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Whooping Cough Confirmed at Pueblo West High School
PUEBLO, COLO. - Today, Public Health Officials announced a confirmed pertussis case along with other suspected pertussis cases and many close contacts at Pueblo West High School and in the community. The Pueblo City County-Health Department investigated close contacts including multiple students, staff members and family members with pertussis (whooping cough) symptoms, specifically a severe cough, and made appropriate recommendations for testing and treatment.
Dr. Christine Nevin-Woods, public health director, would like to thank Pueblo West High School, School District 70, and Pueblo's medical community for their cooperation and assistance helping to halt the outbreak.
"Students, staff members and family members at Pueblo West High School are being monitored for pertussis (whooping cough)," stated Dr. Christine Nevin-Woods, public health director at the Pueblo City-County Health Department. "Pertussis is a highly contagious disease; treatment and vaccination is important in preventing spread to others who are likely to get the illness," adds Dr. Nevin-Woods. Adolescents and adults with a severe cough characterized by coughing fits and/or vomiting and/or a whoop should be checked by their doctor and tested for pertussis and then treated.
"Just in their daily activities, close contact can occur which exposes many other people to the pertussis illness, especially individuals who are unvaccinated or too young to get vaccinated," stated Nevin-Woods. "Examples of close contact includes: riding in a car or bus, or exposure at home," Nevin-Woods explained.
Whooping cough disease starts like the common cold, with a runny nose or congestion, sneezing, and maybe a mild cough or fever. But after 1–2 weeks, severe coughing can begin.
"Half of teens who get pertussis cough for more than 10 weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," explained Dr. Nevin-Woods.
"Vaccinations, including Tdap, are very important preventing illness, call your doctor to make sure you are up-to-date," explained Dr. Nevin-Woods.Tdap is one of the vaccines required by Colorado Law for children/teens from 6th to 12th grade. Tdap is recommended to be given at ages 11-12 and later if missed, Nevin-Woods elaborated.
Pertussis is a serious disease in unvaccinated babies and at-risk children and adults, such as those with asthma, the elderly, and in infants less than 6 months. Pertussis in young infants can be very serious with pneumonia, respiratory distress and even death. In serious cases, the pertussis disease develops into coughing episodes so close together an individual cannot get adequate air into their lungs. Individuals with severe pertussis often vomit after coughing and it can be hard for babies to eat, drink or breathe. The cough ends with a whooping sound.
Adults and caretakers should know they can help to protect children and infants against the disease by getting vaccinated themselves. Research shows half of the babies infected with pertussis are exposed by their parents; while 90% of unvaccinated children living with someone who has the disease can become infected. Students and adults with pertussis cannot return to school or work until they have received adequate treatment.
Vaccinations are available through doctor's offices, pharmacies, and through the Health Department (for uninsured). Tdap vaccine can be given at the same time as the flu vaccine. Call first to schedule an appointment 719-583-4380.
Nevin-Woods called on all healthcare workers in Pueblo to assist the local health department in controlling the spread of this disease by also getting their Tdap vaccine.
Timely diagnosis and prompt reporting of suspect cases to the Health Department is very important because those with pertussis and their close contacts need to be treated with an appropriate antibiotic within a specific time frame.
Questions about pertussis can be answered locally by the Disease Prevention and Emergency Preparedness Division at the Pueblo City-County Health Department 719-583-9901.


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April 11, 2012
Student Government Association
Discussion Meeting
April 11, 2012
I. Roll Call
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Approval of Agenda
IV. Guest Speaker
V. Action Items
a. Approve 2012-2013 Budget: Motion for a3% decrease in budget and if any extra funds are available because enrollmentis up, then they need to re-allocate the money back to the subcommittees at thesame percentage the entire budget is allocated originally. (18/24)-Passes.
VI. Discussion Item
a. Rock Climbing Club: No one is here torepresent this bill. We will look into if they will still are going.
b. SGA Field Day Committee: Have youthought about using compostable cups.
i. We can possibly do this. We will look into it!
c. Amigo's Pachanga: This will happen nextFriday the 20th at 5:30 the band will begin at 6pm.
i. The reason we want to charge for food is to reimburse thecosts of the food. We could potentially have a student cost (a little lower).
ii. We have other avenues if we do not get full allocation
d. Orientation T-Shirt's:
i. Would there be the ability to advertise on the T's?
1. Yes
ii. We do not have an exact design yet but it will be a WesternState College of Colorado Logo.
iii. Where have initiatives like this been funded in the past?
1. It depends on who was making the T's. ResLife is currently in a deficit and other entities are taking budget cuts.
iv. How many students came in last year? About 500 students comein and orientations leaders want them and first year experience leaders maywant on.
v. Do you expect to ask for this money again next year?
1. Yes, I believe SGA would be a part ofit again.
2. Could you sell ad space? Maybe.
vi. We may put it in the packet for parents if people want tocome early, with a vacation, but we want freshman to come at the beginning oforientation. Returning students we may offer housing early so they can be therefor the Pro Cycling challenge. We want to align people on Escalante Drive.
e. Baseball Bill: Are your coach'sstudents or faculty? They work in facilities, and have given most of theirstipend back.
i. Date auction may be good for fundraising.
ii. What are your dues?
1. About $500 and that doesn't include alot.
iii. There's a field day you could possibly work at.
iv. Can club funds help other club funds? There are norestrictions, if you can make a donation that would be fine.
v. BSA on Monday's at 7pm in the multicultural center if youwould like to volunteer, we need to spend the rest of our budget, and nee dotmake some food.
vi. We are willing to work for money. We have more home gamesand are playing at the High School 330 on Saturday and 12 and 2 on Sunday.
vii. Monday Night at the Gunnison Brewery we will be servingfood, and will be getting the tips from the event. Thursday the 19that Timbers they are selling Jello Shots and proceeds go to the team.
VII. Advisor Report
Studentsinterested in putting a labrynth on campus for stress relief, located on theeast side of Kelly hall in the native garden. They may do a work day Friday the20th. This is the weekto register for classes. New students will start registering Monday the 16th. Celebration ofScholarship is Thursday poster session, and oral presentations Wednesday.
Erika:April 26th BSA dinner and a show soul food night 6pm, 730 starts theshow.Ballroom
Sarah:5pm Cachina doll workship
Nicole:PeaceOut is doing a blendering, pie eating and a relay race. The Amazing Race,starts at 3pm.
Bradley: Friday Quisby is hosting a fundraiser for Partnerstrying to raise 2,000 right before springfest begins. Partners is a non-profitorganization.
Adam: Tyler Penell is a potential Olympic athlete on campusand he is the second fastest American.
Rodney: all but 2 rooms in the pinaccles are booked.
Walker: Thanks for coming to the Spring Symposium.
IX. Committee Reports
a. The Pro Cycling committee is talkingabout what they want to do with their 2 hours news slot with 9 news. Theytalked about a tour of WP, talk to the Women's Basketball team and extendedstudies, new field house, and if you have exciting ideas, let me know. Theywant students on campus. June 26th around noon. Also any ideas toget students on campus early let me know
b. Field day: we are at the point where 5or 6 clubs want to host an event, spread the word.
c. Academic Policies is talking aboutfinding a place on the website to say when classes are tentatively offered, butwill be subject to change. Allow students to plan for four years.
X. Advisory Reports
Sarah: ThisFriday polls for voting will close and then Sarah will call the winners. LastBoard of Trustees meeting for the academic year will be next week. Word Hordeis now at PowerStop next year.
Nick: OurHospital is in top 100 of critical access hospitals. Community clean up April22nd. A new marketing campaign for the city we be going live April24th. Ideas of how we would like to see the campus change?
Haleigh:Thank you for coming to the debate today, get your applications in forappointed.
Grace: wehave 2,000 (approximately) in our budget for bill money remaining.
Meg:Awkward Fiction had their show last night, and we had to add extra chairs sinceso many guests came, and many people were very excited for the next show!
