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Network claims extending coverage to include Obama's election victory speech shows commitment to news.
TV3 says its coverage of the US election on Wednesday - knocking back a scheduled entertainment show to run Obama's acceptance speech in full - illustrates chief executive Paul Maher's commitment to news and current affairs.
But given his legacy of diminished independence from marketing from a past role at TVNZ, some will be wary of his promotion which now sees him oversee shows such as Campbell Live and 3News.
Maher was head of sales and marketing at TVNZ until midway through this year.
The arrival of Maher is ironic for TV3 News which is on a high after this year's TV awards.
It's expanding into new areas of current affairs while TVNZ looks for some direction.
Maher and TV3 head of news and current affairs Mark Jennings say that beyond new initiatives such as Third Degree - the replacement for 60 Minutes - the commitment is not changing.
In my opinion, coverage of the US election on Wednesday showed the different approaches.
Campbell Live gave extended coverage from 7.30pm and Obama's acceptance speech was shown live and in full.
TVNZ said it stopped its coverage of the speech with only two minutes to go and with hindsight it would have been ideal to hang on, but that's one of the hazards of live television.
"In the event we got the important bits, the close was largely obscured by applause and crowd noise," says spokeswoman Megan Richards.
It was bizarre when Maher took over TV3 without news and current affairs under his wing - it makes up around 40 per cent of TV3 production output.
News boss Mark Jennings initially reported to MediaWorks managing director Sussan Turner.
The Herald queried reports the arrangement had ended. Turner issued a statement that from next year news would report directly to Maher and not to her.
Significant structural changes are expected at MediaWorks.
The firm - which owns TV3, Four and reaches half the commercial radio audience - was bought by Ironbridge Capital in 2007 for $790 million as part of the leveraged buyout boom.
Ever since it has been weighed down with debt.
US hedge funds Texas Pacific Group and Oaktree Capital Management stepped in to take over debt this year.
They have been working with equity holder Ironbridge Capital to swap debt for equity.
Maher played an international senior role with media buyer Publicis Starcom and at TVNZ, where he missed out on the CEO job.
I expect he will be a part of the new world order at MediaWorks, when that emerges.
I'll be blasted by TVNZ contacts for being biased. But in my opinion, if you relied on free to air television, TV3's local coverage of the US election was better.
TV One's Jack Tame has been solid in the US - including Superstorm Sandy. He actually does proper interviews but elsewhere TV One's coverage seemed half-hearted.
Political editor Corin Dann was parachuted in just before the big night, while TV3's Paddy Gower delivered some original watchable, dare I say it, gonzo style of journalism.
News events like this inevitably end up featuring a lot of time-filling chit chat, but I didn't feel like there was much expert opinion from Simon Dallow, Mark Sainsbury and Tim Wilson or Obama-friendly Jon Johansson for that matter.
Wilson gave his insights as a former US correspondent for One News.
He has the ability to be very funny, but I'm not sure he delivered any insights, I may have missed it but I did not see any mention from TVNZ that Wilson - its core presenter for the US election - is an advertising executive at TVNZ.
He makes infomercials for TVNZ's "The Extra Mile" featuring Wallace Chapman, a series that pretends to be news and runs inside or adjacent to news bulletins or current affairs.
Wilson may have a valid opinion as a contributor, but he should not carry the credibility of One News.
Asked whether the use of an advertorial executive for such a central role was appropriate in a news special, Television New Zealand news and current affairs boss Ross Dagan said: "We have a valuable resource ... who has covered many US elections.
"From the viewers' perspective we're confident his expertise in this particular context will be appreciated irrespective of the kind of work he's doing elsewhere for TVNZ."
Perhaps one problem facing TVNZ is that it lacks a depth of presenters.
That is illustrated with Wilson rumoured as a contender to present the new 7pm show.
Other names being mentioned include Pippa Wetzell, and most recently Kate Hawkesby.
One of the problems facing TVNZ has been the speculation the new show will be lightweight - more like 7 Days than CampbellLive.
So there was surprise this week when TVNZ named Raewyn Rasch as executive producer.
Rasch is producer for Marae Investigates and has previously been executive producer of Fair Go.
She has a reputation for being conservative, which seems an odd choice for an innovative new show. Maybe it indicates TVNZ will continue to treat current affairs seriously.
Kim Hill is the 2012 International Radio Personality of the Year. The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) announced the winners of its annual global media excellence awards at a gala event in London yesterday.
Simon Morton was highly commended in the radio documentary category for his Christchurch earthquake programme, Broken River.
Igloo meets on November 19 to decide whether to launch the pay TV platform before Christmas.
The joint venture is 51 per cent controlled by Sky TV and 49 per cent by TVNZ, with the service a mixture of terrestrial UHF, delivering 11 linear channels, and access to broadband movies.
Igloo was originally planned to launch in July but software problems from set-top box manufacturers Pace have led to several delays.
Igloo has missed the strategic point of digital switchover in Hawkes Bay and the West Coast, and there have been concerns that extended delays will undermine the brand.
A source said that some at TVNZ were wary of the initiative after the debacle over TVNZ's investment in TiVo.
It is understood that TVNZ representatives have taken the conservative stance to delay the launch, but Igloo should be on sale by Christmas.
Another public relations man has been appointed to a state broadcasting organisation.
Broadcasting Minister Craig Foss announced the appointment of former Dominion editor Richard Long to the board of Television New Zealand.
He has a career in journalism spanning more than 30 years, including a prolonged esteemed period as political editor of the Dominion, a paper he later edited.
Long joins Barrie Saunders, a principal of the lobbyist firm Saunders & Unsworth, appointed by National.
For a time, Long was chief of staff for Don Brash.
