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I've noticed my operation is both simpler and more complex than most. But lets focus on simpler.
When I can, I only feed honey and I only use one size frames and I try not to use any chemcials. I usually don't use an excluder unless I have a good reason. If you don't use any essential oils or chemicals and you don't feed syrup and you have all the same size frames here are the problems you avoid.
You don't have to worry about whether you have supers on or not, because you don't feed anything that isn't honey.
You don't have to worry about extracting something that was in the brood chamber, to make room in a honey bound brood nest etc, because it's all honey. No chemicals, no sugar syrup, no essential oils.
You can take frames out of supers and add them to the brood chambers and food chambers of weak hives to get them through the winter.
You can bait up your supers either with honey or brood from the brood nest to get them to work in them.
You don't have to mess with an excluder and the bees don't have to fight through it over and over and over.
You have less swarms because if the queen gets too crowded (one of the leading causes of swarms) she can lay wherever she wants.
If the queen lays in a super you can move the frame back down to the brood nest and swap it with a frame of honey.
How many of you have these problems:
Brood in the super and it's a shallow so you can't move it to the brood chamber because it's a deep.
Honey bound brood nest, can't extract the honey because of fear of chemical contamination.
Lots of honey in shallow or medium supers but I need honey in deeps to put in week colonies.
A brood nest of mixed sizes and I want to rearrange it, but can't because one box is a medium and one is a deep.
A deep box full of honey and I can't lift it.
Can't feed syrup right now because there are still supers on.
You would like to treat for mites, but can't because there are supers on and a late honey flow.
Bees don't want to work the supers because of the queen excluder.
I understand some of you are starting out and don't have honey to feed. Sugar syrup is better than starvation. Also many of you, like me, blundered into beekeeping following the "recomended procedures" and haven't figured out how simple life can be.


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Renren (RENN) gained 0.3% yesterday in topsy-turvy trading after the company reported first quarter earnings. Results were good, so bulls pushed the company's shares higher at the open. Guidance, however, was weak, so bears forced Renren to give up the big gains.
Who's right?
Analysts are siding with the bears. Oppenhimer's Andy Yeung, for instance, cut Renren to Perform from Outperform today and removed its $6.50 price target. He explains:
While RENN remains China's leading SNS platform, the competitive landscape has changed with a more mobilecentric internet environment and the rise of Sina Weibo (SINA)and Tencent's (0700.HK) WeChat. Management has done a commendable job navigating the challenging environment but a slow ramp-up in SNS advertising and rising investments in mobile, online video and group-buying operations continue to weigh on its growth and earnings prospects. We're stepping aside until its investments drive more meaningful growth and/or sustained structural improvement in margins becomes imminent.
Citigroup's Muzhi Li, meanwhile, cut Renren's target price to $2.82 from $2.94 and maintained the firm's Sell rating. Li writes:
Macquarie's Jiong Shao, George Meng and Jose Pun also see tough times ahead.
Q2 guidance is much weaker than expected due to the delay in mobile game launches and the soft ad business, as well as lower than expected group buy business. Moreover, management indicated their intention to step up investment in loss-making Noumi for the rest of the year. We continue to hold the view that Renren is still undergoing an investment year in 2013 and profitability remains unclear in the near term. Following the results, we trim down our estimates and TP stays at $2.75. Maintain Underperform.
Renren has dropped 3% to $2.91 today. It's down 15.7% this year.


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We surveyed 1,045 business people across Canada in virtually every industry segment. Some 87 per cent said they trust employees to adhere to their IT security rules and practices. In the same survey one in six employees admitted they do not adhere to IT security policies. So why is there such a disconnect between what employees and business owners say is going on and what is really going on, even in the face of losses?


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All this talk about me...all I did is reply to BBM who said all the bees in the US are dying from Neonics. He has it all figured out right down to how many colonies per mile are crashing. While I can't comment on all the other beekeepers' bees I can about mine.
I practice GBB...Good Basic Beekeeping. I raise my own stocks, and queens from good colonies. I try to keep the varroa load down. I keep bees in an area where nectar and pollen flows are numerous and long lasting.
I diagnose every dead colony...and this winter is no different that any other. The majority of losses were from varroa. There were a handful of queenless and drone layer colonies, and two colonies in the operation starved. I've replaced all the readouts with nucleus colonies I made last summer. The weak colonies and failing queens are boosted and re-queened with nucleus colonies I made last summer. And are all my apiaries and all my bees perfect? No, they aren't. It's still a struggle to keep them going. There are still losses and frustrations.
Other than what I've said above, what do you want from me? My life's work has been all about learning how to keep healthy and productive bees. Do you honestly think I could teach you everything I know and do...in BeeSource posts?
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In the wake of a monstrous crime like a madman's mass murder of defenseless women and children at the Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation's attention is riveted on what could have been done to prevent such a massacre.
Luckily, some years ago, two famed economists, William Landes at the University of Chicago and John Lott at Yale, conducted a massive study of multiple victim public shootings in America from 1977 to 1995 to see how various legal changes affected their frequency and death toll.
Landes and Lott examined many of the very policies being proposed right now in response to the Connecticut massacre: waiting periods and background checks for guns, the death penalty and increased penalties for committing a crime with a gun.
None of these policies had any effect on the frequency of, or carnage from, multiple-victim shootings. (I note that they did not look at reforming our lax mental health laws, presumably because the ACLU is working to keep dangerous nuts on the street in all 50 states.)
Only one public policy has ever been shown to reduce the death rate from such crimes: concealed-carry laws.
Their study controlled for age, sex, race, unemployment, retirement, poverty rates, state population, murder arrest rates, violent crime rates, and on and on. The effect of concealed-carry laws in deterring mass public shootings was even greater than the impact of such laws on the murder rate generally.
Someone planning to commit a single murder in a concealed-carry state only has to weigh the odds of one person being armed. But a criminal planning to commit murder in a public place has to worry that anyone in the entire area might have a gun.
You will notice that most multiple-victim shootings occur in "gun free zones" — even within states that have concealed-carry laws: public schools, churches, Sikh temples, post offices, the movie theater in Colorado where James Holmes committed mass murder, and the Portland, Ore., mall where a nut started gunning down shoppers a few weeks ago. Guns were banned in all these places. Mass killers may be crazy, but they're not stupid.
If the deterrent effect of concealed-carry laws seems surprising to you, that's because the media hide stories of armed citizens stopping mass shooters. At the Portland shooting, for example, no explanation was given for the amazing fact that the assailant managed to kill only two people in the mall during the busy Christmas season.
It turns out, concealed-carry holder Nick Meli hadn't noticed that the mall was a gun-free zone. He pointed his (otherwise legal) gun at the shooter as the maniac paused to reload, and the next shot was the attempted mass murderer killing himself. (Meli aimed, but didn't shoot, because there were bystanders behind the shooter.)
In a nonsense "study" going around the Internet right now, Mother Jones magazine claims to have produced its own study of all public shootings in the past 30 years and concludes:
"In not a single case was the killing stopped by a civilian using a gun."
This will come as a shock to people who know something about the subject.
The magazine reaches its conclusion by simply excluding all cases where an armed civilian stopped the shooter: They looked only at public shootings where four or more people were killed, i.e., the ones where the shooter wasn't stopped.
If we care about reducing the number of people killed in mass shootings, shouldn't we pay particular attention to the cases where the aspiring mass murderer was prevented from getting off more than a couple of rounds?
It would be like testing the effectiveness of weed killers, but refusing to consider any cases where the weeds died.
In addition to the Portland mall case, there are more examples excluded by the Mother Jones methodology. All took place in gun-free zones, resulting in lots of people getting killed — and thereby warranting inclusion in the Mother Jones study.
If what we care about is saving the lives of innocent human beings by reducing the number of mass public shootings and the deaths they cause, only one policy has ever been shown to work: concealed-carry laws.