Blake:This weekend Track and Field at CSU Pueblo and thank you for funding the fanbus bill.
Mark: Men'sLacrosse plays at noon at the Gateway, Baseball at Colorado Springs.
Travis: Lastweek started flag football and softball this week, and have 23 teams, a discgold tournament will be Saturday at the 28th and a BBQ.
Elijah:Saturday is Spring Fest 2012 4pm and I hope everyone can show up. We hope for agood turn out, food being sold, and clubs, and good music. If SGA would like abooth let us know. Battle of the Bands at field day e-mail Stephanie.
Aurora:Stress week we are looking to contract the massage school from CB to come downand sign-up will be first come first serve, I will send out an email.
Noah:Multi-pitch rock-climbing course and we hope weather. On Sunday a slack linecompetition across the pool, and some top slack liners will come, they will beat Spring Fest.
Karen:Spring Fest we are having our contest and the art will be displayed. Earth weekis next week and everyday is assigned something to do.
XI. Special Topics
Thedebates were successful! Please vote. New WSC SGA YOUTUBE account.
Offcampus incidents, make sure you are safe.
Amigoshas an off-campus account with extra money.
XII. Remarks for the Good of the Order
XIII. Late Roll Call
XIV. Adjournment

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I have a piece in the "Horrorwood" show at the WWA Gallery in Culver City which opens TONIGHT from 7pm-10pm. I'll be showing alongside some incredible artists, including Danielle Buerli, Julian Callos, Jessica LL Dalva, Nigel Sanders, Zachary Schoenbaum, Sarah "Sae" Soh, and Bryce Takara... just to name a very very few!
Here is my contribution, based off the film "Rosemary's Baby":
"His Father's Eyes"
Ink, gouache and graphite on Stonehenge
10 x 8 inches (framed 13 x 11 inches)
October 15, 2010
His Father's Eyes
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- Roxy M said...
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- Thomas Lynch III said...
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Budo, the way of the martial arts, is at heart a path of spiritual cultivation and self-realization whose aim is to develop a strategic mind that makes combat unnecessary. Kenji Tokitsu explains the philosophy of karate as budo and looks deeply at the key concepts that are essential for developing the budo mind in karate practice. These concepts are:
- distance and timing,
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Town Square
College: the best seven years of your life?
Original post made by Tom Cushing, Danville, on Feb 29, 2012
The thrice-degreed (BA, MBA, JD) Senator Santorum claimed this week that "62% of kids who enter college with a faith commitment leave without it." On its face, that appears to be a rather dire indictment of the university experience – especially among those whose impressions of college come from the line of movies that starts with Animal House (Faber College motto: Knowledge is Good) and runs through the various Van Wilder epics. Placing naturally curious, hormonal youngsters in close proximity without benefit of much supervision seems likely to provoke extra-curriculars that might lead them astray.
While the Senator did not offer source material for his claim, a strikingly similar statistic may be found in a respectable academic journal, to wit: "The assumption that the religious involvement of
young people diminishes when they attend college is of course true: 64 percent of those currently enrolled in a traditional four-year institution have curbed their attendance habits."
Fortunately for we who finance college educations (if not for the candidate), the next sentence of that article reads as follows: "Yet, 76 percent of those who never enrolled in college report a decline in religious service attendance."
Mr. Santorum further offered the opinion that the likely culprit was "indoctrination by some liberal college professor." I will set aside the educator's fond aspiration that the perspectives s/he purveys occupy some fraction of student consciousness beyond the next exam – or even survive the class bell – leavened as it must be with the oft-demonstrated fact that sometimes, it does neither. I do end my courses by expressing to students the hope that maybe the world looks a little different now, than it did at the outset of our time together. But my stuff is usually pretty vocational, and its persistence will depend on reinforcement by informing business decisions with remembered elements of the curriculum.
I recall that my own undergraduate education taught me how to think about problems in organized, rational ways that have been useful in my life. I trend a bit towards the Keynesian in that regard, as did most of my Profs in the Michigan Econ department, but I've read enough Friedman to appreciate the monetarist perspective. And I learned other process skills in unlikely places, like my Accounting Prof who, in 1972, predicted the eventual demise of General Motors and convinced me of the wisdom in adopting the long view.
Indoctrination, though, goes more to substance than process. It tells you what to believe, not how to decide what to believe. I don't think college does that; I simply do not recall any teacher, at any level, who had that effect.
In terms of values (as the candidate clearly intended), and life philosophy, I believe mine were formed much more by earlier training, and by later experience. Early-on, I was encouraged to "fight fiercely" in general, to listen to my conscience and to revere life. Those values survived my education. And later, life taught me how remarkably fortunate I have been, that I should not take it for granted or assume it arose out of any special merit I might enjoy, and that there's a place for all that Economics I had learned – but it's not every place.
What about you – how did college affect you? Were you directed, left or right, by your learnings there? Were there particular Profs or mentors who changed the course of your life – or how you think about life? Were there times you were punished academically for an alternative view with which the academic authorities disagreed? Any courses, or tributes, or gripes you've been nurturing, and would be willing to share?
BTW, the article referred-to above ought to have relieved the Senator's concerns, as follows: "The assumption that a college education is the reason for such a decline gathers little support. The results remain the same even when we employ multiple regression models to account for other factors that might explain the college-religion relationship (such as age, marriage, drinking habits, and sexual behavior, to name a few). Simply put: Higher education is not the enemy of religiosity."
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a resident of another community
on Feb 29, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Dear Editor and Tom,
Absolutely great column!
College and University was the best 12+ years of my life and I would recommend such education to all wanting to know the joy of knowledge. Considering commentary by Mr. Santorum does not remove the exceptional boost university study and stimulus give one's mind and soul.
I have spent my life learning including all the diversity of faiths simply because college and university started that hunger for knowledge and perspective.
a resident of Alamo
on Feb 29, 2012 at 5:21 pm
I'm afraid that college came much too late to have any influence on my religious views. Clearly those kids that Santorum et al. worry about, unlike me, are the product of many years of indoctrination by their parents and churches , and I think he is right, or at least I hope he is, that the opportunity to think for themselves about these things and to be exposed to different points of view, might cause them to have doubts about some of what they learned in Sunday school.
I find your assurance, Tom, that higher education is not an enemy of "religiosity" (did you really mean that?) somewhat disappointing and really hard to believe. Certainly many studies have shown a strong inverse relationship between education level and religious belief.
a resident of Danville
on Feb 29, 2012 at 7:04 pm
Tom Cushing is a registered user.
That conclusion is from the article, Dirk -- basic premise seems to be that the factors that affect church attendance are many and relate to matters other than college attendance, per se. I am certain that there are ways to massage those data by field of instruction, level, achievement, etc. Your conclusion (which is not to say 'god' or 'the devil') may be in those details. ;-)
I think it's a mistake to equate church membership and attendance with devout adherence to any particular premise of the specific religious institution. There is a great deal of community in churches, for example, and there is also values training and reinforcement that is pretty good stuff -- and that may/may not require acceptance of the entire liturgy. Lots of folks find things of value within church communities without subscribing to the whole shebang. I have friends, for example, who advocate the "take what you need" theory.
