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Shorter Salon: "Duhhhh, I don't know . . . it looks different."
Frankly, I didn't realize Salon was still a thing – didn't they change their name to Slate or something? -- but since Faraone just called me up and is ready to murder someone, a few brief words about this shamelessly shoddy piece on alt-weeklies, which even its editors must have known was suck-ass, since they waited until early on a Saturday morning to dump it onto the internets, sandwiched between (I shit you not) a think-piece on the history of the spork and a Dan Savage blowjob


text: Re: Black Coffee & Cream (Parade Photos 6/24) the parade and festival were lots of fun. we had about 15 folks riding. game face.... Barry and David came down from Smyrna to ride my pops rode this. lil sis on the BFK yes, it says staff. heh. cheers. oh yeah, i am gonna paint her this weekend. i am not using the monark fork. too rickety. still kinda want a springer. hrmmm.

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This webinar provided participants with a basic introduction to market tracking through retail point-of-sale data. Participants gained an overview of the essential uses of retail tracking information and the methodology used to compile the data, as well as examples of applications for toy categories.
The webinar is specifically recommended for toy companies wishing to understand the basics of retail sales analysis, as well as those seeking to learn of more sophisticated analytics that are gaining ground.
The webinar discusses the core concepts behind the traditional uses of retail tracking data, including understanding market size and growth trends, pricing and market share applications, and competitive analysis. The webinar also provided participants with an understanding of the sophisticated retail tracking practices that are now being employed by marketers and retailers. These practices, which are experiencing growth as a result of changes in technology and shopping habits, include category management, advanced analytics and other cutting-edge tools that improve decision making in terms of assortment, pricing and other areas of merchandising.
Anne McConnell, Director, Market Research & Data Strategy, Toy Industry Association, Inc.
Russ Crupnick, Senior Vice President, Industry Analysis, The NPD Group
Russ has spent several decades exploring consumer behavior and retail sales trends. He began in consumer packaged goods working on new product introductions, market development and retail trends. Russ built NPD's entertainment practice in the early 2000s and rapidly developed a reputation for understanding market and consumer trends in the emerging world of digital distribution. He brought that history to NPD's toy practice to work with clients, retailers and media on understanding the changing complexion of the world of play. Russ is regularly quoted in major media such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and has appeared as a guest on Fox Business News, CBS, and CNBC. He is currently Executive In Residence at NYU, where he lectures on marketing strategy, pricing and forecasting. Russ is proud to tell readers that he comes from toy lineage: his grandmother was with the American Character Doll company in Brooklyn, NY until its closing in the late 1960's.
The NPD Group provides market information and advisory services to help companies and retailers make better business decisions. NPD introduced sales tracking in many of their industries, initially using consumer panels, and are known as the industry authority for market size and trends. NPD started the first retail tracking service for toys in 1984 and has launched services in more than a dozen industries since then. Today, The NPD Group tracks businesses representing more than $1 trillion in sales in the Americas and more across Europe and Asia-Pac.


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Tonight Stephen Colbert "baptized" all dead Mormons to Judaism, via "circumcizing" a hot dog. That is funny.
It was in response to the Mormon practice of using their hot tub time-machine to baptize deceased Jews. That is… a thing that happens.
Maybe it is the horrific world history of organized religion suppressing human expression and needs. Perhaps it is the latest onslaught of self-titled religious experts seeking leadership in our secular government. I am sure it is involved with the rhetoric surrounding insurance plans and sexually immature men (I am not calling them names; clerics are almost by definition sexually immature, see the section Religious Decree on Sexual Behavior) deciding women's health issues, rather than actual experts and, you know, women.
I am done with superstition. I believe that religion is a form of human expression, and should therefore be protected. This isn't about that. It is about one group of people taking their superstitions and trying to shutdown science and secular rights.
We do not derive our rights from god (god isn't a real thing). We derive our rights from an ongoing discourse that self-perpetuates through education and hopefully individual consent. It is not perfect. In fact, its main weakness is that it lets people with ridiculous ideas reach a national audience. It is a hole that we can't plug up, because the stakes are too high. We need to let the people who have unhealthy views of reality enjoy the same free speech we do.
That is why I am lifting my personal media blackout on religion. I have a whole lot of tolerance for expression. But I won't stand by while people use their expression to hurt others. I am adding my voice to the "side" of reason, also known as people with reason.
I recommend you do the same. ^_^


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Idaho issues mega-load permits
BOISE, Idaho - Omega Morgan has been issued a permit to move an oversized load of oil rig equipment across rural Idaho and into Montana. It is ultimately bound for oil fields in Canada.
The Idaho Transportation Department said motorists could expect delays on southern and eastern Idaho highways while the load travels across the state between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It will not travel between 4 p.m. Tuesday, December 24 and 10 p.m. December 26 or if visibility is less than 500 feet.
The shipment is 23 feet wide, 18 feet, 11 inches high, 382 feet long and weighs 900,001 pounds.
As of Friday, the load was parked on the west side of Vale, Oregon.
A bigger map of its planned route can be seen here.
It will enter Idaho on State Highway 19 from Oregon then travel eastbound on Idaho 19 to U.S. 95, travel south on U.S. 95 to Idaho 55, pass through Marsing and then connect with Idaho 78. It will then travel eastbound on Idaho 78 to Interstate 84 before moving westbound on I-84 to U.S. 20 at Mountain Home.
The Transportation Department said there would be traffic delays on Interstate 84 between exits 99 and 112. The off-ramp at exit 112 will be temporarily closed. Pilot vehicles on I-84 will temporarily delay other eastbound vehicles while the shipment uses eastbound I-84. At an emergency vehicle pull-out, the load will cross over to the westbound lanes and move toward Mountain Home.
From Mountain Home, the load will travel northeast on U.S. 20 to U.S. 20/93 to Arco. At Arco it will travel northeast to Idaho 28 throught the Leadore, Lemhi, and Tendoy area, then on to Salmon and U.S. 93. It will then travel north to the Idaho/Montana state line.
The specific time-line for the trip was not published.
The Idaho Transportation Department said delays will be limited to 15 minutes to other vehicles. Flaggers and pilot vehicles will accompany the transport vehicle and notify the driver when other vehicles are approaching. The shipment will then move to a pull-out, drive to the side of the highway and let other vehicles pass.