On the other hand, if what we care about is self-indulgent grandstanding, and to hell with dozens of innocent children being murdered in cold blood, try the other policies.


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What I am looking for is a pointer to best and secure methods for getting and sending data from the forms on the html pages to the web browser to the server, etc. I want any and all data that is visible in the address bar to be as discreet as possible. Of course, I would also like any sniffed data to also be discreet.
For example, I once built a very simple message board using Perl and SQL and I used the post method to post data and of course you can see a lot of the data in the address bar (someone could easily manipulate this and exploit my system). I know this is probably not the best method for doing things, but I don't really know what specific practices peole have employed to get around those types of issues. I would assume that one practice is to make data values have obscure names, but I am not exactly sure about everything else which goes beyond this one point of information weakness.
I was studying reddit's posting system a little bit and I noticed that each post's title is also the name of the page's subdirectory in the address bar. For example, if the title was "This is funny", the URL would be reddit.com/r/funny/comments/mirzg/This_is_funny I also noticed that the part "mirzg" seems to be a different on every post and seemingly random. Actually I think it's something else now that I look at it, but moving on... Also on reddit, when you post a comment, the page doesn't even reload... data is handled differently (javascript I assume). Basically this impresses me because a lot of information seems hidden from the user and I want to learn how to do something similar in my own web-based data systems.
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Original post made by Parent, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jun 20, 2013
Why is it that we have to go down to the board meetings anyway? Why can't the Board handle meetings as webinars, where busy families can just log in and listen while they wash their dishes, and so forth, and electronically ask for the ability to call in with their question or comment/be scheduled to do so online? In fact, I think we should set up a way for people to register, and the Board can conduct instant polls if they wish, to find out how parents feel about an issue or decision in real time. At least, this will encourage more engagement while saving gas (at least of the petroleum variety).
This is Palo Alto. Can;t we use some of our technology to make it easier?
Comments (22)
a resident of another community
on Jun 21, 2013 at 5:48 am
@Parent - Thank you for posting your thoughts. As far as I understand, you are suggesting a better way for community members to take part in the board meetings, hoping for better communication. While I agree that your suggestion is not out of reach, I am wondering if you see a way to have the board members and district officials actually LISTEN, and exercise accountability, for example. It seems to me that your suggestion will be a great option after independent investigation will hopefully take place. At this point I think that the real issues should be examined beyond the local jurisdiction.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Jun 21, 2013 at 10:00 pm
The board backs Skelly, Baker gets a promotion, the PR officer will inform us in the future. Game over.
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 21, 2013 at 10:50 pm
I agree. Game over. Well played, status quo.
a resident of Jordan Middle School
on Jun 21, 2013 at 11:35 pm
The best idea the school board could have would be to admit their mistake in hiring Kevin Skelly. Just come clean and admit he has been nothing but a troublesome mistake. Admit that he is not doing his job, that he is not worth his pay, that they failed to check out his background. Then lay him off.
a resident of another community
on Jun 22, 2013 at 9:45 pm
@Investigation over, the public is not the problem - I want to think that the well being of so many children is not a "game". I know you meant well. I hope that your take of the very important issues will prove to be wrong - it is had for fools (me) to accept the current phase of this "game". I am so sorry to see that the Board and high ups perspective is overlooking the losers in this "game". I have added the following to my open address to Ken Dauber, calling to form a Shadow Board (Web Link ) -
Dear Mr. Dauber - I addressed you three months ago calling on you to form a PAUSD Shadow Board. I could not foresee, then, any of the events that presented themselves. I just knew that independent investigation is a must. I compared in other threads the (first) OCR report to initial lab test performed on a patient. First warning sign. It is very clear to me that no illness can be treated prior to being properly identified. It seems to me that no steps have been taken by those in charge to better identify the issues. Meanwhile - the public attention seems to be shifting , fast, from one issue to the other. None being properly addressed - I'll just mention now the Gunn guidance issue that was on the agenda just very short time ago. I have mentioned, above, that I think that nothing can be counted on, anymore. The data collected may be contaminated etc. This week presented another issue - personnel. I doubt that PAUSD can attract top candidates to positions these. I doubt that any outside capable potential candidate will join a district that seems to be in the - cover up - phase.
"Villager" described, nicely, above, the dynamics of this, or any scandal. I have suggested the Shadow Board as way of looking into issues - until any other formal procedure may hopefully take place.
a resident of Professorville
on Jun 23, 2013 at 8:52 pm
Really? is a registered user.
The board does not need new ideas. They need to learn the law and start to follow it. Ditto the administration.
a resident of Charleston Gardens
on Jun 23, 2013 at 11:04 pm
The promotion of Katherine Baker to the director of all secondary education coupled with the board's positive evaluation of Kevin Skelly's performance sends the clear message that we need a new school board and until we get one there is no point in anyone spending any further time on trying to educate the board or staff. It's over.
a resident of Barron Park
on Jun 23, 2013 at 11:11 pm
@Uncle - to start, you need to get some candidates. In the last two elections combined, there has been only one more candidate than available seats. Throwing the bums out ain't so good when there are no new bums ready to take their places.
a resident of another community
on Jun 24, 2013 at 6:42 pm
@Wayne Martin - You asked some good questions about the process of evaluating the Superintendent here - (Web Link). Thank you for asking, I am curious to know the answers. It seems to me that asking questions is not acceptable by few, here -(Web Link) - and in many other threads. I am wondering how the education system will reflect to the students the perspective that have emerged from these threads, laud and clear - if the majority have "spoken", accepting some outcomes that others do not, the "others" should be quiet/silent. It seems to me now that being persistent can be viewed as - relentless, and asking questions can be viewed as "vicious". I do hope the children know that it is OK to ask a question, even if it is one student in a forum, and that it is OK not to identify with the majority, or at least SHOULD be OK (unless illegal) not to identify with the majority in the biggest democracy on earth.
Dear Student - it is by FAR better for your well being not to be the "other". You know that. I know that many times you do not have the choice. I am so sorry.
Also - I think many of us - majority and some "relentless" - do not understand some of the editor's actions (not to use the C word).
@editor - Although I know you do not need to explain anything, may I ask your thoughts about the - Watchdog of Democracy?
a resident of another community
on Jun 24, 2013 at 7:05 pm
o) What criteria does the BoT use to review Superintendents?
Varies from board to board, supt to supt, even within the same district.
o) What are the possible results of a Review (ex—Superior, Satisfactory, Not Satisfactory)?
Actual reviews are fairly detailed with areas of commendation and improvement.
o) Is there a written framework that the BoT uses for these Reviews?
Again, it varies from board to board, supt to supt, even within the same district.
o) Can this framework be published?
What would be the purpose? It is a personnel matter. Input about process should be directed to your board. Goal setting, however, is public.
o) Does the PAUSD provide a history of these Reviews on its web-site?
o) Can a Superintendent be terminated because of a poor Review?
The contract spells that out.
o) Is there any reason that a Superintendent can not voluntarily publish his/her Review?
Yes, it is a personnel matter. What would be your goal in receiving it? Would the line stop there (all administrators, principals)?
a resident of Adobe-Meadow
on Jun 24, 2013 at 8:36 pm
All these questions are good but they don't really matter. The facts that matter are: Katherine Baker (who told federal civil rights investigators that she and her school did not need any training on disability harassment as they were all "very sophisticated") -- was just placed in charge of all secondary education in the district; and Kevin Skelly was given a positive performance review by the board. A third fact is that reformers tried to win a seat on the board and did not.
I remain convinced that the right thing to do was to try to run for a seat on the board and I commend Ken Dauber for trying. There is no shame in trying and not winning, though posters to this forum may snipe anonymously. The shame would have been in not trying. Having tried, however, it does seem that the inertia for complacency in PAUSD runs very hard. In addition, the PTAC forms a solid wall of defense against any critique of the district -- even in the midst of a sucide epidemic, even in the midst of a scandal regarding bullying of disabled children, even in the midst of deceptions and coverups galore.
