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If you're TIRED of spending HOURS and HOURS coding WordPress themes, then KEEP READING.
I've had it sumo-ling.
The other day, I literally spent two hours coding just the footer of my WordPress...and it STILL didn't turn out how I wanted...
(As you can tell, I'm a bit frustrated.)
As developers, we don't have time to create every single aspect and feature of our WordPresses. I know you agree, BECAUSE NO ONE LIKES CODING FOR HOURS. And if you do like wasting time coding, then this deal isn't for you.
Because today, due to overwhelming feedback and personal hair-loss, we're offering the ULTIMATE WordPress efficiency tool: Ultimatum Developer's License.
Do me a favor and listen for a minute why this tool is good for you.
We all know WordPress is starting to take over the web:
● WordPress powers 15% of the top one million websites on the Internet.
● WordPress can be used as a blog, website, eCommerce site etc....
● WordPress powers 22% of all new websites on the Internet.
● WordPress is also completely free.
But you knew all of that already.
The challenge comes when you start actually creating, updating, and maintaining your WordPress. And that can turn out to be a big pain in the ass.
Everyone wants the coolest features for their WordPress which is fine. From awesome themes to pretty fonts to slideshows, we know cool features will help you:
● Drive more traffic to your WordPress
● Increase engagement with your visitors
● Bring you more sales (if you're selling something)
Only problem is, these same features that bring the most value also require painstaking HOURS of coding. Or at least, they used to...
Ultimatum's Developer's License is a drag-n-drop, template WordPress tool on crack. It WILL allow you to design WordPress templates in half the time and you'll laugh at everyone else not using it.
Awesome thing is, not only is Ultimatum a design tool, but they also give you a ton of other services like:
● Support for unlimited sites
● The ability to import and export templates
● WordPress Multisites Support
● A mobile web app creator
● Woocommerce Integration
● BuddyPress Integration
● Access to all-new beta versions of Ultimatum before final release (Dat exclusive new new)
● Access to members-only Answers and Forums
● A lifetime membership
● Multi-language support
Yeah, they're kind of crazy (in a good way).
With that being said, everyone thinks a tool this useful is hundreds of dollars...and they're all wrong.
If you were to buy this product directly from their site, you'd actually get it for $125, which isn't bad. I mean, you'd pay $125 for hours of saved time right?
Well you don't have to pay $125, because we're offering this package to you for ONLY $60!
So if you're ready to upgrade your WordPress with all those badass features, for half the price and a few bucks from your wallet, then this deal is perfect for you.
All it takes is for you to click the "Buy Now" button and ONLY $60 for you to start dominating the WordPress game!
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Well, it sounded good the whole story about Ultimatum but after three days wasting time, I discovered it may be a great product... but there is no good documentation or support.... After watching several videotutorials, I tried to do the same... but widgets I needed were missing, other things were different as shown too... So then you ask for support and get some 'community support' of people contradicting themselves and others... It's possible to create great looking frontpages with Ultimatum, but when you try to do something like creating a normal single page, nobody can tell you how to do it... It doesn't make WordPress easier... it makes it so complicated a 'normal human being' can't maintain it anymore and needs to go to a designer again... (as far as I understood now, I need to 'clone' a page layout for every page I make, assign the page to the layout and again assign the layout to the page.... can you follow it? I can't!
21 of 25 people found this helpful. Did you? August 17, 2012
This question asked and answered in our forums which showed the valued client did not get it right totally and he was happy with the outcome when he got the hang of it. Ultimatum does not need layouts per page it was an misunderstanding and resolved.
September 10, 2012
I just started on my new wordpress and I was too lazy to look into coding and/ or look for templates, so I thought Ultimatum should be a good addition. Couldn't find any of the templates that they promised to have, everything is almost starting from scratch. It doesn't seem to coordinate very well with wordpress initial features like pages and menus and such, and it's very tiring to keep doing layouts when initially what I did was just to type my content out and I'm done. But for Ultimatum, if you want to customize everything to your liking, and I mean everything, like colours, borders, background etc, you will like this Theme Framework. Another thing is that if I want to set everything in this column the same as another column, I can't do it automatically by "cloning" it or such, I have to do it manually.
There is also no preview button to know how my layout looks like when I was working on the layout.
very very cumbersome in my opinion, wish it can really as easy as they said, drag and drop.
5 of 5 people found this helpful. Did you? September 11, 2012
Drag-n-drop my a$$! Unfortunately, not what I'd expected and much more involved than your typical drag-n-drop. I hate to ask for my money back, but I may have to this time :/
13 of 17 people found this helpful. Did you? July 28, 2012
Ultimatum is totally drag and drop I think theres a misunderstanding about the product. I am sorry but this comment is not telling the truth about the product. We are pretty sure that Ultimatum is the most customizable framework and true drag and drop by all means.
September 10, 2012
The product as described seems fine. However it would not load properly after download., I have sent 2 emails to ultimatetheme but no one i s responding. And they might as well not have a phone service given the ridiculous Google phone thing they have. I'm not happy with this situation and I hold you guys equally responsible since you recommended the product.
22 of 33 people found this helpful. Did you? July 24, 2012
First of all we are sorry to hear your frustration however our FAQ clearly states that the product support is only given through forums. Which means we do not have any email or phone support.
Best Regards
Wonder Foundry
September 10, 2012
It needs you to know your web-design!
6 of 7 people found this helpful. Did you? July 27, 2012
Ultimatum is not sold as a theme it is sold as a framework. I am sorry to hear your confusion but the marketplace which will be open soon will solve your issues as well.
September 10, 2012
FIrst of all, I'm on day two just trying to get the software/zip file uploaded onto my WordPress Hosted site. That's key. Because the regular WP-dot-com site just won't do it.
