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Round 1 Manti Teo, ILB Notre Dame .. Here me out! No question this news story has fd up his image. I still dont believe that he knew nothing about it and I still feel that he has some explaining to do. With that said, he is an extremely talented player. He got a wake-up call in the BCS game when he played against real competition. He is a competitor and has great football intelligence. Giants need a lot of help at LB and this kid has the ability to be a great fun defender and good in pass defense.
Round 2 Alex Okafor, DE Texas . Giants need to upgrade their DEs. Osi is gone and Tuck is 30 now. Okafor is a consistent player that took on a bigger role, once Jackson Jeffcoat went down with an injury. His game is a lot like Tucks, where he uses his hands well. Good pass rusher and can be a nice addition to the rotation.
Round 3 - Travis Kelce, TE Cincinnati . Underrated TE prospect with an all-around good game. He runs good routes, has good speed and is a big guy that could be a nice project for the coaching staff. Last years pick, Robinson is a major project and he has not proven to be able to dress at the NFL level.
Round 4 Brennan Williams, OT North Carolina Giants are in desperate need for a starting RT. Williams did a great job leading the way for Giovanni Bernard. DD is done, Locklear will be rehabbing and Brewer is awful.
Round 5 Bennie Logan, DT LSU . Great run defender, which is a big need for the Giants. Joseph has proven to be an excellent NFL DT and with Canty getting older, Bernard likely gone and Austin unproven. They need to bring in a younger guy to help push and motivate Austin and Kuhn.
Round 6 Darius Slay, CB Miss. State . Jonathan Banks got 95% of the credit and rightfully so. However, Slay was an excellent corner that showed the ability to cover. I still think Webby has one or two good years left and Prince is a solid player. Slay could be nice depth and I think if the Giants want to upgrade on the corners, they will look at Free Agency (i.e. Sean Smith)
Round 7 Conner Vernon, WR Duke . Speed Speed Speed! He has great speed and runs above average routes. Giants need to continue to keep weapons around Eli and the top three spots are in place with: Nicks, Cruz and Randle . Hixon may not be back Barden is gone and Jernigan has shown nothing. Vernon could provide nice depth and a nice option for Special Teams.


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Schedule note: Game will be played at Bettis Family Complex, Topeka, KS
The Red Raider baseball travels to Topeka, Kansas this weekend to take on Avila and Winnipeg on Friday and Presentation in a doubleheader on Saturday. The Red Raiders went 1-3 on opening weekend. Avila enters with a 3-1 record, Winnipeg has not played yet in 2014, and Presentation played countable games in the fall of 2013 and enters with a 0-8 record.
Friday Schedule
NWC vs. Avila 11:00am
NWC vs. Winnipeg 4:00pm
Saturday Schedule
NWC vs. Presentation 12:00pm (doubleheader)
Scouting Presentation:
In their eight fall games, Drew Sanders led the team with a 0.395 batting average, four doubles, five stolen bases, and eight RBI. Albert Castro was also above 0.300 hitting 0.360 this fall. Presentation hit 0.224 as a team with 29 runs scored.
On the mound, Chad Ellingson led the team with 18 innings and a 3.00 ERA in three starts. The Saints had an ERA of 7.83 and allowed a batting average of 0.307. Dylan Segula made three starts and threw 16 innings, posting an ERA of 9.56.
Scouting Northwestern:
The Red Raiders hit 0.270 in the first weekend, scoring 18 runs in four games. Skyler Wheeler led the team with a 0.455 AVG and tied with Mitch Peschon for the team lead with three RBI. Peschon had two home-runs in the first four games and led the team with three walks.
Josh Turner led the Raider pitching staff throwing four shut-out innings in his first start and win of 2014. Turner threw four innings and had a team high nine strikeouts. Ryan Brasser struck out eight in six innings and got a no decision in his first start. Matt Piocos allowed two earned runs in six innings and got stuck with a loss in the third game last weekend while Isaac Horigan got a no decision after throwing four innings and allowing four runs. The Raider pitching staff currently has a 5.47 ERA and opponents have a 0.276 AVG.
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Idaho students continue learning cursive at school
IONA, Idaho - A lawmaker from Idaho Falls has introduced a measure to mandate cursive handwriting in Idaho elementary schools.
Representative Linden Bateman presented this idea to the House Education Committee on Tuesday.
He argued cursive writing promotes dexterity, boosts reading comprehension and enhances cognitive development.
Third-grade teacher, Lori Crofoot, said teaching cursive is just like teaching any other subject.
"We start out one letter at a time," said Crofoot. "Then we move on from lowercase to uppercase and then we just start connecting the letters. Today was our first day working on a whole poem."
After months of practice, Crofoot's students put their cursive skills to use today. Most students said they thought cursive wasn't so bad.
"It's awesome. I like that you don't have to lift your pencil up," said Alexis Scott, a third grader.
"It depends if it's hard or easy," said Jesus Aquino, a third grader. "It just depends on what you think."
Starting in 2014, the Common Core State Test will be completed on a computer instead handwritten. Administrators said, by the 5th grade, students should be able to keyboard a two-page document.
"We just feel that it's a 21st-century shift that our children be able to keyboard fluently," said Michaelena Hix, director of curriculum and instruction for S.D. 93.
But for Crofoot, cursive handwriting is an essential tool she's more than happy to teach.
"A lot of kids who struggle with printing, do much better with cursive," said Crofoot. "It's smoother, they don't have to lift their pencil as much, they're confident and they're successful."
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A Better Way to Support Schools
Original post made by common sense, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Feb 3, 2012
Donations are deductible though. PPIE has a giving fund which is tax deductible.
A better way though is to do what is done in the State of Arizona.