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Slaves of Corruption
While we know that all true converts will never fall finally away, we still must do all we can to help those professing faith not to fall away, for that is one way God keeps His people faithful (Ezek. 3:16–21; ...Read More
Waterless Springs
In John 4:14, Jesus promises us that the water He gives to us will so satisfy us that we will never be thirsty again. Jesus has appointed many in the body of Christ to be preachers and teachers through whom ...Read More
Gain from Wrongdoing
Even a broken clock is correct twice a day, or so the saying goes. False teaching is particularly dangerous because rarely will false teachers speak no truth at all. That truth is spoken on occasion, however, does not make one ...Read More
Full of Adultery
Most of us would readily leave a church in which a leader is promoting a view of sexuality not in line with Scripture. However, though today's passage is primarily a warning about false teachers, we should all likewise beware lest ...Read More
Blots and Blemishes
False teachers who leave the church to start their own cults are, in a sense, easier to deal with because they have clearly set themselves apart from the Christian community. More insidious are those teachers who hold onto the name ...Read More
The Glorious Ones
That Peter calls demons "glorious ones" does not suggest they have some goodness left in them. Rather, it warns us of the power and might they still possess even though they are fallen. Though we must not fear evil if ...Read More
Condemned to Extinction
The Bible is filled with contrasts between the ways of the righteous and the ways of the wicked. Though only the perfect righteousness of Christ can justify a person, those who have been justified endeavor to obey God's righteous law. ...Read More
When Angels Sinned
Though demons and false teachers remain powerful enemies of God's people, we must never fear them. They too serve the ultimate purposes of God and are restrained by His mighty hand. God is never responsible for evil, but He does ...Read More
In Their Greed
Though fallen men will look for any excuse to malign the way of Christ, Christians must remember not to give extra cause for them to do this. And though most of us will probably never be guilty of intentionally spreading ...Read More
False Prophets
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In what was one of the most anticipated Sportsman racing developments of the entire 2012 season, Chevrolet's all-new COPO Camaros have made their competition debut.
A total of five machines were unveiled and participated at the fabled NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis over Labor Day weekend, running in both Stock and Super Stock eliminators.
The lineup included two truly impressive cars, one fielded by GM Pro Stock proponent Victor Cagnazzi and the other by Bob Tyler, with skilled drivers Dave Connolly and Todd Patterson at the controls, respectively. Both ran in CC/SA trim using 425hp 427ci fuel injected engine programs. Connolly, a native of North Carolina and a past winner of the U.S. Nationals in Pro Stock, scored the CC/SA title driving his Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins tribute machine. He beat Patterson in that historic and exciting class title runoff. However, Patterson, from Kansas, was the quicker of the two. During time trials, he hit a 9.534 e.t., which is 1.066 under his class index, to qualify 12th overall for Stock Eliminator.
Another very impressive entry was the Jimmy Vasser Chevrolet King Kong Camaro driven by Eric Reyes (Petaluma, California). That BB/SA classed car (500hp supercharged 327) is in fact a new venture into drag racing for car owners Jim Vasser Sr. and Jimmy Vasser Jr., 1996 IndyCar World Series champion and co-owner of the KV Racing Technology team in the IZOD IndyCar Series.
Two other COPO Camaros were entered at Indy and configured for Super Stock Eliminator at the event. Marty Rinehart Jr. (Thomasville, Pennsylvania) drove the Beattie/Rinehart ATI Performance Products-sponsored car in SSA/A trim. Rinehart qualified the very potent machine 13th overall with an 8.667 e.t. run.
The second SSA/A Camaro was debuted by Buffalo, New York's, Paul Cambria. Paul's very stealth looking car also showed great potential running a best e.t., of 8.718 seconds during qualifying.
The introduction of the COPO Camaros into competition does complete a sort of NHRA "trifecta" for Stock and Super Stock racing. Fans can now look forward to with high expectations seeing ferocious head-to-head competition between Dodge Drag Pak cars, Ford Cobra Jets, and COPO Camaros. It is helping to take Sportsman drag racing right back to where it needs to be: with modern-era muscle cars back squarely in the equation. It will allow each factory to showcase and race a much truer form of what they sell in their showrooms, and that for sure has a lot of appeal to both fans and racers alike.


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Looks like the RPK receiver will be the way to go, then. I'll put one on the list. Looks like I'll need the proper metric reamers too. I have to order some more expendable tooling next week, so I'll pick some up then.
IIRC, the Coldsteel RPK should work with the Yugo trunnion. If you use a Romy or std rear stock tang you might need to trim a little off the sides due to the thicker sheet metal.
"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in."
"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Looks like the RPK receiver will be the way to go, then. I'll put one on the list. Looks like I'll need the proper metric reamers too. I have to order some more expendable tooling next week, so I'll pick some up then.
Since I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for brass, does anyone have an opinion on the standard free-floating firing pin vs. the sprung firing pins?
I can get an used, ordinary Yugo bolt for $35, a brand new Norinco sprung bolt for $65, or a brand new Valmet sprung bolt for $128.
I'll be using reloads, with standard CCI large rifle primers.
Theoretically the sprung bolt looks like a good idea, but in the exploded views, the spring looks like it came out of a BIC.
If I was doing the relaoding I would just go un sprung and use NATO style harder primers. (if you can ever find them again) I load all my 7.2x39 this way.
there is also ways to convert a normal bolt to sprung.
It is a nice feature and adds some safety. It really should be on all guns that mmay fire commercial ammo. I noticed my rommy 223 kit dosent have a spring loaded pin IMOO it should. it likely is actualy a 5.56 nato chamber. I have seen some pretty good dents even in hardend primers from the pin hitting it.
I would be interested in the spring loaded pin conversion, then I wouldn't worry so much of slam fires.
Hey, TRX, do you want to sell the welded up barrel on your Chinaman AK? I'd love to have that bayonet lug/front sight block for my MAK90. PM sent.
A) do slam fires happen often enough to worry about?
B) if so, does the wimpy-looking spring do anything to prevent them?
The recoil spring is what brings the bolt into battery. It shouldn't matter what the caliber is. I haven't been able to find much about the springs, other than the PSLs use a longer one. Are they all the same, then?
Now that I think of it I wonder if PKM recoil springs are big enough.


text: Well, I put on my shoes and I started. Going up some roads and down some others to see what Negroes do for a living. Going down one road I smelt hot rosin and looked and saw a "gum patch." That's a turpentine still to the outsider, but gum [patch] to those who work them.


