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During the summer of 1823 Constable rented a house in Hampstead. He admired trees and made many studies of them, always noting their specific shapes and varying foliage. In this drawing he defined the particularities of an ash tree at a given moment and at a specific location – at 9 am, in summer, at Hampstead. He combined his intense feeling for the tree with an accuracy of observation, depicting the tree trunk, branches and leaves, as well as capturing the air between the leaves and the wind passing through.
His friend and biographer C.R. Leslie wrote of Constable's love of trees, and of the ash in particular:
I have seen him admire a fine tree with an ecstasy of delight like that with which he would catch up a beautiful child in his arms. The ash was his favourite, and all who are acquainted with his pictures cannot fail to have observed how frequently it is introduced as a near object, and how beautifully its distinguishing peculiarities are marked' (Leslie (1843/45) 1951, p. 282).


text: Using all the same size box does have a lot of advantages. If you can handle the weight of the deep boxes there is no reason not to do it. I have some ply wood deep boxes I used 3/4in and just used a dado joint. Painted them well and so far have not had any delamination. You will not have that much waste using a 1x12in board. You will end up using most of the drops for bottom boards, cleats, and stuff like that.

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We beat ourselves! Penilties and dumb play calling in the fourth!
We beat ourselves! Penilties and dumb play calling in the fourth!
Players come and go on the Free Agency Merry-Go-Round, but the N.Y. Giants will always be here!
Excuses are for losers no exceptions...
Besides the real reason we lost is because my good luck tv broke.
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
Come on now, after raging at other teams and their fanbases for using the "we beat ourselves" nugget, you can't trot that out to explain a loss of your own.
The Giants got beat.
the holding penalty on Beatty was the nail in the coffin. but we lost because the Giants defense couldn't stop Washington's nonsense college rugby soccer offense in the 4th Quarter. frustrating


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Cultivating the Budo Spirit in Your PracticeBudo, the way of the martial arts, is at heart a path of spiritual cultivation and self-realization whose aim is to develop a strategic mind that makes combat unnecessary. Kenji Tokitsu explains the philosophy of karate as budo and looks deeply at the key concepts that are essential for developing the budo mind in karate practice. These concepts are: distance and timing, … Read More
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text: Ok the consensus is Jerry is the problem because he picks the players this and that? BUT, Dallas is 5th in defense and 6th in offense. So clearly he is picking the right players. Theres plenty of talent on this team if the team is statistically getting it done. But the errors are there. So wouldnt anybody with common sense see that the problem is coaching? I read the same bull about Jerry handicapping this team because he's failed to get certain players blah blah blah. If you wanna bag on Jerry and his GM duties wouldnt it make more sense to bag on him for not firing Garrett instead of bagging on him for not putting a product on the field that doesnt have talent. This team has the players to beat any team in the nfl soundly. But what they dont have is a coach to lead them. This is my one gripe about Jerry, Keeping Garrett. I love the makeup of this team playerswise.


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MAY DAY FESTIVITIES. A public celebration of this international working-class holiday honoring the life and ideas of "Clara Fraser: The Original Socialist Feminist." The daughter of Russian immigrants, Fraser founded the first revolutionary socialist feminist party in the world and taught a generation of young radicals and feminists how to stand together to fight discrimination and exploitation. Today the party she founded has sections in Australia and the US and works with leftists in Mexico, Canada, New Zealand, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
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LivingDirect.com Encourages Customer Dialogue with its Implementation of Bazaarvoice
September 20, 2010
Top internet retailer, LivingDirect.com, implements new social commerce applications to improve customers' buying experiences and facilitate better communication.
LivingDirect.com welcomes a new voice of contributors to their suite of home appliance websites: their customers. Using Bazaarvoice tools, the online-retailer hopes to gain insight regarding their products and customer experiences by freely transmitting information and feedback between consumers. By implementing customer Review and Q&A sections, LivingDirect.com looks to improve their on-line shopping experience by better serving customer expectations.
"We see Bazaarvoice as a valuable asset both in helping us connect with our customers and allowing them to interact with us in a significant way," says Rick Lundbom, CEO, Living Direct, Inc. "Already, we have seen more customers submitting reviews on products and asking insightful questions. We are confident that these tools will better inform our customers and guide them through the shopping process."
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"LivingDirect.com is a top 500 e-retailer with a reputation for providing high quality products and the best customer experience possible," said Heather Brunner, COO of Bazaarvoice. "Their customers are understandably eager to share their personal experiences with Living Direct products, and Bazaarvoice gives them a proven way to harness these authentic conversations and transform them into real results. By launching Ratings & Reviews and Ask & Answer, LivingDirect.com has proven that the voice of the customer is the cornerstone of a positive and rewarding online shopping experience."
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I got started with 2 packages of bees in very late Spring this year.
Some things I learned that have mostly already been mentioned in this thread or other threads....
I put 2 medium frames of wired wax (no hooks) in the middle of each brood box thinking that would act as a "guide" for the bees when they started building on the other 6 frames which were comb guide frames from Walter Kelley. In retrospect, I could have just used all 8 comb guide frames and kept a close eye on them for the first few weeks to correct any errant comb building.
I spent time and effort "painting" beeswax on the comb guide triangles of the top bars. This was completely unnecessary. The bees did not seem to care about it.
I think the biggest mistake I made was not realizing that I needed to push all the frame together in the center of the box so they make a single unit with proper beespace maintained between frames at all times. I overlooked this detail and it contributed to frames having lopsided combs thicker on one side than the other and some having a "double" row of comb hanging down from the same top bar. It was not until about a week ago that I figured out my mistake and that I could have prevented it by pushing those frames together from the beginning instead of thinking the frames had to be equally spread out from one side of the box to the other. (I was told recently that 8-frame boxes don't all have the same width dimension either.) When I get packages in the future, I will keep the frames pushed together and see how that works out instead.


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I hope they never win another game! I'm still bitter about the beating we got from them in 2001. It crushed my childhood dreams until 2007. That and I can't see how anybody admires Ray Lewis. Good football player, but in my mind a lucky criminal and huge phony.
Don't wanna see Jim Harbaugh win, or see the Ravens win. Guess I'm rooting for te Pats now. Yuck.


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"We don't have any of the stuff in our vaccine that you don't need," executive chairman and global head of business development Daniel Adams, told MM&M.
The FDA has yet to approve the marketing materials, so Adams was unable to discuss its impending campaign, but said the company should have close to 150,000 doses available for this flu season and expects to land a 50-plus indication by midsummer, which would expand its potential patient population.
Though slowed by close to 20 years of development, the vaccine is poised to capitalize on consumer awareness about allergens, despite assurances from ACIP as recently as 2011 that indicated egg-based vaccines could be safe for patients with an allergy as long as the vaccine contained an inactive form of the virus. Adams said that although Flublok will not overtake the bigger vaccine producers, it can expand the vaccine marketplace by providing an alternative that is in demand. Adams said egg-based vaccine makers are communicating the safety message, but "Physicians we talk to say 'why would you take any risk?'"
At the same time, the vaccine could also be set to tap into a farm-to-table mindset. "If you look at people's awareness of what's going on in their bodies, people are much more 'Hey, what's in here? Do I need the stuff that's in here to protect me from the flu or not?'" Adams said.
Getting people vaccinated against the flu is an annual struggle and the CDC is urging consumers to get vaccinated. The most recent CDC data indicates pneumonia and influenza caused 1.7% of the deaths recorded in its mortality reporting system for the week ended January 5, pushing it into the category of an epidemic. Meanwhile, Google's compilation of flu-related searches shows a nationwide deluge of searches, with differences in search concerns ranging from High (California) to Intense (much of the country).
Despite rising illness rates and concern about the flu, the majority of adults do not get the flu vaccine for one reason: the sense that it's a hit or miss proposition that's not worth the effort, according to a 2010 study by the Rand think tank. Adams said that here, too, his company has an edge: instead of needing time to cultivate the virus and create a vaccine, he said his team just has to plug in the CDC-published generic code for the virus to get things going. This means if the initial vaccine roll out ends up not hitting the right protective notes, the ramp-up time for creating new iterations is much shorter. "We could be months faster than any process that uses a live flu virus," he said.


