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Chef' Hat Recipe: Chili Butter
Chili Butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon salt
In a small bowl, combine all ingredients. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until well combined.
Cover and chill in refrigerator at least one hour to allow the flavors to blend. Remove from refrigerator 15 to 30 minutes before serving to allow the butter to come to room temperature.
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Anyone near OKC want a free swarm? My poor crepe myrtle.
Anyone near OKC want a free swarm? My poor crepe myrtle.
I could PM you an address to ship them to. -james
It's gotten so that I pass on more than I pick up. There was one in a tree near by and I missed it. That's the first time that I've ever seen a swarm move after 3pm. I went and told the person about the swarm at 5:30 and they were still in the tree. I went to finish the BBQ and then as going to pick them up about 90 mins later and they were gone.
what? you run out of boxes?
OKbees (Rick) had a new one who wanted some bees so I thru them in a cardboard nuc and off they went to a new home....
Looks like a dangerous area to mow Wonder how UPS would deal with a five pound box "O" bees from Ok to Md
Thx Rummelsdorf!!
Rick, sometimes it is sometimes they pay me no attention....never know.
HHuuummmmm,,,,,,,,,,Perhaps a swarm exchange program Might be able to get Federal funding for such an experiment as that. We will title it, "Interstate CCD Identification/Investigation Via Genetic Exchange" Whew! I'm tired Need a nap.
ive picked up over 30 swarms allready and just got one more today. started with 14 hives and now im just over 60 and counting. keep them coming.
That myrtle has been through a lot...


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A ridiculous small town in the middle of now where on highway 12 between Lodi and Fairfield Ca. With a population of about 10 Rio Vista literally has only one grocery store and 2 fast food places. But its ok because one place is 2 in one. A black hole you can never leave.
I knew somebody that lived in Rio Vista once. They never knew how to socailize in the real world again.
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An "electronic medical record" is a complete patient medical file in a digital format. The files are maintained on a health care provider's secure, digital network, enabling medical teams to efficiently share information about a patient among multiple specialists and departments within an organization.
With electronic medical records, physicians can see a patient's entire medical history—including test results, diagnoses, past procedures, prescribed medications—with a simple computer keystroke. The digital records make it possible for all of an individual's doctors who are tied to the health care provider network to share the information in real time. The process greatly increases efficiency for the medical team and reduces frustration for patients, who often worry whether their doctors have complete and accurate information about them.
According to experts, one of the most valuable benefits of electronic medical records is the effect on patient safety. If there is complete documentation in one place, all caretakers have access to information on the entire continuum of care that a patient has received. As a result, medical risks—such as misdiagnoses or negative drug interactions—are significantly minimized because the records provide accurate, real-time data to the caretaker.
"Our goal is always patient safety. So, the new system provides a complete documentation of patient care, covering everything from the moment the patient checks in until they are discharged," Perez says. "All of the information, accessible by the complete medical team, is in a central electronic record which includes, but is not limited to, the patient history, nurse charting, test results, prescription medications, diagnostic images, allergies and physician progress notes."
The digital process begins with the creation of a patient's electronic record at admission to Eisenhower Medical Center or his or her initial registration for an appointment or outpatient procedure. The record is placed in a clinical data repository, an electronic network that links together the records of all of the medical departments at Eisenhower, as well as the ancillary systems such as labs, the radiology department, the rehabilitation center and the pharmacy. In addition, the Eisenhower Express Clinics in Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, La Quinta and Cathedral City are also online.
As a result of this comprehensive integration, the record created for a patient at their first intake into the system follows a patient throughout Eisenhower, eliminating redundancies in testing and preventing conflicting therapies or treatment. For patients, this integration is key, since most patient cases involve multiple physicians and multiple departments. If for example, an Eisenhower cardiology patient is admitted to the emergency department with chest pain, the Emergency Department physicians can immediately review their previous electrocardiograms (EKGs) and blood tests. They will instantly know what drugs have been prescribed and can review records of any consults with other specialists, such as endocrinologists, who may have participated in the patient's care.
Perez says that once the data system is completely up and running (final phase to be implemented late 2009), a patient's file will include all hospital charts, physician notes, prescription records, imaging files (mammograms, MRIs, CT scans, etc.), referrals and consults. The system will also generate electronic patient safety alerts and reminders to notify providers of needed protocols, such as administering drugs or monitoring various vital signs.
"This technology initiative will fundamentally change our care processes by greatly reducing inefficiencies and enabling immediate access to relevant patient information," says G. Aubrey Serfling, Chief Executive Officer and President of Eisenhower Medical Center. "Our physicians and nurses will have more critical patient information as they need it, and this technology will improve the way clinicians work as a team by breaking down barriers between departments, disciplines and settings…. It is a critical step in the creation of high-quality health care and improved patient outcomes."
The software for the electronic records system at Eisenhower was created by McKesson Corporation, the nation's largest health care services company. McKesson provides a number of services to health care providers and insurance companies, including providing information technology for hospitals, physicians, homecare providers and insurance companies.
One of the key components McKesson developed to address Eisenhower's patient safety strategy is a centralized pharmacy information system that enables pharmacists to electronically receive, verify and send medication orders within the hospital. Also new is a medication administration system, which includes handheld, barcode scanning devices to prompt nurses to check that they are administering the right dose of the right drug to the right patient.
Although the records are accessible to the entire Eisenhower medical team, patient privacy is also of utmost importance, so all records are protected by a state-of-the-art security system.
Prior to the implementation of digital records, all of these materials would have been in physical files, with records in many different sizes and formats, taking up a significant amount of storage space. If a health care provider needed to review all of a patient's records, collecting and transporting them was expensive and time-consuming, potentially prolonging the wait for patient treatment. The use of electronic records facilitates not only recordkeeping, but also information sharing.
The central electronic system developed by McKesson is enhanced through Eisenhower's partnership with RelayHealth®, which was announced earlier this year. The RelayHealth system allows participating physician practices to have secure, easy online access to coordinated patient information, and gives patients online access to their doctor's office. Approximately 100 doctors affiliated with Eisenhower currently use the system as a central point to share test results with their patients, prescribe medications electronically and coordinate care with the other members of a patient's medical team. Some physicians also use an online evaluation called a "web visit" to determine the nature of a patient's health concern, and whether he or she needs to see a doctor.
Electronic medical records are the wave of the future, providing inherent cost savings, time savings, and most importantly, increased patient safety. Eisenhower Medical Center is strongly committed to providing excellence in health care, in the most healing and safe patient environment.


