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|Stef! I completely missed this thread somehow but that's a gorgeous betta and I hope the fry raising is looking better for you. I'm subscribed!
shoot, i lost every single fry four times in a row before i found out i had a dragon fly larvae...
sometimes things happen. its not easy to care for an animal that evolved with a few hundred thousand times more space than we are able to give them in a house.
on a side note, i find that if the water is clean and the fry are dying, they are usually starving.
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No worries. Temporary and she's already bouncing back. I'm still replying at this point only because I'm better with technical details.
About two gallons.
Yes, there's always a trace, as expected since there is no real biofiltration. Both this and the small size seem odd to me as well, given my general fishkeeping experience, and even odder that it seems to be common advice for raising betta fry. But since it's Stef's project, she always gets final say on which methods to try. I only advise, experience is the best teacher and can't be told to sleep on the couch.
Hmm, the only biomedia I could currently remove intact from other tanks is plastic scrubbers. Though I'm thinking this might present a trap hazard to fry. I have some old ceramic biomedia and will get it into filters today for future use, and see if there's something else that could be improvised/adapted more immediately. Maybe I can just cut a chunk off of an existing sponge, LOL.
Did the same once with Glofish fry. Wasn't seriously expecting it to happen, as they're supposed to be sterile, and so didn't do anything special other than what you described. Still ended up with about 50 making it to maturity.
Will take the other advice and the link, discuss it with Stef, and figure out a plan. She'll post any changes made.
Thanks Marko!
cutting off a bit of sponge filter would work. maybe place it next to an airstone set on low to juryrig a sponge filter?
actually glo fish spawning is pretty common. i didnt even know they were supposed to be sterile. many people get them to mate with ordinary zebra danios and make all kinds of weird hybrids (not technically hybrids, as they are the same sp, just one was had a recombinant gene put in).
sorry to hear she is discouraged.
how much water can the shoebox hold?
so there is sometimes NH3 above 0ppm? thats likely your problem.
do you have other tanks? take a small handful of biomedia from them and put it in with the fry.
ive never spawned without any filtration. hell once i even spawned with a HOB filter on low with a current killer and sponge over the intake (it worked too).
Will take the other advice and the link, discuss it with Stef, and figure out a plan. She'll post any changes made.
Thanks Marko!
sorry to hear she is discouraged.
there are die-off points where some fry may fail to develop properly and die, but itll be a handful (if any) over 48 hrs, and then no deaths after that. some new every day, means something is hurting them.
but thats nature. in nature, out of all the spawns a betta in a stable population has, only 2 fry (on average) would survive to reproduce. so tell her not to feel too bad.
how much water can the shoebox hold? ive heard of spawns in such containers, but i prefer 10 or 20 gallon tanks filled partway, then filled up over the first 2 weeks. more water is better than less. but different methods can achieve similar results.
so there is sometimes NH3 above 0ppm? thats likely your problem.
the tank needs to be cycled. do you have other tanks? take a small handful of biomedia from them and put it in with the fry.
ive never spawned without any filtration. hell once i even spawned with a HOB filter on low with a current killer and sponge over the intake (it worked too). i like sponge filters though. set it on 1-3 bps during the spawn and first week, then start bumping it up. my mustard gas fry are 25 days old, and their sponge filter is on at 75% strength. im also changing a gallon a day each day this week, and will do 5 gal a day next week, the week after ill be doing 100% (10gal) WCs daily. clean water is the best thing there is for em. just be sure its the same temp and params.
doesnt matter how you heat the water. if its stable at 84, temp is not the problem.
at 2.5 weeks, i say start up those BBS asap. as i said, i know where she is in regard to the trepidation in doing it. but it is surprisingly easy. the little shrimp can hatch in just about any mixture. then strain some through a coffee filter, rinse with tap, and swish em into the tank.
here is a great resource on betta breeding, helped me out a lot when i was getting started: http://bettysplendens.com/articles/c....imp?catid=856
Hey Marko,
Stef's a bit discouraged after reading that the daily losses aren't normal, so for now I'm replying for her. Bettas and breeding are her hobby, not mine, but I've been involved in enough to give details.
The first picture of fry is not in their normal container, and was just used for a clearer photo.
The other two show their normal container, a plastic shoebox. There is no sponge filter or biomedia. She read for weeks prior to doing this, and it seems everyone suggests very different ways things absolutely should be done. Seems the more you read the more confusing it gets. But most suggested even a sponge filter would be unsafe for newborn fry, so she went with what appeared to be the consensus. They're now about 2.5 weeks old, and will be moved to a larger tank shortly.
Ammonia tests are done daily, as are removal of wastes and old water using a turkey baster, and addition of aged water via a slow drip system. She steps up the amount as needed based on the test result.
The heater is a heating pad underneath the shoebox, set to low. Not fully temperature controlled, as there is no thermostat in the water. But it was covered with layers of fabric until it successfully achieved a stable 84°F for a full day prior to breeding, and it seems to be holding quite well. We're looking at a possible upgrade to heat film and a closed-loop temperature controller for future spawns.
We do have BBS cysts on hand. Stef has been hoping to put off hatching them as long as possible, as she's never done it before, and would like to keep things as simple as possible. But you may be right that it's time to "cave" and proceed with that. In the past few days, she's also been feeding a mix of Angel's Plus fry starter along with finely crushed Hikari Betta Bio-Gold, which some are now eating, but not all.
Any additional suggestions are welcome.
daily losses are NOT normal. something is wrong. i dont see a sponge filter... is the tank cycled? if not, thats a huge issue.
also, that tank looks small, how big is it?
and where is the heater? temps should be 82-86F, and very stable.
if you really want to see good growth, and raise large spawns, you need to hatch BBS. i didnt want to do it at first, didnt do it for my first spawn, got [censored][censored][censored][censored]ty results. then i caved, and it was much easier than i thought. takes all of 2 min to make a hatchery. just cut the bottom off a soda bottle from a vending machine or such, stick an airline tubing through the cap, invert and make a base. i have 2 hatcheries going on 1 air pump with a splitter, check valve, and flow valves. dump salt enough to fill the cap, fill the bottle with tap, add eggs (technically they are cysts), wait 36hrs. i use 1 hatch for 3 meals (and feed 3 meals a day), and then restart. this way each hatchery give me food for every other day. and then i feed MW as snacks, along with atisons betta starter, and later daphnia and cut up bloodworms.
works great.
|Art by Stef*
Oh, I've been doing my homework, or rather, the fish have been "doing it"
I've raised guppies and glofish (unexpectedly on the glofish) before, but never bettas, and currently raising my first betta fry. It's a dry (wet) run. I want to see what mistakes and successes I make, learn from them, before breeding my better quality fish.
This is Jazz, the Delta tail, and his mate, Betty Boop the Halfmoon (she's the one sporting red eyeshadow and lipstick):
Their coloration carries the "jumping marble" gene. They switch color weekly, it seems.
I used your method, auban, only in a clear plastic shoebox with a heating pad under it. Put Betty Boop in a betta cup for a day in the shoebox. They did the nasty continuously for 10 hours when I released her, but neither got nasty-very minimal damage.
Here are the fry, they were free swimming March 9th, so they are about 2 1/2 weeks old. Sorry for the crappy pics. Dried leaves are banana from my tree.
