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From the Left Hand Corner: Responses
First I'd like to respond to last week's column of my Abler conservative cohort on the subject of meetings. On it, we can agree. Like Pete, I've attended an awful lot of meetings over a lifetime, and a lot of them have been boring and unproductive.
I think I started as a 4-H member at age 7, and ever since have attended, and in many cases chaired, political and governmental meetings, neighborhood meetings, church meetings, civic meetings, professional meetings, work meetings and more that I've missed or conveniently forgotten.
As with Pete, the somewhat captive and repetitive work meetings leave the most negative memories.
However, it is great to be in a society that freely overwhelms us with a vast choice of meetings to schedule, attend and participate in without stealth and fear.
Good meetings are more than a sharing of information. A major purpose is for exchange of ideas and learning additional facts in formulating decisions. A collection of ideas and opinions is, in almost all cases, better than any single one.
One who chairs meetings should always keep in mind that the meeting belongs to the participants, not the chair or officers. That is why there is a meeting, in order to gain collective consideration and action. I think Pete confirms the adage that, meeting decisions belong to those who show up. If you can't get off the bar stool or out of the easy chair to attend, don't complain about the results of meetings you could have attended in your area, any more than you should complain about election results if you didn't take the time and effort to vote.
I also share Pete's chagrin that some elections are subject to decision based on votes of "low information voters." Although probably true, it is still disconcerting.
One can question whether low information voting is better than not voting at all, but to the extent it exists it is subject to exploiting. At the local level at least, meeting attendance and participation will alleviate its existence.
In other response, I'm usually spared the negative comments on columns since I don't know how to blog, or tweet or twitter, but I do read the paper.
Four weeks ago I read an article in the Minneapolis Tribune that seemed bothersome and caused me to write about guns. I acknowledged that I wasn't arguing or adding much to the merits of the issue(s) but was concerned about how we as a society are dealing with the serious questions at hand.
I concluded that, as a lifelong "gunner," I personally can get along fine without a fully automatic high capacity assault rifle. I don't have an exact limiting shell number in mind, but find the high capacity magazine the most worrisome aspect. I don't know what was banned in the 1930s and don't know exactly what was banned following the Reagan years, nor what was unbanned in the 1990s. I stated "fully automatic" to distinguish from the "semi-automatics" we use in deer and duck hunting, a distinction some "anti-gunners" fail to make in their blanketing prohibiting arguments.
The stuff on NRA rating was taken right out of the Minneapolis newspaper article, most of it verbatim. It was reported that the NRA ranked our 10 federal elected officials, every one of them, either A or F. They gave no explanation or qualifying comments. They gave no grade to any of the 10 Senators and Congresspeople of anything between A and F. I don't know what rating process NRA has, uses, nor how they work, whatever they use. I commented on what they did.
How does that convert to the Week One criticism of Mr. Bertram (at least he was quite civil) and his assumption about "the weapon he describes?" I didn't describe any particular or specific "weapon", at least none that I know of. I simply stated disinterest in having anything fully automatic, anything high capacity, anything that was seemingly more designed for hurting people than sporting usage.
I don't know what a Huldra AR 15 is or where that fits in. It is appalling to even think, as Mr. Bertram suggests, that the shotgun that I use "will kill more students in a classroom" than some gun I'm supposedly "demonizing". No, it won't!
As noted above, the only reason I used the term "fully automatic" was to avoid lumping shotguns and deer rifles in with broadbrush prohibiting statements that I've heard some anti-gun people make.
Week Two was more derogatory. Mr. Buell accuses me of "an outright ... and deliberate lie" in saying I can get along without a fully automatic high-capacity assault rifle. That is my belief and preference. I made it clear earlier in the column that I want to keep the dozen or so guns and rifles that I now have.
I find it a bit ironic that for quite a number of years, gun ownership and usage was at issue, and quite hotly contested, without the Second Amendment even referenced in argument on the subject. Mr. Buell apparently has a great deal more factual knowledge and insight than the rest of us about express statements of the founders writing amendments and quotes of Washington, Mason and Jefferson. If so, verify and enlighten us.
We can have differing opinion, and different interpretation, but accusation of "outright ... and deliberate lie" when I was only expressing my personal reflection is rather hurtful.
Then Week Three, Mr. Lund attacks for denigrating the NRA "elected official system". I didn't know they had one, nor if they followed it, if one existed. What I do know is what I read in the Minneapolis Tribune, and I believe that I referenced from it accurately, and in most aspects verbatim. (I didn't keep a copy to check again.)
I wasn't denigrating any unknown to me system as such. I was criticizing the NRA for what they did. All 10 of our federal elected officials were ranked either A or F, nothing in between, no one B, no one C, no one D, and no pluses or minuses as now referenced by Mr. Lund as possible.
That is what they did. That exemplifies the extreme approach of NRA, in this particular instance, which I view as part of pattern to hold to extremes which I believe impedes constructive resolution of the problems we face.
I don't expect any others' agreement, but I don't think my observation, reference to the Trib article and criticism of the NRA justify Mr. Lund's accusation of "lie" a half dozen times.
The complex issue cries out for a more reasonable approach.


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talked to a guy from our bee club and he said he had heard of a out break with mites any news on this?
talked to a guy from our bee club and he said he had heard of a out break with mites any news on this?
Hmm, well if you mean varroa mites, they are pretty much everywhere in the continental US, even in Minnesota. That mite (get it? ) be why the University of Minnesota published this pamphlet on how to sample for varroa mites:
USDA Zone 7A Elevation 1400 ft
yes I ,know mites are everywhere and I know how to test for them a few ways. It was just that he told me it was a big out break and maybe people that dont use chemicals might have to. But I got a feeling he was talking about when we get our packages in the spring. They come from calif.
i wonder if he was talking about tracheal mites instead. varroa mites are usually a much bigger problem in the summer and fall, but i haven't heard of any unusual outbreaks of either kind.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
All i know is that ive lost 20 hives this year. All my Nucs are fine and the only ones ive lost are production hives. To this point my apairies have been all ferel stock. They usually fend off the mites. I dont know whats going on but im down to 49 hives and kinda frustrated about rebuilding in the spring. I did buy some queens last year but they are in the nucs. All of the dead out clusters have plenty of honey and just a fist full of bees frozen. They were all busting in the fall. It has to be varroa destructer.
man that's tough bm. are you going to try anything different this time around?