In Arizona they have a State Income Tax credit for school donations which is deductible at the Federal level and is also directly applied your State Income liability. You can even designate a program within a school or just the school for your donation.
Comments (19)
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Feb 3, 2012 at 9:06 pm
Common Sense, Getting a tax deduction for a donation is a great, but where do the state and other government agencies, including cities and school districts, learn that they can't keep coming to the well. You have to be able to afford the donation in the first place. And somehow the focus has to change so that donating doesn't fuel other wasteful spending because it is relieving pressure on the budget. Donate to X, district no longer has to pay for X, district uses what it isn't spending on X to hire a consultant ($250,000) or a management assistant ($$$) instead.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 3, 2012 at 9:52 pm
"learn that they can't keep coming to the well." - well there is no money in any other well, what do you expect the schools to do. People find it "unacceptable" if they cut everything down to the basics, but at some point, something has to give. Either there are donations to cover these things or they are cut
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 3, 2012 at 11:19 pm
lazzyboy has a point. Most school district income in CA comes from property taxes. When people are under water on their mortgages or actually lose their homes, they don't pay the taxes. This siphons money away from schools, and much of "the well" goes dry. In Ptown, our well has gone dry due to many external factors and cannot be blamed solely on bad district management, poor administrative oversight or excessive salaries/pensions/benefits. Its a much bigger dilemma than that would imply.
If you want something, you gotta pay for it. Simple as that. You want top-notch schools, you gotta pay for it. PPIE has an excellent track record, community support and widespread trust. But common sense, please never use AZ as a model for how a state should be run. CA is nirvana in comparison.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Feb 4, 2012 at 9:28 am
All for donating and volunteering in classroom, school, PPIE . . . even a parcel tax, if the language is specific as to what it saves (let's say the last parcel tax had said it would support any of things now on the cut list--well, they wouldn't be on the cut list).
It isn't likely we would know what we do now about recent mismanagement if there hadn't been a push for transparency. And even recent decisions have to make you wonder if it is business as usual despite knowing about those external factors.
Keep in mind, these cyclical ups and downs are not news to K-12 education and the best governance teams do their best to be prepared (acknowledging that this has been the biggest of downs).
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Feb 4, 2012 at 3:34 pm
A parcel tax is a reliable source of funding. This would protect against the "ups and downs." The fact is PUSD has made huge cuts in the last few years. Poor management or poor administrative oversight is not the reason for the cuts. A lack of funds from the state is the reason. K.R. will never like the language in any parcel tax. 30 to 1 in K-3, no counselors, limited library time, and no tech support is going to be the outcome of the lack of support from P-Town.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Feb 4, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
What has been PUSD's total budget annually? Just asking...
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 4, 2012 at 5:03 pm
The annual operating budget is over $107M.
Jimmy the Jet, the parcel tax was about $4M/year. The rhetoric about the parcel tax giving us a reliable source of funding is just rubbish. The parcel tax would be about 4% of the total income. That does not give ANY stability. If we had local control of our funds and we had 80%+ of the income here and the rest from the State, it would be a bit more reliable but still not even enough. Any board member who keeps repeating that 4% of your funding coming in reliably and that makes your income stable does not understand simple finance. It frosts me to keep hearing our board member Grant say the argument about stable funding. It just shows his lack of knowledge of finance.
Think of this another way. If your annual salary was $107,000 and I told you the $107,000 could fluctuate a lot but $4,000 of it would be reliable, do you think that would give you a reliable income to pay all of your bills?
Also, if there was $4M of a parcel tax coming in, it would all be spent. Then next year if the state revenue was down, you would still be making cuts since you have spent all of your income. the only way locally of absorbing the yo-yo finances of the State is to have sufficient reserves and not passing all of the cost of living increases that we do get as salary increases to the employees. However, our unions will never let that happen. They want their money now and do not care about the long-term.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Feb 4, 2012 at 5:44 pm
Kathleen R. said: "All for donating and volunteering in classroom, school, PPIE . . . even a parcel tax, if the language is specific as to what it saves (let's say the last parcel tax had said it would support any of things now on the cut list--well, they wouldn't be on the cut list). It isn't likely we would know what we do now about recent mismanagement if there hadn't been a push for transparency. And even recent decisions have to make you wonder if it is business as usual despite knowing about those external factors."
Kathleen, if you truly and honestly believe that mismanagement is at the heart of all the school problems, then the solution is not to insist on "specific language" or specific goals as a condition for any further donations. Either you trust the current management or you don't. If you don't trust the current management, then the only solution is to replace the managers with ones who you have more faith in. Then once you do have good managers in, give them the funding they need to do their jobs and stand out of their way.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Feb 4, 2012 at 6:23 pm
Sam, Then I guess I don't. It's business as usual with the current superintendent for hiring a friend into a position the district doesn't need; for not demoting a management position before filling it after a retirement, and for pushing for a consultant for $250,000 to study facilities--all the while knowing the state was going to put pressure on K-12 budgets.
Even with the best of people in place, if the community wants to save counselors, for example, with a parcel tax without specific language, then it all goes into one pot and some day we'll see counselors on the cut list. The truth is there are too many internal competing interests vying for the funds, and every department protects their own. So, I don't think I'm wrong to give money to a classroom or to continue to ask for transparency and accountability. One person's opinion.
a resident of Country Fair
on Feb 7, 2012 at 10:30 am
One of the most valued part of living in Pleasanton is its school system. Home owners enjoy a value premium because of these schools. They should be willing to pay a parcel tax to support them.
