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To the casual observer, the construction project on the road that crosses Phinney's Bay and leads to Dowse's Beach in Barnstable, Mass., probably looked like nothing more than another road repair effort in advance of the busy Cape Cod tourist season. In reality, the project had implications on infrastructure replacement and environmental improvement that resonate with public works departments throughout Massachusetts and across the country.
The ostensible goal of the Phinney's Bay project is to replace two concrete pipes beneath the beach access road with a precast concrete box culvert. The impetus, however, is not just infrastructure that is failing or in disrepair—the primary driver of the project is to improve the environmental quality of the upstream wetlands area that has been degraded by restricted tidal flow.
"There's a real push in the state of Massachusetts to do salt marsh restoration projects," said John Jacobsen, public works director for Barnstable. "It results from undersized pipes that choke off the flow to the salt marsh. The water quality has been severely degraded over time."
Projects like the one in Phinney's Bay are happening all over Massachusetts, in other coastal states, and even in inland states for the purpose of restoring wildlife habitats degraded by river crossings. What many public works departments may not be aware of is that they are not the only entities interested in replacing the infrastructure. Projects like this represent a unique partnership opportunity among local entities, conservation boards, and state and federal agencies—and forging those bonds to pursue them could potentially open previously untapped sources of funding.
It's a chicken-or-the-egg kind of problem, but the right solution can have unforeseen benefits for everyone involved: A public works department determines that a culvert is approaching the end of its usefulness. Meanwhile, the state's conservation department independently determines that the marsh area the culvert feeds has a tidal restriction that's degrading the water quality and threatening the habitat. In both cases, the solution is that the culvert needs to be replaced.
The question is, which came first? The answer is that it doesn't matter—and in fact, the ideal scenario is that both situations get discovered simultaneously, and the different entities collaborate on a mutually beneficial solution.
"Because there often is environmental degradation associated with these crossings, there are resources available to help towns fix these problems," said Hunt Durey, manager of the Wetlands Restoration Program (WRP) of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management. "There's a tremendous opportunity associated with infrastructure repair and replacement projects nationwide to achieve a win-win scenario of infrastructure improvement and environmental restoration."
The mission of the WRP (www.mass.gov/czm/wrp) is to prompt any and all entities involved in coastal zone infrastructure projects—from public works departments to conservation managers to state and federal agencies—to work together to find that win-win scenario. "We work with DPWs (departments of public works) and many other partners to proactively restore degraded wetlands," said Durey. "The proactive part is important, because it's all voluntary—none of them are tied to development. The vast majority of the projects focus on marshes that are restricted by undersized culverts."
In essence, the WRP acts as the facilitator for such projects, available to help forge partnerships, secure funding, oversee project planning and implementation, and conduct community education and outreach on behalf of any project in the state's coastal zone that falls under its mission.
For public works departments, the WRP could be especially helpful in helping locate and secure funding, said Durey. The group has close ties to federal agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and many others, not to mention dozens of state and local agencies. "Often, the majority of funding to replace a culvert can be obtained from outside sources," said Durey.


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BBQ West is located at 2618 Derek Drive, in the former location of Backyard Burger. (Johnathan Manning / American Press)
Last Modified: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:28 AM
By Johnathan Manning / American Press
BBQ West's slogan makes no bones about the restaurant's product.
"Barbecue at its best," it reads.
My dad, nephews Nate and Seth, and I recently decided to hit the restaurant and put the slogan to the test.
In truth, we've made a fast habit of putting the slogan to the test since the restaurant opened in October.
On this recent night, Nate and I each had a two-meat plate of brisket and sausage, Seth had the three-rib plate and Dad had the two-meat plate of ribs and brisket.
We mostly made short work of our meals, while Seth had a few leftovers.
In case you had any doubts left about whether we enjoyed our meal, to a man, we thought it was delicious.
The restaurant offers a variety of barbecued meats: brisket, ribs, chicken, ham, sausage, etc.
Not that you're likely to go wrong with any of those, but I recommend the ribs and the chicken.
BBQ West also offers a wide variety of sides: potato salad, barbecue beans, dirty rice, coleslaw, peach cobbler, green beans and macaroni-and-cheese.
The restaurant is located in the previous home of Backyard Burger and the short-lived Taco Taquito.
I knew of many people who greatly enjoyed Backyard Burger, and it eventually closed, which brings the question: Can BBQ West survive at its current location?
My dad, Nate, Seth and I will tell you, yes.
Only time will tell.
Thus far, there has been a crowd each time we've visited the restaurant.
Although BBQ West moves at a fast-food pace, it has the advantage of not having a fast-food taste.
The meat is already cooked, but fresh and waiting when you walk through the door. Customers place their order with a meat cutter, who slices the meat immediately prior to placing it on the plate.
Customers are then responsible for serving their own sides.
Most weeks, BBQ West has a weekly special; currently it's a three-rib plate for $6.99. Other weeks, it has been a two-meat plate.
The restaurant also serves po-boys and a daily special of a $3.99 sandwich or a $6.95 sandwich plate with two sides.
On Sundays, there's an all-you-can-eat buffet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., which costs $10.99 or $12.99 if you include ribs.
The menu is reasonably priced, with a two-piece chicken dinner costing $5.99 and a three-meat dinner costing $9.89.
Meat can also be purchased by the pound, and side orders by the pan.
The restaurant also offers catering.
According to the restaurant's website, Robert and Diana Lewis first opened BBQ West in the Monroe area.
"Many days, you will still find Robert at BBQ West to greet his customers," the website reads.
The business grew to three locations, but the Lewises eventually sold all three and "moved to Lake Charles to be closer to their grandchildren," according to the website.
That's good news for Southwest Louisiana.
• Online: www.bbqwest.com
• Location: 2618 Derek Drive, Lake Charles.
• Hours: 10-9, Monday through Thursday; 10-10 Friday and Saturday; 10-3 Sunday.
• Telephone: 337-564-5000.

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"Music self-played is happiness self-made," or so say They Might Be Giants. Not only can playing music make you happy, but, according to research, it can also make you smarter. And since your kids' brains are primed for learning music at a young age, the lessons they get now will stay with them long after.
But, hey, why not be geeky and musical? Let's take a look beyond guitar, piano, and clarinet to uncharted territory. Hit the jump for 10 Geeky Instruments for your consideration.
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Following the visit from a gentlemen from Menlo Park (Galway)Ireland recently, as featured in a front page artcle published in The Almanac on October 24, 2012 interest has grown to consider establishing for the first time a Sister City program for Menlo Park. Palo Alto has six sister cities, as do many other cities, both in the Bay Area and across the nation. It's a popular program as it bridges friendship, cultural understanding, promotes exchange students, atheletes and others where common values and interest are obtained.
To explore and to better understand interest in the community, you may wish to chime in with a comment. If enough interest exists, an exploratory committee can be established. The financial cost is minimal, but the benefits can be many. Learning more about our friends in foreign lands can open doors, broaden our horizons and create lasting memories.