Meanwhile, Foss is looking to fill two vacancies on the board of New Zealand On Air with the end of the terms of Stephen McElrea and Nicole Hoey.
McElrea is a senior official in the National Party and famously created controversy when he attacked TV3 for running an NZ on Air documentary about child poverty close to the election.
Another PR man in state media, is former Jim Bolger press secretary Richard Griffin who is chairman of Radio New Zealand.


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Public works departments spend considerable resources handling requests from constituents—answering questions, fulfilling service orders, resolving complaints. To streamline the process, more and more agencies are implementing sophisticated customer relationship management (CRM) systems to process and track requests. At the same time, these agencies realize that by aggressively disseminating information they can avoid problems before anyone has to field a call. Combining these strategies produces cost savings and satisfied customers.
Last year, the 311 call center in Bal-timore, which has a population of 650,000 people, fielded 586,450 phone calls, according to Elliot Schlanger, the city's chief information officer. Schlanger said those calls ranged from requests for bulk trash pickup to questions such as, "Who are the Orioles playing tonight at Camden Yards?" In 2001, Baltimore set up its CitiTrack CRM system, starting with the public works department, to record, assign, track, and report on all service requests.
The city identified more than 300 service request types and developed a script and a service delivery process flow for each. The 60 most popular services were placed on the city's Web site. Each link leads to the scripted questions for that service and gives a specific timeframe for response; for example, 24 hours for sewer water in the basement, 17 days for grass mowing.
"One database collects both phone- and Web-based requests," said Schlanger. "A constituent could create a service request on the Web, receive a tracking number, and then call a 311 agent to discuss the status of the request." About 11% of the service requests come through the Web site, he said.
Based on the service type and location, CitiTrack automatically creates a work order and transmits it electronically to the appropriate agency. "Operational crews or their supervisors update the work progress in as near to real-time as possible," said Schlanger. "The crews do not receive credit for completing the service request unless the CitiTrack system indicates such."
A component of the CitiTrack system, called CitiStat, provides performance measurement and management accountability. It also guides the distribution of assets and allocation of resources. An agency's CitiStat template covers all operational aspects, including labor deployment and agency-specific metrics such as tons of trash collected. Each agency has a report card that tracks new, open, closed, and overdue requests.
Like any 311 system, Baltimore's call center receives many requests for services the agency doesn't perform, and some callers don't take "no" for an answer. During a blizzard, for example, one persistent citizen called repeatedly, complaining that she was stranded in her house. "Of course, the agents explained that the city does not clear snow from private property, but the caller pleaded her case to every agent who had the fortune of receiving her call," said Schlanger. Finally, one of the city's customer service agents lived up to that title by stopping by the constituent's house after her shift was over and personally shoveling away the snow.
In its first year of operation CitiTrack saved Baltimore $13.2 million in labor costs and reduced waste. For its efforts Baltimore received a 2003 CRM Excellence award from Gartner Inc., analysts covering the global information technology industry.


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- 1 pound cooked medium shrimp
- 3 cups cooked or canned crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 celery rib, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons seafood seasoning
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Leaf lettuce, optional
- 1 hard-cooked egg, sliced, optional
- In a large bowl, combine shrimp, crab, onion and celery. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, seafood seasoning, lemon juice, salt and pepper; add to the shrimp mixture and mix gently.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. If desired, serve in a lettuce-lined bowl and garnish with egg. Yield: 6 servings.
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8 years perspective:
-Phil Rivers = very good QB
-Keading = choke artist
-Lights Out ... of football
-Roman Oben? please.
-Eli Manning = 2x SB MVP
advantage GGGGG-Men.. the Changers wanted Osi in that deal too
San Diego Chargers grabbed Eli Manning to hold us up. I don't even think he is who they wanted anyway. Remember San Diego Chargers are the same organization that wouldn't trade up for Peyton Manning because they figured Ryan Leaf was better.
There is no wonder that garbage organization over in San Diego wins nothing.
We wound up getting the better end of this deal and I am sure that just irks their front office.
I bELIeve.
NO they are still mad that they thought that Ryan Leaf was better than Peyton Manning. Bet they think that Rivers is still better than Breeze. Remember him the Quarterback that they released because of a shoulder injury. I wonder what he has done since San Diego told him he was finished as a NFL Player.
1970's tv is better than today's tv.
This is hysterical. They might want to redo that documentary.
The Chargers remind me of the Bucs of old. What ever QB they thought was worthless, would go on to win SBs. Williams, Young, Dilfer. The Sandiego Chumpsters ? , Peyton, Eli, Drew. They do not call that GM " Lord Of The Ringless " for nothing.


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|I just had the same problem. Floramax was sending my PH thru the roof!
Three days later -
In the tank, rescaped with Fluorite, pH = 6.5, KH = 1.
In the sample container, with a small quantity of Floramax midnight black that contained 2 small white chips, pH = 7.8, KH = 4.
I contacted Caribsea and was advised that their 100% satisfaction guarantee would cover this, provided that I could produce a proof of purchase. I, not being a pack rat of pathologic proportions, don't have that. I wasn't seeking compensation anyway, just thought it was an amusing side note. In response to my comments about the product not performing as advertised, the excuse given was that it is a natural product. I'm not sure why they feel that producing a natural product (whatever that's supposed to mean) gives them the right to make false claims on their container, but there ya go.
