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There is a cool, unfinished sleepiness about Aurora, the new downtown arts and cultural event venue on Westminster Street, on a recent bright spring afternoon. The floor is bare and clean; footfalls echo. Though the space was formerly home to two well-known arts institutions — the Roots Cultural Center and the Providence Black Repertory Company — you wouldn't know it by looking at the fresh paint and unadorned surfaces. Sam White, Aurora's Creative Director, sits checking his phone at the empty metal bar. Other than a wall that shows scars from a recent gallery show and a large projection screen that hangs over a small stage at the end of the room, there is little to suggest the huge variety show — Aurora's grand opening, billed as a "Spectacular Celebration" — set to soon take place here.
Aurora bills itself as "A cabaret lounge and art space with the future of Providence on its mind." The cabaret bit refers to the relatively small size of the stage, not to any particular programming sensibility, though White adds, "The more freakishness that we can put on display, there's good that comes from that. . . I would love to have burlesque."
Part of the venue's mission is to create a space for public assembly and "enliven this area by putting as much of the local talent up on stage as possible," he says. He cites AS220's unjuried, uncensored philosophy as a model, but notes that Aurora will be slightly more curated.
The very fact that White has been tapped by Cornish Associates — the omnipresent downtown real estate developers and owners of the Westminster Lofts and much of that street's retail space — as creative director suggests something about the direction the venue is headed. He is the founder of Wooly Fair, the pop-up, absurdist arts carnival that takes place each year at the Steel Yard. "With Wooly Fair, the idea was to create an environment that was so shockingly different that people would behave differently there," he says. Attendees were given new names and encouraged to come in costume; last year's theme, "Off the Grid and on the Lamb," was based around human generated electricity.
While White is careful to note that Aurora is an entirely different sort of undertaking, it's clear that he has a desire to push patrons out of their comfort zone. He notes that Aurora is designed to be a multipurpose space; it's currently set up to be a gallery, a music venue, a screening room, a theater, and a bar. He calls it the Swiss Army knife of venues, capable of transforming itself quickly from event to event, night to night. "When people see that they're in an environment where a lot of work has been done to transform this place into a temporary, ephemeral thing, they respond by letting down their guard and acting a little bit different," he says.
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In an amazing development, experts at the University of No Place In Particular But Possibly Fort Kent have discovered that statements made in political advertisements are almost always bald-faced lies.
"We were stunned," said Dr. Poovis Klimflux, the lead researcher on the study, "Some of them slanted the truth while others were outright falsehoods. We found that virtually none came close to being honest."
Not all the claims Klimflux and his colleagues studied were blatant distortions. Some were more subtle than those TV spots that portray independent US Senate candidate Angus King as a close advisor to North Korean President Kim Jong-un.
The professor said a recent trend in phony campaign ads employs reverse psychology. In a perverse twist, voters are given negative information about a candidate, but in such a way that the claims make that politician seem more attractive.
For instance, in September, the Maine Republican Party sent flyers to homes of registered Democrats informing them that Democratic US Senate candidate Cynthia Dill is a "lemur."
Oops, sorry, that's actually a description of independent Senate hopeful Andrew Ian Dodge.
What the GOP said about Dill was that she's "Too Liberal for Maine." In bold typeface, the flyer charged that Dill is a "Tree-Hugging Environmentalist" and would be a "Rubber Stamp for Obama/ObamaCare." A follow-up mailer in early October stressed that Dill is opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline.
These are probably the nicest things anybody's ever said about Dill.
The first flyer completely ignored GOP Senate candidate Charlie Summers. The second mentioned him only in passing (DNA test reveals no trace of lemur).
What Republicans were trying to do was fool left-wing voters considering casting ballots for King (who was recently forced to defend himself against charges he's a cannibal, a polygamist, and a close advisor to ex-Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine), into switching their support to Dill. It might have worked, too, except that soon after those flyers were mailed, Dill was endorsed by the Democrats' 2010 gubernatorial nominee, Libby ("Ol' 19 Percent") Mitchell, thereby scaring away every liberal worried that voting for Dill would help elect the Republican.
Speaking of whom, the national Democratic Party is running TV spots in Maine promoting its choice in the Senate race. Which turns out to be someone named "Anybody But Summers." Instead of praising Dill (suggested slogan: If You Liked Libby, You'll Find Cynthia Just As Good . . . Well, Nearly), who has no chance of winning, the Dems put their cash into attacking the GOP nominee. The ads are supposed to convince wavering liberals to vote for King (isn't it time he came clean about the wild parties at Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's pad?), because the Democrats figure he'll stand with them on most issues.
Meanwhile, the GOP and its allies are dumping money into TV, but almost none of it is going to promote Summers, because that would be too difficult a task (he's sorta conservative, sorta liberal, sorta moderate, sorta . . . aw, who cares). Instead, the spots repeat the point that Dill is a leftie (she supports voting rights for lemurs), while King has "changed" (he used to oppose cannibalism).
There's no mention of Summers, because when his attributes are carefully considered, there's not much worth mentioning.
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This part is well known as the most beautiful and peaceful residential district of central Prague with a great choice of restaurants, bars and shops in the vicinity. It is away from
the crowds of tourists, but close to all the important city sights by foot, also by public transport. A tramway, bus and subway stops are nearby.
Houses in the district of Vinohrady were built as residences between 1900 - 1940, including our house which was built by our family in 1936. After the communists usurped power in 1948, the house became the property of the state until the "Velvet Revolution" in 1989. Shortly after this time, a general reconstruction of the building began and the apartment for tourists were established.
This modern apartment is now furnished in a charming wood motif, and includes a bathroom and WC, a kitchenette with basic cooking utensils provided, together with a refrigerator, cooker, microwave, kettle, coffee maker, pots and pan, bottles and cans openers, tee, koffee, sugar, spice...
Satellite TV and computer connected to internet. Wi-fi available, too.
A secured parking at our house is available, but because of limited spots, recommended to book in advance. The priceis 10 EUR / day.
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House rulesStrictly non-smoking apartment.
Our house is a quiet and peaceful. It is not a good place for a loud night parties and celebrations.
a secured parking spot at house 10 EUR/ day, or free on street parking in a distance 5 min. by foot.
The stays usually begin and finish after noon and finish before noon.
Depending on vacancies and reservations, most stays can be arranged for morning check-in and evening check-out with no extra fee. You can also store you luggage as long as you need the last day.
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The apartment was very sweet and cosy! it's in a lovely, safe area and close to the centre and the metro. Michal was a charming host. We had a wonderful stay and will book again if we come back to Prague. Thank you!
Michal's appartment was very good. The location in Praha 2 is in a nice neighbourghood and close to the centre at the same time. The appartment was clean and comfy. A good place to recommand.
Apartment well located, spacious, clean and nicely decorated. Michal was very friendly, helpful and correct. Worth repeating.
Apartamento bien situado, espacioso, limpio y muy bien decorado.
Michal fue muy amable, servicial y correcto.
