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Hopper OS upgrade and new SW set to default next Wed, Feb 27
February 21, 2013 by Helen He
1) There will be a scheduled hardware and software maintenance for Hopper next Wednesday, February 27, from 7 am to 7 pm Pacific time. This is a major OS upgrade. Most applications are highly recommended to recompile (or at least relink) after the maintenance. C++ and PGAS applications are recommended to recompile and relink. Please plan your work accordingly and check the NERSC Message of the Day (MOTD) for status update: http://www.nersc.gov/live-status/motd/.
2) After the maintenance, the following software versions will be set to default on Hopper:
-- pgi/12.9.0
-- gcc/4.7.2
-- cce/8.1.3
-- intel/188.8.131.52
-- chapel/1.6.0
-- cray-mpich2/5.6.0 (xt-mpich2/5.6.0); cray-shmem/5.6.0 (xt-shmem/5.6.0)
-- cray-libsci/12.0.0 (xt-libsci/12.0.0)
-- cray-petsc/3.3.00 (xt-petsc/3.3.00); cray-petsc-complex/3.3.00 (petsc-complex/3.3.00)
-- cray-trilinos/10.12.1.1
-- cray-tpsl/1.3.01
-- fftw/22.214.171.124
-- cray-netcdf/188.8.131.52
-- cray-hdf5/1.8.9; cray-hdf5-parallel/1.8.9
-- parallel-netcdf/1.3.1
-- perftools/6.0.1
-- papi/5.0.1
-- atp/1.6.0
-- stat/188.8.131.52
-- java/jdk1.7.0_07
-- xt-asyncpe/5.16
The availability of the above software versions were announced on Dec 19 and Jan 18.
Notice Cray has changed some of the module names from "xt-xxx" to "cray-xxx", for example: xt-libsci is now cray-libsci, and xt-mpich2 is now cray-mpich2. Also some of the Cray supported modules now have a "cray-" prefix to their module names, for example: netcdf is now cray-netcdf, and petsc is now cray-petsc, etc.
Hopper scheduled maintenance tomorrow (Sept 19) and /project outage
September 18, 2012 by Helen He
There will be a scheduled hardware and software maintenance for Hopper next Wednesday, Sept 19, from 6:30 am to midnight Pacific time. Please plan your work accordingly and check the NERSC Message of the Day (MOTD) for status update: http://www.nersc.gov/live-status/motd/.
The /project file system (also known as /global/project) will be unavailable from 8am Wednesday, Sept 19 until 5pm Friday, Sept 21, during and after the scheduled Hopper maintenance.
If your job depends on /project, please add the following "gres" setting in your batch script (so that your job won't start and fail during the /project outage):
#PBS -l gres=project
If your job is already queued (but not yet running), the following "qalter" command can be used to add the "gres" setting:
% qalter -l gres=project my_jobid
Please use "gres" settings in your batch scripts
September 4, 2012 by Helen He
We would like to encourage you to use the generic resources ("gres") setting for various file systems that your batch jobs use. This feature is currently available on Hopper and Carver. The advantage of this setting is that your jobs won't start (thus won't fail) during a scheduled file system maintenance.
The syntax for the "gres" setting is:
#PBS -l gres=filesystem1[%filesystem2%filesystem3...] (new recommendation)
#PBS -l gres=filesystem1:1[%filesystem2:1%filesystem3:1...] (as announced before)
Note that the "%" character means "and". Therefore, if multiple file systems are specified, the job will not start if *any* of the specified file systems are unavailable.
The file systems available for "gres" setting are:
on Hopper: scratch, scratch2, gscratch, project, and projectb
on Carver: gscratch, project, and projectb
(note: home is not a defined resource, since it is used by every job anyway).
Below are some sample "gres" lines:
#PBS -l gres=project
#PBS -l gres=scratch
#PBS -l gres=gscratch2%project
#PBS -l gres=scratch%scratch2%projectb
To add this option to a queued job (not in "running" state), the following command can be used:
% qalter -l gres=... my_jobid
We will have a scheduled project file system maintenance on Sept 19, lasting for 2 to 3 days (details TBA). If your current or future batch jobs depend on the project file system, please use the "gres=project" setting in your batch scripts (or use the qalter command for scripts already submitted). This will prevent your jobs from failing during this outage.
In general, we strongly encourage you *always* to include the "gres" directive in your batch scripts to specify the file systems needed to protect the jobs during future scheduled file system outages.
high thruput queue now available on Hopper
August 30, 2012 by Helen He
A new batch queue named "thruput" has been implemented on Hopper to support the increased high throughput computing needs from the user community. The queue limits for this queue are as follows:
-- max wall time is 168 hrs
-- max node count is 2 (max core count is 48)
-- max queue-able jobs per user is 500
-- max running jobs from all users in this queue is 500
-- has same priority as of the "reg_small" queue
-- charging factor is 1
max walltime for low queue is increased to 24 hrs on Hopper
May 31, 2012 by Helen He
We have increased the max walltime for the low queue on Hopper from 12 to 24 hrs.


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PlayBook: Another Sunday In America
We shipped the Patriots across the great divide to play football in a foreign land. Plus this week's NFL lines.
"It's not really a football crowd…it's random. If I'm talking to somebody and you hear the crowd go crazy, you think something has happened, but's that's their cheer or chant or whatever it is."
Maybe. Or maybe Bill Belichick can't quite remember what a real football crowd sounds like. It has after all been a while since he's heard one, and it seems entirely possible that, given his team's stilted 4-3 record and tendency towards cutting things a little too close for comfort this season, he's simply forgotten what the noise made by an all-consumed rabble of rabid football fans sounds like.
That could be it. Or it could be that Bill Belichick is just a filthy old hoodie-bound curmudgeon with absolutely nothing nice to say about anybody at all. Whatever it is, we can say for certain that something is amiss with the Patriots; something is definitely rotten in New England. They used to be what we might call one of football's natural forces and a king bitch buzzkill to play on cold nights when the snows start to fall, but now they seem soft, adversely affected by some sort of crippling neurological disorder that causes them to forget for minutes at a time what it is exactly that they are doing or where they are and how they even got there in the first place. They can no longer discern the meaning of fourth and goal, and after the snap Tom Brady sometimes just stands in a stoned silence, looking around all wide-eyed and confused by the succeeding noise and calamity, and then, after a few seconds, when he realizes that he's holding some kind of large leather egg in his hands, calmly places it at his feet and sits cross-legged in the grass, waiting on this strange new world to open up and explain itself.
Mmm. That is not the kind of abstract behavior you want to see regularly from your future Hall of Fame Quarterback; some level of confusion and disorder can be expected and even tolerated from the ugly 300-pound mutants manning the O-Line, but when your field general is routinely caught off guard, lost in a hardwired daze and unfamiliar with his once well-known surroundings, well, things tend to fall apart fast; top-10 teams can fall to 4-3…
But as of this writing, no one with any close ties to the Patriots camp seems to be in a position to explain this troubling turn of events. Team doctors say they are running a series of random, around-the-clock "reality-challenging" tests and hazmat teams are sweeping the vents around Foxboro for signs of deadly foreign spores blowing in through the air ducts. Tom Brady is tied at all times to a fantastic orgy of beeping monitors and machines, and to help stop the spread the NFL has quarantined the whole desperate team on a small, densely populated island in the North Atlantic with the only other organization that has shown signs of definitive symptoms: the St. Louis Rams.
But outside this bad rash of lewd and debilitating football afflicting New England, all else seems to be fine in the world; the Texans are 6-1 and the Packers are on the rise. The Bears are back to their winning ways and the Bills are on a bye. It's almost Sunday in America and we can sleep easy knowing New England is 3000 miles away.
This Week's Lines:
New England (-7) over St. Louis
The Patriots and the Rams will appease the London crowds, used to scoreless draws, by employing a newly devised system of exclusively lateral passes. New England will win when Brandon Lloyd, seeing this as his opportunity to finally do something useful this season, breaks ranks and runs 100 yards down field for a touchdown, infuriating the drunk English crowd who, seeing the score for the first time, simply can't remember when the Patriots scored six goals.