a resident of Deer Oaks/Twelve Oaks
on Feb 7, 2012 at 10:48 am
A parcel tax is rubbish. The corrupt teachers' unions pocket it all for their wild weekend parties and then want more the next year. They're greedy. Some of them make more money than I do. I don't have kids, so why should I care? I shop at Walmart and see a lot of apartment dwellers working there. I'm supposed to pay a parcel tax to support their kids and the kids of animal abusing illegal aliens? Give me a break! I shouldn't have to pay anything toward education at all. Let the irresponsible parents who have brought kids into this socialist world pay their own way. No more charity to entitlement groups.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Feb 7, 2012 at 11:20 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Sure, a parcel tax won't solve the district's fiscal problems, no disagreement from me there. High reserves have traditionally been a hedge against poor revenue years and past district leadership squandered that, not to mention the roughly $5000 in 2009 they spent on staff lunches out of Hearst student body funds. Addressing these fiscal management issues will be the key to solving the district's fiscal problems. What I take issue with though is you calling the teachers' unions "corrupt" and "greedy" and calling kids an "entitlement group". For one, kids are the future of the human species and not an "entitlement group". They don't become legally entitled to anything, especially since they are underage and can't even own a bank account, let alone be a party to a contract. For second, there's no evidence of corruption in our local teachers' unions. Unless you have proof that a teacher or outside party has to bribe the union leadership in order to gain favor, I don't see how you can make this claim. And even then, I would hope that individual members take action against such corruption using whatever legal means are available, but it really isn't part and parcel to this discussion of district fiscal problems.
a resident of Mohr Park
on Feb 7, 2012 at 11:30 am
Stacey, I think Sherm's comment may have been snark. I hope so, anyway. I certainly agree with you that I've seen no evidence of corruption in our local APT and CSEA units.
a resident of Birdland
on Feb 7, 2012 at 12:16 pm
By definition unions are greedy and corrupt. We are a nation of individuals, and individuals should not be permitted to join together to form a greedy and corrupt union. That gives them too much power over our heroic job creators. If the socialist government discriminates against companies and restricts their freedom by not letting them monopolize then it shouldn't allow unions to exist. But it does. And you know why? Because unions are filthy rich and buy off politicians. You want proof? A true thinking person who has read history like I have doesn't need proof. The proof is in the pudding. Look at Jimmy Hoffa for cripesakes. Teachers are unionized. Unions are corrupt. Therefore teachers are corrupt. Even a birdbrain can figure that out.
a resident of Foothill Knolls
on Feb 8, 2012 at 10:13 am
I'm SO ASHAMED OF THIS COMMUNITY. LOOK AROUND US! MOST OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES HAVE SUPPORTED A PARCEL TAX AND DONATE TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION. PLEASANTon PRIDES ITSELF IN BEING AN AFFLUENT, WELL EDUCATED CITY, HOWEVER REFUSES TO DONATE AND SUPPORT EDUCATION. WHEN OUR SCHOOLS BECOME INFERIOR TO OUR NEIGHBOR'S SCHOOLS AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE LOWERED.....THEN PERHAPS YOU'LL GET IT! STOP POINTING THE FINGER AT PAST DISTRICT MANAGEMENT AND BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION TO PROTECT OUR SCHOOLS AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, OUR KIDS AND THEIR EDUCATION.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Feb 8, 2012 at 11:49 am
REALLY, The current administration and board have made some major gaffes of their own (already noted above)--proving the point that some of us have tried to make: give them money without specificity and they will spend it where none of us had intended. And to be fair to this community of voters, most of those voting chose to support a parcel tax, some voted against it because of the lack of specificity, and there are those who will never vote to tax themselves more. And the community has been generous with donations (PPIE, COPE, schools, classrooms) and volunteering. If donations are down, it's because of the gaffes made this year. Why keep throwing money at an institution expecting a different outcome?
Perhaps your frustration is better aimed at those in power who believe they can continue with business as usual.
a resident of Del Prado
on Feb 8, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Why donate or volunteer any time to any people or institution or corporation or related institution or corporation that can't have a civil discussion and instead type in some sort of hysterical manner with ALL CAPS? Or why would anyone want to deal with anyone who shouts to the media that an area developer has acted with FRAUD AND DECEIT, thus ensuring no developer in the entire Bay Area will ever want to deal with Pleasanton Unified School District ever again?
Let's compare the Pleasanton Unified School District to another district, i.e. the East Bay Regional Park District.
The difference is you don't see East Bay Regional Park District going around bullying the public, making hysterical allegations about developers through the media, making snide comments to the public at public meetings, being at war with the grassroots environmental organizations, not responding to Freedom of Information Act requests or email questions, harassing visitors that visit their parkland, refunding their bond measures to milk more money out of them, or being at war with the residents and various other public agencies within Alameda County or Contra Costa County.
So guess what? People support their bond measures, volunteer there and visit them, and have nice things to say about them.
a resident of California Reflections
on Feb 8, 2012 at 4:33 pm
I agree with Kathleen. I will never give money to PUSD that is not very specifically designated. Even so I will watch for the bait and switch, and hide the pea, that they have been so good at. Sam, you are foolish to suggest that taxpayers should not pay attention to how money is spent. PUSD never could breakdown how the 9mil that was ilegally cashed out from the bonds was spent.
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Ryan to reporter: Don't stuff words into my mouth
posted at 9:21 am on October 9, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Just remember: there's no such thing as media bias. Reporter Terry Camp got a rebuke from Paul Ryan at the end of this interview for the ABC affiliate in Detroit, when Camp asked a "weird" question of Ryan at the end of a string of queries on gun violence. After Ryan talked about the need for communities and groups within them to create moral structures and education and for government to push pro-growth policies to create jobs and opportunities in the inner cities, Camp tried tossing in a gotcha question — and got rebuked by Ryan as the interview ended:
Politico picked up the story:
When it aired, reporter Terry Camp characterized the interview as ending badly, and said Ryan was "not specific in his answers." Meanwhile, the Ryan campaign said the candidate was asked a "weird question" relating gun violence to tax cuts.