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|April 11, 2002
|State Directors of Vocational-Technical Education
State Directors of Community, Technical and Junior Colleges
|Ron Castaldi
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|Budgets for FY 2002 Perkins III Grants
The purpose of this memo is to inform you that the memo we faxed and e-mailed to you on April 5 and April 8, 2002, respectively, is being rescinded. That memo included a link to a Department of Education web page containing State allotment tables that we have since discovered to be in error. The revised and final FY 2002 allotments to States for the grants beginning on July 1, 2002, are attached to this memo and will be posted on OVAE's website shortly. We are also including the allotment tables in this week's issue of our fact sheet, "Perkins, Education and Technology." I apologize for any problems this error may have caused.
For your convenience, I have once again attached a suggested formatted budget page. Please submit this information to your State liaison as soon as possible. I would also request that you provide a copy to Andrew Johnson of my staff. His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
CC: DVTE State Liaisons
FY 2002 Vocational-Technical Education Allocations
FY 2002 Perkins III Budget (grant beginning on July 1, 2002)
|Title 1 Assistance to States
Local Formula Distribution (not less than 85 %)
| Secondary Programs (_________%)
Postsecondary Programs (_______%)
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| Ten Percent Reserve (If applicable)
Secondary Programs (______%)
Postsecondary Programs (_______%)
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Nontraditional Training and Employment
( between $60,000 and 150,000 )
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Whether you're a hardcore WoW raider, a demon-slaying Barbarian, or a Bronze league Terran, you'll find a customizable hero from across the Blizzard multiverse to suit your play style. Grab your buddies and engage in fast-paced mayhem across varied battlegrounds that impact strategy and change the way you play every match. When the mightiest characters in gaming history clash, only you can decide who'll come out on top!
Characters like Thrall, Kerrigan, Diablo, Arthas, Zeratul, Tyrael—powerful warriors from Azeroth, Sanctuary, the Koprulu sector, and beyond—have been sucked into the Nexus, a transdimensional storm. Stranded in a strange limbo of clashing universes, these combatants are joined by the same fate—to engage in pulse-pounding combat, to team up in a deadly struggle for survival . . . and to answer the age-old question. . . .
Heroes represents more than 20 years of Blizzard gaming history, settings, and iconic characters, all mashed up into an epic, action-packed team-based strategy game. Fight out classic showdowns such as Tyrael vs. Diablo, or settle those late-night debates you've had about who's the stronger leader—Raynor or Thrall? Could Kerrigan and Zeratul take down the Barbarian and Demon Hunter from Diablo III? Could Uther in his prime give Arthas the punishment he deserves?
Each customizable hero offers a wealth of tactical options and unique strengths that reflect their abilities in their respective games. Bringing these considerable powers to bear in the same setting opens limitless possibilities for previously impossible matchups and mind-blowing team combinations.
This isn't your run-of-the-mill transdimensional vortex! The Nexus plunges the greatest warriors and strategists of the Blizzard multiverse into one of several unique battlegrounds for a no-holds-barred melee. Conquer mercenary camps to recruit powerful allies to your side, such as siege giants. Unlock the mysteries of each battleground, including ghostly pirate ships, the fickle Raven Lord, and massive grave golems to achieve a glorious victory.
Distinguish yourself and your team in battle with dozens of unique heroes, skins, and mounts. Then choose from among multiple heroic abilities, enabling you to dish out ruin in the form of orbital bombardments, strafing frost wyrms, or all-consuming hellfire—to name just a few of the many ways you'll be able to visit destruction upon your enemies. Good players win. The great ones make it look good, too.


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Meet Heather Poe
Posted on 17th Apr 2011 at 10:38 by Joe Martin with 25 comments
This is Heather Poe. She's a young woman, living in Los Angeles and attending college there, though it isn't her hometown. She's kind, happy, eager to please and a little bit geeky. She's also one of the best features of one of my favourite games, Troika's Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines.
You find Heather in the hospital, where she's been rushed into the emergency room for some strange neck wound. As a newly turned vampire yourself, you know that there's more to this story than meets the eye, but your heightened senses also tell you that she'll survive her undead encounter if she just gets some fresh haemoglobin. Unfortunately, there isn't a doctor to hand and the hospital is criminally understaffed.


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London Riots: Social media does not cause social problems say APC and GreenNet
Par APC/GreenNet pour APCNews
JOHANNESBURG AND LONDON, South Africa and UK, 15 August 2011
Following last week's riots, British PM David Cameron said that his government is considering a crackdown on online communications. However he forgets that the same websites and phone networks were also used to locate friends and plan safe exits from trouble-spots. APC and GreenNet issue a statement.Lire l'article au complet http://www.apc.org/en/node/12807/
British gov't makes U-turn on banning access to the internet
Thank goodness, a good decision from the UK government in the aftermath of the riots.
The Guardian reports: "The government has climbed down on plans to ban suspected rioters from social networking websites including Facebook and Twitter in times of civil unrest.
Unprecedented measures such as shutting down websites and banning users are understood to have been dismissed by all sides early at a Home Office summit between the home secretary, Theresa May, and the major social networks on Thursday afternoon."
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Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Joyce T, RN retired
Laughter is the best medicine
Hi my name is Pat and I am as guilty as everyone else on here. I have so many I am afraid to count them. My goal for the year is to finish 2 UFO's for each new project I start. Some only need a little to finish. Here is my first UFO finish of the year. It has been a 4 or 5 year project. It has been sitting for a year just needing the binding hand sewn. It is now finished and on my bed. I have a convergence quilt that needed some applique on it. I have the applique pinned on and it needs something more so it is hanging on the wall so I can stare at it from time to time so I can figure out what it needs. Is there a 10 or 12 step program for quilters?
Krista--even if they weren't UFOs, great job on finishing two quilts...if you hadn't finished them this past weekend and they sat to work on another UFO then they *would have* become UFOs. Either way they are done now so that is good!
Meanmom--thanks for sharing your quilt top. I like the blocks in the border...I have a couple books on making pieced borders but have yet to take the time to make one! I usually just want the border on so I can be done.
Great finish meanmom! I can relate to the poor UFO that languishes for hand stitched binding (3 years). And when you finally do it, it goes super fast!
I have 3 lined up for binding. I am trying to bind one, piece one every month. My bind one is done for this month so I am pushing on the piece one to get 'er done.
"I don't buy vintage quilts. By the time I finish the quilts I've started they've already become antiques." ~ Mark Lipinski
Link to my albums: http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...85-albums.html
looks like a jelly roll quilt, but it's not. Just scraps. Started this one years ago and lost interest. you can see the creases from sitting on the shelf. Just needed binding. Well, it's finished now. I'll probably donate it to a child.
DebraK--good job getting this finished!Lots of great pinks and reds.
Well done DebraK!
Lang may yer lum reek. (I'm a knitter - hence - 'Knit-ette'. Confuses a lot of people!)
DebraK I love your quilt! Can I be your child?
~If you can't turn the corners of your mouth up...let the middle sag!~
"Be not afraid, only believe."
Dedicated to my SISTER Fraew. (she should be my sister) My FIRST finish of 2013.
I am making 29 scrappy quilts out of my MIL's stash. She's 90years old and was worried about what would become of her treasure. I suggested quilts for each of her children and grandchildren. I will name them all "From Grandma's Closet".
This pattern is from the Stash Buster Scrappy MYSTERY QUILT Mini-train Ride hosted by PaintMeJudy. Sorry it's so bright.. but it is...bright... lol yipee fuchsia! This was my first ever attempt at free-motion quilting. I was sooo scared! It all puckers in the wash though so... (That's going to be my motto for the next 28 quilts...It all puckers in the wash...) I quilted stars and swirls in the star, free motion in the 9patches and a heart/flower/heart in the sashing. It was my second attempt at mitered binding. I was nervous through the whole sewing process. It's almost like grandma's fabric whispers to me. I remember many of the pieces.
Thank you Fraew for all your support!!!
~If you can't turn the corners of your mouth up...let the middle sag!~
"Be not afraid, only believe."
SheriR--that is a bright and cheery quilt! Great finish!!