All those facts being heard, the verdict is: having made a great effort, it is time to fold the tent. PAUSD is evidently content with being the community that pays guards to sit by its tracks. Have at it.
a resident of Barron Park
on Jun 24, 2013 at 8:51 pm
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a resident of Barron Park
on Jun 24, 2013 at 9:03 pm
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a resident of another community
on Jun 24, 2013 at 11:30 pm
village fool is a registered user.
@Uncle - I found many of your observations to be correct, and your Grande Finale - observing the community - extremely compelling. Obviously and sadly, I second. It seems to me that the board reflects the community as you described. I am wondering if you can explain how a single reformer in the board, should have been elected, could make any difference?
I am aware that this thread has been locked - I'll try to follow you, should you start another thread. Thank you.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Jun 25, 2013 at 5:10 am
spectator at large is a registered user.
Dear Uncle, village fool and other people posting with less-than-stellar descriptions of Dr. Skellty's performance.
Obviously the Board does not want to make it any easier John and Jane Q Parent Public to watch the Board meetings otherwise this would have been an option years ago. In the heart of Silicon Valley and in the bosom of high tech genius surely this antiquated system of presenting "public" meetings could be changed in very short order. How about this summer letting one or some of our genius students use this project as a "public service project" to score brownie points for admission to a Ivy league Uni? Surely there are some high school or soon-to-be high school students in our district (Gunn students especially) who would be willing to do this for a better chance at getting into their desired university?
Another example of not using technology is Schoology which only some of the schools have taken advantage of if I am not mistaken. Why does this have to be a site-based decision? If something works really well for students (which I have heard Schoology does) why can't it be used across the board?
Obviously Kevin Skelly is part of the reason why these things are not used across the board. He is adamant about site-based control even in the midst of children who continue to try and harm themselves (we all know what this is code for). This is unconscionable and has to stop.
The School Board which was elected by the voters in Palo Alto is not doing it's job. Wake up and realize that it isn't just a handful of folks in PA that want change. It is a vast silent majority. I am hoping that all of those who have been silent in the past make their view known to the Board and administration by writing to them and expressing their feelings about Skelly. The surveys that were done on Dr. Skelly should be released to the public for viewing. If Dr. Skelly's performance is "satisfactory" as Dana Tom stated in a previous posting, the evidence will show this. Honestly though, is "satisfactory" good enough in a district like PAUSD where we constantly hear about all the "exceptional accomplishments of our students and staff" at the Board meetings? I would not say that even Dana Tom as Board president would be able to come up with a better adjective to describe Dr. Skelly's last year in his job (which clearly he should have been removed from when the OCR revelations came out). Dana would have been a total laughing stock if he called Skelly's performance this past year "stellar", "exceptional", "compassionate", "caring", "Parent-responsive", "student-responsive", "values-driven", "truthful", "hopelessly transparent", "awe-inspiring" (that's a great one eh? How about "Shock and Awe-Ispiring" which are the correct descriptors for his horrendous performance.
PARENTS: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send your feedback to the board and Skelly. Tell them all about how the mediocrity that has come to characterize our former stellar staff is harming our students. It only takes a few minutes to go the PAUSD website to access the email contact info for all of the Board, Admin. and any other staff you may want to contact. It may not too one iota of good (as we have been stonewalled constantly by Skelly for over a year by the Skelly) but then again it might help and we can't sacrifice our students any longer to the PA Status Quo by settling for having this man of "satisfactory " merit attempting to lead our PAUSD into the future.
WE MUST GET INTO ACTION AND NOW IS THE TIME!! WE CANNOT AFFORD TO SACRIFICE THE WELL BEING OF OUR STUDENTS TO BOARD AND ADMIN THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY ARE NOT UP TO THE TASK OF PROTECTING ALL OF OUR CHILDREN FROM ALL HARMS (or at least attempting to protect them!).
a resident of another community
on Jun 25, 2013 at 8:22 am
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@spectator at large - Thank you for caring, and taking the time. Fear of retaliation was mentioned a while ago by parents as a reason for not "complaining". While I am sorry to realize that the board members who stated more three months ago that they support independent investigation did not follow their statement, I am not surprised. At this point it seems to me that those who share your perspective have lost any hope that any change or correction can come from the board. I called Ken Dauber more than three months ago to form a Shadow Board - start to look into issues. I am well aware that this suggestion was very unusual - I could not think of any other way to start looking into issues ASAP - (Web Link).
Unfortunately, it seems to me that the gift given to the public by an anonymous family - the first OCR report - did not trigger the chain that you and others hoped for. While I am grateful to the Weekly for publishing the first OCR report, I am sorry to see the rest. Also - You mentioned Watergate previously - it seems to me that that was one situation where the public benefited from an outside "check" (checks and balances) - free press.
Having written the above - I totally support your call, above, to address the board.
a resident of Barron Park
on Jun 25, 2013 at 11:33 am
Fred is a registered user.
"Obviously the Board does not want to make it any easier John and Jane Q Parent Public to watch the Board meetings otherwise this would have been an option years ago."
Not sure exactly what the complaint here is, but the Board meetings are broadcast on public access cable, as well as through live and recorded webcast - and have been for as long as I can recall. Enjoy!
Link to meeting web archives: Web Link
Link to live web feed (ch 28 I think): Web Link
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Jun 25, 2013 at 1:56 pm
spectator at large is a registered user.
@Fred: Sorry that I wasn't more specific about "participation" but I was referring to the possibilities mentioned in the story above,
"I think we should set up a way for people to register, and the Board can conduct instant polls if they wish, to find out how parents feel about an issue or decision in real time. At least, this will encourage more engagement while saving gas (at least of the petroleum variety)."
I have to admit that I got quite a chuckle from the gas comment.
There is a huge difference between something where people who cannot be present actually having the opportunity to register an opinion in real time or talk at the public comments time on SKYPE (as a for instance) as opposed to a family sitting passively watching the "show" (believe me, it is often a comedy or just plain sad ;-( )on their TV. Why couldn't some form of our technology hook us up in real time without our having to traipse down to Churchill?
Any suggestions from techies out there? Come on now, I know you are out there. How about a local high school or middle school student taking this on? It would be a huge community service!!
a resident of Barron Park
on Jun 25, 2013 at 2:54 pm
Fred is a registered user.
Perhaps people could submit written or even video statements (limited to an appropriate length) to a public message board that would be available to all (including to the board members). This would people who like to "say their piece" without making the meetings excessively long, as they have been in the past at times.
Instant polls seem off-base, since those being polled would not represent the whole - not to mention that the board is not there to serve the parents' wishes (like at a private school), but to see to the education of the community's children.
a resident of another community
on Jun 25, 2013 at 3:07 pm
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@Spectator at large - thank you for your response. With all due respect to Hi-Tech, I doubt any application can guaranty actual listening, and a wish to start practicing - accountability - for example. I noted in my first response above that at this timing I see no point in investing this way. This thread seem to have gone a full circle, back to the original posting suggesting improvement to the way the community participates in the meetings.
Below - my tribute to parts of the discussion here and in other threads:
Dear Student - who is quoted, below? Extra Credit - why am I quoting today? (answers @bottom)
"All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome."
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting."
"Happiness can exist only in acceptance."
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
and - " If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
George Orwell, Happy B-day! (6/25/1903 - 1/21/1950)
a resident of Barron Park
on Jun 25, 2013 at 3:57 pm
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@spectator at large,
I would suspect that your suggestion would quickly degrade correspondence with the district to the level of these forums. That is not a step in the right direction.
You can already email the board and district staff. Access has never been a problem. The complaints have been about response. Additional digital input isn't going to solve that.