Finally, there are some churches that emphasize the 'seeking' aspects of spirituality, and others who prefer to prescribe the path for their members. I've noticed that many science professionals seem to be comfortable with the former approach.
a resident of another community
on Feb 29, 2012 at 8:36 pm
being in school during viet nam was quite different perhaps than in any other era. the war was ever-present and it made people, students, professors, community more connected, more concerned for each other. unity in the face of adversity. people turned to those lifelines that helped them cope and religion, or things of a spiritual nature, was definitely one. this "religiosity", however, was most definitely focused on love not hate, inclusion and not exclusion, peace, not war. it did not have a "brand" and did not target or preach against people (our brothers and sisters). i studied the bible as literature, had a nun as a lit professor (in a secular school), she was cool, and it was part of the learning process that brought some focus to religion for me. conditions have changed, we've moved on from that era. it may be more subtle, but i think every generation experiences some form of bonding from an external threat or condition where school provides an opportunity to connect and reflect on what we mean to each other as a community and in relation to the world. religious enlightenment and/or spirituality can only be described in a qualitative sense and perhaps that is the fallacy in ascribing some failing measure like attendance or behavior to it as if it were a market commodity. the most important aspects of education and religion are having an open mind and an open heart. i can only say that this was my generations experience and i've seen it in those that followed.
a resident of Danville
on Mar 1, 2012 at 6:01 am
This is the second week in a row that this author has felt the need to sling arrows at Republicans, morals, church and people of faith. Clearly he is wrestling with demons of his own and fears what he may not understand. I actually said a prayer for you in church on Sunday, Tom. I hope many others will do the same. You seem to need it now.
a resident of Danville
on Mar 1, 2012 at 8:06 am
Thanks, Mary.
While I don't think you read this week's epistle as I intended it, I appreciate your good wishes. Would you be willing to leave it up to the Deity to decide where I need the most help?
a resident of Danville
on Mar 1, 2012 at 9:07 am
Also @ Mary:
I've been thinking some more about your comment, and its apparent equation of things Republican and Values-based. I'd considered writing about that topic next week, but now I won't have-to.
That topic would be that I do not think the Dems are going to concede the "Values" issues to the GOP this year. Mr. Obama so signaled in his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast earlier this month. Text is here: Web Link
As reported in the Washington Post: "he laid out a simple scriptural grounding for his policies: caring for the least of these, being one's brother's keeper, demanding much of those to whom much has been given. He went on at length about a meeting with evangelical icon Billy Graham." He also forcefully expressed those sentiments in a speech to the UAW convention a few days ago that has gone viral on facebook: Web Link
There is a spectrum on opinion on Values, just like there is on any other issue. The Dems have concluded that the GOP Hopefuls have staked their claims so far to the Right on those issues, that they can appeal to the great American moderate, middle-ground there, too. I believe they're correct in that assessment.
Both Parties are appealing to Values, in very different ways.
a resident of Danville
on Mar 1, 2012 at 9:39 am
I think I agree for teh most part with Tom Cushing's assertion that higher education shouldn't be blamed for reducing "religiosity" (I know what you mean, even if it's not in the dictionary. :-) )
I think it IS fair to conclude that college professors are, on average, more liberal and/or left-leaning than the population at large, especially the professors of non-technical subjects. And one might speculate that this correlates with some reduced level of "religiosity" amongst these professors (again compared to the population at large).
But, I think that the far bigger factor is just timing and/or life-stage differences.
Just speaking from my own experience (back in the Dark Ages), and from that of my grown kids:
- As kids grow older, many of the ones who attended church (of whatever religion) stop going as regularly. They may stay active in their parents' church through middle school and even high schoool, if it has an active youth program that many of their friends/peers go to. But once at college, this seems to end for most. Even as young working adults, and even young married couples, church attendence seems to be a low priority. In many cases, it is the birth of their own kids that brings younger adults back into church attendence. This is not to say that college kids or young adults have lost their faith (although perhaps in some cases they question it more). It may just mean that they don't feel the need to attend organized worship services (at least not until they have kids of their own).
a resident of Danville
on Mar 1, 2012 at 10:40 am
@ CR: well, you and Dirk agree on at least one thing -- that I wrote that last paragraph that includes the term "religiosity." Who sez the DX Forum doesn't bring folks together? I can't take credit for that word or that paragraph -- they both came from the article, itself. I Will take the blame for "conflagratory," which I thought I was making-up, but someone else got to it first.
The point of the article was that the drop-off in r-word is even greater among non-college youts -- 76% to 64%, which reinforces your point about stage-of-life factors. That's right on the money. But I also think "Saturday night" has more to lowered attendance at Sunday services than those tweedy "liberal professors" do.
a resident of Alamo
on Mar 1, 2012 at 1:37 pm
"Religiosity" is a real word and is in the dictionary (online Merriam-Webster):
Definition of RELIGIOSE
: religious; especially : excessively, obtrusively, or sentimentally religious
— re·li·gi·os·i·ty noun <----
I hope you know that I truly admire you, Tom.


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Gold Star Honeybees' Weekend Intensive being held February 9 and 10, 2013 at the Shelter Institute in Woolwich, Maine.
The Shelter Institute is located at 873 Route One in Woolwich, Maine - five miles north of Bath and five miles south of Wiscasset.
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An initial court appearance was scheduled Tuesday for a Las Vegas man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend by repeatedly hitting her on the head with a beer mug.
Dana Baker, 61, was arrested Friday in connection to the slaying that occurred the day before.
According to an arrest report, officers were called to a mobile home park in the 3400 block of Las Vegas Boulevard North in reference to a woman bleeding from the head on Sept. 19. There, police found an injured woman, who was later identified as Jennifer Evanson.
Evanson died at the scene, the report said. The Clark County coroner's office ruled Evanson died from multiple blows to the head as a result of a homicide, according to the report.
Detectives, in the report, turned their attention to Baker after they learned he had been living with the victim. Police noted he was not at the scene by the time officers arrived.
Baker was found just a mile away from the mobile home park, residing in a tent pitched in a desert area, police said in the report.
There, police reported apparent blood on Baker's shorts and socks as well as tennis shoes.
In an interview, Baker, in the report, said he and Evanson were dating for more than three months. He subsequently moved into her motor home.
Baker told police a fight erupted between the two over her sleeping with other men during the dating relationship, the report said.
Baker described, in the report, how the argument escalated to physicality. He told police he pulled her out of bed by the hair.
Baker, as he stated in the report, got more upset over her mentioning the infidelity, which prompted him to grab a heavy beer mug and strike her in the head with it. Baker recalled, in the report, hitting her seven to eight times.
He further said, in the report, he left her lying on the floor for about two hours before returning. She asked him to call 911 by then, he was stated saying in the report.
Baker was booked into Clark County Detention Center on a count of murder with a deadly weapon.
According to the CCDC inmate database, the district attorney is expected to file charges during Baker's initial hearing. The appearance is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. in Las Vegas Justice Court.
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Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28mm f/1.8G review - A stellar performerBy David Newton - Friday January 04 2013 Lens Review
Launched in April 2012, this wide-angle prime lens from Nikon, with a fast maximum aperture of f/1.8, suggests it may be a great choice for landscape, architectural and reportage photography. A light weight of 330g also ensures it's easy to travel with and won't weigh heavily in your bag.
It is designed for use with the Nikon FX, full-frame, cameras such as the D3x so you gain the full benefit of the 28mm focal length. Attached to a DX format Nikon camera, the 1.5x sensor magnification gives an equivalent focal length of 42mm making the field-of-view more similar to a standard focal length lens rather than a wide-angle.
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Nikon 28mm 1.8G vs 35mm 1.8G DX on D7100
I'm confused why the 28mm receives a score of 21 while the 35mm 1.8G DX receives a score of 26. When I compare the lenses side by side on the DxO web site, the 28mm has superior scores.
Thank you for clarifying the scores. I've assumed there is an error with the score on the 28mm. But if not, could you please explain why the 35mm is a superior lens on the D7100.
Thanks so much.
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Re: Nikon 28mm 1.8G vs 35mm 1.8G DX on D7100
The difference in our score and ranking can be easily explained by the fact that the overall score is not computed from the other score.
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In this specific case, the maximum sharpness is achieved at f/5.6 for the two lenses. But, the maximum overall score is achieved at f/1.8 for f/1.8 for both. One story short, the two scores do not compare exactly the same thing.
If you check sharpness for f/1.8, you will notice that the 35mm f/1.8 is significantly higher.
