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I just started my two foundationless langstroth hives two weeks ago and one of them is building comb that is perpendicular to the the frames.
Should I cut it out and tie it back parallel or take it out altogether? I'm having hard time finding how to manipulate comb with thousands of stinging insects on them. A video/picture link would be awesome!
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Carl Zeiss Distagon T 25mm f/2 ZE & Carl Zeiss Distagon T 25mm f/2 ZF.2 review: A high quality wide-angle prime for Canon and NikonBy Paul Carroll - Monday April 08 2013 Lens Review
For shooting high quality landscape, architectural or interior photos, a "fast" wide-angle prime is a must. They offer significantly improved optical performance over many zooms that, while versatile, often suffer distortion and edge softness at wide focal lengths and maximum apertures. Let's take a closer look at the Carl Zeiss 25mm f/2 wide-angle prime for Nikon and Canon lens mounts to see what it has to offer.
Launched in October 2011, the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 25mm f/2 is available in both the Carl Zeiss ZE lens mount for Canon EF and ZF.2 mount for Nikon F. It works on SLRs, full-frame and crop-sensor DSLRs. Both versions feature the same optical construction, comprising 11 lens elements in 10 groups with a "floating elements" design to minimize aberrations at different distance settings.
Although only manual focus, this Zeiss is electronically coupled to record EXIF data to the metadata and provide full metering incamera. There's a 25cm minimum focus, f/2 – f/22 aperture range and a non-rotating 67mm filter thread, making it compatible with front-mount screw-on filters. The solid all-metal Carl Zeiss construction offers better quality than many modern plastic lenses and should last a lifetime.
It's not the widest prime in the Carl Zeiss range: 15mm, 18mm and 21mm versions are also available, and with "faster", full autofocus options – like the $1749 Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L II USM and the $1799 Nikon 24mm f/1.4G ED – it's got some tough own-brand competition, too. Will its DxOMark Lens Metric Scores make it the most attractive option though?
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I don't mean this to sound callous or judgemental, I'm just curious, did you really do this? Having just lost a dog a bit ago, I can imagine this must have been difficult. Thanks for your response.
I will also say I have cremated my own two cats in my gas kiln so I have some experience in this .
Let me tell you my story about my cat Xeno. He was my pick of the litter and was Abyssinian .
I had him for 19 years-he was a great tabby tiger striped Manx with no tail-we were very close -we shower together -me every day he choose once a month. I have had animals my whole life and this cat was very special-he was more like a dog -followed me around and waited all day outside the potshop for me to finish up.-I bring home food from the sea and he liked fresh abalone /scollops and tuna with some salmon tossed in. As the years went by we became a close nit pair. He slept with me after his showers and always had a great attitude. As he aged he lost most of his hearing and when he was 17 he got into a tuff and had some nerve damage-I drove him 6 hours to UC Davis veterinary school in Davis Ca. He eventually healed up again. A few years later his heart started to get elliptical and smaller-eventually his heart gave out-but for a while i injected him with fuilds for months to keep him chipper. One knows the time when its time for them to check out.I knew his night has cone and slept with him and he died in my arms after taking his last breath in the middle of the night. I said and had my piece with him and put him in our chest freezer for about 6 months. After xmas I curled him in a large bowl and fired him to-ash temp. My good friend Woody the vet gave me the specs-We have been friends for over 40 years. I had made my urn and will take a photo of it in am.I spread some of his ashes in his favorite spots like in the rows of corn in garden where he snoozed the summer away waiting for me to come out of the studio. I have a rough draft of a story about this cat with another artist who is great with cat drawing and some day may put this cats story to book form-I have about 7 ideas all going at once these days.
as far as firing him (I also did my friend cat a year later) this ashes thing was not callous as I loved this cat more than some people. But you see I've spread both my brothers ashes as well as both parents and a stepfather and a few dogs so ones gets a bit used to the procedure-its never easy just part of life and in my case a bit to much.


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A question that comes to mind is how zen has affected others' personal ethics in the world. I recall sitting many years ago and having the sudden sense of all the suffering going on in the world. Of course I was sitting on a beautiful summer afternoon, in complete comfort, and listening to the happy sounds of life in the 'burbs at the time - lawnmowers, kids playing outdoors, etc. Still, the sudden sense of a world in agony came sharply into mind despite the tranquility of all going on around me. And I was suddenly a crying wreck. Wow. Zen also led to my becoming vegetarian and eventually vegan. I don't suspect my experience is in any way unique, and I suspect it came as a result of the meditation itself and not as a result of attempting to follow any specific ethical ideals.
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Original post made by Angelo, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Aug 21, 2013
Nevertheless, Louisiana Republicans aren't about to let Obama off the hook. According to a new survey from Public Policy Polling, 29 percent of Louisiana Republicans blame President Obama for the federal government's botched response to Hurricane Katrina.
Yes, you read that right: Nearly one in three Louisiana Republicans blame Barack Obama, who had just been elected to the Senate and had yet to announce his presidential campaign.
Nor have many of Louisiana's Republicans succumbed to the lies generated by the liberal media. Because that 29 percent figure is actually slightly higher than the percentage of Louisiana Republicans who blame President Bush, who was actually, you know, president. The remaining 44 percent (the figures add up to more than 100 due to rounding) said they weren't sure who to blame.
In other words, given a choice between President Obama and President Bush, more than 70 percent of Louisiana Republicans either blamed Obama or said they weren't sure who deserved more blame.
