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Updated MACI Raffle Items!
We spent some time today getting the Mega Raffle, Entry Raffle, and Workshop Raffle all organized. The following is what has been committed so far.
WOW! We didn't realize how much had come in. Thank you to all of our supporters and sponsors. Attendees and guests - please stop by these exhibitors tables at the show or check out their linked websites when considering your future purchases in an effort to say "thanks".
Oh, and don't forget to buy raffle tickets!
Donated by Reef Hatchery & Imports - http://reefimports.com
Platinum Clown Fish
Donated by Friends of CMAS - http://www.cmas.net
JBJ nano aquarium and 2 flame wrasses
Donated by Central Pets - http://www.centralpet.com
75-gallon reef ready aquarium and stand
75 Gallon Coralife Cone Skimmer
29 Gallon Coralife Biocube
1000 Kent marine supplements
Donated by Drsfostersmith.com - http://www.drsfostersmith.com
1000 door prize bags
Donated by marinegeek.com - http://www.marinegeek.com/bb
$1000 raffle donation from Marine Geek
Donated by Seachem - http://www.seachem.com/Home/index.html
$300 raffle items from Seachem
Provided Coral Dip for Build-a-Reef-Ball Workshop
4 aquavitro salinity 120 gallon bucket
2 aquavitro salinity 225 gallon bucket
4 full set aquavitro reef supplements in 1 L size
- alpha
- balance
- calcification
- eight.four
- fuel
- ions
- vibrance
3 sets Reef Fusion 1 and 2 in 500mL size
3 sets Reef Fusion 1 and 2 in 1 L size
3 sets Reef Fusion 1 and 2 in 2 L size
Donated by Phyto2 - http://www.phyto2.com
3 one gallon Phyto2 prize packs
Donated by Marineland - http://www.marineland.com/MarineLand.home
Marineland 45 gallon cube, stand, and hood
Magnum 350
In sump 100 gallon skimmer
2 Maxi-jet 900 Pro
12 calcium booster
12 natural nitrite reducer
12 reef accelerator
Instant Ocean Reef Master Test Kit
Donated by Bulk Reef Supply - http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/store
Deluxe BRS Reactor + a ½ gallon of GFO
Donated by Rod's Food - http://www.rodsfood.com
5 multi-packs of Rod's food
Donated by Tropic Marin - http://www.tropic-marin.com
6 packages Elimi-phos 200g
6 packages Elimi-phos 1.5kg
6 packages Elimi-phos Long life 100g
6 units Liquid Bio-Calcium
Donated by Vertias Controls - http://www.veritascontrols.com
$100 Gift Certificate
Donated by Captain's Corals - http://www.captainscorals.com
120 Watt LED light
Premium Corals
Donated by Premium Aquatics - http://premiumaquatics.com/store/merchant.mvc
Vertex IN 100 Protein Skimmer
Donated by Zero Edge - http://zeroedgeaquarium.com
45 Gallon Zero Edge Cube, Sump, and Stand
Donated by Paradise Corals - http://www.paradisecorals.com
Pink & Purple Watermelon Paradise Chalice
Donated by Finnex Aquarium - http://www.finnex.net
LED Clip on spot light
Donated by Total Pets Plus - http://totalpetsplus.com
Bucket of Tropic Marin Salt
25 lbs of dry base rock
Donated by Flipper Cleaner - http://flippercleaner.com
Flipper aquarium cleaner
Donated by Exotic Aquatics - http://www.exoticaquaticsinc.com
28 Gallon JBJ Nano Cube and Stand
Thank you for all of the contributions.
The proceeds from this raffle will help to fund the show and fund CMAS future events.
Just Announced!
Participants of the coral cutting http://maci.cmas.net/attendee-info/c...gging-workshop or build-a-reefball http://maci.cmas.net/attendee-info/reef-ball workshops at MACI will be entered into a special raffle just for participants.
The raffle prize is a 14 gallon JBJ nano and stand and a pair of flame wrasses. Thats over $650 in retail value.
All you have to do is sign up for one of the two workshops (or both workshops for better odds!) listed above and you will get issued a raffle ticket to be entered into the drawing. It doesn't get any easier than that!
Flame Wrasses to be raffled:
Good Luck!
Ever wanted to pick up a Zero Edge cube tank & stand?
Zero Edge has donated a 45 gallon cube full set-up to be raffled off at the Marine Aquatic Conference of Illinois. The setup will include the tank, the sump, and a stand!
Be sure to drop a couple of raffle tickets on that prize! And be sure to stop by their booth and see their display of amazing aquariums and stands.
Additional Mega Raffle Items Donated by Seachem!
Seachem has generously offered the following additional mega raffle items:
- 4 aquavitro salinity 120 gallon bucket
- 2 aquavitro salinity 225 gallon bucket
- 4 full set aquavitro reef supplements in 1 L size
- alpha
- balance
- calcification
- eight.four
- fuel
- ions
- vibrance
- 3 sets Reef Fusion 1 and 2 in 500mL size
- 3 sets Reef Fusion 1 and 2 in 1 L size
- 3 sets Reef Fusion 1 and 2 in 2 L size
Thanks Seachem!
MACI Raffle Prize List:
29 Gallon Coralife Biocube
75 Gallon Coralife Cone Skimmer
75-gallon reef ready aquarium and stand
1000 Kent marine supplements
1000 door prize bags from Dr. Foster and Smith
$1000 raffle donation from Marine Geek
$300 raffle items from Seachem
3 one gallon Phyto2 prize packs
Magnum 350
In sump 100 gallon skimmer
2 Maxi-jet 900 Pro
12 calcium booster
12 natural nitrite reducer
12 reef accelerator
Instant Ocean Reef Master Test Kit
Deluxe BRS Reactor + a ½ gallon of GFO
5 multi-packs of Rod's food
6 packages Elimi-phos 200g
6 packages Elimi-phos 1.5kg
6 packages Elimi-phos Long life 100g
6 units Liquid Bio-Calcium
This is just a starting list!!
This press release was issued over the weekend by Aqua-Tech Co., manufacturer of Phyto2 http://www.phyto2.com/, that their new product AZOX Macro Coral diet will be released at the MACI show.
The entire press release follows:
Aqua-Tech Co., manufacturer of Phyto2, has announced the launch of its newest product
will coincide with the Marine Aquarium Conference of Illinois (MACI 2012). AZOX
Macro Diet is a nutritious diet scientifically designed for the nutritional needs of both
Photosynthetic and Non-Photosynthetic coral, Gorgonia, larval and planktivorous fish.
Aqua-Tech Co. will be awarding free product, making AZOX available for purchase and
demonstrating microscopy of its components.
AZOX Macro Coral diet is comprised of various size zooplankton gut loaded with
phytoplankton and selected for their size, nutrition and attraction by coral. These small
meaty particles are neutrally buoyant, packed with energy and ideal in aquariums with
Non-Photosynthtic specimens such as gorgonia and tentacled corals. The product
includes 9 types of copepod, two strains of rotifer, two strains of brine shrimp nauplii,
3 strains of phytoplankton and appetite stimulators. Packaged in a convenient pump
dispenser the product is easily broadcast fed.
Marine Aquarium Conference of Illinois (MACI) will show at the Pheasant's Run Resort
in St. Charles, IL on March 11th, 2012.