There are about over 100, and I dutifully turkey baste the waste daily. Been feeding microworms and just added fine powdered fry/betta food. Finding about 2 dead a day-don't know if this is normal? Haven't posted this until today, because I don't want to jinx them, lol. Being my first betta brood, it's been nerve-wracking, and you might think the eggs came out of me!
my favorite way to spawn picky bettas is to float the female in a betta bowl or other clear container inside the tank with the male. that give the male the impression that she is in his territory. if she doesnt show signs of submission then pull her out and try again tomorrow. if they both look like they are ready(he is flaring, she has her head down) then they will probably spawn the night or morning after.
i have been able to entice many pairs that wanted nothing to do with each other to spawn by doing this. after a while the teasing just gets too much i guess.
|Yay, there's gunna be babies
a backcross would probably be best, yeah. i would do that first. that way if it is genetic, it will likely show itself in some of the resulting offspring.
if not, you still get pretty fish, standard blue red butterfly HMs, which are a staple of the market.
bettas can reject certain mates, even when both are in condition, and consistently reject a particular fish, showing that they do have some 'tastes'. but its not common. generally if both fish are ready, you get a spawn.
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i like the first female better. she has a better topline, and red in her dorsal, which your male lacks and would make his colors more balanced.
but you can breed to both. breed first to one, then to the other, and then mate from one brood into the other. thats what i plan to do with my mustard gases.
He's gonna be busy...
Maybe putting the cart before the horse. He might want to do his own choosing, but I was going to go with female number one first go 'round
i like the first female better. she has a better topline, and red in her dorsal, which your male lacks and would make his colors more balanced.
but you can breed to both. breed first to one, then to the other, and then mate from one brood into the other. thats what i plan to do with my mustard gases.
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I never seen it, and I searched the net for any info before posting. I'm new to the halfmoon betta, (owning them) and have fallen for them bad Maybe this is something breeders keep quiet about?
I kinda got used to and like the way his curls "bounce" around the tank like Shirley Temple.
Unusual Betta Fins?
I had one with the same "deformity" but not mirror image. I wouldn't find it odd if two rays grew back the wrong way....
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Pole Creek Fire still zero-percent contained
Size still reported at 4,300 acres, pushing into wilderness
SISTERS, Ore. - More heavy winds pushed the day-old Pole Creek Fire southwest of Sisters to 4,300 acres on Monday, officials said late in the day – but fortunately, winds were pushing the fire into the Three Sisters Wilderness, not toward populated areas.
Fire bosses said about 200 firefighters were on the line as of Tuesday morning, with many more resources on order. On Monday, most of the heavy burning was in the wilderness and lighter "under-burning" in lower-elevation areas of the fire, according to the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center in Prineville.
Unlike Monday's smoky skies and late-night large brown plume spreading across the darkening skies, the Cascades again were visible Tuesday across most of Central Oregon as the smoke lessened and hugged the ground in cooler temperatures.
But while the flames might not be reaching Sisters, the smoke certainly was -- pushing air quality to "unhealthy" levels, according to the DEQ.
Here's the full Tuesday 8 a.m. update from fire officials:
As of 8:00 p.m. Monday, command and management of suppression efforts for the Pole Creek Fire transferred from the local Type 3 Team, to Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team 4 (OR IIMT4), Incident Commander Brian Watts.
Full suppression efforts are being implemented on this incident using direct and indirect methods while maintaining firefighter and public safety as the top priority.
For firefighter and public safety, an area closure is in place around the vicinity of the fire. The closure includes Forest Service roads 15 and 16 several spur roads leading into the fire area, trailheads and the Three Creeks Campground area. Closed roads will be signed, barricaded, or staffed to advise the public of the closure.
Closure maps and area descriptions are available at Deschutes National Forest offices as well as http://inciweb.org/incident/3244/
In the event that there is a need for an evacuation, citizens who use a cell phone or a VoIP phone who live in the affected area should go to www.deschutes.org/citizenalerts to register those devices to receive emergency notifications.
On Monday, crews were able to construct and establish containment lines on portions of the fire. Overnight, firefighters patrolled the fire perimeter for spot fires outside firelines.
Smoke will remain in the area settling at night into valleys and drainages. Density will depend on wind directions and speeds.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Tuesday's plans were to build containment lines and use existing roads and fire breaks to strengthen the line. Crews planned to continue to patrole and respond to spot firs.
The forecasted fire weather: Temperatures will be in the cool 60s on Tuesday, with winds from the east up to 9 mph, shifting to northeast wit gusts of 20 mph. Relative humidity will be in the 20-30 percent range.
The fire was reported just before 11 Sunday morning near the popular Pole Creek Trailhead, sending not just fire crews but search and rescue crews into action.
"There was a number of folks that got themselves in a position where they had to make good decisions very quickly," said Deschutes County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Coordinator Sgt. Scott Shelton.
On Monday morning a spotter plane assisting the SAR unit swooped over the Three Sisters Wilderness.
"They're going to look for us to make sure that we don't have any hikers on the ground that are in need of help or anything of that nature," Shelton said.
On the ground, heavy machinery was being trucked around the forest on roads now closed to the public. Many of the campgrounds are also closed, and some are being used as staging areas for fire crews.
Battling the blaze is an uphill battle through rough terrain. The forest floor is covered in pine needles ready to fuel the fire.
"Those fuels are dry -- even though we're starting to feel cool, those fuels are still dry," said Forest Service spokeswoman Jean Nelson-Dean.
At a packed community meeting Monday evening at Sisters High School, officials talked about what happened Sunday, as well as Monday's developments and what may be coming.
Fire managers said colder, even sub-freezing overnight temperatures due in the area will help, and the winds are expected to shift to the east, pushing the fire where they want it. But they said it would continue to burn until fall rains, so they will devote resources to stop its progress and not burn a large segment of the wilderness.
Sheriff Larry Blanton said authorities are preparing in case the winds do push the fire closer to Sisters, and Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD officials are preparing for the worst, just in case.
Here's the Monday evening map of the fire, as presented to community members at a public meeting.
Earlier Monday, the size estimate increased to 2,000 acres after successful burnout operations -- and the winds turned in a favorable direction, away from populated areas, officials said.
"We did have a successful burnout last night," said Tory Kurtz at COIDC in Prineville.
In an update early Monday afternoon, fire managers said the winds were pushing the fire toward the west and southwest, into the Three Sisters Wilderness Area (and away from threatened homes).
Meanwhile, numerous parked vehicles from the Pole Creek Trailhead were being towed out of the forest Monday. Four were destroyed by flames, a few others damaged and the rest undamaged (but whose owners were evacuated in the face of the fire.) Other hikers who had been out in the woods when the fire broke out were escorted out of the area.
The smoke that sent up a tall, billowing plume for much of Sunday had laid down overnight, making it hard to see the fire's status from afar until Monday afternoon. But a good sign of progress (and shifting winds) was ODOT's decision to reopen Highway 242 (the McKenzie Pass Highway) Monday morning.
Winds were a concern once again Monday, with forecasts for winds up to 25 mph until 6 pm.
"This is a fuel-driven fire with heavy down and dead material," the Monday morning update said. "Safety for the public and firefighters is the number one priority because of the high exposure to snags and bug kill timber. The cause of the fire is still under investigation."