So, our President first slipped out of the Benghasi scandal (all parties in the Embassy have been absolved of blame), then wriggled free of the scandal that involved the IRS going after Tea Party groups and progressive liberal groups in equal measure, and now, to top things off, he's trying to escape blame for Hurricane Katrina.
Thank God our nation's deep thinkers and insightful intellectuals -- e.g., those 29% Republicans -- have found a party that is fitting to their aptitudes.
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a resident of Dublin
on Aug 21, 2013 at 8:29 pm
Janna is a registered user.
They also claim there were no terrorist attacks while Bush was president. These people excel at denial of facts.
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 22, 2013 at 8:39 am
Nice try 'ang(e)lo'......slow day in front of Home Depot?
From the article on the NOLA website: ".. PPP is a liberal Democrat polling group that routinely puts out dubious data attacking Republicans all over the country," Anderson said.
PPP is a left-leaning firm based in Raleigh, N.C., which undertakes polling for Democratic candidates and politicians."
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 22, 2013 at 12:44 pm
NOLA - ah yes, they had Mittens Romney winning the most recent presidential election laugher by four points -- only days before the election. (What about that, "Right," do you remember the past election? Oh, you say ACORN rigged the election?)
PPP called the election within .1% and has been credited with having the most accurate results within the presidential election cycle.
But, although "Right" seems to know nothing beyond Republicans=Good Democrats=Bad, perhaps he'd like to unpack the PPP poll and tell us all about the pollster's shortcomings and how, specifically, the poll fails? Go ahead, "Right." Show us that you actually know what you're talking about! Didn't think so.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 22, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Sounds like you have some deep personal issues that need to be resolved, About time. Lots of pent up anger just spilling out onto the page. Therapy? Perhaps under Obama's ACA you'll be able to afford it?
a resident of Downtown
on Aug 23, 2013 at 3:24 pm
I look forward to taxing the system (and you personally) by having you pay for my pre-existing conditions since I haven't bothered to follow a healthy lifestyle for years. Isn't obamicare great? They'll even pay for your long awaited sex change operation , so you can finally become the man you've always wanted to be. Court is adjourned.......adios.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Aug 24, 2013 at 1:43 pm
There's a provision in OCA to get folks out of jail sooner?
Must've been buried in one of those 2000 pages no one bothered to read.
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on Aug 25, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Obamacare: SIGNED,SEALED. DELIVERING.....
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Pulaski Technical College's Ottenheimer Library will host an opening reception at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, for Small Works on Paper: 2006-2011 Retrospective, a new touring exhibition sponsored by the Arkansas Arts Council.
The exhibit debuted Sept. 5 in the Bank of the Ozarks Gallery and will remain on display until Oct. 24. Gallery hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturday 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.
Small Works on Paper: 2006-2011 Retrospective is a collection of 33 pieces of art by Arkansas artists that were previously featured in the annual Small Works on Paper exhibition between 2006 and 2011. All of the pieces were selected by out-of-state jurors as purchase award winners.
The Small Works on Paper exhibition was created in the late 1980s to showcase small works of art (no larger than 24 x 24 inches) by Arkansas artists who are members of the Arkansas Artist Registry, an online art gallery coordinated by the Arts Council. The exhibition will travel to the other colleges and galleries across Arkansas for the next two years. For a full schedule and dates, visit www.arkansasarts.org.
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Football Falls to UCF at Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Ball State University football team (9-4) ended its season with a 38-17 loss to UCF (10-4) Friday night at the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg at Tropicana Field.
Ball State junior quarterback Keith Wenning passed for 217 yards and two touchdowns, both of which went to sophomore receiver Willie Snead. Sophomore running back Jahwan Edwards added 89 yards on the ground and was selected as the Cardinals' MVP for the game.
Senior placekicker Steven Schott connected on a 45-yard field goal in the third quarter, his 25th of the year, to move into a tie for first on the Cardinals' list for field goals in a single season.
UCF quarterback Blake Bortles threw for three scores and ran for another to help the Knights snap Ball State's six-game winning streak. Two of his TD tosses went to running back Latavius Murray, who also ran for another.
A scoring pass from Bortles to Murray on UCF's first possesion and a Murray touchdown run on its second staked the Knights to an early 13-0 lead. Ball State's Brandon Newman blocked the extra point following the second score.
Snead caught his first touchdown of the game early in the second quarter, but UCF responded with a Bortles TD run and two-point conversion and then added a touchdown with five seconds left in the first half on another Bortles-to-Murray hookup to take a 28-7 lead into the break.
Schott opened the second-half scoring with his field goal to cut the lead to 28-10, but Bortles threw another touchdown pass and the Knights added a field goal of their own to extend their advantage to 38-10 early in the fourth quarter.
Wenning found Snead for their second touchdown of the night with 5:26 left in the game, but UCF recovered the ensuing onside kick and then ran out the clock.
Snead's touchdown catch was his ninth of the season. He led the Cardinals with seven catches for 78 yards, while tight end Zane Fakes added six grabs for 57 yards.
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Central Florida 7, Ball State 0
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Central Florida 13, Ball State 0
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Central Florida 13, Ball State 7
10:41- Keith Wenning 7-yard pass to Willie Snead. Steven Schott kick good.
10 plays, 82 yards, 4:19
Central Florida 21, Ball State 7
5:50- Blake Bortles 6-yard touchdown run. Blake Bortles two-point conversion complete to Dontravius Floyd.
