topics: Latina/o students pre-K to university, migrant population
Norma Guerra, assistant professor of counseling, educational psychology and adult and higher education
Topics: LIBRE model, diverse levels of engagement for change
Roxanne Henkin, associate professor of interdisciplinary learning and teaching
Topics: Critical literacy, literacy and social justice, using literacy to confront bullying
Donald Lien, professor of economics
Topic: Purchasing patterns, wage discrimination involving gays/lesbians, misreporting sexual orientation.
Ashley Love, assistant professor of health and kinesiology
Topics: Health, quality of life, aging, nutrition, obesity, minority populations
Elizabeth Murakami-Ramalho, assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies
Topics: Urban education, international development, leadership engagement
Sara Oswalt, assistant professor of health and kinesiology
Topic: Campus climate for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender faculty, staff and students.
Joel Saegert, chair and professor of marketing
Topics: Diversity, population vs. market, diversity in advertising
Patricia Sanchez, assistant professor of bicultural-bilingual studies
Topics: Immigrants and education policy, second-generation Latina youth, transnationalism, multicultural children's literature.
Judith Sobre, professor of art and art history
Topic: San Antonio civic festivals including diez y seis de septiembre and Juneteenth.


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High in the Canadian Rockies,
Leslie LaFont and her grandfather paddled their canoe from Columbia
Lake into a gentle silver ribbon of springwater. The icy,
crystal-clear stream got smaller until they could paddle no farther.
Among willows and tall grass, Leslie and the old man left the canoe
and walked the bank.
The stream became a trickle. Then it just stopped. Or rather, it just began. In a small oval pool, springwater bubbled from the earth. Craters the size of cereal bowls pocked the bed of the shallow pool. Water pushed aside sand and fine pebbles in each crater.
" This is it, " her grandfather whispered. We are standing at the source." Shivers crawled up the back of Leslie's neck. She was watching the start of one of the planet's mightiest rivers, the Columbia.
A few steps downstream, Leslie stood with one foot on the left bank of the Columbia River and her other foot on the right bank. Like a colossus, she straddled the great river's birthplace while LaFont snapped the picture.
Leslie awoke the next morning to the smell of bacon frying. She rolled over in the sleeping bag and tried to remember where she was: the bus ride from her home in Seattle; meeting her grandfather and his driver-friend in Spokane; the all-day trip in the van; up into British Columbia and over Crow's Nest Pass; to Columbia Lake; Thunderhill campground.
She and her grandfather were going to canoe the entire Columbia River, from its source in Canada to its mouth at the Pacific Ocean.
"Leslie!" the old man called. "Up and at 'em, girl! Can't be late!"
Her grandfather, Leslie knew, had a thing about the Columbia River. As if the river flowed in his veins, he couldn't even talk about the river without his eyes filming over. Among his ancestors - her ancestors - were voyageurs, those French trappers and river runners who helped open up the West. His father had helped build Grand Coulee Dam.
His own first job was on a power line crew, bringing electricity to farms and towns. After dams turned the river into a series of man-made lakes, LaFont piloted a tug up and down the Columbia. To him, the Columbia was no less than life itself.
When she stepped out of the tent, Pierre LaFont was sitting on a rock next to the campfire. His bird-nesty white hair was almost corralled by the red bandana he always wore on canoe trips.
"I would have let you sleep in, Les'," he said, "but water boils faster at this altitude." We're half a mile above sea level." He handed her a steaming tin cup of cocoa.
"What time is it?" she said.
It was 5 a.m. This far north, in June, daylight came early. Columbia Lake, a deep blue-green, lay calm and waiting below the campground. The sun had not yet peeked over the jagged row of mountains east of the lake.
Already, LaFont was in one of his filmy-eyed moods. "The thing about the river," he said, "is it's hard to see the whole thing. People live on it, use it, and they know that part. But there are lots of parts."
"People have put the river to work in many ways," he said. "We've stopped floods and let the river make the desert bloom. Its energy runs homes and cities. It floats barges and sailboats, while it still carries fish to and from the sea." "What's easy to forget, is that it's still a river. A whole thing. That's what we're here for," he said. "To feel the whole thing."
LaFont, for all his hurry-up bluster, was not really in a hurry. First, he wanted to spend a few days poking around Columbia Lake. On flat water, they could let callouses, before blisters, form on their hands.
Leslie wasn't worried about keeping up. She and her grandfather had canoed other waters, other summers. Parts of the Snake. The Willamette. Smaller Columbia Basin waters - the Yakima and Deschutes.
Always the idea had been to work up to the Columbia. She had done a report on it. The Columbia's 1,200 river miles were as far as from Seattle to San Diego, if you could lift them off the map and straighten them out. This canoe trip would take all summer.
"Let's get on down the river," she told him.
"Not quite yet," said LaFont. "The trouble with kids today," he said, "is they're always in a hurry."
Exploring the south end of Columbia Lake, they beached the canoe. A road led across flat, marshy land. Less than a mile from where Leslie had straddled the baby Columbia, they came to a river! "This here's the Kootenay River," LaFont said.
