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Sooooo..... My very first foray into making alcoholic beverages began with mead on the 18th of this month. Since then I have also brewed 2 batches of beer. I really don't think I "got" the basics of making until my last batch.
I hate to say it, but I think I reaaaallly messed up my batch of mead. Did a taste test and it tasted VERY medicine-e. It might be because I fed it far more nutrients than needed, or the fact that I may have added far more DAP than needed....or the fact that I didn't understand 101 and pretty much sanitized nothing that the mead is in contact with.
I'm thinking this batch is a failure. Even with age I don't think it will live up to its potential had I done it correctly. It's also important that I brew an awesome batch of mead, because I'm trying to prove to prove to my family that it can be just as good as wine. This is despite the fact that I haven't had any (only 1 glass) mead that I like yet. I'm kind of a stubborn person like that.
I'm thinking of starting over. This time diligently following the traditionalmead.com guide to make an excellent off-dry mead. I know its a bit of a crime to throw in the towel so early but it really did not taste good.
What are your thoughts? Is it worth it to continue? ...I think I have a sore throat from that spoonful...


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Keith. If I lived where you do and only needed a forklift, I might have bought another Swinger too!
Keith. If I lived where you do and only needed a forklift, I might have bought another Swinger too!
Yeah I follow you now but as you say there is probably no reason that the Hummerbee attachments couldnt be plumbed to work. I do know that the loader conversion is about 7 grand for the Swinger and they claim about 20 minutes to a half hour switchover time. That gives you your universal mount for any Bobcat accessory but in the real world is probably a real PITA. I get frustrated having to take the time to put a barrel attachment on the forklift in the honey house and that takes all of about 2 minutes.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
I dont know I think if I wanted a machine that took Bobcat attachments I would just buy a Bobcat .
Why would anybody buy a machine that is just a knock-off of the 1K . I don't understand , these guys at Swinger make machines for the military , they make equipment for the Coast Guard . Heck these guys have been making loaders for around 40 years , the Hummerbee is a copy of there old 1600. Why would you spend your hard earned money on a second rate machine when you can have the original for allot less. Also think about this, do you think A and O actually gets there machines tested for ANSI certifications ? Somehow I just cant see them spending that kind of money, maybe Im wrong but I doubt it.
Clear Lake Wi. / Sebring Fl.
They build machines that run in the desert of the middle east so those things are military grade also.
or you could take your 30 grand and buy 2 used bobcats and a load of syrup.
then with all the time you will save loading semi's you can spend more time on beesource
I think the idea of hooking up snow blowers or mowers on a forklift is goofy.
Here's what it sounds like you might need:
And yes, it is also EXCELLANT for moving bees.
3 pallets on the back and 2 on the front.
Skidsteer attachments on the loader.
And guess what? $20,000.00 including forks and bucket, NOT $33,000!!!!
40 HP turbo 8x8 FWD
Ever heard of a power shaft? Oh yeah, it also runs our bailer, sprayer rake, rototiller, posthole digger etc....
Maybe Hummerbee needs to offer a 3pt hitch on the back so you can do this with your forklift:
Or this:
I have exactly ONE hive more than than you.
That makes my opinion beyond dispute!
You can argue this forever.
A sledge hammer won't do the work of a brad hammer or rubber mallet. Those six way screw drivers have two Phillips heads, two slotted heads, and two sockets, but won't work on screws or nuts much larger and smaller than what it comes with. Forty years ago when I started my business I bought a carpenters hammer, but it was too small to hammer in headerboard stakes, so I bought a mallet. But it was too small to hammer a stake into hard ground, so I bought a sledge hammer. I got a few concrete removal jobs so I bought a bigger sledge hammer. I wanted to split firewood so I bought a maul. I got some masonry work so I bought a brick hammer. I wanted to drum bees out of boxes so I bought a rubber mallet. I needed to flatten a bunch of nuts so I bought a ball peen hammer. I had a few hundred frames to wire so I bought a brad hammer from Kelly.
I started with a 3/4 ton pickup but added a 1 ton dump truck, then a 28000 gvw dump truck, later a 15000 gvw toolbox dump truck, then a 20000 gvw drop box truck. Now I drive Subaru Baja. It is perfect for most of my beekeeping efforts but I harvest the crops with a bigger truck.
I have two skid steer Bobcats, a Massey skip loader and several trenchers, none of them do the work of my mini excavator, and it isn't real good at loading trucks.
No one tool or piece of equipment will serve all uses.
Harry. The cute little red tractor looks like it serves your needs well. I have a John Deere 2640 and an 8 foot snow blower that I've used for years. Ever blow snow in an open cab, going in reverse when it's -30 and the wind is blowing 40 mph? IMO, that's goofy but to each his own. I'm happy blowing snow from the comfort of a cab and the mower is a lot easier to haul to my Beeyards than the 2640 and it's quicker. I'm happy with my set up and I'm happy you like yours!!
I'm I the only guy that bought a machine(1k) with loading... ahhhh bees in mine???? I could give a hoot about if it chop hay, blows snow, wins the indy( sorry Harry had to get that one in there ). Gees lou wees. Buy a tool for the job. There is no one size fits all.
The size that fits loading BEES is 1k swinger
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The worst I have seen here is 17" but many years we don't have any snow at all.
Certainly machine requirements are just like beekeeping; regional!
Anyway, I was mainly just yanking everyones chain. They are all fine machines.
You take 1st place for the best summation:
"I'm happy with my set up and I'm happy you like yours!! "
I have exactly ONE hive more than than you.
That makes my opinion beyond dispute!
Harry. You are a gentleman and a scholar; I tip my hat to you! My daughter is a professor at the Crookston campus of the University of Minnesota so she knows the winters there too. The first year she was there, the snow drifted into the outside doors of her house and she had to call a neighbor to dig her out! We moved here in 1990 from CA so she's seen all kinds of weather, including the foggy winters of CA. Be Good, Chip
Great, just when it was getting interesting everyone starts agreeing on everything. Suppose this means I have to stop picking on Keith and giving Harry the business about that race car he drives.
"People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe."- Andy Rooney
Jim. You could work on me for not having sense enough to keep my bee habit reasonable; I think we could all agree that someone with 800 hives and a full time job is a little 'goofy' from the get go!
Sorry to dissappoint, but don't give up yet.
My buddy, Nick VanCalcar (7000 hives) has five towables kinda / sorta like mine, and we have a drag race scheduled when we meet in cherries this spring. All of his are 350 Chevys. Mine is a 351 Ford W-HO 4V.
If I can get my daughter out there with a camera we will post a Utube.
Then we can argue Ford v.s. Chevy and forklifts at the same time. Stay tuned!!
I have exactly ONE hive more than than you.
That makes my opinion beyond dispute!
Part of getting a swinger etc is having the tool. No everything makes $ sense.
I got a kubota 15 years ago and just hit 400 hours on it. So if you do the math of a 30k tractor, 2 clutch jobs, 1 front dif rebuild and my tractor is like a boat (hole in the water you throw money into). It is a fun thing to have and useful also.