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I completely fail to understand your sharpness scores!? They seem to be way lower than in reality
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Fine body choice
The D3x is certainly not discontinued, it is still the flagship for low iso = Landscapes and portraits for pro photographers, who need a solid body, much more solid than D800
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Re: Fine body choice
As good as the D3X 'was' - you're bing overly sentimental about it. The D800/E is a better camera in terms of quality output. It's also rugged enough in it's own right. I don't know many who 'actually' need the security of the bigger pro bodies. Unless you cral through rocks and mud when shooting often?
Anyway, this lens has been tested on the D800 and got better scores for it, the overall lens database needs updating.
Added by Toshik | January 08 , 2013
Body choice
Why did you attach new lenses to already discontinued D3X instead of testing them with D800[E]?
The same is with canon. 5D Mark III may be used instead of rather old Mark II.
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Re: Body choice
It has now been updated and the lens, as expected performed much better on the D800, scoring 33 for sharpness over the original 29 it scored on the old D3X


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I always use my Samurott in my team.(Expect I have really good pokemon)
I always use my Samurott in my team.(Expect I have really good pokemon)
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I did in Gens 1-4, Gen 5, NO!
Once I beat the Elite 4 and transfer over my old pokemon, no.
I used my Emboar throughout the game in Black. In Black 2, I never used a starter, I just caught a Riolu early in the game and trained it as my "starter".
I always use my starter all the way through and past the end of the game, though after the game I may substitute them (and my main team) out for new pokemon I want to train, but I'll still keep periodically going back to my starter. Not to say I haven't ditched any pokemon I started to train, I have occasionally, but never my starter.
I have 2 Friend codes I use about equally. One is 4055-3723-1345 and the other is 0576 3520 6954. I'll try to mention which one to look for when needed, if I don't then ask.
I try to train pokemon with the best natures and IVs, but generally don't breed for IVs and occasionally use a pokemon that could have a better nature out of laziness (on the other hand I have reset or recaught the same species 20+ times to get the best nature and decent IVs sometimes). I somewhat do EV training, but don't calculate it out so it's perfect, just rely on the chart in the super training thing.
I always use my starter. ALWAYS. And Black 2 was no exception.
Always! I may have like 1 sub, but I always come back to my starter
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In Black I used Samurott until I beat the elite 4 and champion then I started Ev training pokemon for wifi and just never used him after. Black 2, I chose Tepig and ditched him after he evolved into Emboar because I wanted to use both Magmar and Arcanine. I don't really care for Emboar so much, first time I liked the Water starter (or any other) over the Fire.
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Of course I did! Samurott was only my highest-leveled Pokémon!
I have a level 100 Serperior. Same Snivy I started with in Black (1). I use him around the game and usually have him in my Party, but I don't use him for PWT (traded him to B2), Subway, etc.
I always use my starter throughout to whole game. I actually feel a sort of nagging guilt if I put my starter in the PC for an HM slave or something.
Yep. Used my Samurott, nicknamed Chelsea, throughout the whole game. She's right up there with my Typlosion from Silver/SS and my Charizard from FireRed as one of the favourite starters I've had.
I normally only use my starter pkmn until I find something to replace it with. I chose Snivy in white, evolved it and then find another poke to take its place. I don't find starters unique enough. lol.
But Sceptile, Charizard and Empoleon are more than welcome on my team anytime.
i usually do until about lv 20, when i replace them with better pokemon. in white 2, because we could freely trade with black/white i almost instantly traded away snivy to get a dratini as its much more of a challenge to raise and use at the lower levels. that and the riolu/lucario i caught at the start have since been a staple of my w2 team
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Always, I just can't get rid of my starter... except one time haha.
In Black, I put my Samurott in my PC for my love of legendaries pokemon, a big mistake.
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I always keep my starter with me. I don't think I've ever put mine in the PC, except maybe to sort it a bit.
yea lol my whole team was based upon it.
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in every game i use my starter. it depends if i still keep using after the elite 4 thought. sometimes thers just another pokemon i really want to train, and need to make room in my party for. in this case, bye bye starter.
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I used my Serperior for a while until I was able to build a choice team. I tend to do this across all the games.
i mostly use my starter for the first five gyms at least, then i usually ditch it for a better poke of the same type.
yes I did! and mine was a Snivy!
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I used my Tepig till the end!
Emboar was really powerful and managed to sweep Grimsley.
I generally use them till Max Level then if I'm levelling other pokemon post-game like my Diamond Empoleon, I tend to use him for Surfing/Waterfall. But currently, I'm still using Samurott in White of course, I really like him, one of my fav starters across all the games.
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Last week it was revealed that Otago Polytechnic student Emily Scott had not received any of the promised prizes - including A$10,000 cash - NZ$12,492 according to today's exchange rate - a A$5000 website, a spread in CIELO magazine and cosmetics and an accessories gift pack from the Australian Graduates Fashion Week contest in Sydney last November.
After inquiries from APNZ, event organiser Elmedin Kumalic got in touch with Otago Polytechnic to say the money would be in Ms Scott's bank account between Monday and Wednesday this week.
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After some very challenging and competitive games against the 98's and 99's ODP teams the day before, the girls were given an opportunity to showcase their themselves in a small sided games tournament. The girls took to the indoor field where the large player pool was divided into 6 teams, along with some catchy names and then they proceeded to play a round robin.
The top 4 teams then progressed into the semi-finals to determine who would compete in the final. Tied at full time, the teams proceeded to an old fashioned half way line 1v1 beat the keeper type shoot out. Team "I wish I was from Hawaii…wait I am" took the trophy and celebrated with the rest of the group.
After the small sided tournament the group headed to the Rush players lounge for their classroom session. Colorado Rush Technical Director, Erik Bushey, discussed and reiterated the importance of the 11 Rush Core Values. The girls discussed, defined and gave examples of how we can be better by understanding and abiding by our core values.
Erik Bushey when asked about the Core Values Presentation said "There is no doubt that we want to develop soccer players, whether it is a recreational player who simply wants to play and have fun or, like here in Georgia this weekend, the elite player who has aspirations that are out of this world. I think there is great importance for both Rush coaches and players in understanding that we want to help develop good people to be good players. The Rush Core Values are a staple of Rush Soccer and are yet another tool in helping us progress in the Rush Way throughout the country."


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Have 2 more trees with bees inside them. Will try to look at them later this week. Bees have to go, the people have young grandkids that are climbing age and they have been letting them sort of run all over the back pasture. Both trees in the back pasture.
The trees are lined up to be removed with a trachoe with thumb and dumped on the burn pile to get rid of the bees in a week or two. So a trap out is not feasible. They want the bees gone.
What is the easiest method to locate the hive other than drilling into the tree.? I was thinking of falling the upper limbs and then just trying to split the tree with the chain saw. Not coming up with any good ideas without seeing the tree. Hope to visit them Friday.
If possible would like to get the colony and would likely requeen. Seeing too many aggressive bees around here. Really aggressive bees. Like 50+ on the vale at once trying to sting me. Hehehee it is getting fun.


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The poor souls that don't have a phone cool enough to run Angry Birds are forced to play Sudoku. Sudopoop.
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DOHA, Qatar - Hamad International Airport (HIA), Qatar's state-of-the-art gateway to the world, has unveiled its new Al Mourjan Business Lounge for Qatar Airways' Premium passengers. As one of the largest lounges in the world, with 10,000 square metres of bespoke design features, Al Mourjan offers Qatar Airways' Premium travellers unrivalled Qatari hospitality with its signature five-star service.
Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, His Excellency Mr. Akbar Al Baker, said: "Qatar Airways has been known for years for our award-winning Premium Terminal at DIA. We are now very pleased to be able to offer our Premium passengers our new premium lounge, which sets new benchmarks in airport luxury and will far exceed our passengers' expectations. Qatar Airways does not compromise on quality and the Al Mourjan lounge is the perfect example of this as it is the epitome of comfort, convenience and five-star service that our Premium class passengers have come to expect from us. We look forward to welcoming them to this superior lounge experience."