Marine Geek and Chicago Marine Aquarium Society proudly present a new exciting
conference featuring a full day of speakers, a workshop, kids activities and a huge show
floor including a build a Reefball and your favorite vendors, local fish stores and frag
shops display and selling their goods and livestock.
The event will include presentations from Kevin Kohen (Director, Live Aquaria),
George Parsons (Curator, John G. Shedd Aquarium), Tal Sweet (MBI) and Julian Sprung
(Owner, Two Little Fishies). There will be over 40 vendors including: Marineland,
Seachem, Drs. Foster and Smith, and Two Little Fishies.
Reef Imports and Hatchery http://reefimports.com/ has released announced the type of fish that will be won in the entry-ticket raffle! All ticket holders who enter the show will be entered to win with their ticket stub being the raffle ticket!
The donated pair of fish is none other than a platinum clownfish! Wow!
Thanks Reef Imports and Hatchery.
Finnex http://www.finnex.net/ has just notified CMAS that they will be providing a fantastic clip on LED spot light to the Mega Raffle. This light is perfect for showcasing coral in any tank or adding to the overall lighting design.
Read more information about this great product here:
Be sure to stop by the Finnex booth and thank them for this great donation!
Paradise Corals www.paradisecorals.com has generously donated two frags of some great chalices to the Mega Raffle. Pink Paradise Watermelon Chalice and a frag of Purple Paradise Watermelon Chalice.
Check these beautiful corals out!
Don't forget to drop a few raffle tickets in the jar to win these awesome corals.
Thanks Paradise Corals!
Marine Aquarium Conference of Illinois
Hello plantedtank.com!
CMAS (Chicago Marine Aquarium Society) cordially invites you to the Marine Aquarium Conference of Illinois.
This exciting event is being held on March 11, 2012, so buy your tickets now and get ready for great aquarium loving fun.
This event is being present by Marine Geek and will feature a fun filled day of
manufacturer and vendor display booths, guest speakers, educational workshops, reef awareness presentations, and community frag & fish
sellers. Build your own reef ball for only $25 and help support our natural reefs!
Activities for the kids will be ongoing, as will the mega raffle with products and goods graciously provided by many of your favorite manufacturers and vendors!
All of this fun will be held at the Pheasant Run Resort located in St. Charles Illinois just outside of Chicago. Pheasant Run is a midwest mega resort with restaurants, lounges, golf, spas and a world class hotel among other amenities. Buy now to reserve accomodations for only $99 per night.
Door goodies to the first 1,000 people through the door will be provided by Dr. Foster & Smith Aquatics.
If you are interested in exhibiting at the event please click here.
Entry to the show floor is only $18 and children under 17 enter free. Book your tickets soon as these event will sell out
soon! We will see you there!
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Requesting help with attack response...
I am seeking assistance in understanding and responding to what I believe to be a security breach in my home wireless LAN. While I am an experienced end-user, my networking experience has been largely limited to small LANs and web servers.
To preface the symptoms I will describe, it may be relevant to state that there is a certain individual who is relatively tech-savvy (although no hacker), who has motive to access personal information of mine.
So, here's my layman's description of what has happened: Beginning approximately two weeks ago, I suddenly and inexplicably starting having difficulty with wireless connections to my FiOS network in my home. Specifically, clients would establish connections to the network, but were unable to access the internet and other network devices. I also noted a significant decrease in signal strength, and encountered frequent disconnects that I had not before.
Assuming there was an error or misconfiguration with my hardware, I have spent hours on end resetting all of my network devices to default and rebuilding the LAN, with no improvement in performance. I have FiOS service in my home, so my primary gateway is the Verizon-provided piece-of-crap Actiontec modem/router. It has a static IP provided by Verizon, and is set to dish out IP addresses within the range of 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.200. Because the Actiontec wireless signal is laughable, I installed an Apple AirPort Extreme dual-band N in front of the FiOS router. I set up the AirPort to broadcast the wireless connection to the network, and disabled its DHCP server so that the FiOS router was the only device leasing IP's. I statically assigned the Airport the address 192.168.1.2 (the FiOS router is set to the factory-default 192.168.1.1).
My LAN consists of a Windows 7 Professional desktop that is always powered on, two Windows notebooks (Win7Pro & WinXP Pro), two Linux Notebooks (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS), a NAS (WD MyBook World), 6 iOS devices (3 iPod touch, 2 iPhone, 1 iPad2), and three AirPort Express units. Obviously, my 3 Verizon FiOS set-top boxes also connect as LAN clients. The Win7 Desktop, FiOS STP's, and the NAS are connected to the FiOS router via ethernet/coax; all other devices access the network wirelessly. The only port configuration that was altered was a forward on Port22 to my NAS for remote SFTP connections.
Of all things, it was an iOS game that my daughter was playing that brought the issue to my attention. I had agreed to let her purchase the app, but had great difficulty connecting to the iTunes store on her iPod touch (a very common issue for all of our iOS devices in the past 2 weeks). After rebooting the iPod several times, I opened the WiFi properties and noticed that her connection to my network was suspicious. The device had been assigned an IP address beginning with 169.254…, and was using a different subnet (255.255.0.0, whereas my DHCP assigns 255.255.255.0). Additionally, there were no DNS servers assigned, and obviously, she was not able to connect to the internet at all.
After this discovery, I took a closer look at all clients on the network, and found that half of them had these bizarre IP assignments.
In response, I reconfigured my AirPort Extreme with new WLAN settings, including a new SSID and password. I also disabled broadcasting of the SSID. I changed the settings on all of the clients and reset / reconfigured the AirPort Express units. Immediately after making these changes, all connectivity problems vanished! All clients connected to the WLAN immediately, with very strong signals and no disconnects. Internet access is fast and consistent all around.
Now, for the suspicious part… After reconfiguring the WLAN, I noticed that a network with the same SSID I had been previously using is still broadcasting! I have scoured my home from top-to-bottom, and can not imagine ANY device that should be broadcasting this network. My theory (and I have NO idea how plausible this is) is that someone within range of my home is broadcasting their own WLAN using the same SSID I had been using, essentially "mocking" my AP. As my connectivity problems indicate, I think clients would occasionally connect to the rouge WLAN instead of the legitimate one, and at times "bounce" between the two, causing the inconsistent connections and internet loss. I should note that the SSID I had been using was very unique, so I am convinced that if someone else is broadcasting the same, it is NOT coincidental.
As of 07:00 today (3/30/12), the "rogue" WLAN is still broadcasting, and I have the following questions that I am hoping someone in this forum may be able to help me answer:
1. Since my former SSID was broadcast, I see how someone could obtain and replicate it, however the password used was very strong, unique to the WLAN, and not shared (not even my wife or kids knew it, as I set up their iOS devices for them). If someone did set up a "phishing" WLAN, would it possible to assign IPs to my devices even though they all had passwords set? Could / would the fake WLAN accept client connections without having matching passwords?
2. What is the most reliable method of locating the device(s) that are still broadcasting the fake WLAN? If this truly is a malicious attack, I assume it won't be long before the attacker realizes he/she no longer has wireless clients.
3. What, if any, personal information could have been compromised on my home LAN? I'm really not concerned about packet captures on the wireless clients, since they are primarily used for casual browsing / email, etc., however I do use my work (WinXP) and personal (Ubuntu) notebooks for confidential communication and banking. Neither of these notebooks are powered on when not in use. The "always-on" windows desktop is only used for homework, itunes, facebook, etc.