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
Well, I think we are all faced with 2 choices. Treat our bees and never let them build up tolerence against varroa or let them sort it out. Obviously some of my hives are hygenic enough to handle it. Last year i only lost a couple with no treatment. Im not sure what went wrong this year. It is what it is =) It sure does suck when it goes wrong...
yeah. it would be nice to know how many mites are too many and mean almost certain death for a colony.
do you think the problem could have started with one or two and spread to the others?
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
It's a numbers game, hygenic behavior only goes so far and at a certain mite population the colony will collapse because too much brood is being lost by bees cleaning them out and/or mite pressure is killing them regardless. Then the cluster slowly shrinks through winter as the older bees die off or leave with mites.
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Mel Disselkoen takes it a step farther and says production hives given a QC and broodbreak in July don't need treatments either. He also states since that is the most common time for bees to supersede, many folks think a survivor hive has superior genetics when in fact it was the natural brood break that saved the hive.
Mel Disselkoen makes a lot of sense and the reason I'm splitting in July with walk away splits. Breaking the cycle is usually a good answer to most pests of all kinds across the spectrum. When the chain is left unbroken is usually when booms occur which overwhelm. Swarming may just be the closest thing to "naturally" dealing with the mites. To me, walk away splits simulate this for at least half the split. Maybe queen sequestering would work for the other half to keep brood limited and away from drone production thus knocking the mites back.
On the issue of swarming possibly being the way bees treat themselves for mites.
I have seen information that the break in brood to a large degree starts well before actually swarming. possible weeks before. Think about the back filling of the brood nest that is commonly known to happen. how is this effecting the mite? Mites are coming out of cells on emerging brood but finding no cells to enter or doing so to many mites per cell etc. This all is leading up to a reduction of mites do to being over populated in the hive that is producing fewer and fewer places for them to go. keeping many of them exposed to being groomed or chewed by the bees. Ending in a period of no brood for a period of time.
Everything gets darker, as it goes to where there is less light. Darrel Tank (5PM drawing instructor)
"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
A southern thing to be sure. The further south, the worse the problem. SHB are an epidemic in Florida where the poster I replied to lists as home.
It isn't the brood break that causes the problem...
Basically a midsummer, queenless split is a double whammy from an shb perspective. First, by midsummer shb populations are at their peak. The best defense is an extremely strong, populous, queenright bee colony. So following the split you are left with a weakened parent colony and a relatively weak split. Because the split is queenless, the bees tend to be much less protective of the nest and it creates an extra opportunity for these pests.
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. - Emerson

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Pulaski Technical College will offer free sessions on Internet and Cyber Safety on Feb. 2.
The sessions are designed to help computer users become more aware of Internet fraud and how to protect themselves.
The sessions will be held 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. in the R.J. Wills Lecture Hall on the second floor of the Campus Center on the college's main campus, 3000 West Scenic Drive.
Both sessions will be led by Lennon Parker, Web communication specialist at Pulaski Technical College.
Topics to be discussed include safeguarding your personal information when using E-mail, chat rooms and Instant Messaging, online journals and blogging, MySpace and shopping online. Each session will include demonstrations in improving security - such as how to pick your username and what not to include in your online profile - to uncovering Internet fraud.
The sessions conclude with a question and answer time. For more information, call Lennon Parker at (501) 812-2730 or e-mail email@example.com.
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With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it's interesting (or not). In this case it's all about local, sustainable farming.
From Nourish and Food Day, a quiz that tests how food literate you are. The 15 questions reveal facts about food and its relationship to the bigger food system, and the community-at-large.
In this New York Times Learning Network lesson plan, students examine their school curriculum and personal experiences on reading stories about and by women. Through this analysis, they will deepen their understanding of why women's stories matter.
YES! recommends Sustainable Table, a program of Grace Communications Foundation, for its well-rounded resources that educate and motivate people of all ages to take good care of their bodies and our planet.
Did you know that kids aged 12-17 are the fastest growing population of caffeine consumers? This infographic shows which countries consume the most caffeine and highlights some not-so-savory side effects of your morning coffee.
The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has developed "Jazz in America," an Internet-based jazz curriculum for social studies, American history, and music classes to help students "develop imaginative thinking, creativity, curiosity, a positive self image, and a respect for their own and others' cultural heritage."
This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about poverty—here and in other countries—and will help them explore a creative approach to solve poverty.
The Story of Stuff Project is more than the short film "The Story of Stuff." It's a movement to get us to throw away all the stuff in our lives and work together to build a healthy planet.
Since 2006, No Impact Man, Colin Beavan, and his family have inspired a nation to swap their old consumer habits for new environmentally-friendly ones. The No Impact Curriculum explores the effects of your students' everyday behavior on the environment, their health, and their well-being.
This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about people experiencing homelessness and the importance of sleep.
The Daily Beast interviews writers about their daily writing routines.
The Institute for Humane Education (IHE) curricula, lesson plans, online courses, graduate programs focus on human rights, animal protection, environmental stewardship, and cultural influences.
This Visual Learning lesson will get your students thinking about the risks and rewards of protests, and how to use social media to get people to support your cause.


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Camelot By The Sea by Oceana Resorts places you within a 10-minute stroll of Captain Hook's Adventure Golf and SkyWheel Myrtle Beach. This 231-room, 3-star hotel welcomes guests with 2 outdoor pools, a poolside bar, and free in-room WiFi. In central Myrtle Beach, the hotel is also close to Broadway at the Beach and The Children's Museum of South Carolina.
The 231 air-conditioned rooms feature kitchens and furnished balconies. Flat-screen TVs come with cable channels and DVD players, and guests can stay connected with free WiFi. Bathrooms have hair dryers and free toiletries. Other standard amenities include sofa beds, coffee makers, and safes.
Guests of Camelot By The Sea by Oceana Resorts enjoy 2 outdoor pools, a lazy river, and a children's pool. If you decide to drive, there's free parking. Front-desk staff are standing by 24/7 to assist with any requests. Other amenities at this beach hotel include a fitness center, free WiFi in public areas, and a business center.
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This smoke-free hotel offers direct access to a nearby public beach. Other features include an air-conditioned ocean-view fitness center with cardio and weight machines, as well as a grocery/convenience store selling snacks, beer, beverages, sundries, gifts, beachwear, and boogie boards.
Wireless Internet access is complimentary throughout the hotel. A business center is also on site. Free parking in a 10-story parking garage is available for guests. Parking height restrictions apply.
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Camelot By The Sea by Oceana Resorts offers 231 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature DVD players and safes. Rooms open to furnished balconies. Accommodations are furnished with double sofa beds. Accommodations at this 3-star hotel have kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and cookware/dishes/utensils. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is provided daily.