10 plays, 75 yards, 4:51
Central Florida 28, Ball State 7
:5- Blake Bortles 5-yard touchdown pass to Latavius Murray. Shawn Moffitt kick good.
7 plays, 80 yards, 5:05
Third Quarter
Central Florida 28, Ball State 10
7:54- Steven Schott 45 yard field goal.
10 plays, 49 yards, 4:14
Central Florida 35, Ball State 10
4:23- Blake Bortles 6-yard touchdown pass to J.J. Worton. Shawn Moffitt kick good.
7 plays, 50 yards, 3:31
Central Florida 38, Ball State 10
10:12-Shawn Moffitt 25-yard field goal.
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I usually blog about Southern Arizona events but just had to share with vacationers our recent trip to the Albuquerque Balloon Festival held in October. Although our experience was with KruseArizona Tours and included museums and other experiences as part of the six day tour, it was timed to include the evening of the balloon Glow and the early morning Mass Ascension.
At the balloon glow, hundreds of balloons fire their burners which lights up the inside of the balloon which is invariably very colorful. Their are the classic shaped balloons and also shapes such as butterflies, pigs, Darth Vader, a Wells Fargo stage coach, a cow, kissing bees, and other imaginative shapes. Those attending the the fiesta can get up very close and watch the process of unloading the balloons from the trucks, to laying them out on the ground, to blowing them up, to keeping them inflated with the burners.
The morning ascension of hundreds of balloons is also awe inspiring. Observers clap when each balloon is fully inflated and when it leaves the ground. Between 500-600 balloons participate between one weekend and the next, about 9 days in all. This is an event that should be shared with family if possible. Small children were especially enchanted with the special shape balloons. Seeing pictures of a balloon or even just one balloon just isn't the same kind of experience as seeing hundreds ascending one after the other over a period of an hour or so. Then one can watch them drift until they descend someplace in town where a chaser car with trained volunteers help them land safely, deflate the balloon, fold it up, and transport it and the pilot with passengers back to the field.
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Jo Garcia and the Sony Xperia
Playboy's Gamer Next Door, Jo Garcia, talks with Sony about the brand new Xperia Ion & Xperia S phones out this year.
The Gamer Next Door, Jo Garcia, chats with Steve Sneeden of Sony about the brand new Xperia Ion & Xperia S phones out this year.
The former of these two is an LTE device that will be offered through A&T. Featuring HD screen and camera resolution, this super-fast phone will make streaming content a breeze. The S model offers full HD as well, in addition to 3D Image Capture. The exciting news for Sony this year is that subject to telecom approval, it will launch these phones under the Sony brand in North America, retiring the Ericsson name.
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This is a great idea. Now let's do the Patriots excuses.
1. Gronk was hurt.
2. No fair! They hit Brady! That's roughing the passer.
3. Ochocinco sucks. We should have kept Moss.
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Parcel tax costs - up to $300K for taxpayers
Original post made by John, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Apr 2, 2009
Since the parcel tax discussion began, I've heard different accounts of what the actual cost to put a parcel tax measure on a ballot would be. Initially PUSD estimated the cost to be $100k-$150K, a cost they hoped/expected would be covered via private sources.
The cost is now estimated to be $5-$7 per voter and according to a quote by Dr. Casey in the March 13 Pleasanton Weekly, that would mean $200K-$230K and "the money would be taken out of the reserves from the current school year."
According to the Alameda Registrar of Voters, the final cost could run up to $300k.
Had Measure G been placed on the statewide ballot of May 19th, the state would have picked up certain expenses such as ballot printing and costs associated with processing votes by mail. This would have decreased the costs to PUSD by 20-30%.
If Measure G had been set up as a mail only ballot (rather than by poll), the cost would have been less, but the Registrar couldn't estimate how much less it would be.
San Ramon Valley Unified School District is using a mail only ballot process for their upcoming parcel tax measure, and according to their website, estimate savings of up to $200K for the school district by using this option.
It's not possible to determine whether PUSD would have equivalent savings. San Ramon's school district covers a wider geographical area, may have more polls and consequently poll workers. All that can be said is that a mail only ballot would be less expensive than requiring voting be done at polls.
PUSD had contacted the Registrar of voters to discuss costs prior to making a decison on how and when to put a parcel tax measure to the voters.
I contacted the Registrar of Voters to get information on costs, and have done my best to accurately relate the information she provided.
Anyone who would like to have more information on the costs associated with putting the parcel tax measure to the voters may contact Cynthia Cornejo, the District Registrar of Voters. Her telephone number is 510-272-6933.
a resident of Parkside
on Apr 2, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Response to:posted by John, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood
Read the ballot measure and get the facts. If you had gone to any of the district meetings you would know that they already discussed how much the ballot measure would cost and why they chose to do a June 2nd ballot. They are not hiding anything. You didn't have to call an outside person to get this information.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 2, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I have a copy of the ballot measure right in front of me.
I have gone to the district meetings.
I know the School Board had the option to choose a less expensive way to put a parcel tax measure to the voters, but chose the most expensive option on the advice of their parcel tax consultant who recommended a stand alone measure so PUSD could "win" the election.
I know the Budget FAQs provided by PUSD have wrong and incomplete information regarding the costs to put the parcel tax measure to the voters.