Second, there is no start up documentation there's only the community website blog.
Third, the information given on the website isn't updated.
And finally, so far there is nothing easy, simple about this. Even for a noob. I'm looking for a refund at this point.
5 of 6 people found this helpful. Did you? July 26, 2012
Our FAQ clearly states Ultimatum works on only self hosted WordPress sites not the WP hosted ones.
We have documentations written tutorials and also youtube tutorials on file if you were not able to find them please ask in forums we will gladly link them to you.
September 10, 2012
For designers like myself the thought of building webpages in Dreamweaver or any other program for that matter makes me sick, Wordpress is the way to go for us "creative" types who don't want to deal with code "geeks"...but a drag and drop Wordpress tool, wow, very impressive! Love it so far but they need to have tutorials with someone who speaks english more clear, however you can't beat this price or this Wordpress tool...love it!
5 of 6 people found this helpful. Did you? July 23, 2012
This is not a simple theme to use, but with a bit of effort, it offers far more flexibility than anything else I've seen. To be honestly blunt, there seems to be one guy behind this product and he's doing his best to keep up. An involved user base hitting the "tipping point" can make this as awesome as it has the potential to be. Disclaimer, I am a Thesis fan and user, but there are some things I'd like to do that this will help me do better and easier. A 5th taco for a well written user guide.
8 of 11 people found this helpful. Did you? July 31, 2012
This is an AWESOME tool! Be sure to check out the Wonder Foundry YouTube channel (especially the series on copying a website) to see why. I'll be using this A LOT, starting with my own site!
7 of 10 people found this helpful. Did you? July 29, 2012
There were no instructions to get started and this wouldn't install correctly on my wordpress page. I couldn't find support on their site either to fix the problem.
6 of 9 people found this helpful. Did you? August 17, 2012
We have our documentation plus user tutorials and also video tutorials on YouTube. If you were not able to find them please ask it on forums we will gladly link them all.
September 10, 2012
Im glad i clicked on the link in the App Sumo newsletter. My site is collecting dust because i am developer hopping too much.
No more...
Ill just get it done myself with Ultimatum
5 of 8 people found this helpful. Did you? August 12, 2012
Very cool product and lots of tech support online.
4 of 6 people found this helpful. Did you? July 25, 2012
For the price of a regular Themeforest theme, this seems like an amazing deal. taking it for a test drive right now! As a developer, this seems like a great time saving tool. We'll see if there are any limitations and/or framework modifications needed.
4 of 6 people found this helpful. Did you? July 23, 2012
This is a great deal. Not just because of the price point but this has to be the most powerful web development tool for those of us that know whats possible but don't have the time or inclination to learn how to code ourselves. I was just thinking what a great product something like this would be to have developed. These guys beat me to it and I'm glad they did.
I'll definitely use this product and after joining their affiliate program, I should be able to get my investment back very fast.
7 of 13 people found this helpful. Did you? August 1, 2012
I'm not a designer, and I don't have much time to design quickly my own sites. I found this deal really attractive and I think it is good.
4 of 7 people found this helpful. Did you? August 11, 2012
I had a horrible experience with Ultimatum. After buying the product, I was never able to get past the login screen. I tried contacting them at least four times with no response. Do not get this deal, that company is a joke! AppSumo did refund my money, so they do rock and care about their customers.
3 of 5 people found this helpful. Did you? August 21, 2012
I had the same issue. The theme is so confusing. There are not enough video tutorials to support the theme. I never use it for anything. I didn't know about appsumo refund deal. I might contact them about it. Thanks for sharing.
September 12, 2012
Having bought this about an hour ago, I am still waiting for the emails from Ultimatum to sign in to the Ultimatum account. I have sent an email to them but have had no response. If I do not get one by this evening I will be approaching App Sumo for a refund. I wait in hope...
3 of 5 people found this helpful. Did you? July 25, 2012
This is one of the worst deal I have gotten on App Sumo (five in total). The text and videos are very misleading on the simplicity of this product. I feel cheated and I can figure out how to request a refund on this site. VERY FRUSTRATED
2 of 3 people found this helpful. Did you? August 26, 2012
Contrary to most reviewers here, I have to say that I got Ultimatum working in no time, just looking at the video tutorials. I have to see however that I have advanced skills with Wordpress and I would not recommend this to a beginner who expects WYSIWYG in an easy way.
All in all, I don't regret my purchase through appsumo. The one thing that I am REALLY disappointed with though, is the support...
I can understand the developer may be on his own and flooded by emails, however he seems to be making quite some money from selling Ultimatum on appsumo, so I don't understand why he doesn't hire a freelance to help him with support, also so that he can concentrate on programming the next version...
If you need support: don't buy this. If you can figure out most things on your own by looking at the videos: get it.
Cheers, Titus
1 of 1 people found this helpful. Did you? September 21, 2012
This product has a lot of potential but requires more documentation.
1 of 1 people found this helpful. Did you? September 17, 2012
Great stuff, now it takes much less to code wordpress templates. Before I used some services found on adsurf.net for this, but now I will do it on omy own. Thanks a ton!
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Drawing of the Horse Armoury. Late 18th century (I.45)
Drawing of the Horse Armoury. Late 18th century (I.45)
The Horse Armoury, by an unknown artist, early 19th century © Royal Armouries 2013
James II from Charles Knight, London, 1842.