It was a big stream, more than Leslie could throw a rock across. The old man picked up a piece of gray-white alder bark that was shaped like Tennessee. He tossed it into the Kootenay. Leslie watched the bark disappear, south, around a bend. The Columbia River, she knew, started north out of Columbia Lake.
"Now that slab of bark," LaFont said, "will end up the same place we do. But it will take a whole different trip. It'll float into Montana, cut back across Northern Idaho, and then turn north again into Canada. About 400 miles later, downstream, the Kootenay will come back into the Columbia River."
They stopped at the store in Canal Flats for a canister of white gas, some roasted peanuts and pop. "I hear there used to be a canal," said LaFont to the clerk. "From the Kootenay River to Columbia Lake?"
"You'd be meanin' Grohman's Ditch, " said a shopper. The way people clipped their words reminded Leslie that she was a foreigner, far from home.
"Built before the turn of the century," said a burly customer. "A chap named Baillie Grohman, hey? Owned orchards downstream on the Kootenay," he said. "Grohman thought he'd divert Kootenay floodwaters into the Columbia."
"Did it work?" Leslie asked.
"Not much, hey?" said the man. "Folks on the Columbia didn't want Kootenay floods. They filled in the canal. You can see it," he said. "Over by the railway."
LaFont and Leslie walked toward the tracks. They came to a wide, overgrown ditch. "Looks like old Baillie-Grohman was a little ahead of his time, is all," said LaFont. "Later, people figured out better ways to put these rivers to work. You'll see," he said.
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Just as we saw yesterday, there's quite a lot happening in the Mobile World Congress this week.
But Apple is in the news for more than just its phone (which has its own bit of news); they're also in the news for a big no-no when it comes to app purchases.
In response to a lawsuit over "bait and switch apps", Apple has agreed to give users who were affected a $5 iTunes credit, or cash, if the amount lost was more than $30. The apps in question are those that were free to download, but that offered virtual currency for sale within the game, encouraging children to buy virtual items, resulting in massive credit card fees for unsuspecting parents.
The settlement is awaiting preliminary approval from a federal judge, but once received, Apple will send email notifications to accounts that made virtual currency purchases.
In other Apple news, users who plan on jailbreaking their IOS devices need to do so as soon as possible, because Apple is currently beta-testing an update that kills Evasion, the latest jailbreaking tool.
It still may take a month or longer for Apple to roll out the patch to users, but an update is definitely on the way.
Firefox OS, the open Web Device operating system we first discussed yesterday, is already getting support from major phone manufacturers. Sony, for instance, announced its commitment to launch a Firefox OS device in 2014. One can only assume from this move that Sony is looking to dive headfirst into the inexpensive mobile market, and you can surely bet that we will be watching this development very closely.
In more Mozilla news, despite the fact that Firefox 19 was just released, Mozilla released information about the beta version of Firefox 20, already available on Android. The new per-tab private browsing feature allows users to alternate between normal and private tabs within the same session, and new shortcut options for the home screen allow for even greater customization.
Most importantly for many of us, the browser also supports additional devices, and lower-end phones, so for those of you interested in bleeding edge software, feel free to take a look.
Spotify, marked with great success has also been marked as a target for companies like Google. According to sources with knowledge of the situation, Google is in negotiations with major music labels with plans to roll out its own music streaming service sometime in the third quarter.
Plans are to make the service available to all handsets, not just Android, and you can bet they won't be the only alternative on the market. Apple is also planning a music streaming service, but it's unknown when the feature might be made available to users.
The hype for the Galaxy S4 is currently good news for Apple, as the iOS is making large gains in the enterprise market. Mobile device management vendor Good Technology reports that nearly 77% of devices activated by its corporate customers in the fourth quarter of 2012 were powered by iOS, up from 71% a year earlier. Android came in at 22.7%, down from 29%.
Though Android sales trumped iOS devices for a large chunk of the year, there's no question that people are holding onto their pocket books in anticipation for the S4's release this Spring. We will surely check back then to see how much market share they really lost, once the dust settles.
Sony's planned Firefox OS handset shows the company's interest in emerging markets, and they aren't alone. At Mobile World Congress, Nokia just announced a pair of candybar phones that it hopes will be competitive in emerging markets. The Nokia 105 and 301 are simple, inexpensive feature phones with an extraordinary battery life of 30 days stand-by time. At $20 and $85 respectively, the sheer affordability could be the most attractive feature.
Additional features include a flashlight and FM radio for the Nokia 105, and a 3.2 megapixel camera with panorama, sequential shot, and self-portrait modes, as well as Exchange Mail and Nokia Xpress Internet for the Nokia 301. Both handsets will be available in Q2 of this year.
Last but not least, Intel is also making a bit of a show at the Mobile World Congress, debuting a new series of hefty mobile processors.
Mobile manufacturers generally value battery life over raw power, and historically speaking, Intel chips tend to have issues with power consumption. In an effort to shed themselves of this power-hog image, Intel's latest mobile processor line, the Clover Trail Plus, is designed to be not only more power efficient, but also have the brute force to carry Intel into the future.