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Lined with palm trees, an outdoor pool deck fronted by a sunning lawn with lounge chairs and umbrella tables features a 90-foot (27-meter) freeform pool, a 40-foot (12-meter) toddlers' pool with shower, and a 16-person spa tub. A pavilion with removable windows and potted plants contains a 200-foot (61-meter) lazy river with float tubes, a 70-foot (21-meter) freeform pool, a small toddlers' pool, and a 16-person spa tub.
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Congrats to the Giants. Represent the NFCE well.
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University Students: Brand Yourself Now and Get Ahead
Karen Wensley | Posted 03.20.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Students and Branding, University Students and Jobs, Making a Personal Brand, Branding Yourself, University Students Looking for Work, University Students, University Students Branding, Personal Branding, Self Branding, Video, Canada Business News
We can all think of excuses for postponing work on our personal brands. Students are overwhelmed with university work, and just want a few tips on how to sound credible to a recruiter. Thinking about the brand you are developing in a self-reflecting and strategic way is the antidote to finding yourself left behind.


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Chris Nickerson's New Podcast, Exotic Liability, LIVE at ChicagoCon May 9
The podcast is described on their website as:
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Sick of the podcasts that are telling you stuff you already know? Tired of the same old "read the sheet" presentation skills of most podcasts? Looking for fresh content and expert outlook? Bleeding edge and beyond.... Exotic Liability will push you into the new generation of Security. On your own or by force, we will be bringing you the best content from the TOP of the Security industry. No more firewall admins speculating about how attacks happen, these are the pros. These are the people that make Security tick. If you are tired of the old solutions and rhetoric, join in.
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It's pretty boring. I was excited about it, but it isn't that great.
Leveling takes way too long, especially considering there are so many pets. Entire fights can be (and often are) determined by a single miss. Also I'm not sure if they changed it, but playing a 10 or so minute long pet battle only to lose and get nothing out of it is incredibly frustrating.


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Surfin' Taipei
1.We are located in the center of city. 20secs from MRT NTU hospital station Exit 4.
2.It's very convenient for eating, shopping, and sightseeing all around here.
We help friends to travel in Taiwan and provide more infomation.(what have to eat,to see,and to experience.)
Come and experience what the real life in Taiwan!!!
3.We very welcome language exchange and internship students for one month rental plus.
4.Monthly rental or seasons rental or yearly rental.(採月租/å-£ç§Ÿ/年租)
5.We provide:
Free Internet access.
Free kitchen use.
Free TV programs.
Free air condition used.
Free tour/study/work info.
Free Taiwanese passion.
Special note:
Our place is shared house,management like Hostel.
No twenty-four hours at home,hence as you finish your booking,we will send you more detail infomation and confirmation.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
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- Adaptors
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- Bicycle parking
- Board Games
- Free Breakfast
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Café
- Ceiling Fan
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Cooker
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Dryer
- DVDs
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
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- Fridge/Freezer
- Games Room
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Hot Tub
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Key Card Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Lock Out
- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Playstation
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- Steam Room
- Taxes included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels For Hire
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- Utensils
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Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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We will send you more detailed address after the online booking.
Single bed is 90cm x180cm.
Double bed is 150cm x180cm.
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From Taiwan Taoyuan Internation airport by Bus 40mins to Taipei main station and transfer to MRT red-line to NTU hospital station Exit4,walking around 20 seconds.
By Taxi from International airport to TaipeiTaipei,it spend about NTD 1,000~1,300.
Located Near
From Taipei main station,walking around 10mins.
Close to these university:
Shi-Da University (NTNU)
National Taiwan University (NTU).
Su-Zhou University (Downtown)
Chinese Culture University (Downtown)
Close to Wan-Hua tourist night market,around 10mins by MRT or bus.
Close to Ning-Xia night market,around 10mins by MRT or bus.
Close to Di-Hua historical street,walking around 15 mins.
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Archdiocese of Chicago
Anthony Suárez-Abraham is a former Director of the Archdiocesan Office for Peace and Justice.
On December 16, the Third Sunday of Advent, the Church will celebrate what is traditionally called "Gaudete Sunday." Gaudete, the opening word of the Introit (the antiphon of the Roman Gradual) for this day, comes from the Latin version of the second reading, Philippians 4:4: Gaudete in Domino semper: hernum dico gaudete ("Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!"). The Third Sunday of Advent sets a tone of rejoicing, of joyful expectation. In the gospel reading for this day the response of the people who heard John the Baptist preach is also a reminder of what can happen to us when we are genuinely open to the One who is to come: "Now the people were filled with expectation" (Lk 3:15). John's disciples did not know the identity of this "One" but still rejoiced in their hope, openness, and expectation to that for which they know not what. Nor do we today know the guise under which we will encounter the "One." But the Church—the other, this One—summons us, claims us, Gaudete!
A prayer by the great fourth century mystic and doctor of the Church, Augustine, has haunted me ever since I first read it. Buried in Chapter 5, Book 1, of his famed Confessions, this prayer is easily overlooked. We might be tempted to skim past these words, but we must not; we must stop; we must pray Augustine's words and make them our own. They read, "Say it so that I can hear it. My heart is listening, Lord; open the ears of my heart and say to my soul, I am your salvation." This prayer can guide us here and now, like the blind, and throughout our lives. The blind and indeterminate openness to what or who is to come obliterates any expectation of what or who is to come and thus creates a time that is imbued with messianic hope to welcome that which totally other, Gaudete!
This Advent I decided to try something new. I embraced Augustine's prayer and made it my own. I am heeding the words of Saint Paul from the second reading that remind us to "have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make [our] requests known to God" (Phil 4:6). This Advent my request to God has been and continues to be for the grace that I may hear with the ears of my heart. Instead of writing academic articles or delivering speeches about Advent, this year I want Advent to read, interpret, and write me—indeed, to read and write us. I pray that Advent interpret us and our lives, and so write (incarnate) the events that constitute the One who is to come—our salvation. In so doing, we join the Baptist in preaching "good news to the people" (Lk 3:18) of the one who "is coming" (3:16); this is the one whose sandals we are not "worthy to loosen" and who will baptize us "with the Holy Spirit and fire" (3:16), Gaudete!
