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The mind-blowing Iguazu Falls
The spectacular Iguazu Falls, crashing through the boarder of Brazil and Argentina, are like no other waterfalls on earth.
Colin Cosier explores one of the world's most spectacular series of waterfalls at the border of several countries.
Tupi-Guarani Indian folklore has it that the Iguazu Falls were created when a serpent god smashed the Iguazu River in a fit of rage to prevent a pair of lovers from escaping in a canoe. The girl was meant to be the snake's virgin offering. The name Iguazu (pronounced eee-gwa-soo) is derived from the Guarani words for "big water". Straddling the border between Brazil and Argentina, the falls are among the world's greatest. Though my girlfriend and I have just two days free to explore, we decide to visit the waterfalls of three countries. It's not as tricky as it might sound, for the watery borders of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet not far from Iguazu. The area is as famous for its reputation as a smugglers' paradise as it is for big water.
Day 1
We arrive at Foz do Iguazu International Airport at noon after a quick flight from Brazil's Rio de Janeiro and take a taxi to the Hotel das Cataratas (stopping to buy Iguazu National Park entry tickets on the way; let your taxi driver buy your tickets or risk waiting an hour). The hotel is an elegant, colonial-style building nestled in the national park. It's also the only hotel on the Brazilian side of the park, so unless you stay there, you have to leave the park by 6pm.
The Iguazu Falls are a group of drops and cataracts, the number of which fluctuates depending on the flow of water. Generally, however, there are about 275 waterfalls, most of them on the Argentinian side of the border, which means they're best viewed and photographed from the Brazilian side.
The hotel is a quick stroll from the start of a one-kilometre boardwalk trail that winds along the Iguazu River towards the largest falls. Many of the smaller waterfalls are attractions in their own right but at Iguazu it's the sum of the parts that makes it spectacular. The boardwalk takes you under jungle canopy and up the Iguazu Canyon, then juts out across the base of a waterfall to take you almost into the middle of the gorge. Spray kicks up from a torrent of water pounding over cliffs just metres away. Arriving at the lower base of the Devil's Throat, the narrow gorge over which most of the Iguazu River spills, the sight, sound and drenching spray is overwhelming.
Without raincoats, we retreat to get a better look at the falls from above.
A lift zips us to the source of the water - the wide, placid expanse of the Iguazu before it tumbles over the cliffs. Here, there's a buffet restaurant, the Porto Canoas, and a takeaway store. The area is teeming with tourists, so we opt for a quick burger, then return to our hotel for well-deserved drinks. And to wait.
At sunset, when the 6pm curfew means most people have left the national park, we venture to the falls again, to watch the light shimmy from water mist and listen as the surrounding jungle comes alive.
Day 2
We wake to watch the sunrise at the falls but thick fog fills the canyon. Today we'll cross from Brazil to Argentina to see the falls again, before heading to Paraguay, and then back to Brazil. The taxi from our hotel to the Argentinian side of the falls costs about $70 - not bad for door-to-door service across borders.
Argentina's slice of the waterfalls and national park has more adventurous options than Brazil's. Visitors can swim in the river and take a free launch to an island or spend hours walking in the jungle. A miniature train leaves from the ticket office and chugs the three kilometres to the start of a boardwalk that, in turn, takes you to a viewing platform of the Devil's Throat.
Unknowingly, we've arrived on a Saturday in the middle of Argentinian school holidays and the park is packed. The queue for the train is about a two-hour wait, one way. I look at my watch. Lunch in Paraguay or seeing the Devil's Throat from an Argentinian angle? We turn on our heels and hop on a bus from the national park to the Argentine border town of Puerto Iguazu. From there, we swap to a local bus to Paraguay.
The benefit of taking the local bus is that despite its journey from Argentina to Paraguay across a patch of Brazil, there's no Brazilian immigration to get through. Still, nothing in this part of the world is what you would call efficient and we arrive in Paraguay's second-largest city, Ciudad del Este, almost an hour later than we had anticipated.