I also know that you didn't really read my post or you would have realized that I had re-posted an item placed on the blog by another poster and telling me "you didn't have to call an outside person to get this information" demonstrates what so many of the No on Parcel Tax people are saying - the Yes on Parcel Tax people respond emotionally, not logically to this issue.
a resident of Danbury Park
on Apr 3, 2009 at 12:45 am
I was looking on the internet and found that recently the State published a report here Web Link
and on page 23 it says that Pleasanton USD has filed an appeal in the courts appealing a decision that Pleasanton had to pay $30,000 in a case that is almost two years old (Aug 20, 2007) Web Link
I find it outrageous that Pleasanton USD is still spending money on lawyers to appeal an outcome that was in 2007. Just how much money is Pleasanton spending on lawyers and did the Board approve this lawsuit?
Are they spending $300,000 on lawyers to fight a $30,000 verdict?
How much money is the District paying for lawyers? This is ridiculous.
editor of the Pleasanton Weekly
on Apr 3, 2009 at 7:45 am
Jeb Bing is a registered user.
Just a reminder that we are restricting all posts related to the June 2 parcel tax measure to registered users of the Pleasanton Weekly Town Square forum. We have found that this keeps the conversations more civil and focused without any restriction on what posters say or the opinions they express.
a resident of Amador Valley High School
on Apr 3, 2009 at 8:21 am
Sensibly Save Our Schools is a registered user.
I encourage you to not just ask your questions on this blog, but to take them to PUSD and the School Board.
Like so many others, you're discovering that the more you research PUSD spending, the more you realize that PUSD budget problems are not simply because of state budget cuts, but poor financial decisions.
Please, ask PUSD to let you see records of all legal contracts/fees.


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Discussion in 'Detailing & Truck Care' started by ChevyFan, Jul 5, 2011.
Just curious who prefers to wash their own truck or go through the drive thru to have it done?
I use the pressure washer at the car washes to get most of the big crap off, then I bring the truck home and hand wash it. $2.50 every week or so isn't too bad, plus I get free cleaning supplies from my Uncle since he is a detailer. I'm really liking Mothers products right now.
X2 on the pressure wash to get all the mud off, & then I wash it myself if I want it really clean, & go to the automatic wash when I'm lazy or in a hurry.
Never have I used a car wash for my truck, even in the winter, I guess I think that I'll do a better job by hand wash. My truck sits out in the open and I have plenty of trees around my house so I usually have to wash my truck it seems about every 2 weeks
Hand wash truck once a week. Pressure wash under side a few times a year.
We use both hand wash and car wash.
There is a great local quick lub. service with one of the best car wash facility that I have ever used.
I just have to remember to take off the hitch cover before entering!!
Normally i hand wash once a month, and pressure wash ( spray off ) as needed between hand washes.
ALWAYS thru the drive thru...I'm too lazy to do it myself and its only $3!
I hand wash mine, but I really need to get in and do a real good wash and wax. Plus the truck doesnt fit through most the drive thrus. pressure wash the underside every now and then.
Hand-washing takes too long! I use a carwashing place that will not only clean and dry the outside but also clean the inside.
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Love this! You could SID then stipple around each chicken. Or echo and go into the borders. I think it would be okay.
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Love this! You could SID then stipple around each chicken. Or echo and go into the borders. I think it would be okay.
Peace is one of His greatest gifts.
Oh my goodness this it cute! I think your echos would still be fine. But you could different background fills in each block.
Happy Stitching!
Adorable quilt top! I would outline quilt the chickens and then maybe a larger chicken wire background using the small chicken wire as a guide. You could see if you could work with 4-5 of the little squares as one?
Such an awesome quilt! I don't have an suggestions for the quilting, but I know you will come up with something that enhances those chicks! Nice job!
Check with your LQS as to what batting they would recommend for a wall hanging. Mine carries this thin poly that will be OK with quilting lines really far apart. Depending on the size of the blocks, you might just be able to get away with SITD around the chickens and sashing.
Maybe add a bit of additional stitching to outline or accent individual applique pieces within each chicken.
"I do not understand how anyone can live without one small place of enchantment to turn to."
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
I love your quilt top! I agree with QuiltnNan that a chicken wire background would be perfect!
That is just to cute, love the fun fabrics you used. Can't help but smile when you look at it.
Fantastic... they are on my bucket list...
just love yours
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The annual Crow Wing River Basin Forage Council's Winter Workshop is set for 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the Leader Community Center in Leader.
The council hosts the workshop with support from the Leader Lions.
Topics will cover estate planning, herd health and herd management from a panel of local producers with the opportunity for the audience to get in on the discussion.
The morning will kick off with a welcome from the Leader Lions and an update on the silvopasture project, introduced last year by Diomy Zamora.
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Taking note of Doug Chung, Leonia's music man
Douglas Chung is a professional violinist/business owner who has operated Soloist Music on Broad Avenue for the past 13 years. He also teaches violin at the Leonia Conservatory of Music and is the musical director/concert master of the Atempo Chamber Ensemble. He's a member of the Leonia Board of Education, the Leonia Planning Board and a founding member of Leonia Arts. He and his wife Mi-Young have lived in Leonia for 20 years. Their daughter, June, is an eighth grader at Leonia Middle School.
Q: Where did you grow up?
A: I was raised with my two sisters and a brother in the third largest city in Korea, Daegu, which is located in the southern part of the country.
Q: When did you begin playing the violin?
A: My father, an amateur violinist, began teaching me when I was five. It was a great privilege because, for many years after the Korean War, people were very poor and few young people could afford to learn and play musical instruments. In the second grade, I studied with a good teacher in town, who encouraged me to enter annual competitions. I won around 15 national competitions from second grade to high school, including the Grand Prix in the National Competition for Young Artists. Fortunately, my musical talent got me a full scholarship to Young Nam University.