We can hardly help but read or hear many holy texts of Scripture during Advent. Will we allow these words to read, interpret, and write us? Will we allow these Advent words to create a space for the joyful expectation of the One who is to come? To create room for the One who is to come, we must take these ingenious words of Augustine not only as prophetic, but also as a challenge: we must listen with the ears of our hearts. The ears of our minds may hear with absolute clarity and certainty all the while the ears of our hearts remain hard, deaf, closed. What the ears of the heart hear creates a space (chōra) for the one who is coming—a manger for the coming Word to become flesh and dwell among us. This invitation to something new is a provocation to something otherwise and to participate in effecting its transformation (justice), now—today. This is why we can rejoice with Saint Paul that "the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard [our] hearts and minds in Christ Jesus" (Phil 4:7), Gaudete!
During this most holy season, let us not only listen carefully and be present with the ears of our minds but even and perhaps more importantly with the ears of our hearts. This Advent let us prepare the way of the Lord by listening carefully to what is reading and writing us: this other who is to come. This is the new "day of the Lord" to which Zephaniah invites us in the first reading. The other is coming and indeed, is already "in your midst" as the One who is to come and for this we can "Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem!" (Zep 3:14). Who is this other? Who is this other that beckons us? What is the claim this other has on us?
"Say it so that I can hear it. My heart is listening, Lord; open the ears of my heart and say to my soul, I am your salvation."
"Say it so that I can hear it. My heart is listening, Lord; open the ears of my heart and say to my soul, I am your salvation."
This is my Advent prayer. I invite you to make it yours. Maranatha!
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I've got 2 hives in my field, one a Langstroth which is doing great (its 2nd year) and one a TBH which I started this year. I'm the only one in my area with a TBH and don't have that much experience on top of that, so I feel like I'm winging it a bit.
The TBH is one of Phil Chandler's 48" designs. It has a screened bottom, a deep top cover with a white plastic corrugated roof, with plenty of ventilation in the space between the roof and the top-bars, four 1-1/4" entrance holes on the side, and no special provisions for top ventilation other than leaving an opening between top-bars. The hive is in the shade of an oak tree most of the day and has struck me as a cool hive. At any rate I've never observed those bees fetching water from the nearby birdbath.
This spring, about 4-5 days after introducing the new package I removed the bottom board and the very next day half the package and my queen were gone. I immediately put the bottom board back on so the rest could keep warm. Since the hive was a bit of an experiment, I allowed the remaining bees to re-queen themselves, which they did successfully (they were mighty thin, so that was quite an achievement!) 3 weeks after the new queen started laying the population exploded and in a very short time they had 10 bars built up completely. I opened the bottom again during that massive heat wave the entire east coast experienced in July.
A couple of weeks after opening the bottom I noticed that they weren't building comb any more, and that foraging activity had fallen off dramatically (the Langstroth bees were really bringing it in). Eventually they started bearding, which I attributed to heat and humidity. But they persisted even when it started cooling off and today they were gone, leaving a skeleton crew again.
I have a few questions for the experienced TBH keepers here:
1) I have a strong dislike of the screened bottom now. Is this justified? Or was that a coincidence? I'm almost certain the open bottom is what caused them to swarm/abscond the first time. Not so sure about the second time. Lack of room was not the problem, as I tried to keep ahead of them. Does the open bottom make them feel vulnerable? My Langstroth also has a screened bottom, but the hive's vertical design and the frame bottom bars tend to minimize that open feeling.
2) Is it worth re-queening at this late juncture? Or should I allow them to re-queen again and hope for the best? (I've heard weird "peep peep peep" sounds that could be piping in there today, but I'll have to check tomorrow.)
3) Can they be got through the winter, and what is the best way? They don't have much by way of stores. I live in West Virginia, and it gets quite cold from late October through early April, which is a good long stretch.
Any advice and thoughts are appreciated.


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Cool cottage with bikes near Schiphol, Amsterdam and Haarlem
Size40 m²
Floor No.
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Parking available
Accommodation summary
|Kruisweg, 2131CT Hoofddorp, Netherlands
|Property type
|Chalet or cabin
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
The cottage lays in the back of a large garden, and can be accessed by a gate next to the main house.You can enjoy your breakfast, or the whistling of the birds on the terrace in front of the apartment.
Two touring bicycles are at your disposal on request. Free parking in front of the apartment.
Although Hoofddorp is conveniently close to Schiphol International Airport, the airplanes have landed long before they reach our vicinity. Therefore, your rest will not be disturbed by air traffic noise.
This cottage is suited for a maximum of 3 adults (with luxe bed upstairs and downstairs a sofa bed for 2 children or one adult). The area is divided over two floors.
Ground floor there is a cozy living with
- free wifi internet
- sofa bed
- dining/work table
Next to the ling you will find the bathroom, with shower and lavatory.
The small kitchen is equipped with
- refrigerator
- microwave /oven
- coffee maker
- water boiler
- toaster
- egg boiler
On the first floor there is a spacious, charming bedroom with double bed and wardrobe. Including bed linen, towels and kitchen towels!
Public transport: bus 140 stops in front of the apartment, it goes directly to Haarlem and Hoofddorp station (only one quick stopover from Schiphol and Amsterdam station).
Please note that Amsterdam and Haarlem are near by (25 min and 15 minutes), public transport options are reduced at night time (after 00.30 or so). For more info please contact me!
House rulesNo pets, no smoking inside the appartment, no drugs, no extra cleaning costs.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|447 €
|Price for > 2 guests
|26 € per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
Karian was charming and very attentive to welcome us. We loved this peaceful location and beautifully decorated. Nous avons passé un agréable séjour avec des bonnes conditions d'hébergement.
It was a wonderful trip . Karian is a very nice landlady and took us warmly welcomed . The house was very clean and everything necessary available . In warmer days you could use the small garden .
The house is to be recommended and we would book it again .
Thanks Karian and greetings from Germany .
Lucas and Miriam
The cottage is very charming, comfortable and bright. The private entrance and the garden make for a really nice scenery in the morning and also at night when the lights in the tree are illuminated.. We felt very comfortable from the very first second. The next supermarket is about 10 minutes away, or even faster if you use the bikes that Karian lends you. Hoofddorp is also a good base for trips to Amsterdam and other big cities which can be reached in about an hour. Karian helped us plan our trip to the Van Gogh museum and gave us tips about the parking situation.
We'd love to come back. Thanks again.