San Francisco (-7) over Arizona
Vegas lines will take a little while to adjust to Arizona's early season surge. Take advantage while you can.
New Orleans (+6) over Denver
The over in this game is 56 and will be surpassed, perhaps by a lot. A 31-34 shootout is a realistic, even tempered, expectation.
Chicago (-7.5) over Carolina
Cam Newton has struggled to connect with his receivers against lesser defenses than Chicago. To make matters worse, Brian Urlacher awaits any quarterback with a sneaky eye for the end zone. And those are the only two tricks Carolina knows, so…
Washington (+4.5) over Pittsburgh
Washington is going to be pushing Pittsburgh to keep up offensively, and up to now they've done little to indicate they can play that kind of game. That and Washington seems like the kind of team that would toy with .500 before nose-diving to a disappointing 6-10.
Seattle (+2.5) over Detroit
Seattle's cornerbacks are 10 feet tall; if Matthew Stafford plays anything like he did this past Monday, thinking he's going to throw over or behind them to be safe, he's in for a rude awakening.
Atlanta (+3) over Philadelphia
Vegas seems inclined to keep giving the Eagles the benefit of the doubt so we're inclined to take the points against them.
San Diego (-3) over Cleveland
Norv Turner needs this win to avoid looking like a complete idiot in his final season in San Diego.
Quick Slants: Giants (-2) over Dallas, Indianapolis (+2.5) over Tennessee, Oakland (+1.5) over Kansas City, Miami (+2.5) over New York, Green Bay (-15) over Jacksonville.
Last Week: 8-2-2
Overall: 56-37-4
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Hello and good day. new member here. has anyone used the hanger tubes that come on clothes hangers for the mason bee nest tube material? the ones i have are 5/16 and numerous. i was thinking of capping the end with mud or caulk or wax and then bundling and then setting out in early april here in maine. any thoughts by those more experienced with this bee?
i have tried the store bought wooden block nest but the wood peckers tore those up. thanks in advance.


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Romulan ale
this wiki
"I only use it for medicinal purposes."
Romulan ale was a highly intoxicating alcoholic beverage of Romulan origin with a characteristic blue color (ranging from a pale sky blue to a dark midnight blue, depending on the "vintage"). It took a while to ferment and according to Doctor Leonard McCoy, it was also used for "medicinal purposes". (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
In 2263 of the alternate reality, Montgomery Scott ordered Romulan ale at James T. Kirk's birthday party on Starbase Yorktown. (Star Trek Beyond)
Although it was illegal in the Federation from at least the early 2280s to the late 2370s, in actual practice, many Starfleet officers had sampled it at one point or another. A rare exception was Admiral William Ross. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country; Star Trek Nemesis; DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges")
Admiral James T. Kirk received a bottle of Romulan ale, dated 2283, as a birthday gift from Doctor Leonard McCoy in 2285. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
Captain James T. Kirk was able to procure some for his crew and served it at a state dinner with Gorkon in 2293. When pressed by one of the Klingons on its illegality, he wryly noted it was, "one of the advantages of being a thousand light years from Federation headquarters." However, the ensuing hangover convinced him to order that the drink no longer be served at diplomatic functions. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
In 2362, Fallit Kot hijacked a shipment of Romulan ale. He was sentenced to eight years in a Romulan labor camp. (DS9: "Melora")
In 2366, the replicators aboard the USS Enterprise-D were not capable of replicating Romulan ale; it would have required programming the devices with the molecular structure of the beverage. The recipe was not readily available due to the lack of communication and information between the Federation and the Romulan Empire. (TNG: "The Defector")
Twelve cases of a premium vintage of this ale were possessed by the Zibalian trader Kivas Fajo, prior to its confiscation by the Federation in 2366. These cases were mentioned in a listing of Fajo's collections in his Federation biographical data file. (TNG: "The Most Toys", okudagram)
Romulan ale was even a challenge for species as stout as the Klingons, who were usually quite resistant to the effects of alcohol. After drinking a sizable amount of Romulan ale in celebration of William T. Riker and Deanna Troi's wedding in 2379, Worf, obviously suffering its effects, stated that "Romulan ale should be illegal", to which Geordi La Forge replied, "It is." (Star Trek Nemesis)
Romulan ale briefly became legal in the Federation during the Dominion War when the embargo was lifted due to the alliance between the Federation and the Romulans. However, by 2379, Romulan ale was prohibited again. (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"; Star Trek Nemesis)
Background information Edit
Blue beverages were also seen in Romulan contexts in "The Enterprise Incident" and "In the Pale Moonlight". In the latter episode, the blue beverage is identified as kali-fal, which may be the Romulan name for "Romulan ale": they both appear to be bluish liquids that pack a wallop. However, Kali-fal is known to have a potent aroma. Romulan Ale was never mentioned to have such an aroma.
Enterprise officers also enjoyed blue colored drinks in "Space Seed" and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?", however the blue drink in the latter was explicitly called Antarian Brandy on-screen.
In the script for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, it states that when Kirk and McCoy drink Romulan ale, it is an "instant drunk."
In the first draft script for VOY: "Caretaker", Tom Paris orders a tall glass of Romulan ale in Quark's, aboard space station Deep Space 9.
The Las Vegas Star Trek Experience sold bottles and six-packs of "Romulan ale", a blue lager-style beer made by Central American brewery Cerveceria La Constancia on exclusive license from Paramount Pictures. The Klingon actors were scripted to claim that "you humans cannot hold your neurotoxins!"
In real life, there are some who have made their own "Romulan ale", for instance, a mixture of Bacardi rum, Everclear alcohol, and Blue Curaçao liqueur, at equal amounts with no diluting liquid (rated at 134-proof). Another known mix is Blue Curaçao, Creme de Banana, and cream soda or ginger ale.
Romulan ale has always appeared some tint of blue, except in Star Trek Nemesis, when it appeared brownish-colored. This is either a continuity violation or an introduction of a new type of ale not seen on-screen before.
Romulan ale appears to occupy a status in the Federation similar to Cuban cigars in the United States.
The Romulan ale bottle seen in Star Trek Nemesis was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]
In 2009, an energy drink called Romulan Ale Energy Drink was manufactured by Boston America and released to tie into the film Star Trek.
According to Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special, the contents for the food props during the dinner scene aboard the Enterprise-A were: plastic sperm whale, hardboiled "Klingon" egg, unspecified flower species, chicken a-la-king, and blue Kool-Aid for the Romulan Ale.
Per the Star Trek Cookbook, the Romulan ale shown on the shows was actually Glacier Freeze Gatorade mixed with seltzer.
Apocrypha Edit
Diane Duane's The Romulan Way states that Romulan ale is brewed from grains such as kheh, and states that the primary reason it is difficult to imbibe is that it is harsh to the throat. (Terise Haleakala-LoBrutto, one of the protagonists, comments that the Romulans drink it in part to prove that they can.) The book also has a form of wine that is easier on the throat but more alcoholic.
The Romulan tutorial missions in Star Trek Online indicate that the ale produced on Virinat(a Romulan colony) is brewed from honey-like secretions of khellid insects.
References Edit
- Star Trek films:
- TNG: "The Defector"
External link Edit
- Romulan ale at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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Binghamton University researcher wins Presidential Early Career Award
BINGHAMTON, NY – Scott Craver, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Binghamton University, State University of New York, has won the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor the federal government gives to scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.
"The award is a culmination of research we have previously done in information security," said Craver." "Information security is something of a cat and mouse game: You try to detect; I try to evade. The big question is, who will win? The detection of watermarks, and the ability to detect those trying to destroy watermarks, has been a springboard into other facets of information security."
This is the first time a PECASE award has been conferred on a
"This honor places Professor Craver in the company of the best scientists and engineers in the nation," said Binghamton University President Lois B. DeFleur. "We're very proud of his achievements."