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OK, this is a looong shot, but once upon a time, Maksim was offering some really nice Yoshikane knives - among them SLD damascus western ones. I would be curios whether anyone has a 150mm (or a little longer) petty sitting in a drawer.
Something like this one:
I have just ordered WA version of this knife and it will go to Dave for a WA-> western handle
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I was contacted by a beekeeper in California after he saw my craigs list add for bee removals. He wanted to know how the swarm situation was here in Reno. He said that he has seen very few swarms this year.
In addition he said that he as well as others in his area have had bees emerging with nubby wings and white abdomens and that they are being cast out of the hive.
I thought I woudl post this info here in case anyone knows what this is.
I suggested DWV for the wings and he replied that his mite load is very low. Made me wonder if whatever is harming his bees is also harming the mites. Could be he does not see a lot of mites becasue they are in brood cells also.
What I have never heard mentioned before was the symptom of white abdomens.
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Ok so i'm coming from a .net background (multiple years of professional development).
I'm checking out microsoft DX11 samples and i just don't get it, am i missing something obvious & there's actually beauty there i'm not seeing? Or is this actually just flat ugly hard code for no reason? Is it legacy or are you actually supposed to write & consume APIs this way?
(just to be clear, this is half rant, half question, i'd be more than happy to learn my rant is unfounded & have this transition from a rant to an answered question, also i'm not saying i'm having a hard time, just to be clear i understand the sample perfectly fine, i just find it painstakingly hard for no reason).
Shed some light on all this for me
1) Why the hell is this so damn long & hard? I expected getting a DX11 window up & running (and rendering) with nothing inside to be a 10liner or so, maybe 20 tops, but not 250 like in the sample!
2) Why the typedefs? Seems to be adding confusion for no reason especially on simple types, am i missing something or is this just useless? typedef float FLOAT
3) Why no constructors? Objects are just declared and initialized element by element, meaning you remove 1 line you don't get a default, you don't even get an exception, you get a nice access violation!
4) Why all the if(failed(bla)) ? Why isn't code throwing?
5) Probably the same as 3 but, why no sensible default values for everything? Declaring any directX object seems to be a full time job & a 10 liner!
6) Why is everything taking a pointer? I get the point for large (or medium) objects but why for example does something like the feature level, which isn't a large object nor an array, and that you're likely to be using once (or hell, maybe twice!) in your whole application get passed by pointer? I'm new at C++ but unless i get it wrong it means you must create a (local or global) variable, assign a value to it, and pass a pointer to it, if it was by reference you could just pass in D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0 for example
7) Typedef question again, it's confusing enough for float => FLOAT, but hell LPVOID*, i can't believe people starting with C++ make it through this!
8) __uuidof, so you even need custom keywords to get a simple directX sample app going on???
I'm not trying to bash C++ here, the only things i can't bare in it are header files and compilation speed, but i just don't get that API design, is it flaws in the API or in the sample? Or am i just getting it wrong? Because if this is the right way to do it this sounds just horrible to me, 250 lines to do nothing, 3X that much for a rotating cube (out of which only 60 lines are rendering, and about 300 setting up the device . . . ). I just don't get it! Hell SharpDX didn't feel that way at all.
I'm waiting, please enlighten me!


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n. Black Friday, in the United States,the day after Thanksgiving, traditionally marked by early morning sales accompanied by irrational violence at malls and shopping centers as bargain seekers do whatever they can to get what they want. Anticapitalists have dubbed Black Friday "Buy Nothing Day", and have attempted to counter the excessive consumption of the day by leafletting against the same sales, creating mock sales and coupons, organizing boycotts, and generally attempting to draw attention to the plight of the poor in the U.S. and around the world in contrast.
On Buy Nothing Day, not only should you avoid buying consumer goods and services, you should take positive action to emphasize the immportance of human life as opposed to material possesions.
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London - For five centuries, since the time of the Tudors, the shipyard in Portsmouth, England, built warships that helped Britain rule the waves and create an empire. On Wednesday, the yard's workers learned the site will be shut.
BAE Systems, Britain's largest military shipbuilder, announced a restructuring plan that will cut 1,775 jobs. Portsmouth, the home of the Royal Navy's command, will be hit hardest and stop building military ships altogether. Shipyards Glasgow and Rosyth in Scotland will face fewer cuts.
The decision was all the more charged because Scotland, where all of Britain's military shipbuilding will be concentrated, will vote next year on whether to become independent.
Portsmouth took the news hard. The move was a psychological blow to the seaside community that has long plied its fortunes beside the navy and alongside the water. Hundreds of high-paying, skilled jobs are not simple to replace, particularly in a time of economic troubles.
"We're an island nation," said Gerald Vernon-Jackson, a local government leader in Portsmouth. "We depend on sea trade for the food we eat, for the fuel in our cars. If we don't have a navy to make sure the sea lanes stay open, the country's economy will collapse."
Defense Secretary Philip Hammond, who broke the news of the cuts to Parliament, said there was no getting around the fact that times had changed. Shipbuilding is an increasingly competitive market, particularly in the military sector, where governments are cutting down on procurement costs.
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Robert Blyth, a senior curator at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, called it "sea blindness."
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From left, are Express-News writer Mike Greenberg, Alumnus Charlie Kane, anniversary
committee member Haley Draughton, Alumna Alicia Trevino and School of Architecture
Dean Julius Gribou.
UTSA School of Architecture celebrates 25 years
(May 10, 2005)--The UTSA School of Architecture (SOA) celebrated the 25th anniversary of its degree programs at a May 5 banquet in the Durango Building Southwest Room at the UTSA Downtown Campus.
More than 100 attended the event representing the UTSA administration, faculty, alumni, SOA Advisory Council and local design professionals.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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A highlight of the ceremony was the presentation of the first SOA Outstanding Alumni Awards to Alicia Trevino, 1986 architecture graduate, and Charlie Kane, 1994 interior design graduate.
San Antonio Express-News columnist Mike Greenberg was presented the SOA Livable City Award for his contributions to the public's understanding of environments built for healthier living.
The UTSA School of Architecture, housed at the Downtown Campus, takes advantage of a unique intellectual, educational and design culture in the setting of South Texas and the borderlands region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
San Antonio's collage of cultures and memories provides a unique laboratory for the study of the confluence of design, history, cultures and ethnicity. The architecture and interior design programs strive to equip students with the necessary skills and attitudes to be effective practitioners, the ability to judge and the confidence to ask the right questions.
SOA plans to consolidate all of its facilities this fall in the recently acquired Monterey Building on Frio Street across from the campus.
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Discussion in 'The Coffee Shop ~ Chit Chat' started by ChevyFan, Apr 17, 2007.
Whoo hoo! Doing my mother-in-law's taxes and we have 2 hours and 17 minutes to get them done!
I got them done and tried to submit via the web! NO DOING! Intuit was backed up and suggested we try back around 4 AM. hah.
I printed them out and get them to the Post Office with about 15 minutes to spare. She did her taxes by hand and thought she was going to have to pay $1900! TurboTax kicked it down so she only had to pay $390!
You have to pay taxes at year end. I was under impression you didn't have to do that in the states. Shows you how much I know.
Most Americans have six types of taxes that they have to pay.
1) US Government Income Tax
2) State & Local Income Tax
3) State & Local Sales Tax
4) State & Local excise Tax
5) State & Local Property Tax
6) Other taxes such as vehicle registration tax, licenses, etc.
There are five states (Including Texas) that don't have State Taxes. (Lucky me!) But we have incredible property taxes.
Income tax is annual, and has to be paid by April 15th (or Tuesday after if falls on weekend).
BTW ours tax is due april 31
Oh ok I see thats about the same as here then
Then heres a good question for our property owners. I have a 1100sqft bungalow on a 60' X 160' lot (corner lot) I pay $3500 a yr on property tax...
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Top: Playground design by Fabian Mancha, Pedro Rodriguez and Edith
Salinas; Bottom: Playground design by Tiffany Calvin, Robert Jaster and
Kate Rodgers (Photos by Amal Bassou, UTSA BOA CAPRI)
UTSA architecture students redesign child center
By James Benavides
Public Affairs Specialist
(Nov. 8, 2007)--Three UTSA College of Architecture teams recently were selected to present their visions for the Jose Cardenas Early Childhood Development Center to the Edgewood School Board. Thanks to a grant secured by Harriett Romo, director of the UTSA Bank of America Child and Adolescent Policy Research Institute (CAPRI), the facility will receive needed upgrades, including a new façade and possibly a playground.
Romo led a jury, including representatives from UTSA's College of Architecture, United Way and USAA in a review of more than 20 models. The review led to a three-way tie between teams including Pedro Rodriguez, Edith Salinas and Fabian Mancha; Robert Jaster, Tiffany Calvin and Kate Rodgers; and Rebekka Kotzur, Marisol Romero and Jeremy Herrod.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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Enrolled in Architecture Design I, the students received UTSA Honor Awards and gift certificates to Asel Art Supply, along with a chance for their projects to be implemented in the renovation project at the Cardenas center.
"Our students have realized that they're not working with buildings, but with people," said Jon Thompson, associate professor of architecture, who helped coordinate the project. "This gave them the opportunity to work with a very enthusiastic part of the population -- kids."
The models explored how children interact with their surroundings. Some winning elements included various types of playhouses on the playground, each encouraging a different kind of learning. Others stressed the importance of play as learning through exploration and the health benefits of play as exercise.
Romo was the principal researcher on the proposal that won a Hispanic Serving Institutions Assisting Communities grant in 2005 valued at $250,000. In addition to the design project, the grant has facilitated numerous early childhood development research fellowships and independent studies in architecture, creating this educational opportunity for students from early childhood through college.