Actually, Camp mischaracterized this in two different ways. First, Ryan was providing responsive answers to the gun questions. Camp was asking broad, philosophical questions, not specific questions on proposals or individual laws, and Ryan was providing philosophical answers. Second, Camp tells viewers at the beginning of the clip that the interview ended badly when he began asking about gun violence — which is patently untrue, as the video shows. It ended badly when Camp tried to connect gun violence to tax cuts, and Ryan and his team called him out for it while the cameras were still running. In fact, when Ryan challenges Camp for "stuffing words in my mouth," Camp can't even come up with a defense … even though his microphone is still hot.
An editor should have known from watching the interview that Camp mischaracterized the end of it in his introduction. The local ABC affiliate still let Camp's introduction go to air. Draw your own conclusions from that.
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Round 1 32 - Doug Martin RB
- I know JR's motto is 'BPA', but even if he isn't the best player on his board at 32, this guy can come in and make an impact right away at a position of dire need. I just don't see the giants relying on an unhealthy Bradshaw and Ware/Scott to carry the load in 2012. With Eli Manning in his prime, I don't see JR passing up the opportunity to fill a big hole on the offense.
Round 2 63- Mike Adams OT
-Not sure he'll actually drop this far, but if he does he would be excellent value at number 63, regardless of his MJ history.
Round 3 94 - Markelle Martin S
- Again not sure he'll drop this far, but before his injury he showed great promise. BPA.
Round 4 127 - Omar Bolden CB
- Another BPA, I like what I've seen from this kid. Even though we have a lot of DBs on the roster, I don't think JR would pass him up at this spot.
Round 4 131 - Jonathan Massaquoi OLB/DE
- Can't have too many pass rushers right?
Round 6 201 - Desmond Wynn G
- BPA for much needed depth.
Round 7 239 - Akiem Hicks DT
- Maybe it's just because his name rhymes with Hakeem Nicks, but I think this guy actually has decent upside for a Mr. Irrelevant.


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- 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts, optional
- Pastry for two double-crust pies (9 inches)
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 4 teaspoons milk
- In a bowl, combine the first six ingredients. Stir in walnuts if desired. Roll out pastry to 1/8-in. thickness; cut into 48 3-in. circles; moisten edges with water. Put 1-1/2 teaspoons filling on half of each circle. Fold other half over the filling; press edges together with a fork to seal. Cut a slit in top of each tart. Place on a lightly greased baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 13-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. Combine sugar and milk; drizzle over cooled tarts. Yield: 4 dozen.
Originally published as Banbury Tarts in Country Woman Christmas Annual 1997, p42
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Team Boys
Birth Date: 1999-02-22
Country: France
Racket Played: T-FLASH 285 SPEEDFLEX
Best shot : Forehand.
Favorite player to watch : Roger Federer.
Favorite tournament : Roland Garros.
Best double partner : Alexander Quagliozi.
Best win / best memory : French Team Championships (2009, Blois).
Except your racket, what's always in your bag ? Energetic food.
Any special ritual before entering the court ? A prayer.
Starting year with TF :
Favorite food :
Favorite citation / quotation :
"Impossible is nothing".
Main objective in life :
To win Roland Garros and three others Grand Slam.
I could not play tennis without :
Lucky charm bracelet.
If you could turn pro in another sport which would it be and why ?
Soccer in FC Barcelone.
If someone walked into your room right now, what would they notice first ?
My tennis posters.
You've got 2 weeks and a private jet, where do we go ?
Mauritius and Bahamas.
How long does it take to get ready in the morning ?
One hour.
In a movie about your life, which actor/actress could play you ?
Will Smith.


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[quote user="TucknRolle"]Egnew seems to be a solid TE
Yeah I almost put him as a receiver because he never in line blocks
I added this
This ones from Alo
3 games of Coples
Sportzfan this is the game Love grabbed Davis and started shaking him for getting the taunting penalty
and 2 vids from Alo
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Sportzfan this is the game Love grabbed Davis and started shaking him for getting the taunting penalty[/quote] yup, i remember.. That is some great video on Davis, solid looking RB, right there...
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Donnie Fletcher vs Nevada
I like it this way better becaue now I can post an update and edit the first page as well. So everytime I add a vid I edit the original post so all the vids are on the first page
[/quote] Was wondering if u could get any of these guys to this mega awesome list you've accomplished, my freind....
Delano Howell S Stanford- This kid can flat out play, was all over the place against Notre Dame, and made some big plays against Va Tech in the ORANGE BOWL...
Montel Harris RB B.College- a nice looking back, seems like hes been around forever, not the best pass catcher yet, but whatever, hes a guy i just love... Would love to see MONTEL VS CLEMSON, if u could....
G.J Kinne QB Tulsa- THinking about us possibly needing a QB for backup duties in next yr's draft, Kinne is a guy i really like, and seen about 3times last yr, kids got a solid arm, makes good decisons, and can run the ball.. A former Longhorn recruit before transfering.. I woulden't mind seeing the S.MISS game again, that game was freaking fun as heck to watch!
Great suggestion Ive been going through Stanford games the last few days he played great against USC as well. I will probably put together a5 game tape on him. USC,Arizona,Va Tech,ND,Oregon. He makes a game changing play every game Ive put on.
Here are some Quarterbacks
Some WR's before I go back to defense with Devon Stillsand Jake Bequatte
Here u go Sportzfan , This is part 1 . I have another one coming from him with the Arizona,Oregon and VT games. Man he lays out Ronald Johnson at 7.50
Here is another WR vid as well
If anyone had any requests please repost them here, thanks


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In between fireworks and grilling meat, I decided some education was in store for my geeklets during the long Fourth of July weekend. The holiday is a celebration of American Independence and my kids are old enough to start learning some of that history. Since I live in Boston, I have lots of choices when it comes to seeing the sites of the American Revolution.