Hamad International Airport Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Bader Mohammed Al-Meer (front row, right) and HIA Vice President Commercial, Mr. Abdulaziz Abdulla Al-Mass (front row, left) are joined by the staff at Qatar Airways Al Mourjan Business Lounge.
Passengers who visit Al Mourjan will be able to enjoy the fresh and relaxing ambience courtesy of an abundance of natural sunlight throughout the lounge, paired with our state-of-the-art lighting technology. Passengers will also be impressed by the sheer size of the lounge: spread out over two levels, and equivalent to the size of 10 Olympic size pools, Al Mourjan can accommodate up to 1,000 visitors at a time. And for those looking to satisfy a hunger craving they can enjoy one of the many sumptuous dining options on offer, from light bites to seated dining in the mezzanine area. After enjoying a meal, passengers can also continue their journey through the mezzanine and enjoy the calm and serenity of the 15m x 7m infinity pool water feature which sits at the base of the spiral staircase, lit by a stunning four-tiered chandelier, to the second level of Al Mourjan.
For those looking to relax, there is a wealth of options available to help passengers rejuvenate before their flight, from the private quiet rooms and relaxing family spaces, to the games rooms for children offering PlayStation pods and an F1 driving simulator. Added to this Al Mourjan also offers prayer rooms, restrooms, a smoking area, a nursery and shower rooms with free amenities.
Qatar Airways' Premium travellers can also avail of a dedicated business centre offering a conference area, personal internet workstations, or printers and scanners, all to ensure a smooth and seamless transition from the office to the passengers' final destination. Multi-purpose executive seating is also available throughout the lounge with a private Flight Information Display System monitor and reading light, as well as personal power and data outlets.
The Al Mourjan Business Lounge is open to Qatar Airways and oneworld First and Business Class passengers until the Al Safwa First Class Lounge opens as part of HIA's phased development.
Al Mourjan Business Lounge is one of the largest lounges in the world at 10,000 square metres and can accommodate up to 1,000 visitors at a time.
Passengers can choose from a number of options to help them rejuvenate and relax, including private quiet rooms and family areas.
Al Mourjan is the epitome of comfort, convenience and five-star service.
The lounge features a 15 x 17 metre infinity pool located at the base of the grand spiral staircase leading up to the mezzanine level.
The opening of Al Mourjan lounge is the latest in a vastly enhanced travel experience that passengers can expect when transiting through Qatar's new Hamad International Airport. The airport, which opened in the second quarter of 2014, boasts over 600,000 square metres of space, 40,000 of which are dedicated to top of the line retail outlets and a wide variety of food and beverage options. Additional features include a hotel, a spa, squash courts, gym, activity nodes and art installations throughout the terminals.
Meanwhile the 16 lounges throughout the airport provide additional comfort to those that are looking to relax and unwind during their journey. In addition to Al Mourjan, Hamad International Airport offers a range of lounges for passengers to enjoy both in Departure and Arrival areas regardless of airline preference or travel class including; Oryx lounge, Al Maha service lounges, Gold, Silver and Premium lounges.
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Please do not marry that control freak just by thinking he might be yeeyas aka Jesus is sick,run fast in those heels,you have not looked happy since you got engaged, which with all he did to ask for your hand pretty hard to say NO. He is changing you,just :( , think about this,I bet he wants you off your show right? Oh we don't care for your clothes he has u wear, he has to buy you the biggest diamond because of course kanye has a small penis in the long run you will not be excited like you use to be ,and you'll start looking at every niggros package ,believe me trust this white woman ,I'm the queen b in my home and I have him where I want him .I will bet you that you are to afraid of him to think you might be a white slave is putting it mildly .sweety you act like my closet abused sister ,have some caution please,the only thing you have going for you right now is Do not sign nothing. And I BET he will marry you any way ,he is the type like a roach he will not go away if you split up no matter what because if he can't have you be damn sure. Kanye will k— anyone who try to talk or hook up .the baby will suffer .please read this it might save you from his ungodly and demanding way s read ,read read sometimes strangers are the best people who love ,care and gives the best advice .sorry hope to not frightened ……………..anitaphelps65@yahoo .com e-mail anytime Greensboro NC
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Kanye is a fool to marry kim cuz she's going after his money she'll get spousal support and. child support and the Kardashians are all about money and I wouldn't be surprised if Kris is giving her advice about what she can get from him. Kim doesn't look happy at all with him. The marriage is not going to last.. Wait and see.
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I just think its absolutley insane that this women exactly 2 years ago; filed for divorce 6 months later hooks up with that scum Kanye who looks like a scrub on welfare, and now all of the sudden wants to marry kim. Kim is a very stupid women. I dont know how this is now normal to everyone, its discusting how they have given marriage a bad reputation. Its very iconic and hilarious how she was married to a white male, yet gave birth to a black baby, lmfaooo. Only KIM!! I think shes kinda gross and has been tossed around too many times, KANYE. Is a fool, everyone stay tuned for another marriage and divorce.
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Here we go the bigots, bullies and repulsive people. Knows only to hate others
even in sports you lot use offensive and racist behaviour towards other players.
It is haters like you people that cause some people to commit suicide and hate
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Think tht whether anybody blieves it or not, he proposed to her bcus they hav a BOND NOW, tht BOND is a baby girl nd thts a good reason enof for me to hav him marry her. Nowadays people don't marry for LOVE like b4 when our parents were young, nowadays people choose 2 marry 4 convenience nd for the sake of the children. Tht baby girl looks totally like him! Mayb they r in love but don't show it to the public! So let it be wht it is. Just hope tht she settles down with him, nd tht SHE dosnt brk his heart! I really don't think so! The 3rd marriage is for keeps! I kno tht for a fact bcus I've been married 3 xs, nd my 3rd was and still is a charmer.
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This sh !t aint real. They're not even in love. You can tell from the PICTURES – come on now – two people who are really IN LOVE would be hugged up & kissing & all over each other, the pictures would have ENERGY!!!! – And they would NOT be in such a hurry to have the sh !t on Instagram & Twitter & photographed & filmed & PUBLICIZED!!! That's not what love is about!!! You can share your joy & happiness with CLOSE FRIENDS in the privacy of your home or some intimate place, etc., but EVERYTHING THIS B! TCH DOES IS PLANNED, TELEVISED, PHOTOGRAPHED, POSTED ON INSTAGRAM & SO ON. Kim helped design that ring!!! Beyonce & Jay-Z's lovelife & marriage, etc, theirs is so REAL. When you look at their pictures you can FEEL the love & the REALNESS. And they kept theirs PRIVATE. Didnt go RUNNING to Instagram posting sh !t AS SOON as it happened. This h0 (kim) been married THREE TIMES!!! C'mon now!!! It's just not believable!!! She hopped in bed with Kanye while she was still married to Kris Humphries, possibly been cheating on Kris with Kanye the whole time – so why marry Kris then??? and, I HEARD Kris Humphries' proposal to her was planned & rehearsed. That sh !t wasn't genuine. And trust me – it is NOTHING for Kanye to blow off millions of dollars ….. its even possible that HE may be sincere but Kim aint ….. he just dont know it yet ….. or SOMETHING …. this sh !t aint gonna last ….. hell, they may not even make it to the altar LOL #REALTALK
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LOL yep – they're both in love with THEMSELVES
Look at her face …. she doesn't even look right – something doesnt look right – the expression/energy, it just does NOT feel like someone who's in love, but one who is happy & proud to have that ROCK on her finger …..
and her LIPS look like she got injections …..
this b! tch is phony
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I still wasn't feeling good, although by this point I had downed 2 liters of water; so when we arrived at the Desierto de Siloli - where there are these weird volcanic rock formations that resemble different shapes: trees, animals, faces - I spent the first few minutes vomiting. Afterwards, I felt a lot better, isn't it odd how puking can actually be a relief? At this point it was clear that it wasn't just dehydration, but I was suffering from a mild case of altitude sickness. Funny, but we have been in some high altitude places throughout this trip: the Himalayas in Tibet, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, but here in Bolivia is where I get sick. I wasn't the only one, last night a girl was taken to a clinic for oxygen because she was feeling horrible. So, I took some drugs and in a hour or so started feeling more up to doing some sightseeing.