A successful burnout operation was conducted on the south side Sunday evening in an attempt to secure a portion of the fire and give firefighters a safe anchor point from which to strengthen their efforts.
As crews respond to the scene, a Type II management team was set to assume command by 8 p..m. Monday, The fire camp was being set up at the Sisters Rodeo grounds Monday.
"Safety for the public and firefighters is the number one priority because of the high exposure to snags and bug kill timber," the update said.
.An emergency area closure was in place south of Hwy 242 (McKenzie Pass) following the Deschutes County line west, then south near Three Creek Lake and east to Forest Service Rroad 4606.
Here is the fire area closure map for Monday.
The fire has an InciWeb page for the latest information.
The pre-evacuation notice is still in place. For more information on the status of evacuations, call 541-550-4886 for the most up to date information.
They said the fire remains six to seven miles south of Sisters and did not move closer overnight -- in fact, the wind shifted around 3 a.m., causing the fire to burn back into itself.
While fire bosses at a briefing shared good progress in developing fire lines, residents south of Sisters were warned to "remain vigilant and prepared to evacuate if necessary," since increased winds forecast could shift and push the fire back toward the north, testing fire lines.
Winds pushed the blaze through live and downed timber Sunday, torching four vehicles parked in the area and prompting evacuations of campsites and trails over a wide area southwest of Sisters.
A tall billowing smoke plume was visible across the High Desert and beyond in the blue late summer sky from the Pole Creek Fire that began near the eastern border of the Three Sisters Wilderness Area.
As winds pushed the blaze northeast, the smoke plume dropped in that direction for much of the afternoon, and lightened as plenty of water and retardant was poured onto it. But by early Sunday evening, the plume darkened and was billowing straight up once again, reaching high into the sky.
The fire was reported around 10:45 a.m. by Deschutes County 911 dispatchers to the COIDC.
By 1 p.m., the fire, moving through timber and downed trees, had grown to at least 150 acres and was growing very fast in blustery winds, officials said.
It grew another 10-fold in size by 4:30 p.m., as crews prepared for burnout operations to rob the advancing fire of fuel.
By 5 p.m., authorities said that everyone had been evacuated from the closure area, including the Three Creeks Campground. They also confirmed four vehicles in the fire area had been destroyed and several others sustained damage. They also again urged everyone to stay out of the area, for safety sake.
A precautionary, pre-evacuation notice was issued Sunday afternoon for the Crossroads subdivision west of Sisters, as well as homes along Edgington, Remuda Road and homes along Forest Road 16 (Three Creeks Road), said Kristen Bowles at the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center in Prineville.
The sheriff's office said residents south of Sisters were given a pre-evacuation notice to warn them to prepare and to be ready to leave immediately. Plans are in place, in case evacuation is required.
"If you have large animals, now may be a good time to load and relocate them," the statement said.
Also, anyone with friends or family who had been hiking or staying in the Pole Creek area that have not checked in was urged to call 911 with their names and last known location or plans.
The cause of the fire was not yet known, although dry lightning strikes -- at least 40 in Oregon, 3,500 in Washington overnight -- had sparked several new blazes around the Northwest.
As winds pushed the Pole Creek Fire toward the northeast, ODOT at mid-afternoon shut Highway 242 (the McKenzie Pass Highway) from milepost 89 (the Trout Creek intersection) on the east side to White Branch Road on the west side.
Forest Service Roads 15 (Pole Creek Road) and 16 (Three Creeks Road) also were closed due to the fire, from which ash was falling as far away as Crooked River Ranch and southwest Redmond
People were being urged to stay out of the area as dozens if not hundreds of campers and hikers were evacuated, with numerous forest roads and trails being closed to keep people out.
An air tanker joined three water-dropping helicopters battling the blaze, along with fire crews and an engine. A Type 2 incident management team will take over management of the fire Monday as more resources are ordered in.
Four air tankers were ordered up, though some might have to instead head to a new blaze on Washington's Gifford Pinchot National Forest, said Jada Altman at COIDC.
"The (Pole Creek Trailhead on the wilderness boundary) parking lot is threatened at this time," Altman said. "We're trying to get folks out of the way of the fire, not headed to their cars."
Smoke jumpers were called in early on, but were unable to deploy due to the winds, Altman said.
Fire managers and 911 dispatchers urged people to stay out of the area and said those in the area were being urged to evacuate to Park Meadow or the Obsidian Trailhead for further evacuations.
If they can't get there, they need to get to a "safe zone," dispatchers said -- that being anywhere they are not surrounded by timber, or to head to a body of water for safety.
While SAR teams and deputies worked to get campers and hikers out of the area, others knocked at the doors at homes scattered in the woods along Three Creeks Road and elsewhere south of Sisters, advising residents to be ready to leave should the fire move closer.
The county's emergency phone notification system was being employed to give that pre-evacuation alert message to a wide area, including Crossroads, west of Sisters.
The fire broke out just as the National Weather Service imposed a Red Flag Warning over a wide area through 11 p.m. Monday due to potentially explosive fire behavior as winds kick up ahead of a cold front, with gusts of 30-40 mph possible.


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Luxury Prenzlauer Berg Apartment
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Méret163 m²
Floor No.1
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|Altenescher Weg, 10407 Berlin, Németország
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The self-contained apartment is located on the 1st floor of a beautiful designer villa in leafy Prenzlauer Berg. The 3 bedrooms are equipped with comfortable beds and flat-screen TVs. The elegant living/dining room offers unique art from famous "Viktor Kühne" and Berlin-based artist "Claudio".
The charming and sunny kitchen boasts a Nespresso Coffee Machine, a breakfast bar with stools, and a fridge stocked with hot and cold drinks. 2 bikes are provided for guests, and a carport with free parking is located in front of the house.
The master bathroom is complete with a shower and a 'Labrador blue pearl' marble interior, whilst the second bathroom also has a shower, WC and washbasin.
The surrounding Volkspark Prenzlauer Berg Park will please sports fans, joggers and families. Public transport links can be reached within 5 minutes' walk, and Alexanderplatz Square is just a 10-minute journey away.
HázirendPlease note that the use of the pool and sauna costs € 30 extra per day (inlcluded bathrobe and towels) in the time between 10 am till 10 pm.
The host will respect privacy of guests in this area if requested.
The roof terrace and garden facilities are shared with the host.
No pets.
Smoking is permitted in the outdoor areas only.
Fresh bed linen, bath robes and towels are provided.
No parties.
Housekeeping is included for stays of 10 days or more.
For stays of 2 weeks or longer, housekeeping takes place once per week.
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beautiful apartment which is very true to the pictures ..
the host was friendly and welcoming .
the apartment was close to the bus
into town (No. 200)
Beatiful, well equipped apartment and helpful, charming hosts. Quiet, leafy area with easy access to city centre. We enjoyed the cafes and restaurants in the Bötzow area of Prenzlauer Berg. It was great to cool off in the pool during the hot weather, and the cold drinks provided were much appreciated. We'd love to come back and would highly recommend. Vielen Dank!
Simply amazing - the pictures do not do it justice. The balconies and access to the pool and sauna make it simply amazing. There is a bus stop within a short walk and a Kaufland (large supermarket) nearby.