Digno de repetir.
Nice apartment in a nice area.
Metro 5 minutes away.
Nice pub 2 streets down the apartment.
Nice apartment in a nice area.
Metro 5 minutes away.
Nice pub 2 streets down the apartment.
Had very pleasant stay in a great location! Very close to the center (walking distance, within 10 to 15 min to Wenceslas Square) and otherwise close to the apartment an excellent metro connection. The apartment is well maintained, neat and complete. Also nearby Pleasant, quiet and safe. Furthermore Michal good host, friendly and helpful (but not pushy!). Definitely a host / apartment where we would be on your next visit to Prague! Return to
Ontzettend fijn verblijf gehad op een geweldige locatie! Heel dichtbij het centrum (loopafstand, binnen 10 á 15 min. op Wenceslasplein) en anders dichtbij het appartement een prima metroverbinding. Het appartement is keurig verzorgd, netjes en compleet. Prettige buurt ook, rustig en veilig. Verder is Michal een goede host, vriendelijk en behulpzaam (maar niet opdringerig!). Zeer zeker een host/appartement waar we bij terug zouden komen bij een volgend bezoek aan Praag!
We stayed 5 days in Prague. Everything went great. Good host, Beautiful City. The apartment is in order. Recommendation value. If I wiederkommme to Prague. , The apartment I want to have again. Thank you. Děkujeme pekne.
wir waren 5 Tage in Prag . Alles super gelaufen . Guter Gastgeber , Schöne Stadt . Die Wohnung ist in der Ordnung . Empfehlungswert . Wenn ich nach Prag wiederkommme . , die Wohnung möchte ich wiederhaben . Danke schön . Dekujeme pekne .
Lovely little studio flat, perfect for a short break, private bathroom and kitchen. had a lovely stay. well worth the money.
Sophie and Tim
The apartment was very clean and had everything you neen including a refrigerator. It is on the top floor and there is an elevator if you are carrying heavy luggage. It's not a far walk to metro. There are also cute restaurants/grocery stores close by and the are around looked clean and safe. We would definitely recommend it!
Cosy and geflegtes attic apartment (5th floor with elevator) with bath and comfortable mattresses in the district of Vinohrady. There are several pubs and cafes around the corner. And the metro is 10-15 minutes. About the hotel on the corner you get also a guarded parking lot (about 14 euro per day) - this just ask the hostess. We had to move the reservation several times, but has still worked out great. Michal answered very quickly and reliably. He was on vacation - but his daughter took care of us very well. Just on the border call shortly before arrival, the one in about 1.5 - 2 hours is there.
Gemütliches und geflegtes Dachgeschoss Apartment (5. Stock mit Aufzug) mit Badewanne und bequemen Matratzen im Bezirk Vinohrady. Es gibt einige Kneipen und Cafes um die Ecke. Und die Metro ist in 10-15 Minuten zu Fuß erreichbar. Über das Hotel an der Ecke bekommt man auch einen bewachten Parkplatz (ca 14 Euro pro Tag) - hierzu einfach die Gastgeberin fragen. Wir mussten die Buchung mehrmals verschieben, hat aber trotzdem super geklappt. Michal antwortet sehr schnell und zuverlässig. Er war im Urlaub - aber seine Tochter hat sich sehr gut um uns gekümmert. Vor Ankunft einfach an der Grenze kurz anrufen, das man in ca. 1.5 - 2 Stunden da ist.
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Far from absolute reality, this thing is winding on down.
They used AK 47 rifles to shoot down a MIG and a Helo this week in Syria.
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#11 Fri 08 Oct 04 4:59pm
Re: The Silk Road
Hi...sorry that recipe I gave by accident was the traditional Vietnamese dessert recipe. Here's the peranakan one...Mung Bean pastries:
1/2 cup Mung bean flour
3/4 cup Sugar
2 drops green food colouring
1/4 cup Rice flour
3/4 cup Coconut milk
1/2 tsp Salt
2 tbsp Yellow mung beans, optional
In a large bowl, combine the mung bean flour, sugar,food colouring & 2 cups cold water. Stir until the flour is almost dissolved. Strain through cheesecloth into a pot. Over medium heat, stir the liquid until all remaining solids are completely dissolved & the mixture is thick & sticky enough to coat a spoon.
Cool for 15 minutes. Cover a baking sheet with waxed paper. Drop the mixture by the spoonful onto the sheet. Do not allow the circles to touch.Let cool to room temperature. In a large bowl, combine the riceflour, milk & salt, stirring until dissolved.Strain into a pot & cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
Drop 1 tsp of this onto the cooling gelatin-like circles. In a dry skillet, toast the yellow mung beans until they turn light brown. Generously sprinkle onto the pastries & refrigerate for 1 hour before serving.
They will keep in the refrigerator for 2 or 3 days.
#12 Fri 08 Oct 04 6:04pm
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- From western autralia
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those recipes ar fantastic, i willl probably have to hunt for some of the lotus paste ingredients but it will definitely be worth it!!
i'll be able to try the mung bean recipes straight away though because those are all ingredients i have in the kitchen now.
it's going to be a good weekend!!
stephanie you've already given me heaps of great recipes, but i have another request!! [was it you who said being singaporean meant natural greed?? i think that might be me too, i don't think singaporeans have the monopoly on greed!!]
do you know how to make that soft, jellyish, ricey rainbow layer cake? the mung bean pastries recipe in your last posting reminded me of it.
thankyou, thankyou, thankyou heaps stephanie!! i wish i could send you some recipes in return, any boring old australian cuisine you wish you knew how to cook!? ; )
#13 Fri 08 Oct 04 7:02pm
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Re: The Silk Road
Thanks for the recipes Stefanie I'll certainly try them! Just hope I can find the szechuan bean paste (is there any alternative) but there are quite many chinese shops around now ;-) A new one just opend where they also have fresh veg - bought some lovely small bok choy(?sp) for tomorrow evening to go with a duck with chili and hoy sin sauce (I've loved hoysin sauce since I had crispy duck with small pan cakes, cucumber, spring onlion and hoysin sauce!)
As for LadyRed - I have had that nickname for quite some time (since school) ;-) because I've got red hair and my favourite colour is red and as I went to a school for computer studies I was nearly the only girl there --> therefor the lady of the class ;-) I didn't even know the song till afterwards...
Oh and may I ask another question. I recently bought fermented black beans but I only ever used them for one dish (stirfry with ginger, chili, those beans, chinese broccoli, beef). What else can I do with them?!
Hope I can help you sometimes too!
many greatings from Vienna
#14 Fri 08 Oct 04 9:45pm
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Re: The Silk Road
Awesome recipe Stefanie, thank you! I'm glad to hear that your Dad liked the Rocky Road. Know what you mean about going to the gym.....lol. It's soooooooo good, though.