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VIDEO: The trailer for Nancy Drew
Andrew Fleming's Nancy Drew kicks off with a mystery that eluded even our supersleuth. Holed up with two burglars in what a sign tells us is Calvary Presbyterian Church, Nancy gets away by posing as one of the statues of saints (!) that line the wall of the nave. Cut to, outside, Pastor Murray wearing a clerical collar and speaking in a thick Irish accent. Clue for Nancy: Pastor Murray started out as "Father Murphy." Somebody must have decided that a Protestant church was more appropriate for Midwestern small town River Heights, but nobody remember to delete the Catholic leftovers. Oops!
That's about the only slip-up in this smart, snappy film based on the series of girls' books by "Carolyn Keene" that debuted in 1930. Rather than doing a period piece, Fleming and company make Nancy retro-relevant, a '30s-'50s girl in 2007 LA who melds podunk and polymath. Her clothing — sweater sets, pastel plaids, Peter Pan collars, matching hairbands and scrunchies, knee socks, penny loafers, flannel PJs (in LA?) — seems hopeless, and while the other kids at Hollywood High are downing pizza and fries and Coke, Nancy sticks to finger sandwiches (crusts cut off) and carrot and celery sticks and milk. She calls the LAPD over a missing Pee-Chee folder; she even loses out in a car chase because she won't exceed the speed limit.
But every time you're tempted to make fun of Miss Prissy Principles, the film pulls you up short. In shop class, as the other kids struggle with clunky birdhouses, Nancy turns out a scale model of Paris's Notre Dame cathedral, apologizing because she had time to complete only 12 of its 26 flying buttresses. The dress she's made from her mother's pattern has a Rodeo Drive saleswoman all a-twitter, and though her birthday party starts with the promise of a taffy pull, it ends with Nancy calling for a pocket knife and a ballpoint pen so she can perform an emergency tracheotomy. If patience, politeness, and perfection don't suffice, she whips out one of housekeeper Hannah Gruen's lemon bars, made from only the finest, freshest ingredients.
The set-up has 16-year-old Nancy (Emma Roberts, Julia's niece) and her widower lawyer father, Carson Drew (Tate Donovan), taking the train to LA so Carson can line up some lucrative consulting work with attorney Dashiel Biedermeyer (Barry Bostwick). Nancy sees to it that they wind up renting the mansion of film star Dehlia Draycott (Laura Harring), who back in 1981 was found dead in her swimming pool. A mystery! Does the mansion's gruff caretaker, Mr. Leshing (Marshall Bell), know more than he's letting on? Will Hollywood High fashion plates Inga (Daniella Monet) and Trish (Kelly Vitz) stop being mean to Nancy and start helping out? Will Ned Nickerson (Max Thieriot), who drives Nancy's blue roadster to LA from River Heights as a birthday present, get over her calling him just her "really good friend" in front of Inga's pudgy, smitten 12-year-old brother, Corky (Josh Flitter)? And will Nancy be able to prove that single mom Jane (Rachael Leigh Cook) is somehow related to Dehlia?
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The report found that the price of a 30-day supply of 96 drugs commonly used by older Americans rose 24.5 percent from January 2000 through December 2004.
Twenty of the medications accounted for almost two-thirds of the increase, the report said.
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I had good luck w/Strachan but Ca is a long way from Ct.
Dick m http://www174.pair.com/birdland/Breeding/NWC.html
I had good luck w/Strachan but Ca is a long way from Ct.
For you new folks, when you go to the link above for Strachan don't freak out right away over the price. Know the diference between breeder queens and replacement queens.
Breeder queens are for producing queens, and come at a premium. The replacement queens are about the same price as other queens advertised elsewhere.
I have not found any NWC queens or packages outside of California.
Thanks Jack,
I've written Strachan. The 5 breeders listed were ALL in Ca. I wrote to Sue Colby (the new world carnolian queen mother) and asked if there were any other breeders closer to me.
Hi to all:
Three sources I have found to provide quality queens at reasonable prices are:
Jesterbee in Arkansas
Taberhoneybeegenetics.com in California
Indiansummerhoneyfarm(s?).com in Florida.
I dont know if the s belongs on the end of farm or not, hence the ?.
The reason bees are not shipped from CA to KS is because of the distance, and according to what I was told by Taberbee, there seems to be a zone which includes KS and MO where I live, where pkg bees always arrive dead, so they simply stopped shipping there. Makes sense. They can still ship queens, however.
Just ordered two packages from McCary in Mississippi, I called first got his wife. If his Cordovan bees are as sweet as his wife and as gentle natured as he sounds, I'll have the best bees around. Last year I bought a package from Koehnen and sons, super people to deal with and so are their bees ,but because ups only ships overnite now ,it would cost me 90 dollars for a three pound package. I feel either way McCary or Koehnen you'll be a winner getting their stock. Walt
What is the shipping from McCary... I have four packages ordered from CF Koehnen... If they are 90 dollars after shipping , I am going to have some expensive bees
I've ordered five Russian queens from Jester Bee Company (far NE Arkansas). They sell "production" Russian queens at a resonable price. Their source is Glenn Apiaries out of California who sells Instrumentally Inseminated Breeder Queens and then Jester uses these queens to produce their stock of Russians. So the queen mother of the bees I've ordered should be 100% pure Russian (since artifically inseminated from Russian drone stock) and Jester then 'free flight' mates them. As I understand, they still should retain their varroa mite resistance as the mating area is heavily populated with Russian drone colonies. This is the first time I've used Jester so we'll see how their bees do.
wjw777,,,, I've been dealing with mccary for 3 or 4 years,my son also ( he lives in Ms).& i'd say they are the best bees I've got.I ordered 15 more packages from him,he work's close with glenn's out of Ca,I don't seem to have mite problems as bad as some of my other bees,I'm going to requeen all the rest of my bees over to his. good luck..
Are you saying that you are going to change completely over to Cordovan? That would be quite an endorsement, what do you think are their strongest attributes?
Yes, I called Kohenen's and the price they quoted was $95 . Its not that they raised the price but UPS. UPS will now only ship bees overnite, no more second day and thats where the exspence comes into play. Shipping here to Ohio is a far piece and UPS wants their pound of flesh.Its to bad because Kohenen are super people and I recommend them to anyone,but for me this year im going with McCary.A three pound package is $45 plus shipping he said $10 or alittle more. Mark?, are the cordovan bees from McCary real gentle? I think if i stepped on one from Koehens they wouldn't sting. I got over 200 lbs of honey last year to boot. and the prettiest bees you ever saw.when you smoked them they would press against the comb and freeze. A friend came over to see them and he just laughed in what they did. When i called McCary I felt like I knew him all my life, I could have talked to him all nite and he really loves his bees like someone said. As for me the Cordovans are the bee for me. Your comments please
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If you ordered more than one package the price will go down with the more you order.I was just ordering one and for me ninty some bucks is alot which is mostly shipping here in Ohio. you should call them and see what the shipping cost is . If im not mistaken if i would want to buy two packages from Koehens it would be around 160 dollars so it actually dropped 20 bucks , but i would call them to really find out the total exspence. You won't go wrong.
just ordered 50 packages from spell bee $28.50 each.
you should try to get someone comeing up there to drop off you some.
Hi Don,
thanks for the info. but im stuck on the cordovan bees. Im a hobbyist beekeeper and the cordovan bees are not only very pretty in their lite golden color but very gentle. Last year my hive of cordovan produced over 200 lbs of honey. Not only do they look good, gentle ,but can also make honey. Right now I just don't want to change horses in mid stream. Its good to hear from you my old neighbor. Walt
Bill: yes i'm going over to all cordovan's.I got 15 pkg's last year(cordovan)& started all on foundtion did'nt have any drawn comb& 5 3band Italian's pkg's.I've lost 4 of the Italian so far,also requeened some of my other hives with cordovan,i've only lost 1 of them & it got knocked over.also they are real gentle.My son live's in Ms. & he's had good luck with them also.In this part of the country they seem to do real good.I could have got honey off of some.but did'nt want to push my luck.
WJW777, the bees are very gentle,I've even got my wife liking them(lol).I don't hardly ever wear a veil& that's what I like about them.on my other bees i have to most of the time.
Just put the check in the mail to McCary today. When talking to him he hides nothing from ya. Honest , feel real warm towards him. He must have some operation down there.Mark , are your bees real yellow almost I call butter yellow strips you can barely see. working with them is actully fun. Getting them the week of April 20th he is all booked up the first part of April already. how is your interduction with the queen with your cordovans
Any tricks that might help me suceed with introduction
Walt: I know what you mean about mr: mccary,he is a very nice man,I meet his 2 son's down there & they are just like there dad,yes his bees is yellow,I'd say there golden more than yellow,before the computer that is unlimited on info,I've phoned him with problems& he's alway seem glad to help.he treat's everone the same if you buy 1 queen or 1000.I know you'll enjoy the nature of the bees & I just take a nail & push a small hole in the candy, never had any problem with them excepting the queen,
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the info. the bees I got from Koehen and sons were really yellow when the sun hit them it was like if someone turned a flashlight on them. But I know Mr McCary's bees will be just fine. Im so excited about getting them. They will be coming here to Ohio the week of April 20th , pray to God that all the snow will be gone by then lol
Mark, thanks for all your input I really appreciated all that you had to say.
Yours in the hobby
Really nice to meet people like you on this forum. Thats what its all about
The cordovan queens have a reddish tint to them and the workers black bands are very faded.I,ve heard them referred to as 'ultra-yellow'.Tom Glenn sells breeder stock and has a lot of info on his website.Although he says it is just a color phase that isnt linked to other characteristics,I never saw cordovans that didnt try to turn every drop of honey into brood.Under the right conditions,this can lead to an extraordinary honey crop.But they can also starve very easily when things go wrong.
I ordered bees from Mr.McCary about 2 weeks ago,he said he would send me an invoice, then i was to mail the payment in...how long did it take u guys to get your invoices from him?????