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What happened with Dadant in Fl? They are horrible to deal with. Employees are unprofessional and confused. I may get my order or I may not! and if I do it may or may not be correct! DISSATISFIED!
What happened with Dadant in Fl? They are horrible to deal with. Employees are unprofessional and confused. I may get my order or I may not! and if I do it may or may not be correct! DISSATISFIED!
Jerry retired and his son is now manager. I was in the store in Nov and left feeling like the staff gave me the cold shoulder. When jerry was manager I always felt very welcome.
Sad but true.
I have had similar feelings... just order from the Kentucky branch.
Charlotte Anderson - SC Master Beekeeper
"Obviously, my bees have not read the same beekeeping books as me !"
i went to frankfort today for the first time for a spring supply run, i usually go to walter t kelleys, but dadants prices were a little cheaper, maybe 5-10% Well that was a huge mistake, they were out of several items in my order. the plastic foundation is too small for the grooved frames. and the frames are terrible, the joints are very sloppy and loose. kelley frames are much better.
Im going to kelleys for now on, learned my lesson. the ladies there are so nice and they always make it right.
Burns375, I have used both Kelley's and Dadant. I found that I can't put Kelley foundation into Dadant frames and vice versa. I have ran into sloppy, loose joints with both but not often. If you let Clay at Dadants know he will try to work with you to fix the problem and will appreciate the feedback. I like both companies but honestly I go to Kelley's more for the simple fact that they are a local manufacturer and distributor based in KY, where Dadants is based in IL and warehouses equipment in KY for distribution. Many times I go to one or the other according to convenience to my location.
"Of all God's creatures, only the honeybee improves its environment and preys on no other species."--Haydon Brown
This is not Fl in particular, but a weird thing with the Dadant web site. Some months ago last year I checked it out cos I bought some cell protectors from the site. While there I saw featured on the front page, some veil/jacket combos that looked nice to me I thought wow I'll get a couple of those, but each one had a little note temporarily out of stock. So been checking the site periodically to see when they are available again, thinking temporary means days, or a few weeks at best. No. Many months later they are still being featured on the front page and still say temporarily out of stock. I can understand supply problems or whatever and stuff being out of stock but actually featuring something on the front page, for many months, that is out of stock, seems a little weird.
This snip, from the centre of their front page.
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Most likely I'll just return them and purchase frames+foundation from Kelleys. I've bought atleast 400 kelley frames and have been very impressed. The only problem on a few is the side-rail splits on occasion, once glued its no problem. Kelley actually replaced those for me free of charge. The fit is much better with kelley and they are lighter wood, the dadant frames are atleast 2x heavier. Maybe I just got a bad batch. The nail in the coffin is the plasticell bought at dadants won't fit into there own frames, the foundation is too short for the deep grooves. Kelleys exclusively from now on, kentucky pride!
ps checked out the hives today...they were flying strong! Spring is almost here!!
Plasticell is an Injected molded plastic raised cell sheet. Coated with 100% USA beeswax in Hamilton, IL to help the bees start drawing the cells. The best plastic foundation available. Tested and proven as the ultimate in plastic foundation. Precise deep cell walls. Uniform exact cells. Fits 9 1/8 inch frames Foundation size is 8 3/8 inches x 16 3/4 inches. Used with wedge top bar or grooved top bar frames. Product may be white or yellow color.
Burns375 No, Larry lives about a mile from me. He's the person that got me interested in bees when I did the addition on his house several years ago. I guess like me you found cheaper isn't always the cheapest route. Most of my equipment is from Kelley's, I'll probably phase out the Dadant woodenware due to compatibility. I will however use their containers due to price.
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"Of all God's creatures, only the honeybee improves its environment and preys on no other species."--Haydon Brown
I have purchased a lot of plasticell off Clay at Dadant and just recently over 100 sheets with frames, got em all together just fine.
I also had a bad experience at a dadant store , very unprofessional , I don't look forward to going there at all but I go right past there store so it saves on shipping . I felt like I should let the main office know and I never heard back from them on it , I'm not sure if they really care .Mann Lake is coming to PA very soon now so I'll check them out but I'm a little concerned about compatibility .
Can tell one good story about them, and honesty. When I bought those cell protectors the freight, worked out by some automatic web tool, was insane. Many multiples of the price of the actual product I bought. Decided to pay it though as they are not readily available here and I had few options.
The money was deducted from my credit card. But when I got a new statement, it showed a credit maybe a week or so after the purchase. Dadant after posting, had found the freight was less than I had been charged & had refunded me the difference.
They did not have to and I was not expecting it, their honesty was impressive, also suspect the majority of e-sites in such a situation would just have kept the money.
"Thinking Inside The Box"
Do you use the wedge style, without the top groove the plasticell probably fits much better as designed.
One pro is the plasticell coating has a slightly thicker coating of wax than permadent. Although its missing the triangulated bottom.
Dad ant has always been slow for me. However Kelley always deliver faster than I thought possible and the quality and people are great. Why would I buy from anyone else?
I got intouch with clay this morning. Apparently a portion of deep size plasticell was cut an 1/8 to 3/16 too short. They are shipping a box of bottom bars with shallow grooves to fix the situation. They also are shipping an out of stock item free of charge, they made it right! Much pleased, but probably going with kelleys next time.
I thought I would add my dadant experience here. I ordered some terramycin last week and it is just shipping out today. How in today's world can it take a full week just to pull a box of the shelf and put a shipping label on it. I normally order from mann lake and will have to go back to them.
I was at the Fl Dadant store yesterday because we were going through N Fl and I wanted a case of honey containers and a few other things. The young fellow who filled my order was fine-- my only complaint is that they were out of stock on 2 items I wanted.
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I have both a Beretta 96FS Centurion, and a Sig P250C.
The Sig is my carry choice. For being a compact, it still fits my huge hands nicely. And, beings that it has a polymer frame, it's pretty light. It came with night sights, and I do prefer them.
You have a long list of choices. There are several that I would not consider. Anyways, you asked and I replied.