Our host could not do enough to make us feel welcome and attended to our every need. I will definitely stay again if I get the chance.
We really enjoyed our stay in this wonderful apartment. Everything is just in order
and we would love to come back.
Bus 200 from the center of Berlin takes you directly to the apartment, much easier than the S-bahn.
As we wanted to stay in Berlin for 10 days, we preferred to rent a house to staying in a hotel. This was the 9th time we spent a holiday in Berlin. We have been in hotels and in appartments, have travelled from Rotterdam to Berlin with all kinds of transport except a bicycle.
There is only one word for Frieda´s appartment: SUPER. Spacy rooms, a bathroom to die for, internet, bicycles, carport, roof terrace, garden and if you want you can use your own swimming pool and sauna (at extra charge ofcourse). Plenty of towels, bathrobes, everything spotlessly clean.
As to the comment that the appartment is 'way out' I would like to say the following. Berlin is a very vast city, and Prenzlauer Berg is a very large part of it. So it may look as if it is 'way out', but the truth is that you are still in the centre of Berlin. From where the appartment is, the city stretches out for miles and miles.
There is a busstop for bus 200 at about a 4-minute walk. This bus can take you to the underground, or to the metrotrams, or, if you just take your time, to all the major touristic places. It takes you about 25 minutes in the bus to reach the Museuminsel. During the daytime there is a bus every 7 or 8 minutes, after 18.00 every 10 minutes and after 21.30 every 20 minutes. Public transport in Berlin is very, very good and cheap. It needs some homework to figure out which line you must take, but the website of the BVG is very helpful.
If you don't have a car with you, you can do your shopping at the Penny market, about 6 minute walk.
All being said, I was very happy to be there and will certainly recommend this appartment to others.
Absolutely beautiful apartment..immaculately clean and had everything we needed. Apartment is also beautiful :)
However, the apartment is a little further out than we realised..and it would have been hugely helpful if the info about the apartment had been available in english ..the crucial bit about the apartment door needing to not be locked from inside in case it set off the alarm
I had to call a German friend to translate for us :)
You really do need a car if you book this apartment - it can be done with taxis - we did - but again if you dont speak ANY german, then thats a bit of a problem !
We did have a great visit, but to be honest, being above someone else and also being so far out - it just wasn't what we expected ..
However, no complaints at all...
We stayed here with four persons. It is a very nice appartment in a quiet neighbourhood. The appartment has a lot of space and a luxurious bathroom. It is located close to a bus station and within fifteen minutes walking to the S-Bahn. I can recommend this appartment!
Ich habe mit drei jungen Erwachsenen neun Tage in dieser Wohnung verbracht. Die Wohnung verfügt über eine sehr liebevoll zusammengestellte Ausstattung. Die Lage ist sehr ruhig, zur Bushaltestelle (Linie 200) sind nur wenige Fußminuten. Parken ist sehr einfach. Das absolute Sahnehäubchen ist die Vermieterin und ihre Willkommenskultur - die Erholung beginnt bereits beim Betreten des Grundstücks.
es hat alles wunderbar geklapt - äußerst grosszügiges raumangebot - sehr geschmackvoll eingerichtet - alles da was man braucht und noch ein bißchen mehr -für den ersten kaffee und das erste wasser ist gesorgt etc. etc ...
haben unsere gastgeber nur kurz kennengelernt aber dafür sehr herzlich.
lage sehr ruhig und sehr grün und trotzdem ist man mit dem bus in ca 10 min am
wir haben uns sehr wohl gefühlt und sagen auf diesem weg nochmals herzlich dankeschön!
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I'm not sure that I have heard of toads being a significant pest problem in my area. In any case, my hives have upper entrances so that should mitigate most pest problems (i hope).
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I love this solution. Thanks for sharing.
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[QUOTE=Charlie B;815598]After losing two nucs to ants I came up with a solution for those darn Argentine ants that raid hives
thanks charlie. i read that this morning. I will pass it on to my husband, who spent an afternoon a few weeks back constructing the wooden base! might be prudent to start over!
In post #7 on this thread I created a materials list. The list along with the photo's are the "tutorial" I posted for instructions. I bought everything at Home Depot already sized to fit. Home Depot however will cut and thread the pipe to different lengths if you like.
I would recommend using 2" pipe and concrete for the hive stand legs if you're in a windy or rainy area for added strength.
Thanks for info Charlie B. finished my hive stand last night and today no ant! Used 10 foot 2 x 6 so i put 3 one inch posts.
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I must be doing something wrong. My grease keeps falling out. I think I put too much in the cups. I'm going to reduce the grease
when the bees are inactive for a few hours. NO ANTS THOUGH! Oh, and you have to keep the grass cut short under it or they just
use it as a bridge..dah!
How big are your cups? I use 2" in diameter cups mounted on a 1" pipe. Not much room to slip down. If you have wider cups, you can use stiff mesh hardware cloth screen cut to the size of your cups and slipped half way into the cup to keep the grease from sagging.
3" cups. Good idea I will try it. Thanks
We already had the hive stands build so we build a 'bridge' around the hives, screwed it to about 3/4" above bottom of wood legs. Used pvc cut lengthwise for sides, and elbows also cut lenghtwise to connect at corners. Used pvc glue and screws to adhere to legs and caulked around any possible escape routes! sprinkled cinnamon into the 'pvc trays' . the ants hate cinnamon so hoping this is a way to discourage them from climbing up into hive. day 1 and 2 look good I'll keep you all posted.
Here is my own adaptation for my stand. So far so good! Thanks for such a great idea!!image.jpg
Very cool adaptation, will try something like this with my next hive stand! Got a few carpenter ants made it across mine but not many. The smaller ants don't have a chance
Ok so I don't know ya but I'm thinking you have just become my hero I have problems with ants also and this is a great idea many thanks


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Had a excellent experience with Arnold Honeybee Services.
The package of bees he sent by UPS died in transport. Tess sent me another package, delivered by a good friend of his on Mother's Day!
What an unexpected and greatly appreciated surprise.
The bees look great.
Tess was very informative and willing to take the time to answer all the questions I had. I will be doing business again with him in the future for certain.


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|Understory plant community dynamics in southwestern ponderosa pine forest restoration * Korb, J.E. 2001
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GRHS Boys Basketball: Panthers shooting for a strong finish
The Glen Rock High School boys basketball team continues to make strides, having already eclipsed last year's win total.
"We're definitely taking steps in the right direction," said senior co-captain CJ Tahinos, who believes the Panthers have several "winnable" games ahead.
Glen Rock will square off against Hawthorne, Manchester, Queen of Peace, Pompton Lakes, Emerson and Eastern Christian with a chance to score a few more 'W's' before the season ends. The Panthers already own victories over Hawthorne and Eastern Christian (in double overtime).
But as senior co-captain Ben Schwartz put it, "We have the mindset in approaching each game a quarter a time."
The Glen Rock offense has struggled at times, but the Panthers finally have a healthy starting five in place, and have found key pieces off the bench.
Having point guard Christian Vila back from injury and running the offense has "made a world of difference," Tahinos said.
While Vila was out, several Panthers played out of position. The 5-foot-9 Tahinos was playing the one, while he's admittedly more of a two.
"Having him back, everything is in the right spot," Tahinos said of Vila. "He's a great player."