The PECASE Awards are conferred annually at the White House following recommendations from participating federal agencies. Winners are selected on the basis of two criteria: Pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology, and a commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education or community outreach.
"I am delighted to see that Professor Craver has received such a prestigious award," said Krishnaswami 'Hari' Srihari, dean of the Thomas J Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science. "The quality of teaching and level of research of our faculty is outstanding and awards like PECASE recognize the excellent and innovative work being done at
Craver said the grant, $200,000 a year for five years, will allow three, possibly four, graduate students to continue to pursue a unified theory of counter-deception. Awards will be made in the fall at the White House.


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Colorado Springs businesses react differently to lack of major bike race
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - More than 80 million dollars to Colorado.
That's how much the USA Pro Bike Challenge generates for the state, and the Pikes Peak region will be missing out on it.
Janice Calhoun owns Pop It Up in Old Colorado City.
She feels she's losing money because the race decided not to pass through.
"We could have had all kinds of people out walking around and business could have been great."
The pro bike challenge attracts more than one million people to the state.
Colorado Springs has been on the race route since 2011.
But since the course changes every year, the Springs was bypassed.
Colorado Visitor's Bureau Director Chelsy Murphy says even though the city wasn't picked, the city will do fine without it.
"Thankfully, we are such a large destination, we have so many things going throughout the year."
A lot of businesses are excited when the bike race comes to town, but for Jack Roth it brings headaches.
"It's hurting our business, everything stops, no parking, the streets are closed."
Roth may be facing more of this, since the Springs put a bid for next year's race.


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There's a very picturesque mist on the green outside. Its after midnight and I just got in after another night on the wine here in Knutsford. The Travel course rolls on its merry way, and I'm sure it will take some time for my liver to recover.
Last weekend I visited Manchester twice, once on Friday night returning Saturday afternoon, then back again Saturday evening and returning back to Knutsford via a lovely afternoon in Chester. I've gained a fair bit of travel blog material along the way.
It was my first trip to Manchester and rather liked it, but I wouldn't go overboard.
I started off by meeting an old STA Travel London colleague in a bar who had made the move north to work in the Manchester branch. He was very happy with the decision and pointed out all the happy, outgoing people around saying that was the major difference. In London they are all miserable, here they are happy, period. Can't argue with that? Well, a bit of a generalisation, so it depends on who you hang out with in London, but I'm sure they're not all miserable are they? I then moved on to meet up with Clare which was the point of my going there, and she was working for the weekend on an NZ Trade show on the Immigration stand. She got to stay in the Marriott so I snuck in and took advantage of the 4 star comfort. Its a perk of her job in a way as she gets paid for thr days and the travel, plus gets to see another part of England. She seemed to enjoy the experience, and I'm told helped out many Brits looking to make the move south.
Next morning I checked out Manchester in the daytime
So to wrap up, it was likable enough, but I would'nt live there. Too small, and overall too mainstream. It dead flat and in grid format which takes most pf the personality away from the place that tries in vain to survive. Once Saturday night hit it almost dies completely when all the trashy drunk mini skirt girls came out despite temperatures below 5c. All in all it was a messy scene not far away from Auckland viaduct but on a much larger scale, and even more trashy, juvenile and generally stupid. I know I'm being a complete moaner and they were only kids out having fun, but even when I was 16 I had no interest in being that wasted and fitting into boring norms. However focusing on the positive the alternative bars in the northern quarter were much more up Clare and my street and we felt comfortable there. Still one block doesn't makith a city.
I'll do another blog from Chester later which will be much more positive
I've only got one further comment to add from Knutsford in that I actually did get up and perform last Thursday at the pub open mike night. I was mostly Bob Dylan covers and I earned myself a round of applause. I don't quite know how I did it, but all the egging on from my course mates in the background had a lot to do with it. Actually one of them is a Kiwi, and wanted a crowded House song so I did a late encore with 'don't dream it's over' to which one of the organisers chimed in with lead guitar. It was great fun in the end, and has filled me with a massive boost of self confidence. How my voice sounded out there in the back I don't know, but as I could see the whites of the eyes of everyone in the place it didn't look like anyone was in too much pain so that's something.
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No one remembers who came in second.
Shockey missed NY but I suppose winning a ring is a nice reward.
Goff was one of the best run stopper in the NFL amongst ILB's the year before his injury.
"Once a Giant, ALWAYS, a Giant."
But the bigger point is not what they do - its about getting the money they need for their lives. You wanna argue Shockey who basically moved himself i agree. Or Jacobs who couldve gotten pt for a couple hundred thousand less upping his value, knowing gore and hunter were there I'd agree there too. But most guys need to get paid in a very small window in a very dangerous profession so what they do going fwd is really getting money and i cant blame them for this. Obviously going to oakland is not gonna help your stats and going to san fran where the passing game is much less and a lesser qb isnt gonna help your receiving stats but that doesn mean the team cant be good, and being on a good team always helps.
as for regressing - dont agree - really more a case of being nicked up and cruz's emergence.


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This 12-page educational comic book introduces readers to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Using the Japanese anime art style, the comic book explains the satellite technology and the mission goals and applications. Supplemental... (View More) materials to support the story include an overview of the GPM mission, a description of the satellite and its instruments, examples of the data it collects, descriptions of some of the constellation partners, and a glossary of science terms used in the comic. Links are provided to additional related resources, including a template for learners to create their own comic. The Japanese anime/manga style of art was chosen because the GPM mission is a collaboration between NASA and JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (View Less)
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Seems like a very simple process. Interesting look!
Well done
Seems like a very simple process. Interesting look!
Well done
The one guy was mentioning in the video he would take one pound of bees per hive, taking two hives to make up a two pound package. I see ads for package bees down south for $90 per package with queen. How many times in the season would the beekeeper take from the hive to make up packages? Do you guys just make up spring time packages down there, or can you build late season packages up in time for Almond pollination?
a package bee producer emailed me and told me he is selling 3 lbs packages for $65. They shake the hives once before sending the hives out for honey production. He said they have been in the business for 35 years.
So in the video they mentioned one pound would be taken from each colony, it would then take 3 colonies to make a package. $20 or so gross income per hive.
those are slim numbers.
If I could buy 3 pound packages for $65, I would not be as motivated in trying to keep my hives going winter long. Sometimes I woulder if I put in $65 just to winter them. Bet its close!
Ian. I watched those videos and I did not hear them say anything about getting 1 pound per hive. I think they get more. Keep in mind 2 pounds of bees covers 2.5 to 3 frames on both sides with good coverage. In other words they are only getting 1.25 tom1.5 frames of bees per hive. Seems lean. I think they need more like 4 pounds per hive to make any coin and keep swarming down.
ya a package bee operator email me and said they will get 3 pounds of bees per hive on average.
Im pretty sure I heard that on these vids, or maybe it was on one I didnt link to.
3 lbs sounds a little bit more feasible. But this package operator mentioned they are actually thinking with the price of honey @ $2 making packages is starting to loose its appeal. If thats the case, I assume the price of packages will have to reflect that sooner or later
Ian, The third video is not a package producer. We just shake or thin the hives so they are at the right level by production. This is all done after we have split all that we need or have boxes for. Sell all the extras off at $70 a package and that is in late May to the guys that are still waiting for bees. That was before honey prices when sky high. Now everything goes into production, can't afford to sell any bees now.
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So whats the definition of a package producer? Looks like they are making up packages to me.
The fellow I have been chattin with over email, from one of these vids says they have been making packages for 35 years, but just as you mention, taking surplus bees from their hives to reduce swarming before they hit the honey fields.
The third video was made by a guy that worked for me 3 years ago. I just shake to thin after doing all the splitting. We only sell 100+ packages a year not like my package supplier that shakes 1000+ packages every other day. Package price goes up every year just like the honey price. Honey goes up $.10 a lb and packages go up $2.-$3 a year. When my Dad started buying packages some years back packages were less then $13 and honey price $.34 a lb. and now I pay over $55 a package and honey price at $2.35 a lb.