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Seen this on Dr. Larry Connor web Pg. today Reduced Queen Rearing Course 23-24 June 2012
Massachusetts Field Day
This as all I know for now
Hope to see you at Mass Field Day 2012
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Perkolations: Being resolute in the New Year
Did you make resolutions this year? I have a few; and since I'm writing this before the New Year, and you're reading it after, wish me luck.
After all, I think I'll need it. I read in a New York Times article that 88 percent of people who make resolutions don't keep them.
They are generally lofty goals, and if there's more than one, it's just not realistic to believe we'll be able to hit the gym three times a week, spend less money (there's a contradiction already) and get organized, all starting on really an arbitrary day and in hopes of lasting the year, if not our entire lives.
A friend suggested recently that New Year's resolutions might not be the way to go. If we felt so resolute about something, why did we wait until the beginning of a new year? Really, any day could be labeled a fresh start. The act of making New Year's resolutions may have been an act of procrastination.
And, I'm confident that if we eased into these things, instead of pressuring ourselves to start or stop something cold turkey, we would have better success achieving our goals.
That same New York Times article suggested that the willpower portion of the brain, the prefrontal cortex, acts a lot like a muscle; it can only do so much at one time. How much weight can your bicep lift? The point is that there's a limit.
I'd like to think that, with practice, the prefrontal cortex could handle more and more; but right now, the fact is that we're limited. We may not be physically able to keep every resolution.
So here's a question that's been asked before: Why do we make them? Why is there a hope that things will be different after we stayed up late making noise and drinking bubbly liquids, counting down to a clock that is probably not dead-on? (Is the TV broadcast really set accurately to the atomic clock, or whatever clock we're supposed to use? I've wondered.)
But it doesn't matter. I love New Year's Eve. I love the noise makers, streamers, the countdown and staying up late without thinking twice.
There's one of my resolutions (I have lots, even though I've convinced myself they're a bad idea): I resolve to stop thinking twice about things. Or, maybe I should resolve not to think thrice (as I just thought twice about whether I should stop thinking twice).
Another resolution is to get outdoors more. January to March is the time when I really kick into hibernation mode — lots of comfort foods, extra sleep and little movement. It's not a good deal, mentally or physically.
Here's another: I was taught not long ago that to take good care of plants, you have to remove the leaves that are dying. "So it doesn't send energy to the bad parts," my friend said. There's a metaphor there, and it's a resolution: I resolve not to send energy to things that won't be helped by it.
My New Year's toast will have been to hoping, if you're like me, you read the studies and still made several resolutions.
So, if you've kept your resolutions so far, way to go! Pat your prefrontal cortex on the back and keep going. If not, well, don't feel too guilty. Stretch your prefrontal cortex and try again.


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Watching some chapters of "Skyrim: Rags to Riches" ( http://www.youtube.c...w?p=NIbrJLGT4sE ) I realized that there should be reasons to keep playing a game after the last mission is completed, or simply to avoid the game story and live your own adventure in the wild. I like 4X games, like Civilization, in which you can continue playing after defeating other opponents. As long as there are resources to extract and advances to achieve it will be fun. But how do I translate this improvement race to an RPG without making it an strategy game?
To solve this question I focused my interest in exploiting the character class, and give the player a very long self-improvement path, which is the main goal in a role game. But before defining the shape of this path, I meditated about the actual classes that a player would be interested in developing. For example, in Rags to Riches the player avoids most actions related to war, magic and theft, yet it's pretty fun to watch. In other words the player might be bored with the usual classes: Warrior, Magician and Thief, and instead created a new one. In this case he adopted the role of a Hunter. So which activities are interesting to include?
After several days working on this problem, I summarized all the specialities in these 6 classes:
- Warrior
- Magician
- Thief
- Hunter
- Landlord
- Explorer
Ok, I still haven't talked about my thoughts on the first question, but I would like to discuss these classes first. I'll expose more ideas later on. Cheers!


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It is no surprise to see why Lindau, Germany, is a popular summer vacation spot. It is a charming, colorful town, filled with cafes, art galleries, and sailboats, located on Lake Constance, which borders three European countries: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. A bigger surprise is that each summer Lindau also opens its doors wide to the world of science. During the first week of July, 625 young scientists from 77 countries gathered here for the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting. A Nobel laureate is a person who has been awarded the highest honor in science and the arts for his or her achievements.
The goals of the Lindau meetings are: "Educate. Inspire. Connect." There were many opportunities for all three. This year, 34 Nobel laureates joined young researchers for a week of science lectures, discussions, and special events, which included visits to local schools, international dinners, and traditional music. Because the meeting organizers knew that talking to the some of the most famous scientists in the world might make a young researcher nervous, they told everyone, "Don't be too shy!"
Explaining the World Around Us
Each year, the Lindau meeting has a theme. This year's theme was chemistry, which is a large and important field of science. "Chemistry is involved in almost everything, from the shoes we wear to the components of our computers to the food we eat," Jon Moerdyk, a student from the University of Texas, who attended the meetings, told TFK. "Chemistry helps explain the world around us. Because of chemistry we are able to have enough food to feed [the world's] people and drugs to treat diseases."
The young researchers who traveled to Lindau were happy to describe how they became interested in science. Laura Mazzaferro grew up in Argentina and studied in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is now working in a lab in Freiburg, Germany. She says what inspired her were "the books my mom gave me that explained the 'why' of many things. For instance, 'why do storms happen?'" Mazzaferro now studies chemical reactions in microbes, or tiny organisms, and hopes her research will help people live healthier lives.
Banothile Makhubela, a young researcher who grew up in South Africa, and Pablo Zamora, who grew up in Chile, both say that it was their love of insects that got them interested in science. "When I was about 11 years old," Makhubela says, "I was amazed at seeing an insect that produced light when it flew." In a class project with other students, she then learned how certain organisms use chemical reactions to produce light, which is called bioluminescence. For Zamora, it was wondering why insects behaved the way they did that fascinated him. "I wanted to explain what I couldn't see," he says.
At Lindau, even the Nobel laureates got into the school spirit. They attended and gave lectures. During discussion sessions, the scientists shared their ideas.
For the past few years, photographer Volker Steger has asked the Nobel laureates to draw the discovery that made them famous. Steger gives each scientist a large piece of paper and a handful of crayons. "Scientists love to draw," he says. Some drawings look complicated. Some look simple, and others are playful. One scientist even wrote a poem. All of the drawings follow the Lindau motto to educate, inspire and connect. Are you ready to be inspired by science too?