Now, Glen Rock hopes the get the offense going to complement its solid defensive play.
"Sometimes our shots may not be falling, but our defensive play, we can rely on to stop athletically superior teams from winning big against us," Schwartz said.
"Our offense isn't always on," said Tahinos, who also plays lacrosse for Glen Rock. "Our defense is definitely what keeps us in games. It's definitely something to be proud of. We're doing something right."
Both Schwartz and Tahinos have embraced their role as senior leaders.
"As captains, our goals are to be role models on and off the floor," Schwartz said.
Added Tahinos "All the seniors do a great job. We're trying to keep everyone positive. Everyone has a role."
Junior Zach Lucca has been impressive.
"[His] aggressive play has gotten him to the foul line a lot this year and he's been able to knock down clutch free throws for us down the stretch," Schwartz noted.
Added Tahinos, "He's scoring and getting to the foul line. He's definitely helping us in close games."
Vila "plays smart, makes good passes and directs traffic on the court," Schwartz said. Tahinos said that Vila "really makes us all better."
Junior Jeff Ross (6-foot-3) and Cole Flashenberg, a 6-foot-6 center, provide height and length for Glen Rock.
Tahinos said that Ross is "a great shooter" and Schwartz added that Ross "has had a big impact on defense because of his size and length. He's been able to make a number of deflections and blocks."
Flashenberg is a "dominant presence in the post as a rebounder and offensive threat," Schwartz said.


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My final ball milling jar could have passed for a commercial version. However, the project turned out to be a bust.
I disagree with Harry Davis who, in the Potters alternative, says that he sees no advantage of well matured porcelain over well matured stoneware.
I made my jar out of cone 6's stoneware and fired it to cone 7, just to make sure it was well matured. With some balls made out of the same material I ran it for about 10 hours to grind off any roughness. After rinsing it out thoroughly, I did a one hour test milling with just water and balls. My one gallon jar produced 4.81 g of dried, powdered stoneware. This is about 10 times more than would be acceptable.
Maybe remaking it with porcelain would have been better but I think that stuff is still not as hard as the porcelain they use to manufacture these jars.
I just bought a 5 L porcelain milling jar with balls.


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See.... told you they would be there waiting for you! lol
Document the occasion well with vids and pics.
I like vids and pics.
Tonight I have a lot of staples to pull out of that the tarp material I have on it right now. I won't be removing actual top bars until the daylight, though. I just want the real roof on it tonight. I'd rather pull all those staples out with the bees in for the night.
I guess that is my problem. My phone does take better pictures than my camera!
Well, good news and bad news.
The bad news is I just saw evidence that this hive is probably infected with wax moths.
The good news is, "my" bees are very defensive of this hive because I saw two of them wrestling and flying away with what looked like a wax-moth larvae to the ground. This is the evidence I have that it's infected. I guess I'll find out just how bad when I remove the roof in the next day-or-so.
Just a guess, but, if you are seeing wax moth evidence, you likely don't have a queen, or the hive is very weak. A good strong hive will not have wax worms.
I would compress the hive. Remove what comb they can't protect that is infested and freeze it to kill the wax moths. Try to get them down one box smaller than they currently are so they can guard the combs they have.
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Michael, Thanks for the suggestion. I don't have a smaller hive to put them in for now, but I can surely place a follower-board in there of some sort.
So the other day a gentleman called me who oversees a retirement mobile home park here in Lakeland, FL. Me and a buddy already removed some bees over a year ago from this neighborhood, but I believe I'll be going this one alone.
I stopped by to take photos today and scope-out what I'll be dealing with.
And by the way, I'm going to start a whole new thread for this one too, but here are the photos thus far of my reconnaissance mission: Just went to scope-out hive underneath a mobile home for soon-to-be cut-out
Not too sure how far they go back, but I doubt it's too far. This is right on the bottom edge of a mobile home - of course underneath the home.
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Alright, I did my first inspection this morning of this hive that''s from the trap-out I originally did back in late September.
First off, there's plenty of capped brood, so the queen DID make it out.
I was only able to inspect half the hive thus far because of time constraints.
I did not see ANY sign of wax moths in this first go-round, but I'm sure there could be some towards the front entrance. So basically, what I have seen thus far, the hive is VERY healthy and thriving.
In fact, here's the comb they are building on the last top bar towards the back. Notice there are only about 4 top bars left in this hive. That's how much they've built since late September....lol.....unbelievable.
Here are a few other top bars I pulled out. I had to do just MINIMAL cutting to separate either attached comb and/or propolis, so they did a fine job keeping it all straight, at least from what I've seen thus far. I'm assuming the front part is straight too or else the back part wouldn't be.
Also, I had my 7-year-old son take these photos from the safety of behind the screened-in porch... hehehe.. So therefore, the photography could have been better, but that's what I have to work with at the moment.
Nice! Please invest a few dollars into a proper jacket and veil before you succumb to the sun and die from heat stroke!
However, it felt GREAT today compared to what I was feeling the other day doing that botched cut-out under the mobile home.
But yes, there are three things on my shopping list:
A smoker
A good suit
A bee vac
(and hopefully not a divorce lawyer)...lol
Ha! As soon as she starts getting honey she will complain that there isn't enough honey and you need to make more!
Here's a very short video clip of these bees enjoying their new home after the trap-out hive was moved to my backyard from their original location.
By the way, that Lowe's bucket has some leftover honey from the comb I pulled from the botched cut-out I did a few days ago:
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I would appreciate it if you could send me the info on your trap-out system. Thanking you in advance.
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Prior to becoming incorporated as a city on November 8, 1921, Royal Oak was first established as a township on January 23, 1819, and then a village on March 18, 1891. The city's first mayor was George A. Dondero, who later went on to become a Michigan representative to the U.S. House.
Though Royal Oak's first library appeared in 1852 as a reading room in the Township doctor's home, it was not until almost the mid-twentieth century before the city's librarians started collecting information about the city and documenting its history. The local history collection contains:
- Yearbooks for Dondero, Kimball, and Royal Oak High Schools starting in 1928
- Polk City Directories for Royal Oak from 1922 to 1960
- Bresser's Criss Cross Index for the Royal Oak area covering 1952 to present
- Historic atlases of Oakland County
- A series of lectures by Father Charles Coughlin in addition to his paper "Social Justice" from 1938-1941
- Old City Ordinances
- Royal Oak City Budgets back to the 1940s
- Various City Planning Studies
- Royal Oak and Oakland County history books
- An extensive newspaper clipping file of Royal Oak newspapers
- Microfilm of the Daily Tribune back to the early 1900s
The bulk of the materials in the local history collection focus on Royal Oak. There is a separate filing cabinet that contains news clippings related only to Oakland County history. In addition to these resources, microfilm reels of Oakland County census records and mortality schedules are available.


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When Lauren Boyle said goodbye to Toby, she knew she owed it to him to make her swimming gig work.
Growing up in Whenuapai, west of Auckland, she spent much of her childhood in the pool or the paddock. Swimming lessons led to membership at her local club when she was about eight. At 10, she took her first horse, Digger, to the local pony club. Eventually she outgrew Digger and graduated to Toby.
"I was almost obsessed," Boyle says. "I had shelves of books about riding and keeping horses and I dreamed of having my own. But during that period I also realised I might be good at swimming, because Iwon the school swim sports every year without much effort.