Some suggestions, such as a guaranteed time-slot for public input during meetings would prove far more beneficial.
Some seem less so, such as the wiki-leaks model of making *all* emails to the district publicly accessible. That's the equivalent to locking the threads on these forums. You want greater participation, not less.
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on Jun 25, 2013 at 5:04 pm
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It might help to know the Board Policy and Education Code that governs the meetings: Web Link
All the Bylaws for PAUSD are contained in the 9000 series.
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Man accused of having sawed-off shotgun pleads guilty
POCATELLO, Idaho - An Idaho Falls man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to possession of an unregistered firearm after authorities said he had a sawed-off shotgun.
On Feb. 21, 2012, Idaho Falls police received reports that Timothy Scott Murphy, 24, was in possession of a sawed-off shotgun. Officers located Murphy at a house in Idaho Falls.
Murphy left the house carrying a sawed-off shotgun, but when he saw the officers he retreated back into the house. Other occupants of the house were evacuated. After a four-hour standoff, Murphy surrendered.
Police found the gun in a bathroom inside the house. According to an indictment filed in May of last year, the barrel length of the Maverick 12-gauge shotgun was about 16 inches; the minimum legal length is 18 inches.
The government is seeking forfeiture of the firearm, According to a news release from U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson,
Sentencing is set for June 17 before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Pocatello.
The charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release.


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The real problem with PFI is not the one we're hearing about in the press. The procurement process means that PFI deals are structured and signed under significant public sector scrutiny.
But through poor contract management, and a lack of formal review processes, their value falls over time.
PFI is not inherently poor value - underpinning every operational project is a very detailed contract. What is clear is that public sector PFI owners could do much more to ensure excellent service and benefits through enforcing the contract. The public sector has bought excellent but they need to stop settling for average.


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Hi all,
My two tbh's seem to be doing well (despite cross-combing that makes management less than fun). They've each built out about 18 bars and the traffic at the front of the hive is tremendous. I was wondering, just out of curiosity, if there's a way to estimate population based on that? My hive is about 12" tall, 18" wide at the top and 6" at the bottom.
As an aside, I was a bit disappointed not to find any capped honey (but lots of nectar) in there. Seems they should have been building stores, right? This is my first year at this and I have not been good about regular inspections. If fact I haven't looked inside since early July when I did see a little capped honey - and robbed about 10" square inches of comb 'cause I just HAD to try it!


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Room in charming vintage house with garden 10 minutes from Paris center
Size18 m²
Floor No.1
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
- Towels
- Dishwasher
- Indoor fireplace
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Comfortable chairs and garden furniture are provided to enjoy the beautiful summer days. In winter you can make a fire in the living room fireplace.
You also have a fully equipped kitchen and a dining room.
Kitchen equipment: oven and microwave, gas stove, electric hob to simmer, dishwasher, fridge freezer, toaster, electric kettle, coffee maker ...
Your room facing south-east. It is bright and very quiet, overlooking the paved courtyard and a small private street.
The bathroom sun-drenched late afternoon, has a very spacious shower. A hair dryer is available.
No smoking inside, but you can smoke outside, there is a covered balcony, sheltered from the weather side of the kitchen.
Two students 21 years old living in two other rooms on this floor, and I installed the top.
Next to the house there is a pizzeria, an Indian restaurant, a small supermarket, a fresh produce market twice a week and bistros!
You can enjoy pleasant walks along the banks of the Seine and admire the hanging of the English Harbour crossing the Seine at 100 m from the house deck. It is a cable-stayed built between 1914 and 1928 bridge.
From the bridge or shore, the sight of barges and the lock is renewed several times a day.
The pool is 300 m. It provides modern and ecological systems with water treatment with ozone. It offers sauna, balneotherapy, hammam, gym, lazy river, slide ...
500 meters away a huge climbing gym opened recently: HardBloc, the largest indoor climbing walls block of France.
At 3 km you will find the MAC / VAL, large contemporary art museum, the 172 bus will take you there in 10 minutes.
Disneyland is accessible by RER to less than an hour.
The house is 5 minutes walk from the station.
You take the RER line D to Gare de Lyon in 6 minutes or Chatelet in 11 minutes.
The metro line 8 is a little further, bus take you there.
You can park in the street (free) and see your car from your bedroom's window.
Paris awaits you!
I can not wait to welcome you home and do my best to make your stay pleasant and relaxed. See you soon!
House rulesYou can freely use the kitchen, simply leave out clean. There is a dishwasher that I do start when it is full. I do not offer breakfast but there is coffee, tea, milk bread and butter for your arrival.
The bathroom is available, simply wipe the taps after use.
A maid cleans the house twice a week.
Only you maintain your room, nobody enters it during your absence.
Bed linen is provided and towels.
I ask people to be discreet when returning late or get up early so that everyone can sleep peacefully
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Reviews of this property
Es war reizend bei Christine, am Ortsrand von Paris, gute Metroanbindung, also ziemlich nah dran und doch ruhig gelegen, kein Straßenlärm, da in einer Nebenstraße gelegen. In der Umgebung finden sich einige gute Restaurants und ein sehr guter Bäcker. Auch im sehr schönen und edel, ganz in Weiß! mit Antiquitäten eingerichteten Haus ist reichlich Platz, da man die Räume des Erdgeschosses, also die Küche und einen großen Wohnraum mit Esstisch mitbenutzen kann. Christine ist eine sehr freundliche und aufgeschlossene Gastgeberin, die einem Paris zu Füßen legen möchte. Unbedingt empfehlenswert! Grüße aus Göttingen!
It was nice with Christine, at the outskirts of Paris. Very good Metro connection, you reach the city within half an hour. The house has a little garden and is situated in very quiet surroundings, nevertheless you find there several restaurants and a very good bakery. Elegant and tasteful furniture. You have much space, because you can use the rooms in the ground floor with the well-appointed kitchen and a big living room where you can eat. Christine is a charming and open-minded host, who helps you to come to know Paris at best. Absolutely recommendable. Affectionate regards from Göttingen!
Christine is a very warm and caring hostess. In their charming house, we felt very comfortable. The bathroom is very modern and clean and the windows are also fresh rnoviert. The garden is also very pretty. Of the two roommates (students) can see and hear very little. The stop of the RER and a few shops are nearby.
Christine ist eine sehr herzliche und fürsorgliche Gastgeberin. In ihrem charmanten Haus haben wir uns sehr wohl gefühlt. Das Bad ist sehr modern und sauber und die Fenster sind ebenfalls frisch rnoviert. Der Garten ist auch sehr hübsch. Von den beiden Mitbewohnern (Studenten) sieht und hört man nur wenig. Die Haltestelle der RER-Bahn und ein paar Geschäfte sind in der Nähe.
The best part of the trip to europe was definitely in France and especially the wonderful home and special person who is dear Christine, we loved our room the kitchen, everything was so perfect, but Christine did everything to be much more than perfect!
The house is located in a very calm and quiet neighborhood, two blocks from the RER which took 15 minutes to the city center. The neighborhood is very charming with bakeries and restaurants with a lovely square where we took our breakfast!
The house beyond beautiful, was very clean and organized!
If we could we would live in the house forever! : -)
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being this person so special to us!
We love everything and hope to meet again so we can talk more!
Kisses and lots of positive energy to you and your entire family!
Thank you!
We absolutely loved it. Christine was very friendly and helpful. Upon arrival you picked us up from the station and showed us the way to his home, to the bakery, a pizzeria and a supermarket. Real handy! The room was very nicely done deal - we felt very comfortable! In the kitchen, we were almost always alone, because the other housemates were rarely at home or at other times in the kitchen. Beautiful, that was 5 minutes on the Seine and could walk. Even Paris and the sights were within easy reach. Always happy!