But Intel's plans don't just stop there.
Intel has also announced the successor to the Clover Trail Plus line called Bay Trail. Codenamed Merrifield, the new Bay Trail architecture will not only be Intel's first quad-core mobile processor, but the new architecture will downsize Intel's chip size from 32 nanometers to 22.
Intel is aiming to push the new chip in the low-end market with an upcoming device partnership with A-sus, going so far as to give some details about a new 7 inch Android tablet. Despite all of these improvements, Intel still has yet to release a multimode or 4G LTE capable chip, but they are looking the future, commenting that they will be releasing a multimode version of its processor in the coming months.
And that was all for the news today. For those of you who want to keep up with what's coming out next, don't forget to watch us and all our news coverage on the Morning NewsDesk Show with Kristin Feledy.


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Lake Chinook FD honored for fire-watch Webcams
CULVER, Ore. - Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue was presented with the Outstanding Special District Safety Award at the annual Special Districts of Oregon Conference in Portland on Feb. 9.
Special Districts of Oregon provides support to approximately 915 special districts throughout the state. The awards program recognizes members for accomplishments that allow them to provide a better service to the public. Criteria for the award include efforts in the areas of ingenuity, creativity, public involvement in a district decision making process, safety, and outstanding achievement.
Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue was selected for this award for their implementation of an early wildfire detection program utilizing web cams atop a 90 foot tower. This new camera system will allow local fire authorities to remotely monitor the rural areas around Lake Billy Chinook for wildfires.
The project, known as FireCam, uses webcams to show firefighters, incident commanders, and dispatchers a real time, 360-degree view of areas that were previously difficult to view. The new FireCams provide a clear view of approximately 60 square miles and is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through the internet.
Pine Telephone System Inc. recently built the tower to improve telephone and broadband access in the Lake Chinook area. They were instrumental in planning and implementing this life and property saving system in partnership with Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue.
These remote control cameras can pan east over the Crooked River National Grasslands, west to the Deschutes National Forest and all of the private protection areas in between. State and federal partners may also access these web cams to improve views that fire lookouts may have a difficult time seeing in this area.
For more information, contact Chief Don Colfels at 541-771-0992 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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To be fair to Gracie, some skaters would have fell off that 3F given how tilted it was. Her mistake was that she tried to power though the 3T instead of just doing a 2T. She would have scored better if she did that.
And while not her best effort, I wouldn't consider it a meltdown either. She's within striking distance of the bronze. Hoping she'll recover in the FS!
Last week, in the Men's SP at Skate America, many of the contenders (Ex. Kozuka, Abbott, and some others) did not put ANY steps prior to the solo Quad they attempted. Yet, they didn't get -3s across anywhere (save for Abbott, who fell on his Quad).
If men want to start attempting Quads in the SP, I have nothing against it, but if you're going to do it, do it with steps, or a combination. :/
Yes, my speculations from last season were correct. Zhang's performance at 4CC and Nationals were basically a one-off skate of her life type. After such, I really don't see how she can improve and GROW from that, as it appears to be too late.
I was very impressed with Osmand. Such a joyful to watch! Well deserved.
So happy that Elene had a good skate. She looks fit, and her dress is gorgeous. She looked like she was skating to some fast music, though. I prefer the upbeat music for her.
Enjoyed Gold even with some mistakes. She's just lovely!
Is Taktamysheva inured? She looks slow and tentative. Her arm movement has much improved, but her neck and shoulder are still stiff.
Enjoyed Murakami's program even if she's little sloppy.
Some interesting movements, but Akikio's programs was a bit of disappointment. Her spin was slow and ugly..
Thought Zhang bombed with that score before watching the program. Watched Zhang's program, it was quite good. She was so underscored. Probably because she skated early. If She skated last, she will be in a different position. She was one of the few with clean programs. To be fair to Zhang, she was robbed. The program should be scored around a 58. There is no way that program should be behind some of those ladies who made mistakes in their programs. I would place her in 3rd. It doesn't matter if the other ladies attempted harder triple triple, if they dont land it, it disrupts the program and it should be reflected in the PCS scores. It's even a joke when she is only 1 point ahead of Gold who had two major mistakes. The judging is a joke, it's all about reputation, politics. COP or 6.0 figure skating juding is a mess. Zhang might as well hang her skates and go to school like Flatt.
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Nicki Minaj Kilt The Stage In Alabama!!!
Ever since I've seen her live my life will never be the same...I cried when she looked at me and I can't wait til she comes back to Alabama!!!!! If I wasn't a fan before I'm a die heart fan now to be honest I don't think that nobody else can make that stage their bitch like Nicki did...if you not a fan something is seriously wrong with you! #TeamMinaj til the death of me!
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OVAE Announces Newly Released Online Reports and Papers From the 2011
Regional Community College Summits and the Community College Virtual Symposium
OVAE announces the online release of two reports—Scaling the Community College Summits: Challenges, Solutions and Commitments and Community College Virtual Symposium: Proceedings Report, as well as four research papers— Promoting College and Career Readiness: Bridge Programs for Low-Skill Adults; Aligning Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Experiences From Career and Technical Education; Connecting Curriculum, Assessment, and Treatment in Developmental Education; and, Integrating Industry-Driven Competencies in Education and Training Through Employer Engagement. These newly released documents are the result of a variety of coordinated efforts that began with the 2010 White House Summit on Community Colleges.