4. Keeping in mind that I am NO hacker, is there an easy way for me to learn anything about the fake WLAN and it's owner's intentions? I considered connecting to it with one of my notebooks and running AirCrack or Wireshark, but in all honestly, I wouldn't know the first thing about what to look at in the captured data.
Okay, so now I'm "that guy" who submits a novel for his first post in the forum - lol, but I'm really hoping someone can share some insight on this for me, and as I mentioned, I doubt the broadcast will continue once the admin realizes there are no more connections to it.
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Tart apples, grainy mustard, cider vinegar and a touch of brown sugar add sweet-and-sour flavor to sauteed kale.
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FSLR Falls 9%: Vague 'Pipeline' Prospects Embolden the Bears
Shares of First Solar (FSLR) continue under pressure this afternoon following a Q1 report yesterday afternoon of better-than-expected revenue, but lower-than-expected profit per share, as the company suffered some delays in projects, and a lower utilization rate as it adjusts some production lines for solar energy panel module manufacture.
On a conference call following the report, CEO Jim Hughes touted the company's pipeline of several gigawatts of potential future bookings, but said it was impossible at this point to say at what rate such "future opportunities" might turn into bookings for the company.
First Solar's report is having a dispiriting effect upon peers today, with SunPower (SPWR) shares off 56 cents, or 3.5%, at $15.30, Trina Solar (TSL) shares down 14 cents, or 2.8%, at $4.86, and Canadian Solar (CSIQ) shares off 32 cents, or 5.5%, at $5.48.
The bulls are few and far between on the stock these days, with most analysts on the sell side rating FSLR at a Sell or Hold or the equivalent. The bull view, then, to the extent it's articulated, is basically to hold out for the pipeline to turn into orders, while the bear case is based on limited visibility into that pipeline:
Sanjay Shrestha, Lazard Capital Markets: Reiterates a Buy rating and a $60 price target Higher revenues were driven by a large module shipment to Europe, somewhat offset by lower profitability on module only shipments and additional project expenses related to the AVSR project [...] We believe shares will continue to move higher on continued execution and new project bookings. In 1Q13, FSLR booked ~300MW ($700M),with book to bill of slightly below 1.0. Contracted pipeline was flat at 2.5GW or $8B in future revenue. The company is currently pursuing bookings opportunity totaling 5.5GW with mid-late stage opportunity of about 700MW with higher concentration in North America and Latin America."
Gordon Johnson, Axiom Capital: Reiterates a Sell rating but raises his price target to $13 from $9. "With FSLR's ability to pull in Desert Sunlight revenue from C1Q15 to 2013, despite Consensus numbers prior to FSLR's analyst day calling for rev recognition to begin in C1Q15 as per an 8-K the company filed 9/30/11 (which, for the most part, is what drove the stock 45.5% higher in a single day 4/9/13) – based on our model, Desert Sunlight is worth $2.68/shr in EPS in 2013 & $2.76/shr in EPS in 2014 – we believe attempting to value FSLR on '13/'14 EPS is "anyone's best guess" due to a growing general lack of disclosure around the project business (we remind our readers that FSLR's current CEO was among a list of non-public unindicted co-conspirators in the Enron fraud case [...] We have adjusted our val. approach to a sum-of-the-parts approach, looking at FSLR's cash flows; based on this approach, our PT moves up to $13/shr from $9/shr prior."
Ben Pang , B. Riley & Co.: Reiterates a Sell rating, and a $28 price target. "The near term conversion of the pipeline to shipments is still slower than we would have expected [...] 4.8GW of the potential bookings would have a development cycle of 1 to 2 years and is based primarily on FSLR's own captive project assets. Although this does give FSLR flexibility to build the backlog, we think the lack of movement in more near term projects is actually a concern for future growth. In our view, the only real positive near term take-away was the memorandum of understanding for Phase II of the Ordos project in China."
Mehdi Hosseini, Susquehanna Financial Group: Reiterates a Neutral rating and raises his price target to $41 from $40. "The report and the conference call offers something for both the Bulls and the Bears. Nonetheless, there is increased: (1) conviction in the existing backlog materializing over the next few years, (thus giving us confidence in the book value of $41), and (2) probability of the backlog actually increasing over the next 12-18 months (as some of the booking opportunity actually moves into the backlog in the form of contracted project)."
Edwin Mok, Needham & Co.: Reiterates a Hold rating. "FSLR's 1Q13 report showed some progress on the project development front but in our view did not provide enough incremental information to improve visibility into its revenue and earnings targets. We believe the company continues to execute its strategy by diversifying globally, focusing on growing bookings, and improving its costs. However, we also believe the 2014/15 targets look aggressive even after considering the large booking opportunities highlighted on this call. Given the recent strong runup in share price, we recommend investors stay on the sideline."
Colin Rusch, Northland Capital Markets: Reiterates an Underperform rating, and a $35 price target. "FSLR laid out an aggressive roadmap at its analyst day highlighting significant cost improvements expected from R&D projects being commercialized. Management noted its first project is the roll-out of back contact cells an that it expects its first line to be complete in August which is expected to bring average fleet conversion efficiency to 13.3% with best in class efficiency at 14% by year end. While this may be semantics, FSLR's Analyst Day slides point to a July completion. We don't believe it is a serious slippage, but will be watching execution on these adjustments carefully."


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The Gadsden Times newspaper reported that the Sheriff's Office also seized illegal weapons and other items deemed dangerous.
Abdulah's arrest came after a recent investigation into the illegal sale of bath salts, blamed in several deaths and declared illegal earlier this year.
During the investigation, packets of bath salts were discovered that were similar to the packets found when a man committed suicide in August, Savage said.
After no other explosives were found inside, DEU continued its search and found a large amount of cash, what are believed to fake IDs and documents and a large amount of synthetic marijuana known as spice. Not all synthetic marijuana is illegal, but some versions of the leafy substance are. It was seized so it can be analyzed.
That's some turble journalism there. Who owned the guns and who owned the drugs?
Mohamed Ali Muflahi, was taken into custody in Etowah County during a drug raid Friday.
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How do you forget to mention its a fricking drug raid??? Maybe thats the reason he was arrested? and the fact he had no proof as a national, was found after he was arrested.
How do you forget to mention its a fricking drug raid???
After learning of the arrest, several Alabama state senators drafted a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder demanding the Justice Department drop its legal challenges to the state's immigration law.
The letter was set to be released to the media Tuesday morning, but the news conference was cancelled for unspecified reasons. The letter requests that Holder launch an investigation into how a citizen of Yemen settled in Alabama without detection or documentation.
Plus, he was arrested for "obstruction of a government operation" not drugs (first link) and held because he didn't have his papers.
I provided two links, both of which stated it was a drug raid. I just chose not to include that information as it made my attempt at a "gotcha" moment, worthless.
Amazing how they won't issue enough visas for Mexicans to come work here legally
An H-2A visa allows a foreign national entry into the U.S. for temporary or seasonal agricultural work. There are several requirements of the employer in regards to this visa. The H-2A temporary agricultural program establishes a means for agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature. Currently in the United States there are about 30,000 temporary agricultural workers under this visa program.
H-2A visas are unlimited, meaning employers can bring in as many seasonal or temporary workers as they need.
The H-2B visa nonimmigrant program permits employers to hire foreign workers to come temporarily to the U.S. and perform temporary nonagricultural services or labor on a one-time, seasonal, peakload or intermittent basis.