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Since being deputized as the official environmental sustainability coordinator (or green guy doing that green thing) at the Antlers, some of my assignments involve extensive travel. I continue to ask Rob to send me to Italy, France and China so I can study and report back of "people practices" around the globe; but he doesn't feel compelled or questions my real intentions. I was however, given permission to travel back to Cleveland and, using my vacation days, I would like to disclose the progress I observed after only 4 months time. (Please reference "Us and Them" blog – 6/12/10)
They aren't doing very well and I find myself becoming more of a big pain the culo.
My cousin Tim, who I dearly love, owns and operates the Cleats Restaurants in Ohio. He recently started to recycle cardboard after I hounded him about it last time I traveled to the Great Middle East. Metro Waste is the local hauler and I told him "I'm not eating any more of your free food if you don't start doing something. These guys pick it up and all you have to do is throw it in a different container." Trust me when I say there is a lot of cardboard going into those bins from the everyday operation of 14 restaurants.
Now I'm on him about the glass and aluminum. "You've got to be kidding? You can put it all in one container, it's called co-mingle, and you cut back on a tremendous amount of waste and…. the general public will finally begin to respect you.
He said "I wish you weren't my cousin. Would you please leave me alone? The girls (waitresses) wouldn't take the time to separate things and I wouldn't ask them to do it".
So I asked them. "I'm not going to drink any more of your free beer if you don't consider this."
They said "Good. We need your table".
I will continue to be his pain until I make him understand that he, and countless other business operations, are needlessly throwing away millions of pounds of reusable products. When he starts to recycle, and I'm sure he will, I can't wait to tell him about the Food Service Technology Center in San Fransisco that studies energy and water efficiency in commercial kitchens.
Rob. If you read this you might want to send me to Paris, Rome, etc so I can explain and convince others of the practices in the Western World (or maybe I should just focus on The Antlers).


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The Hope College Women's Chamber Choir will be performing on Monday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The program will begin with a rendition of Psalm 150, followed by a setting of Emily Dickinson's famous poem "Ashore at Last!" with cello accompaniment.Another poem turned to song is William Blake's "Night," performed with flute accompaniment.
A Serbian Gypsy dance, accompanied with piano four-hand, will be another lively piece in the program. In addition, the traditional nonsense song called "Gletter" (Icelandic for "teasing happiness") will be performed.
The program also includes music by Louise Reichardt, the "Kyrie" from a modern Mass setting by Crystal LaPoint, and the chamber choir's now-traditional closing, titled "Blessing."
The chamber choir will be joined at times by another student a cappella ensemble, the men's Twelfth Street Harmony.
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Island Park community curious of national monument designation
ASHTON, Idaho - The Henry's Fork Watershed Council held a public meeting Tuesday afternoon, and one of the topics on the agenda was the possibility of Island Park becoming a National Monument.
The meeting wasn't intended to be about a National Monument designation, but Henry's Fork Foundation executive director Brandon Hoffner said it is why a lot of people attended.
"This meeting today was designated to talk about a Futures Study of the Island Park area, specifically the Island Park resource assessment," said Hoffner.
Local government, nonprofits, citizens, and state and federal agencies were all represented at the meeting. First and foremost to learn more about the Futures Study, meant to better understand the Island Park area.
Thanks to a HUD grant, the Futures Study will look at economics, carrying capacity and how that plays into wildlife. It will also examine the impacts and trends of fishing, hunting, snowmobiling and other winter recreation within the area.
"Also, hopefully set the stage for a management plan," said Hoffner. "Then, if there ever is more discussion about a national monument we'd be prepared as a local community, as Fremont County, for that situation."
At the tail end of George W. Bush's second term, the administration explored the idea of designating Island Park as a National Monument. At that time, Jim Caswell was in Washington D.C., working as the director of the Bureau of Land Management.
"We just didn't have the time to connect locally with communities, and really work on that issue at the time," said Caswell. "So, it went away when the administration changed."
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text: I was doing my last inspection and found lots of honey. I was kind of scared when I was in two hives, black capping. Thought it was something so I went in and graves two toothpicks and started uncapping. To my delight it was only honey. What makes the callings black though?


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The fashion show and luncheon is the main fundraiser for the Nisswa Women's Club Scholarship Program.
This year's décor featured the theme Lakes Area Style. Nisswa Women's Club members modeled spring and summer fashions provided by area shops.
The raffle grand prize was a white-gold green quartz diamond halo style ring with a matching necklace from Merritt Jewelers, Pequot Lakes.


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keep checking back i will continue to post pics of my progress
ok my cruddy camera broke so i used my roommates...
i found this dp '96 on craigslist and bought it :)
it was still in the box with its tag and all (mint)
so i took a look to see if there were any areas that would need fixing...
first the cheep visor had to go.
then i looked for bubbles in the plastic this pic here is 1 of maybe 5 areas i saw.
then areas that would need cutting out.
then areas that would need fill ... besides the dent
there were two such factory stamps
and lastly i checked the shape
if you look closely the top of the dome is a bit out on the bottom left
but the worst part is the rest of the shape .... which can be seen the best from below..
so i plan to make a inner support out of plywood and barrow a heat gun to reshape this. the support is purely to get the shape right then i will remove it.
i think this will shape up to be a better start for me than my rubbermade brute distaster and with some time and alot of work i think i could make a great helmet out of this :) :jodo