Buzz. I'm 61 and the goal was to do something I enjoyed that was more physically demanding than my day job; I'm a biologist but mostly work behind a computer screen all day. Since I had a day job, I put all the profits back into the bees. I started 12 years ago and owe no money on anything I have for beekeeping. My second goal was to stop recycling all profits into the bees when I had enough colonies to ship to CA for almonds. I try to send 680 (1 double hive per stack with the rest singles) for the 34 4-way stacks that will fit on a semi trailer. I reached that point about 6 years ago and have been paying myself ever since. I split here in ND in mid-May so I have to split them heavy to have strong hives by late June when the main nectar flow begins. My main issue was time management to have time to do the bees justice. I harvest my honey but pay a friend who is a large commercial to process the honey. I get my hives back the first of May and split them over 2 weeks; this time of year, I haul them here, cull the weak, medicate and pump syrup in them 1-3 times (more for singles). By the time November rolls around, they're ready to ship and the cycle starts over. I send them to a great beekeeper in CA who takes good care of them through almonds (we share the profits). Due to the volume, it cuts into my hunting and fishing but I do fish 2 weeks on summer vacation and hunt most of the things I want in late fall. Our LONG winters give me time to do maintenance and odd chores to make the next year run smoother. I have a Ford bee truck so I'm rooting for Harry in the upcoming drag race!!!
Bottom line is, no secrets---just not enough sense to have a more leisurely lifestyle!! Actually, I enjoy the bees and the hard work.

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Go to Ipswich (A12 from London) then get onto the A14 to Felixstowe. Turn left after 7 miles on the A12 to Lowestoft, then turn right at the next roundabout and follow signs to Waldringfield. Follow road down the village almost to the river then turn right by the Pub and drive up to the car park. Rig in the car park and then take the footpath down hill to the club. Boats can be left on the foreshore, but beware of the tide.
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I would love to have this or an old library card catalog
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I would love to have this or an old library card catalog
What a beautiful piece of furniture! Absolutely perfect for your FQ storage!! Looks stunning!!! Great find!
I hope hubby got a big smooch.
What a gorgeous piece of furniture (and a creative idea for storing your FQs).
Do you know where your hubby found it?
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I aboslutely LOVE this idea.
great storage, and a good-looking piece of furniture for any area.
Always have a good attitude, don't cut corners, and go with your instincts.
Love this cabinet. Did he order this or make it. Beautiful. Expensive?
Terrific, great job and thank you for sharing.
Have a Blessed night
How cute is THAT?!!!!


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Did John Mayer put a ring on it? Affirmative.
But cool your jets, it's not what you think.
Katy Perry, 28, was snapped sporting a heart-shaped ruby ring on that finger after a romantic Valentine's Day dinner at Vincenti, an Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, with on-again beau Mayer, 35. The rumour mill soon went into overdrive, sparking speculation that the pair may be engaged.
Mayer is believed to have purchased the one-of-a-kind ring from Santa Barbara's high-end jewellery designer Daniel Gibbings.
Described as a 20K Petite Gold Cabochon Ruby Heart Ring, Radar Online reports that it had a price tag in the US$5,000 range.
A rep for the jeweller told People magazine that Mayer picked out the sparkler himself.
Check out the finger bling here.
Perry was rumoured to have been wearing a similar ring at last weekend's Grammy Awards 2013 ceremony.
So, is Perry really revving up to trot down the aisle again?
While a rep for the Wide Awake singer isn't commenting on the rumours, a source tells People.com that the couple is "not engaged".
Echoed another source to HollywoodLife.com: "They aren't engaged and I wouldn't anticipate to see them engaged anytime soon."
According to British tabloid The Sun, Mayer hasn't pop the question, but he did fork out for a commitment ring to celebrate them moving in together.
"He's trying so hard to prove that his bad behaviour towards women has changed now," said a source.
"He saw the ring and thought it was a perfect gift for Valentine's Day.
"She loved it. There's no way she's ready to get married yet so a commitment ring is perfect."
Chimed another: "Katy has never been happier. She's in a really good place with John. Katy's parents also really like John. They prefer him over Russell. They thought Russell was too temperamental."
Mayer and Perry first stepped out as a couple in early August. Just a few weeks later, the romance was rumoured to have hits the skids. But they patched things up, only to briefly split again in early January. Talk about hot and cold.
Perry was previously wed to British comedian Russell Brand. The two separated after 14 months in December 2011; their divorce was finalised in July 2012.
Mayer has been linked to a slew of Hollywood beauties over the years, including Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jessica Simpson.
The singer-songwriter, who infamously referred to Simpson as "sexual napalm" in a 2010 interview with Playboy magazine, recently admitted that he was a "jerk" in some of his past relationships.
In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Mayer commented on his reputation as a heartbreaker.
"I was just a jerk. It's very liberating when you finally realise it's impossible to make everyone like you," he said in the interview. "I wanted everybody to like me. I thought I was one shuck and jive away in every direction."
He said of his relationship with Perry: "For the first time in my life, I don't feel like I'm in a celebrity relationship, I really don't.
"I'm not in a high-profile - I know it's high-profile, it's hard to explain. It doesn't feel that way to me - and great. I'm glad.
"For me, it feels like something that's very human," he explained.
Asked if he wants to walk down the aisle someday, he replied, "Of course!"
"I mean, I'm still the kid from Connecticut," he said. "That's what you do."
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Russell Brand recently opened up about ex-wife Perry in a radio chat with US presenter Howard Stern.
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"Worse or better, depending on how you view it," Brand quipped, adding, "You have to let go of the instinct to protect someone once you divorce them."
Brand also spoke about his rumoured relationship with Demi Moore.
"I really like her. She's a beautiful person. I've not made love to her yet, but it's a matter of time. That's the sort of thing that'll get in the newspaper.
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My OSCP review
This is my first post in EH.net, although I have been a regular visitor for the past 6 months lurking on OSCP discussions. This forum has helped me immensely, in reading discussions by people who were in a similar situation as me, as well as from people who had got the certification and were giving tips and encouragement. So I had promised myself if I would get OSCP, I would definitely share my exp here, and hope it may help someone else.
My background: I have been working in IT sec for arround 9 years in SE Asia, as a C++ systems and Java programmer, then Web app Vuln Assessment, and now in security architecture review. So my background is IT security BUT no sys / network admin experience at all, and it was my biggest handicap in giving OSCP. My strength was the few years I had done web application VA, although VA is very different from a full fledged pen test in terms of skill and mind set.
OSCP labs: I will keep it very brief, because others have written a lot about it and I have nothing new to contribute here: its awesome, its great, there is nothing like it, you will be tortured like hell and you will love every moment of it etc. The gist of my lab experience was I rooted arround 25 machines, I took 3 months of lab time (the last month was an overkill though I was mentally too fatigued to do much). I tried to do the labs from 10 pm to 1 am every work night and as much as possible on weekends, not an easy thing when you are married with a 2 year old, so having a very understanding wife helps!
OSCP exam: Instead of the technical part of the exam, which we are not supposed to discuss anyways because of the NDA, I will focus on what I did right and wrong
- Mistake 1 : I took the exam at 10 pm on last Friday night. the plan was that I will have peace and quite while my kid is sleeping. I forgot I was not in 20 anymore, (am 32!) so the college days when I could do night outs and survive on coffee and redbull were long gone.