Carved wooden head of Henry VIII. English, about 1689-91 (XVII.1)
Carved wooden head of Edward III. English, about 1688-90 (XVII.41)
Carved wooden head of Henry V. English, about 1688-91 (XVII.44)
Carved wooden head of Henry VII. English, about 1689-91 (XVII.40)
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Head of a carved wooden horse from the Line of Kings. (XVII.10)
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Head of a carved wooden horse from the Line of Kings. English, 1685-90 (XVII.12)
Head of a carved wooden horse from the Line of Kings. English, 1685-90 (XVII.14)
Head of a carved wooden horse from the Line of Kings. English, 1685-90 (XVII.16)
Head of a carved wooden horse from the Line of Kings. English, 1865-90 (XVII.17)
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Head of a carved wooden horse from the Line of Kings. English, 1685-90 (XVII.8)
In 1688 many craftsmen became involved in the development of a new, expanded and improved Line of Kings display. This was the result of the Office of Ordnance having to remove its existing Horse Armoury exhibition so that the Tower's Long Storehouse could be demolished and replaced by the Grand Storehouse. However, rather than having a room in the new Grand Storehouse when it was finished, the Horse Armoury's new home would be the first floor of the New Store-house (now called the New Armouries).
The centrepiece of the new display was to be a line of life-sized wooden horses, each bearing the armoured figure of a king. It was decided to buy a complete new set of carved horses and figures with kings' faces, with the exception of the carvings made by Grinling Gibbons in 1685-86. To complete the task, the Board of Ordnance turned to a variety of artists and craftsmen, including William Morgan.
Gibbons had supplied a horse and figure of Charles II in 1685 and one of Charles I in 1686 at a price of £40 each. However, in 1688 the Board did not turn to Gibbons, the leading woodcarver in England, but instead issued contracts for varying numbers of wooden horses and figures with kings' faces to William Morgan and four others: William Emmett, John Nost I, Thomas Quellin and Marmaduke Townson. Between them these five carvers and sculptors made seventeen wooden horses and figures for the Line: several of the heads with faces survive and about half of the horses. Although they cannot at present be definitely identified, it is almost certain that several of the surviving carvings were made by Morgan and his workshop team.
William Morgan was a wood carver who was contracted to supply more horses and figures for the new Line of Kings than any other craftsman. Office of Ordnance documents reveal that on 31 May 1688 a warrant was issued for the carving of one wooden horse and figure – the first such warrant that indicates a plan for a bigger and better Line of Kings. This warrant became Morgan's initial contract of 16 August 1688 which led to him delivering the finished work one month later:
'16th September 1688
Received into his Majesty's stores etc of Armoury from William Morgan the statues hereafter mentioned being for patterns for his Majesty's service per contract 6 August 1688 and warrant 31st May 1688
Horse statue of wood carved in its full proportion 1
Statue of wood whereon a face is carved 1
The phrase '… being for patterns …' may suggest that this horse and figure with a carved face were the prototypes for other carvings to follow, although other interpretations of its meaning are possible. Similar wording occurs in the documentation for William Emmet's carvings. The commission must have been judged a success because it was followed by a warrant and contract for six more horses and figures from Morgan:
'27 March 1689
Received into his Majesty's stores of Armoury within this Office from William Morgan the statues hereafter mentioned per warrant 16th August 1688 viz per contract 16th ditto 1688
Horse statues of wood carved 6
Statue of wood whereon faces are carved 6
At £20 pc
Given that Morgan supplied 7 out of 17 of the new horses and figures, representing over 40% of the order, it would seem likely that at least some of his carvings have survived among the extant horses and heads, unless his materials and workmanship were inferior to the goods supplied by the other carvers.
However, it seems improbable that Morgan would have made poor quality carvings as he is known to have been a top-quality carver who worked on several other prestigious commissions – although all very different to the Tower's heads and horses.
William Morgan is first recorded as a woodcarver of fine quality in 1682 when he was one of the craftsmen who carved decoration for the chapel at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Morgan is documented as providing eight festoons for the altarpiece of this important royal project. He worked at the Royal Hospital again in 1687, including on the Council Chamber, and on 5 April 1688 is documented as receiving the considerable sum of £175/3s/6d . At this time, not long before the Ordnance's warrant for the first carved horse and royal figure, Morgan was working at Chelsea alongside William Emmett who was one of the other recipients of a contract from the Ordnance. The Royal Hospital documents record:
'Wm Emmett, carver, for carveing worke in the hall, councell chamber, in the chappell, makinge fflower potts and other worke ccxijli iiijs iiijd ob. Wm Morgan, carver, for the like worke clxxvli iijs vijd
William Morgan must have been enterprising and industrious, with the support of a workshop of craftsmen to assist him, because at the same time as his London commissions he was also busy supplying carved decoration in Scotland. Between 1686 and 1688 Morgan was working alongside Grinling Gibbons on another royal commission at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh. King James II & VII commissioned woodcarvings from William Morgan & Gibbons during the conversion of parts of Holyrood into a Catholic Chapel Royal and chapel for the Order of the Thistle, including canopied stalls & a throne with armorial canopy . The architect was James Smith, who was also employing Morgan to supply decorative friezes, chimneypieces picture frames and staircases at Hamilton Palace, Hamilton, in Scotland.
Between 1684 and 1700 Smith and Morgan were working for William 3rd Duke of Hamilton (died1694) and Anne 3rd Duchess (1632-1716) after her husband's death. Morgan's account survives for carvings of flowers, animals, birds, fish, stars & cinquefoils, with a precept for payment by the Duchess, 20 March 1700, and a receipt signed by Morgan.
Morgan was employed extensively in the palace's most important chambers. In the Great Dining Room, he carved the architrave frieze, mouldings and cornice, the chimneypiece 'with fish and foule and flowers', and the picture frames and friezes over the chimney and doors. He also supplied 176 medallions at six shillings a piece, 180 cinquefoils and stars (from the Hamilton coat of arms) between the medallions, and two Corinthian capitals. His work in the Drawing Room was of a similar nature, the chimney being richly carved with coronets and flowers.