Wir waren total begeistert. Christine war sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit. Bei unserer Ankunft holte Sie uns vom Bahnhof ab und zeigte uns den Weg zu sich nach Hause, zum Bäcker, zur Pizzeria und zum Supermarkt. Echt praktisch! Das Zimmer war sehr liebevoll zurecht gemacht - wir fühlten uns sehr wohl! In der Küche waren wir auch fast immer alleine, da die anderen Mitbewohner selten zu hause waren bzw. zu anderen Zeiten in der Küche. Wunderschön, dass man in 5 Minuten an der Seine war und spazieren gehen konnte. Auch Paris und die Sehenswürdigkeiten waren gut zu erreichen. Immer wieder gern!
We spent only 4 days at Christine's house but we really enjoyed this time! Christine is a very nice, helpful and - it was important to us - she speaks really good english . The two other studenst living on the same floor were also very friendly and sociable.
The house is beautiful and so... French! :) It really made us feel very special. Also, it's 10 minutes walk from RER station, so you can get fast to Paris.
There is a wonderful garden around the house, where you can spend nice time if the weather allowes to.
We are really satisfied with our choice of accomodation and recommend it to everybody that prefers in particular a beautiful and peaceful place where one can feel at home! Thank you Christine! :)
We had a wonderful time in Paris, also thanks to Christine's hospitality and perfect care taking. She came to pick us up at the RER station, even though it is just a short walk, so we did not have to cary our luggage.
The house and garden are impressive, the rooms very clean and pleasant, with a comfortable bed and lots of nice details. The stylish bathroom and small living room are normally shared with two students, but we were so lucky to have them all to ourselves because of the holidays. It is a quit neighborhood, so easy to sleep with open windows and enjoy the fresh air. Before and after a bustling day in busy Paris, it is a joy to sit on the restful terrace in the front garden, with your own breakfast or cooled drinks (bought at the supermarket in the next street).
Alfortville lies in the 3rd zone of the public transport system (just 2 RER stops from Chatelet les Halles), so with the cheapest (1-3 zone) Paris Visite pass you can easily explore the city.
Christine is a very warm and interesting person and perfect host.
Five days in Paris where not enough for us, so we will see you again Christine!
Our tenant Christine is a very sweet and nice woman who was always friendly and helpful. In case of problems, she was immediately on the spot and helped directly. As my mother and I did not speak French, we were able to converse in English with Christine to happiness. The rented room was really nicely decorated and tidy when we arrived. Thank you for the nice stay and hope to see you again soon. Nelli and Marina! -------------------------------------------------- Notre locataire Christine est très douce et une femme qui était toujours gentille aimable et serviable. En cas de problèmes, elle était sur place immédiatement contribue directement et al. Comme ma mère et je ne parlaient pas français, nous avons pu converser en anglais avec Christine au bonheur. La chambre était vraiment très Louee joliment décorée rangé et bien quand nous sommes arrives. Merci pour le beau séjour et nous vous revoir bientôt Esperons. Martinelli et Marina!
Unsere Mieterin Christine ist eine sehr liebe und nette Frau, die immer freundlich und hilfsbereit war. Bei Problemen war sie sofort zur Stelle und hat direkt geholfen. Da meine Mutter und ich kein Französisch sprechen, konnten wir uns zum Glück auf Englisch mit Christine unterhalten. Das gemietete Zimmer war bei unserer Ankunft richtig ordentlich und hübsch eingerichtet. Wir danken ihr für den netten Aufenthalt und wünschen auf ein baldiges Wiedersehen.
Nelli und Marina!
Notre locataire est Christine une femme très douce et gentille qui était toujours aimable et serviable. En cas de problèmes, elle était immédiatement sur place et a contribué directement. Comme ma mère et je ne parlaient pas français, nous avons pu converser en anglais avec Christine au bonheur. La chambre louée était vraiment très joliment décorée et bien rangé quand nous sommes arrivés. Merci pour le beau séjour et nous espérons vous revoir bientôt.
Nelli et Marina!
Christine went beyond our expectations as a host, offering us a lift from the local station and to buy in whatever we needed for breakfast. She could not have done more to make our stay comfortable. Thanks Christine!
we stayed for 3 nights. the room and the house are very nice and clean. better than the pictures you can see. if you want to go to paris centrum, you need 10 minutes by train (rer).
christine ist very nice, too. she let you feel like you are at home and you can ask her, if you need informations about paris or locations around the house.
thank you christine :)
We had a very nice stay at christines home. Paris is very near a easy to reach. The RER runs very often, so we had not to watch the clock all the time. Also in the late night ist´s no problem to get home. You just have to go five minutes to reach the station. In the house everything was perfekt prepared and we met two kind students in the house, who live there. Christine was very attentive and every time open for our questions and open, to help us. We really enjoyed the time with her and we can recommend this offer to everybody! We also hope, to return to christine! Á bientot, christine!
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text: hafner comes up big again. 3 run homer to tie the game at 3 and then the game winning rbi triple. i didnt expect him to be doing this well so far this year so im pleasantly surprised. sabathia struggled a bit early but overall had a good performance pitching 8 innings giving up 3 earned runs and getting the win. yanks will try and go for the 4 game sweep tomorrow.


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Re: Feature request: skip Brutal Death zoom-ins
I believe another regular weapon will be the spear (courtesy of the pre-order bonus at Gamestop). So, it's almost certain that we will have at least a couple of more brutal kills.
Re: Feature request: skip Brutal Death zoom-ins[ Edited ]
I agree with making the zoom-in an option. As cool as they look, I don't need to see them up close. I'd much rather see who's standing just out of view, waiting to attack. And yes, seeing as how they they give you an extra 25 points in FOTG, I would certainly say it's worth it from a strategic point of view. Not to mention you're invincible for the entirity of the animation. But I think that leads us to another problem...
I don't know about other players, but I encountered difficulty in determining when to strike someone after they performed a brutal kill. It seems a little unclear of when they become vulnerable again. As a Zeus class player, I rely very much on charged magic attacks and usually try to throw them in the air with a charged L1+TRIANGLE but more often than not it wouldn't register and he would in turn get the drop on me. Anyone else experience this?
I imagine the spear will provide more brutal kill animations but what about environmental brutal kills? Just like Mortal Kombat has environmental Fatalities, I'm surprised SSA hasn't put in place a few here. Maybe if a downed enemy is near Polyphemus you could perform a brutal kill that somehow interacts with him? Or anytime you're near an edge you could find some sick nasty way to throw off a downed enemy besides the basic way of doing it now. I don't know, just throwing out ideas.
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I think Brutal kills for balance sake needs to have a downside, that downside currently is not being shown your surroundings. It should stay as is. The upside is currently it makes you invulnerable to damage and pulls you out of a potential losing surrounding ie, when out numbered...
Re: Feature request: skip Brutal Death zoom-ins
I think the brutal kill system as it is, is just fine there is no need to waste time on this at all while there are so many issues still remaining with the game.
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Wow....horrible story emerging
Wow....horrible story emerging
"Release the Kraken!"
- Dan Dierdorf, Giants vs Dolphins, 10/30/2011
That's really horrible.
I don't know if this is entirely true, but it's been reported that he did it in front of the coaching staff, GM and the rest of his teammates.
Truly sad.
Mood: WOOF!
makes you wonder what is in some peoples lives that are so bad. Everyone has their baggage...
what a shame.....condolences to the families and friends invloved
"Measure Twice......Cut Once"
You couldn't be more full of **** if you were break dancing in a Port-a-Potty.......Kruunch
Unbelievably sad news
Jovan Belcher. Hope they donate his brain to science so they can test for CTE.
I strongly believe that had a part in this.
and it was his gf he killed. she had just had his baby
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Such a tragedy... Prayers for his family and the Chiefs organization.


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Tim Stallmann
ATLAS OF DESIGN, Volume 1. Timothy R. Wallace and Daniel P. Huffman, editors. xi + 81 pp. North American Cartographic Information Society, 2012. $35.