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In Search Of...Choosing Hope
Holmen's Jenny Olson battles cancer with optimism
When you're faced with a devastating diagnosis, you can choose to get living or choose to stop living. For Holmen's Jenny Olson the choice is clear.
"You can look at it and hide under the covers and pretend it's not happening but then you are missing out on life," Jenny said.
If you haven't already guessed from the hat that hides her hair loss, Jenny is battling cancer. A diagnosis that came last year.
"We were just living life like everybody else - and then our whole world got turned upside down," Jenny said. "I went to the chiropractor and she was pushing on my neck and said, 'Jenny this just doesn't feel right. I went to the doctor. He ordered an MRI right away. I was supposed to have an appointment on Friday but he called me that same day and I immediately panicked because you know that's not good when they call you."
The MRI revealed a tumor the size of a lemon. The good news, "when we met with the surgeon, they said it was 98-99% benign," said Jenny's husband Brian.
It shouldn't have been malignant - but it was. "It's surreal. I don't even still think I have cancer. It doesn't even seem real."
Her type of cancer is usually found in legs and arms. It shouldn't have been in her neck. But it was. "You can amputate your wrist, leg, elbow. Can't amputate my neck."
Doctors removed the tumor in August and were optimistic. Jenny was even able to start her new job as a kindergarten teacher at Viking elementary in Holmen. But the good news didn't last long.
"Sept. 6th I remember putting my hand up on my neck like this. I was talking to my kindergarteners. And I remember I felt something there. I called my doctor immediately. It had grown back to the same size even a little larger. In a month. And this time it went into my lymph nodes."
With more treatments coming it was time to tell their two children. "We sat down with them on the couch and they called this the ball in my neck. So we talked about how the ball in my neck was something called cancer and that I'm going to get medicine that's probably going to make me sick. Right away those little minds, 'Are you going to die? Are you going to heaven?' We just said, 'We don't know.'"
Jenny went through another surgery and this past January faced a grueling round of radiation. "That was the most horrible time of our lives," Jenny said. "You'd think it would be chemo but radiation was because of the area. Because of where it was and swallowing it really took at toll on my body. I was so sick and on the couch for two months. I can't imagine what it's like to be the spouse. But I have to say he has just been my rock. He never gets mad at me. He just was so patient when I was so sick. You don't realize how much you love each other until you are really dealt something that dire. You just fall in love with that person all over again."
Brian adds, "how we survived that period of time I don't know."
But they did survive and got the news they'd been praying for. "It was all gone. We were ecstatic. It was gone."
The Olson's 7-year-old daughter Elise remembers everyone hoping, "the cancer in her neck wouldn't come back, but it did."
It came back in her her lungs and before they could treat it, the tumors that shouldn't have ruptured - did.
"Up until then we were still going to a cure," says Brian. "And so at that point in time, the chances for a cure are slim to none."
Cancer has taken so much from Jenny over the past year. "Not teaching kindergarten. I love teaching so much. And I miss my kindergarteners everyday. I know teachers say they love their job but I can't imagine doing anything else. So to have cancer take that away from you that's just been just devastating to me."
But in true Jenny Olson form, there is always a silver lining. "We are so blessed to live where we live and have such wonderful, caring people in our lives. I just have to say the teachers at Viking elementary have been so amazing. I mean, I only worked there for three weeks. They just kind of took us in. One of the teachers made these t-shirts for us and it just kind of exploded. People were buying them and wanting to wear them."
Another group of friends made special necklaces for Elise and Ben engraved with their mom's fingerprint. "On the back it says 'forever with you. Love, Mom.' Each of the children will have that forever."
Brian says in a strange way, "this has been the best and the worst experience all at the same time."
No one can predict how much time she has left. "Could be weeks, could be months."
"But "I'm going to keep going and not say that I have weeks or months I'm going to say that I have years. I think it is still a grave situation but we still have treatment options out there. We're not to the point where they say enjoy your quality of life. We're not there yet."
Jenny Olson has terminal cancer, so she shouldn't be so positive. But she is. Because when you're faced with a devastating diagnosis you can choose to get living, or you can choose stop living. Jenny Olson is choosing - hope.
"I will keep going and trying as long as they tell me I can."
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Sure would, I've done it before.
Sure would, I've done it before.
Lets go, Giants!
Well since the Giants play in another country than were I live, the answer is yes.
I did travel to the US to watch us play, but the funny thing is I probably wouldn't go to a game if they came here to Toronto to play the bills or something. Those games are so overpriced it's not even funny, the idiots here will pay anything to watch it.
The Bills probably make more money from the one game they have in Toronto than their ticket sales from the entire season in Buffalo.
No, In fact having "International games" in the first place is completely idiotic in my opinion. (excluding Canada)
We had NFL Europe, it didn't work. We had the CFL US expansion, it didn't work. Other than subjecting 4 unlucky teams to extended jet lag once a year, what is the point of this? It's completely asinine IMO.
I can't even make it to the games played at home, so no, lol.
Country, yes. Continent, no.
Yes. If they were on a run for the Bowl and leading their division. Not if they were in the basement.