Q: Did you perform professionally after college?
A: I had to first serve a year in the Korean Army, which is mandatory for all young men. When I got out, I took an overnight train to Seoul to audition for a first violin position in the Korean National Symphony Orchestra and was accepted. A few years later I auditioned for the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and spent two years playing for them. Then, I joined the KBS Orchestra until I moved to the U.S. in 1985. I also played with numerous chamber groups in Seoul.
Q: What kind of violin do you play?
A: I have a 330-year old Cappa violin from Italy. It still has the original varnish from 1680!
Q: What brought you to the United States?
A: In 1979 the Korean National Symphony Orchestra was the first Korean orchestra to tour in the United States. We travelled by bus all over the country, performing 25 concerts in two months. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I knew I wanted to move here someday, and in 1985 I came to the US. Later, I decided to live here permanently, first living with my aunt in Queens.
Q: What did you most enjoy about the tour?
A: I have so many great memories of every city, but especially liked the snow in Chicago, the beaches of Miami, and playing in Carnegie Hall in New York City. A wonderful memory of the bus ride through California was driving past orchards full of oranges for five straight hours. We got hooked on big American breakfasts – eggs, sausage, pancakes, and white toast.
Q: What's something few people know about you?
A: As a teenager, I was passionate about sports. I played on many teams: soccer, basketball, bowling, and baseball. I was also good at judo; my brother became a professional judo artist. When I was 16, I declared to my parents and violin teacher that I wanted to be a professional athlete instead of a musician. No way, they all said.
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Q: How did you meet your wife?
A: We met in 1987 at the Korean Community Church in Leonia (the Leonia Methodist Church). She was visiting the U.S. for a year while she was in graduate school and was a member of the choir at the church. We were married at the same church a year later on Valentine's Day. She has been serving as a pianist/organist at Hackensack United Methodist Church for 25 years. She also works for Samsung Electronics in Ridgefield Park.
Q: When did you start Atempo Chamber Ensemble?
A: We had our inaugural concert, featuring works of Vivaldi, Mozart and Tchaikovsky, this past October at the Hackensack United Methodist Church. Atempo is made up of seventeen professional musicians from this area. The musical term "A tempo" means return to the original tempo. I think people these days are so busy; we need to control our tempo and relax sometimes.


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I found around 10 of these beetles last week in the back of the hive and crushed all of them. I went back in this week and found about 6 more, but found no signs of larvae anywhere. They are about 4-5mm and have several characteristics that match the SHB chart but the back wing area does not look *exactly* like pictures of the SHB and these look like they have two back sections behind the wings and seem more slender.
The closest beetle I could match it to was Colopterus truncatus (small brown beetle) even though they look mostly black.
Any thoughts on what they are and if they should I should be concerned about them?
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My only Co2 experience is pressurized with my 125 gallon, I have other planted, low-tech tanks in the house but none with Co2. I know that I only have 1 entry point for the Co2 so due to that my Co2 reaction and tank flow is monitored closely to ensure uniform dispersal.
I would love to attach my extra 10 lb canister to my 20 gallon long but I don't have another rig.
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW....this is a monster tank. You mentioned that you got CO2, correct? have you had a smaller tank with CO2? I am curious if the concept of CO2 is the same between the big tank and small tank.
AMAZINGGGG Growth you have there.
|Your tank is growing in very very nicely.
|Good thread. Any updates?
|looking real nice
|I am also hoping to get a good picture of my red shrimp/assassin snail populations. I have yet to find one that does either colony any justice.
Well its been almost 2 months and seeing the request from Zenche I thought I'd post some updates/comparisons between the replant and the growth we have after almost 60 days.
I like to start my updates with where we were because its always good to have the reference point in the current post instead of having to bounce back and forth. Lets step right into carpet growth. When I did my replant I found a bunch of dwarf sag hiding among stem plants and decided that I'd use that plant for my carpet instead of dwarf hair grass because the hair grass just started to look horrible and stringy.
Here is my replant dwarf sag followed by what it looks like today. You can also notice the single, almost dead stem of pogostemon stellatus on the left hand side of the top photo. Even though I find this plant very difficult to work with because it is fragile I am continually taking clippings from that sole plant and making a border of pogostemon stellatus in front of my giant vals. You can also see that I removed the onions and the M. lace as focal points because they were located dead center of the tank and it just didn't look good (I'm trying to study the finer points of aquacaping now and put theory into practice). All in all the carpet growth has been explosive but its never fast enough is it.
Moving away from the carpet lets take a look at some other plants that I had come in for the replant. I had some ludwigia peruenis and alternanthera reineckii come in for the replant and you can see those stems also dying in the following picture. All of the plants that I had come in from that shipment were on the verge of dying.
And a close up, the alternanthera reineckii can't be seen as it is behind but it is in just as bad shape. You can also see the awesome flame moss I picked up from our very own swap and shop and I had just put it on that wood. There is also small aponogetons in the corner of the tank that I need identified because they are now giant.
Lets look at our growth in that corner today.
The aponogetons are now about 40" to 50" and lay across the top of the tank. If you can identify these bulb plants shoot me a PM because I would love to know. The bacopa is shooting right up and you can see a nice bed of rotala that I have cut and replanted about 4 times.