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[quote user="Gonzo88"][quote user="TrueBlue07"]The Giants have the best strength of victory of any playoff team.
The Falcons have the 6th best strength of victory of all playoff teams.
They've beaten hardly anyone. If those scrub teams can some how figure out how to hold down ATLs WRs and Gonzo, I think SOME HOW the Giants will be ok.
[/quote] Sure but all of those teams had better DB's than the giants, you ranked 29th in the league for pass def[/quote]

The Giants pass defense is a major weakness only when that pass rush is not steamrolling and the LB'ers and secondary play too many confusing zone coverages. They have simplified it more the last two games so that the only confusion occurring is coming from the opponent's offense and not our own defense lol. There is also a lot more man-press going on than earlier in the year. Look at the Giants defense the last two weeks. That's what Atlanta is going to get.


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Raised and partially trained in Germany, Prof. Kuhn-Osius received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a dissertation on the topic of what we mean if we say that we understand a literary text. His literary interests include 18th-century enlightenment literature, Goethe, and the 20th century up to the present. Special areas of concentration include, but are not limited to, Goethe's Faust, the literary reaction to World War I, and the works of Heinrich Boell. He has published over thirty articles and reviews on literary and pedagogical topics. Professor Kuhn-Osius has a strong interest in teaching German at all levels from the beginning to the Ph.D. level. He has special expertise and interest in teaching German language to very advanced learners and is also the main author of a three-volume series of introductory textbooks which are currently used and/or tested at various colleges in CUNY. Professor Kuhn-Osius participated in the work on several grants from the NEH to improve language and literature teaching. In the work on these grants he has received training and certification as an oral proficiency tester. He also has been serving as Chair of the AATG Testing Commission for many years with the primary responsibility for preparing the annual national German tests administered in high schools throughout the USA. Prof. Kuhn-Osius is fascinated by the processes of inter cultural communication. For this reason he stays in close contact with current developments in German life and society. He has served in various study abroad capacities and is director of the Hunter summer program in Germany.
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Dr. Aine Zimmerman received her Ph.D. in German Studies from the University of Cincinnati (2008), and her Masters in German Literature from the University of Washington (2000). She has previously taught Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DaF) and English at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, and was full-time visiting faculty at Allegheny College and Miami University while completing her Ph.D. She has taught German language and culture courses at all undergraduate levels, as well as designed syllabi for upper-level literature courses. Her academic interests include contemporary German literature and film, German-Jewish relations, gender studies, and transcultural literature. Recent publications include book reviews for H-Net and a translation of an article in the edited volume Writing the New Berlin. She is currently working on her own article based on her dissertation, "Estranged Bedfellows: German-Jewish Love Stories in Contemporary Literature and Film."
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Dead Space 3, no matter how you slice it, is going to be controversial. The controversy stems not from any particular sequence in the game, nor does it come from the gore (which is definitely present).
Instead, fans of the series are up in arms about the fact that the franchise - once a stalwart bastion of the survival horror genre - seems to be marching ever onward to something more like an action shooter, perhaps, abandoning the scares in search of a larger audience.
Based on what I've now played of the game, I'd say that people who are hungry for frights are probably quite justified in their concerns; there weren't many on offer in the three levels I played through. But - and it's a big one - the experience, low on cheap thrills as it might have been, was fantastic nonetheless.
To start off with, for reasons unknown, I found myself aboard a spaceship that was currently undergoing some sort of catastrophic failure. My first task, then, was to escape alive - by way of hunting down the series-signature space suit and welding gun.
This was accomplished by striding meaningfully through a debris-strewn environment where, thanks to the disaster of unknown origin, the walls were often the floor and peril (such as death by vacuum in space) was seemingly no more than a cracked pane of glass away at any given moment.
So not exactly survival horror level of scary, but certainly tense. It's all delivered in the big-budget, blockbuster format we've come to expect from the best games at the business end of the console cycle, too. Loads of special effects were layered on top of the game assets, and, as a result, it all looked quite convincing. Linear as it was, finding my way out was great fun.
From there, things became even more movie-like as, now in space, I had to follow a fleeing escape pod through a cloud of debris and - once again, for reasons unknown - mines. This sequence is pure action game, with your goal restricted to merely dodging things (you can shoot mines if you want to, but there's no need) and your reaction times well tested. Again, it's hardly going to be the kind of news that excites the kind of fan that likes to be scared by their Dead Space experience, but as someone who's less enamored with survival horror games, I enjoyed it.
Once I arrived at my destination (and I'm being deliberately vague as even minor plot spoilers are no fun), I embarked on the third sequence of the session. This, the hardcore will be pleased to hear, was a much more traditional Dead Space experience.
Traversing the innards of a different spaceship, my goal was primarily rooted in simple survival. It is here, you see, that I first encountered the series' signature Necromorph baddies. While at no point did I leap back in horror, they're certainly not attractive to behold, and - on numerous occasions - their approach meant survival was far from guaranteed.
As usual, the Necromorphs can be tackled in a variety of ways; shooting their limbs is typically a good strategy, as you can actively impede their ability to close on you by selectively removing their legs (for example).
Weapons can be upgraded - a new feature to the franchise - by utilising the various parts you find on your adventures. This is done at a fairly rare "tool bench", only one of which I found on my romp through ship two's underbelly. Unfortunately, I found this before I found any parts, and was therefore unable to actually upgrade anything. It's an interesting idea, though, and having the ability to customise your weapons is rarely a bad thing.
After completing the central objective for this section of the demo, I was confronted by some sort of pro-tier Necromorph - a quicktime sequence which, in cinematic fashion, resulted in my total dismemberment. Presumably, in the full game, you'll be able to win this bit, but it was a nice way to close out the demo, because it was scary as hell - it wasn't until I played through it all again (and again...) that I remembered that the rest of it wasn't particularly frightening.
Is it everything you want from a Dead Space game? Chances are good that's a question that will have a wide variety of answers, depending on who you ask. As for me? I liked it, a lot. The fact that it also has full co-op support (which I didn't get to try) is similarly exciting, as this is an experience I'd like to share with a friend. But as I said earlier, I'm not a survival-horror nut, so take from that what you will.
* Dead Space 3 is out on February 8th, 2013, for Xbox 360, PC, and PS3.