Caro & Svenya
We had a wonderful weekend in Karians small, sweet little house! Super clean, tidy and everything you could need! The hostess is very nice and helpful, you immediately felt comfortable! Amsterdam can be reached easily and quickly. We love to come back! :)
Wir hatten ein wunderschönes Wochenende in Karians kleinem, süßen Häuschen! Super sauber, aufgeräumt und alles da was man braucht! Die Gastgeberin ist sehr nett & hilfsbereit, man hat sich sofort wohlgefühlt! Amsterdam ist gut und schnell zu erreichen. Wir kommen gerne wieder! :)
We enjoyed our holiday in the sweet Cottage liked really really. It's small but perfectly formed :)
One can achieve great and Haarlem Amsterdam.
Karian is a great landlord, the one always glad to help.
We will be back for sure!
Uns hat unser Urlaub in dem süßen Cottage echt richtig gut gefallen. Es ist klein, aber fein :)
Man kann Amsterdam super erreichen und auch Haarlem.
Karian ist eine tolle Vermieterin, die einem immer gerne hilft.
Wir werden auf jeden Fall wiederkommen!
Karians cottage is comfortable, bright and comfortable. It is located in the back of the garden and has a private entrance. We felt at home from the first to second. Hoofddorp is a good base for trips to Amsterdam, Haarlem, the sea, and even suffering, Rotterdam, Den Haag or Delft can be reached in about 45 minutes.
When we returned from our excursions, we enjoyed the peace and the charm of the period architecture when looking out the windows or even shot a round with Karians Fahrädern. Ideal for a spontaneous "change of scenery"
Udo & Vera J ° °
Karians cottage is comfortable, bright and comfortable. It is located in the rear of the garden and has a private entrance. We felt very comfortable from the first second. Hoofddorp is a good base for trips to Amsterdam, Haarlem, the sea, so Leiden, Rotterdam, The Hague and Delft can be reached in about 45 minutes.
When we came back from our trips, we enjoyed the peace and charm of the Wilhelminian period architecture When looking out of the windows or made a stroll with Kariansbikes. Perfect for a spontaneous change of scenery
Udo & Vera J ° °
Karians Cottage ist sehr behaglich, hell und komfortabel eingerichtet. Es ist im hinteren Teil des Gartens gelegen und hat einen eigenen Eingang. Wir haben uns von der ersten an Sekunde wohlgefühlt. Hoofddorp ist eine gute Basis für Trips nach Amsterdam, Haarlem, ans Meer, und selbst Leiden, Rotterdam, Den Haag oder Delft sind in etwa 45 Minuten erreichbar.
Als wir von unseren Ausflügen zurückkamen, genossen wir die Ruhe und den Charme der Gründerzeitarchitektur beim Blick aus den Fenstern oder drehten noch eine Runde mit Karians Fahrädern. Ideal für einen spontanen "Tapetenwechsel"
Udo & Vera °J°
Karians cottage is comfortable , bright and comfortable. It is located in the rear of the garden and has a private entrance. We felt very comfortable from the first second. Hoofddorp is a good base for trips to Amsterdam, Haarlem, the sea, also Leiden, Rotterdam, The Hague and Delft can be reached in about 45 minutes.
When we came back from our trips, we enjoyed the peace and charm of the Gründerzeit period architecture when looking out of the windows or made a stroll with Kariansbikes. Perfect for a spontaneous change of scenery
Udo & Vera ° J °
Thank you very much Karian for fast response, for waiting us and hospitality,our stay was unbelievable, accommodation very comfortable and quite.
We had a very nice stay in Karians small beautiful house. Despite our late arrival, we were greeted by very friendly Karian. The lovingly furnished house is very cozy and well equipped for longer stays. The location is in a nice quiet area, with good connections to Amsterdam. Overall, a nice uncomplicated getaway. We will recommend it in any case continue and come back.
Wir hatten ein sehr schönen Aufenthalt in Karians kleinem schönen Haus. Trotz unserer späten Anreise wurden wir von Karian sehr freundlich empfangen. Das liebevoll eingerichtete Häuschen ist sehr gemütlich und auch für längere Aufenthalte gut ausgestattet. Die Lage ist in einer netten ruhigen Gegend, mit guter Anbindung nach Amsterdam. Insgesamt einer schöner unkomplizierter Kurzurlaub. Wir werden es auf jeden Fall weiter empfehlen und kommen wieder.
We had a very nice weekend at the home of Karian. The apartment was beautifully decorated with everything you need. Karian was very nice and had great tips. Amsterdam was easy to reach. We are happy to come back.
Wir hatten ein sehr schönes Wochenende in der Wohnung von Karian. Die Wohnung war sehr schön eingerichtet mit Allem was man braucht. Karian war sehr nett und hatte tolle Tipps. Amsterdam war gut zu erreichen. Gerne kommen wir wieder.
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Bobsleigh is one of three Olympic sliding sports. Each team races down an icy track in colorful, rocket-shaped vehicles built for great speed. The four-man bobsleigh has been a part of the Olympic Winter Games since the first Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The two-man bobsleigh Olympic event debuted at the 1932 Winter Games. The women's bobsleigh competition began at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Rules of the Game
Each bobsleigh race begins with racers pushing off as fast as they can for around 164 feet. Then, the racers jump into a seated position in the bobsled to race down the track. The driver is the first to enter the bobsled in order to steer it. The driver must avoid the walls of the chute while keeping the bobsled at top speed. The brakeman enters the bobsled last. The brakeman stops the sled at the end of the race. Four runs are held over two days for each of the three bobsleigh events (men's two-person, men's four-person, and women's two-person). In each event, medals are awarded to the team with the lowest combined time, calculated to one-hundredth of a second.


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Alleged 'target practice' sends stray bullets through neighborhood, highway
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - The lives of families were put in jeopardy after bullets flew in their neighborhood; authorities say the accused shooters were firing guns in their backyard.
Sullivan County Sheriff's Department officials told us three people were target shooting in a residential area near a very busy road in Kingsport.
The quiet neighborhood of Merman Road and the busy highway of Fort Henry Drive were caught in a crossfire Monday evening. "One of the residents, along with his young son, had to run back in his home to avoid being hit," said Leslie Earhart, public information officer for the sheriff's department.
Two deputies called to the scene said they had to take cover. Their investigation led to a home on Beechwood Road. "Two adults and a juvenile were apparently outside target practicing with a rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol," added Earhart.
Officials said the targets were pointed toward Fort Henry Drive and Merman Road.
Resident Midge McPherson's home was in the line of fire. "This doesn't need to be happening at all. That worries me for my grandchildren. They were on the trampoline. They were playing outside yesterday and riding their bikes," said McPherson.
We even found bullet holes inside a home on Fort Henry Drive. "His home is located in the area where the suspects were shooting. At this time, that incident is under investigation with additional charges pending," said Earhart.