For the Bedchamber Morgan provided decorative friezes, capitals and a chimneypiece, and in its Closet the Duchess's cipher, 'with 2 boys supporting itt'. The Closet frieze had cherubim and foliage over the doors and there were the usual cinquefoils and stars. The staircase had ten large panels with 'boys and beasts', ten pendant flowers – possibly candelabra -and four Ionic capitals with festoons. Unfortunately, as at Holyrood, most of this work is lost as the Palace was demolished in 1921, although its Dining Room with a magnificently carved fireplace by Morgan is now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
William Morgan is also known to have worked for architect James Smith on at least one other Scottish project, Melville House, Fife. There he provided fine carved decoration for George, 1ST Earl of Melville between about 1697 and 1702.
Morgan was a Liveryman of the Joiners Company. The details of his birth and death are currently uncertain but it has been suggested that his career extended from about 1673 to 1711.


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Day12 Fri, Aug10- St Mary KOA to Many Glacier Camp
Trip Start Jul 30, 2007
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-It Was All Going Just a Little Too Perfectly .../listens for the gods to cackle
-Plans Change
-Does Anyone get to Hike to Grinnell Glacier?
-Why Glacial Lakes are so Variably Blue
-The Basics on Glacier National Park Geology
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-Hunting the Retreating Glacier
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It Was All Going Just a Little Too Perfectly .../listens for the gods to cackle
Pitter pat pat pat...
pitter patter pitter patter.
"It's raining"
"Sounds like a drizzle. I bet it clears up"
"What time is it?"
"About five."
We'd been drizzled on before in Oregon and the old dome tent had held its integrity.
We snuggled in with hopes of sleeping another hour until the six AM alarm.
"What? Shhhh"
"The tent is leaking and dripping right beside me"
It is now five thirty.
Rory gets up to move his stuff from the tent to the van.
Outside he can see the edge of the rain cloud waaaay over by the northern horizon.
It is not raining all that hard but it is steady.
Rory feels somehow stimulated to take one of his old guy late night walks to the rest room.
Chere has decided to ignore the drips and has rolled over one more time trying sleep until six. Rory plans on leaving her undisturbed and will hang out by the camp office for a little while.
It is just barely light enough to see when Rory returns to the tent.
"Huh? I wonder why she took the fly off already?"
From inside the tent, "Rory?"
"It's me. Why'd you take the fly off?"
"Rory, the tent is blowing away! I'm the only thing holding it down! (giggles)"
Rory is sure glad to hear Chere laughing about this.
A short but strong gust of wind had come through and torn off the tent fly while he was in the restroom.
The fly was stretched out behind the tent but thankfully had not gone down into the creek just behind the campsite.
The tent had folded over on Chere and then popped up again several times.
She was afraid that if she got out the wind would carry it and possibly our sleeping bags into the creek.
By now there was no wind and the rain was only lightly spitting.
We could see clear air around and figured this morning storm was something local that would soon completely clear.
We folded up the soggy tent and spread the not too damp sleeping bags in the back of the van.
Plans Change
By seven we were at (yes, you guessed it) Park Cafe for a hearty breakfast and some good strong Montana organic coffee.
During breakfast we revised our day's plan.
Chere opted out of the hike to sort out the lodging. She would drive back to the KOA and tell them we were checking out early. Then find new lodging for the night.
Does Anyone get to Hike to Grinnell Glacier?
By eight fifteen we had traveled twenty miles away to the Many Glacier Hotel and were listening with high hopes to hear Rory's name called to be included on the Grinnell Glacier hike.
Luck was on his side and he boarded the lake boat that would take the hikers to the trail head.
At the trail head, Ranger Rick introduced himself and gave the standard opening comments about bear encounters.
Don't challenge.
Avoid eye contact.
Speak soothingly and retreat.
Rory noticed that the leader was in shorts and a short sleeved shirt.
The air was still very chilly and a little breezy.
Seeing the Ranger in shirtsleeves, Rory figured that the climbing would begin right away so he packed up his wool shirt before he started sweating it up on the trail.
Really good decision.
Why Glacial Lakes are so Incredibly Blue
When approached by boat the hike to Grinnell Glacier is about four miles long.
The last three miles ascend about 1800 feet.
It was now near ten AM and Rory was plenty warm climbing the sunny slopes of Mount Grinnell.
The hikers had good views of Lake Josephine and Lake Grinnell above it.
The glaciers grind the rocks into powders finer than flour. This rock flour stays suspended and reflects the sunlight back to the surface of the lake.
Grinnell was a mesmerizing beautiful blue green turquoise.
The Basics on Glacier National Park Geology
Ranger Rick knew his geology.
Rory had heard some of the Park geology on earlier hikes but Rick filled in a lot of details.
The red mudstone contained iron and had been deposited and lithified in the presence of oxygen.
The green mudstones also contained iron but had turned into rock without the presence of oxygen.
In chemistry this is called a reducing environment.
Reduction accounts for the colors on raku pottery, for example.
The basaltic intrusions and heat caused by overthrusting had created interesting twists and turns in the strata as well has some diorite (igneous) and marble (metamorphic) layers.
A few more hikes like this and Rory might actually begin to remember this stuff.
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Chere returned to the KOA and had no trouble getting the refund on the second night's stay.
Chere explained that if she could not get to Gmail there was no point in paying the premium for their WiFi.
They cheerfully explained that they 'block Google' because it put too much stress on their server..?!
Remarkable. To think that people might actually use the internet.