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Business is changing. Sitting in a Starbucks in San Francisco reinforced the point. The cafe was crowded with people taking advantage of free Wi-Fi, reading downloaded books (from Amazon), or searching for jobs, travel, services and products using Google. This scene could be replicated in any New Zealand city.
Many have written about the impact of the internet and e-commerce on business. Bookshops and travel agents will disappear from New Zealand shopping malls. It seems likely that smaller retailers will struggle against larger competitors and all will suffer from foreign retailers selling their products and services over the internet and importation directly to the customer.
This cafe scene is a frightening one to an Inland Revenue tax inspector, the New Zealand Government and therefore to you and me (as members of the New Zealand public). If there is any parallel between the way Starbucks, Google and Amazon carry on their business in New Zealand and Britain, very little corporate tax will be paid by the multinational corporations involved in the above cafe scene.
Most of the economic activity involved in these transactions takes place in New Zealand. The coffee is made and consumed in New Zealand, the book downloaded (or ordered via the Amazon website) and read here, and the sale of advertising services consumed by a New Zealand company using a New Zealand-specific search engine. There is still a risk that, despite the economic connection with New Zealand, little corporate tax is paid here.
Traditional taxation regimes are largely based on the recognition of profits determined by arm's-length legal transactions and upon the physical presence of the business.
There is no suggestion of any illegality in the low level of corporate tax paid. It's just that multinational corporations are sophisticated organisations.
They often have a plethora of business structures and rationalise the functions for efficiency. For example, all the worldwide purchasing for a product may take place in one jurisdiction. If you were a multinational where would you locate that company - a high- or low-tax jurisdiction?
Multinationals often use intellectual property. It is common for such intellectual property to be held in a single entity and licensed to worldwide subsidiaries. This arguably protects intellectual property and gives recognition to the value of expenditure incurred in developing the intellectual property. Again, if you were a multinational would you locate your intellectual property company in a high- or low-tax jurisdiction?
Part of the change to both business and taxation is due to the dramatic increase in e-commerce. The person (or company) that you are transacting with can be located anywhere. This has meant that some multinationals choose where profits can be located. In that sense they can locate the seller of the product in any jurisdiction around the world.
Furthermore, under most double tax agreements business profits are taxed only where the profit-making enterprise has a "permanent establishment" in the country. It is generally accepted that most sales of goods and services over the internet will not lead to the vendor having a permanent establishment in the country where the consumer makes the purchase.
Tax regimes seem to be struggling to keep up. New Zealand collects a relatively high percentage of its total tax revenue from corporate tax. In 2010 New Zealand ranked fourth-highest of 35 OECD countries in this respect. Does New Zealand have a multinational tax problem?
David Clark, Labour's revenue spokesman, thinks so. He has raised questions about Facebook's tax bill in New Zealand. Facebook paid $14,497 in New Zealand corporate tax in 2011. He pointed out that with 2.2 million users in New Zealand and billions of dollars of worldwide turnover the amount of corporate tax paid in New Zealand was "tiny"and "barely believable".
He has also questioned whether Google New Zealand was funnelling revenue through its low-tax Irish company. Google New Zealand paid $109,038 in tax on revenue of $4,447,898 (its profit before tax was $56,803).
On the other hand Alan Tsoi, the Hong Kong-based Deloitte Asia Pacific regional managing director for tax and legal, sees governments becoming too aggressive in their attacks on transfer pricing.
Facebook and Google may be structured differently in New Zealand from their overseas counterparts. By themselves the numbers mean very little and the full picture of how a business is structured is necessary to make informed comment. There is concern, however, that the amount of tax, by itself, is low. There may be many different reasons for that.
Craig Elliffe is Professor of Taxation Law and Policy, University of Auckland Business School.
Coming up
The next column examines exactly how multinationals reduce their taxes and the particular techniques and strategies they use to do so. The third column discusses the possible governmental and OECD response to these tax problems.