In short, I had persistent problems with pH and KH rising, regardless of my attempts to stop them. After removing nearly everything from the tank (driftwood was the only non-substrate/livestock item left) I finally noticed white chips in the substrate. By chance there were none on the surface in the front half of the tank, though they were there when I dug for them a bit. I tested the chips, the tests indicated that they were carbonate minerals of some sort, and I rescaped with Fluorite. I threw out the old stuff except for a small sample which, after testing, showed the same behavior that I had been fighting in my tank for 2 months or so. I have not had the same problem in the tank since.
|A complete rescape has been done; I used fluorite this time around. I kept some of the old substrate in a container with fresh RO. Starting pH = 6 (or possibly lower), starting KH = 0-1. I'll recheck in three or four days and update this. Additionally, after my rescape I mucked about with my water until I had it closer to where I want it. I'm at KH = 1 and pH = 6.5 right now. It's actually a bit lower than I'd like, but c'est la vie. I'll be rechecking that as well. I replaced everything except for the floramax, so if it doesn't change then I know for certain that it was floramax and nothing else that has been giving me headaches.
|There was a similar report about Eco-Complete in my dying shrimp colony thread.
Hi jasonpatterson,
Thank you for posting the results of your investigation. It is always helpful to know how these "mysteries" are resolved.
Now that I have checked more thoroughly, there are a number of these chips in the substrate. They are spread evenly throughout it and since I haven't added anything other than substrate, wood, and large granite rocks to the tank on setting it up, they must have come with the Floramax. There is no way I'll be able to separate out these chips from the lava rock that appears to make up most of the substrate.
I'm currently testing some of the chips in a small batch of RO water to test conclusively whether they are the source of my problems, but there really doesn't seem to be much room for doubt here.
Nothing like typing out a big long message then solving the problem yourself literally 2 minutes later.
FLORAMAX SUCKS. There are actually limestone chips in the stuff. I found one odd looking piece, took it out of the tank, put it in a cup with some vinegar, and the little bugger started fizzing. Now I get to redo the entire thing unless I can find and remove each of the little limestone chips in the substrate. I might try to, but then again I might just throw the whole mess in my garden.
KH/pH creeping up / SOLVED - Floramax is the culprit
I had a tank that was dirt/gravel that remained more or less stable at a pH of about 6.8. It wound up being completely overrun by tubifex, so I decided to redo everything and try an inert substrate. Since then I've been having trouble with the pH and KH of the tank growing slowly until it reaches KH = 3-4 and pH = 7.6.
Just this week I broke down and bought Seachem's acid and alkaline buffers. The combination of the two should allow you to basically set your pH. Over the course of a couple of days I adjusted the tank's pH slowly to the point that I want it, 6.8, and then did a water change using the combination of the two buffers to buffer the incoming water to 6.8 as well. After the change, pH = 6.8, KH = 1. Next day, pH = 7.2, KH = 2. Today, pH = 7.6, KH = 3.
This is very frustrating, and it's destroyed several sets of bumblebee shrimp eggs/babies thus far. After getting everything settled I really don't want to redo the entire tank again, but that's what I'm looking at right now if I can't figure this out.
In the tank:
driftwood, caribsea floramax midnight black, nerite snails
I use RO water and after preparing it for the tank (fertilized, warmed, stirred thoroughly) the pH is in the low 6's and the KH is less than 1. I had been adding small amounts of my well water so that the tank had a KH of 1 or so, but have stopped doing that since this problem began a month or two ago.
The floramax claims that it does not affect pH (which is why I bought it) and though I've looked around the net, I haven't been able to find anyone who has seen this problem. It's possible, I suppose, that I got the bad batch that includes limestone chips or something, but I don't know why that would be.
I've never heard of driftwood causing these sorts of problems, but there is a newer piece of wood in there as well, along with an old piece that has been in one or the other tank for a year or more now without causing problems.
I thought, briefly, that maybe the presence of snails was causing the increase, until I did the math and figured out that they would have completely dissolved several times over by now. Mostly included for the entertainment factor of the idea.
I've currently got some of the floramax sitting in a container with fresh RO to see what happens, but I won't know that until tomorrow. I suppose I can take out all of the driftwood as well (and the snails...)
Any suggestions about what might be causing the rise would be welcome. It's acting like I've got a chunk of coral in there.
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Pretty much a whore who once fucked a rich guy and after they fell in love and got married but the ex-whore who now is a wife and a possible mother, is beginning to be a bitch about everything and is a fucking alcoholic; so the rich man divorces her and as part of their divorce the snobby bitch gets good amount of money. unfortunately sh soon realizes that the money is not gonna last long since she's spending on drugs and alcohol the whole time so she decides to go back to what she does best and becomes a..... rich prostitute
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Miles picked up his offer from the Aggies last week and has been considered as a soft verbal to the Volunteers since scheduling and taking an official visit to Arizona State.
Miles is the Aggies 30th known commitment in the Class of 2013. With 29 commits in the fold A&M was credited with having the No. 4 class in the country on Scout.com.
Scout Eval: Just by looking at Miles' size and frame you would naturally figure in the fact that he is a more of a down hill linebacker, but Miles backs up in person exactly what he shows on film – the ability to run and cover. He moves well and has some natural instincts. He can turn and run with WRs and makes plays on the ball. He could play safety or grow in to a linebacker in college, but he will be able to use his skills at either spot.


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On the first night of Labour's conference, leader David Shearer told the delegates that in all the schools he had visited as an MP, he had not come across one 10-year-old who said it was their life's dream to be the Leader of the Opposition.
It didn't take long for him to find out that although a 10-year-old might prefer to be a firefighter or trapeze artist, there was one 49-year-old sitting in the audience who very much wanted to be Leader of the Opposition.
The very next day that person - David Cunliffe - was quick to remind Shearer of that dream when he first of all successfully pushed for a rule that would allow 40 per cent of caucus to overthrow a sitting leader and then refused to rule out challenging David Shearer.