If you want to target practice with a gun or a rifle, officials say you cannot do it in an area where homes, cars, and people are nearby. Shaken-up residents in Sullivan County are pleading for gun owners to use responsibility and caution.
21-year-old Christopher Delp and 22-year-old Joshua Quillen, as well as a juvenile, have all been charged with four counts of aggravated assault.


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Every year, sunshine and the seasons vary in the vineyard. Each year, nature works a different magic in the grapes. As a small winery Te Kairanga is free to express these differences in the subtle variations of the wines from vintage to vintage.
Pronounced "tee kigh-runger", Te Kairanga is a traditional Maori place name (Maori are Polynesian people), meaning "where the soil is good and the food is plentiful". However you pronounce it, it means - great wine! View all Te Kairanga Wines
About MartinboroughView a map of Martinborough wineries (mahr-tin-bore-ooh)
Situated on the southern tip of the North Island, Martinborough is just across the strait from Marlborough. Martinborough is a town, as well as a region within Wairarapa, which, in turn, is located within the region of Wellington. Just to add more confusion, Wellington is also the name of the city there, the capital of New Zealand. Sometimes the names of these three regions are interchanged, but know that all three names mean the wine has come from the bottom tip of New Zealand's North Island.


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Five parts today.
Michelle Williams pays her respects to the family and girlfriend of Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Neil Patrick Harris out promoting his new musical.
In London, Olivia Munn was at the premiere of RoboCop with
Abbie Cornish and
Gary Oldman.
Pamela Anderson jogs to her car after shopping with her sons.
Patrick Dempsey's house made the cover of Architectural Digest which is probably the first time I have typed that long of a word on the site. Doesn't all that wood create a mess?
Reese Witherspoon gets all dressed up for a business meeting.
Tom Felton shows off his new impractical car that cost him more than he made last year. Wise investment.


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Wayne Law to Host Visiting Japanese Judge for March 25 Lecture
DETROIT (March 11, 2009) – Wayne State University Law School is pleased to announce a lecture by Judge Daisuke Takahara of the Tokyo District Court at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in the third floor faculty lounge of the Law School. His lecture is titled "The Start of the Japanese-Style Jury System."
"We are pleased to welcome Judge Takahara to the Law School for this lecture," said Wayne Law Dean and Professor Robert M. Ackerman. "I look forward to hearing his views regarding the impending re-introduction of a jury system into Japanese courts."
Beginning in May, Japan plans on incorporating a jury system into its criminal courts by allowing six citizens to hear trials alongside three judges. This change to the country's court system comes more than 60 years after Japan's government abolished an American-style jury system that was in place in Japan for 15 years. Touted as potentially having a revolutionizing effect on the rest of Asia, the introduction of a jury system in Japan has been met with both praise and uncertainty by the country's lawyers and citizens.
In 2007, Wayne Law, the Third Circuit Court of Michigan, and the Supreme Court of Japan announced that a judge from the Japanese judicial system would visit Michigan to research and study the American judicial system each year thereafter, with a special emphasis on Michigan trial courts.
As this year's representative, Judge Takahara has been studying the American courts while assigned to the Wayne County's 3rd Circuit Court. The 29-year-old judge has also explored the jury system with visits to Oakland County's 6th Circuit Court where he has examined juror questionnaires, studied how the jury pool works and witnessed the voir dire process in action.
Judge Takahara was appointed to the Tokyo District Court as a judge in October 2004. He received his training as a legal apprentice from the Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court. He also received a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Waseda.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Lunch is provided and parking is available for $3.50 in parking structure #1 across from the Law School on West Palmer Street. For more information regarding this event, please contact the Law School Dean's Office at (313) 577-3933.
About Wayne Law
Wayne State University Law School has educated and served the Detroit metropolitan area since its inception as Detroit City Law School in 1927. Located at 471 West Palmer Street in Detroit's re-energized historic cultural center, the Law School remains committed to student success and features modern lecture and court facilities, multi-media and distance learning classrooms, a 250-seat auditorium, and the Arthur Neef Law Library, which houses one of the nation's 40 largest legal collections. Taught by an internationally recognized and expert faculty, Wayne Law students experience a high-quality legal education via a growing array of hands-on curricular offerings, five live-client clinics, and access to well over 100 internships with local and non-profit entities each year. Its 11,000 living alumni, who work in every state of the nation and more than a dozen foreign countries, are experts in their disciplines and include leading members of the local, national and international legal communities. For more information, visit www.law.wayne.edu.


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Romantic attic apartment
Size35 m²
Floor No.5(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
- Hot tub
- Lockable room
- Internet/WiFi
- Parking available
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Zahrebska, 12000 Prague 2, Czech Republic
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
Our house is located in the quiet, but vibrant part of the city. This part is well known as the most beautiful and peaceful residential district of central Prague with a great choice of restaurants, bars and shops in the vicinity. It is away from the crowds of tourists, but close to all the important city sights by foot, also by public transport. A tramway and subway stops are nearby.
House rulesOur house is a quiet and peaceful. It is not the appropriate place for a night parties and noisy celebrations.
Srtictly non smoking apartment.
|Weekly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 305
|Monthly rate for up to 2 guests
|€ 947
|Price for > 2 guests
|€ 4 per guest/night extra
|Check-in After
|Check-in before
|On arrangement
|Check-out Before
|On arrangement
|Cancellation Policy
Reviews of this property
The apartment was very clean and had everything you neen including a refrigerator. It is on the top floor and there is an elevator if you are carrying heavy luggage. It's not a far walk to metro. There are also cute restaurants/grocery stores close by and the are around looked clean and safe. We would definitely recommend it!
Cosy and geflegtes attic apartment (5th floor with elevator) with bath and comfortable mattresses in the district of Vinohrady. There are several pubs and cafes around the corner. And the metro is 10-15 minutes. About the hotel on the corner you get also a guarded parking lot (about 14 euro per day) - this just ask the hostess. We had to move the reservation several times, but has still worked out great. Michal answered very quickly and reliably. He was on vacation - but his daughter took care of us very well. Just on the border call shortly before arrival, the one in about 1.5 - 2 hours is there.