So when you say a package producer, you do not mean all you sideline guys, your referring to guys that make thousands.
I assume they would employ all the same methods as you were using.
So these package producers, do they shake from their colonies more than once in a season, or are they managing much the same as you are,
shaking off the strength once, and then send them to the honey fields?
They may shake every 10 to 14 days or so. Typically 3 times in a season untilpackage season is over. Whether they go for honey afterwards depends whether they had enough rain inCaliforniaor not. Does the outfit go out of state for honey depends if they have a place to go to. Some guys might share crop.
Pretty much after every brood hatch, Those packages would be nice young bees, guaranteed !
interesting stuff!
My producer shakes 4 to 5 times at an avg of 1-2 packages each time. Some times they are shaking in the fields they are being paid to pollinate. Our producer is out of the deep south GA and they really only are in it to produce bees and lots of them. Really the money is in the queens. I know some package producers, that at any given time is running 50,000 queen nucs at one time. Think about it 15,000-20,000 packages a month. Then you supply other package producer there queen too. These kind of producer run these bees like they know what they are doing. Really who needs honey with this kind of bee sales.
wow thats a scale above my head
Fatbeeman says that the honey just gets in the way. Money is in the bees.


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Stormy weather hit again this past weekend. Rain, a little snow and cold weather put a treacherous sheen of ice on the roads.
As typically happens every fall, the morning drive to work was an adventure in traction as drivers who had been used to summer road conditions took awhile to relearn winter driving techniques. While most quickly realized that slow and smooth are necessary techniques on slippery roads, there were still several vehicles in the ditches.
What didn't surprise me was that most of these vehicles were four-wheel drive SUVs and trucks.
When it comes to traction, tires make the biggest difference. Winter ice tires would have helped many drivers stay on the road or just made the morning commute that much easier and safer. The next most important traction factor is how the power is put down to the road.
Having power to all four wheels will provide excellent traction, and that fact is recognized by automakers in their wide selection of all-wheel drive vehicles. AWD spreads the engine torque out to each tire so that each can provide some of the grip necessary for acceleration and steering control.
AWD vehicles use a transfer case that splits the power to each end of the vehicle, but still allows each axle to turn at different speeds. This can be accomplished several ways. Some use a planetary gearset and clutches in the transfer case. Others use a viscous coupling unit that utilizes silicone fluid between two plates to drive the axles. Others use a Torsen design differential in the transfer case.
There are other methods as well, but the purpose of all these designs is to allow the wheels at each end of the vehicle to turn at different speeds.
Four-wheel drive may seem to offer the same advantages, but it also has a major drawback: this system drives both the front and rear axles at the same speed. That wouldn't be a problem if we only drove in a straight line on a smooth road. But hit a bump or round a corner and the wheels suddenly turn at different speeds because they are not following the same path of travel. All-wheel drive allows this. Four-wheel drive doesn't.
In four-wheel drive, the front and rear driveshafts are mechanically locked together to turn at the same speed. This drives the tires at the same speed. Try going around even a gradual curve and one or more of the tires has to lose traction. The tighter the corner, the more the tire has to slip on the road surface.
On dry pavement, this action would wear tires and place a tremendous load on drivetrain components, wearing them out quickly. But on slippery roads, the forced slippage of the tires on corners will typically cause the vehicle to lose steering control. You can turn the steering wheel but the vehicle won't turn because the tires are not gripping the road at all.
That's why four-wheel drive vehicles are not the best on slippery roads. Look in the owner's manual of a four-wheel drive vehicle and it will tell you that four-wheel drive should be used on loose or off-road surfaces only.
Many SUVs and some pickups have an "Auto" mode for their four wheel drive. This mode allows the vehicle to operate in two-wheel drive (either rear or front, depending on the model of vehicle) and the other two wheels are only powered during acceleration or when the drive wheels begin to spin. Auto mode works fine on slippery roads because, as soon as you back off the throttle, the vehicle returns to two-wheel drive mode and the tires will get traction again.
Four-wheel drive may rule the roost on off-road adventures in mud and deep snow. But, on icy, slippery roads, all-wheel drive is better any time.
Just remember: All-wheel drive may get you going faster, but stopping isn't any faster with an AWD vehicle. So install good winter tires and keep your speed down for safe, secure driving.
Jim Kerr is an experienced mechanic, instructor of automotive technology, freelance journalist and member of the Automobile Journalists' Association of Canada.


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Snug Room by the London Bridge
Size12 m²
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- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
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|heston house, SE8 4PX London, United Kingdom
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So far all the guests in the flat have been very nice, interesting, responsible and very respectful of one another. I believe that they have all enjoyed their stay. The apartment is maintain daily to a high standard.
The flat is about 400 meters from New Cross Station, which gives you access to the Overground and the mainline railway (Note: the Overground is connected to the tube/underground - it just runs over ground - all tickets are valid). Deptford Bridge Station is even closer. From here the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) will take you to Greenwhich and Canary Wharf.
There are also numerous buses, which pass New Cross Road and go straight to central London, including several night buses, so you can always get home no matter what time of night! You can be in Trafalgar Square (by train) in just 15 minutes. The vibrant and eclectic area of Shoreditch is also just 15 minutes on the Overground. The location is ideal for any tourist or person working in central London!
In the local area you will find everything you need for a great stay; there are 24 hour food shops, cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, bars and the famous Deptford Market all within walking distance of the flat. The flat is very close to Goldsmith University campus, so could be an ideal base if you are visiting the university for a conference.
The apartment is really convenient if you are visiting the Olympic games this summer. It is just 10 minutes by bus to Greenwich were a number of events are taking place, and just 20 minutes to the stadium at Stratford, via the Overground and Jubilee Line.
House rulesIn general this is a great place to live. To keep it as such all guest need to follow the following rules for their own comfort:
Guest may use the kitchen on the following conditions:
They wash up all dishes, cutlery, pots and pans
They clean the cooker, hob, all work surfaces and table
They sweep the floor or any crumbs.
They return all utensils to their original place.
They put all rubbish in the bins at the entrance to the building.
Shower: Guests are asked to leave the shower in a clean and fresh state.
Toilet: Guests are asked to leave the toilet in a hygienic and fresh state.
Bedroom: Guests are asked to wear house shoes in the bedroom and the rest of the house.
Guests are asked to refrain from playing music before 10am and after 10pm.
Guests are reminded that smoking is not permitted in any part of the property. This includes the bedroom and smoking at the bedroom window. Anyone found to have smoked in the property will be asked to leave.
Guests are asked to remove all litter and rubbish from their room at least one a day
Please note that guests are not permitted to have others staying with them in the room. If a guests wants someone to stay over at any point the guest should agree this with Sidney before. There is an extra charge for this. Please ask for more information.
Also note that smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building. Please do not violate this.
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Reviews of this property
We had a really nice time in Sidneys apartment.Clean,comfortable and in nice neighborhood.I would definitely go again!
What a lovely experience we had with our introducion to wimdu! After having lunch in the centre of London we were concerned that Sidney may have been unavailble as it was friday afternoon. However, Sidney came to help us with our suitcases. The room was cosy and adequate and the bed comfy. We also had access to the kitchen (where we had our own shelf in the fridge and a cupboard for our food) and of course the bathroom. We bought food from the local Sainsbury's and saved lots of money by making our own meals which was great as I am on a special diet. The area was great and we felt very safe as two women walking about at night. The transport links were very accessible with a tube station just minutes away. We had an amazing experience in London and would fully recommend this place to everyone. Thanks and kisses to Sidney and his lovely wife! xxx
Very little and very old. But we are only were there for sleeping. Near bij train. We were with 3. It was to small. In the africaroom: you can not sit comfertable. We eat in the city.
Very very noisy because there where trains from 5 o clock in the morning.
It was clean. For backpackers o.k. but not for a family like us, with a child.
London is great!
We had a delightful stay with Sidney, who was very welcoming and helpful. The flat had everything we needed for a short stay. Close to good value restaurants, close to underground, overground stations and buses. Easy and quick to get to the centre. Thoroughly recommend.