I decided to start at the beginning.
And the shot heard 'round the world
Was the start of the Revolution.
The Minute Men were ready, on the move.
Take your powder, and take your gun.
Report to General Washington.
We started our journey in Lexington Center and the Battle Green. It was here, on April 19, 1775, where the first shots were fired. A few dozen colonials lined up as a show of force when several hundred British regulars approached. A shot was fired, but we're not sure who fired first. The Battle of Lexington began
The Battle Green is a classic New England Common, sprinkled with monuments to the events on that milestone of a day. I sent the kids on a hunt to find the markers. A historic treasure hunt for them.
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Is homemade detergent good for washing cloth diapers? It can be!
ESPECIALLY if:
Your water has a normal amount of minerals, so not too hard and not too soft
AND you have all the ingredients for an easy wash routine; diapers made mostly of natural fibers, a regular top loader or a washing machine that allows you to adjust the water level.
Most homemade detergents dont contain what we commonly refer to as detergent, and this is where a problem can arise. The key ingredient of detergent is surfactant, as that is the component that allows water to penetrate deep into fibers and release dirt.
Some homemade recipes include a soap which is a type of surfactant, but one that is very sensitive to the quality of water being used. If you have moderate to hard water, you can experience problems when using soap in your wash routine - such as a residue, which can cause your diapers to repel liquid instead of absorb it.
Some homemade recipes include oxygenated bleach, which depending on the brand, can contain a bit of surfactant as well but not enough for heavily soiled fabric, especially diapers. It is possible to purchase some types of synthetic surfactants, but then the tricky part is what type and how much to add. Here is a great article about how to choose a surfactant for your homemade detergent.
Most homemade detergent recipes include whiteners and brighteners, but not the other important cleaning ingredients in commercial detergents that make them as effective as they are. Most of the online recipes for homemade detergents will include at least 3 of the following substances:
Washing soda (sodium carbonate): An alkali and a precipitating builder used to soften water and increase pH
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate): An alkali (therefore increases pH) which can help with release and breakdown of oily residues
Borax (sodium borate): A whitening agent and alkali, borax also softens water to some degree. Some manufacturers say it is too corrosive and warn against it, so use caution when adding it to your detergent recipe, as it may void some manufacturers warranties.
Residential oxybleach (i.e. not industrial): This consists of sodium percarbonate + sodium carbonate + other ingredients depending on brand. It is an oxidizing agent which helps render stains colorless or removes stains when the chemical bonds of stain cleave to it. Although we believe oxygenated bleach to be okay to use, use caution when adding it to your homemade detergent as using it may void some manufacturers warranties.
So as you can see, formulating an effective detergent involves many factors, and you will need to be careful about the ingredients you choose in order to develop a detergent which will get your diapers really clean! If your washing conditions are less than ideal (for instance you have an HE front loader, hard water, or are using synthetic diapers), it can be tricky to create something that cleans your diapers effectively.
A very important note is to please NOT use recipes that include dishwashing liquids - as these are high- foaming and can interfere with the proper functioning of washing machines.
Happy washing!


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By Eric Cormier / American Press
KINDER — Southwest Louisiana is on the minds of federal commerce officials in Washington, D.C., because of the billions of dollars in investments that have been announced and followed through on in recent years.
Aaron Brickman, deputy executive director of SelectUSA, noted that one big-ticket project makes federal bureaucrats ''excited'' even more.
Sasol's $21 billion natural gas processing plant — scheduled to be built in Westlake — is viewed as the largest investment made by a foreign based company in American history.
Brickman commented that since 2003, Louisiana ranks as one of the nation's top states in obtaining foreign direct investments with 90 projects.
"Sasol (headquartered in South Africa) is resonating in Washington like a bolder dropped in a kiddie pool," Brickman told an audience Thursday at the Gulf Coast Trade Alliance's 2013 World Trade Conference being held at Coushatta Casino Resort.
SelectUSA is an arm of the U.S. Commerce Department and supports American economic development organizations while encouraging international firms to make financial investments in the states.
Brickman explained that America's new found success in harvesting oil and natural gas makes it a viable destination for international manufacturing companies too.
"Companies from around the world are short listing the United States for energy projects," Brickman said. "It is an exciting time."
Michael Hayes, manager for governmental and public affairs for Sasol, said the gas-to-liquid plant that the company intends to build in Calcasieu Parish, is the first of its kind the company is building in America.
Sasol opened a similar facility in Qatar in 2007.
The drop in shale gas prices — from $13 to $4 — prompted company officials in South Africa to consider the United States.
"Shale gas is the game changer," Hayes said. "We want to take advantage of an abundant resource that's at a competitive price"
The plant is projected to have a $46.2 billion economic impact on the United States. At least 7,000 construction jobs are supposed to be created over a five- to six-year building period. Once completed, 1,200 permanent jobs are projected to be provided.
Hayes said the company is working on obtaining permits for construction and environmental studies while preparing to meet with stakeholders.
In comments made during the trade conference, Hayes stressed the importance of having a group of local, parish and state governmental officials working as a team with Sasol's representatives in Louisiana to convince the company's top officials that everything would be done to insure the project could be successful.
"This was the first major investment made by Sasol out of South Africa without having a partner. The Lake Charles project is 100 percent Sasol. The partnership that does exist includes the Louisiana governor's office, Louisiana Economic Development office, the local Alliance, port, police jury and the Sabine River Authority."
Hayes recalled a meeting at Sasol headquarters in 2007 in which a company executive told listeners that America was "aggressive" about free market economics and the government would allow a company to succeed or fail. The official wondered if it was possible for the company to feel good about an American investment.