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Wow - Not jealous much! I'm loving reading all your news especially from SF. USA hostels is where Ivan and I were staying when we met... Now we're wondering if you stayed in the same room we ended up in...
You'll have a great time in the Muir woods (REALY big trees) and wine tour. enjoy the drive Ivor.
San Francisco - our first West Coast destination
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We arrived into SF on a bus as the Amtrak railroad goes no further than Emeryville. This transfer was a good opportunity to see the city and get our bearings as our stop was the last drop off of 4 stops. We stayed in the USA Hostel – about a block from Union Square. This was Kate's first hostel experience – we had a private double room with shared bathroom and toilet. The hostel itself was quite nice: free wifi, free pancakes in the morning and very friendly staff. The room itself was mmmmm, habitable but definitely not a place that you would walk around barefoot in or let your parents stay in!!!
Our first day in SF had us walking in a very posh neighbourhood called Nob Hill – amazing homes and views of the city
The next two days saw the temperature drop to around 14 degrees with the famous fog hitting the city. It almost felt like we were back in the UK. We walked though Japan town and then though to Alamo square known as postcard row because of its colourful Victorian Houses. On Monday we walked through Golden Gate Park and went to the California Academy of Science (Ivor was in his element).
Tuesday turned out to be a perfect day so we walked along the coastal 'Lands End Trail' from the end of Golden Gate Park, through Eagle point and onto the Golden Gate Bridge. Luckily for us the weather held out and we were treated to a clear sky and a stunning view of the bridge. After walking across the bridge we tried to get public transport back – no luck – so Ivor managed to persuade a tour operator to take us on his open air tour bus back to our hostel....
Wednesday was even hotter than the previous day which was great for us as this was our 'Alcatraz Tour' day. A Ferry took us to the island where we spent 3 hours wandering around the prison, listening to the world famous audio tour. Alcatraz is an incredible yet completely daunting place – not sure how the prisoners lived under such harsh conditions but there was a successful breakout – 3 escapees and they have still yet to be found!
So SF wasn't the place we thought it would be but still it was a great place to visit. One thing that does sell this place, however, is that it was the first place in California to legalise cannabis. Yep, you can smoke a joint right in front of a policeman and there is nothing they can do about........... the caveat being that smoking weed is only prohibited for health reasons and as our tour guide said – the day that weed was legalised was the day that a lot of people in San Francisco became 'sick'.
Our next journey takes us to Muir woods and then through to Napa Valley – Wine country – Kate is very excited as Ivor is the designated driver!!!!
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Wow - Not jealous much! I'm loving reading all your news especially from SF. USA hostels is where Ivan and I were staying when we met... Now we're wondering if you stayed in the same room we ended up in...
SF looks good to me but it's a shame that guy stole your beer sign Ivor!
The scary thing is you don't look out of place in that cell, ha ha!
We shall have a salad ready on Xmas day after all that drinking and eating.......suppose Ivor's beard will be even longer by then.
A wine tour, why didn't you tell me? look behind I might be there....
wow, it seems that youtr trip is fantasctic.. I'm very jealous..
I gather the 1st place to live is Putney.. LoL...
keep us updated on your fantastic journey..


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Tuck last year was depressed from the loss of his 2 uncles and injuries. Maybe he hasn't gotten over the losses of his loved ones?
Tuck may need professional counseling.
Well he said it last year and then turned it on. It would be nice if that happened now because they are hurting.
He made a remark about teams lining up in punt-like formations to negate the pass rush. Which is pretty much true because you can see our two ends getting double teamed followed by a chip by either/or the halfback or fullback. There's a lot of respect for these guys off the edge and it's negated our pass rush for the most part. If there's any solution to this I think it would be to blitz, but with the state our secondary is in it seems like Fewell is reluctant to send any extra defenders.
Tuck is one of my favorite players but he has to show more fire. He seems mopey, dis-interested at times. Not a good example.
This is not a good attitude at all. "I pretty much suck" is like a little emo kid going on facebook and putting up some emo status Tuck stop being a little girl and just play football or dont.
I wouldn't worry about it. He's saying that to the media because he wants to own up to his crappy performance and not make excuses. But I promise you, in that pre game speech he will be hyping up the team and getting them fired up. He's not going to be acting "mopey".
You think what Justin said is concerning, it gets worse. Per Vacchiano's twitter from JPP:
Jason Pierre-Paul is unhappy and it's starting to affect his game. "I'm not having that fun I'm used to," he ...said. "Ive just got to go out there and run around like a little kid. Just be happy that youre out there and make plays. Have that energy that I had last year. And thatll go for the other guys too. You could see it their eyes that theyre not having fun with the game. Theyve got to find themselves and Ive got to find myself.
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Very well said Pizz.
Good point about the conditioning coaches to. I like that idea.
We need an Extreme Team Makeover
Very well said Pizz.
Good point about the conditioning coaches to. I like that idea.
We need an Extreme Team Makeover
[quote user="JPizzack"]Nobody can ever take away that Superbowl from us, guys....
Since I'm not married, and I don't have children, I can honestly say that day was one of the greatest memories I've ever had...
But honestly, it's ****ing 2012 in a month...not 07.
That Lombardi trophy doesnt mean **** now. Coughlin is not the coach of this team anymore, he's just a guy with a headset now it seems.
Just axe everyone on the team (trainers and conditioning coachesincluded obviously, eesh) and we start from scratch. We have talented players, and when healthy, I'm very confident with the depth that Reese has given us.
I still feel we need to address LB in a major way, and it DOES annoy me that we havnt made noise in free agency very often, but that's my one knock on Reese is that he has clearly left a few holes....
But whether owners clean house, or just the coaching staff....we need a fresh start somewhere...[/quote]I'm of the same opinion, just change **** for the sake of changing it now. I cannot take anymore second half collapses. Fire everyone, I don't even care if it's worse before it get's better. Lombardi's are all that matter and I want more of them.
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[quote user="bigblue4417"]PLEASE spare me the Yankees comparisons. I thought they only did that chant for good players? How dare you. lol
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the friction caused by my epic beard could set ice and water ablaze.

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It's too bad, I'm too good....
JPP was the man last night. He just keeps getting better and better.
Per ESPN: "If the Cowboys beat Arizona, the Giants lose to the Packers, the Cowboys beat the Giants on Dec. 11 and the Eagles lose 1 of their next 2 (@ Sea, @Mia) the Cowboys will clinch the division."
We all know we need to beat the Boys to have a chance, but it would suck for them to clinch that early. The Wildcard will be tough for us to get....
the best part of last night was hertzlichs mohawk. if he turns into something special, hell be our next leader. dudes an animal.
Should Ballard have pulled that ball in or was that a nice play by the LB? He had a great chance...
Eli has made that throw perfect 100 times. Maybe just a lil more on it.
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landed + saw #NYG corrected its Eli stat: he completed 21 consecutive
passes from late 2nd to late 4th Q - ties 6th longest NFL streak
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i see this
its been 4 seasons of misery since. Time to let the superbowl go
U wanted to fire Girardi a year after he won the world series. You really have no opinion that are based of facts or reasoning, you just say things because u like them.
[/quote]08 was not misery, i enjoyed that season almost as much as our sb run. unfortunate that plax shot himself, we were going places.
neither do you.
as bad as Plax going down was the fact that losing him could demolish our team so much is a knock on Coughlin. One injury to the WR could completely derail your team?
I did not enjoy being the best tema in football for the first 10 weeks of the season and then not even winning a playoff game. If u enjoyed that u should be a cowboy fan
[/quote]give me a break. he was elis number 1 wr and demanded to be doubled. youre stretching now.
and shouldnt it be more on gilbride, seeing as hes the one drawing up the plays?
which Coughlin over sees and signs off on. I can't give you a break if u feel good about how the 2008 season played out. Plax was a freak, no doubt but the fact that the loss of him could completely sabotage your whole team the way that the Colts losing Peyton Manning did is completely unacceptable.