While Rory ate peanut butter crackers and an apple in the high cold air of the glacial cirque (defending his trail mix from marauding Colombian Squirrels), Chere enjoyed a tuna sandwich from the Park Caf�.
Absolutely no pie - repeat - no pie was involved.
Hunting the Retreating Glacier
After a lunch with views of the glacier, Ranger Rick led the hikers to the retreating glacier.
The area of rubble they crossed had been covered in ice hundreds of feet thick as recently as thirty years ago.
Pioneer alpine plants were moving into the protected spots but mostly it was a moonscape.
It was windy and mostly cloudy.
The newly formed Upper Grinnell lake was full of rock bearing icebergs.
Its water was gray from the rock flour.
Rick said that when the glacier finally melted away and all the icebergs melted, this lake would change into another blue green gem in the mountains.
Rick explained the mechanics of glaciations and took the hikers to see examples of scouring and polishing and calcite deposition.
He also took them to a magnificent bed of stromatolites, the algae that changed the world.
Freshly exposed, polished and un-weathered, these were the best stromatolite beds that Rory had ever seen.
Glacier Hikes have Changed Considerably...just as the Glaciers have changed
Rick no longer takes his hikers onto the glacier.
For one thing it is a half a mile further away than it used to be.
For another, the retreating ice is not as strong as when it was when it was advancing so there are safety issues.
In earlier days the hikers would have been able to go through an ice cave at the end of the glacier.
The rangers have all said that that in 1850 there were about 150 glaciers in what is now the park.
All of these glaciers formed well after the end of the last true Ice Ages during a mini ice age.
The end of the mini ice age and the beginning of the industrial revolution coincided.
Today there are only about 24 glaciers in the park and they are expected to be gone within less than 20 years.
General warming and the disappearance of the glaciers will change the park's environments and ecologies greatly.
Tree lines are already moving up the mountains and encroaching on alpine meadows.
Lack of glacial melt and snow melt will change fish habitat downstream and has already changed how and where the bears get their water.
All We have to do is Find a New Place to Sleep for One Night
After her lunch, Chere secured a camp site in the Many Glacier Campground.
The site had spectacular views of mountains Wilbur and Grinnell.
Showers could be had at the Campstore.
Chere dried the soggy tent and fly by draping each over the van in a sunny, windy parking lot.
Keeping each item in place while the mountain winds blew was a bit of a challenge but didn't take much time.
Both was dried in about 30 minutes.
Then she spent the afternoon sketching the trail horses and the guests in the hotel.
She also enjoyed a toasty nap in the back of the van.
The Hikers Return - Happier and Wiser
The lake boat arrived at four fifteen as scheduled and all boarded for the return to Many Glacier Hotel. Rory thanked Rick for his insights and explanations.
Throughout the day Rick's talks reminded Rory of things he's read in the 'All About Glaciers' volume of his 'All About' books back when he was a boy.
It also brought to mind words from Mr. Zamiski's ninth grade Earth Sciences class.
Without Rick's local knowledge, Rory knew that he would have walked right past the features that Rick had pointed out.
A Bear Sighting
Passengers on the returning lake boat spotted a bear onshore.
The captain immediately announced that if everyone would stay seated on their side of the boat, she would turn it around so that all could have a good look at the bear.
Having everyone rush to one side of the boat is not good; everyone remained calm and saw the bear.
It was pretty neat.
Pie or Ranger Talk ....Hmmmmm
We decided to eat at the Many Glacier Hotel grand dining room instead of driving the twenty miles each way to our Park Cafe.
This would mean we would miss another shot at Park Cafe pie.
But this would give us plenty of time to see one more ranger presentation at eight PM.
The dining room in Many Glaciers Hotel was decorated in rustic alpine chalet style with the flags of the Swiss cities and states hanging from the high ceilings.
Big windows looking out over the lakes and mountains gave diners the opportunity to watch for wildlife with their binoculars while they ate. Most people did bring their binoculars.
There was even a piano player whose earnestness made up for a lack of technical finesse.
The bison stroganoff and broiled Montana trout were delicious.
The surroundings were dramatic with views of the sinking sun over Mount Grinnell and Swiftcurrent Lake.
It was not our Park Cafe but it was a very fine meal.
Ranger Talk on The International Peace Hike between Waterton, Canada and Goat Haunt, USA
The evening talk was titled "Beyond Borders" and explained the origins of the Peace Park (thanks again to the Rotarians).
The woman presenting the talk was a Parks Canada Interpreter from Waterton and had to be sure to wrap up by nine so that she could make it back to the border crossing before it closed at eleven (see yesterday's rant).
The Park is managed as a single entity because the natural world does not really recognize our political boundaries.
Bears don't use borders to determine where they live.
Nor do birds.
Nor do any other wild things.
Ohhhh Don't We Know that Bear in the Film?
We were amused to see Justin, the Parks Canada interpreter on our Peace Hike, in the short movie that was shown this evening.
He depicted a grizzly bear from Canada who wanted to go through immigration at the border during spring time. He wore a bear hat and gloves and a loud touristy shirt.
He wanted to visit his sweet USA girlfriend, Bertha, who was feeling 'pretty hormonal right about now'.
The movie included Justin/Bear not having the correct documentation to cross the border and included and outtake of disco dancing bears, rangers and border patrols at the end.
Canadians know how to have fun.
Perfect Ending of a Perfect Day
We set up the tent in the cooling air of evening.
It would be our coldest night so far but looked like it would remain clear - a good thing in a leaky tent.
The air was calm, also a good thing since the ground was too hard to get our pegs in and we were not near a glacial moraine full of big rocks that could be used to hold in in place.
The mountains glowed in the deepening twilight and we snuggled into our lovely, dry sleeping bags.