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a portmanteau combining the words law and catastrophe. lawtastrophe is the continual decline of the law industry and the law school industrial complex.
Dewey & LeBoeuf is a microcosm of the law industry's decline. Moreover, from the TTTTs to the lower T14, these law schools are throwing scholarships left and right to lower caliber students. This shitty economy has exacerbated the lawtastrophe that built up over the years.
by dannyfoshizzle3 June 28, 2012
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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When a person just out of a relationship jumps into a new relationship quickly. Similar to the situation in which a beloved dog dies, so the person gets a new puppy to replace the lost dog.
"Wow, she didn't take long to find a new man, it's only been a week since her ex left her."
"Yeah, she definitely has New Puppy Syndrome."
"Yeah, she definitely has New Puppy Syndrome."
by Tifferous November 06, 2011


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Ktorrent application. It is open source and very easy to use. There are way too many torrent sites on the Internet to list them all. However, if you know of others just leave them in the comment section.
Mininova - The Ultimate Bittorent Source
Demonoid - Private but you can download the latest torrents even without registration
ScrapeTorrent - Searches several popular torrent sites
SeedPeer - It has a verified torrent section
ISOhunt - Comprehensive bittorent search
Yotoshi - Another bittorent search engine
Torrent Reactor - The most active torrents on the web
BTjunkie - Large bittorent search
Torrent Scan - Another search engine of popular torrent sites
Sumo Torrent - Fresh torrent source
Torrentz - Nice bittorent search
Torrent Box - A very good source
MyBittorent - Advanced bittorent indexing site
Fenopy - Yet another site for torrents
Share Reactor - Indexes bittorent and edonkey P2P
Torrent Matrix - Latest bittorent files


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You know you spend too much time on aeroplanes when you know all the answers to the Air New Zealand inflight trivia quiz. Yes, the even numbered name of Van Halen's hit 1980s' album was 1984. Yes, nitrogen has seven electrons and, hence, protons. Yes, methane is also called "marsh gas", boletus edulus is an edible mushroom, Invercargill has the nation's westernmost town hall and Marge is the tallest Simpson. Yes, I'll have the bagel bites and hummus and a plastic cup of chardonnay, thanks, yawn.
Yet, just when you despair that the baggage carousel of life has no more surprises as you face another day of bad coffee and boarding passes, someone, an airline angel perhaps, will say, "Hey, taste this," and that something smacks you around the chops, wakes you up and breathes life and imagination back into your brain cells and taste buds.
That something was a new ginger beer called Ranga. You'll find it in supermarkets and I love it because it's like ginger beer on steroids.
Fortified with a splash of 4.6 per cent alcohol, it's spicy and snappy on the palate with just the faintest edge of sweet. You may say it's like your favourite chunk of ginger crunch, boosted with a bit of booze and bunged into a bottle.
Either way, it's dangerously tasty. $20 for a six-pack. www.ranga.co.nz
It's not every day you go from brewing Speight's by the tankerload to crafting tiny quantities of trophy-winning pinot noir, but that's the path Dunedin-born Crawford Brown took in 1998 when he planted a rabbit-infested paddock in Central Otago and called it Bannock Brae.
After more than a decade of hard slog, Bannock Brae Barrel Selection Pinot Noir had built up a long list of five-star ratings and a swag of gold medals, but when it was crowned Champion Pinot Noir and Champion Wine of the Show at the NZ International Wine Show (the largest in the country) Crawford and his wife, Catherine, were absolutely gobsmacked.
The top gong at that show has traditionally gone to a chardonnay so, for Brown - once a master brewer with Lion Nathan - being the best of the best from over 2100 other wines means he can add master winegrower to his business card.
With expert winemaking skills provided by Jenn Parr (named Champion Winemaker of the Year at the same show), the wine, at $54 a bottle is now in hot demand. www.bannockbrae.co.nz


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What would you do if Martians kidnapped your mom? In the 3-D animated movie Mars Needs Moms, a young boy named Milo (Seth Green) finds himself in this exact sticky situation. The aliens want to steal Milo's mother's "mom-ness" for their own young. Now it's up to the 9-year-old to get his mom back before she is lost forever.
Luckily, Milo has a little help in Ki (KEE) and Gribble. Ki is a rebel Martian girl who secretly paints colorful graffiti on the dull walls of her underground home. Gribble is a 30-year-old Earthling whose own mom was kidnapped years before. The unusual pair will risk everything in order to help their new friend. Will they save Milo's mom in time? Find out on March 11, when the film opens in regular and IMAX 3-D theaters.
A Chat with the Cast and Crew
On March 4, TFK Kid Reporter Taylor Pannell met with some of the talented actors, writers and animators who created the movie. Actress Joan Cusack (Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3) stars as Milo's mom—the kind of parent who's loving, but still tries to teach her son responsibility by asking him to take out the trash and go to bed when it's bedtime.
Having two boys herself, Cusack told TFK that she found it easy to play the role of a parent. What's her favorite role of all the ones she's played in her career? "I would say my favorite role is being a real mom," Cusack said, with a smile. "As a mom, the biggest job is not to act, but to be yourself."
Every good action movie has a sinister bad guy. The villain in this film is the Martian Supervisor, played by Mindy Sterling (iCarly). The Supervisor has an icy cold heart, and rules the Martian underworld with a iron fist. Remarkably, Sterling acted out almost all of her scenes in a special Martian language created just for the movie. Learning Martian was a piece of cake, Sterling told TFK. "There wasn't too much to learn," the actress says. "Sometimes, I just made it up!"
A Family Affair
Anyone who has a mother will be moved by this movie. In fact, anyone who loves someone, period, will be moved by this movie. Maybe it is because the story was inspired by a real-life event. The movie is based on a novel by prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed. He wrote the book after a dinner-table incident between his wife and son, who was then 4 years old. That night, Breathed's son had thrown his broccoli into the air and stormed from the room, yelling at his mother on the way out. Breathed told his son, "You might think differently about your mom if she were kidnapped by Martians." He wrote the novel that same evening.
Director Simon Wells co-authored the screenplay with his wife, Wendy. They also know what it's like to be parents and used it to build their story. "It's tough being a parent," Wells told TFK. But at the same time, he glowed with pride when he spoke of his own two daughters, who have parts in the film.
All kids get into arguments with their parents. The fights may be about homework, chores or eating vegetables. Mars Needs Moms reminds us to look past these silly disagreements and to remember the importance of family and the things that really matter. After watching this movie, you'll want to hug your parents and loved ones.


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This book aims at being an introduction to functional programming with OCaml (or 'Objective Caml'). This introduction is intended for readers who have already some experience with other programming languages—some mathematical curiosity may be helpful. It is not about learning programming but learning the specifics of the OCaml language and how to use them well.
For learning more about the OCaml language and how it is linked to other languages, don't hesitate to read Wikipedia's article about OCaml.