Hayes said lots of "convincing" had to be done but the parties collected in Louisiana were able to sell state to the decision makers.
Brickman said the country — especially the coast of the Gulf of Mexico — is experiencing a manufacturing renaissance.
"People are talking about the United States like they did about China several years ago," he said.


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Title pretty much sums this one up. I don't get why anytime someone mentions DJ Fluker it always follows with "unless we trade back/get him in the 2nd round...etc". Considering we basically have no proven RT right now, it seems like Fluker is a near ideal prospect for the Giants at 19th overall.
He's a bonafide road grader with mean written all over him. Plus, I have my doubts that anyone carries 340 better than this guy does.
I've watched tape on this guy and I'm not seeing a whole lot to pick at, but I just want to hear some legitimate concerns and not the usual mocking bird routine that is often apparent around here.


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At the core of this ancient strategy manual is the understanding that conflict is an inescapable part of human experience. Since, as Sun Tzu teaches, aggression and response in kind can lead only to destruction, we must learn to work with conflict in a more profound and effective way. Crucial to this strategic vision is knowledge—especially self-knowledge—and a picture of the whole that seeks to bring conflicting views into a larger perspective.
This book-and-CD set allows readers to engage with The Art of War in its original medium—the spoken word. The book includes the complete translated text and three original essays exploring its key teachings. Produced under the direction of the Denma Translation Group's James Gimian, the audio program contains the complete Art of War text, read by Carl Williams (disc 1) and selections from the text interspersed with the Denma group's original commentary, read by Carrington MacDuffie (discs 2 and 3).
This fresh and unusually faithful translation preserves the enigmatic quality of the original—allowing us to discover innumerable insights in its lines millennia after this oral tradition was first set down. The commentary by the translators reveals the broader implications of Sun Tzu's teachings and how they can be applied to everyday circumstances.
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Jacqueline Olds
ALONE TOGETHER: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. By Sherry Turkle. xviii + 360 pp. Basic Books, 2011. $28.95.
Sherry Turkle, in her new book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, argues that humans are at a "robotic moment" in history. People have reached a "state of emotional—and I would say philosophical—readiness," she writes, in which they are "willing to seriously consider robots not only as pets but as potential friends, confidants, and even romantic partners."
To make her case, Turkle first discusses people's responses to actual robots. Part one of the book, "The Robotic Moment: In Solitude, New Intimacies," begins with ELIZA, the computer program created by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT in the 1960s that "conversed" with people via text on the screen, mimicking psychotherapeutic dialogue, and quickly moves to robotic "pets." She reports the results of interviews she conducted with children about their interactions with Tamagotchis, tiny toys first released in 1997 that appear on a screen housed in a plastic egg and "ask" their owners to take care of them. She analyses the results of similar studies with the Furby, a hamsterlike robot popular among children and adults in the late 1990s; the AIBO, a robotic "dog" released in 1999; and My Real Baby, a robotic doll released in 2000. These toys have unpredictable responses to their child owners, leading to confused responses and much theorizing by the children about whether and how the toys are alive or dead, real or fake. Children's concepts about what makes something alive, she writes, have evolved since the 1970s to center on "an object's seeming potential for mutual care." This, Turkle suggests, is one hallmark of the "robotic moment." Turkle has also studied robots created for people who are nearing the end of their lives. She notes that many people are persuaded that they will be better off and less of a burden if they let robots take care of them as they age, rather than letting humans do their expensive and often inadequate caretaking.
But Turkle points out that her book is not just about robots: "Rather, it is about how we are changed as technology offers us substitutes for connecting with each other face to face." Part two of the book, "Networked: In Intimacy, New Solitudes," moves from the more literal examples robots offer to the subtleties of online communication, text messaging and online gaming communities such as Second Life, whose users can craft their online identities and appearances and build homes and businesses within the game. Turkle's careful description of what she says are still the "early days" of the Internet displays both her curiosity and her concern about the effects of technology. She interviews people who seem more taken with their robot friends, cell phones and computers than are most people I can think of. In fact, I found many of the interview subjects' attachment to these devices quite surprising. Still, these people aren't so far off from the people I know that her arguments seem completely implausible—and the points Turkle makes are important ones.
Turkle's conclusions are based on years of research exploring people's interactions with and responses to electronic devices. This includes a number of studies she has conducted herself, many of which entailed interviewing elementary-school students, college students and adults about their use of technology. Hers is clearly an effort to report results evenhandedly. Still, reading her analysis, I sense that she feels we might all have sold ourselves down the river to technology that was supposed to save us time and leave us more available for the activities and intimacies that really matter to us. She argues, as have many others, that we are dominated by our cell phones, computers, e-mails and text messages, rather than controlling our use of them to increase our efficiency and thus our free time. She doesn't like to label excessive use of these devices as addiction—she writes, "To combat addiction, you have to discard the addicting substance. But we are not going to 'get rid' of the Internet." But she thinks, and in this I completely agree with her, that "we have to find a way to live with seductive technology and make it work to our purposes."
Alone Together is the final book in a trilogy that began with Turkle's 1984 book The Second Self and continued in Life on the Screen, which was published in 1995. This latest book represents something of a shift—Turkle was more optimistic about the role of technology earlier in her career. And the changes in her thinking have yielded some compelling arguments. One of these is Turkle's exploration of how confusing it is for young children to be confronted with robotic toys that respond to them in complex, humanlike "voices" and express needs and feelings. Part of what child psychiatrists appreciate about inanimate toys is that children get to write the script for make-believe play, using the toys to work out issues in their own development. Play is not quite as creative when someone has programmed a randomized script into a toy that purports to have feelings of its own.