Cunliffe was entitled to be smug. The changes to the leadership rules giving members and affiliates a combined 60 per cent of the vote against the caucus' 40 per cent were perceived as being in his favour. And the membership showed it wanted nothing more than to use it.
Passing that amendment to allow just 40 per cent of caucus to force a leadership contest was a very clear message from the members to caucus with one finger raised.
The uprising had begun and Cunliffe's team had clearly anticipated it. They played it for all their worth, kowtowing to the membership by refusing to pledge support for Shearer because the new, democratic era that had just dawned in the party meant they could not commit until the members' own wishes were clear.
Shearer's demotion of Cunliffe was supposed to cauterise the issue. But for some it has only intensified the belief that Shearer will not be the mandated leader until the members have been given the chance to bestow that mandate themselves.
Following his demotion, Cunliffe fell silent but he did so in a way to ensure he came across as the wounded martyr. He appeared on television and posted on Facebook, saying he would dearly love to thank all his supporters but, alas, he was forbidden from doing so.
The Facebook posting ensured those supporters had a forum on which to work themselves into a froth of denied ambition on his behalf. There was also a spate of letters to the editor questioning whether Shearer had the mandate.
Cunliffe supporters are now questioning what he did wrong, given there was no overt leadership challenge. Nobody who was actually at that conference could honestly say Cunliffe was innocent of undermining Shearer.
He acted shamelessly - apparently completely confident it would all play out in his favour. He took media opportunities which should more appropriately have gone to his leader. There was a profile in the Listener - and while the words might not have pleased him the photos showed him looking every inch the leader ascendant, in the same way North and South featured Prime Minister John Key in presidential pose just before he took over from Don Brash. Without telling the leaders' office, Cunliffe also got himself on TV3's current affairs show The Nation on the Saturday morning of the conference - a slot habitually reserved for a party leader - where he refused to rule out a challenge. At the conference, for three days running he repeatedly refused to rule out a challenge. Sources have also since claimed that on the Friday Cunliffe and his ally, Rajen Prasad, unsuccessfully tried to stack the Ethnic Sector council with Cunliffe supporters, including trying to install Cunliffe's electorate committee member Susan Zhu as chairwoman. The ethnic sector group has more than 1000 members in it and is a potentially rich voting pool for a hopeful leadership contender. The rumour was that the plan was for the ethnic sector group to eventually publicly endorse Cunliffe come the time of a leadership contest.
Such was Cunliffe's subtlety he may as well have hired a plane to fly around the Ellerslie Events Centre towing a sign that said "Cunliffe for Leader".
As for Shearer, what is now forgotten in the smoke of Cunliffe's tyres is that Shearer went into that conference on the back foot. The forces of instability were conspiring against him from too wide a range of sources to believe it was a conspiracy rather than a widely held belief that Shearer was not up to the job. There was a confluence of bloggers and media commentators - the Standard, Brian Edwards, the Herald's Tapu Misa, and TV3's Duncan Garner - all saying he should go.
Yet he managed to stare down what many believed would be a fait accompli in the challenge from Mr Cunliffe and while the conference was a disaster on one hand, that possibly only strengthened his leadership in the medium term. His supporters will also be hoping that, despite the fury of Cunliffe's closest fans, the conference showed a side of Cunliffe that the wider membership had not seen before, the side that explained why his caucus colleagues have long found it hard to trust him.
Despite everything Tuesday's vote and even next February's confidence vote will make little difference whether David Shearer is Labour's leader in 2013.
The wishes of the membership will also make little difference.
In reality, whether David Shearer, David Cunliffe, or some other figure altogether is the leader in 2014 will be decided by a far greater force than either caucus, the members or the unions: it will be decided by the polls.


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The Archives and Records Management Section establishes a framework for the creation and management of authentic, reliable and usable records capable of supporting IAEA business functions and activities for as long as they are required. The Section is divided into three units: Mail, Records and Archives.
The Commissary Management Section manages the Commissary at the Vienna International Centre (VIC). The Commissary is a tax and duty-free store that is operated under the authority of the Director General of the IAEA. It was established as a self-sustaining and non-profit making operation in order to facilitate the purchase of limited quantities of consumer goods by the diplomats of Permanent Missions of Member States accredited to the UN organizations, staff members of the UN organizations based at the VIC, as well as of other authorized organizations.
Division of Conference and Document Services (MTCD)
The Division of Conference and Document Services (MTCD) facilitates the effective exchange and dissemination of information relevant to the Agency's work and mandate between the Secretariat and Member States, and among Member States. To this end, MTCD organizes meetings and conferences, edits, prints and distributes documents and scientific and technical publications in the six official UN languages.
Division of Human Resources (MTHR)
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Division of Information Technology (MTIT)
The goal of the Division of Information Technology (MTIT) is to provide high quality, reliable and sustainable information communication and technology solutions and services.
Division of Procurement Services (MTPS)
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Strasbourg, 27.06.2000 - The Council of Europe's expert body on combating racism, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), today released five new reports examining racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, antisemitism and related intolerance in France, Greece, Norway, Poland and Slovakia.
The reports form part of a second cycle of monitoring of member States' laws, policies and practices to combat racism. ECRI's country-specific reports cover all 41 member States of the Council of Europe on an equal footing, in the perspective of the protection of human rights. Compiled following a contact visit to the country in question, the second report examines the implementation of proposals made to the government in the previous report, provides a general up-date and also contains a deeper analysis of selected issues of particular concern in that country.
ECRI recognises that in all five countries positive developments have occurred. At the same time, the reports detail ECRI's continuing grounds for concern. These include:
In France, racism and discrimination are particularly acute vis-à-vis young people of immigrant background. Discrimination and exclusion are identified as problems especially in employment, education, housing and access to public places. The situation regarding undocumented immigrants, including in some of France's overseas territories, and the behaviour of some law enforcement officials, is also of concern.