The room was large enough for 4 people. It also had a small balcony which was very nice, and a table with 4 chairs. There were two comfortable beds and two matrasses which were also large and comfortable. The kitchen was apparently new, well-equipped and reasonably clean.
The only problem was the bathroom - the shower and the toilet were in one room, and it was not enough for 8-10 people who were staying in the flat.
The room was very smal and close to the railroad. If you like to sleep, you should have some good earplugs. Best have been the nice other people you share the flat with.
Very good location! It`s easy to get to the city center from the flat without taking too much time as bus stops and the underground station is very close to the apartment. Some good pubs are also not far away :)
The flat is very clean, bright and cosy. You are free to use all devices in the flat - including wi-fi and kitchen utensils. There is even a view of Canary Wharf from the balcony!
Sidney is absolutely a great host! Very open, friendly and polite. He made time to show us the city, and even took us for a drink in a local pub.
For a budget place, this is one of the best!
We had a very pleasant stay at the Heston House. The station was close and there were small shops where we could buy groceries. The room we stayed in was clean and well kept, the only downside was that there was a train going by every five minutes and the tracks were only about ten meters away from our window, so there was a lot of noise at night. For light sleepers like myself this was something unpleasant and I think it should have been made clear in the accommodation description. Everything else in the house was okay, the bathroom and kitchen were both clean. I would definitely stay at the house again, but in a different room at the other side of the building.
I definitely recommend this place! Is clean with very basics but there's everything you need. Clean and comfortable just a bit small for 3 persons the room where we stayed with my friends. The only thing is the noise of the overground train which goes under your window and its very noisy. Is quite central you can get in to the main attractions in a few minutes with overground trains or buses.
We have not met Sidney in person but we've got a very good instructions from her/him.
Thanks Sidney very much!
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Unbelievable: Obama gets no questions at presser on ObamaCare rollout or shutdown theater
posted at 4:01 pm on October 8, 2013 by Allahpundit
I'm tempted to call it a clown show but that would be insulting to clowns:
You know who asked some tough questions about Obamacare? Comedy Central.
— Rory Cooper (@rorycooper) October 8, 2013
It ran for one hour and six minutes, with 12 different reporters being called on — although, notably, not Ed Henry of Fox News — and between them they couldn't muster one question about the catastrophe that is Healthcare.gov or the spectacle of National Park Rangers locking senior-citizen tourists out of war memorials and/or inside their hotels. I admit that, near the end of it, when Twitter was already starting to buzz about the oh-fer on this week's two unhappy topics, I started rooting for the press corps to ignore them, not unlike how you might root for an opposing pitcher when he's throwing a perfect game against your team in the ninth. On the one hand, it's a disaster for your interests; on the other hand, you're seeing something historic in process. Today, we all witnessed a perfecto — no runs, no hits, not the barest insinuation in front of a national television audience that the federal government's behavior towards the public this week has alternated between almost literally unbelievable incompetence and vindictiveness. Amazing.
And of course, per the left/media, it's the GOP's fault:
The criticism invited some blowback form Democrats, including former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, who tweeted, "Hey Republicans, maybe they'd ask about Obamacare if you didn't do such a great job pushing that shutdown for no discernible reason message."
Similarly, Slate's Dave Weigel wrote: "Hey, maybe the press would have asked some Obamacare glitch questions if there wasn't a giant f–king shutdown happening."
Pure garbage. Even if you agree that the shutdown should have been Topic A at the presser, there's no reason to spend 66 minutes on it without ever reaching Topics B or C. Given Obama's reluctance to submit to press questioning, it may be months before they have another crack at him to ask about ObamaCare and the NPS's behavior; they surely wouldn't have had a chance today if not for O wanting to push his "no negotiations while the government's closed" message. It's the shutdown, in other words, that created this opportunity for them to get answers to questions they might not otherwise have a chance to ask — and they decided not to ask anyway. The result: A solid hour of talking points, the only interesting wrinkle to which was this.
What's revealing about the "we would have asked if not for the shutdown!" defense is that it suggests that reporters are prisoners to the daily news cycle rather than the people who create the news cycle. You hear something akin to that during every election season, when some news anchor will interrupt six hours of wall-to-wall horse-race coverage to lament the fact that the media focuses too heavily on horse-race coverage to the exclusion of policy. Page one today is about the shutdown, ergo they're duty bound to ask about nothing but the shutdown — even though they're the ones who decided what page one would look like to begin with. Perfection.
Update: Evidently, this is only a concern of "the GOP media."
Update: Mediaite's now corrected the "GOP media" quote at the last link, but the underlying point remains. Somehow, it's Republicans' fault that the media can't do its job.
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If anyone in your household is lured into the obscure art of spoon playing, beware. You may have to give up soup, cereal, and other comestibles best eaten using that humble utensil. That's because spoon playing is surprisingly addictive. All it takes is a sense of rhythm and a pair of ordinary spoons.
First an aspiring player needs to test out spoon pairings for sound and hand grip. Backup spoons as well as spoons with different tones may also be filched from your supply. Such favored spoons will never be relegated to the lowly silverware drawer again. Cheap, instrument-wise. Annoying, hunger-wise.
Spoon players themselves, if YouTube provides a representative sampling, seem to be passionate aficionados well out of the mainstream. You know, geeks of the music world. Consider this bit of evidence:


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Scott LaFeber
Associate Professor and Head of Musical Theatre (2005)
B.A. Colgate University
M.F.A. University of Texas, Austin
Scott has acted on Broadway (Corpse! and The Golden Age), off-Broadway (including Ensemble Studio Theatre and Circle-in-the-Square), in London, regionally, on television (including two years on daytime's Search for Tomorrow), in feature and industrial films, and for narrative/character voice-overs (including an Emmy Award-winning segment for PBS).
He has directed across the country, including productions in New York and The North Carolina Theatre where he directed three-time Tony Award-nominee Terrence Mann in Sweeney Todd and Peter Pan. Scott has a long association with the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts as an actor, cabaret performer and stage manager. In addition to performing in cabarets in New York, including at The Savoy, he has also stage managed in New York (including on Broadway, The Manhattan Theatre Club, and Circle-in-the Square Downtown) and for many LORT productions regionally.
From 1996-2006, Scott served as artistic director of The New Harmony Theatre, a LORT summer theatre in Indiana where he directed 29 productions. He also developed and directed the 2005 production of Thom Thomas' A Moon To Dance By, which marked New Harmony's first world premiere. The play was subsequently optioned by Broadway producer Edgar Lansbury and received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for Best Play in 2009.
A native New Yorker, Scott received acting training at The Circle-in-the-Square Theatre School (where he has also taught) and Weist-Barron in New York with additional training in London. In addition to freelance directing, Scott has taught at universities and conservatories since 1986.
For the BFA Musical Theatre program, Scott teaches the Sophomore and Junior MT's in scene study, acting technique, and song interpretation, as well as Shakespeare and Sondheim to the Seniors. Additionally, he directs the annual showcases in Boston and New York and serves as professional orientation advisor and coach for his students and MT alumni.
Scott is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers and a member of The Southeastern Theatre Conference where he serves on the Auditions Committee. He is currently on hiatus with Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.


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Town Square
Anti-bullying policy: Mental gymnasties in the CC Times
Original post made by Tom Cushing, Danville, on Jan 30, 2011
With whatever respect might be due, balancing the concepts of "nobody should be bullied," "schools shouldn't involve themselves in these issues" and "gay-bashing should be ignored" requires mental gymnastics that are way beyond my powers.
Note that we're not talking about Curriculum, here, but student Conduct Policy, so the 3Rs argument is essentially meaningless. It may resonate with those who worry about US schools losing ground to foreign competition, but it strikes a false note of relevancy. Rules of Conduct, whether they be "no running in the halls" or "no smoking in the girls' room," have to be enforced to provide a safe, unfettered learning environment for all students. Anti-bullying policy needs no further justification than this. That it is also good preparation for life in a free, pluralistic society is a bonus.