Stefanie, when I was in Singapore, I remember having these long greens(?). These tasted to be stir fried with garlic. What are these and how are they made exactly? Also, I had this incredible fish, it had little spots on it (I remember choosing it from a fish tank), they cooked it whole with soy and ginger, simply delicious. Would you have a recipe for that? I had various types of Thai soup that were delicious and comforting. Any that you can send my way, would be more than welcome.
I'm trying to think of what else I had there.....Everything I had was incredible. No bad experiences at all!
Stefanie, again I thank you for your time and consideration. As far as finding some of the ingredients.....no problem, where there is a will, there is a way. If there is any way that I can be of assistance to you, don't hesitate to ask.
Kind Regards,
Mary In Miami (Waving Bye Bye)
#15 Fri 08 Oct 04 10:12pm
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Re: The Silk Road
Hi Mary!
I know this is probably not typically chinese/or thai (?) but I really like this asian stile soup! And I'nm also looking forward to any recipe Stefanie has to add ;-) (thanks again :-)))
ginger soup with duck and asparagus
4 cloves garlic (2 pressed, 2 in thin strips)
fresh coriander
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp honey
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1/2 - 1 tsp sambal olek
1 duck breast, without skin, thinly sliced
aprox 10 pieces green asparagus, sliced
1 liter chicken stock
2-3 tbsp sesame oil
fresh thai basil
3 cm ginger/igwer cut into thin strips
2 spring onion, cut into thin strips
Mix minced garlic, honey, soy sauce, sambal olek, vinegar and chopped koriander to make a marinade for the duck slice. Mix and let stand for at least 30 min. Bring stock to simmering point and add ginger and garlic, let simmer for 10 min. Add asparagus and cook until al dente.
Add sprin onion and duck and serve ( you only need to cook the meat for a few seconds). And serve with thai basil.
The recipe works also with beef instead of duck and snow beans (very thin green beans?) instead of asparagus. And to cook the chicken stock I also add a bit lemon grass.
#16 Fri 08 Oct 04 11:13pm
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Re: The Silk Road
Hi LadyRed,
Thanks for the recipe! Duck and ginger, yum! I like asparagus as well. Sounds great, look forward to trying it.
I like the story behind your nick name, way cool.
I have a recipe for you, it's Duck and Sweet Corn Pozole with Foie Gras. It's a stewy/soup kind of dish. I'll post it in the Adult Elegant Dinner Party thread, with the rest of the foie recipes.
Hope all is smooth in Vienna!
Kind Regards,
Mary In Miami
#17 Sat 09 Oct 04 3:32am
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Hi Stefanie
I'm chasing the way to make a dessert.
It's a hot dessert with almondy like mouth sized balls in a milky liquid. A friend told me that it is usually served at festival times in Singapore.
Have had a great time reading through your recipes . . . . now absolutely starving!!
Thank you
#18 Sat 09 Oct 04 5:30am
Re: The Silk Road
Hi Figgy...haha what a mouthful...put it as the subject for a laugh...
What you're talking about, is a Peranakan /Nonya cake called Kueh Lapis Beras. Pretty few ingredients but a bit fiddly to make, have the recipe but never had the courage to try it out myself! Here goes...
850ml coconut milk
340gm (12 oz) wet rice flour
(TO MAKE WET RICE FLOUR: add 15-17oz cold water to 22oz rice flour, stir till it forms a smooth paste. Use stipulated amount, freeze the rest, will keep for 2 months)
225gm sago/mung bean flour
quarter tsp salt
455gm coarse sugar
8 screwpine (pandan) leaves, knotted
Different shades of food colouring
Sieve the flours & salt into the bowl, add the coconut milk a little at a time, blend till smooth. Set aside.
Boil the coarse sugar with 285ml water and the screwpine leaves for 10 minutes to make a syrup. Strain into a bowl, add hot water to bring quantity to 425ml.
Pour hot syrup into flour mix, blending all the while to make a smooth mix.
Divide into 4 portions, 3 portions with a few drops of different colours. The last portion left white, but remove 140ml of the white portion to be coloured dark red for the top layer.
Grease an 18cm diameter by 5cm deep cake tin with corn/peanut oil. Pour 140ml of ONE portion of batter into tin, steam for 5-6 minutes over rapidly boiling water in a wok/steamer. Repeat with 140ml of NEXT portion of a DIFFERENT colour and so on and so forth till batter is used up, and you have yourself a rainbow layered cake.
For the final top layer, use the dark red batter set aside previously.
Remove cake to cool for 7-8 hours beforeslicing into thin slivers with an oiled knife.
By the way, Aussie cuisine isn't boring...it's lovely! Was in Melbourne this July for a one week holiday, it was fantastic...went up Mt. Danddenong,Lake Mountain,the 12 apostles...St. Kilda's beach...ooh fantastic, I wanna live there! Brisbane and Perth is great too. Had a great chocolate swirled caramel cheesecake in a cafe at Melbourne, Bourke Street,no luck re-creating it here, any help is appreciated, thanks!
#19 Sat 09 Oct 04 5:41am
Re: The Silk Road
Hey ho...nope there's no alternative for szechuan hot bean sauce, but its pretty common nowadays,you should be able to obtain it!
Fermented black beans...are best mates with stir-fries and garlic and ginger...but you can also use it for steaming a good slice of cod fish with slivers of ginger,a tbsp of peanut oil pounded with some black beans( go easy man...they're really salty!), a few drops of sesame oil, spring onion and red chilli shreds. Light and delicious with stir fried bok choy sauteed in garlic, chinese rice wine,soy sauce and peanut oil, all served with steamed rice.
Also, steam chicken with black beans,ginger, sliced chinese mushrooms (soak them in hot water, discard stalks, slice thinly)and a glug of brandy. Ideal for cold nights and also after pregnancy for ladies, the ginger and brandy helps to reduce bloated-ness (is there such a word? Haha)...but its true though...
Black beans can be used also in a sauce for noodles. Get hold of some egg noodles/flat white rice noodles. Stir fry the black beans in some smoking hot peanut oil, minced ginger, garlic,chilli, sliced sweet white onion and spring onions. Toss in some sliced beef and saute till done. Add some chicken stock and thick dark soy sauce, and a paste of water and cornstarch to thicken the sauce. Throw in the noodles to braise for a while in the sauce, I like to crack an egg over on top and braise till done. Eat with your fav boiled veggies...woo hoo!
Hope this helps...
#20 Sat 09 Oct 04 5:52am
Re: The Silk Road
Green beans/green veggies? Maybe if you specify a bit more...I can help.
As for the fish, its grouper. You can obtain it in chinatown markets or something, look for one with bright eyes,firm gills and a fat tail! Ask the guy to scale and gut it for you.
If the fish is fresh, you don't need to do much to bring out the best flavours. Rub the fish all over with peanut oil, stuff ginger and garlic into it's stomach cavity. Slit cuts along the fish body on both sides. Steam till done over high heat. When the fish is done, top with some good soy sauce, sesame oil and shredded spring onions.