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Do this in memory of me
A look at how Vatican II reforms changed worship on campus
Reflection by Jessie Bazan, communication senior and magazine intern
It just kept coming. Like a cool midsummer rain, change descended upon campus. It seeped into the crevices of Gesu, trickled down the vines of Marquette Hall, rippled across Wisconsin Avenue. The change inspired by the Second Vatican Council found its way into the very thing that made us, us our university identity. Marquette would never be the same.
The reforms began taking shape on Oct. 11, 1962 with the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Nearly 5,000 miles from Milwaukee, cardinals, bishops and other faith leaders started discussing and debating matters of the Catholic Church topics such as liturgy, revelation and the role of the church in the world.
For four years, religious leaders listened and wrote, argued and rewrote, prayed and kept writing. The resulting constitutions, documents and decrees were momentous. Many of the most shocking reforms came from the Sancrosanctum Concilium, the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy. Mass … not in Latin? Eucharist ... ministered by laypeople? Great-grandma would never believe it. But the council sought to engage the faithful on a deeper level. These reforms invited Catholics to take new ownership of their faith's most sacred celebration the liturgy.
And, so, Marquette also undertook this mission 50 years ago. There are enough stories of the impact of Vatican II on campus worship, academics and Campus Ministry to fill library shelves.
Students grabbed onto opportunities to engage with their church in new ways. Some of their excitement was inspired by three passages from the Sancrosanctum Concilium.
"But since the use of the mother tongue, whether in the Mass, the administration of the sacraments, or other parts of the liturgy, frequently may be of great advantage to the people, the limits of its employment may be extended."
Sancrosanctum Concilium 36.2
Liturgies around the world took on new life by the late 1960s. On campus, students and parishioners at the Church of the Gesu experienced these reforms firsthand. One of the most notable reforms was the change from celebrating Mass in Latin to celebrating it in English.
"This is the cup of my blood …" proclaimed the presider during the revised Eucharistic Prayer, "of the new and eternal covenant. …" The familiar English words flowed from his lips. "... it will be shed for you and for all men so that sins may be forgiven," he prayed. "Do this in memory of me."
As he grasped the chalice, the presider gazed upon the congregation of students and community members ready to be nourished at the Eucharistic table.
At the moment of consecration, the presider lifted the chalice high for all to see. The scene was familiar, but the feeling was different for many who had spent their lives hearing "hic est enim calix sanguinis mei."
Here was the liturgy, ritualized worship, now celebrated in English. It was jarring, yet unifying. The presider and congregation shared a newfound intimacy.
"There was a mystical, sacramental overflow that the Latin had," remembers Rev. William Kelly, S.J., of post-Vatican II campus Masses. "But the liturgy wasn't as gripping as when it was in your own language."
The familiar words had a way of touching the soul.
"Zeal for the promotion and restoration of the liturgy is rightly held to be a sign of the providential dispositions of God in our time, as a movement of the Holy Spirit in His Church."
Sancrosanctum Concilium 43
1960s Marquette was grooving with political protests, shaggy haircuts and excitement about Vatican II. Bits and pieces of information from the council were dispersed via the technologies of the time but on campus, the most exciting was human voices. Students gathered for lectures by theologians, such as Catholic biblical scholar David Stanley. They gathered for spiritual conversations and, most important, for communal prayer.
Retired philosophy professor Dr. Thomas Anderson, Grad '61, '67, remembers lower Gesu Church rang out daily in spirited song as students flocked to Mass.
"It was a heady time, an exciting time," he recalls.
The campus community gathered for the Mass of the Holy Spirit in October 1962 to pray for the success of the council. The community marked the council's close with a liturgy in 1965.
Years later, the flame of excitement continued to burn. Chapels sprouted up in the residence halls. Tuesday night Mass with Rev. John Naus, S.J., began in the 1980s and became a campus staple.
Dr. Kathy Coffey-Guenther, Arts '85, Grad '88, '98, remembers arranging a makeshift altar in the McCormick Hall dining room for Mass in the early 1980s.
"It would be loaded with people," she says of the dining room. "The 10 p.m. Masses were just part of life."
Students were excited about the "new" liturgy, and Mass attendance showed it.
"Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that fully conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations, which is demanded by the very nature of the liturgy."
Sancrosanctum Concilium 14
They spoke. They sang. They prayed. Soon, they could minister, too. Vatican II redefined the role of the laity in church ministry. Lay people could now serve as lectors and Eucharistic ministers. Lay people could now proclaim the Word of God and touch the body of Christ.
At a time when many were hesitant to embrace the council's reforms, Marquette was on the cutting edge of lay involvement and student leadership.
"Marquette, through Campus Ministry, became like the laboratory for students to exercise leadership in faith responsibilities," says Rev. Bryan Massingale, Arts '79, who was one of those young faith leaders.
Students began breaking open the week's Gospel readings and planning campus Masses. Father Massingale, now the associate director of undergraduate studies and professor in the Department of Theology, remembers the profundity of these new liturgical ministry opportunities.
"We look at it now and say, 'Doesn't that always happen?' Well, it didn't always happen," he says. "At that time, there were students who came to Marquette and began exercising liturgical ministries and leadership that they couldn't exercise in their own parishes."
For current students, 50 years can seem like eons ago. Graduates born after the Green Bay Packers won the first Super Bowl have no living memory of Vatican II. That's what makes an anniversary celebration so valuable.
There is no better excuse than a golden jubilee to crack open old yearbooks and trade stories with alumni of different eras. We have much to share with one another. Our present-day community may draw inspiration from remembering past campus liturgies that packed chapels and churches. Our alumni may find solace in knowing the spirit of Vatican II is still alive on campus today, seen at the popular Thursday night student Mass in St. Joan of Arc Chapel, witnessed when young religious begin the journey to full initiation into church life, and demonstrated by students exploring how to minister to classmates.
Whether through a theology class, service opportunity, Sunday Mass or simply by being a student at a Catholic university, the reforms of Vatican II shape each of our Marquette experiences. For that, we will never be the same.
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I graduated from two medical schools and forgot about the importance of one of them until now. I had neglected the "the Catholic" element as is present Marquette Univ. The other school is The Medical College of Wisconsin, and surprisingly my prior undergraduate school was Loyola University, LA., a great Catholic school.
Marquette University no longer has a medical school.
The Catholic element was and is essential for my spiritual well being.