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As a record collector, music has always been about quantity over quality, about how much music I can consume before I die. When iPods were new, we as music fans were at the precipice of something big. We were finally being catered to! Of course, just when we were gonna get that 500 GB iPod, Apple pulled the plug on music storage capacity in favour of Angry Birds, FaceTime and texting. So I'd like to gently propose a terabyte iPod. That's right -- a thousand gigabytes of free space meant only to keep 10,000+ records.


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Nickylsf - Hilarious French decals. I know the French often don't know the difference between England and Scotland, but to get it wrong on a decal, oh dear! That machine is worth every penny for the joke value.
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Nickylsf - Hilarious French decals. I know the French often don't know the difference between England and Scotland, but to get it wrong on a decal, oh dear! That machine is worth every penny for the joke value.
I just got my featherweight today (ebay). The light works and the motor runs to move the belt but the needle is not going up and down. It did not come with a manual. Can someone help me?
Is the stop motion screw on the hand wheel tightened?Originally Posted by Pam H
Some of my vintage sewing machines.
Necchi Supernova Bu
Necchi Mira Bu
Necchi Mira BF
Singer 15-91, 1933
Singer 15-91, 1954
Singer 66 Red Eye, 1910
Singer 66, 1931
Singer 66, 1956
Singer 99, 1956
Singer 101, 1926
Singer 201-2, 1949
Singer 201-2, 1950
Singer 201-2, 1951
Singer 201-2, 1956
Featherweight 221, 1950
Featherweight 221, 1952
Featherweight, 1955
Featherweight 221-k, 1964
Singer 301a longbed, 1951
Singer 301a, 1955
Singer 401
Singer 404, 1959
Singer Rocketeer 500, 1961
Singer Rocketeer 500a, 1961
Hey, thanks, Surfergirl! That helped! I am able to sew now. It did end up with the thread getting caught up inside the machine. Guess I still need to figure some things out.Originally Posted by Surfergirl
Those are a few of your machines. Wow!
Lovely looking machines especially the Necchis.Originally Posted by Surfergirl
You have the Vintage Sewing Machine Addiction Disorder worse than I have :mrgreen: We could be the best of friends...haha! Your machines and cabinets are all beautiful!!Originally Posted by Surfergirl
Here is my "newest" sewing machine. It arrived in the mail, this week, from Billy (lostin51). It is an Atlas Precision Sewing Machine. I don't know much about it yet but I have been searching for more information about it.
My 9 and 10 yr olds have been arguing for 2 days, now, about who is going to get it when I die :shock: :shock: :shock:
Pink Atlas--not sure how old it is
The back side
So nice and shiny!
I love the Necchi machines. The Mira BU was missing the Wonder Wheel attachment and they are really hard to find.Originally Posted by chris_quilts
Yes, my husband and I both have the VSMAD really bad. We love these old machines and I not only collect them, I use them. The problem is I'm running out of room for them. I can't seem to be able to part with them and still look for more! Your Atlas machine looks good...I bet it sews really nice, too.Originally Posted by cabbagepatchkid
You will love your little Featherweight. They're really easy to use and maintain. You just might end up like me and a lot of others and this could be the beginning of your collection of vintage machines. Mine began with the Necchi Supernova Bu.Originally Posted by Pam H


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Over 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that's super cheap, effective and non-invasive — all before his 16th birthday.
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Private Bedroom with Balcony Centre
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My cat Elsa and I will welcome you as we live in this flat.
The building is located in front the metro station : CASTELLANE.
Guests can cook and smokers are allowed.
Marseille, known in antiquity as Masalia, Massalia or Massilia is the second largest city in France, after Paris.
House rulesPlease leave the kitchen, living-room and bathroom as clean as you have found it.
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We got to know Yolanda as a very nice and generous person.
She offered us a lot of food and also had a lot of information about the city, where to go etc..
The first night we arrived, we talked a lot about thousands of things, Yolanda's English is very good too.
The flat was very clean and tidy. It is really small, people who dont mind a very intimate ambiente are probably fine with that, besides the room has an access to the balcony, which is very nice. We liked it a lot and can definitely recommend a stay with Yolanda, thank you!
Yolanda was a great and likeable hostess so that me and my friend could spend some wonderful days in Marseille. The flat is small and in the fifth floor but for that nice and comfortable with a view at the Notre Dame from the balcony. Also we liked the small housemate Elsa, a really cute and friendly cat. If i go to Marseille a second time, this will be my first adress to turn to!
Yolande is super nice woman, cultivated, kind, so no hesitation to enjoy the offer. You will 2mn walk from the metro station / tram 'castellane' hyper center.
Yolande est femme hyper agreable,cultivee, bienveillante,donc aucune hesitation pour profiter de son offre. Vous serez a 2mn a pied de la station de metro/tram 'castellane', en hyper centre.
Yolande is a woman very nice and kind with an adorable cat! I enjoyed the stay at home. In addition she helped me get by in Marseille. In my case it was not just a trip for pleasure but the beginning of a semester ERASMUS. I knew no one, knew not what to do to register and I was looking for a roommate. I was lucky that Yolande was alongside me! Thank you once again!
Yolande est une femme très sympa et gentille avec un chat adorable! J'ai bien aimé le séjour chez elle. En plus elle m'a beaucoup aidé me débrouiller à Marseille. Dans mon cas c'étais pas seulement un voyage pour plaisir mais le début d'un semestre d'ERASMUS. Je ne connaissais personne, savais pas quoi faire pour m'inscrire et j'étais en train de chercher une colocation. J'ai eu de la chance que Yolande a été aux côtés de moi! Merci encore une fois!