The flame moss is just doing GREAT. This has got to be one of the faster growing mosses that I have had experience with and the green is just georgous. In 60 days it has straightened up and covered that entire piece of wood. I added a little pellia cherry on top because I didn't have anywhere else to put it.
Those 3 to 4 dying stems of ludwigia peruenis and alternanthera reineckii bounced back and I started parting out the new growth to make a nice bed of both seen here partially covered by a crypt lucen that will not stop growing.
I have also continued to top and replant my limnophila aromatica until I have a nice little bed. It is thin but I already have a few of the back plants that can be cut and moved forward.
I was also lucky enough to pick up 4 stems of hygro pinnatifida and it is coming in beautifully. Each stem was about 4" when I purchased them and now they are all almost a foot tall with some deep colors.
Welp that is the majority of the growth that I have experienced and I am somewhat impressed because each plant was removed, cut down to nothing or received and put into a new environment so all the plants had an approximately 3 week adjustment period. I have some full tank shots that really show my giant val growth but I have to trim those weekly because if I hadn't they would of blocked out the sun for the majority of my tank. Enjoy the full tank shots and we'll have an update sometime after christmas.
Left front:
Right front:
Right front with daughter:
So to do a final comparison we have the replant:
and we have today, isn't it amazing:
Until next time happy planting,
|new pics plz
|Seems so.
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the strange thing is that it happens faster than you would think.
|the strange thing is that it happens faster than you would think.
|Wow a lot of work, can't wait to see everything grow back in
|Yeah I love those giant vals, for a larger tank I haven't found a better natural background either. Most other plants have longer stems and then balloon out if left alone. A giant val fills out the same surface area from the substrate to however tall you want to let them go. I have seen them take off in a low light/low tech tank also. Just an all around versatile plant that can be used to cover the back, equipment, or fill out a specific area.
|Wow...that's a lot of work. The jungle looked great and I'm sure the new scape will look even better after it fills out. Vals do take over like crazy....I bet your water was crystal clear when you had 70 Vals in there though.
First off I want to apologize to anyone who doesn't like pictures in the journal thread. I think that in order to convey exactly what you are doing/what is happening in your tank during updates you need to provide pictures to show the true beauty/disaster. I just wanted to get that out there.
So... I couldn't help myself I pulled every single plant out of my 125... I was sitting there staring at it (like we all do, don't pretend like you don't) and thought to myself that I actually wanted to scape it. I am right now what you would just call a plant collector and not an aquascaper. In my defense there is so much that you can do with a 125 gallon tank that trying to scape it appropriately with a large diversity and keeping beauty in mind is hard because you get lost in it easily. So, I tore it all out and set out to attempt scaping it. Here is my overall with pictures along the entire process.
I wanted to cover this thin piece of driftwood because the growth I have gotten on it was amazing, I'll do some pics on that first.
I had received this piece of driftwood and was thinking about mossing it up before someone gave me a LOT of java fern and I mean a lot... There was lace and standard so I decided to cover this piece in java fern instead of moss just to see where it would go. Notice TPT up on the browser, GO US, and pay no attention to the laundry because we have 4 children and we were on strike that particular weekend.
Here is the bucket o' fern before I split it out to see what I was working with:
Once I laid it all out I realized that I had enough to cover the wood and that is when I decided to go the fern way.
Now I have minimal experience with java fern plants. All I really know is that they can grow under almost any light/fert conditions and you don't bury the rhizome if you want the plant to live. When I got through with my driftwood I was feeling like I had made a mistake. My 'should be beautiful wood' was sparsley planted and just looked like I had all in all made a mistake. Would you put that in your tank? Note the spray bottle, it took me a long time to make a piece of wood look THAT bad so I had to keep the plants moist while I worked with them.
NOW, this string of pictures were taken about 4 to 5 months ago. I never really paid any attention to this piece of driftwood because everything else kind of grew up over it and it slowly but surely became unseen. I mean you somewhat have a hard time spotting it:
I had literally forgotten it was in there but when I started pulling my tank apart plant by plant I was in for such a surprise. When I seen this thing I almost fell over. The java fern has completely consumed all available real estate on the wood and filled out just great.
Here is this piece in my tank now:
Front portion:
Top portion:
The back I have pushed into a corner covering equipment:
Now, on to the murder of my tank. Reference the picture above for the amount of biomass I had developed with great growth and lets observe the tear down.
When I started tearing plants out my wife noticed the massive root structure of this 3" cryptocoryne lucen and she just had to have a picture of it to show her friends (what she really does is call me the aquatic farmer in front of her friends so they get a laugh out of it hehe.)
And, of course monkey see, monkey do so our third had to have her picture taken with it also.
About 4 hours into it. It took some time to remove all of the background giant vals without destroying the root structures completely. As I pulled the vals I cut off approx. 30' to 50' of growth. Those vals are truely invasive. I'm a pretty good planted tank guy but there is no way that I provide exactly what these plants need. I can get about 3" of growth out of certain vals each day. The odd thing is when I bought them I bought 5... 5 plants have turned into about 70+ over 6ish months. Truely amazing.
The tank re-scape took me from roughly 4 in the afternoon until about 3 in the morning. Prior to starting I assumed that I was going to be there for a while so I set up a table about 5' from my tank to hold everything. I was looking all professional.
When i got through pulling all of the plants out I had filled this container about a third of the way up. Honestly, I had expected more...
Alright, lets fill it up.