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Dry Bags for Swimming Rivers
Jun 29, 2013 at 3:28 pm #1304766
I'm going to be in a very remote area this summer and will be crossing some rivers. Hopefully I'm only wading but I might end up swimming.
Anybody have a suggestion for a good lightweight dry bag that can take being submerged? Preferably something I could grab at a local REI.Jun 29, 2013 at 3:41 pm #2000896
david delabaereMember
@davidvcdLocale: Northern VA
I asked this question a year or two ago; everyone (and I do mean all of them) recomended agaisnt using the lighter duty backpacking dry bags even if double or triple bagged while swimming. Even the idea of using cuben or sealed plastic packliners as well were shot down…
People recommended the heavy duty drybags used for water sports or purpose made containers but recently I went canyoning and the plastic canister an experienced family member used failed (seems to run in the family since that trip my gopro housing wasn't waterproof).
Those kind of events make me weary trusting just one bag, hence the double or tripple bagging idea and ziplocking the electronics in addition to that.Jun 29, 2013 at 3:50 pm #2000898
David ThomasBPL Member
@davidinkenaiLocale: North Woods. Far North.
I like Outdoor Products dry bags available at Walmart (probably REI too) in a three pack. I wouldn't SCUBA dive with them, but inside a pack, well-burped, closed, and buckled, I've had good luck. Being sil-nylon, they are pretty light. Factory seam-sealed. The measurements are pre-sewing so 22" long for the largest one means a 14"-inch-long cylinder. The two other measurements (e.g. 6.75" and 10.75") are the diameter when full and the width when laid flat. I like them as much for water-proofness as my heavier kayaking and canoeing dry bags, although if I was dragging them over rock and tossing in a sandy boat bottom day after day, I'd guess they'd fail sooner.Jun 29, 2013 at 4:07 pm #2000899
Richard NisleyBPL Member
@richard295Locale: San Francisco Bay Area
Packrafters frequently swim turbulent white water with all of their backpacking gear drug down the river along with their flipped boats. I speak from a lot of experience doing this (smile).
Seal Line Storm Sacks are excellent solutions that are widely available in different sizes and reasonably priced. I use a 6.7 oz., 60L version, as a pack liner for two week trips.
If you want a ULTRA durable dry bag of comparable size, you can order the military version called the ILBE from Alpacka raft but, it weighs 12.6 oz.Jun 29, 2013 at 4:23 pm #2000903
Thanks Richard, just ordered a Seal Line Storm Sack off Amazon.com. I'll put one or two smaller bags inside that for really important things like my sleeping bag and electrics.Jun 29, 2013 at 4:32 pm #2000904
Philip TschersichBPL Member
@philip-akLocale: Kodiak Alaska
Does the OP want a single, large bag that they can slide their entire backpack inside of to truly swim? Or a drybag big enough to use as a liner inside the full body of their backpack? Or individual smaller drybags, like one one for your sleeping bag, one for your clothes, etc?
The crazy-superlight bags are waterproof, but tear absurdly easily. I have even ripped them just gently stuffing a puffy coat into one. An example of these are the Sea to Summit "Ultra-Sil Nano" bags. Avoid these at all cost. The Sea to Summit regular "Ultra-Sil" dry bags are light and will survive normal use with care. The inexpensive Outdoor Products bag that DT mentions work fine and are about the weight fabric that is durable enough but still light enough to hit the sweet spot. OR 'Ultralight' (not truly the thinnest and lightest out there) are also durable enough if you are careful, in my experience. As a long time sea kayaker I don't think you really need to go for the heavy duty drybags. Anything that is seam sealed and isn't so light that it will tear within normal use should do fine. They all work on the same roll-down principle: basically forming a labyrinth seal. With light drybags, you just need to avoid stuffing sharp objects into them (this includes zipper pulls- fold/stuff the object so the zipper is on the inside), don't place the bag on rocks or twigs when you stuff them, and don't pull up hard on the mouth of the bag as you stuff. The stitching at the roll-top closure of bags is where you can get a tear to initiate. Use a slightly larger bag than you absolutely need, stuff it with medium pressure, and then 'degas' the bag to achieve a smaller package.Jun 29, 2013 at 4:57 pm #2000905
Basically I need a way to ensure I don't ruin my camera and/or get my insulation wet 20 miles from help on a solo trip.
I've ordered a big bag (60 liter Seal Line) on the theory that some air in there my actually be a good thing for river crossings. I'll probably put my camera in a ziplock inside a cheaper dry bag and do the same with my sleeping bag.Jun 29, 2013 at 10:54 pm #2000968
Michael KBPL Member
You made a good choice with the Seal Line. I use those as my dedicated raft, kayak, and boat bags and I throw them and drag them around more than I should……very durable and waterproof. The lightest bags that I would use with real wet stuff and possible submersion on the sea to summit event bags. These are the lightest bags that I've used that will deal with prolonged wet conditions and temporary submersion. All my sil-nylon bags under these conditions get at least most on the inside under these conditions. I use the event bags only for backpacking where I baby them because I don't think they would stand up to my boat use (too thin). It is a good idea to pack the really important stuff (as you said that you would do) also in ziplocs just in case. An "in between" bag that I've also had good luck with are the "Big River" Sea to Summit" bags that I use to house my small expensive items like a camera.Jun 30, 2013 at 4:42 am #2000977
Hiking MaltoBPL Member
I have found that the simple trash compactor bags VERY securely tied work wonderful for full submersion. I have put all electronics in its normal ziplock into the bag for double protection. While this system would not be my choice for pack rafting, constant threat of submersion, I find it plenty adequate for occasion hairy stream crossings. .Jun 30, 2013 at 3:06 pm #2001112
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
A couple of 20 L garbage bags have always worked well for us. They cost very little and weigh very little. They live in a corner of the pack in a small protective plas bag.
But! we only use them for the actual swim. We repack immediately before and after the swim. This avoids abrasion holes from long use on the track.
CheersJun 30, 2013 at 3:16 pm #2001119
Stephen MBPL Member
@stephen-mLocale: Way up North
As Nick mentioned the Sea line bags are very good, I have one that's about 10 years old that has outlasted all other dry bags I have had over the years.
Exped ones are good also but you need to check them for leaks after a lot of use by filling them with water and look for holes, I then patch them with tenacious tape once dry.
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Installing tile in a kitchen or bathroom is hard work. This collection of tips may not eliminate all your tile troubles, but it will help you avoid the most common headaches.
Mix up the thin-set or grout, then let it stand for about 10 minutes. That allows dry chunks time to absorb water before you do the final mixing.
After all the prep and layout work, you're finally ready to set tile and see some results. The last thing you want to do is stop and wait. But giving the thinset time to absorb water, or "slake," is the key to a smooth, chunk-free mix. A chunky mix will drive you crazy when you try to comb the thin-set onto the wall or floor. After slaking, remix and add a smidgen of water if needed. Play the same waiting game when you mix up the grout later.
Self-leveling compound gives you a flat, smooth base for tile. It's also a fast way to embed in-floor heating mats or cables.
Tiling a wavy floor is a nightmare. You push and pry to get each tile flush with its neighbors and you still end up with "lippage" (edges that protrude above adjoining tiles, usually at corners). So before you tile, check the floor with a 4-ft. straightedge. If you find low spots more than 1/4 in. deep, screed thinset over them to create a flat surface.
For really bad floors, self-leveling compound (also called "self-leveling underlayment") is a lifesaver. You just mix the powder with water and pour to create a flat, smooth surface. A perfect tile base doesn't come cheap, though—expect to pay about $2 per sq. ft. Some products require metal or plastic lath; some don't.
Self-leveling compound is almost goof-proof, but there are two big pitfalls. First, it will slowly seep into the tiniest crack or hole, leaving a crater in the surface. So before you put down the lath, grab a caulk gun and fill every little gap—even small nail holes. Second, you have to work fast. Most compounds begin to harden in about 30 minutes. To get the whole floor poured in that time frame, you need at least one helper to mix the compound while you pour. And even with help, you'll have to move quickly.
With baseboards removed, measurements and cuts don't have to be precise. That means faster work and fewer miscut tiles on the scrap pile.
You can leave base trim in place, lay tile along it and caulk the gap. But that "shortcut" will look second rate and cost you hours of fussy measuring and cutting. With baseboards gone, your cuts don't have to be precise or perfect; the baseboard will hide chipped edges and small mistakes. If you're just dead-set against pulling off baseboards, consider adding base shoe molding along the bottom of the baseboard after you set the tile.
Unlike chalk lines, guide boards don't get lost under thin-set or allow tiles to shift as you set other tiles.
The usual way to position the first rows of tile is to snap chalk lines. But there are two problems with that method: First, chalk lines are hard to see if you've slopped thin-set over them. Second, the first row of tile can move as you set the next row. Guide boards solve both problems. Position the boards the same way you would position layout lines and screw them to the floor. Be sure to choose perfectly straight boards or cut strips of plywood. Also, wrap the edge of the guide with duct tape so the thin-set won't stick to it.
Planning the layout for a tile project is usually the hardest and most time- consuming step. Watch this video to learn how a pro does it. You'll see how to snap chalk lines and make sure they are perfectly square. Plus, you'll learn how to avoid unsightly narrow, difficult-to-cut tiles along a wall. Don't start a tile project until you've watch this video!
Fasten a straight ledger to the wall to support the tiles. Remove the ledger later and trim tiles to fill the gap below.
The obvious way to tile a wall is to start at the bottom and work your way up. And that works fine if the base of the wall (usually the floor or bathtub) is perfectly flat and level. If not, the tile will simply amplify the imperfections; you'll end up with misaligned tiles and grout lines that vary in width. To get a straight, level start, position a ledger on the wall, leaving a gap below—about 1/2 in. less than a full tile. The ledger shown here is a length of steel angle held in place by wood blocks screwed to the wall. A strip of plywood or a perfectly straight board will do the job too.
Plow excess thin-set out of joints with a utility knife, a pencil or a tile spacer. Whatever you use, do it now, not later.
When you're done setting the tile, stand back for a minute to admire it. Then get back to work. First, drop your mucky tools in a bucket of cold water. That will slow—but not stop— the hardening of the thin-set. Next, inspect all the joints for thin-set that has squeezed out between tiles and clean it out before it hardens. Also look for thin-set smudges on the face of the tile. If a smudge has hardened and won't wipe off easily, wet it and scrub with a synthetic abrasive pad (the kind you use to scour cookware). Use minimal elbow grease; if you rub really hard, it's possible to dull polished stone or even glazed tile. Now go clean up those tools.
Outline the light switch or outlet box on the face of the tile. Cut as much as you can, then finish the cut from the back, where you can overcut the corners slightly.
A grinder isn't the best tool for cutting tile. It whips up a nasty dust storm and often leaves jagged or chipped edges. Plus, it's just plain slower than a tile cutter or wet saw. But equipped with a diamond blade, a grinder will cut curves and make enclosed cuts that those other tools can't. Choose a "dry-cut" blade and do the cutting outdoors.
Pros like to finish the job fast and will sometimes use fast-setting thin-set. For the rest of us mortals, slower is better, and even the standard products sometimes harden or dry out too fast. Here are two ways to give yourself extra working time: First dampen the backer board or concrete with a sponge before you spread the thin-set. A damp surface won't immediately suck moisture out of the thin-set. Second, mix the thinset with latex additive rather than water. Latex additive dries slower than water and boosts adhesion in both thin-set and grout. It also makes grout more stain-resistant. (A few latex additives are designed to speed the hardening process; check the label.) If thinset or grout begins to harden before you can use it, just toss it. Don't add water and remix. That's a recipe for weak bonding and trouble later.
Have the necessary tools for this DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
You'll also need a margin trowel, rubber gloves, a sponge and a tile saw.
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Obama's Michael Dukakis moment
posted at 9:28 am on June 25, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Barack Obama got ABC to move their news division into the White House in order to make the big pitch for his egalitarian, everyone-gets-treated-equally ObamaCare push. Instead, Obama fumbled into a Michael Dukakis moment that exposed him as a hypocrite. ABC itself leads with Obama's response that he wouldn't stay within his own plan for his family:
President Obama struggled to explain today whether his health care reform proposals would force normal Americans to make sacrifices that wealthier, more powerful people — like the president himself — wouldn't face.
The probing questions came from two skeptical neurologists during ABC News' special on health care reform, "Questions for the President: Prescription for America," anchored from the White House by Diane Sawyer and Charles Gibson.
Dr. Orrin Devinsky, a neurologist and researcher at the New York University Langone Medical Center, said that elites often propose health care solutions that limit options for the general public, secure in the knowledge that if they or their loves ones get sick, they will be able to afford the best care available, even if it's not provided by insurance.
Devinsky asked the president pointedly if he would be willing to promise that he wouldn't seek such extraordinary help for his wife or daughters if they became sick and the public plan he's proposing limited the tests or treatment they can get.
The president refused to make such a pledge, though he allowed that if "it's my family member, if it's my wife, if it's my children, if it's my grandmother, I always want them to get the very best care.["]
Oopsie! So ObamaCare for thee, but not for me? Hope and change, baby!
In 1988, Michael Dukakis blew a question about the death penalty when asked about whether he'd want it if his wife Kitty had been raped and murdered. Dukakis said no, but addressed it clinical legalese rather than absorbing the opportunity to address the emotional impact of violent crime, and his candidacy cratered. In this case, Obama did a reverse Dukakis. He went with the emotional argument, and effectively rebutted his own proposal and its egalitarian purpose. It's a moment of sheer hypocrisy, caught in the modern amber of video.
If ObamaCare isn't good enough for Sasha, Malia, or Michelle, then it's not good enough for America. Instead of fighting that impulse, Obama should be working to boost the private sector to encourage more care providers, less red tape and expense, and better care for everyone.
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I am shopping for an uncapper and would like to hear your valuable opinions on the pros and cons of both the Cowan and Gunness uncappers.
My operation will top out at 500 colonies (hopefully!).
I am shopping for an uncapper and would like to hear your valuable opinions on the pros and cons of both the Cowan and Gunness uncappers.
My operation will top out at 500 colonies (hopefully!).
Closing in on retirement.......
Ive had both ,I use a Gunness now . The Gunness requires no heat source. The Gunness is faster but harder on the equipment. The cowen is a nice machine though when set up properly it works great. With you beeing in North Dakota you aregoing to want to run steam into the gunness with the cooler temperatures the wax will get brittle and chip off ,sometimes the foundation will go with it, unless you use plastic.
Clear Lake Wi. / Sebring Fl.
Define "cooler".....
My uncapping will be done in a heated shop so temps should not be an issue. And it can get very toasty here in July and August when flows are on.
How is the Gunness hard on equipment.
Thanks Trevor!
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The Gunness will sometimes chip the edges off the sidebars. Im not sure what temps to be exact. But if the wax gets cold it gets brittle and unless the frame is full it will tear out beeswax foundation. If you use plastic you wont have a problem. With the Gunness you need to have two people and the cowen you dont.
Clear Lake Wi. / Sebring Fl.
Ahhhhhhhh the two people is extremely important.
Is the Cowan that much slower?
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We have the cowan i never have run it that fast but they say it can do 60 boxes an hour and i beleive it. I have talked to a few comercial guys around here and they all agree that the gunness is much easier to run but they like the cowen better. So they kinda told me that if i was going to hire people to do the extracting and not be around to get a gunness, if i would be doing the extracing or just be around to help go with the cowen. And yes if your are the only guy extracting definatly go with the cowen, i have heard of one guy running it but he told me it is not fun to be running around the machine all the time lol. Nick
Thanks Nick and all. Appreciate the insight.
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The older (and first model I believe ) Gunness model fifty is perfect for one person but much slower than the model 200 (belt machine). The model 50 does 3 frames at a time ( has a slide).
The cowan machines are wonderful *when in adjustment* and also ideal for a single person.
I believe their speed might be a bit slower than the gunness & boganschutz.
I bunch of hispanics, a boganschutz and 6 large extractors can turn out record amounts of production. I have seen 40 barrels in a single day.
Beekeeper friends with the 60 frame cowan say not possible with their machine. Not sure with the larger cowan. Maybe others will comment?
The model 200 gunness is tiring for one person to run but is very fast and trouble free for two people.
The Boganchutz is the uncapper of choice of the large operations. I like the speed and cleaness of the cut but hate the air and crap the machine puts in the honey.
Extracting honey (profitably) involves no breakdowns and being able to keep the help from tiring from the boring work.
Many uncappers simply make way too much noise in my opinion. My complaint to the makers has been noise.
I use the gunness because (as Trevor said) lack of heat. Size of my current operation. Also safety as you can stick your hand in the flails of a gunness and not get hurt. I have never had a breakdown with a gunness.
One draw back of the old style cowan uncapper if the height the frame needs lifted to place in the machine( tiring). You also want your extractors (old style) low enough you don't have to lift your arm high to clear the rim.
Give careful thought to the way your honey house is set up. I hate extracting which is why I hire the work done (if possible).
Most honey houses are too small (including mine). Build the honey house to fit the largest size operation you might grow to.
Hive numbers have a way of getting out of control.
Kind of like raising rabbits! Start with a couple and before long you got more rabbits than you can care for!
Bob Harrison
Thanks for the great info Bob. I am leaning toward the Cowan because of the one man operation. I like the safety aspect of the Gunness though..... as well as lack of breakdown.
I visited the shop where the Gunness is made. Very small shop on a farmstead. Another warm and fuzzy knowing the bucks go to a "smaller" operator.
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Gunness all the way weve had ours sine 1988 with out any problems. However keep this in mind if you are in Western Dakota your honey is too dry will not work on the gunness.
Having seen a Cowen uncapper in operation (helped a commercial outfit extract part of one Summer that had a Silver Queen) and having used a Gunness (smaller one, 100 model) for the last 6 years, (also have seen the 200 model in operation as a friend has one), here's my comments:
- no heat required for the Gunness is nice
- helps a lot if the honey is warmed in a hot room prior to uncapping with the Gunness
- a LOT of wax will wind up in honey storage tanks with the Gunness, unless all the honey goes through a spinner first; skimming tanks is a major pain (speaking from experience)
- the Gunness is faster than the Cowen, no doubt about it; however more man power is required
- the Gunness is noisy
- heat is required with the Cowen; issue or not? Cowen makes a self contained hot water heater
- auto load is not possible with the Gunness as with the Cowen; while loading and unloading frames into and out of an extractor is not extremely hard work (some might consider it), it does get old and it is time-consuming.
Summary (IMHO): The Gunness is probably a better machine for a large operation (several thousand hives) with adequate man power and several extractors; the Cowen is probably better suited to a somewhat smaller operation, 1-2 person crew using the auto load.
Gregg Stewart
Thanks Gregg.........
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As Brian said buy the Gunness. Probably ran close to a 1000 drum of honey thru our's in the 18 years we have had ours & have spent less than $100 bucks on it total. Yes the 1st year or two it will be hard on side bars & poor equiptment but learn to adjust the cutting depth. We set one side deeper than the other. This with running the frames at an 45 degree angle cures most of the problems.
only have used the dakota gunness but i sure do like the way it works.it does work smoother w/2 people.
I have run both and currently have a Cowen. I can run 10-11 frames per minute but in California with some frames not fully drawn, scratching frames is required to get the honey out of partially filled frames. So by running at 11 frames through the uncapper you are slowed by the scratching process-sometimes significantly. The other consideration is you can run any imaginable size frame through the Gunness. While not having a Gunness, I think the second man could be replaced with a turntable to accumulate frames off the belt while the uncapper operator is feeding the other end. This system is used in pallet yards when reclaiming boards and works well in that regard. A large Gunness can feed 4- 72 frame radials and keep 3 guys pretty busy.
As far as damage, the Cowen will eat frames that are damaged or out of alignment as well as a Gunness.
As far as damage, the Cowen will eat frames that are damaged or out of alignment as well as a Gunness.
Very true, but I made a better slip clutch for a Cowan that ALMOST eliminated that problem. A good frame could get cocked and not destroyed. A weak frame, not so much.
Crazy Roland
We are a small but growing operation and currently have the old style Cowan, but I have a couple years on the Silver Queen too. Both require you to scratch any frames that aren't built out beyond the bars. At full throttle, even on our old machine, it takes a dedicated scratcher person to keep up with the flow. Our next one will be the Gunness.
I just got a Model 200 Gunness uncapper and I am not sure how to deal with frames on the output side of the uncapper? I know the bottleneck will be that my extractors can not keep up with the uncapper. My question is: Do you have some type of uncapping tank or some form of chain conveyor to hold the frames before you load the extractor. What I am trying to say is do you stage the frames before loading into the extractor or do you go straight from the uncapper into the extractor? Not that it matters, but I currently have two extractors a 33 frame and 20 frame. Any help will be appreciated