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Findings important in developing new drugs to treat inflammatory vascular diseases
An enzyme that stimulates the production of chlorine bleach in cells to kill bacteria and other invading pathogens also turns off a signal that regulates blood vessel dilation during inflammation, researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center have found.
The research -- conducted in collaboration with scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, UCLA and the University of Iowa and reported in the June 28 issue of the journal Science -- is important because it identifies a previously unrecognized function for an abundant protein of the immune system and may reveal a new molecular target for the development of drugs to treat a variety of inflammatory vascular diseases.
Carole Gan | EurekAlert!
Further information:
Biofilm discovery suggests new way to prevent dangerous infections
23.05.2017 | University of Texas at Austin
Another reason to exercise: Burning bone fat -- a key to better bone health
19.05.2017 | University of North Carolina Health Care
The world's highest gain high power laser amplifier - by many orders of magnitude - has been developed in research led at the University of Strathclyde.
The researchers demonstrated the feasibility of using plasma to amplify short laser pulses of picojoule-level energy up to 100 millijoules, which is a 'gain'...
Staphylococcus aureus is a feared pathogen (MRSA, multi-resistant S. aureus) due to frequent resistances against many antibiotics, especially in hospital infections. Researchers at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut have identified immunological processes that prevent a successful immune response directed against the pathogenic agent. The delivery of bacterial proteins with RNA adjuvant or messenger RNA (mRNA) into immune cells allows the re-direction of the immune response towards an active defense against S. aureus. This could be of significant importance for the development of an effective vaccine. PLOS Pathogens has published these research results online on 25 May 2017.
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a bacterium that colonizes by far more than half of the skin and the mucosa of adults, usually without causing infections....
Physicists from the University of Würzburg are capable of generating identical looking single light particles at the push of a button. Two new studies now demonstrate the potential this method holds.
The quantum computer has fuelled the imagination of scientists for decades: It is based on fundamentally different phenomena than a conventional computer....
An international team of physicists has monitored the scattering behaviour of electrons in a non-conducting material in real-time. Their insights could be beneficial for radiotherapy.
We can refer to electrons in non-conducting materials as 'sluggish'. Typically, they remain fixed in a location, deep inside an atomic composite. It is hence...
Two-dimensional magnetic structures are regarded as a promising material for new types of data storage, since the magnetic properties of individual molecular building blocks can be investigated and modified. For the first time, researchers have now produced a wafer-thin ferrimagnet, in which molecules with different magnetic centers arrange themselves on a gold surface to form a checkerboard pattern. Scientists at the Swiss Nanoscience Institute at the University of Basel and the Paul Scherrer Institute published their findings in the journal Nature Communications.
Ferrimagnets are composed of two centers which are magnetized at different strengths and point in opposing directions. Two-dimensional, quasi-flat ferrimagnets...
Marine Conservation: IASS Contributes to UN Ocean Conference in New York on 5-9 June
24.05.2017 | Event News
AWK Aachen Machine Tool Colloquium 2017: Internet of Production for Agile Enterprises
23.05.2017 | Event News
Dortmund MST Conference presents Individualized Healthcare Solutions with micro and nanotechnology
22.05.2017 | Event News
Reptile vocalization is surprisingly flexible
30.05.2017 | Life Sciences
EU research project DEMETER strives for innovation in enzyme production technology
30.05.2017 | Power and Electrical Engineering
New insights into the ancestors of all complex life
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Stuxnet - very interesting read / insight
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/11/ ... ambitions/
Interesting that it targeted Iran's nuclear program, the way it did.
"All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer,
but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved."
- Sun Tzu, 'The Art of War'
OSCE, OSCP (Former - GPEN, C|EH - both expiring / expired)


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BACKGROUND: I have two KTBH's that I started from packages in mid-April 2012. I fed them 1:1 syrup extensively and they built up nicely before winter with substantial capped honey (and probably some capped syrup). I did not harvest any honey last year. My intent was to allow the bees to use what they needed to get through the winter and harvest the excess this spring when the nectar flow started. A 50-yr. beekeeper at the association meeting cautioned that the many hives around here die from starvation from mid-March to mid-April if the whether turns rainy for a long period just as the hive is raising lots of brood. Based on that advice, I intended to harvest some honey in the next week or so...especially because I need to add more empty bars to the brood nest to keep them from swarming and there isn't much room to do that without harvesting honey (both hives have 30 bars). On a warm day in late February I did an inspection and the best hive had 10 bars of capped honey; the other had about 4 bars.
On April 1, I did another inspection and virtually ALL of the capped honey is now UNcapped They expanded the brood nest and are building nicely. The big colony had even built new comb on a couple bars next to the end entrance and filled them with uncapped honey. What happened? Why did they uncap all the stores whenever they were gathering nectar? What did I do wrong? How long will it take for them to cap that honey so that I can pull it to give them more room when the big flow starts in a week or two? What can I do if they don't cap it before they run out of space?
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Vibe Squashing is the act by which a person removes a negative topic from conversation by stating: Vibe Squashed. Typically, the scenario will involve illicit drugs and be used as a measure to prevent negative vibes from manifesting themselves into uncontrollable paranoia, but this does not have to be the case, and a vibe squash can be used in any social setting where negative vibes may exist. Once the vibe squashed is an accepted term amongst the group, any member of the group can interject the conversation with vibe squashed and the conversation must start anew.
Bill: Yo, what if the cops come or something while we're doing all these drugs, or something.
Ted: Hey man, vibe squashed.
Jake: The weather outside... Is weather.
Ted: Hey man, vibe squashed.
Jake: The weather outside... Is weather.
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By Doug Eadie
Retreats are a popular vehicle for involving school board members, superintendents, and senior administrators in high-impact governing work that could not be accomplished -- at least not as well -- in regular board business meetings. The return on your district's investment of time, energy, and money can be quite powerful.
But how can you ensure that these retreats lead to the desired result, both in terms of substantive outcomes (an updated vision statement) as well as process spin-offs (esprit de corps, satisfaction, ownership of and commitment to future directions), and even emotional bonding among participants?
Just because you assemble the right cast of characters in an attractive setting away from district headquarters for a day or two does not mean you will automatically realize a powerful return on your investment, however. Experience has taught me that rigorously following these four golden rules will ensure your district gets a handsome payoff without taking a significant risk:
• Make sure the board is involved in putting together the detailed retreat design.
• Employ a professional facilitator.
• Use well-designed breakout groups to generate content, promote feelings of ownership, and generate active participation.
• Avoid reaching a premature formal consensus or making final decisions.
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text: Stockton girl battling cancer lives dream day as pop star Saturday Jun 29, 2013 at 12:01 AM DeLyla Morn has been battling a rare form of brain cancer since October. On June 28, the 9-year-old lived out her fantasy of being a pop star with help from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. She performed at a radio station and at a concert in Sacramento. Katie Combs