I removed all of the dwarf HG that I had because even though it was slowly filling the foreground out it just looked horrible to me. I had bought a single pot of dwarf sag when I started this tank a long time ago and to my amazement it had propagated fairly well and gave me enough to start a minimal carpet up front. I chose a crinum calamistratum as my center piece plant because I love the leaf crinkles. I have it surrounded by 3 M. lace in a half circle.
I had new plants come in the day of the rescaping which worked out as planned so I was amazed. I put the new Ludwigia Peruenis, alternanthera reineckii, and pogostemon stellatus throughout the tank for color and I can't wait until my high light starts to turn some bright colors on.
It looks barren right now but trust me those vals are in the back just itching to grow and then once my new color comes in this tank will be georgous.
Before I end this post I would just like to give a shout out to all of you who use the swap and shop in either a seller or buyer capacity. I have bought plants from liveaquaria, aquariumplants, assorted ebay vendors, and users of this forum and each and every time I have gotten flora or fauna from someone on this site it has completely surpassed any retail site in quality and quanity and that includes my LFS. I only hope that those of you that have purchased plants from me experience the same quality that I do from you. Before I quit this insanely long post I'm going to show two examples right quick.
I ordered flamemoss from liveaquaria and also received a portion from rlswaney73 here. Aside from letting the pictures do the talking I'd just like to say that the portion that I received from rlswaney73 was easily 4 times the amount that I got from liveaquaria and I ordered TWO portions from them!
rlswaney73's beautiful moss that I had just placed on some mopani. Notice the bright beautiful green color and posture of the flame moss.
supposed flamemoss from liveaquaria. I am not even sure this is flame moss. I'm going to have to wait until it starts growing before I properly identify it. Also, notice the slight yellowing and the picture doesn't show the dead brown portions of the moss that probably will not bounce back. I hid them in the back of the driftwood. And, this piece that I covered is about a third of the size of the piece that I used with swaney's moss.
I have also recently purchased some long finned albino BN plecos from beviking and I could not be happier with my purchase. I received 4 fish from beviking for the cost that two would cost me locally and this fish arrived in MUCH better shape.
So to all of you that share/sell with us here in the community I would like to thank you for making TPT an indispensable resource of not only knowledge but also flora and fauna that can't be rivaled by chain stores or LFS.
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Telemundo is beginning a special series aimed at plus-sized women to air during their show "Al Rojo Vivo." The series, "Belleza en Grande" seeks to promote acceptance of all body shapes and sizes while providing helpful fashion advice.
Spanish-language television isn't exactly known for promoting acceptance of anything but perfect bodies, (and English-language television isn't much better), so I'm really pleased to see Telemundo taking this step in the right direction.
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MIAMI – July 8 2011– Telemundo's "Al Rojo Vivo" will air "Belleza en Grande," a series of special reports starting Monday, July 11 at 5pm ET/ 4C. María Celeste Arrarás, will present a sneak preview of this series during her appearance on NBC's "Today Show" on Saturday, July 9, as part of the ongoing collaboration between the two networks.
Conducted by fashion expert Quique Usales, "Belleza en Grande" celebrates female beauty in all shapes and sizes. Changing the belief that fashion is designed only for skinny women, Maria Celeste, along with Quique, will present daily reports that will transform the way people see the plus-size woman.
Ranging from how to pick the right underwear, how to dress for the office, and how to select the basic pieces for a wardrobe, to how to choose the perfect lingerie for seduction as well as the right hairstyle to accentuate her best features, this series will not only offer beauty and fashion tips to women who are not a size zero, but will also give them the tools -and the inspiration- to have the right attitude to look beautiful, whatever their size.
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In its annual visit to Homer, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stalled on a revision of the borough's Planning Commission opposed by both the Homer City Council and the Homer Advisory Planning Commission.
In a 4-4 vote, the assembly tied — and thus defeated — Ordinance 16-25, an ordinance that would reduce the size of the borough planning commission from a maximum of 13 to a maximum of 11.
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On a good day when fishermen pull sea-bright king salmon out of the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon faster than the tide runs, the cleaning tables fill up with people cleaning their catch. You'd better watch your back — and the sky — lest a ravenous gull scoops down and snags a fish.
"While trying to fillet their catches, anglers were under siege by a squadron of sky rats with the manners of turkey buzzards jazzed after power wolfing a commercial tanker of Red Bull," is how Homer News fishing columnist Nick Varney once described the assault.
In a meeting with an 8-page agenda and 26 items, the Homer City Council on Monday met until 10:10 p.m. — "my longest city council meeting yet," first-term member Catriona Reynolds described it.
In the biennial election for Alaska's lone representative to U.S. Congress, the Alaska Democratic Party has sent up a steady stream of candidates attempting to defeat Republican Don Young, Alaska's longest serving member of Congress, elected in a 1973. The latest most probably will be Forrest Dunbar of Anchorage. Although Dunbar still has to defeat primary opponent Frank Vondersaar of Homer to win the party nomination to run for U.S. Congress, Dunbar already has been endorsed by the Alaska Democratic Party.
Kachemak Kids Early Learning Center, will close as of July 31, the board of directors announced this week in letters to the editor of both of Homer's weekly newspapers.
Current director Chelsea White confirmed the closure, but referred questions to Lolita Brache, president of the board. White is expecting a child soon and will be going on maternity leave. She referred further questions to Brache, but Brache in an email and phone call said she did not want to discuss the closure further.