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Imagine that you're an astronomy enthusiast with the financial resources of Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark — what would you do to feed your hobby? Well, obviously you'd launch your own Hubble-esque space telescope, which is kind of ridiculous, so forget that.
Okay, instead imagine that, rather than a billionaire, you're merely a millionaire with a passion for astronomy — now what do you do? The answer in this case is to build an amazing backyard observatory, which is exactly what the father of a lucky 19-year-old Reddit user did.
Kakon24 over at Reddit has posted a series of pictures detailing the construction of an incredible "backyard" observatory. As well, the Redditor took the time to answer questions about the telescope and related matters. And as you might expect, the Reddit discussion gets into plenty of technical detail for those interested:
With our equipment we can get 0.39 arc seconds per pixel which is 7x better than we are able to see due to our altitude.
Yes, some serious kung-fu on the mirrors, which is what makes RCOS one of only a small handful that makes true RCs. The primary took over a year to make, and was finished using ionic milling to make the surface good to 1/40th of the wavelength of light on average.
We use an APOGEE AFW50s-10 which is a 10 position 50mm sq filter with L, R, G, B, Ha, OIII, Sii, B, V and R filters. Last three are Johnson Cousins photometry filters and the three before that are narrowband for specific emission lines.
Personally, I was most surprised by the measures required to clean the hardware:
They recommend spraying with frozen CO2 once a year or so if the mirror has only dust. You need medical grade liquid CO2 and a special spray gun designed for cryogenic gases. It comes out as snow flakes of pure CO2, which you spray directly on the mirror and runs off taking the dust with it, and then sublimates directly into CO2 gas.
The temp and humidity can change dramatically during an evening, even with the dome closed, and there can occasionally be condensation on the mirror that makes the dust and pollen adhere to the mirror surface that can't be removed using CO2. For that, we use a polymer cleaner than you spray on, let dry, then peel off.
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Emanuel tied to Freddie Mac collapse; Update: The numbers for Emanuel
posted at 11:30 am on November 7, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
During the campaign, Barack Obama had to fight off assertions that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae had him in their pocket while the two GSEs committed fraud and declined to their collapse. Obama didn't help that perception when he chose Jim Johnson, Fannie Mae's former CEO and chair, as the leader of his VP search committee, a position Johnson resigned shortly afterwards. Now ABC reports that Obama's new chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, sat on the board of Freddie Mac during the critical period:
President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com.
According to a complaint later filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Freddie Mac, known formally as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, misreported profits by billions of dollars in order to deceive investors between the years 2000 and 2002.
Emanuel was not named in the SEC complaint (click here to read) but the entire board was later accused by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) (click here to read) of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention."
Emanuel's action, or lack of it, came during a time when the SEC says Freddie Mac misrepresented its income to investors in order to maintain its price. In other words, they committed fraud. The SEC specifically notes that Freddie did this in 2000, 2001, and 2002, and Emanuel sat on the board in 2000-2001.
This is no small matter. Had this happened when Sarbanes-Oxley was in effect, Emanuel would have had to sign off on those numbers under penalty of perjury. He could be liable for criminal prosecution. As it is, his actions and omissions as a board member may still result in civil and criminal liability, if the SEC discovers that he had a hand in the fraud committed at Freddie Mac, or if Emanuel knew about it and failed to act to stop it.
For an incoming administration that ran on cleaning up the greed on Wall Street, the selection of Emanuel speaks a lot louder than any campaign promises. One might think that anyone who sat on the boards of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac while the two GSEs cooked the books and set the stage for global financial collapse should at least be considered political poison for any appointment, let alone one as significant as White House Chief of Staff — if nothing else, then at least on the basis of competence. Instead, it looks like Obama is bringing the Chicago Way to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Hope and change, indeed.
Update: Business & Media Institute notes the numbers on Emanuel and Freddie Mac:
"Clinton's going-away gift to Emanuel was a seat on the quasi-governmental Freddie Mac board, which paid him $231,655 in director's fees in 2001 and $31,060 in 2000," Lynn Sweet wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times on Jan. 3, 2002.
During the time Emanuel spent on the board, Freddie Mac was plagued with scandal involving campaign contributions and accounting irregularities. Freddie Mac and its sister organization Fannie Mae were taken over by the federal government in September 2008 after years of mismanagement and scandal. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson put the two beleaguered GSEs into a conservatorship, stripping common stock shareholders of their rights to govern the companies. …
"Freddie Mac was accused of illegally using corporate resources between 2000 and 2003 for 85 fundraisers that collected about $1.7 million for federal candidates," an Associated Press story from April 18, 2006 said. "Much of the fundraising benefited members of the House Financial Services Committee, a panel whose decisions can affect Freddie Mac."
And, since his successful run for the House of Representatives in 2002, Emanuel has been the beneficiary of campaign cash from Freddie Mac and its sister organization Fannie Mae – $51,750 according to the Center for Responsive Politics Web site OpenSecrets.org.
That's certainly something to keep in mind while recalling the promises by Barack Obama to change the way business gets conducted in Washington.
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by Jenna, Jan 7, 2012.
There was never anything in the rules about a judge being "disqualified"
Perhaps "disqualified" was the wrong wording.. I think you get the idea of what i meant.. I will find the link for eons ago that also stated the subsititute judge and her decision...
Here it is.. It doesn't say "disqualified" though..
FIGURE SKATING; Judge and Ice Official Face Accusers
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Published: April 30, 2002
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The French figure skating judge and the ice sports official accused of colluding to influence the result of the Olympic pairs competition defended themselves today at a hearing before the International Skating Union Council.
Marie Reine Le Gougne, the judge, and Didier Gailhaguet, the French ice sports federation president, appeared separately this morning, presenting their cases and answering questions from investigators. They spent the afternoon listening as their lawyers cross-examined some of their accusers.
''It got very intense,'' said Maxwell A. Miller, one of Le Gougne's American lawyers.
The first session of this two-day closed-door hearing in a hotel lasted nearly nine hours. Among the eight figure skating officials who testified were Sally Stapleford of Britain and Ron Pfenning of the United States, whose accounts first cast doubt on Le Gougne's probity.