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The browser is our window to your secrets… and we've got mischievous eyes. As organizations push to increase the "richness" of online user experiences, they are also unwittingly increasing attack surface for organizations and their users. Join two of the best looking security researchers in the world as we dissect the current state of client side and web application security. We'll dive into the gory details and demonstrate the impact of client side vulnerabilities, blended threats, and targeted attacks. We'll cover everything from benign application vulnerabilities that gave college hopefuls a sneak peak on their admissions status, all the way to vulnerabilities used to steal your data and compromise your machine.
Billy Rios is a Security Engineer with Microsoft where he is helping to secure software used by millions of people across the world. Before joining Microsoft, Billy was a penetration tester for both VeriSign and Ernst and Young. As a penetration tester, Billy was hired by numerous organizations within the Fortune 500 to assess the effectiveness of their organization's security posture. Billy made his living by outsmarting security teams, bypassing security measures, and demonstrating the business risk of security exposures to executives and organizational decision makers. Before his life as a penetration tester, Billy worked as an Information Assurance Analyst for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). While at DISA, Billy helped protect Department of Defense (DoD) information systems by performing network intrusion detection, vulnerability analysis, incident handling, and formal incident reporting on security related events involving DoD information systems. Before attacking and defending information systems, Billy was an active duty Officer in the United States Marine Corps. Billy has spoken at numerous security conferences including: Blackhat briefings, Bluehat, RSA and Hack in the Box. Billy holds a Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Master of Science degree in Information Systems, and is currently pursuing his Master of Business Administration.
John Walton is a Lead Security Engineer with Microsoft, where he spends his time code auditing, penetration testing and managing the Microsoft Online security team. Prior to joining Microsoft, John started a security consulting company, Penetration Technologies, specializing in application and infrastructure security and worked as Lead Security Engineer at Avaya. While at Avaya John built the Avaya Product Security Support Team, hacked every piece of Voice over IP (VoIP) equipment imaginable and helped develop VoIP encryption and security technology. Admittedly John is a self proclaimed computer security nut who rarely ponders anything else. He hold a Bachelors degree in Computer Science and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. While not working on security at Microsoft John spends his time security consulting for major financial and government institutions and occasionally finds time to sleep.
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Severely burned dog returns home
BLUFF CITY, Tenn. - We have new facts and good news about Sadie the dog -- she's on her way home from the University of Tennessee Veterinary School after being badly burned.
But Sadie and her family still don't have a permanent home.
Sadie is feeling much better after treatment at the UT Veterinary Medical Center. Dr. Kate Zimmerman first treated Sadie for her severe burns following a suspicious fire at her home in Roan Mountain.
Dr. Zimmerman took Sadie's story to social media and as of Friday there were almost 82,000 hits, all concerned about Sadie. "They held a whole bunch of all-night prayer vigils when she took a turn for the worse. The next day she's been just charging ahead and doing great ever since," Dr. Zimmerman said.
Volunteers offered not only prayers, but donations to help with Sadie's care. Phone calls are still coming in to help with the expenses.
Her family is living with relatives following the fire, but Sadie needs somewhere to live. "Sadie has a very loving family and one of the things that has repeatedly come up on Facebook is does she need adopting. I keep telling people, no, she's got a great family, but she doesn't have a home. Her home burned to the ground," the doctor said.
Zimmerman and her friends called the 'Save Our Sadie' group to turn their attention to getting the family a place to live. "We've been talking on Facebook and social media sites that our direction need to change from directed to Sadie, who's doing great to be directed to the family, who's not doing so great because they don't have a place to live," She says.
Zimmerman tells us that the group has plenty of non-profits that can help them with Sadie's situation but not with the family's search for a home.
They're searching for that organization to help Sadie and her family get a new home.
We checked with the Carter County Sheriff's office. They tell us the fire that destroyed the family's home is still under investigation.
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The act of parking two police cruisers with the driver's sides adjacent so that the officers can converse through the open windows
"Better slow down, the po-po are cruiser spooning in the parking lot ahead"
by Andrew Lagemann January 26, 2007
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The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush
When you drive down the highway and see two cops pulled long side one another facing in opposite directions and they are doing nothing.
I was driving down the road the other day and flew past 2 cops cruiser spooning and neither one of them bothered to move to come after me.
by five_point_OH October 22, 2010
The act of parking two police vehicles with the driver's sides facing one another so that the officers can converse through their open windows.
Better slow down. The po-po are cruiser spooning there in the parking lot.
by Andrew Lagemann January 08, 2007
To cuddle up in a half-spoon half-fetal position with a body pillow because you have got led on by a girl again.
by PSK480 February 05, 2007