Next up was a series of mineral-rich lakes which makes the water cool shades of turquoise, azure, and silver
The snow/rain/sleet wreaked havoc on the trails and the jeeps started to have problems. Our car was fine, but we had to stop repeatedly for the other jeeps that were getting skidding, getting stuck in the mood, blowing tires etc. The etiquette is that if one jeep is having problems, all of the jeeps stop, and the drivers help get the broke down car going again. This makes sense, because if everyone just keeps on going, that one jeep could be completely stranded. There is no cell phone coverage here, nor is there any traffic – the only cars around are the ones who are doing the tour, so if they leave you behind you're basically screwed. Although the right thing to do, it became tedious – for a couple of hours it seemed like we stopped every 5 miles. We amused ourselves by playing "Disco Car" – turning the music up and dancing both inside and outside the car. Gotta keep it fun!
The highlight of the day however was at the end – when we reached the Salt Hotel, the hotel is literally constructed out of blocks of salt – the floor is a bed of salt granules (like pebbles), the bed frame is made of salt blocks, even the table and stools for dinner are made of the blocks
Today we got up before 5am for the main event: the Salar de Uyuni: the biggest salt flat in the world which also holds the biggest reserve of minerals in the world! We actually drove on the flats and although we didn't have a mind-blowing sunrise because of cloud cover; it was incredible being in this stark terrain: white ground and nothing for miles – the horizon literally disappears. The ground itself is alien. For vast areas the ground is hexagon salt tiles; it looks like the ground is cracked and about to split apart. There are several small islands in the Salar – we went to the most visited one, Isla Incahuai, an island covered with cactus. The island had this desolate feeling, especially due to the cloudy sky so we decided to be experimental and shoot pictures in black and white. Interesting fact: cactus can live to be over 900 years old
For the next several hours we had a blast taking hundreds of fun pictures – playing with our cameras to create outlandish shots! The landscape demands that you do this – and we got very creative as you can tell! After running through our memory cards and batteries we visit our last village Colchani, whose inhabitants work extracting and processing the salt. The village, right on the outskirts of the flats, also is tourist-aware and there were several small shops and stands with locals selling their wares.
Upon reaching Uyuni, we bid Edgar and Rudid goodbye (we gave them a good tip, because like most tour operators they don't get paid much) and now we are in a pizza joint escaping the sleet. Uyuni seems desolate, although the weather isn't helping much, so we have all made plans to get out of town tonight. Originally, we thought about going to Potosi, the mining capital of Bolivia, but reports on the freezing conditions and strikes there have turned us away – we're ready to be warmer and plus it's Mike's birthday in a couple of days – it would be nice to be comfortable! So we're going to La Paz, Kevin - Potosi, and Yvonne - San Pedro, Chile. Mike is making DVDs of pictures – so everyone has all the pictures. For sure, this has been the most fun tour group that we have had and made this trip even more unforgettable!


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Some dishes are difficult to match with wine - for example artichokes can be problematic, as can weighty, intensely flavoured desserts, some curries and very strong, gooey cheeses.
The fallback position for some of the more difficult foods, is sherry. And now available in New Zealand is one of the great sherries of the world, Spain's Gonzalez Byass.
This can also be a good tablemate with big, wintry, comforting soups, or as an aperitif or digestif - remember, sherry can be sweet, medium or dry.
Here are my top three picks for the week.
Gonzales Byass Alfonso Oloroso Dry - $24 (375ml bottle)
Aged in oak for 10 years, this has a powerful bouquet with an inviting golden amber colour. There are big, nutty flavours with a warm, tasty, full and persistent viscosity.
This would be ideal pre-dinner or would match nicely with game or other hearty red meat dishes.
Vilarnau Cava Brut - $27
Gonzalez Byass is not just about sherry; it also produces an exceptional dry sparkling wine with tiny bubbles and loads of character. It is very dry, engaging and refreshing and a perfect aperitif with canapes such as fried green olives stuffed with feta, or salted almonds.
Apostoles Palo Cortado VORS - $59 (375ml bottle)
To qualify for VORS status a sherry needs a minimum of 30 years in the barrel, so this is rather special. Available in sweet, medium or dry styles, there's one to suit every occasion. Apostoles is perfect with chocolate or cheese and is off-dry but starts with a toffee, nutty sweetness and develops in the glass.


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There's a land grab going on in the exchange-traded fund world, and it's getting contentious. In an effort to grow assets, many ETF sponsors are rolling out more and more niche products, hoping to appeal to the masses of investors distraught over their inability heretofore to invest in a Swedish-krona or put-writing ETF.
There are more than 1,400 ETFs currently on the market, with 178 introduced in 2012, and 19 launched so far this year, according to XTF, a research firm.
But nearly a third of the $1.4 trillion in assets are held by just 10 ETFs, most of which are based on the broadest market indexes. Those do the trick for a wide swath of individual and institutional investors, most of whom have little need for anything fancier. Many investment advisors say that lots of these new, much narrower ETFs are solutions in search of a problem. Investors, the advisors say, could end up falling prey to new risks and higher fees that these specialized funds invariably charge.
"ETF sponsors are in a business, and that's to find any niche they can to peddle a product," says David Kotok, chief investment officer at Sarasota, Fla.–based Cumberland Advisors, which manages about $2.2 billion. "What happened is, the space got filled," Kotok says, "and now they're reaching, trying to conceive of ideas that will sell. The driving force is the management fee."
Here's a sense of how esoteric -- and pricey -- some of the new funds are: Last month brought the ProShares Global Listed Private Equity pex 0.6826741996233522% ProShares Global Listed Private Equity ETF Bats BZX 42.77 0.29 0.6826741996233522% /Date(1495573800059-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1100 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 1.5914893617021277% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (ticker: PEX), which charges 2.54% for buying publicly traded private-equity companies like Apollo Investment ainv 1.109350237717908% Apollo Investment Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD6.38 0.07 1.109350237717908% /Date(1495573200418-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 830677 AFTER HOURS USD6.3474 -0.0325999999999995 -0.5109717868338558% Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 79.75 Market Cap 1386275483.64477 Dividend Yield 9.404388714733543% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » (AINV) and Ares Capital arcc 1.1473429951690821% Ares Capital Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD16.75 0.19 1.1473429951690821% /Date(1495573200465-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1577079 AFTER HOURS USD16.75 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio 12.226277372262773 Market Cap 7053798178.27774 Dividend Yield 9.074626865671641% Rev. per Employee 1224710 More quote details and news » (ARCC).
Then there's the ALPS Advisors' U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index hvpw 0.2620545073375262% U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index Fund U.S.: NYSE Arca 19.13 0.05 0.2620545073375262% /Date(1495572303110-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4224 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 11.857919498170412% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » fund (HVPW), also launched last month. This one combines stocks and an options strategy to bring in yield by exploiting quick-darting stocks; volatile names command pricier options than staid ones, and the fund sells put options in order to pocket the higher premiums. Its pricey 0.95% in annual expenses seems downright reasonable compared with other recent offerings, but this ETF also introduces a host of risks -- a sharp market drop could leave the fund holding a basket of sinking stocks if enough put options are exercised.
Advisors' rule No. 1: Don't allow a rush of product offerings to change your perception of real investing needs. Sophisticated investors who already sell put options may take note of the ALPS fund. Otherwise, ignore it. Even if investors see a usefulness in many of these new ETFs, dial down the enthusiasm until each one has been tested -- in the market and in your portfolio. Lee Munson, chief investment officer at Portfolio LLC in Albuquerque, N.M., says he adheres to a "one-exotic-ETF limit."