In October 2010, President Obama and Dr. Jill Biden convened the first-ever White House Summit on Community Colleges to highlight the growing role that community colleges must play in preparing students for success in the 21st-century knowledge economy and society, and to elevate community colleges to a new level of national importance and attention. This summit brought federal and state policymakers together with key community college constituent groups—trustees, college presidents, administrators, faculty, students, major associations, employers and industry leaders. Discussions centered on ensuring student success, meeting the workforce needs of the economy, and learning about ways that community colleges are supporting the president's 2020 college completion goal of increasing the number of individuals with degrees, certificates and industry-recognized credentials.
Building on the success of the 2010 summit, the U.S. Department of Education, through OVAE, convened a series of regional community college summits to provide opportunities for the colleges to network and share ideas. These regional summits brought together over 800 attendees from 45 states to discuss critical issues confronting community colleges such as college affordability, transitioning to and through community college and the workforce, developmental education, business and community partnerships, and serving military veterans and their families. The proceedings from these regional events reflect the ideas, views, and suggestions shared by the attendees.
Following the series of regional summits, OVAE held the Community College Virtual Symposium, which reached state and community college leaders, faculty, students, state education agency staff, and workforce development and education organizations. The event included moderated discussions among four panels of higher education researchers centered on the topics of the four issue briefs: college and career readiness for low-skilled adults; the alignment of secondary and postsecondary education, with a focus on CTE; connections among curriculum, assessment and instruction in developmental education; and employer-community college partnerships to promote curriculum change. A proceedings report on the symposium is available. The four research papers reflect refinements made to the drafts based on the discussions that took place during the symposium, and contain strategies for helping community colleges strengthen students' postsecondary success and meet the needs of the nation's economy.
- Promoting College and Career Readiness: Bridge Programs for Low-Skill Adults: describes recent approaches to bridge programs and explores promising practices that contextualize and integrate instruction, and strengthen student support and transition services to improve postsecondary transition and completion.
- Aligning Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Experiences from Career and Technical Education: follows the evolution of efforts to align secondary and postsecondary CTE, and outlines several promising CTE practices that may be effective in achieving better alignment for all students.
- Connecting Curriculum, Assessment, and Treatment in Developmental Education: describes recent changes in developmental education and explores promising practices that align curriculum, assessment, and treatment to more effectively tailor developmental education services and improve students' chances for success.
- Integrating Industry-Driven Competencies in Education and Training Through Employer Engagement: describes partnership efforts between community colleges and employers, exploring models promoting curricular change and innovation.
OVAE encourages interested parties to review and share these reports with their networks. Please continue to visit OVAE's website for news and updates, including upcoming notices about the webinar series that presents in greater detail the Community College Virtual Symposium reports.


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After eight months on the sidelines, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst will make a welcome return to competitive action in the Worthington Cup clash with Sunderland. Gio was playing well until picking up a serious injury against Fulham in February and his return to fitness will come as a big boost to Arsenal.
Like the Gunners, Sunderland will use the game as an opportunity to give some of their fringe players a chance to press their claims to a first team spot. One player who will have more reasons than most to put on a good display is Stefan Schwarz.
The former Arsenal man fell out of favour towards the end of last season and was told he was free to find a new club, but he is still at Sunderland and will be given the chance to impress new manager Howard Wilkinson on Wednesday.
Schwarz played just one season for Arsenal, but he did enough to earn the respect of Arsenal's fans before moving to Fiorentina in a #1.75 million deal. From there he moved to Valencia before returning to English football with a #4 million move to Sunderland in 1999.
Although Arsenal fans will have fond memories of a late Schwarz strike in the 1995 Cup Winners Cup semi-final against Sampdoria - neither Schwarz or Van Bronckhorst has been a regular goalscorer at club level.
Schwarz did score the equaliser in the 1-1 draw between Sunderland and Arsenal at The Stadium of Light last season. That was his only goal of the campaign - a tally matched by Van Bronckhorst, whose solitary strike came in Arsenal's 3-1 win away to Leicester.
But both men are excellent passers of the ball and solid tacklers to boot. Van Bronckhorst is also a highly versatile player who is capable of playing on the left or centre of midfield as well as at full-back if required.
It is likely that both players will start in the centre of midfield on Wednesday though and they are likely to be in direct competition with each other. Both have points to prove to their managers so we can expect a hard fought battle. Last season's statistics suggest that it will be a closely fought contest between the two.
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Getting ready to sew the middle blocks together so that I can figure out if the HST blocks are approx the right size. Wish me luck.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Getting ready to sew the middle blocks together so that I can figure out if the HST blocks are approx the right size. Wish me luck.
Good luck. It looks AWESOME so far.