Ciudad del Este is not unlike Hong Kong in its built environment: tightly packed, badly built towers house apartments and malls. Arriving here, over the Friendship Bridge from Brazil, you're greeted with the chaos of traffic jams and car horns. It's crazy, dirty and not to be missed.
Fast Facts
Getting there Aerolineas Argentinas has a fare to Brazil's Foz do Iguacu Airport from Sydney via Buenos Aires for about $2176 low season, return. Melbourne passengers fly to Sydney with Virgin to connect. See aerolineas.com.ar.
Staying there The 193 room Hotel das Cataratas has superior rooms from $482 a night. See hoteldascataratas.com.
More information cataratasdoiguacu.com.br.


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With the release of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter", my natural inclination was to have this week's discussion topic be "Who was your favorite movie President". But that's such a narrow field of movies, I think it would have really made for a lame thread…
Instead, I thought, well what if people could elect anybody? You could take any character from any movie for any reason, and have like a write-in-ballot for them for the greatest office in your respective countries… President, Prime Minister, etc.
I certainly don't wish to devolve this into a political debate, but who would you elect, and why? What characteristics do they have that you think would lend to them making a good ruler? If you were campaigning for them, how would you sell others on your candidate?
Maybe you'd like to see John McClane in office, due to his fortitude and courage, or maybe you'd like to see Judy Dench's M get a promotion. Maybe you'd like to see The Dude in charge! Morgan Freeman was President once already in movies (Deep Impact), perhaps you'd like to see him get re-elected!
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I am in class right now so I cannot post the link. (I am on my phone haha) but I saw on twitter about it and there was an article on Bleacher Report that I saw soon after. I am aware that bleacher report is a pretty sketchy place to get reliable info. I believe it was an article on NBC sports where Eli was in an interview and made the following statement. I cannot look too much into it at the moment because I have notes to take. I am sure that you guys can locate the article that I am talking about. You guys are crazy quick to post stuff, I love it!
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I think that this is probably the coolest thing I've seen all year. Hats off to ya.
SharpShooter -
Could you give us an estimate on what it cost to build? It's probably the most economical beltfed out there to build and shoot
I think that this is probably the coolest thing I've seen all year. Hats off to ya.
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Collection of both modern and antique handguns and rifles
this is a hard core tag.
eagerly awaiting a tutorial to build this!
any idea how hard this is in comparison to a standard AK build?
or 2XTM build?
gee thanks a mil i showed my wife this and now shes goin nuts saying i need to take one of our kits and try and build one when you get the tutorial done. really ya did a bang up job nice build. but how does the feed mechanism work?
Basic costs For MG47ES
Receiver material; $10 Home Depot or Speedy Metals
Top Cover assy & feed tray: $85 RTG Roberts
Gas Tube: $5 peedy Metals or Aircraft Spruce
Gas Tube Joint; $5 Speedy Metals or Aircraft Spruce
Return Spring Extension; $5 Home Depot, Speedy Metals or Home Depot
Fire Control Group; $32 U.S. AK G2 Tapco or Gun Broker
M60 Return Spring; $12 Gunp Parts Corp.
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Rails: $10; Home Depot
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I have a yugo M70 front end sitting around. Would that work for this type of build, or would the bulged trunnion be a problem?
Can't speak for SS's MG47ES pattern. But both of my MG47 type test guns are built using the bulged RPK type trunnions. They actually worked better for me than the regular width trunnion.
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My ES prototype is made with a bulged RPK trunnon. The standard with trunnion on an ES build would require some spacers to make it the same width as a buldged trunnion. The inside of the receiver is wider on the ES than on the standard MG47.
So, it sounds like my bulged trunnion Yugo M70 kit would work. Is that right?


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Prep Time 30 min
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this is a total newb question -- i received and installed my first nuc last weekend from an established local apiary. They use only top-bar frames, my hive is a 8-frame langstroth 1 deep, 2 medium supers. my mentor from the apiary advised that the top bar frames and langstroth frames are interchangeable in terms of size which i get, but after having the nuc in place for a week I'm starting to wonder how this will work...