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Arrival: between 3 PM and 8 PM.
Departure: between 9 AM and 10.30 AM.
Arrival from 8 PM to 10 PM: 20 euros.
Arrival from 10 PM to midnight: 40 euros.
Arrival from Midnight to 3 PM: during this time period, we do not allow guests to check in.
(Luggage deposit can be found at train station at a fee - so please check directly with the relevant locations what the arrangements are).
From the 24th of August 2011, all visitors who stay in an accommodation facility within the territory of the Municipality of Venice have to pay the "Tourist tax".
The overnight tax varies from € 0.75 in low season to € 2.00 in high season. It is due only for the first 5 days.
Kids under 10 years of age do not pay. Youngers from 10 to 16 years of age have a 50% reduction.
The collected funds will help the City improve the quality of the tourist services (services, museums, events...) and finance works aimed at maintaining, using and salvaging the city's cultural and architectural heritage.
Extras that can be ordered upon request and prior to or during arrival (but please give us as much notice as possible):
A baby cot: €10
During your stay, you can require an extra cleaning: from €50 to €70
Private parking upon request: €25 per day
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Reviews for this host's other properties
Very nice location and arrangements to get into the apartment were great. It was a little small for 6 ppl. Apartment was very clean but there was an odor form the shower that was a bit of a problem and hopefully can be fixed for future renters.
The apartment was very clean and tasteful. We were picked up by the vaporetto station and taken to the apartment. Super service. The apartment is well located and ideal for a short break. The kitchen we did not need, there are plenty of restaurants in the area.
Die Wohnung war sehr sauber und geschmackvoll eingerichtet. Wir wurden an der Vaporetto-Station abgeholt und in die Wohnung gebracht. Super Service.
Die Wohnung ist gut gelegen und ideal für einen Kurzurlaub. Die Küche haben wir nicht gebraucht, es gibt jede Menge Restaurants in der Umgebung.
Beautiful renovated apartment in a quiet area with all the necessary equipment Located a few minutes walk from St. Mark's Square in a quiet and friendly (bar, restaurant, small shops) Small flat: air conditioning but only in the main room. The address can be confusing: the alley overlooking Corte Nuova Via Giuseppe Garibaldi
Très bel appartement rénové au calme avec tout l'équipement nécessaire
Situé à quelques minutes à pied de la place Saint Marc dans un quartier calme et sympa(bar, resto, petits commerces)
Petit bémol : climatisé mais seulement dans la pièce principale.
L'adresse peut porter à confusion: la ruelle Corte Nuova donne sur Via Giuseppe Garibaldi
We were very pleased with the apartment. Made for a great stay in venice- easy to get to the Vaporatto stops on both the Grand Canal and those on the northern shore and easy to access the bus terminal/ rail station when arriving leavig for the airport.
We were met by a very good guide , meeting us on time and showing us the flat and pointing out the shops and area well.
We had a small problem with the spare keys not working and the toaster but those were sorted out very quickly.
It was all very smart, clean and comfortable - we especailly liked the good aircon unit - it was very hot and humid in late august this year (2012)
VERY VERY GOOD POSITION! Near a very nice Campo, you can walk everywhere in 15 Minutes.
We liked our stay there, our Children too.
The only Minus: The Flat (bathroom) could be more cleaner.
Apartment comfortable and centrally in a quiet and exclusive condominium within walking distance from the main station and the center.
Appartamento comodo e centralissimo, all'interno di un condominio tranquillo e facilmente raggiungibile a piedi sia dalla stazione che dal centro.
Very good apartment, excellent host!
Geweldig appartement in ern authentieke wijk van Venetie. Heerlijke buurt waar je veel locals tegenkomt. Genoeg slaap en leefruimte. Prachtig uitzicht op het water. Grenzend aan de joodse ghetto en absolute aanrader. Enige min puntje is dat er weinig licht inval is.
departamento bien ubicado, confortable
algunos detalles de mantenimiento
nous avons été très satisfait, tout été conforme à nos attentes et nous en avons profité au maiximum
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Facebook, Amazon, Zulily Top RBC Picks for the Rebound
RBC Capital Markets's Mark Mahaney today notes Internet stocks have stopped crashing, and advises investors to jump back into shares of a few of his select names: Facebook (FB), Amazon.com (AMZN), Priceline (PCLN) among large-caps, Zulily (ZU), Yelp (YELP), and BankRate (RATE) among small- and medium-caps.
Follow-on picks in large-caps are Google (GOOGL), and Netflix (NFLX), with Pandora Media (P) and Shutterstock (SSTK).
Mahaney notes that the "carnage" that greeted Q1 reports from the group, with their shares falling 20% through May, eventually turned around, with the stocks trading 14% since that time.
Investors responded more "rationally" to Q2 results, rewarding comapnies that beat, including Facebook and Twitter (TWTR) and LinkedIn (LNKD) with big jumps in share price.
He notes several surprising developments, as well, during Q2 earnings:
Earnings this quarter had its fair share of surprises, both within the Large Cap ($10B+) and the Mid/Small Cap space. Within the Large Cap Net Stocks, TWTR showed the largest 1-day price increase, rising 20% following a Beat & Raise Q2 where the company showed very strong fundamentals and (more importantly) better-than-expected metrics. There had been some third-party calls that Twitter's MAU results would come in soft, but those proved inaccurate. Not surprising given that Twitter can't even track its own MAU trends… Moving
on, LNKD also showed a solid 1-day price appreciation of 12% after surprising investors with higher than expected revenue and EBITDA results and a raised outlook. AMZN, however, had a 10% one-day price decline following mixed Q2 results and a materially lowered Q3 profit guide.
Within the Mid/Small Cap 'Net Space, there were also several notable 1-day price changes ('tho most were negative). RUBI had a 27% 1-day price change after reporting a Beat & Raise Quarter – 'tho the stock is currently only up ~7%, having relinquished much of its earnings price gain (adtech… anyone?). And at the other end of the spectrum, SALE's stock dropped 28% the day after delivering a Miss & Lower Quarter, while WWWW also experienced a sharp correction following soft Q results and lowered 2014 guidance ('tho partially due to a voluntary strategic decision of exiting a non-core acquired business). KING's stock deteriorated 23% in one day, after reporting weak results and an acceleration in the decline of its star Candy Crush franchise. Lastly, GRPN also showed a 1-day price decrease of 13% after missing on revenue and reducing its EBITDA Guide.
Fundamental demand in online advertising, travel and e-commerce has not fallen apart, notes Mahaney, quipping "still seems accurate to say that the Internet will be big one day..."
Q2 Internet Demand Trends were generally consistent with – to modestly better than – Q1 and 2013 growth levels. For example, Google's Q2 Advertising Revenue growth of 19% Y/Y was above Q1's growth rate of 17% and 2013's level of 16% [...] And Priceline's Q2 Bookings growth of 33% Y/Y was relatively consistent with – though a bit below – Q1:14 and 2013 levels. The point here is that there, arguably, have not been any major inflections in underlying Demand Trends. (Facebook growth marked significant deceleration and Expedia's growth marked significant acceleration vs. prior periods, but these results were largely due to materially different comps and/or inorganic contributions.)
He notes stock valuations are generally on the rise:
Using changes in 2015 EV/EBITDA multiples since the beginning of May as indicators – we have tracked a relatively consistent upward move. Across the 10 Large Cap Internet stocks, the median EV/EBITDA has increased 6%, from 15.1X to 17.2X. Notable rises in valuations could be seen with NFLX and LNKD, where the forward multiples increased almost 30%. The stocks across the Large Cap space are, by and large, very different business models with very different fundamental outlooks. The lack of a significant rise in valuations lead us to believe that select good Buying Opportunities still remain…