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Excellent entry into Java.
By Conklin
from Nizhny Novgorod, RF
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Helped me to obtain critical knowledge to fully prototype a game, along with constructing AI. I had no knowledge of Java prior to this book. It is still holding up in this decade, yet a very few minor codes are deprecated. On overall, a marvelous creation, and I appreciate humorous entries, that light up a book.
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Not my favorite Java tutorial
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I have fairly extensive programming experience, although none in Java. I bought this book because I had heard it was a good guide and would be very easy to follow, especially with my programming background. This was not the case. The book does not lay out the structure of the language or how to use it in an easy to follow manner. It is very thorough, to the point of being excessively dense. It groups too much information together without explaining it in laymen's terms. As someone who has programming experience I was able to follow it and understand, however it would not be my first, second, or even third choice for someone with little to no experience in writing code.
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This is great book for those who really want to learn quality programming skills. It is very, very thorough. The problem with "21-hour" books and "24-day" books, is that they jump around too much just trying to get you to produce a program only to keep you interested. This book is great for people who want quality programming skills and don't have time to go back to college. This book is very methodic and thorough, may get boring for some.. but for those who really want to learn.. this is the best way.
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To learn the concepts.Use of examples to explain the concepts excellent
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The copyright on the book says it all. A book that has not been updated in 5 years is a historical artifact, not a current text book. I have found examples that use deprecated code. Also the early chapters presume you need to know all the basics before you can code anything.
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With football on hold for the week, we took a timeout to recap the NBA.
Life in the great Northwest is good for almost everyone except the Minnesota Timberwolves who are 8-10 but playing well enough to be in second if only they were seeded one conference over and in the company of the unusually soft Celtics and Knicks. As it stands now, they're in last and New York and Boston are fighting over scraps with losing records while the 76ers run wild and away with an easy division without actually having to run anywhere at all.
This is bad news for people who like to drink whiskey and whoop it up watching basketball on cold, dark winter nights in January. Having two potential contenders underperform and age so drastically in the span of a year does nothing for bookies who take wagers on these sorts of things but it's fine for folks like us who prefer a little fast action early in the season. The numbers say Philly is a defensively sound team and if we bet them to cover lines like seven and eight or nine we might just win. In fact, they're averaging ten point differentials which will always be good enough to win a division or a conference and maybe even a title.
But we're getting ahead of ourselves now. The 76ers will be a wily investment when matched for seven straight games against teams like Chicago and Miami or even Orlando and Atlanta. Coming out of the East will be no walk in the park but the path is a lot clearer than out West where no win comes cheap. The Clippers and Lakers are constantly making a mess out of the Pacific and there are only five teams in the whole conference without double-digit wins.
If we want to get serious, I'd say the Thunder are an odds on favorite to win the Northwest; I'd bet the Lakers too at even money in the middle and Memphis at 3 or 4 or maybe even 5 to 1 ahead of either team in Texas, even without Zach Randolph. Dirk Nowitzki is done in this league. He's got his ring and is mailing the rest of his career in. Ditto Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker. The elder statesman of the Lone Star State are done playing basketball by either desire or design and the new crop of kids from Tennessee have waited long enough for their time in the sun.
And that's the good news. The bad news is that the 3-16 Bobcats and Wizards still have to play 47 more pointless games and the 3-15 Hornets are still owned by a seething pack of vicious freaks hell bent on frustrating a fan base so thoroughly that they can move the team to Alaska and split the spoils among themselves. Most NBA owners can be easily compared to a howling pack of moral-less dogs and the ones who can't are on their way out. The leagues' executives are worse and headed up by an angry little man unpracticed in not getting what he wants. He's resorted to everything from pandering to hostage taking and with any luck at all he too will be on his way out and we can have our game back.
And that's that. Basketball in five paragraphs or less.
This Week's Lines:*
Boston (+3.5) over Indiana
Old maybe, but they still have assembled some of the best talent in the league with Pierce, Garnett, Allen and Rondo. They've won three in a row and look to be shaking off some early season rust. With a three and a half point cushion this should be a lock to cover.
Orlando (-4.5) over New Orleans
Sure, Orlando just fumbled a huge half-time lead to Boston (outscored 44-15) but New Orleans has nobody. Well they have Eric Gordon but I doubt he alone can cover a four and half point spread without help even against the oddly defenseless Magic. This line needs to be higher. A lot higher.
New York (+11) over Miami
I just hate Miami. There I said it. I hate them.
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text: Hey all. I was invited this past weekend to see the Ice Dreams who in Bensenville, IL, starring Johnny Weir, Brandon Mroz, Agnes Zawadski, Ashley Wagner and some terrific local talent including Jordan Moeller and a pair team (who sadly the names I can't remember, sorry!). This show is organized by TaraModlin/Fireworks Sports Marketing. There was a silent auction (all proceeds going to Red Cross of Japan) and a short fashion show before the ice show started showing off Johnny's new dress line selling on edressme.com. I didn't take specific notes, but wanted to give my overall impressions of the show. And I can't make this super-thorough since I have a ton of work to do today! I was able to sit with the folks at Rainbo Sports and sit in one of their comfy chairs (huge thanks to them for that!) since the arena bleachers are crazy hard on a pregnant woman! I went to this show last year and I think it's a great show, mainly because (a) the talent is very high, and (b) the way that arena is laid out means there truly is not a bad seat in the house. Plus parking and access are very easy. I am not a fan of exhibition skating for the most part, but if it's easy and accessible, I'm happy to attend. All the main skaters mentioned above got to skate two numbers, one before each intermission. I've seen all of them live before in competition and exhibitions, but I thought they all really improved their exhibition skating. The good: 1) Agnes is a rock-solid skater. I predict (and told her as much) that she'll be on the top of the podium someday. Don't know when, but I truly think she'll get there. She has the whole package. Her two numbers she barely missed a beat, and didn't hold back on content either. I got to interview her a bit afterwards. As a local skater, I've been seeing her skate since she was a peanut, so it's nice to see her evolving as she is. 2) Same with Ashley Wagner. Several triples, 2axel, and I must say her flow and grace seem way improved just since US Nationals. How is that possible? Perhaps she's just a tight competitive skater and/or the rigors of IJS just don't allow her to show that side of her skating off. But I was more impressed with her here than in competition. Really lovely. 3) Brandon's first number was nice, but his second exhibition to Greased Lightening was AMAZING. I am a person who normally really doesn't go nuts over exhibition skating, but I was most impressed by his number. He also went for the content, doing 3axel (hand-down) and triples, but it was more that his charisma was so overwhelming. I wish we could get more of this from his competitive skates! Plus he's adorable: I interviewed him afterwards and he couldn't be any cuter, really. 4) Jordan Moeller has been living a bit in the shadow of his training mate Jason Brown (they have the same coach, Kori Ade, who was the Ice Dreams choreographer). But he is no less an up-and-comer. Great flow, edging, solid jumps and spins. It was a nice outlet for him to be able to show off his skills. 5) Johnny's first number was a compilation of remarks/spoken word comments made about johnny (positive and negative) then went into a song. Nice skate, not much jump content but fantastic edging and signature moves (sliding on knees, etc). His second number was Bad Romance. I got to interview him too before the show, and he was nothing but gracious with me. 6) There were also performances by local syncho/dance teams, and one number with what seemed like every girl from the state under the age of 12 who can stand up on skates! It's shocking they can get all those kids on the ice and not have some major accidents. They did the same last year. 7) The dresses worn by the principals were, according to Agnes, provided by edressme. They were some of the nicest skating dresses I've seen. So cute. 8) I got to see some of Johnny's edressme collection up close. They are really cute and well-made. So kudos to him for that. 9) since I know a lot of skating people in the Chicago area, it was nice to bump into a lot of skating friends. 10) got to catch up with Kori Ade, who is a rock-star and one of my favorite people in local Chicago skating. She's a smart cookie, and I just really respect her. And I got to meet her husband who is a cutie (despite accidentally spitting on me while talking , the poor guy was mortified!) Here are my criticisms: 1) this show has a facebook page but no website, which I think would have been helpful. I think the arena would have been more full with more promotion, but that's an endemic problem with ALL skating shows anyway. And yet there was some great press: Johnny was on a very popular local radio station Friday morning and some smaller local papers covered it. But it seemed more crowded last year. 2) for several reasons, the cynic in me who is very familiar with branding and PR thought the entire show was really a set-up for the next season of Johnny's Sundance show. Reason A) The camera crew from Sundance was following him around. There were not huge crowds of fans swarming him (though of course there were some fans swarming) but I wonder how it will look on-camera, if it seems like he was swarmed. Reason B) he had a small fashion show for the edressme line, but again there wasn't any major press there, so it just seemed contrived and invented for the Sundance crew to cover it. Reason C) there was a "VIP" party afterwards. Held in a tiny room upstairs, catered with a DJ. You needed a wristband to get in, and again the size of the room and Johnny talking with VIP fans will probably make it look like a huge deal on-camera. BUt there were only a few fans outside the room hoping to get to speak with Johnny, and as someone who's been to some VIP events in her life, it wasn't that big a deal. Still, it was a nice way to thank the volunteers and people involved for their help. Reason D) The main characters of the BGJW show (Johnny, Tara, and I'm sure Agnes/Brandon/Ashley will be featured) were dressed to the nines, full professional makeup, etc, as if stylists were lurking behind the shadows. I know Weir and Modlin don't go anywhere without their Loubertins, and yet . . . all that for a teeny tiny show in the middle of Illinois? Hmm. 3) Agnes said they weren't going to be able to keep their cute edressme dresses. Bummer! They looked adorable in them. 4) I've heard before that Tara and Johnny speak to each other in russian so nobody else can understand them. But when I'm standing right in front of them about to do an interview and they decide they want to speak to each other in sekret-club-code, it comes across as rude and bad manners. It would have been more polite if they had just pulled each other aside for a moment to talk, and I would have been more than accommodating. But it left me with a bad taste in my mouth to have two native english speakers just launch into russian just for the purposes so that I couldn't understand them. Pretentious. I'm always glad to see opportunities for skaters to get visibility, so overall my impression was a very positive one, and the crowd loved it. But I will be very curious to see how it comes across on the next season of BGJW, and if they try to make it seem like a bigger deal than it was. If so, they certainly aren't fooling me. But again, I'm a real cynic about branding and PR. I don't think the audience noticed a thing. Overall it's a show I would highly recommend if it happens on an annual basis, since the skating quality is terrific, the venue is awesome and easy to dive to, the price is right, and the show inner-workings are well done. Tara Modlin/Fireworks do know how to run a good, quality show.


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NYT: This high-speed rail thing is kinda' becoming a disaster for Jerry Brown
posted at 9:01 pm on January 7, 2014 by Erika Johnsen
California's ludicrously ambitious plan to build a high-speed railway connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco has been besieged with all kinds of problems from almost the moment of its official conception, but let that not restrain California Democrats from doubling down on what they seem to view as their iliadic quest to make high-speed rail happen. Back in August, a judge declared that the project had already violated the 2008 ballot initiative that first authorized the $10 billion in bonds for the 500-mile train, because the state didn't actually having funding sources on the books for the $31 billion required to build even just the 290-mile "initial segment" — not to mention that the oh-so-green state had flouted the necessary environmental clearances. Governor Jerry Brown deemed the judge's ruling a mere "setback," ho hum, but the project has since encountered still more judicial "setbacks" and the calls for California to just cut its losses are getting louder. The NYT reports:
Gov. Jerry Brown of California is riding into an election year on a wave of popularity and an upturn in the state's fortunes. But a project that has become a personal crusade for him over the past two years — a 520-mile high-speed train line from Los Angeles to San Francisco — is in trouble, reeling from a court ruling that undermined its financing, and from slipping public support and opponents' rising calls to shut it down. …
"It's time for the governor to pull up the tracks," said Representative Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, who is the majority whip in the House. "Everything he has said has not come to fruition. It's time to scratch the project." …
The ruling in November by a Superior Court judge in Sacramento blocked the state from using $8.6 billion in bond money to finance the first part of the train line, saying officials had failed to explain where they would find the remaining funds. That, in turn, jeopardized California's access to more than $3 billion in federal matching funds, which are contingent on a state contribution. …
"I don't see them getting any more money from the federal government," Mr. McCarthy said. "I don't see $9 billion to build it from California taxpayers, and I don't see them getting any private investment."
If Gov. Brown won't abandon the endeavor himself, suggest opponents, he should at least put the struggling project back before voters, but even that is probably too much to hope for. The initial project outline didn't even peg the project at completion by 2029, for goodness' sake, to the tune of a $68 billion estimate that will surely increase even more as it encounters more "setbacks" and delays — and the NYT says that polls suggest putting the issue back before voters is a fight Brown wouldn't win.
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I really think the Giants are excited about the guys returning on defense... ie. Goff, Austin, TT and the development of Prince, Jones, Williams and Sash. Thats why I think the focus will be on the offense in the early rounds....
Round 1 - Orson Charles, TE - Georgia.... Need to keep weapons are the hottest QB in the game. He had some nobody's at TE and no production from the running game this past season and still managed to have a career year. Charles is electric and will be a Vernon Davis type player.
Round 2 - Kevin Zeitler, OG - Wisconsin... this kid is super talented and will be an instant starter on our O-Line
Round 3 - Bernard Pierce, RB - Temple... ultra productive in the MAC conference. Coming from a pro-style offense and showed some decent speed and ability at the combine. Struggled against Penn State somewhat, but thats because Temple's offense is "hand the ball off to Pierce".
Round 4 - Dwight Bentley, CB - Louisiana Lafayette..... Flashed at the combine and showed some good speed. Small school guy that has really good instincts. Needs to work on form tackling, but that can be coached.
Round 5 - Tyrone Crawford, DE - Boise State...under the radar player. JUCO guy that only played two seasons at Boise, but really produced some good numbers. Pressure on the QB is what the Giants thrive on and this kid may be able to provide some solid depth in the rotation.
Round 6 - Brandon Mosley, OT - Auburn.... Solid player. He was a former TE, DE and now OT. JUCO player that has good feet and can provide pressure on Brewer and Beatty.