Gay and lesbian students (real or as imagined by their tormentors) are frequent objects of bullying, thus disrupting their learning environments, as well as those of the many other students who accept them. As noted, the term "gay" has also apparently been popular as a general term of negativity. Gays are thus included in policy coverage because it's important to do so, just as a matter of volume. On the flip side, what if gays were to be excluded from the policy? Would that not send a message of free rein to bullies: bullying is actually okay, as long as you choose your targets well?
The call to label the inclusion of gay-bashing within the Conduct Policy as "homosexual activism" is similarly discordant. If bullying overweight kids is included within the prohibitions, does Mr. Arata think that encourages poor eating habits? What about short people, Randy Newman satires notwithstanding? Does that encourage poor posture? "Bad" genetics? These are all "status offenses"– they are prone to neither encouragement, nor discouragement – they just "are." This is a time-honored test, but there's no better example of the concept: kindly ask yourself when you made the choice to adopt the heterosexual lifestyle?
I believe that sentiments expressed by Mr. Arata mostly reflect a discomfort with "difference." They are reminiscent of earlier civil rights struggles where folks in the majority were happy to sign-on in the abstract, as long as a black/Jewish/Asian family didn't move in next door. It's an understandable desire to remain contained in one's familiar comfort zone: here, "gays are all right, as long as they stay in their closets and don't flaunt it (really?) in my face." I hope, instead, that those folks will choose to emerge from their own self-imposed closets and embrace the world as it is -- that they adopt a lifestyle of tolerance and acceptance.
My two cents. Yours?
a resident of Vista Grande Elementary School
on Jan 30, 2011 at 11:28 am
jrm is a registered user.
The husband and wife Arata team have been spewing their hatred, intolerance and vitriol in our community for years, why can't they just go back to Ohio? Arata is one of the most radical homophobes one could ever encounter, I remember his viscious attacks on St. Timothy's years ago and he wasn't even a member of their parish, he just felt in his trumped up sense of self importance gave him some right to bash others. Every time I see one of his or Sharon's letters in the paper I feel sorry for them...they must wake up angry every morning.
a resident of Danville
on Jan 30, 2011 at 12:22 pm
Although people in our community and school district provide political correct lip service to supporting gays, most people, that is the majority of people in our community believe homosexual sexual practices to be odd and perverted. We therefore need to openly teach in the classroom that homosexuality (girl/girl and boy/boy sex)is indeed normal, and should be openly accepted by all. If bullies are not taught homosexuality is "ok" in school, then homosexuals will always be bullied. It is the schools responsibility to correct the situation, by protecting gays, and punishing the bullies.
a resident of Danville
on Jan 30, 2011 at 12:51 pm
LGBTQ Youth: I agree with you that it is school's responsibility to protect the victims and discipline the bullies, but respectfully disagree that schools should get involved in "teaching" that homosexuality is normal, just like schools should not get involved in teaching that being straight is normal...Schools simply need to get back to teaching the golden rule of treating everyone with respect the way you would want to be treated, but not give labels of what is normal and what is not normal... It is not the job of schools to determine what is normal and not normal...Schools need to get back to teaching core subjects like math, science, english, social studies, and spend less time in getting involved in demands of special interest groups.
a resident of Danville
on Jan 30, 2011 at 6:32 pm
jrm - I agree with you completely. I have often thought of the couple you mention as two of the most miserable people I can imagine. All that hatred and arrogance must be hard to carry.
American, I think the schools at minimum sanction hetero relationships by discussing them in health class, etc. Unless time is also afforded to discussing healthy non-hetero relationships and families the impression that these relationships are somehow abnormal will remain.
a resident of Danville
on Jan 30, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Diane- SERIOUSLY? "Sanction" hetero? Give me a break! They teach how babies are made-which is through heterosexual sex. Or-IVF-but still-requires man/woman. That was absolutely the dumbest comment I have ever read.
Schools don't teach WHY some women prefer tall, dark men or short, blonde men...why should they teach man wanting man or woman wanting woman? Sexual PREFERENCE is not part of the curriculum. That is a PRIVACY issue.
I wish liberals would get off the double speak! "Don't invade my privacy but teach about WHY you shouldn't judge people's private choices"? If I am not attracted to blonde women, it doesn't mean I am biased or "prejudice" against blondes. They just aren't my thing. Does that make me a blonde-a-phobe?
a resident of San Ramon
on Jan 31, 2011 at 6:06 am
I completely disagree that homosexuality should be addressed or taught in the classroom. No form of sexuality should be taught--ever. It is the responsibility of schools to keep all students and staff safe from abuse or harrassment of any sort. Then they must focus on teaching the basics of learning. Period. I strongly hold to the commands of my religion. If the public schools ever thought of teaching children that conduct which could lead to eternity in hell were "fine" then they also would need to allow priests and other proponents of marriage between and man and a woman to be taught as well. Let's throw in abstinence as part of the course as well!
a resident of Danville
on Jan 31, 2011 at 7:27 am
Hi Steve:
I'm not clear where you come out on anti-bullying policy. I assume your religion has something to say on the subject, but you don't identify which faith you've chosen to follow.
Assuming your faith condemns bullying in some manner, does it have an exception for bullying those it considers to be sinners? Or for gays explicitly? If not, do you really consider it acceptable conduct for some students to bully others on any basis? What if the bullying is on the basis of its objects' religious choice?
Finally, although this is off-topic, there is no more fundamental drive in any animal's soul than to, ahem, pass along its genetic heritage. Better, methinks, to teach children from an early age (age-appropriately) to understand and accept their urges, and align them with their values (as is done in the Our Whole Lives curriculum in some churches). Otherwise, when that urge bumps up against an abstinence pledge, the outcome is often "offspring."
a resident of San Ramon
on Jan 31, 2011 at 7:40 am
I agree with Steve.
The teachers are there to teach--not to preach. I only wish the teachers would spend more time teaching grammar than policing the "gay" word. If they are going work on that, then they should give equal time to teaching the kids NOT to say "Me and Jimmy went to the movies!" -- That is their job as teachers.
a resident of San Ramon
on Jan 31, 2011 at 8:26 am
I agree with the idea of teaching homesexuality in the public school classroom. But that does not go far enough. Let's also have the schools teach beastiality, how to roll a joint correctly, hand out shots of Jack Daniels so they can learn to control their liquor and even give out copies of pornography. Why should anything be taboo?
a resident of Danville
on Jan 31, 2011 at 9:41 am
Judging by the many conversations I have had recently with friends, a lot of people in this area are familiar with the book excerpt run in the Wall Street Journal by Amy Chua. While I don't agree 100% with her parenting method, it is true that the Chinese and Indian parents in this area are doing things differently and with academically greater results in their students. And I highly doubt that the public school systems in any of those nations who are "kicking our hineys" are having debates about what forms of sexuality should be taught in school. They are teaching their students math, science, more math, more science, music, foreign languages and things which lead to academic excellence. The SRVUSD should stick to those topics and get our students back on track so they too can thrive and excel in any field of their choice anywhere in the world.
a resident of Danville
on Jan 31, 2011 at 10:11 am
@ Dave: are you intending to claim an equivalency between homosexuality and bestiality? That's at best profoundly ignorant. As to your other suggestions, I don't think our students require training in those skills.
@ others: the confusion continues between Curriculum and Conduct Policy. Are you arguing that there should be No rules of student conduct? Is all bullying okay, or just some?
I say "none."
a resident of Danville
on Jan 31, 2011 at 11:33 am
@ Seriously - mine was the dumbest comment you have ever read? Do you not get online much?
With two kids in local schools, I can attest that when relationships are discussed in the classroom they are invariably between opposite genders. Unless we discuss same gender relationships within that same realm of normalcy, we send a message that non-hetero relationships are abnormal.
btw - I believe the term is "sexual orientation" rather than "preference." This takes a person's orientation out of the dark ages and doesn't blame the individual for an attraction that is quite normal, yet viewed as perverted by a select bunch, some who choose to bully others based on their views.