In a little pan, heat up 1-2 tbsp peanut oil (depending on the fish size, some can be real whoppers!) till its smoking hot, saute thinly sliced shallots in the oil till just softened, then quickly pour the boiling oil over the fish. Serve immediately, very impressive! You do it as a main dish in your restaurant with a fillet/half a smaller grouper fish split lengthways with steamed rice and veggies on the side for those who want a light meal.
Try this at home first...see if you like it!


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By Kevin Grandia • Thursday, November 27, 2008 - 14:27
UPDATE: I've started a List of Global Warming and Climate Change Experts for Media on DeSmogBlog, this one includes a lot of well-known scientists actively publishing in the scientific fields related to global warming and climate change.
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Given the economic crisis we're in that's due in large part to the unrestricted abuse of the "free market" even the most jaded of sorts must now be more than a little wary about the expertise of the so-called "free market" think tanks that abound in the United States.
One such free-market champion, the Heartland Institute has sent out a "Journalist's Guide to Global Warming Experts" in the hopes that somehow journalists will be fooled into thinking that the list they have been provided is "the nation's leading experts on climate change and related topics."
Nation's leading experts in global warming?
It's amazing what will pass for an expert these days. Well, at least by the Heartland Institute's standards, which include:
Calvin E. Beisner, the evangelical organizer who once posed the question regarding AIDS funding:
[but] is it rational to allocate $3.5 billion dollars to fight a disease that is almost 100 percent self-inflicted by people intent on immoral and irrational behavior?"
Sterling H. Burnett, Fox News pundit and think tank fellow, who once compared Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth to films made by Adolf Hitler's chief propagandist, Joseph Goebells:
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Dennis Avery, think tank fellow for the Hudson Institute, who once argued that:
".. organic farming would produce more cancer, not less," because, "…it's hard to get kids to eat shabby-looking produce."
Myron Ebbel, another think tanker working for the oil-friendly Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI).
Tom Harris, founder of the now defunct oil-lobby connected Natural Resource Stewardship Project.
These guys are about as expert in the science of global warming as I am in knitting sweaters. At the least, they sure as heck aren't the nation's leading experts.
The list goes on and on and you can check out our comprehensive research database to cross-reference more names. And if you are media and if you are looking for a comprehensive list of the climate change denial industry, than look no further than the Heartland Institute's guide.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Hmmm. I wonder how many
Hmmm. I wonder how many peer-reviewed scientific journal articles any of these guys have which actually refute climate change. Probably none, as usual.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
And what if that prediction is wrong?
What would that mean to you? They are credible? Or are they a priori not credible just because they are skeptical? Recall that AGW is the only discipline in science that prevents, ridicules, and tries to pretend skepticsm does not apply. It's for that very reason alone I challenge AGW at ever opporunity.
Here is one article that just does not square with AGW orthodoxy.
(Accepted by Energy and Environment Aug 2008)
Limits on CO
2 Climate Forcing from Recent Temperature Data of Earth
David H. Douglass
a and John R. Christy
The global atmospheric temperature anomalies of climate forcing with no-feedback.
Earth reached a maximum in 1998 which has not been exceeded during the subsequent 10 years. The global anomalies are calculated from the average of climate effects occurring in the tropical and the extratropical latitude bands. El Niño/La Niña effects in the tropical band are shown to explain the 1998 maximum while variations in the background of the global anomalies largely come from climate effects in the northern extratropics. These effects do not have the signature associated with CO2 climate forcing. However, the data show a small underlying positive trend that is consistent with CO2
The global atmospheric temperature anomalies of
climate forcing with no-feedback.
Or is this just a priori nonsence in your view, to be just rejected out of hand.
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
Accepted by Energy and Environment Aug 2008
Need I say more?
climate criminal replied on Permalink
Isnt it amazing!
Isnt it amazing, that dyed in the wool deniers like JRW, reject the mountain of peer-reviewed science and focus on some piece of dross [rhymes with 'plit' a real word - (the material thrown-up by a ploughshare)] from Energy and Environment.
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
That piece is intellectual
That piece is intellectual dishonesty to the nth degree. If it was possible to quantify the anomaly of the 1997-98 El Niño and remove it from the system, it would be very apparent that the planet continued to warm, uninterrupted, until 2007 (when a La Niña occurred to give anomalously low temperatures). It is also a sign of poor science if it is published in E&E, a journal not recognized as peer-reviewed by the Institute for Scientific Information (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Scientific_Information).
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The papers are controlled by the Blethen family, of whom patriarch Frank Blethen is the fourth generation to run the Seattle Times, which was bought in 1896 by his great-grandfather Alden Blethen, who was born in Maine but moved to Seattle as an adult.
One hundred and ten years have taken their toll on the Seattle paper, and the eight years of Blethen ownership of the Maine newspapers have been an additional weight on the finances of the company. Both companies are struggling: in Seattle, the Times is fighting a bitter battle against Hearst, the owner of Seattle's other daily newspaper, the Post-Intelligencer, hoping to close the P-I. The company has stated that it has lost millions of dollars over the past six years alone.
In Maine, where the Blethens' 1998 purchase of the Press Herald and the other newspapers from Guy Gannett Publishing was heralded by pledges of increased revenues and decreased costs, costs have increased (despite hiring freezes, layoffs, and the shrinking of the physical size of the newspaper) while revenues have, at best, remained flat, according to company statements.
Because the Blethen interests are privately held, it is difficult to predict or speculate on their business dealings, but changes within the newspaper industry have given the family a new way out of a years-long financial mess. That new way effectively requires the sale of the Blethens' Maine newspapers, despite the company's longstanding practice of extolling family ownership over what they call "absentee corporations."
In September 2003, Frank Blethen (who refused to comment for this story) told Press Herald reporter Edward D. Murphy he had considered selling the Seattle Times to raise badly needed operating cash, but was talked out of it by other family members. He said he was frustrated with suffering continued losses. And though the article summed up Blethen's position as "ruling out" selling newspapers, it did quote him with a telling statement: "You have to ask yourself the question, 'Can you just keep going?'" The answer three years later: not much longer.
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The Seattle Times Company is run primarily by the Blethen family, who have 50.5 percent of the voting stock, and by voting as a bloc control the direction of the company, sometimes over the objections of the minority owner. Until just a few months ago, the Knight Ridder media conglomerate held the remaining 49.5 percent of the company's voting stock. Last year, Knight Ridder ran afoul of its shareholders, who forced the company to put itself up for sale in mid-November 2005. The company was bought in mid-March to the McClatchy Company, a California-based newspaper chain whose flagship is the Sacramento Bee. (The $6.5-billion deal received the blessing of federal anti-trust regulators in June, in part because McClatchy sold off some Knight Ridder papers in markets where McClatchy already owned a paper.)
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Just opened the hive again after a couple of weeks, I had had feed and pollen pattie on them. Was shocked there was only about a frame full of bees, queen is still there, no larvae, no capped brood, no stores, no sure what happened from 2 weeks ago, I did spot and kill what I thought was a shb, this I am guessing was here as the hive became weak? Is there any hope for bringing this back...I placed a Baggie feeder on top of the frames with 1:1 in it what else can I do if anything or is it likely a lost cause?.?