Problems of racism, intolerance, discrimination and exclusion affect particularly the Roma/Gypsy population, Albanians and other immigrants, as well as members of the Muslim minority in Greece. These problems are connected to the generally low level of recognition within Greek society of its multicultural reality, an acknowledgement which is all the more urgent given the new patterns of migration to Greece in recent years.
Housing, access to employment and to services and goods are key areas in which persons belonging to minority groups face discrimination and disadvantage in Norway. A high level of voter support for populist parties using racist discourse is also a matter of concern. Despite the more multi-ethnic nature of Norwegian society today, there seems to be a certain lack of acceptance of the possibility of Norwegian identity encompassing persons of different ethnic origin or religion.
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In the grand scheme of project builds, we'd all like them to go as smoothly and as quickly as possible. However, sometimes the rigors of daily life take their toll on quality garage time that's spent wrenching on our beloved rigs. Jeff Yeager of Grand Junction, Colorado, has spent the last 10 years cutting, welding, and gathering parts for his '69 Nissan Patrol. A decade is a long time to stare at an idle project without actually 'wheeling it. After all that time Jeff built himself an extremely capable and super-flexy go-anywhere machine that was well worth the wait.
Living in the Rocky Mountains has its advantages for four-wheelers. There are literally thousands of miles of trails through spectacular country. Jeff wanted a trail rig that was able to conquer the toughest trails when he's out 'wheeling with his buddies, and a dependable vehicle for family camping and backcountry expeditions.
The old Patrol was built on somewhat of a tight budget, but some dream parts couldn't be skimped on, like the double-ended hydraulic ram steering system and the Ford 302ci V-8. The day Jeff finally turned the key and fired the engine is the day he realized his new trail rig surpassed his family's expectations for an awesome adventure rig.
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1969 Nissan Patrol
Engine: Ford 302ci V-8
Transmission: Ford T-18
Transfer case: Toyota with Marlin Crawler
Front Axle: Dana 60, Lincoln locker, 4.56 gears
Rear Axle: GM 14-bolt, Lincoln locker, 4.56 gears
Springs & Such: Custom Alcan leaf springs with Orbit-Eye joints, Fox remote reservoir shocks
Tires & Wheels: 40x13.5/17 Goodyear Wrangler MT/Rs, 17x8.5 aluminum wheels
Steering: Performance Off-Road Systems double-ended hydraulic ram
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that was to stizzles, don't give a fuck about filetypes or w/e it's all the same
that was to stizzles, don't give a fuck about filetypes or w/e it's all the same
stopped at trolls
I fucking love this.
I'm so cool when you see me walking around during the day with my headphones on I'm listening to dark ambient
I still do that with post rock, hell I did it today, throughout today
and to be perfectly honest I don't understand why anyone would load up their ipod with dark ambient
that's the kind of stuff you play in a room when you have shit you need to get done, not get on a bus and kill some time listening to
My 'outside of my house' list consists of my more aggressive music like The Ocean or Anaal Nathrakh. My at home playlist is all the post-rock, ambient, etc music.
i play regular ambient all the time (it's light, uplifting though)
i guess out music is pretty much exactly what i play when i'm at home
my amp plus speakers + desk > my headphones
I listen mainly to metal and post-rock when going out, and listen to everything else at home
Boris' Vein is a weird album.
Props on the Stalker-movie reference in the hardcore version.
Rosetta continue to make me incredibly happy when I listen to their music. It's so goooood.
I watched the stalker movie with a friend a while ago
It sucked, I hated it
I didn't expect WOW OH MY GOD special effects I just thought it'd have a great atmosphere. Instead I watched some guy travel from his grey, dreary russian town to green, dreary russian country and then wander around throwing bolts with 2 other guys
what's worse was that the movie was three hours long
I haven't seen it yet though.
it was just terrible
nothing interesting happened the entire movie
and the acting wasn't good either
there were no positives
I really like stalker
It's meandering but I love roadside picnic and the stalker games so I was biased when I watched it.
Can't wait for summer, gonna splash out on loads of batteries and get all my big summery tunes copied onto cassette and taking a boombox everywhere
***king hipster*** d(-_-)b
Summer's going to be belta because I get three months off.
roadside picnic, that's what it was
it was confusing
the premise was cool, the pacing was cool but they just failed to deliver anything real for me
like y'know even if they threw a couple of mutated animals running around I would have been happy
Words can't describe the experience of that movie.
thanks brah
that's going to be what I finish my friday night with I think
really need to get some mates together and watch a bunch of cult movies
Anyone here read any of the Cthuthlu mythos stories by H.P. Lovecraft?
Remember to watch Blade Runner and Tetsuo: the iron man, also Serbian film, and falling down.
no srsly wtf
blade runner ofc, not a cult film imo tho
I think it'd go more like this
event horizon
blair witch
sci fi/horror etc, that's how my friend and I roll
Sunshine has an amazing soundtrack, and the effects are great
which reminds me the same people did the soundtrack for that, did it for 28 days later and 28 weeks later
they're now on the list. when is the new 28 days movie coming out, i hope they plan on releasing another one
Dat bass.
computer crashed again this morning. I think it's cursed
also homestruck sucks and so in turn does everybody who reads it
what kind of faggot reads homestuck
isn't that an anime fan?
nah you can get cool people who watch anime but if you read homestuck you are insta terrible
Homestuck fans are kind of like Anime fans, except there's still some good anime.
Nothing good has ever come from Homestuck.
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Any good rabbit recipes floating around out there?
I like to deep fry mine the same way as my fish;dunked in egg then breaded with italian seasoned bread crumbs and finely grated parmesian cheese. Then I serve it with lemon wedges and honey mustard.