(d) Every alien in the United States who has been registered and fingerprinted under the provisions of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, or under the provisions of this Act shall be issued a certificate of alien registration or an alien registration receipt card in such form and manner and at such time as shall be prescribed under regulations issued by the Attorney General.
(e) Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d). Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
No, he wasn't. See my post above where it specifically says it was a drug investigation
who was accused of obstructing a government operation
Your links don't mention why he was held.
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I've used 5 gallon buckets and blocks. I'm looking for something less heavy and more aetheticaly pleasing. One of my thoughts is to make a box using 2x12 pt big enough to have 2 hives side by side.
I've used 5 gallon buckets and blocks. I'm looking for something less heavy and more aetheticaly pleasing. One of my thoughts is to make a box using 2x12 pt big enough to have 2 hives side by side.
Free pallets
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Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
one 2" x 4" x 8' cut to 36 or if you want 48" = two sides
2 pieces of 2" x 4" x 18" depending on your bottom boards.
Assemble the boards so that they resemblr a giant letter H on both ends. You can set the cross boards in about 12" for stability.
Set the 2 hives on the stand so that you can work them for the season. Move the two hives so that they are adjacent for wintering. You can put your winter wrap on if you want.
This is just a simple scetch
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My websitehttp://bees4u.com/
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The simplest would to use would be 4'x4"x8' pressure treated wood like the kind used for fence post.
Easy to load.
Easy to set up.
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Mostly I use free, scrap pallets available at a hundred different places. They are fairly easy to level up with bricks on the corners.
I came across some free, 8' landscaping timbers, approx 4"x6", and laid two of them parallel to each other.
I've also used cement blocks, mostly 8", some 12". These were used and free. My only complaint is that they are harder to level and as much as I tried to keep a hive on just two of them, I needed four per hive.
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Thanks guys I will experiment this weekend.
Hi Jason, it all is a hobby to me, the bees, woodworking, steelworking, cars and engines and of course the computer. In essence, I am way out there with my interests and so I come up with hive stands that are made from scrap steel, the neighbors old basket ball stands for example. Take a look at Photobucket.com and look under Habedere. Right now I am eager to rig the tractor back for summer operation but there are six inches of snow advertised here. I need the tractor to reverse the brood boxes soon as I may have some swarming that I don't want. Back to the stands, I like them as they are on a single pipe and I coat a strip with Tanglefoot to keep the ants and other critters out. Again, its just a hobby but I like it! Take care and have fun.
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I use a stand made of 4x4's similar to the diagram in the Beekeepers Handbook,
This worked great for my first 6 hives (plus they look good in the neighborhood) but now that my hive numbers keep increasing I plan on using cinder blocks for the farms I am pollinating as they are cheap and does not require time to make.
Hughes Honey Apiary
>The simplest would to use would be 4'x4"x8' pressure treated wood
That's what about half of mine are. The other have are the two by four frames I built. It's easier to level the frames. It's easier to build the 4 by 4s.
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
Watch for coffee tables that people put out for trash. Most of the are strong and good looking and big enough for two hives.
I get the smaller pallets at places like lowes, home depot, etc. when they go bad, I just replace them and throw the old ones on the burn pile.
The trees and louvered fence protect against the crazy windstorms we get, winter and spring. 50mph and worse sometimes. We're in desert, and think this area will great morning sun, then shade after 1 or 2pm.
The louvered fence was probably overkill, but looks nice, and may be a calming influence with our indoor loving neighbor family next door (I'm talking nicely.)


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Bob Seger
Detroit has always been a musical hotbed, and Bob Seger is one of its greatest rock and roll talents.
His was a long, slow climb to the top, and his overdue breakthrough – withNight Moves, in 1976 – attested to his belief in himself and rock music as a dream worth pursuing. For more than ten years Seger labored on rock's fringe. Sustained by a rabid fan base, he cut some fine albums and performed at least 200 shows a year. As Dave Marsh wrote, "He had all the requisites of greatness: the voice, the songwriting, the performance onstage, the vision and the ambition."
When Seger finally broke through, assuming a rightful place among such fellow travelers as the Eagles and Bruce Springsteen, it was sweet vindication for all the years spent in the shadows. Moreover, a string of multiplatinum albums - including Stranger in Town, Against the Wind, The Distance and Like a Rock - kept him on top. Only Seger's semi-retirement to raise a family has lowered his profile in recent years. With his gruff, powerful voice, Seger could deliver rockers and ballads alike with conviction. His songs managed to capture the lives ordinary people with extraordinary passion. Seger and John Mellencamp are the great rock and roll voices of the Midwest, and Seger came first, having made records since 1966.
Robert Clark Seger was born on May 6, 1945, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His father was himself a musician (and Ford plant worker) who led a big band in the Forties. From the beginning, Seger was a born rock and roller. He didn't go to college and only briefly held any job other than working musician. He wrote his first song and formed his first band, the Decibels, at age 15. Five years later, he cut his first singles, "East Side Story" and "Persecution Smith." They appeared on the local Hideout label, which was co-owned by Punch Andrews, who became Seger's lifelong manager. These and a few other singles, including the early classic "Heavy Music," were picked up for distribution by Cameo-Parkway. "Heavy Music" was beginning to break nationally when Cameo-Parkway went out of business. Even so, it sold 60,000 copies and went to #1 in Detroit. Seger's early singles, overlooked nearly everywhere but Detroit, remain among the most coveted collectibles of the Sixties.
Seger's career got a boost when he signed to Capitol Records in 1968. His first single for the label was "2+2=?," an antiwar song that didn't chart outside Detroit. However, he scored in 1968 with "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man." Credited to the Bob Seger System, as were his first three albums, it reached #17 and allowed Seger to tour beyond his regional base. However, "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" - one of the best songs about the rock and roll life - would be the last time he cracked the Top Forty until "Night Moves" in 1977.
During the eight years between hits, Seger lived the life of an archetypal rock and roll journeyman, cutting respectable and even exceptional albums (such as 1970's Mongrel) while doggedly working the road. His determination sometimes gave way to self-doubt. Seger briefly considered quitting the business to go to college. He also cut "Turn the Page," a cheerless portrait of life on the road (from Back in '72, the second in a three-album stint on the Reprise label). In 1974, he played 267 concerts - and still his albumSeven didn't crack the Top 200. "Beautiful Loser," the title song of the 1975 album that found him back on Capitol, offered a proud but resigned self-assessment: "You try and you try, but you just can't have it all." And then stardom finally came, and this time it didn't go away.
The groundwork was laid by Live Bullet, recorded at Detroit's Cobo Hall. It was Seger's first headlining show in a large arena. This fiery double album gave the world a chance to hear what fans in the Motor City had known all along: that Bob Seger was one of rock's most potent performers. He was backed by the Silver Bullet Band - guitarist Drew Abbott, hornman Alto Reed, bassist Chris Campbell, drummer Charlie Martin and keyboardist Robyn Robbins - which he'd formed in 1974. (Organist Craig Frost and drummer Don Brewer, late of Grand Funk Railroad, would also have lengthy tenures in the Silver Bullet Band. So would drummer David Teegarden and backup singers Shaun Murphy and Laura Creamer.) Live Bullet, which stayed on the charts for over three years, is one of rock's greatest live albums. It became Seger's first gold record and went on to sell 4 million copies. It also cleared the way for Night Moves, the studio album that made a superstar out of rock's hardest-working underdog.