"Cartography," wrote Denis Wood in 2004, "is dead." He argued that cartography is increasingly irrelevant as a profession, as a mode of claiming power over the land and as a set of stylistic devices—the everpresent North arrow and scale bar, the neat line boxing off map from page. In 2012, it isn't difficult to find support for his claims. Since the introduction of computer-based geographic information systems in the 1960s, paper maps have mostly ceased being the authoritative storage medium for geographic information. Their role in military conquest and political control has been supplanted by, among other things, the triangulated irregular network elevation data, used in geographic information system (GIS) software, which help guide drone missile strikes. The navigational maps that many people in the United States rely on presently (on smartphones, on the Web and in global positioning system devices) lack neat lines and North arrows completely, and they flout the stylistic conventions of traditional cartography.
The North American Cartographic Information Society's inaugural Atlas of Design lavishly demonstrates the ongoing vitality of mapmaking, if not the profession of cartography. The atlas brings together 27 pieces, ranging from whimsical experiments at the intersection of mapping and art to detailed maps that appeal to the aesthetics of objectivity, clarity and neutrality that are closely associated with cartography as a profession. Ryan Sullivan's Portland Finger Plans use the shapes of human hands to map aspects of the city, such as bridges, light rail and regional location. These simple, graphically striking maps raise questions about scale and the relation of domesticity to the city. Brian E. Stoll's Empire of Torentine: A Political Map, a reference map of a completely fictitious country, manages to catch both ends of this invented art–science binary. The maps were selected from a field of 140 entries by a panel of six judges. Each of the pieces is accompanied by a one-page (or shorter) essay in which the designer or cartographer explains some of the decisions behind the work. Unfortunately, for most of the maps, the accompanying text doesn't address the contextual questions that came to my mind, about the map-maker's background, for instance, or how the map fits into a broader project.
In their introductory essay, "An Argument for Beauty," editors Tim Wallace and Daniel Huffman make the case that cartography is design. As they put it, cartographers are people who "care about how the map looks." In keeping with the broader mission of the North American Cartographic Information Society, the editors argue for a refocusing of the work of cartography: from a sole fixation on the science of accurately and legibly representing data about Earth's surface and the phenomena that occur on it, to a practice that includes the aesthetic and design processes that take data and produce "something worth looking at. . . . something that acknowledges the human need for beauty."
Daniel Coe's map, titled Willamette River, Oregon, is a striking example. Coe describes his piece as "half map, half painting; somewhere between science and art." Willamette River indeed looks at first like an abstract painting—the page is covered in a deep blue hue, with swashes of white tracing a curve in the foreground, surrounded by lighter blues and whites. The effect is like an image of a lightning bolt or a Harold Edgerton photograph of smoke diffusing. This quality persists even as the accompanying text reveals that the image is the display of high-resolution elevation data within a 50-foot range in the river's basin. Dark blues are higher elevations, bright white the lowest. By revealing a wide range of detail inside a relatively small range of elevation, Coe's map makes it possible to see the subtle influence of the river's hydromorphology on the surrounding land.
Williamette River exemplifies one of the major tensions in the Atlas of Design. The piece is at the same time a striking and relatively abstract artistic composition, a procedurally simple display of digital elevation data (numbers map directly to colors), and the final result of a complex process of data gathering and manipulation. One of the major factors now changing cartography is that the GIS data available are so detailed and complex that it is impossible to make a legible, objective map that shows "just the facts." Such a cartography would go beyond even Jorge Luis Borges's and Lewis Carroll's fictional one-to-one scale maps, because, for example, laser-derived LIDAR (short for Light Detection and Ranging) elevation datasets contain not just one reading for each latitude–longitude coordinate, but a cloud of returns tracking the different layers of forest canopy, buildings and the like.
The ready availability of massively large geographic datasets makes even more evident the impossibility of mapping that is neutral, objective, complete and legible. The work featured in the Atlas of Design demonstrates a range of possible responses to this tension. Bill Rankin's A Taxonomy of Transitions and Larry Orman, Alexandra Barnish and Diana Pancholi's Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Residential Patterns lean toward the side of legibility, demonstrating new techniques for mapping population data from the United States decennial census. Orman, Barnish and Pancholi mask out areas of San Francisco that don't have residential development and color-code the remaining blocks by majority or plurality racial/ethnic group. Rankin's map makes the case for dot-density mapping as a way to complicate the usual picture of intraneighborhood racial homogeneity. Both maps, however, rely on collapsing the range of racial and ethnic categories in the U. S. Census (which, since 2000, has included the option to self-report race/ethnicity or identify as multiple races or ethnicities) into just four or five groupings.
Aaron Straup Cope and Stamen Design's map=yes forgoes many of the characteristics of a traditional street map in order to force readers to think more closely about the underlying technical structure of large-scale geographic data, in particular the data collected as part of the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project. Started in 2004 as a response to the lack of freely available street data in the United Kingdom, OSM is a volunteer-run geographic information database that covers the entire world at a high level of detail—a street map equivalent of Wikipedia. The detail and accuracy of OSM data now rival that of any commercial database, but unlike many other databases, OSM treats geographic data agnostically. The OSM World database is a collection of lines, polygons and points that are differentiated from each other—roads from fences from sidewalks from borders, lakes from buildings from skate parks—not by their place in the database structure but by the tags associated with them. And because the OSM data span a variety of languages and cultures, those tags sometimes vary from place to place and from contributor to contributor. Whereas many mapmakers (and the OSM project itself) filter and generalize the raw OSM data before displaying it on a map, map=yes pulls from the unfiltered tagging database in order to display all polygons tagged "building," "leisure" or "trunk." Nothing else shows on the map. What results is a fascinating and beautiful record not of the city of London itself, but of a particular subset of the OSM database.
Cartography and design are much more than the making of objects—they are also the thoughtful study, theorizing and critique of what it means to make maps. Huffman and Wallace argue that "design and aesthetics matter, because . . . form is integral to function." Throughout the book, however, individual mapmakers fall back on hollow understandings of the relationship between design and objectivity. For instance, some of the writeups reiterate a distinction between the map's objective content and, as two of the essays put it, "technically unnecessary" stylistic novelties— which seems to run counter to the spirit of an atlas of design. Unfortunately, the book doesn't devote space to a discussion of these diverging cartographical philosophies. The absence is disappointing, especially given the recent blossoming of scholarship around questions of mapping, representation and design. Perhaps the next edition of the atlas will take cues from Lize Mogel and Lex Bhagat's An Atlas of Radical Cartography (Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press, 2008), which pairs each map with a longer text critiquing and analyzing the map.
The essays included in the Atlas of Design aren't long or detailed enough to seriously address the questions its images raise, and in this aspect the book makes an unfortunate case that cartographic theory can somehow be removed from mapmaking practice. The book's beautiful and intricate maps, however, are a tribute to the state of the art of mapmaking. They will leave any reader thinking more deeply about data, cartographic representation and the relation between art and science.
Tim Stallmann is a cartographer based in Durham, North Carolina. He is a member of 3Cs, the Counter-Cartographies Collective, a transnational collective of artists, scholars and activists who work to render new images and practices of economies and social relations. His work focuses on using maps as tools to build community power, particularly around racial and economic justice.
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Thanks for the tutorial, directions are great.
Thank you for going to all the trouble to write up the pattern and put in the pictures. It takes time to go to all that trouble. You are so nice to share with all of us!!
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This is one design I have used several times. It's generally a hit for my foster kids' quilts. I also do other "big block quilts', such as friendship stars. It's also great for wheel chair quilts. There are a number of blocks that lend themselves to this sort of single block quilt, for example, Dutchman's puzzle. I have used it with novelty fabrics for kids and 'grown up' fabrics for bigger folks.