I'll also marinate the rabbit in italian dressing over night and then grill it. Teriyaki marinades are good too.


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Need Info on how to fix a pollen bound hive and if there is any way to prevent pollen bound from happening
Need Info on how to fix a pollen bound hive and if there is any way to prevent pollen bound from happening
Remove frames of pollen, and give the hive back frames of empty drawn comb. Share the frames of pollen with other hives that need pollen.
A pollen trap can reduce the amount of pollen that makes it into a hive.
As Countryboy suggested, remove the frames of pollen and replace with empty combs.
Dependent upon how big a problem you have with pollen bound hives... If you have someplace you can store the combs where the moths, beetles and mice won't get at them, set them aside to put back in the hive mid-winter when pollen is scarce. A couple frames of pollen and a jar or two of syrup during a week of warm weather can incite some additional brood rearing and give your hive a little boost to get through the winter.
"Pollen bound" is another term for "well stocked with pollen for the spring buildup". It does not happen by accident...
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Some Relaxing Days & UNESCO Caves
Trip Start Feb 01, 2005
388Trip End Dec 31, 2020
Often travel seems like a full time job.
There is forward planning and research to be done, and tracking of past expenses and forward budgets. There are photos to be sorted, rotated, deleted.and uploaded. The blog requires hours to upload photos and write about them, and more hours for the story writing. We are also developing a new website of our own www.travelwithless.com.au while we are travelling, which has links through to our travelpod blog, but will also contain information on how we go about our travel. (this is still very much a work in progress!)
We love it all, but occasionally a few days, to relax a bit, are so welcome!!
Rovinj, in the Istria Peninsula area of Croatia gave us just that opportunity
Our next destination was Slovenia especially to see the UNESCO listed caves. While in Rovinj, we looked at a map and realised the caves were an achievable day trip away, so we hired a car just for the day to cross into Slovenia.
Never before have we seen caves that come anywhere near the immensity of those at Skocjan! The cave system contains numerous caves and passages, natural bridges, sinkholes and a massive, mind blowing underground canyon. Entrance was only by guided tour and we were divided up into language groups so we only had two languages for each group i.e. Slovenians and Italians in one group and German and English in ours. We walked right down into the cave system dripping with gigantic stalagmites and stalactites, some of the largest in the world and certainly the largest we have seen
We walked over bridges that spanned two paths, way above the Reka River,making us almost giddy looking down to the river so far below and then looking up to the ceiling of the cavern so high above us. Our guide gave us informative and interesting facts but I think we needed a tape recorder as they were too quickly forgotten!.
At the end of the tour we elected to do the more strenuous option of climbing out of the cave system rather than take a tourist provided lift back up to ground level. We were rewarded with a spectacular waterfall and jungle like flora as we huffed and puffed our way back up to ground level.
Our time in Europe is nearly over. We took a ferry back to Venice and had an overnight in a cabin at a Venice campsite we had stayed at on our 2005 trip. As it is located near the airport it made an easy place to head off from the next day for our flight from Venice to Entebbe in Uganda. Our next exciting adventure, hopefully, is, to see the endangered Silver back Gorillas.
Travel Tip: We can highly recommend Vetura Car Rental in Croatia. We hired a car with them and were unlucky enough to damage same. The staff of Vetura were fantastic both at Rovinj and Porec, handling all negotiations required and insurance details with no fuss or charge to us. The service was second to none and we were able to leave to Italy the next day as scheduled. Thank you Vetura.
Footnote: Skocjan Caves are UNESCO World Heritage listed.


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Of all the adorable photos of Oliver Allen you could have put on your slide show, you put the one that all the loonies decided to misinterpret. Could you find a better one? That little boy is adorable and Kris' wife Katy has so many great ones on her instagram. Thanks.
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Comedian Carlos Maestas
UTSA hosts comedian Carlos Maestas April 30
By Alexandria Sanchez
Student Writer, College of Liberal and Fine Arts
(April 26, 2007)--The UTSA student organization, SHADES (Sexual Health, Alcohol and Drug Awareness for Students), will host "Skool's Dismissed Comedy Night" with local comedian Carlos Maestas from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Monday, April 30 in Main Building Room 0.104 on the 1604 Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
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It will be an evening of laughter, prizes, free food and education about health. The student organization with the most members attending will receive a prize.
Targeted to the entire UTSA community, but particularly Hispanic students, the goal of the event is to talk about issues surrounding alcohol and other drug abuse, STDs, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. Maestas' comedy will touch on perceptions and attitudes in the Hispanic community on these important health topics.
Born and raised in California, Maestas has lived in San Antonio for 12 years. A graduate of MacArthur High School, he earned a UTSA bachelor's degree in marketing in 2003, and now is working toward an M.B.A. at University of the Incarnate Word. He owns a small advertising business and does stand-up comedy on the side.
SHADES works to influence students to engage in responsible practices that help avoid consequences associated with substance use and abuse and unsafe sexual health practices.
For more information, contact Howaida Werfelli, UTSA health education coordinator, at (210) 458-4142.


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Former Test opener Phillip Hughes has won the contest to replace retired Test batsman Ricky Ponting in the side to play Sri Lanka in Hobart next week.
National selector John Inverarity announced the squad of 12 from the WACA ground in Perth.
Hughes returns to Bellerive Oval where he last played a Test for Australia in its narrow loss to New Zealand a year ago.
The former New South Wales batsman has played 17 Tests for Australia at a batting average of 34.58, including three centuries wearing the baggy green.
Hughes' impressive Sheffield Shield form in his first season with South Australia has seen him win selection ahead of his main rivals Usman Khawaja, Rob Quiney and Alex Doolan.