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I reckon you do no good to the checkerboarding as a system by interweaving mystic facts (read: cannot be proven) into it. I would drop those thoughts that "occured" to you suddenly. I do it all the time.
I reckon you do no good to the checkerboarding as a system by interweaving mystic facts (read: cannot be proven) into it. I would drop those thoughts that "occured" to you suddenly. I do it all the time.
Sounds like good advice. Also sounds like there might be an opinion in there, somewhere.
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Wait a minute. "Swarms in July aren't worth a fly" But I thought you just got through saying you see no difference in an early mid or late season swarm? How can there possible be a better or worse swarm if there is no difference? I see this as a serious contradiction and a blatant admission your part that is fact there is a difference. Now the issue is what are those differences.
Here is my thinking on it. any swarm that is not Reproductive period swarm which is a term created by Walt defined by him and is not debatable. It also clearly has an end I have seen it myself and the fact that swarming can be prevented confirms. I will choose to call it early season swarming as opposed to mid or late season cast offs. From what I have seen it is clearly different. in fact from what I have seen I do not consider mid or late season swarms swarms at all. I consider them funeral processions. I do not consider them attempts to reproduce in any manner. I consider them one of the bees methods of disposing of an undesirable queen. I also consider this a considerable difference than what takes place at early season which is a strong robust swarm capable of thriving and resulting in a new colony. An early season swarm and I have seen plenty of them has a queen that quickly builds a brood nest and bees that draw comb at an extraordinary rate. later season swarms even by a few weeks do not have either. they do not build frames of comb they built tiny patches of it. the queen does not fill frames with brood she would barely fill up the skin of a baseball. More interesting than that no attempt is made to replace her even though bees may have nearly an entire season to do so. they will even survive winter. I know this for a fact. and still no attempt to replace her. This all appears to me that any mid or later season swarm is nothing but a cast of of a failing queen and her escort. destined to die and with no intention of preventing that.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Daniel, you make some good points about later season swarms, but do you think their lack of instinctive ambition could be directly related to them having to construct the new nest during the time of the season that is less than ideal as far as incoming nectar and pollen sources? As you say, even 2-3 weeks between different swarms indicates a difference in how those two swarms approach building up going forward. Could it be that the availability of large amounts of pollen and nectar early, followed closely by a noticeable (as far as the bees are concerned) decrease in those incoming resources, is what defines the two kinds of swarming impulses and the industriousness of those two different swarms?
I was saying that the REASON for the issuance of prime swarms was the same, not the quality, or performance, or their ability to build up for winter was the same. Yes, late swarms can be called funeral processions if you like, but do you really think the bees are swarming just to die, and if late enough in the season, to kill the parent colony because it can't winter? I doubt you do. So if you don't, please tell me...why did the colony issue a prime swarm so late in the season. That's what I'm asking both you and Walt.
in the case of my first swarm absolutely not. it came barely after what should have been the swarm season proper. and it never made any attempt at a significant build up even though it was hived in early June, it was still prime flow they all the way into November or further to avail themselves of forage and never did. Our last flow begins after first frost here. In the spring while all other hives where well into build up this hive never made any attempt. once I obtained cells from other hives that did attempt to swarm I requeened it. and it took right off. The overall impression to me was this hive had no intention of surviving.
Michael. I used the words Serious and Blatant because I consider them accurate as to what I see.
I am aware of claims of late season swarm that is caused by crowding but I have never seen one. Also the exact cause of these swarms seems to be a bit fuzzy. first it seems that crowding is the accepted cause yet other information indicates it would be extremely difficult to get a hive so crowded that it would swarm. Without seeing one for myself I cannot form my own conclusions.
As for what I have seen. Do I think these bees left for no other reason than to die? Yes. I have observed myself that there is no effort on the swarms part to survive, not in spring, summer fall winter or returning to spring surviving right through build up into the start of the main flow for a second time until they eventually where re queened.
In all it built up to 5 small pieces of comb. then just went stagnant and eventually fell back to a cluster no bigger than a baseball with a walnut size area of brood at best.
I am now seeing the same thing in a swarm we caught late season last year. I do not intend to give it nearly a full year to see what it does.
It first accoured to me that maybe these bees where a cluster waiting to die one day when I checked on them and actually said out loud. these bees are determined to die. I then sort of went with the default conclusion of. the most obvious answer is most likely the correct one. For me they do not act like swarms so I do not consider them swarms. just what they are. well that is my best guess.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Daniel, I have to say that in all the years I have had bees, I don't recall ever hiving a swarm during the swarm season and not have it build up normally like you would expect. I don't know why an early swarm like you had would just stagnate like that unless the queen was burned out.
I'll have to agree with jmgi. Daniel, I think what you are experiencing with your swarms is the exception rather than the rule. I've hived a lot of swarms over the years, some were in July. I've never had a swarm shut down as you describe. They might run out of time to prepare properly for winter, but I've never had any kamikaze swarms that I can recall.
I don't have the answers, but my gut and personal experience tells me that mid to late season swarms are not all suicide flights.
To everything there is a season....
It still does not explain that then never attempted to supersede a queen if in fact she was just a failing queen. It woudl be expected that any swarm that leaves with the old queen will supersede her. or so I have heard. The only reason let this hive go so long was that one it was my first swarm. and second it was in my top bar hive and I really didn't care much what happened to it. I suppose ti is possible that the colony never got strong enough to attempt a supercedure. except they did not start out exactly small. they where not huge but it was not a tiny swarm by any means.
jmgi, keep in mind I do not consider this a swarm that was during normal swarm season. I am not sure if you mean any time a swarm might normally issue. but that distinction is actually what this conversation is about. I consider swarm period as that period defined by Walt as Repro Swarm period and am presenting the possibility that any thing mistaken as a swarm at any other time is in fact not a swarm but a function of some other purpose.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
It couldn't be a virgin queen that never made it back?
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Ace, I saw the queen frequently over nearly a years time. She did produce brood just not a lot of it. It was not drone brood so she was not infertile. I am not sure poor mating results in less laying just more laying of drones. But she should still have laid a decent nest even if it was all drone. She simply did not lay much and none of the bees seemed to think they should do anything about it.
I have heard in the past that if bees are placed in to large of a space it can demoralize them. that was what I thought i was seeing at first. But over time I started getting the impression they where determined to just die.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
Daniel, I was referring to the typical swarm season for me here in my area, which is May-June time frame. I do understand what you are referring to also about swarms after the "reproductive swarm period", but I don't understand how you are so sure that this particular swarm you spoke about earlier is not of the reproductive kind, you said it occured "barely" after the normal swarm time. I don't know if I would classify it as something other than a repro swarm just because it didn't build up normally as you would expect a prime swarm to do. Also, expecting a swarm to supercede a failing or old queen, if indeed it was, is not something I would bet on either. Bees sometimes will not supercede a queen that appears to us to be failing, and will supercede one that looks very prolific to us, I'm sure you have heard that saying before.