The result of this was: i got the exam at 10, the first 2 hours went by in a rush of adrenalin where I tried to do everything at once, the next 2 hours in a sense of dread where I realised nothing was working! And I was getting sleepier as the night progressed, by 5 am I had got no machines and I gave up for the time being and took a nap till 8.
- That was a good idea, as a lot of people have pointed out taking frequent breaks really helps. from 8 to 10.30 i got a box , gave the missus a high five and took a short nap, got another box by 1 pm.
- The rest of it was very tough going, and I have edited my previous entries so as not to give away too much info. Suffice to say I took the full 24 hours
- Big Mistake #2 i made here: Enumeration + info gathering, but let me explain before you say 'you did not know that already?!'. Info gathering has been highlighted here a lot and even on the offsec forums, after 'try harder' thats the 2nd most popular phrase used. I found out later that I did all the info gathering I could, more than enough infact, tons and tons of it. The Big mistake i did was not having the patience and the discipline to analyse each and every point and line of the info gathered, to see how it could be used in an attack. It really is a mindset that comes with experience I think, and it has made me aware of how much more I need to practise and learn before it becomes a natural thing.
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Dynatrac's Full-Float Pro Rock 60Posted in How To: Transmission Drivetrain on July 1, 2010 Comment (0)
Jeep obesity is a common problem. Whether it's a front bumper and winch combo, long arm suspension, or heavy-duty body armor, it all adds weight. While we enjoy aftermarket goodies as much as the next guy, have you ever thought about how much weight those parts are adding to your ride?
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Though the full-float axle is nothing new, the technology in the modern Jeep Wrangler JK platform has made it nearly impossible to simply pull a full-float axle from a junkyard and toss it into the rear of the sensor packed JK. Luckily, the legendary axle builders at Dynatrac have been busy crafting a full-float Pro Rock 60 for the '07-to-current Wrangler and have engineered the bolt-in axle to accept the factory sensors. To take a closer look at Dynatrac's new full-float assembly, we went to its headquarters in Huntington Beach, California. For this article we'll focus mostly on the full-float aspect of the axle, but you can find out more on the Pro Rock 60 specs and information at www.dynatrac.com.


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One skater I can think of from ages ago who did very well skating for another country was Dianne de Leeuw. She was born and grew up in the U.S., but her mother is Dutch and her father has dual citizenship, so she skated for the Netherlands. In 1975, I believe, she was World Champion, and she was a strong contender for the 1976 OGM. She won silver behind Dorothy Hamill. Skating for the Netherlands, she was able to take part in the European Championships, and one year she won that. According to Wiki, she now coaches in California. Clearly it was smart of Dianne to skate for something other than the U.S. at that time, in such a crowded field, and she had the opportunity of representing a country in which the last major skater was I think Sjoukje Dijkstra, who won the Olympics in 1964. In other words, the Netherlands was just enough of a skating power to give a boost to a good skater, but not enough of a power to have a crowded field.
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La Prensa owner/publisher Tino Duran
La Prensa receives regional minority media award
(Sept. 12, 2006)--After nomination by the UTSA Minority Business Enterprise Center (MBEC), the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) selected San Antonio's La Prensa newspaper as this year's 18-state regional award winner in its minority media - cornerstone category. MBEC provides a range of business consultation services to assist minority business clients in all facets of business development.
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Tino Duran, owner and publisher of San Antonio's only family-owned bilingual newspaper, received the award in Dallas, at an Aug. 25 awards luncheon during the 24th regional Minority Enterprise Development Week conference.
"We are humbled by this award, because it is symbolic of the families and small businesses we serve in our city," said Duran. "We work and serve with such a passion because we know San Antonio well, since we were born and raised in the Alamo City."
"We strive to keep the newspaper alive to serve as a communication tool for small and minority businesses. We relate to the plight of new entrepreneurs, because we also struggled when we started a newspaper in Fort Worth and when we reactivated La Prensa in San Antonio," Duran explained. "The award is a tribute to La Prensa's many years of service to others in the community it proudly serves."
Each year, MDBA recognizes contributions made by minority entrepreneurs, corporations and advocates who work for the betterment of minority business and the nation's economy. MBEC nominated La Prensa for the MBDA regional award because of Duran's advocacy and support for minority businesses throughout his career.
The original La Prensa was established in San Antonio in 1913, but six decades later, the newspaper ceased publication soon after its founder's death. Tino and Amelia Duran revived the La Prensa name, and the biweekly newspaper has been published since July 1989. This year, La Prensa celebrates its 17th year in the community.


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Just finished Blood, Bones & Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton. Fabulous "memoir"! Have you been to her restaurant Prune? I really enjoyed her writing style.ReplyDelete
Oh, Snooki's one step ahead of you - "Confessions of a Guidette" is your new must-read!ReplyDelete
I also loved Blood Bones and Butter! And The Glass Castle is on my NYPL hold list!ReplyDelete
Yes! Wild by Cheryl Strayed is awesome because it's simultaneously way better AND way worse than your life. (But not at all pretty much the same as your life). Win-win (win!)ReplyDelete
Oh the Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey was fabulous!ReplyDelete
Loved both of those memoirs. I read Jane Lynch's memoir, Happy Accidents, because I saw it in a thrift store and thought it'd be full of laughs. I absolutely loved it, because it was fewer laughs than I expected and more heart moments.ReplyDelete
I also agree in regards to Blood, Bones and Butter. She is an incredible writer (and if you read the book you'll find out why!) and I highly recommend her restaurant- absolutely fantastic and delicious.ReplyDelete
Don't laugh, but Rob Lowe's was really pretty good!ReplyDelete
Jen Lancaster has several! All funny and thematic - Bitter is the New Black, and Such a Pretty Fat are my favs. Sound way more serious than they are, but also realistic for the everyday person's life!ReplyDelete
- RebeccaNYCAugust 16, 2012 at 8:07 AM
Love love love memoirs, and the cartoon made me laugh out loud.ReplyDelete
Here's my (partial) list: Dearie by Bob Spitz (Julia Child), Tout Sweet by Karen Wheeler, This Life is in Your Hands by Melissa Coleman, Bossy Pants by Tina Fey, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the time by Moira Hodgeson, The Latehomecomers by Kao Kalia Yang, A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg, The Dirty Life by Kristin Kimbell, Dirty Secret by Jessie Sholl, As Always, Julia by Joan Reardon. So many more, but I'll stop there!
- AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 2:11 AM
The Glass Castle is my favorite book of all times:) Excellent writer!:)ReplyDelete
I have not read any lately but my husband has been on a streak of reading them and just finished This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan which loved!ReplyDelete
I just finished "Garlic & Sapphires" by Ruth Reichl and loved it. It's about her tenure at the NYTIMES as a restaurant critic and all of the disguises and personalities she came up with to retain her anonymity. I'll bring it to the next articles club if you are interested.ReplyDelete
I'll throw in another vote for both Garlic and Sapphires (as well as Reichl's previous two memoirs, "Tender at the Bone" and "Comfort Me with Apples") and Jane Lynch's "Happy Accidents".ReplyDelete
Some other awesome ones:
Tracks, by Robyn Davidson (trekking solo across the Australian outback with camels)
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, by Audre Lorde
Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir, by Paul Monette
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey into Bhutan, by Jamie Zeppa
Anything by Augusten Burroughs :)
You would LOVE Tina Fey's "Bossypants!" That one is a gem & you would extremely appreciate her sense of humor. I also have been thinking of reading Diane Keaton's newest memoir, but I can't remember the name of it right now.ReplyDelete
Yes! Diane Keaton's memoir is great. She talks about her career, and past loves (Warren Beatty, Woody Allen and Al Pacino!). But it's really a story about her mother in a lot of ways--and it's incredibly moving. It stands out as one of the best memoirs I've read. Plus, Diane Keaton is just so cool. :)ReplyDelete
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is awesome! So entertaining and engaging. I highly recommend it :)ReplyDelete
limit your "you might also like" to 3. five makes it too hard to choose, thus not choosing one at all. three makes you feel like moving forward. xoReplyDelete


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Illya, what rivets did you use?
Could you make up a set for sale?
Any update?
Any updates and PIX would be awesome !
I've been into handloading for precision shooting for a while and this is just sitting in the back of the closet waiting for semi parts to become available.
Any news on semi fire control parts ??? Maybe Pirate will come up with something in the future.
Did we ever decide how many US parts are needed? I'm going to build mine vs. buy because quite frankly I have the tools to do so. :)
I will start counting with 6 parts since this is essentially an AK action... piston, receiver, FCG, muzzle attachment. There's 6 right there. Obviously, specific design requirements will change the count, such as if a G3 or FAL style action is used. Is there anything that specifies the PK has an "operating rod" in the eyes of the ATF?
I haven't ever gotten back to the project since assembling the receiver a couple of years ago so not sure on the parts count.
Do you have a semi design in mind that has been approved by the BATFE or are you going off on your own?
Did see that Marcolmar is offering their builders kit (w/o receiver) for the low, low price of $925 :slap:
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Thanks guys..........could you possibly have tried to gouge the home builder for more?
"APPROVED" is IMO something that can be done but as long as you adhere to the letter of the law I don't see the concern. If you build it correctly, EVEN IF someone takes it in to be examined, it should only function in semi. If you (or "them") can make it malfunction and fire full-auto then you haven't built it correctly... and it is probably unsafe!
The only things I believe need to be done are to grind off the bottom of the carrer (the part that is engaged by the sear) and the weld a "semi block" onto the bottom of the receiver to ensure no FA carrier can be installed. That's pretty much it for the MG42 build.
The MG42 semi-only builds also include modifying the trigger assembly so that a FA assembly can't be put in its place... not a concern here because the trigger assembly is riveted into place! :) If it were removeable (ala MG42) then I would think it would be different.
The only other things I can think of are to use a semi-only FCG (obvious) and use some striker fired conversion assembly. That will (should) permanently modify the bolt and/or use a completely new firing pin. I can't imagine how the original PKM firing pin could even work for a semi-only build so that is a requisite item IMO.
I'm still leaning toward a hammer that sits off to the side and contacts a "breech block" over the firing pin... ala "striker block" as used on that older Swiss design (forget the name of that rifle). Remember my talk a while back about imitating that design? It will need to incorporate an extension on the rear of the bolt carrer to prevent slam-fires in the event the disconnector fails to prevent out-of-battery ignition. At its heart it will be an AK/AR style FCG, although with a differently-shaped hammer. There's room!
What else is there for "not readily convertible" on a PK?
The FA sear sits inside that trigger assembly and is held in place by a spring and presses against the trigger. The original FA trigger is pinned into that assembly. So removing the FA trigger would be necessary. Perhaps welding the hole so the FA trigger can no longer be installed?
Here's a question - how does a BREN conversion work? They seem to be somewhat similar in design. Perhaps there's some wisdom to be gained by examining a BREN semi-only design.
Forward progress
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BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot is making online shopping more convenient to holiday shoppers racing against the clock while trying to avoid steep shipping and handling fees.
Office Depot launched a free one-hour, in-store pickup service for purchases made on its website. Same-day store pickup is a developing trend in e-commerce that caters to the immediate gratification of shoppers' needs. Office Depot is reaching out to customers who want the convenience of shoping online but who don't want to wait days for their purchases to arrive. Retailers such as Walmart and online retailers such as Amazon are already offering same-day delivery to select markets.
Online shoppers who want to take advantage of Office Depot's one-hour store pickup option will have the opportunity to select the option during the checkout process. Shoppers enter their zip code to find the nearest store, select a pickup location and then complete the transaction.
Approximately one hour after the order is placed, shoppers receive an email informing them that their order is ready for pickup, as well as instructions. Online shoppers will need to bring their store pickup confirmation, credit card used for payment and valid government-issued identification to the store's Copy & Print Depot "Online Orders Pick Up Here" area. Purchases will be available for in-store pickup for up to 48 hours after orders are placed online. After 48 hours, all items will be returned to inventory and the shoppers' accounts will be credited. Orders can be canceled or refunded. There is no shipping fee for the one-hour in-store pickup service.
"The holiday season is in full swing, and this is another way to enhance the shopping experience for Office Depot customers regardless of whether they choose to do so in-store or online," said Mike Kirschner, SVP of e-commerce for Office Depot.


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Anyone know how a small time bee keeper can sell honey. Where does he/she go? I's talking like for a keeper who makes about 1,000lb/year? What does it take to sell this and what do I have to do to prepare it for sale?
Anyone know how a small time bee keeper can sell honey. Where does he/she go? I's talking like for a keeper who makes about 1,000lb/year? What does it take to sell this and what do I have to do to prepare it for sale?
Re selling honey: I've found that I'm building up a customer base slowly but steadily. I work for a fairly large company that lets us post sale messages on the company bulletin board. This works as a great way to get the message out. Once people know you have a quality product they remember you. I also contacted a local gas station/convience store that I patronize. The manager started with a dozen of the one pound jars which she placed by the registers. Usually sells within 2-3 weeks and she takes another dozen. People walk in , see the honey and buy on impulse. This has worked well for me. If you live on a main road a simple sign by your mailbox might help a lot. Hope this has helped. Good luck.
Little neighborhood grocery stores and health food stores sometimes will sell honey for you. You can get a stall at a farmers market, but it's hard to pay for the stall with just honey. Friends and neighbors sometimes will buy.
I had this problem a couple of years ago. Too much honey and no where to get rid of it.
I posted 10 auctions on Bidway, under the bidway bucks listing and now I have direct customers all over the country. One gets anywhere from 10 jars to 50 jars at the time.
If you place in local stores, remember to place your phone number on your labels. This will give the consumer the chance to cut out the middle man.
I got real lucky year before last and ordered a pizza from our local delevery. It turned out that the middle eastern delevery guy couldn't find honey that was not heated and is now a regular customer that orders for all of his family. This sells me another 100 or so jars a week.
This was all because I ordered a pizza and hadn't moved some of my beekeeping supplies off the front porch yet.