Stapleford, a former Olympian who is head of the figure skating technical committee, has said that Le Gougne told her and two committee members, Britta Lindgren and Walburga Grimm, on the night of the pairs final in Salt Lake City that Le Gougne had succumbed to pressure. The French judge had placed the Russian pair of Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze ahead of the Canadian pair of Jamie Salé and David Pelletier.
Pfenning, the event referee, was one of those present at the review meeting the day after the competition, when Le Gougne began crying and confessed to having been influenced by Gailhaguet. Though Le Gougne acknowledges making that statement, she has recanted. She contends that she behaved irrationally because of the intense criticism and pressure applied by the pro-Canadian lobby within the International Skating Union, including Stapleford, in the hours after the controversial decision.
The skating union, under pressure from the International Olympic Committee to resolve the issue, awarded duplicate gold medals to Salé and Pelletier. The I.S.U. also suspended Le Gougne indefinitely for misconduct.
Ottavio Cinquanta, the skating union president, is directing the hearing.
''It was a very good meeting indeed,'' said Cinquanta, who declined to comment on details of today's session and instructed all the participants to maintain confidentiality until the I.S.U. made a ruling, which is expected by Tuesday afternoon.
''Mr. Cinquanta told us they would render a decision by then,'' Alexander Trabant, Gailhaguet's lawyer, said.
Le Gougne and Gailhaguet have seized on the decision to award duplicate golds as an indicator that the outcome of these hearings has been predetermined against them. (How to justify the second gold if Le Gougne and Gailhaguet are cleared?)
Despite concerns that they would not be allowed to cross-examine witnesses, Le Gougne and Gailhaguet's lawyers acknowledged that they were provided with sufficient opportunity today.
''We were reasonably surprised and pleased,'' Trabant said. ''But we still feel that the I.S.U. has not invited everybody here they should have. The people who could have said things in our favor have not been made available.''
There were also criticisms of the hearing's relatively informal structure.
''I have some discomfort,'' said Benjamin Kaplan, a lawyer for Pfenning and the skating judge Jon Jackson, who allegedly heard Le Gougne confess to Stapleford on the night after the pairs event that she had succumbed to pressure.
Jackson was one of the focal points of cross-examination today, as Le Gougne and Gailhaguet's lawyers emphasized conflicting testimony about his presence that evening during Le Gougne's conversation with Stapleford. Grimm does not recall seeing Jackson there. The lawyers for the French also tried to exploit minor discrepancies in Grimm, Stapleford and Lindgren's testimony about the sequence of events that night.
According to someone present in the hearing, Pfenning's assertion that the Canadians were the clear winners clashed with testimony provided by the event's assistant referee, Aleksandr Lakernik of Russia, who said that either pair could have been declared the winner on technical grounds.
Pfenning, in a letter dated Feb. 12 and addressed to Cinquanta, termed the initial 5-4 decision in favor of the Russians ''a serious error.'' In that letter, he also maintained that Le Gougne told him in private the day after the pairs competition that ''the Canadians were really the best, but she must do what she had to do,'' a statement Le Gougne denies making.
Pfenning also recommended in the letter that Le Gougne's marks be replaced by the marks of the substitute judge, Jarmila Portova of the Czech Republic. Portova had the Canadians first, but the I.S.U. instead opted to nullify all the marks given to the Canadians and the Russians and recommend the double-gold solution.
That decision could come back to haunt the organization if Le Gougne and Gailhaguet are sanctioned by the I.S.U. and follow through on their promises to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
On Tuesday, Bruce Edwards, who was Gailhaguet's driver during the Salt Lake Games, is expected to testify that he overheard Gailhaguet talking with Le Gougne and Russian officials.
''The chauffeur doesn't know what he heard,'' Trabant said. ''He heard Didier talking to Marie Reine once or twice and heard him talking to a certain Russian person. Didier talked to Marie Reine several times. Nothing forbids him doing that.''
Michel Filliau, an I.O.C. employee, is also scheduled to appear on Tuesday. Trabant said Filliau would corroborate Edwards's story and testify that Gailhaguet tried to suppress testimony.
Alain Michel, a French judge who has accused Gailhaguet of pressuring him to favor French competitors in past international competitions, will also appear, along with another French judge, Anne Hardy-Thomas, who is expected to testify in support of Le Gougne and the French federation.
When today's session finished, as if to underscore the internecine nature of the conflict, Cinquanta and Gailhaguet boarded the same elevator and rode it up to their rooms.
Pfenning did recommend the substitute judge's marks be used, and yes she did vote for S&P. The problem is, there was no actual rule nor any precedent on which to base his recommendation; there was only his own disagreement with the initial outcome. Therefore, the ISU could not follow it.
There was nothing that would possibly have allowed the Czech judge's marks to be used.
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The 2006 Olympic ice dance wasn't that great either. I mean, the medalists? I never ever understood the hype around N/K. G/G were even worse. A snoozefest. B/A were never particularly exciting either. I feel like those were the games of mediocre ice dance.
I strongly feel D/V and DelShoes were the only medal-material there, but Drobiazko/Vanagas were unfortunate enough to have had that fall, besides, judging by what happened in Lyon, the judges would NEVER push them to the Olympic podium (I swear the story of their career is one of the most heartbreaking things in the entire figure skating history). I will also never understand why Isabelle and Olivier didn't medal there.
And yeah, the 2006 FALLS. Falls of both partners happened to 4 out of the top 10 dance teams in the OD. Ch/S had a fall in the CD if I recall right. Come on, it was a catastrophe!
Deloebel/Schoenfelder had my favourite FD of 2006. I didn't like the Olympic ice dance podium either. I had at least expected a more special FD of the Olympic champions. I did enjoy their 2005 FD though.
I've corrected your post.
For me in Turin,
Compulsory-Navka/Kostamarova 1st, Dubreil/Lauzon 2nd, Grushina/Goncharov 3rd.
Original Dance-Navka/Kostmaraov 1st, Belbin/Agosto 2nd, Delobel/Schoenfelder 3rd.
Free Dance-Drobiazko/Vanagas1st, Delobel/Shoenfelder 2nd, Denkova/Stavisky 3rd.
But I agree it was one of the weaker Olympic events in recent history.
yeah well, I'm aware Povilas was the better partner here and she did tend to struggle with some elements sometimes, but she was still solid and actually I never saw anything hideous about her knees. And I would've still rewarded their unusual chemistry and charisma with some kick-ass component score. No other team had that at the time.
I though Mukhortova and Trankov's last performance together was rather dramatic. The end was sad when they hugged.
But it was exciting!! In 2002 we knew who the top 4 were. We knew all year long. Not a damn thing would change that. therefore, that lackluster FD was the most anti-climatic thing that could've possibly happened. If A/P hadn't won, and thank god they did, that competition would be one of the most hated ever.
In 2006 there were 8 to 10 teams who could medal, and we were guessing who they would be throughout the entire competition. If there were no falls, and everyone skated well, are the medalists really that clear? In 2002, even with the mistakes, they were. Therefore you just sit back and hope to see great performances, and other than the OD and maybe a couple of the FDs, we didn't.
I guess overall in terms of skating 2002 was still better, but the excitement in the 06 Ice Dance comp was definitely still there.
Fair enough
1998 Oly Dance comp was far better thn 02 and 06 imho. 4th in Nagano could have won 02 silver