Consider another example, the Market Vectors BDC Income bizd 0.7709251101321586% VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF U.S.: NYSE Arca 18.3 0.14 0.7709251101321586% /Date(1495573188000-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 36712 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 7.586885245901639% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (BIZD), which owns business-development companies that make loans to, and invest in, small and medium-size firms. These business-development companies tend to offer high yields, but some advisors see little point in paying fees to own an ETF looking to knit together such a small corner of the market. "There are only four or five publicly traded BDCs of size and consequence. If we wanted exposure, we'd buy all five. Or maybe we just want to own two or three," says Keith Goddard, chief executive officer at Capital Advisors, an independent investment manager that oversees $1.1 billion in Tulsa, Okla.
Other newcomers represent the latest investing trend. Last month, four ETFs designed to offer low-volatility exposure to stocks hit the markets, following on the success of the $4 billion PowerShares S&P 500 Low-Volatility splv 0.13577732518669383% PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility Portfolio U.S.: NYSE Arca 44.25 0.06 0.13577732518669383% /Date(1495587600001-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1864539 AFTER HOURS 44.25 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap N/A Dividend Yield 2.23728813559322% Rev. per Employee N/A More quote details and news » ETF (SPLV), which launched in 2011. PowerShares returned to the well and pushed out new versions that track small and midsize stocks. State Street issued its own versions, which track two Russell small-company benchmarks. But small-cap stocks are appealing to many investors precisely because of their volatility -- that's often what drives their excess returns. Minimizing volatility can minimize returns when small stocks rally.
Meet the New ETFs
The onslaught of new ETFs continues apace -- 19 new funds have been launched so far this year, all of them investing in small segments of the market.
|Assets (mil)
|Expense Ratio
|Barclays ETN+ Select MLP Exchange Traded Note
|Fund screens for MLPs by credit rating, cash flow, and other criteria
|Global X SuperDividend U.S. ETF
|Equal-weighted basket of 50 U.S. stocks, MLPs, and REITs
|U.S. Equity High Volatility Put Write Index Fund
|Sells put options on volatile stocks
to collect yield
| ProShares Global Listed Private Equity ETF
|Owns publicly traded private-equity companies and others that commit
to owning private companies
|First Trust High Yield Long/Short ETF
|Owns junk bonds but tries to hedge interest-rate increases
|SPDR Russell 2000 Low Volatility ETF
|Tracks index of least-volatile small-capitalization stocks
|SPDR Russell 1000 Low Volatility ETF
|Tracks index of least-volatile small-capitalization stocks
| PowerShares S&P MidCap
Low Volatility Portfolio
|Tracks index of least-volatile middle-capitalization stocks
| PowerShares S&P Small Cap
Low Volatility Portfolio
|Tracks index of least-volatile small-capitalization stocks
|CurrencyShares Singapore Dollar Trust
|Fund aims to reflect the price in the U.S. dollar of the Singapore dollar
|Market Vectors BDC Income ETF
|Tracks index made up of 25 business-development companies
|Pimco Foreign Currency Strategy Exchange-Traded Fund
|Actively managed nondollar-currency ETF
| First Trust Preferred Securities
and Income ETF
|Actively managed preferred-stock ETF
|Yorkville High Income Infrastructure MLP ETF
|Invests only in MLPs focused on transportation and storage of oil and gas
|Forensic Accounting ETF
|Large-cap stock fund that excludes companies deemed to employ overly aggressive accounting
|WisdomTree Global Corporate Bond Fund
|Global corporate bond fund
|Gold Shares Covered Call ETN
|Follows a "covered call" options strategy on the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD)
|Global X Junior MLP ETF
|Comprises small-capitalization
|iPath S&P MLP ETN
|Tracks MLPs in the energy- and gas-utility sectors
|Sources: XTF; FactSet; company reports
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Discussion in 'The Coffee Shop ~ Chit Chat' started by sfdefender24, Dec 11, 2012.
For anyone that has been told your trucks kill the environment.
Yeah that counts...good one!
I figured it was perfect for us all. All because we have trucks and trucks "kill" the world.
agree...........pretty funny////////// Brian
Gotta love Top Gear.
That is pretty darn funny SFD.
Speaking of this picture, i went to the chevy dealer today to pick up a buddy and this early 20s college kid pulled up next to me in a honda fit and started yelling at me about how bad my truck is for the earth b/c i have a load exhaust, i reved it up and asked him how you loved the sound of american v8. needless to say every parts guy and salesmen outside got a great laugh out of the whole incident.
this is one i found a while back, makes me laugh and shake my head at people.
Kool.........wish there was a video of the guy here @ the Dealership lettin'
the engine rip on another Prius owner!!!!!.....Brian
[MENTION=44531]Sierraowner5.3[/MENTION] i found that video on another website about a year ago, it still makes me laugh to this day. Some people are just so small minded about vehicles.
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Kama Sutra Sundays: Confessional

Another Sunday, Another Sex Positions. Its Kama Sutra Sundays on Playboy.com

"If a man is unable to satisfy a Hastini, or Elephant woman, he should have recourse to various means to excite her passion. At the commencement he should rub her yoni with his hand or fingers, and not begin to have intercourse with her until she becomes excited, or experiences pleasure. This is one way of exciting a woman." – Kama Sutra, Part VII, Chapter II, "Of the Means of Exciting Desires"
Let's put a few things in context. One: The "yoni" is the vagina. Yoni is a much nicer word.
Two: "Elephant woman" is not an arcane designation for a woman's depth of character. Instead Elephant Woman, as per the Kama Sutra, refers to the depth of the yoni (refer to point one).
Three: This was written at a time when they had not yet discovered the wonder of batteries. To ensure she gets "excited, or experiences pleasure," try some sex toys.


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I made my first batch of mead today and only put in one packet of yeast, should I go back and add the second? It is a five gallon batch.
I made my first batch of mead today and only put in one packet of yeast, should I go back and add the second? It is a five gallon batch.
It's been a long time since I've made mead, but generally those packets are good for 5-6 gallon batches. Personally, I like to make a yeast starter; I've found that when it comes to yeast, more is better.
If you just pitched the yeast, I'd say aerate it well and pitch the second packet so they both go through the lag phase together and kick off the anaerobic phase together.
Again, my 2¢ as I've not made mead in about 6 years.....however, I've got honey set aside TOO make mead this year.
Yeast starters are the way to go. I made a magntic stirrer out of a pc fan. I use to brew alot of all-grain beer. Meade and wine is a totally different animal.
Im not a big fan of dry yeast, if you don't pick a good yeast for meade the final product can taste like rocket fuel very harsh. One packet should be fine. I like to use wyeast smack packs. The cost a little more but are worth the price imo. The sweat meade produces a wonderful result.
Also make sure you add yeast nutrient, you may want to add a 2nd dose 1-2 weeks after fermentation starts. Meades turn acidic very quickly killing the yeast population so I also buffered the ph up twice during primary fermentation. Not sure if it matters too much but fermentation did increase after bringing the ph up.
In general, no... dry yeast has very high cell numbers. If the mead is very high gravity maybe, but I'd let it roll a few days and see how it goes.
If you do pitch more, be sure to hydrate properly: in 100-degree water, not juice or must, and give at least 10 minutes: just follow the directions.
Bees, brews and fun
in Lyons, CO
Thanks for the Info, we hydrated and added the second package of yeast.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Emerson
Only on the rare occasion, have I had to pitch a 2nd packet & it's usually when the 1st packet was a dud.
The larger batches (anything over 5-6 gallons; usually 10-12 gallons in my case), I pitch two.
If you stagger your nutrient additions, you'll need to have more on the front-end and less later on, as the multiple packets leads to a robust initial colony build-up & can deplete that first addition rather quickly; the fermentation/yeast will find a sort of equilibrium after a generation or 4, and adjust somewhat to the nutrient load.. But that first colony build-up can be a doozie..
What kind of yeast did you use? WVMJ
Meadmaking with WVMJ at Meads and Elderberry Winemaking
It was a Lavkin 1122b or something like that.