Yolanda is a very sympathetic and welcoming landlady. Your small, cozy apartment is centrally located and Metro and Bus Stations can be reached in 2 minutes. Our interesting conversations we were able to perform in English and French. If I'm going to visit the next time Marseille, Yolande will certainly be my point of contact again.
Yolanda ist eine überaus sympathische und gastfreundliche Vermieterin. Ihre kleine, gemütliche Wohnung liegt zentral und Metro- und Busstationen sind in 2 Minuten zu erreichen. Unsere interessanten Gespräche konnten wir in englischer und französischer Sprache führen. Wenn ich das nächste mal Marseille besuchen werde, wird Yolande sicher wieder meine Anlaufstelle sein.
Yolande is a really sweet lady and you will feel like at home. Sometimes she even offered me a simple but tasteful dinner. The house isn't really big but you'll find all what you need. Location is perfect and the metro is at 20m of the house.
Sehr gut an der Metrostation gelegen. Bars, Restaurants in der Nähe. Yolande ist sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
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This week it's Beyoncé, who stomped through Nice airport recently like Victoria Beckham styles in massive heels. Not only in height but I'm telling you, the toe there, it's a tight squeeze. To the point where when you eventually take them off, sometimes you wonder whether or not there might be some paralysis setting in. This is why Posh has the bunions. Does Beysus have bunions? Well, when she's on tour, she certainly has the opportunity to develop them.
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TROY, Mont. - The staff at Revett Minerals, the operator of the Troy Mine, say it's still not known when underground operations will continue. The underground operations were put on hold after rockslides occurred in abandoned sections of the mine.
Revett Miners CEO John Shanahan tells NBC Montana that his hope is to continue the underground operations as soon as possible, while avoiding layoffs.
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Shanahn says that freezing temperatures and rain have caused unstable ground conditions. Workers have kept busy on maintenance and other projects. The mine employs more than 200 people, and is based in Lincoln County, which has the highest unemployment rate in Montana.


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Hobby beekeepers gather in drones in Hackensack
Following a late season snow and cold weather, many hobby beekeepers found themselves at Mann Lake Ltd. in Hackensack on Saturday, May 11, waiting to collect new bee colonies for the summer.
It seems that delayed spring weather taxed the stores of food stored away by honeybee colonies belonging to some beekeepers in the north. As a result, an unusually large number of keepers were forced to purchase brand new bees last Saturday. It was that day that Mann Lake received 1,900 packages of bees.
Pallets of little mesh boxes containing thousands of bees flew out the door at Mann Lake, where 576 customers came to replace the bees they lost during the long winter and bolster their colonies in time for honey season.
To make matters more difficult, honeybees are in high demand this year, and supplies are low. This problem was compounded by a large shipment of bees that recently died in transit.
"Generally, truck drivers team drive and don't stop except for gas stops and such," Mann Lake's Brenda Bray said. "They don't stop and spend the night. They just keep driving. There was a load where the driver stopped and they lost the entire load of bees."
This, in combination with Colony Collapse Disorder, has led to a shortage of honeybees so severe that almond farmers in California recently had a hard time locating enough bees to pollinate their almond trees.
Though the shipment of bees was not coming to Mann Lake and there are no almonds in Minnesota, the problem is not limited to California.
"It did put a hurt on us. The commercial beekeepers that supply our bees suffered huge losses," Bray said.
Though Mann Lake sold an estimated 11,400,000 bees in a single day, this number was down from the orders it had originally expected.
"We had actually (originally) ordered 3-pound packages," Bray said. "If we were going to accommodate our customers we were forced to take 2-pound packages and reduce the price for our customers."
This year is very different from last year, when a mild winter and early spring meant more honeybee colonies successfully overwintered. Last year's bee shipment only contained 800 packages of bees. In a typical year, they will receive more than 800 and less than 1,900.
Because of Minnesota's short summers, Bray said beekeepers in the state often attempt to start with a large population of bees so they will produce more honey in a shorter amount of time. Furthermore, she said, larger colonies overwinter better because the bigger populations are able to produce more heat.
Mann Lake Ltd. is the biggest beekeeping supplier in the country.
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HAMDEN, Conn. – Matt Diehl (Towson, Md.) finished with two goals and two assists and Billy Oppenheimer (Conshohocken, Pa.) handed out a career high three assists on Saturday afternoon, as the Quinnipiac University men's lacrosse team defeated Mount St. Mary's, 12-8, at the QU Lacrosse Turf Field on Mount Carmel Campus.
Quinnipiac snapped a five game slide with the win to improve to 4-5 overall and 1-1 in NEC play. Led by Diehl and Oppenheimer, the Bobcats featured eight players in the scoring column in one of the team's best offensive efforts to date. Brendan Wilbur (Hingham, Mass.) nabbed his second hat trick of the season, while Pat Corcoran (Stratford, Conn.) added two goals for his fourth multi-goal game this year. Michael Sagl (West Islip, N.Y.), Basil Kostaras (Southlake, Texas), Dylan Webster (Brampton, Ontario) and Tom Gilligan (Brookfield, Conn.) each added one for the Bobcats.
In dire need of a win, Quinnipiac helped its cause tremendously with a season-high of seven goals in the first quarter. After Kostaras and Diehl put the Bobcats in front, 2-0, Mount St. Mary's netted the game's next two goals to tie the score at two apiece. That was as close as the Mountaineers would come for the remainder of the game though, as Quinnipiac rattled off five unanswered to close out the opening 15 minutes.
Sagl bumped the QU lead to 8-2 with his team-leading 15th goal of the season, and each team score twice before the halftime whistle sounded. Gilligan scored the Bobcats' ninth goal of the game, with Diehl pushing the lead to 10-4 with his second goal of the game just seconds before the break.