There are many ways to get the word out. Just a sign out in front of your house works well too.
Check out the local farmer's market. Some pay better then others. I market at a small local one, and my honey doesn't pay for the booth, but I do it as part of my other job. Maybe you could find a vendor there to share a booth with.
As far as what is necessary to sell it, check first with your dept. of ag. I think each state is different. In MN, honey is treated like other ag products, and there are specicific labeling requirements, (and the apiary must be registered) but little else. If I wanted to make and sell creamed honey, however, legally I would need to prepare it in a food service approved (licensed) kitchen. I do know another beekeeper who sells his creamed honey from his home, but he's not marketing it retail.
I have been told that the Muslum and Hindu religions use Honey in their ceromonys. Might be another possibility.
http://search.allrecipes.com/Se archResults.asp?site=allrecipes&allrecipes=allreci pes&q1=honey&Search+Allrecipes%21.x=5&Search+Allre cipes%21.y=7
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I am another small time beekeeper. I have purchased bottles from a distributer and labels from Betterbee. I bottle at home. I sell 12oz honeybears, 1lb, 2lb, and 5lb jars. I make candles and also purchase more from a friend who is a larger beekeeper. I have gone to a few local farm markets and stores and sell wholesale to them. I have a large "Local Honey" following of customers that have built up over the past five years. I also sell honey and beeswax products at retail at a few craft shows and local events. I had to register with the state and the local town to be a small business.
I build up a customer base during the last 8 years and sell all my honey private. Last year I sold approx 6200 lb. and I hope I have the 10% increase this year again. The wholesalers paying only up to 2.50 US/Euro and the price for the consumer is approx 4-5 US/Euro depends on what sort of honey it is.
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Rainy day in downtown Mahon.
Hi - Ian again. A quiet day in Mahon. Started with a trip around the harbour on a typical glass bottom boat. The highlight was a visit to Isle de Rei in the middle of the harbour. Learnt a lot about the history of Menorca and all the visitors / occupiers over the last 300 years - well worth a visit if you are ever on Menorca. The harbour ...
Chilling in Mahon
... to a beautiful mansion on the seafront with truely great views. As well as a great lunch Peter was well read in the history of Mahon harbour.
We have been dropped back to our lovely dry boat, but still too hot to stay onboard during the day so now in a bar preparing for some tourism tomorrow.
Signing off john.
Ley day
Active day on the boat today although sailing miles much reduced - John cleaned and dried a pretty wet boat after yesterday's sail. Hard work aside we had time for a pleasant breakfast, lunch and now having lamb/sea bass for supper. Mahon an interesting town - quieter today as now entering the low season - maybe the marina prices will drop. Walked up into the old town before food looking at the sights! but now back on the waterside for food. Tomorrow may be even less active.
Arrived in the capital
... in Mahon a little bit wet but in time for a good late lunch of Dorada. Found a good mooring in marina Mahon - pretty much in the centre of all action. Remnants of a classic boat racing event - good to see some excellent designs. Monday a bit if boat servicing and r& r ready for some more action. ...
Left ciutadella
... instructions to me. John did the tricky anchoring bit at the end. Paddled into town for supper Weather forecast tomorrow more of the same so should be fine sailing. Enjoying ourselves.
P.s. ian is a blind bugger, so I have had to edit this, or no one would understand it, ( dont worry he cant read this)
On a serious note it is very fine that we are back sailing together ...
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Aparthotel Paradise Club & SpaAv Circunvalacion S/N, Cala'n Bosch | 4 star hotelfrom $108
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Marina ApartmentsPaseo Maritimo s/n, Cala'n Bosch | 2 star hotelfrom $77
Grupotel Club Turquesa MarAvda. Son Xoriguer, Cala'n Bosch | 4 star hotelfrom $107
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Marinda Garden AparthotelCarrer Llevant , Cala'n Bosch | 3 star hotelfrom $76
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My point is not to say that PCS should always be constant. I'm simply saying that your "math methods" are not enough to determine if the PCS given out by the judges are wrong or right.
You said that Machida's PCS should be lower than usual at the GPF because his TES were half of what he got at the other GP's. Well:
- his PCS WERE lower than at the other Grand Prix's (only slightly but still)
- low TES should not necessarily correlate with low PCS. It always depends on the actual performace. If a skater jumps only triple lutzes his TES will be very low because he made about 6 invalid elements, but he still could have a great perormace which would deserve high PCS. I argue that a skater potentially the lowest TES of the field and still deserve the highest PCS.
As for Hanyu and Chan:
In the SP, I found the judging of the PCS very good. Hanyu was clean and amazing and Chan's multiple mistakes ruined the program a bit, so Hanyu getting higher PCS for PE, CH and IN were absolutey correct IMO. In the LP, it made sense that Chan got higher PCS than Haynu but both skaters were scored too high compared to the other skaters.


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Employment Data Show High Numbers
Wayne State University Law School is pleased to announce that the unofficial numbers for employment of our 2006 graduates nine months after graduation show an employment rate of over 90%. These figures are comparable with the School's typical rates and confirm that acknowledged administrative errors led to inaccurate reporting of employment data for the Class of 2005 (used in the most recent U.S. News & World Report rankings of law schools). Dean Wu said, "It remains crucial for us to maintain high rates of placement as well as accurate reporting of data, and we ask that all recent graduates complete the survey about their employment when they are given the opportunity to do so."


text: I see Beeline advertising their woodenware at very good prices and I wondered if anyone has used their budget boxes and what the quality is like. I ordered 2 of each size(fingerjointed) with frames to evaluate myself but they have not arrived yet. Between a friend and myself we could use a couple of hundred boxes and if they are decent the savings could be considerable. Thanks in advance for your opinions.


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Slimjim100's Tutorials (videos & papers)
New Video added on Aircrack-NG for Windows link: http://www.anti-hacker.info/video/Aircr ... crack.html (30Mb Broadband only)
Digg it here link: http://digg.com/videos_educational/Vide ... ng_WEP_WPA
Also added a paper on making a switch act like a hub so you can sniff all network traffic. Basically I cover how to use Cain & able to Man-In-The-Middle-Attach (MITMA) a subnet with APR Poisoning to get all the network traffic flowing thought you nic so you can sniff the whole network. Link: http://www.anti-hacker.info/papers/switchhub.pdf
***More to come soon***
Air Snare Windows WiFi IDS
I have made a quick video on http://www.anti-hacker.info/video.html to show and explain how Air Snare works and I also have a link to the site for download. Air Snare is a very useful Network IDS to see who is connecting to your WiFi (or Wired) network. Other cool feature is you can use Ethereal (now wireshark) to capture the packets. Let me know if you like Air Snare and what you use it for. I have head of people in Intenet cafes using it to keep an eye out for non-customer devices. I have used it to monitor my WiFi network and watch out for APR Poisoning.
EtherChange from www.ntsecurity.nu
I have made a quick video on http://www.anti-hacker.info/video.html to show and explain how EtherChange works. I have used EtherChange for War Driving and also advanced network sniffing. It's easy to see a MAC Address like "ba-df-ee-d0-00-00" on a packet capture than the normal MAC. I also have used EtherChange to spoof my MAC to test Public AP access security. I know a lot of people feel safe about there Access Point using Mac authentication but it is easy to crack WEP and spoof your Mac with EtherChange to get access. What do or would you do with a temporary MAC address?