The left-hander became the first player to pass 500 Shield runs during the current campaign at an average of 51.80.
Inverarity said national selectors opted against bringing Hughes into the side for the South African series but said the time is now right to call him into the squad for a third time.
He confirmed selection discussions on a replacement for Ponting included Hughes, Khawaja, Quiney and Doolan.
"It mainly centred around Hughes and Khawaja given Khawaja is a number three," Inverarity said.
"But Hughes, who has just turned 24, with his recent stats and career stats that include three centuries, the case for him was compelling."
Inverarity said it would be left up to captain Michael Clarke as to whether Hughes would bat in Ponting's number three spot, or fit it further down the order.
Predictable changes to the bowling attack to take on Sri Lanka see pace bowlers Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus return to the side after being rested from the third Test against South Africa at the WACA ground.
John Hastings and Josh Hazelwood drop out of the 12 selected for the Perth Test. Both are battling injury.
Of the four pace bowlers in the squad Inverarity said only Siddle is a guaranteed starter for the Hobart Test.
Spinner Nathan Lyon is likely to start with one of Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc and Hilfenhaus to be relegated to 12th man.
"Only Siddle is locked in," Inverarity said.
"I also thought Mitchell Johnson was the best of the bowlers in Perth."
Sri Lanka will settle on its Test squad following the completion of the tour game in Canberra against the Chairman's XI.
Ed Cowan, David Warner, Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Matthew Wade, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Ben Hilfenhaus, Nathan Lyon


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This Union Square hotel is within a half-block of Curran Theatre and American Conservatory Theater, six blocks from Moscone Convention Center, and seven blocks from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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Winston's Bar and Lounge - Open daily at 4pm, the British themed bar offers wine and beer selections and light bites for purchase.
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Nearby restaurants:
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What does MM stand for when they write $5MM deal??
If I'm not mistaken Million has one 'M' in it. And if it stand for 'Multi-Million'...well then thats just plain redundant.
Anyone know?
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Although ranch owners working near the border desire a long-term solution, a fence is their only request.
by Lucas Sjostrom, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
Immigration reform is an ongoing national debate. Those of us involved in the paperwork and potential legal harassment associated with finding capable, willing and possibly foreign workers have considered the alternatives to our current convoluted system. It isn't an easy answer.
The debate is a linear argument, with polar opposites found at each end of the line. The fact is that some people are in the U.S. illegally. Many of them don't commit crimes beyond their initial illegal entry or staying beyond their initial travel or work visa. However, every second someone is in the country after breaking that initial law, they're still breaking the law.
One side argues for amnesty. But "amnesty" means different things to different people. Amnesty at its base means allowing everyone who is here to stay here. It could mean everyone under a certain age, as President Obama has proposed. Once amnesty is given to all or part of the group, the status of this group must be determined. Are they a different status than those who've legally received their green cards? Do they need to pay a penalty?
The other train of thought is more strictly enforcing current laws on the books. This means some degree of finding, then deporting, illegal immigrants. Some states are pushing this further by giving law enforcement personnel additional orders to check immigration statuses of anyone who may not have citizenship.
But those working at the border don't care about any of this. They want a fence, and they wanted it 10 years ago. At the Agriculture Media Summit this week in Albuquerque, N.M., Southwestern ranchers and officials laid out their case for the fence.
Panel member Dan Bell of Nogales, Ariz., is fighting for a better fence every day. He ranches on 50,000 acres of ranchland, including 10 linear miles attached to the U.S.-Mexico border. As more fence line and security arrives in the high-traffic and urban centers, illegal immigration and drug smuggling is funneled through ranches like Bell's. He estimated that for every $100 of beef he sells, his costs are $15 higher than ranchers not dealing with similar issues.
Bell noted that 20 percent of those apprehended at the border already have a criminal record. Ranches like his experience wildfires as result of campfires left behind by those crossing the border and cut fences. But the biggest loss is death of border patrol, employees and cattle as result of those crossing the border.
As I pressed Bell and the other panelists for solutions after that fence was up, should it arrive some day, everyone balked with an answer. The unanimous decision, for those on both sides of the debate, is that we need a fence.
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Has anyone dealt with Velasquez apiaries...?
He's my Aunts neighbor there in Maxwell, (lives right across the street) I haven't met him but he's been in business for quite a few yrs. This will be my first year buying queens from him.
Got Cordovan queens in April from Velasquez apiaries. They are doing really well and making lots of honey. Acceptance was really good 96+ %.
Brood patterns are excellent.


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In the Denver Foothills, the Great Outdoors and Plenty of Wine
Aspen Peak Cellars at Clifton House Inn • Conifer, CO
Escape Kit
- A One-Night Stay for Two—Sundays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays ($99) or Fridays or Saturdays ($109)—in the Cabernet or Merlot Room
- Full Gourmet Breakfast
- VIP Tour, Tasting, and Barrel Room Visit for Two
- Bottle of Aspen Peak Cellars Wine and Two Souvenir Wine Glasses
- Traditional Swiss Cheese Fondue for Two
Even the most seasoned lowlanders occasionally need to lift their spirits, and what better way than to head for the hills? Access to the great outdoors and wine tasting are just a few of the perks at Aspen Peak Cellars at Clifton House Inn, situated in the shadow of Pikes Peak, just 40 minutes from the mile-high metropolis of Denver.
Start at Aspen Peaks Cellars in Bailey, Colorado, where you'll receive a VIP tour, a first-hand peek of the barrel room with a wine tasting (cabernet, chardonnay, pinot noir, the list goes on), souvenir glass sippers, and the winemaker's choice of a bottle of Aspen Peak Cellars vino, which goes nicely with the traditional Swiss cheese fondue served. Then, head to Conifer via Highway 285 and check in to either the Cabernet or Merlot room. Both rooms feature a view of Pikes Peak, one or two double beds, and a shared bathroom.