When I installed the nuc in the bottom deep, i put in seven top-bar frames (w/drawn comb, honey, brood), and one foundationless langstroth frame (empty). It all made sense at the time, but then I started to think...The top-bar frames essentially create their own inner cover due to their width. With seven edge-to-edge top-bars (creating a tight inner cover) the only place bees have to move up to the medium supers is along side the one langstroth frame.
Maybe I'm over-thinking this, but am now wondering if I should have included more langstroths in the bottom deep, to increase the likelihood of and space for upward movement of the colony?
What if they start to propolize this space, making it impossible for the bees to move upward? Have I trapped them to the living space of the bottom deep? Will they swarm?
Was putting so many top-bars in the langstroth bottom deep wrong? If so, what should I do to remediate???
Apologies if this isn't the right spot in the forum to post this question...Again, i'm one week in, any help appreciated. Thanks!


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If you know Nat's and/or Sean's adress, what would you with said information?
If you know Nat's and/or Sean's adress, what would you with said information?Darth Kenneth says (Jul 12, 2011)29Filed Under: Questions
i don't know what i should do
I thought the "who would you fuck" questions were gross but this one is just.... ewwww. Try to think about it from their point of view- would you really want someone that you don't know to have your address and send you gifts? It's super creepy.
When I was in high school I had a stalker and he knew where I lived and he left me presents all the time. It got to the point that I was afraid to open my car door in the morning because he'd gotten a locksmith to make him a duplicate key and he kept leaving me presents. I never knew when he was going to be outside my door waiting to talk to me. He didn't try to hurt me (then at least) but his very presence was an assault. He scared off every boyfriend and guy friend (and I only had guy friends) and isolated me. Every letter, every gift, every flower and every box of chocolates was a reminder that he thought I belonged to him.
I know that no one thinks of their behavior as being stalkerish like the guy I talked about above, but all the stuff mentioned in the other comments is creepy and if it were you who were famous, some random fan having your address would scare the crap out of you.
well 1 thing is that i wouldnt send them anything like, "I know where you livee!" lol if i was famous and people knew my address; i would think thats a bit stalkerish... if i had they're addresses... well next year im going to boulder for a family vacation so if i knew theuir addresses i would drive by and say thats sean/nat's house!!! lol
I would scream their names until they notice me, YEAHHHHHHHHH! And i will camp out there until they call me to get in! :PPPPP
Oh there are so many things I'd want to do, but I probably wouldn't, because they also need their private life to be, well, their private life :)
People talk big about what they would do with it, but when it really comes down to it, most people wouldn't do anything. I would respect their privacy.
i would send them gifts on every holiday (including 3OH!3 day) and send them gifts on both their birthdays and randomly send them gift baskets


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Re: st: glm executes very very slow
Steve Samuels <email@example.com>
Re: st: glm executes very very slow
Wed, 7 Jul 2010 15:36:17 -0400
What you didn't tell us, as requested by the FAQ, is what the Stata
results were ; the coefficient for that small category would have
stood out.
The main lesson I hope you take away is not about Stata: examine your
data before throwing it into a model. That small category would have
caused problems in any regression.
By the way, the correct spelling of the program we all use is
"Stata"--this is also in the FAQ.
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 2:47 PM, G. Dai <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> I totally agree with the presumption statement. We are all learning by doing.
> As a way to find out the reason for the slow, I do the followings.
> r`i'cenreg only takes integer value 1 to 5. obs is about 4000.
> First I use the
> xi i.r`i'cenreg
> and then run the command glm by replacing i.r`i'cenreg with _Ir`i'cenreg.
> It is still very slow.
> And I find only 2 obs with value 1 for the variable _Ir`i'cenreg_5
> Second, I drop _Ir`i'cenreg_5 and repeat the above estimation. glm
> works through.
> not slow any more.
> In sum, I guess it is because I only have two obs with r`i'cenreg=5,
> which makes the glm very
> hard to fit the data and thus very very slow.
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Nick Cox <email@example.com> wrote:
>> As I understand it there are two hypotheses on the table for "very very slow":
>> 1. A bug in -glm-.