Turkle writes, unsurprisingly, that young people depend too much on instant messaging and text messaging as a way of conducting friendships. And indeed, we now know from neuroscience research that there are areas in the prefrontal cortex that determine the development of social judgment, and that these areas rely on input from all five senses (and the internal organs) in order to help us make decisions about what would be an appropriate response to a situation. When children and teenagers communicate via the typed word as they learn about human interactions and friendships, they don't develop the skills of friendship or the sound social judgment that they would if they had face-to-face contact the way they did in the past. Luckily, school isn't conducted online yet, so children still get to practice peer interchange for a few hours of every day. On a more optimistic note, she persuasively quotes some teenagers who have recognized the way in which face-to-face connections are superior to sending text messages and e-mails or using Skype to make video calls. They are trying to put aside their curiosity about their next important message and devote time to their close friends without the interference of technology. But I was dismayed to read that many of these teenagers say their parents can't concentrate on actual conversations in the present moment because they are reading e-mails on their BlackBerries.
Turkle details how successive new technologies have changed how we communicate, noting how much information is conveyed by the human voice as transmitted by the telephone and how rare and lovely the sound of another's voice is. But we got tired of phone calls, so many of us switched to e-mails or voice mails (designed so we wouldn't have to encounter someone directly by phone). I would add that these communication fads play out in the realm of family dynamics. In their efforts to avoid adults' scrutiny, teenagers take the lead in adopting new methods of technological communication, sending text messages rather than leaving voice mails, for instance. Adults end up following suit because they want to be aware of what their children are doing. But with each new technology, the messages become more clipped and contain less information, sometimes losing subtlety along the way. We can only hope that the next technological leap won't require us to use only our thumbs—or even less.
Although Turkle doesn't make this point, I think it's important to note that the evolution of communication technologies has happened in parallel with the move toward families with two full-time working parents. When middle- and upper-class women were less likely to have full-time jobs and more likely to have children, they spent more time watching their children play, shopping, visiting with friends and keeping track of the whereabouts of their families. As more and more women began to choose to have careers, communication technologies were becoming more advanced. Catalog shopping, marketed to working women, was one of the harbingers of this change. Along with telephones, which made it easier to keep in touch, these and other developments established technology as an essential part of maintaining one's home and family. And as some of the men who were these women's partners slowly adopted a more equal share of work in the home, they too became more pressed for time. Now computers, cell phones and text messages have become ways of keeping track of children, spouses, relatives and friends. And once it's possible to be in communication with one's family all the time, it's easy to feel guilty or worried if that connection is ever broken. Meanwhile, children realize they are being closely monitored—a phenomenon Turkle notes—and valiantly attempt to get distance from their parents and closer contact with their friends, even if that contact comes in the form of online video games and text messages. So along with technological changes, fear and its close companion, guilt, have helped to bring us to this peculiar state of affairs. Alone Together sheds new light on the situation.
Even though, to my mind, Turkle seems to have an uncanny knack for finding interview subjects who are putting too much store in their electronic devices, her ideas about the state we've come to—in which people sometimes prefer presenting a made-up self online rather than a real self in person—are important and deserve attention. In a different era, we would have worried that people who stayed in their fantasies to the extent that some computer users do were headed toward schizophrenia. If we're now prepared to believe that time spent with computers is a reasonable alternative to real relationships, we definitely need a correction in course! Thanks to Turkle's carefully researched book, we may be drawing closer to that correction.
Jacqueline Olds is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She teaches child psychiatry at the McLean and Massachusetts General Hospitals and maintains a private psychiatry practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the author, with her husband Richard S. Schwartz, of The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century (Beacon Press, 2008) and Marriage in Motion: The Natural Ebb and Flow of Lasting Relationships (Perseus Publishing Group, 2000), and, with Schwartz and Harriet Webster, of Overcoming Loneliness in Everyday Life (Carol Publishing Group, 1996).
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Thankfully our state ran out of money for county inspectors decades ago... in 1986 our moron showed up unannounced at a remote countryside site because most sites here are suburban and he probably was underqualified to arouse bees in a neighborhood. He came in June, middle of the flow, tore down a double brood chamber with six filling honey supers and found what he claimed was AFB in the brood chamber. When I harvested the 180 pound crop I did find three cells in the brood with some kind of scale. The hive lived happily on with no outbreak of AFB. He had placed a burn notice. It was already illegal to burn in the county due to smog regulations. I offered to bring the hive to his site of choice for burning, and never heard from him again. I still use the boxes he scrawled AFB on and have not had any consequential AFB problems over the years. I doubt that at the time he had 1% of the bee working experience that I had and probably never did get any.
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I would call just to hear the inspector's observations. We don't have inspectors here, thankfully but I wouldn't object to a surprise inspection if we did.
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The inspector who checked your hives was probably Bill Troupe. He is responsible for all Carroll Co and all the western counties. With so much ground to cover, he usually gets to your hives once every three years. He actually inpects all year round and brings a dog trained to smell foulbrood.
He will be a speaker at the Carroll Co. Beekeepers short course this Wednesday evening coming up. I welcome you to come to the class and I will introduce you to him. He may even bring his dog with him. The class is held at Carroll Community College in Westminster.
He is very knowledgeable and very friendly and helpful.
Laws are just a few words and piece of paper. The only thing that ever protected the weak was for the weak to get stronger, or get stronger friends.Laws are in place to keep our civilization functioning and keep the strong from overpowering the weak.
What a great idea, I think somebody tried to start a country with that as a founding principle once but it didn't turn out that way.Exactly what is wrong with people these days. They forget THEY are the government.
Bee inspectors are NOT part of MY government. As far as I am concerned they are enemy spies at the worst and busybodies at the best. Neither is welcome on my property.
Personally I don't think its worth dying for to go poke around inside someone else property just to see if they are doing it the right way. I guess thats why I'm not a house breaker or a bee inspector.