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B&B with pool and panoramic view
Size40 m²
Floor No.0
- Family/child friendly
- Pool
- Breakfast
- Lockable room
- Pets allowed
- Internet/WiFi
- Parking available
- Towels
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|VIA LUIGI EINAUDI, 23811 LECCO-BALLABIO, Italy
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Enjoy a swimming pool and a panoramic view over Lake of Como as guests of this charming bed and breakfast.Unlike an Hotel , Bed & Breakfast gives you the opportunity to feel at home and experience the region as one of its inhabitants, and not as a tourist The peace and nature reign supreme in this place, the garden is full of various species of trees, the heated pool(open from June to September ).Set on a hill overlooking the lake in the village of Ballabio surrounded by beautiful mountains between Grignetta Grigna and Resegone the right destination for beautiful walks.
Up to four guests can stay in our Family Suite, a spacious room with separate children's bedroom 40m² - (2 adults + 2 children or 3 adults- children up to 2 years do not pay) on the ground floor with large windows overlooking the garden and pool with panoramic views of the lake and mountains.
Access to rooms is independent.
A room consists of a king size bed and a living area and the second room has two single beds, a private bathroom with shower on the same floor.
Microwave,small fridge, hairdryer.
We love to make our guests feel at home and on request they can use in sharing our new kitchen of the tavern .In spring/summer season breakfast is served on the veranda in the garden or in the dining room of the house.
Parking can be arranged just outside the house.
The nearest bus stop is just 100 metres away. A supermarket and restaurant also lie in the same distance. Travel for just 10 minutes by bus or car to the town of Lecco.
From Lecco Train Station, guests can catch a train or bus to Milan, Como, Bellagio, Bergamo and the other main sightseeings of the region.
House rulesNo smoking.
Keep noise to a minimum.
Pets may be accepted once they stay in the garden.
One dog live in the property.
check in to your room from 12.00 on the day of arrival and you must check out by 10:00 am on departure day, but we can also agree otherwise and in this case you can safely leave your luggage in our house until the departure
I want to offer a new experience to our guests at B&B " A casa di Stefy" I open my kitchen to the guests and if they ask me I cook for them in exchange for a small fee.
I don't say I can cook a dish better than any restaurant; I always say: it's like my mother / grandmother does. There are so many traditional recipes I have learned from my mother that I can cook an at-home meal made with the love of someone who has been cooking their signature dish for decades.
Share a dinner with us gives travelers the chance to discover the authentic flavors of a place discovering the true soul of the culinary tradition the place they visit.
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Reviews of this property
We have had a wonderful time at this B&B and Stefania and Roberto made us feel as we were really a part of the family. Stefania served us the best breakfast we had in italy and the view we had while eating it (al fresco) was just stunning. Stefania took time to show us which sights to visit and Roberto made the best frittata ever. We strongly recommend Stefanias B&B. If you are in this part of Italy, you can`t find a better B&B.
Magnificent! Staying at Stefania's place was a really magical experience. I came here with my mom and we had an amazing time. Stefania gave us such a warm welcome that it felt like we would know eachother for ages! :) The place is beautiful as the scenery outside. Definetely one of the best spots I have visited. We hope to revisit soon! :)
We enjoyed a lot our stay by Stephania and Roberto. The view on the lake and the montain is really wonderfull and the house so pretty.
Besides the welcoming from our host was very nice, caring with a very good advices.
It's dreaming place !!!
Philippe and Yan.
We LOVED to stay at the B&B of Stefania and Robert. Everything was very clean, a beautiful view and Stefania and Robert are lovely people. They do anything to feel you're at home. Robert invited me to join him on a ride on his motorcyle around the lake. A truly pleasant stay and we are coming back for sure!
With Stefania and Roberto made you feel at home. The rooms were totally comfortable, spotlessly clean and the view of Lake Como just gorgeous!
The route ideas through the winding mountain roads just awesome. Breakfast can not do better one. Any time. Absolutely top !!!
Ariane and Helmut
Bei Stefania und Roberto fühlte man sich wie zu Hause. Die Zimmer waren total gemütlich, blitzsauber und der Ausblick auf den Comer See einfach traumhaft!
Die Routentipps durch die verschlungenen Bergstraßen einfach genial. Das Frühstück kann man nicht besser machen. Jederzeit wieder. Absolut top!!!
Ariane und Helmut
We have had a very, very pleasant stay in Lecco. Stefania is the best host you can imagine. The breakfast is perfect, with the most stunning view. We highly recommand this Bed and Breakfast.
Very nice apartment. Magnificent views of Lake Como. Very friendly host and hostess. She speaks good English. Delicious breakfast. Host has astronomy as a hobby. So you can watch the stars through a telescope.
Heel leuk appartement. Prachtig uitzicht op het Como meer. Zeer vriendelijke gastheer en gastvrouw. Zij spreekt goed Engels. Heerlijk ontbijt. Gastheer heeft astronomie als hobby. Je kunt dus door een telescoop de sterren bewonderen.
We liked our stay in this B&B very much. De host was very friendly en open.
Especially the view is amazing!
It was a super great holiday. Thank you for the warm welcome by our hosts Stefania and Roberto. We also received wonderful excursions and so learned the Lake Como area know more detail. Thank you for the great time and the recording in your family! The house, our room, the garden with panoramic views of the pool and made our holiday a special experience. Whether young or old, with or without children - for all a great holiday!
Es war ein super toller Urlaub. Vielen Dank für die herzliche Aufnahme durch unsere Gastgeber Stefania und Roberto. Wir erhielten auch wunderschöne Ausflugstipps und lernten so die Umgebung des Comer Sees noch näher kennen. Vielen Dank für die Schöne Zeit und die Aufnahme in eurer Familie! Das Haus, unser Zimmer, der Garten mit Panoramablick und der Pool haben unseren Urlaub zu einem besonderen Erlebnis gemacht. Ob Jung oder Alt, ob mit oder ohne Kinder - für alle ein super Urlaub!
Wir haben wunderschöne Tage in Ballabio erlebt und können diese Unterkunft wärmstens weiterempfehlen. Die Gastgeber sind zuvorkommend und sehr freundlich. Wir wurden sehr verwöhnt. Jeden Morgen zur Wunschuhrzeit ein reichhaltiges Frühstück, viele Tipps für Ausflüge und Wanderungen, nette Gespräche ........ und nicht zuletzt die regelmäßigen Besuche von Toby (Hund der Familie), der schon auf seine Leckerlies wartete.
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