Gemütliches und geflegtes Dachgeschoss Apartment (5. Stock mit Aufzug) mit Badewanne und bequemen Matratzen im Bezirk Vinohrady. Es gibt einige Kneipen und Cafes um die Ecke. Und die Metro ist in 10-15 Minuten zu Fuß erreichbar. Über das Hotel an der Ecke bekommt man auch einen bewachten Parkplatz (ca 14 Euro pro Tag) - hierzu einfach die Gastgeberin fragen. Wir mussten die Buchung mehrmals verschieben, hat aber trotzdem super geklappt. Michal antwortet sehr schnell und zuverlässig. Er war im Urlaub - aber seine Tochter hat sich sehr gut um uns gekümmert. Vor Ankunft einfach an der Grenze kurz anrufen, das man in ca. 1.5 - 2 Stunden da ist.
The room is very nice and looks like in the pictures. Michal is very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately in the apartment only a single hot plate. Therefore, cooking is a bit difficult. The kitchen and nice sized bathroom cabinet were not very clean. Nevertheless, I would recommend the room.
Das Zimmer ist sehr schön und sieht aus wie auf den Bildern. Michal ist sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Leider gibt es in der Wohnung nur eine einzelne Kochplatte. Kochen gestaltet sich daher etwas schwierig. Die Küche und der schöne große Badezimmerschrank waren leider nicht ganz sauber. Trotzdem würde ich das Zimmer weiter empfehlen.
Perfect! Michal is very clear and friendly. The apartment is very quiet and very functional.
Parfait ! Michal est très clair et sympathique.
L'appartement est très calme et très fonctionnel.
It was super comfortable. Gladly again!! : D
Es war Super bequem.
Gerne wieder !!!! :D
The location of the apartment is very good transport links, yet very quiet. Price-value relationship
Die Lage der Wohnung ist verkehrstechnisch sehr gut, trotzdem sehr ruhig.
Preis-Leistung super
we spend 5 days in november staying at michals charming attic and were very happy with the place. very uncomplicated, we found all we needed, it´s a nice neighborhood and a great base to explore the city. thanks again, michal!
Very nice helpful host! The apartment lie central but quiet, is very clean and has everything you need! We were more than satisfied!
Sehr netter hilfsbereiter Gastgeber! Das Apartment lieg zentral aber doch ruhig, ist schön sauber und bietet alles was man braucht! Wir waren mehr als nur zufrieden!
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In my last column, I identified four primary areas where things went wrong when I first tried to start a software development group in India: supervision, team integration, training, and hiring. (To read more about these experiences, read "Lessons Learned about Starting a Development Group in India," Part 1 and Part 2 ).
The New Plan
The general outline of our revised plan is as follows: Create a liaison position here in the United States, who is responsible for the initial training of the offshore team in India. This person travels to India and participates in the hiring process. (Our goal the second time around was to hire four or five software engineers, assuming that we would be able to retain three or four).
Our liaison then stays in India for three months as the people who come onboard acquire US training visas, which takes about four to six weeks. Afterward, the entire team travels to the states for a combination of in-house and third-party training. Once that training is complete, the liaison travels with the team back to India, where he stays for six months to mentor the team as they work through their first project. Finally, he travels back to the states, where his primary responsibility becomes acting as the technical and business interface between the two development teams.
I've discovered several advantages with this plan. First, the liaison is largely dedicated to making sure that the needs of the team in India are being met by the team in the US. Second, this person works with the team for more than a year to ensure that the best practices established in the United States are followed offshore and that the team doesn't drift off the rails. What's most important is that the liaison has the technical, domain, and process experience necessary to mentor the team.
Prior to our trip to India, we reviewed several resumes and conducted several phone interviews, which was very difficult for several reasons. Language and accent barriers made communication difficult. This was compounded by phone problems, as there is often a pronounced delay or echo in phone calls to India. We attempted to improve this by having one of our engineers in India in the room with the interviewees to help smooth over communication difficulties, which had mixed results.
Behaviors of the Indian Job Market
We arrived in India in early August. This is the monsoon season, and I fully expected continuous torrential downpours. Instead, I was created by a climate like San Diego, with nightly rain showers. The streets were alive with a mix of motorized rickshaws, small motorcycles with a family of four aboard, buses and cars, mixed with the occasional cow. All honk their horns continuously (except maybe the cow), and managed to fit twice as much traffic in half the space as an American city.
When we reached our office in Bangalore, there was a large stack of new resumes for us to review. I was immediately struck by the amount of "job-hopping" that was going on amongst the applicants. The average stay in a job was a year or less. Repeated durations of six or even three months were not uncommon. Retention was going to be a serious problem, especially when it takes up to six months to train someone in all the specialized technology our products use.
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David Brooks: Tea partiers are narcissistic, egomaniacal, self-righteous people who distort the truth!
posted at 8:37 pm on September 18, 2010 by Patterico
David Brooks on the Tea Party:
Along the way, the movement has picked up some of the worst excesses of modern American culture: a narcissistic sense of victimization, an egomaniacal belief in one's own rightness and purity, a willingness to distort the truth so that every conflict becomes a contest of pure good versus pure evil.
It's good to know none of this applies to the Democrat party!
Narcissism? Brooks thinks the Tea Party suffers from it, but does not mention Obama. I guess Brooks thinks there's no narcissism in Obama's comparing his election to the fall of the Berlin Wall, or turning the White House into almost a shrine to himself, or reading a letter from someone who says she is going to be buried in an Obama T-shirt, or building an imperial stage for his nomination speech, or writing his autobiography years before being elected President.
Victimhood? Brooks thinks the Tea Party has it — but not Obama, who thinks people don't like him because of his middle name, which his wife calls the "fear bomb"; or who plays the race card (I don't "look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills").
An egomaniacal belief in one's own rightness and purity? Are you kidding me, David Brooks?
Obama humiliated the Supreme Court in front of the nation. He humiliated Netanyahu. He gives his opponents the finger (not once, not twice, but three times). He is haughty with opponents (even as Michelle assures us that he is never disagreeable).
A willingness to distort the truth so that every conflict becomes a contest of pure good versus pure evil? David Brooks, are you telling me that the Tea Partiers distort the truth, and President Obama doesn't?
Let me list just a few examples, Mr. Brooks.
Obama claimed an aide filled out a questionnaire with extreme views, but his handwriting showed up on the form. He said he wouldn't run for president in 2008 and then did. He ran a dishonest ad tying John McCain to Rush Limbaugh on the issue of immigration reform — and distorting Limbaugh's quotes beyond all recognition in the process. He claimed McCain was "fueled" by money from lobbyists and PACs, when that actually accounted for only 1.7% of McCain's money.
Obama flat-out lied about taking public financing — and he lied about why he didn't do it, blaming it all on McCain when it was his own decision. Obama misstated the reason that he voted against a bill that would have required doctors to give medical attention to babies born alive after a botched abortion. Obama took money from oil companies and claimed he didn't.