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Ok I have a big question here. I have read thru this but still not sure if what I started months ago before this was available will work. So hope some of you experienced QAYGers can tell me if I'm on the right track or not.
I am trying black fleece as dual purpose backing/batting and thinking of using black flannel as my narrow strips on the back side. My dilemma is that I want to use wider sashing with cornerstones on the top side. An idea I had (which I don't know whether will work or not) is to do my SID quilting with three sides of the sashing and cornerstones already on the block, then stitch the unsashed edge to the sashed edge of the adjoining block and somehow cover the resulting seam with the flannel sashing strip on the back. Would have to trim fleece very close to seam line. But I'm wondering if that won't still end up being lumpy.
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to make this work or am I way out in left field?
Thanks in advance!
Didn't have much time to work on my 'Happy Accident' quilt this weekend, but you can see on the left hand side where I am headed with this quilt. My daughter, Heather, loves it and that is all that counts.
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Lookin good Polly!
My initials are BB, so dublb is double B.
A little more progress on Heathers quilt. Still making adjustments as I go.
It is looking great!!!
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2nd been awhile. i will take plenty of pix. oh and i will bug the shit out of the seasoned ones here for advice and most likely a shoulder to cry on. this will be fun.
Smartbomb, please take plenty of progress pics, as I want to build one of these next summer, once I get the 3 current builds done and off my plate, and some $$$ put back on. I have been interested for awhile, but other projects were on the gotta build it list. TIA,
2nd been awhile. i will take plenty of pix. oh and i will bug the shit out of the seasoned ones here for advice and most likely a shoulder to cry on. this will be fun.
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Hmmm might be just what I need for some of my cantalever scope mounts. I want to be able to temper them to make them stiffer and les prone to bending.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jackpot! industrial metals 4130 Flat Bar 1" X 1 1/4" X 12" $9.00
Id like to find some 1/1/4 a 2" for some bolts and other projects. I want to do some rear trunions with threads for a AR buffer tube all in one piece
bg you seem to have a handle on milling. for small stuff like a bolt, would an xy table on a drill press work?
al gore is full of carbon enriched shit
I wouldn't try it with steel, you might be able to get away with it on aluminum, you'll just wear out the bearing fast and it most likely get chatter.bg you seem to have a handle on milling. for small stuff like a bolt, would an xy table on a drill press work?
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double post... duhhh.
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Hello smartbomb,
As Coils said the drillpress has miserable bearings and rigidity for milling. Most X-Y axis vises or tables are also very marginal for mill work.
That said... It is possible to do some modest grinding work using a decent drillpress. By grinding I mean using fiber abrasive discs held with an arbor in the drillpress chuck. They can slice and slot some small work OK.
Some small die grinder or Dremel burrs can be used in a drillpress to approximate milling. I have used this technique also for model airplane work on metal including steel. It can chatter big time if you get carried away taking large cuts.
There have been plans for adding an extra bearing/extension to a drill press so it can handle the side forces much better. I haven't tried that one as yet.
Otherwise milling in a drillpress is a rather persistent myth. I suggest shopping for a real millng machine or a friend who has one !!! A friend with a mill who would teach you how to use it is a great start. That's how I got started. Then I got my own small bench mill (a used Atlas) by trading a couple Mauser rifles.
cool! i figured as much. friend of a friend has one and cousin i havent seen in years may also(he was the industrial arts director at my high school many yrs ago).
anyway, cooking a big bird and have about 30 headin my way. ya'll have a great thanksgiving.
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even for 5 months in confinement ?
there are some guys here that will take the bees out of the shed early march on a nice day, feed them patties, and wrap them up or send them back in for a month. Their bees look good by May.
I'll let you know how the boys up in peace river come out.
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So what I can gather, the bees are taken out of winter, sent into the almond groves, where they are fed up and placed into the flowering fields. One brood cycle, two brood cycles, and then out to be split. So by the time they start swarming on the second brood cycle the boys should be splitting them by then.
Ian most hives are moved into the wintering sheds about now and taken out some time in April.
same as us then.
how do you manage your late winter Chinooks ? gets pretty warm your way
Some will take the bees out for cleansing flights and a quick check on stores. I've heard of some people putting drums of snow or ice into the sheds to help cool things down but don't know for sure.
Pollen sub in fall could help fatten up the winter bees and increase the overall health of the hive. As far as having sub on all winter though I just can't see that, too much chance for dysentry I think.
We start sub end of aug. until mid oct. Go into storage about thanksgiving and start shipping to california jan. 20th. Start making nucs, shaking, pulling brood about march 10th. Bees swarm from 1st of march on, but the almond growers don't seem to complain about it.
when do you pull them out of the almond groves?
March 10-15th on.
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Do they stay in holding yards in Cali or are they sent straight south and then worked through ?
Feed Bees sub August-Thansgiving. Loaded up and sent to Yards late nov early dec. Given more sub until flowers pop out. Nick... Why winter in cellars? They will come out of winter with easy 15 frames in Jan w/o any cellars.
Do the pollinator grower count frames of brood to determine strength or do they count frames of bees
Only beekeepers are worried about brood. growers just want bees.
that would make hive assessments very quick!