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jmgi, I do not consider that swarm a Repro swarm for no other reason than it did not act like one. As for the repro swarm period. At the time I captured the swarm I had no idea if it was swarm season or not. at that time I thought any time was swarm season. I was aware the spring was the main period of time for swarming. Based upon my tracking of the swarm period the following year it would have been from April 14th to just about the beginning of the last week in May. I woudl have to look up what date I got my last swarm call. In all I captured some 13 swarms. all of them thriving types. The swarm in question had been captured the previous year in the second week of June. I agree that is a short separation of time. but it is a separation of time. I do have further question of whether this first year swarm was actually cast in the Repro period because year two was an early year by quite a bit. The only thing I can add to the information about season one is that another beekeeper was able to put together and get built up a 5 frame nuc for me and had it to me on May 10th. That to me seems pretty consistent with the same sort of swarm period. if he had queens to make a nuc from I suspect they got started at or near that mid April mark. maybe even a bit sooner. I cannot say if the queen had been an over wintered one or not.
Ace, I did pinch her in the end. and pretty much as soon as I had queens to replace her with. Keep in mind I near had anything to compare this swarm to until the following spring when I started capturing other swarms. it was then that I got swarm after swarm that behaved entirely differently . building up to colonies that actually produced a little bit of honey. one of them later attempting to swarm again. So the entire picture did not come together for me for quite a while.
Michael. to cast off an undesirable queen. Either the colony pushed her out or she chose to leave on her own would be my guess. I suspect that is only one guess among many hundreds and the odds of it being correct are almost non existent.
Not knowing exactly what the difference is does not mean there is no difference. certainly not when a difference can bee seen.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
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Grilled nectarines and fresh blackberries turn into a summery salsa to top cumin-rubbed chicken and polenta in a dish that's special enough for weeknight entertaining. Make it a meal: Serve with a spinach salad and a crisp glass of rosé.
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It's a common offering seen on many cafe menus - fries with aioli. While usually this is just a mayonnaise with some garlic blended through it, true aioli is another animal. There is nothing wrong with making a garlic mayo but, if doing so, you will achieve a better result by using roasted garlic as opposed to raw.
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The room is lockable. You have what you need to make some tea or coffe. You have a microwave oven. A wardrobe are available.
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A cozy roof-top room in a Belgian house. It is easily accessible by public transportation to the airport and main train station. The house is very quite, clean and artistic decorated. There are many shops, restaurants and fast-food shops nearby. We have had a nice stay here. Thanks a lot!
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02 March 2013 , 10:12 AM by Phillip Smith
Duncan Armstrong has a gold medal. George McArdle has some gold records. How do blokes deal with celebrity?
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I was listening 'at the window' this morning fellas! What a great show! I am hoping you might podcast and will email the link to you - to my son going through a few things at present!
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hey, i would love to get some reference pics of Zam, and i would also love to see your own Zam costumes!!!!
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hey, i would love to get some reference pics of Zam, and i would also love to see your own Zam costumes!!!!
Well, this is in another thread, but I will post anyway ;)
very nice!!!! do ya have any ref pics? if you do, i would love to see them. do ya know of any links? if ya don't mind me asking, how much did it cost for all of it? i would like to start one...i would love my girlfriend to wear it, while i am jango. :-)
Great shot, Zam!!!
The question is... would your girlfriend love to wear it? If so, you're in good shape.Quote:
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...i would love my girlfriend to wear it, while i am jango. :-)
I think my girlfriend would rather wear a paper bag over her head while I'm Jango! :lol
If you read this thread http://tdh.prop-planet.com/viewtopic...=5257&forum=10 by ZamIAm it has estimated costs and a link to DCB's referance CD.
Hope your GF would like to wear Zam - I had to pester my other half forever to wear a costume and he chose Jango :)
yea, i think she would wear it...and if not, i will just put it on a mannequin next to my jango...it's a win win situation.
I wish more of us could show you some pics of our costumes but most of us are in the same boat. It's been a long process of researching and slowly building the parts. We kinda all pulled together to help zamIam get hers done for DragonCon last year. ;) I was getting closer to completion but have run into a little snag....so probably will be a couple more months :(
Good luck with the building! There is a lot of reference and information here. Definitely get one of DCB's reference CD's!!!
thats true. its been almost a year for my costume to be a reality, and im not done yet!. i hope to be done before this halloween. good luck and have lots of patience!
how much should i donate for the CD? it sounds pretty good comming from you guys. hey, do you guys have any links for any costume parts?
thanks, Michael
Ok - here is a shameless plug for my previous posting (Star Wars weekends at Disney).
Check out the last photo under this posting...
Great costume, Zam I am
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Hey Zam: :zam
Did I read someplace else that you will NOT be at Dragoncon this year?
If so, I am disappointed. I would have liked a chance to photograph you and your costume.
Yeh, unfortuneately you read right. I am SO sorry all. I am going on a cruise that very same weekend and I haven't had a real vacay in like two 1/2 years, so the next major SW related thing I will be attending will probably be CIII, unless there is something big here that God puts in place that prevents me. Trying to help some other's Zams get done for Dragon Con this year since they helped me with mine. And, I want to make some upgrades to mine, so that at CIII, it will look even more accurate :D
Well ZIA... you HAD better be at CIII! :D Otherwise we'd have to arrange for your kidnapping and such... (very expensive) which of course would cut into the Zam budget! ;)
Yep... gotta get my finished Zam parts pictures posted! Really! I have finished a few parts! :D
Dang, that just reminded me, gotta book the hotel. DOH!
Gotta see your pieces fess up the pics!!!
Here are a few pictures of my costume (again) but oh well, here they are:
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Gaeriel, if you want to use secol's free hosting, please do, we can't see your pics.
Sorry, does this link work?
MUCH better :)
I've also put the pics on my own site: www.starwarscostumes.tk, here are some nice ones:
A great representation of the look! What did you use for the suit? did you dye your own fabric? What was it? etc!
Nice work!
Thanks, and no I didn't dye my own suit. The main fabric I ordered with zamIam and a bunch of others and the leather is just real leather painted with special leather paint, you can buy all sorts of colors here in Holland.
Here is our current state of completion:
Just a pile but getting closer every day now :)


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By Chris Harris
If proof were needed of the character in Arsenal's squad, Emmanuel Adebayor feels that Sunday's game at Stamford Bridge provided it.
The Togo striker set up the winning goal for Robin van Persie as Arsène Wenger's side bounced back from a half-time deficit to beat Chelsea 2-1 and keep their title hopes alive.
Some had questioned Arsenal's unity ahead of the London derby following two successive Premier League defeats and a change of captaincy. Adebayor believes those critics have been proved wrong.
"It was a very good win," he said. "We needed character and we went through a very difficult moment and people wrote us off in the Premier League but the message we have sent out is that we have a good team.