Finally, I am capable of disagreeing without throwing punches. Are you?
a resident of San Ramon
on Jan 31, 2011 at 4:34 pm
quoting from the previous post:
"...doesn't blame the individual for an attraction that is quite normal"
It's NOT NORMAL...and the gay population is a sliver of the population. Why do we have to be so politically correct?
a resident of Danville
on Jan 31, 2011 at 6:30 pm
I would add a few comments:
- I am a strong proponent of anti-bullying policies, rules of conduct that are aimed at preventing bullying, and believe that bullying needs to be addressed by the schools, regardless of who is being bullied, and regardless of "reason" (real or perceived).
- Gay students, as well as students who are labeled as gay by other students, deserve just as much protection from bullying as all other students.
- I don't see that anti-bullying programs, education, and rules, etc., need to be tied to sexual orientation or preference. Bullying is wrong, period. By the same token, being a victim of bullying isn't unique to gay students, and therefore the bullying issue shouldn't be viewed primarily as a gay rights issue. In fact, it seems highly possible, and even desirable, to adopt anti-bullying policies and rules that are independent of student sexual orientation and preference.
Just my $0.02...
a resident of Danville
on Jan 31, 2011 at 7:28 pm
@ Mudgeon, I agree completely that all children should be protected from bullying behaviors. When that bullying is based on homophobic views, I think that needs to be addressed. When that bullying is based on other issues, I think they should be addressed. I don't think you can effectively address the behavior without addressing the expressed motivation of the person who is doing the bullying.
@ Questions - you and I will have to agree to disagree. My sister is left handed which is not as common as being right handed - this does not make her abnormal in any way. She is also a lesbian which may not be as common as being hetero, but it is still not abnormal. I'm not sure how you see this dialogue as trying to be "politically correct." Rather, we are discussing the bullying of children in our school district, whereby the rationale for the behavior of those who bully (in this instance) is the perceived sexual orientation of another child. I don't see protecting these kids as being politically correct. Really, it is just being a good parent, teacher, school counselor, etc.
a resident of Danville
on Jan 31, 2011 at 7:44 pm
Homosexuality is quite natural and should be taught as much, it is neither perverse, nor against God's law for mankind, it is just as natural as heterosexuality is for straight people which just happens to create reproductive off-spring. Homosexuality deepens the same-sex relationship and should thus be supported by all SLUSD administrators and teachers. The minds of our youth must be expanded to accept all people of color, gender, religion and sexuality.
Math and science simply do not teach our youth to create a more loving and accepting world. Teaching the value of acceptance in school does.


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HMS Bounty crew member found at sea dies; captain remains missing
Ship sinks off North Carolina coast
ELIZABETH CITY - A crew member of the HMS bounty, a tall ship that sank off the North Carolina coast Monday, had died, while the ship's captain remained missing.
Rescue crews found 42-year-old Claudene Christian unresponsive Monday evening, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert said. Christian was later pronounced dead at a hospital. According to Christian's Facebook page, she was living, working and traveling aboard the HMS Bounty.
The ship's captain, 63-year-old Robin Walbridge, remained missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The HMS Bounty was a replica 18th-century tall ship that got caught in rough waters from Hurricane Sandy. The 180-foot, three-mast ship sent out a distress signal Sunday night, the Coast Guard said. The ship then began taking on water at about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. At around 4:30 a.m. Monday, Captain Walbridge advised his crew to abandon ship.
At about 8 a.m., a helicopter located the sinking ship, its masts partly underwater, and most of the crew, who had gotten into 25-foot rubber life rafts, the Coast Guard said.
Amid winds of 40 mph and 18-foot seas, rescuers were able to save 14 members of the crew from the life boats, Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill said.
Rescued were: Christopher Barksdale, 56; Jessica Black, 34; Daniel Cleveland, 25; Douglas Faunt, 66; Laura Groves, 28; Jessica Hewitt, 25; John Jones, 29; Adam Prokosh, 27; Drew Salapatek, 29; Matthew Sanders, 37; Joshua Scornavacchi, 25; Anna Sprague, 20; John Svendsen, 41; Mark Warner, 33.
Randy Haba, a rescue swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard, helped pluck several crew members off a 25-foot rubber life raft. He was also lowered to a crew member floating in the water alone. Haba wrapped a strap around his body and raised him to the chopper.
"It's one of the biggest seas I've ever been in. It was huge out there," Haba said.
The survivors were taken to Elizabeth City with non life-threatening injuries, the Coast Guard said.
The mother of one of the crew members said she had talked to her daughter after the rescue. Mary Ellen Sprague said her 20-year-old daughter, Anna Sprague, had been aboard the HMS Bounty since May. The ship had traveled to London, then to St. Petersburg, Fla., and was going to spend the winter in Galveston, Texas.
"She was probably the youngest member of the crew," Mary Ellen Sprague said.
Sprague said she hadn't learned many details yet because her daughter, normally talkative and outgoing, was being uncharacteristically quiet. She was very upset because the ship's captain was still missing, Sprague said from her home in Savannah, Ga.
The HMS Bounty was going from Connecticut to St. Petersburg, Fla. when it sank.
The ship departed Connecticut on Thursday, when Sandy was over Cuba, and its path and effect on the East Coast was still somewhat certain. Sandy was then forecast to be several hundred miles off the Carolinas coast.
Days before it sank, the vessel had rerouted to avoid the brunt of Sandy. However, a statement on its website acknowledged, "this will be a tough voyage for Bounty," the Tampa Bay Times reported.
"[The crew members] were staying in constant contact with the National Hurricane Center," said Tracie Simonin, the director of the HMS Bounty Organization. "They were trying to make it around the storm."
The ship was built for the 1962 film "Mutiny on the Bounty," which starred Marlon Brando, and has been featured in other movies. It was also featured in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."
The HMS Bounty has docked off and on over the years at The Pier in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was scheduled to eventually arrive there in November, said Carol Everson, general manager of The Pier.
"I know they were very much looking forward to being here," she said. "They were very excited about coming down."
The Bounty's captain, Robin Walbridge, was from St. Petersburg, she said.
She and other employees of The Pier were closely following the story.
"It's devastating," she said. "Obviously you want all of the crew to be safe. It's a shame that the vessel has gone down because it's a tremendous piece of history and a great piece of history for St. Petersburg."
Wallbridge learned to sail at age 10, according to his biography on the Bounty's website. Prior to the Bounty, he served as first mate on the H.M.S. Rose — the Bounty's sister ship.
The ship was permanently docked in St. Petersburg for many decades. In 1986, it was bought by Ted Turner, and in 2001, it was purchased by its current owner, New York businessman named Robert Hansen.
About 10 years ago, the ship underwent a multi-million dollar restoration.
In recent years, the ship has wintered in Puerto Rico and travels in the spring and summer. In August, large crowds greeted the ship when it sailed into St. Augustine, Fla., Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C.
See below this image from the HMS Bounty page on Facebook that shows the ship's location in relation to the storm:
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• Save the Children is an independent relief agency that helps children in the U.S. and around the world. The group says 90% of the money it raises goes directly to help children. Go to savethechildren.org.
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David Hall: The 1926 Philadelphia was the first Oregon struck. After they were sold, the San Francisco Mint struck 100,055 Oregons and they too were offered at $1.00 per coin. However, the public had a limited appetite for the Oregon Trail comemoratives and the 1926-S Oregons were still available well into 1927. The Oregon Trail Memorial Commission requested that 1927 Oregons be struck, but the Treasury Department declined to do so until all of the 1926-S issues were delivered and paid for. In 1928, the Treasury Department did strike 50,028 Oregon Trails, but the Treasury Department mandated that the 1928 Oregons should not be released until all the 1926-S Oregons were sold. It wasn't until 1933 that this problem was "solved" when the remaining unsold 17,000 1926-S Oregons were melted by the Mint. And so goes the sorted story of the minting of the Oregon Trail commemoratives.