Unfortunately there is still a lot of growers out there who only count Hive-boxes !


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Discussion in 'Off The Beaten Track' started by skatesindreams, Jun 22, 2013.
The biggest problem with Ken is that he acts as though he's "God's Gift to design"
He's not.
I really think that it will come down to Bradon, Dom, Kate, and Helen. Here's how I see it happening (I have no spoilers):
8th: Ken quits
7th: Justin
6th: Alexandria
5th: Alexander
4th: Helen
Top 3: Bradon, Dom, Kate
I really can't see any others in the top 4.
I think that's right. I am so hoping Helen is not in the final 3, I can't believe she's won three challenges. She's also pretty full of herself.
(That yellow daisy dress is a dead ringer for a dress I wore to a Bar Mitzvah in 1967. I was 10 years old.)
I take it you didn't find Helen's dress very modern.
It looks like something I wore to church back then, also!
the yellow daisy dress is actually the same as the purse my great aunt helen crocheted for me using a margarine tub as the base of the purse. i was about 5.
I want that!
me too! i dont know what happened to them. she made them in every color of the rainbow.
I thought that every dress was shapeless and ugly. The only one I, somewhat, liked was the yellow daisy dress. Hated the fabric, but liked the shape.
I was underwhelmed by most of the looks in this challenge. I was as so many designers gravitated toward plaid. Modern Southern Woman = Plaid?? I never knew!
I kept thinking that Ken might do well since they were showing a kindler and gentler Ken. But after I saw the purple bridesmaid dress I thought he might be toast. The phone call with his mom was when she asked him if was another person sometimes. I think we're going to see that other person next week.
Helen can go anytime, she annoys me.
I guess fashion forward modern southern dresses are shorter in the front and have gobs of material wadded up by your hips.
I wore Ken's original dress to my grad school roommate's wedding. I believe it was 1977.
That was a baffling win. All those seaming details of Bradon's will probably be eliminated in the first production meeting. The dress Belks ends up selling probably won't look much like what came down the runway. And I doubt that it will be plaid.
I think Jeremy was done in by his fabric choices. He probably would have been waved through with a different print and a different colored jacket. And then they could have aufed Alexandria since they're clearly keeping Ken in, no doubt hoping for some epic work room drama.
It looks like a Prom dress from the 60's.
I made a dress in that exact fabric and with a fairly similar silhouette sometime in 1968 or 1969.
Most of the dresses were hideous, and why Alexandria was deemed safe with that mess is beyond me. It looked like she just threw the fabric on the model and held it together with the belt, her original fabric was awful, but that plaid was plain fugly. Jeremy may have made something a little too mature, but at least it was well made and tasteful.
Ken, Helen and Alexandria can get off my screen anytime now.
I love real women challenges. But I think designers have figured out that they had better be nice to their not-size-0 clients.
i love tim's tie
that tiff was very 8th grade at an all girls school
i rarely like the real people challenge. i see real people everyday and am consistently underwhelmed by them. i dont need more on tv
Well fashion is about fantasy. But if you saw real women fight over the Phillip Lim clothes at Target last Sunday....we all want some of the fantasy!
I don't like the real people challenges either. And, I think when they have them, all the women should be of similar body types.
ita, helen did a nice job. but her model was that girl in the movies that takes off her glasses, shakes out her hair and looks 100 times better. i really liked what justin did (the black dress with the signature, i think that is his name). i didnt think, oh she looks nice for her. i thought she really looked nice and in something she will most likely wear.
As soon as I saw Helen's model, I figured she had it in the bag.
I would have sent the entire bottom 3 home and added Dom for that monstrosity she tossed together. Prints and a droopy bosom are NOT good on a woman who's not a stick. She made her look bigger.
Loved Braden's dress. And I loved Justin's too.
Glad the little troll devil beard screecher went home. Wonder if the crew revolved after that face mask meltdown?
And I was thrilled that none of the designers pulled a Ven, but instead were nice to their clients. Even Ken's person loved him, which shocked me.
Kate was lucky to be safe. Her super fan looked like Peter Pan's mother.
lol i was thinking the actress who plays peter pan after menopause
I didn't get Kate's look at all. To me it looked like something she would have made anyway, for a different challenge with a professional model.
I liked Kate's shirt.
I hope Ken's mom is absolutely embarrassed when she watches the reruns of this season. Appalling.
I loved Helen's dress. First time this year I have done so.
Ken 's dress was his usual mess. I don't understand how he even got on the show.
But Alexander should have gone home for that half finished dress. The others get their dresses done in time, so there is no excuse that he didn't.
By the way, I was afraid that Alexandra would put her poopy pants on her model!
Her girl seemed kind of afraid of her, I could see Alexandria convincing her that everyone interviews in a dropped crotch pant.
Well Ken getting the boot without one final mood-disorder blow up at the end of the runway show was rather anti-climatic.