He inflated his role in the creation of the stimulus package. He was deceptive about McCain's regulatory record.
Since being President, he has misrepresented job creation numbers; broken his promise to allow bills to be reviewed by the public before passage; broken his promise to have no lobbyists in the White House; broken his promise to close Gitmo (thank goodness), and has broken a whole host of other promises. He has lied about whether ObamaCare would cover illegals and a host of other things.
He asked people to send "fishy" online commentary about his health care plan to a special e-mail address: [email protected]. Sounds like someone making a list — but it's all for the greater good, you see.
Obama has consistently demonized his opponents — including the Tea Partiers, the GOP, Fox News, BP and other oil companies, "bitter clingers" who won't vote for him, Wall Street/banks and businesses, the rich (especially those who got bonuses), insurance companies during the health care debate, car companies, and anyone who opposes unions or him.
He called the Cambridge police "stupid"; has demonized insurance companies; gone after Rush Limbaugh; and recently declared war on John Boehner.
I don't really have to list all the ways he has demonized and blamed George W. Bush, do I?
Yet according to David Brooks, the people who distort the truth and demonize opponents in an effort to paint themselves as the Good fighting the Evil are . . . the Tea Partiers.
Wouldn't it be nice if the "conservative" at the New York Times could see a few logs in the opponents' eyes, even as he whines about the mote in the eyes of the Tea Party?
Thanks to a reader who pointed me to the link, gave me considerable help in researching this, and listed all the people and groups Obama has demonized.
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Excerpt: "Ever since the New York Giants were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 17, everyone has been getting their wish lists for 2013 prepared especially for the NFL Draft, which will take place in about a month in New York City at Radio City Music Hall.
Giants fans have had three months to pick what position the Giants and general manager Jerry Reese need to address. Most will tell you offensive line, linebacker and cornerback; which were weaknesses in 2012. However, according to a couple of the latest mock drafts, none of those three positions are being addressed by the Giants.
A lot of mock drafts are having the Giants replenishing the defensive line and their pass rush at No. 19. And several pick experts are going with is Bjoern Werner, defensive end from Florida State.
With the expected departure of Osi Umenyiora to the Atlanta Falcons, andJustin Tuck in a make-or-break season in 2013, it honestly would not be that shocking if the Giants decided to skip obvious team needs and drafted the best available player when their turn comes.
Reese did it in 2010 when he took Jason Pierre -aul, a move many fans criticized because the team already had Osi and Tuck. And you can even say he did it again in 2012 when he drafted David Wilson when the team already had Ahmad Bradshaw on the roster.
Werner is a 6'3", 275-pound lineman who has a great first step and has good anticipation skills as far as finding the football and chasing down plays. While at Florida State, some felt that Werner might take a play off on occasion, and even some said he might not be engaged on the field if the play is away from him." Read more...


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I fully expect the Giants to look to trade back. QB is going to be a hot topic this draft, just like last year. But, I think teams may not pull the trigger as quickly as last year. But lets assume the Giants stay put......
Round 1 -
Orson Charles, TE - Georgia... flat out weapon for the offense. Eli is playing at an elite level and they need to continue to put weapons around him. This will also allow them to feel better about letting MM go and hoping JJ or Barden develop.
Round 2 -
Kevin Zeitler, OG - Wisconsin.... perfect fit for the Giants offensive line. DD has had a nice run, but his window is almost shut and with the money he is due.... done. Zeitler is a nasty player that does a wonderful job in run support.
Round 3 -
Vontaz Burfict, ILB - Arizona State... HERE ME OUT...This kid is a wild card. Flashes greatness, then pulls some stupid moves. I really dont like how he threw his coaches under the bus. However, Erickson is a joke and has been that way since his days at Miami. It wouldnt surprise that they hurt his development. This kid needs direction and for a coach/locker room to give him guidance. Giants are first class organization. His talent is there, TC will be the perfect father figure.
Round 4 -
Doug Martin, RB - Boise State..... along the same molds as Ray Rice. Shorter guy, built really put together. Great quickness, speed and a nice job as a receiving back.
Round 5 -
Donnie Fletcher, CB - Boston College.... Great Size, solid speed. BC as a team was... well.... awful this year!! Kuechly is clearly the prize piece, but Fletcher provides the Giants with a solid CB that can get physical with receivers. Depth is needed.
Round 6 -
Olivier Vernon, DE - The U.... this kid is a project. But, a seriously talented project at that. His game is smooth and does a really nice job rushing the passer. He missed some games this past season, due to being suspended for the Nevin Shapiro incident. He definately could have used another year of college ball. But, he could be a sleeper.


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With NSD around the corner, I've noticed some 5-star recruits who will(should) be declaring for the draft at around the time the Giants will(should) be drafting Eli's Replacement.
Christian Hackenberg-QB. Penn State
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Max Browne- QB. USC
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Although her work with Kohlberg generated a great deal of praise, Gilligan soon became disillusioned with the male-centered focus of his research. Gilligan began to question Kohlberg's theory that a masculine, "rule-based" moral philosophy was primary and superior to a feminine, "relationship-based" moral philosophy.
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Is that one of those charts they use to test your vision?
I've pretty much stop posting here cause I get in way to much trouble for it, but I found this useful and figured I would share it with you jackholes.
If you have a CD or DVD and don't have a jewel for it and want to protect it.
is this true? can only certain people read this?
That's freakin' amazing. I remember seeing an illusion where the first and last letters of every word in a paragraph were correct, but the middle letters were scrambled, yet the brain while reading would still recognize the words enough to read the passage without missing a beat. I wish I could find it again.
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|Data Dictionary:
|Census 1850
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Survey: Census 1850
|Data Source:
|Digitally transcribed by Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Edited, verified by Michael Haines. Compiled, edited and verified by Social Explorer.
Data set: Social Explorer Dataset (SE)
|T77. Literacy (White Female Population Age 20 and Over) [3]
Universe: White Female Population Age 20 and Over
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|Literacy (White Female Population Age 20 and Over)
|Universe: White Female Population Age 20 and Over
- 1850 census iterated literacy for 20 and over population only.
- Caution: Census provided number of individuals who cannot read or write. "Literate" was computed by subtracting illiterates from Total Free Population 20 and up (excluding individuals with unknown age).
- Universe: "Free Population 20 and over" calculated By SE.
- Powhatan, VA did not iterate illiterate population. Literate population was not calculated for this county.


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