>> 2. The complexity of your model.
>> I put all my notional money on #2.
>> But regardless of that, how many parameters are you estimating here?
>> There's a kind of common presumption here that more experienced Stata users acquire some sort of Stata genius that allows them to diagnose remote problems with astounding acuteness. Not really; they're just more experienced and remember some of the mistakes they have made themselves.
>> All this relatively experienced Stata user sees here is
>> 1. a complicated command
>> 2. references to a dataset I can not experiment with
>> 3. -svy-, which is usually a sign of difficulties.
>> So remote diagnosis is difficult.
>> What you could do is experiment with a much simpler version of your model just to see if it too runs very slowly.
>> Nick
>> email@example.com
>> G. Dai
>> maybe. The r`i'cenreg only take values with 1, 2, 3,4 , and 5.
>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Nick Cox <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>> I very much doubt the idea of a bug in -glm-. The point is that your syntax change is not at all trivial: it could mean many fewer parameters to estimate. Otherwise put, the issue is almost certainly the difficulty of fitting your model, rather than the size of the dataset or any problem in Stata.
>> G. Dai
>>> For reference only, if i replace i.r`i'cenreg with r`i'cenreg, the
>>> glm command runs through. but I don't know why. Maybe a bug with glm?
>>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:17 AM, G. Dai <email@example.com> wrote:
>>>> FYI, the dataset is about 50m with obs about 4000.
>>>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 9:03 AM, G. Dai <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>> I guess it might be useful to open a new thread for my problem.
>>>>> I'm using glm command to estimate a fraction probit model.
>>>>> however, when the do file goes to the following glm estimation,
>>>>> it becomes very very slow. actually, it took me hours to finish the estimation.
>>>>> I tried it on STATA SE 11.1 in a MAC and on STATA MP 11.0 in the department
>>>>> server.
>>>>> any help is appreciated.
>>>>> Guang
>>>>> ************************excerpt begins******************
>>>>> svy: glm r`i'pin r`i'`x'nhu /*parental NH stay experience*/
>>>>> h`i'itot h`i'atotf /*income and financial wealth*/
>>>>> r`i'conde r`i'adlsa r`i'iadlsa /*health condition and status*/
>>>>> r`i'nrshom /*past NH experience*/
>>>>> raedyrs r`i'agey_b ragender /*identity*/
>>>>> h`i'child r`i'hiltc /*health insurance and children*/
>>>>> i.r`i'cenreg,fam(bi 1) link(probit);
>>>>> ***********************excerpt ends*****************
>>>>> Note, where r`i'pin is the fractional variable ranges from 0 to
>>>>> 1,which massive point at 0.
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Olivier Giroud hopes his first goal for the Club will be "the start of a beautiful adventure".
The France international broke his duck in the 6-1 Capital One Cup victory against Coventry, deftly lifting the ball over Joe Murphy after Francis Coquelin put him through on goal.
Afterwards, the 25-year-old admitted it was a relief to get off the mark and believes there will be many more goals to come.
"This goal has taken the pressure off me. It's done, I have my first goal. But it has to be the start of a beautiful adventure," he said.
"Even unconsciously I was thinking about this first goal. I tried not to think about it but my family, friends and a lot of people were talking to me about it.
"For a striker, it's always good to find the net again. I have an assist already this season but it's not like a goal. For a striker, it's important for the confidence. I hope many more will follow.
"I want to play week in, week out, find my rhythm and keep scoring. I am convinced that with some perseverance, it will come."
Next up for Arsenal is a London derby against Chelsea at Emirates Stadium on Saturday, and Giroud says that spirits are high going into the lunchtime kick-off.
"[The Coventry result] was the perfect win before Chelsea, a very important game. It brings a lot of confidence for me but also for the team," he said.
"Now, we need to think about the league. It's a massive game and I hope it will come our way."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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So hoping to get these blogs out within the next day so Hawaii is ready to go. Been working heaps so haven't had the time to do it all unfortunately.
Anyway, I was finished my driving which was sad since I quite enjoyed being out on the road. But I was heading to a part of America which I had been dreaming of seeing and was finally seeing now that I was here and able to explore a few places!