"We have always been together and we have forgotten what happened before. We always believe that we can do something and that is what we tried to show today."
A defeat at Chelsea would have left Arsenal 13 points adrift of their London rivals, a gap that Wenger described as "too much". Whatever the result, Adebayor would not have given up hope.
"If we had lost we would have never said the title race was over for us," he said. "We had to keep on going until the end of the season. We know we have a great team and a great squad and we are ready for it.
"Winning [at Chelsea] means everybody can say we are keeping our title dreams alive but the main thing is to keep going. Maybe we have a little bit more concentration for the big teams and that is something we are going to work on very hard. We all believe in the boss. He is here to help us and we are here to help the fans.
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text: Professionalism is every bit as important in the fitness industry as it is in any industry—both inside and outside the gym or training setting. To get a better understanding for what you should and shouldn't do when it comes to professionalism, I asked some of our very own ACE fitness professionals here at our headquarters to share their dos and don'ts based on their personal experiences. DO… Get professional pictures taken of yourself for marketing and profiles. Take care of your personal hygiene. Follow client confidentiality guidelines used in healthcare (e.g., HIPAA). Always keep your client's health information PRIVATE—this is extremely important. Determine the most appropriate assessments for each client based on his or her unique health, fitness and goals. Listen actively and understand what your client is telling you. Focus first and foremost on providing positive, engaging experiences that make clients want to come back. Remember, the most effective exercise program for a client is the one that he or she will actually DO on a regular basis. Give clients your FULL attention during training sessions and classes—put your phone away. Develop your knowledge and skills to position yourself as an exercise professional within the healthcare continuum. STAY WITHIN YOUR SCOPE OF PRACTICE and understand what this means to you legally. Take continuing education courses to improve your knowledge and skills, not just to renew your certification. Always remember that the workout is for the client and/or class. Be respectful of everyone using the fitness facility or outdoor space where you are training by keeping your equipment organized and out of the way. Keep you undergarments hidden; your clients don't want to see your underwear. Arrive to class or training sessions early so you can prepare and get organized. Be aware of newcomers and tell them it is okay to go at their own pace. Have separate social media accounts for your business and personal needs. Remember you are ALWAYS marketing and creating a profile of yourself—at work, online, at the gym or out on the town. Be respectful and polite to other fitness professionals—they are trying to help people with their goals just like you are! DON'T… Use a bathroom selfie as your profile picture. Conduct all of the same assessments with every client. Train every client the same way. Each program plan should be customized for your client's goals. Talk more than you listen. The "person" in personal training is the client you are serving. Post information about clients on websites, social media or in newsletters without their written consent. Focus a client's entire program on the technical aspects of the workout (e.g., sets, repetitions, exercises, intensities). Ever stop learning. Our industry is evolving quickly and the prevalence of obesity, physical inactivity and related health complications are at an all-time high and rising. Think of continuing education simply as a requirement for certification renewal. Use a training session or class as YOUR workout. Litter a fitness facility or open space with your exercise equipment. Assume clients/members know your lingo. Be precise when giving instructions and always demonstrate. Linger after group classes or training sessions if another instructor or trainer is trying to set up. Call someone out for doing something wrong. Give corrective cues to the whole class or walk up to client and provide one-on-one assistance.


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Would be totally awesome if it was a NYPD Hitman "ped"
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Great job on this one too.
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@chinweiren213: You did not ask for permission to upload this mods from the true authors of these mods. So you have to show respect to authors, giving them credit for their works
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I downloaded it, cuz I tried getting it elsewhere and it bounced me to another site and had some "iffy" stuff that I didn't trust. I'm glad he put his own or even someone else's work here. Bravo!
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Analysts Mostly Upbeat On Apple's WWDC: Setting The Stage For New Hardware
With all of the news out yesterday from the first day of Apple's (AAPL) Worldwide Developer Conference, including the introduction of iOS 8 and Mac OSX Yosemite, it's no surprise that analysts have plenty of thoughts.
With no new hardware offerings, the conference might have lacked some of the drama of its predecessors and was mostly in-line with expectations. But the Street was largely upbeat about Apple's announcements (including a few price target boosts), even if they weren't wowed.
The consensus among most analysts seems to be that the new software is keeping the Apple experience integrated and ahead of rivals—as well as laying the groundwork for new hardware introductions later this year and beyond.
Here's a roundup of what we've seen so far.
BMO Capital Market's Keith Bachman: "Net, we think some of the features that enhance the interactivity among Apple products appear impressive. We don't think consumers are using iCloud in a meaningful way at present, so as Apple adds features that improve the integration between various devices, we believe this creates a meaningful competitive advantage for Apple."
Canaccord Genuity's T. Michael Walkley: "We believe these initiatives, combined with Apple's recent purchase of Beats Music and Beats Electronics, should drive increased iOS product sales and increase Apple's potential to grow its higher-margin Software and Services businesses. The initiatives should also strengthen the stickiness of the iOS ecosystem among its loyal consumers. In fact, our May surveys indicated continued consumer loyalty resulted in the iPhone 5s remaining a top-selling smartphone at all tier-1 U.S. carriers and at a number of global channels. Further, U.S. surveys indicated tier-1 carrier customers were increasingly opting for early-upgrade programs for more expensive high-tier smartphones, and we believe these trends could enable Apple to charge higher prices for larger-screen iPhone 6 models. Given our expectations for a very strong iPhone 6 upgrade cycle and potential for increasing higher-margin services revenue contribution, we maintain our BUY rating and increase our price target to $710.
Cowen & Co.'s Timothy Arcuri: "Although, as expected, no new hardware was announced, we see the last 12mos of ecosystem innovations (e.g. the mobile platform redesign in iOS7, the move to 64-bit, the increasing integration of OS X and iOS, and extensions into new markets adjacent to the smartphone) and the planned fall launch timing for iOS 8 as all coming together to support a big leap forward on the hardware side in 2H:14/1H:15. We continue to believe AAPL will launch two variants of iPhone 6 (the 4.7″ version on a slightly earlier timeline) that, in combination, should do 95MM+ units by March '15 (~2/3 4.7″ display; ~1/3 5.5″ display), at least one wearable device (where our field work suggests a build rate consistent with sales of 20-30MM units in the first 12 months post-commercial launch but the ultimate potential is much higher), and a ~13″ iPad/Mac hybrid with haptic-like keyboard (more likely 1H:15 at this point)."
Credit Suisse's Kulbinder Garcha: "With these announcements, Apple continues to demonstrate how its integration between hardware, software and services across iPhone, iPad and Macs creates a sustainable differentiating advantage versus rival platforms, and effectively enables an up leveling of the OS to the "cloud." This creates a virtuous circle for each of its business lines, high levels of usage and differentiation and allows more devices to be plugged into the platform. Our FY14/FY15 revenue and EPS ests stand at $182.4bn (+6.7%)/$187.2bn (+2.6%) and $44.71/$46.81. We keep Neutral rating and raise TP to $600 from $560.