Digg it here link: http://digg.com/security/Short_Video_on_X_Scan_3_3
X-Scan 3.3
I have made a quick video on http://www.anti-hacker.info/video.html to show and explain how X-Scan 3.3 works. I also wrote a paper on how to use it here http://www.anti-hacker.info/papers/Xscan.pdf. X-Scan is a general network vulnerabilities scanner for scanning network vulnerabilities for specific IP address scopes or stand-alone computers by a multi-threaded method. X-Scan features all of the Nessus attack scripts. Providing scanning for the most known vulnerabilities, the corresponding descriptions and explanations for repair are provided. At the end of the scan you have the choice of a text or html report to keep on record or present to your client. I have found X-Scan to be a nice free pen test tool.
How Cable Modems Work.
the paper is a high level look at DOCSIS and how cable modems work on an MSO's network. The biggest issue I found writing the paper was I keep getting to deep with technical information on DOCSIS. I am a DOCSIS Engineer by day so I feel at home with CMTS's so if anyone here has questions about how Cable Plants work let me know. BTW I will not help you uncap your modem that is just steeling bandwidth from your ISP and slows down the network for everyone.
Penetration Testing on a Switched LAN
I have written a paper on "Penetration Testing on a Switched LAN". Please read it and let me know if you feel it covers some of the basic info on LAN PEN testing. The paper can be found here http://www.anti-hacker.info/papers/pen.pdf. I wanted to make a very basic introduction on PEN testing for newer users.
Phun With VoIP Services
After playing with different kinds of VoIP services and Providers I have found fun things you can do with VoIP. Here is a little paper I wrote on VoIP Services. http://www.anti-hacker.info/papers/voipfun.pdf read the paper and let me know what you think. I feel with the PSTN now exposed to the internet with all the different VoIP services it's only a matter of time till we hear of new kinds of Phone line hacks and soon a new kinds of VoIP Spam. Tell me what you see the future of Voice services to be like in the next few years.
LM & MD5 Hash Security & Cracking
Here is a paper I wrote on "LM & MD5 Hash Security & Cracking". http://www.anti-hacker.info/papers/LM.pdf I know it is not advanced as Chris's recent article on Rainbow Tables (http://www.ethicalhacker.net/content/view/94/24/) but I do have experience with Rainbow Tables as I and a few others started www.plain-text.info (then it was midga) about 3-4 years ago. Our little group had/has over 2 terabytes of Rainbow Tables and at the time had the first online distributed Cracking server (I think we still have the only client/server cracking system online) on the internet. Anyway please read my little paper and let me know what you think and what I might need to improve.


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Event Highlights Growing, Diverse Tool Supplier
Horn's biennial "Technology Days" proved aptly named, as attendees were treated to a wealth of technical information. That included a tour of a new carbide plant where "green" inserts are shaped via extrusion and injection molding.
My trip to Tubingen included a guided tour of Horn's entire manufacturing operation, which, among other processes, employs injection molding and extrusion to shape indexable inserts. Click here for highlights of what I saw.
Although Horn initially built its reputation on grooving and part-off technology, pigeonholing the tooling manufacturer as a specialist in those areas alone would be a huge disservice to the company and any potential customers. Moreover, a broader product line isn't the only factor in Horn's becoming a bigger contender during the past few decades. The company itself has grown steadily as well, a trend that management expects to continue throughout 2013 and beyond.
These were two major takeaways from "Technology Days," a biennial event at the company's headquarters in picturesque Tubingen, Germany. Along with more than 2,000 customers and dealers from around the world—a reportedly larger crowd than in previous years—press members including me and Chris Koepfer, editor-and-chief of MMS sister publication Production Machining, enjoyed a busy three days of demonstrations, tours and technical presentations.
Although Horn's grooving expertise was evident from the get-go, demos and placards also showcased products that ran the gamut from milling and turning to broaching, reaming and thread-whirling. Notably, not all of these offerings were selections from the company's 20,000-strong line of standard tools. Many were custom-designed models—which represent more than 50 percent of the company's total annual turnover. The merits of custom tooling was also the topic of a particularly interesting technical presentation, while others focused on high-feed-rate machining, cutting with ultra-hard diamond and CBN materials, and performing broaching on CNC machines. (Watch for in-depth coverage of these topics in upcoming issues of both MMS and PM.)
In the United States, standard and custom tools alike are manufactured at Horn USA's facility in Franklin, Tennessee. The U.S. market's strength and growth potential has spurred plans to more than double the size of that facility beginning this year. The overall company is growing, too. With annual turnover expected to rise by € 5 million this year over the € 220 million reported in 2012, the company is constructing a new building at the Tubingen campus for additional capacity. That project is slated for completion in 2015.
These expansions follow close on the heels of the 2012 completion of another new facility in Tubingen: a 16,000-square-meter factory for Horn Hartstoffe, the company's carbide manufacturing operation. Here, powdered carbide mixes are shaped into "green" inserts via three different processes: axial pressing, and, perhaps more notably, extrusion and injection molding. This aspect of Horn's manufacturing process, as well as the custom machines it uses to grind inserts after sintering, were among the most fascinating aspects of my trip. Click here for a brief virtual tour.


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Lisa Crispin shares some helpful tools she has come across in her software career. Although Lisa has written automated test code since the early '90s, in the past year she's collaborated more with coder and tester teammates to write maintainable, DRY, automated test code.
During my software career, I've spent a lot of time and effort learning new thinking and technical skills. I've encouraged my peers to do the same. The series that Janet Gregory and I wrote on Rails and makes heavy use of JavaScript. I've worked on Java-based web applications for the past fifteen years, and my experience testing JavaScript is not as extensive as I'd like. But, I've had to learn a lot of new skills in my career, so I have a few helpful tools in my toolbox.
A few years back, I invested time to learn how to write test scripts in Ruby using Everyday Scripting with Ruby by Brian Marick as a guide, and I took advantage of help offered by a knowledgeable teammate. I didn't know Rails going into this new job, but my Ruby knowledge has provided a good starting point. The code has a familiar look, and the Rails features I've learned about immediately made sense to me. Since I started my new job, a couple of my teammates have collaborated on Ruby scripts to help test the product's API. My grounding in Ruby means I can get up to speed and use these scripts productively much faster than if I were starting from scratch.
Several years ago, I started maintaining automated test code in the same integrated development environment (IDE) as my programmer teammates. Thanks to that, I've had little trouble navigating in the IDE my new team uses, RubyMine. The ability to explore in both the production and test code is a big boost in learning about the product we're developing.
My only exposure to GitHub has been through reading about it and participating in conference sessions that discuss it. Jeff Morgan did a lightning talk about GitHub at the Telerik Testing Summit last May. Afterward, he was kind enough to walk me through the basics of Git. This has helped me learn how to use Git for my new job much faster than if I had no prior exposure to it.
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Lying is as intrinsic to politics as malt is to beer. Only a fool would attempt to change either one.