The New England area is just beautiful. I only ever made it to Boston previously, so it was great to finally branch out. My first stop was a 2 night stay in Portland, Maine.
Portland was not a place I knew about
I knew it was cold up there based on the weather reports, and since I was in relatively warmer temperatures in the South, I would have to rug back up like when I was in NYC before New Year's which was ok since I had had a break from it.
When I flew into Portland, it was a sight I have never seen before! Snow was everywhere! All over the ground. I have never seen snow from above and to see it as far as the eye can see, on top of houses and along roads, it was just amazing!
Landing at the airport with snow along the runway was also very pretty. It had snowed the day before, based on the conversations with the people there so it was old snow, slowly drying up. The sky was blue so it was just very chilly once I went outside.
I made it to my Inn which was on Carleton street. It was a cute 3 storey brownstone. I was on the second floor
Little did I know, and what Buddy would soon tell me is that my dream for seeing more snow would come true the very next day since it was forecast to snow overnight and the next day so I was very excited to be back with all the beautiful scenery!
I explored around near the hotel and saw all the snow along the streets. The streets had been plowed so it was kinda dirty type snow but some of it was clean and some of it was very high. It was really cool and nice to be out in fresh air too. I went to dinner at a restaurant a few blocks from the Inn. It was called Cieolas. It was the BEST meal I had eaten on this trip! I had the spinach and ricotta cannelloni and a chocolate desert and even the bread was amazing because they gave you a cheese and chive spread…I actually ate 2 baskets full so about 8 pieces :) It was so good, I could have licked the plate! It was so good! Even the people next to me who I was talking to had ordered the same and they loved it too. It was a true experience!
Walking back to the Inn it was dark outside and here is where I truly felt like I was in a movie
I relaxed watching tv and settled in for the night. I was excited for the snow tomorrow so I hoped I would get to see some. I woke up at about 7.30am and looked out my window…snow was everywhere! It was softly falling, but all the rooves I could see as I was on the second floor were piled with it. It was beautiful! I quickly showered and got dressed and headed downstairs for breakfast. But before sitting down, I went outside and took some pictures. It was the most wonderful sight I ever saw. The road had not been plowed yet so everything was covered! Cars, the road, the footpath, all of the old snow was now fresh…It was just an amazing sight!
I had breakfast which was so nice…they had muffin tops, fruit, eggs, bacon and toast…and they loved how I ate ketchup with my eggs..I think it is more of an Aussie thing :) I met Cindy the other owner, and she was just a darling! I really loved her! I sat and ate and relaxed for about an hour talking to her and another guest. She was just so nice, and the conversation was just on general things but meeting local people like her made me happy I made the trip up
Afterwards, I got all my winter clothes on and headed outside with my camera. I was so excited to see it all covered like this. If Central Park was amazing in snow…this was something else! All of the houses were so pretty as it was, but seeing them with snow gardens and rooves and fences made it just picture perfect. I walked around for about an hour or so and the snow was at least a foot deep! I was thankful I had my good boots on and that I had sprayed them the night before again. It made walking around much easier.
Eventually it began snowing…and it got heavier…and heavier and just didn't stop! It snowed for hours! After walking around Portland, which wasn't a big town, I was cold and wet from the snow. Since it was very heavy, it was very slushy to cross some roads and being hit in the face was just lovely from the snow falling fast in the wrong direction. I ended up going to Starbucks for an iced frappachino (funny I know, since it was so cold) and a chocolate chip cookie which they heated up so it melted in your mouth! I went back out and just walked around in the snow, trying to not freeze to death. After having lunch, I decided a way to still be out in the town and not sitting in my room at the Inn, was to see a film
After the movie, it was still snowing and it was about 3pm. So I decided I had had enough time in the snow for that day and walked slowly back to the Inn. It was also good to relax and unwind for a few hours too.