Thank You so much for a wonderful Tutorial and sharing some ideas, your Star looks so great. The most love pattern.
I just got my top done of this star. What quilting design would work for this? I am using my DSM. I don't want the center of the star to be mashed down.
Nice job! Jenny of MSQC has a Big Star Tutorial, not this big, but a nice size, I am going to try it soon. I've bought my fabrics!
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It's just beautiful. Thank you for the pattern. I love the idea of the star being so large and the entire center of the quilt.
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This Jan. 10, 2013, photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows an inspector surveying damaged parts and equipment aboard the Shell Arctic drilling rig Kulluk in Kiluida Bay, near Kodiak, Alaska. The rig grounded on Sitkalidak Island on Dec. 31, 2012, and was towed to Kiliuda Bay Jan. 7, 2013. The unified command overseeing salvage of the rig says it will release minimal information on the vessel until an assessment is complete. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The united command overseeing the salvage of the Royal Dutch Shell PLC drill barge that ran aground on a remote Alaska island will release minimal information on the vessel until an assessment is completed, a spokeswoman said.
Shell's drill vessel Kulluk ran aground New Year's Eve on the southeast side of Sitkalidak Island near Kodiak Island. On Jan. 6, it was pulled off the rocky bottom and towed a day later to protected waters in Kiliuda Bay within Kodiak Island.
The operation is under the direction of a unified command structure made up of Shell, the Coast [auth] Guard, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation and the Kodiak Island Borough. The unified command has acknowledged that the vessel remains upright, has not leaked fuel and has been examined by divers, but not much else.
"I know you're looking for specific answers but we wanted to let you know that due to the fact that multiple entities are involved in the assessment of data, including Unified Command, Shell, Smit Salvage and Det Norske Veritas, Unified Command will not comment on the assessment until the report is finalized," said spokeswoman Deb Sawyer by email in response to questions about the operation. She did not provide a timetable for when the report would be done.
Smit Salvage is a Holland-based salvage company. Norway-based Det Norske Veritas inspects and evaluates the condition of vessels.
After Associated Press requests for additional information, the unified command said in a statement Friday night that a total of 12 divers and one remotely operated vehicle were used during the assessment of the barge in Kiliuda Bay.
The data-gathering phase of the assessment has been completed, the latest statement said.
The Kulluk's fuel tanks are intact and the damage found is "consistent with what is expected from a vessel of this type being on hard ground," according to the latest update.
Water entered some spaces on the vessel through damaged hatches but it has been captured and stored in a compartment, the unified command said. Windows and hatches that could allow water to enter are being sealed and tow brackets are being added in preparation for the vessel's next move.
The unified command said earlier that 250 people are in the Kodiak area as part of the effort and future plans for the Kulluk will be determined once a report is finished.
The command structure has declined to answer questions on what kind of data was collected, what inspectors might be looking for and whether anomalies have been detected.
The command structure also declined to say whether the inspection involves investigation of the vessel from the inside. No more details have been released regarding Kulluk generators that were knocked out or damage from seawater that entered through hatches that should have been sealed.
The Kulluk was built in 1983 for a Canadian company and purchased by Shell in 2005. The 266-foot-diameter vessel drilled last year in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska's north coast. Its funnel-shape, reinforced hull is designed to deflect and break up moving ice, allowing it to drill beyond the short open water season.
The anchor handler Aiviq was towing the Kulluk to Seattle when the vessels ran into trouble in rough Gulf of Alaska water.
A tow line snapped Dec. 27 and a day later all four engines on the Aiviq failed, possibly due to contaminated fuel. The vessel's crew eventually regained power but four subsequent tow lines attached to the Aiviq or other vessels also failed before the grounding.
The unified command has said the Kulluk will not be moved before the end of Kodiak's tanner crab fishing season, which opened Wednesday and usually takes four to six days, said state shellfish management biologist Mark Stichert. Predicted bad weather may delay fishermen catching the quota of 520,000 pounds, he said.
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Vanguard's 2013 convocation ceremony rings in the new school year with eager anticipation in the air
With their eyes focused on God for what He has in store for them this school year, hundreds of Vanguard University students joined with faculty, staff, the Board of Trustees, Foundation Board, and other important members of the Vanguard community to officially launch the 2013-2014 school year. Under Professor Mildred Yi's direction, the Vanguard orchestra kicked off the official launch of the new school year to William Walton's Crown Imperial (Coronation March). After a brief welcome from President Mike Beals, who officially addressed the students for the first time since he started as Vanguard's tenth president on August 1, Professor April Westbrook gave the invocation. Led by Professors Melton and Prado, the Vanguard choir and orchestra then performed O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing.
Dr. Mike Wilson, acting provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, introduced the faculty, who proudly stood in full regalia as their respective departments were introduced. Student Government Association President Ashlee Kildiszew then read from Psalms 90 and 96, followed by the Vanguard choir and orchestra's rendition of A Jubilant and some encouraging words by Rev. Rich Guerra, Superintendent of the SoCal Network Assemblies of God and Trustee.
President Beals enthusiastically welcomed the students, harkening back to his own days as a Vanguard University undergraduate student, when he, too, was presented with the many new and exciting opportunities to learn and grow with his peers each new year. Just as a timely, warm breeze passed through Heath Lawn, where the ceremony was being held, he encouraged the students to keep an eye on the Lord as the newness of the semester diminishes and the many distractions tempt them as the wind tempted Peter to take his eyes off of Jesus (Matthew 14:22-32).
Shortly after Professor Greg Austring gave the benediction, the crowd, who had braved the strong rays of the increasingly hot California morning sun, traveled to their next destination filled with the Holy Spirit. In the background, the sonorous tones of Sing, Sing, Sing performed by the Vanguard jazz ensemble and under the direction of Professor Ken Foerch could be heard across Heath Lawn.
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You negative commentors are some obvious haters. So very jealous and who are you to judge! You too are a simner in this case. you jusat cant bare the fact that she is takanted, beautiful,hardworking, intelligent and happiiy married to the JAY-Z. One word for you…HATERSS!! You are probably the same haters that spreaded rumors about her pregnancy. She shut you up on that one,,,now what!!! I hate stupid sounding people. Get off your butts and work hard like ashe did and you too can be like her, God gave us all the same will. Its uop to you to apply it. You too busy hating on her, By the wy she happens to be a christgian that kloves God and Jesus,,,she said it herself. Get over it!!! You cant be her,,,you would trade places with her at the drop of a hat and you and God k now2s it!!! lolhahaha!!
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I think people should have opinions but don't attack.Beyonce is extremely talented puts on an amazing show from start to finish in continents all over the world beautiful and talented so stop saying evil malicious things not on less you proff of her being evil harming you.Also she's an entertainer so get over yourself and instead of bashing invent a cure for something instead of coming for her.If she gave herself to the dark one she has to deal with that in the end.So enjoy her hottness or turn the channel thanx
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Beyonce you are one of satan demonic angels. You Jezebel nasty filthy spirit, nobody is going to praise you, you not God, only the One True Living God in heaven deserves all the praises. She a selfish,cold, dark, ugly spirit, please pray for her soul, the devil is using her fully, and she is set up to have others to worshipp her, nodody is blind but her. Its all about money money, she has a husband that allows her to do all this filth just to make him richer, he is her god, but what will u do in the end when Jesus returns?
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Beyonce, you are the Devil!!! I see in your eyes that you have lost your Soul.. You video, MINE was a shot at Jesus Christ, I couldnt even watch the flahing light brainwashing you put in "Heaven" (somewhere you're definitely not going) and your Video HAUNTED is PURE Demonic, Even have the Goat, in the video/// When you die, the devil will send a parade of demons to take you STRAIGHT TO HELL you Devil whore!