The title track, "Night Moves" (#4), affectingly touched on universal experiences - teenage rites of passage and adult nostalgia - which helped send the album into the Top Ten.Night Moves also included the ballad "Mainstreet" (#24) and the rockers "Sunspot Baby," "The Fire Down Below" and "Rock and Roll Never Forgets." From here, Seger rose still higher. One of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the Seventies, Stranger in Town (1978) took eight months to make, and Seger spoke of suffering "platinum paranoia." The album nonetheless cemented his superstar stature, yielding four big singles: "Still the Same" (#4), "Hollywood Nights" (#12), "We've Got Tonight" (#13) and "Old Time Rock & Roll" (#28). The last of these, used in a memorable scene from the Tom Cruise film Risky Business, was a diehard rocker's unapologetic defense of the old-school sound.Against the Wind (1980), which was nearly two years in the making, emphasized midtempo ballads. Three of them became hits: "Fire Lake" (#6), "Against the Wind" (#5) and "You'll Accomp'ny Me" (#14). The album itself became Seger's first to top the charts.
The three albums released between 1976 and 1980 - Night Moves, Strangers in Town and Against the Wind - were the cornerstones of Seger's glory years. This charmed period was capped by Nine Tonight (1981), a live album recorded in Boston and Detroit.
Having released 13 albums in as many years, Seger thereafter pursued his career at a more deliberate pace. He released just two more albums of new material in the Eighties (The Distance and Like a Rock) and two in the Nineties (The Fire Inside and It's a Mystery). Even so, he enjoyed several of his biggest hits during these years, including a cover of Rodney Crowell's "Shame On the Moon" (#2), from The Distance, and "Shakedown." The latter, which appeared on the Beverly Hills Cop II soundtrack, was Seger's one and only #1 single. Another later hit, "Like a Rock" (#12), got a second lease on life in commercials for Chevrolet trucks.
Seger's stature as one of rock's favorite vocalists is obvious from his two volumes of Greatest Hits, which collect 30 hits and concert staples between them. Greatest Hits, released in 1994, sold more than 6 million copies. At the time of Greatest Hits 2's release in 2003, Bob Seger had sold 50 million albums, his career was nearing the 40-year mark, and he'd begun work on his 20th album.
Rock and roll never forgets, and neither does Bob Seger.
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Kidnapped reporter found dead in Honduras
New York, July 11, 2013--The body of Honduran radio journalist Aníbal Barrow was found on Tuesday on the riverbank of a lagoon near the city of San Pedro Sula, according to news reports. Barrow had been kidnapped from his car on June 24, the reports said.
"We are saddened by the death of journalist Aníbal Barrow and send our condolences to his friends, family, and colleagues," said CPJ Senior Program Coordinator for the Americas Carlos Lauría. "Lethal violence against the press and the endless cycle of impunity is compromising democracy in Honduras. Local authorities must thoroughly investigate this crime and bring those responsible to justice."


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#1 Tue 27 Nov 12 3:20pm
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Christmas Stuffing
I have your turkey stuffing recipe (Red onions, sage, pork sausagemeat, breadcrumbs and dried fruit). I was wondering whether it is possible to freeze the stuffing?
Many thanks.
#2 Tue 27 Nov 12 4:00pm
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Re: Christmas Stuffing
I've had a look at the recipe on the site and it contains raw egg and pork that Jamie adds just before putting the stuffing between the skin and meat of the turkey breast and then immediately cooking the bird.
Never store raw egg and meat together in the refrigerator or freezer. It may cause food sickness. You could make stuffing without the pork and egg, freeze it, thaw in the fridge overnight and add the egg and pork just before you intend to stuff the bird or cook the stuffing.
Alternatively, you could put the stuffing together and bake it in a baking dish, then freeze it. If you do it this way, I would have some stock on hand to add when reheating so it doesn't dry out.
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Re: Christmas Stuffing
I make the sausage stuffing for the Christmas turkey a little differently as I don't put egg or breadcrumbs into it .
Similar ingredients and yes I freeze it each year.
What I do ... I chop the onion into a fine dice , chop a couple of brown mushrooms fine , mince or fine chop some garlic .
Into a pan with a very little bit of butter I brown the onions and when these are almost brown I add the mushroom and garlic . I cook this out well.then leave to cool.
Meanwhile I roughly chop things like a couple of dates , a couple of dried apricots a few whole peeled chestnuts maybe a couple of walnuts quite small ( as you don't want to be biting into big pieces in the stuffing ) what goes in depends what is in the cupboard !
I fine chop a small apple .
So into the bowl I put the sausage meat , cooled onions and mushroom , mix chopped dried fruits and nuts and the apple , but don't forget that the star if the show is the sausage meat .there should be plenty of sausage meat .
I might then add a touch of tomato pur�e , salt and pepper , maybe the zest of an orange .
I mix all this together by sort of squishing it with my hands .
I then pack it into small oven proof and freezer proof dishes , put a piece of baking parchment on top , then wrap with foil and just so I'm sure it's ok I wrap it fully in cling film.
This goes into the freezer.
I make several small oven dishes of it . I usually use dishes that ae aprox 6 inches by 3 inches .
Christmas Eve I remove one to defrost in the fridge .
Christmas Day I unwrap it and bake it in the dish.
I never stuff it into the turkey.
As I need , I remove the other dishes of sausage meat stuffing and defrost them . I also keep things like puff pastry in the freezer that I might defrost as well because this sausage meat stuffing then might heat made into things like sausage rolls or a sausage meat plait , or just simply baked to add to a plate of cold meat.
You can also get ' pigs I in blankets' ready and freeze them . Just wrap the streaky bacon around the sausage . Put into a freezer box that you have put a small piece of baking parchment into the base . Arrange the bacon wrapped sausages neatly and between each layer put a piece of baking parchment . Put a lid on the freezerbox . Then before you need them remove a quantity to defrost . oven cook.
#4 Tue 27 Nov 12 8:25pm
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Re: Christmas Stuffing
Jamie's recipe would be ok to freeze if the egg was omitted and the OP would still have the option to stuff under the skin of the breast. This is to keep the breast meat moist.
Of course, it's not considered safe to stuff the cavity of a big bird. This year, I used a turkey breast and I did fill the cavity and outside of the cavity with stuffing with foil around it to hold it in place. A friend recommended this and apparently it's safer as the heat is able to reach the bird and stuffing more evenly. I do pull it all out and carve right away so that I don't have stuffing in a bird in the fridge.
#5 Tue 27 Nov 12 8:36pm
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Re: Christmas Stuffing
Thanks for all your replies - freezing is the way to go!! My recipe doesn't have egg in.
Thanks again.
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Kara Nichols case gone "cold," but family won't give up
Kara turns 20 on Monday
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The mother of a Colorado Springs woman missing since October says she'll never stop searching. That's after investigators say Kara Nichols' case has gone cold.
Julia Nichols and several friends canvassed downtown Colorado Springs Saturday putting up flyers with Kara's picture and information in hopes for new leads. Kara will be 20-years-old on Monday.
"I've learned a lot about the illicit subculture that is more and more prevalent all over the country," said Nichols. "And I believe that facts and tips don't just fall into people's laps."
Nichols said it's been hard to hear investigators say her daughter's case has gone cold due to a lack of new tips and information. She said the El Paso County Sheriff's Office investigation has become a source of frustration.