I had dinner at a pizza place near Cieola's and that was lovely too. It was dark with night when I walked to and from the place, but unlike the night before, it was very calming and different. Just hearing your footsteps walking on snow was nice, and cars were driving slow so it was very peaceful. Some people were out shovelling their drives, so it was exactly like being in a Christmas movie like The Family Stone and walking around in the cold. Even though I had been out in the snow all day, and saw everything in white, it was so much nicer at night. I can't explain it. It was just glistening in the street lights and the moon and I enjoyed it much more this way than in the daylight. It was still lightly snowing too which added an extra element to it as well
Relaxing in the Inn once again, I packed my suitcase ready for my 9am bus to Portsmouth, New Hampshire the next day which was an hour ride.
I had to the leave the Inn early, and since breakfast started at 8am, I needed to leave earlier to get to the greyhound station in case of the snow. But Cindy ensured I got a cooked breakfast and made it to the station on time in the taxi so it was really nice that even though I wasn't in breakfast hours that I still got fed. The people here were just amazing and I will return here just to see Cindy and Buddy! They were amazing and so was their Inn!
I hope you enjoyed reading this blog, it was a highlight for sure and I think the pictures will blow you away like they did for me actually being there.
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drink the beer. A common game played on party scenes where one person will partake in consuming one container of any beer based liquid. Once this liquid is consumed the reward is another. The game continues on in this order.
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Please help me, would you be concerned with what is shown in the pics?
I did a sugar shake mite count and had four mites in a half cup of bees.
The hive has been steadily growing and getting heavier this spring. I have seen egg in the brood chamber every time I have checked the hive. They have been drawing out brood comb consistently. This hive survived from a very small swarm from lastApril.
I see quite a few of what looks like bees larva pulled out in the mornings and these bees with deformed wings walking around the rocks outside the hive. You can see in one picture a larvae with big red eyes and the bees appeared to be cleaning the larvae rather than dragging it out as iexpected.


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I am interested in trying to design a horizontal beehive using deep Langstroth frames. Basically the idea would be a topbar hive design with straight walls, frame rests and deep frames.
The reasons I want to do this are basically to get to benefits of using frames -- the comb would be reusable, extractable, and people could get nucs from Langstroth beekeepers. However, I see a lot of new beekeepers, esp. women, who simply do not do well lifting full boxes (even mediums are too much for some people I've mentored). Those people don't enjoy working hives and tend to give up because they don't like lifting and separating boxes.
OTOH, I think topbar hives pose an extra set of problem, which are basically the opposites of the benefits from frames listed above (no reusable comb and not using the frames everybody else uses), plus some others (e.g., learning to prevent cross-comb).
I have done some recent study of Russian horizontal hives, which use bigger frames and are set up sort of like a topbar hive. However, the problem with those is that the large frames are not available here, and the frames really don't fit in an extractor.
However, I have learned that one problem I thought this design would have is not really a problem. Specifically, I thought the bees would create a mess in the gaps between the frames. (Unlike topbars, there will be gaps between the frames.) In the Russian hives, they cover the tops of the frames with a sheet of burlap to cover the gaps. The bees propolize it down, but it apparently can be removed. So I think that problem probably has a simple solution.
The question I have is what the dimensions should be. Obviously, the width of the frames dictates one side. However, I'm not sure how long the hive should bee. Would a little less than 48" be okay, since that could use up a 8 foot long 1x12? Exactly how long would be best?
Is there likely to be problems with the sides bowing out? If so, any thoughts on how to control that?
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Black Bear 4-H Club learns about taxidermy, exotic animal mounts
Black Bear 4-H Club families recently toured two homes to learn about taxidermy and exotic animal mounts.
In February, the club toured Trophy Time Taxidermy and Antler Reproductions LLC, owned by Tim Hidde. Hidde explained the process from start to finish of mounting various animals and fish. His collection of different molds used to create antler reproductions drew interest from those attending.
In April, Greg and Jessica Cheek hosted the club at their Breezy Point home that is filled with animal mounts. The Cheeks have traveled around the world and shared experiences of hunts in Africa, Alaska and other locations. Different kinds of deer and antelope and other exotic animals, along with animals we recognize from our area, cover the walls.