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Brighter lights downtown hope to dim crime in the area
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The city will work with Colorado Springs Utilities to replace existing street lights with LED lights in specified areas of downtown.
CSU crews will install 95 lights between Acacia Park and Tejon Street between Boulder Street and Colorado Avenue throughout the next two weeks.
"Increasing the light levels with a brighter, whiter light [will] encourage people to come downtown and enjoy the experiences of downtown," said Nick Kittle.
Kittle, who the city's manager of Administrative Services and Innovation, played a key role in securing LED lights for downtown. The city used a grant to purchase the lights so it didn't require any money from the city's general fund.
The city's current lights emit light with a yellow hue. The new lights will be whiter and brighter. Kittle said these brighter lights will help downtown visitors see more clearly during evening hours. It will also help volunteer camera operators keep tabs on the city's downtown cameras.
"The brighter light can help with the camera that have been installed downtown. If you are walking along the sidewalk, you know exactly what is coming. It just provides a little more lighting downtown and makes it feel a little safer," said Kittle.
With the current lights, it can be difficult for camera operators to differentiate colors. For example, operators will now be able to tell if a suspect's vehicle is dark blue or black with the new lights.
"The LEDs giving off brighter, more consistent color will give any of our volunteer operators the opportunity to see a little more clearly the color of cars, the colors of clothing," said Sgt. Jeff Strossner.
Strossner works for Colorado Springs' Gold Hill division. It's the division that oversees downtown.
Strossner said cities around the country use LED lights and smart technology to reduce crime. The technology gives police officers the opportunity to adjust lights when necessary.
For example, he said the LED lights could emit a standard level of light in a park. However, if there is a fight at a park, officers could turn up the lights to 200 percent with a switch inside their squad car. He said this would allow officers to respond more safely and better assess the situation. After the incident is resolved, the officer could turn the lights back down.
The city's new LED lights could be used for that purpose. However, the city would also need to purchase the technology used to control the lights. Right now, it utilized all the grant money to purchase the LED lights for the specified area of downtown. Strossner hopes the city will consider purchasing the technology in the future.
The installation of these lights is an extension of a previous pilot program that installed 300 lights in neighborhoods around Colorado Springs. The new lights will save 40 to 60 percent more energy than current lights. Kittle said the lights will also cut down on maintenance fees because they last 25 years. The current lamps last eight to 12 years.