Today, collectors recognize that the coins are beautiful and highly collectible regardless of the circumstances of their minting. The 1926-S is the highest mintage Oregon Trail and it is the commonest by overall rarity. But, while not rare in Superb MS66 or better condition, it is not the most readily available Oregon in the loftiest of grades. The typical specimen usually has good frosty white luster. Marks are usually not a problem with any of the Oregon issues. For the 1926-S, virtually exclusively for the Oregons, strike can sometimes be a problem.
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|CFDA Number:
|84.361 - Voluntary Public School Choice
|Program Goal: To assist states and local school districts in creating, expanding, and implementing a public school choice program.
|Objective 1 of 1: The Voluntary Public School Choice Program increases options for public school choice.
|Indicator 1.1 of 1: The number and percentage of families who exercise public school choices will increase annually.
Source: Voluntary Public School Choice Grantee Performance Report.
Frequency: Annually.
Next Data Available: November 2007
Explanation: (a) The measure is the total number of all students eligible to apply for transfers. In some instances, grantees may not have slots available for all students applying for a transfer. The performance target is the estimated number of participating students when projects are fully implemented, excluding Florida for which no estimate was possible. (b) The calculation is the total number of students who changed schools divided by the total number of eligible students for the VPSC program across the 13 grantees. This approach is consistent with the national evaluation of this program. This measure replaces a previous similar measure that was based on an average of averages across sites. Trend data shown in the table reflect a re-calculation under the new definition. ''School'' refers to a day or residential school, as well as schools within a school, off-campus learning and ''alternative'' programs. ''Exercising choice'' refers to students who moved from their assigned school to a school of their choice. The targets reflect anticipated full implementation but may decrease over time because of predicted declining enrollments in some grantee sites.
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Guidelines for visiting Cuba
If Cuba is on your bucket list of destinations, you may now find it easier to visit the Communist island legally. But not as a regular tourist. So put aside those daydreams of sipping daiquiris at a seaside resort.
More than three months after President Obama announced he would loosen restrictions that bar most Americans from legally visiting Cuba, the U.S. Treasury Department last week issued the guidelines to implement the changes.
That action freed organizations to apply for new licenses to offer Cuba trips and clarified which U.S. citizens may travel to Cuba without applying for a Treasury Department license.
That group of citizens remains small. Certain Americans, such as journalists, researchers, government employees on business, professionals attending conferences and people visiting close relatives, generally may go to Cuba. They are considered to hold a general license for such travel. Certain organizations, mostly nonprofits, can apply for a so-called specific license to organize trips there for specific purposes. Tourism is not one of those purposes
Perhaps the biggest change, which Obama announced in January, was restoring the specific license for so-called people-to-people educational exchanges, something the Bush administration suspended several years ago. These broadly worded licenses opened Cuba travel to far more Americans and will likely do so again,
When such licenses were in effect, Global Exchange, a San Francisco nonprofit, was sending nearly 2,000 people a year to Cuba for purposes as diverse as language programs and bicycle tours, said Malia Everette, director of the Reality Tours division. After the licenses were suspended, that fell to fewer than 100 in 2004, she said.
"Our plan is to take a look at the final language, and update and resubmit our people-to-people license application," Everette said last week. If the license is approved, she said, it would still take months to get new trips underway.
Other trip organizers are in the same boat.
"Because each application is processed on a case-by-case basis, I cannot estimate how long it could take for a licensing determination to be made," said Marti Adams, a Treasury Department spokeswoman.
The people-to-people licenses come with strict rules. For instance, the new guidelines require that each trip participant pursue "a full-time schedule of educational exchange activities that will result in meaningful interaction" with Cubans.


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The Alabama Small Business Development Center Network has developed an online small business university which offers a collection of twenty-two online courses designed to teach entrepreneurs the "3Ms"—Money, Marketing, and Management. This is done through a no-frills curriculum that provides small businesses with real world tools and information. It provides businesses with the management fundamentals needed to fund, market, and grow a business.
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Deathmatch features head-to-head combat between Nightwalkers and humans, while in Death or Nightwalker, players must choose to fight as a Nightwalker or human being. In Destroy, players compete to stay within a targeted object's proximity or they compete for the shortest time in destroying all the target objects. Just as it sounds, Capture the Flame awards points to players who capture the flame.
Developed by Artoon and published by Microsoft, "Vampire Rain" combines stealth, survival horror and shooter aspects of several classic games, where gamers embark on a pulse-pounding missions and lead a highly-trained black-ops unit on secret missions to eliminate some of the deadliest supernatural enemies ever faced in living rooms; the super-fast and agile Nightwalkers.
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Ok, here's the deal.
I'm remotely familiar with html scripts. after spending 10 years messing around with online games, and making garbage with frontpage express... I've decided to put my lack of skills into making myself an experimental browser game.
I've quickly realised that would be humanly impossible with programs that are specifically just for html page making, and have started learning html language.
I'm already getting stuck. I can do most display-based presentations, but can't figure out how to include much of anything else.
how can I set up values? strings? how can I use input? how can I set up 'if else' or 'if then' variables?
Now someone mentioned to me it would have to be done with javascripting, rather than html, since html doesn't have such 'complex' capabilities.
Kinda makes me miss the ZX Spectrum.
Now my head is spinning and I am getting lost in the 90 billion tutorials online. I can't find anything past IMG SRC and BODY online. lolz!
So where do I start? Please help...


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How to become a referee.
If you've played before, been a parent/coach/assistant, or just have a love for the game then we encourage you to become a certified referee. Classes/clinics are offered to educate you on the Laws of the Game and provide an entry level introduction into officiating youth soccer games.
Please visit the South Texas Soccer Referees website www.stsr.org to learn more and visit the clinics page to see what's currently available www.stsr.org/AvailableClinics.aspx .
For entry level, Grade 9 is a good starting point for youth referees and allows for the refereeing (center) of U14 and below age matches. However, assignors will place new referees in suitable positions based on their experience level.
Entry level, Grade 8 is a fully qualified referee capable of doing all youth age groups. Assignors place referees based on their progressive experience level and capability.
Once you become certified you are eligible to work as a referee, however, this will require notifying a clubs referee assignor so that they know you are available.
Referees can find local assignors by visiting the Capital Area Soccer Referee Association website at www.casra.net .
Cost expectations:
There is a clinic fee ($30) and USSF registration fee ($50) required to become a referee and also required on an annual basis to recertify for that coming year.
There is an initial cost for your uniform and gear. A new referee should expect to pay around $60 for a "starter kit", which includes approved shirt, shorts, socks, whistle, flags, report book with red/yellow cards. Basic short sleeve gold would be the starting shirt. A more experienced referee should expect to add additional colors (gold, green, blue, red, and black are available) and possibly long sleeve for colder weather officiating.
Pay levels for referees vary widely by club, competition level, and length of game. However, a new referee could expect to earn $10-20 as AR (linesman) and $15-30 as a Center (Referee) per game with 3-6 games on an average soccer season weekend.


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Discussion in 'Members Zone' started by Big Dakota, Jul 6, 2009.
When this site goes down i panic. That can't be normal:bang2:
i wuz freakin out myself
Haha, same here. Thought i got banned. I was like noooo, not before the season starts!
Wasn't oileduphunks.com still working?
How in the world do you know a site of that nature?
By hacking your computer.
I'm partial to Lebanese women, they have slightly more hair.
what did happen?
Reality posted it was just maintenance.
i love your crazy ***!!
thanks big dakota..
LOL yeah panic is the word I would use too.
did anyone else get the restricted user ID screen?
just you.
damn you, Reality!!
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One, who is often classified as a (see Video Game Nerd), yet is a big enough loser to obsess over iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch appstore Apps rather then actual Video Games.
Ben: Hey Mike, after skipping Anthro to play it in the bathroom, I now have 12 hours on Rat on a Scooter.
Mike: Seriously bro? You are SUCH an iNoob!
Mike: Seriously bro? You are SUCH an iNoob!
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