"We still know of people who are calling us telling us they have called the sheriff's department and gotten no response," said Nichols.
Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jeff Kramer has maintained that investigators are following up on the tips they get and have not put the case on the shelf.
"Typically, a case would be referred to as cold when there are no longer any investigative leads available for investigators to work on," said Kramer. "So in regards to this case, there are aspects that have run cold.
Kramer went on to say that on an almost daily basis, investigators are looking at social media sites that could help the case.
"Facebook and things of that nature to see if there's any information that might turn up. Information that we don't have yet," he said.
Nichols said she often thinks about the three missing women who were recently found after being held captive for a decade in Ohio.
"It's a dreadful thought to think about Kara being somewhere where no one can help," Nichols said. "And it's a horrible thought to think that no one is investigating every single possible hunch. Because I believe that's the only way she will be found."
On Oct. 9, Kara told her roommates she was going to Denver for a modeling job. She left behind her cell phone, I.D. and cash. Kara had an online modeling profile on the site Model Mayhem and had become involved in drugs and prostitution before she went missing. Investigators say the believe foul play may be involved in the disappearance.
Kara's mother is working with the National Women's Coalition Against Violence and Exploitation on Operation Runway, a task force investigating online modeling websites and the missing women and criminal activity associated with them.
If you have any information call Det. Gugliotta at 719-390-5555. Email tips to the family at email@example.com.


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OROVILLE — Going into the budget preparations for next year, the city is still unsure how the money will shake out from the Oroville Redevelopment Agency wind-down.
Mikah Salsi, a city program specialist who oversees the Successor Agency formed to hold and disperse RDA assets, said the city doesn't know how much money the state will end up taking.
The city is also not sure the state won't come after the $1.8 million the RDA paid back to the city for the original loan to start the agency.
The city had looked upon that $1.8 million as a safety cushion to help the city wade through a maze filled with lost dollars.
But with the state looking under every rock for money, even that isn't a sure thing.
"It isn't a certainty," Salsi said. "It is unknown."
At the end of 2011, the California Supreme Court approved legislation proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown to dissolve agencies and turned down legislation that would have allowed agencies to pay the state to continue operating.
Agencies had to be dissolved by Feb. 1, 2012, and cities and counties had to form successor agencies to hold RDA assets during the wind-down.
Added to that, an oversight board with representatives from the city, county, park district and local schools was formed to oversee the agency wind-down and disbursement of moneys.
The successor agency had to makes lists of agency obligations and debts, list all the agency housing assets that could be sold and account for every penny.
Then everything had to go the State Department of Finance for scrutiny and approval.
In January, the city got the results of the latest bowl of alphabet soup called the Due Diligence Review Non-Housing Assets (DDRNHA). This is essentially an independent audit of all the Successor Agency's money and capital assets that can be turned into money, but without an auditor's opinion.
The document is to help the state find money not committed to allowed uses to transfer to local taxing entities.
From Jan. 1, 2011 through Feb. 1, 2012, $10,648,887 in assets were transferred, and the audit found no exceptions to procedures.
The audit states the RDA approved transferring the $1.8 million loaned by the city on March 2, 2011, but the money was not transferred. Repaying the loan was again authorized Jan. 31, 2012, and the money was transferred to the city.
The audit does not state an opinion on the loan repayment, only that the money was transferred to the city and that the State Controller's Office will look at the audit.
Salsi said the Controller's Office completed its audit last week and the city awaits a determination.
The report states the total cash transferred from the RDA to the Successor Agency was about $8.5 million.
RDA money paid or partially paid for a number of city employee salaries. Some will continue to be paid from the property tax increment, but again, no one knows for sure for how long.
At the next City Council meeting Feb. 5, interim City Administrator Peter Cosentini will give a financial forecast for the city including any projected deficits as a precursor to preparing a budget for the 2013/2014 fiscal year.
City Councilman David Pittman said losing so much money to the state will make it difficult for the city to continue providing the same services, and the state is still looking for other areas to take funding from local governments.
Staff writer Mary Weston can be reached at 533-4415 or email@example.com.


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Bayou Macon Wildlife Management Area is located in East Carroll Parish approximately 3.5 miles east of Oak Grove and 7.5 miles northwest of Lake Providence. Louisiana Highway 2 transects the northern portion of the area. Interior vehicle access is restricted to all-terrain vehicle trails.
Bayou Macon is 6,919 acres in size and was purchased by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in 1991. Topography is flat with relatively poor drainage. Two intermittent streams, Brushy and Buck Bayous, are located on the area. Almost 1,150 acres of reclaimed agricultural fields have been reforested.
Overstory timber species present on this bottomland hardwood area include Nuttall oak, overcup oak, bitter pecan, hackberry, red maple, honey locust, rock elm, sweetgum, willow oak, and green ash. Common undestory vegetation includes deciduous holly, swamp dogwood, trumpet creeper, rattan, Japanese honeysuckle, swamp privet, pawpaw, dewberry, peppervine, hawthorn, greenbrier, and persimmon.
Hunting is available for deer, squirrel, rabbit, woodcock, dove, and waterfowl. A lottery hunt for wild turkey is held each year. Trapping is permitted for raccoon, opossum, beaver, and other native furbearers.
There is one primitive camping area on Bayou Macon WMA at the present time.
Additional information may be obtained from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 368 CenturyTel Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203.


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Maple Leafs' Francois Beauchemin gets bumped by Canadiens' Andrei Kostitsyn during the first period on Thursday night. Getty Images
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• At a Glance: The Canadiens dropped their season opener to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night, a 3-2 loss at the Air Canada Centre signed by Leafs goaltender Jean-Sébastien Giguère.
The Leafs jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the game was nine minutes old on goals by Tim Brent and Phil Kessel.
Dustin Boyd got one back for the Canadiens 12:19 into the period after some good work forechecking by Maxim Lapierre.
After a scoreless second period, Leafs forward Clarke MacArthur made it look easy in the third period, walking around Jaroslav Spacek and firing an accurate backhand past Carey Price 1:36 into the period.
The Canadiens came right back though, with another newcomer, Jeff Halpern, scoring less than a minute later to narrow the Toronto lead to 3-2.
Carey Price, who was questionable for the game with the flu, made 21 saves on 24 shots. Giguère made 26 stops for the Maple Leafs, including several game-savers in the dying seconds.
• Key Moments: Missing Michael Cammalleri and Andrei Markov on the power play, the Canadiens were unable score on three consecutive power plays in the second period and that would come back to haunt them down the stretch.
• What It Means: For now, it means the Maple Leafs are ahead of the Canadiens in the standings. But there are 81 games to go, so it's still a little early to panic.
• What's Next: The Canadiens go onto Pittsburgh for Saturday's game, then return to Montreal to open the home portion of their schedule on Oct. 13 with a visit from the Tampa Bay Lightning.


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THE most endangered races to date. They eat loads of bacon and Lucky Charms while running marathons. For fun. Only one has been caught in the past 10 years and the government has put together the NAAS (National Association for Acquiring Schluckebiers) to capture and harvest these beings as they are a sufficient source of energy (41 trillion gigawatts per .453 milliseconds ).
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A monstrous looking person, with very low level of intelligence. A Schluckebier often makes growling noises when it's either eating or drinking. A Schluckebier often spend its entire life at mental hospital with other retards like himself.
A: ''My nabo is making all these noises when he is eating, it is very annoying''.