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I currently have about 30 honey producing hives, hoping to eventually hold steady at about 80. I'm gradually getting my act together on honey extraction equipment and I now have an extractor, uncapper/wax melter, and steam generator.
I'm hung up on what to do for a heater/strainer/bottler that will work best for the amount of honey that I will produce. Some of the equipment in the catalogs seems confusing (at least to me)and I'm not sure how to narrow it down. What do some of you use to get the job of straining and bottling done? I'd kind of like to do it all with one piece of equipment and be able to heat too, just enough to get it through the stainer. Thanks much.


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Beatrice Stuart modelled for many well-known artists before and during the First World War, such as Frank Dicksee, Augustus John, Harold and Laura Knight, Alfred Munnings, and John Singer Sargent. She possessed considerable courage and determination. At the age of seventeen she had one of her legs amputated above the knee owing to bone disease. She is said to have been not only beautiful, but graceful as well (NGA file 81/944).
Lambert vividly captured the expression of his subject, showing her looking curiously to one side, with slightly pursed lips. Her taut neck, emphasised by the strong line, and her quizzical glance give the drawing a sensuousness.
In drawings such as Beatrice , Lambert used a rapid, expressive manner of handling line similar to that of Augustus John, and chose a subject who also appealed to John. As Andrew Sayers has suggested, 'Like John, Lambert intended his line to deliberately demonstrate rhythm and to embody a decorative quality. The stress on line was one of the tenets of the Slade School, whose drawing-based training was the foundation of the art of Lambert's contemporaries at the New English Art Club' (Sayers 1989, p.126).
This and similar drawings drew favourable attention from critics. The Times on 4 April 1913 said 'Mr. George Lambert's "Beatrice" (38) is a fine drawing', and the Athenaeum (possibly Roger Fry) commented on 12 April 1913 that 'The best of the other exhibits here are the accomplished Academic drawings by Mr. George Lambert (33 and 38)'.