Evercore's Rob Cihra: "WWDC focused on software, as expected, but we still look forward to multiple new 2H14 product cycles, incl lower-cost iMac, larger-screen iPhone 6 (4.7" in Sep, 5.5" phablet ~Nov), new iWatch/iBand and refreshed Apple TV that can run apps. And following on today's theme of "continuity" we see Apple's ecosystem not only making its platform more valuable to users (seamless functionality) and developers (iOS per-user monetization higher than Android's) but also setting stage for more secure, closed-loop services in e/mCommerce, advertising and location-based services (e.g., iBeacon)."
FBR & Co.'s Scott Thompson: "Among the most relevant themes discussed were: (1) the integration of OS X and iOS devices for a seamless user experience that could encourage brand loyalty and hardware cross-selling; and (2) health- and home-related software functionality for iOS that might help form the foundation for further hardware and software diversification. Much like last year's announcements, both OSs will be available to the general public, free of charge, this fall. Given today's announcements, we believe Apple continues to set the stage for the creation of an ecosystem of hardware and software solutions that, in our view, could slowly diversify the company's product mix away from mobile devices as iPhone and iPad represented nearly 75% of the company's FY13 revenues. However, we recognize that further diversification of Apple's product portfolio is a process that is likely to be slow and take several years."
JPMorgan's Rod Hall: "Upon reflection, the most important takeaway was the ever tightening integration between iOS and OSX. Apple has now made messaging and calling effectively seamless across all devices – as long as they are made by Apple. In addition, OSX Yosemite will be able to hand off work in progress to both the iPad and iPhone. The company significantly reduced storage pricing to the point that even a larger 200GB plan isn't unreasonable at just under $48/year. We still believe that users should be able to ditch the laptop altogether in favor of an iPad but believe this will have to wait until WWDC 2015. In the meantime, Apple has made huge changes to APIs which enable richer apps while at the same time provider a bunch of lock-in inducing features in both OSX and iOS."
Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster: "We believe Apple's annual developers' conference, WWDC, fell inline with consumer and investor expectations. For consumers our sentiment analysis on Twitter was relatively unchanged leading up to and during the conference. Investors felt the same way with shares down ~1% in yesterdays trading. However, we believe the in-line consumer & investor response masks the importance of the overall platform updates from WWDC and highlights consumer & investors hyper interest in devices (hardware) vs. software. We believe that the updates to the iOS platform are meaningfully ahead of other platforms and will ultimately enable the next round of iOS devices to maintain significant popularity/share at the high-end among consumers. We remain Overweight on AAPL with a price target of $732."
Raymond James's Travis McCourt: "Apple is clearly making its Mac search bar, Spotlight, more strategic by including on-device, on-app, and web-based results from a single search bar. Ultimately, if Apple can change the behavior of customers opening their web browser in order to search, then Apple would be changing the economic dynamic of search on Macs to their favor vs. Google (GOOG)".
RBC's Amit Daryanani: "APPL announced several updates to their OS X and iOS, though neither were as revolutionary as the updates in 2013. But we do think the several features announced (spotlight, HealthKit, maildrop, etc.) will further embed iOS into the user ecosystem and increase the stickiness of its offerings. We further think HealthKit and HomeKit API's could be the building blocks for an iWatch and a connected home solution down the road. Finally there was a sense of AAPL further alienating GOOG/Android from its ecosystem – using Microsoft's (MSFT) BING to run spotlight/search natively on OSX and iOS, Swift as a new programming software to ensure Apps aren't as easily portable and highlighting the security features of iOS devices."
Rosenblatt Securities' Brian Blair: "While the presentation lacked some hopeful announcements (no Apple TV update, no payment platform, no Carplay update, no new hardware), it did reflect the strength of Apple's evolving mobile platform, which feels increasingly advanced vs. mobile volume leader Android and is influencing the legacy desktop environment. It also showcased two key new platforms for Apple, home automation and health, which we expect to be meaningful areas over the coming year. Overall, we remain bullish on Apple's fundamentals. However, with the stock's 20%+ move over the prior three months, we wouldn't be surprised by a near term pullback, particularly given the continued decline in iPads in the June quarter, and the forthcoming drop in iPhone unit sales which will assuredly decline ahead of the anticipated fall hardware refresh. We do believe the stock will perform well following the company's June quarter results/ guidance given the forthcoming iPhone 6 volumes (we estimate 100 million in build plans for the 2H), along with high expectations for the iBand (we estimate 17-21 million in initial build plans)."
Robert W. Baird's William Power: "As expected, Apple detailed a large number of iOS and Mac software enhancements, but provided no firm updates on potential new products, though there may have been a few hints. HealthKit: The new health application is designed to form a central repository for an individual's health history and information. This could seemingly tie into future wearable devices. HomeKit: Apple also announced HomeKit, which is designed to help automate the household – alarms, doors, lights, appliances, etc., likely via software and controlled by iOS devices."
Susquehanna's Chris Caso: "We view these software updates as mostly evolutionary changes that continue to strengthen the AAPL ecosystem. We think the bigger changes this year will however be new hardware, which should open the door to many new innovations. We do think that the brief discussion of health and home automation applications do provide some hints about future applications for iWatch, which we expect to be released in the fall."
Wells Fargo's Maynard Um: "The most important announcement, in our opinion, was Apple's HealthKit/health app, which is exactly as we envisioned in our 4/11/14 report entitled "Our Vision of Apple's Evolution Into a Secular Story" (see attached). While details were lacking, the opt-in feature to allow apps access to data is, in our opinion, a critical element that could help side step privacy issues and potentially allow Apple to monetize the information (our vision of Apple's model in the future is one of in-app and user data analytics monetization). While we are encouraged by this announcement, we still believe the transition will be a difficult one. While we see limited negative catalysts into new product releases (and strong positive investor sentiment), our Market Perform rating is based on limited market cap opportunity in the markets it currently plays in, our expectation for gross margin pressures in the upcoming cycle, beginning signs of a balance of power shift between operators and handset vendors, and what we feel are increasingly lofty expectations."


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Looking for some advice. I have a very weak medium lang hive--broodnest size of 1/3 of two med frames. They are having a hard time getting going while my other hive has started to explode the last few days. This weak hive was a swarm from my original hive and queen is most likely the original so going into her third year. Didn't treat for mites either so they were also weakened to start--large hive originally (broodnest filled one med) but winter bees died off fast in Jan.
So this is my plan: pinch the queen and add a package w/ a hygienic queen. I still have plenty of capped honey and empty drawn frames for them so I'm not too worried about the cool weather (pollen patty on top too).
Question: can I just pinch the queen 24hrs prior to adding the package and add the package directly w/ the caged queen or should I do a newspaper combine w/ the weak hive and package?
If latter I assume I put the weak hive on top of the hived package--which would still be on fully drawn comb w/ stores. Should have an upper entrance for the weak hive as well, correct?
Thanks all.