Unfortunately, major American breweries regularly turn out beer-like products with so little malt that they can legally be sold as bottled water flavored with what tastes like a faint hint of deer urine.
On a more positive note, this country's politicians keep insisting they're telling the truth. Which is almost always a lie. So, we're good there.
Among those who deserve credit for maintaining the traditional recipe for campaign rhetoric — slightly less fact in every statement than vermouth in a dry martini — is Republican US Senate candidate Charlie Summers. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about Summers's rapidly shifting positions on abortion. For most of his two-plus decades in politics, he's been pro-choice. That's the stand he took when he launched his first unsuccessful bid for Congress in 1994. And his second failed attempt in 2004. And that's what he still claimed during his third losing effort in 2008. But in running for the Senate this year, Summers has regularly made comments that could be interpreted as pro-life. For instance, he told the Bangor Daily News, "I support a woman's right to an abortion in the case of rape, incest and life of the mother."
I was confused by that change, so I called Summers's campaign for clarification. I got no response. But after the column came out, I received an angry email from his campaign manager, Lance Dutson.
"Summers is pro choice," Dutson wrote, "always has been."
Now, I was really confused. Not about whether Summers was lying about where he stood on abortion, because it was obvious he was. But I wasn't sure which of his contrary positions was the falsehood. I emailed Dutson back, asking him to explain, but he's a busy guy and hasn't gotten around to replying yet.
While I'm waiting for that to happen, I'll try to sort out truth from fiction in the sordid saga of soon-to-be ex-Democratic state Representative Alexander Cornell du Houx of Brunswick. Cornell du Houx was one of the bright young lights of Maine politics until his ex-girlfriend, Democratic state Representative Erin Herbig of Belfast, accused him of stalking and harassing her, including breaking into her apartment and taking photos of her while she was asleep. Cornell du Houx denied everything, telling anyone who would listen that he had never even been interviewed by the Maine State Police officer investigating Herbig's complaint. The case was settled when the two signed a confidential agreement that remained secret for about eight seconds before being leaked to the news media.
Here's what Cornell du Houx — still claiming to be totally innocent — agreed to:
He would stay out of Belfast for the next 10 years.
He would provide Capitol Police with 48 hours' notice if he intended to visit the State House in Augusta.
He would turn over to Herbig's lawyers any computer hard drives or other devices with photos of Herbig or other sleeping women on them.
He would pay Herbig's legal bills, which amounted to $9000.
And he would not run for re-election.
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking those are just the sort of incredibly restrictive and punitive requirements to which any innocent guy would consent.
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Well, it seems like my wife's nueropathy has started to take a turn for the worse again. She's been rather healthy/pain free for quite a while but now it seems that it may be coming back to some extent. It seems to progress at somewhat regular intervals.
Her lower back and her legs from the calf down have had shooting pains for the last few days. And, just as in the past, the back pain has been unbearable to the point where she's in tears at times. And just as in the past, beestings offer the only instant relief.:)
I've stung her in a pattern over her lower spine twice now in the past week when her pain was becoming unmanageable with seven or eight stings both times and both times it has helped her tremendously.:thumbsup: She can go from near tears to up and functional with only dull pain after the stings.
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City Council wants to increase Pleasanton's size without permission from the voters
Original post made by Concerned, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Jun 18, 2013
In 1996, voters approved a permanent Urban Growth Boundary that was an initiative placed on the ballot by the City Council that protects areas outside the urban growth boundary from development. Measure FF indicated only a vote of the people can expand the urban growth boundary.
Looks like the City Council is once again ignoring the will of the people and will again attempt to circumvent a ballot measure adopted by Pleasanton voters.
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a resident of Vineyard Hills
on Jun 18, 2013 at 9:16 pm
franco is a registered user.
Concerned has some kind of an agenda and is using a carefully worded posting to convey a lie..... the Council agenda is NOT what is written above, but reads "Update and discussion of four working draft Specific Plan alternatives for the East Pleasanton Specific Plan area....." Also, the last sentence above is simply an assertion designed to paint black hats on council - consider instead that the plan is still being drafted and far away yet from any council vote.
By the way, if one consults a map of the EPSP area and the present urban growth boundary one would find that most of the land outside the UGB is now and will continue to be existing lakes with only a minor portion along Stanley Blvd. across from Shadow Cliffs that could be developable. But it may not ever be developed because much of it has unconsolidated soils. So, it seems that it is this little portion that Concerned wants to get all of you excited about.
Gee, why does Concerned not tell you what I just did?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 18, 2013 at 10:57 pm
Franco, perhaps you are employed by Legacy Pleasanton Land LLC. Here is Legacy Partners' website Web Link and from the map, they sure do want to develop a whole lot more than that little itsy bit tiny piece of land that you refer to as a minor portion along Stanley Blvd. Too bad it will require a vote of the people to move that Urban Growth Boundary!
Legacy Pleasanton Land LLC is a foreign limited liability company with headquarters in Foster City and it
wants to develop between Lake H, Lake I and Cope Lake, south of Lake I, west of Cope Lake Web Link
Between Chocolate Street and El Charro (inside UGB but inside Airport Protection area) Web Link
as well as north of Shadow Cliffs next to Stanley Boulevard
Web Link
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 19, 2013 at 12:18 am
Thank you, franco. I watched it all on TV, but reading the first line by resident/author 'concerned' all I could think was 'personal agenda' since it was all carefully twisted, distorted intentionally to mislead. SICK.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 19, 2013 at 8:15 am
Too many members of this council are fighting to grow Pleasanton, even if it means ignoring the Citizen's vote before they were put on the council.
They think, "you elected me, now get out of my way." WRONG!
I have lived in Pleasanton for 40 years, and we need to watch this group closely. I voted for Measure FF to control the size of the town, and they better not touch that growth boundary, or I will start a recall with their name on top!
a resident of Vineyard Hills
on Jun 19, 2013 at 9:00 am
franco is a registered user.
Surely you joke, Concerned. Your "whole lot more" comment is keeping in form - to mislead.
" between Lake H, Lake I and Cope Lake" - This is a tiny triangular sliver of land that appears to be good for a beach on Cope Lake!
"south of Lake I" - ahem, happens to be inside the UGB!
"west of Cope Lake" - This piece looks like at best it could be the south beach for Cope Lake. This is a fill area "subject to large deformations".
"north of Shadow Cliffs next to Stanley Boulevard" - this is the only piece that has any real significance of size outside the UGB and as I posted earlier suffers from "underconsolidated soils" over much of its area. Its area in total, looking at a map, appears to be about the size of the Shadow Cliffs lake, for those who are familiar but don't have a map to look at.
What I don't get in these posts is the logic. If any development outside the UGB requires a popular vote, what is the great fear and indignation being expressed here? Why attack council who are simply doing their job in developing an East Pleasanton Specific Plan? Why paint everybody with "black hats"?
a resident of Downtown
on Jun 19, 2013 at 9:46 am
Gary Schwaegerle is a registered user.
Did anyone plan for a Commuter Rail Station with Parking along Stanley to give a break to the Fairgrounds Altamont Commuter Rail Station (which is moving the parking to the other side of the Fairgrounds during the Fair). When we build the Sport Parks at Bernal perhaps we could combine parking for the Park & The Commuter Rail
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 19, 2013 at 10:28 am
For posting the maps, and explanations.