With a comfortable six-goal cushion, defense became the name of the game for Quinnipiac. Led by junior standout goalie Gill Conners (Ballston Spa, N.Y.), the Bobcats buckled down and limited the high-power MSM offense to just four second-half goals. Conners stopped 13 shots in net and Quinnipiac forced nine second-half Mountaineer turnovers.
For the game, Quinnipiac outshot Mount St. Mary's, 35-29; grabbed a 31-28 advantage in groundballs; and a controlled the faceoff, 12-11. However, the big discrepancy on the stat sheet came in the turnover category, where Quinnipiac tallied a plus-nine, 15-6, advantage for the game.
Offensively, the Bobcats were terrific, missing a season-high in assists by just one. They tallied nine of them in the game, coming off the sticks of Sagl (2), Diehl (2), Oppenheimer (3), and Gilligan (2). Webster added a team-best 11 groundballs.
Mount St. Mary's, now 4-8 on the season and 0-2 in the NEC, was led by Brett Schmidt with three goals and one assist. Clayton Wainer finished with two goals and three others added one.
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What counts most are political candidates' ideas — not so much their "philosophies" or where they "stand on the issues." Political rhetoric is cheap. But does a candidate have specific, practical proposals that are fresh approaches to stubborn problems? Or are their ideas irresponsible? Or just half-baked?
Personalities, of course, are important. Politicians need to be able to put their ideas into action. Will they be diplomatic but tough with legislators? Do they have the wisdom of experience? Are they good managers? But in this year's gubernatorial race, in the parade of gaffes that constitutes campaigning in the media age, too much attention may already have been paid to the candidates' personal qualities.
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It was hard to pick out the ideas in the loud, monotonous rhetoric. Because the economic slump has made many voters fearful and angry, and the mainstream media chant like cheerleaders that Americans have taken a hard turn to the right, on economic issues all the candidates sound like Republicans.
Cut state spending! Slash taxes! And in every way make state government bend over for the wealthy and the corporations, even though nearly eight years of Democrat John Baldacci have given us little else but cuts to spending and services and tax breaks for business. You don't hear much about improving services, although providing them is the main role of state government — unless it's servicing business.
Political love of the well-off is said to be in the service of providing jobs to the less well-off. This is Ronald Reagan's trickle-down economics: give money to those on top in tax rates and breaks so they'll make investments that produce jobs for those beneath. Candidates accept that philosophy as easily as they accept campaign cash.
No matter that trickle-down hasn't worked. In his re-election bid four years ago Baldacci bragged that on his watch the state had gained thousands of jobs. He's not bragging now.
No matter that Maine is at the mercy of the global economy, in which investors are disengaging from this country and putting their money on China. For the most profitable American companies, 40 percent of their income comes from operations abroad. Thirty years of trickle-down have made only the rich more prosperous — fabulously so.
Baldacci's business-friendly refusal to raise taxes has bequeathed us perennial, massive state-budget shortfalls. "We can grow our way out of it," the gubernatorial candidates cry as a choir, in addition to suggesting more cuts to services. If economic growth again fills the state's treasury, will it be because of the actions of Maine's governor? No economist would think so.
So let's present a different perspective on our political conversation, by examining the candidates' ideas through a progressive lens. Progressives often disagree, but on economics they reject trickle-down. They know that a flourishing, fully employed working and middle class will benefit everyone, even the rich. And so will a good educational system and a social safety net. This is bottom-up economics instead of top-down. On social issues progressives also tend to be bottom-up. To cite the example of the moment, rather than permit a church to impose its views on gay people, progressives are democratically in favor of freedom for all, including giving gays equal rights to get married.
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as for PM i couldn't do any worse.. the guy runnin the show now calls for a Parliment timeout whenever work pops up.. he must be part of a union lol

Sounds like how our politicians in Albany NYare viewed. They took a poll and somewhere in the area of 60% of NYers are embarrased by the people we elected to serve us.They can't agree on anything meanwhile NY State isgoing bankrupt!!! Like asking sharks for help when people are going under ocean surf.................

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San Antonio, home of the Alamo and more than a few Spanish missions, seems an unlikely place to find rich German heritage. But a small enclave of Germans did indeed settle here in the late 19th century, bringing with them the culture and customs of the old country. And while much of this heritage has moved away from the city proper and into suburbs like New Braunfels, the King William Historic District, situated right downtown on the two-and-a-half-mile River Walk, still stands as a reminder of San Antonio's affluent German past.
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A successful real estate developer in the High Country, Harrill and his family have generously supported Mountaineer athletics for many years. In addition to being a longtime member of the Yosef Club, the Harrills have also contributed to a wide array of special projects within the ASU athletics department, including the Facilities Enhancement Campaign. More importantly, Mark also serves as a mentor to coaches and students, making an effort to help mold, teach and change the lives of the staff and students through his words and by example.
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McLean, who has been a key special-teams contributor on the Mountaineers' last three SoCon championship squads, is also a campus leader. The architecture and construction management major is a member of the SoCon and ASU academic honor rolls, Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership honorary and a student chair representative on Appalachian's Board of Academic Integrity. He also serves as an undergraduate leader for ASU student orientation and AppolCorp, which welcomes parents and new students to campus on move-in weekend, is a member of SAAB, served on the search committee for a new Learning Assistance Program director and represented Appalachian at the 2009 Winston-Salem College and Career Programming Convention.
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I like NBC's "Sunday Night" broadcast. I think the talent is as good as its ever been for the NFL (Michaels play by play and Costas for halftime), and the graphics look great and stay out of the way. My only gripes are that lame NBC football theme and Collinsworth is only so-so.
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The records cover 500 years and comprise three and half million records so all those people have to be someone's ancestors !