B: ''He might be a Schluckebier!!''
B: ''He might be a Schluckebier!!''
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BINGHAMTON, NY – The Office of Continuing Education & Outreach at Binghamton University will hold the First Annual International Multidisciplinary Collaborative Conference on Violence Research and Evidence-Based Practice: Sexual Homicide, on Nov. 7 and 8, at the Holiday Inn Arena and Convention Center in downtown Binghamton.
Speakers include Michael Stone, author of The Anatomy of Evil and host of the Discovery Channel television series Most Evil; Mark Safarik, formerly of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit and host of the Cloo channel's upcoming crime series, Killer Instinct; Robert Morton of the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, Behavioral Analysis Unit; Ann Burgess, an internationally recognized pioneer in the assessment and treatment of victims of trauma and abuse; Dallas Drake, co-founder of the Center for Homicide Research; and C. Gabrielle Salfati, director of the Investigative Psychology Research Unit.
The conference will provide an opportunity for professionals, faculty and students to learn from and collaborate with sexual homicide experts. This conference will be of special interest to criminologists, law enforcement, corrections officers, criminal law professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, forensic nurses, forensic scientists, medical examiners, social workers, anthropologists, and sociologists. Serving as a network forum for sexual homicide experts, the conference will also broaden research, teaching and practice opportunities.
Registration cost for the conference is $160 for general registration, and $100 for law enforcement, as well as for students, faculty and staff of Binghamton University. Registration includes breakfast and lunch both days. The deadline for registration is Nov. 1.
The conference is sponsored by the Department of Continuing Education at Binghamton University and is made possible, in part, by funding from the Academic Program and Faculty Development Fund.
For more information, visit: http://www2.binghamton.edu/continuing-education/non-credit-programs/sexual-homicide or contact Dr. Muscari at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Stores that offer discounts to students and teachers
At certain stores, shoppers can get up to 25 percent off clothing, accessories, dorm items, books and more, simply by flashing a school ID. Here's a look at some stores that give teachers and students a special discount.
The Limited(Credit: thelimited.com)
Teachers and students receive 15-percent off every purchase made at any The Limited store location. Teachers must present a valid school ID or a pay stub.
ASOS(Credit: asos.com)
Students can save 10-percent off their purchase at ASOS by signing up for UNiDAYS, a free discount service for college students.
Banana Republic(Credit: Banana Republic)
Banana Republic offers a 15-percent discount to students and teachers year-round. Students and teachers must present a valid school ID. Discount is only accepted on full-price items and excludes Heritage brand items.
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Ann Taylor offers a 15-percent discount to students year-round. Students must present a valid school ID.
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By Eric Williams
Imagine the possibilities if your teachers and students could gain improved access to new software, updates, and Web-based resources that support teaching and learning. Imagine what your district could do if they could use your network's resources anytime, anyplace, and from any device with an Internet connection. Imagine the savings you could realize if your information technology (IT) department could easily update the desktops of computers throughout your school division.
We are moving toward these possibilities in Virginia's York County School Division with the addition of a virtual desktop infrastructure. VDI, as it is known, eventually will connect all students, teachers, and other staff to the district's network through a private Internet "cloud."
With this program, which we implemented last fall for middle and high school staff, users are no longer tethered to a specific computer at a specific site with a standardized configuration of software that is blind to their needs and interests. Each user has unique profiles for instructional software, administrative tools, and data. All that is required is Internet access.
We believe VDI will support our use of technology to engage students in rigorous learning experiences while tapping into their interest in digital tools. Since last fall, staff members at our district's eight middle and high schools have had access to the cloud. Later this spring or summer, we will finish adding elementary staff and plan to give students access after that.
The long-term result, we believe, will be higher student achievement.
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text: 1st Round … They would love Fletcher Cox, he won't be there. My pick would be Michael Brockers, a massive human being. 6'5" 322 lbs and makes a perfect 3-4 DE. A big strong ultra strong run stuffer. He's not a QB pressure guy. He might be a 4-5 sack a year guy, but a monster physical presence. The trouble is that's who Philly wants also, and they're one spot behind and they're an aggressive football team. It's conceivable they could jump just ahead of the Cowboys. Then your fallback is Barron. I would not pass on DeCastro, but Brockers is not a bad player and a good prospect at a big need. They have Lissemore and Brent as backup caliber players. They don't have even have a good player on the defensive line as a starter. If they draft Brockers they can release Kenyon Coleman and his $2 million salary and make cap room. 2nd Round .. I don't think Harrison Smith makes it. I would love to have him in the lockerroom. He's just a football player. Speaking to other teams, he's a great guy and a guy other players in the lockerroom get to for advice. I love the nosetackle Ta'amu, but they won't go DL with back to back after taking Brockers. Same with Devon Still. I'm taking guard Amani Silatolu. I move Bernadeaux to center to compete with Costa. I hear Peter Konz is sliding into the 2nd round. If he's there, Yahoo. I'll say he won't be. 3rd Round .. The run for cornerbacks start in this round. My preference is Trumain Johnson from Montana, but I don't think he makes it to the Cowboys pick. So my pick with be Casey Hayward. He intercepts the ball, Lord Almighty can you imagine such a thing? He had 15 picks at Vandy and wasn't playing against WRs that use a walker and cane. He may not be a #1 CB, but he might could play FS. Many peole think that will be his ultimate position. So he plays nickel and dime right away as a rookie, then next year plays #2 CB or move him to FS. 4th Round .. This is my opinion, but I don't think the Cowboys understand what they lost in Laurant Robinson. He was Romo's go to receiver by the end of the year. Dez Bryant was the 4th option by the end of the year. He looked for Robinson, Witten and Austin before Bryant when it comes to reliability. For the most WR ready guy you go with Broyles. Broyles will be fine to work out by training camp. Also the tiny slot WR out of Arkansas Joe Adams. He'll never be a #1 WR, he's too small. But he could make a tremendous slot WR. He can also return kicks. He's not as fast as you would think a little guy would be, but he's slippery. They may pick WR later in the 4th, because they may feel there is a grouping of closely related WRs and that the value is at another position. The other 4th round pick was the hardest for me to project. I'm going Marcus Forston out of Miami as a DL. He declared early and was hurt last year. If he had stayed healthy and stayed another year he would have been a higher pick. I like Jeff Allen, but he won't be there. Why an OT? I'm not sure on Jeremy Parnell as a backup tackle. I'll give you one local name, ILB Tank Carder. He only fits inside in a 3-4, and will slide because 4-3 teams will pass on him. 5th round … Another CB. Why another CB? Does this club intend to give Jenkins a big contract extension after signing Carr and Scandrick longterm? Do they put 125 million into one position? Hayward might be a safety next season. I go to Chris Greenwood from Albion State in Div. III. He's got good speed and size, but raw as just killed meat. 6th Round … 2nd TE. I really like George Bryan from NC State. Big TE, 6'5 265. Excellent receiver early in his career, his Senior Year his QB left and he played with a bad QB and he was relegated to a blocker. He caught 17 TDs in college. And he plays all special teams teams. I think this is a value when you put him in a specific role. He may never be a star TE, but I think he can be a solid backup TE.


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Well, here we are in Calgary, people said we were mad to come to Canada in the winter and the minus 25 temperatures have been a tad on the cold side, but we've really enjoyed exploring this amazing winter wonderland.