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Hi! I need some help with which one to get. I ride a 5'4 SP on the small days and on slow/flat waves. Now I need a board that I can ride on faster waves and on bigger days. It'll be on beachbreaks and pointbreaks. I am intermediate and surf all year round here and away. I have tried a 5'11 El fuego, didn't like it, thought that it was way to flat in the nose and a bit big. I have a Semente 6'3 performance board with rounded pin as a step up board. I have been looking at a 5'10 Hellfire and a 6'0 Stealth. What I actually want is a board with performance rocker but wide (19-19 1/2) and a bit wider tail and nose than a normal performance board. Has anyone tried em both? If you have any other suggestions on boards please let me know. All help is appreciated. Peace!!
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I think the Stealth has a relatively flat entry rocker with quite a bit of tail rocker. It's high performance, but low in the nose rocker. The Hellfire doesn't have a whole bunch of rocker, but a nice smooth even curve I think. Everyone that's ridden it seems to really like it especially it bigger and hollower stuff. I think that'd be the pick based on the information you've given.
Hey robhero i was torn between the same two boards a short while back in the same sizes too. don't think you'll go too far wrong on either of those for what you want. In the end i went for the hellfire and i can say with confidence its a super sweet board. Couldn't comment properly on the lost stealth as i haven't seen or surfed one but hellfire seems to be pretty magic so far. Its replaced my standard shortboard (previously a 600 alternator) and as prjebb says the rocker is fairly continuous but it has a nice flip in the last 3-4 inches on the nose. much more than i was expecting but then again i have been used to the dom which has little rocker. All in all its a very good allrounder that should go well in the juice at home or abroad.
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HELLFIRE ----------- R/F --- 5'10 ------------------------- fins futures SA3,SA4
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robhero...if by "performance rocker" you mean normal curves then the HF does not have that..BUT...it sure rides like it does...the 5'10 is the only "flatter" board i have ever enjoyed...i ride it in place of my full rockered shortboard in pretty much everything...if your really stuck on more rocker then look at something like the futura...it takes your performance surfing into lesser waves....but ... the 5'10 HF really is a winner..!!
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Hi! Tnx for the replies! I actually got to try a friends HF 5'10 yesterday. The waves were sloppy to good in waist to head high conditions, so it was very mixed. The board was really nice when it was cleaner and bigger. The board was surprisingly loose, I rode it as a thruster and it felt really good. On the small waves it felt like it got stuck on the face, I had to work it hard to get it going. I must say that the volume(29,4) is really well hidden and so is the width. The board really is a "performance hybrid". I still haven't decided yet if its gonna be a Stealth or a HF. My initial thoughts of my quiver was SP for the small and HF for normal days and a F1 as step up but now I am thinking of selling the SP for a Dom and getting a Stealth for normal days. I guess its just time to make up my mind... Don't think I'll get disappointed on any of the boards... Peace
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Really two different shapes IMO. The bottom contours are very different, and the rail lines as well. The Stealth I felt works good in flat faced surf and went really well for me as a quad. The Hellfire I only got a few waves on, cant say I clicked with it, but it was good enough were I have been on the fence to get one. It was a motivated board. The Hell Razor looks closer to what I would like
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good points folks. Robhero i do think both the HF and Stealth are good options. I think i have heard a more consistently positive feedback from the stealth, but that is just my experience. I think the stealth has a bit more rocker and a bit less volume than some people expected.
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So Chris, just to very belatedly explore that more, you have been getting better feedback on the Stealth? That's a big (good) call given all the positive feedback on the Hellfire.
I'm contemplating a board to sit above my Dom but below my Alt and these two boards (the HF and Stealth, together with the quadrafive) are the ones in contemplation, with the HF the more likely pick. Given the Dom deals with up to head high completely fine I'd imagine the HF/Stealth would be for shoulder high to 1.5x overhead; I have in mind the autumn/winter ground swells we get here for all but the very biggest days. Conditions would likely range from Bells'ish to hollow, beach and rocky point breaks. How would they work relative to each other?
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Tough call, the Stealth is an often not considered board and it's a fun one to ride.
But I will have to go for the Hellfire
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i think the stealth is a little more refined and is ridden a little bit longer than the Hellfire. I do think, however, that they can and should be ridden in similar conditions. I think the major difference is the stealth will feel overall like a flattened shortboard while the Hellfire has, in my opinion, a more attractive curve and distribution of foam. You get great response and versatility.
That's my take, but I don't surf t he Stealth much, it just isn't one of my favorites.
I have the 6'0 Stealth and it feels like the best board I've ever ridden. The tail kick allows you to surf off the tail and throw it around just like any high performance short board. However, it paddles so well that you can catch waves early and beat out guys on little boards or even longboards. It's 30.5 liters on the stock 6'0 but feels like it's much smaller. I'm 5'10 and 165 lbs. Ride it as a thruster with pc-5's. I've progressed from an average intermediate game to a entry level advanced surfer in about 3 months on this boards. Took me from a solid carving game with some decent finishing hits at the end sections into blow tails on both frontside and backhand, small airs, and full round house cutbacks to vertical and a much smoother style. Board feels like a good combination of pocket surfing with some added drive. Real good tight radius turning and a slingshot like response out of turns. Its ok in knee to waist high surf but not really too much of a true groveler because of the tail kick. However if it's small point break (trestles, topanga, 3rd pt malibu) or decent beaches (Huntington or newport) it surfs well and makes you look good. But you could probably ride a traditional board just as well in that kind of surf. In head high points and a few feet above, it's insane! Lots of projection, and real loose if you stay on the tail. Great board for learning how to do airs with all the excess speed, so you eventually figure out how to launch since the board drives itself to the steep sections.