"After a while I knew I had to choose between the two sports, because the time demands were too great. Swimming seemed the natural choice, because I was progressing quicker. I also liked the simplicity. You only needed togs and goggles - and maybe a cap. You didn't need any expensive equipment which can automatically exclude competitors who might not be as well-off."
So the togs trumped Toby.
The second was her decision to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Talk to people who have worked closely with Boyle and without fail they say that American experience built an independent streak that enabled her to remain focused despite the divisive environment of recent years in SNZ. From 2007 to 2010, she swam with the squad (known as the Cal Bears) under American national women's coach Teri McKeever. Last week, on the university's sporting website, Boyle says she didn't think she'd still be swimming if it wasn't for her "Cal" experience.
The relationship she developed with McKeever was one of mutual respect.
"It was great catching up with Teri," Boyle says after they met in California during the lead-up to the Olympics. "She helps me figure out how to improve without giving the answers. It is a powerful way of learning."
Boyle acknowledges it was an important step to move overseas as an 18-year-old.
"I developed an independence and a sense of confidence that I didn't have," she says. "Berkeley is a diverse city; it opened my mind to new ways of thinking. It is a place where anything goes. No one is ashamed to be different. In fact, being your own person and living the way you want is praised and encouraged.
"Since living there I care very little about how other people may judge me and have found that I am much less judgmental of others."
One former team-mate says Boyle's input was crucial in negotiating the swimmers' position during crises with the establishment.
"Lauren always seemed 100 per cent committed and passionate. She understood the value of a team approach from her American university days. It always mattered to her what the group thought in those dire timeswhenwewere trying to defend ourselves."
The team-mate notes that Boyle comes across as quite serious in the media. "She's definitely matured in recent years. Maybe that maturity made her swim faster and with new-found belief."
She's never been afraid to say what she needs, she holds people to account and she's never taken anything for granted.
"Physically she was born to be a swimmer, too, with those long limbs."
In addition to her swimming prowess - she co-captained the college team in her senior year - Boyle finished with a degree fromtheHaas School ofBusiness. She drew inspiration from one mentor in particular.
"His name was Professor Etter," Boyle says. "He taught us for free as a way of giving back to the community. He made corporate finance and financial statement analysis, which sounds tedious, into one of the most exciting and rewarding classes."
A commitment to social responsibility and sustainability, and a desire for fairness, are threads running through Boyle's life. Out of thewater, for example, she enjoys getting her hands dirty.
"I am interested in food and how it can affect our bodies so I have a vegetable garden. I find gardening very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun. Being out in nature makes silly, stressful things in life seem less important. For swimmers it's important to go outside during the day because we spend so much time training indoors."
She's also a devoted reader.
"My latest book is really exciting me. It's called A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. It's a bit of a tough read at first but it is making me think about the world differently."
The book has been described in reviews as helping readers "create happiness for themselves without emphasising material possessions". Sounds very Boyle.
A final pillar of Boyle's success has been her response to finishing fourth in the 800m freestyle at the Olympics.
For anyone who's seen her postrace interview, it is one of New Zealand sport's more emotional television moments. Lump-in-the-throat time. A YouTube video posted in February offers a summary of her feelings at that moment.
She says:"Every time I blew out the candles on a birthday cake (growing up) I dreamed of an Olympic medal. I wish I had had more faith.
"It's kind of hard to come fourth. It's kind of a crappy position. It can really eat away at you if you're not careful."
Somehow, even with the exit of her coach Mark Regan in January, Boyle built the necessary faith in herself over the past month. They are not Olympic medals, but the three bronze gongs at Barcelona were a revelation and a marker the sport can work from.
"I have had many moments when I thought of finishing swimming," Boyle says. "I really didn't know if I could continue without Regan.
"I managed to be successful by acknowledging my feelings during that time and asking helpful people to step in and do something.
"When I feel like giving up I try to remind myself that I actually like the physical act of swimming."
One source says Boyle simply trains her heart out while leading a "spartan" lifestyle. They suggest her weekly grind uses every ounce of energy she has just to get through the workload.
"She does seven days a week. On Sundays, when they are supposed to be having a free day, she may fit in an ocean swim or a few laps at some pool other than the Millennium Institute."
For Boyle it comes down to love. "I realised a while ago that people should spend their lives doing what they would do if they won the lottery. I would do what I am doing right now. Swimming as fast as I can until I don't love it any more."


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When I put lols into the Internet Hate Machine, I got lulz. But when I put lols into the Internet Hat Machine, I got silly hats only.
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Stop Booing Tiki Barber.
Getting PS4 only because I love general gaming and it's cheaper.
Although I really like the overall entertainment value with the One, you can do side by side fantasy stuff if you're watching football.
Truthfully, if I had the extra $100 I probably would get the One because I only like competitive multiplayer games and i like that football stuff.
Check it out.
both consoles will cost around 1 stack after taxes, extra controller(s), a game or two
I prefer Playstation but just about all my buddies play on XBox, I hate playing multiplayer games with fools I don't know...
So if the Boss, meaning the Wife, approves, I'll probably get the One...but most likely around Tax time. (gotta see what the "shut down" will do first)
NFL Championships : 1927 1934 1938 1956 Super Bowl Champions: XXI XXV XLII XLVI
I hated what MS tried to do with daily check ins and disabled the box if it didn't connect every 24 hours. I simply don't trust what information they are sending that is so important it was worth the PR nightmare.


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A couple of years before my oldest child was born, the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders created by the American Psychiatry Association (and used by insurance companies and school systems to mete out services), officially re-evaluated its autism diagnosis, further slicing it into "high" and "low-functioning" subsets.
"High-functioning" children with average to profoundly gifted IQs who used language with relative ease but had difficulties with social interaction and coordination would now be given an Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis. "Low-functioning" children with significant neuro-cognitive delay and difficulties with using and acquiring language would continue to receive an "autistic" diagnosis. Children who didn't fit neatly into either of these two camps would be given a "waste basket diagnosis" of Pervasive Developmental Disorder-No Other Symptoms (PDD-NOS).
This last diagnosis was continually criticized because it encompassed such a large range of abilities, deficits, and possible outcomes that it provided little therapeutic guidance on its own. In an effort to give the PDD-NOS diagnosis more value, additional research categories sprang up just as we were looking for answers about our child, and so, instead of receiving an accepted, understood diagnosis, three neurologists (and thousands of dollars we didn't have) into our search we were told that our oldest son had Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder, a little-known research category that acknowledged our son's ADHD, nonverbal learning disorder, anxiety, sleep disorder, tic disorder, auditory processing disorder, learning disabilities, sensory integration disorder, and severe gross and fine motor delays, but was not used for billing by insurance, was not understood by my school district, and because of an association with psychosis and schizophrenia (that we have never seen evidence of in our son), proved deeply stigmatizing when communicating with teachers.