Young people asked many questions with the most unusual being, "Which animal tastes the best?"
Greg Cheek explained how the elephant mount in his collection was harvested due to overpopulation and the lion had been eating a villager's donkeys.
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By Maria Guilott and Grant Wiggins
Does curriculum reform really improve student performance? Common sense says it should, but few research studies exist to back the idea. Unfortunately, many curriculum reforms are too timid, designed merely to appease state education officials or district leaders. Often, they don't result in substantial achievement gains in the classroom.
In one Louisiana district, however, a multiyear effort has paid off. A comprehensive reform plan was a key factor in improving student achievement in a school district devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
St. Tammany School District is located north of New Orleans. Despite a generally good record, district leadership felt it was time to move from good to great. In 2003, the district went through a strategic planning process with more than 2,000 community members.
The board approved a strategic plan that resulted from these efforts with a goal of creating a guaranteed curriculum for this large and diverse district where the right hand often didn't know what the left was doing. The curriculum rewrite would ensure that students across the district would receive the same curriculum, regardless of demographics, resources, or staffing.
After visiting several high-performing school systems, officials decided to use a common framework for curriculum writing, based on the book Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins, a co-author of this article, and Jay McTighe. For two years, teachers received training and the district purchased software to put the complete local curriculum online.
Readers well know that reality often intrudes on well-intentioned plans. Alas, in August 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the St. Tammany community. When the district reopened in October after major rebuilding efforts, enrollment was down by 6,000 students. Displaced students, returning students, and new students altered the population considerably following the storm.
Pre-Katrina, St. Tammany had 33,500 students, 30 percent of whom were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Post-Katrina, the district had grown to 35,600 students -- with 41 percent eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The economically disadvantaged population had increased. Yet, in part because of the curriculum reform effort, the district now performs at its highest level ever.
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To paint a picture of Carmel-by-the-Sea, in California's Monterey County, you're gonna need a lot of color—enough to cover its breathtaking ocean views, its vibrant art scene, and its outgoing community of artists, actors, writers, gardeners, and chefs. It's a good thing the weather's persistently beautiful, because the best way to explore it all is on foot. Stroll through the town's network of cobblestone streets past quaint cottages, secret courtyards, and floral gardens en route to the bluff tops, where you'll have a spectacular view of Carmel's white-sand beach and the iconic Pebble Beach golf course.
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Ideally located in the heart of town, the Monte Verde Inn offers elegant, European-style bed-and-breakfast accommodations in keeping with Carmel's laid-back vibe. The inn's individually decorated guest rooms feature distinctive, stylish furnishings; premium bedding; and stately private bathrooms with upscale Gilchrist and Soames amenities—not to mention complimentary gourmet tea and coffee, excellent local wine, and signature sherry. When you're sufficiently relaxed, step out to peruse the shops, galleries, and world-class restaurants lining the town's streets.
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Educating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells the story of her groundbreaking Parikrma Humanity Foundation, which brings hope to India's slums by looking past the daunting statistics and focusing on treating each child as an individual.
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Paul Floyd Guida died Oct. 9, 2013.
He was born Jan. 10, 1928, in Brainerd, Minn., to Adela and Floyd Guida. Paul lived most of his life on the family farm in Lake Edward Township. He attended elementary school at Lake Edward and graduated valedictorian of his class from Pequot Lakes Senior High School. He attended the University of Minnesota at St. Paul. He later served his country in the U.S. Army. He served as a lineman in Germany as part of the occupation forces. After service, he returned home to the family farm.
The Guida farm was a well-known local dairy. It was through the dairy that he met his wife, Marion. Her family came to the Guida dairy to buy cream and one day she left her sweater. Paul had to return her sweater to her and their romance resulted in their marriage in 1964. They had one son, John. The farm switched from dairy to beef in the early '70s. He had beef cows until his death. Paul worked for some years off the farm at Brainerd Woodcraft where he met his good friend, Clyde Wind.