What are we going to have next, people who come and look through your dirty laundry to see if you change your underwear often enough? Maybe someone would like to come inspect my cats litter box and see if she has any parasites. Heck, maybe we should just stop having bees at home and turn them all into the government so they can manage them for us.
Then they better call before asking me to bend over or they are going to have a real bad day.Montana certainly does have apiary inspectors. In fact, if you have more than 5 hives you are required to register with the MT Department of Agriculture. Details here:
Its good to know the inquisitor who checked the OP's hives was competent. Still doesn't change the fact that its a violation of basic human rights.I welcome you to come to the class and I will introduce you to him. He may even bring his dog with him. The class is held at Carroll Community College in Westminster.
He is very knowledgeable and very friendly and helpful.
If you don't get satisfactory answers from the Inspector call his/her boss. You have the Right to know and they are Civil SERVANTS. They are there to serve your needs, not theirs. Speaking as an Apiary Inspector of 20 years experience.
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So since you may actually know something about the subject, did you perform inspections without permission/notification or did you actually work with your beekeepers? What is the common practice?If you don't get satisfactory answers from the Inspector call his/her boss. You have the Right to know and they are Civil SERVANTS. They are there to serve your needs, not theirs. Speaking as an Apiary Inspector of 20 years experience.
For the most part laws are in place to keep the majority of people happy. The laws may not be fair or the enforcement of the laws may not be fair. But usually when they don't keep the majority happy they are changed. But not in the case where the strong and powerful are concerned. That is what strong and powerful means.
In the case of the unannounced inspector, did someone file a complaint that caused the inspector to do the inspection that day? I would like to know that. I don't think you will find the answer to this case on beesource. The answer lies in the department of inspection. You must inquire or your brain will just go off the deep end, probably for no good reason.
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Inspectors get a bad rap and are misunderstood for the most part. I have had the opportunity to meet many inspectors. Most of which were nice, personal, and willing to help out.
It would behoove anyone to ask an inspector if you have any questions. After all, they ARE the professionals and have seen it all basically.
I once called a building inspector on his cell phone #(which he gave me earlier). He answered, gave me the answer to my question and THEN told me he was on vacation in Florida at the time of my call! lol He talked to me for over 20 minutes after that.
You should check your states Apiary law, it may allow inspectors to come onto your property without permission. Inspectors are there to check for AFB which most states have laws requiring something be done, pending lab results. I've inspected for two states and both required prior notice as a courtesy. Depending on circumstances, he may not have been anticipating the cooler weather but had to perform the inspection anyway. He probably would have looked quickly and closed up the hives. However, I wouldn't have dared to inspect a hive at those temps, why, because I wouldn't open my own hives during those temps
Montana Code:
Clearly, Inspectors are required to provide 24 hours notice, but they are not required to gain permission from the land/hive owner.80-6-201. Apiaries -- powers and duties of department. (1) To prevent the spread of pests and contagious and infectious disease among bees and apiaries, the department may:
(a) enter private land containing an apiary site and fly over or enter any farm, railroad right-of-way, or other grounds or premises containing an apiary site to determine the health or ownership of the bees. The department shall provide at least 24 hours' notice to a private landowner before entering private land.
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If you are paranoid, this part is especially interesting:
(4) The department may enter into agreements with the United States department of agriculture, other federal agencies, other states, municipal authorities, and individual Montana beekeepers in carrying out the provisions of this part.
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I always remember that the inspectors are there to ensure that hives infected with foulbrood do not spread this to other hives in the area. As a past commercial beekeeper here in Vermont, there used to be more concerns with hives that were allowed to foster foulbrood year after year and soon it could be like an epidemic in the area (if hives were'nt treated). While I agree with all of you about government, I try not lose focus on the purpose of bee inspecting---I never view the inspectors as a threat, but a way for you to improve your hives. If your hives are unhealthy then it only makes sense to be aware of it and do something about it----no one benefits from unhealthy hives.
Doing inspectiopns w/out notification only makes for hurt feelings. I was turned away a number of times. Which was no big deal since there were plenty of other locations to inspect.
Mark Berninghausen
What you describe is not an Inspection.
Mark Berninghausen
I'm not going to argue w/ you tommyt, you just don't know what you are talking about and I'm not syre what you are talking about. I guess by "pulling brood" you must not mean removing brood frames from the hive and visually looking at the capped brood, but something else I guess.
Smell testing for AFB is very inaccurate. One will miss anything other than a full blown broken down case. Unless perhaps you have a nose like a dog, which MD has used to check hives for AFB but no longer does, afaik.
How do you do an ether roll (the most accurate and my prefered method) or powdered sugar roll w/out removing frames and scooping bees off of a capped brood frame?
Maybe my use of the word "dismantle" was misunderstood. What I meant by dismantle was to remove the cover(s) and then removing the frames, so visual inspection of each and every frame could be done.
How do you inspect a beehive for diseases and pests of honeybees? How does your State Apiary Inspector go about doing an inspection for diseases and pests?
The purpose of inspecting beehives, as far as a State Authority is concerned, is to determine the state of health of beehives w/in a State. If all one does is check to see if a hive is alive and of good strength and doesn't smell like AFB that doesn't determine what needs to be determined.
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I've found & destroyed a hive with AFB in a yard that has 5 other hives. The hive was being robbed but it was only 2 days prior that I had checked this yard and things looked normal. I wasin the process of making 5 double nucs into double 10-frame deeps and had done all but this AFB hive. I needed more eequipment so I returned 2days later & found this hive being robbed. As I mentioned I burned the bees & frames and scorched the boxes.
I medicated the other 5 hives in hopes that there wasn't robbing going on prior to brood in the other hives that was old enough to not get AFB infection.
Just wondering if others have had hives with AFB yet still have hives in the same area survive?


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