Putting a name to an atypically-developing child can establish reasonable expectations and identify best therapeutic interventions. Giving a name to my son's set of strengths and deficits should have made life better, should have helped us access services, as well as a community of support. But it didn't. In some ways, the diagnosis we received made things worse. Instead of "autism," my son's IEP category has always been "OHI," or "other health impaired." This has resulted in longer waits and harder fights with our school district to provide necessary services and therapies — a recurring, increasingly-antagonistic cycle every time we felt his IEP needed refining. Continue Reading "Goodbye Asperger's?" »


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sed & awk describes two text processing programs that are mainstays of the UNIX programmer's toolbox.sed is a "stream editor" for editing streams of text that might be too large to edit as a single file, or that might be generated on the fly as part of a larger data processing step. The most common operation done with sed is substitution, replacing one block of text with another.awk is a complete programming language. Unlike many conventional languages, awk is "data driven" -- you specify what kind of data you are interested in and the operations to be performed when that data is found. awk does many things for you, including automatically opening and closing data files, reading records, breaking the records up into fields, and counting the records. While awk provides the features of most conventional programming languages, it also includes some unconventional features, such as extended regular expression matching and associative arrays. sed & awk describes both programs in detail and includes a chapter of example sed and awk scripts.This edition covers features of sed and awk that are mandated by the POSIX standard. This most notably affects awk, where POSIX standardized a new variable, CONVFMT, and new functions, toupper() and tolower(). The CONVFMT variable specifies the conversion format to use when converting numbers to strings (awk used to use OFMT for this purpose). The toupper() and tolower() functions each take a (presumably mixed case) string argument and return a new version of the string with all letters translated to the corresponding case.In addition, this edition covers GNU sed, newly available since the first edition. It also updates the first edition coverage of Bell Labs nawk and GNU awk (gawk), covers mawk, an additional freely available implementation of awk, and briefly discusses three commercial versions of awk, MKS awk, Thompson Automation awk (tawk), and Videosoft (VSAwk).
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Arnold Robbins, an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has worked with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP-11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. He has been a heavy AWK user since 1987, when he became involved with gawk, the GNU project's version of AWK. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. He is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is also coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor. Since late 1997, he and his family have been living happily in Israel.
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Waiting for a 3rd Edition!
By Jules Lefalot
from France
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Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Who knew sed & awk were so powerful?
By Jim Schubert
from Richmond, VA
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While I had used sed before, I never considered myself very proficient in it-- I had only used it to replace strings from a piped command. I had really only seen awk used to extract a word from some known string (e.g. pulling a version number as in: git --version | awk '{print $3}').I am so glad I bought this book to familiarize myself with these tools. There are many alternatives out there for parsing and generating reports, but sed & awk are pretty simple to learn. If you're familiar with Perl-syntax regular expressions, sed is a piece of cake. The programming style of awk is taken from C-style languages, so anyone can pick it up easily. In fact, I ended up only skimming the parts discussing most of the syntax.I am impressed by how quickly and easily sed and awk can be combined in a bash script to parse some input, transform it, and generate some meaningful output in a way that (in most languages) would otherwise be a non-trivial task. After reading this book, I now feel comfortable enough to use these programs to resolve text processing issues.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Awesome Book!
By Roger
from North Pole, AK
This is a well written book. It's obviously well proof read as well!Robbins, as usual, really shines on this one. I look for to reading his Awk programming book as well!
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By leon
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I loved this book. Very well and clear written. I downloaded examples from o'reilly site and was able to play with it through the reading. Not much theory plenty of examples, so you can see how everything works "in real life". I highly recommend this book, especially for beginners.
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By MML VERMA
Excellent book for anyone interacting with UNIX or awk !
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By Stein B. Sylvarnes
This is a difficult book to review and rate. I gave it a 4, but from another point of view, it deserves a 2. More on this later. If you look at the other reviews, they differ widely. But let's get on with the review shall we? I divide it into four sections. First an overview, then I consentrate on sed and awk. Finally I'll sum it all up.OverviewThis book start with introducing sed, gradually increasing difficulty. Then it go back to basics with awk. Awk is covered more in-depth than sed, becuse it is a bigger language. The appendices contain real-world examples of sed and awk programs, some of which I use today. It allso have a good refernce section, as it should.This book generally focus on writings and typesetting, but extraction of information and report generating is allso covered. Overall I find that it cover most of my uses with these tools.SedThe sed-part begin nicely with a general intro to sed and regexps, and explain the difference between sed and ed. As I said earlier, it gradually increases in difficulty and usability. In the end you are able to advnced multiline search-and-replace, format touchups and much more.AwkAs I said, Awk is covered more in-depth than sed. But allso this part begin with the basics, assuming no prior knowledge to awk. It do, however asume some knowledge with regexps, as that was covered in the sed section. It show you interaction with shell-scripts, as well as all the usual features in text manipulation. It is interesting to note that the authors have chosen to use 'old' awk as much as possible to ensure their examples will work on as many platforms as possible. They do, however poiont out when another awk, like nawk or gawk, can do the job more efficiently. They have allso used an entire chapter discussing the differences between the different awks. The last chapter discuss a rather large real-world example used when typesetting this book very in-depth. And in the appendices there are many useful awk-scripts.SummaryAll in all a good book. I particularly liked the awk section. The sed section was a bit terse for me in the beginning. But what can you expect, a young cub like me don't know how it was done in the good ol'days. The focus in this book is on typesetting. Not nesecerily bad, but my use of sed and awk is mainly report extraction and, to a lesser degree presentation.As I said in the beginning, I might as well hve given this book a '2'. Here's why; This book focus on beginners to intermediate users. So their text and examples should reflect that. Their intermediate examples do, however, tend to be a bit too difficult if you skip on the first chapters, especially in the sed aprt. Again, not nesecerily bad, it might even be intentional from the authors; You can't move on until you have a firm grip on the basics. So if I was looking for a book to jump-start me into being an intermediate sed&awk programmer, I'd definately give this book a '2'.I do recommend this book to anyone interested in a basic and thurough introduction to sed&awk. Mastering this book will let you do most things these languages were written to do
By Fabio Rotondo
This book rocks. It has a deep coverage of the two tools in the title, but it isalso a very valuable reference for regular expressions. I already knew and used both sed and awk before reading this book, but it pointedme out so many new solutions and ideas I couldn't imagine at all.The part I liked more was sed section. I always considered sed like a small yet handy tool, but after I have read sed & awk I was able to exploit all sed's power.I read this book almost one year ago, but I still use it, and everytime I open it, I learn something more.Great book.
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By Chris Bidmead
Not one of O'Reilly's better books, IMHO.I think the essential problem is bundling together awk and sed, two philosophically very different tools. The result seems to be a book that is bitty, has no clear narrative line, with arbitrarily chosen examples that seem to be hard to track down when you're trying to use the book for reference. What I mean by that, I think, is that although the detailed discussions are useful and instructive if the problem you're trying to solve is a close match to an example focussed in the book, it's not at all easy to derive general principles, or extrapolate from the rather narrow selection of cases under consideration.The problems inherent in writing a book about awk (and gawk, and nawk...) are a difficult enough hurdle by themselves. The addition of sed was a language too far. And heaven's knows, sed -- an indispensible tool, but a formidably difficult one for beginners and cognoscenti alike -- surely deserves a book on its own.The O'Reilly UNIX books set a very high standard. I'm sorry to say I don't think this one quite makes the grade.el bid
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Very good location but the apartment was not really clean disappointed that side! it is also very close (especially the bathroom). The three stars are really for the location, but that's all.