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A literary classic is a work of the highest excellence that has something important to say about life and/or the human condition and says it with great artistry. A classic, through its enduring presence, has withstood the test of time and is not bound by time, place, or customs. It speaks to us today as forcefully as it spoke to people one hundred or more years ago, and as forcefully as it will speak to people of future generations. For this reason, a classic is said to have universality.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow in 1821, the second child of an overly domineering father and an extremely subservient mother. The father, an upper-class doctor, forced the young boy into studying military engineering. Until the father's murder by one of his own serfs, Dostoevsky willingly obeyed; the killing, however, provided fodder for the young man's imagination.
In the mid-1840's, Dostoevsky began writing, and after the publication of The Double in 1846, he joined a group of radical intellectuals, known as the Petrashevsky Circle. Czar Nicholas, however, would not allow freedom of thought in Russia, and this group was sentenced to death by firing squad; at the last moment, while they were lined up to be executed, the Czar commuted the sentences to five years' hard labor in a camp in Siberia. There, Dostoevsky encountered people from all segments of Russian society and developed some of the ideas incorporated into his later books, including The House of the Dead, The Insulted and Injured, The Idiot, and Notes from the Underground.
In 1854, he left prison, moved to St. Petersburg, and resumed his interrupted literary career. Health problems, including frequent attacks of epilepsy, and a serious gambling addiction took their toll on him, and, consequently, the need for money became paramount. Dostoevsky wrote Crime and Punishment between 1865 and 1866, and it became an instant success, both with ordinary Russians and with critics, who hailed it as a masterpiece. Dostoevsky's problems continued to plague him, and writing was his way out of stifling poverty. In the last fifteen years of his life, Dostoyevsky produced works such as The Idiot, The Possessed, and The Brothers Karamazov, all of which express Dostoevsky's view of the Russian soul and his social and moral outlook. He is considered among the greatest of Russia's literary geniuses.
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Crosslake Ace receives award
Ace Hardware Corp. recently recognized the Crosslake Ace Hardware store with a 2013 "Coolest Hardware Store" award. Of 4,700 locally owned and operated Ace Hardware stores worldwide, Crosslake Ace Hardware is one of just six stores honored with this year's award.
"The team at Crosslake Ace Hardware is delighted to receive this tremendous recognition," said Dan Soller, Crosslake store owner. "Our dedicated team listens to what our customers need and takes pride in offering the very best in customer service each and every day; from our loyal resident shoppers to our returning seasonal guests — it's like a big family."
Crosslake Ace Hardware offers more than the average hardware store — and that is immediately evident by the 25-foot Ace hammer that stands outside the store, made out of a tree. The inside includes a "man cave" that features top power equipment brands. The 25,000-square-foot store also has a fully stocked appliance room with a working kitchen shaped like a Chris-Craft boat.
In total, the store carries more than 70,000 different products. Nearly one-third of the entire store's product selection is unique to the store's region, specifically catering to area residents and vacationing guests.
"We like to think our female customer loves to shop our store just as much as our male customers," Soller said. Crosslake Ace Hardware carries a wide range of clothing.
Service and expertise are also important to the team at Crosslake Ace Hardware. Owners Dan and Beatty Soller said they ensure that every specialty department is staffed by an equally knowledgeable expert in the field. Several times per year Crosslake Ace Hardware brings in a professional chef for special customer appreciation events.
"Having the right person to help our customers with plumbing or an electrical project, as well as choosing the right paint or appliance is crucial," said Soller. "We have the know-how in those areas to get it done right the first time. It is truly a 'team' effort and without our employees we would not have won this award."
Award recipients will celebrate their recognition as a "Coolest Hardware Store" at Ace's Platinum Conference in Las Vegas, a three-day retail symposium.