Surrounded by five acres of meadows and rolling hills, your outdoor spirit will be inspired. Spend the morning hiking or snowshoeing the Ben Tyler Trail, or take your own path through the Mount Evans Wilderness Area. Once you've worked up an appetite, head into Conifer, which has a host of historic places to channel your inner cowboy, for lunch. Don't miss the the turn-of-the-century structures at Meyer Ranch Park (some are even listed on the National Register of Historic Places).
While this wine-centric spot is designed for raising glasses, it's a definite mood lifter, too.
"Breakfasts both days were delicious! We enjoyed a tour of their winery and a wine tasting. Staff was helpful and friendly."-- TripAdvisor
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ALL FOR ONE The contestants congratulate the winner.
"We've had a few people pass out. We've had a few people jump off the front of the stage because the lights are so bright . . . We've had a few wardrobe malfunctions," Jim Donovan says. It's intermission at Cranston's Park Theatre and the tuxedoed, clean-shaven, perfectly-coiffed host of today's Miss Rhode Island/Miss Teen Rhode Island USA pageant has stepped off the stage to tell war stories. He's been in the spotlight for the last hour, surrounded by 60 women in evening gowns, but he isn't sweating. Donovan, a consumer reporter for CBS 3 Eyewitness News in Philadelphia, has been hosting beauty pageants as a side gig for over a decade.
> PHOTOS: Miss Rhode Island/Miss Teen Rhode Island USA pageant by Natalja Kent <
And it shows. He is a welcome dose of humor in this world of frozen smiles, spray tans, wrist-pivoting waves, and marches around stage in bikinis and high heels. He calls himself "Uncle Jimmy" and holds onto the prize for "Miss Photogenic" (a certificate for a $600 photo shoot) until after the pageant has ended, explaining to the contestants that the winner will lose track of the envelope if he hands it out now. He spices up the long list of sponsors he is obligated to read — dentists, personal trainers, dress boutiques, speech coaches, photographers — with comments like, "We're not sending anyone to the pageant with a unibrow." At one point, he shouts at the guys in the sound booth to turn down the synth-heavy background music. It's like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on crack, he says.
The stakes in Rhode Island pageantry don't come any higher than today's gauntlet; here on Sunday afternoon, it's all about the crown. The auditorium is brimming with screams and dreams. The screams erupt whenever a contestant struts across the stage or completes an answer featuring Sandra Bullock ("If you could have dinner with one celebrity, dead or alive, who would it be and why?"). The dreams are omnipresent. A song blasting from unseen speakers advises, "If you just believe, you can move mountains with dreams." The contestants' adages include "Don't ever let your fears hold you back from pursuing your dreams" and "If you can dream it, you can believe it and you can achieve it."
But even the most brutal cynics are quiet today. There is a walking incarnation of these dreams in the room: Olivia Culpo, the 20-year old Cranstonian who wore a $25 rented gown in last year's Miss Rhode Island competition (her first-ever pageant), then went on to Vegas to be crowned Miss USA. Tall, tan, with flawless features, Culpo is Rhode Island royalty. She appears in three different outfits throughout the afternoon: a leather skirt and white Chanel shirt; a sky-blue cocktail dress; and a silver, floor-length evening gown. She glides through the auditorium, smiling, attracting shrieks and camera flashes at every carefully placed step. Onstage, she is ceremoniously presented with a miniature doll replica of herself. Offstage, before the competition starts, she tells me about her new life sharing an apartment in New York with the reigning Miss Universe and her sadness over giving up her Miss Rhode Island crown. "It's not even bittersweet; it's just bitter," she says. Even the fathers in the audience, who were sneaking to the lobby to catch glimpses of football games, are impressed. I heard one say that Culpo could have won last year's contest wearing a burlap bag.
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CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano addressed an audience of about 300 in the Glenn Miller Ballroom Tuesday morning in his annual "State of the Campus" address and offered an update of the Flagship 2030 Strategic Plan and a strategy of "coming together" to improve CU-Boulder's finances, reputation and the student experience.
The Chancellor began the address by taking the opportunity to welcome new leaders to campus, including Arts and Sciences Dean Steven Leigh, Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Kelly Fox, Vice Chancellor for Administration Louise Vale, and Chief of Staff Catherine Shea. The speech focused on what the Chancellor feels are elements critical to the university and its success, including enhancing the student experience, establishing new and diversified funding sources, and building and protecting the reputation of the institution.
Included in the address was an overall progress report on the campus's Flagship 2030 Strategic Plan. This is the fifth year since the launch of the plan and DiStefano announced he will post a full update on the Flagship 2030 website in the coming weeks.
Highlights shared in the address included growth in the research and scholarly work of the faculty, the almost-doubling of the number of Residential Academic Programs, and significant investment in campus facilities.
Of particular interest to students, the Chancellor highlighted campus efforts to increase student diversity; improve the overall learning experience of all students; and reduce the barriers to collaboration between schools, so students can get dual degrees more easily. The Chancellor also thanked the student body for supporting the Broadway-Euclid underpass and the campus efforts to quell the disruptive 4/20 gathering, while lauding the service-oriented nature of CU-Boulder students.
The Chancellor closed the address with the announcement of a new Advisory Council, comprised of leaders external to the CU-Boulder community.
"This council will help us identify new funding sources, build support for new research partnerships, make innovations in how we serve our students, and help us build and sustain our reputation in Colorado and across the nation," he said.
The full text of the speech, as well as a recording of the LiveStream, are available on the Chancellor's website at http://chancellor.colorado.edu.