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Beyounce is sexy after baby devil is in her and her husband ,but anyway my point is she did not have to show her as because she is to old for that when you got child at home something left for bedroom public not to see do not have to act like a hoe.lt is about respect even if sex do sale all that is not call for.
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Beyonce really works hard. She pushes her self really hard to remain relevant and has a good pr team. But she needs to love herslef, she has an esteem problem and probably fees she needs to be a certain type to be accepted or loved.I doubt if she really knows her self. By the way , am black and I do feel katy and rihaNna have a better self esteem than beyonce.so shoot me
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In the graphs that depict the quantity of publications, "journal articles" are document type (ar) and source type (j). "Other journal material" are document type (ed, le, no, re, sh) and source type (j). "Articles in collections" are any document type and source type (b, k, p), as well as document type (cp) and source type (j); the latter criterion finds conference papers published in special or supplementary issues of journals. These three groups comprise 96 percent of all publications in the database for 1990–2010. The balance consists of some technical reports and some articles in trade publications.
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Green Dream Family Apartment
Size56 m²
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- Air conditioning
- Internet/WiFi
- Family/child friendly
- Washer/dryer
- Lockable room
- Towels
Accommodation summary
|Szent Istvan korut, 1137 Budapest, Hungary
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|A few hours
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The apartment has recently been refurbished (in Q4 2013) to a high level of standard, decorated and furnished with care to give every comfort of a home. It has all amenities with a fully equipped kitchen and a living-room with dining, a comfortable lounge with cable TV. New greek-style bathroom with shower. Family room and cosy bedroom upstairs on the mezzanine. The apartment is perfect for families with many children and equally ideal for holiday makers, couples or business travelers. The flat can accommodate of 6 guests comfortably. Additional beds can be attached temporary based on your request.
Most of downtown sights and places of interest are within a short walking distance. Szent István boulevard is the beginning point of the World Heritage inner city ringroad of Budapest. It is just above at the embankment of river Danube, docking point of Margaret Bridge, opposite the most beautiful Margaret Island, which is said to be the real lung of Budapest. House of Parliament, historical building of Nyugati Train Station, Oktogon, Andrássy Avenue are just within some minutes of a short walk. Others, such as the Castle, Heroes Square or St. Stephen's Basilica can be reached quickly in a few minutes by public transportation. The area has numerous restaurants, cafes and shops. Plenty of tarnished theatres, cinemas, café houses are in the neighbourhood.
Bed-linen and towels
Washing machine
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Free wifi, laptop computer, LCD Cable TV
Coffee and tea provided (for free)
Espresso cofee machine
Steaming iron, iron-board, wardrobe
House rulesWe are flexible young owners. We trust in our guests, that they take special care to all facilities of the apartment. No strict rules. Non-smoking please. Smoking area is in the internal courtyard. No party please. Superb quiet tranquil atmosphere in this old building. Mainly elder retired people owners live in this residental house.
Late check-in is not problem for us.
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Reviews of this property
Das Green Dream Family Apartment ist perfekt für einen Budapest Aufenthalt. Die zentrumsnahe Lage überzeugt und alle Sehenswürdigkeiten sind bequem zu Fuß zu erreichen, auch die wichtigsten Öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel sind direkt vor der Haustür.
Auch Greg, der deutsch und englisch spricht, ist nicht nur Vermieter, sondern auch Gastgeber und Touristenguide. Er hatte viele hilfreiche Tipps und Empfehlungen für uns, die den Aufenthalt in Budapest bereicherten.
Großer Pluspunkte sind die reibungsfreie Buchung (nur 12 Stunden vor Anreise!) und die Ausstattung des Apartments (komplett ausgestattete Küche, Bad, Handtücher, Willkommens-Paket,...)
Wir würden auf jeden Fall wieder kommen! :)
Apartamento situado junto al puente margarita, en un edificio antiguo, Supermercados , cafeterías y todo lo imprescindible. Nosotros eramos dos parejas y aunque teníamos transporte publico en la puerta lo hicimos casi todo andando. El apartamento en si esta bien, lo recomiendo. No conocimos personalmente a Greg pero estuvimos en contacto antes y durante la estancia atraves de teléfono. Todo bien
Es handelt sich um ein sehr geräumiges, geschmackvoll eingerichtetes Apartment, in dem wir uns sehr wohl gefühlt haben. Greg ist über die Maßen zuverlässig und hilfsbereit, die Schlüsselübergabe verlief mehr als problemlos. Die Lage ist auch prima - sehr nah an der Donau auf Höhe der Margaretenbrücke, vielleicht 10 Gehminuten vom Parlament entfernt und mit der Straßenbahn direkt vor der Haustür. Vielen Dank!
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Greg is super kind and his place was really nice. Next time in Budapest I'll stay at his place again. It was really awesome.
This is a beautiful appartment. It is clean, spacious and has everything you need. Just around the corner the tram stops to the city centre, but you can easily walk to the centre which ia about a 10 to 15 min. walk. Greg is very hospital and friendly advising us all the places to go to and how to go there. This is a great extra service!! We recommend this appartment wholeheartedly!
Greg was a very helpful host. His staff promptly met us to check us in to our apartment. The Green Dream apartment does not have air conditioning and he kindly offered to move us to an alternative location because of extremely high temperatures in Budapest. The alternative, the Palatinus Apartment, was well located close to Margit Sziget. However, it is badly in need of refurbishment as its decor and facilities are quite dated. It did, however, have everything we needed for our stay. The mobile air conditioning unit worked ok though it had to be emptied of water every few hours which was a bit inconvenient when on holiday. I would not recommend that apartment for more than two people as it was rather small and for the price I would have expected more.
Great appartement, great service!
The accommodation is comfortable, located in a quiet and close to the metro station and the Parliament. We found clean and it was nice stay here. Good quality / price ratio. There are negative consequences. Highly recommended! Greg has proved kind and punctual
L'alloggio è confortevole, situato in una zona silenziosa e vicino alla stazione metro e al Parlamento. Abbiamo riscontrato pulizia ed è stato gradevole alloggiarvi. Buon rapporto qualità/prezzo. Non ci sono riscontri negativi. Consigliatissimo! Greg si è dimostrato gentile e puntuale
Despite our late arrival, Greg received us at the apartment to show us the house and tell us everything there was to know to spend the week. This is a very friendly and very nice person.
We had a very good contact, he listens, gives all the information necessary for a good holiday in Budapest. We discovered, thanks to him, a very good restaurant next to the apartment, a store to do some shopping, very close too. He told us some interesting points to visit in Budapest to begin our stay.
The accommodation is well equipped, clean, functional, very quiet at night, close to public transport.
I highly recommend to all future visitors looking to stay in Budapest, contact Greg for their rent, they will not be disappointed.
Malgré notre arrivée tardive, Greg nous a reçus à l'appartement pour nous montrer le logement et nous dire tout ce qu'il y avait à savoir pour y passer la semaine. C'est une personne très sympathique et très agréable.
Nous avons eu un très bon contact, il est à l'écoute, donne tous les renseignements nécessaires pour passer de bonnes vacances à Budapest. Nous avons découvert, grâce à lui, un très bon restaurant à coté de l'appartement, un magasin pour faire quelques courses, très proche aussi. Il nous a indiqué quelques points intéressants à visiter à Budapest pour commencer notre séjour.
Le logement est bien équipé, propre, fonctionnel, très calme la nuit, proche des transports en commun.
Je recommande vivement à tous les futurs touristes voulant séjourner à Budapest, de contacter Greg pour leur location, ils ne seront pas déçus.
Me and my partner spent a wonderful weekend in Budapest to celebrate our 20 years together. From Greg's warm welcome to the hike up to the Buda hills, we loved everything! Apartment location in the inner courtyard was like an oasis of tranquility, where we also had easy access to everything the city has to offer. I would recommend Green Dream Island Apartment and the city of Budapest to everyone who like beautiful views, history and good food!
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