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Soldier killed at Fort Hood remembered as hero
JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. - A Johnson County, Tennessee man killed in the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood in Texas is being remembered as a hero for charging a man determined to kill.
We spoke with his mother and step father about the month-long trial and ultimate death sentence for the man who killed their son.
"Now that the trial is over, there is not closure," said Karen Nourse. "I'm still a mother without a child."
Karen Nourse will always have a major void in her life. Her son, Army Specialist Fred Greene, was gunned down during a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas.
The family spent nearly the entire month of August in Texas for the trial of Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist ultimately convicted and sentenced to die for the massacre. "Sitting in the same room with the man that murdered our son was extremely difficult. His indifference to the actions that he's taken was even more difficult," she said.
Nourse told us she has anger toward Hasan that is rooted so deep in her soul that she may never get over it.
However, she says finds comfort in knowing her son, who always wanted to be a soldier, died a hero. During the trial prosecution witnesses revealed the 29-year-old from East Tennessee was shot a dozen times while charging Hasan in an attempt to stop him. "He [only] had an ink pen, and he was charging a murderer who was shooting him while he was running towards him. He stood their with an automatic weapon and handgun just shooting [Fred]," she said.
Greene is credited with slowing Hasan's progress and ultimately saving lives while losing his own.
Nourse testified during the sentencing phase of Hasan's trial and she wanted to send a strong message. "You should be ashamed," she said to Hasan. "You are not a martyr, not a saint, you're not a solider of Allah. You are a cold-blooded murderer, short and simple."
Fred Greene left behind a wife and two young daughters. This will be first year the family has attempted holiday celebrations for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Greene's mother is slowly trying to move forward. "I'm going to do a fundraiser for the memorial that is going up. I'm starting a newsletter for the families of the fallen that we have spent quite a bit of time with," she said.
And she hopes her son is remembered as the quiet, low-key soldier who never wanted a lot of attention.
Nourse plans to release details of a local fundraiser to help with the memorial construction in a couple of weeks.
A bridge dedication in Fred Greene's honor in Mountain City that was postponed last week due to the trial will be rescheduled soon.
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Luxurious, contemporary loft-style studio (265)
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- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Parking available
- Gym
- Hot tub
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Zwierzyniecka, 30-001 Krakow, Poland
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Modern style - elegant and classy. Luxurious, contemporary loft-style split-level studio apartment, located in a newly-built the most luxury apartment building in Kraków, very close to the the Wawel Castle and the Main Market Square. While furbishing this apartment to your liking, we have put great attention to style and comfort. Ample space, huge glass surfaces and large terrace emphasize modern form of the apartment you have chosen and make you feel extraordinary. You will enjoy the sense of luxury which is incorporated into every detail and throughout the apartment. We can guarantee you this - by staying at this Apartment, you will get a chance to enjoy some of the prettiest and most original interior designs in Cracow and beyond. There is no exaggeration in saying that our offer will satisfy even the greatest connoisseurs of style.
For your comfort, every apartment has air-conditioning, access to wireless internet, as well as LCD TV, DVD and satellite TV access. La Gioia 9 offers a comfortable queen-size double bed on a mezzanine, one pull-out sofa bed in the sitting area, a kitchenette and a dining area. This apartment houses a maximum of 4 people.
Moreover, to complete comfort furnishing of interiors, our guests are welcomed to use a GYM center (with steam and dry sauna, Jacuzzi) located in the same building.
Electric cooker, Refrigerator, Electric kettle, Microvawe oven, Iron, Crockery and Cutlery, Coffee, Tee, Mineral water
Bath, WC, Washbasin, Hair dryer, Soap, Towels
Double bed: 1
Sofa, TV, TV(Sat), CD/DVD Player, WiFi-Internet
House rulesPlease do not smoke in our apartments. At the arrival we can take a returnable deposit of 150 Euro. We ask you not to smoke in the apartments, nor to bring any pets, animals etc. When moving in, we may ask for a refundable deposit of 150 Euro. When paying by card, a 4% transactional fee is also charged (6% for American Express). Underground parking is possible (reservation needed) in price of 17 Euro / day.
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Reviews for this host's other properties
Very nice apartment, good location but very very noisy necessarily bring (in summer) through the night, ear plugs! (Lots of revelers in the streets)
Rent office very friendly and helpful.
Sehr schöne Wohnung, gute Lage, aber (im Sommer) die ganze Nacht hindurch sehr, sehr laut, unbedingt Ohropax mitbringen! (lots of revellers in the streets)
Vermietbüro sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
The appartment is nice but maybe too small for 8 people. Martin is a nice host, and the location is good. Everything was ok.
A very conveniently placed flat between old square and the castle, practically very close to every historic place. Flat is also well furbished with enough space up to three peoples. Downstairs there is a bakery where you can have a fresh breakfast.
So all fine, the only think is the communication (slow in reply) which need to be improved.
Another trip to Krakow and another fantastic opportunity, good location, clean, good style and overall good service. If so gladly recommend this apartment and this landlord
Endnu en tur til Krakow og endnu en fantastik lejlighed , god beliggenhed, rent , god stil og total god service . Vil så gerne anbefale denne lejlighed og denne udlejer ,
+ The apartment has super location !!!!! - No washing machine, no elevator, bad beds.
+ Leiligheten har super beliggenhet!!!!! - ikke oppvaskemaskin, ikke heis, dårlige senger.
The apartment met our expectations but the agency that managed the Windu and were below it. I never received a reply to my emails custom in number 5. We gave RV outside the apartment but no one came because the address of the apartment and that the agency that manages were false . We were very lucky to find it after several hours.
L'appartement a répondu à nos attentes mais l'agence qui le gérait et Windu étaient en dessous de tout. Je n'ai jamais reçu de réponse personnalisées à mes mails au nombre de 5. Nous avions donné RV devant l'appartement mais personne n'est venu puisque l'adresse de l'appartement et celle de l'agence qui le gère étaient fausses. Nous avons eu beaucoup de chance de le trouver au bout de plusieurs heures.
The apartment was very centrally located in Krakow. It was furnished with all the important things (coffee maker, hair dryer, ironing board, Wäschständer) and clean. A toaster would have been great. The balcony chairs and the table should be replaced, as they are very shook and were no longer stable. All the main attractions could be easily reached on foot.
In the same house could tours (eg Auschwitz etc.) are booked.
Overall, highly recommended!
Many Thanks!
Das Apartment lag sehr zentral in Krakau. Es war mit allen wichtigen Dingen (Kaffeemaschine, Haartrockner, Bügelbrett, Wäschständer) eingerichtet und sauber. Ein Toaster wäre toll gewesen. Die Balkonstühle und der Tisch sollten ausgetauscht werden, da sie sehr wackelten und nicht mehr stabil waren. Alle wichtigen Sehenswürdigkeiten konnten gut zu Fuss erreicht werden.
Im gleichen Haus konnten Touren (z.B. Auschwitz etc.) gebucht werden.
Insgesamt absolut empfehlenswert!
Vielen Dank!
Amazing apartment! Unbeatable location.
Increíble apartamento! Localización inmejorable.
Very good downtown
Muy bien céntrico
An amazing apartment, very well located new and clean and tidy! Repeat
Un apartamento increíble, muy bien situado limpio y nuevo y ordenado! Repetiremos
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I posted this on my local craigslist today.
I suppose it wouldn't hurt to post it here, either:
Looking to start local NATURAL beekeeping group (Lakeland/Polk County, FL)
I have been trying to find like-minded bee keepers (or bee guardians) in the Polk County area who share common views regarding
how bees should be treated - or NOT treated - for that matter. I have had no luck in finding such a group.
I am interested in forming (or helping to form) a group of minimalist bee keepers/bee guardians who have similar beliefs
as such trailblazers as Michael Bush, Corwin Bell, Dee Lusby, Phil Chandler, Kirk Anderson and many others.
There is a group in Los Angeles called 'Backwards Beekeepers' formed by Kirk Anderson of which I would consider the perfect
model to go by. http://www.backwardsbeekeepers.com/
If you are also interested in forming such a group which puts the bees first instead of perpetuating the outdated, large, commercial operations, then please contact me
and let's see if we can find more than 3 people in Polk County who also share similar beliefs.
I heard it put very well in a video I watched recently regarding 'urban bee keeping' of which a wise lady said the following:
"Instead of one bee keeper having 200,000 hives, we should shoot for 200,000 people having one hive."
Here are some inspiring videos and audio regarding this philosophy:
"America's only urban beekeeping store on rescuing honeybees"
"Urban Beekeeping | Subculture Club - featuring Kirk Anderson of Backward Bee Keepers"
"Short audio piece of Corwin Bell being interviewed concerning Bee Guardianship"


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