In February, after neighbors in the Noview Avenue area protested putting Smallpond Childcare on their street, the Homer Advisory Planning Commission fell a vote short of approving a conditional use permit, CUP, needed to build.
The commission voted 4-2, with commissioners Roberta Highland and Franco Venuti opposing, but under its rules then needed five votes to approve a CUP. The threshold has since been changed to four votes.
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The State Medical Examiner positively identified Paul Baylink, 46, as the person killed in a Rainbow Court house fire on June 13, Homer Police announced in a press release Tuesday afternoon.
An autopsy was done on June 17, but police have not received the report and do not know the cause of death, said Lt. Will Hutt.
Baylink is the owner of the house, and family members had been notified earlier that he might be the fire victim. Baylink was the only person in the house at the time of the fire. No pets were found in the house, either.
One person died in a house fire in downtown Homer this morning. When firefighters arrived, the home on Rainbow Court was fully engulfed in flames. Before firefighters arrived, a neighbor tried to get in to save the home's single occupant, but was unsuccessful.
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The name of the person has not been released by authorities because next of kin have not been notified.
Local firefighters fought a Diamond Ridge house fire and a McNeil Canyon area wildfire on Thursday. In an early morning fire, Kachemak Emergency Service firefighters could not save the home of Alan Parks on Nearly Level Avenue at the bottom of Rucksack Drive near Diamond Ridge Road. Parks, a Homer fisherman, photographer and active Kachemak Nordic Ski Club volunteer, escaped the fire. The home was fully engulfed in flames when the first fire trucks arrived, said KES Chief Bob Cicciarella.
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"They were just super drunk," the victim said in a phone interview on Thursday. "It definitely rattled me. They scared me, for sure. They could have really hurt me if they tried."
The Homer City Council directed council member Gus Van Dyke to do some more work and revise his proposed ordinance that would have changed the zoning to East End Mixed Use for a corridor of properties along East End Road from Lake Street to Kachemak City limits. If passed, the rezone would allow activities like heavy equipment storage, junkyards, welding shops and boat shops in area now zoned rural residential, residential office and urban residential.
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That was among the advice given May 7 at the occasion of 2014 commencement exercises for 151 people receiving degrees or certificates from Kenai Peninsula College, Kachemak Bay Campus.
When the Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchorage awarded degrees or certificates to 151 people last Wednesday night, the event marked not just a milestone for the women and men graduating. It marked a milestone for the college, too. This year, Kenai Peninsula College celebrates its 50th anniversary. The campus that started out as the Homer Branch has been a part of furthering adult education on the lower Kenai Peninsula since 1966.
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The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fish and Game on Wednesday restored $175,000 in operating funds for the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve. The budget now goes to the Senate Finance Committee. That committee holds hearings today at 4 p.m. at the Homer Legislative Information Office on the Operating Budget, House Bills 266 and 267.
Former Homer City Manager and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Ronald Drathman, 71, died last Thursday of natural causes at South Peninsula Hospital. There will be a memorial service at 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the Homer Elks Lodge.
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John Nazarian, a friend of Brother Asaiah, planned to commission a sculpture by Homer artist Leo Vait to be cast as a bronze statue and placed on the rock in WKFL Park. Brother Asaiah died in March 2000 at the age of 78.


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Got the call to remove 'Bees' from an unused chicken coop that was going into service. Sounded sketchy but the people are good friends. It was a nest of bombus ternarius in the floor. Best guess from book anyway and bumble distribution. I actually thought it looked more like one from California and Mexico, but that is not likely.
After moving the sheet of plywood they were under, I scooped the nest out mostly intact and put it in bale twine box, taped it mostly shut and gave them some time till dusk. I then closed them up and relocated them to a shaded and abandoned haystack. I was suited up, but never even threatened.
Now wasps or hornets would have gotten a flamethrower if practical but bumbles are good people and anyone getting a chance to help them out should know how easy and painfree it is.


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An ITV1 show is looking for three of Mr Oliver's biggest fans to read his new book over the weekend and review it on Monday's 'The Alan Titchmarsh Show' pitted against another new release.
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I thought I read somewhere recently of the queen taking several mating flights. Is there published material re this?
I thought I read somewhere recently of the queen taking several mating flights. Is there published material re this?
Books and magazine articles. Suggest a web search. Is there something specific you were interested in concerning mating habits of queen honeybees?
Mark Berninghausen
I'm sure there is much. Here is the first one I know of:
" Thus, we allowed the queen to leave the hive. She departed, indeed, but made four and twenty fruitless attempts before returning with the evidence of fecundation. Finally, on the thirty-first of October, she was more fortunate: She departed and returned with the most undoubted proof of the success of her amours"--New Observations on the Natural History Of Bees Volume I, Letter III, by François Huber
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
She makes several mating flights but only in the first few weeks of her life.
You may find this study useful:
Causes of repeated mating flights by queen honeybees
Journal of Apiculture Research (1964)
"Observations were made on 2434 flights of 628 queens. Of 303 once-inseminated queens left alive for further observations, 63% flew again and 38% mated on a second flight; 8% of the queens flew yet again, and 6% were inseminated a third time."
The scientists even counted the average number of sperms received in each flight, concluding that "the amount of sperm from the first mating flight influences the likelihood of a second flight and successive matings."
Wow thanks for all that fascinating info. I didn't know that a queen might leave as many as 24 times.
The paper linked by Jeanette was interesting, plus very thorough. I see it was pre varroa though, I wonder how that will have changed things with less drones, and less semen per drone.
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