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The Pritzker Architecture Prize committee appointed two new members to its jury, increasing its number to eight and adding its only woman. Kristin Feireiss of Germany and Ratan N. Tata of India were installed as new jurors last week.
Feireiss, a Berlin-born architecture curator and writer, founded the architecture forum Aedes in 1980. She has led the forum, with Hans-Jürgen Commerell, since 1994. She served as the director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute for five years and as a commission for the Dutch Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale twice. Feireiss was named a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion in 2013 and has served int he European Cultural Parliament since 2007. In 2009, Feireiss published Architecture in the Time of Need: Make It Right—Rebuilding New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, with contributions from actor Brad Pitt.
Tata was the chairman of Tata Sons, the holding group for the Tata Group, an Indian multinational conglomerate company based in Mumbai, which he calls home; he is now chairman emeritus. Tata has served on a diverse range of boards (Cornell University and the University of Southern California) and international advisory groups (Mitsubishi Corporation, JPMorgan Chase, and Rolls-Royce). He is the chairman of the India's largest philanthropic trust, and he established a $25 million endowment at Cornell, his alma mater, to support undergraduate students from India.
Feireiss and Tata join six other members of the Pritzker jury: Lord Peter Palumbo (its chair); architects and Harvard University professors Alejandro Aravena and Yung Ho Chang; British-born Australian architect (and Pritzker Prize winner) Glenn Murcutt; Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa; and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.
The next official meeting of the Pritzker Prize is scheduled for January. The Pritzker committee is hosting an event to honor its 2013 laureate, Toyo Ito, on May 29.


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How much cost a Pentest?
I am still quite new to the security field and someone asked me yesterday the question: "How much cost a pentest?". Althought the answer to this question is obviously "it depends", I realized I couldn't even answer with a price range.
In addition, I was recently listening to a pentest security course and the teacher frequently mentioned that there are 2 kinds of pentesters: those who run Nessus and give the report they got and those who do it properly. So the following questions relate to a quality pentest, not just running a tool and printing the report.
For these 3 scenarios, what would be the effort (number of people, time) and the cost for a good test? I didn't give more details about these companies because we always have to give a price range without knowing much...
1) Small company of 10 employees.
2) A mid-size company of 100 employees.
3) A large company of 2000 employees.
My very humble rookie guess would be:
1) 1 person, 5 days, $2500
2) 2 people, 7 days, $7000
3) 4 people, 20 days, $40000
How far off am I?
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A Nice Private Double Room - Ocean
Size10 m²
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- Lockable room
- Towels
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
Accommodation summary
|Grenville Lane, Dublin 1 Dublin, Ireland
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A week ago
The room has access to 2 bathrooms, a beautiful living room, a modern spacious kitchen with all the mod cons, a central heating, a free on road parking and a nice garden. Bedlinen and towels are available for every guest.
St Brendans is ideally situated between Mountjoy Square and Parnell street, (see map and directions). It has perfect access to the famous street market on Moore St, and North Cumberland St flea market (on Saturday morning).
High street shops, restaurants, take aways, bars, sport facilities etc are all within easy reach on Henry St, Grafton st, Talbot St, O Connell St and Parnell st.
Numerous Tourist attractions are all within a few minutes walk - including The Hugh Lane Art gallery, The Irish writers musem, the Garden of Rememberance, The Spire, Temple Bar, Trinity College, O Connell and Halfpenny bridges, Guinness Brewery, Jameson whiskey tour, Croke Park stadium and Museum or whatever takes your fancy.
Public transport links by bus, train, Luas(local tram system) or DART (Coastal train from Howth to Bray), are available from nearby Connolly Station and tours of Dublin City or to any part of Ireland are easy to access from here.
House rules1/ Please keep the house calm and quiet especially from 11.00pm until 8.00am
2/Your check in time must be carefully arranged before your arrival.
3/ It is very important that you contact the host at least one week before your arrival. That will allow her time to meet you or send you the door code
4/Check out time is up to 10 am. If you need to store your luggage, you should contact the host to ensure that such an arrangement is possible to happen. In case there are new guests coming the same day, you may not be allowed to extent your stay.
4/ Keep the shared areas clean after using them. (ESPECIALLY KITCHEN & BATHROOMS).
5/Smoking is NOT permitted in St Brendans.
6/Turn off ALL appliances when you go out.
7/ ENJOY your stay in Dublin and in Ireland.
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|Check-out Before
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
The accomodation was very nice. We had a lovely room with enough space for the two of us. In addition, everything was clean. There was only one thing that we were disappointed about: the noise. You can hear everybody walking and talking. Besides that minor thing, we had a lovely stay!
Its a fine apartment near the city center and its very safe. The booking and communication is simple and friendly. The price is also nice.
Dublin back after a 3-day stay at Erika.
Good points:
The situation of the Erika appartememt, a few hundred meters from the main street of Dublin, O'Connell Street.
The calm of the alley where the apartment is located away from the busy main street.
A large apartment with kitchen and dining room, with therefore the possibility to eat on site (access to the refrigerator)
The cleanliness
The price, very cheap for being in the center of Dublin
Negative points:
It does not say that the announcement of Erika is that the apartment is divided into 5 rooms and therefore it's a constant coming and going of people returning and leaving slamming doors, n ' any time (especially at night).
The bathroom (flow very low water) is to share with all the roommates: the shower cleanliness and availability are not at the rendezvous.
We never crossed Erika, which seems to make this apartment an activity (almost) professional. It loses some of the interest of Wimdu, meet people abroad to exchange.
De retour de Dublin après un séjour de 3 jours chez Erika.
Points positifs :
La situation de l'appartememt d'Erika, à quelques centaines de metres de la rue principale de Dublin, O'Connell Street.
Le calme de la ruelle où se trouve l'appartement à l'abri du tumulte de la rue principale.
Un grand appartement avec cuisine et salle à manger, avec donc la possibilité de manger sur place (accès au réfrigérateur)
La propreté des lieux
Le prix, très bon marché pour être dans le centre de Dublin
Points négatifs :
Ce que ne dit pas l'annonce d'Erika, c'est que l'appartement est partagé en 5 chambres et donc, c'est un va et vient permanent de personnes qui rentrent et qui sortent en claquant les portes, à n'importe quelle heure (surtout la nuit).
La salle de bain (débit de l'eau très faible) est donc à partager avec tous les colocataires : propreté de la douche et disponibilité ne sont pas au rendez-vous.
Nous n'avons jamais croisé Erika, qui semble faire de cet appartement une activité (presque) professionnelle. Cela perd un peu de l'intérêt de Wimdu, de rencontrer des personnes à l'étranger pour échanger.
It was a nice room, not too big but with the necessary for 4 days. The house is cleaned everyday, and it is in a nice area.
We stayed for 4 nights in a room of the house. We find that the quality / price is interesting. In addition, the house is well located, about 15 minutes walk from the center and bus stops nearby. The only small snag the dining room and kitchen are not heated and the rooms are quite sound. Overall we are pleased with this B & B.
Nous avons logé durant 4 nuits dans une des chambres de la maison. Nous trouvons que le rapport qualité/prix est intéressant. De plus, la maison est bien située, à environ 15 minutes à pied du centre et les arrêts de bus à proximité. Le seul petit hic la salle à manger et cuisine ne sont pas chauffées et les chambres sont assez sonores. Globalement nous sommes satisfaits de cette chambre d'hôte.
Good accommodation. Convenient to downtown that you can walk to and convenient bus stop to / from the airport.
Accommodations practically new and well equipped with everything you need. Kitchen and common area very good and well equipped.
The only flaw: pillows a little 'higher
Buona sistemazione. Comoda al centro che puoi raggiungere a piedi e comoda alla fermata del bus da/per l'aeroporto.
Alloggi praticamente nuovi e ben corredati di tutto il necessario. Cucina e area comune ottima e ben attrezzata.
Unica pecca: dei cuscini un po' più alti
I was overall happy with the room.
My boyfriend and I stayed a Friday and a Saturday night and the price was really good considering that the house is 10 minutes walk to Temple bar and 5 minutes to buses that go to the airport.
The room was nice and clean and the bathroom as well. The house was well organised and you have a towel each and even a hair dryer.
So very good location, nice room and house.
The only small flaw was the shower running very slowly (it took a while to rinse my hair and they are not long).
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Selected Communities Use Creative Approaches to Encourage Safe Walking and Bicycling to School
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (June 1, 2010) — The National Center for Safe Routes to School announced today the selection of 34 recipients to receive $1,000 mini-grants for projects designed to encourage safe walking and bicycling to school. The mini-grant activities, many of which are driven by student leadership, will occur during the fall semester of the 2010-2011 school year.
"The innovation and creativity of the mini-grant applications we received are impressive," said Lauren Marchetti, director of the National Center for Safe Routes to School. "The projects addressed a variety of local issues and concerns — truancy, tardiness, environmental effects of vehicle idling, student health, school zone safety — all of which illustrate the diverse approaches communities are taking to create successful walking and bicycling to school programs."
Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programs are sustained efforts by parents, schools, community leaders and local, state, and federal governments to improve the health and well-being of children by enabling and encouraging them to walk and bicycle to school. The National Center, which serves as the clearinghouse for the federal SRTS program, received 375 SRTS mini-grant applications from schools and community organizations in 44 states. Selected proposals distinguished themselves through their commitment and creative approaches to increase safe walking and bicycling to school.
Proposed mini-grant activities identified ways SRTS programs can positively target physical activity, environmental benefits, personal safety and community building efforts. Reducing the practice of distracted driving was another focus of several recipients. Many of the projects were designed to ensure that students are involved in every step of the SRTS programs, from planning to implementation. For example, some students will be writing letters to city council members to request sidewalks, and others will be designing and promoting "no phone zone" campaigns to their peers and parents.
"These mini-grant recipients demonstrate how important it is to tailor Safe Routes to School efforts to the unique needs of each community," continued Marchetti. "The community and student leadership recognized here strengthen SRTS efforts across the country and set the stage for truly livable communities in the future."
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today i went out to a place called the rila monastery, which is this gorgeous monastery out in the mountains in the south of bulgaria
after the monastery we headed up into the mountains to have a wander around. i point blank refuse to wear anything but my thongs at the moment, so i had insisted that i would be absolutely fine hiking the mountains in my thongs. it worked in greece. so we headed off, and it was all fine for a while - we wandered up to another church in the mountains, which had a cave behind it - the story was that if you could fit through the hole at the top of the cave, you were not a sinner. happily, the hole was quite big, so we all passed that test, as did my thongs. the whole place was also full of old bulgarian pilgrims - it was crazy, these 70 and 80 year olds were hiking up this rocky hill and crawling through a cave, then going back down, with no broken bones in sight.
then we headed further up the mountain. the path we were following turned into a track, and the track turned into a goat track, and then that just kinda turned into a line of trampled dirt, that maybe one goat had walked along. anyway, one of the guys insisted that there was good stuff at the top, so we kept climbing and climbing and climbing
anyway, we made it to a point at which we all decided there was absolutely nothing more to see, and then had to negotiate our way back down. they laughed at me when i started descending on my bum, but eventually everyone came around - we had a line of us all going down the side of the mountain on our arses - must have looked pretty ridiculous, but it was SO steep.
when we got down we were completely covered in dirt, my feet were just black, and my face wasn't much better. so we washed it all off in this spring, where the story goes your skin will turn red if you are a sinner. me and one of the english girls went bright red and itchy - i have no idea what was in the water, but it was such a weird reaction. it went away after about 10 minutes, but it was weird.
so now i am in sofia for another day, and then will head off on the 8 hour bus ride to belgrade :s