We said farewell to Winston, Jen and Baby Rebecca in Seattle on the 28th, catching a lift with their friends Wendy, John and Mike to Vancouver, Canada. The Canadian border guard was probably the funniest and friendliest that we have ever met but Kev was disappointed that the famed Canadian Mounties apparently no longer wear their red jackets! Upon arriving at Mike's, our home for the next 4 nights, Kev happily discovered one of Mike's Christmas presents (albeit to himself) was the Lord of The Rings trilogy on DVD
On the eve of New Year's Eve, John kindly drove us around, showing us some of the wilderness on Vancouver's doorstep with a trek to a deep river canyon (in the rain) and Stanley Park where the skyscrapers of the city meet the tall pine trees. Finally we visited the excellent Anthropology Museum detailing British Columbia's Native American Indian tribes (First People as they are locally known) complete with original Totem poles and other grand wooden carvings. After visiting John's downtown apartment with fabulous views of the city at night, Kev finally managed to see the last half of the final Lord of the Rings film at Mike's but it turned into a very late night and although New Year's Eve had fabulous weather, we only just caught sunset due to our late start.
We had arranged to meet a friend from our travels in Honduras and Guatemala, Dirk, who was also in Vancouver for New Year, visiting an old friend and treating himself to a fantastic 30th birthday present of a 'snowboarding by helicopter' day. Unfortunately, Dirk broke his ankle on his first run but amazingly kept on going to enjoy another 5 runs down the mountain, but his birthday ended in the hospital where they had to plaster him up
New Year's Day was unsurprisingly off to a slow start but we managed to pick up our hire car and got Mike to burn us a few great CD mix's (Thanks Mike!) from his collection for the long journey ahead. We left for Whistler, the famed skiing resort, North of Vancouver and got so lost that we ended up back in Vancouver city centre before we realised what had happened. When we eventually arrived in Whistler we met our host for the next couple of nights, Terry and we were treated to another home cooked meal and long chats about travelling in India
With Kev feeling still a little 'out of it' Sian decided to practice her driving skills on the wrong side of the road and we headed off into the hills on a route marked out by Terry, to take in some of the best scenery on our way to the Rocky Mountains. We passed through some gorgeous snow covered forest and mountain scenery with many frozen lakes, picturesque river scenes and small native indian villages. We stopped for the night in the town of Salmon Arm where we found a cheap but nice hotel-come-old folks home for the night. It was there that we got chatting to Merle, a 90 year old English woman, born in South Africa and with stories to tell from all over the world, including Aberdeen in the 30's. Hours later we sadly said goodnight and the next morning it was back on the spectacular scenic trail deep into the Rocky Mountains
The Icefields Parkway is an absolutely spectacular drive North from Lake Louise into Jasper National Park. The roadside mountains are hanging with blue glaciers and the scenery is very dramatic, even in summer. Unfortunately, the road conditions were terrible and it took us so long to drive up that we had to turn back just before we reached the town of Jasper as we had heard that heavy snow was forcast for that night and we didn't want to get stuck in Jasper for a few days. We reached Banff later that evening and the next day it was snowing really heavily, so we visited the local museum and later in the afternoon we did a beautiful walk along a sheltered river gorge with a fantastic frozen waterfall at the end
We fly to Chicago tomorrow, where the weather is apparently even worse but where another Global Freeloader host will hopefully be expecting us. So until next time.....
Kev and Sian


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Good night. That splitter is filthy.
Good night. That splitter is filthy.
This will not change until the Reds win the World Series.......
April 28, 2006.
Chappy with a 1-2-3 inning, two Ks, strikes out Reyes.
I guess there are some benefits to Chapman not waiting around in Louisville for a AAA start tomorrow.
Sorry, on with the game thread.
BOOOOM! Bruce crushes one to center!
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Do you have your shirt on? - Adam Dunn to Marty on the Bananna Phone.
Was just going to ask when he was going to start hitting....
Rally Killer.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
Bruce crushed it. Looked like about 435 ft.
Thank goodness for baseball.
Is Leo Nuñez still around? And what's his name now?
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
Stubbs walks
Stubbs walks on two very close pitches.
Narrowly avoids being on a pace for 322 Ks this year.
C'mon Hanigan.
Seems odd that CoCo isn't warming up right now.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
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First post. Giants fan since 1989 (would have been sooner but I was oblivious at that age to sports and other things).
I built the site to help me predict game scores. It was easier for me to estimate game stats but I was horrible at predicting scores. So I built a machine learning algorithm to help me with it.
After I built it I thought it would be interesting to go back to some memorable older games and change the stats to see what could have been. Next week I'm putting in the schedule for the 2013 schedule so you can predict the next season's games.
I didn't build it to make money, more for my own amusement and academic interests.
I've got some time to improve it between now and the beginning of the season so I'd love any feedback from you guys.
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In writing a weekly political column, you learn not to use the first paragraph to make extravagant claims you can't possibly deliver on. Such tantalizing come-ons at the start of a piece — Republican US senator Susan Collins once posed naked for Popular Mechanics magazine, causing its circulation to plummet — just set up readers for disappointment, when, after 850 words have slipped by, there's no further information on how to download a complete set of those photos for their historical archives.
The experienced columnist knows enough to ease into the outrageous stuff, the stuff no one in their right mind would ever believe — Democratic Congressman Mike Michaud is actually an intelligent guy with a quick wit and many original ideas — in the second paragraph. Or, sometimes, the third.
Which is where we are. So here goes: Waterville mayor Paul LePage has done something no other serious contender for the GOP gubernatorial nomination has dared. LePage has released a detailed plan to reform Maine's tax structure.
Detailed. Also, deranged.
LePage needs to scuttle back to his real job as general manager of Marden's Surplus & Salvage, and commiserate with the wacky shopping lady from the TV commercials by seeing who can fake the worst Maine accent.
They are both faking. Right?
LePage's disastrous mistake was the same one fledgling columnists often make. He promised way too much way too soon. He should have waited until much closer to the June primary before explaining how he'd bankrupt the state. Or offering supporters a Susan Collins photo portfolio.
I'm jesting, of course. LePage doesn't even have the best shot. The one with the lug wrenches. Or so I'm told.
In his recent e-mail newsletter, LePage pledged to do the following things (and I'm not kidding, even though, by the third or fourth item, you're going to think like I am):
-Reduce the state personal income tax to a flat 5 percent. Anyone who makes less than $30,000 a year will pay nothing.
-Reduce the corporate income tax to 5 percent on profits of $30,000 to $500,000. Below that, there's no tax. Above that, companies pay just 4 percent.
-Reduce all "sin" taxes (he doesn't define the term, but I assume his definition is broader than mine) by at least 25 percent.
-Phase out all personal property taxes over four years, beginning in 2012.
-Provide a rebate to every homeowner for part of the remaining property tax. Eliminate the Homestead Exemption for low-income property-tax payers.
-Adjust Maine's tax deductions for inflation and conform the state's charitable-deduction rules with those of the feds.
-Base the excise tax on cars on the purchase price, rather than the list price. Reduce the tax by 20 percent every year.
My best estimate is that if the LePage plan is ever fully implemented, state and local governments would end up with less than two-thirds of the revenue they have now. Which seems to indicate LePage plans to get rid of more than a third of state and local government.
So far, he hasn't offered any specifics, but closing every high school and middle school in the state might come close to balancing the municipal books. If it didn't snow too much.
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