And G.S., an ACE commuter stop- with PARKING sure sounds like a good idea.
There's also some vacant former RR land between Stanley and the Tracks near Wall Street in Livermore, with Land For Sale Signs....
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 20, 2013 at 11:06 am
Anything north of Stanley Boulevard on the south side of town should be developed. That part that is not developed would have to currently be an unsightly weed patch. "Concerned" must be drinking the same loco Kool-Aid as Becky Dennis.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 20, 2013 at 11:57 pm
Manifest D, the state of CA is requring the number of multi-family units...NOT THE COUNCIL
However, I do think it is a crime that the whole state quota is being dumped on the East side, rather than thruout the city. I will help protest the injustice in that.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 21, 2013 at 7:53 pm
Some think if you say something over and over it becomes true. The council discussed a range of options, NONE of which increased the land mass of Pleasanton. It was exploration only of what had to be done IF the city goes in that direction. That is what the task force is for, to explore the options! The presentation was an update and the council asked questions and gave individual opinions.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 24, 2013 at 12:21 pm
Why talk about an option if it is not viable and waste time?
Does the ESSP task force understand the UGB and the 1996 vote to ban expansion of the city? I doubt anyone from the land owners or the City explained that one. This council is just waiting for an opportunity to grow Pleasanton.
Stop the growth, and respect the voters 1996 ballot measure FF.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Jun 25, 2013 at 5:22 pm
I personally do not trust that this council will not try to slither under the UGB by using tinkering to define a word to fit their needs. Some definitions change month to month depending on who the local supporters are that week.
Is a recreation lake urban? A park? An industrial park? A school? And more? Trust you ask? Sorry, I have lost faith.
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Please re-read the first paragraph on my previous post.
what are your credentials, since you like discrediting folks
I am trying to teach something here, you seem to have a hard on so its time put up or shutup
please put up on the board your credientials that can be verified or go away, you are not contributing to this conversation
I will have a indenpedent individual on this board verify your credentials and they can verify mine
This thread is about whether or not an online carry course is good to be used to get a carry permit, the end.
There have been numerous stories on this board posted in the last year where people including women and children have stopped attackers with deadly force. By your line of thinking these people hadn't attended Ayoob's six month course on lethal force and should either be dead or in jail but IIRC they are free and very much alive, which is more than could be said if they were unarmed.
You said your piece and that you recommend training, fine. Continuing to harp on that point while calling out anyone with a different opinion makes you look like a internet tough guy.
Sorry that we all haven't had the opportunity to be an instructor at Gecko45's indoor retail area Rapid Tactical Response school.
wrong I did not call anyone out, i expressed post found on other sites, it is apparent you do not have the credentials to speak with any authority accept to personally attack me
shooting someone in your home, whether its childern or women is far different then shooting in self defense on the street or in public, you are talking apples and oranges. I am talking about defending yourself and loved ones in public with a license or permit
no brag just fact, or big talk, I m trained for such encounters and hope to see others do the right thing, not just by Mass Ayoob, , NRA and others, as i stated and will state again one needs continual training not a video not the "midway,s best defense ( which i enjoy)not some on-line class, one needs in person training
pointing out the websites I am on and help start was to point out the BS we get every week from the uninformed, for the past 20years
also the idea's I am passing on come from Mass, instead of knocking you should be learning
I don't know who geck45 is or his training center, I assume it was a attempt to put down again
you have contributed nothing to this conversation, except to personally attack me
You just called me out in your post before this one. And again, i wasn't trying to discredit you, only pointing out that someone talking about themselves and thier skills on the internet is not likely to be taken seriously, by anyone.
I recall in another thread a few weeks back that if someone did not have training keeping a gun in their home was a foolish idea as well.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe you are trying to genuinly helpful but that your written tone just comes off as boastful and rude unintentionally.
Good day sir.
yes a few weeks back I did respond and I will respond again if you are not trained and properly trained some is going to get hurt , if you or anyone is carrying concealed in public and you use that firearm some one is going to jail, regardless whose at fault, one needs to be trained for the aftermath, anyone can fire a weapon
you don't like the way I type its your problem and yes I called you out after you went after me, I never went after you. I don't even now who you are
you started this pissing match and again with nothing to contribute except attacking me, I am taken very seriously here, my reputation on this site and on many others is well known and over a long period of time
I really don't care whether you like my style or how I present it, if you feel its boastful and rude especially on this thread to bad because it had/has nothing to do with you. you took it upon youself to start this BS
I stated my opinion and labled it as such, you saw fit to start talking about your "credentials" to back up how I and everyone else who hasn't been "trained" shouldn't be carrying a firearm in public which as you know is YOUR OPINION.
You are the one who is attempting to start a pissing match about how you are qualified to judge the actions and opinions of the rest of the world due to your above mentioned "credentials".
You just don't like the fact that someone else has a differing opinion than yours and isn't impressed by your real or imagined reputation and didnt buy into your baited attempt at a dick swinging contest.
Good day sir.
If you two are done...
There's currently a bill in the VA legislature which would disqualify the online course as satisfying proof of training.
There's actually a long list of acceptable items that will satisfy, including hunter safety training class (also being considered for disqualification), any NRA class, or a DD-214.
You can find the full list here:
Virginia State Police - Nonresident Concealed Handgun Permits
Amazingly, no one in my home or immediate (aunts, uncles, etc) family have ever been injured by firearms and none of us have ever paid anyone for formal firearms training.
While my children have taken the state firearms safety course so as to become licensed hunters at an age earlier than otherwise allowed, none of us have taken any CCW course because I live in a state where such training is not required to carry concealed.
Also amazingly, while many of my fellow citizens have a concealed carry permit and also do not have any training, there is no vast or even noticeable issue with people having their lives ruined through lack of training.
I do think that formal training is a great benefit if one has the time and money. But without common sense training is useless. In my state, liberals and conservatives alike abound in firearms common sense. To most of us a firearm is a tool, like a hammer, to be used when the need presents and is appropriate. Most would never hammer a nail with a revolver and most would never use deadly force of any kind without consideration of the need. For we know the law will be swift to punish unnecessary force of any kind.


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We departed first thing and hiked into the park. It was only 5km to the entrance, and another 2 to the crater. However, it was all uphill and at 9500 ft. The perfect morning workout. It was our goal to beat the fog and rain. Which kinda worked :)
The Crater sits at 9300 ft ish and is the 2nd largest crater in the world (9/10th of a mile). From the top, you can peer down into the crater and massive lagoon. The aquamarine lagoon is also the largest in the world and 1000ft deep.
The Acid rains generated by the volcano create a unique flora. The centre is covered by giant ferns and poor mans umbrella plants.
Poas has 3 craters, only one of which is active (see photos). The 2nd crater has transformed into a cold water lagoon, Boas Lake. You can reach the lake via a short hike, through the unique forest. In total, the park contains four major habitats: Arrayans, cloud forest, stunted forest and areas of little to no vegetation.
I'd recommend rain gear :)
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