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Our days are filled with the predictable. We go to work. We run to the dry cleaners. These journeys usually go as intended. But there are things beyond our control that turn the predictable into the unexpected.
Enter, MapQuest.
Helping you plan for the unexpected. Giving you access to features and tools to enhance your daily life.
From reservations and recommendations to routes and reroutes, we have the tools to help you stay on track and discover new adventures (to show that you can do both instead of one or the other). A map to point you in the right direction but you need more than just a map.
"Why do you go away?
So that you can come back.
So that you can see the place you came
from with new eyes and extra colors.
And the people there
see you differently, too.
Coming back to where you started
is not the same as never leaving."
- Terry Pratchett
We know it's not about the technology.
It's about the connections.
We're focused on building relationships over pushing features to help you get from Point A to Point B, and maybe the occasional Z.


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nice room with balcony in Dutch ancient house, next to old city center
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Méret16 m²
Floor No.2
- Konyha
- Erkély/terasz
- Törölköző
- Internet/WiFi
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Accommodation summary
|Grietstraat, 3514 VH Utrecht, Hollandia
|Ingatlan típusa
|Privát szoba
|Ingatlan azonosító
Utrecht is located 30 km from Amsterdam but this city is a trip worth on it's own.
We (a German couple working in the Netherlands) live here with lots of joy and we're delighted to share this impressions with you.
Be aware that we have 3 cats living here, too.
We live in a typical Dutch house which makes your stay very charming. But this includes also the steep stairway which are common in old Dutch houses. We don't mind helping you with carrying your luggage to your room.
We speak English, German, Dutch and a little French.
In our home, there are two toilets available. The bed's size in the guest room is 1,40 by 2 m. The matras is comfortable (Nasa foam materiaal).
If you prefer, we can put an extra matress in the room for more sleeping space (still max. 2 persons).
Nearby in the area there are 3 supermarkets (600 m)
a bakery (300m)
a bus station with direction central station (365m)
the Grift parc, nice to chill in a cafe of have a picknick there (300m)
The old canal (Oudegracht) with lots of cafes, restaurants en shops begins about 700m. But you'll enjoy the green area from the singel (Weerdsingel, Maliebaan) and the cosy streets here.
See our cosy street by streetview:
If you come with the car, you can use the Grifthoek garage (250 m). Link for more information:
At sunday it's free parking in our area.
HázirendWe love our home and hope that you'll also treat it with respect and care. We have 3 cats what makes it here very cosy. But you have to know, in case that you have an allergy. The cats stay indoor. Your task during the stay is to keep an eye on the door when leaving/arriving at the house, so that the cats stay indoor.
Breakfast not included. You can use the kitchen, if you like.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|379 €
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|695 €
|Maximális tartózkodás
|6 hónap
|Érkezés legkorábbi időpontja
|Check-in before
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Me and my partner stayed here for 4 nights while attenting the Le Guess Who music festival in the city and we absolutely loved. Satrina was a perfect host who really made us feel at home. We loved the little personal touches! The location was perfect, just a short stroll from the city centre with some really great restaurants and bars just 10 minutes away. The room had everything we needed (including a fine selection of tea!). The three resident cats were also lovely; we are both cat lovers so we had a lot of fun making friends! I really recommend staying here if you're looking for a place to stay in Utrecht.
Satrina is a lovely woman that will always be smiling and helpful.
The room is a little bit smaller than it seems to be on the pictures but large enough for two persons. Do not hesitate to book!
It truly is a lovely room. Satrina is a wonderful hostess that wants to ensure you have a nice stay. She was always available to answer any questions or offer help, and we saw her every morning as we were leaving. I can highly recommend this room!
We were in Utrecht only for two nights and Satrina was very hospitable!
She was a fantastic person. Room was really nice, cozy and very clean and three cats were not so curious!
We had a really great time!!
Satrina and Andre are lovely people who are always ready to help. Without them our trip would have been much poorer. You can't get bored with them as they have so many interesting things to tell you about and helpful advices to give. The apartment was very clean and we were given fresh towels every three days. There were even beautiful cut flowers in the vase on the table which enchanted my wife. The important thing is that the apartament is situated very close to the city center in pleasant and quiet neighbourhood. The room is bright and comfortable. We highly recommend Satrina and Andre for hosts. You won't regret it.
We've been at Satrina's accommodation with my girlfriend, we could easily negotiate and agree about every details and issues about our arrival. But when we've arrived, we were surprised in a very positive way: as cozy and comfortable the apartment looks like, as well it feels like to be over there! Satrina is a very kind person who's very easy to talk to, she welcomed us very warmly and she was keen about us and ready to help in every kind of question and situation. Her cats are cute and made us feel like really at home, they give the flat a very friendly feeling! The room is light, the apartment is very well-equipped and comfortable, it was just simply perfect for a 2 night stay over there. Moreover, it's much more personal and characteristic then a usual accommodation/hotelroom, so we'd recommend with pleasure for everyone who'd like to visit and discover the beautiful city of Utrecht! It was a really awesome trip, still missing that feeling so also in this way we'd like to say a huge thanks to Satrina for her kindness and hospitality! :)
Our stay with satrina was a very pleasant stay. The room itself was very nice, with a good view from the balcony. The bathroom facilities were also a very good standard. The only two minor downsides are that the room is up two flights of steep Dutch stairs, which wasn't a problem for two 21 year olds like ourselves but something to keep in mind. Also, through my own ignorance I hadn't realised there were cats in the house. They are very friendly but unfortunately I have allergies so I did struggle a bit.
The location is great, with a plus supermarket only a 4 minute walk and the town centre a 10 minute walk away. If you want to stay in Utrecht I would definitely recommend staying here with satrina.
The room was fantastic. Airy, clean and well kitted out, with a bathroom next door. Beautiful area next to one of the city canals. Complimentary easter eggs and extra tea from the lovely and attentive hosts. Much recommended.
Perfect Location, quiet and safe area 10 minutes walking from the city centre. Nice and typical Dutch house and very helpful the owner Satrina to answer to any questions you'd like to ask her. I think I will come back there when in Utrecht.
Totally a place I would go again. Satrina offered us to use kitchen, dining room and of course the bath room, too, besides our room. She is very friendly and she and her husband have decorated their home so nicely, it is really unique and beautiful. When I was there they had two cute little kittens which I found even more positive about the place. Which is also special is that there´s tea in your room and several books and maps around and about Utrecht. Besides, Utrecht as such is such a cute town, really great. And the costs for the room a totally worth it. Enjoy!
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me too please. I've only been kind of experimenting with EQ, I know there's so much more I can get out of it.
WOW, thank you! just what I need to get to grips with my EQ7, please sign me up!
I have EQ5 also and it seems beyond me... I'd love some easy help.
Will you PM each of us or ??
I would like to try to keep up with your classes..could use lots of review...
Sign me up as well! Currently I have EQ5 and 7 ... will probably sell my copy of EQ5 at some point.
Have only dabbled so far.
I would love to Thanks
have had EQ5 for a couple of years and have yet to do much with it. so count me in on your lessons. and thank you so much for doing this. you're awesome!
I'd be interested, too. I can do the basics on my EQ6, but I know there's a lot more to learn.


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From the Left Hand Corner: Money and politics
Most might think that this is an unlikely time to be talking, writing or even thinking about the influence of money on our political decision-making.
No major elections are being contested right now, other than a couple legislative special elections, and they will be decided soon. All of the elections that concern most of us were decided last November. It is too early for many to be interested, even if they live in the communities that have municipal elections culminating this November.
Money in politics probably shouldn't be a matter of any great concern now. But it is! The pervasive aspect of too much money control of our politics in America affects us every day, year in, year out.
Our congressman, Rick Nolan, is already in the forefront, talking about changes needed in Washington. He understandably laments the emphasis on bipartisanship, so necessary for an effective Congress, that existed when he was in Congress before.
Nolan is also critical of the very short amount of time that Congress is actually in session each year, week and day; he notes the low attendance and low level of actual participation during the abbreviated sessions that do occur.
Too much of that reduction in actual floor and committee time in actively legislating is directly due to the ever increasing role of money in politics.
People in Congress, particularly representatives with too short two-year terms, are forced to be raising money for their next campaign before they finish celebrating their election success. The incessant need to amass large sums of money, just to remain competitive and have any hope of staying in office, sucks up excessive amounts of the officeholders' valuable time and talent.
That obviously lessens the amount of time and degree of energy that the elected official has to devote to the very purpose for which he/she was elected.
There has always been money raising and campaign spending in our election politics, but never at the present level, which has spiraled upward and out of control after Citizens United.
Too many election results follow the money. The inescapable conclusion is that the side that spends the most, usually and too often, wins.
For a lot of good reasons, our newly re-elected congressman is a welcome exception. Even though he now gains the advantage of incumbency and increased money raising capability, Congressman Nolan is still advocating that we need to take the excessive money factor out of politics.
It would be a better country if we could severely limit the amount of monetary influence that any one person or group can have on election outcomes. It can be done. Other countries have done so.


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An infomercial airing between midnight and 6 a.m. Apparently, the ad people at Extenze think that anyone who stays up late thinks they have a small penis. The infomercial itself is riddled with scripted dialogue with people who can barely speak English. If you happen to be bored while watching the infomercial, there's definitely a Girls Gone Wild commercial on a neighboring channel.
Hey broseph, I have really low self-esteem so I jerk off to Girls Gone Wild commercials after ordering Extenze to increase the size of my microscopic penis!
by bobbydole February 04, 2008
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After my man took extenze, his penis was so large that when I saw it I laughed, and when I sat on it I cried.
by Paris "Meatlover" Hilton August 11, 2009
Extenze is a product of which turns you black from the inside out, thus resulting in extreme wiener enlargement. if taken for over 7 months one's lips will begin to enlarge greatly and vocabulary will be shortened to 6 or 7 words, depending on whether you will be ordering Original Recipe or Crispy. Obesity is common, due to mass amount of sugary drinks required to be consumed. Your bank account will dwindle down to nothing in a matter of days due to the many unpayed rent payments and/or druglord debts you end up in. Another common side effect is dry mouth and irritabilty due to high levels of marijuana intake. It is advised not to take this product if you live in inner-cities where taxi-cabs are present, as this may tempt you to steal one or sixteen a night. Please be aware of these side affects before taking Extenze.
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I live in the northern parts of Ohio, where the Winters are harsh. Clearly my best bet is to start a Carniolan hive within the next week or two, right? Unfortunately the only seller in my area only has Italian bees, as they've sold out of Carnolians. I'm trying to start a Carnolian hive, not an Italian. Not that there's anything wrong with Italians, it's just that they aren't as hardy as Carniolan's in the Winter. My seller does however have a few Carniolan queens left. So I figure I could introduce a Carnolian queen to an Italian hive. What would be the outcome if I do? Could I create a hybrid of Carniolan/Italians for the winter? Is this worth it? Would I even notice a difference if I go this route? I'm a new beekeeper and any information would be helpful.
P.S. I don't have much time to decide, as the shipment of Italians is coming in within the next week or two.
P.S.S. I already checked the forums a bit and I couldn't find anything related to my predicament. If there is another thread related to this, just direct me there.