Based on the tech sheets it looks like you picked a good yeast for meade.
one thing you can remember about yeast is, it multiples. it really doesn't matter how much yeast you put in, it will grow. you could put a teaspoon or a pound. the only difference is the time it takes to make alcohol or to get the process going.
of course the quicker it starts up the quicker it will finish
"Any fool can learn, the trick is to understand - Einstein"
71B-1122 is a nice yeast
Makes really nice, floral-type wine/mead when you ferment at a lower temp (59-65) for a longer period.
It will also metabolize a portion (25-40%) of any malic acid present (not a big deal with mead, but could be with melomels)
Low/average nutrient needs, low/average SO2 production, no H2S worry if fed properly
Doesnt sound like many here have had issues adding a second packet of yeast, but I'm guessing you guys also front-load your yeast nutrient additions, all at once, in the beginning... It can lead to issues though - both, adding 2 packets, and front loading all your yeast nutrient... I practice staggered nutrient additions, personally, as this gives one more control over the speed of the fermentation (and by relation, the heat generated from fermentation kinetics).
This can get really complex, but to keep it simple - I add the first 1/2 of my nutrient @ starting, & the second-half 1/3 through fermentation (If SG starts @ 1.090, 2nd addition is @ 1.060). You never want to add DAP-based yeast nutrient passed the 1/2-way mark ( Starting @ 1.090 SG, no DAP passed 1.045) - long story short, the yeast wont utilize it and it becomes food/fuel for spoilage microbes. If you have a batch of mead, and it gets really low, but stalls & you want to add something - Fermaid-O would be best. It's an organic-nitrogen based yeast nutrient made from specific parts of particular yeast strains. If you want to learn more about this than you thought possible, PM me - it gets reeallly in-depth.
Long story short - if you add 2 packets of yeast to a mead that you've only dosed 1/2 of your nutrient into, then the yeast will build up & stress out before the SG is ready for the next nutrient addition. This will throw you off for the whole process, as you just threw the staggered nutrient schedule out the window lol
burns375 - How old was the mead you mentioned tasted like rocket fuel? Sounds young... Any mature wine/mead, should only have a throat-warming sensation, no matter what yeast was used. Mead takes much longer than wine, to become 'mature'.
Any idea what temp the mead fermented at, and what yeast you used? The 'very harsh' part could be fusels, made from the yeast being stressed (usually from the temp raising; fermentation kinetics on some yeasts can put them in the 90F+ area even if the room is only 65-70F).. These fusels dont tame down with age, giving the wine/mead, that "vodka-taste" with the mouth burn and all that - one of many reasons I stagger my nutrient additions.
Things seem to have worked out, checked the mead with the hydrometer and it is right at one. Will probably wait a week and rack it over and add the blackberry juice. We are following a book on the process, not sure of the name right now but he prefers to add flavor when he racks into his secondary container.
Yeah, some old school mazers like that trick because the fruit bypasses the fermentation, where the fruit flavors can be mangled some by the fermentation temp.. If the temp gets too high, you can end up with a "cooked" sort of flavor instead of a "fresh" flavor... I usually add my fruit up front, in more of a traditional winamaking style, because when you can manage the fermentation temp, the fruit flavors will maintain their identity to your palette, but they become more complex.. (I leave my fermentor on the basement concrete floor, to help with the temp thing as well as stagger nutrient additions I mentioned previously)
And blackberry is loaded with malic acid, the 1122 yeast would have reduced that for you some, helping to keep your acidity in check.... Adding fruit to the secondary, if it pushes your acidity too high, you're stuck with using potassium carbonate which is only meant for slight tweaks to the pH/acidity, not major movements like correcting for blackberry acidity could need.
Hopefully the berries you're using are very ripe, with a profound flavor and a relaxed acidity.. It's gonna be a balancing act between blackberry flavor and blackberry acidity
That secondary trick works really well with things like peaches, cherries, plums, and the like
Glad to hear its working out for you though
Pretty much self-explanatory. Yeast selection is important when it comes to a good quality product. Attenuation rate, flavor profile, nutrient requirements etc. Other club members pick standard wine or champagne yests and the result is often less than stelar even after aging for a year. Deck picked a good yeast for meade, should turn out great.
Once you've inoculated, yeast is yeast.
Any yeast - smack pack or not - can taste very harsh, if you dont watch your fermentation parameters. If your pH is off, sugar is too high, TA is outta whack, temp is too high/low... It's either gonna 'stick' or finish and be harsh..
Did you read my second comment about fusels potentially being the source of the harshness? (if its not just 'young'/'green' tasting)
Commercially sold dry wine yeasts (and the companies that sell them) arent successful because everything acts like Turbo Yeast (ferments to 21-22% ABV, fast & harsh no matter what you do)
It's not the sugar source that the yeast care about either - whether its white sugar, honey, molasses, malt, whatever - it's everything else.. Nitrogen, amino acids, acidity, temperature, etc, etc..
Mead.. Wine... You can interchange the yeasts... "Mead" specific yeasts are just a marketing ploy.
"even after aging for a year" ?
My regular ol Peach Wine, isnt even drinkable until 18 months - and thats using white sugar.
I would expect it to taste like trash at 1 year.. But try it again 2 or 3 years later, and you'd change your mind.
But I dont make low-acidity, low-alcohol, light-flavored, quick-drinking wines either (which is about the only way for something to taste good when under 12 months old)..
Honey just takes longer...
Rocket fuel is more a result of technique than the yeast choosen. The yeast has to be matched to the style of mead you are making. If you use a powerhouse yeast like EC1118 and not balance it correctly you are going to get rocket fuel. If you use a low alcohol tolerant yeast and give it to much honey you will get either a stuck fermentation or an overly sweet mead which some people like.
We do our melomels more like Deezil, fruit in the primary. I am aiming to make blackberry mead, not mead flavored with blackberries, but I also am coming from a winemaking background and like to ferment everything together. But with melomels I never use carbonate, I think its better to let the fruit juice buffer the fermentation and balance the acid in the fruit by adding more honey if needed at bottling time.
Meadmaking with WVMJ at Meads and Elderberry Winemaking
Awesome thanks for your input.


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"When we were writing the Vivian Girls record, a lot of the songs that I wrote were inspired by Crystal Stilts," says Rose during a short break from her bartending shift at Manhattan's Great Jones Cafû. "And then I started caring a lot more about Crystal Stilts than Vivian Girls."
Drama ensued on popular indie-music blogs like BrooklynVegan, which had been propelling the online hype that's enveloped both bands of late. Vivian Girls claimed they fired Rose; she says she quit.
"It wasn't an easy break, it was ugly," Rose sighs. "Have you ever been in a relationship where you kind of quit the relationship before you were really done with it? It was a lot like that. I stopped doing what I needed to do in that band a long time ago. And honestly, what it came down to is, one, aesthetics — what direction each band wanted to go in — and, two, who can I be in a car with for a month at a time? Two 21-year-old girls, or three 32-year-old guys?"
Whatever you may think of Vivian Girls, it only takes a spin or two through Crystal Stilts' recent full-length debut, Alight of Night (Slumberland) to make clear why full-time membership in the band was so enticing to Rose. It's moody, frosty dream-pop with the kind of guitar jangle, brooding basslines, deep and vaguely distressed vocal murmurs, and nods to '60s surf and girl-group music — all of it soaked in delicious reverb — that'd be appealing to anyone who fell for the Velvet Underground-inspired indie-pop that came out of New Zealand in the '80s by the likes of the Chills, the Clean, and Tall Dwarfs.
Crystal Stilts principles Brad Hargett (vocals) and JB Townsend (guitar) had actually been sitting on the completed Alight for more than four years before Slumberland Records put it out in October. "It was never really intended to be a 'band,' let alone a touring band," Rose explains. "It was just a recording project for so long — Brad and JB pretty much locked themselves in the practice space, and played out only once in a while. Being a live band has been a discovery for everybody."
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