Mayhem says he shaped this board as a contest board for junk waves. A "secret weapon," and that's how it feels. However, since it's built to work in junk, it really moves when the points are firing and you have long steep walls to work with. Sort of lets you cheat with the extra speed and moves you up with the big boys on the rockered boards on the good days. That being said, it does feel like there would be some limitations on bigger days that creep up into the head and a half+ range where you need a bit more rocker and length for some control. I am currently searching on these forums for advice on possibly an MB for the head and a half to double overhead range. Any suggestions on models or size would be appreciated...
The 30.5 volume built into the stealth seems like to high a volume based on the stock dimensions for the Mb model. Thinking I need to lower the volume a bit, but without losing paddling power or foot placement and stance based on the stealth that i've grown accustomed to. Rode a 6'2 x 19 x 2 3/8 mayhem driver (poly board) in 29.4 liters (smaller than the stealths volume) in shoulder high rolling beach break in san Diego and it felt like a boat and that I was riding a coffee table. My feet had to shuffle like crazy to find the sweet spot and just had a horrible session on surf that I would normally be doing fins free turns and full roundhouse cutbacks without too much pumping. Could barely get the driver to move. Anyone tried the mayhem drivers? Made me want to look for another FireWire as the next size up from my stealth...
Thread resurrection!!! Thanks for the commentary Prayasurfer, and I'll try to weigh in since I just grabbed a 6'0 FST Stealth. I had been eyeing the 5'10 Hellfire, and I demo'd it twice, both as a thruster and quad in waves that were around 6' and fairly hollow. The Hellfire is a good board, don't get me wrong, and this is definitely subjective, but the Stealth really won me over. I think that the combination of low nose rocker and more dramatic tail rocker just works better for me personally.
I first tried the Stealth with a Nubster in the back (closest tab to the tail) and Stretch SF4s, and it was honestly terrible for me. I use the Nubster / Controller set in my groveler (5'7 stub nose), and it is absolute magic in that setup. Anyway, in the Stealth it felt like I was dragging an anchor while snowboarding through really deep powder, if that makes any sense at all. I ditched the nubster and replaced the front Stretch's with GAM's and kept the SF4s in the back, and the board lit up - super pivoty but definitely held well through turns - very predictable and insane speed. This was in 4-5' wedgy, juicy stuff. I even grabbed a few smaller waves that came through as an experiment (probably around 3'), and I was able to generate a ton of speed.
The thing that sealed the deal for me was how it rode in the barrel. Got two really clean ones that day and it was just effortless - the board held a great line, and I felt really confident overall. Came out with tons of speed on one and got a really solid grab rail cutback in.
I still have a ton of experimenting to do with different quad setups in the Stealth, and I'll post my results. I used to have a Lost SD IV, and the Stealth just slays it, not even in the same ballpark (again, based on what I'm looking for). Oh, and I whacked the nose soooo hard on the tailgate of my car - did a 180 when a friend drove by and yelled at me, but no imperfections at all on the board. I totally thought that I cracked it . . .
I'd love to get more time on the Hellfire, but I've just really bonded with the Stealth, so I think I will focus my efforts on demo'ing a 5'8 Spitfire!
Sounds sweet scotty, I'm looking at the same board and trying to suss out the best fin set up when I get it.
Out of curiosty what is your weight and height? Trying to figure out what size I should be looking at. Probab leaning towards the 5'10 myself at 150lbs
Hey Ryan,
I'm almost 6'3 and about 158lbs, and a bit more with my full suit. Ideally, I would have grabbed the 5'10, but I got a killer deal on a slightly used Stealth, so I couldn't be picky (I really wanted a Futures setup as well, but mine came with FCS).
A lot of it depends on how tall you are, and the skill level of course. It's funny, since I'm really used to a 5'7 now, the 6'0 Stealth felt sooo long. Then again, I really grabbed this board to help me out when it is juicier and in the 5-8 range, so an extra few inches isn't the end of the world or anything.
I'm going to try a bunch of different fin combinations (mainly quad setups), and I'll try to report back over the next month or so as I try different combinations. Picking up some of those Q-1 side fins tomorrow, and will try the K 2.1 Quad with nubster as well.


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Thomas Vermaelen hopes to finally make his Wembley debut this year - one way or another.
The defender has yet to appear at the national stadium, having missed last year's Carling Cup final through injury, but he could help Arsenal take a huge stride on the road to Wembley on Sunday.
The famous stadium will once again be hosting the FA Cup semi-finals this season, and with Belgium due to play England there in a friendly on June 2, he could even make it a hat-trick of outings under the arch.
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