Paul is remembered for being quiet, intelligent and kind. He was a member of the Jenkins VFW and First Presbyterian Church, Brainerd. He was preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Harold; and his wife, Marion. He is survived by his son, John (Carrie) Guida; and grandchildren, Samuel, Anna and Benjamin. He was buried in the Lake Edward cemetery on Oct. 10, 2013.


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I'm having a devil of a time at the moment with one of my cats. A friend said to me recently that if we were really serious about saving our endangered birds, we'd get rid of our cats. A bit heavy handed - or is it?
The older I get, the more I appreciate the birdlife in the garden; all that wonderful arguing in the feijoa tree or sunflowers and the rowdy dawn chorus. So to find the results of my cat's hunting exploits displayed on the garden path has become more than irritating.
She is young and it is her nature, but in my heart I'd prefer having the birds in the garden to having my cat.
It is in that spirit that I've decided to produce a sculpture this summer. Actually, that sounds a little bit pompous. I originally just wanted to add some harder elements to the vege garden to give some interest during winter and some continuity during summer, instead of the green fuzz the garden can sometimes take on.
As far as structural elements go, a sculpture is relatively low-maintenance. Of course, there are many ways to get such elements into the garden, and by far the easiest is with your wallet, but how much does it cost? Start adding some scale and individuality to the equation and your outlay can be considerable. Coming up with your own ideas can be rewarding and if you get stuck, the library is an excellent place to find inspiration.
For this project, in honour of my feathered friends, I have constructed multiple bird shapes out of plywood pieces. I've made a template for each of the pieces that form the birds. Each bird can be formed slightly differently, making each distinctive from its fellows in the rest of the flock. I've painted the pieces before I put the birds together and have lined some of the pieces with aluminium sheeting. This is easy to work with and can be glued to the plywood.
The birds are then mounted on thin poles and installed in the garden.
I'm hoping this small shrine to birds might encourage some of my other family members to take a harder line on my mog. At the very least, she will be fitted out with a bell in the hope that a little bit of jingling might be just enough of a head start to see my avian friends enjoy another dawn chorus.
Step 1: Have a basic idea of a shape which can be easily broken down into two or three pieces and arranged in multiple ways to produce birds that look the same, but are moving differently.
Step 2: Mark out, and with a jigsaw, cut a template for each piece that will make up the birds. You can use a piece of MDF, thick cardboard or thin plywood.
Step 3: Use the templates to mark out the pieces on a sheet of 12mm plywood. Cut out with a jigsaw.
Step 4: Paint each piece using acrylic paint. I recommend bright colours. Make sure you seal the edges of the plywood, using plenty of paint.
Step 5: Use the template to mark out the shapes on a thin sheet of aluminium. Cut using tin snips. Glue the pieces on to one side of the corresponding plywood shapes using strong exterior glue. I've used Selleys polyurethane adhesive.
Step 6: Arrange the finished sections to form the birds, then glue together. Work out how each bird will sit and arrange a 20mm square mounting block on the bottom of the bird then glue into place.
Step 7: Mount each bird on a pole and install it in the garden.


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It's time for a Mom Confession -- because, let's face it, we're real mothers and sometimes it doesn't work the way the parenting books say it should.
This Week's Confession:
If a child comes in my house and starts breaking the rules, I'll scold them if their parents refuse to. I treat all children the same. I demand respect as well as give respect.
Case in point: My sister-in-law's daughter started swinging these heavy glass objects. Her great grandmother and great aunt told her to stop, but she kept doing it, and her mother was in another part of the house. So I sternly told her to put them down and said if you can't listen, you need to stop playing with them.
The girl threw them, screaming, and ran to her mom. Her mom told her, it's okay, you can play with them, and got mad that I scolded her child.
Question: Should moms be allowed to scold another parent's child?
Yes, including spanking, time-outs or whatever they see fit.
Yes, but only verbal scolding.
Only in certain circumstances, I'll explain ...
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Do other parents (not a caregiver or babysitter) have the right to discipline your kid when you are not around -- either in someone else's home or a public place, or when the incident involves their own child?
We all have secrets -- so thanks to this brave mom for sharing her honest thoughts, and thank you for keeping this conversation non-judgemental!