Très bon emplacement mais l'appartement n'étais vraiment pas propre déçue de ce coté la ! c'est aussi très étroit (surtout la salle de bain). Les trois étoiles sont vraiment pour l'emplacement mais c'est tout.
Contact easy with our host there is no need to meet so many formalities and access to the apartment are simple and clear.
Clear and rapid answers to all our questions!
The apartment meanwhile is small (but it was not a surprise) a little dated but so well located and convenient that eventually we forget :)
I recommend for a short stay!
Contact très facile avec notre hôte qu'il n'est nul besoin de rencontrer tant les formalités et l'accès à l'appart sont simples et clairs.
Réponses claires et rapides à toutes nos questions !
L'appart quant à lui est petit ( mais ce n'était pas une surprise ) un peu vieillot mais tellement bien situé et pratique que finalement on oublie :)
Je recommande pour un court séjour !
The apartment is very well located and all utensils needed were available. Enjoyed!
Only prefer that cleaning had been a little better, especially in the bathroom. We had to clean it to feel better.
Moreover, all great. Thank you!
O apartamento é muito bem localizado e todos os utensílios necessário estavam a disposição. Gostamos muito!!
Apenas preferiria que a limpeza tivesse sido um pouco melhor, principalmente no banheiro. Tivemos que limpá-lo para nos sentirmos melhor.
De resto, tudo ótimo. Obrigada!!
Apartment located in Tokyo for a very good price, considering the situation! Mobile WIFI router available, washing machine, etc ... Very well equipped! Bedroom Type Ryokan, ideal for 2 people.
Appartement idéalement situé à Tokyo pour un très bon prix, vu la situation! Routeur WIFI portable à disposition, machine à laver, etc... Très bien équipé! Chambre à coucher de type Ryokan, idéal pour 2 personnes.
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Perfect site to start shopping and sightseeingtours in Shibuya.
5 Min by feet to the shoppinghotspots and also to Meiji Shrine.
The Appartment is small and maby need some color on the walls ;-)
Good for Holiday, you are in the middle of Shibuya.
The Instructions to checkin by yourself are really perfect
A great place in Yoyogi, perfectly placed between Shinjuku and Shibuya. Groceries can be found nearby and plenty of bars and restaurants is near Yoyogi Station, only a few minutes walk away.
Museums, shrines and a great park can be found within easy walking distance as well.
We were six people staying, and we did not feel crowded in the appartment, which is great.
We loved! best localization, curte space and good!!!
The apartment on the sixth floor is very well located, comfortable and functional.
Only flat, single glazing many fenètres; too much external noise, the many cars passing !!
Not easy to rest in peace
L'appartement au sixième étage est très bien situé,confortable et fonctionnel.
Seul bémol,le simple vitrage des nombreuses fenètres;trop de bruit extérieurs,du passage des nombreuses voitures!!
Pas facile de se reposer dans le calme
Housing is very well located, it is convenient to be next to the station on Arajuku Yamonote line, especially if you have JR Pass. Sufficient comfort. Positive rating. I recommend.
Le logement est très bien situé, c'est bien pratique d'être à coté de la station Arajuku sur la Yamonote ligne, surtout si vous avez la carte JR Pass. Confort suffisant. Avis positif. Je recommande.
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WOW! I know where we are goin g next summer. love the blogs.
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Olympic National Park for a couple of nights on the beach, the continuous flow of fog from the ocean made for the coldest camping site of the summer. The campfire couldn't warm us because there was too much swirling wind. Seattle for two nights and a visit to the Boeing Airplane Plant, which was incredible to see the logistics of making the largest and most complicate machine in the world (next to the NASA Shuttle) in the largest building in the world (.3 x .7 miles), WOW! Glacier for 4 nights, see below for details. Now we are driving to my cousins Steve and Shyla Reich for two nights (Cousin John and family will be there too). They have a horse ranch near Bozemen, MT.
Today we went rafting
Yesterday was an unbelievable hike because we saw a lot of mountain goats and they were two feet away from us. We didn't bother them at all. The baby ones were really cute. They would make a squeaking noise if they were scared. We saw marmots. We saw huge ones and we got trapped because me and my mom were getting chased by a marmot. My sister was in back of the marmot and she couldn't get to us. Then she heard a squeak behind her and that was another marmot. Then she got past them and ran up to us. We saw big horn sheep. The horns were huge. They run really fast. We saw a deer. It had furry antlers. Along the hike there was lots of snow. The snow got in my crocs and my feet got so cold that I had to go on my father's back. I slipped on the snow a couple of times.
Yesterday we went on an amazing hike. It might be one of my favorite hikes on the whole trip. It was also our longest hike on the trip. On the way we saw Mountain Goats, Big Horned Sheep, and Marmots
Today we went on a crazy and awesome rafting trip down the Flathead River. We went down on Class 2's and Class 3's. Lets just say pretty big waves. We got splashed, had water fights and played fun games in and with the river. We made lunch on the side of the river and it was AmAzInG! They cooked chicken, buffalo burgers, and steak. I had the burger. It was gooooooooooooood. I gotta do it again!!!!!
We are in Glacier NP and so far it has been a great adventure. The first day we took a 6 mile hike first on a board walk over some streams, then walking through snow, then walking on cliffs with small waterways that led to major waterfalls. then we walked through a small forest and then by a lake.
The next day we went rafting! The first part of the trip (in the morning) we were just floating along down the river. Then the second part of the day (after a great homemade fresh food lunch) we went down 9 rough rapids, all with rapid- like names; "bone crusher", "the squeeze", "notch" and many more. It was so amazing!
Also over the few days we have been getting a free carwash
We are heading east now through beautiful Montana. I'm feeling a bit sad about leaving all the parks behind, Glacier being our last National Park.. The beauty I have witnessed over these last few weeks will fill my mind for years to come. I have much to be thankful for.
Olympic NP on the edge of the coast in Washington was filled with rain forests. Moss draped down from enormous tree branches and we got really good at spotting slugs on many tree trunks. Even saw a bright orange centipede! Pretty cool. Stayed in what became my favorite campsite. We were nestled under a tree canopy that was Ari's continuous hangout, high up in the tree. He only came down for cereal and and spaghetti.
Barton's cousin Steven showed us around Seattle
After seeing so many parks and experiencing so much unique beauty in each one, I was curious what Glacier would offer. Holy cow! This one stands out for the endless fields of wildflowers that run into snow capped mountains, hiking alongside mountain goats and their babies, stopping to watch marmots do their funny things (looks like overgrown guinea pigs), and navigating over big rocks and then slippery snow within moments of each other. Having no idea what that hike would bring us, I wore my open toe keens and dealt with numb toes for several hours. That hike was clearly a highlight.
Just passed buffalo and camels along this road in Montana. Go figure! This whole trip has been about the unexpected! : )
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We love reading your stories on your experiences! Your trip seems amazing on a whole bunch of levels....photos are dreamy, and the photographers are amazing. I can imagine the photo wall in your house. Miss you all!!! Love Jen and Danny
Seeing your pictures makes me feel like I'm traveling right along with you. What am I talking about? No it doesn't. It makes me feel like I'm a psychopath for not doing what you're doing every single day of my life. I am so incredibly inspired and awestruck.I cannot wait to take your exact trip next summer. Who's coming with me?