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Hey, South Africa is to play Argentina and England is to play France in the semi-finals. Can we have some enthusiasm? And maybe some insight into the game?
It was joyous in PARIS celebrating rugby but no one explained this continuous action.
Rugby fans, celebrate the game with an explanation, please.
Harald Arthur
Town Square
Can we celebrate world cup rugby?
Original post made by Harald Arthur, Alamo, on Oct 9, 2007
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South Africa will play England in the World Cup final in Paris next Saturday.
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Breaking all road rules in big smoke
Darryn writes: "We took a trip to Auckland so the country kids could go to see the band Fun in concert. Driving along the Southern Motorway at the start of rush hour imagine my surprise when I am cut off by a well-known driver education company in a logo-covered car merging on to the motorway at Takanini without any indicating. All was revealed when the driver is then spotted texting and shortly afterwards talking on his mobile phone. All this while blasting along in the fast lane at an easy 100km/h plus. We decided that it must be part of the driver training for life in the big city."
Words of wisdom from TradeMe
Wisdom from the TradeMe message boards is being collected by an unofficial Twitter account (@Trade Me - txt).
1. "Did you know that 1930 was the warmest decade in the US? Until the 'climate scientists' got their hands on it, that is."
2. "Next they'll pass a law saying it's OK for the weirdos to be able to sleep with their sister or their mother #marriageequality."
3. "Maybe scrap benefits and then the taxpayers can have decent public toilets. There's a lot of people on benefits think the world owes them."
4. "For goodness sake, we're having to import immigrants to keep the population up as it is."
Dressing up for big occasion
Lois Leece, of Glendene, writes: "One of my 8-year-old twin grand-daughters with very definite ideas cannot, with any amount of persuasion or cajoling, be convinced to wear a dress. She did, however, say to her mother the other day: 'Mum, I'm going to make Grandma very happy, I'm going to wear a dress to her funeral!' I might add I am a sprightly 71-year-old often to be found boogie boarding at Karekare beach with numerous grandchildren."
Politics: Our PM on boat people ...
Picture this #1: A grown man re-enacts a whole lot of baby photos...
Picture this #2: Kids from around the world photographed with their favourite things.
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Best Comedy Videos 2013: Funniest Musical Spoofs, Parodies And Actual Hits
Please alert Homer Simpson: I am ready to laugh.
And who isn't? After a year that trumped its own bleakness week after week, we were in dire need of cheering up (or at the very least, jokes at the expense of something or someone we hated) throughout the last 52 weeks.
Now, with end-of-year stress at an all-time high, we figured you needed laughter the most. So here are 20 of our favourite laughter-inducing videos of 2013. If we missed any, toss the link in the comments and tell us why it should've made the cut.
It's like a song about irony but misunderstanding the concept. It's like a song called "Ironic" being considered post-ironic. It's like we missed the whole point of "Ironic" all together. It's like . . . wait, what?. Well, whatever, it's a great video anyway.
I mean, I like Taylor Swift as much as the next person who really likes Taylor Swift, but what did she expect from a goat, honestly.
Did you not know about "The Magic Clap," too? Well, calm down; relax -- Patton Oswalt not only demonstrated it for us lowly plebs, he and The Coup put stop motion to shame. (So take THAT, Vine artists.)
Fans of Tim and Eric probably never thought they would be moved to tears by the images of Eric Wareheim lip syncing Beach House, but those were obviously not true fans since real ones would tell you that Eric is just that talented. Also, please pass the Kleenex.
Believe it or not, there are actual human beings on this planet still using "YOLO" in a legitimate way. (So if you see Drake, please tell him you prefer "HYFR" and ask if "the bottom" really does mean "upper-middle class.") But to help put an end to the madness, The Lonely Island demonstrated the true effect of the term: unbridled douchebaggery, of which we are all carriers.
Now if "Blurred Lines" sounded anything like this, the original video wouldn't have seemed as creepy as it was. Still creepy, yes. But not as creepy.
If you weren't sure what "The Harlem Shake" was before, congratulations: you will still have no idea what it is after watching this video. But if you're going to be confused by something, it may as well be by a few people wrapped in blankets and jumping around in the snow.
Oddly enough, this was "Wrecking Ball" director Terry Richardson's original version. But unfortunately for the star, he wasn't enough of a nude woman.
What you know now and didn't last year is that when Daft Punk takes off their helmets, both look exactly like Barack Obama.
So when a friend or family member tries talking smack about Miley Cyrus over the holiday, simply sit them down, play them this version, and then tell them to try and sing as good as she can. (Before which, make sure to buy a mic so you can drop it accordingly.)
Or: Taylor Swift's "42."
Just because Mumford and Sons have gone on hiatus doesn't mean you need to leave steam punk, getaway music, and lack of electricity behind. (You didn't buy all those top hats for nothing.) So fortunately, here's a guide. Here's hoping you have a few jugs of moonshine left over from the "Sigh No More" tour.
Listen, we don't mean to ruin the music business for anybody, but it's gritty. It's real. In moments, dreams are dashed, hope is gone, and Robin Thicke lands a number one single. Thankfully, Tom Scharpling had the courage to give us the real story. Or at least: the story of why it's taken so long for us to get another Postal Service album.
She warned us in "Friday" that "Saturday" comes afterwards. And in the two years since she pondered seating arrangements in an (almost) at-capacity automobile, Rebecca Black has grown up. Or at least inched closer to a life that resembles Conan O'Brien's early 20s.
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling like "22" didn't accurately depict what life for an actual 22-year-old is like. Fortunately, we have Conan O'Brien on our side, who agrees that these claims of happiness and general contentment are dangerous, false, and miss the harrows of living on canned pasta for weeks at a time.
And now the upcoming season of "Sherlock" has us even more intrigued.
He can dance, he can joke, he can . . . dance. And more! Supported by Jamie Foxx, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Munn, and Gabourey Sidibe, Channing Tatum helped us better understand why men and women across the world have been Channing all over their Tatums. (Or at least why some of us paid actual money to see The Vow.)
I know I grew up watching Susan Sarandon guest star on Sesame Street in the '80s, but at some point, Sesame Street got even cooler. ("At some point" of course means "upon Questlove's involvement.")
Kerry Washington was the perfect example of how to host Saturday Night Live like a smart, capable person, so naturally her digital short with cast member Jay Pharaoh was ringtone and quote-worthy. Not that we should've expected anything less from Olivia Pope -- she did teach Julia Stiles to say "slammin'" in "Save the Last Dance", after all.
Vulture may have had a point about why Rogan and Franco's tribute to Kanye and Kim didn't deserve as much praise as it earned, but for those of us pining for a "Freaks and Geeks" reunion, a "Pineapple Express" sequel, or genuinely liked summer's "This is the End", this was just enough Rogan-Franco to tide us over until their next endeavor. (And there will be one -- these people are act-ors, for heaven's sake.)


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I apologize, I am sure this has been asked but I cannot find any threads on the subject using the search function.
I recall reading/hearing a comment or two about having a dedicated hive for drawing comb. I just suffered a setback (lost three out of four hives to AFB) and the remaining hive is a swarm I caught along with a small amount of comb it had started building in an ancient abondoned hive. I have them building on empty frames right now, but for the future it would be nice to be able to help a colony like this with drawn comb. The queen is laying nicely, but only as fast as the workers can build.
Anyway, any information, for future reference, on dedicated hives for comb building would be appreciated. Put another way - what is the best method for building up a stock of empty drawn comb to give to newly hived swarms?


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RQ-170 Drone
Just been reading around the web some are saying it was downed other saying it has hacked and landed safely. So I want to know what you guys think.
Do you think Iran downed it or did they "hack" the drone and land it safely and now taking it apart to see how it ticks. Do you think the Malware found a few months ago was Iran?


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Bobcats and Griz split track and field multi-event opener
The Bobcats and Griz have a storied rivalry and the two schools unofficially opened their 2014 indoor season against one another this week in Bozeman.
Montana State hosted the Cat-Griz track duals which held a Men's heptathlon and a Women's pentathlon.
Since it was an unofficial opening, the events did not count towards the schools record but athletes could qualify for the Big Sky Conference Championship.
The women held their pentathlon on Monday with Montana's Lindsey Hall showing once again why she is a force to be reckoned with in the Big Sky. Hall finished first in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.13 seconds and finished 3rd overall in the woman's high jump. Hall was the women's overall winner with a score of 3,541.
"I was happy with a lot of the performances that I put up yesterday," said Hall. "Obviously I could use some improvement but I was just excited to be performing as a Montana Grizzly not as an unattached."
The men began their pentathlon Monday and held the final three events Tuesday. Montana State's Jeff Mohl and Montana's Austin Emry, as usual, would be the two battling for the top spot.
Mohl and Emry went head to head in the Men's 55 meter hurdle Tuesday, Mohl beating Emry by a 10th of a second with a time of 7.69 compared to Emry's 7.70.
Mohl won two of the first five events with Emry winning three. However, a sore shoulder kept Emry out of the pole vault which sealed Mohl's victory heading into the final two events, as he took the title with a score of 5,450.
"I'm red-shirting this indoor so I was mostly looking to see where I was at," said Mohl. "I was pretty happy with it. You don't get this type of competition anywhere else in the country. Two All-Americans in the same event in January is pretty crazy."
Montana State's Amber Amsbaugh personal record in the high jump highlighted the events Monday. The only woman to clear 5 feet 8 inches, Amber went for 5'9, a personal record, and hit the mark to the cheers of both Cat and Griz athletes.
"I really wanted it and I'm hoping at the next meet to attempt the school record again," said Amsbaugh, who failed at her school record attempt Monday of 5 feet 10 inches. "I don't want to say I want six foot, but it's hard to say I don't want it."